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Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-03
NORWICH BULLETIN
uha. !. ael.r On Tonight.
WILLlMANTIc OFFICE Telephone tc5 23 Church St.

What Is GelnE On Tonight.
 s. Jean Baptiste Society meets at No. gI Valley street
 Violet Rebelxah Lodge. No. 57, I. o. o. F.. meets at No. s07 Main street.
 AnaoUBceneut was made Monday morn lng by Rev. William IT. Bath of Norwich, superintendent of the Norwich district of the New England Methodist Southern conference, of the appointment of s. Leon ard Geer Of No. 292 Windham road as superintendent of WnEmantic camp ground. The appointment was scheduled Co be made Tuesday. April 2sth. at the meeting of the W1iimantic camp ground committee heid in this city but a choice Eas necessary between several appli- c1nts. Mir. Geer begins his duties May 15th. Mir Ceer has had considerable ex- pcrielce in the line Of work he will meet in his new position. At present there are 56 cottsres at the camp grounds. not including the tabernacle. the outdoor au- ditoriuun and several large society houses Mr. Gcer succeeds Martin C. Walters who had been superintendent for 12 years Mr Walters res gned last winter and since then the work has been carried on by substitutes.
 uonaay's session of the police court
 
 noon. Al the morning session George -Birbarie was charged with operating a motor vehicle not equipped with propel registration numbers. He pleaded guilty Birtaris and his partner have been in this vicinity for some time sCSing electric fix tures. Saturday he traded his car with local dealer and the number plates on his old car. which were Maryland numbers were nut on the new car by garage en picyes. He had the dealers licenses in hi! car and was 10 go to Hartford Mondal for the Connecticut numbers. He did no think what he was doing when he use, ths Maryland numbers. As it was hi frzt appearance before the court he wa allowed 10 go upon payment of costs amuuntirE Go S5.I5-
 Frederick Coss. charged with intoxica lion. pleaded guilty and was fined S5 am coEtz. amounting 10 S1215. which he fo ray iu six months through Probation Officer Elmer M. Young. Goss had foun a DCcEelb0uk owned by Horace s. Eato of Windham and had spent the S10O i tho nocsc toook. A charge was to b brought against him on this count, bu thf matter was settled 10 the satisfactio of Sir. Eaton and the charge was dropped Gozs is married and has two small chi drUn. It was his first offense.
 Mrs. Eliza Palmer Of Windham Cente charged with breaking a scarlet feve quarantine. pleaded not guilty. The cas was continued until Saturday. May 14tl One of Mrs. Palmers children is allege Go have had the disease at the time Mir Palmer denies this, however.
 John DouEherty. 90. of Waterbur.
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poets to occupy that house Mfr. Reig has not decided where he will move.
 Mrs. Reig's brother, Arthur Blair who has been living with them is reported to have purchased the farm tn South Bol ton known as the Shoddy Mil farm Miss LavaHia c. Fries of Bolton and her cousin, Miss Mary I. Fuller of Man chester spent the week end at Leonard Bridge with the formers sister, Mrs. Charles Carpenter.
 Calvin Hutchinson. his sons Maxwell. John and Herbert, and daughters Misses Olive and Eleanor Hutchinson have nov ed from the Hutchinson homestead to the Deming farm in ARdover which Mir. Hutchinson and sons are going to con- duct in company with Mir. Hutchinson's cousin, John Hills of East Hartford. The moving of this family from Bolton
 Is widely regretted and will mean a great l loss to the community.
 Mrs. Eliza E. Daiy has returned home
Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-03
BOLTON

Prof Samuel NJ. Alvord, who sold his house on Ashley street, Hartford, last fall but rented it for the winter gave It up May first. He has moved his furni- ture to Bolton and will have it stored un- til the Alvord homestead which is being practically built over is completed. Mir. Alvord will motor from Hartford daily to continue his duties as teacher in the Hartford high school The family is living in the large ell of the house which is practically new.
 Frank Reig has sold his farm to Mir. and Mrs. SianmeRs of Manchester. The sales includes both the old house and the new one built on the same farm by Stephen Cayagnaroae few years ago. also the stock.
 John H. Massey Nho has been rent ing the new house plans to move to the CentEr district, as the new family ex-
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after a stay Of several weeks at St. Fran cis' hospital. Hartford, where she under went a surgical operation. pr. and Mrs V. Van DercloclS, of New Jersey came ic Hartford in their touring car 10 bring their aunt home Mrs. Dsly appears ts be gaining well
 Fruit trees and berry vines are mak- ing the heart Of fruit lovers happy with anticipation. as they are well filled win blossoms.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-03

