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Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04
GERMANS PLEDGE THEIR
 ALLEGIANCE TO UNITED STATES
At New York State Convention of the
 German American Alliance.

uBfaIo, N. Y, July 9.-The state convention of the German American alliance closed here today with the re- election of the present officers and the adoption of resolutions which set forth that the alliance was not to be allow ed to become the instrument of poli- tiCianS, but aeCh member should follow his own political faith. Another reso- lution adopted by the alliance stated that in the Mexican crisis the mem bers of the alliance placed their prop erty and lives at the service of the state and nation. This resolution said: l
 Tn consideration of the impending crisis arising out of differences at our Mexican border, be it resolved that the German American alliance of the state of New York places itself fully and unreservedly at the service of the state and nation and pledges the prop erty and lives of it's membres to the support of our government, to whose continued glorious development as a free and independent nation we shall ever devote ourselves"
 The resolution was telegraphed to President Wilson and Governor Whit man.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04
SI7O,OOO For New
 London HarbOr
IN RIVER AND HARBoR APPRo-
 RELATIONS BILL.
A $42,886,O85 MEASURE
Conferees Agree on Amendments Weymouth, Massq Gets $2oo,ooo for the Improvement of Fore River $1,08o,o0 for Los Angeles.

Washington, July 3.-Conferees on the river and harbor appropriation bill today agreed on a measure carrying SAP, S86,085. The bill as it passed the house carried 39,600,O0O and as it passed the senate $44,000, 900.
 The conferees struck out the senate amendment limiting the amount of water to be diverted from Lake Michi- gan for the Illinois river improvement and otherwise regulating the Illinois river improvement.
 An item of $1,O8O,O0O for a diverting dam in Los Angeles harbor was re- duced to $500,000 and to an apprOpria- tion of $22O,OOO for the improvement at San Diego harbor the conferees attach
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04
TRAINS LOADED WITH
 WOUNDED ARRIVE IN LONDON.
Have Been Brought from the Battle
 fields of France.

London, July 4, 12.4O a. m.-Several special trains loaded with wounded from the battIefields in France arrived at the three principal London stations last evening. Great crowds assembled at the approaches to the stations and cheered the men, most of whom had been wounded in the fighting on Sat- urday.
 In a few cases the men were still 50 dazed that they were unable to tell what day It was, but the condition Of most of them was not very serious. It was remarkable how few men were suffering from shell or bullet wounds. Most of them were victims of the bay onet.
 The soldiers had vivid stories of the battle to relate. A Gordon highlander declared that his famous regiment had added a glorious new chapter at Ma metz to it's history.
 "The kilties led the charge" he said. They swept over the ground and car ried the first line of battered trenches without a single man falling. In, the outskirts of the village, however, the Germans had concealed a number of machine guns and a hurricane of lead was poured into those in advance. But the GOrdOnS never hesitated. They Ieaped into the trenches, clearing line after line at the bayOnet point; then pushed into the village, although 1t was still being shelled by artillery. As soon as they gained a foothoId, the eleva- tiOn of the guns was altered and a curtain of fire poured on to the ground behind where the enemy supports were massing.
 Every yard of the village streets was contested, but endorsements pushed up, and by nightfall the high landers had secured possession"
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04
STRENGTH OF NATIONAL
 GUARDSMEN ON BORDER,
30,ooO Will Be Either There or on the
 Way Today.

