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Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-01
JOHNSON CALLS ON COLBY
 FOR JAPAN NEGOTIATIONS

Washington, Jan 31.-senator John son of California asked Secretary Colby tcSoy to make public the negotiations be- tween the United States and Japan on the California land question and Mir. Colby replied that eff Senator Johnson expects to do a ghost dance on this subject he's got to do it without a partner"
 Senator Johnson, in formal statement. reiterated his declaration as embodied in a statement last Saturday that Roland s. Morris United States ambassador to Japan, and Baron Shidehara. Japanese ambassador here, in the negotiations re- gently concluded, tentatively agreed upon a treaty which in effect repealed the California Alien Land law" Pointing to Secretary Colby's reply, also made Sat urday that the California senator was proceeding an on erroneous assumption,
 Senator Johnson asked that the report
 of Ambassador Morris on the negotia-
 tions be made public, asserting that "the
 people of the west are en- titled to know what that report con- tains."
 Secretary Colby who replied informally today to the California senator intimated that the negotiations would be made pub | lie at what was descriebed as ''the prop. CT time" The subject, he said, was one that cannot be settled in a covert man. ner"
 | Doubt was expressed by MT. Colby as 1 to whether a treaty based OH the nego- | tiations could be sent to the senate be fore the adjournment of congress and the end of the present administration or 1 March f.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-01
MRS. GLADYS wITHERELL
 FOUND IN THE FOOTHILLS

Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. 31.-Mrs. Gladys WitEerell, for whom search had continued nearly a week. was at home tonight after rescue today from a sheep herder's cabin in the foothills. and Jack" Carr and Floyd L. Carr. cousins. are in custody on a charge of Kidnapping.
 The cousins tonight confessed to kid mapping Mrs. Withereil who is the wife of C. $. witherell. investment company president. and pleaded guilty 10 the charge in the superior court today. Sem tence was deferred until next Wednesday morning.
 At the police station the Carrs said their true names were Arthur Watson Carr and Floyd l.. Carr. The former said he was known as Jack" They came here three months ago, Jack" Carr said, i and had taken most of that time pre- pairing for revenge" on the father.in-law of Mrs. Witherell because he had once J blocked deal' whereby Floyd Carr could have gotten a fishing yacht, ac- cording to the police.
 1 We sure treated her all right" the police said Jack Carr told them. We even bought her a powder puff, candy and the daily papers," Mrs. witherell bore up well until after she was reunited with her child. Then i she suffered q nervous collapse. Through her husband she gave out a brief story of her abduction. 1t follows:
 "I was getting dinner last Tuesday night when he. the man l learned later was Floyd Carr. came to the door. say ing someone was calling for me-a wo'
 man hurt in an accident on the iouie-
 yard. I thought my husbands mothcl
 had been hurt. so l went with him.
 We got into a machine down th'
 eerr zNsfar
 afterward was Arthur Carr. was at th' wheel. I rode in the back seat with th'
 one who came to the house.
 We turned on to the boulevard. ] was wondering how soon we woul1 ge to the scene of the accident. } "They did not say much and suddenl. I knew something was wrong. l tried C |. jump out but one of them grabbed me.
 felt wet rag ariund my face. 1 smell , ed the odor of chloroform. I struErle as long as I could. Then I knew no,h ing. l came to just before we rcache l the caain where they kept me.
 They told me they were after none!
 realized I must wait my chance to es 2 cape The next day they let me writ to my hu-band. just 10 say I vas a right They told me afterward they ser l my letter with theirs, demanding $20,Og
 to let go.
 "Ho. they did not hurt me. When the ] took me out of the house for flesh al they blindfolded noe Floyd Carr va with Ue most of the time. They b.ougl 7 me the papers. I did some Uf the cool
 ing. I was wild 10 do anything beside
 wait wait, wait. I could not sleep h was so worried about the Saby-hs ha X not been well-and my husband and a e my family.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-01
JAIL SENTENCE FOR NEW
 YORK DETECTIVE SERGEANT