The Plainfeld Bantams baseball team started the season with-Moosup Saturday afternoon on the latteTs grounds. The rain which had been driz2ling more or less during the afternoon finally broke into "a shower after several innings had been played and Umpire Smith called the game. The Bantams have quite a team this season and Manager Bedart expects many fast games on the local grounds.
 The Barry Wall orchestra of Block Island and Providence was the center of attraction at the dance in the Community house Saturday night. In spite of the rainy weather a fair crowd assembled. The orchestra was a bit late in arriving, due to the wet roads, but the dancers who waite dwere well pleased with the brand of music.
 About S5 candidates were initiated in the new St. Johns council, k. of C.. at the Lily theatre Sunday. Over 700 knights from all over eastern Connecticut were present to help in the initiation. The candidates formed in front of the market, had their pictures taken, and marched to the theatre for the final ritual After ] the ceremonies supper was served at the Lawton inn to the visiting degree team. The Plainfield soccer team continued l it's lead as head of the Eastern Connecti- 1 cut league in The Bulletin cup series by l defeating Taftville 3-1 on the local grounds Sunday The game was rather one-sided, TaftviIle never causing any | danger. The one goal they scored was 1 carried by the wind4so that the ball jus; [ squeezed in between the upright and the
 crossbar. Piainfeld had many opportuhi. ! ties to score, but the wind carried ths | ball away from it's mark. Besides the | three goals scored, Plainfeld hit the l uprights three times and wind prevented 1 their scoring. This put Taftville out of i the race for the championship. Next Sat. urday Westerly plays at Taftvilie ana
 should Taftville win, or even tie them
 the championship goes to Plainfield
 Plainfield plays the last game witf 1 Westerly at Westerly on the 14th and a.
 this match will probably decide the se | ries the local fans can hardly await thu
 match. The lineup for Sundays game:
 Plainfield. TaftvilIe. | Rarperou h,l,x.
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Score. 3-1 goals, James Greenhalgh. Walton, Alexander, A. Finlayson; ref cree, Dobson, Westerly; linesmen, Billy Brown, Taftville, Bill Collins, Plainfield :: time, ttwo 45 minute halves.
 The Plainfield management feel that after Sundays game the cup will stay in Piainfield, even though Westerly gives the local team a hard battle
 The Viewers union members held then annual social and dance in Spinners' hall Saturday evening. 8fr Whitehead of Fall River, secretary of the National Fedora ton of Cloth Weavers of America. was the principal speaker P. H. Rouleau president of the local union. was chair. man of the gathering. Over POO were present. Refreshments were served and the crowd danced until midnight.
 Robert Smith. resident engineer of the Lockwood, Greene, engineers, has resign. ed, and George McCreery, his assistant has been appointed resident engineer Mac" will start on his duties im1nedi ately.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-03
Handieap in the Nam,

A horse called Income Tax recent ly failed to finish in a race at tho Auteuil track, Paris. Even the handicap of such a name too great to over come.-Detroit Free Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-03

Danbury.-Domestic consumers of ice will not have to pay as much for ice this summer as they did the last two years. as the local dealers have decreased the price to 65 cents a hundredweight. This is | reduction of 15 cents a hundred bounds from the price Of two years ago.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-03

Rocky HiI.-Saturday Capt Arthur Taylor has resigned on the ferryboai Nayaug. Capt Chauncey Goodale beEaI his duties Monday morning.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-20
B0RAH LANDS ON:
WANTS NO
MORE WAR SHIPS
Idaho Senator Declares BtatIe.
ships Obsolete; Money
Wasted in Building

