davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
SIR EDWARD GREY ON
 DIPLOMATIC CONDITIONS
Tells of Efforts to Have Turkey and
 Balkan States Remain Neutral.

Lsoncon, Oct. 14, 4.13 D. m.-The diplomatic rathsr than the military sifuatfon was tie uubtect of Sir Ed ueed Greys eegerly awaited state rY1ent relative to the Balkan situation which he delivered today to crowd cd house of cDnusons.
 sT propose to con11ne myself" the British foreign seoretaxy said, Ito a reSt1ne Of our e!rlonnatic objects since fi.e war. At the osstset Ge desired that the var should not spread and in comruoA wizh cur aliias we assured Tufkey that if she remained neutral Turkey ahd Turkeys territory ehould not sufnek This situation was com pIetely Changed by the entrance of Turkey into the war and all obliga- tons on the part of the allies then ceaaed.
 we and our allies then concsn- trnted upon securing an agreement among the Balkan states ard we used all our influence to secure an accord Unfortunately the feeling in the Bal kans iB not one of union but of di- vision. It was clear nothing but a heci@iNe preponderatfug advantage for the allies would have enabled us to p&uugre policy of union.
 Wh Wnwm k9Wmm i'm -f1mdmmEtmmA Inn klha
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
ON THE
 HEIGHTS OF THE MEUsE
Bombs and Torpedoes Were Used-
 Artillery DueIs Elsewhere.

Paris Oct. 14 10.s0 D. rn.-The fol- lowing official communication was is- sued by the war office tonight:
 s.Artiiiery duels have occurred in Artois in the valley of the Souchez and the Givenchy wood. There has been cannonading on both sides, also on the Aisre front in the enyirons of Rheims and in Champagne near Auberive and the Navarrein farm
 Quite violent engagements with bombs and torpedoes have taken place on the heights of the Mouse, in the sectors of Calonne and Troyon.
 Tn Lorraine the enemy directed against our positions in the region of Reillon a bombardment. to which we replied effectively.
 "A squad of 20 aeroplanes today bombarded 5the station at Bazancourt behind the Champagne front. One of our aerop1anes struck down a Ger man captive balloon, which dropped to the south of Monthois.
 An enemy aeroplane was brought down by one of our machines north of the Aisne. It fell within the German lines north of Bucy-Le-Long."
 The Belgian official communication reads:
 Quiet. prevails on our front"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
FORTUNATE ESCAPE OF
 A scHooNER's CREW
AfEoat on the Pacific in an Open Boat for Almost T@o Weeks.

Midway Island. Pacific Ocean. Oct. 1.-The story of the fortunate escape of the crew of the schooner O. M Kellogg after she was wrecked on a distant reef and had to be abandoned was told today following the arrival of the members of the crew with the captain and his wife here yesterday. They had been anoat on the open Pacific. in a small boat and in a sloop they borrowed on a neighboring is- land. for the better part of two weeks
 The schooner bound from Samoa to San Francisco. struck on Marc reef on September 25. An attempt by the crew to float the vessel was at first successful. but afterward she drngged her anchor and drove hard on the reef The crew. including the cap tain and his wife, left in two boats on September 26 for Laysan island, northeast of Marc reef On the way they were compelled to abandon the smaller boat. all hands crowdfng into the larger one
 The shipwrecled party reached Laysan Island in two days and re- mained on the island for six days. They they borrowed a small sloop from its owner on Laysan Island and sailed for Midway Island on October (. They had a hard trip here from Laysan Is- land. encountering extremely rough weather, but aside from exhaustion from lack. of food. all hands were weli upon reaching here yesterday
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
BANQUET or 7ALoHEAD
 CLUB OF AMERICA
A Bald Spot at Least Two Inches in Diameter Qualities for Membership.

Winsted, Conn, eOcta 14.-The Bald- head Club of America. two hundred strong, held forth here tonight for the fourth annual bnquet and enrolled as an honorary members, President Woodrow Wilson. The club also pass ed congratulatory resolutions on the presidents engagement. A bald spot, at least two inches in diameter. is considered the principal qualification for membership.
 F The array of pates in the dining hall of a local hotel showed the most of the members were more than qualified. Many prominent persons in southern New England were in at- tendance and prizes for various de- grees of badness were awarded. A letter from Ex-President Taft regret ting his inability to be present, was read. Congressman P. Davis Oakley of Hartfovd was elected president for next year.
 Previous to the banqust the mem bers pasaded the streets behind a band
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15