New York, Jan. 31,-Refusal of Detec- tive Sergeant John Armstrong to testify today before the grand jury, resulting in a jail sentence and fine for contempt of court, was characterized by Former Gov ernor Whitman ;~--ht as an example of the power which the system" exerted oyer police ~oF7cers. z;g ts 'ts.s ls. = ? The aHtui- Y :ie phase Of the corruption investigation came to a climax when Armstrong refused to answer questions relative to the acceptance of rewards fo rthe recovery of stolen automobiles The court sentenced him to jail fer thir- ty days and fined him s250 for contempt of court.
 In discussing the attitude of Arm- strong, MT. Whitman said:
 So far as Armstrong rCusing to tes- tify goes, things hqppened as I expected they would. It shows that the police are more afraid of the system than they are of the law. They will go tJ jail ra- ther than tell the truth. although by telling the truth they would obtain inn munity from prosecution
 The payments made to Armstrong fol the recovery of stolen automobiles wert | to pay him at police headquarters ir mash, the prosecutor stated. This is the rawest thing I ever saw Mir. Whitman concluded.
 Detective Sergeant William J. Husse! was indicted today He is the thirt l member of the automobile squad to b,
 accused of accepting bribes in the TO coyery of stolen automobiles.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-01
EXECUTIVES APPEAL TO
 RAILROAD LABOR BOARD

Chicago, Jan. 31.-American railroads, through Brigadier Genera w. w. Alter bury, vice president of Pennsylvania lines, today urged beforL ,..e railroad la bor board immediate abrogation of the national agreements between the roads and their employees, and brought to fo- GUS what railroad executives declared was a critical situation, threatening many roads with bankruptcy. No wage
 reductions would be asked at present if the agreements were annulled, General Atterbury said.
 The course recommended by General Atterbury was interjected into the boards hearing on rules and working conditions which has been in progress for more than three weeks. Vigorous pro- test, charging the railroads with viola tion of the transportation act, was made by J. G. Luhrsen, president of the Amer | ican Train Dispatchers' Association, in Ireply to- General Atterbury's statement. | Notice that a reply would soon be 1 forthcoming from the sixteen brother hoods was also given by B. M. Jewell, president of the railway employees de-
 partment of the American Federation of
 Labor Tonight MT. Jewell sent a long l telegram to President Wilson protesting against any interruption of the board s | proceedings.
 1 10HCTdI AlleTpuTy uGCIdISQ ludI lAlS
 railroad situation was so urgent that he
 could entertain no proposal of conference
 with employees, as they could not agree. l He added that even a few days delay" might throw the whole situation into | chaos and flood the board with petitions
 from railroads for reduction of wages. 1 General Atterbury appeared before the board in behalf of the American Associa- tion of Railway Executives labor com
 mittee, of which he is chairman. He declared that unless operating expenses i were immediately reduced many roads faced bankruptcy and that wiping out the national agreements of'"~e1 nl'"i
 solution to part of the problem. A re- duction of $500, ,000,00U year II .op-I.,.- ing expenses could be effected by over
 ruling the existing agreements and re storing the status of December 31, 1917 he said.
 The national agreements, he continued
 were forced on the railroads as wal measures and cause gross waste and in
 efficiency" The first step in the rail
 roads retrenehmTnt should be remova
 of these agreements which the roads de l clare will materially reduce operating ex pcnses.
 1 Suggestions by members of the board ttthat further conf feFenees Rbe halaee ebetweei the roads and employees were rejected b.
 General Atterbury Judge R. M. Barton chairman of the board, said that he con 7 sidered some basis necessary for railroat l operations and questioned the wisdom 0 , wiring out the existing agreements. Re
 buttal by the employees would be hear immediately however. he said, and tn , matter taken up at once by the board.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-01
FOR cLoTURE ON
 FoRDNEY TARIFF BILL

