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Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15
CONDITIONS IN MEXICO
 CITY HAVE IMPROVED,
But a State of Anarchy Prevails in
 MaEzanillo.

Washington, March 14.-While con- Gitions in Mexico City have improved the food and water supply being re- plenished and the capital placed in order once more by the Villa-Zapata convention government, situations fraught with difficulties for the United States have arisen at the port of POngresO on the Atlantic coast of Mexico and at Manzaillo, a port on the Pacific side
 Wireless reports from the Ameri- can consul at ManzanilIo state that a condition of anarchy prevails there being unable to maintain order; that foreigners are apprehensive and that the food supply decreasing, while the Vtlla-Zapata troops are investing the approaches to the town. Admiral Howard. commanding the Pacific fleet, is understood to be preparing to take fo1 eigner away from Manzanillo if conditions do not improve Several American ships are in the vicinity
 Progreso, the port from which is shipper go per cent. of the siSal hemp required for binding the wheat crop of the United States has been ordered closed by General Carranza to foreign commerce. He has dispatched the send the armored tug Ocampo to en- force his blockade order The cruiser Des Moines is at Orugreso under orders from the navy department to see that there is no interference with American commerce, as, in accord ance with the international precedent the right of de faCto government to close a port not in it's possession is not recognized.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15
STORY OF THE SINKING
 OF THE ANDALUSIAN. German Craft Towed Lifeboat of Doomed Ship Near a British Steam

London, March 15, 1.15 a. m.-Cap- tain Malley of the Ellerman Line steamer Andaiusian, which was sunk by German submarine told the fol- lowing story of the loss of his boat:
 'Howling from Liverpool, we kept to a course weHeSto the westward in the hope of escaping submarines. But twenty miles west of Bishop Rock the second officer reported g. subna- rine off the port bow. I ordered the engineer 10 put on full steam and We got up a speed of eleven knots The submarine, however, gained rap idly on us and came alongside the Andalusian and ordered us to leave her in our lfeboats.
 In e.nbarking in a lifeboat I broke a rib. The German commander mo- ticing this, invited me on board the submarine, where I went to the cap- taln's cabin and a sailor bandaged my injury. The submarine lowed our crew until we were rear a British steamer Which we went aboard
 T urged this steamers captain to go back and try to save the Andalu- sian if she was still af1oat He turned back and when we came near the Andalusian we saw the submarine quietly stunning herself beneath the stern of the wreck. She dived as we came near.''
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15
ERSTWHILE BELLE OF EUROPEAN
 COURTS DIES IN A COTTAGE.
Fortune Swept Away by Unwise 'ln-
 vestments of Her Husband.

South Bend. Ind, March 14.-Mrs. Peter You've, who was Countess Jeane De Madre, once belle of European courts and a friend of Elm press Eugenie, died March 10 in her small cottage in South Bend, it be- came known today. The former countess was 83 years old. Mrs. Veu- ve was the daughter of Count Hippo lyte Henri De Madre, whose home was in Brussels.
 She was a nurse in the Franco Prussian war and was decorated for bravery. About 1880 the countess came to America with her son, who contracted an illness and died The son was a classmate at Sandhurst, England, with the Prince, who is now King Alfonso XIII of Cpain. After her sons death, the countess married Peter You've, a Swiss whom she had wnown in court circles in Europe. He made unwise investments and the countess fortune was swept away. You've brought his wife to South Bend an dobtained employment in a watch factory.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15
5 Steamers Sunk
 by a Submarine
SUCCESSFUL THREE DAYS
 CRUISE OF THE U-2s.
FOUR BRITISH, 1 FRENCH
Gave Crews of Most of the Vessels Time to Leave-Was Chased by Pa trol Boats, but Proved Too Elusive -Uneasiness in Shipping Circles,

