Norwich bulletin., 1921-07-09


 was hopeful of being in a position to make an Announcement regarding the Angio-Japanese treaty on Mondy next. Senator Pomeren reintroduced as a separate resolution his naval disarma- ment plan, which he offered as an amend ment to the naval appropriation bill. Delaware, Laekavannn and Western Railroad announced 12 per cent. reduc- tion in working forces at it's Scranton, Pa, repair shops.
 A bill to solve banking, taxation and sugar problems on Cuba will be drafted by a joint commission of the Cuban con- gress.
 Postmaster Hays announced an investi- gation of the parcel post system with a view of effecting economies, has been be- gun.
 [. S. Shipping board steamer Eastern Sword, bound from New Orleans for Belfast with 5000 tons of wheat, went ashore at Whitehead in Belfast Lough. Karl HeIerich, nationalist leader and former minister of the treasury under Hlohenzollern regime denounced taxa tion program of Chancellor Wirth.
 Mrs. A. R. KiaS of New York, first cousin of John D. Rockefeller. was found { dead in bed at a hotel in Lloyd, N. Y. She was -75 years old.
 | President Harding broke a preslden- tial precedent by motoring to the capitol and taking lunch with some of his old associates in the senate.
 E. c. Potter has been appointed federal prohibition director for Massachusetts with headquarters at Boston, the bureau of internal revenue announced
 The house passed the sIack-hIled pack age bill, designed to prevent the use in the sale, of foedstuffs of bottle and con tainers that are deceptice in appearance and short in weight.
 l According to the Pennsylvania State Department of Labor and Industry, un- | employment is increasing throughout the state despite the call of farmers for men to harvest the crops.
 Senate favorabIy reported the amend ed "anti-grain gambling bill" providing for government regulation of the coun- I commerce and attorney general. l Seven-year-OId Felix Suszczynsh got in the way of propeller of an airplane that had just landed on the Guttenberg race track at North Bergen and was de- capitated.
 Sultan Mohmmed VI, replying to Turk ish nationalists announced he was ready lA .a1,.y f . |, imper.A family, except Prince Abdul Med lid, who belongs to the nationalist party ard is the legal heir.
 Captain I. V. Shell and two army ser geants fell into San Francisco Bay in a big army balloon, which mad risen from Fort Baker to observe target practice. They were rescued by a tug from Angel Island Immigration Station.
 The Australian house of representa- tives, according to cable messages. has passed a bill exempting British newsprint paper from duty and placing a duty of t3 a ton on newsprint from other coun- tries.
 Miss Lillian Blrnbaum, 22. Brooklyn was drowned while swimming in a pool in creek near the Cornell University
 
 was student in the agricultural course at the university summed school session
 superstitious folk in Jersey City breathed easier when they learned that the mysterious phantom light that had gIowed from their belfry of St. Joseph: Catholic church was only the reflection of the red lights of passing Hudson tube cars in a deep cut near the. edifice 
 Premier BriAnd was urged by friend. of Poland" parliamentary group, tc impose penalties on Germany for the killing of French major during an out. break of disorders at Beuthen, Upper Silesia- The o.icer was killed by a Ger. man volunteer.
 Baldwin Loeomotic Co. received orderi for locomotives. Mikado type for Mex ico. Pacific type locomotives for th' Peking-Hankow railway of China and { large order for locomotive forgings iron India. American Locomotive Co. receiv ed orders for 51 locomotives. A board of officers headed by MaJo General Hsrbord. executive assistant tt General Pershing. achief of staff, was or dered to begin study of measures nee essary to provide within the genera stan nucleus TOT general nelQ head quarters for the army in time of emerg ency.
 Foreign liners entering Americar portn, with bar room sstocks of alcohoii, beverages should be "very discreet" At torney General Daugherty said in dis cussing the application of justice opinion that transit shipments of liquor througl American territory from one foreigl country to another Is illegal Action permits to mnufacture me dicinal beer will be deferred Tor a least week or two, Secretary Mellol said. The house bill to prohibit tn sale of such beer has been favorabl, recommended to the senate by the judi , ciary committee.
 The ferty-nlnth annual meeting of tn National Womans Christian Tenperanc Union, the first convention to be hell } since the eighteenth amendment becam effective, will be held in San Francisc August IS to 23 and will be addressed b, . Federal Prohibition rnnn,r, fe.;r,. |.