Washington, Aug. 1s.-1n view of
recent airplsns experiments, this
country must develop havy that will
protect our present navy, said Sena-
tor Borah. in calling attention to the
nations present battleship program.
I'VE are building 16 battleships,
costing from $40,o00,ooo to $4,000
600 apiece, and in less than 80 min
utes, as General Mitchell (of the air.
plane service) told us he would, they
sank the ship which Won Tirpitz said
was an unsuitable ship" continued
Senator Borah.
1.-THE airplane development is just
beginning. 1t is just in its youth. Yet
we go forward building these great
battleships at this enormous expense.
knowing that inside of two years the
airplane will have rendered this par
ticular type Of battleship absolutely
worthless as defensive proposition.
mo man in the senate, as a busi-
ness man, a member of corporation,
a stockholder, or having anything to
say with reference to the expenditure
of his money upon that kind of an
enterprise would consent to it for
moment. He would say, Let us know
whether we are putting $42,000,OO0
into each of these ships that can be
sunk in 21 minutes before the aircraft
service has even reached. what it con-
tends is its first period of success in
these matters
If we should discontinue the
building of six battleships we could
there save an expenditure of at least
$24O, 100000.
Il see no other way by which to
reduce the expenditures upon the part
Of congress-"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-20

$o,OOO owner pays One-tenth of 2 per
cent. The repeal of the excess profits
tax and the substitution of Is per
cent tax on all earnings, waving the
$4,000 exemption, imposes a far great
er burden ON small concerns (there
are 100000 concerns earning less than
$2,O0O) in relation to their ability to
be deferred. BY this move, which
would merely be passing the difficulty
along to the future, Congress could
give the executive departments the
money they want and reduce taxes
about 100000, 900.
But there are practical difficulties
in the way that Mr.. Mellon will ex-
plain to Congress all in due season..
The first is that any attempt to in
crease the bonded Indebtedness of the
nation will be vigorously opposed by
the bankers, who must, in the
event this plan were adopted, supply
the funds. No sane man would at
tempt to float public loan at this
time, when Liberty and Victory bonds
are selling well below par. and when
a. large section of the population is
1lat broke. About all the money there
IS IN this country has gone into a few
hands through the process of defla-
fion., Should the government decide
to turn the nation's pockets inside
out out y would soon discover that: they
were empty. In the words OF the
popular song. There isn't any more,
n |; le lle admin % has IN pliedly. ,f
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-20

kris mind so suddenly? Was his first
statement based on insufficient infor-
nation, or was it merely press agent
stunt to get Mr.. Lasker first page
space in the newspapers? And what
that enables the Shipping Board to re-
duce its financial needs to the extent
Of $2O0,0O0.000. These are fair ques-
tions and they should be promptly and
satisfactorily answered.
Chairman Lasker appeals for public
support and patience, but he is doing
little to secure them. His appoint
ment of a former official Of the
Schwab shipbuilding corporation to
assume complete control Of the Ship
ping Boards financial policies will not
inspire optimism. The public can not
easily forget the testimony of Perley
Morse, an accountant of national re-
pute, before the Walsh committee that
the Schwab interests through many
misapplied items found when fts ac-
counts had been audited. had secured
from the government more than
$1O0,000,O00 to which it had no
shadow. of claim. It is difficult to
understand how Chairman Lasker ex-
poets to salvage the wreck Of our
merchant marine by placing in''key'
positions the identical individuals who
are responsible for the previous NAL
adorous administr Ion.
81 While testif fyinE before the joint
commit tee investi s. atinG agrIculfural
scopd ditionss soYernay
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-20

not more definitely, pledged itself
against any further initiation Of the
national debt. Mr.: Harding, when he
was applying the spur to Congress on
the railroads half billion subsidy, at
tempted to make it clear that the ap-
proval of his suggestion would not in
any manner increase the governments
obligation, although his argument
was unconvincfng. The fact is; that
the government must borrow to pay
the railroads thei4 exorbitant demand,
and it isn't going to TASK for another
billion dollars if it can help it. The
astute banker who is influencing the
administrations financial program
knows there is dynamite in any bond
proposal, if Congress doesn't, and
there won't be any side-stepplng in
that direction, now or in the future,
unless some situation should arise that
would afford better expedient.
The United States Shipping Board
is the greatest commercial wreck in
history and it asked congress for an
appropriation of $300,000,000 to SAL
wage the wreck. Shortly thereafter
chairman Lasker went before b; the
House appropriation committee and
stated that 100000, 900 would be
sufficient for Shipping Board require
ments, ~and then advised the comit-
tee that the greatest s commercial
wreck could be made to pay the en-
tire Il cost of the wal.
tshapDened G. change M. ~;
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-20
BY JOHN NJ. BAER IN "I,A

