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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-07
S2O,OOO,OoO SUIT OVER THE
OF LEWIS MACHINE GUNS

Cleveland, March "a suit filed by
DR.. Samuel n. MCLEAN, against R. NJ.
'Ca1fee, NJ. A. Bradley and the estate
OF J. G. W. Cowles for 100000
claimed to be due the plaintiff as his
share in war profits from the sale Of
Lewis machine guns to the United
States government was called for hear
ing in federal court today. Mr.. Nc
Clean alleges that the defendants frau
dulently obtained possession Of his pat
ent papers and also asks the court to
decide who invented the gun.
When the MCLEAN Arms and Ordi-
nance company Of Cleveland of which
DR.. MCLEAN was president, needed mon
ey in 1907, the petitfo nstates, the de-
PENDANTS. who were directors, advanced
the money and took a mortgage on the
patents of McClean's guns.
In 1910 the defendants took title to
the patents by foreclosing irregularly,
1t Is alleged. The Automatic Arms
company of New York was then formed
and Colonel I. n. Leiws, U. S. A., join
ed the company's staff, according to the
petition.
Colonel Lewis perfected a cooling pro-
cess for a new gun which was bufk by
a Utica, N. Y, company. This gun, the
petition states, emboh.es the invention
for which DR.. MCLEAN claims credit
DR., MCLEAN says he also has a claim
for share in profits from $500, 0,00o,o oot
worth of Lewis guns sold to the allied
nations. The government, he said, |!
Withholding payment until the inventor
IS decided upon.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-07
WOULD CENTRALIzE MONEY
APPRoPRIATING POWERS

Washington, March G-Complete CO.
ordination of congress with the federal
budget system was provided for by a
change in senate rules adopted today by a
vote Of 63 to IA, centralizing all money
appropriating powers in the senate APP
tropriations committee. Heretofore the
army, navy, past office, agricultural and
other appropriation bills have been con
sidered by respective committees.
The senate change followed the house
GENERALIZATION money bills in the appro-
priations committee at the last session,
instead of enlarging the senate aEl9ropri-
ations committee as in the case of the
hduse, however, the new senate rule pro-
vides that three members from each of the
other aporopriating committees shall be
ex-officio members of the senate appropri-
ations committee. Adoption Of the new
senate rule will have the result of all aio-
preparation bills in both branches of con
gress being handled under the budget
system.
Power of the appropriations commit
tee was curtailed in making the change ir
that the new rule deprives the committee ot
authority to add new legislation, including
riders which void be subject to point
or order by a single senator.
Senator Harrison. democrat, Mississip-
pi and Reed, democrat, Missouri, led the
fight against the change in rules The lat
ter said that instead of expedition th'
change would cause congestion of bills be
fore the appropriations committee Sen
| ator Reed also said the plan involved
| concentration of power IN the presiden
through the budget commissioner. Incl
dentally he referred to General Dawes
budget commissioner as the man who's
chief title to fame is that he came dow
here and cursed a committee Of con
gress"
Senator Underwood pointed out that tn
1920 democratic platform declared for TIL
appropriation Capitalization in a sipgl
committee llrt Senator Reed said tn
plank was Slipped in.''
! After adoption of the new rules, Senate
Harrison gave formal notice that he woul
make points of order as provided at ever.
opportunity to enforce the new rule abso
| lutely. He carried out his declaration a.
:, most Immediately by objecting to legisla
ton in the District of Columbia alrpro2ri
alton bill "a wrangle ensuing which last
ed 70 rmore than an hour after ice Presi
dent CoIlidge had ruled that the new pro
cedure should not apply to bills previousl
reported from committees.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-07
OBITSARY
Robert Boiling Brandesee

Hartford, March 6.-Robert Boiling
Brandegee, widely known as a portrait
and landscape painter, died at his home
in Harrington, Sunday afternoon.
He was born in Berlin, this state,
April T. 1s4s. In his youth he studied
art at Hart's school in Pennington. La
ter the same building became his stu
dio. AS a young man, he went to Paris
where he spent nine and a half years
at the Fcole de Beaux Arts. On his
return to this country he spent five
years in New York, later going to Miss
Porter's school in Pennington.
Mr.. Brandegee was a fellow student
in Paris with the late Charles Noel
Flagg of Hartford. Both men were for
many years the chief source of encour-
agement and help to many art students
IN Hartford. Mr.. Flagg lent his studio
for evening classes, and from these
CLASSES the Connecticut League OF Art
Students developed.
He leaves two sons. Robert L.. and
Paul Brandegee of Pennington. and two
sisters in Berlin. The funeral will be
held at the Porter Memorial Farming.
ton, Wednesday afternoon at 2.so.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-07
POLITICAL SITUATION IN
GREAT BRITAIN LESS STRAINED

