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Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-03
Problem of Mandates
Left for Harding
Present Administration Has
Decided to Take No Further
Action.

Washington. March Further steps
in the controversies between the Ameri-
can government, and the allies and the
council OF the league of nations over
mandates for former enemy possessions
will be left to President Harding and
Charles Evans Hugnes, his secretary of
seatc.
Decision of this administration to take
no further action was made known today
at the state department after receipt of
the replies from the council and Great
Britain to the American notes dealing
with the mandates for the Pacific island
OF Zap, held by Japan, and for Mesopota-
ma, to be awarded to Great Britain
officials said there was insufficient time
for them to prepare answers before the
change of administrations Friday They
also indicated that it might be regarded
as presumptuous if they acted.
We have taken the steps to protect
the position of the United States govern
ment," said Under Secretary Davis, "aAd
tne matter Is now in position to be dealt
with by the incoming administration in
which manner as it may see fit"
The text of the note from the league
council was made public. but that of the
British note was withheld The question
OF It's publication, officials said, would be
left to the, new administration The text
OF the councils note as made public did
not differ in any essential from that
given out at Paris and contained in press
dispatches from the French capital.
Comment on the note was withheld by
ofhcia's as decision On" it will be left for
the officers of the new administration 1t
was evident, however. that the action of
the league in postponing consideration of
the Mesopotamia and other class "a -
! mandates until May or June was received
with satisfaction
The contention OF the league that il
mas no authority over the award Of class
| c. mandates such as that for the island
OF Yap probably will not result in the
initiation of any new negotiations re.
gardng this question, as the United
States already has taken this matter ur
directly with the Japanese government.
| The American government has protest.
/ ed against Japan controlling the irnpor.
tant cables centering, on the island. There
| mas been a suggestion that the two cues
lions, that'of the mandate and the con.
/ trol- of the cables. be ssparated. with in.
cables placed under International control
but one obstacle to its acceptance. it i,
said, appears in the terms of the mandaf,
| taken in connection with japanese law
Under the mandate Japanese Aaw extend,
over the island. That law prohibits In,
! operation and control of cables by othe
| than Japanese subjects. Legislative ac
ton by the Japanese diet would be re-
quired to give effect to such a settlement
and it is said this cannot be assured a
| present
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-03
CLARK STOOD HIGH IN
ESTIMATION OF lIAnDISa

Marion. Ohio March e.-Deep i~gfet az
the death Of Champ Clark was expressed
by President-elecL- Ha- jim; tonight e1
the eve depaftute Tor washington.
The Two men had Beent t.Sends for many
Yeats. having been ass9ciateI together
both in affairs at Wash ng on and in Their
ROUNDS Of the Chstauqua circuits
Their last meeting was in New Or
leans. November IS. !as:, when both we're
guests At a chamber of commerce lunch
con just preceding Mr.. Hsrdiugs .leiar-
ture for Panama. They talked Of der
ton results. the president elect speaking
regretfully Of MIR. Clark's defea, for re-
election and assuring him that II he de-
sired to remain in public service a pla-s
would be found for IN under the new
republican administration.
AS soon as word Of the veteran den1o-
cratic leaders death relc1cd Marion -
day. MIR Harding sent ehis telegram 70
Mrs. Clark at Washington.
u am deeply grieyed 20 learn of the
death of Mr.. Clark. ! dse7ly respected
his marked abilit' and mis- sDi, ndlI yubiio
service and had come 20 hOid him in very
affectonate personal regard. ] know that
all who knew him will Join in winning
that your sorrow may b.: temperei IN tps
consciousness sor The country Erievtng
with you"
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-03
THREE SUPPLY MEASURES
STILL BEFORE CONGRESS