H.
Republican leadership in Congress
has been forced into a corner on the
question of reducing taxes. The
administration, through Secretary of
the Treasury Mellon, has stated, in
terms so plain that the dullest-witted ed
citizen can not misunderstood his
meaning, that more revenue than the
present laws yield must be provided to
take care Of the normal needs Of the
executive departments. Ways of get
ting the money have been suggested,
which include an increase of postal
rates, a series. of pestiferous stamp
taxes, and taxes on tabacco, automo-
blles and other so-called luxuries The
revenues to be secured from these
sources is to make up what will be lost
when the excess profit taxes are re-
pealed. -
Mr.. Mellon has submitted two dis
tinct propositions 40 Congress. First,
rich profiteers must be relieved from
paying a just share of maintaining tho
government and, second, the public
must assume their burden. There is to
be a shifting instead of a lifting of the
burden of taxation. The expense OF
government is to be transferred from
the bank account of the wealthy to the
pOcketb0oks of the poor. . r.. i.
s Mr. Melons Recommendation Of a
flat tax OF $40 on each automobile,
irrespective Of horsepower. and value.
means that the owner Of a $500 car
pays per- cent Of IT. value and tie
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-20

Federal Reserve Board gave off some
verbal. pyrotechnics and waved his
hands and shouted ''liar," but he did
not dispose of some outstanding facts
developed by former Comptroller Of
the Treasury John SHELTON Williams.
When Harding's~ testimony is analyzed
it Is discovered that he practically cor
roborated the charge Of Williams that
the Federal Reserve Board had been
used to promote speculation in New
York while it was "deflating'' the
farmers and causing widespread in
dustrial depression. :
The charges of Mr.. Williams were
to the effect that one bank in New
York received from the Federal Re-
serve System more money than was
allotted to be entire State Of Iowa,
the largest producer Of agricultural
products in the United States, ana that
the New York bank thus favored had
p emitted its own officers TO use mil
lions Of the funds thus secured to
participate in .advantageou, specula-
tons. < S . sst-3.. y
Mr.. Williams had declared that this
bank had secured $3.50, 900, 900, while
the State Of Iowa had received less
than 500, 10000 Harding stated that
the first sum was not more than
$4,000, 600. The sum used by bank
officials ii pecuiation was said tosbe
B about $1s. 900, % 90. The esesse1tia1sfa
as revealed hy b Il ,1rl-;
EchangeSly and tho M derS M q Sery q III.
ten. II safis n ri IT
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-20
.C0MPERS'uR
KANSAS UNIONS
TO 0PP0SE'LAW
Declares Cant Strike Statute
Is Medieval; Appeals to La
Dor For Its Repeal.

Washington, Aug. 18.-Kansas
workers, fighting to secure the repeal
of the court of industrial relations
law, have been forwarded message
of encouragement and assurance of all
possible assistance by the A. F. of L..
through President Gompers.
In a statement to President Free
man of the Kansas federation of labor
the A. F. of L. executive brands the
Kansas law as "medieval' and as set
ting Kansas apart as "a state that is
unable to settle its industrial prob
lens by democratic methods"
Kansas workers are urged to give
their best efforts to the campaign
just opened in their state. President
Gompers' statement follows:
"A campaign to bring about the re-
peal of the Kansas court of industrial
relations law has been inaugurated
by the Kansas state federation of
labor.
'The A. F. Of L. has declared its
opposition to the principle set up in
that law and will give to the Kansas
state federation of labor all possible
assistance in securing it's repeal.
1.-The Kansas court of industrial re-
lations law is a piece of medieval leg
islation that has no place in a dem
ocracy and that will not work where
free people live.
1T is to be hoped that the workers
of Kansas will give their best efforts
to the campaign which has been
opened and that they will be able to
remove from the statute books of
their state law which marks Kansas
apart as a state that is unable to solve
its industrial problems by democratic
methods.
II am convinced that when a ma
jority of the people of the state un-
derstand the issue involved the law
will be repealed"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-20
LABOR TO WORK
FOR REPEAL OF
N0-STR|kE claw
Kansas Unions to Start Pub
Iicity Campaign in State to
Wipe Out Bad Law.

