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Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10
32FamiIieS Made
 Homeless by Fire
BURNED OVER THREE WHOLE
 BLOCKS AT JERSEY SHORE, PA.
LOSS IS ABOUT $500, ,OOO
Several of the Families Burned Out Were Driven Out in Seant Attire With a Blizzard Raging.

wilIiamsport, Pa, Dec. 9.-Fire which broke out at Jersey Shore, near here, early this morning burned over three whole blocks, rendering 32 fam lilies homeless, destroying 10 business houses and causing a loss estimated at $500 900 before it burned itself out along the. river bank after raging un- checked for several hours.
 Engine Stalled in Snow.
 The fire was discovered in the Nc Cullough block at o'clock and famed by high wind, was soon beyond con- trol of the single fire company. As but the motor-driven engine became stalled in a snowdrift a few miles north of this city and had to turn back Lockhaven also started assist ance, but owing to the heavy snow the fire fighters did not arrive until sev- eral hours later.
 Several of the families burned out were driven out in scaI1t attire with the thermometer near zero and with a blizzard raging.
 Ten Business Houses Destroyed.
 Of the 10 business houses totally de- stroyed, the heaviest losers were the s. M. Carter shoe store, Kelschner undertaking establishment, Samuel Henry tailoring establishment Nc Cullough drygoods store, Willard cash grocery, Probst meat market, A. L. English drygoods store and the Zettle bakery and confe fectionery store.
 A relief committee was named by John T. Hyatt, chairman of the Jer- sey Shore. A safety committee which will cooperate with the Jersey Shore Red Cross chapter is looking. after the victims.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10
ALLIED REINFORcEMENTS ON THE ITALIAN FRONT
The British Position is Around the
 Heights of Monteio

Italian Headquarters in Northern Italy, Friday, Dec. 7.-(By the Associ- ated Press.)-It will be cheering news to the allied world that allied rein forcementS have now definitely taken their place on the actual Italian front and are today occupying trenches in the battered positions held by the Italian troops, now relieved for a needed respite.
 The British position is around the heights of Montello, on the upp Piave, where the batteries on the heights are already in action and rifle fire answers the steady sniping from across the river. The French position cannot as yet be indicated. but it is in an equally important sector.
 The formalities of transfer have been in progress for the past week and are now definitely accomplished, when the Italians saluted the British flag, and the Tommies cheered the men in gray as they went for their well-earned rest.
 This transfer is significant. First it is visible evidence of allied unty, not alone in conferences, but on the fight ing lines. It is evidence also of unity on the western front, whether in Italian enetian or French Flanders. Second. it is the infusion of new blood new life, new spirit at timely mo- ment.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10

The long-expected civil warfare in
 Russia apparently has come. General
 Kaledines, the leader of the Don Cos
 sacks. supported by General Korhiioff,
 former commander-in-c chief of the
 Russian forces. is declared in an ofi
 cial communication issued by the Bol-
 shevih government to have raised the sta ndard Of revolt in the Don COSSack
 region against the people and the rev olutfon
 As counter to the movement the Bolsheviki government has ordered it's troops and followers immediately to set to work to put down the uprising forbiddfng even any attempts at me Giation.
 No details of the uprising are as yet to hand, but the proclamation of the Bolsheviki government asserts that the constitutional democrats and the 1 5ourgeoisie are aiding the movement against the Leninite faction. The 1 Cossacks, of which Kaiedines is the leader. is famous as dashing. fighters l and in choosing Korni1off as his right | man. of unquestioned ability. Of equal interest in the world war I is the brilliant stand the Italians have
 made in keeping back the rush of the
 Austro-German forces from the Asia go plateau region to the plains O;
 northern Italy. Although the enemy had bent back the line of the defend
 CTS fo q point where it seemed thai | it must give way under the press O.
 overwhelming numbers of men and
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10
A SAVED OF CREW OF
 DESTROYER JACOB JONES
One of Them, Ensign Staunton F.
 kali<, Died From Exposure.

