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Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-23
HUGHES MADE TWELVE
 SPEECHES YESTERDAY
Talked to His Audience in South
 Bend in Hoarse Whisper.

South Bend, Ind, Sept 22.-Char1es E. Hughes reached South Bend to- night at the flag end of his busiest day, almost minus his voice. He spent it in twelve speeches along the way and talked to his audience here to- night at times in a hoarse whisper
 Utterly wearied travel stained, worn by the days exactions, which includ- ed shaking thousands of Indiana hands, the nominee faced here a large audience in his chief speech of the day.
 During the day he took the pro- gramme into his own hands and fash- toned it anew, to make it include a speech at every stopping place. At most of these places it had been ar- ranged that he would say only a few words, but the big crowds that greet ed him with cheers and applause every few miles heartened him and he talked. His doctor stood beside him at almost every station and ap- piled throat sprays freely between the talks, but his voice was frayed and ragged long before he reached South Bend.
 Once at Mrs. Hughes suggestion, Charles w. Farnham. manager of the tour tugged at the nominees coat to signal him to stop, but MT. Hughes with an emphatic gesture signified that he intended to finish his address.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-23

employers will be notified that the workers have no means of transporta- ton and if the employers cannot pro- vide transportation the workers must remain at their homes.
 Theodore P. Shonts, president of the Interborough Rapid Transit company and the New York Railways company, meet representatives of the striking carmen.
 If I did so the loyal men in the Interborough Brotherhood would have good cause to strike,' he said.
 Unions Involved in Strike.
 Following is a partial list of the un- pension of work:
 Milk handlers, bartenders, walters, beer brewers, house wreckers, musi- clans, barbers, cigarmakers, ladies' garment cutters, paper hangers, pipe caulkers and tappers, journeymen horseshoers, telephone workers, glass workers, preSsmen, painters, plumbers. neckWear cutters, furriers, cloak mak- CTS, amalgamated nthographers, cap makers, stationary engineers, carpen- ters, decorators, leather goods workers, cigar packers, united matters, coopers, dock carpenters, printers, cooks, re- tail cloak workers, web pressmen, bookkeepers, stenographerS and &C., countants, sandal makers, teamsters, journeymen tailors, pipe cutters the atrical spotlight workers
 New York city members of the state assem bly, and senate will hold a meet ing Monday to take action on the question of urging a special session of the legislature to consider the strike situation.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-23

New York, Sept. 22.-Organized workers in virtually every industry in Greater New York were formally called upon late today to cease work at eight o'clock next Wednesday morning in sympathy with the striking traction employees. Labor leaders assert ap- proXimateIy 600,0OO men and women are involved.
 The call was embodied in resolutions adopted at a conference of labor lead CTS representing the federated bodies in all the boroughs of the city as well as many national and international unions. Of the eighty unions in the city represented, it was said. some al- ready have voted in favor of a strike. The call. it was said, would be issued not only to organized workers in New York but also to those in Westchester county, in which the cities of Yonk- CTS, New Rochelle and Mount Vernon are situated, and would extend throughout a wide range of industries.
 Hugh Frayne, New York state or ganizer of the American Federation of Labor, announced the determination to call the sympathetic walkout.
 Officers of several international un- ions attended the conference, MT. Frayne said. Among those was T. V. O'Connor of Buffalo, president Of the International Longshoremen's Organi- zation.
 W IIIIctlII b. T iIASCIctIds StLSId dl oI ganizer of the Amalgamated Associa- tion of Street and Electric Railway Employees, in charge of the traction strike, represented the carmen at the conference and the following labor bodies were among the others repre- sented: The Central Federated Union, Brooklyn Central Labor Union, United Hebrew Trades. Bronx Board of Bus mess Agents, Manhattan Building Trades Council. International Tunnel and Subway Constrdctors Union, In- ternational Machinists Union, Interna- tional Typographical Union. Station ary and Upright Engineers and Fire mems Union and the Eccentric Fire mems Union.
 The call is based upon the proposi- ton that union men "cannot maintain their self-respect' if they ride upon cars operated by strikebreakers, ac- cording to a statement issued tonight by Ernest Bohm, secretary of the Central Federated Union. In cases where contracts exist, Bohm said, the
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-23
WALTER HINES PAGE
 CONFERS WITH PRESIDENT
On British Interference With Ameri-
 can Trade and Mails