New York, July 3.-Approximately 30,000 national guardsmen of the de- Dartment of the east will be either on the Mexican border or on the way there on Independence day, it was an nounced tonight at Governors Island divisional headquarters. Reports from the 22 states comprising the depart ment showed that 60,0OO troops had been mobilized in all the states except Kentucky.
 Among the troop movements report ed today were the departure of a brigade from Pennsylvania, a regiment of infantry from Maryland, Battery B, First Field artillery, and ambulance and hospital corps from this city.
 Virginia regiment of infantry, the Twenty-third infantry of this city and the Seventh infantry of Buffalo were ordered to entrain tomorrow. Within the next AS hours, it was announced at headquarters, the Second infantry, the Twenty second engineers, the Sec ond Field artillery, Squadron A, and the remaining troops of the First cav airy at Van Cortland park will be or dered to the border
 Divided Into Six Divisions,
 The troops from the department of the east will be divided into six di- visions on the border, it was learned at headquarters. New York and Pennsylvania troops will form di- visions by themselves, while other states will be grouped according to their geographical locations.
 The headquarters staff was busily engaged today preparing plans for con- centratiOn camps for the various di- visions where recruits for the regi- ments in the field will be trained. The tentative locations of the camps were withheld from publication.
 Letters Pouring Into Headquarters.
 Hundreds of letters are daily pouring into headquarters from anxious par ents of guardsmen complaining against what they term the "futility'' of send ing raw soldiers" to the border. Many of the letters suggest the delegation of regular army officers to the guard regiments.
 The appointment of regular army officers to the militia, 1t was pointed out at headquarters, rests with the war department, which is now consfd- ering a score of such cases.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04
MACHINE GUNS PLAYED
 AN IMPORTANT PART
In the German Defense Against the
 British Attacks.

Press Headquarters on the French Front. July ?, via London, July 3, $50 D. m.-Machine guns played an i'm portant part in the German defense against the British attacks, and also in the British repulse of counter attacks when organizing positions taken. Both German and British have them in amazing numbers.
 During the bombardment before an infantry attack the Germans remain in dugouts so deep that they can be crushed in only by a direct hit by 15-inch she'll Instantly the lombard ment ceases they rush out and man any remaining machine guns or even bring up machine guns from the dug outs. The British carry mobile ma chine guns forward and the moment position they occupy they emplace them.
 All reports from those engaged in the fighting agree that barbed wire entanglements, however strong, have been invariably well cut and there is universal praise for the new mortar, the invention Of a government civil engineer in Egypt, which the British have manufactured in large numbers.
 But frequently the deep German dugouts, instead of being rallying points, become traps, with the Occu- pants either surrendering or being blown up by bombs thrown into the entrance when they refuse to surren- der.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04
PROTEST TREATMENT
 OF BELGIAN WORKMEN
Great Britain Sends Note to Comms-
 sion For Relief in Belgium.

Great Britain Sends Note to Comms-
 sion For Relief in Belgium.
 London, July 3, 7.3O D. m.-Tn a com munication addressed to the Spanish and American ambassadors and the Dutch minister here, as patrons of the Commission for Relief of Belgium, the foreign office calls attention to a de- cree said to have been issued on May 15 by Governor Won Bissing, the Ger man governor of Belgium, creating more stringent laws against Belgian wOr1men who refuse employment.
 The foreign office protested last September, through the patrons of the commission, gairst deCrees issued by Won Bissing or August H. and 15, re- garding labor in Belgium. Referring to that protest. the present COmmuni- cation states that at that time the Marquis of Crewe wrcte to the patrons that if the German authorities used the machinery of the commission and purpose of coercing the civilian pOpu- lation of Belgium. against it's will and conscience, directly or indirectly, into the service Of the occupying army, they must themselves provide the re- lief which those bodies dispense and all arrangements between the British government and the commission would have to cease.
 Tn a subsequent letter Sir Edward Grey stipulated that there must be no interference by the German authori- ties either with the sale or free distri- button of foodstuffs to those whom the commission and the omite considered deserving of such relief.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04
Movements of steamehips.

Kirkwall, July 1.-Sailed, steamer Kristianagord, from Bergen, New York; July ?, Hellig Olav (from Copen- hagen), New York.
 FayaI, July 3.-Arrived, steamer Re d'Italia. New York for Genoa.
 Naples, June 25.-Sailed, steamers Regina d'Gtalia, New York; 26th, Ma poh, New York.
 Lisbon, June 26-Sailed, steamer Roma, New York. s London, July 1.-Saileds ,. steamer kAalsonia, Montreal.
 Efperp0ol, rJ11ly lS-ArTiYeda steamers SBaftac, NewS YoplS; 2d,. St. Louis. New York, Sailed, steamers Philadelphia, ecew York 4Tusoania from fGlasgoW9 NJeWsH oISlS AEs ss--- E ->'A-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04
EPIDEMIC OF INFANTILE
 PARALYSIS IN NEW YORK.
Since Saturday Noon There Have
 Been 23 Deaths.