London. March 14, 10.30 D. m.-The submarine U-29, one of the largest and fastest of German under water craft, had a successful three days off the Scilly Islands and in the English Channel, where on Thursday, Friday and Saturday she succeeded in sink ing four British steamers and one French steamer and in damaging three others.
 Crews Given Time to Leave.
 The German commander gave the crews of most of the steamers time to leave their vessel and in soma cases lowed the ships lifeboats with the crew to passing steamers by which they were brought to port.
 Chased by Patrol Boats.
 The U-29 was chased by patrol boats, but proved too elusive for them, while steamers which tried to ram or es- cape her found that the submarine was much faster than a similar craft which had previously been sent on a mission to destroy Great Britain S oVersea trade.
 Uneasiness in Shipping Circles.
 With a German submarine in the waters around the Scilly Islands which across the Atlantic, there is much un- easiness in shipping circles and dur ing the course of the day report which also reached the American liner New York by wireless, was cir culated to the effect that one of them had been torpedoed. This report, ii is believed, arose from the sinkine of the Andalusian which belongs tc the Ellerman line.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15
FIERCE ENGAGEMENT
 FOUGHT IN ALSACE
Grim Bravery Shown by Both Sides
 -No Quarter Shown,

Geneva, via Paris, March 14.-De- tails received here of the engagement fought between the French and Ger mans for the possession of the heights at Reich Ackerkopf stamp 1t as one of the most sanguinary of the war in Alsace. Many regiments were used on both sides and they frequently were reinforced. General Diemling person ally directed three German counter attacks against the crest of a hin which had been captured by French chasseurs and Alpine troops.
 According to reports no quarter was given and none was asked. Few shots were fired. for most of the work was done with the bayonet. The Germans, 1t is said, after four repulses, retired to Muehlbach, leaving 300 dead and three times that many wounded. Grim bravery was shown by the troops on both sides.
 The success reported by the French gives them a position commanding two valleys for their artillery.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15
Two Drowned in
 New Haven RarbOr
BOAT LOADED WITH CLANS
 SPRANG ALEAK AND SANK.
BARGE CREW MEMBERS
Mile Before He Was Picked Up by a Rowboat Men Drowned Were Brothers.

New Haven, Conn, March 14-Jo- seph and Edward Bonn, brothers, of Brooklyn, N. Y., were drowned in the harbOr tonight, when their small boat, loaded with clans, sprung a leak and sank in the channel. Edward Carey of New Haven swan nearly half mile in the icy waters before he was picked up by a rowboat.
 The three were members of the crew of the barge Lewis" of Brook lyn, N. Y., which is tied up at the docks with a load of coal Joseph Bonn was captain of the craft He was about 21 years old and leaves a young widow, who is aboard the Lewis. She was hysterical when in formed of the tragedy
 The three had been clamming the greater part of the afternoon and were on the way back to the barge when the small craft suddenly sank It is said that neither of the Bohn brothers could swim. Their bodies had not been recovered at a late hour tonight.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15
STEAMER AUGUSTE coNsEIL TORPEDoED BY SUBMARINE Crew of 23 Men Saved by a Danish
 Steamer

Bordeaux, France, March 14. via Paris-The steamer Auguste Conseil from Cardiff for Rouen with a cargo of coal, was torpedoed by a submarine off the Start Point, near the southern extremity of Devon, England, Thurs day afternoon. The crew of twenty eight men is reported to have been saved by a Danish steamer and taken to Falmouth.
 The August Conseil belonging to the Society Les Affreteurs Reuinis was a steamer of 1852 tons. She sailed from Hyeres, France, Jan. 25, for Havre, where she arrived February 9th. Mar itime records contain no information concerning her movements after that date.
 Given Ten Minutes to Leave Ship.
 Falmouth. via London, March IA, 7.3O p. m.-The Auguste Conseil was sunk by the German submarine U-29. Her crew arrived here today on the Danish steamer Excellence Pieske
 Members of the crew say that the commander of the German submarine gave them ten minutes in which to leave their ship after which she was destroyed with bombs. The German commander told them he left Cux- haven six days ago and was about to return. He said that the UPS would be replaced by another submarine.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15
SHOT HOTEL CLERK
 AND STOLE $50. On West 34th Street, New York-Re- fused to Thow Up His Hands.

