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Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14

Havana, Jan. 13.-CBy The A. rt Major General Encch + Crowder, sp,.- cial representative of Presiden. Mjlscn. investigating conditions in Cuba. ia A statement given out tonight, after re- ierring to the failure of the electoral board and courts to function within ihe prescribed limit, declaIel:
 "n these agencies continue to fail. Cuba, in due course of time, will De con fronted with ad interim proyinc..,l and national administI Ations. and. after the first Monday in April next, with A total palaysis of the legislative power"
 General Crowder until tonight has maintained absolute silence ever since his arrival here on the cruiser Minnesota week ago. His statement, which sets forth what has been accomplished thus far. at the instance of the president, '' follows: .-'' -
 As President Menocal has so force. fully stated in his admirable letter to the central electoral board, the urgcn. cy of the present electoral situation lies in the fact that already. through the fail. ure of the electoral boards and courts 10 function within the prescribed tIrre limit, We have today an ad interim CT provisional municipal administration ill a majority of the municipal districts oi Cuba.
 If these agenc.e continue to fail Cuba. in due course. will be confronted with ad interim provincial and nationa administrations, and after the first Mon day in April next, with total paraiysi, or the legislative power, due to the fac that on that date one-half of the seat of congress will become vacant
 The electoral boards have functione, and posted their provisional returns What is lacking Is the action of the Gu ban judiciary on the contested election cases, of which there are a gre1t nun
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
Crooked Officials Hamper Prohibition
 Difficulty Encountered $ Enforcement in New
 rk City.

York, Jan. 13.-Prohibition storms
 out in New York today With the 6 len swirl of a Kansas cyclone. V -aiders this morning swept down on White Light district, to enforce the
 a. m-, closing statutes whereby caoa- ets, restaurants and cafes which dis ense the drink and dance of all-night merriment must under the law turn out their patrons in the early hours with mo- where to go but home.
 At noon United States Attorney Ross in an address in Brooklyn asserted that many of the governments dry agents were crooked or inefficient.
 By afternoon federal indictments and arrests had added to general anti-wet disturbance with conspiracy and bribery charged against former employees of the prohibition enforcement department and others. .--...--.-..
 Late today Nanny Kessler. wine agent Samuel Cohen, said to be one of his em- ployes and Philip Coffey, former inspec' tor in the federal prohibition offices here were arrested charged with conspiracy tc defraud the government in obtaining h. quor on alleged forged withdrawal per mits. J. Simultaneously William H. Hurley and Frank Strompone. enforcement in !, spectors, were arrested charged with ac cepting a bribe, and J. J. Dunn an6 i Louis Eilperin, prohibition agents, wer' arrested on charges of malfeasance O office, neglect of duty and agreeing tt accept a bribe.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
URGE CONTINUATION OF
 BELIEF WORK IN EUROPE

Washington. Jan. 13.-Continuation of relief work in Europe is urged in tee grams from American diplomatic repre- sentatives there transmitted today to the senate by President Wilson in response to a request for information regarding European distress.
 Hugh Gibson. American minister to Poland. s.tid continuation of relief work for children in that country on the pres ent scale was absolutely necessary to avoid starvation" ..-.
 The American commissioner at Berlin said a large proportion of children in all German cities were Seriously UT r. fed" and that the relief work should be continued to save the life and preserve the health of an entire generation"
 Commissioner Frazier at Vienna, said 100000 children there were being fed daily by the American. relief adminis- tration, and that great suffering" would follow cessation of the work.
 All of the reports agreed that the American relief work Was assisting in maintenance of public order and general improvement in European countries
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
CLAIMS BROTHERS ARE
 ADVOCATES OF TARIFF

