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Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

Russian forces from Przemysl are already taking their place side by side Sieh the troops who have for weeks past been striving 70 carry the Car opposition by the 6ustrians and Ger mans. The presence sf a division from Przemysl on the '-rpathian front IS noted in the Austrian official com munication.
 That this is a struggle of the great est importance, the result of which will exercise a strong effect on the entire situation is pointed out by Major Moraht, the military critic of the Berlin Tageblatt, who adds:
 grounds enough for employing all dis posable forces to avert a Russian erup- ton into the Hungarian plain"
 In this region, particularly along the Barfeld-Alzok, the Russian fore es, according to the official statement from Petrograd, are developing with perfect success, notwithstanding the enemys stubborn resistance
 The nature of the fighting is indi- cated by the same official con1munica- tion, which, telling of desperate counter-attacks, says that the Rus sians captured on Sunday and Mon day last 76 officers, 5,3S4 men and a great number of guns
 The Austrians have improved their advantage of having forced the Rus sians to withdraw from Bukowina, for fin an advance from Czernowitz the Austrians crossed the Russian frontier and advanced half way to Chotin. AL ready the Russians are sending troops to that section to repeI the invaders.
 In the western war area attacks and counter attacks, with varying de- grees of success, are reported. The Germans continue to bombard the bridges around 'Nieuport, while from the sea to the Aisne and in Cham pagne there have been artillery ac- tions The seriousness of the battle for Hartmanns-Weilerko in Alsace, is shown by the fact that the bodies of zoo German dead have been found. lions in the Dardanelles is afforded by a correspondent who says that ap- parently no serious attempt to sweep The mines from the Dardanelles wa ters has been made by the allies since March IS, and that while the weather conditions for a bombardment have been Of the best, with a quiet sea, there has been virtually no lombard 1nent since March IS. This corre- spondent visited the forts that bore the brunt of the last heavy Shelling by the allied warships and says:
 The damage sustained by the Turkish positions was uniformly in- nnitesima1 to an almost unbelievable extent
 The death list of the steamer Fall aba, waich was sunk by a German submarine, has been officially placed et Ill and includes one American, Leon Chester Thrasher, an engineer who had been living for the past year on the Gold Coast.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
CONFERENCE OF SOCIETIES
 FOR SERBIAN RELIEF
American, British and French, Held in
 Paris Yesterday.

Paris, March 30. D. m.-A confer ence of American, British and French aid societies for Serbian relief was held in Paris today. A committee, director of the American Red Cross, and member of the Rockefeller Foun- dation: J. Ridgely Carter, Herman Harjes. John Stanley of the British Red Cross, and Sir Thomas Lipton was received by a committee from the French war office Dr. Georges Tusson, chief of the sanitary service of the French government, presided.
 It was agreed, subject to the ap- proval of the societies represented. that the relief societies belonging to the three countries who are now Oper- ating in Serbia, should join forces and that Serbia should be divided into three sections, the committee repres enting' the three countries to be responsible for the relief work in these sections respectively.
 Sir Thomas Lipton speaking of the work of organization. said: Far more effective work could be done in this way Each unit, although it would remain separate and distinct unit, would nevertheless have the assistance of the other two
 "One can scarcely imagine the ter rible ravages of typhus in Serbia. It Is far worse than typhoid fever and even worse than the black plague. The lives of 192 doctors have already been sacrificed in hospital work There I am sailing shortly ,on the Erin. talk ing with me twenty doctors and sixty tons of medicines and hospital com forts. I have already placed my yacht at the disposition of the American Red Cross and British Red Cross societies and am under their orders.
 Tt is my earnest desire that I may have the pleasure and honor of talk ing American doctors and nurses to Serbia. There is a crying need for hos pital work there. One hundred French doctors have recently left for Serbia and I understand that an expedition of ten doctors, with many tons Of hos pital supplies, is leaving America for Saloniki and will proceed from there to Serbia
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
cARRANZA TROOPS FORCING
 VILLA FORCES TO RETREA'
Each Faction Had About 800 Men in
 Vicinity of San Bernardino.

