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Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13
G-WITH-ENEMY 
 BILL PASSED BY SENATE
Many Amendments to the Measure as
 It Passed the House

| Washington, Sept. 12.-The admins tration trading with the enemy bill, (which passed the house without a dis lsenting vote last July, was passed by the senate late today with many amendments. including one giving the president power to embargo imports land prohibiting publication of war comment in the German language un- less accompanied in a parallel column by translation in English Other important provisions interdict commerce between Americans and Germans. or the 1atter's allies, give the erations of enemy insurance companies in this country and extend espionage powers.
 The important embargo amendment, added today at the administrators re- quest, would extend present presiden- tial powers over export trade to inn ports as well.
 The bill passed the senate after two days of debate, heard by an average of less than a dozen members, without
 a roll call and virtually without ob- jection.
 The amendment restricting publica xoce vote, was offered by Senator King and Is subject to elimination in conference. It provides:
 That during the pendency of the shall be, concluded and the fact de- clared by proclamation of the presi- dent. 1t shall be unlawful for any per son, firm sor association to print or publish or cause to be printed or pub Hshed in the German language, any comments respecting the government of the United States. or of any nation with which Germany is at war. it's poli- cfes. international relations, the state or conduct Of the iwar or oe any mat ter relating thereto. without printing or publishing in a column parallel tos such a matter, a true and complete translation of the same in the English language
 Any print or publication in the Ger man language which does not conform to the provisions of this section shall not, be admitted to the mails. and 1t shall be unlawful for any person to transport, carry or otherwise publish or distribute the same.
 Any person violating the provisions of tf1fs section shall on conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not more than $500, of by Imprisonment for a period Of not more than one year. or may, in the discretion of the court, be both fined and imprisoned.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13
FEDERAL REGULATION
 OF MEAT PACKING
Will Be the Next Move of the Food
 Administration.

Washington, Sept. 12e-Government regulation of the meat packing i'm 'dustry will be the next move of the of representatives of the packers to put their plants undef licensing sys- tenn made to Herbert Hoover, the food administrator, at a conference here today was accepted and plan of control will be drawn up shortly.
 The packers, numbering about a score, came to Washington to take up, with MT. Hoover the threatened meat shortage and the subject of ris- ing prices. They. are of one opinion, that prices cannot be broush4 down e .ut1e unless de3ermaned effort is rnade to inW'ease tpe, productfon of ffve36ock. The greH export demand. they believe, wfh naitnain prices at hiEh level until long after the war has Tended.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
 OF GASToN B. MEANS
As Business Agent of Mrs. Maud A.
 King, a Wealthy Widow.

ew York, Sept. 12-Documentary evidence showing that the financial transactions of Gaston B. Means ran into a fortune, was discovered here today by Assistant District Attorney Dooling in his investigation into the mysterious death at -Conford, N. H., Of Mrs. Maud A. King, the wealthy widow for whom Means acted as bus mess agent.
 The documents Dooling says he found in a trunk in Means apartment included a formal agreement entered into by Mrs. King with Means under which he was to receive $950,00o if certain funds were recovered for her from the estate of her late husband, James C. King A third party to this agreement was Carl L. Schurz, who was to receive five per cent. of what ever sum was recovered. The fortune was to be obtained if an effort to have probaIed a new discovered will pf Mr. King was successful
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13
AUTO THIEF GETS ONE
 YEAR IN REFORMATORY
John Murphy Whose Testimony
 Helped to Convict . Wealthy Man.

