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Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18
CONVENTION OF FRESHMEN OF
 ALL GLASSES AND cREEDS
Is Approved by William O'Brien, Leader of the Independent National

London, May IT. HOP D. m.-wiH- jam O'Brien. leader of the Independ- Lloyd George, said he was unaltera- ply opposed to any scheme of parti- ton, on home rule. He himself and his friends were prepared, to give hearty support to the proposal for a convention of Irishmen of all classes and creeds.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18
TO ASK FOR COINAGE
 OF INNOCENT PIECES.
Resolution Adopted by National Con-
 fectioners' Association.

Rochester, N. Y, May TIA resolu- ton asking the government to resume the coinage of two-cent pieces, inas- much as most penny candy goods will have to be sold for two cents, was adopted at today session of the con- Vention of the National Confectioners' association and forwarded to the treas urY department
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18
GUNBoATS HAVE
 ARRIVED IN MEDITERRANEAN
To Aid in War on German Submarines
 and Convoy French Merchantmen.

Paris, May 1S.-A number of Japan ese gunboats have arrived at MarseilleS to aid in the war on German subma- rines and convoy French merchant men. If the experiment has satisfac- tory results it will be extended.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18
OBITUARY.
Charles Scott Woodrow.

Columbus, Ohio. May 17.-CharIes Scott Woodrow, aged 67, an uncle of President Wilson, ded today at the home of his son, Thomas J. Wood row. at Briggsdale. President Will sons mother was Woodrow's half sister.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18

Boston lawyers will purchase and equlp a new field ambulance to be sent to France
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18

The lose of the Zeppelin L-22 was admitted by the German Admiralty. It was sunk in the North Sea-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18

Several senators and representatives are planning to enlist as bluejackets in the navy when the session of Con- gross ends.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18

Reports received by General P. Bliss Gales indicate he was elected govern or of Sonora, Mexico by a big major ity.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18

Propelled by an off shore wind the ice held that was retarding navigation into Duluth moved out four miles.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18

The Portuguese Consulate in Boston asked Portuguese residents to devote their energies to farm work
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18

The first case of infantiIe paralysis reported in Montclair since the epi- demic last summer was recorded.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18
Big Increases in
 Income Surfaces
WRITTEN INTO WAR REVENUE
 BILL BY HOUSE COMMITTEE
CAMPAIGN OF 27 DAYS

Calls for 25 Per Cent. on Jneones Be- tween s4o,ooO and $t,OOS,OOO-s Per Cent. on Incomes in Exessa of ,ooo,ooo-Vote in House Stood 146 to 1O7.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18

An appraisal of the estate of James Talcott, of New York shows that it has gross value of $4,046,S16.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18

The Norwegian WorLmen's Cen tral Bureau decided not to attend the Stockholm Socialist Conference.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18

The death at the front of General won Victinghoff, former governor of Strassburg, was reported in dispatch from Berlin.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18

Secretary Redfeld proposed that children go into the rag, waste paper and old iron business to raise funds for war relief work.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18

Captain Andre Tardieu of the French army, a member of the Cham Der of Deputies, arrived in the United States with a corps of assistants to correlate with the purchasing agencies of the French Government and take charge of the commercial aspects of French official affairs.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18

The Costa Rican government pait $200,000 on the French loan, thu. covering it's obligations on both debt; until the end of the year.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18

Reduction of garbage from an av- craze of 400 tons a day to 200 tons was announced by Frank l. Bennett, Chicago commissioner of public works.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18

Sweets are under tre ban at the officers training camp at Fort Sheri- dan, III. The candy man was ordered beyond the three-mile limit.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18

"Ted" Hequembourg, instructor and Lawrence Curtis, of Boston, student were injured when a flying boat fell about 50 feet at Newport News, Va
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18

In khaki uniform and with a red, white and blue ribbon binding her hair the seventeen-year- daughter of Private Thomas J. Whalen, is Uncle Sam's youngest recruiting offic- CT. She is helping her father and the First Reserve Engineers Regiment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