Douglas, Ariz., March 30.-F'ive hundred Carranza troops under Col onel Miguel Samaniego and Villa force of the same strength command ed by General Trujillo came into con tact yesterday opposite San Bernard in1, Ariz., sixteen miles east of here. Tho fighting continued today and Samaniego reinforced by four hundred men from Agua Prieta last night, ap- peared to be slowly forcing Trujillo back.
 Nine troops of United States caval- " belonging to the second brigade were ordered out to observe the fight ing. Samaniego was trying to reach
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
BROWNSVILLE REPORTS
 BATTLE HAS STARTED
Firing Began Shortly After Midnight
 Under Cover of Heavy Foq,

Brownsville. Texas, March 3o.-An engagement lasting about an hour 3c- cured late tonight between Villa and Carranza forces three miles south of Matamoros. It was reported Villa troops attacked constitutionalist rein forcements, but the number of men involved on either side and the out come was not known here.
 Firing between Villa and Carranza forces began shortly after midnight near the breastworks on the west side of Matamoros close to the Rio Grande. The firing was under cover of a heavy fog,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
Movements of Steamships.

Piraeus, March 20.-Arrived: steam CT Themistocles, New York.
 Genoa, March 23-Arrived: steamer Tormina, New York. Sailed: 24th steamer Finland. New York.
 Bordeaux, March 30-Arrfved: steamer Rochambeau, Liverpool.
 Liverpool, March 30. Arrived, steamer Orduna, New York
 New York, March 30.-Sailed: Rotterdam, Rotterdam.
 Gibraltar, March 30.-Passed: steam CT Europa, New York for Naples.
 New York, March 30.-Arriyed: steamer Frederick VIII, Copenhagen
 Rotterdam, March 26. - Sailed: steamer Noordam, New York,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
CHANGE IN GERMAN
 FRONT IN BELGIUM.
Said to be Made Necessary by the
 Fall of Prezemysl.

< London, March 31, 3.4S a. m.-The Dutch correspondent of English news papers in their despatches refer to persistent r9Tmors in circulation in Holland of a change in, tn German front in Belgium, which is alleged to have been made necessary by the fall of Przemysl and by the pressure of the allies along the existing extended front
 According to these ruInors the line on the Yser is to be abandoned in fa- vor of a less extended line slightly west of Brussels. It is reported that large bodies of cavalry already are be- ing withdrawn from the Yser
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
RUSSIA RAISING TARIFF RATES ON IMPORTED ARTICLES
Cotton Fabrics and Yarns Increased
 from 30 to 50 Per Cent.

Washington, March 30.-Tariff rates pn most articles imported into Russia have been raised ten percent. while rates on certain cotton fabrics and rotton yarns have been increased from 30 to 50 CT cent. American Con- sul North Winsb' J, at Petrograd, tel egraphed today that conventional rates on articles specified in the Russian Commercial treaties with Austria Hungary and Germany have been abi1- lsted, and the general rates of the Russian tariff are consequently to be applied in the case of countries, in cluding the United States, the pro- ructs of which were formerly entitled 10 the reduced rates.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
Steamers Overdue Because of Bad
 Weather

New York, March 30.-The commits sion for relief in Belgium announced tonight that the steamer Quito, un- der charter to the commission, has been overdue in New York since March p. She is now 25 days out, havnig passed Gibraltar on March 5. Her tardiness is believed to be due to bad weather. A number of other ships under charter to the commis- sion are also late, presumably for the same reason
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
YOU WILL FIND THE
 HEROES IN THE TRENCHES"
Statement Mades by King Albert Dur
 ing an Interview.

Geneva, Switzerland, March 30, via Paris. D. m-'1 am not hero, you E-ili find them in our trenches,'' said Albert. the king of the Belgians. at his headouarters in the field in an inter view today with Edouard Chaputsat of The Journal De Geneve. During the conversation the guns of the Belgians and the Germans were sounding con- Btant1y.
 T affirm that before the war I and my country observed scrupulously all the reo ouirements Of neutrality that the s-.Ne CTS prescribed for us with pre-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
Not Certain Object
 is Submarine F-4
WHICH DRAG LINES OF NAVAL
 TUG ARE ATTACHED TO.
WORK ON DIVING TUBE
Believed 1t Will Be Ready Today to Find is Really the F-4.