Washington, Jan. 31.-Scnate rsoub- lican leaders in accordance with their program for procedure vita the Fordney emergency tariff bill. today asked unSni- nous consent for a vote February i6. and. upon objection. presented the.r pe- tition for cloture. or limitation of de- bate.
 Senator Pomerene. democrat. Ohio. ob- jected to the proposal for a vote Feb ruary Is after an address tn which ho denounced the bill as taxing about eT- erything that goes on the breakfast ta- ble of the workingman."
 The cloture petition. presented by Sea- ator Penrose of Pennsylvania, in ciizrre of the bill, bore names or thirty-four republican senators and will be voted en at 1 o'clock Wednesday. It requires a two-thjrds vote for adoption and it's de- feat was conceded tonight by both Tepub- licans and democrats.
 In presenting the cloture plan. Sena- tor Penrose said hv had exhausted es- cry reasonable effort to get an agreement { for voting. He did not indicate what would be done with the bill in event ef defeat of c,oture. but Senators McCum- ] Der of North Dakota and Borah of Ida I, ho, republicans. served notice that they would attempt 10 hold the bill before the senate and make every effort to get a | WIG btlViG ANt cs1Siou NHAH- AnE uoAlCIa of these two senators were regarded as likely to change plans for laying asi1s | the bill .n event of failure Of cioture. It | was said that instead Of sidstracking the bill formally 1t probably would bo laid aside temporarily" from day to day l to give consideration to the sessions ap- propriation bills. Private predictions were general however. that there was little prospect of enactment of the meas ure
 Senator Underwood of Alabama rri- nority leader. dcnounced the proposal for cloture. declaring it contemplated "zag- Eing and throttiing'' the senate. He Esid
 that duties proposed in the Fordney bill
 were ''prohibitive" and declared they
 would make tho toilinE masses carry
 the great financial burden for the relief
 of special interests"
 Tt is the first time" said Mir. Under wood. that the republican leade,ship
 has faced the country with the direct
 proposal to erect a tariff wall. not for revenue, but 10 establish an embargs h time of peace"
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-01

Washington. Jan. 31.-The naval ap- propriauon bill. which probably w.il ue reported 10 the hous. Wednesday. car ries approximately s395,OO0,0og. a re- duction of G5out s3s,UOO,0OO from the amount appropriated a year ago and S2S4.o00;00O less than departmental es- inmates.
 An appropriation of s3s5. 900 .OO0. ia the opinion of members of the appropri1- ton subcommittee hat framel The b.H would neeessitate reduction of she navy's enlisted persdhnel fr2,i d present possible maximum of 143.OOO 10 a maA.- mum of 100000. but would permit a con- tinuation of the navys building program at the same rate as during the current fiscal year
 Chairman Kelley Of the subcommittee declared today that a force Of lD1. 900 regulars would be ample for the navy's needs during the year beginning July 1. The potential strength of the navy. he added,-can be maintained with this num- Der of men, especially since approximate ly 12O.0O0 men who formerly were blue jackets but are now civilians would be available in an emergency. There will be no cut in the number of officers, according 10 Representative Kel-
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-01
Staten9 issued by tflP/ tiaist Party On Refusal of President V h to Pardon Eugene V. Debs-Berger Case Also Treated.

Chicago. Jan. 31.-The socialist party through its national organization in Chi cago issued a statement. today on the re- fuSal of President Wilson to pardon Flu gene V. Debs, and the supreme court de- eision in the Berger case.
 '"The supreme court, in ordering new trial for Victor Berger, J. Louis Engdahl. William R. Kruse, Adolph Germer and Irwin St. John Tucker. con- firmed what the socialist party has main tained since the trial. that the five social ist officials were tried and convicted in an atmosphere of hysteria and prejudice that made fair trial impossible, ''The socialists asserted three years ago when the men were indicted and repeated two years ago at the time of the trial that the men were being punished not for specific acts but solely and only for their work as members and officials of the socialist party.
 Tn oher words. the socialists declare that the prosecution of the five men, to- gether with the prosecution of Eugene | V. Debs and other espionage cases were political trials and that the men , are being punished for political opposi- ton to the dominant political party and 1 for no other offense."
 | The statement applauded the su- preme court decision as far as it re- lated to Judge Landis and attacked tho motives of that jurist. It then turned to the Debs case asserting that President l Wilson had refused to recognize the fac that the hysteriaI of the war period i. over and that savage for political heres! is out of date"
 Political trials, political prisoners ant punishment for political heresy have al
 ways been out of place in America anC
 this country will be better place tt
 live in when that chapter is closed.
 said the concluding sentence of the state ment.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-01
Plan to Tighten up
 the N|stead Act
Prohibition Leaders in Con gress Strong For Jail Sen tence For the First Viola ton.

