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Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
RATIFIES SALE
 OF DANISH WEST INDIES
The Vote Was 90 In Favor of and 16
 Against Ratification.

Copenhagen, via London, Dec. 20, 9:3O D. m.-After single reading the Folkething today adopted the bill rati- flying the treaty for the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States. The vote was 90 in favor of and 16 against ratification. Five mem bers were absent.
 When the bill came up for discus sion, fourteen members, of whom six were conservatives and eight of the Left party, joined in moving an amendment asking the government to negotiate with the United States to purchase only St. Thomas or St. John, while Denmark would retain the other two islands. This was rejected by go to fl. The proposal for the sale of three islands was then adopted.
 The Landsthing, it is expected, will ratify the proposal tomorrow and thus the sale of the islands will be definitely settled.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
OPPOSITION TO CONFIRMATION
 OF w. M. DANIELS
By Progressive and Republican Sena-
 tors Has Been Revived.

Washington, Dec. 20.-Confirmation of Winthrop M. Daniels of New Jersey to succeed himself as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission was prevented in the senate today by a re- vtval of opposition among progressive republican senators who blocked con- firmation for two months when MT. Daniels first was named for the com mission in 1914. His present term ex- pires January 1 and congress adjourns tomorrow until January for the holi- days.
 The re-nomination was favorably reported today by the commerce com mittee. Opponents to confirmation base their rulings made by MT. Daniels when he was public utilities commits sioner of New Jersey but his friends expressed confidence that he ultimately would be confirmed.
 The senate today confirmed Edwin F. Sweet as assistant secretary of commerce.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
Comparative Quiet
 on all War Fronts
RUSSIANS AND RUMANIANS HAVE
 TAKEN A STAND
OPPOSING THE TEUTONS
On the Front in France the British Near Commecourt and Arras Have Carried Out Successful Raids Against the German Trenches.

Aside from the Rumanian theatre of war, little fighting of moment IS talk ing place on any of the numerous fronts.
 In the northern Dobrudja the Rus sians and Rumanians have faced about and are giving battle to the Teuton1c allied forces which have been pursuing them. Just how strong the stand they are making is has not yet been made known, the German official com munication announcing it merely say ing that they have again offered fighting resistance" Petrograd reports that attacks by the invaders near Par Iita, on the left bank of the Danube, were repulsed and says also that op- erations successful for the Russians and Rumanians are being carried out by scouting parties in the direction of Rimnika-Buzdu.
 On the front in France the British near Gommecourt and ArraS have car ried out successful raids against Ger man trenches and bombarded other hostile positions at Gommecourt and near Loos and Hulluch. The Germans, for their part, shelled the British line north of the Somme near Festubert and YpreS and south of the Somme bombarded the French at numerous points, the French replying energeti- cally.
 Berlin reports the repulse of attacks against the positions of the Teutonic allies in the Cerna river bend region of Macedonia.
 In Galicia southwest of Brody the Teutonic allies after a heavy. bonn bardment of Russian trenches essayed an infantry attack, but were forced by the fire of the Russian guns to seek their own trenches again. Pe- trograd reports that the Russians broke through barbed wire entangle- ments on the BystritSa river sector and compelled the Teutonic allies there to flee.
 The Austrians are again actively bombarding the Italian advanced po- sitions on the Carso front of the Aus
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
EXPORTS OF PAPER AND
 PAPER MANUFACTURES:
Will Reach $4o,ooo 900, Doubling That
 of Any Previous Year.

Washington, Dec 20.-Exports cf paper and paper manufactures this year will reach $40, ,00O, doubling those of any previous year, according to figures assembled today by ire bureau of foreign and domestic corn- merce. Increasing exports, some pft- fishers charge, has been one factoe .n increasing prices for news print pape-
 News print paper exports this year have reached a total value of $3,43g : 900, against $2,260,0O0 last year, about half of it going to Latin America.
 The largest purchaser was Aige l. tina, which took $905,000 worth; Cuba was second with $365.000; Aus ralia third with s302,000. and the United Kingdom fourth with $z33.0o0.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
PRICE OF MATCHES IS
 TO BE INCREASED
Diamond Company Advances Prices 10
 Per Cent.

