davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-19
M'coRMIck SEES NO
 PROSPECT OF EARLY PEACE
Because of Sussia's Collapse and un-
 readiness of the United States.

Chicago, Nov. 1S.-Russia,s collapse and ti.e lrnreadiness of the United States make hopeless any fhouglits Of peace before 1919 in the opinion of Medilf Mccormick, congressman large of Illinois. who has jiustgrettifned from . visit to most of the important fronts of the European battle line.
 MT. Mccormick in a statement to- night said: ] I'Tlse Germans are not winning the w<lr.
 'Nedtber are we.
 'The war presents a staJemate from which we are unable to exfricate our selves, because of the ccADlpse of Rus sia and the u1readiness-kof the United States. E z Nowhere in Europc.s1id I find an in formal soldier or pulbKc man who be- 'lieved that a milit Ary decision could be achieved before{Ts19. when the United States mirJaH add effectively to pressure on the central empires. There is practically no Rope that Russia can be useful during 1918. Russia is so disordered that,i,; cannot make war. Happily, in sW probability, neither can she make fpeace.
 The resou ices of the central powers have been <nergetically spent. They are bleedi' E terribly. But they act with grea Ser energy, unity and skill than their $enemies.''
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-19

Along the Piave river the Italians are holding the German and Austro Hungarian armies in check Nowhere have the invaders been able to cross the stream and at several places where they previously had gained sbccess to the western bank they have lpeen bril- ltantfy counter-attacked and forced to withdraw to the waters edge.
 On the Benson loop sector in the south the enemy has endea Eored to extrica1e himself from his SC rious po- sition. but the Italians, putt ing down an attack with heavy losses. closed in upon the invaders and mHde more precarious their situation. he Italian in the fighting along the we. ytern bank sfderabiy more than two thousand prisoners and also taken 21 machine guns Int the Fagare zone ! fhe enemy has been completely vanqu ished and forced. to give up his posit ions.
 In the hilly region repres enting the northern front from Lake Garda to the regionsso1th of F'eltre a Il the Aus 1ivered with extreme viok mce, have been repelleds according -to5 the Rome var office, P although Berlin asserts that northeast of AEago and between the Brenta and the Piave. rivers the Italians have been. driven from fur ther strong mountaEtn positiona.
 No advicesf have come through to slow that the Briti'fh and French re- have reached the Italian line in any considerable mum bers,' but the few days which it was announc- ed last week must intervene before they could stiffen tie front arc now et an end Therefor D. 1t is presumed that, with the Italia ns, having borne the brurt of the Tt utonic-silied at
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-19
GOOD WORK DONE BY
 THE FOUR MINUTE MEN
President Wilson Expr esses Apprecia-
 fion of the Patrits<ic Work.

Washington, Nov. fA - President wilson, in a letter made public tc- night. expresses his appreciation; of fke patriotic. work being done by the agency of 15,000 volunteer speakers who present wartime messages of the administration to theatre audiences throughout the country.
 May not express my very real interest in the vigorous and inte1li- gent work your org auizatien is doing in connection with the Committee on Public Information said the presi- dents letter. 'It is surely a matter worthy of sincere appreciation that a body of thoughtful citizens. with the hearty cooperation of the managers or moving picture theatres, gre en- gagged in the presentation and discus sion of the purposes1 and measures of
 Men and nations are at their worst or at their best in any great struggle The spoken word may light the fire of passion and ,unreason or it. may in- spire to ,highest,action and peblest sa- crifice a nation of free mkz. Upon you Four ,Minutes Men, who are charg- ed with q special duty and enjoy 9 special privilege in the co ommand of your audiences, will rest in! a consid- erabIe degree the task of arousing and informing the great body of our people so that when the record of these days is complete we shall read page for page with the deeds cf army and ravy the story of the unity, the spirit of sacrifice, the unceasingr labors the high courage of the men and women at home who held ursoroaxen the i'm ner lines. My best wishes and con- tinuing interest are with you in your work as part of the reserve officer corps in a nation thrice armed because through your efforts t knows better the justice of it's ca uses and the value and what it defends"
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-19
COMMONS TO DEBATE LLOYD
 GEORGES PARIS SPEECH
British Premier Will Welcome Oppor-
 tunity to Defend His Plan.