Long Branch, N. J.. Sept. 22.-Wal- ter Hines Page, American ambassador to Great Great Britain. on his way here tonight to confer with President Wilson on British interference with American trade and mails. was delay ed for two hours at South Amboy. N J. hv the wreck of a freieht trai I which made necessary the transfer of MT. Page and other passengers from one train to another.
 Because of the delay in the arnbas- sadors arrival he and the president talked for only a short time tonight, but they plan to continue the confer ence tomorrow morning. It was the first time MT. Page and MT. Wilson have had an opportunity to discuss business since the formers arrival in the country several weeks ago.
 The president planned to outline to Ambassador Page in detail the po- sition of the United States govern ment towards the British policy of in terferiTg with American trade and mails in order that Mir Page may discuss the question fully with the British foreign office whe he returns to 0ndon.
 Mir. Wilson desires to impress on the amba assador the necessity of informing the British government that continued interference with the rights of the United States will not be permitted. The president is understood to take tho position that the Ion delays of the British foreign office in answer irg the protests of the United States are without excuse
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-23

ance of the RumanianS and Russians and compelled them to retreat. Berlin says strong Rumanian forces were re- pulsed southwest of Toprai Sari, four teen miles southwest of Constanza, on the Black sea coast
 Berlin and Vienna admit a reverse in the Carpathian5 in the Russian cap- ture of the summit of Smotrec height, which previously had changed hands many times, but declare Russian at tacks in Voihynia and southern Buko- wina were checked. West of Lutsk, in Volhynia, the Germans again re- pulsed Russian attacks, capturing 750 prisoners and several machine guns, according to Berlin, and Russian as sauIts in Galicia, north of ZbOrof, and in the region Dorna Watra, on the bor- der of Bukowina and Rumania, were frustrated.
 Serbian and French troops continue to make progress in northwestern Macedonia. The Serbians are advanc- ing in the BrCda river region and the French are pushing forward north of Florina toward Monastir. A Bulgarian attack on Zborsky was checked by the entente forces. Berlin and Sofia report no activity in Macedonia.
 An entente transport and a French submarine have fallen victims to a German submarine and an Austro- Hungarian aeroplane, respectively. completely flled,7 was sunk in the Mediterranean Sept 17th Bombs from the aeroplane sunk the submarine in the southern Adriatic. The 29 mem bers of the crew were rescued.
 London reports that a German sea plane dropped three bor2Ds on Dover, England, Friday. No casualties result ed. British warships have bomharded Bulgarian positions near the mouth of the Struma river in Macedonia.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-23
MILLIONAIRE BANkRUPT'S
 LAWYER HELD FOR JURY.
James R. Ward, Who Has $2, 100000 Once Owned by Edward w. Morrison

Chicago, Sept. 22.-James R. Ward, attorney for Edward w. Morrison, an alleged millionaire bankrupt, was or dered held to the grand jury by Fed eral Judge Landis today on charges of perjury. Ward has come into pos session of $2,100,000 worth of property owned by Morrison whose vanishing millions have been a subject of in quiry before Judge Landis.
 Morrison, now an old man, inherited $8,000,00 from his father. Its disap- pearance came to light when he filed petition in bankruptcy Ward is al legged to have received in the neighbor- hood of $2,00G 900 of it.
 Edward Harris Wards stenographer John Sommers, who testified he had spent $100,000 of Morrison's money in providing the aged man with ques- tionable forms of entertainment and Robert Minnehan, a broker, who was unable to explain how he came into possession of thousands of dollars of Morrison's wealth. also were ordered held to the grand jury as witnesses Their bonds were fixed at $2,500 each.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-23

part, if any, the bandit chief took in the attack l2st Saturday on Chihuahua City
 secretary Baker indicated today that war department otncIa4S do not regard as conclusive the report transmitted yesterday by Brigadier General Bell saying that Villa led the Chihuahua City attack in person, and the Mexi- can embassy announced receipt of of clal advices declaring Villa was not in the attacking force. The embassy's report came from General Trevino commander of the attacked garrison.
 The resurrection of Villa is not true" said Ambassador Arredondo to- night. The attack on Chihuahua City was made by a combination of juntas antagonistic to the de facto govern ment'
 Work of Several Leaders.
 MT. Arredondo's belief that the at tack was the work of the followers of several leaders is shared by many army officers. Accounts of the ffsht generally have described the assaIlants as "Villistas," but the term has grown to be employed in general rather than specific sense in Mexico and along the border.
 AS time passes without verification Of reports of Villas presence at Chi huahua City, officials here are inclined to believe that the incident will not figure materially in deliberations of the American Mexican commission at New London. MT. Arredondo was at the state department today on busi- ness in connection with the commits slon, 1t having become necessary to select a new meeting place, as the New London hotel where sessions are being held will close soon for the sea son. A decision will be announced next week
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-23