London, March 6-(By the A. P.)-The
impression is general tcufght that the po-
litical situation has been relieved of con-
siderable strain in the past "a hours, au-
thoritative reports indicating that the
prime minister has decided to continue in
office
Influenced by his unionIst colleagues,
particularly with reference to the interna-
tional position as it would be affecter by
a change in the premiership at this time
Mr.. Lloyd George is said to be at least
ready to hold his resignation in abeyance
1t is understood that assurances of the
airport of these leaders were given last
night, at the Birkenhead dinner, at which,
in addition to the prime minister and the
lord chancellor, there were present Mr..
chamberlain, Sir Arthur Bafour, Lord
Curzon Sir Robert Stevenson Horne ana
Sir Neutrality-suspicious.
Z Meanwhile Mr.. Lloyd George was con-
fined to his room in his Downing street
residence all day suffering from bronchiel
catarrh; he received no visitors and is
expected to leave Wednesday, on his doc
tors orders, for a rest of a week or long
er at his old home at eric Cieth, Wales.
The conservative members of parliament
are meeting proviately in the house OF
commons tonight to discuss the entire
position, and it is reported that a meeting
of the national executive of the Unionist
party, comprising Representatives. from
all parts Of the country is, to be called
for March IA.
While definite guarantees Of the support
i of the rank and file of the unionists were
not given at the Birkenhead dinner, it Is
understood that assurances have been re-
ceived in the past few days that this back
| ing will be considerable. A unanimous
agreement is said to hare been reached
! at last night gathering that, instead of the
coalition breaking up, steps should be TAX
en- to coalesce it into the talked-of nationa
party. Announcement of thy. policy de
cided upon is awaited In Sir Arthur Bal
foalr's address to his constituents in Lon
don tomorrow. He is credited with usins
his best efforts to persuade the premie
to continue at least until after the Geno;
conference.
Mr.. Chanberlain, repllling to question
| in the house of commons today, said tina
the premier could not possibly attend th'
sessions daily during question time a
present. He had previously announced
that Mr.. Lloyd George was confined to hi
house, and mildly reproved Josiah Wedg
wood, labor member as probably not hav
ing heard the announcement of the prem
/ ier's illness when the member asked wheth
er the failure of the premier to turn up a
cirestion time was not partly reSponsfTbl
for the state of the coalition government
| One of the London evening papers de
clares it is quite clear that the premier
| health Is to be "the next card in the pack,
and much may turn on it, adding: Gin
cinnatus is returning to his farm, and
rests with the conservative section of tn
coalition to decide whether they will recal
him to the senate"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-07
ADVICE FROM BRYAN
TO DEMOCRATIC SENATORS

Washington, March st will be un-
wise for the democrats to prolonE the
debate over the armament conference
treaties in the senate because every
days debate will tend to divert atten-
tion from the economic issue" in the
coming congressional campaign while the
democrats will be placed in the position
Of opposing amy steps toward peace" :"
William Jennings Bryan declared In a
statement here tonight.
The sooner these treaties are dis
posed Of the better" Mr.. Bryan declar-
ed. "I do not mean to say that no reser-
vations should be adopted. Any reser-
vation that any democrat wants to pro-
pose should be proposed and acted unon
but there should be no unnecessary de-
lay. We denounce the republicans for
delaying the action on the treaty Of Yer
sailles. Why should we bring con-
demnation upon ourselves by relaying
action upon these treaties. especially
when by doing so we divert attention
from the economic question which must
be paramount In the fall campaign"
Mr.. Bryan declared that the demo-
cratic party had a splendid prospect Of
gaining the next congress- which
would enable US to lay the foundations
for a winning campaign in 1924" as
might have been expected, he added,
the weakest point in this administra-
tion Is its economic policy"
This was to have been expected -
explained Mr.. Bryan, because the re-
publican party is made up Of two dis
tinct groups; the reactionaries who con-
troll the leadership, and the progressives
who furnish the bulk CT the votes
The revenue bill cascted at the last
session, Mr.. Bryan described as bad
and that It fought to be the leading issue
| in the west because It was the western
republicans who revolted against repub-
lican leadership" when the bill was
| drawn.
The four-power Pacific treaty, he con-
tended was "bassd upon the thirty
treaties negotiated by the last admins
tration." and when the democrats vote
for this treaty, he added, they are sim
ply approving their own policy which
the republicans have adopted"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-07
ANOTHER CONFESSION OF
MURDER OF W. D. TAYLOR