London. Nov 1S.-The parliamentary correspondents of the Sunday news papers are unanimous in their antici- patton that tomorruw's important de- bate in the house of con,rnGns on Pre- rnier Lloyd Georges Paris speech will clear the air and end the controversy which has been raging during the past week. They picture the premier in a most militant mood and welcoming the opportunity of defending his plan for an allied war council against his crit ics represented as an irT-econciliab blc combination of radicals, pacifists and military conservatives.
 It is expected that MT. Lloyd George will clear away any miscon4ception that his remarks in Paris were intended as reflection on army leaders. He is also expected to deal with the prospec- tive inclusion of American representa- tives in the council and to explain why no special arrangements have been made for naval coordination.
 The political correspondent of the Sunday Times says that with the ex- ception of Andrew Bonar Law, chan cel1or of the exchequer, the members of the war cabinet are in full accord with the premier's new policy of form ing an allied war council and will sup port him even in the event of military resignations.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-19
GERMAN INTRIGUE IN
 IRELAND DENOu NCED
By the Lowell Branch of the United
 irish League.

Lowell, Mass. Nov. 1s.-Gel.man in-i trigue in Ireland was denounced in a manifesto adopted here tonight by the Lowell branch of the United Irisb league and mailed to party leaders ill Ireland.
 "As loyal American citizens we are most deeply interested in the eau ;e for which the United States has ea- tered the war and we are utterly and irrevocably opposed to any policy that might injure the United States or ihSr allies by giving aid and comfort to the enemy and thereby prolomging the war" says the manifesto
 After declaring the party's supsport of the constitutional movement, the manifesto continues: -
 "As for any promises of indepesnd- ence for Ireland coming from Germ sany. with all our souls we denounce the1in as hypocritfcal and insincere, but eu1hally to be spurned if they were sin cere. Never in her history has Ireland been arrayed against human freedom. and she would be unworthy of freede m if she lined up with the modern bittfla- Germany is trying to make a catkpaw of Ireland and unfortunately some Irishmen are helping her horde of paid agents in that direction"
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-19
DISORD ERs OF INCREASED
 GRAVITY IN ZURICH.
Pae'he fists Smashed the Blinds and
 / Windows of the Prison.

Iris, Nov. 1S.-A despatch to the Ha Fas Agency from Zurich, Switzer- Ia Fu. referring to the pacifist manifes- t'xtion of Friday, says:
 (.'Disorders of increased gravity broke out again last night. Two thousand persons assembled in the Place Hell yetia, and then marched, rging +"The
 nternationale," to the prison where were confined those persons arrested during the riots of Friday night The blinds and windows of the prison were smashed and the police charged the mob with drawn sabres.
 tThe rioters again erected barri-' cades and replied with volleys of stones, whereupon the police drew their revolvers and fired. Four per sons were killed. A machine gun firing blank cartridges, brought the trouble to an end.'
 A despatch to La Presse says a doz- en persons were killed and that a large number were wounded and that the movement of the population has been prohibited in several quarters of the town. .
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-19
TO REDUCE CONGESTION
 AT FREIGHT TERMINALS.
Highway Transport Committee to Use
 Motor and Freight Vehicles.

Washington, Nov. 1S.-Efforts to re- duce congestion about railway freight terminals by greater use of motor and horse vehicles for distribution of cer- tain classes of freight in restricted areas will be made through the new highways transport committee of the council of national defense.
 The committee announced today that it does not contemplate the operation of any truck lines itself, but has begun a careful study of the situation with a view to making recommendations for the cooperation of shippers and rail- roads.
 Particular attention will be given the problem of freight congested sheds and cars held to be unloaded. Tsle committee will seek ways and means of keeping delivered freight moving out of the sheds more promptly and also of releasing loaded cars with less delay.
 Roy D. Chapin, president of the Hudson Motor Car company, is chair man of the committee. and associated with him are Logan W. Page, director of the office of public roads, depart mert of agriculture; Henry G. Sherley, chief engineer of the Maryland state roads commission, and George H. Pride, president of the Heavy Haulage com pany of New York city.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-19