Washington March 2.-Congress, with
in day and half of adjournment had
cleared its calendar tonig.I. Of ten of the
thirteen annual supply measures and
leaders still were hopeful of getting two
others-the army and sundry civh-
through at the last minute
The fight on the naval bill YVES c0ntin-
"Ad in the senate and Indications were
thar i: finally would take its place W tn
the great mass of bills which were ne
gardeo as certain to die w,th this con
gress
Among the measures, fof which hope
had been abandoned were those proposing
compensation for former service men,
regulation of cold storage and the meat
and coal industries, 800. zoe: goo for state
road aid, a federal budget system, reap
portionment in the house, reorganization
of the patent office and many others re-
garded as of less importance.
President Wilson has signed six Of the
supply measures passed. These are the
post Office, diplomatic, District of, Column
bia, rivers and harbors. pension and de-
iciency. Snt to him today were the leg.
islative, Indian and agriculture bills.
General legislation awaiting the presi-
dents signature includes the emergency
tariff bill, which reached the White House
this morning and was referred for report
to the treasury department. The immi-
grafton restriction hll, now before the
labor department for report, and the
resolution repeating most of the special
wartime laws.
The house today again refused to agree
to the senate amendment to the army ap-
preparation bill affixing the army strength
next year at S175. 900, the vote against
the army strength being $40 to 81 The
bill was sent back to conference with
house manages instructed TO insist on
the house figure of 10000.
The house agreed to the conferees COM
promise Of $21,l 900 for the army air
service, instead of the $4,000, 0e0 it orig
nally voted. The senate had proposed
s2s.0ee,o 900 OF the totaly $S,50o,o0o
would be available for new planes and
100000 for experimental work.
The fate OF the soldier bonus bill ap-
parent1y was decided today in the senate
Senator McCumber, republican. North Da-
kota, for the finance committee, made
formal request for unanimous consent u
bring up the measure, but Senator Thom
as. democrat, Colorado. who filed nj
nority report yesterday, opposing it. ob'
jected
Senator McCumber asked II the sena.
tor would carry his opposition far enough
to tie up the measure with parlia rentarS
!. obstruction and Senator Thomas r>nhet
that while his throat was nos in very
good condition, he would 10 the best IL
could. Senator :McCumber. Llareupcn an
nounced that he would not press tht
measure further as Senator Thomas
best would be more than sufficient" K
block the bill.
Tie deadlock between the house ant
senate over the senate amendment 10 tn'
sundry civil bill appropriation, $4,000,
| 600 for the Wilson; dam at Muscle Shoals
Ala, still is unbroken
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-03
4
INeREAsE IN VALUE q Fisss5;s ~, .,x,,sss
FRopEKTX rs NOT SfNe oME:'

Washington, March 2-7Another legal
knot was added IL, the tanglsds sskien gsof
tax legislation today, when the4seorpor-
ate bonds case involving taxabifity as
income of profits realized tf~ough the
sale Of securities, was fled with the SUI
preme court on writ of error from Con-
nectieut.
The brief covered sale IN 1915 of GER
tain bonds for s1s1.0G0. precisely the
amount paid for them although on Marcn
/, 1913. they were quoted at nearly $40
900 less. The tax collector assessed the
difference as profit"
In another transaction the investor, was
assessed on profits" Of s111.0e0, rep
resented by the difference between mar
ket value o. the securities On March j,
1918, and the, sale price in 1915. although
he barely broke even on the investment.
Bonds are property without reference
to cost .or market value the brief as
serted THE bonds themselves are their
owners capital assets and bis capital
interest therein is not limited to their
cost, Increases in value of property he'd
as an investment is not income"
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-03
OUTLOOK DUBIOUS FOR
$4ss,ooO,oOo NAVAL BUDGET

Washington, March 2-Obstacles n1ul-.
tiplied. against the s4s6, ,0O0, zoo naval
budget today. with adjournment of con-
gross thirty-six hours away, and tho.
senate Ned another long night session at
Y. swlscflaeadFocates and opponents of the
Dill fought for lsul,re macy. 49,
The bill met numerous delays todav.,
some incident to the approach of sine die,
Had dlournment and others from the oppo-
sitlon 'canap Meeting at II o'clock today,
the bill was laid aside for five. hours
giving way to conference reports and
other business. and it was O'Clock be-
fore any real work was begun on the
measure. Senator Poindexter, republican
Washington in charge of the bill, again
| declared he would hold the senate in
continuous session until Friday if neces-
sary for a vote. ft
Numerous negotiations toward com
promising the controversy over the $780,
600 600 added to the bill by the senate
naval committee were had during the
day. They appeared promising early, but
later the lines frightened Among the
overtures was proposal for elimination
fof items for the Alameda Cal, naval
base and other new Pacific coast projects
and also for reduction of aviation and
maintenance appropriations.
! An hours delay in consideration of the
1 o4At " 7SO4NCd 1ete IN lne DAY DV 20NO-
| Gates Of the soldier bonus legislation who
sought to get the bonus bill before the
senate. A point of order by Senator
Jones, democrat, New Mexica, one OF the
bonus bill champions. that the navy bill
was irregularly before the senate was
sustained by Vice President Marshall
| TO meet technical parliamentary re.
qhirements Senator .'oindexter was
forced to lay the naval bill temporarily
aside and have the senate adjourn 70,
| ten minutes. Then came the delay Incl
| dent to a new sessions esentation OF
bills, committee reports and othnr buss.
ness. et y - =
Opponents even forced reading Of tbs
journal, pages of proceedings covering
senate activities since Feb. "a Senator
Borah, republican Idaho insisted upor
reading of the minute aud it was an fo,II
4 before Senator Poindexter succeeded' II
getting the naval bill back to. its Z oil
status. The senate then began work al
page Of the 62-page bill, although three
days and nights had been spent, ip2e it,
consideration. i.
Reports were current that the nava
measure was being used to block consid
! Grafton of other bills. including the sol
dier bonus Legislation. Italso was ru
mored that republican leaders were re-
signed to defeat of the -. in the belle
that with Presiden{ + Ell rding com
j mitted, in his recentssF Fe u Sena to,
Lodge Of Massachusetts. repub sScsy lead
er. to a generous naval policy, ttte,.lbfl
might stand a better chance Of eaactInet
at the extra session. =
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-03
CALL FOR INVESTIGATION OF
NEW ENGLAND RAILROADS

