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Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16

London, Feb. Is, 11.20 p. m-The sustained Austro- German pressure on the eastern front with the admission by Petrograd that the Russians plan to assume the defensive on their own territory is a feature of the military situation.
 The Germans claim to have made progress in Bukowina and unofficial advices from Budapest even say that the Austrians have swept as far east as Czernowitz, although the latest communication from Vienna does not state. However, it is claimed that so state, Nadworna in southwestern Galicia has been occupied by them
 There is To noteworthy change in the western theatre. The Germans took about a thousand yards 2 of trenches south of Ypres, but the allies partly balanced this by capturing about 300 yards between Bethune and La Bassee.
 The British public is centering it's interest just now in the outcome of the German so-called blockade of British waters, due to begin on Thursday, with special reference to its effect on neutral shipping.
 The speeches in the house of com mons of David Lloyd-GeorSe, chancel- l for Oi the t&chequer, and Winston Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, the former explaining the concerted financial plans of the allies and the latter reviewing the naval situation and promising the utmost endeavors to German food supplies, have temporali- ly oveTshadoWed the war news
 The Royal Dutch Steamship com pany today suspended service to Havre on account of the German threat and according to Berlin despatches, all the Dutch shipping companies have de- cided to suspend service to England after February Is.
 The British steamer Wavelet, from Pensacola struck mine in the Eng fish channel. The loss of life num- l bered 12 and the steamer was beach, 1 ed.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16
GERMANS TO RESTORE
 ECONOMIC LIFE OF BELGIUM.
An Effort Will Be Made to Develop It's
 Agricultural Resources.


 Berlin, Feb. 15. by Wireless in Say Tile, \. Y The German authorities in Belgium will make every effort to re- store the economic life of the coun- rY. says the Overseas News agency. An effort will be madt to develop the iSricultural resources of Belgium so as 70 render it independent of imports. Corn. potatoes and vegetables viii he aIsed in the occupied territory in ;tead of sugar oeet. seed to be furnish 'd by German chambers of commerce.
 The attitude of the Belgian popu- auon and press is reasonable.' the leWS agency statement continues. They are discussing mainly neasur ,f public welfare. There is still much Q be done in the care of livestock. The labor laws of the country previ- 'usly have not safeguarded the inter- 'sts of the working classes properly, uordhg protection only to children
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16
Movements of Steamships.

Naples, Feb. 7.-Arrived, steamer Ancona, New York. Sailed, steamer San Guglielmo, New York.
 Marseilles, Feb. 10.-Arrived, steam CT Madonna, New York.
 Genoa, Feb 12.-Arrived steamer Regina D'Italia, New York, Sailed, 7th steamer Verona, Boston.
 Liverpool, Feb. 14-Arrived, steam CTS New York, New York: Alaunia New York. via Halifax; 18th, Fran conia, New York.
 Gibraltar, Feb. S.-Sailed, steamer Themistocles, New York.
 Palemro, Feb. 11.-Sailed. steamers Sant' Anna, New York; 18th, Stam- palia, New York
 Havre, Feb. 14.-Sailed. steamer La Touraine, New York
 Rotterdam, Feb. 13-SaiIed, steamer Potsdam, New York; Rotterdam, for New York
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16
HORRORS OF THE DAMNED"
 IN MASTER PLUMBERS OATH
Witness Tells of Remarkable Sentence
 in Obligation Taken by Him.

Des NIoires, Iowa Feb. 15.-An oath of allegiance to the National Associa- ton of Master Plumbers containing the sentence May all the horrors oi the damned be my portion when I re- tire at night" was declared by Joseph Hagen of Sioux City, la. his testi- mony at the trial of the 36 master plumbers charged with violation of the Sherman law here today to have once received his signature He was to suffer the horrors of the damned" in case he violated the rules of the organization, the witness said. Each member he testified, was sworn to the utmost secrecy.
 c. L. Pieper of Morningside, Iowa. for the government, testified that he had been out of the association be- cause he refused to go into certain pools.' He admitted on cross exam-i nation that the protection of the assO- citation did not amount to 8 snap of the fingers.
 The afternoon session was mainly devoted to the reading of letters by the governments attorney in which was brought out the alleged system of boycotting and the protection that the national state and local as sociations provide for their members.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16
CONSUL GENERAL RECALLED
 BECAUSE OF LETTER
John L. Outright Had intended 1t to
 Be Private.

