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Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF
 UNITED TEXTILE WORKERS
Is in Session in New York With 1o5
 Delegates Present.

New York, Oct IS. - The annual convention of the United Textile Workers of America which is being held here through this week was ad- dressed today by Robert M. McWade of Washington, D. C.. a federal con- ciliator, on the work of the federal board of mediation and seenciIiation in bringing workers and employers together. He declared that great i'm. provement in the relations and mutual understanding between the two had been brought about by the board.
 The convention. which began Mon day, is said to be the largest ever held by the organization, there being 105 delegates present. A number of com mittees on amendmenrs to the con stitution and bylaws and on resolu- tions were appointed today and are expected to report tomorrow. The election of officers will be held Fri day.
 John Golden of Fall River, Mass president of the organization, is pre- siding.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
VOTE FOR HUGHES NOT A VOTE FOR WAR.
Says It is Merely Vote for Mainte-
 nance of American Rights.

Kalamazoo, Mich., Oct. 18.--Charles B. Hughes told an audience in the armOry here tonight that a vote for him, far from being a vote for war, meant a vote for the maintenance of American rights, and that when Amer jeans went abroad lawfully to further American enterprise they should go with backing of the American gov ernment'
 The nominee assailed the admins tration for it's foreign policy, for it's claim that it had aided business, for the Underwood tariff, for alleged fail ure to observe the merit system in making appointments and for extrava- gance He declared the present pros perity of the country temporary and due to the European war. The federal reserve bill, he said, giving credit where credit was due" was largely the result of the report of the republi- can monetary commission and con- tained defects which should be re- moved D
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMANENT
 CHURCH PUBLICITY BUREAU
Urged in Resolution Adopted by Depu-
 ties at p. E. Convention.

St. Louis. Mo, Oct 1S.-Establish- ment of a permanent church publicity bureau, "because of the increasing de- pendency of the church upon the press,' was urged in a resolution adopted by the house of deputies of the Protestant Episcopal general con- vention here today To become ef- fective the resolution must be ap- proved by the house of bishops.
 The bureau, according to the plan announced, Is to study means of get ting the cooperation of the newspapers Of the country in carrying on the work of the churches.
 In presenting the resolution, to- gether with the report of the joint committee on press and publicity Francis L. Stetson of New York as- serted that the church is under the greatest obligation to the press.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
TYPHUS AND CHOLERA
 EPIDEMIC IN PALESTINE
Provisional<zionist Committee to Send
 Dctors, Nurses and Drugs.


 New York, Oct 1S.-Due to the prevalence of typhus, cholera and oth- CT epidemics in Palestine, it was an- nounced here today by the Provisional Zionists committee, arrangements have been made to send a medical unit of ten doctors, five nurses and a rep resentative of the committee, together with a supply of drugs, to Palestine on the Syrian relief ship that is to leave New York under the joint aus pices of the Syrian committee and the Red Cross.
 The consent of the state department, it was announced. has been obtained for the purpose. It is planned to take the unit from some Mediterranean port on a United States warship. Funds for the unit and supplies are being raised by Hadassah. the wo- mems branch of the Zionist organi- zation.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
PATRIOTIC AMERICANS ARE
 DENOUNCING SEC'Y BAKER For Likening Mexican Raiders to Heroes of American Revolution.

New York Oct. 1S.-Organizations Of patriotic Americans. everywhere have been prompt to denounce and protest against the speech of Newton D. Baker, secretary of war, in Jersey City on Monday night, in which, as a de- fense of President Wilson's Mexican policy, Mir. Baker likened the lawless raiders of Villa and Carranza to the heroes of the American Revolutionary army. The Empire State society of the Sons of the American Revolution, in meeting here, adopted a resolu- tion declaring eve, the descendants of the patriots of the Revolution, con- demn in the strongest terms the un- patriotic language of the secretary of war;
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
Two Steamers Sunk.

Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 18-Two river steamers were sunk, a schooner and a steamer were driven ashore and small boats were lost at Mobile.
 The earth shocks were felt shortly after four o'clock and were severest nj Montgomery and Birmingham, Ala, where swaying office buildings were emptied within a few minutes. In these towns were destroyed and ar ticles were hurled fro mshelves in residences and shops.
 The earthquake was felt as far north as Louisville, Ky, and east to Augusta Ga. Its duration was about three minutes and there were two shocks.
 The hurricans had been sweeping northward from Yucatan and hit the coast early today. It had moved into the interior tonight, with decreased in- tensity and shipping was notified by wtather offices that all danger was past on the sea.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
IRISH QUESTION BROUGHT
 UP BY JOHN REDMOND
Parliament Decided Present is an Un-
 desirable Time for Discussion.