Boston. March THE Boston Cham
her Of Commerce by action of its board
of directors today called upon the inter-
state commerce commission to investiga te
the Newe England railroads and say
whether they are being operated Efficient
ly and economically and whether the
proposed further increase Of ten aer cent.
in freight and .<ssenger rites would be
fair an Unreasonable. This action fol-
lowed a report by the transportat ton com
mittee of the Chamber on the raili Dad
situation.
The co:nmittee reported that It realized
that the cost of labor and the working
conditions imposed as a result of federal
control is. responsible TO large extent
for present financial conditions but it is
not aware that these costs are causing
the roads in other sections. Of the coun-
try to make such drastic proposals. as are
being considered in New England
New England cannot continue to be a
desirable place to manufa cture If itssrate
structure, which is now 'op-heavy. con
tinues to orow by reason of increases out
of all proportion to increases irnpose ed
in other, sections. The successive rate
advances have fallen mora heavily on
New England than any other section be-
cause of its geographical location"
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-03
ONE MERCHANT FLEET
EXECUTIVE REcOAfMENDED

Washington. March Standardization
Of the goVernment's merchant heet by one
executive, instead Of by .ssven member
board as the law nov provides, is recon-
rnended BY the Walsh committee, which
reported today TO the house on its
eighteen months investigation Of the op-
eratlons Of the shipping board daring and
since the war.
the report was unanimous Representa-
iives Steele. Pennsylvania, and Come lly,
Texas democrats. joining with the four
republicans on the committee in signing
H.
The report reviewed in detail the snip
Guiding activities OF the government
with the conclusion that considering the
program az a whole the zcc0nIiIlishnen;e
in The number OF ships constructed, the
tannagA secured. and the time within
which ships were completed constitute
the most remarkable achievement in ship
building That the world has ever seem,
The COMMITTEES declared Il had ieund
re evidence to prove that dishoneSt or
fraudulent hottyfSt aetasssd 43px mem
hers OF the Shipping bd&ri or EtIS Jf
the trustees Of the emergency neet cor
poraticr. :
There fss been waste and inefhciency
and lack Of coordination in the sremen-
oous operations OF this government aaer-
cy." the report continued. The reason
or Justification given for this is the stress
under the Far emerseacv. No one will
oeny that there was L great emergency
that time was the most vital factor.
The report mentioned charges made at
hearings that an effort hal been made to
collect s2ec.00o from the government for
the personal expenses Of Charles II
Scnwsb while director of he emergency
feet corporation's operations. and that r
W. Boiling. broLher-in-law Of President
Wilson. had been irregular in his ccn1uc
IS treasurer OF the shipping BOARD. 10th
had previously been exone-ated oy 'tht
committee. which, however. took occasion
in che report 20 reiterate that the charge
.nvolving Mr.. Schwab has r5t beer
proven and Is not true. and that Mr.
BoIine had not been guilty Of any wrong
doing whatsoever.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-03