New York, March 1.-Two men en- tered the lobby of the Hotel Allan on West 34th street near the theatrical district today, fatally shot Charles Mil Ter, the clerk, and escaped after rob- ping the cash drawer of $50.
 Miller was alone in the lobby at the time. According to the brief story he gave before he died, the men ordered him to throp up his hands. Miller, who at one time had been a wrestler, refused and closed with the robbers. One of them, he said, hit him over the head with a blackjack and both then fired repeatedly at him. He dropped with five bullets in his body and his assailants after rif1ing the cash drawer fled
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15
TPAIN BLOWN UP
 BY FRENCH AIRCRAFT.
London Says Germans Have Lost 1e,.
 900 Men in Three Days.

London, March IA, 9.35 p. m-The war office tonight made the following announcement:
 "A heavy counter-attack delivered by the enemy Saturday afternoon and several minor counter attacks earlier in the day all were repulsed.
 Judging by observations on vari- ous positions of the field of battle, and by statements of prisoners, of whom there are now 1,720, the enemy's losses must have been very heavy and cannot have fallen far short of 10000 men within three days.
 "A train at the Don station was blown up by our aircraft Sunday morning"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15
AEROPLANES OF ALLIES
 DESTROY A ZEPPELIN,
Nine Members of Crew of Al Have
 Been Found Dead.

Paris, March 14-The destruction of a Zeppelin airship in the vicinity of Tirelmont on March Il, says the Mathis Havre correspondent, was the work of two French and two English aeroplanes. The statement that it fell during a storm is denied Mem bers of the crew of fl aboard the craft are reported to have been found dead. while 29 were so badly injured they died the next day.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

ba-ded the cathedral at Soissons and the surrounding district. To the north of Rheims, opposite the. Luxemhurg wood, the enemy attempted to seize one of our advanced trenches and was repulsed. Rheims was then lombard ed.
 'In Champagne toward nightfall yesterday we repulsed two counter-a at tacks, pursued the enemy and seized several trenches. In one of these VIC found about 100 dead and some war material.
 Tn the Argonnes, at Four De Paris, an attack attempted with the object of debouching against our line, was checked completely
 "In Lorraine our patrols occupied Embermenil.
 Tn the Vosges there has been ar tillery action"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15
Movements of Steamships.

New York, March 14.-Arrived: :: steamers Europe, Genoa; Ioannina, Piraeus. Sailed: steamer Niagara, Havre.
 Genoa, March 13.-Arrived: steamer Cedric, New York and Boston.
 Liverpool, March 14.-Arrived: :: steamer New York, New York Sail ed: 15th steamer St. Paul, New York.
 New York, March 14.-Steamer Or duna, Liverpool for New York, sig nailed. No position given. Dock 5:30 D. m. Monday.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15
BELGIAN TROOPS ARE
 FORGING FORWARD.
Invaders Are Bombarding Ypres-
 Several Civilians Killed.

Paris, March IA, via London, 3.30 D. m.-The statement given out at the war office this afternoon is az follows:
 Belgian troops continued to make progress in the bend of the Yser. Their artillery, supported by our heavy artillery, desroyed 8 point of vantage organized by the Germans in a ceme- tery at Dixmude. The enemy bonn barded Ypres. where there were sew eral victims among the civilian popu- lation.
 "The German artillery also bonn
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15
RAILROAD EMPLOYES HELD
 A "SAFETY FIRST" MEETING
Methods Illustrated by Motion Pic
 lures at New Haven.

