Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-18


 way Go. of New Jersey, voted to decline 20 per cent. wage cut, proposed by the company.
 Petition for an extra holiday. on Sat urday, July 2, was prepared for circula- ton among the members of the New York Stock Exchange.
 Italian government has removed re- strictions on corn and wheat. Wheat crop now spproximates average pro duction befre the war Following a conference between of- fcers and bankers of the St. Louis Fur Exchange it was decided to close the exchange.
 Funeral services for General Jose M. Gomez. former president of Cuba, who died last Monday. were held Thursday in St. Patrick's cathedral.
 Former United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana has been offered the psition of ambassador to Japan and has declined.
 Heavy winds have caused between seven and eight thousand dollars dam age to tobacco growers in the section of Sufield.
 Benjamin F. DOnnelIy, of New York. was high gun in the preliminary try out of the Connecticut state trap shoot ing tournament in New Haven. 1 Charles Henry Macintosh of Chicago, was elected international president of the associated advertising clubs of the world at the concluding session of the convention in AtlanLa, Ga. l The John Parker decIamation contest, held in connection with the Wesleyan University commencement exercises, was won by Rising L. Morrow, class of 1923, of West Pawlet, Vt.
 Absorption of substantial blocks of German reparation bonds in American markets in unavoidable, the federal re- serve board says in a statement dis cussing the reparations settlement
 Nothing approaching n stampede. yet a steady flow of business, has ~reeted the goTernment liquor dispense [ $ at Vancouver, B. C.. and in Victoria tt the opening under the new moderate statute. Profiteer1ng the part of the bakers of the nations bread was charged by Senator Ca2per, republican. Kansas, in a speech in the senate during consid- eration of the packers regulation bill. When King George comes formally to open the Northern Irish parliament in Belfast on June 22 1t is planned to have
 fine body of men as a guard of honor for him.
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 internal revenue bureau will await con- gressional action on the Volstead beer bill unless it's passage Is delayed for considerable period.
 Differences between Major General
 Menoher and Brigadier General Mitchell
 chief and assistant chief, respectively, of
 the army air service, have been "satis-
 factorily'' composed by Secretary Weeks New York tax commission voted to
 tax all real estate in New York on a basis of slightly more than s9 per cent of it sfull value. This is an increase of
 per cent. over the basis. for last year. A special committee of five, to inves- : tigate unemployment and possible con-
 gressional relief. was authorized by the convention of the American Federation of Labor. at Denver.
 | Professor Henry Bergson, a member of the French Academy. and member ol | the Faculty of the College de France, has Y been retired on pension on his own ap. = plication.
 |, At a regular meeting of the New YorI f | Curb Market Association, 1t was decided a l to officially open the new exchange fol
 the transaction of business on June 27, al t10 o'clock.
 Robbories of commodities. including silks, furs, cigars and cotton goods, within
 a radius of 200 miles of New York, to 7 tailed $50, 900 900 in the last year, insur s ance officials report. Only S6,00O, OOt T worth has been recovered. y President Harding sent to the Senat, U the nomination of John T. Rafferty, O j. Brooklyn, to be collector of interna
 revenue for the district of New York > which includes Brooklyn and all of Lonl |. Island.
 Oklahoma Corporation commission = ordered drilling in Hewitt oil fields sus = pended. With the Healdton oil eds thi l. Is the largest drilling center in the state E Producers complain proc 1ction exceed g transportation facilities.
 MendaI PoIlak. of New York, proprie o tor of a hotel near Catskill. \. r, wa o convicted of selling one glass of hart " cider. He was fined s4oo. This Is tn
 first conviction in Greene County unde e new state prohibition act. e The Chicago bathing beaches opene, IT Thursday. Superintendent Vim Burk
 hardt rescinded a rule he announced ; l. year ago to women bathers in regart g to their costumes. Let your conscienc '1 be your guide" He said, Some of then
 didn't seem to have any conscience"
 Four persons were killed. fourteen in S jured. some seriously. and three or fou
 missing. as the result of the wreck O C eastbound train No sos on the Chicag Il and Northwestern railroad near Craw p ford, Nebraska.
 It jury In the superior court in Hart 1t ford found Lawrence Ferrone guilty 0 l. a charge of having had burglar tools i his possession when he was arreste l. there in February. 1919. Judge Malt ,. bic sentenced Ferrne to the state priso