Washington, Dec. 9.-Vice Admiral Sims cab1ed the navy department to- day that A officers and men had been saved of the 110 known to have been aboard the destroyer Jacob Jones, torpedoed and sunk Thursday by a German submarine. He added to the list of dead Ensign .Staunton F. Kalk, who died from exposure, and to the survivors an unidentified man picked up by the submarine after the de- stroyer went down.
 The total number of survivors is given as A. including the man taken prisoner; but tho total probable loss cannot be given until the corrected roster of the ship has been reported.
 The statement issued shortly after noon by the navy department, reads:
 Additional information received today from Admiral Sims reveal the fact that the Jacob Jones was tor pedoed at 412 o'clock P. m.. on De- cember 6. She began to settle aft and finally sank at 4:2s o'clock.
 "A submarine was not seen until some time after the ship sank. The submarine then picked up one survi- vor whose identity is not known.
 The destroyer was not so far from the European coast as was indicated by the first despatches lt was thought last night that the incident occurred 400 miles or 800 miles off the coast)."
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10
NON- PRESIDENTS REQUESTED
 TO LEAVE HALIFAX
All Those Not Engaged in Relief Work or There on important Business

Halifax, N. S., Dec. s.-An non-res- idents not engaged in rleief work or here on business of extreme emer- gency today were requested by May or Martin to leave the city at once because of the serious lack of accom- modation and the shortage of food supplies In a second proclamation, the mayor urged persons not on re- lief missions to stay away from Hal flax for the next two weeks.
 After reports from committees which are endeavoring to handle situation elmost beyond them, Mayor Martin issued this proclamation, with a re- quest to local newspapers to print it in big type on their front pages and to keep it there:
 "On account of the serious lack of accommodadons and scarcity of food supplies, all non-residents at present in the city not on relief work, or bus mess of extreme emergency, are re- quested to kindly cooperate with the relief committee by leaving the city as soon as possible
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10
TO TRAIN AMERICANS
 IN RARRAGE FIRE. American Artillery Will Work With American Aviators.

With the American Army in France. Friday, Dec. By the Associated Press-A division of American troops recently arrived in France, will begin regimental manoeuvres Sunday and will be trained in barrage fire, the American artillery working with American aviators. The site picked for the practice is rolling ground. The artillery will lay barrage up to the first objective, over theoretical Ger man trenches. The infantry, following up the fire, will occupy the trenches and then execute a flank movement, which will enable the men to study the barrage moving on to the second objective.
 The signal corps will get the benefit of the manOeuVreS, for they will be carried out if an actual attack were being launched and the business of the signal men will be to establish and maintain communication between the advancing sections and the regi- mental and brigade headquarters in the rear. Telephone communication is to be used from the first objective piont to both these headquarters. The he1io- graph will be employed between the first and second objectives to regi- mental headquarters, while radios will be sent from airplanes to brigade headquarters
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10
STATISTICS OF WORKMEN'S
 COMPENSATION COMMISSION
Second District Had 4,872 Accidents 1,266 Agreements, and % Awards.

Hartford, Conn.,, Dec. s.-Statistics compiled by the Hartford Courant from figures furnished by Frederic M. Williams, chairman of the workmen's S compensation commission. show that during the year ending Nov there were in Connecticut 45,093 accidents to employees and that in Il, ,059 of these cases agreements or awards were ar rived at Of the casualties reported 3,644 were to railroad men, and Il settlements were made. One contested claim was disallowed because the in- jured party was engaged in interstate traffic when injured. The Fourth dis trict furnished the largest number of cases, 12 ,204 occurring there. The Third district had the greatest share of rail- road casualties, 1109.
 Figures for the five districts, which coincide with the congressional dis trict boundaries, follow:
 F'irst-All accidents, 10,781; railr- cads, 614 agreements, 2,724; awards 214.
 Second-All accidents, 4,s72; rail- roads, 524; agreements, 1,266; awards 92
 Third-All accidents. S.016; railroads 1,109; agreements, 1883; awards, z10
 Fourth-All accidents, 12.204: rail- roads, 910; agreements, 2,417; awards 69
 Fifth-A11 accidents, 9,220: railroads 4s7; agreements, 2,017; awards, 217.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10
ANTI-PNEUMONIA SERUM AND DIPHTHERIA ANTITOxIN
Are Called For by the Relief Workers
 in Halifax.