New Haven, Conn. March 1.-Two thousand employees of the New York, New Haven and Hartford and Cen traI New England railroads gathered at a. local theatre today for a safety first meeting" Several special trains brought many of them here from New England points. Motion pictures, illustrating safety methods, were feature of the meeting. Addresses were made by President Howard FL liott, General Manager c. L. Bardo and others.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15
BRITISH VICTORY IS
 ONE OF MAGNITUDE
Around Neuve ChapeIe, in Northern France, is En- phasized by Late Statements
GERMAN LOSSES NOT FAR SHORT OF 10000 MEN

Cantured Three Lines of Trenches and Fortified Work French and German Versions of Operations In the Champagne and Argonne Regions are Contradictory In Russian Poland the Expected Battle Around Przas nys is Developing Slowly Washington Announces That Close Watch is to be Kept on Ships Clearing From American Ports-It Reported That State Papers Are Being Picked Up Constantnople Preparatory to Removal
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15
German HydropIane Wrecked.

London, March 1.-The wrecking of
 German hydroplane off the Danish coast is reported in a telefram from Copenhagen to the Exchange Telegraph company. It is said that the crew of the airship was rescued by Danish fishing boats
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15
German Coal Depot Set Afire.

Geneva, via Paris. March 1.-The largest coal depot on the Rhine, To- cated at Strassburg, which was set affre by a bomb dropped by French aviator during a raid fifteen days ago. is still burning. Four thousand tons of coal has been destroyed and 10000 tons more is menaced. Some fear is felt that the fire may endanger Strass- burg
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15
Fire Causes Death of Two Brothers.

FIre OausSs Death or TWO Brothers.
 Lexington, Mass, March 14-Patrick and Michael Costello brothers, lost their lives today when fire swept through the little house they occupied Patrick died in bed of suffocation Michaers body was found on the first floor and he is believed to have been on his way to summon help when the flames surrounded him. Both men were of middle age. The cause of the fire is unknown.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15
No Berlin Comment on the Sinkinq of
 the Frye

Berlin, via London. March IA, 7.3O p. m.-Berlin newspapers without ex- ception refrain from commenting upon the sinking of the American ship Will liam P. Frye by the German con- verted cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich These newspapers have published nothing upon the subject beyond ac- counts of the event and a statement from the captain of the vessel that he was well treate6
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

Wellesley College students complet- ed a fund for purchasing and equip ping military ambulance for service in ETance.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15
Samuel BowIes Is Dead.

Springfield Mass, March 14.-Sam- uel Bowles. editor and publisher of the Springfield Republican, died at 12,35 a. m. today.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15
Vienna Tells of RepuIse of Russians.

Washington, March 14.-Repulse of
 Russian attacks along the lower Nida at Gorlice and in the Carpathians was announced in a Vienna foreign office despatch received today by the Aus tro-Hungarian embassy here.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15
CabIed Paragrar'ao 70

Daughter Born to .nister ip
 Peking, N~ A daughter was born tod -e wife of pr. Paul Samue' >>n, United States min ister to 4a. The conditions of both mother add child are excellent.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

Mi-Careme passed almost unnoticed in Paris.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

Bulgaria is transporting her heavy artillery to the Greek frontier.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

Milwaukee brewery workers went on strike, one day ahead of the schedul- ed walkout.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

Shortly after the Fall River line steamer. Providence left her dock at Fall River for New York Friady night, man jumped from the hurricane deck into the bay and disappeared.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

Gothenburg, Norway, is choked with cotton received from abroad and des- tined for Hamburg.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

Fifty thousand pounds of hemp were purchased in Winchester. Ky, at $1O per 10 pounds, the highest price ever known for hemp in Kentucky.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

Allan J. Mclaughlin, state health commissioner of Massachusetts, stat ed that he would decline an assign ment as health representative in Ser bia of the American Red Cross and Rockefeller Foundation.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

Formal announcement of the en- gagement of Miss Katherine Page, daughter of American Ambassador w. H. Page, to Charles F. Loring, a Bos- ton architect, was made in London.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

Ships of the French line sailing from New York will dock at Bordeaux instead of Havre. because of the danger to navigation in the war zone
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

Several Indians representing the Washable tribe called on Indian Agent L. D. Creel at Salt Lake City and re- quested that the Government provide a national flag for the Indians.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

John Shell, aged about. 60 was burned to death at Rumford Me, when a small building in the railroad yard, in which he was sleeping, was burned,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