The University of Louvain, at pres
ent heap of blackened ruins, by grace
OF German she'll and incendiary bomb,
is to be restored to its former beauty
by its sister institutions Of learning IN
the United States. if plans advanced
by Clifford n. Carver do not miscarry.
Mr.. Carver, who is former member
of the United States diplomatic corps,
and acted as secretary to Colonel L. NJ.
House on his last trip TO Europe, ar
rived here yesterday on the White Star
liner Adriatic. He brought with him
the hope that colleges and universities
Of this country could raise by subscrip-
tion s5.O0O,0 900 to reconstruct the
ruined buildings of the University Of
Louyain.
II was for the purpose Of determin-
ing what il would cost TO restore the
structures that Mr.. Carver went abroad
several months ago. From Belgian su-
,borities he has received an accurate
account Of the damage done and the
probable cost OF reparation. This will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
War Shermanesque
To Women Soldiers
Problems: Style and Comfort;
Can They Smoker Must
They Bob Hair?
lRr Cable % nc Thbunel

London, March 1O.-Seversl small
but embarrassing questions are begin
ming TO poster the Adjutant Generals
department dealing with the newly
established women's army auxiliary
corps for service in France.
Doubt is arising in the minds OF the
women as TO whether khaki is the most
becoming color for their uniforms.
Some are urging that soldiers caps De
worn instead of hats. Others are un-
certain whether they ought to salute
the men officers or whether the men
soldiers ought 10 salute the women Of
MANY of the 10000 volunteers are
asking whether they will be allowed to
smoke cigarettes at the front. and
whether they will be supplied with the
ordinary smoking ration that goes 10
the men. Another important point Tor
the women is whether they will be re-
ouired to clean their own boots.
Many are inquiring what form OF
drill will be used to inculcate a sense
of discipline before they proceed TO
France. All are anxious 20 know the
latest hour at which they Will be al
lowed 10 stay out of the barracks at
night, and. more important still, wnetn-
err they must all wear short hair.
These complications are taxing years
off the lives OF the War Once officiais
who are trying to find a solution Tor
all of them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Sir Sam Hughes
Here; Confers
With Gen. Wood
Says Canada Will Do "Ob-
vious Thing" if u. S.
Enters War

"If two countries have a common
enemy, what is the obvious thing to
do ?" asked Sir Sam Hughes yesterday
afternoon at the Vanderbilt Hotel.
The question put by the former
Canadian Minister Of Militia was in
answer to this question put to him:
"If the United States declared war on
Germany, what would the action OF
Canada be-"
The Obvious thing military CO.
operation between the United States
and Canada-is rumored, indeed. 10 be
the very business which brings Sir
Sam to this city. He arrived very sud-
denly on Friday.
With him came Colonel Herbert A.
Bruce, formerly inspector general of
the Canadian Overseas Medical Ser
vices, VINO has sailed for France to
take up his duties as consulting sur
geon to the imperial forces in that
country; Major Bassett, formerly of
Colonel Bruce's staff, and Victor Ross,
an editor of THE Toronto Globe"
Colonel Bruce had conference with
Major General Leonard Wood, COM
manding the Eastern Department OF
the United States army, on Friday
And yesterday Sir Sam went to Gov
ernor's Island. where he and General
Wood talked for three hours or more.
1t was only after deal of questioning
that Sir Sam admitted that he had seen
the army officer. The nature Of their
conference he refused TO disclose, say
ing jocosely that he "had examined two
antiauated guns. had seen the Statue OF
Liberty and had been shown the army
post" ., Il.
The Canadian admitted that no
would be in the United States for sew
eral weeks. He left town last night'
He would not say whether ne was go,
ing TO Washington or not, nor wouid
he deny that he might see GeneIal
Wood again before returning to "
tawa. The business which orougr' !
him to the states was, ne INSISTED
purely personal"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Seeks $5,OOO,OOO Here to Restore Louvain

be in the neighborhood OF the s5.0Oo,-
600 he will ask from the United States.
A committee will be appointed, Mr..
Carver said. to take charge OF the work
of soliciting subscriptions. This will
be composed of college presidents and
several American fnanciers. II is
planned for the work of restoration TO
be begun as soon as peace is declared.
The University of Louvain was
founded in 1926 by Pope Martin V and
Duke John Of Burgundy. Before the
war il had a student body of 1000. Its
library. now utterly destroyed, was
known as one of the most beautiful
medieval buildings in Belgium.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Eight-Hour Law
Compromise in
Brotherhood Plan
Settlement of Controversy
Is Predicted at Close of
Cleveland Meeting