| NIP or respect for each other We aid
.ot strike below tic belt"
senator Williams Of Mississippi who
Preceded Mr.. Clark as democra;ic leader
u the house. characterized his FORMER
colleague as AN honest. able man. Of un-
seihsn purpose and fundamentally de-
voted 70 Jeffersonian democratic princi-
pies"
Missouris democratic Represents ,iv. L,
tne senate. Senator Reed. close ~
sonal friend Of the house leader. dec,ar-
ed Mr.. Clark the most distinr,,5.hea
man and the most beloved min" In fha
state. Senator Reed added that Mr.. clay
moreover, tor ten years has been TIE
foremost hgure. according u proper es-
Innate. in the democratic party and in
the nationPi life" and his MAC. wilI
nor soon be flied
Samuel Gompers. president Of tbs
American Federation Of Labor d.ci.r "a
the death Of Champ Clark is Joss 10
America and to American citizenship
me labor movement" said Mr.. l;orn-
pers' VIII mourn the loss OF sincera
hghter for freedom and justice Wherev-
! er the hearts of men and women beax
for better day and happier lives there
VIII he grief al the death Of Chamu
1iark' Splendid democrat and true Amer
Colleagues Of the former sneaker Re-
| called tonight thaG his last appearances in
the house chamber was Feb. ll. ,he day
! before he was taken III, and that his last
extended address was late in January.
/ in support Of the proposal 10 increase the
membership of the body In which ne had
- long served.
/ Tho house tonight voted to set aside
an houF at eighl o'clock tomorrow night
for euiogies their late associate. As
! the same time it adopted a resolution IN
vitinE 10 attend the funeral the president
and his cabinet. ihe president elect and
members-designa:e of his cabinet. the v1cs
president and the vice-president-elect
/ the chief justice and associate justices o.
the supreme court. the Diplomatic corps,
| the chief OF naval operations and the
general OF the army as well as senator's
and senators-e.ect
The resolution also directed that a
committee Of the house be appointed for
the funeral and the the senate he in
vited to appoint committee - act with
them.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-03
Outline Of Plans for
Inauguration Day
Visitors Arriving in Capital
Cold and Probably Fair
Weather is Forecast.

Washington March The influx OF
visitors to Washington to attend the In
auguration Friday has started. Despite
the abandonment of plans for an elabo-
rate cerecony, hundreds of people arrived
today. and tomorrow the number is ex-
pected TO run into the thousands with
other thousands to arrive Friday morn
ing.
The. special forecast of cold and prob
ably fair weather Inauguration day which
went out today from the weather bureau
may result in materially increasing the
out-of-town crowd as some folks who
have wished to come probably have hes
itated because Of memories of bad wealth
er at some previous inaugurations
President-elect Harding with Mrs
Harding and a number of friends viii
arrive tomorrow from Marion. He will
go direct to the New willard hotel. where
he will make his headquarters until he
starts for the capitol Friday morning.
Vice President-elect Coolidge and several
| members of the new cabinet already are
| on the grounds. The cabinet officers
dsignate here include Charles Evans
| Hughes, to be secretary of state. Will H.
| Hays to be postmaster general; Edwin
| DENLY to be secretaty 1f the navy !;
| Former Senator John W. Weeks, to be
secretary of-the navy and Senator, FFall,
to be secretary of the interior.
| Other members of the cabinet are ex-
| pectcd to arrive here tomorrow or early
| Fridar. Most of them will not actupally
| take over direction of the various gov
ernmert departments to which they have
| been assigned until Saturday. Meantime
| some Of them are comforting with present
| cabinet officers 10 familarize them9eives
with the work ahead Of them.
Mr.. DENLY had a long conference to-
| day with Secretary Daniels. discussing
! naval policies and the naval appropria-
ton bill now before the senate He re-
.iterated his statement that ne would ain
to have a navy ready for battle at all
times" and also said he believed in Civ
ing every opportunity to The enlisted mar
| for promotion and self 5etterment
Vice President-elect Coolidge worried
| today at his inaugural address. which
he intimated would he very brief. and
| received political leaders and congress
men at his hotel apartments. Among
his callers was Assistant Secretary of the
| Navy Woodbury..
Whether President Wilson is actually
| to attend the Inauguration of Mr.. Hard
ing still remains to be determined. Viii 4
House officials said today the presidel
was anxious to follow All precedents ant
the congressional inaugural committee ha!
| agreed tn provide chair for him on tn
east portico of the capitol Otfler guest:
at the Inauguration will stand during tht
ceremony and the delivery of Mr. Hard
ings speech.
It is definitely settled that Mr.. Wilson
will be present at the Inauguration o
Mr.. Coolidge. He will ride to the capito
with Mr.. Harding but will not accompar.
him back to the White House as i:
the usual custom. Instead he will driv
4 directly to his recently acquired hom
on s street where during the afternoon
!, he will receive democratic senate leader
aid other offieia1 friends
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-03
FOUR INDICTED MASTER
PLUMBERS PLEADED GUILTY

