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Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-29

hibiting Pedigreed Pups-BaItic Mills Company to Erect 9o-Foot FIaepoIe The draft registration in the town of Sprague will be held in the town hall June 5, from a. m. to g p. m. Every male resident, whether a citizen or not, between the ages of 21 and N31 must register.
 Prize for Gardening.
 A Baltic business man stated Monday the amateur gardener having the best only to those who have not followed gardening.
 Psdigreed Dogs Shown.
 G. A. Cote has eight handsome Eng fish setter puppies on exhibition in a pies are bred for grouse dogs, from grouse dogs of great ability. These pups are the result of combining the blood of Soudan, Count Navaree and Daisy Dale. This strain is well known to dog fanciers.i MT. Cote for a num- Der of years conducted a kennel which was visited by dog fanciers from diff ferent cities in New England He has number of blue ribbons won by dogs from his kennels.
 People residing in the western sec tfon of the town were awakened Sun day morning about 4 o'clock by a cir GUS passing through that section.
 To Erect TaII Staff.
 Men employed by Contractor A. R. Torrance of Norwich are preparing to erect for the Baltic Mills company a hagpole 80 feet high. This pole will
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: WASHINGTON, March 2-Con-
gress finally cleared the way for
nual enactment OF tho S555,0oo 900
naval appropriation bill tonight
after stralg lEonihS out a coutro-
vorsy between the two houses which
for time threatened to kill the
measure and force IN extra session.
The trouble WAN over the refusal
Of the house 70 accept an amend
ment by the senate authorizing
bond Issue of SEQ, 600, 900 to meet
added expenses provided for In tho
bill as s. passed tie senate late this
afterTon. The house leaders, point
ing out that ravepuo legislation
could originate only in tae house,
promptly passed a resolution to that
effect and set II over to the senate.
After hurried conferences between
Democratic and Republican leaders,
fearful that to reopen debate on
the bill would mARn its failure the
senate without r. roll call re-passed
tho measure with the bond issue
provision eliminated. AT tho la1t
moment Senator Jones succeeded IN
attaching An amendment strik og
out the clause making 1t ! crlmc for
shtpbuIlding and other Industrial
concerns to refuse to surrender
plants 70 the government in tllne Of
war or otler proclaimed emergency:
The scnat:'s action was greeted
with cheers in the house where 1t
was conceded that any difficulty
over the Jones amendment could be
quickly smoothed out
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WASHINGTON. March 2.--Greater
food crops and the practice OF house
hold economies were urged by Secre-
tary of Agriculture Houston today as
measures 10 help reduce the cost OF
living. American families, he esti'
mated, in a statement on the food SIT
ualion, waste in their kitchens annu.
allv more than $I00,00O,OQ0 worth OF
cdiblcs..
There is nothing in the situation 10
iustifv hysterio, however, he declares.
because there is no real shortage OF
food in the country.
Mr.. Houston emphasized the lm'
portance Of the food cost investigation
directed by President Wilson ana
held out hope that increased acTeaGes
this year may insure greater tood sup
plies. Wheat and potatoes, ne salu
we're unusually short last year, but
nevertheless there will be enough 10
supply very nearly normal needs.
The food problem cannot be solved
lin the secretary'S opinion. througn
price fixing by the federal or state
governments but by Intelligent plan
ming and constructive action IN con,
junction with the operation or normal
forms" Urging full inquiry INTO
the causes of advancing prices ne
said:
"A full and satisfactory explanation
of prevailing prices is not possible, on
the basis of existing knowledge.
Where the food supply is located
who owns 1t, what may be the diftl-
culties Of securing Il. whether the
local market conditions are due to
car shortage, whether there is artitl-
cial manipulation or control, no one
can state with certainty. 1t Is essen
tial that we have the facts not only
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WASHINGTON. March ,. 49, The
sI335, ,00n. 900 naval appropriation Dill
was passed by the senate today with
out roll call. It now goes 10 con-
fere1ce.
Amendments added by the senate
10 which the house is asked TO agree
increases The total Of the bill as 1t
passed the house by S15O.0Ou,OoO and
provides that all appropriations shall
be available immediately instead IT
Iulv I. as usual. OF the amount added
Sllh 900, 900 is for use in rushing 10
completion warships now under con-
struction and To pay for submarine
Chasers and S%I. .0Lh 0uO is for fifty sub,
marines in addition To those provided
for in the regular building program.
Efforts 10 attach the administrator,
amendments empowering the president
10 Gummcndeor American ships IN IN
emergency failed because Rcpublicah n
senators would not consent 10 their
passage without debate. Under the
agreement 10 take final vote at =
o'clock this afternoon, Nlce-Presidenl
Marshall ruled that there could De
tcontined on Page Twelve)
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GERNANSHALT 7
RETIREMENT 7 ON n ]
THE ANGIE Line
DEFINITE STAND MADE /.
SOUTHEAST OF BAPAUME;. {;
:British Pursuit Of the Turkish
Amy in Mesppotamla
Contlnhes.

