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Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10
ARGUMENT BEGUN IN
 RAILWAY MAIL CASE
Upon Outcome Depends Whether the Government Will Pay Railroads 35,ooo, ,ooo.

Washington, April Son the out come of arguments begun today be- fore the supreme court depends whether the United States government must pay approximately s35, 900, 900 to railroads in additional pay for carry ing the mails since 1907 Over 800 railroads are interested in pending claims.
 Under statute passed in 1873. com pensation for carrying the mails is based on the weight carried, ascertain ed quadriennially by actual weighing for a specific period. Owing to the fact that the mails were not carried as a rule on Sundays then, Sunday was excluded in the selection of 8 divisor in ascertaining the average weight. In 1907, the postmaster general an- nounced that in contracts thereafter to be made Sundays would be included, thus reducing the weight average and the railroads compensation.
 Deputy Attorney General Thompson for the government, contended that the postmaster general had a right under the law to execrise his discre- ton in selecting the divisor. Jacob M. Dickinson, former secretary. of war, and John G. Johnson, of Philadelphia, for the railroads. argued that the se- lection of a divisor excluding Sunday had been tacitly recognized by law so that the postmaster general could not change it.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10
WAS SUBMARINE F-4
 IN GOOD coNDlTloN7
Letter from Commander Indicates 1t
 Was in Wretched Shape.

Los Angeles, Cal, April 9.-In a let ter written at Honolulu March, 22, Lieutenant Alfred D. Ede, in com mand of the United States submarine F- 4, whc was lost with his entire crew when .he vessel disappeared off Homo iulu harbor March 25, told his brother aere that If the whole boat should vanish in smoke, I do not think l would be terribly astonished."
 Allison Ede, 70 whom the letter was addressed, receiy ed iI several days ago. -e declined at first to make pub lie the entire letter, but an excerpt given out today contained the quota ton "T expect the whole thing to go up in smoke any tine.' Later the let ter iii full was made public. It reads as folio gs:
 Honolulu, March P, 1915.
 "This is not a very exciting place, hut enough happens to the boat to at feast keep up interest. I just came ,ack from Pearl Harbor Thursday, where have been for ten days having a new motor put in. Previous to that we haL hydrogen explosion in the battery engine breakdowns, etc.
 "So tfere is something doing all the time. Take a mere trife like today down 50 feet <Lnd no bottom below and water tricknng in through one of the waves. That does not give us a Lhril. any more Ill faIt, if the whole boat she uld vanish in smoke, I don't .hink l would oe terribly astonished.'
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10

Fres'. iepulses of the Germans at Various points m France, the taking soc Les Iparges, an important strategic x oint on the road toward their objec- Rive, Meta, and the capture of lines or trenches are announced in the latest French :fficial reports of the Warrare ,.;n the west, vl.ile Petrograd asserts that in he Carpathians the Russians possess 'he entlIs principal chain or mountains, excepting one hill.
 1 The Germans III an earlier statement rutlin.ng the course of events in the west de.'.ared ina in the region be- tween he Mouse and the Moselle, sghere es Eparses is situated and where ianguinary fighting has been in progress for several days, the French charges were unA uccessful and their osEes heavier thLn those of the Ger mans.
 Flea > 1osseE ID men are being in cured rn both the French and Car lat.lian -ronts Ferris says that in the forest of Montmar re fifteen German attempts to rclake trenches captured tror1 them we1. repulsed and that :ieaps of German bodies lay on the ground afterword, while in Champagne Ihe Germans were mown down in a imiLa Cffensr movement. Vienna makes 10 denIel Of Petrograd'S claim 70 fuz .Is. srcccCseg in he Carpathians, but ss;s the Russian frontal attacks are bc4rlg made without regard to loss If life nd that nigh heaps of dead or wounded marx the battlefield.
 In addition to Les Eparges the French claim Io have captured some 500 feet of ground in the forest of sAllly ard to have retaken trenches Grom U Q Germans north of Beause- lOjur. From the French and German seport' the vicl, lsness of the fighting Us indicated by Ine announcement that l.here have been infantry and artillery engagements. hand-to-hand fighting, the sapping of trenches and the throw Ing of incendiary and asphyxiating bombs.
 Inquiries made in official and dipIo- matic circles in The Hague have fail ed to bring to light the reason for Rlar1nist rumors in circulation in Lon- don that hostilities between Holland and Germany were about to begin
 From Geneva comes the report thai Germany has prohibited exports tc Italy and that the Germans are stop ping at frontier stations all Italian freight cars homeward bound The re- port also has it that trains from Italy reaching Switzerland are filled witl German families
 Germany on April 1, according to Berlin despatch, held as prisoners 1O, 176 allied officers and SOP, ,633 men.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10
NO FURTHER RESPITE
 FOR CONVICTED LUMBErRMEN Found Guilty in Philadelphia of Using
 Mails to Defraud.