Washington, Jan. 13.-Certain Amer ican business interests were rebuked by Representative Young republican, North Dakota, today during consideration of tariff revision by the house ways and means committee for asking duties which he charged would amount to licensing them to continue profiteering. He sery- cd notice on his fellow members that on this ground he would strenuously oppose the granting of import duties ranging from 100 per cent. above the Payne Aldrich rates"
 Earlier in the day Senator McCumbei republican, also from North Dakota, had announced his purpose to seek an in- crease in the duty of wheat in the Ford ney emergency tariff from 30 cents to 50 cents bushel. The North Dakota sen- ator declared the higher rate was neG- essary to stop enormous importations' of wheat from Canada.
 Mir Young said that he was "gettins tired" of witnesses coming before the committee to ask for prohibitive rates iI the proposed permanent tariff and relat ing to the committee details of how Ger man competition was cutting into theil trade Testimony had been given or the subject of importations of needlei and while on that subject MT. Young asserted that lot of industries wer, complaining of the competition wher what Ilas hurt q lot Of these industrie is the definite decisfon of the c0hsum ing pubic to submit no longer to wa prices" Tt is time somebody put on tn, brakes he continued. Here and now serve notice that I shall oppose an! such duties as these witnesses are ask IziQg. They are pleading with crocodil Wears in their eyes for import dutie ranging from 100 per cent. to 400 pc l cent above the Payne-Aldrich rates.
 am going. to. fight with all of the powe
 have against such penalization of tn l consumer.
 "The was Is over and the consuminI
 public is asking why those prices als
 are not gone. If we grant the rates mos of these interests are seeking we vii simply be licensing continuation o profteering. filling the pockets of th 1 manufacturer, who gets the protectio1 with the involuntary contributions of tn | consumer"
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
\ NATIONWIDE STRIKE
 OF ACTORS LOOMING UP

New York, Jan. 13.-A repetition of the nationwide stage strike of 1919 may re- suit from the breach of relations between the Actors Equity association and the Producing Managers, association which was precipitated here today
 The rupture was caused by the demand of the Actors Equity association that Lee and J. J.. Shubert be expelled from the Producing Managers association for the alleged violations of their agreement with the Equity and discriminatory treatment against Equity actors.
 The exact status of the dispute, which created intense excitement in the theatri- cal district, will not be publicly announced until tomorrow, when the Producing Man. agers" association meets to consider the complaints lodged against the Shuberts
 Lee Shubert tonight characterized the complaint against the Shibert interests as silly. and based on six dinky chorus girls"
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14

What has beer accomplished thus far at the instance Of the president is the patriotic cooperation of the .fspr~rns court and central electoral board h inc issue of proper instructions and rtruia- tons, and the patriotic co-Operatiou ef political parties in the waiviux of rer- tain provisions of the legal procs1ur~ sf Cuba; all of which means a most ,x- peditious procedure for the e1ur.s in dS- ciding these numerous appealed eases
 The electoral code of Cuba make, A special appeal to the judiciary Of Cuba in such a situation as no~ exists. lt should be the attitude Of every one ts assume that the Cuban courts win r,,et responsibility.
 T point to these provisions in ord.r 10 remind all the contestants that m. law as drawn gives them an amnle rrru- cay and to express my belief that the- courts Will be courageous and fAl- In the application oh the law 10 the several appeals which nave been taken. and of course. this means courage 10 grant "a appeal. and. as well. the courage 10 6e- ny one; in other words. falrress to bofh parties
 The courts will not he at all ob~truet- ed by technicalities. Uader express rro- tiS'oh oI Ia"' deiects Of form no isuger | operate to exclude from the ,sonsiner-- = tioh of the courts relevant facts vv,,,r, are offered for their e nsideratio1 Ths evidence is 10 he admitted and .,s r-o- bative value left to the -r.,nati5n Of | the courts.
 Having taken this distinct rtar for ward. we must now await the resni.s be- fore the six aud'e -";aa and fhe r-,nrer-. court Meanwhl' . hall give my atten- tlon to other matters conn ected with rry mission to Cuba"
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES
 TOWARD SOVIET RUSSIA

New York, Jan. 13.-Details of the United States policy toward sJviety Russia, given by Acting Secretary of State Davis in letter to Alton E. Park CT. president of the National Civic Feder- ation, were made public here today.
 Writing under date of January last from Washington. Mir. Davis discussed at length questions widely published prior to the last election and addressed to the presidential candidates. These questions were submitted to he secretary of stzte fby Mir. Parkerspn. Eoysrnbefg @ tfiisH ieti ter asking for light on the departments s attitude.
 The United States government has no intention officially to restore" the form CT boundaries of the Russia empire. nor to impose on. any non-Russian territories the rule of the Great Russiss. Mir. Davis explained, characterizing as false a state ment that this government proposed of- fiically to restore Russian territorial in- tegrity' and rule over Lithuania, Latvia. and Esthonia.
 Russia today is in a condition of dis tressr Mir. Davis letter said. and there is grave danger on all of her frontier of aggression either directly by foreign states, or indirectly through the control of these borler states. In several of these struggling border territories there is a difference of opinion as to which group his right to speak for the ma tionality' involved
 Tt Is the conviction of this govern ment that these thorny ques.ions c7nnot now he s3lved in an ex parte manner The Russian people are certainly inte- ] rested in such decisions. and consistent with its previous action the department of state in a note of August 10 agair served notice that It could not be con sidered as endorsing territorial sstt,ementi affecting the welfare of the Russian peo pie unless a government generally recog nized as representing them were a party to the adjustment"
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
EFFORT TO SOLVE THE
 FRENCH CABINET cHIuTs