British troops have made additional
progress north and south Of the Ancre'
but the statement ffom the London
war office give no de.ails Of the latest
advances. Northwest OF Puisiu1-Au-,
Mont north OF the kncre, and In the
Iregion of WarlencoGTt. south OF the
Ancre and toward BEpaume, were the
scenes of the latest gains. as8&
The Germans appafently are prepdr-
ing to make a stanGf on their present
lime south of Bapaunc as the British
statement reports tie repulse OF at.
ltacks against British advanced POSI-
tions near Gueudet9urt and Llgny-''
Thillery A staff correspondent OF the
Associated Press xith the British,
armies reports that lhe Germans now
iare making a definite stand on a line
running from Essarts. through Achlet.
Le.Petit to southeas:. of Bapaume. ~
In the fighting in -the Ancre region
1.-THE British on Friaay captured 1zts
prisoners, three machine guns and
four trench mortar.: Berlin. reports
the repuse OF loSal attacks near,
Souchez and in the sAncre region with
the capture of prisoners. On the ne
mainder of the frost in France only
raids and artillery ssduels have taken
place. :.
On the eastern frsnt there has been
marked activity IL: Galicia and In
Rumania On the Ssast bank OF the
NarayuYka river, III Galicia, German
storming detachmehtS blew up Rus.
sian positions and fDok ITO prisoners.
In the Valputna, 2erlin records, the
Russians made FIVE fruitless attacks
against Austro-G Gernan positions ON
the heights north c6 the valley. Pet.
rbgrad says the : Sighting continues
north of the Jacobeni-Kimpolung high
road. Rumanian aetachments were
forced to withdraY, Petrograd says,
from a height moth Of the River
laval !. sst;a:
Turkish forces intheir retreat from
Kut-el-Amara on Tuesday had reached
Aziziyah. about 4e; miles southwest
Of Bagdad and 50: .nIles northwest OF
Kut-el-Amara. Tie, British ssurAuit
/c,,+,nr.d an P,ra PvsivaA 5t@
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ANIMAL WASTE IN KITCHENS Of !.
UNITED STATES S7Q0Ip00,06)

because of the ligbe they might throw,
on present conditions, but also pe
cause they are prerequisite Tor the
working out of permanent, just ano
economical system Sf marketing. The
investigation directed by the president
ought 10 be made promptly and con-
gress ought to givS the federal trade
commission and tae department OF
agriculture the necessary funds" Hs:>s
Limitation of waite in the kitchen
he pointed out, swould do much,
towards affording partial and imme-
diate relief from oppressive prices.
"As nation" hesnded. we seem to!
have a disdain os. economizing. Oli
course. the waste :; families OF very
limited means is flight, but In fam,
ilies OF moderate ;kGd ample means ~
is considerable. b;en if the estimate
of ST00.000.000 WI tie in the country.
;as prepared BY ou< experts. II cut IN
half would still Rave an enormous 'alat
Prices must be Kaintained at = Ger.
tain level or farms!s will not increase
their output. MrE Houston declat ca,
and either the government or the.
community must guarantee reason.
able price "Thofe who are urging,
that farmers be, Nnduced greatly TO.
Increase their acreage beyond that
which their own ,ldgment indicatea."
he added. know .;ery little about the,
psychology Of falmers or about the.
fundamental necs lsities OF the stu
alton"
There is no necessity for alarm over
reports Of foodtshortage. tho seeIe-.
tary thinks, beca1se crops genefahy.
were as large or larger than the hye-
year average. Grain crops and pcta-
(contnued Or. Page rwsivs.) -:
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WASHINGTON, March . Pres:
dent Wilson's bill to authorize a poll
cy of armed neutrality was pressed
toward passage in the senate tonight
with a debate running the whole scale
of the nations foreign relations,
The measure which the White
House has announced 1t desires as a
substitute for the less sweeping bill
oassed by the house last night, de-
veloped little evidence Of determined
opposition. It gave senators a. long
awaited opportunity. however, 10 ce'
clare their convictions in the interna.
Itional crisis: and the debate proceeded
with deliberation despite the know
ledge that it now is senate action on
which the President Is waiting.
There Were No Party Lines,
and most of the pacifist element
of the senate declared A willingness
10 fall behind the President IN mis-
move for an armed policy.
Senator Stone, head Of the foreign
relations committee. however. oy VII
tue of his position the logical admin
istration spokesman on such ques-
tions, withdrew from the task as soNl
as the armed neutrality oil! was
brought in by his committee. he said
Icandor would not permit MIN 70 lahe
the floor for the measure. and SUD
mitted an amendment to exempt mum
iitions carrying ships from the protec'
ton to be extended other merchant-
men.
To Senator Hitchcock and Senator
Lodge, the ranking Democratic ana
Republican committeeman. fell Inc
leadership. Senator La Foiette ABOUT
Continued on Page 1welVe3
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CARRANZA WILL.
NOT AFFIRM Oh
DENY THE PLOT