r' New York. Oct 14.-AlthouEh tomor- row has been set as the date of making the nrst syndicate payment on the s60o.oo0.ooo Anglo French fve-year notes. it was said today that the en- grayed notes themselves would not be available for about two months. Bids Tor engraving the notes are now being received by the Angio-French commis- sion and the contract probably will be awarded before Lord Reading leaves the United States next week
 Large Engraving Contract
 The engraving win be done in the United Sta1es and win be the largest single contract ever let for work of this chafacteE. except the engraving done in connection with the issuance of the United States Steel corporations securities. Long before the notes emerge from the engravers, however. they win be dealt in on the New York stock exchange.
 To Issue Temporary Certificates.
 To meet the delay there will be is- sued temporary certificates which may be surrendered for the notes when the latter are completed These certifi- cates will be Autographed on specially watermarked paper and on each cer- tincafe will be a number of imperfec- tons known only to the Angio-French Commission and the underwriters. In thia manner. and others not disclosed. precautions will be taken against counterfeitiug and duplication.
 Task of Signing certihcetss-
 Each certificate will be. numbered and recorded. In addition. all cerfifi- eates will be signed and countersIgned by representatives of the syndicate managerh The taak of signing the haze sheaf of ceEfincates will proba- .hiy keep the sisnets husy for several days -....s .a.
 Unitsd states worlds Banker.
 At o'clock tomorrow afternoon Lord Reading. chairman of the com mission. his three British assistants
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
BRITISH RETALIATION
 FOR GERMAN AIR RAIDS
Endorsed at Mass Meeting in Lon-
 don's Financial District.

London. Oct. IA, SIS p. m.-The poll cy of replying to Germain air raids by Bombing his sleeping towns as. he bombs ours'' received an enthusiastic endorsement at mass meeting held today in the great hall of the Cannon Street hotel. in the financial district or London.
 Lord Willoughby de Broke and Will liam Joyuson- Hicks, both members of parliament. were the principal speak CTS at the meeting.
 We have come here" said Lord Willoughby de Broke, ito urge upon the government that they have got to take steps to stop the kind of thing that happened last night. The only way to do 1t is to treat them as they treat us. Otherwise they will continue in their policy while we sit still and suffer and become the laughing stock of Europe"
 Mir. Joynson- Hicks made a demand for reprisals which was couched in more lurid language.
 Let the kaiser be made to realize what 1t means for his own people to be subjected, as we have been subject ed, to cold -blooded butchery in the dead of night. and there will be a de- u1and from one end of Germany to the other to stop the butchery in England in order that they themselves may be gAfe." he said.
 we must be prepared to send 200 machines at the very least, circulating over Cologne. Coburg and other Ger man towns in order that the Germans may be made to realize the destruction they wrought last night and on other nights in OUT midst"
 The resolutions passed at the meet ing call upon tlie government to adopt systematic policy of reprisal as the only effective method of putting a stop to Zeppelin raids on London and other towng"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15

Homberg. and Ernest MalIet-wfn 10 to the oface of J. P. Morgan e com pany and by signing the loan contract write into the history of American finance "a new chapter marking the first appearance of the United Siates as the worlds banker. Reported de- lays in the actual signing Of the con tract were explained by the assertion that It's details have required far more attention than 1t was at first thought they would.
 AIIotnsnts to Un5sr~ritsrs.
 The syndicate agreement fs said fo have been eigned- This Agreement al- lots to each underwater his share of the bonds and unltes them all tn agreeing to- certain condifions al- ready re p,,t pTSlisaed; ip sonnectlen with with siderable delay. 1t developed today. in signing this agreement. too. chiefly on the part of bankers in interior citieG- In uAnny instances it waH said. theBo bankers had never before Participated In an underwriting syndicate and the legal phraseology of the contract w4n new to them
 connmissionsrs to Remain q Week.
 Lord Reading and his assistants win remain in New York about aweek longer. They win probably go 10 CRn- ada then for a short stay before re- turning home When they reach Lon- don they wili discuss methods of spending the loan proceeds and ar- rangements probably wilI be made to sell exchange there to British export | era AVaiIahlo Only to British md Frsneh. As the contract stahds the entire proceeds of the loan are available only 10 the British and French Eofernmentn. I The bulk of the money will Dc spent for shipments made in thesa govern ments' behalf; but it was said aqthori- ! tatlvely today there Is no Intention. of withholding aid from private import CTS. How a portion of the fund may be utilized for this purpose will be ! decided on at London and Paris iater.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
TO UTILIZE PRODUCTION OF
 ELECTRICITY BY ANIMALS
Scientist Tells of Lueiferous Substance
 of Insects, Fish and Animals.