Lincoln, Neb, Feb. 15.-John l.. Cut right, former vice consul general at Coburg, Germany, whose pro- German letter to a personal friend in Omaha appeared to a Omaha newspaper and led to complications when he was transferred by the state department to a. similar position at Nottinghan1 England, and later to his recall, has reached his home in this city In a statement given out by him he says:
 While was embarrassed by the dis covery that letter I had intended to be private had received so much pub licity and had created prejudice against me in England, the fact that had long ago determined that I would never enter the consular sery- ice and the warmth of my welcome home, relieves the incident of the dis appointment it might have occasioned me if had contemplated pursuing a diplomatic career"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16
THREW A LIGHTED CIGAR
 INTO STREAM OF GASOLINE.
FIo<ing in Gutter at Hartford-FIanes
 Leaped 3 Feet High.

Hartford, Conn, Feb. 15.-Following the collision of an oil tank motor truck and an electric truck on Pleasant street hill today somebody threw a lighted cigar into the stream of gas oline flowing down the gutter and started a conflagration that did much damage and presented a, dangerous sit uation for time. Flames Ieaped twenty to thirty feet in the air, paint on houses was sCorched and windows broken for hundreds of yards, and in some cases the fiery stream found it's way into cellars.
 The police are looking for the man who started the blaze with his cigar.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16
Walsh Scores
 Foundations
SAYS THEY CAN APPLY POWER
 TO ANY PURPOSE.
AN INTELOCKING SYSTEM
Declares Rockefeller Foundation is Dominated by the Senior Rockefeller and That Trustees Have No Author ity.

Kansas City. Mo. Feb. 15-Frank r. Walsh, chairman of the federal in dustrial relations commission which has been Investigating great philan thrOpic foundations. in a. statement to- day declared that John D. Rockefeller, Sr., dominates the Rockefeller founda- tion, which MT. Walsh said can apply the enormous power of the money it controls to almost any purpose it chooses.
 Trustees Exercise No Authority.
 The testimony at the New York hearing" declared AIr. Walsh, showed that the trustees of the foundation ex- ercised no authority that did not come from him. It showed that the direc- tors of the foundation also were di- rectors of the industries from which the foundation obtained it's funds. As a ninterlocling system, it beats any thing the railroads and banks ever eX- hibited.
 Powers Virtually Unlimited.
 "The powers it claims and exercises are virtually unlimited, as are it's financial resources. They are powers which should challenge the attention of every thoughtful American citizen. Whether such powers can be permit ted safely in the hands of any author ity less than that of the government of the CIited States is a, question which will form an important part of the commissions forthcoming report. I am inclined to believe these powers cannot be exercised under the Aneri- can theory of government
 The commission is not through yet with the Rockefeller and other founda- tions, but this much can be said: The Rockefeller foundation is entirely with out the realm of government control. Trustees Know Nothing About Foun-
 dation.
 T am not surprised that the direc- tors and trustees of the Rockefeller foundation do not know some of the things brought out at the hearing. foundation. They do not see MT. Rockefeller twice year.
 Rockefeller Could Not Inform Com
 mission.
 Mir Rockefeller is d very smart man. perhaps the smartest in this country. but he could not tell the commission why he did not use his profits to pay a living wags instead of using them in the distribution of a charity that constituted a. power which many Americans have come to look upon as a menace.
 Competes With Government.
 The power of the foundations mon ey is being used to compete with the United States government in the in- vestigation of the questions being in vestigated by the industrial relations commission. The United States gov ernment is spending S400,0O0 in it's in quiry. The Rockefeller foundation, if it will, can spend S5,OO0.00O a year. It's investigation is being conducted by the author of an industrial act tried in Canada which was opposed by every la}aor organization there and which failed signally"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16

