Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-13

The Berlin Vorwserts announced that the payment of 1,OOO,OOO.OOO gold marks to the allies would be made on August 30 according to schedule.
 Frederick H. Brethauer. for @ years connected with city departments. and at one time town clerk. died Thursday after short illness at New Haven.
 Professor Henry Carter Adams. wide ly known economist and for more than 30 years head of the department of po- litical economy at the University of NIi- chigan, died in Ann Arbor, Mich.
 Members of the American Legion. 25o in number, headed by Major John c. Emery, commander of the organization, landed in Cherbourg. France. from the steamship George Washington.
 William CoppOclE, messenger for the Capitol City State Bank. Des Moines. Iowa. was held up within half a block of the city hall by four men and robbed of S6.500.
 Attorney General DauEhtrey an- nounced he hoped to submit to President Harding by the end of the month rec concentrations concerning a pardon for Eugene V. Debbs.
 The bnI of Senator Lodge, for remis- sion of further payments by China to the United States under the Boxer re- bellion indemnity treaty was passed by the senate and sent to the house.
 A reduction of 12 per cent. in wages for over 800 employees of the Massachu- sets Northeastern Street Railway was authorized in a majority decision of the board of arbitration.
 The stock brokerage firm of Drayton, Pennington and Colket, New York, re- ported to the police tiat non-negotiable securities valued at s57,0o0 had been lost by messenger.
 The principle of international dis armament was endorsed in a resolution unanimously adopted at meeting under auspices of the United Japanese Asso- citation in Honolulu attended by more than 800 Japaese.
 Petroleum shipments from the Tam pico. Mexico, oil fields in June aggre- gating 17,0o0.000 barrels reached the greatest volume of shipments for any months this year, excepting the record month of January.
 pr. Victor Baier, 60, organist and choir master of Trinity church, died in New York Thursday. He has been asso- ciated with Trinity church continuously since 1872 when he sang in the boys choir.
 Major General Leonard Wood was authoritatively stated to have been se- lected by Preside-t Harding for gov-
 rnor general ef the Philippines and to have expressed his willingness to accept the post
 More than e4,eOO persons of ten years of age and over in Maryland are una ble to write, the census bureau an- nounced but the percentage of illiteracy in that state decreased from 7.2 in 1918 to 5.S in 1920.
 Streams of liquid fire ran from the New Jersey Central Railroad tracks tc Peters Brook, quarter of a mile dis tant, when tank car filled with gaso lene exploded on the railroad siding near Somerville, N. J.
 President Harding favors publicity 10, the work of the disarmament conference though not to the extent of opening al it's deliberations and sessions 10 the public as demanded by Senators John son and Boran.
 More than 100 Connecticut jitne, owners have banded to fight enforce ment of the new state law which pro hibits jitneys from operating on street unless authorized to do so by the publ
 utilities commission.
 RepeaI of the federal charter of tn American Legion was asked of con- gress by She Private Soldiers and Sail
 ors Legion. on the ground that tn American Legion has "incited lawless
 ness"
 A drive for s20,o00 to fight fnanc
 battles when the clash with fiat owner courts in October was started n Chi cago by the Tenants Protective League The fund is to be made up of one dolla contributions from members of tn, , league.
 : An S-foot hole was torn in the bric wall of the Hotel Pemberton, Hull Mass, when a cylinder head on tn laundry Auangle blew out through tn . side of the basement and landed on tn
 railroad station platform across tn
 street.
 , Customs officers were authority fo the statement that the two-maste,
 American fishing schooner Thomastor
 seized at hiladelphia on suspicion o violating port regulations, landed 100 , cases of Scotch whiskey in Camder
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 s The federal housing corporation Is nc = subject to taxes on it's property in va 3 rious cities, Secretary Davis of the dc y partment of labor declared Thursday i . letter to the senate, answering a resc l. lution of Senator Brandegee asking wh = taxes were not paid on the corporation
 property In Bridgeport