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Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31
'0NE MAN KILLED IN FIRE
 INAFACTORY IN BROOKE TN
More Than Dozen of Persons Were Injured Three Fire men Were Injured When Fire Escapes on the Fz
 Floor of the Building Collapsed One Girl Jumped From the Fourth Floor She Was Picked Up Uncon
 scious

,and were making an attempt to reach the irls reported to be trapped in the shirt hep when the fire. escapes ssell. All three of the men were left dang ing in the air. holding on to the copin, # the building. with smoke and flames
 touring out around them. They were
 lnaly rescued by the comrades with ex- tension ladders
 Li.ian Girslzy. a stenographer, was de- scending the stairs in the building when she was driven, back to the fourth floor by, flames. She finally made her way to the front of the building. and leaped from a window before the arrival of fire men. She was picked up unconscious.
 Fireboats were included in the apparat- us sent to the scene by way of canal block away. A stiff wind handicapped the work of the fifemen.
 shirt shop, said that the fire was dis covered first in a stack of shirt material in a store room of the factory. One of the girl employees, he said, detected smoke and rushed to the store room to find 1t ablaze.
 Other witnesses questioned by District Attorney Ruston, who went at once to the scene to gather testimony on he origin of the fire, said that the flames appeared 10 have started on the lower floors. and fed by shellac, swept to the other levels. - Mrs Rebecca Lasky, who lives direct | ly opposite the destroyed building. said she was seated at the window of her room when she saw flames dancing in the win | dows on the third and fourth floors in the
 middle of the factory. A moment later. she said. she eav q
 man and two women climb to the window
 sill at the extreme east end of ths l fourth floor, poise for second and then
 dive to the street below.
 | In the windows of the fifth floor, she
 said. she saw the frightened faces Of
 girls pressed against the glass for mo-
 ment. Then a cloud of smoke bursi forth as severzl Of the windows were 1 broken. When sine could see the
 building again the faces were gone. The
 fifteen girls missing are said to have beer
 working overtime.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31

Philadelphia, Oct 3e.-Private cor respondence found in the Sterrett home at Devon today gave investigators new clue in the mystery surrounding the an anonymously sent posion cake that kill ed w. w Sterrett, an expert accountant, and made his wife so i'll that she has butla fighting chance for recovery.
 The head of the triple investigation in which the United States post office department, the state police and the au- thorities of two counties are represent ed.. however, are guarding closely any thing that may have developed. The cake was received in Chester county, tho man died in Montgomery county.
 The main deduction of the investiga- tion still seems to be that woman Isent the cake The confection was hom' made and contained in neat box, thu feminine handling. But the theory tha earse1i w.rapping showed Evidences Q tjeaicusy inspired it's sending was scout cd tday by social and business associ ates of the dead man
 Since being informed of her husband death, Mrs. Sterrett. now confined in th
 Bryn Mawr hospital, where her hus ! band died Saturday night, has declare repeatedly that she doehs .npt wish t live The couple had been married eigh years They had no children.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31
RELINau1sHINe CONTROL OF
 CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY

Washington. Oct so.-withdrawal of allied troops from Siberia has been fol- lowed by relinquished control of the Chi- nese Eastern railway on the part of the American. British. French. Italian and Japanese governments through their rep resentatives on the inter-allied committee at vladivostock and the technical board at H2rbin- Each of the five. govern meuts. it was announced today at the state department. has instructed It's rep resentatives on the two commissions to conclude their affairs and immediately terminate further activities. leaving fu- ture management of the railway in the hands of it's board of directors
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31
FAsCIsTI AND COMMUNISTS
 CLASH THROUGHOUT ITALY

Rome, Oct so.-(Ry The A. P.)- Clashes between Fascist and communists ire reported from various towns through. put Italy. tFA
 At Genaszano, during the funeral of a Fascist killed yesterday by communists he victims comrades recognized the murderer and pursued and killed him with reyolveFs.
 At rAlestriDa fight occurred bet .wcen Fascistl and communists in which our were killed, one of whom was a fascieti
 Faseisti invaded railroad mems clut tt Genoa and later forced their way nto the offices of the prefecture In, a ;oilision with the police, four of the Fas- ,isu were wounded one dangerously.
 During a fight with carabineers ai Bologna two Fascist were killed and 9ne erayely wounded. Later sergeant 0f the royal guards was killed and an other seriously wounded
 From almost all the other cities throughout the country come stories oi
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31
HUGHES EXPLAINS ATTITURE
 OF THE '. $. ON THE NEAR EAST