Philadelphia, Oct. 14-IIlumination for the, homes of the future from the luciferous substance carried by fire flies, certain other insects, fish and an- imals was predicted by Dr. Dahlgren, professor of biology at Princeton uni versity in a lecture here tonight at Franklin institute. His subject was The Production of Electricity by Ami mals.
 . pr. Dahlgren said he believes the substance these insects. fish and anil mals carry is of am altogether chem ical composition "Once the nature and proportions of these chemicals are discovered" he added, the light extraordinary for commercial purposes will follow. It will render 9s per cent. of efficiency where the lights of today can only produce Is per cent"
 He also described seven varieties of fish that produce electricity to stun their enemies and to signal to each other.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
Conn. Team Won
 Skirmish Match
IN MATCHES OF THE NATIONAL
 RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
AT JACKSONVILLE. FLA.
Massachusetts Team Won the EnIist- ed Msn's Mateh-serssant Hagen Captured Presidents Cup by cIos. Margin.

Jacksonville, Fla, Oct. 14.-Gunner Sergeant A. Hagen, United States ma rine corps. won the presidents cup In the rife matches of the National Rifle association here today. Sergeant Ha- gen. Corporal J. Grandy, Second Unit ed States cavalry and Color Sergeant J. T. Lawless. Ninth infantry, National guard of Massachusetts, made Al points out of a possible 250. Hagen was awarded first place because his successive perfect shots exceeded those of the others: Grandy was given sec ond and Lawless third.
 In addition to a gold medal and. c cash prize, Sergeant Hagen is to re- cetve an autograph letter of congratu- lation from President Wilson for win ming this match. which is regarded as second in importance to the national individual match. Corporal Grandy will receive a special cup offered to the United States cavalryman making the highest score In the match First Lieutenant Basil Middleton. Second in- fantry. National guard of Indiana, who led at the end of the first stages yes- terday in the presidents cup match, finished in soth place.
 Connecticut Team Wine.
 New England rifle teams won the enlisted mems team match and the Evans skirmish match, completed to- day The MassachuSetts National guard won the former, which was for a trophy and prize offered by the enlist ed men of the United States marine corps. and the Connecticut team won the Evans skirmish match.
 The Massachusetts team scored 5sl out of a possible 500. firing 10 shots each at 500 and 1,000,yards.
 Three teams from the United States marine corps finished in second. third and fourth places.
 The Evans skirmish match was par tictpated in by only two teams-Con- necticut and Oklahoma It was shot at unknown distances The winner received a silver cup.
 Silver Cup for Connecticut
 No matches are scheduled for tomor. row and Saturday. those days being sel apart for practice for the natlona matches. The national indivtdua match Is to be shot next Monday ana Tuesday, aud the national team mattel Wednesday and Thursday.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
4oo MERCHANT SHIPS
 AS NAVAL AUxtLiARIEs Imperative Need of ths United ststss. Secretary MoAdoo Asserts.

St. Louis. Mo, Oct. 1L-An adequate navy with at least 300 merchant shipa as auxiliary vessels is am immediate imperative need of the United statea. according to Secretary of the Treas ury AcAdoo in a speech Here today.
 We can no longer rest upon the delusion that we do not need a navy for national defense" he aaid-i The time has come when we must put ourselves in position to defend our country from any aggressor who may attack us We want an efficient navy tor peace-not for war-but to protect ourselves in event of war"
 Secretary McAdoo said South Amer lean countries were begging the United States to supply them with producer which they formerly got from Europe. Delegates to the recent Pan-Ameri- can conference told him. he said that their governments would subscribe to the capital stock of a corporation that would provide ships to ply betwee5 United States and South American ports.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
GENERAL ATTACK ON ALL GERMAN FRONTS
Serbians Are Giving Stern Resistance to the
 Austro- German Invasion
RAILWAYS HAVE NOT YET BEEN REACHED

lies Have Begun Offensive in the Dardanelles Keep the Turks Busy-Brtish and French Have Resumed Attacks in Flanders and Champagne Russians Are De -British Monitors Bombarding the German Posi- tons Along the Belgian Coast and British Submarines Have Sunk Ten German Ore-Carrying Steamers in the Baltic, Completely Paralyzng the Ore Trade Between Sweden and Germany.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
WESTERN UNIONS QUARTERLY REPORT.
Net Income For Nine Months Doubles
 That of Period in 1914.