TOPEKA, Kan, Aug. 1S.-The ex-
ecutive board of the Kansas state fed
GRAFTON of labor has started a publicity
campaign to repeal ALIENS "can't-
strike' law. AS an indication Of the
opposition to this law outside of or
ganized labor, the unionists call atten-
ton to the signed statement of the
jury that convicted President Howat
for violating the law. The judge in
structed the jury to find a verdict of
guilty, which they did. Then the jur-
ors made a public statement that they
believed the industrial law was wrong.
The jury was composed of 10 farmers
and two business men.
I'VE are convinced" the federation
officials say. that if it is possible to
win over to our way of thinking, a
jury of farmers and business men, it
is, possible to convince the farmers
throughout the state that the indus
trial court law should be repealed
The Kansas state federation Of la bor
the court and pledged moral and fl
nancia1 support to- the mine workers,
who have stood the. brunt Of this bat
tie. We must noY do more effective
work.
>''Watch for the beginning of our
campaign, which will start at once in
the southeast and finally cover the en-
tire state. When the crusaders reach
your community lend them every pos
sible assistance in their effort to carry
the truth to the people,"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-20
FIGHT ON LABOR
HURTS BUSINESS
Destroys Wage Conditions, De.
CTeaSeS Purchases and Closes
Mines and FaCt0reS.

SEATTLE, Aug 18.-How nom
unionism, with its cut-throat competi-
tion,. destroys wage workers condi-
tions and uproots sta bility in business
is shown in the mining industry of
this state.
Since last March these coal mines
have been closed. The mine owners
say they can not compete with the
unorganlzed coal from Vancouver
island and Utah and with fuel oil
from California. The miners refuse to
dragged down to the level of the un-
ed eviction notices on their company
owned houses. The miners reply that
if their families are to be thrown into
the street, they will withdraw the
pump men and other maintenance
men necessary for the protection OF
the mines.
The coal owners declare they will
henceforth operate on the anti-union
basis, although they say they will en-
ploy union men-just enough to serve
as an alibi that they ':de not ot~diserim-
inate," and not enough to challenge
the coal owners absolute control of
working conditions in and around the
mines
Trade unionists agree that the sit
uation is dangerous and that battle
involving the life of the Mine Work
ers' union is imminent.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-20
LUMBER ISH|CH
WAGES ARELOW
Coast "0psn Shoppers" Cut
Builders Wages, But Price
Of Lumber Still Up.

SEATTLE, Aug. 18.-Lumber own
ers can do much to increase their
prices and labor must take more
reduction, says President Vinnedge.
of the West Coast Lumbermen's asso-
citation.
In the West Coast Lumberman, Mr..
Vinnedge writes that there is much
that we can do in securing higher
averages sales price for our lumber.
This we are endeavoring to bring
about through the west coast forest
products bureau, which is the market
extension activity of the northwest
lumber industry.
Labor has taken a considerable re-
.duction and doubtless must take
more
In line with this wage reduction
policy the lumber barons have at
tempted to foist a company "union,' -
known as the loyal legion of loggers
and lumbermen, on workers in this
timber industry. All through the
northwest, wherever this company
union functions, it has been the We
hicle by which these employers re-
lduced wages and heightened hours,
which charging the International
Union of Timbers Workers with being
responsible for the high price of lum-
ber.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-08-20
union TO BACK
+. NEGRO. WORKERS
Railway Clerks and Freight
Handlers Union to Take
over Co|ored Laborers.

WASHINGTON Aug. 1s-At con-
ference in the A. F.. of L. building,
presided over by President Gompers,
a piaak ftras outlined by which the
Brotherhood of Railway and Steam
ship Clerks. Freight Handlers, Ex-
press erR Station Employees will take
over coIored workers now chartered
directly by the A. F. of L.. Until the
plan is finally worked out the brother
hood will take up or cause to be taken
up the reduction of wages enforced
upon a number of colored workers In
this calling
In order that the agreement may
be made effective as early as possible,
President Gompers and the brother
mood officials were autho horized to take
Ill necessary steps. Colored workers,
present at the conference. signed the
agreement.