Washington, April 9.-Attorney Gen eraI Gregory today declined to grant a further respite for the five men connected with the International Lum- Der and Development Co. convicted in Philadelphia of conspiracy to de- fraud through the use of the mails. A respite of thirty days granted by President Wilson last month expired at midnight.
 Word came from authoritative sources that the president will not par don the men.
 The attorney general told John Schwarzkopf, counsel for the peti- tioners, that he did not believe in re- spites and that he believed men who had been convicted and had exhausted all methodsc provided by law should be committed and begin service of sentence.
 A special appeal was made for William H. Armstrong, Jr.. who, the attorney said. was i'll nd unable to ap- pear in court tomorrow for commit ment. MT. Gregory said, however. this was a matter for the court to deter mine.
 MT. Schwarzkopf was at the White House early in the day. but did not see the president or Secretary Tumulty.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10

troops investing Matamoros drew in closer to the Carranza trenches today and Villa outposts found shelter in the brush from 500 to 800 yards in front of the defenses. One detachment orept even closer, exchanging rifle shots with the garrison without apparent damage to either side. The second brigade of Villa troops. about 1900 men, left General Ridriguez's head-7 quarters today and circled south of! Matamoros. Staff officers said this brigade intended to close the south ern approach to Matamoros.
 Fired on American Flag.
 An American flag, carried by a. Mex fcan- American ranchman on the Amer ican side of the river, was fired on today from the Mexican side by men concealed in the brush. The ranch man was piloting a party of newspaper men to ferry and the flag was in- tended for use in the boat. The party by mistake appeared on the river bank opposite the skirrnish line and hoisted the flag for protection. Not more than half a dozen bullets were fired at them before they gained cover.
 Juan Perales. 8 12 year old Villa cavalrynan, in the Red Cross hos= pital here. died today. He was the boy who on Easter Sunday promised not to cry if a rabbit was given him when his wound was operated on. An old rice mill has been obtained by the Red Cross here for use as a hospital in anticipation of the next attack on Matamoros.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10

population of belligerent country. The communication intimates also that the United States has virtually acquisced in the British order-in- council prohibiting commerce with Germany.
 Germany's Claim.
 In view of these considerations, the German government then calles atten- tion tG the facts that the allies daily are obtaining large shipments of arms and ammunition from dealers in the United States and declares that the American government while insisting on it's legal right to ship arms to belligerents. does not with equal en- ergy pursue its right to ship foodstuffs and non-contraband articles to the civilian population of Germany. Spirit of Neutrality Should Be ob-
 served.
 The note urges that irrespective of the formal aspects of the question of shipping arms to belligerents the spirit of neutrality should bo ob- served. In support of this contention, Ia portion is cited from President Wilson's address to congress on Mex ican affairs in August, 1913, when he said:
 Quotes President Wilson.
 T shall follow the best practice of | forbidding exportation of arms or mu- nitions of war of any kind from United States to any part of the republic of Mexico-a policy suggested by several interesting precedents and certainly dictated by many manifest consider ations of practical expediency. We cannot in any circumstances be par tisans of either party to the contest that now abstracts Mexico, or consti- ute ourselves the virtual umpire be- tween them"
 Officials of the state departm ent have begun the preparation of a re- ply, which will be delivered shortly to Count Won Bernstorff, the German ambassador here The complaint that neutral countries had submitted to the influence of the allies in connection with the right to ship conditional con- l traband and foodstuffs to the civilian population of ~ belligerent has been made before by Germany in her dip lomatic notes-this being cited by the German foreign office as one of the reasons for proclaiming a submarine war zone of the waters surrounding Great Britain and Ireland. The Unit | ed States denied in it's reply, then that | it had been silent on the question. and called attention to it's diplomatic notes to Great Britain. dealing with these subjects.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10
TWO KENTUCKY TOWNS
 MENACED BY FOREST FIRES.
That Have Already Caused Heavy
 Damage to Timberland.