Cleveland, March 10.-Settleme of
the railroad eight-hour controversy, ir-
respective of whether the Supreme
Court holds the Adamson law consttu-
tional or unconstitutional, was fore
cast in Cleveland to-day by action of
the biggest and most important confer
ence Of brotherhood leaders held since
the grave hour six months ago, when
a nationwide strike impended.
Announcement of compromise plan
to be presented by the four unions at
a meeting with railroad officials in New
York came simultaneously with the rev.
elation that the brotherhood chiefs had
notified President Wilson that a strike
would not be permitted TO embarrass
the government in case the United
States was drawn into war.
"The settlement conference with the
railroad officials will have nothing to
do with whatever action the Supreme
Court takes in the present test of the
Adamson law" President W. G. Lee, Of
the Trainmen, said. "An effort will
be made to reach an agreement that
will bring peace between the railroads
and the men if the law is held constitu-
tional.
"An effort also will be made TO work
out a plan that will effectively take the
place of the Adamson law in case IT is
held unconstitutional"
The four chief executives issued the
following statement:
"a meeting was held at Cleveland
March 10 by representatives. OF the
four train and engine organizations,
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, Order Of Railway Conductors,
Brotherh ood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen and Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen. in response TO
call issued by the chief executives, for
the purpose of conferring as to the sit
uation regarding a settlement Of the
eight-hour day proposition. 1t was de-
cided to renew efforts to obtain a set
tlement, and meeting has been ar
ranged with the national conference
committee Of the railways. to be held
in New York on Thursday. March 10.
"rhe four hundred chairmen of the
four transportation organizations at
tending the meeting reported the con-
dtions existing on their various sys-
TENS as even worse than on September
2. 1916, when the Adamson eight-hour
law was enacted. They complain bit
terly because the men they represent
are working for the same rates of pay
and longer hours and worse conditions
than prior to the enactment Of such
law, and called attention to the fact
that nearly all other classes Of labor
had been given substantial increases
during the last year, which in meas
ure offset the increased cost OF living.
"They authorized the chief execu-
tives TO press the matter to an early
conclusion, and while the situation is
grave the chief executives feel hope
ful Of effecting a peaceful settlement
when they meet The managers com
mittec.
"The men feel. and their officers sup
mort them in the opinion, that the rail
way companies should have applied the
Law A. intended by Congress and the
President Of ~ United States, thus
giving the men the benefit from Janu-
airy /. instead Of rcsorting to the
courts"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Wilson Weak; Cold Gone

Washington. March lO.-President
Wilson had recovered tonight from
the cold that kept him in bed for the
last four days. He was said TO be
weakened. however, and greatly in need
Of rest. lie sat up to-day and attended
10 official business, conferring briefly
with Attorney General Gregory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
NEW YORK & FLORIDA SPECIAL"

Finest train to Florida Resorts all steel !
trains daily. Atlantic Coast Line. iiss - way.
-Advt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

vIORmA-CUBA-CA RESORTS.
Savannah. Atlanta. Birmingham Finest
steel trains. seabosrd Air Line. ilS+ B~sy.
-Advt-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Many Belgians Dying
In Typhus Epidemic
Eighty Succumb in Commune oi
1000, Newspaper Reports

Amsterdam. March l0.-The Les
Nouvelles., of Mssstricht, learns that
distress in Belgium has increased so
greatly that an epidemic OF typhus has
broken out. In the commune OF Bree,
province of Limbourg. alone. eighty
deaths in the population Of 1000 have
occurred in the last two months, the
newspaper adds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Err

,.,,essing oloudiness and warmer
.a.dav. followed by rain at night.
Tomorrow rain, colder. lnereas-
mo south-southwest winds.
Pull Report on Page ie
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Lansing STILES Eagles Screech
Over Old Tub Exhumed by War
State Department Tells Shipping Board the Matte Newman
Dcrelict in Liverpool, Cannot Force England
to Aid in Her Repair