London, Feb. 15, 1o.50 D. m.-The countries fighting against Germany, Austria and Turkey up to the present time have thrown only a third of their strength into the field. To maintain this force and to bring the remaining two thirds into action will cost ,. 2.000,- O00,000 pounds ($10,000, ,000,000) dur ing the current year.
 This announcement was made in the house of commons today by David Lloyd-George, chancellor of the ex- chequer, with Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord Of the admiralty, gave the British public perhaps a closer vIew of the machinery behind the great struggle than any that had been afforded since the outbreak of the war
 MT. Churchill declared amid cheering that Great Britain finally had decided to clamp on every ounce of sea pres sure to choke off Germans food sup ply, in retaliation for the German sub marine policy: while MT. Lloyd George drew additional cheering by a refer ence to loans to countries which, he said, he expected to throw in their lot with the allies. These countries the chancellor did not name It was the first time that a. reference was made in parliament Of such expectations.
 Tho announcement of the govern 1nents decision with relation to Ger lnany's food supplies came almost CO., incidentally with the receipt of two despatches from the United States, one saying that Count Won Bernstorff, the German ambassador, had informed the Washington government that Germany was willing to abando nher submarine policy provided Great Britain ceased Interfering with cargoes of foodstuffs. and the other saying that he again had advised neutral shipping to avoid those waters which Germany had declared would become g. dangerous military area three days hence
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16
Gifts of s25.oo for Yale.

New Haven, Conn, Feb. 15.-Gifts of S25. 900 to Yale University were an nounced at a meeting of the Yale Cor poration today. Mrs. Charles W. Goodyear and Anson Conger Goodyear of Buffalo, N. Y, have given s15,000 for the establishment of the Charles W. Goodyear fund in the forest school. The income of S10,00O from John E. Thomas of New York is to be used for providing for lectures by men of dis tinction on "the real purpose of the college course" and kindred topics. These lectures are planned primarily for academic freshmen
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16
Danish Vessels to Make Lavish Dis.
 play of Flag.

Berlin, Feb. 15, by Wireless TelegTa- phy to ayviue.-Included in the items given out by the Overseas agency to- day is one to the effect that the steam ship Perm of a large Danish company has sailed from a Danish port with the Danish flag painted on both sides of her bow. The word Denmark also was painted on her sides in huge letters. Other Danish vessels will follow this exannpIe.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16
s5,ooo for Dutch Red cross.

The Hague, Feb. 15, via London, Feb. 15, 10 D. m.-Henry Van Dyke the American minister at The Hague. to- day turned over 5000 to The Nether- lands Society, on behalf of the Ameri- can Red Cross. The cash was receiv- ed by Prince Henry of Wied, the pres ident of the Dutch Red Cross.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16
THEAUSTRO-CERMAN
 ADVANCE CONTINUES
PetrOgrad Admits That the Russians Are Planning
 to Assume Defensive in Their own Territory
GERMANS CLAIM PROGRESS IN BUKOWINA

There Has Been No Great Change in Belgium and France The Germans Took About 1000 Yards of Trenches South of Ypres But This Was Offset by the Loss of 300 Yards Between Bethume and La Bassee-Britsh Steamer Pensacola Struck Mine in the English Channel and Twelve Lives Were Lost When the Steamer Was Beached-Britsh Public Awaiting Outcome of the Ger Blockade of British Waters Due to Begin Thursday
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16
DIPLOMATS MUST TREAT DIRECTLY WITH CARRANzA
Circular Issued Forbidding Them to
 Deal With Any Army Officer.

Vera Cruz. Mexico, Feb. 15.-Public- ity was given this morning in Vera Cruz to a circular issued recently by General Carranza, first chief of the constitutionalists. in which it is an nounced that all diplomatic and othe~ communications to the Mexican gov eTnment are to be made direct to Gen era1 Carranza and that under no cir cumstances shall any army officer treat with such foreign representa- tives, whether they be the agents of foreign governments, ''big interests ar foreign colonies.
 The effect of this circular is to make it, necessary for every foreign diplo- matic representative in Mexico City to deal directly with the authorities at Vera Cruz
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16
Funeral of Fanny Crosby.