Paris. Jan 13.-Presldent Mriierand spent an extremely busy day receivIn~ the leaders of all the groups in the sen- ate and chamber Of der-ties in an .Fort 70 solve the cabinet crisis created bv the resignation Of the Leyguer rulnlstrx yesterday. Among those who called er the president this afternoon were For-r.- Fresident Poincare. ex-Premsers vIvHni and Briand. and Leon Bourgeois. pr,si- dent of the senate. v.
 Just previous 10 receiving ". PrSsnd ,h.o Who was the last Of the prominent nsiJ- ticians to visit the EIysse nalace ,oI., Press:
 There Is nothing decided yet The eon-. Nersauons will continue tomorrow ,,,,-,- nl l,s and | expect that tomorrow at 1 e. eiock there will be something nev-
 The correspondent was recrfved hx ,h. president after the departure of M Isourgeois. who saw M. MfIierand srd atter M; Poineare had deharted.
 Tho ministerial crisis probably vim ro, be solved before Saturday.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14

Washington, Jan. 13.-American pas senger slemsnip officials, appealing to the mouse Juui..ary for mouIncati-n Cf the No.steed act, frankly uecldred they would be unaO.e lo compete with ships O. foreign registry for the trade or the inc word univss permitted to nand4e H. qusrs 4-r use bs patrons beyond the tarte miles American limit.
 About tle on.y conS5.ation they ob- fained al the end of an all-day hearing was a prediction-no. for the record by Representative Dyer. republican, Mis- souri. that they did mt have a cnance." inis eminent was made in open sls.iJn after Wayne Wheeler, general counsel for the anti-saloon league, in opposing any let down in the present laws expressed tIs opinion that some day the world would be dry and that the ships of all nations would sail over the seven seas without a drop of liquor aboard.
 The shipping interes,s insisted. however. that they had to deal with prob lens of the present day, that there had been wholesale cancellation of reserva- tions on American ships by travellers who found other vessels bound for the same ports unaffected by prohibition restric- ti.ns, and that the great task of trying
 
 the seas could not be carried cn in com petition with Great Britain and other na- tions. free of all legislative handicaps,
 r. A. s. Franklin, president of the In- ternational Mercantile Marine, warned the committee that the death knell of the merchant marine was sounded if the rul- ing of Attorney General Palmer that American ships at sea or anywhere in the world. could not sell liqucr, were permitted to stand Speaking, he said In all seriousness, and with no attempt al fippancy" r. A. Quarles, president of the United States Mail Steamship com pany. declared owners would be fit sub iects fsr examination in psychopathic ward" if the invested any vast sum in Inc building and conditioning of shirs without assurances that they would be al lowed to compete on equal terms wit, the countries endeavoring now to domi- hate ocean commerce. Representatives of
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
RETAIL PRICE OF. SHOES
 SIX TIMES COST OF LEATHER

Milwaukee Jan.. 13.-.The cost of the hide out of which shoe leather is made is only about a sixth of the retail price of a pair of mems shoes! according to l.. D. H Weld of Swift 6 Co; Chicago. who today addressed the convention of the National Shoe Retailers Association. P.
 Tn the last year hides have fallen in value until they now cost no more than before the war" said Mir. Weld. ."One grade that sold for nearly fifty cents a pound a year ago brings only about Is cents Calf skins, out of which uppers are made, have fallen even more, from around S1 a pound to around 15 cents."' Mir Weld said that shoe prices could not he reduced in proportion to the cost of hides. because wages and merchandis- ing costs have not come down to any ex- tent. He pointed out that tanners and shoe manufacturers have either closed their plants or are running them on part time. and that as consequence the packers have big surplus supply of hides on hand
 James R. Orr. of Cincinnati. was re- elected president of the association to- day. The convention meets next year fin New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
REPORT OF A FRAGRANT CASE. OF wATERED MILK