has leaped successfully from the Wool
worth tower not to take the elevator
for a second attempt, but until new
conditions made relaxation of the rules
possible the Matte Newman could not
be repaired in British port for the
American cosstwise trade.
Offer by Great Britain
If her owners would consent, now, TO
put her in the 'cross-Channel coal trade
there would be no difficulty about the
repairs. The Matte Newman, they sug-
gested with delicacy was better suited
70 that purpose than for another trans
atlantic trip. The owners, after getting
the skipper's diagnosis of the ailments
of their vessel, promptly accepted the
offer.
Matters were at this stage when the
Shipping Board heard Of the indignity
offered to the Matte Newman and
patriotically rallied to her aid. Her
owners were not permitted to acqulesce
in the high h-handed British procedure.
Out in San Francisco William Denman,
chairman of the board, swore mighty
nautical oath that never should the
right Of the Stars and Stripes TO travel
the high seas be invaded, especially by
Great Britain. -,
Measures are under consideration,
was his bellicose statement, TO meet
Great Britain's action in forcing Amer
lean ships 10 carry British supplies
The detention of the unfortunate Mat
tie Newman at Liverpool, he asserted,
was due TO the refusal Of her master
TO carry war upplies. In answer 10 the
suggestion that his threat of retalia-
tion concerned the case of single ves-
sci only 129 feet long, Mr.. Denman
stoutly responded that more than 1000
cases were before the State Depart
ment.
Waking Up Dead Ones
The State Department wearily opined
that "Mr. Denman was waking up dead
ones" and explained that the "4,ooo
cases" involved vessels, mostly IN the
Orient trade, whose owners objected TO
the "bunkering agreements" whereby
the ships must carry certain csrgoes
for the Allies in order to get British
coal.
The State Department is inclined to
believe that Great Britain is within
its rights in making regulations for
the distribution of its own coal. II IS
inclined to think that that nation is
within its rights in the case of the
Matte Newman and that the Federal
Shipping Board is confronted only by
a molehill. Secretary Daniels said to-
day that in a similar emergency the
United States would, of course, give
preference to work on it, own vessels.
But if there are any British Matte
Newmans on these shores they had
better watch out, for the Shipping
Board may soon be after them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

Washington, March 10.-War has
pIaved another trick on the venerable
schooner Matte Newman. 1t found
her, after more than thirty years in
the cosstwise trade, lying in the sands
of the New England coast, dug her out
and sent her packing off to Liverpool
with leaking seams and a cargo almost
sufficient to pay for her entire. if she
did not founder. Now the new Federal
Shipping Board has rediscovered the
faithful Matte Newman in a Liverpool
dock and threatens TO make her the
scapegoat for British sins.
Vague talk of "reprisals" for the
scurvy treatment accorded to the Mat
tic Newman were made bv the Shipping
Board, and to-day the State Depart
ment took official cognizance of the
shabby three-master. expressing disap-
proval of the attitude of the board and
intimating that it had been magnifying
insignificant incidents and reviving
questions which the State Department
regarded as closed.
II was a tragic day for the Matte
Newman when rising shipping rates
made it profitable to dig her out from
her comfortable sand blanket and, after
a bit of hasty patching up, slap crew
and cargo aboard. Crossing the North
Atlantic even in peaceful times is no
/ r aaha Cf onIN
2s3 tons, built in 1883.
Matte Ends Trip YEARLY
But the Matte Newman did IT, With
the caulking streaming from her yellow
pine planking and her stout white oak
frame embracing a cargo costly beyond
her proudest dreams, she loafed up the
Mersey, loggy but prideful, to the
lugubrious chant of her hand pumps.
Not even her sanguine skipper, how
ever, deemed it possible to attempt tho
return trip without undergoing exten-
sive overhauling. He looked about for
a berth, explaining candidly that he
wanted TO take the Matte Newman
back to her old trade along the coast.
Through the perfdy of the Admiralty
orders. there was not a berth TO be
found for the gallant Matte Newman.
Among the strict shipping regulations
which went into force when war began
to crowd the British yards and take
toll of British workers there was not
one which provided for the fitting out
of American schooners for the Ameri-
can coastwise trade.
Officials scanned her battered sides
and shredded gear, and then gazed at
her skipper with new respect, but unre-
lentirg eyes. II was too bad. said
they, soothinglv, in the manner Of men
coaxing a deranged fellow human who
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