Lowell, Mass, Oct. 30-Secretary of State Hughes in letter to Congressman John Jacob Rogers of this city. made public tonight, .amplified recer1 state ments by his department as to the gov aernmentss attitude toward the situation of the. Christian minorities in Turkev' The letter, dated Oct. 27, was in reply fo one from Representative Rogers on this subject
 Alter referring to an announcement by ms department on July 27 that the gov ernnent had agreed to a proposal for an investigation by a neutral commission of eonditlons in Anatolias he continued
 T may go furtherSanA tell you what has not hitherto been announced. namely that this government agreed. to place at the disposal of the International Rcd Cross it's quota of the sum which had been indicated as necessa ry to meet tl,e expenses of the proposed commission But circumstances for which the United States is in,no way responsible have postponed the constitution of the commits. sion until the situation has so chanpad that the immediate carrying out of the proposed investigation is rendered diff. cult. Nevertheless. l consider rnvself m, unjustified in adding that our action bad the useful effect of once more malzins known the American point of view witf respect to events in Turkey"
 He pointed out. that Admiral Rristo, American high commissioner at Const an, tlnople during the last year and a, half nad repeatedly protested in the mos, vigorous terms both orally and in writ. ing, to Mustapha KemaI Pasha and te those acting in hisA name, "against tbs innumane acts threatened or nut into ef. feet by the Turks" ," Since the Kemalis, troops had entered Smyrna, he added !, h. high commissioner had heen ;ystr,,l.t. ,l - y to lose no opportunity of yoicinp A-ns-. ican sentiment by impressing upor AeiliaI Pasna the necessity of adeouat. protection Of the Christian minorities ana apstention frcm cruel acts of re. prisaln any failure in respect to wb;ct would arouse the strongest feeling ., conoennation in this country"
 Aiter mentioning American air in ,a. lief activities after the occunafion :, smyrna, Secretary Hughes continued.
 our letter gives me, the ocssas;on f, express the opinion that this govs~n,,,o,, 1. cannot be justly charged with ha,i,,x IaHed to interpret the sentiments If ,ti,s tts Anerlcan people or to take action an,,r, prlate to the circumstances. am ro, unaware that certain of our citizaS, woaid have preferred more aprrsss;,. ,-.s,,' attitude. But it has been feit Fbsss s,,si , provocative attitude would he untsst;u. unless the country were nrenava.I >t..s fa deeds in keeping with it's words o,. ' 7. take upon itself fthe deternin.t;o ' problemS which for generatio VI. ,,.' ' yexed the Old world.s 'i' v
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31
sRARCHlNts FOR TWO
 JAIL BEEAKERs N yERMoAT

 . st. Johnsbury ", Oct so. Armed woodsrnen tonight were searching tim bered areas iH the vicinity of Twin Mountains for% George Mills. of Worces- ter, Mass, who, with Gordis Lewis, of Littleton, N. IL, escaped from the jail here Sunday Mills had been held by the police on the charge of holding up an automobile party from New Haven. Conn, near this place two weeks ago. Lewis was charged with theft oE an au- tomobile-
 While in the jail corridor Mills pick ed the lock of the main door. with a piece of wire, also releasing Lewis The pair hid until nightfal and then left town. This afternoon they stole an au- tomobile from WhFefield, \. H., and drove off in the direction of the White Mountains.
 Sheriff Worthen and deputy gave chase overtaking the stolen car at Twin Mountains. The, sheriff punctured the tires with bullets and Lewis surrendered. Mills escaped into the hills.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31
MEXICAN CONSULATE IN
 NEW YORK TO BE REoPENED

Washington, Oct. 5O-At the Mexican embassy here today it was indicated that the Mexisan consulate at New York, closed last week because of the writ of attachment granted by the New York supreme court in the case of the Oliver-American Trading company, would be re-opened as soon as that portion of the writ applying to th= property of the consulate had been va cated
 Pending. the re-opening of the Mexi- can consulate in New York, Minister of Finance De La Huerta, of Mexico, is arranging plans by which exporters shipping to Mexico from New York may forward merchandise to Mexico subject to the collection of consular fees at the Mexican border points or ports of ar rival, according to a telegram receiv- ed today from the American Chamber of Commerce of the United States here The cablegram said that shipments thus made would. not entail any loss to ship pers, such. as fines, etc.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31
US .eel Clear
 hS,.l East Tang|e
Will Have Observers But Will Not Officially Participate in the Lausanne Confer eHca