Honolulu, March 30.-Work on a diving tube, with which it is hoped to locate definitely the submarine F'-4 lost with it's crew of 21 men outside the harbor here since last Thursday, progressed so rapidly today that it was believed it might be ready for use early tomorrow.
 Drag lines of the naval tug Navajo are fast to an object believed to be the submarine. With the aid of the diving tube, it quickly will be deter mined officers say, whether the Ma vajo's find really is the F-4.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
Austrians Ambushed by Russians.

London, March S1, 2:45 a. m-A despatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Bucharest says: It is reported from the Rumanian frontier that a considerable Austrian force which crossed the River Pruth near Bojana Monday was ambushed by the Rus sians and compelled to retire across the River with heavy losses.'
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
Louisiana's Sugar Crop Short.

Washington, March 30.-Louisiana's sugar crop for the season just closed totalled 242,000 tons, or about 50,00o less than in 1913. A statement issued by the department of agriculture to- night says the trade conditions from the beginning of August to the open ing of the grinding season has en- couraged the factory owners to pre pare for an active season.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
France to Advance Finances.

Paris, March 30, g: 55 D. m.-The senate today adopted bill which al ready had passed the chamber of dep- uties, providing for the advancing to Serbia, Belgium, Greece and Monte negro as friends of the allies the sum of 1850. OOO,O 900 francs, (S27O,OOO, ,OOO)
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
Cash Contributions to Belgian Fund.

New York, March 30.-The cash contributions to the Belgian relief fund passed the million dollar mark today, according to an announcement made by the committee tonight. The exact amount collected so far is $1,- 004, 905,44, and is said to be the 1arg- est amount ever raised by commit tee on behalf of foreign charity. The committee has also collected $7eO, 900 in food and the actual amount of food supplies it has sent into Belgium to date are valued at more than $1,550,- 0O0
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
To Fight Mexican Mining Law

E. Paso. Texas, March 30.-Fifteen American mining men. representing as rations in northern Mexico, at a meet ing here today decided to fight against the amendments to the Mexican fed eral mining law made recently by the Villa convention government. Ac- cording to the law, which goes into effect April 1, all mining exempted under conditions which the mining ex- perts consider impossible to fill
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
Shortens Term of N. H. Game Com
 missioner,

house today passed in concurrence , with the senate, a bill cutting the term of the state game commissioner from three years to two. If this measure becomes law the term of the present commissioner, Frank J. Beal, will end next June instead of a year hence.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

cisfon of the specifications in an en- gineering coss1ract.
 .Your neuteality," said King Albert referring to Switzerland, 'Is an act of sovereignty. Ours has been obliga- tory by an agreement of the powers, Nevertheless, you see the result.
 At another point in the converse ton the king said:
 sfYou have an agency for prisoners and other institutions, but what a martrydom has not this poor Geneva Cross endured"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
Charge Against German Consul Drop.

Seattle, Wash, March 30.-The pros ecution of Dr. Wilhelm Mueller, Ger man consul at Seattle, and B. Max Schulz, his secretary, charged with conspiracy to bribe an employe of the Seattle Construction and Drydock Co.,, to reveal secrets of his employers business, will be dropped 1t was an nounced here today.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
American Lost With FaIaba.

London, March 31. 2:52 a. m.-The official announcement is made that amnog the missing passegers of the steamer Falaba which was sunk by a German submarine. is Leon Chester Thrasher, an American engineer, who had been living for the past year on the Gold Coast, West Africa.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
Insane Asylum Burned,

Oklahoma City, Okla, March s0.- one wing of the state insane asylum at Fort Supply burned today and four of the six hundred inmates are miss ing. One of the guards was so badly burned he may die
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

Field Marshal Won Der GoItz, ac- cordtng to previous despatches, had gone to Berlin from ConstantinopIe and had conferred with Emperor will jam regarding the plan of campaign.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
Revolution in Paraguay Still Under.