Lexington, Ky, April 9.-Whit1ey and Bauer, two towns Tn Pulaski coun- ty, were threatened today and tonight y forest fires that already had caused damage amounting to thousands of dollars to owners of timber, according to a report from Stearns, Ky.
 The fire had burned close to Whit ley before it was checked by volunteer fire fighters. At Bauer a wide furrow was pioyed around the town, but to- night it was feared this would be in- effective.
 State Forester J. B. Barton has or .7anized a forest fire protective asso- tiation and has many volunteers fight ing the flames.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10
BITUARY
Prof. Thomas R. Lounsbury,


 New Haven, Conn, April 9.-Prof Thmosa R Lounsbury, professor eme- rftus of England at Yale University and one of the best known English scholars in the country, died suddenly tonight while visiting at the home of university He had been in poor health for some time.
 Professor Lounsbury was born Jan uary l, 1888. He was graduated from Yale in 1859. Immediately after his graduation he became assistant editor of Appleton's Encyclopedia. At the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted and became lieutenant in the 126th New York Volunteers.
 He was made tutor of Engash in the Sheffield Scientific School in 1869 and a year later was made a the scientific school from 1878 to 1906, when he became professor emeritus.
 He had written number of books, the best known probably being the Standard of Pronunciation in Eng fish" Other works included History Spelling and Spelling Reform; ;" Shakespeare as @ Dramatist;" .'The Life of James Fenimore Cooper" for the American Men of Letters series; and Studies in Chaucer."
 Aberdeen University in Scotland gave him the honorary degree of LID. Rt Rev. Monsignor Mccready. LL.. D.
 New York, April 9.-The Right Rev. Monsignor Charles McCready, LL. D.. widely known Catholic churchu1an. died here tonight from pneumonia aft ed brief illness, Monsignor McCready was born in Letterkenny, Ireland, in 1887. While attending school in May | nooth, Ireland, he was a classmate of Cardinal Logue. Monsignor McCready was made a permanent rector of this archdiocese in 1891. He was vice pres | ident Of the New York Catholic school | board and president of the Maynooth Union of the United States.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10
OF FEDERAL
 EMPLOYMENT BUREAUS.
Obtained Work For 1,245 Persons Dur
 ing February and March.

Washington, April 9.-First reports or the operations on the federal em- plcyment bureau inaugurated recent ly by the department of labor, in CO., operation with the agriculture and postoffice departments. show that during the months of February and March 1,245 persons obtained work through the government agents.
 In view of the fact that the work of the bureau has not yet been com pletely systematized on the nation wide basis intended, the results so far are considered most satisfactory to the officers in charge.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10
upheaval
as a profound polIcaI upneaVaI means a change of regime. CRUISER PRINZ EITEL
 AT NORFOLK NAVY YARD Tugs and Steamers in Hampton Roads SaIuted Her as She Steamed by.

Norfolk, Va, April 9.-The Ger man auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich was interned late today at the Norfolk navy yard, where she will remain until the end of the European war Tugs and steamers in Hampton Roads blew their sirens in salute as she slowly steamed from Newport News and took her berth near the his toric frigate Constitution.
 Captain Thierichens imm mediately went to the office of Rear Admiral Beatty, commandant at the yard, and signed an agreement not to violate American neutrality laws. He was in formed that he, his officers and crew would have the freedom of Norfolk and vicinity. They will live aboard the Eitel. -------=----
 Tomorrow the breech blocks of the EitePs guns, part of her machinery and her wireless apparatus will be, re- mOVed
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10
MUTINY OF CREWS
 OF SEALING STEAMERS
Reported by Wireless to~Owners sat St.
 Johns, N, F.

St, Johns N. F.. April e-4A-mutfnyt of part of the crews of the sealing steamers Terra Nova and Viking was, reported by the captains ofSsthose ships in wireles messages too the wners to- day. Eighty seven men of the Terra Nova and seventy on ibiard the Viking are declared to have struck as a re-. suit of the ships lack of success in capturing seals. The vessels are nowi in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
 According to the messages from the, captains received here. the strikers de- mand that in view of the discouraging outlook for the seal hunt this sea son, the voyage be abandoned and the ships brought back to this port
 The Terra Nova, which is the vessel in which Captain Scott made his ill., fated voyage to the Antarctic, car ried crew of POS men, in command of Captain William Bartlett. senior.
 The Viking. a smaller ship. has 189 seamen, under Captain Wilham Bartlett Jr
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10
WAR MASS MEETINGS
 IN ITALY TOMORROW
Of Political Parties Favorable to lna-
 mediate Intervention.