New York. Dec. 20.-A problem that Is worrying the tobacco trade is the scarcity of matches. One of the large chain store companies has posted signs in it's various establishments stating that owing to the shortage of labor it is impossible to get matches Like almost everything else, the price of matches has increased recently Con- sequently, when a customer who pur- chases a 5-cent cigar asks for free matches it is with 8 sigh that the re- taller cuts his profit. The Diamond Match company last week announced an advance in prices of about 10 per cent. With raw materials scarce and labor high. the match trade faces a gloomy situation that may not be re- lieved until after the war.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
100 PER CENT DIVIDEND
 BY YOUNGSTOWN TUBE CO
Recommended by Directors-To ln- crease Capital Stock From $20,oo0, 900 to $40,0oO,000.

Youngstown, Ohio. Dec. 2O.-Stock- holders of the | Youngstown Sheet and Tube company will participate in an extra dividend, it was decided today by the directors.
 A 100 per cent stock dividend was recommended today by the board, which declared the usual quarterly dividends of 2 per cent. on the com mon and 1 3-4 per cent. on the pre- ferred stock.
 That the recommendation will be ratified by the stockholders at the an nuaI meeting February 13 is unques- toned. The recommendation provides for the increasing of the capital stock from $20,000,000 to $40.000,000 and the 100 per cent. declaration in the form of an extra stock dividend.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
NIAGARA MEASURE
 PASSED IN THE SENATE
Approves Resolution to Authorize In- crease in Amount of Water Diverted

Wadsworth's resolution to authorize an increase in the amount of water diverted from the Niagara Falls to increase the electric power output of plants on the merican side of the river was passed today by the senate. The measure aims to increase the Ameri- can power output to make up for the curtailment of power from the Cana dian side which is being kept at home for munitions plants and other mili- tary activities. The resolution has the approval of the war department and would permit until July IT next the diversion of 29,0OO cubic feet of water per second. The limit permitted now is 15 500.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
ENGINE OF EXPRESS LEFT
 TRACKS NEAR BRIDGEPORT
Traffic on Main Line Was Tied Up for Some Time.


 Bridgeport Conn, Dec 2O.-Auto- matic derailing apparatus at the ap- proach of the open drawbridge over the Pequonnoc river caused the engine of an extra westbound passenger ex- press train on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad to jump the rails near here late today The train was going slowly. preparatory to making a station stop and none of the six coaches left the track. No one was injured.
 Closely following the train, on the same track. was the fast Knicker- booker Express, which was brought to stop in time to prevent crash High officials of the New Haven road, in discussing the accident, said the engineer of the extra express had his engine under complete control and that there was no danger of a plunge into the river.
 Traffic on the four main line tracks was tied up for some time.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
DUTCH STEAMER BRINGS
 75o,ooo QUARTS OF GIN
Is in Port at Boston, but. the Gin is
 Destined for Canada.

Boston, Dec 20-Gin, three-quarters of a million quarts of it, was one of the principal items of cargo aboard the Dutch steamer Maartensdijk, which reached port today from Rot terdam. The gin was packed in 50, 900 cases. which presented rainbow effect, some being painted red, others blue, green, violet or some other color to facilitate handling. The gin is go- ing to Canada.
 The Maartensdijk is the first steam CT to bring cargo to Boston from Hol- land in six months. In addition to the gin she brought shipments of bulbs plants, and trees; 35,000 packages of herring and consignments of other merchandise
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
EXPLOSION OF STEAM PIPES ON OLD DOMINION LINER.
Three Negro Bremen and One Whit.
 Man Killed Near Norfolk.

Norfolk, Va, Dec. 20.-Three Icero firemen were killed and one white man seriously injured tonight by an explosion of steam pipes on the OIi Dominion liner Princess Anne, en route from this port to New Yok The explosion occurred in the outer harbor aud the ship was forced 10 return for repairs
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
DUTCH STEAMER HELD UP
 BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE
Solid Shot Fire Across Bow-Was
 Later Allowed to Proceed.

Boston, Dec. 20.-The Dutch steam ship Maartensdyk was held up 100 miles from Falmouth, Eng, on Dec. 4 by a German submarine, which fired a solid shot across her bow but later allowed the vessel to proceed, Captain Ryknik reported when his vessel arriv- ed here with a general cargo from Rotterdam today. The submersible was of a new and larger type, he said. She bore no number visible to Chief Officer Veldheer who went obaord with the Maartensdyk's papers.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
BANK ROBBERS GET s2o,ooo
 IN CURRENCY AND SILVER
From the Oklahoma Bank Near Tulsa
 Posses in Pursuit.