New York, July 3.-The epidemic of infantiIe paralysis here had claimed up to tonight S2 lives. Since Satur- day noon there have been 23 deaths. Many new cases are reported. The of helath today placed: :p1a- cards warning the public to keep away from streets where there are one or more cases. More than 500D00 pamphlets, containing warnings and describing preventives, were. sent broadcast over the city and suburbs.
 Health Commissioner Emerson asked the police to revoke all licenses and permits for Independence day celebra- tions tomorrow in those districts and streets in which infantile paralysis Is prevalent.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04
NEW DISTRIBUTION
 OF BORDER PATROL
Major General Funston Relieved From Responsibility
 for the Entire Border at His Own Request
WILL NOW BE THREE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS

General Funston Will Continue in Command of the Southern Department General Bell and Brigadier General Pershing Command the Other Two Sectons-OnIy the Appointment of General Officer to Supreme Com mand is Lacking to Give an Aspect of Campaign of Any Desired Proportions Nothing is Known Concern ing the Probable Date When Carranzas Reply May be Expected.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04
FRENCH HAVE MADE
 ASK MILE ADVANCE.
Are Now Within Three Miles of PerOnne an Important
 StrategcaI Point
BRITISH FORGING AHEAD, BUT MORE SLOWLY

British Attacks Have Been Forced Back From Some of the Po sitions Which They Took Early Monday Morning Aerial Activity is Increasing in the Battle of the Some The Verdun Operations Are Slackening, Although at Some Points Bombardment Are in Progress-taian Of- fensive Continues Without Cessation Heavy Fighting at Many Points on the Russian Front.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04
HOW GERMAN AVIATOR
 WAS KILLED IN COMBAT.
British Account of the Death of Lieu
 tenant InmeIman.

London, July 3, S.3O p. m.-The death of Lieutenant Immelnan, the famous German aviator, who was killed in a combat with British fliers. is described briefly in a statement given out today by the British aerial board
 According to this account Lieuten- ant Immelman in a Fokker was at tempting with another Foklzer to at tack a British aeroplane approaching Annay from Lens when another Brit ish f1ier appeared and dived on the two Fokkers, causing Lieutenant Im-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04
WILD STORY OF STORM
 COMES FROM PLAINFIELD.
Approximately Thirty Places Struck
 During Electric Storm.

P1ainfeId, Conn, July 9-ReportsI tonight indicate that lightning struck in approximately thirty places in town during a severe electric storm here to- day. No great damage resulted how ever. It was estimated that about an inch and a half of rain fell in the course of an hour. The downpour was some of them as large as marbles.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04
WOUNDED AMERICANS
 FOUND IN CHIHUAHUA.
General Trevino Reported They Are Being Returned to American Side.

Mexico City, July 9.-General Ire vino reported tonight to the war de- partment that a number of wounded American soldiers who belonged to de- tachments engaged in the fight at CarrizaI have been found in different parts of the state of Chihuahua He stated they were being returned to the American side as soon as encountered.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04
NATIONAL AMATEUR
 PRESS ASSOCIATION,
Officers Elected in Annual Convention
 in Boston.

Boston, July 3.-The National Anna teur Press association at it's annual convention today reelected President George J. Houtatn of Brooklyn, N. Y. Other officers included: Vice presi- dents, w J. DowdeIl, Cleveland, O., and Harry AIdrich, Cutler, Me; secretary, William Harrington, Vermilion, $. D.; treasurer, George Macauley, Grand Rapids, Mich.
 Mrs. H. P. Adams of Tupper Lake, IN. Y.,-was elected ofnctan editor, =
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04
TROOPS RUSHED TO
 ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM.
135 Miles Northwest of Columbus
 Irrigates Valley 150 Miles South.