New York, Oct. 14.-The Western Union Telegraph Company's quarterly report issued today shows the com pany's net income for the nine months ending September 30. this year, is double the not income for the sana period in 1914. The total revenues for the nine months ending September 30 were $3T.653.422. as compared with $35, ,4S6.659 for the same period in 1914, an increase of $2, ,166,76s. The op- eratipg expenses for the nine months including maintenance, repairs, rent of leased lines and taxes arSkunted to $50, ,023, ,722. For the same period in 1914 the expenses exceeded this years by S5e5 272
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
CASE AGAINST MIDDLETowN
 Ex-TAx COLLECTOR DISMISSED
Was Charged With Having MIssppro-
 pristsd ssyooo.

Aiddletown. Conn. Oct. iI-The charge of embeziement against former Town Tax Collector William B. Sem glaub was dismissed on recommenda- tion of State Attorney Prank B. Heinem when the case came up In the superior court here today.
 Two years ago Senglaub was bound over for triai on a charge of having misappropriAted about. S6.0o0 of the towns funds- Subsequently he was committed to the Connecticut hospital for the inEane. but has since recovered his reason and has left the institution A report of physicians designated 10 inquire into hls mental state, read in court today. testified to his present sanity. c
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
COAST ARTILLERYMEN 70
 AWAIT MIMIC ATTACK.
Forts Wright, Terry and MIehis Es-
 pset "5estiIs" Fleet.

Fort Terry. V. T.. Oct Il-Encamp- ed at their batteries as in actual war fare, the coast artillerymen of Fortn Wright Terry and Michie augmented bie and Rodman. await an expected attack from sea by hostile fleet of destroyers and -Quartermaster boats. Day and night the observatories. plot ting boards and guns will be ma-.ned and the vessels will make their d1shea against the forts al such times ana under such conditions as seem most favorable for success It was stated at Fort Wright this afternoon that Theoretical attack was expected to- night The manoeuvres will coutinuo through Sunday.
 With the exception of the hospital corpe and few other men doing spe- -cial duty all the artineryman at tha. island forts are encamped In readineI for the naval surprise.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
TO PROTEST PROHIBITION
 OF SHIPMENT OF OYSTERS.
cemnittss Named by ssats Oyster
 erowers' Assosistion.

Bridgeport. Conn Oct 1L - Tna State Oyster Growers~ association. at a specfAi meeting held here today. named a committee of two to confer with oficials of the department of aE-- riculture concerning an order prohibit ing interstate shipments of oysters be- cause of alleged pollution The com mittee consists of Prank L. HomRn of New Haven and W. H. Ray of Boston.
 Members of the association held thai ff the order was strictly enforced n would mean the extermluation Of tho industry in sound waters
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
ARMENIAN REFUGEES
 ARRIVE AT 5ATuM.
Were in Pitiable Condition. British
 Consul Stevens Reports.

London. Oct. IA. $40 D. m.-Patrick W. J. Stevens the British. consul at Batum, Russian Transcaucasia, reports the arrival at Urumiah. Persia, and in the Caucasus, of a large number of Armenian refugees from Asia Minor They were in a pitiable condition, Mir Stevens reports. They declare that Turkish troops have completely rav- aged Sassun, 35 miles northwest of Bitlis. which was the scene of a nassa- ere of Armenians by Kurds in 1884, killing a majority of the inhabitants and defenders of the town. Only a handful of the people were able to flee to the mountains, where the refugees say they are doomed to perish.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15

The schooner Rebeeea Palmer, iron, Fernandina for New York went ashore on Sandy Hook. but was later renoated undamaged.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
FIVE GERMAN VESSELS
 SUNK IN THE BALTIC
A. British Submarine Is Doing Ef- !. feetive Work.

Washington. Oct 1E-State depart ment advices today from Sweden re- ported i've German vessels sunk in the Baltic sea by submarines. The des- patches were brief and gave no de- tails. News despatches have reported that a British submarine is tndicting great losses on the German mercantile fleet in the Baltic
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
AMERICAN SUBMARINES
 SIGHTED OFF HONOLULU
Safe Arrival After Voyage of 2,1oo
 Miles Makes a Record.

Honolulu, Oct. 14.-The submarines K-3. K-4, K-7 and KS, which left San Francisco October 3rd for Pearl Harbor, escorted by the United States cruiser Maryland, the collier Nan shan, the tug Iroquois and the tor pedo boat destroyer Lawrence, were we'll
 Their safe arrival after voyage of 2100 miles under their own power is said to establish a new long distance record for United States submarines. Captain Sumner E. w. Kittelle. U. s. N. commander of the Maryland. Com mander F. N. Freeman, U. s. N. com manding officer of the torpedo fiotflia, Pacific fleet, accompanied the expedi- tion to observe the submarines.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
Moravian Brothers Celebrating "Mis-
 sionary Week."