GUADALAJARA. Mex, March =
General Carranza renamed cIose'eu
with the members OF his official ram,
ily Yesterday and to-day and denied
himself to those seeding information
concerning the note or DR.. Alfred Llm-
mermann. the Gernlau foreign Secre-
tary. TO Minister Won EcShardt. tne
German representative here, III 'ne
attempt to form an alliance between
Germany. Mexico and Japan, against
the United States. Generai Asuilal'
the Mexican foreign minister. also
declined 70 discuss the Zimmerman
Iote.
Officials OF the Mexican government
here were !oath 70 express their op'u-
ions for publication but me news
seemed 20 come as a surprise ana Il
majority. OF them seemed TO bcnere
hat the German project had not Deem
presented 70 the Mexican government
or that. il il hal. it waS rejected
News papers giving details OF the Ger
nan intrigue We're received today ana
aroused great interest.
Ell PASO. Texas. March 2.-"MeN-
ico is pro-ally in IL Syu2athies and
any a:ori 20 spread German propa-
ganGa there wGuld meet with liitle
announcement among the Mexican
people" Andres Garcia. ;nSpector,Sen-
IRA! OF Mexican consu!attS. sad TO-
nteht u2;.a his return from Mexico
Ci-y. where he was in conference with
-.ieneral CarraGza. Minister Candido
Agui;ar OF the department. OF foreign
.elations. and General AlraTo Oore-
Eon minister % war.
IF there are any Germans or MeNl-
cans with German SymnaihleS trying
o influence public opinion in MeNlc?
through official or sen:-ot!icial posi-
ions. they VIII be discharged as soon
" discovered. am sure. said Mt
;arcia. There are not more than SIX:
men in the Mexican army with Ger
nan names and they have been with
ne Cons;;.utoaaiist movement from
IS inception"
GCADALAJARA. Mex. March g
Ienry p Fletcher. the American am
oaSsador. it was announced today,
probably will presen; his. credentials
. Genera! Carranza tomorrow ana
will return TO Mexico City tomorrow
" Sunday. Until late this afternoon
he ambassador had had no conference
With General CarranZa.
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aFNA7F APPROPRIATION BILL
PASSED; MANY AMENDMENT IS

priation bill, the Senate late to-day
uassed and returned that measure 10
the House of Delegates for concur
renee. of that body in the changes
made. Whether concurrence Will De
forthcoming is doubted.
The Senate amendments were not
made to the detriment of salaries. out
with the changes made the grand total
Is within S68, 900 of the total OF the
House bill items. and almost c1actly
the amount on which the members OF
the House finance committee are said
to have agreed prior TO Adjournment
of
The Regular Session.
The Senate also insisted on making
provisions for aggregate amounts 10
cover clerk and other hire in the varl-
Gus departments, and added $4,000 &c
the SITS 900 provided in the House bill
for salaries OF officers. teachers and
employees Of the West Virginia Uni,
yersity Provisions for addi'ionnal
buildings and land for the State tuber
culosis sanitarium were stricken out
the House bill having set apart $12, ,OOO
q year for the purpose. More than
5000 was added TO the salary and
teachers of West Virginia Collegiate
Institute. cOloreQ. ana s+.nuV Hedi
was stricken out for building and lands
at Glenville Normal.
Many Of the miscellaneous approprt
ations appearing in the House bill
we're stricken out but all those were
left for which verified claims had been
made TO the proper Legislative authors
ties. For many Of the departments
the House bill was amended by Strik
inc ont tho entire sections relating tC
those departments and figures, most oil
which allowing an aggregate sum fol
Ss(Cont1nued on Page Twelve.)
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Cotton Laden Ship For
The Allies Fire~gutted