On the Somme front in France, the French and British forces again have taken the offensive and been rewarded with additional gains. General HaiS' men made progress toward Bapaume, while General Fochs soldiers. who ap parently have begun another effort to eject the Germans from Combles and it's salient in the entente line north of the Bomme also met with success
 Following the checking of German attacks southeast of COmSleS, between Le Priez farm and Rancourt, the end of the French part of the entente line, which almost enCircles the town, the French unde rtook local operations on the outskirts of Combles itself. An organized and defended house was cap tured and several trench elements were occupied. In these enterprises 40 prisoners were taken.
 General HalgS troops straightened out their line between Martinpuich and Flers, a distance of about one mile by taking two lines of German trenches. The British front here now runs on a direct iine north of the two villages. London also records i'm provement of other positions on the British front.
 It is announced officially in Paris that the number of prisoners taken by the Anglo-french forces on the Somme from July 1 to Sept. IS aggregates more than 55, 500. Of these, 34, 500 fell into the hands of the French. Berlin reports no activity on the whole of the western front.
 German and Rumanian reports as to the progress or result of the battle in Dobrudja conflict. In contradiction of the announcement from Bucharest that the forces of the central powers were failing back, Berlin d--cres that Field Marshal von Mackcnsen has by an ancircling movement broKen tie resist
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-23
GERMAN AND DUTCH
 GOVERNMENTS AGREE
To Submit to an International Com mittee the Sinking of the Tubanti.

Berlin, Sept. 22.-(By Wireless to Sayville.)-The German, and Dutch governments have come to an agree ment to submit to an international committee of investigation at the end of the war the question involved in the sinking of the Dutch steamship Tubantia.
 This decision," says the Overseas News Agency announcement, "was taken in the interest of friendly, and neighborly relations
 The Tubantia was sunk off tl,e Dutch coast on March 16 last as the result of an explosion. A controversy arose between the German and Dutch governments over the responsibili ty for the disaster, the Dutch claiming that the Tubantia had been torpedoed by a German submarine, producing a fragment of bronze found on the liner which the Dutch ministry of marine believed to be part of a German tor pedo Germany admitted the German origin of the torpedo but asserted that the commander of the submarine from which the torpedo came said it was not fired at the Tubantia on March 16 but at a British warship on March 6 and that it missed its target.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-23
OBITUARY.
George A. Fay,

Meriden, Conn. Sept 22.-George A. Fay, a practicing lawyer in this city for over 50 years, died tonight after a years illness of complication of diseases. He was a graduate of the Yale Law School 1862 and studied law in Senator o. H. Platt's office. He was elected to the state senate in 1872 and was chairman of the committee on elections which determined wheth- CT James B. English of New Haven or Marshall Jewell should be state governor. He was a republican in politics. He was a brilliant 1awver and had been counsel for the New Ha- ven road, the International Silver Co. and other large corporations He re- tired five years ago. He was a na- tive of Marlboro. Mass. and leaves two brothers, Police Judge Frank s. Fay of Marlboro. He was 78 years old.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-23
Movements of Steamships.

St. Michaels, Sept. 21.-Arrived: 1: Steamer Giuseppe Verdi, New York for Naples.
 London, Sept. 1s.-sailed: Steamer A1aunia, New York.
 Bergen, Sept. 2O.-Sailed: Steamer Kristianiafjord, New York.
 Gothen5urg, Sept. 20. Sailed;
 Liverpool, Sept. 21.-Sailed: Steam CT Finland, New York.
 Liverpool, Sept. p. = Signal1ed: steamer St. Louis, New York for Liv- erpool. Due Liverpool 8 p. m. Sat- urday.
 London. Sept. 22.-sailed: Steamer .Pannonia, New York.
 New York, Sept. 22.-Sailed: Steam CT Noordam, Rotterdam.
 Delaware Breakwater, Sept. 22.- Passed out: Steamer Haverford, Phil adelphia for Liverpool.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-23
PotNCIPLE OF MILITARISM
 ABOMINABLE TO WILSON
He So Declares in Letter to the Stu
 dent Pacificists. a~