Los Angeles. March s.-A letter OF ten
typewriter pages and purporting 10 Be
a confession of the murder Of William
Desmond Taylor, film director, declArsa
that I'VE South Americans always taixs
care Of our women" according 20 z. I.
Adams, captain Of detectives. who made
public that much Of tire letter tonight.
A newspaper was permitted TO photo
graph the two lines in question. in order
to make comparisons Of handwritinR
Captain Adams said. He added that ths
name OF a man prominently connected
with the motion picture Industry and
who figured in previous police iuvestiEa-
ton Of the murder was signed 20 the
letter
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-07

London, March s.-(By The A. P.)-
AL the Ulster members present walked
out Of the house of commons this even
Ing, when, during discussion in the COM
mittee stage Of the Irish Free State bill,
closure was adopted on section l of
Clause n which Is the operative pro-
vision Of the bill, as It declares the treaty
shall have the force of law. The closure
vote was 1872 10 81.
The closure, which cuts out IA pro-
posed amendments was vehemently re-
sisted after It had been carried. The
first subsection was added to the bill
by vote OF IL TO 80, after which there
was a series of strong protests from the
Tlstermen and the Die Hards against
application Of closure Captain Charles
Curtis Craig, unionist member for South
Antrim, declired the government had re-
fused 20 alter a single line of the Free
State bin at the request Of the Ulster
members, yet as soon as the Dublin peo-
pie had passed a resolution necessitat-
Ing p change in the bill the government
agreed 10 that change.
Captain Craig and others Of the III
ster members announced that they would
take no further part in the discussion
NJ the committee stage Of the measure,
and one by one they left the house One
member while going out declared It would
be well to discuss the bill elsewhere.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-07
WAGE HEARING BY THE
RAILROAD LABOR BoABn

Chicago. March s.-CharEes that the
railroads generally had not held proper
conferences with their employees before
bringing requests for wage reductions
to the railroad labor board and that only
the lofer classes were named while toe
roads ED 'petting parties" with the big
four brotherhoods were made before ths
board when wage hearings started to-
day.
A short indictment OF the roads. de-
livered BY J. z. Msnion. president OF
the Order OF Railroad Telegraphers. gho
under a deputy's session OF roll calls
which disclosed that 205 railroad sys-
TENS and 25 labor organizations are on
the boards docket to fight out the casa.
Mr.. Manion's statement was taken TO be
d forecast Of further charges Of the sans
nature 10 De made tomorrow by other
| labor leaders
The object Of seeking reductions a
present was held out 10 the employees az
a desire to translate them into freisht
: and passenger rate reductions. Mr.. Man
| ion declared his conference COMMITTEES
were told. There was no attempt by
most Of the roads. he said. to negotiate
new wage scale based on the trans-
portation acts prescription for Just
and reasonable wage"
1T is also a very peculiar thing that
the lower classes Of railroad workers ara
the only ones hit while the train SER
vice men-the big four. II you please
are invited to 'petting parties in ths
roads private offices"
B. N. Jewell, representing the Eho1
| crafts, whose case IS first on the dock-
ct served notice that he would have
! something to say when the session opens
tomorrow on whether he considered a
number Of roads property before the
| board.
Regional wage conferences between ths
roads and the big four. referred 70 BY
Mr.. Manion, as ''petting parties" have
been going on for several weeks. but no
| agreement has been reached. Meanwhile
| requests by the roads for reduction Of
train service wages have been excluded
| from the hearing.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-07
TOBe eFirstAsSistant
Postmaster General
Former Governor John. H.
Bartlett Nominated to Sue
ceed DR.. Hubert Work.