Paris, ~sS % S3y tsfe 4. E3.-Tne attitude of the American government as regards the peace conference at Lausanne Tor the settlement Of Near Eastern ui,es- tions was communicated to Premier h'oIncare this evening by the American ambassador. Myron T. Herrick. The sub- stance of this communication, which was made public this evening, indicates that the United States is desirous only of sending observers to the pronosed con ference for the purpose of safeguardinx certain rights such as protection of phi- ianthropio educational and religious in titations, freedom ofa opportunity, pro- lection of minorities, freedom of tho study. - ss1-s' After pointing out that the principal psirpose of the proposed conference will be the drawing up of a treaty of s,,escs <. wltn Turkey and dealing with problems resulting from the state of bellire-ay,,.sl ' between the allied powers. Turkey ana -Greece, the reply says in part:
 The United States does not dasira to participate in the final peace negotiations or assume responsibility for the political and territorial adjustments which may De. effected, for the reason that if is neither at war with Turkey nor apartv o the armistice of 1918 The. United sstatas government, however, does. not desire to leave the impression that United States interests are less entitled to eonsidera- 2 ton than those of any other novrer 1 neither is it desirous of relinoi,isIaiTS rights enjoyed in common with other powers; nor it is unconeerned will fhe humanitarian interests involved.
 Among the points to be taken into consideration are:.
 Flrsf-The protection under plsouer guarantees Of philanthropic. educational and religious institutions
 Second-Apprqpriat undertakings as regards freedom of opportunity wit,os,, discrimination of special privileges for commercial purposes.
 Suitable provisions for the protection of ninorities.
 Fourtt tt-Assurance touchipo tbe l freedom Of the straits.
 Fifth-Reasonabie opnortunity for archaeological research and study.
 The above summary, though not ex. | hausfiVe may serve to indicate the gen. 1 erat nature of American interests Tbe tinted States government is prepared sto send observers to the proposed confer.
 ence, this action is agreeable to the powers concerned. for the purpose oi saleeuarding interests such as the above
 and facilitate the exchange of views
 The United States. while it desires tc protect it's rights and assure a policy oi
 the open door. has no intention of seekins i | ] 1or itself or it's nationals a position of l special privilege. 1t further desires tc
 assure the protection of Americans yvhe
 wish to continue relief. educational .,
 other illEnaH aflals work which has beer f carried on in the Near East for genera
 lioils and which under present condi I s.lons would appear to be more essentia than ever. ? -f.'s''.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31
oBBTTUARY. 2
Mxron Andrcws Munson.

News Haven, Oct. 3o.-Myron Andrews Munson, sauthor and we'll known Con- gregational minister, died at his home here today in his s7th year Mir. Mun- son retired from the ministry several years ago and spent the last years of his life in study.
 Mir. Munson was born in Chester, Mass, in 1885. and was graduated from Harvard in 1880. He was graduated from the Andover Theological seminary four years later and then studied ge- ology at Yale for year. He was or dained Congregational minister in 1866 and held several pastorates through out New England.
 He was a member of the Hartford Central Ministerial association, the Connecticut Historical society. the Amer ican History association and the Authors club of London. He wrote many articles on ethical subjects and also made in vestigations on the underground water resources of Connecticut.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31

] New York Oct s0.--One mn was kille : and more than a dozen persons were in jured tonight when five story factoi !. building on South Thirteenth stree. | Brooklyn was destroyed by fire.
 report which could not be confirme said that fifteen girls were trapped the upper floors of the building, occu- pied by shirt factories, as the flames swept up from the cellar and grounL floor which was used as plant for tho manufacture of she,lac by the Kasbier- Chatfield company.
 A, nasty search of the building by fire men at midnight failed to reveal any bodies of girls
 Contradictory statements as to the number of persons in the building at the time of the fire were made to the au- thorities. Employers who leased the top floors as shirt factories said that all the girls had left before the fire started.
 A girl who escaped said the only per- sons on the fourth floor were her em- ployer and two salesmen, all of whom were rescued
 Bellmore, N. I. Four of the injured are said to be in a critical condition
 The burned building was occupied by Kasbier Chatield company. shellac man. ufacturers, in the heart of manufactur. ing district of South Brooklyn. The structure is henrned in by several large shirt factories employing scores of wo- men workers.
 A swing shop of the Friedman Shirt company was on the fourth floor of tho building. H. P. Nicholsberg, an enployt of this firm. has reported to the police that fifteen girls were working in the shop Several of them, said to have leaped from a rear window of the shop have not been found.
 Bremen and volunteer workers rernov ed large stores of gasoline and oil 1T 1 a three-story garage of the Edison com pany next door to the burned factor, building.
 Three firemer were injured when tn.
 fire escapes on the fifth. floor of tn building collapsd. They went up to thi roof of the building on sealing ladders
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31
LITTLE $CHANGE EXPECTED IN
 ITALY's FOREIGN POLICY