Columbus, N. M, July 3.-Troops Of the New: Mexico, national guard have been ordered rushed to the Elephant Butte. dam. uaIessnortheas SofaCo- lumbus.
 The dams iSA tl1e7 second slargest arti- ficial body&of swaterain tt1el Worldeand irrigatesNa&valleyA AforH150 em5les@to the south @S----.r-. -------A>
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04
Nemsnanera Raiae PrIces.

Atlanta, Or, July S.-Prices of both of .At1anta3s afternoon papers, the Journal and dfthe Georgian. were raised from two tog three cents today h. acreased. cost sofsproduction was given asl Ehe cause. ---e- ----.-.s
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

The 47th Infantry, N. G. N. ", lost all trace Of the epidemic of sore threats which attacked it in the armory, when it reached PeekslIilI, N. '.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

Jack BarreII, aged p, only son of Finley Barreu, New York stock brok- CT, was drowned on his fathers estate near Havana, III.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

Company A. 18th Regiment, N. Y, N. G., the negro regiment authorized by Governor Whitman, was mustered in the service of the stated.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

Joseph L. Myers, importer, a pas senger on the Lusitania, is suing the Cunard s. s. Co. for $76,555 for person. al injuries and losses.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04
Hay Resolution sianed.

Washington, July s.-President VII. son today signed the Hay resolution to provide for bringing members of the national guard into the regular army service.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

Two men were killed and a third is dying as a result of an auto wreck al Five Corners near Lynbdook, l.. I.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

Daniel Barugan, Armenia's most loved poet, died of wounds received on the battIefields of the Caucasus.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

During June, 1916, thirty-five per sons were killed by autos in New York, an increase of 45 per cent over the same month a year ago.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

More petitions are pouring in on President Wilson against the execu- tion of Sir Roger Easement.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

The National Guard Camp at Van COurtlandt Park, New York city, was opened to the public for the first time.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

John Southard, station agent al Plaintield, N. J., was sandbagged by yeggmen who escaped with $500.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

c. E. Van Sant, aged 23, of Philadel- phia, was killed off Beach Haven, N. J., in a battle with a nine foot shark.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

The entire force of mechanics at the Panama Canal, 800 in all will vote on a strike because of a practical reduc- tion in wages.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

To aid the hoisting engineers who are on strike along the New York waterfront, 5000 longshoremen and 1000 tunnel and subway workers have promised to walk out
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

George L. Way, formerly a promi- nent business man of Hartford and an original member of the Putnam PhaIanx, died at his home here aged 71 years.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

Ten persons were shot and fifty more arrested in Berlin following tho con victiOn of Dr. Liebknecht. Demon strations took place at the Potsdam- mer PIatz.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04
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Sittings of Duma Suspended.

London, July 3, 10.45 p. m.-A Reuter- despatch from Petrograd says an i'm perial ulase has been issued suspend ing the sittings of the duna until Nov. 14.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

InfantiIe paralysis continues to spread in Greater New York. Fifty two new cases were reported, 43 in Brooklyn, 59 victims died during the week.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

Public sale of 100000 barrels of American flour began in Rotterdam by committee of dealers acting for the government. A great number of buy CTS appeared.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

While army headquarters at Fl Paso, Tex, announced the arrival of troops to be stationed at Fl Paso, information regarding the passing of troops to other points is refused
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

Missouri mounted police guarded the first section of the military train car rying New York National Guardsmen, following threats that plans had been laid to wreck it.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04
Third Day of
 Battle Of Somme
SHOWS THE FRANco-BRFTISH
 LINES FURTHER ADVANCED.
THE OBJECTIVE
Impetuosity of the French Advance is Shown in the Capture of Villages Whose Streets Were Lined With Barbed Wire.