BALTIMORE. Md. March o.-Sev.
eral thousand tons Of cotton ~conSigned
to Liverpool was destroyed tonight in
a fire in the hold Of the British steam
shin Carolinian, OF the Garland. line
The vessel had about finished loading.
and would have cleared rO-murrow
morning. Included in the cargo was Il
large and varied supply of mrrchan-
disc consigned tn the allies. The ca
pacity Of the vessel is 1000 tons. The
origin Of the fire has not yet been de.
-termined.
Reserve fire apparatus WAS called
out. as were also tn" fire boats, to
combat The flames. The hold was
filled with water. and HE vessel sci
tied 10 the bottom OF her slip. beside
the Baltimore & Ohio elevator. at l.n,
Gust Point E'irrmrn cut holes in the
side OF the boat with acetylene torches
in order to got at the fire. located di-
rectly beneath the engine room. The
loss is not yet known.
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Many Secret Service
Men Gyard Wilson
'psW9t.a aessiHgTSeGT6 essiHgi'Sse = TeS ,"S c. March a.

Special Dispatch 10 The lntrISssfSenrsr. -
WASHINGTON, 9. c., Marcn -
Unusual precautions have been taken
by the secret service Of the govern
ment to protect tDe President the.
people. public buildings, the foreign
embassies during sthe Inauguration:
Secret service mem: from all parts OF
the country, as wen as United States
marshals and theE deputies have:
been summoned hare, and given ~
structions and assignments. There 1s
small army Of thSsc officials IN the
city now, coming n advance OF the
crowds. Many ca1ue on the ueMx;
carrying crowds at.:popular excursion
rates, the first Of Shich began to Y.
rive today. Not jQ many years sl!,
indeed. it has ey& happened sines
Lincoln's second iSauguration. haHe
such elaborate PRECAUTIONS been tanen
to protect the Prcsident the We
President. the capitol and other gov
eminent buildings. ut cannot be de-;
MED that there Is: 4, feeling OF uneas;;
mess prevalent In the Capitol. but
II is not shared bySthe secret service
Officials. Everythiag is in complete
readiness for the. Inaugural ceiebfa-
lion 10 commence. and its SUCCESS ne.
pends wholly upon what kind OF
weather Washingten will have nexs
Monday. The govetnment: forecasters
aren't ready yet tothazard an ofncisl
prediction. =; -.5>
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CHEERS FOR THE
AMERICAN SHIP


BORDEAUX. March >. 4:l3 ,. M
The American freight steamer RocheS
fer arrived here from New York TO-
day ami anchored off Orleans street al
II:55 "A. NJ, the rising tide having
flna,cd her off the sand bank upon she
stranded last night while ascending
the Gironde river in fog.
A large crowd, attracted 10 the
wharf bv the welcoming sirens Of 9th
or steamers, Cherred the Rochester,
and many persons cried Long live the
United States.
The crews of both the Orleans and
the Rochester. and the officers and
crews from British and from French
vessels here, have been invited to an
other gala performance in the French
theatre and to luncheons 10 DE given
by the city authorities.
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Bu1, PASSED

CHARLESTON, W. Va. March
might sessions Of the House
= and Senate failed to bring about
an agreement between the TWO
branches of the legislature on the
/ general appropriations bill. When
the House bill. as amended by the
Senate, was reported TO the
House tonight. the lower house
refused to concur in the Senate
amendments. The Senate refused
10 recede from the amendments.
Conference committees were
again appointed to consider the
differences between the two
bodies, Senators Hawley. Gribble
and Hogg being designated BY
President GoodykoontZ, while
Speaker Thurmond named Dele
gates Renshaw. Bray and Hunter.
Extended political discussions
we're made in both branches. In
the Senate, Minority Leader Fox
stated the Democratic position.
and Senator Gribble. Of Doddridge,
replied on behalf Of the majority.
In the House OF Delegates. Dele
gate Johnson. Democratic foor
leader. read into the journal a re-
view OF the action OF the Demo
cratic majority in that body in
refusing TO agree TO a bill carry
ing lump appropriations for de,
partmental clerk hire in the rari-
Gus State offices. Delegate John,
Of Monongalia. criticised the Dem
ocratic position and argued that
partially was shown by the Demo-
Gratis in fixing the appropriations
for denartmants controlled by The
Democrats and those controlled by
the Republicans.
CHARLESTON. ". Va. March. q
amending the House appr
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American Ships VIII be Arming Before Another Day
THREE AMERICANS INDICTED ON CHARGE
OF PARTICIPATION IN GERMAN SPY PLOT