Hartford. Jan. 13.-Dalry and Pure Food Commissioner Thomas Holt has before him one of the Liost fragrant cases of watered milk that has ever been re- ported to his department. The milk for analysis was obtained by the New Br1- tain agent of the department from a milk producer in Berlin. Commissioner Holt has received the report of Dr. Bailey of New Haven. state analyist. who tested the samples sent him. The re- port states that the milk contained 75 Der cent. of added milk and only seven tenths of one per cent of butter fat The regulations requi-e over three per cent of the latter. The term added milk'' sirT1ifes that it is the water found In milk in addition to the water which 1t naturally contaias. Commissioner Holt will prosecute.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
SERUM FOR PREVENTION or
 FOOT AND MOUTH DIsEAsE

Paris, Jan. 15.-A serum for the prs- vention of foot and mouth disease has been discoverd by a connission of French experts. but it Is impossible at the present tir7e. to manufacture the se- rum In suficitnt quantities 10 inocsiais all cattle against the plague. The com- mission is composed of Professors Roux. Nocaro. Carre and Vsllee. which was formed at the request Uf pagliament. and will submit it's report to the ministry of agriculture shortly.
 Attention Is now being given te in- creasing the production of the serum. Of which there IS only enough to inoculate the prize cattle and valuable animals of the world.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
ALLIES ARE CONSIDERING
 S25O,0O0,00O LOAN FOR AUSTRIA

Paris, Jan. 15.-The allies are under stood to be considering another effort to save Austria by floating a loan eouiva- lent to S250,000,000, as proposed by the Austrian section of the reparations com mission. This sum, the experts esti- mate, wilh be sufficient to enable the country to put its industries to work and gradually become self-supporting,
 France is in favor of this project, but is unable to furnish the funds herself.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
MARY GARDEN DIRECTOR
 OF CHICAGO OPERA ASSN

Chicago, Jan 13,-Mary Garden, Amer ican grand opera Gtar, was elected gen. eral director of the Chicago Opera asso- citation at meeting of the executive committee today Her appointment fo1- lowed the resignation of Herbert oJhnson as executive director and that of Gino Marnuzzi as artistic manager As gen e4al director Miss Garden will have gen eral charge of the affairs of the Chica po Opera association, both artistic and ex- ecutive
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
AMERICAN BALLoOxISTs
 HAVE ARRIVED IN TORONTO

Toronto. Jan. 1.-The American halloonists returning Co the United States after their spectacular flight nio Canada. arrived here at 4.42 D. m. to- day from Mattice
 Acting Mayor Mcguire accorded a civ- ic reception to the trio of airrnsr and Major WeTna greeted them for inc Cana-. disn Aero Club
 Seeming in jolly stFits inc hornewsrd bound officers c'latted and smiled while exposing thefnselvcs 10 numerous yards of motion picture film. Lieutenant Hn- ton and Farrell clasped hands before the cameras. apparently on the best of terms after is-.- al;ercation al Mattics.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
INDUSTRIAL SLUMP IN
 HOLLAND IS SERIOUS

Amsterdam. JalL 13--The Dutch indus trial slump has reached serious propor- tions according to the Telegraaf. In the provincian assembly of North Brabant, one of the chief manufacturing districts, member declared he had been informed by the ministry of h ome affairs that there were 100000 unemployed now in Holland and that soon from 50 to 50 per cent. of the Dutch population would bedependent upon the state for support, and this prob ably would continue for three years.
 There was a demonstration in Amster- dam today of several hundred unemployed whose banners proclaimed that the state and city must support them.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
INVESTIGATION OF GRAFT
 AMONG NEW YORK POLICE

New York, Jan. 13.-The investigation of graft and corruption among city and county police officials has broadened to in. clude other city departments former Gov ernor Charles E. Whitman, special coun- sel, declared today. There are several other lines besides the police situation we started to work on today" he said.
 The first fruits of the investigation to- day resulted in the indictment of Police Captain William A. Bailey of the West Thirtieth street police station. The in- dictment alleged Bailey accepted a brihe from fur manufacturers to prevent possi- ble sabotage by striking employees.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
PUBLICATION SUPPRESSED
 BY RHINELAND COMMISSION

Coblenz. Jan. 13-The inter-allied Rhineland commission has suppressed tor three months Der Reichswart, the weekly publication of Count Ernst von Reventlow formerly chief editorial writ sr Of the Tages Zeitung of Berlin. It has also forbidden safe in the occupied area Of two brochures entitled "The Horror on the Rhine" and the "Blacll Pest in Europe" published by an Eng fish pacifist
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
FRAUDULENT COLLECTION
 OF $.50,ooo IS ALLEGED