Washington, Jan. 31.-(By The A. P.) Prohibition leaders in congress are hop ing to tighten up the Volstead law.
 They are planning new legislation to provide fiat jail sentence for the first offense of selling liquor without giving the courts the optional right O. imposing fine t'
 Other changes being discussed among the prohibition leaders relate to the seizure clause so as to reach the home brew and to make more sweeping the present law under which a person buying liquor may be punished equally with the person selling it.
 Conhscation of every drop of liquor held by citizens, regardless as to when or how 1t was acquired, is also being urged. This would legalize seizure of all stocks held in private ceilar-or a safety deposit vault. Objection to that, however, has been made by some dry leaders on the ground that little such liquor finds its way into channels of bootleg trade and that it won't be long before all such liquor will be used up. Unless pending bill. which would per- init federal commissioners to try minor | liquor cases, is passed, a proposed amend ! ment to the Volstead law would take care of this. Federal court dockets are ! now badly congested with Volstead vio- ! ported a change of procedure necessary The big fight for amendment will start i with the opening of the new session in l April, according to dry leaders. They say they have enough votes in the house now to put through any added. restric. tions they might desire, but that there is not enough time left
 Meanwhile, Chairman Volstead of the house judiciary committee, on whose shoulders will fall the bulk of revising and tightening up, is awaiting word from prohibition enforcement officers a, to suggestions for making the law bulle proof.
 Reports showing heavy transportation of liquor and wholesale smuggling prompted the movement to put person! transporting and selling it in jail righ 1 off the bat
 In the effort to stop home brewing ana operation of kitchen or garrett distiller
 ies, turning out small quantities of Ii quor for sale, prohibition leaders admi
 that they will run into storm of oppo
 sition
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-01
ARRANGING FOR TRANS
 ATLANTIC WIRELESS TEST

Hartford. Conn, Jan. Js1.z-Twenty-fiYe wireless o9era:ors in various eastern states tonight were tuning up their ra: do sets ln prepz -ation for ., the first civilian transatlantic wireless test. The test. under the auspices of the American Redo Re'ay Leayie. is scheduled 10 start al 1o.30 o'clock tomorrow night. Three hundred civilian wireless operators In England and Scotland. will bs s-listenins ai their instruments foE the test mes sage
 The message has been divided into p parts. each to be sent by a different sta ton n this country. The first section of the msssa-e IS to be flashed by Hiram Percy Maxim from his station in this csty The continuous wave" stations of Robert Miner and C.. Tuska here also will serd parts of the message. A sta ion in Michigan Is the farthest west o1 those taking part in the test.
 Inc Maxim station recently established a trans-continental civilian wireless re lay record. sending a message to Lo' ArEe.es and receiving a reply six ,ant ole-izlf minutes later.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-01
THREE FIREMEN KILLED;.
 Is INJURED IN PROVIDENCE

Providence, Jan. 31.-Three fremen were Killed and eighteen seriously in jured when a wall of blazing building at SS. Mathewson street collapsed during a fire early this morning which lasted less than two hours.
 The structure, which is in the busi- ness district, was practically destroyed. The damage is estimated at $15o,00o and it is believed that two of the victims will not survive.
 Trapped on the roof and blinded by Smoke when flames suddenly severed the front wall, a company of firemen were hurled into a fiery pit. Those in the street were. showered with huge javehnc of blazing beams and debris.
 Defying death that threatened them from what remained of the totterine framework, comrades of the victims rushed into the ruins and brought out the living and the dead.
 The three who lost their lives wers Lieut.. Thomas H. Kelleher of Engine No 2; John Peatue of Ladder 1 and Andrew Cooper of Ladder 1. Lieuts Robert Nc Donald and Thomas M. Tiernan are on the dangerous list at the Rhode Island hospital.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-01
WILSON REJECTS
 COMMUTAYION. FOR DEBs