Washington, Marchs 3o.-Despatches to the state department today said that the revolution which broke out in Paraguay recently still was under way. Sixty persons were under arrest in Asuncion, charged with conspiracy againht the government, the despatch said, and 21 others had been deported on similar charges.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

Burglars. using a powerful "can- opener ripped off the back of the safe in the United Cigar store at No. SS1 Eighth avenue, and escaped with S170 in cash and 10000 coupons.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

Ordered to vaoate the "Hotel de Ginl1,'' New York. by April 1, Jeff Davis and the hoooes staying there de- clared that it will take the militia to put them out by then.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

The Maine Senate took action which will prevent the possibility of any change at this session in the legal length og Holsters which may be caught in Maine waters.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
The Bulletins Circulation in Norwich is Double That
CabIed Par9s sSs

Total Prohibition Adford, Eng.
 Bradford, EnG Aarch 30. 11:45 D. m.-The ch. ,r of commerce adopted tonight resolution in favor of total prohibition, with compensa- ton to the holders of liquor licenses.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
British Capture German Camp In
 Africa,

London, March 31, 1923 a. m.-A Cape Town despatch to Reuters Tele- gram company says that German camp at Plattben, fifty miles north east of Ukanas, German Southwest Africa, has been captured by the British. It contained great quantities of supplies and horses and other live stock
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
Alleged Combine in Smelling Industry

Alleged Combine in Smelling Industry
 Washington, March 30.-Department Of justice agents are Investigating complaints from Missouri that there is a combination at Joplin that con- trols the smelter industry. Several members of congress have urged that an investigation is necessary to bring out whether there is any agreement affecting prices.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
CARPATHIAN BATTLE
 GROWS IN INTENSITY
Russian Forces From PrzemysI are Arriving to Aid
 Troops Already in the Mountains
STERN OPPOSITION BY THE TEUT0NIC ALLIES

The Result of This Struggle Will Have Strong Bearing the Entire Situaton-The Austrians Have Forced the Russians to Withdraw From Bukowina-Attack and Counter-Attacks With Varying Success Reported in France and Begium-The Allied Fleet is Operating in inc Dardaneles in Modified Form.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

Only $e5. 900 of the $25o,ooo neces- sary to hold the offer of Mrs. Russell Sage for an equal sum toward new dining halls at Princeton university remains to be raised.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

There are at present 15S ships at Genoa, Italy, waiting to unload, an unparalleled state of congestion at that port.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

A man known as Isaac was burned to death and two others narrowly es- caped death in a fire that did S10,000 damage to a six story loft building at No. 237 Rivington street, New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
Marshal Won Der GoItz at Headquart-

Amsterdam. via London, March s1, 3.0S a. m.-The Telegraaf says that Field Marshal Won Der Goltz has left Berlin for the main German head quarters.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
snain to NationaIize Foreign Debt

Paris, March 30, $50 D. linking Alfonso has signed & decree for the standardization of the foreign debt, says despatch to the Havas Agency from Madrid. The bonds will be ne- gotiated in Spain and the coupons will hereafter be paid exclusively in peso
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
Answer Cabied to order in Council.

of the United States government to the British order in Council decree ing a virtual blockade against com merce to and from Germany was cabled to Ambassador Page at London tonight for presentation to the British foreign office.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

One thousand men were put to work on full time at the plant of the Dodge Manufacturing Co.,, Mishawaka, Ind.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

At the hearing given by Governor Whitman the bill permitting direct set clement under the compensation law, storm of protest was raised from representatives of almost every labor union of the state.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

The French government refused to allow the Duke of Orleans to join the Foreign Legion under an assumed name.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

But one new case of smallpox was reported in Millville, N. J., and health authorities of the town believe that all danger of an epidemic is over.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

Ice went out of the harbor at Two Harbors Minn., the earliest in recent years, and an early opening of navi- gation on the Great Lakes is predict ed by lake men. ..
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

England and France will celebrate April s. King Albert of Belgium's for tieth birthday, as King Albert day.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
Awaiting the Arrival of ArtIIery---Another Battle
 imminent at Lampazos
IN BATTLE SATURDAY VILLAS FORCES LOST 300
Nine Troop of United States Cavalry Were Ordered Out to Observe at Battle Opposite San Bernardino-At Brownsville Dozen Guns for the Third Field Artillery Ready for any Emergency-The Food Situation in
 the Mexican Capital is Again Somewhat Critical

Agua Priete from the interior Of Son.
 ora when he was intercepted by fru- jillo.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
Achievements for caran.a 7roo,.