AsHgyIILY>-Tn the Heart oi tho ,, biue
Ridge. 'Ths Land Of the Sky wr,te m
| 60, hnokfet Of Information. Neschch ~
s1t,TgEuE HALFWAY SYbTEN IN az
bours n. Y. Omce--2sf Yifth Ave.-AdVI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-01
COMPENSATION CLAIMS
FIXED AT EDDYSTONE
$3.50 to $40 Weekly Paid to 80
of Injured-Plan for Death
Payments
CHESTER. Pa" May


Announcement was made today by Ref
cree w g. Scott, Of the Workmen's Com
pensation Bureau, that eighty?two agree
ments had been reached In the cases Of
injured victims OF the Eddystone Ammun-
tion Corporation explosion The rates
agreed upon range from Ss.25 to $40 per
week during the period of disability.
This Virtually concludes the adjustments
among the injured, and work on the adjust
ment Of Gains for the dead will he started
tomorrow. The eighty-two include all the
injured that representatives of the firm
and the compensation Bureau have neen
able to reach Efforts to find others re-
ported injured have failed.
The work of adjusting death claims is
expected to take some time, Many of those
killed were aliens, with dependents residing
In other countries. TO effect y settlement
in these cases II will be necessary to con-
suit Consuls of the various countries.
Witnesses are still being examined AT the
ammunition plant in the probe Of the ex-
pcsiou The investigation on the part Of
the firm will continue for some time,
Margaret Ryan and Joseph Nassis. ex-
plosion victims. have been discharged from
the chester Hospital. reducing the total
number of patients suffering from burns
and other injuries to fourteen. The re-
covery Of some of the victims is considered
remarkable the entire number Of more than
forty being cut more than two-thirds IN
three weeks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-01
HAND OF WARE SEEN
IN MAGISTRATES BILL
Legislature Gets Measure to Lengthen
Terms of Judges" in Phila-
delphia Courts

bill to extend the terms of the magis.
trates in Philadelphia from Ave to six
wears was introduced in the House today
by Representative Edward W. Wells. or
Philadelphia. Wells is a Ware follower and
the extension OF the terms of the magis-
trates would materially help the Wares in
the election next year and also in the fu-
ture. as the Wares won control of the
magistrates last year
The terms of five magistrates expire -
the FIRST Monday of January next. unlesg
they are extended, and their successors
are to be elected next fall They are
Magistrates MacFarland Eisenbrown,
Rooney, Tracy and Bore
Magistrate Eisenbrown explained today
that all magistrates were now serving six
years and that the bill introduced by Mr.
Wells is simply to legalize that practice.
He said the change in election laws by the
state Legislature whereby municipal eec-
tions were provided for only every other
year made 1t necessary to give the magis.
trates an even number of years to serve.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-01
DIVIDENDS DECLARED

Interns tionaI Harvester Company Of New Ier-
sey and the International Harvester Corporation,
regular quarterly of IL per cent on the pre-.
ferred stock payable June TO stock Of record
May II.
National Bank of Germantown regular semi.
annual dividend II per cent payable May
10 stock of record April 80
Cripple Creek Central Railway, regular quar-
terly OF ! per cent the preferred and IA per
cent on the common stock, both payable June
] to stock Of record May II.
Studebaker Corporation, regular quarterly OF
"a per cent preferred and .'2 per cent
common, both payable June ! TO stock or
record May ~
American Cotton oil. regular semiaunYal OF
3 per cent preferred. and regular quarterly
of I per cent common, payable June TO
stock of record May 10.
Standard Woven Fabric Company, regular
quarterly of 81 IS per share on first preferred,
paYable May | to stock Of record April 81.
Northwestern National Bank, regular semi
annual OF q per cent, payable today to stock Of
record April 25.
Penn National Bank regular semannual Of
per cent. payable today to stock or record
AT the close OF business April 30.
Tenth National Bank. regular semia annual of
per cent. Checks will be mailed today
Mobile Electric Company regular quarterly
of ~ per cent preferred, payable May ~
to stock Of record April 80
terly OF ia per cent preferred, and ga
per cent on common payable May 10 TO stock
OF record toda"
Automatic Electric Company quarterly Of /
Corn Exchange National Bank, regular semi
annual Of per cent payable today to stock
holders of record today
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-01
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-01
MUNITION STOCKS CHANGE HANDS
AT CONCESSIONS ON THE CURE
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