 London, Oct. sO-(By The A. P.)- British official quarters look for no inn portant change in Italy's foreign policy under the new regime and are confident that the reeonstituted government in Rome will maintain the friendliest re- lations with Great Britain.
 News despatches from Rome have em- phasized the entirely pacific character of the movement, the keynote of which is given as loyalty to the throne and de- votion to the cause of national recon struction and prosperity.
 The Fascist element in the new cab met, it is believed, will be balanced by the inclusion of the popular, or Cath olic party, and Mussolinis presence in the government is expected to exebk a moderating influence upon his follow CT sthrc=ghout Italy
 The Turkish peace conference at Lau- same is not likely to be affected by the changes at Rome, and the delegates from Italy are expected to be on hand when the meeting comes.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31
TWO MEN KILLED IN.
 KU KLUx KHAN FIGHT

Henrietta, okla, Oct. so.-Murder charges were filed late today here against George Frew and Homer Penneuuine Dewac coal miners, as the result of the death this afternoon of Tom Bogus of Shelter City from gunshot wounds re- cnived in battle with four masked nSen one of whom was killed. on the streets ., Shelter City Sunday night,
 Frew and Pennequine have not wei been arrested. L. D. Williams. assistant county attorney, declared he has infor- nation that both men are Svounded.
 The battle followed an attempt of the masked men clothed in blue tuners srd overaLs, with black-face asks to seize Bogus presldent of an anti-Ku KI1,y Klan organization called the True Rlne Americans,"' The shooting. firing .a+ ti,s masked party, Reese Adkins. one of 1le masked men, was killed.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31
F YEAR OLD BOY IS NEW
 YoRK's YOUNGEST BooTLEGGER

New York. Oct. so-A 12 year old hov. Andrew Nagy, was arrested tonight ss New York,s youngest hootlegger. Two detectives who called on him at his ,Ipner East Side home charge that he 4asled them to have drink, on me- after they had purchased a pint of alleged whiskey from him. '
 he officers say they accompanied hin, to rear room, where they found a large still and a quantity of home-brew mate rials They are seeking his mother.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31
REV. JOHN F. PLUME
 TO ASSUME NEW DUTIES

New Milford, Oct. so.-The Rev. John F. Plumb, rector of St. Johns church here for tue past 27 years, will shortly resign his pastorate to take up the work of executive secretary of the new ly created executive council of the dio- cese of Connecticut of the Episcopa; church, it became known today. A par ish. meeting will be held soon to con- sider acceptance of formal resigna- tion
 ~Mr. Plumb was assistant secretary in the house of bishops He will be in charge of the diocesan office which will be in Hartford.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31
sEC'Y DAVIS DID HIS a
 OLD TRICK" IN STEEL PLANT

Seattle. Wash, Oct So.-s Secretary of Labor James J. Davis, who started in as a boy in the steel mills of Pennsylvania. graduating as puddler, and later as a rolling mill man., donned overalIs again today handled a pair of tongs and took his place as heater at the rolls of the plant of the Youngstown rolling mills here today.
 Secretary Davis was the guest of Supt. James R. English. with whom he worked as a boy.
 ''Jim, was inst wondering if you could do trick ia steel plant now" said English.
 'Jim, of course I can, replied the sec retary, and he did the trick" The little knot of workers around the rolls cheered.
 Do you know L would rather week in a rolling smill than. do. anything else in the world, the secretary of labor said as he left the mill
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31
SENATOR SPENCER TO ASK
 LEGISLATION ON 'INToxIcANTs-

