Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 24, 1919, Page 11

NOTICE Owing to the continued increase in the electric power rates as follows: First 300 ::e P&a ‘l:enl:n is pg:t;zl ;moxh o; ;d it ‘for 'the first time in many {.meth{plnnm and useful ?\:_- Ve F per cent., and of the exports 46.3 per| Baltimore and Galveston lead Bos: ';'“" y_reminder- throughout ik 8c per kw. hour. . cent. ton and San.Franciscd in the balue. of | tire year. hours per hour. t, 1. €, $2.00 for the first HP. or frac- tion thereof lmta.lled. $1.00 fraction thereof installed. The above rates will be ef- fective commencing Jan. 1st, 1820, and for bills rendered commencing Feb, 1st, 1920, The City of Norwich ed to consider the situation arising : 1 Gas and Electrical e e T i o o | from settlement of the strike. The| | PON'T THROW AWAY THIS . CAL | reach the etreet by O aat ot | place where the mesting will be held ADVERTISEMENT the “Great White Way.” Spied by a|Was not announced but it was said it] }it's worth five cents on a Maga- Department OVERHAULING AND REPAIR WORK OF A.L KINDS o Wallack, a block from the Knicker- situa : : e J . ‘€T llast two weks, it has been impossible | stitute 4 contract effective until March AutomOblleS, Bogkhr T (HEE pake $40,000 was tak-} /%o 0h the many coal operators, scat- | 31, 1922 Carriages, Wagons, Trucks and Carts Mechanical Repairs, Painting, Trim- ming, Upholstering and Wood Work, Blacksmithing in all its branches Scott & Clark Corp. | §07 TO 5158 NORTH MAIN STREET GIRL FOILED SIX BANK ROBBERS IN CINCINNATI Cincinnati, O., DM‘ ’3——%1: automo- bile bandits made an unsuccessful at- tempt to rob the Tirst National Bank af Lockport, a suburb this afternoon. The men were frystrated hy a girl emploYe, who pushed a button that set dnging a warning bell on the outside of the bank. ~After four of the men with revolv- ers had lined up the cashier, the three payin gtellers and three girl mployes, the only ones in the bank at the time, one of the girls stepped on an elec- trical contrivance connected with a large gong outside the buflding. When the robbers saw people running tow- ards the bank they leaped into their automobiles and sped away without obtaining any plunder. AN INCREASE IN BANK ACCEPTANCES ANNOCUNCED New York, Dec. 23.—To meet the higher rates prevailing in the open market, the federal réserve bank to. day anncunced an increase of 1-8 to 1-4 per cent. on bhank acceptances. In taking this action officials pointed out that it had no bearing on the question of re-diseounts, which remain - chznged from their recent advance, ANNOUNGEMENT To accommodate our con- stantly growing number of customers we have put on a SPECIAL NORWICH || § NORWICH WLLE'fln WEDNESDAY, DEC STATISTLS OF FfiREIGN TRADE FOR 1919 Gifts That Will Net New York, Dec. 24.—Foreign trade handled in ten leading United States t |customs districts in 1919, according to|cq, statistics just made public here. ag-~ :mmfi nwmm in imports and New York led with There was a lively competition . for second place it was saidw, between Boston, Baltimore, New Orleans, San Tranciseo and Seattle. New Orleans won for the first time in several years: Philadelphia crowded New Orleans so close that an addition of a million dol- lars to the value of the formers for- eign commerce would have placed her in the lead. Seattle, Bostoh, San Fran< cisco, Detroit, Baltimare, Galveston and Buffalo followed in the order pam- During the preceding fiscal _ year Seattle snatched second position from Philadelphia, which had just achiev- their-exports, but the weakness of the first named ports lies in.the paucity of their imports, There is no port in which imports exceeded exports, al though they came nearer t.o bh.lnnclnl at Boston. Montreal led the Nor!h American ports except New York, with a. total foreign trade of $760,000,000 in value, —_— SERIES OF ROBBERIES IN _ HOTELS IN NEW YORK New York, Dec. 23—The police to- night were seeking to determine it two men, arrested today on a charge of at- tacking' and robbing a wealthy Texan and his wife of $4,000 in their suite in the Hote] Knickbocker, were the burg- lars responsible for a series of sim iflar robberfes