London, Oct. IS, 11.50 p. m.-Parlia- ment today, after a set debate in the house of commons, decided by a ma jority of 197 that it was undesirable at the present time to discuss Irish con- troversial domestic politics.
 The Irish question was brought up by John Redmond, the nationalist lead CT, who introduced a motion to the effect that the system of government at present maintained in Ireland is inconsistent with the principle for which the allies are fighting in Europe and is. or has been, mainly responsible for the recent unhappy events and for the present state of feeling in that country"
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
PRIVATE CAR OF WEALTHY
 WOMAN LEAVES TRAIN
Because Some of the Campaigners
 Objected to Its Presence.

San, Francisco, Oct.r 1S.-One car scheduled to go from here to Los An geles with the Hughes womens alli- ance special was left behind, it was learned today. It was ,. private car Arranged for Mrs. William H. Crock CT of San Francisco, wife of the mil lionaire republican national commit teeman.
 Women travelling on the special have encountered the charge that they were a colony of millionaires' wives and had said in response that twelve of the fourteen of them earn their own living. Some of the twelve objected to the effect which a private car car rying a wealthy woman might have and Mrs. Crocller. hearing of this, con- cluded her trip.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
GUARDSMAN SLASHED
 GUARD AT HARTFORD
Clyde Sinclair, First Infantry, Had
 Acted oueerIy at NogaIes.

Hartford, Conn, Oct 18-C1yde First Infantry. who has been under parole since the return of the regi- ment from thA Mexican border, to- night slashed his guard, Ernest House, in the face with a razor and tried to escape. He was captured by pro- Vost guard and returned to the ar msry. Seventeen stitches were taken in the wound in Houses face.
 Sinclair gained notoriety while at Nogales by advertising in the papers for wife, although he has been mar Tried for some time.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
WOMEN'S HUGHES SPECIAL
 TRAIN IN LOS ANGELES.
campaigners Headed a Parade Which TraVersed the Downtown Streets.

Los Angeles Calif.. Oct. IS. - The Women's Hughes campaign special train arrived here today and the campaigners immediately took their places in automobiles at the head of parade which traversed the down town streets.
 Three times the number of police men usually assigned on such occa- sions were on hand at the request of the local Hughes Alliance committed Thirty men were detailed as body guards for the campaigners and four others assigned to the orders of Mrs Raymond Robins, of Chicago. who was to make addresses tomorrow in the industrial district,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
TEUTONS UNABLE TO
 BUDGE RUMANIANS
Along Their Entire Line the Rumanians Have Taken
 Firm Stand Against the Enemy
VIOLENT FIGHTING IS IN PROGRESS IN GALlCIA

On the Narayuvka the Bavarians Have Sormed Rus sian Position and Captured $50 Men and Twelve Ma chine Guns-Boh North and South of the So1nn1e the French Troops Have Made Fresh Gains-Situaton in Greece Still Remains Tense, Fresh Demonstrations of Hostility by the Populace Are Being Made Against the French Marines-An Appeal Has Been Handed to the American Minister Athens by Greeks of Athens for Transmission to Washington.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
MAIL EXPRESS TRAIN
 HELD UP ON ATCHISON
Express Messenger and Bassaeeman
 Killed by Bandits.

Bliss, Okla, Oct. 18-Atchison, To- peka and Santa Fe mail-express train No. 5, bound south, was held up and robbed by a band of robbers near here tonight. ~0r
 An express messenger and a bag gageman whose names have not been learned were shot and killed by the bandits. After footing the train, the robbers escaped in an automobile.
 Police sent by special train from Perry it is repo>ted, have taken up the trail of the robbers, the number of whom is not known.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
CARRANZA BEGINNING NEW
 CAMPAIGN AGAINST VILLA
Assurances Received by Members of Mexican American Joint Commission.

Atlantic City, N. J.. Oct. 1S.-Sup- plemental assurances from General Carranza that he is beginning a new and vigorous campaign against Villa were received today by his represen- tatives on the Mexican American joint commission. The head of the de fac to Mexican government asserted all available troops would be used in the pursuit of the bandit.
 The American commissioners re- viewed at the joint session carefully prepared statement of the Mexican claims as to conditions as well as pro- pOsals for restoration and maintenance of peace along the frontier This statement also included arguments designed to show why the American troops should be withdrawn from Chihuahua
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
 SEEKS $5o,ooo DAMAGES
1 For an Alleged LibeIous Article Ap- bearing in Texas Newspapers.

Belleville, Texas Oct. 1S.-A peti- ton has been filed in the district court here wherein Governor James E. Ferguson seeks $50.000 damages for an alleged 1ibelous article appearing in Texas newspapers over the signature of Charles H. Morris.
 MT. Morris, made defendant in the suit was the governors opponent in the democratic gubernaror1a1 primary last July.
 In a suit filed at Brendham, Gov ernor Ferguson asks for $50, ,000 dam age against c. H. Maedgen, of Temple and the Temple Telegram Publishing Company for an alleged libelous state ment
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
CENTENNIAL OF BANGOR THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
An Original Poem Read by Rev. E.
 p. Parker of Hartford.

Bangor, Maine, Oct. 1S.-At the cen- tenniaI exercises of the Bangor Theo- logical Seminary tonight a centennial poem was read by Rev. Dr. Edwin Pond Parker, of Hartford. Conn.,, a graduate of the class of 1859. Ad- dresses were delivered by Rev. pr. James L. Barton, secretary of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions and Rev. Dr. George A. Gordon of Boston.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
$s.ooo,ooo FORT TO BE
 BUILT AT CAPE HENRY Work Held Up Pending Adjustment of Right of Way.

Norfolk, Va, Oct. 18.-Beginning of construction work upon Fort Storey, the SS.00O, 900 stronghold to be built at Cape Henry, has been held up, it was learned today. by refusal of the trus- tees of the mortgages of the Norfolk Southern Railroad to ratify the agree ment made with the officers of the company to give the war department absolute control of their right of way through the government reservation at the Cape.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
FIRE IN STEAMERS HOLD
 AT PIER IN BROOKLYN Hay and Grain Cargo of the Brasos
 Was Destroyed.

New York, Oct 1S-Fire of unde- termined origin in Hold No. of the New York and Porto Rico steamship Brasos at her pier in Brooklyn late today destroyed the contents of the hold which consisted of hay and grain. The owners of the Brasos were un- able to estimate the damage caused by the flames, which were fought for four hours,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
KING CONSTANTINE HAS ASSURED BRITISH MINISTERS
That Greece Has Not Contemplated
 Attack on General Sarrail.

London, Oct IS. 7.22 D. m.-"The British minister to Greece had a long interview with King Constantine this evening"" says Reuter- despatch from Athens under date of Tuesday, land 1t is understood His Majesty insisted on the groundlessness of the suspicion that Greece contemplated an attack on the forces of General Sarrail. As proof of his good faith the king is said to have declared his readiness to withdraw the Greek forces from Lar issa"
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
1ropicaIHurriCane;;
 Wind IA Miles
SEVERAL VESSELS WERE SUNK
 AT PENSACOLA, FLA.
PROPERTY IS DAMAGED
While Hurricane Was Sweeping the Gulf Coast, Many People in Geor- gia, Alabama and Tennessee Were Frightened by Earth Tremors.

Pensacola, Fla, Oct. 1s.-Several vessels in the harbor here were sunk, numerous small craft suffered damage and one life was lost in the terrific tropical hurricane that swept through here today. At one time the wind hour. Property damage in Pensacola itself was confined chiefly to roofs blown off and plate glass windows de- Stroyed.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
CREWS OF NORWEGIAN VESSELS ENDURED HARDSHIPS
Were Placed in Open Boats When
 Ships Were Torpedoed.

London, Oct IS. 400 p. m.-Crews of certain Norwegian vessels torpe- doed by German submarines were placed in small boats and endured dreadful sufferings before reaching land, says a Bergen despatch to the Copenhagen Politiken transmitted by the Exchange Telegraph Company. Four men were frozen to death, the report adds, and a Norwegian mate died on his arrival at Alexandrovsk, near ArchangeI.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
VILLAS MONEY IS
 INCREASING IN VALUE
Due to Purchases by Guardsnen to
 Send Home as Souvenirs.

Fl Paso, Texas. Oct. 18-Francisco Villas money is worth more now than it was when Villa reigned in the state palace at Chihuahua City and con- tro1led northern Mexico. The United States army is partly responsible for this increase.
 National guardsmen on the border have been purchasing Villas cur rency as souvenirs and have been sending it homo. The result has been Q great demand.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
NAMES ANNOUNCED FOR
 FOUR NEW DREADNOGHTs
To Be Called Colorado, Maryland,
 Washington and West Virginia.

Washington, Oct 17.-Acting Sec retary Roosevelt of the navy depart ment announced today that the four new dreadnoughts authorized for the coming year will be named Colorado Maryland, Washington and West Vir- ginia. These names now are carried by armored cruisers which, in ac- cordance with the usual custom will be named after cities in the respective states.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
Hinher Prices for Cotton Goods.

Chicago, Oct 1S.-Still higher prices were predicted today for ginghams and cotton goods, which already have gone from the IA before the war to 10 3-4 cents yard. The general cot ton garment manufacturers met today to discuss means of equalizing their profit in the face of the increasing prices. -i Ai 1alaA
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
Rocked by Earthquake.

Atlanta, Ga, Oct 1S.-The south was rocked by earthquake and swept by storm at the same time today. While a tropical hurricane f1ayed the gulf coast, earth tremors overturned chim- neys and frightened many people from their homes in Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee.
 Mobile reported that it had been toughed more lightly, although the wind blew 110 miles an hour Two small buildings were destroyed and a negro woman was killed by a live wire.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
GREEK TROOPS DIsPERSE
 UNRULY CROWD IN ATHENS Which Was Attempting 10 Rescue Youths Arrested by French Marines

Atheni, Oct IS, 12.50 a. m., via Lon don, S.36 D. m-A French marine pa trol last evening arrested at the point of the 'bayonet seven youths who were hooting the entente powers. A huge crowd gathered for the purpose of rescuing them. The Creek military commander in Athens called out troops who charged and dispersed the crowd. Greek patrols were immediately placed in various districts to control any at temntS at anti-entente manifestations
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
Norman Duncan.

Fredonia, N. Y, Oct 1S-Norman Duncan, the author, died suddenly while playing golf here today. He had been living at the home of his brother, B. H. Duncan, of this village. Norman Duncan was born in 1871 and was well known as an author of travel stories. He had been a professor at Washington and Jefferson College and also at the University of Kansas. His best known works were books about Labrador and the work of Dr. Gren- fell there.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
FLAWS MOTHER HAS NO
 WORD OF SONS DEATH.
Her Secretary Says He Does Not Be-
 Iieve Report is Authentic.

New York, Oct. 18.-The secretary of Mrs. Benjamin Thaw, mother of William Thaw, said here today that no word had been received of his death.
 Benjamin Thaw, Jr., his brother, is in Paris, and it saams as if he would have heard of any such thing and mo- tifed us at once," the secretary said. T do not believe the report is authen- tic"
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
Marriage of Princess Marie Therese.

London. Oct. IS. 6:59 p. m. The Frankfurter zeitung announces the marriage of Princess Marie Therese of Hohenlohe to Otto Kohleisen, of Innsbruck. an apothecary and deS- cendant of an humble Austrian fami- ly. The princess nursed Kohleisen while he was in a hospital suffering from an illness contracted on the battlefields.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
Junop From Trolley Car Fatal,

Hartford, Conn.,, Oct. 1S.-AIiss Min nie Sapallo jumped from a Bloomfield trolley express car tonight and died instantly from a fractured skull. She had motioned for the car to stop and when it did not, took the fatal jump.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
Forest Fire at PIainfieId.

Plainfield, Conn, Oct. 18.-A forest fire supposed to have been started by careless hunters, tonight burnsd over
 several hundred acres south of Can terbury and Lisbon.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
Essex Farmer Suicides.

Essex, Conn. Oct. 1S.-George Hunt, 55 years old, q farmer, committed sui eide today by hanging in his barn. No reason for the act is known. He leaves his wife and several children.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
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Air Raid Victims Buried.

4.erlin, Oct. Is (By Wireless to Say ville).-The bodies of five victims of the recent allied air raid over Obern- dorf, Wurttemberg, were buried today. Among the dead were one French and one Russian prisoner of war. A large number of French and Russian war prisoners and two German officers at- tended the funeral
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
OBITUARY.
Rev. AIoysius Bosche.

Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. 1S.-The Rev. Aloysius Bosche, aged Fl, one of the foremost Jesuit educators of the mid dle west, is dead here after a finger in gilIness. From 1880 to 1887 Father Bosche was prefect of studies in the Jesuit colleges of Detroit. Cincinnati,
 Mrs. Julia Reed Wake
 Providence, R. I. Oct. 18.-Mrs. Julia Reed Wake, widow of Rear Admiral Wake, died here today. She was in her 9th year.
 Burial will be in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
Several AeropIanes Damaged.

The navy aeronautical station near here escaped with comparatively lit tie damage. The newly completed per- manent hangars withstood the gale but several aeroplanes were reported damaged.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
of Wheat
 Are Ascending
ADVANCED 12 CENTS A BUSHEL
 IN TWO DAYS.
HIGH RECORD SINCE 1898
Broadly Active Foreign Buyers, Short
 age in Crops iu Unithed States and Canada and Drouth in Argentina Are Among the Contributory Causes

Chicago, Oct 1s.-Wheat prices ran today on top of a seven cent advance the day before. All high records were eNcelled since 1893, when for a time Joseph Letter seemed to have obtained control of the entire existing surplus supply.
 Foreign Buying Chief Reason.
 Broadly active foreign buying of future deliveries appeared to be the chief reason for today's violent upturn which, however, in the end was not we'll maintained. The market closed excited at the same as yesterdays fin ish to IA higher, with December al 166 to 166 3-S, and May at 167 IS to I67 IA.
 Short Crops in U. S. and Canada.
 Shortage in the wheat crops of the United States and Canada was further accentuated today by increasing alarm over the Argentine drought and in re- gard to the premature stoppage o1 threshing in Canada. Reliance on Ar gentina to make up largely for the de felt in the United States and Canada seemed to be fast disappearing and the best advices today from Canada cas1 doubt on whether, owing to interfer- ence from snowstorms, the amount o1 threShing would be even half of Wha1 should be accomplished this fall. Be sides estimates were current that 2$ to 54 per cent. of the spring crop 1T the United States was unfit for mill 1 ing and that 61 to 81 per cent. of the winter crop was already out of the hands of farmers.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
Terrific and Sudden Gusts.

The gale came in such terrific and sudden gusts that it blew three or four persons through plate glass win dows in the downtown district and carried away the weather observation tower on top of a high building. At one time it ragged at IA miles an hour.
 One Life Reported Lost.
 The one life reported lost was that of Daniel Cobb, cook on the small steamer Flanders, which was reported sunk two miles from here. Several persons were slightly injured.
 Shipping damage besides that was to numerous small boats and fishing craft The small schooner Amy Vixen broke loose and had not been account ed for tonight.
 The storm isolated Pensacola from about eight o'clock this morning un- til eight o'clock tonight.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
Mouements of Steamships.

New York, Oct 1S.-Sailed, steamer Frederik VIII, Copenhagen.
 London, Oct. 14-Sailed, steamer Ascania, New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19

E. J. Fudge, of Pensacola, Fla, was indicted on a charge of murdering his two daughters last month.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
Second Infantry cominq Home.

Fl Paso, Tex, Oct. 8.-The Second Connecticut Infantry passed through here today enroute home from No- gales, Ariz., where they have been stationed.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19

Boston's crack artillery organization, Battery A, returned home after three months service at the border.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19
Bandits Rob Bank at centraIia, Okla.

CentraIia, Okla., Oct. 1s.-Four ban dits entered this city late today in an automobile, held up the cashier of the First National Bank and escaped with between $5,000 and $S,000. -
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19

The tug Olympic, owned by the Packard Dredging co. of Providence E. l., foundered off Cape Cod.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19

Heavy Snowfall in South Dakota.
 Aberdeen, S. D., Oct. 1S.-South Da- kota had it's first heavy snowfall of the season today. a17
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19

The engineers, firemen and shop men of the American railroad in Porto Rico went on strike.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19

The w. H. Prendersast wooden mill at Pascoag, R. l., reopened after the settlement of strike of 56 weavers which had been in effect six months.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19

The House Committee has been called to meet on Nov. 20 to begin consideration of the next naval bill.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19

The British government placed an order with the American Locomotive Co. for 100 small locomotives.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19

The Booth Fisheries Co.,, is reported to have sold a tract of land in De- troit to the Pennsylvania Railroad for use in the new terminal project.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19

Mgr. EmiI;e Lobbedey, bishop of Arras, has been decorated with the Cross of the Legion of Honor foI heroism.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19

While Hopping the loop" at La Plata, Argentina, an aviator named Pettiros- si was killed.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-19

Frederick Seyfarth, letter carrier at the Newark postoff1ce, was arrested charged with stealing letters from the mail.