New York Sept. 22-A letter from President Wilson declaring that the spirit and principle of militarism was "abominable'' to him, was made pub- lie here today by "The Student Pa cificists" which is arranging an anti militarist demonstration on September 30 in opposition to the new legisla- tion requiring military training in pub- lie schools.
 The president, after declining an in vitation to speak, wrote:
 There need be no misunderstood ing as to my position. I have again and again made it plain as language can make it. I am in favor of ade- quate defense and no more. The whole, spirit and principle of militarism is abominable to me and I do not think that anything that has been done has been done in the militaristic spirit, It has ,on the contrary, been conceived and carried out with the single purpose of renedring the country safe against external danger"
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-23
GOV. HOLCOMB RESlGNATES
 FIRE PREVENTION DAY.
Official Proclamation Naming Monday,
 October 9.

Hartford, Conn.,, Sept. Ex-Governor Marcus H. Holcomb has issued an of ficial proclamation designating Mon day, Oct. g, as Fire Prevention day. In the course of the proclamation the governor says:
 During the last year alone, fire caused to this country the loss of five thousand lives and destroyed more than a quarter of a billion dollars worth of property, an average of five hundred dollars worth for every min ute of the year. If this destruction were inevitable, it would call only for grim resignation, but by far the great CT portion of 1t was preventable.'
 The governor requests that on the day designated the teachers in our schools, the writers in our press and all other sin positions of influence, great or small, direct their efforts to the study of the causes of this fearful and needless waste and the steps which may be taken to prevent it.''
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-23
OF WORLDS
 SUPPLY OF TONNAGE Is a Source of Worry to the British
 Authorities.

London, Sept. 22, 7;16 p. m.-The continued depletion of the worlds sup ply of tonnage as the result of the op- erations of the submarines of the cen tral powers will be met by an increase in stringent measures by which the en- tente allies design to control shipping, so as to ensure it being used to the best advantage of the allies and pre- vent it even indirectly aiding their op- ponents, according to a statement made to The Associated Press today by Lord Robert Cecil minister of war trade.
 Lord Robert admitted that even the present rate of destruction, without considering the possibility of a re- sumption of restricted submarine war fare meant a serious loss to the worlds tonnage and that consequent ly it could not be expected that British coal or other British facilities should be expended on ships carrying goods to blacklisted firms. The entente al- lies will increase their shipping meas ures, which already are proving val uable, in making the best use of avail able tonnage in proportion as the Germans succeed in destroying mer- chant ships.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-23
FRESH EGGS WILL SELL
 AT 75 CENTS A DOZEN
Prediction of Secretary of Massachu-
 setts State Board of Agriculture.

Boston, Sept. 22-Tresh eggs will sell at 75 cents a dozen, retail, in this Wheeler secretary of the state board of agriculture, stated today. This al- most unprecedented price was inevita- ble, he said, because of the high price of poultry, which has reduced the mper Tss+ or hrn hens l0% fertgy or eggs seasons hatch and higher prices of food products and labor. Storage supplies, according to Secretary Wheeler, are less than in other years, and the increased prices probably will extend to other grades of eggs to a lesser degree.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-23
TRANSACTION OF AN
 INSURANCE BUSINESS
May Be Conducted by Any Corporation
 Without Capital Stock.

Hartford, Conn, Sept. 22.-Attorney General Hinman today handed down an opinion declaring that the princi- pies involving the right to organize corporations without capital stock for purposes other than a mercantile ar manufacturing business, outside the powers permitted joint stock corpora tions under the general laws of the state, could be extended to the trans action Of an insurance business. TIAs means that any corporation without capital stock may conduct its busi- ness in the nature of insurance. ac- cording to MT. Hinmans interpreta- tion.
 The opinion was asked by Insurance Commissioner Burton Mansfield.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-23
MRS. OTTO ROBINSON OF
 WILLIMANTiC, CHAIRMAN )f Civic Committee of the Connecticut Federation of Woman's Clubs.