tack during the past week unaide Id, the present week. with the aid of t be allies in their line, will turn the bs H. ance of the scale in their favor.
 Again the artillery duel on ID e Flanders front has reached treme B . dous proportions and it is not unlE as- ly that Field Marshal Haig has i.n from the region of Passchendaele I b. ward the town of Roulers and the ii l. portant railway line serving the G r. man front from the North Sea sou 5 T. ward. The Germans, anticipating ;Sn- other of the irresistible operations of the British chief. sare directing their heavy gun fires on the positions in the neighborhood of P. tss- chendaelen and Langemarclz and SC hth of the Polygon Wood.
 To the south the big guns of the French and the Germans also eare ac- tive. along the Chemin des Dal mes, and the present week doubtless will witness another attempt by Ger era1 Petain's army here to press fur ther forward toward Laon.
 The Palestine troops in Pales fine are giving the Turks no rest. The i'm portant city of Jaffa on the Med It ,r- ranean has been captured by hi m, the Ottoman forces offering no resi st. ance. It is stated that instead of standing and offering battle ! the Turks are in retirement northwa1l
 The latest unofficial advices fl -om Russia indicate that Fsetrograd tlnd Bolsheviki and that s sbastopol, 1 the. big naval base and arsenal on tho Black Sea, has gone over to the we-rfx=l mems and soldiers deIeg etess the sail. CTS of the fleet having sworn allt;gi- ance to them. t 7
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-19
FOREMOST CHEMISTS ARE TO INVESTIGATE EXPLOSIVES
They Are to Act as Advisors in the
 Bureau of Mines.

Washington, Nov. 1s.-Six of the country's most foremost chemists were called into the service of the govern ment today to serve as a special board to investigate explosives and the use of gases in warfare. They were named by Secretary Lane to act as advisors in the bureau of mines
 The board win go into the subject of increasing the production of mat rials used in explosives manufacture and will advise the buisau in thefop- eration of the recently enacted law regulating the sale of explosives The members are:
 Dr. William H. Nichols, of the Gen eral Chemical company, New York chairmanJ Professor H. P. Talbot head og the chemical department of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology: Williams Hoskins of Chicago a consulting chemist: Professor H. F. Venable, of the University of North Carolina; E. c. Franklin, of Leland Stanford University, and Dr. Charles l.. Parsons of the bureau of mines.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-19
Combination Sugar
 Sales Forbidden
ROBERT ScoVILLE IS TO MAKE RULING EFFECTIVE AT ONCE
CORNMEAL IS EXCEPTED
Practice of Dealers Requiring Purchase of Other Articles in Order to Obtain - Sugar Has Been Declared Illegal.

New Haven, Conn.,, Nov. IS. Tit ruling of the national food admins tration that the practice of "combina- tion' sales by grocerS and others, re- quiring customers to make additional purchases in order to obtain a certain food article, may not be continued, ex- cept that a dealer may require the cus- toner to buy twice the weight of corn meal, grew out of inquiries of the Connecticut food administration a few days ago as to the legality of sucn combination sales" At a conference in Washington last week, it was stated today, the food administration of Con- necticut and Rhode Island pointed out the increase in bargain sales to ob- tain sugar and other sales of non- essentials had been unnecessarily stimulated.
 Robert Scoville, the state food ad- ministrator, today stated that the ruling is effective at once, and it's en- forcement can be brought about by wholesalers.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-19
UNITY PLAN AND CONTROL
 BETWEEN ALL THE ALLIES President Wilson Regards as Essen- tiat to Achieve a Permanent Peace.

London, Nov. 1s.-Colonel E. M. House, h:ad of the American mission, has received a -cablegram from Pres fdent Wilson stating emphatica1ly that the United States government conernment considers that unity Of plan and control between all the allies and the United States is essential in order to achieve just and perman- ent peace.
 President Wilson emphasizes the fact that this unity must be accom- plished if the great resources of the United. States are to be used to the best advantage and he requests that Eo.anek House confer with the heads Of the allied eovernments with a view to achieving the closess possible CO npeTaaa,on; ats,.ss,Saat t0,iso3 ,. s,ea r,o,a,,., House to attend the first meeting Of the supreme war council. with General Tasker H.. sBliss. as military advisor. take place % in Paris Before @ the end of the month.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-19
FATALLY INJURED IN INTER-
 GLASS FOOTBALL GAME
Charles Curtiss Persiani, Jr., of PIantsviIIe, Student at Penn. MiIi- tary College.