Washington, Dec. 9.-Urgent calls for anti-pneumonia serum and diph- theria antftoxin came to the American Red Cross headquarters tonight from relief workers at Halifax. The pub lie health service arranged to supply sufficient antitoxin for five hundred patients. and long distance telephone calls to the four laboratories in the country. which make anti-pneumonia serum brought assurances that a large part of the 1,00o units wanted would be on the way north before morning.
 John F. Moors. in charge of the Red that general medical and other needs had been so fully supplied that furth- CT contributions of supplies and con- tongents of doctors and nurses should await specific requests.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10

Halifax N. g., Dec e.-An appeal to , the peopIc of Canada for from $2O,O0O,- 900 to $25,000,0 900 for immediate re- lief of the homeless and the recon Halifax was issued today by the mayors of Halifax and Dartmouth The appeal explained that the ruin was complete in a wide area occupied ex- . cfusively by the laboring class It read:
 Text of the Appeal. -An appalling disaster has visited the old historic city of Halifax and the town of Dartmouth Its cause ana a general account of it have already ] tude is not yet known even to our selves.
 Damage to Shipping.
 -The damage to shipping and the ports equipment is of very ser1ous character, windows and doors every where were shattered to pieces, ana fa many streets outside of the ruined dfstrict homes were partially wreck cd But in the areas which at closer range came under the full force of the explosion, every building of every class and description was completely de- sfroyead and fire in many cases finished tlae work of the explosion. It is es- tfmated that at least 1,500 dwellings and their contents have thus been wiped out of existence, as many more partfaIly destroyed. and from fifteen to twenty thousand persons rendered homeless
 2coo Persons Killed.
 ~f is feared that as many as two thousands have been killed thousands have been injured ard in nearly an cases the families ir. the devastated areas have been left destitute and .penniless- The stricken district was occupied almost excls-vely by the peo- :pEe Of the industrial and poorer class ies-
 For the present and immediate fu- ture shelter and maintenance is being found for them in public buildings and private homes but the season Of the year renders it imperative that inn mediate steps shall be taken to begin the work of reconstruction For this purpose we estimate that between twenty and twenty-five million dollars win be required. and in the names of these stricken communities we send out this message of appeal to the gen. 'eral public of Canada for immediate help
 we have confidence that the citi- zens O. our city and province will not fail Us in the hour of our distress and we arc sustained by an equally confident hope that our appeal to the other portions of the Dominion will meet with a prompt and generous re- sponse, so that it will be found that ltheee soreIy aFicted people shall be provided with dwellings, clothing and food
 Building Materials Needed.
 Tt will be of great assistance to us if when offers of goods or building ma terials are made, descriptions and quantities should be mentioned so tha. supplies of all kinds may come forward as required.
 -The Bank of Nova Scotia, Halifax win act as treasurer of the relief fund and the branches of that bank and oi an the other banks in Canada will re- ceive subscriptions and transmit them to Halifax without charge.
 "(Signed
 "I f. MARTIN,
 Mayor of Halifax.
 'E- F. Williams,
 ssMavnr 0f DaTfr1o11fh~
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10
A ToRRENTIAL RAIN
 HAS FLOODED HALIFAX
gt Has Held Up Systematic Search
 For the Dead.

Hafffax N. S, Dec A torrential rain flooded Halifax at daylight today. Accompansed by fifty mile gale, it added greatly to the sr1fferings of the NthousandS of persons who had found none too sure shelter after the de- structfon of their homes Thursday by the explosion on the ammunition-lad- en steamer Mont B1arco in the har- bor here.
 Search For Dead Held Up.
 Systematic search fo- the dead in a two and half square mile area in which the entire available population was expected to take part today was held up. Throughout the devastat- ed zone the rain turned three feat of snow into slush knee-deep at points, hut despite these conditions men and women went early to the scene to con- tiuue their hunt for members of their families lost in the disaster.
 Toward noon the wind shifted slightly and the skies were brighter, but not clear The temperature drop ped sharply
 No additional estimates were forth coming this morning as to the num- Der of dead The officials do not agree. Wagons carried to the morgues a score oS bodies found in uIfexpected places and it was said many of the in 5ured had died during the night
 Church Services Were Suspended.
 Church services were suspended. By nrHer of the mayor Sunday was not nhnnkwed aE a holiday and the stores mslzfEhn MgR%fI food, fuel and clothing
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10
BRITISH AvIAToRs BOMB 1 A GERMAN AIRDROME.
During Patrol Flights Two Hostile
 Machines Were Brought Down.