Hartford, Ccnn., Sept. 22.-At the all meeting of the executive board of he Connecticut Federation of Wom- ms clubs held here today, Mrs, Otto Robinson of Willimantic was chosen chairman of the civic committee, in place of Mrs. Leo Herz of New Haven 'esigned. Mrs. F. A. Evans of Shel- on was elected chairman of the civil ierVice reform committee, succeeding Mrs. Rienzi Robinson of Danbury, re- signed. In place of Dr. Sophia Pen field, resigned as chairman of the health committee, Mrs. w. E. B. Evans of Greenwich was elected. The resignation of Mrs. F. B. Street of East Haven, chairman of the home economies committee, was accepted and Miss Estella Sprague of Storrs college chosen for the office.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-23
BENNINGTON POLICE
 SECURE A CONFESSION
From Frances Ketcharn That He Kill
 ed William Costello.

Bennington, Vt. Sept. 22.-The po- lice announced tonight that they had secured a confession from Francis Ketcham, who is now serving a ninety day sentence in the Salem, N. Y, jail for larceny, that he killed William Costello here last Saturday night Costellos body was found beside the car tracks near the soldiers home with three bullet wounds in his head The police alIege that Ketcham told them he and Costello had quarreled over a bottle of liquor and had agreed to fight it out. During the fight, ac- cording to Ketchams alleged story he drew revolver and shot his op- ponent.
 ketcham disappeared after the shooting and was arrested in New York Tuesday and convicted of steal ing a wagon.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-23
ICELANDIc SHIP IN
 NEW YORK HARBCR
Captin Tells Of Prosperity Resulting
 From European War.


 New York. Sept 22.-The Gulfoss said to be one of the first Icelandic ships to visit the shores of the west ern hemisphere since the days of F'eif the Lucky, tied up in the harbor here today with 9 cargo of herring. Aboard the Gulfoss. a little steamer of 886 tos. is a crew of Icelandic sailors. of Soered by Icelandic navigators and speaking virtually the same language that Jeff son of Eric the Red, spoke when he landed at Cape Cod about the year 1000. The ship is under the comma i'd of Captain SigurGSIr Pjetur- ssen who told of the remarkable pros- perity that has come upon Iceland since the European war started.
 The Gulfoss brought to New York 28 passengers, mostly merchants, who came to buy goods in American mar kets. On it's return trip the first of next month the Gulfoss will pass it's sister ship, the Gothaloss, bound for New York with a cargo of fish. Cap tain Pjeturssen said he hoped to see established a regular trade with the United States The two vessels sail under the Danish flag.
 Amazingly high prices for the pro- ducts of the island have brought pros- perity in the last two years, the cap- tain said. The war created the first millionaires in Iceland he declared and also gave the island it's first ex- perience with labor troubles and oth- CT disorders of modern civilization.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-23
FRENCH AND BRITISH
 RENEW AGGRESSION
French Have Undertaken Operations on the Out
 skirts of the Town of CombIes
STRAIGHT LINE FROM MARTINPUICH TO PLIERS

The British Line Now Runs Direct Line North of the Two ViIages-Berlin Reports That the Rumanans and Rus sans the Conflict at Dobruja Have Been Compelled to Fall BacI-In the Carpathians the Russians Have Cap tured the Summit of Smotrec Height-Serbian and French Troops Continue Make Progress in North western Macedonia-An Entente Transport Has Been Sunk by German Submarine.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-23
BRIDGEPORT WOMAN
 DROWNED HERSELF
oespondent Because of the AIIeaed
 Habits of Her Husband.

Bridgeport. Conn.,, Sept. 22-Mrs. Jo- Ieph Bernard. 2e years old, commit ed suicide this afternoon by browning in Bruce's pond, in the East End of this city. She was seen when Ihe jumped, but was dead wren taken rom the water soon afterward.
 Her father, Patrick Fleming. and her brother, with whom she lived, said he was Respondent because of the a1- eged habits of her husband. who. they aid. she had supported by working n a factory during most of the thir- cen years of her married life. She AaHas one daughter eight years old.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-23
MONUMENT TO MEMORY
 OF VICTIMS OF MAINE
To be Constructed Near the Wall of
 the MaIecon.

Havana, Sept. 22.-Work will be commenced next week on the monu- ment in memory of the victims of the the United States battIeship Maine, blown up in Havana harbor in Febru~ ary, 1898. The monument will be erected in a small park opposite the Santa Clara battery, near the wall of the Malecon.
 On either side of the memorial a staff will be placed on which will be hoist ed the Stars and Stripes and the flag of the Cuban republic. The monument will be on a base sixteen feet in height, the total height to be sixty seven feet,