Berlin, Oct If (by wireless to Tuck erton. N. J)-The Moravian brothers, who have 4.600 mission schools over the world. conducted by about 10000 European and native mission workers. are celebrating missionary week" The speakers took the ground in most in stances that the missionary work should be carried on without regard to. the present political situation.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15

Constable .MeGinIsy, well known police officer of Altoona. Pa, Nas shot and killed. in a pistol duel with two boys who later escaped
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
Waterbury Man, EIeotroeuted.

Waterbury, Conn. Oct. 14-Thomas Nolan. Polish. 30 years of age, was instantly killed at noon today when he touched a live wire on a pole in the upper part of Pearl street. Nolan had been employed by the United Electric Light and Water company and was repairing some wires when the fatality occurred. Twenty-t three hundred volts passed through his body.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15

course of the negotiations that except with regard to Thrace the central powers had offered to Bulgaria more ises which induced Bulgaria to declare war were given by the central pow CTS at theI expense of her neighbors and without any corresponding ad- vantage to them.
 We have remained throughout on friendly relations with Rumania, who has favored the policy of a Balkan union"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
Movenerts of stearsahip..

New York, Oct. 14-Signalled: :: steamer Ryndam, Rotterdam fer New Yozk. 1900 miles east of Sandy Hook at 6 P. ns. 18th. Dock a. m Sun day.
 Steamer Philadelphia, Liverpool for NGw York, dools s a. m. Friday.
 Glasgow, Oct 1S.--Arrived. steam CT Pretorian, Montreal
 Bordeaux, Oct 13.--Arrived, steamer Eapagne, New York.
 Liverpool. Oct. 13.-Sailed, steamer Rn111n- GAw Xnrlk
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
SEPTEMBER REPORT OF
 EMPLOYMENT BUREAUS.
Hartford Bureau Placed sos worksrS-
 Norwich 1o6.

Hartford. Conn. Oct 1I.-During the month of September 1.541 siIua- tons were secured by the five, free state employment bureaus, according to a report made public today. Of the total applicants for employment. 5s.5 per cent. were supplied with situations as against 53.3 per cent. In August The situations secured by bureaus fol- Bridgeport AT, Waterbury l54, Nor wich l05.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
RuIeerian MInister Lesves Lenden.

London. Oct. I4. 1O.so p. m.-The Bm- garian minister, P. H. Micheff, who was handed his passports by the British government because of Bull garia's attack on Serbia, left London tonight for The Hague. He will open ~a new legation there. having recent ly been appointed minister to The Netherlands. M Micheff was accom- panied by his staff
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
SWEDEN HAS PROTESTED VIOLATION OF NEUTRALITY
By British Submarines in Sinking
 Steamers in Swedish Waters.

London. Oct 15. 12.2o a. m.-The Swedish government has instructed its minister at London to protest against the violation of Swedish neutrality by British submarines in the Baltic, ac- cording to a Stockholm despatch to Reuters Telegram company.
 It is alleged that British submarines Swedish waters.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
Six British Vessels Sunk.

London, Oct 14. 1o.s5 p. m.-During the week ending October IS, four British steamers, of a total of 15.464 tons, were sunk, out of fifteen hun dred of more than thre hundred tons British ports. Only two fishing ves- sells have been sunk during the past month
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
Arssnsnts in Ireorns Tax cass-

Washington. Oct 1l-During arEu- ment in the supreme court today on the Income tax cases. Chief Justice White told the lawyers that the con tention that the additional or sur-kAx t1Q. 900 made the law uhcoustikutfonal had been disposed Of fn the inherit Rnce tax decisions. This fs one of the many points urEed Against Ehe lnu by thace nttnckInE c.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-15
YALE REGISTRATION SHOWS
 TOTAL or s,sc5 STUDENTS
Entering cI.a In College. 472. Same ss Last Ysar-shsH. Increase 35.

New Haven. Conn. Oct 14.-Prelim- made public today. show total of aSo1 students in the university. slight increase over, last year. The freshman class in the college numbers lI1. the same a last .ycAr. the enter ing class In the scientific school ia 4SI. an increase of cs ss- The faculty. including assistants in fnntruction and administration nun bers 61t. as compared with ss6 year