Chester. Pa, Nov. 1S.,Charles Cur tiss Persiani. IT,. of Evansville. Conn.,. student al the Pennsylvania Military college. died early today as the result of injuries received yesterday in an inter-class football game. He played haJfback throughout the contest and complained of no injury until two hours later when he was seized with severe pains in the head. He was taken to the Chester hospital, where an operation disclosed ruptured blood vessel in the brain.
 Persiani. who was member of the class of 1920, was the son of Charles c. Persiani, vice president and manager of the Clark Bolt Manufa curing com pany, of Huntsville. He was 19 years old. Although not a candidate for the varsity football eleven. he was one -,f the best all around athletes in college.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-19
GOMPERS HAS BEEN
 INVITED TO VISIT ENGLAND
By Parliamentary Committee of Brit
 isIn Trades Union Congress.

Buffalo, N. Y, Nov. 1s.-There was no session of the American Federation of Labor convention here today. Many of the prominent officers in the -r= ganization spoke from pulpits and forums and the socialist delegates were invited by the local socialist organiza- tion to attend a mass meeting.
 President Samuel GOmpers, it was announced today, has been formally in vited to visit England at the close of the present convention. The invita- tion was brought by John l.. Hill and Arthur Hayday, fraternal delegates from the British trades union con- gross, and came from the parliament ary committee of the trades union congress. MT. Gompers has not indi- cated whether he will accept.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-19
NEGCTiA11oNs WITH JAPAN
 HAVE BEEN BROKEN OFF
For Japanese Shipping in Return for
 American Steel.

Ty,kio. Saturday, Nov 17.-In a 1enf,thy statement today the depart m9nt of communications announces that the negotiations with the United SAtes, by which Japan was seeking t. have the American embargo on steel ' aised to a certain extent in Japan's 8 ftavor, have been broken off, to Japan s regret, because of the differing circum- placed.
 Americas demand for Japanese ship ping in return for the concession would virtually destroy Japan's Euro pean trade, the statement declares, while the equivalent offered was an inadequate one, cannot reach the ex- tent of infringing upon the necessities to her national existence
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-19
SISTER MARY BASIL -.s AWARDED $e4,ooo DAMAGES Against AreFbishop Shratt and 9th
 CTS at Kingston, Ont.

Kingston, Ont, Nov. 1S.-Sister Mary Basil, who sued Archbishop Shratt and others for s29,009 damages for assault and abduction. was award ed $24.o00 by the jury before Justice Britton in court here last night. Of Ihis amount the archbishop, the Ro- man Catholic Corporation, Mother General Frances Regis and the Sis ters of Charity are to pay s20,0O0 and Dr. Daniel Phelan $4,000. The other defendant, Policeman Naylon, was as- sessed nothing.
 Sister Mary alleged that she had reported to Rome that conditions in the orphanage with which she was connected in the province of Quebec were "deplorable.''
 As a result. she averred, the arch bishop and his associates attempted to abduct her from the orphanage and have her confined in an asylum for the insane
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-19
GEN. PERSHlNG VISITED
 NEWLY MADE GRAVES
Of Three Americans Who Were Kill
 ed in Recent Trench Raid.

With the American Army in France, Saturday, Nov. 17.-(By the Asso- ciated Press). General Pershing on. a trip to the front visited the newly made graves in which lie the bodies of the three victims of the recent trench raid. They are on a green hill overlooking small village. .
 General Pershing showed especial interest. in the simple markers upon tine graves, recording the name, com pany and regiment of each of the Americans buried there and in wreath of native flowers hung within the enclosure, upon which had been placed in French. the following in scription:
 Here lie the first soldiers of the great republic of the United States who died on the soil of France ror justice and liberty. November B. 1917 ,,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-19
BIaSkmaiIers at
 Work in Hartford
SENDING THREATENING LETTERS
 TO WEALTHY PERSONS
ONE DEMANDED $25,ooo
Mrs. Ralph w. cuiley, Who Had Re-
 eeived Two Letters, Also Receiv-
 ed Telephone Message to Make Haste.