Paris, July 3. p. m.-The third day of the battle of the Somme shows that the Franco British lines have been further advanced, with the French right sweeping to the eastward south of the SOmme. A group of strategic villages, Q large number of German prisoners and heavy guns have been taken.
 Only Three Miles From Important
 Railway.
 The advanced French lines are now only three miles from the important railway junction of Peronne, the de- fence of which has been greatly weak ened by the capture by the French on Sunday of Mereaucourt Woods, south
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

meIman's to plunge perpendtcularly
 the wings of his machine breaking off
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

The four companies of the Arizona national guard left NogaIes, Ariz, yes terday. It is understood they will be taken by companies and distributed westward along the border.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04
Stone Houses Transformed Into Bat
 teries,

The impetuosity of the French ad- vance is shown in the taking of these villages, which were strongly fortified with barbed wire entanglements across the streets. The stone houses were transformed into batteries of machine guns and the entire villages were en- veloped in a dense network of barbed wire entanglements. Military observ- CTS say that these villages had a re- sisting power compared with that Of DOuaumOnt.
 Summing up the French advance south of the Somme. two main fea. lures are disclosed: first, the occupa- tion for a length of eight kilometres of first line German trenches from the Somne to the village of Fay, and including five villages; second, a dou- ble line of German trenches extend ing from Haracourt Woods to Asse- villers. The struggle continues with intensity. Observers declare that the first three days successes. while great are only initial episodes in the in creasing pressure of a vast offensive
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

1t is possible that ex- Presidents Taft and Roosevelt may meet at the house of Charles B. Hughes during the talk ing of the campaign movie showing the candidates home life.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

A boy while disrobing for a swim at League Island, Philadelphia, was mys- teriously shot and killed.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

Condensed TeIegrams

Zionists from all parts of the coun- try are in convention in Philadelphia.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

County officers of Texas began in yestigating a report that Mexicans 1lred upon a troop train on the Mis- souri, Kansas and Texas road Sunday night between Dallas and Lancaster
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

of the Somme, and between FeuiIIeres and Prise. This was the strongest fortified position of the German sec ond line of defence on the entire front of the attack but the French division which took Prise continued to advance with such impetus that the Germans were unable to resist, even under the protection of this formidable work.
 Fierce Struggle for Stone Quarry.
 One of the fercest struggles was for the stone quarry, also strongly forti- fled, three quarters of a mile east of Curlu. Here the Germans tried to stem the tide by a desperate counter attack, but the French American colo nials, with one of the most celebrated corps of the French army, rushed the position with such energy that the Germans broke before the bayonet
 The French success at Prise also was brilliant, as it strengthened their line south of the elbow of the Somme thus avoiding exposure to cross fire The French announcement today of the capture of the village of Herbe- court and the outskirts of Estrees and Assevillers carries the advance about six miles beyond the point of depar- ture Saturday.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

Wisconsin National Guardsmen re- fused to entrain for the front until the cars furnished had been replaced by others that were satisfactory. The first lot offered contained no headrests.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

Two trains carrying the First Mis- souri Infantry arrived yesterday at Laredo, Texas.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

A military train was wrecked in southern Bukowina and 200 Austrian soldiers killed.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

Gaston c. c. Maspero, archaeologist and historian of France, died suddenly in Paris.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

Fort Socum, N. ", touched the highwater mark in recruiting, enlist ing 107 men in one day.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

All details of David Lloyd Georges appointment as Minister of War have been settled in London.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

10th N. Y. N. G., engaged in a, free for-all at StormviIle, N. Y, a wet town two miles from Camp Whitman and 48 landed in the guardhouse as a result.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

Several thousand pounds of powder exploded in the drying house of the Aetna Explosives Co.,, at Emporium Pa. and seven employees were killed while five others were seriously WnI1ndad
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

A riderIes motorcycle from which Andrew Nelson, of 172 East Sixty first Street had been thrown went on for a. half block in Central Park West at Sixty-fOurth street and struck and hurt two passersby.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

Homes for 5000 soldiers, in event of war with Mexico, have been ar ranged for in Massachusetts, accord ing to an announcement made by Mrs. William Lowell Putnam, president of the Boston auxiliary of the National Security League.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

The senate, following its annual cus- tom, voted to strike from the agricul- tural bill the appropriation for seeds to be distributed by members of con- gress to their constituents The item heretofore always has been restored in conference.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-04

Hetty Greens holdings of Chicago real estate and mortgages on Chicago realty were estimated at from $1O,00O,- 900 to $20,O0O,0OO by real estate men Monday. Her Chicago holdings were at one time much larger.