St. Louis, Mo, Oct. so.-United States Senator Selden P. Spencer of Missouri today issued a statement saying he pur- posed to introduce motion in the senate for the appointment of commission to determine specifically the maximum amount of alcohol which makes bever- age intoxicating.
 The statement said nobody seriously contended that liquor of one-half of 1 per cent. alcoholic content was intoxicating
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31
KING REFUSED TO SIGN
 THE MARTIAL LAW DECREE

Lonftn, Oct. s0.-A despatch to the Times from Rome points out that the governmeint refrained from opposing the Fascist because it would have been diff fieult to persuade the troops to fire on them. The despatch says that never theless for time the situation, was dangerously critical and was really say. ed by the refusal of King Emmanuel to sign the martial law decree.
 The Italian populace, the correspond ent declares, is greatly relieved that the crisis was surmounted and. that the Fascist came into power without blood. shed.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31
MISSIONARIES IN. CHINA KIDNAPPED BY BANDITS

Shanghai. Oct. 31.-fBy the A P)- A bandit army. the footed and partly
 burned the town of Shangtsaihsien. pro- vince of Honan, Saturday night carried of H. E. I.edgard' of the China Inland mission and other missionary. workers. according to advices received here from Hankow
 Madame Ledgard and her child eiuded
 the marauders and escaped.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31
ONE BANDIT CAPTURED
 IN ATTEMPTED HoLD-UP

New York. Oct 5o.--Armed with re- voivers and knives three masked ban dits darted late this afternoon inlo the Essex street office of Sidney classman. diamond merchant. and attempted to steal S20.00o worth of gems CIassfuan made an outcry and the bandits took flight. One was captured
 The captured bandit. yielding an army bayonet. was elubbed into submission by a policeman short distance from the scene of the attempted hoid-up'
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31
Damage estimafed at ,

Damage estimated at Sd. ooo caused yesterday by a fire of un,.r o,.-, . origin which partially destroyed . .,,,., tl family house in Windsor. Both fs,,i- lies were away when the fire broke ,11,. ont ' Liquor yafued at more than sIoo ma said to have been stolen from Pershins warehouse, Brooklyn. where IEnlta5 States internal revenue department stores are kept, was recovered following 2 the arrest of eight men in a Manhattan Store room,
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31
ANNOUNCE PERSONNEL OF
 THE NEW ITALIAN CABINET

Benito MussoIm Leader of the Fascist Becomes Premier and Minister of the Interior and Foreign No Important Change in the Foreign Policy Looked For General Diaz to De Minister of War, Admiral Di Revel Minister of Marine Fascist Are Clashirg With Com muns in Various Parts of Victory of the Fss- cst Was Celebrated in Rome.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31
ANGoRA TO PARTICIPATE
 IN PEACE CONFERENCES

Constantinople, Oct. 30 (By the D,
 -Hamid Bey, the nationalist renrsss,,t.' .,' tive in Constantinople late tonirbt ra
 ceived note from the Angora -os.a.,s q
 ment for presentation to the allied t,..ur stL.
 commissioners accepting the inyjtat,or = 2 ss the allies to the peace conferenca 7. s4 Lausanne. -9' si'ce at
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31

Tenthusiastic demonstrations upon the oc- cupation of the government offices by the Black Shirts.''
 At Faenza forty Fascist occupied the prefecture and took over the postal tel egraph and all other government of. fees. The same thing occurred at Yer ona where, Turing the re-occ1pation of the offices by the military. one Fascis- Iii was killed.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31

Greece will be represented at tho Lau- same peace conference on Mar Eastrn affairs by her former premier Eliptherios yenuizelos. and the Greek ministers to London and Paris.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31

Railroad loading hsures last week in- dicate q turnout of 12.00o,00o tons Of
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31

The midnight soiree in ultra-fashion- able salons and modestes in the Tiergar:- en section of Berlin, is new form of advertising to which the people of the metropolis are, now being treated
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31

The London Times understands that the mission to negotiate the funding of the British debt will likely leave for the U. s. between the end of the elections and Christmas. Its personnel has not yet been decided.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31

Lee Adkins. of Dewar, member of masked band which attempted to take Tom Bogus former deputy sheriff of Okmulgee county, Okla, from his home, is dead and Bogus Is in a hospital. not expected to live, as a result of an ex- change of shots between masked men aud Bogus.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-31

Announcement was made to the stu dent body of Mt. Holyoke college from the office of Dean Florence Burlington that hereafter knickers must not be worn in the college class rooms.