Reinforcements for Caranza Troops,
 Laredo, Texas, March 30-Four hundred troops have left Nuevo Lar edo, opposite here, it was learned to- day, to reinforce Carranza troops at Lampazoz, so miles south of here, where a Villa attack was expected late today. Villa troops are said to be seeking to advance on Nuevo Lar edo.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

The Atlantic fleet, Admiral Fletcher has reported to Secretary Daniels, is preparing to leave Guantanamo drill grounds and start for Hampton Roads about April.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

George Virtue, prominent business man of Newark, N. J.. and former sheriff of Essex county, N. J.. cut his throat with a, razor at his home in Newark.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

Harry K. Thaw was taken before the supreme court while an order de- laying a writ of habeas corpus was signed. and then taken back to the TOmbS.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

Application from operators in the British textile mills for ten per cent increase in wages was refused.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

Gold to the amount of 1000, 900 pounds sterling was earmarked for Argentine account by the Bank of England.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

More than 5,1oo horses have been shipped through Portland. Maine for the armies of England and France made available today. They came from the ranches of Texas and other western states
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

Stations of the Boston and Maine railroad at Hampton, North Hampton, Seabrook and Atlantic, N. H.. and Salisbury, Mass, were broken into.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
MORE AMERICAN TROOPS
 FOR THE TEXAS BORDER
General Evans Notifies Department
 Headquarters from Laredo, Tex.

San Antonio, Texas, March 3o.-Brig adler General K Evans, commanding the troops at Laredo, Texas, today mo- tif1ed department headquarters at Fort sam Houston. near here, that an at tack on Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, by ViI- la troops, was expected and that more American troops might be needed on the Texas border to protect neutral ity.
 The Laredo garrison at present con- slsts of one regiment of infantry. one battery Of artillery and four troops of cavalry.
 Batteries A, B and c of the Third F1eld artillery left this morning for Brownsville.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

Condensed TeIegrams

Roumania officially. announced heE neutrality.
 There was heavy snow in northern New York state.
 Martial law will go into effect throughout Italy on April 1.
 Export of cotton for the week ended March 27 totalled 129. .2G6 bales. George H. Green, former imperial potentate of the Shriners. died at Da1- las, Tex.
 Eight steel mills at Newport, Ky, resumed operations and two more re- sume today.
 As a result of high zinc prices the Historic mine, near Irondale, Mo-, will be reopened
 Archbishop Ireland is suffering from a general breakdown due to overwork at St. Paul, Minn.
 pr. Charles R. Henderson. professor of sociology of the University of Chi cago, died at Charleston, $. C.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

Tipperary is now out of date with the British soldiers, who are now singing Dolly Gray, John Browns Body and sometimes Dixie, American airs.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

United States government ice patrol will begin April 1. when the revenue cutter Seneca will take the station in the North Atlantic.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

An absolute embargo on any ref erence to defensive or military meas ures being taken in Italy was declared by the council of ministry.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

James P. Chapin, who was sent to Africa by the American Museum of Natural History in 1909 to bring back rare specimens of fauna from the in terior, returned on the American liner New York. He brought 45 tons of snecimens and .0o0 photographs.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

Dr.. Charles R. Henderson, professor of sociology of the University of Chi cago, died at Charleston, $. C.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

The bill increasing railroad rates from to ? 1-2 cents a mile in Minne- sota was killed by the senate trans portation committee.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

Former Secretary of War Jacob w Dickinson declared that organization of the American Legion is a step in the right direction"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

pr. George Peck Eckman,- of New York, editor of the Christian Advocate, has accepted a call to the pastorate of Elm Park Methodist church at Scranton, Pa. He will succeed Rev. George Wood Anderson, who resigned to become an evangelist.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

The British anti-tobacco league wants the government to prohibit smoking in the trenches, despite the soldiers cry for tobacco.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

Requests of $17o,ooo are left to charitable and other institutions by the will of William D. Sloane, who died at Aiken, s. C., on March 19. Columbia University is given $50, 900. The House of Mercy at Pittsf1eld, Mass, is left $50,00O.