Rome, April g, 10:55 a. m., via Paris, 1885 p. m.-Political parties fav- orable to Italy's immediate, interven- ton in the war, comprising democrats, radicals, reformists, socialists and na- tionalists have arranged a great mass meeting to be held Sunday throughout Italy in an endeavor to bring about the participation of the country in the conflict.
 The Corriere D'Italia, commenting today on the event, says that it has assumed the character of warning to the monarchy, since the national league, which arranged the meeting, adopted a resolution containing this sentence:
 If, after long waiting, there are dil- iusions. no matter of what nature, a profound political upheava1 is inevit- able"
 Professor Mussolini, a socialist lead CT, explains this section of the reso- lution thus:
 .1n other words, if the monarchy is unable to make national war, the monarchy will cease to exist in Italy.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10
BOY KILLED ON HIS
 WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL
George Axton, Aged 8, Struck by an
 Automobile in Milford.

Milford, Conn, April 9-While crossing the street in front of the postoftlce on his way home from school today, George Axton, aged 8, was struck and instantly killed by an automobile owned by D. C. Wheel CT of Bridgeport. The car was driven by MT Wheeler's chauffeur, Louis Haymon.
 Death was caused by compound fracture of the skull. Haymon was detained pending the arrival of Cor oner Mix, but was allowed to go with out bonds after that official had made 0 preliminary examination. Coroner Mix said Haymon stopped his car within five feet, after striking the boy.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10
ALLIES CRUISERS ARE
 SEEING GERMAN MAIL
Have Taken From Italian Steamers
 2,300 Bags Sent From Germany,

Basic. Switzerland, April g, via Paris, 4:35 D. m.-British and French cruis- CTS. according to advices rdeceived here, have taken from Italian mail steamers 2,300 bags of German mail addressed abroad and containing let ters, post cards, money. checks and small packages.
 Bags coming from abroad intended Abr Germany will be treated in the same way and confiscated. This course on the part of the allied coun- tries, it is understood, is being made in response to Germany's submarine war against non-combatant merchant and passenger ships.
 British warships recently captured on a Norwegian vessel confidential letters forwarded by Dr. Von Betha- mann-Hellweg. the German Imperial Chancellor, to Count Von Bernstoff, the German ambassador to the United States.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10
HAS FINISHED INSPECTION OF PRISON CAMPS
Chandler Hale Says General Situation
 is Steadily Improving.

Washington. April 9.--Chandler Hale. who represented the United States in the neutral inspection of prison camps in gnEnald, France and Austria, made a final call at the state department today, concluding his work in this ca pacity. MT. Hale stated that the feel ing of the various nations in whose borders he has been active, had great ly improved regarding the treatment which their prisoners were receiving at the hands of the enemy.
 The delivery of parcels to men in the camps had been arranged. MT. Hale stated that in all the countries in which he had travelled the general situation was steadily improving.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10

Colonel Baron de Bode, formerly military attache at the Russian Elm bassy in Washington, was killed while commanding a regiment on the south western front.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10
Charged with Violating Antf-Nareetio
 Law,

Covington.. N. Y. April 9.-What are claimed by government officials to be the first indictments under the TIar- rison anti-narcotic law were returned by the federal grand jury here today. against two local druggists, I. J. Mill Ter and Harry A. Weichelman. both of whom are charged with selling drugs contrary to the federal statute. The new law provides a penalty of not more than $2,000 fine or five years in the penitentiary, or both.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10
Price of Cotton Sky Hiqh.

New Orleans, April 9.-After a de- cline from to Il points cotton today suddenly rose 34 to 36 points or near ly two dillars a bale. The close was 19 to 21 points up. Buying was the heaviest in months. The longs were aided by peace rumors and large mill takings for the week.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10
MAY 17 TO % KINDNESS TO ANIMALS WEEKH
So Designated by the American Illus
 mane Association.