Germany having informed Switzer- land that the exportation of coal from Germany will be shortly prohibited, England offered Switzerland as much as she requires, at cost price.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

The steamer La Hascogne reached New York from Bordeaux with her forward smokestack missing. It had been swept away by a tremendous northeast gale and high seas which struc kthe ship on March g.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

William Minton and his wife perish ed when their cottage on Sunset Hill, Nahant, Mass. was burned early Saturday. The house was in flames when firemen arrived.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

The new coast guard cutters Ossip- pee and TallapOoSa will be launched April 20 at Newport News.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

Fire destroyed three wooden build 1 ings on Washington street, North At | tleboro. Mass, in the centre of the | business district, eartly Saturday,
 causing a loss of $6O,0O0.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

hand, whose arrest at Cambridge, Mass, on a charge of murder followed an investigation of the death of Miss Esther Ryan, were held by the dis trict court for hearing March 30, on charge of manslaughter. Each furnished $2,500 bail.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

A bill was introduced in the Mime sota State Senate increasing railroad passenger rates in that tSate from 2 to 1-2 cents per mile.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

In spite of the fact that she will be compelled to wear an artificial limb, Mime. Bernhardt, whose leg was am putated at Bordeaux, decided to tour America in the fall.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

Louis Hoz, Italian Consul at Calgary, Alberta, is in prison charged with ! misrepresentation of $5,O0O sent to
 him by his countrymen to send to their families in Italy.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

Miss Hannah M. Horton, aged S2 was found dead in her home at Gosh en, N. Y. She is believed to have been murdered by burglars, as the house was ransacked.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

Rafael ZaIdivar was appointed by the Government of Salvador to be minister to the United States.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-15

A bill imposing a tax Of $5 yearly on bachelors between 25 and 50 years of age was introduced in the West Vir- ginia House.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-04-29
CENSUS OF THE SKI
Country's Winged Citizens Have
Been Enumerated.
Interesting Discoveries Made Through
Investi5 CATION by the Department
Of AoricuIture-RobIps Out
number sparrows.

There IL q country whose cities are
never overcrowdei. the present census
registering on the average two citi-
zens to every acre. This country is
the land of the sky: its citizens. the
birds.
The United States department of
agriculture has discovered the facts
and put them safely away in a bull
lctin which the public may have for
the asking. though by what methods
the government biologists obtained
and substantiated the numbers this
same public has not yet been advised.
Did they resort TO aeroplanes? And
once in the seropIane did they consult
Mr.. and Mrs. Bird as to the number of
their children? We are not yet in
formed. but 1t can easily be seen that
ehere might be some confusion.
AS a rule statistics only stupefy. but
there's something to be said for the
robin which may interest some people.
There is more of him than of any
other bird in the United States-six
pairs OF robins to each farm OF IS
acres The English sparrow is close
second. i've pairs TO each 5S acres.
No other bird is nearly SO abundant as
either the robin or sparrow.
One conclusion which VIII interest
manxind-chiefiy because IL concerns
manklnd-is the preference OF breed
Ing birds for thiekly populated cen
ters. They prefer the Great White
Way TO the quiet forest This seems
to indicate the beginnings OF human
intelligence-oh. well, perhaps not In
teiiigence, but it's human. whatever
else It may be- And. say the biolo-
gists. It seems probable that as our
human population increaaes SO will
our bird population increase- Thus we
get around to race suicide and-it is
inevitable-to Roosevelt.
Throughout the United States. tax
ing 100 robins as q unit. other birds
were noted in the following ratio: Cat
birds. 40: house wrens. IS: brown
thrashers. 81; kingbirds. 81: blueblrds,
20.
Chevy Chase, Nd. holds the record
for density Of population. One hun
dred and sixty-one pairs were found
nesting on 20 acres. "a species Of birds
being represented.
The department announces that this
census is to be repeated and on a
much larger scale. II bird lovers are
willing to aid There are NO funds to
pay for this work. and II therefore de
pends on volunteers Who will con
tribute the facts in the case
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-04-29

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