NEW YORK, March 2.-PartI-
cipation in an elaborate spy plot
organized to send to Great Britain
under guise Of being American
newspaper correspondents but
whose real purpose was 10 serve
as spies to supply Germany Ger
many forbidden information as to
civil and military conditions In
England, was charged against Al.
bert Sander, Charles w. Wunnen-
berg and George Vaux Bacon, in
indictments found here today by
the federal grand Jury.
Arrangements were made In
this city, the indictments aIlege:
by which this information could
be sent out of Great Britain
through the use Of writing fluid
which remained invisible until Ger
tain chemicals were applied to
the paper containing the writing.
Bacon. it is charged, was hired to
40 to England as supposed news
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)tSlu tIu1pp ping AhSASAAssAA
The Senate debated far into the
night the bill approved BY the
President authorizing the armins
Of ships and the employment OF
"other instrumentalities" to pro-
tect American rights, and provld-
ing for a bond issue Of S1OO.00o,-
900. Little opposition developed,
and Republican and Democraucs
leaders predicted the passage or
the measure by an overwhelming
majority. The House is expected
to accept the bill as a substitute
for its own. which does not carry
the phrase other instrumental
ties" and prohibits the insurance
of munition ships BY the Federal
war risk bureau.
The cabinet met this Afternoon
and discussed every phase OF the
international crisis. There was
no announcement after the meet
ing, though il was learned that
the administration considered tnat
there was nothing more 10 be done
until Congress acted. ,
About the only new develop
ment OF Importance before the
cabinet was Il communication
announcing that Germany would
release the American prisoners or
the. Yarrowdale on March ! upon
the expiration OF a quarantine es-
tablished because British salioI
detained with the Americans hao
developed typhus fever.
WASHINGTON. March >. -- Re
publican and Democratic senate
leaders failed in conference late
tonight 10 smooth over diflcuitleS
in the way of important !eslsla'
ton still pending and both houses
of congress remained in session AT
midnight with prospects or con-
tiuuinG without recess.
After consultation with Secre,,
taries McAdoo and Daniels ana
Postmaster-General BurleSon over
plans to assure if possible lie the
enactment before the session en-
pires Sunday OF the army ana sun
drv civi! appropriation bills. Sen
ators Simmons, Martin, HugheS
and other Democrats conferred tor
nearly two hours with Senators
.Penrose and Lodge. Thes" spnkeS-
men for the minority assured tne
Democrats OF their Willingness 10
let the bill extending power TO the
president 10 arm American mer-
chant ships come TO a vote alter
full and free discussion but they
would give no assurances about
the fate Of the other appropriation
bills or the bill TO amend the ship
ping law extending authority 10
the government. 10 commanoeer
merchant ships and ships being
constructed in the country lot
foreign owners.
We will have to proceed as We
are doing with these measures
and get along the best we can.
said Senator Penrose after the
conference. ,,
We made no progress toward
an agreement on the legislative
program" said Senator Simmons,
While for time tonight, the
final massage of the naval bill
seemed doubtful owing to the dis
pute with the house over the BOND
issue involved in it, this trouble
was cleared up. Progress on the
neutrality bill was slow however,
with no vote until tomorrow prob
able.
In view of the apparent dead
lock with regard to the army, sun
dry and general deficiency bills
the prospect for their ultimate
passage before March d seemed
tark. Some Of the Democratlc
leaders still remained hopeful.
In any event they said the admin
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.PACIFIST ELEMENT
FALLS INTO LINE
MANY Senators Declare the
Passage Of Resolution
Means War.
WASHINGTON, Ma

wAsH1NaToE, March g.
Early this morning, after more
than eight hours debate on tho
armed neutrality bill In tho senate,
leaders reached an agreement Tor a
recess until 10 A. NJ, without set
ting time 5or vote on tho
measure.
at l2:45 O'Clock tho recess was
taken. The agreement was reach
ed after Senator La Ponette had
withdrawn his objection to tadng
up the bill ~ passed by tho house,
With a view to substituting for IT
tho. broader senate measure ap-
proved by the president
! Democrats In charge Of tho bill
proposed this step SO It can go to
conference Immediately after this
senate acts, instead OF having to
be sent back to tho house.
Senator La Toilette, .ppon whose
attitude virtually dsponds when a
vote will be reached, dechnsd to
agree upon O time to vote. Numer-
Gus senators Still have spsechss to
! make, and It probably viii be late
tomorrow usfore the bill goes to
conference. Administration lead
ers are confident chat the house
Will aocept tho senate substitute.