Bridgeport. Conn, Feb. 15.-The flu neral of Mrs. Frances Jane Crosby Van Alstyne (Fanny Crosby), the blind hymn writer, was held here this af- ternoon and was largely attended by relatives. friends and organizations and by local and out of town clergy men. The floral tributes were beauti- full An eulogy was delivered by the Rev G. NJ. Brown of this city.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16
RED CROSS AID
 FOR MANUA ISLAND
2,5o0 Natives Face Starvation as Re-
 suit of Recent Catastrophe.

Washington. Feb. 15.-TI@ American Red Cross today authorized an emer- gency appropriation of S2,000 from it's contingent fund for the relief of the inhabitants of Manua Island of the Samoan group. Reports say that D. 300 natives there are facing starvation as a result of the recent earthquake and tidal wave which destroyed ali food products.
 It was announced that the fund had been used for the purchase of food stuffs which would be shipped tomor- row from San Francisco by the steam ship Samoan.
 Appeals for assistance have been re- ceived by the navy department from the acting governor of the Samoa and transmitted by Secretary Daniels to congress. Food supplies for six months are needed to relieve the na- tive population of Manua Island.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16
Nevada LesaIizes Betting on Horse
 Races,

Carson City, New, Feb. 15.-The Pari- Mutuals bill amending the anti gambling law so as to legalize betting on horse races under the ari-Mutual system was passed by the assembly s to F today. It now goes to Gov erT9or EnNIa for Ei<natre
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16
CARGO
 FOR NON -COMBATANTS
State Department Has Forwarded
 Evidence to Ambassador Page.

Washington, Feb. 15.-Evidence sub mitted by the owners of the steamship Wilhelmina to prove that the ship is loaded with foodstuffs for non-com- batants and not subject to seizure, was forwarded by the state department to- day to Ambassador Page for presenta- toon to the London foreign office with the suggestion that unless Great Brit ain has sufficient grounds not yet ad- vanced for doing otherwise, the ship at once be permitted to proceed with her cargo for her destination.
 The proposal of the German ambas- sadOr that submarine attacks upon British merchantmen would be aban- doned if Great Britain ceased inter fering with food supplies for German civilians, also was transmitted to Am bassador Page for submission to the British foreign office
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16
Sarah sernhardt sufferina Intensely

Bordeaux France, Feb. 15.-Sarah Bernhardt, suffering intensely from an injury to her right knee, was brought to a hospital here today from Area chon. There has been no operation as yet. 4 consultation of doctors is to take place today and it Is still hoped that amputation will not lha rAc eszsa I1--
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16
The Bulletins Circulation in Norwich Double That of Any ape
Cab' dragraphs
ntoh Line curtails serui

FU9 dtcH LI1S NuFtaIIS oerVices
 Rotterdam, Feb. 15, via London, SIP D. m--Announcement is made in the Handelsblad today that the Royal Dutch Steamship company has sus- pended it's service to Havre until fur ther notice.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16
GREAT BRITAIN TO CHOKE
 OFF GERMANY'S FOOD SUPPLY

Allies Have Thus Far OnIyy a Third of Their Strength Into the Field Must Spend $1o,ooo,oo 900 During Next Year,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16

Twelve cows, believed to have been infected with hoof and mouth disease were slain by State authorities near Albany, N. |.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16

William Waldorf Astor has sub scribed $25,O00 to the Lord Mayors fund for providing national bands for the new army.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16

The evacuation of Czernouitz by the Russians was reported in a despatch from Berlin on Feb. 10, but was not confirmed.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16
RUSSIAN FORCES DRIVEN
 ACROSS THE PRUTH RIVER.
Austro- Hungarian Troops Have En-
 tered the Capital of Bukowina.