New York, March -Four corporations
and three individuals, members of the
Master Plumbers Associations who we're
indicted last December with As other
firms and individuals, charged rith viola :
ton Of, the state antitrust law, pleaded
guilty today in the state supreme court.
Sentence was postponed until after trial
Of the co-defendants. all indicted in con-
nection with the building truse investiga-
ton.
The firms pleading guilty were: Charles
H Darmstadt,S Inc, William YOUNG
Plumbing Company Milton Schnaier Con
tracing Corporation and Jarcho Bros,
Inc. The individuals were Milton Schnair,
Morris Jarcho and Jacob Jarcho. .
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-03
NO HOPE FOR PASSAGE
4@ OF sCLDIErS' BONUS BILL

Washington March Nope of enact
ment at this session Of the soldier bonus
bill was abandoned today by its propo-
nents.
The bill was SPONSORED by the Ameri.
can Legion and other veteran organiza.
tions,i and officials of these organizations
testified in behalf Of the bill at lengthy
hearings held by the house committee on
appropriations.
The measure, as it left the house,
where it was passed by large majority,
carried provision for extra compensation
tor veterans of the world war at the rate
Of sac month for each month in the
service,
Proponents of the measure, both in and
out of congress, said today that the ef-
fort to pass the measure would be re-
newed at the next session Of congress.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-03
WILLIAMS HAS RETIRED As
COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY

Washington. March John Skelton
Williams retired tonight as comptroller
OF the currency. In accepting his resis-
nation with deen and genuine reiuct-.
ance." President Wilson wrote N-. VII
liams that he had been dore a gross IN
justice" by the way in which the senate
banking committee had handled the ques-
tion of MS confirmation
Il can only believe. however" said tho
president. that time will disclose the In
justice TO everybody and that the rlgst-
verdict viii be rendered by opinion. net
by one of the houses OF congress.
II have had the pleasure upon more
than one occasion Of expressing % yo1
the approval not only. hut the adrnira-
tion with which I have followed the sd-
ministration OF your Office. You can car
~ away, with you into private life the
sal isfac ction Of having performed the du-
ties of comptroller OF the currency IN
way which has redoundcd not only 70
the credit of this administration. but -
the material benefit Of the financial inter-
ests Of the country"
The president was writing IN rr7iy -
a letter from Mr. williams on February
IS. rendering his resignation. elective to-
night, and in which he took a parting
shot AZ some Of his critics IN congress.
The retiring comptroller charged that
"certain senator's who had the power 20
bring his nomination before the senats
had "dodeed and evaded ignoninousiy."
Mr Williams also wrote that since "ths
expressed opposition" 10 his confirmatio1
had prolonged hearings before the senats
banking committees virtually had rui
him. by implication" under charges he
had felt that he was entitled 10 ver>
die"
u have urged and pleaded IN vain
re said, discussion in the opcn senate or
executive session Of any objection 20 my
confirmation. My information is that
Senator Mclean OF Connecticut. chair
man of the banking and currency COM
mittee. refused 10 renort my case because
he promised ? certain partisan politician.
not member ot the senate. that he
would not report H."
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-03
sHIPPING BOARD EXTENDS
AGREEMENT WITH WORKERS

Washington, March 2-Extension Of
the present working agreement between
the Shipping Board and all longshoremen
employed on it's vessels until October I,
was announced toLay. ~ Chairman Ben
son of the board
The working agreement for wage OF
80 cents an hour between the board and
the Iongshoremen 3xpired last October,
the chairman said, but a new agreement
was negotiated with representatives of
the longshoremen toS continue in effect
the same wages. hours and working con-
ditionsh for. another year. This agreement
has just been ratified.
&. Longshoremen on the Atlantic, Gulf and
Pacific coasts, numbering about $4,000
men, are affected by the agreement which
is expected by board officials to avoid the
possibility of a strike on May l. Recently
reported as. threatened.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-03
GENERAL IMPROVEMENT
IN CONDITION OF cARUso

New York. March "A general inn
proyement IN the cindition OF Enrico Ca
raso. tenor. following the operation yes
t.-6Ry toremove pus from the pleural
cavity. was reported tonight by his sec
Tetary. Bruno Zirate.
Mr.. Caruso's fever has abated," Mr.
Zirato said. so much so that ne. and
o,aer members OF the family felt that ne
mad experienced the best day and even
3ng since his relapse" -.i