Tulsa, Okla, Dec. 20-Robbers en- tered the Oklahoma National bank at Skiatook, near here today, blew open the safe and escaped with $2o,o00 in currency and silver.
 The robbers had several hours start on posses for Tulsa and Skiatook, as telephone and telegraph wires leading into the town had been cut.
 Skiatook is only five miles from the Osage hills, for 40 years the rendez- vous of outlaws, and officials believe the robbers are hiding there.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
THEFT OF UNSET GEMS
 TO THE VALUE OF $1,65o
By an Ostensible Customer From a
 Jewelry Store in Derby.

Derby, Conn, Dec. 2O-An unidenti- fled man walked into Taylor and Gregory's jewelry store here tonight said he wanted a diamond for a scarf pin and, when the clerk displayed a tray of unset gems valued at $1,650, the stranger helped himself and made a successful escape. Although several clerks started quick chase the man disappeared and at late hour he had not been located. It is believed he caught train south.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
Controversy Over National Guard
FORESHADOWED AT COMMITTEE
 HEARINGS
OPPOSITION TO SCOTT
Conclusions Drawn From Figures to Support the Contention That the Questioned.

troversy in congress over the future of the national guard in the federal military system was foreshadowed to- day at hearings before committees of both the house and senate.
 Gen. Scott Cross examined.
 Major General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the army, encountered wig orous cross examination by several members of the house military com
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Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
500 CASES OF WHIsKEY
 HAVE BEEN STOLEN
From Warehouse at Girard, Ala -
 Placed There After Seizure,

Girard, Ala, Dec. 20.-Approxinate- ly 500 cases of whiskey, seized by state authorities in the prohibition raids here last May and June, have been stolen from a Girard warehouse since Nov. 1, according to a statement of the county sheriff today. He declared that the building had been with olt a guard since that date.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
ADDITIONAL LAND FORCES
 FOR GREAT BRITAIN House of Commons Passed a Resolu- ton Calling for a Million Men

London, Dec 20, 10:2O D. m.-The house of commons today passed res olution presented by the government that an additional number of land forces not exceeding one million shall be maintained at home and abroad"
 It was explained that no question of policy was involved but that the CO., lonial troops and forces of the crown exceed the four million already au- thorized and a vote was necessary in order to regularize the position.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
Movements of Steamships

Kirkwall, Dee. 18.-Arrived: steam CTS Bergensfjord, New York for Ber- gen; United States, New York for Christiansand. Sailed: Kristianiania- fjord, (from Bremen) New York
 Bordeaux, Dec. 1S-Sailed: steamer Rochembeau, New York.
 New York, Dec. 20.-Signalled: :: steamer Philadelphia, Liverpool for New York, 1, 116 miles east of Sandy Hook at a. m... Dock S:30 a. m. Sat urday.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
Has Sent Formal Notes to the Governments of All
 the Warning Nations
NO OFFER OF MEDIATION, MERELY A SUGGESTION

Requests Respective Give Their Views Terms Upon Which the War Might be Concluded d- President Himself Declares His Object is to Secure Soundings in Order to Hasten Peace-Opinion Prevails in Washington That the Note the Result of Some Se- cret Information in Possession of the Presdent-Von Bernstorf Confident That the Note Will Lead Peace Conference.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
OBITUARY.
Clarke C. Fitts.

Brattleboro, Vt. Dec. 20.-Clarke C. Fitts, former state attorney general died tonight after an illness of sev- eral weeks at the home of relatives In Watertown, Mass, according to word received at his home here Mr. Fitts was prominent in the organiza- tion of the Connecticut River Power company of which he was a director
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
BETHLEHEM STEEL DROPPED D72POINTS
Losses of Other Stocks Ranged From 5, 10 to 15
 Points in Continued Liquidation
SHIPPING STOCKS MOST SERIOUSLY AFFECTED

Peace Developments Were Given Reason of Price Reces sions Which Wiped Out Most Gains of Recent Months Pressure Exered by Professional Traders Was the Powerful Factor in Declining in Prces-Beneath Surface Conditions the General News of the Day Indicated Continuance of Prosperity-Money Was Easy and in Light Demand.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
MIDNIGHT MASS IN
 CAMP AT SAN ANTONIO,
Christmas Eve-First Time in This
 Country Since Civil War.