Berlin. Feb. Is, by Wireless to Say vile, N. G--The Overseas News agen- sy quotes the Berliner Tageblatt as saying in a despatch from Budapest that Austro-Hungarian forces have entered CzernOwitz the capital of Bu- kowina. The Russians are said to have been driven across the Pruth river and to have retreated towards Nowoselica, on the Russian border.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16

English ssociety women have estab- lished an institution in which nurses get three years training Il the care of dogs and pets.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16

The Russian Government has placed
 Roosevelt c. F. Smith was hanged at Chicago for the murder of Hazel NNeinSt ein.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16

and young mothers in workshops and factories"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16

Ten masked men went to the home of William Underwood of Irvine, Ky, called him to the door and riddled him with bullets.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16

The United States naval collier Ja- son. sailed for San Francisco carrying the French exhibit for the Panama Pa cific Exposition.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16

Three hundred and one persons who trespassed on the property of the Pennsylvania railroad were killed in 1914.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16

William Dick, one of the wealthiest mine operators in Walsenburg, Col, was shot and killed from ambush
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16

Fire destroyed the furniture store of Adam Schulz of Williamsburg at a loss of S1OO,O0O
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16

The campaign to renominate Presi- dent Wilson will be started within the next few months.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16

The Paris press is making great capital out of the reported insult to Ambassador Gerard in a. Berlin theatre.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16

Paul Hymans, leader of the Belgian Liberals, will succeed Count De La lains as Belgian Minister in London.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16

vited to participate in the international conference on education at Oakland. Calf. Aug. 1s2T next. under a bill passed by the house It now goes to tue senate
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16

The Turkish Cabinet has joined with foreigners and leading Turks in d movement to suppress the white slave traffic" in Turkey.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-16

Francis B. Sayre, son-in-law of Pres ident Wilson. is under consideration by the Regents, for appointment as bus mess manager of the University of Wisconsin, to succeed Dr. H. c. Bump us, now president of Tufts College.
Evening star., 1915-06-05

course of moral instruction in Panama
was deftlN handled several years ago
by the initiative of one strong. wise
leader. When Panama achieved her
independence and began the construc-
tioh of properly equipped government
she was handicapped by the fact that
she had not only no public schools.
but no means of training teachers for
such schools. One Of the leaders in
the reconstruction was Dr. Eusebio A.
Morales. now minister from Panama TO
the United States. AS secretary of
educat ton in his own country. he or
ganized normal schools for both sexes
in which young men and women from
the different provinces received the
training which has already ena bled
them to open large number of mod
ern public schools. The former edu-
cational work of the country had been
entirely in the hands of the Catholic
Church. In arranging the courses of
study in his normal schools DIR. Mo-
rales provided a definite course in
morals which would be a substitute
for the religious instruction. without
anita gonizing it. While the interior
towns are chiefly Catholic. the cities
of Panama and Colon include citizens
of other faiths. and the new public
Evening star., 1915-06-05
SAYS FALSE REPORTS
HURT REALTY VALUES
Serve No Good Purpose, Declares
President Of De
troit Board.

The practice of some real estate
brokers of giving publicity to false
values and untruthful sales is discuss
ed by E. C. Van Husan. president of the
Detroit real estate board, in a recent
issue of the Detroit Free Press, in part
as follows:
Only harm can eventually come from
giving publicity to false values and un-
truthful sales. and the position held by
the Detroit real estate board in this
matter is decidedly pronounced against
the custom.
"In the first place 1t serves no good
purpose, because persons considering
a purchase of any moment will not be
deceived by SO bald and easily detect
ed abuse of the truth. The careful
buyer is represented by men who know
values and deal with real things Of
the present and not upon the judg-
ment. good or bad, of previous buyers.
On the other hand, If falsehood de-
ceives the other adjacent property
holders, 1T only serves to retard the
market by helping to keep property out
of sales because it cannot be had at
honest earning prices.
LAS to the advertising value to the
broker it is bound to react, for he soon
finds himself branded as either a man
who cannot move property, or as so
untruthful that honest people look
upon him with suspicion.
This practice is bound to hurt both
surrounding owners and recent pur-
chasers from another angle. Reported
sales have large influence in deter
mining values for assessment purposes.
and in initiating values property own
ers at once lay themselves open to pen
alties for their pride in trying to make
the public believe their property is
worth more than 1T actually is"