London, Dec. 9.-Reporting on the activities of British naval aircraft, an admiralty statement says:
 'On Saturday forenoon naval air craft carried out a bombing raid upon the Aertryoke afrdronie. The weather dropped upon the objectives.. The bombers were attacked by enemy air craft scouts. two of which were brought down completely out of con trol and appeared to be damaged.
 During patrol flights two hostile machines were destroyed and one put out of control All of our machiE Ai returned safely"
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
 BAGLEY WAS RESCUED
With Five Other Men He Was Picked Up and Landed at SciIy Islands.

Washington Dec. g. Lieutenant Commander David Worth Bagley and Lieut.. Norman Scott were among the survivors rescued after the sinking of the American destroyer Jacob Jones by a German submarine in the war zone Thursday night
 The navy department was so ad- vised late tonight by Vice Admiral Sims.
 These two officers. two warrant of fcers and two enlisted men were named in the admira1's despatch as survivors in addition to the 37 .previ- ously reported saved.
 Admiral Sims report said that Com nander Bagley and the five other men saved with him got away in a motor boat and were picked up and landed uninjured at the Svilly Islands
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10
FOODSTUFFS FOR HARTFORD
 DURING THE WINTER
To Be Considered by City Officials, Railroad Officers and Federal Agents.

Hartford Conn, Dec. 9.--The prob lem of securing enough foodstuffs for Hartford during the winter will be of city officials. railroad officers and federal government agents in New Haven Monday. While food shortage is already felt here it is feared that soon condition win be much worse as river transportation must cease short ly.
 One plan that vii be discussed is that of having the river steamers land their cargoes at Saybrook during the winter and have them re-shtpped by rail to Hartford. This has never been done but win be this season if the railroad facilities are found to be ade- quate.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10
VILLAGE OF lLLioN, N. Y., IS WITHOUT COAL
Hall and odd Fellows Temple Throws
 Open to Residents.

Utica, N Y, Dec s-The village hall and Odd Fellows temple in Illion, were thrown open today for the resi- dents of the village who are without coal. Never in the history of the village has the scarcity of coal been so acute. There is actual suffering. A mass meeting was Held in Odd Eel lows temple last night when it was reported that many people have closed all but ono room of their homes and that those remaining at home are wrapped in bed clothing in order to keep warm. The sick and infirm
 are suffering in many cases.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10
BELGIUM AND GERMANY
 TO EXCHANGE PRISONERS.
Arrangement Was Made Through King
 Alfonso of Spain.

Havre, France, Dec 9-Through the intervention of King Alfonso of Spain. an agreement has been reached under which Belgium will repatriate all Ger man civilians removed from German East Africa who are now interned in France. Germany in turn is to set free all Belgian women and children intsrc- ed in German camps who are under going sentences for misdemean nons. They are to be allowed to return to occupied Belgium, Switzerland or France.
 Germany is also to set free promi- nent Belgian coloniaIs arrested under reprisal measures. Further mutual Alterations of prisoners are to be dis cussed later under the agreement
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10