San Antonio, Tex, Dec. 20.-Mid- night mass in military camp will he celebrated at Camp Wilson here Christmas eve for the first time .n this country since the Civil war, t is said. Bishop Shaw granted the ds s- pensation for the service which. i. is expected, will be attended by SC yeral thousand soldiers and citizens. T',ere are more than 5000 Roman Catho ,ics at Fort Sam Houston and Camp Will son
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
Boy Killed by n "Jitney."

New Haven, Conn, Dec. 20.-An-
 thony Festa, IS years old, died to a1ght
 in hospital as the result of injuries received when he was struck by a ''jitney" automobile driven by So,ren Bogigian. The latter was ordered held by the coroner.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
spitzmueller Failed to Form Cabinet.

Vienna, via Berlin, Dec. 20, 5.sO D. m., to London, Dec. 21, 1255 .a. m Alexander Spitzmueller has failed in his efforts to construct a new cabinet and the task has been turned ovar to Count Clam -Martiniz, former ministe of agriculture, in whose cabinet Herr Spitzmueller will have the finance portfolio.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
l RAILWAY TROUBLE IN
 IRELAND SETTLED
Men Have Been Granted an Increase of Seven ShiIlings a Week.

London, Dec. 20. S45 D. m.-The complaint of the railway men in Ire land was amicably settled at the board of trade today. The men have been granted an increase of seven shillings weekly in their wages; they had asked for ten shillings on the ground of the increased cost of living.
 A recent despatch credited James H. Thomas, labor member of parlia- ment and assistant general secretary of the A1nalgama ted Society of Rail- way Servants with the announcement that the government had decided to take over the Irish railroads and thus avert a threatened strike
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

Mrs. Ellen M. Mcclellan, mother of former Mayor George B. Mcclellan, New York City, left an estate valued at $83,717.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

Major MaxmilIian won Grebe, form erly Of the Prussian army and later an officer in the Union army during the Civil War, is dead.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

Fire damaged the Universal Mill o the Central Iron & Steel Works a Harrisburg, Pa, at loss of $15,00O.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

Articles of incorporation were filed at Shreveport, La, for the Caddo Oil S Refining Co.,, with a capital stock of $10,0O0,000.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

Hawaii is to receive the first squad ron of airplanes under the new defence act. Twenty -four machines will be the first allotment
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

The Susana and Borinquen Steam ship companies were incorporated at
 Albany, each with capital stock of $1, 1,000,0 900.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

Thomas Gill of New York who was dismissed from the police force under Commissioner Waldo, was arrested on a charge of grand larceny.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

Fire destroyed the plant of the H Pickford Co.,, fur manufacturers, O! Newark. N. J., at a loss estimated be tween $50,000 and $75,000.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

Two persons were injured when a Southbound Madison Avenue car collid-
 ed with an eastbound crosstown car at 59th Street, New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

American manufacturers of rope ar ] twine have been notified of an in crease of three cents a pound in the prize of SiSal.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

Eugene Meyer, Jry resigned as di- rector and member of the executive board of the Maxwell Motor Co. of New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

Dr.. Walter J. Dodd, for many years in charge of x-ray work at the Mass achusetts General Hospital, is dead
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

Fifty patients were. rescued with difficulty from a fire which destroy ed Cooks Hospital at Fairmont, w. Va.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

Gold to the amount of $6,5oo GOO was deposited at the Philadelphia mint for the account of J. F. Morgan SS Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

The Senate confirmed the nomina tion of Wm. F. Rolfe, to be United States Attorney for the Western Dis trict of Wisconsin.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

A Congressional investigation into the high cost of paper will be urged immediately after the holiday recess.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

The Russian Government has placed orders for 50 additional large engines with the Canadian Locomotive Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

Fire damaged the story ware house of the Long Island Storage Co. at Brooklyn, at loss of 5000.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

Thaddeus A. Thompson, retiring min- ister to Colrnobia, closed up his bust ness with the State Department and left for his home in Texas.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
PRESIDENT WILSON APPEALS
 TO BELLIGERENT NATIONS
 TODISCUSS PEACE TERMS
CabIed Paragraphs
Japanese Steamer Sunk.