in this city recently which have netted the thieves more than $100,000: The pair were arrested after they are alleged to habe entered the apart- ment of Mr. and Mrs. Aloysius Brod- erick of Dallas. this morning, knock- ed down Mr. Broderick with a ham- mer, tied his wife to a bed and ran- crowd while performing their “human fly” feat_amd fired at by a police~ man they entered a.fourth story win- dow after descending one floor and were arrested in the grill room. After questining the prisoners, who gave their names as Raymond Rod- rignez and Andriano Heva, the police reported they had found on the reg- isters of 18 other hotels handwriting gsimilar to that of the prisoners, al- though the signatures were different. One' robbery of which the men: are ensnected was committed at the Hote! NO AGREEMENT:REACHED ON TREATY RESERVATIONS ‘Washington. Dec. 23.-—Althoygh re- publican and democratic senators con- tinued their conferences today on peace treaty reservations, there were no concrete results and the leaders said they expected none for some days. Drafts of proposed changes in the ns framed by the senator at the last session were talk- bv Senator Lodge of Mase- Achnsetts. "the republican leader: and Senator T.enroot, Wisconsin, a leader of the mild reservation groups of re- publicans, They said the conference was of a general nature and that no final agreement on phraseology was reached. It was emphasized in all quarters that the negotiations still were in a nebulous state and that many sugges- tions from many sources would be considered before there was an at- tempt to make a binding agreement. SCHOONER COROZAS I8 DRIFTING HELPLESSLY Norfolk, Dee. 23.—~The. Ameriean steamer Corozas bound from New York to a southérn port, was reported tonight to ‘be drifting helplessly twen- ty miles east of Diamond Shoals Lightship, the naval repair ship Vul- can was standing -by the Corozas which in the face of a heavy gale was being swept by high seas. Tulle skirts are combined with vel- vet bodices in some of the best looking evening frocks at the French opening. OPERATORS WOULD WELCOME PROBE OF THE COAL INDUSTRY ‘Washington, Dec. "Smlnvestlga.hon of the coal industry is “courted” by the operators, it was asserted tonight by the executive committee of the Bi- tuminous Coal Operators’ -association in a statement replying to the declara- tion last night of Attorney General Imer that the government would “not assume that.the operators will break faith” and intimating that ways would be found to keep faith in the coal strike settlemen. The executive committee’s state- ment announced that a general meet- ing of mine owners from all parts of the United States had heen summon- will take place as soon as possible, presumably shortly after Christmas. “The coal operators have always courted a full investigation of -indus- try” the executive committee’s state. ment said.™ “They welcome one now. They are whole-heartedly eager to have come out of tHis cuntroversy a programme that will be constructive and that will insure industrial peace. “The miners and the operators have interpreted President Wilson’s letter of December th in different ways. “Because. of this fact and the rapid changes in- the situation during the tered over the country, fully advised. The executive committee therefore feels that it is imperative to call a meeting of the representatives of the operators from the several coal fields.l extending from Pennsylvania to as far | west as the state of ‘Washington. This meeting will be held as soon a8, pos- sible; “In the meantime steps have alreadv been taken to gather such facts and statistics as may be necessary for a full presentation of the operators’} case.” OPERATORS WILL ABIDE BY DECISION OF COMMISSION Terre Haute, Ind.,, Dec. 23.—~.