New York. Jan. 13.-K. A. Landau, vice president of the Pacat Finance. Cor poration hkre which was forced into in voluntary bankruptcy last December, was arrested here today on affidavits of ofi- cials of the National Shawmut Bank of Boston, alleging fraudulent collection of S250, 900. Landau was lodged in jail in default of s75.000 bail
 The complaints allege that the finance corporation accepted moneys from the Boston bank to negotiate in foreign ex. change. when. Landau "knew the concern was insolvent" -.-.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORAL VOTE
 OF CONNECTICUT FILED
(special to The Bulletin.

Washington. Jan. 15.-Elwin T. Clark of Haddam. official messenger for ths presidential electors of Connecticut filed the package containing the electoral vote of Connecticut with the vice presi- dent at noon yesterday. Clark was pre- sented to the vice president by Senator Brandegee. Connecticut was thA eighth state to file Its votes
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
OBITUARY.
Mrs. susan Lee Warner.

Hartford. Conn, Jan. 13.-Mrs. Susan Leo Warner. widow of Charles Dudley Warner died this afternoon. She was i1Eshter of William Elliott Lee of New York. Mr. Warner died in 1900. The Warner home in Nook farm" here has been for many years a center of literary gfe. Mrs. Warmers funeral will be on Daturday.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
REDUCTION IN WHOLESALE 7.
 PRICE OF REFINED SUGAR

New York. Jan. 13.-Arbuckle Broth CTS, the American Sugar eRfning Con- pany and the. National Sugar Refining Company today announced a reduction in the wholesale price of refined sugar from 7.90 to 7.75 cents a pound. the whole sale price recently quoted by the Fed eral Sugar Refining Company.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
MORE INCENDIARY FIRES
 REPORTED IN IRELAND

Belfast, Jan. 1S.-It is reported that incendiary fires have occurred at Dung Joe and Burtonport as a reprisals for the ambushing of troop train yesterday in Donegal. No direct confirmation of the report has been received as the tele- graph wires have been cut.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
VO[STEAD ACT RU|NOUS ID
 US. PASSENGER STEAMSHIPS

Officials in Appeal to the House Judiciary Committee Declare They Are Unable to Compete With Ships of Foreign Regsy-P A. S. Franklin, President of the nternation- alMercantie Marine Warned the Committee That Ruling That Ships Could Not Sell Liquor at Sea Means the Death Knell of the Merchant Marne-W Wholesale Cancellations of Reservations on American Ships Are Being Made.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
Cabled Paragraphs

Goettingen, Hanover, Jan. 13.-Dr. Thomas Hall, a playma te of the late Col. Theodore Roosevelt and a fellow student of President Wilson, was today named ex- traordinary professor of philosophy in Goettingen5 university. .Narburg univer- sit yl1as conferred on D. Hall the degree of doctor of theology
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
ANNUAL RIFLE MATCHES TO BE HELD AT CAMP PERRY

Washington, Jan. 13.-Camp Perry, Ohio, was selected today by the national board for promotion of rife practice as the place for the holding of the next an- nual rifle matches. Selection of tne cate for the matches will be made late-
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
ITALIAN TREASURY SHOWS
 SURPLUS OF 1,00O, ,OOo, 900 LIRE

. Rome, Jan. 13.-(Havas). The Po- polo Romano says the treasury. winch last October showed deficit of nearly one billion lire. now shows a surplus of nearly one hundred million lire.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
CONDITIONS IN
 CUBA ARE AT STANDST|LL

General Crowder Reports That the Electoral Board and Courts Have Failed to Function Within the Prescribed Limit Provisional Municipal Administrations Are Funcionine in Majority of the Municipal Districts-One-IaH of the Seats of Congress Will Become Vacant the First Mon day in April
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14
Brief Telegrans

The Dunlop Tire and Rubber Company. Bu1a1o. N. Y, has practically suspended operations.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14

i; According tA official statistics goN made public there are sOO,UOO unemploy' ed persons in France.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14

One .hundred English immigrants hav' arrived at Lima, Peru, and go have al ready found employment.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-14

E.t,hu.bment of n state eonstabuIar. va. recommended to the Massachusett legislature by a special commission.