Paris, Dec. 20. 12.3O D. m.-The Ja- panese steamer Taxi Maru has been sunk by a submarine. Twenty-three out of her crew of 45 have been pick ed up.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

The British government announced that it had fixed the price of home wheat for next season.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

The Gardner Storage Battery of Chicago, increased it's capital stock from s45O,oOO to $1,OO0,OOO.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

The Association of Paris Theatre Managers notified the Government that if the proposed new tax on theatres is imposed all the theatres will be closed
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

Condensed TeIegrams

Abram Baudeuine, of New York, well known yachtsman, is dead.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

President Wilson appointed Kim brough Stone of Missouri, Federal Dis tract Judge at St. Louis.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

Fire destroyed the Stout Furniture Co.'S fatcory No. l and damaged the plant of the Interstate Public Service Electrical Co.,, at Salem, Ind, at a loss of $200,0G0.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

The Postal Telegraph Go. announced that messages to Europe by wireless via Sayville may again be accepted subject to indefinite delay and at senderS risk.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion held that joint rates over the Tex as & New Orleans Railroad on yellow pine from points in Texas and Louisi- ana were unreasonable.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

OA YSpO,VVo.
 The Postal Telegraph Go. announced that messages to Europe by wireless via Sayville may again be accepted subject to indefinite delay and at sendeTs risk.
 The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion held that joint rates over the Tex as & New Orleans Railroad on yellow pine from points in Texas and Louisi- ana were unreasonable.
 The Boston fishing schooner John J. Fallon was condemned and ordered sold by the Admiralty Court at Hali- fax, N. S., for violations of the Ca nadian fishery regulations.
 Elisha Swan Cornell, an aged cobbIer, one of the heirs to the Hetty Green es- tate, was found dead at his repair bench in Minneapolis, Minn. He al- ready had received $1,O0O from the es- tate.
 The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger announc- es the death of Major General Ernst von Zieten, commander of the seven teenth reserve division. General von Zieten died at Dantzig as the result of an operation.
 The 24hour general strike called by labor organizations as a protest against the increased price of food has re- suited in complete tie-up of factories, stores and other lines of business throughout Spain.
 Miss Julia Duncan, Stamford school teacher, died several hours after she had eaten of refreshment at a church social. The attending physician attributed death due to ptomaine poisoning.
 Col. George w. H. Mosely, chief of staff to Major General Chas. H. Glenn ent of the Seventh Provisional Divi- sion, was ordered to report before the Senate Committee on Military Affairs in Washington on Friday.
 FIagman Wm. Herchendroder and Conductor l.. E. Johnston, of New York, were arrested charged with neg ligence in connection with the wreck of the New York-Winsted Express at Beacon Falls, Dec. 1. in which two men were killed.
 pointed a board consisting of Admiral Clark and Lieut.. Commander Reuben Rarkenruse to investigate the various Government armor plate plant sites suggested by the Naval General Board. American battleships will reach their limit of size when tfiey displace TO- 900 tons the House naval committee was told by the engineering chiefs of the navy, and only then because a greater ship could not pass through the lock of the Panama canal.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

The Boston fishing schooner John J. Fallon was condemned and ordered sold by the Admiralty Court at Hali- fax, N. S., for violations of the Ca nadian fishery regulations.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-12-04
DANGER SIGNAL

If the fire bell should ring would
you run and stop it or go and help to
put out the fire? 1t is much the same
way with cough. cough is a dan
ger signal as much as fire bell. You
should no more try to suppress it than
to stop fire bell when it is ringing,
but should cure the disease that caus-
es the coughing This can nearly all
ways be done by taking Chamberlain j
Cough Remedy. Many have used it
with the most beneficial results. It
lis especially valuable for the persist
ent cough that so often follows a bad
cold or an attack of the grip. Mrs.
Thomas Beeching, Andrews. Ind.
writes: During the winter my hus-
band takes cold easily and coughs
and coughs. Chamberlain's. Cough
Remedy is the best medicine for break
ing up these attacks and you cannot
get him to take any other" Obtaina-
Bile everywhere.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-12-04

Mrs. J. A. Lines has returned from
a short visit at Cleburne, Tex
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-12-04

Get the doIlies At Wren's Drug
Store. 12-1-St