- a statement declaring that.the attitude of the coal operators of the Central Competitive Field has not been chang- ed by any person in autherity sincé they agreed to a plan similar to that proposed by President Wilsan for set- tling the miners™ wage controversy, Phil H. Penna, spokesman forithe op- erators in the wage negotiations of the past few months, late today indicated that the operators will abide“by the decision of the commission appeinted by the. president.to arbitrate . price: and wag2s. Mr. Penna stated that the ' presi- dent’s plan for appeintment of:a com- mission differed in some details from the plan agreed upon by the operators, and expressed_the belief that the op- erators should have been consulted be- fore it was presented to the ‘miners: He said, however, that it agreed ih’ principle with the’ resolution adopted by the operators. Mr. Penna’s state- ment follows: “On Nov. 27 the coal operators’ {tried to fake Mrs. Fred Tracey of Ox- Be Worn Out, Eaten Up or Fnrgotten What nots and knicknacks .re fors gotten-shortly after Christmas, but’ subscription to a magazine is a twelve- No “Christmas Gift List” is com- plete unless it includes a subscription to your friend’s favorite magazine, and || my ‘experience as a SPECIALIST -m‘ magazines i$ at your service. g We have them for father, mother, sister .and brother, not forgcmng the | k. {tiny tots.” 1 have the Christmas numbers and | supplements of the fallnwmg English ' § Periodicals: LONDON GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATED NEWS SKETCH HOLLY LEAVES PEAR'S ANNUAL It costs you less than anywhere else ¢ —AT— Shea’s News Bureau J. J. S8HEA, Union Square | | i b } zine Order ) —ee committee, composed of eight repre- sentatives of each state, meeting with the minehs, offered the following resolution: ‘that there be a tribunal created of equal numbers of the miners’ representatives and coal _operators, and an equal number repre- senting the public to whom all these différences shall be ratified, and that we agree-to accept the result, to con- “The operators all voted Yes, all of the miners No, and the meeting adjourned without date. “In principle this resolution is in perfect accord with the president’s ac- tion. It differs, however, in some de- tails about which we should have been consulted in advance. “This attitude of the operators has not been changed ih any particular by any person or persons in authority.” TALKING MACH!NE A CURE FOR “SLEEPING SICKNESS” Norwich,” N. Y.. Dec. 23.—Neighbors, relatives and doctors for 80 days had ford, from’ her “slesving’ sickness,” but today a talking machine succeeded where human tongues had failed. ‘When, as a_last resort, a record was played;: she became conscious enough t6 inquire: “What" was that?” Then - she fell asleep-again, but was roused: several times after that. Her physician now states that she will re- cover. The'woman is 55 years old and al- though believed here to hold the 1919 championship “leng distance sloop- ing,” ‘is in: gmfi physil condition. 4,000,000 LBS, PORK SH,OULDERS PLACED ON SALE IN CHICAGO Chicago, Dec. 23. — Four million pounds of frozen pork shoulders was; placed on sale in Chicago today bV the quartermaster’s department, U. army, at 17 1-2 cents a-pound. The wholesaler’s price of the best meat to- |, day was 22 cents. in a joint | long || The meat is to be sold in WE HAVE A FINE DISPLAY OF FRESH KILLED POULTRY, TURKEYS, DUCKS, GEESE, ETC. 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The soiily: restriction is that supplies purchased are not to be ‘resold in big lots nor held. “These meats-are for immediate con- suiption,” ~ Colomtel - Castleman 23.——A five pound pygmy hippopotamus—“a -nen-rumin- ating artiodactyle ungulate much less aquatic than its giant rela- tibe and having, in fact the habits of pig’—was born today at the Bronx Zoo, the sixth baby 'hippo ever in cap- tivity and the first to remp into vewri{xsn.rian, presented a healthy youngster to $15,000 Liberian parents. “Baby’’—it hasn't ibeeri christened yet mammal, rigged tomorrow if the the —declined nourishment and Dr. Will- fam Hornadyy, divector of the zoo, an- nounced that a milk bottle would be youngster threatened to go on a hunger strike. — Hartford—It is estimated in Hart- ford bank eircles that bank clearings in this city for the- present year will mark. WE HAVE EVERYTHING NEEDED FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS DINNER Sflt'bré'open‘“mis Ew}ening Closed All Day Tomorrow ables | _ FRESH MOHICAN. 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