Washington, March s.-John H. Bart
lett Of New Hampshire, was nominated
today by President Harding to be first
assistant postmaster general. Mr.. Bart
lett, who at present Is chairman of the
civil service commission, will succeed DR..
Hubert Work, who on Saturday succeed
cd VIII Hays as postmaster general.
Mr.. Bartlett was appointed to the civil
service commission last June and sub
sequently became chairman of that body.
He served one term of two years as gov
ernor of New Hampshire and prior to
that was for nine years postmaster at
Portsmouth in that state. He is a
graduate Of Dartmouth college and has
for number of years been prominent in
political circles in New England.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-07
PROBING THE WAR RISK
INSURANCE BUREAU

Asbury Park, n. j.. March 6.-Twenty
crippled veterans of the war were ques-
toned mere today by Raymond T. Grif-
fen. special agent sent by the United
States senate to investigate charges by
American Legionaires that the war risk
insurance bureau in New York was
falling down on it's job and adding to
the sufferings of needy wounded men"
Paul Case, commander of the local
post of the legion, declared that New
Jersey dependents could not hope for
proper attention so long as funds were
distributed from New York where's he
said. there is condition of waste and
negligence"
He added that New Jersey veterans
would not rest until New Jersey men
were handling New Jersey matters.
DR.. w. G. Herman. former field Of
ficer here for the United States public
health service. said he knew the New
York bureau was loosely conducted"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-07
GOLD MAID" CARD GAME
ENDED IN FAMILY ROW

New York, March s.-A general fight
following a particularly vicious session
Of "Old MaId"-hitherto little Identified
with brawls overcards-tonight landed
Louis Friedman, so. in magistrate s
court with most Of his family and sew
era1 outsiders appearing as cornplain-
ants.
From underneath voluminous band
ages, Friedman admitted to the judge
who could only see his eyes, that he was
the defendant. His wife. Molly, his son
Benjamin and Harry Names. his step
son. told the court the head Of the
house had broken up the game when he
got the old maid" a., exhibited ban
daged members in mute testimony Il
the heat of the fight that followed.
Charged with felonious assault. the Ell
der Friedman was held in $1,000 bal
for examination tomorrow.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-07
THREE NEW COMPLAINTS
AGAINST BROKER LINDSAY

New York, March 6.-Three new COM
plants against former Broker Lindsay
were received today. by Assistant District
Attorney Richard Murphy.
The names of the complainants were
withheld but Mr.. Murphy said one was
a woman whose estate was valued at
100000 when she met Lindsay, Now
she hasn't much left" ne added. "She
asked me If 1 would search Lindsay's
home at Nyack for a valuable hand
painted puaque of a woman, surrounded
by butterflies and blackberries. and for
other priceless articles she had turned
over to him.
DR. Knute Arvid Enlind. under indiot-
ment as an associate In Lindsay's ven
lures was named by another Of the COM
plainants, woman of 65. who said she
had given him $4,000 harp for safe
keeping.
The physician, whose arraignment Is
set for tomorrow, told Mr.. Murphy he
had given the harp to a woman living on
a ranch in Nebraska.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-07
DAIL TAKES STEPS TO DEAL
WITH LIMERICK SITUATION


Dublin March CBy the A. P)-
. Richard Muicahy, minister Of defense in
the DaH E-reann cabinet, today descrfb-
ea the steps that were being taken by
Lne Lall TO deal with the situation that
had arisen in Limerick.
Mr.. Mulcahy said that James Stat
terry, famous as an Irish republican ar
my Fighter, who participated in the Eas-
ler week uprising, in the gun-running at
li7-Fth and lost an arm in the customs
house fire In 1921, had been appointed
10 take charge in Limerick. The re-
VOTERS however. anticipated events by
entering Limerick where they com.
Wandered billets in the principal ho-
'eis an dalso in a vacant wing Of the
iospital for mental diseases.
sunday evening QuarteTmsster Hur-
ey. Of the mid-Limerick brigade. who
i7 free slater was arrested by the
repuhAcans but released on protest by
Nj. Slsttery. Quartermaster Hurley
vas supposed TO be maturing plans
against tho republicans IN possession ot
he town. and some distance from the
Aty had four companies Of unarmed
men under his command.
The intention was, Mr. Mulcahy said
10 enter Limerick and take one Of th'
,ity barracks. After a drill, the free
raters were surrounded by the repub
acans, who arrested Hurley.
Nhen the news reached Dublin, 4
provoked some uues siness In view Of tn.
speech At New Ross. Wexford, Sunday
By Charles Burgess, who, until EsmorI
De Valera's defeat in the Dali Eireann
was minister Of defense with suprem
control Of the army. Mr.. Burgess
strongly protested against bringing Ire
and within the empire without givin,
he fighters under 21 years Of age
chance 20 vote on the question. He Il
reported 70 have said among othei
things Those men are likely to max
themselves heard in much more siren
sous way than by registering votes"
Burgess is said to be the man To
whom the section Of the Irish rep1bh
.au party favorihg De Valera woult
loolz for guidance.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-07
'e|IOn May Cancel
Prohibition Navy
Arrangements For Submarine
Chasers Were Made With
out Secretary's Approval.