Washington, Jan 31.-Recommenda-~ tion by the department of justc that the ten year sentence of Eugene v. Debs. long prominent socialist leader, and now serving a ten-year sentence a At lanta, Ga, for violation of the wartime espionage laws, be comn.uted, effective February F, next Lincoln's birthday. was rejected today by President Wilson and communication refused.
 The decision of the president came as no surprise because of his previous refus- als to intervene in inc case on the ground that Debs had sought to handicap the government through opposition to the selective service act during the war, and that the granting of clemency in this case might induce similar tactics on the part of others in the, event of another yaE .Apnouncement, of the presidents decision was made few hours after the recommendations of the department of justice had been submitted to him.
 The case was reviewed by a special board now taking up all convictions un- der the espionage act and their findings were endorsed by, Attorney General Palmer. The findings are understood to have pointed out that Debs would be eligible for parole on Aug. Il, 1922, and that his sentence. in case of good be- naYlour, would expire on Dec. 2S, 1925. The recommendation Is understood to have suggested that Debs had been ade- quately punished by his confinement since June 15, 1919.
 1 Petitions were presented several months ago by union labor and social ist leaders asking for the release of the man, now 66 years old, who four times has been candidate for president of the United States. The case has been en- sistently and bitterly fought both in and
 out of the courts ever since Debs waE indicted and then convicted by a fedora jury at Cleveland in September, 1918 for violation cf the espionage act Spe
 officially the charges against him in cluded attempting to incite insubordina
 tion in the military forces and obstruct
 ing recruiting. The case was appealed
 to the supreme court of the Unitet
 States which sustained tn clover court
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-01
PROVIDENCE MAN KILLED BANDIT WHO TRIED HOLD UP

Providence, R. L, Jan. 31.-Orrie A. Lane, collector for The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company stores, carry ing the days collections, was held up on the stairway from his apartment today, but turned the hold-up mans gun on the robber and killed him. Lane went home to dinner with several thousand dollars in his custody. After dinner he started for the bank; went down one flight and came face to face with the gunman on the second floor landing. Lane refused to hold up his hands; caught the robbers wrist and doubling his arm over, pulled the trigger so that the hold-up man was shot through the head, he told the police.
 Lanes wife called the police. They found the robber, a man of 25, who has not been Identified, dead at the foot of the stairs at the ground floor. On the second floor landing they found Lanes false teeth, lost in the scuffle. Lane clung to the money bag. The police held him pending further investigation.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-01
le sub-commlttee helIer.d

ly. who said the subcommittee believed every one of the $500 now in service should be retained. Trained officers he declared, are the nucleus of an efficient navy and 1t would Le mistake to force economies in that direction.
 Use of only modern craft. in Mfr Rei- ley's opinion. would cut down the amount of repair work at various shore bases and would permit a reduction in land forces and the possible abandonment uf some stations. No provision Is made ln the bill for the abandonment Of any cf the navy's land bases. Nr. Kelley as- serting that such economies are matters of administT to be worked cut by the next sec.--ary of the navy.
 Secretary Daniels. commenting to- night on the probability of reducing the enlisted personnel of the navy 10 100 900 men, said such a curtsilment necessarily would result in placing a number of lhs older batti.ships and smaller craft "a re- serve commission with skeleton erewE. but would not seriously cripple the navy. The committees action Is net unex- pected." the naval chief said We stiu {; will be able ta keep aall the latest bat ! tlcships and about fifty per cent of the
 new destroyers in full commission"
Norwich bulletin., 1921-02-01

washington, Jan. 31.-Industrial ope- ratlons have not increased sufficiently to effect a material reduction in the wide spread unemployment prevalent a month ago. according to the review of business and financial conditions of the country fer January issued tonight by the federal reserve board.
 A s.Ieht increase in the activity of leading New England industries during the month probably has brought a measure of relief h ere the review said, hut in the south and west the situation has beome more acute. In the San Frznclsco district. previously slightly af- fecte,. the board reported unemploy- m-nt b be abnormally great. for this season.
 Wage reducti5ns have continued, the board said. and the curtaianent has spread to sections of the country where wage rates have Hitherto been main tined at high levels. About 100000 textile nil workers in New England have suffered wage cuts averaging g 1-2 per cent. the review added. and while reductions in the bcot and shoe industry have not been so large, they have been extensive
 Some increase in the demand for la Dor in Massachusetts was noted in Jan uAry. but the Bsston employment offi:e uniformed the board that the number Of applicants was the greater on re- cord during the first days of the month.
 Unemployment in the New York dis trict increased by about four per cent In January. the review said. s5me textile nils have reopened and there has been greater activity in the mems clothing il- duRry of Rochester. but transportation companies dropped a considerable num- her of employees during the month. Up- anpysyment was likewise widespread Ansns longshoremen. freight handlers, dock workers and seamen.- while there were further reduction in iron and steel oaais Conditions in other section of he country are given in the review as following: