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Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
TRIBUTE BY PROFESSION
 TO VETERAN ACTOR
Jere J. Conan of Famous "Four Co.,
 hans" Quartette.

profession in New York paid tribute today, together with many from oth- CT walks of life, to the memory Of Jere J. Conan. veteran actor, and a member of the famous quartette known Tor years as The Four Coi1anS.'' The Church of the Blessed Sacrament where the funeral services were held was entirely filled and more than l. 900 persons waited outside. Floral tributes from The Lambs, the Friars, the Theatrical Managers association and from a host of friends were banked about the chancel Pieces of patriotic design recalled the fact that Jere Cohan was a drummer boy in the Civil war.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
Mail Carriers
 Not Exempted
RULING MADE BY POST OFFICE
 DEPARTMENT
TO REDUCE EXEMPTIONS
Clerks in Second Class Offices Below the $1,0o0 Grade and Clerks in First Class Offices Below the $1,100 Grade Are Liable to Military service.

Washlngton, Aug. 5-A ruling issued today by the post office department shows that department officials will make few requests for the exemption Of postal employees from military ser vice. Postmasters are instructed not to ask for exemption for carriers or laborers or for clerks in first class of- fees below the S1,100 grade, or any above these grades unless they are qualified distributors of mail.
 The ruling is the first formal action by an executive department in com
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
HEAVY WITHDRAWAL OF
 WHISkEY FROM BOND
29,ooo,ooo Gallons During JuIy-Three
 Times the Normal Amount

Washington, Aug. 3.-The war tax and prohibition outlook brought the total of withdrawals of whiskey from bonded warehouses during up to 2s.- 100000 gallons, three times the nor nal and higher than any month for 23 years. The entire volume of with = drawals was in eastern, middle west ern and southern districts
 The only parallel was in 1894, just before congress raised the tax of whfskey from ninety cents to $11O a gallon
 Withdrawals in August are continu- ing at the rate of approximately l. 900, 900 gallons a day.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
Barbarous Act of
 U-Boat Captain
DROWNED 38 OF CREW OF 4
 BRITISH STEAMSHIP
IN DELIBERATE. MANNER
Britishers Were Odered on Deck of Submarine, Their Lifebelts Were Removed, Lifeboats Snashed-Then the U-boat Submerged.

A British Port, Aug 3.-Thirty- eight members of the crew of the British steamship Belgian Prince were drowned in a most deliberate manner by the German submarine which sank her, according to the account given by survivors who have reached British shores. The chief engineer of the steamer gave the following narrative of his experiences:
 About o'clock on Tuesday even ing, when we were POO miles off land, I saw the wake of an approaching tor
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
CHARGED WITH SELLING
 INFECTED COURT PLASTER
Joe Berserman, 21, Arrested at Salt
 Lake City, Utah.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 3.-Charg- ed with selling court plaster infected with tetanus germs, Joe Bergerman, 21 years old, was arrested today. The arrest followed the announcement of Dr. T. B. Beatty, secretary of the state board of health, that plaster sold by Bergerman showed the presence of the germs.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
WHOLESALE PRODUCE
 MARKET IN NEW HAVEN
Dealers Charged Five to Fifteen Gents
 Day For Stands.

New Haven Conn, Aug. 3-An or ganized wholesale produce market for New Haven Is now a reality. Details were perfected today to make allot- ment of stands to dealers by next Wednesday morning for which a charge of from five to fifteen cents a day will be made. It is hoped by this plan to cheapen the cost of vegetables here. A retail market is also to be eSta b1ished
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
S1 100000 TO FIGHT
 THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC,
Work of Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America.

New York, Aug. 3.-Inauguration of a million dollar advertising campaign against the liquor traffic in the wet" states was announced here today by the federal council oF the Churches Of Christ in America. It will be known as the strengthen America" campaign Local leaders will. be appointed in $500 towns and cities.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
RUSSIAN MUTINEERS TO
 WEAR MARK OF DISHONoR
Are to Have on Their Arms an Em-
 blem Black in Color.

Petrograd. Aug. pThe command ing general of the Twelfth Russian army has decided that all soldiers be- longing to units which disbanded owing to mutiny or refusal to take part in an offensive shall wear on their arms distinctive emblem which shall be black in color. When their conduct under fire shall have rehab- iIitated~them they will be permitted to discard-the emblem.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
ADVANCE MADE IN <
 FLANDERS BY BRITISH
They Have Reestabished Themselves in the Town of
 Saint Julien, Northwest of Ypres
MORE GROUND GAINED SOUTH OF H0LLEBEKE

No Cessation of Russians Along the Line from Tarnopol to the Runanian Border-A Near Political Crisis Has Developed in PetrogradL Kerensky Will Attempt Rule the Country With Aides From the Radical and Socialist Partes-Bukowina is Almost En- tirely in the Hands of the Teutons
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

According to Les Nouvelles of Maastricht General von Falkenhausen, governor-genera1 of Belgium is dan gerously ill., and all hope of his recov- cry has been abandoned. |,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

AS the result of the difficulty in get ting the materials for rails, telegraphs and signals. it is impossible to com plete the new underground railway at Copenbagen.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
AVIATOR F. T. DAVISoN'S
 INJURIES ARE SERIOUS
Fell 400 Feet Into Water While Makinq
 Flight Last Saturday.

New York. Aug. 3.-The injuries sus- tained by Frederick Trubee Davison son of Henry P. Davison, chairman of the American Red Cross war council while making a hydro -airp1ane flight last Saturday. are more serious than at first thought, according to a state ment issued today by a member of his family.
 After consultation of surgeons if was said that an injury to the spine makes it probable that it will be at least a year before he fully recoyers.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
Rivers and Harbors Bill, $27, ,ooo ,ooc

ence report on the $27, 1000 900 rivers and harbors bill was accepted today by the house. The sepate agreed to it yesterday. It now goes to the president
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

General von Liebell, one of the kais- CTS personal aides, has arrived at Stockholm. .--
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

A resolution passed by the congress of soldiers and workmen's delegates condemns the anti-Jewish agitation fin Russia, in which it sees a. danger tD the revolutionary movement.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

To Command Russian Black Sea Fleet
 Petrograd, Aug. 3,-Captain Nemitz has been promoted to be rear admiral ad commander of the Russian Black Sea feet He succeeds Vice Admiral k1lchak, in command of the fleet.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
NEPHEW OF GERMAN
 CHANCELLOR IN U. c. ARMY
Carl p. Struth Had Been Turned Down at Hartford Recruiting Station

Hartford. Conn. Aug. 3-It was learned today that Carl P. Struth, who claims to be a nephew Of tha German chancellor, has enlisted Tn the United States Army. Recently he ap- piled for enlistment here but was not accepted. At that time f. is said. he declared himself to be a reIa tive of the chancellor. Through war depart nnent officials it was ascertained that he went from here to Washington, where he has been accepted as a re- cruit for the regular army.
 Little is known of his antecedcnts here. It is thought that he came tn this city from Canada and had lived here but a short time before he made an attempt to get into the army.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

The Senate Commerce Committee reported favorably on the nomination of Brainbridge Colby. of New York, as member of the Shipping Board.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
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.assian General Gurto Arrested.

London, Aug. 3.-The Russian Gen. eral Gurko, former commander of the armies of the south of the Russian western front, has been arrested, ac- cording to Reuters Petrograd cores pendent.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

According to a German paper the Finance Minister declared Germany s watchword would be "export much and import little" after the war
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

The tueboat Defiance sank at Pier No. l in the Hudson River after mayn years of service. The crew abandon ed her before she went down.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

Answering the rumor of the Ameri- ican disaster, Secretary of War Bak- CT said he had not received a "syI- iable' to confirm the report.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

Eighty Workmen of the F. W. Bliss Co.,, experts employed to test manu - factured torpedo tubes at Sag Harbor, N. J.. struck for more pay.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

The intense heat forced shutdown in the plants of the Amoskeag Co.,, and the Hoyt Shoe Co.,, releasing 2O,- 900 employees, at Manchester, N. H.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

It was reported to the American Consulate at London that 24 lives were lost when the American steam ship Motano was unk by a ubma- Tir
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

Richard Penngyer, second secretary of the American embassy at London, married Viscountess Winifred Inges- tre. MT. Penngyer comes from Cali
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

Captain Ralph L. Taylor, in charge of the instruction at the army avia- his airplane at that place. Sergt. Pell, who was with him, was injured in the fal
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

Hoffman Philip, formerly secretary of the Embassy at Constatinople, was nominated by President Wilson to be Minister to Colombia.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

Mis Louise Clark, of New Ycrk, spending the summer at Seabright. N. J., won $50 for the Red Cross by jumping into a swimming pool fully dressed.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

Raphael kirchner, painter and orig inator of the art studies, The Seveh Deadly Sins" which adorn the lobby of the Century Theatre, New York, is dead at the French hospital.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

battle scared shark appeared
 among several hundred batherS at Rodman's Neck City Island A few shark hunters used their oars as har- poons and their aim was very un- true.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

Six oil tanks of a capacity of 55,ooo barrels each were set on fire by light ming during a heavy electrical storm, at Drumright, okla.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

J. w. Reynolds, superintendent O the New Orleans police department was shot and killed by patrolmal who went insane.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

pliance with President Wilson's order directing that department officials in- dicate exemptions and that the re- quiremenu of indispensa bility be rigidly enforced.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

Daniel E. BurkhoIder, of South Da. kota, was nominated by President Wilson as receiver of public money. at Gregory, s. D.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

The Federal Trade Commission will begin next week an investigation in flour milling as part Of it's general food inquiry.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

Ms. Nancy Field widow of Marshal Field Jr., of Chicago, who recently died at the Presbyterian Hospital New York, received only S160,000 of her husbands estate.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

M. Soufoulis, deputy in the Greek Cham Der from Samos, was elected president of the Chamber by vote of 1S0 to 40.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

An epidemic of diphtheria has start ed at Newport, R. l., and nearby towns. More than 500 cases were re- ported.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

Governor Whitman received an ap-
 peal from the Red Cross organiza- tion and the Militia of Mercy to al- low Sunday baseball in New York for the benefit of war funds.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

Miners in the LeadViIIe district Colorado. who have been on a strike for 10 days voted to accept the offei of the operators for a wage increase of 50 cents a day.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

A French steamer which arrived al an Atlantic port reported being at tackled by two submarines. It was the target for two torpedoes, which missed their mark.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

| F. D. M. Strachan an official of ! Savannah shipping company is un- derstood to be under consideration as | a successor to Theodore Brent in the l Federal Shipping Board.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

George Pratt IngersoII, of Ridgefield, was nominated as minister to Siam
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-25
Charles Fairchild & Co.'S Letter

New York, March 24.-The cotton mar ket this morning scored opening ad- yances ranging from Ii to 16 points and later worked up slightly further, but nervousness over possibility of unfavor- able over Sunday happenings politically caused floods of liquidation, which brought about moderate setracks. Inas- much as the extra session of Congress does not convene until April ?, it is hard to imagine where anything more unfa- vorable than has already occurred can develop between now and Monday.
 Germany, being the aggressor in at tacks on American ships, is hardly likely to take the initiative in making decara- ton of war against the United States. Therefore we are inclined to look for re- sumption of buying, with higher cotton markets next week. We particularly fa- vor purchases of October, which is being steadily acquired by Liverpool and conti- mental interest and is likely to be the strong feature of any advance next
 Cotton seed oil worked into new high levels of the year and in the history Of the trade. We expect very much higher prices. particularly in the event of hos. tilities with Germany.
 We favor purchases of July, however We would consider sales of September oil against purchases of October at tho
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-25
New York Futures
Port Cotton Market

y New Orleans: Middling, 1S.75c; receipts, 3885; sales, 2S32; stock, 425,S20.
 Galveston: Middling, 19c; receipts, 4095 sales, 507; stock. 271, 1,744.
 Mobile: Middling, 1s.SSc sales. 15; stock. 666S
 Savannah: Mddling, 19.25c receipts, s6s sales. SIS; stock, 143,623.
 Charleston: Middling, 19c; receipts, 1124 stock, 39,041
 Wilmington: Receipts. SS; stock, 52,7s5 Norfolk Middling, 1913c; receipts, 101S sales, 304 stock. 106673.
 Baltimore: Stock, 19,S21. Boston: Middling, 1920c; receipts, 60 | stock, 11.50o st. Philadelphia: Middling, 1955c; exports 50; stock, 2697. New York: Middling, 1s. soc; stock, 133,
 Minor ports: Stock, S7, 200
 Total today: Receipts, 10,616; exports, 50 stock, 1,251, ,1S5
 Total for week: Receipts, 10,s16; exports, 30
 Total for season. Receipts, 6,151170 ex- ports, 4,262, 682
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-25
ACTIVE REALIZING
 IN COTTON MARKET
Despite Reaction Before Close General List Closed
 Steady With Advances

New York. March 24.-Further advances
 met active realizing in the cotton market
 today, and after selling at 19.10c, May ] the general list closing steady at a net
 advance of 9 to 15 points.
 ] The market opened steady at an ad-
 vance of IA to r points on overnight buy
 ing orders. There was enough profit
 taking to cause some irregularity right
 after the call, and selling was encouraged l by more favorable weather map. These
 early offerings were very readily absorb l ed, however, and the market sold about | 22 to 24 points net higher during the
 middle of the morning. All positions made
 new high ground for the movement with
 July selling at 1S.93c and October at 1S.5fc.
 Spot house brokers were among the buy
 ers while there was broadening Wall
 street demand but offerings increased
 around the 1S1A cent level for October, and
 there were reactions of some 10 to 13
 points in the late trading. The early buy ing was prompted by reports of increased
 activity in the goods market, and it was
 reported around the ring that mills were
 buying new crop months. Some traders also seemed to take favorable view of reports that the British government had 1 now assumed control of practically all
 British tonnage. on the ground that such control rendered it more likely that ship
 ping would be placed at the disposal of the cotton trade, as the needs of Lan- cashire grow more urgent. A few light
 rains were reported in the southwest | where drouth has been complained of, and the outlook was for fair weather in the eastern belt where farm work has been declared by wet weather. According | to a southern statistical authority, pros poets low point to an increase of about I7 to 15 per cent in the western belt acreage, and of 2 to per cent east Of the river. Crop preparations in the east ern belt are said to be from one to three weeks late, while 20 per cent of Texas l is reported very dry with 10 per cent in rather better condition while the balance 1 of that state is reported in good shape. 1 Sales of print cloths at Fall river for the week amounted to 100000 pieces against SOO000 for the same week last 1 year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-25
Amusing Story Is Told
 HoW Willy Debtor EDaded
 Arrest Under Indid'S LdW
Incident Given Show That England Has Placed Many Safeguards Around NativesGreat Government Is Very
 Careful of Rights of Parkway Subjects

him by the simple expedient of staying at home all day until after sundown. And then, by way of rubbing it in on his cred itor, he had carriage and pair brought round and spent thes rest of the evening in driving back and forth in front of tho house of the baffled and enraged creditor IL was impossible to break into his place and arrest him because the law does not permit such a course to be followed in the case of debt And all through the day the creditor, if he cared to look out of his upper windows could see his annoy Ing debtor sitting calmly in his garden smoking his pipe and beguiling himself in ether exasperating fashions He could as matter of fact, have paid at any time, for he was one q richest men in the neighborhood, e just obsti- nately wouldn't, nor dl until, some weeks afterward when hd ed to mako a journey and had to star day. Then he sent his agent around with the money and thus closed the incident
 The officer who told this tale. with many humorous embellishments, also de- scribed quaint native device that is utilized for frightening birds who dam age fruit.
 "The only time that I myself have ar rested native. said he, was when, one night, fellow service man and my self were driven nearly frantic by the terrific din that was being made, in the supposedly sttlly watches Of the night
 in an adjoining orchard. This was during the mango season. Much injury is done tO the fruit by night-birds, particularly the so-called flying foxes and to keep these off with the minimum of incon- venience to themselves, the natives have Invented an interesting contrivance. First of all they bcdeck long bamboo pole plentifully with tin cans and other noise producing utensils and fix this Up among the branches of one of the fruit trees. To this they tie cord reaching down to the ground and the other end of this cord they tie around their own ankle By this means, they can lie in bed and, while resting the rest of their body, can work the ise-maker with their legs. You can easily imagine that four or five of these things in constant operation produces a hideous din that effectually prevents any light sleeper in the vicinity from sue cessfully wooing the drowsy god Accord ingly, on this night my friend and my self after being kept awake for some hours. descended on the natives and put them in the jug" for the night As a matter of fact we later had bitter cause to regret this. for the thing made deuce of commotion and a letter of rebuke came down from the lieutenant governor written, by his own hand From what [ have been telling you, you can see that our laws out there have been carefully framed to guard the native against per secution and I can assure you that they are rigidly enforced"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-25
Hubbard Bros. & Co.'s Letter

New York, March A.-(Special. .)-Show- CTS in southwest Texas were not con- sidered heavy enough to break the dry weather. On the dpening prices advanced some 15 to 20 points, then proft-tal1ing began, apparently from one or two of the houses who bought freely last week Possibly some of the selling for the past three days may have come from interests which were supposed to have held cot ton for the account of German or Aus trian houses since early in the war, as the question of ownership and also of the standing of contracts made for the forward delivery of cotton at the end of the war will become a question for se
 rious consideration should this country become belligerent. We think tse trade is looking for g. higher market on Mon day. The reaction at the close was based on weekend proft-taking and the selling mentioned above. We hear no bearish views It is quite possible the government may require from the cotton manufacturers for supplies of cotton goods on the same terms the copper and steel people have given voluntarily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-25

London, March 2S-An amusing story of a wealthy Indian merchants success full evasion of arrest for debt was told me the other day by a British officer newly returned from the land of the rajahs.
 Tt Is the law throughout India" said he. that no native may be arrested aft CT sundown, one object of this regulation being to prevent what is known as dacoiting,' which is form of brigand- age generally practiced by night Just be- fore l came away, a local native mer chant took advantage of the law in fashion which caused considerable amuse- ment which its victim, however, found considerable difficulty in sharing.
 ''These native merchants he went on, do things in big way and think noth- ing of dropping in c ually and placing orders for goods to the tune of 5000 but, in some cases, footing the bill, when it is presented, is another matter. The merchant in question, who had con tracted quite a sizable debt, proved so reluctant about settling that eventually the disgustedf creditor swore out war rant for his arrest, AS soon as the debtor heard, however, that the warrant was out he foiled the intention to arrest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-25
Flour and Feedstuff

Michigan patent flour, Stl. 70; Idaho pat ent flour. $10. Tennessee patent flour, S1010; medium grade sef-rising flour, S10: high grade self-rising flour, $lO.30; hard winter wheat flour, $995; corn meal, g. 60 per s6-pound sack; hen feed, $2.So a sack; mixed horse and mule feed, $40 44S; 71a per cent C. s, meal, $40; Cremo feed meal. s&; prime c. s. hulls, s23; lint
 less hulls, $i6; gray shorts, $4S; wheat bushel, sl.40; corn chops, $2.70; No. 3 white oats per bushel S3c; wheat. per 190-lb. sack, s; kafflr corn and milo maize, per 100-lb. sack, $3 choice fancy pea green alfalfa, per ton, $32; southern alfalfa, per ton, s26; mixed alfalfa and Johnson grass, per ton, S23; choice fancy timothy hay, per ton, S-6 No. l timothy hay, per ton, $23; light clover mixed hay, per ton, 22; No. Johnson grass. per ton, $l7