remained open. Workmen wandered about the streets but traffic conditions were depIorable and slow progress was made toward restoring normal trict, where melting snow had filled each thoroughfare with streams over mans shoe-topS. This second storm appeared to have about filled the cup thought was for six hundred persons in tenas and in damaged buildings which were not secure against a drE ing rain. Late today it was announced that all had found shelter. Relief ef- lords were redoub1ed for the commit tee realized that the problem was growing greater.
 By night 95 additional bodies had been placed in the morgue. Several deaths occurred among the injured.
 PubIic's Nerves Are On Edge.
 The public's nerves are on edge. A wild report of a burning munitions ship heading into the harbor and fly ing a red flag filled the streets with hundreds who slroted to others to seek flames were soon under control. Off, ficers and soldiers reassured the frightened ones.
 Crowds visited the relief stations where food is served and hundreds of heartbroken searchers dug among the ruins of their homes.
 Differ as to Number Dead. No attempt was made to check up
 or revise the death total. The morgue officials held to their estimate of A. 900 dead but others said the esti-
 mate was too great by half. The reconstruction committee an-
 nounced that in order to make tempor- ary repairs to damaged homes the fol- lowing was needed:
 Materials Needed. Glass. ere million lights or panes, fs,o0S; doors, 2,o0o: scantling. 25o, ,00O feet; boards, (matched), 1000. 900 feet: roofing paper, 5000 squares: wall board, s0o,o0o square feet; nails, l. 900 kegs, 2 IA to inches. The construction committee accept ed an offer from Governor Milliken
 of Maine for the shipment by special glass te ntons of putty, and one hun
 dred thousand rolls of tar paper. Another train with 25 physicians 70 nurses end supplies from Massa- chusetts ard Maine arrived today. It brought an equipment for a 5o0-bed
 base hospital. The 7,1oo blankets and 750 hospital cots sent by the state of Maine were greatly needed
 The first Massachusetts unit to ar rive has occupied what was once the n1arsion of the British general in command of the forces here, as hos Borden, the premier of Canada, visited the hospital today and declared it a triumph of organizing ability Steamer to Be Held For Shelter. The steamer Calvin Austin, dut from bBoston tomorrow with supplies, will be held at her pier for a few days as a home for relief workers.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10
A NEW SORT OF GERMAN PROPAGANDA DISCOVERED
| It is Designed to Induce Soldiers to Continue Enduring Hardships.

With the American Army in France, Saturday Dec. S.-By the Associated PreSs)-A new sort of German propa- ganda has been discovered through papers taken from a captice German captain and turned over to American officers. It is being employed among soldiers and is designed to instruct them in German claims as to the caus- eS of the war and the perils of defeat in order to induce the men to continue enduring hardShips.
 The memorandum says another purpose is to induce soldiers to sub scribe to loans. The organization works from general headquarters through divisions to companies and ev- en platoons. Reliable men are chos- en from each organization to carry on the propaganda
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10
VALE JUNIOR PROM.
 MAY BE OMITTED
1t Has Been Decided 1t Would Be Out of Place Owing to War Conditions.

New Haven, Conn. Dec. 9.-F'o1low- ing action by the prudential commit tee of the Vale University Corporation, which voted in opposition to it, 1t now seems probable that the junior prom -enade, Yales most important winter social event, will not take place this season. The committee formally pass ed upon the matter Saturday and de- cided that the big event would be out of place in view of the war conditions prevailing. It was announced that informal dances would be permitted The Student Council had voted that the promenade might be held.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10
AMERICAN AvIAToRs
 TRAINING IN FRANCE
Production of Liberty Airp'ane Motors
 Has Begun.

Washington, Dec. 9.-Production of Liberty airplane motors on a quanti- ty basis actually has begun, American army aviators are in training on the nghting lines in Europe and the nation is within sight of realization of the great air fleet proect mapped out since the United States entered the war.
 Figures cannot be published. if be- came known today that members of the air board, who returned recentlyy from an inspection trip to plants and flying fields are satisfied that another sixty days will see men and machines being turned out at a rate that insures the ultimate success of their plans.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10
REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL
 HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
Dr. Sidenio Pses Has Been Named ss
 Provisional President.

Madrid. Dec. 9.-Information has been received by the Portuguese lega- ton in Madrid connrmatory of previ- ous advices that the revolutionary movement in Portugal had been sue cessful
 According to the legation's informa- tion, the government under Premier Costa has been thrown from power and Dr. Sidonio Paes, former PorSi guese minister to Germany, has been named president Of a provisional gov ernnaent
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-10
SENATOR CHARLES HuMBERT
 LEAVES THE PARIS JOURNAL
To Face Charge of ComPIicfty in Re- latiens With the Enemy.

Paris. Dec. 9.-senator Charles HuInhert announces in this mornings issue of the Journal that he is Ieav- ing that newspaper, the direction of which returns to Henri LetelIier, the original owner.
 Senator Humbert's resignation from !he newspaper direction thus corNae just before the senate is to vote defi- n1teiy on the suspension of his i'm munity so as to allow the state to charge him with complieity in reIa- tions with the enemy, through his all legged dealings with Pierre Lenoir and William Desouches regarding German money by way of Switzerland and with Bolo Pasha, for similar funds by way of the United States.