Hartford. Conn. Nov. 1s.-A recur- renee of blackmailing letters sent to wealthy Hartford persons is in evil dence here again. Two such letters have been received within the week by Mrs. Ralph w. Cutler, widow of the late president of the Hartford Trust Company, and by John l.. Tal- colt, president of the Strand Moving Picture Circuit In the case of Mrs. Cutler $25, ,00O was demanded under pain of death and $2.500 of MT. Tal. colt. Mrs. Cutler was told to leave the money in Simsbury and MT. Tal- cctt was ordered to leave his at the -four corners in Albany avenue.
 Urged to Make Haste.
 Mrs. Cutler has also received a mes sage by telephone urging her to make haste or else suffer. The letters sent by the blackmai1ers are written illi- terately and resemble closely se- ries of similar missives sent prominent Hartford people last summer at which tune State Librarian Goddard was one of those who received threats.
 Home Guarded by Special Police.
 The home of Mrs. Cutler is now guarded by special police night ard day and she is in a state of nervous collapse as a result of the threats which began three days after the re- cent death of her husband.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-19
FOOD DEBATES IN
 THE PRUssIAN DIET It Will Be Necessary to Reduce Both Meat and Bread Rations.

Copenhagen Nov. 18.-The view that no1inn nran If bIuS at the % present % time in granting food allowances consider ably higher than are justified by the crops of the year, seeming is confirm ed by the recent food debates in the Prussian Diet It was stated in these debates that it probably would be ne cessary to reduce both the meat and bread rations March 1. in order to make the stocks last through.
 The food authorities, according to all information reaching here, appear to be gambling on the chances before spring and now have set great hopes on the results of Russian and Italian developments
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-19
GERMAN CRUISERS CHASED
 THROUGH HELGoLAFo EIGHT Pursued by British Warships to With
 in 30 Miles of the Island.

London, Nov. IS. German light cruisers which fled through Helgoland Eight yesterday before British war ships of similar type were pursued to within thirty miles of Helgoiand, where they came under the protection of the German battle fleet and mine fields, the admiralty announced to- day.
 One of the German light cruisers was observed to be in flames and the ma chinery of another seemed to be dam aged. One German mine sweeper was sunk.
 The British light forces returned without losses, with but little material damage to the ships nd slight casual ties among the personnel.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-19
100 VILLA TROOPS OCCUPYING . GARRISON AT OJINAGA
The Remainder of Bandits Men Are South of the Town.

Presidio, Texas, Nov. IS. = Fewer than one hundred Villa troops occu- pied the garrison at Ojinaga today, the remainder of Villas men being in the field south of the town or at San Juan del Rio nine miles ou the Sanches river. When Villa entered Ojinaga Wednesday night his ordnance officers uncovered quantities of ammunition and rifles which had been hidden in the houses of the little town. These had beeS left there by the Villa troops who were in Ojinaga last June
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-19
In Ne < French csb;n.4

Paris NovE 1s.-Charles Sergent has been appo hlted under-secretary of nnance Tn he new cabinet. M Sergent was born in 1869. He was assistant governor if the Bank of France which position he resigned to accept the under-se cretaryship. He has under since t'Ae begHnning of the war. his latest 1Seing to Greece.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-19
TWO SUSPECTED CASES OF
 MEASLES AT CAMP DNENs
Has Caused the isolation of Two Rat-l
 teries of Artillery.

Aver, Mass, Nov. 1S.-Two suspect ed cases of measles caused the isola- ton of Battery D. of the 301st Artil- lery, and Battery B. of the soend Ar tillery, today.
 Both commands made the best or the situation and staged impromptu of crowds of visitors who were kept at a discreet distance by guards
Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-19
YOUNGEST SON OF EARL
 OF RosEBERY KILLED
Hon. Neil Primrose, M- D., Lest His
 Life in Palestine.

London, Saturday, Nov. IT. - The E-enfng Standard reports that Hon. Neil Primrose. M- P. youngest son of Inc Earl of Rosebery. has been killed fin Palestine. He was a lieutenant in ts<-ve-nrnent he had been parliament f-ry under-secretary for foreign af- Hairs and parliamentary military sec- frtary to the ministry of munitions was born in 1892.