Washington, March 6.-Arrangements
for establishment of "a prohibition
navy" Of nine submarine chasers to
hunt liquor runners off the Atlantic
coast were made without the approval
of Secretary Mellon and may be can
celled, by him, it was intimated today
at the treasury. 1t was said last night
at prohibition enforcement headquarters
that arrangements had been completed
to borrow from the navy department
nine submarine chasers not in service
with the coast guard to be used in en-
forcing the dry laws. Secretary Mellon
today, however, was said to have taken
the view that congress had not author
lied the use of prohibition enforcement
appropriations for upkeep of vessels
and that dry law enforcers lacked au-
thority to use them as liquor chasers.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-07
SEVEN GIRLS KILLED
BY EXPLOSION OF POWDER

Birmingham, Eng. March 6.-Seven
girls were killed and thirty severely in
jured today in an explosion of powder
which they were removing from car
tridges at Upton. short distance north
west of Birmingham. The faces of the
injured girls were blackened beyond REQ
ognition by the powder.
The factory, which recently purchased
$50 tons of cartridges from the govern
ment, employed more than fifty girls,
who were engaged removing the metal
portions of the cartridges. The explo-
sion blew off the roof Of the building.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-07
SPIRITED DEBATE on THE
IRISH BILL IN COMMONS

London. March (By the A. PA
spirited debate in the house of commons
~ the resumption OF the discussion today
m committee stage Of the Irish bill, dur
lnz the course of which all the Ulster
members walked out. was followed bv
acceptance OF the operative provision of
The bill giving thN Anglo-Ir.sh treaty
force OF law and the adoption of an
amendncnt dissulving the southern par
lament and providing for the holding Of
elections not later than four months
after the passage Of the act
The committee stage was eventuailv
concluded amid cheers.
The withdrawal of the Ulster mem
pors came after vehement protests
AGAINST the decision OF the house to an
I'y closure 10 the first subsection NJ
clause l, which IS the operative provision
~ the bill. closure eliminating fourteen
amendments. This action was voted 1872
20 81 while the subsection was added
ny a further majority of two. The
amendment moved by Sir Hamar Green.
wood, relating to the dissolution of the
southern parliament and the holding Of
elections. was adopted 9I7 to IS.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-07
FORD HALTs CONSTRUCTION
WORK ON FACTORY IN CORE

Cork, March s.-An the construction
work and the erection Of the machinery
and other equipment of the Ford auto
mobile factory here has been discontin-
ued in consequence of the recent action
of the Cork corporation in calling on the
Ford company to comply with the alleged
conditions of the factory lease. One of
these conditions Is said to provide that
the firm employ a minimum of 1000 men
for five years. The Cork corporation
chrages that only 1900 men are being
employed four days weekly.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-03-07
WATCH LOST TEN YEARS
RESTORED TO ITS OWNER

Vancouver, B. c.. March 6.-After ten
years exposure to the weather, a gold
watch recently found by a member of a
mountain climbing club has been restored
to it's owner, who declares it to be run
ming and keeping perfect time.
F. W. Johnson of this city found the
watch It was on jutting rock, at a
height Of $500 feet. From an inscrip-
ton on the back he located the owner,
Rev. Benjamin F. Bacon. of Yale univer-
sity, who identified it as his property.
The watch was given him by an Oswego,
n. Y. church congregation in 1892. He
lost it ten years ago while on trip into
the mountains near Glazier. B.