Philadelphia, April 9-Announce- ment was made today that the Amer ican Humane association has desfg- mated the week of May 1T to 22 as Kindness to Animals Week." during which the organization purposes to interest people throughout the coun- try in the more humane treatment of animals. The association has also designated Sunday, May 16 and Sun day, May B as Humane Sunday" Clergymen will be asked to preach g. sermon on kindness to animals on one of these two days.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10
RIGHTS OF FEDERAL JUDGES
 TO SUSPEND SENTENCES
Department of Justice to Test Author
 ity for Such Action.

Washington, April 9.-The depart ment of justice is planning to test its view that federal judges have no war rant for suspending sentences of crim- inals or failing to order commitments after convictions. Department officials are waiting closely the progress of sev- eral cases in which they expect judges to suspend sentence or fail to com init, and they intend when the time comes to seek in the supreme court or the proper circuit court of appeals 8 mandamus to compel enforcement of sentence.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10
FURIOUS WARFARE
 ON BOTH FRONTS
Fresh RepuIses of Germans at Various Points in t% / France, Says Latest French Official Report @s
ALSO THE CAPTURE OF LINES OF TRENCHES

Viciousness of the Fighting France Indicated by the Am
 nouncenent That There Have Been Infantry and Artl
 lery Engagements Hand to Hand Fighting, the SpaPns of Trenches and the Throwing of lncendary and As v phyxiation Bombs-Vienna Makes No Denial ot Kus-
 sans Claim to Further Success in the Carpathans But
 Saws Muscovites Attacks Made Without Regard to Loss of Life-Heavy Losses in Men Being Incurred on Both Sides on Both the French and Carpathan x Fronts.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10
OVERTAkEN ON RAILROAD
 THISTLE AND KILLED
Wilbur E. Beardsley of Waterbury
 Was Unable to Escape.

E. Beardsley, 50, of this city was struck by a passenger train above Waterville this morning and instantly killed. MT. Beardsley retired from active work last October, he having for many years been been assistant foreman at the factory of the Water bury Brass company.
 Beardsley was on railroad trestle, and saw the train coming. He ran to get to the end of the trestle but was overtaken by he train and killed.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10
No Possibilities Between Holland and Germany.

The Hague, via London, April g, 1922 p. m.-The closest inquiries made today in diplomatic, ministerial and military circles failed to discover the reason for the alarming rumors print ed yesterday in London newspapers relative to the possibility of hostilities between Holland and Germany or for the charging of high insurance pre- miums. Nothing appears to have arisen recently at any point along the frontier which would cause Holland to cease to maintain her position of the strictest neutrality.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10
Movements of steamshipa.

New York, April 9.-Steamer St. Louis, Liverpool for New York. sig nailed 1490 miles east of Sandy Hook at p. m., 7th. Dock at 11 a. m. Sunday. Steamer Finland, Naples, for New York. signalled 1o50 miles east of Sandy Hook at 8 p. m., 7th. Dock S.30 p. an. Sunday.
 Bordeaux, April 7.-Arrived: Steam CT La Touraine, New York.
 Marseilles, April D. Arrived: Steamer Patria New York.
 Naples, April 7.-Sailed: Steamer Duca Degli Abruzzi, New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10
seqtence.
THREW HER 7-YEAR-OLD FROM FOURTH STORY WINDOW.
Then Leaped After Him-Mother Dead, Child Seriously Injured.

New York, April e.-Rather than be separted from her children, Mrs. Mary Biyle, an inmate of the Salvation Army Home for Women, threw her seven year old son. John, from a rear window of the fourth floor of the home today, tEsn leaped after him She died in Bellevue hospital. The child sustained grave injuries. For some time she had been breeding oyer the fact that the boy was to be taken from her and sent to another insti- tlYtion.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10
Germany Sends
 Note of Protest
SAYS U. S. HAS SAME RIGHT TO
 SHIP FOODS TO GERMANY
AS ARMS TO THE ALLIES
Complains That the American Govern ment Does Not With Equal Energy Pursue It's Right to Ship Food to Germans as Arms to the Allies.

Washington, April 9.-Germany has sent to the United States government a note complaining that the latter has accomplished nothing in it's diplo- matic correspondence with the allies to obtain for American exporters the right to ship foodstuffs to the civilian
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-10

The Great Eastern Railway an- nounced in London that a bi-weekly passenger service between London and the Hook of Holland will be resumed next week