Bridgeport, Conn.,, Sept. 12-Joseph Murphy, sen-confessed auto thief, whose testimony convicted a wealthy garage owner of Portland, Maine, named Snow on the charge of recetv- ing stolen automobiles, was given . sentence of one year in the reforma- tory today in the cremenila superior court. Murphy was arrested in Bridgeport on a charge of automobile stealing and was taken to Portland as a witness at the trial of Snow. The State of Maine granted Murphy inn munity for the services rendered.
 Judge Burpee commended Murphy for his action in assisting justice and for his truthfulness. Several minor caseswere<disposed of on pleas of guilty.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

action, and it is said will withdraw her minister from Berlin if acquiesc- ence is not forthcoming.
 Meanwhile the British minister at Stockholm has visited the Swedish foreign office and expressed amazement over the American state department s charges against the Swedish govern ment and the fact that Sweden has not given Great Britain any explana- ton of why coded messages to Ger many were permitted to pass through it's legation, at Buenos Aires.
 Late reports from Buenos Aires say newspaper buildings have been attack ed by mobs carrying out an anti German demonstration.
 On the battle fronts the military ac- tivity generally is far below that of past weeks. On the line in France and Belgium, only artillery due1s and comparatively small operations by the infantry are being carried out. Some further advances have been made by the French in Champagne near St. Soup1et, where General Petain won three lines of trenches.
 Monte San Gabrielle, in the Austro- Italian theatre, has been the scene of another vicious attack by the Austri- ans in an endeavort to dislodge the Italians from recently captured posi- tions. Their effors met with no suc- cess. {.
 In the battle of Riga, according to the German. war office, S,900 Russians were made prisoner and 325 guns and large Quantities~of war stores were captured. The fighting on this front has now dwind1ed to slzirmishes be- tween reconnoitering attachments.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

Buenos Aires. Sept. 12.-The down town section of the city was the scene of the widest demonstrations, in which thousands of Argentineans took part Many of those in the mobs car rled nrebrands and as a result scores or buildings were set on fire. Several DOCKS Of German business houses in the Calle 25 de Mayo were destroyed.
 Among the structures attacked were the German Club. one of the finest ed1hces in the city. and the building ei German daily. La Union. AS fast as the fires in these buildings were extinsuished, they were started asaln. Mounted patrols and the en- tire fire department kept rushing from one part of the city to another. in an attempt to quell the riots and put aoWn the names. In several instances police who were attempting to shoot at those yielding torches. were set upon by the crowds and disarmed
 Extraord1nary precautions have been taken by the authorities to pro tect Count Iuxburg, the German min ister, when he arrives here tomorrow morning to receive his passports.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13
STRIKE AT PLANT OF
 MAXIM MUNITIONS co.
Machini.xts and TooImakers Demand
 Reinstatement of Fcrsman.

Derby, Conn, Sept 12.-Machinists i.nd toolmakers employed at the Maxim
 Munitions corporation struck today. The mer claimed about one hundred quit work, but the company officials say not moro than sixty walked o1t. The men ask that Edward Paige, a foreman, discharged yesterday, be re- instated and that Q working agree ment between them and the corpora lion be lived up to. The corporation officials explain that Paige's conduct of his department was not satisfactory to the company and that that was the reason for his discharge. They deny existence of any working agreement between the employees and the con- pany. st
 The concern fg engaged on a war contract for the Italfan government, and it Is thought that unless the trouble is adjusted soon other depart
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13
PASSPORTS DELIVERED
 TO COUNT LUxBuRe
His Whereabouts is Still Unkno@n fo
 the German Government.

Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sept. 12.- The Argentine government at neon to- day sent to the German legation pass ports to be delivered to Count Lux burg. the German charge d. affaires in Buenos Aires. The whereabouts of Count Luxburg is still unknown to the Argentine government
 The Argentine foreign office today sent communication to the German foreign ministry demanding an ex- piaant1on Of Count LuxbQrg's action in sending the secret code messages to Berlin through the Swedish Iega : ton.
 The Passport Issued.
 The. passport issued to Count Von LuXburg reads:
 Considering that His Excellency, Count Karl Won Luxburg, envoy ex-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13
America Assures Victory.
COST OF PRODUCTION OF
 MILK IN NEW ENGLAND.
Committee of Boston Chamber of Com
 merce Finds It is Six Cents.

Boston, Sept. 12.-The average cost of producing quart of milk on a New England farm is, six cents,A and the same milk laid down in Boston costs from seven to eight cents, according to a report issued tonight by tie commit tee of ae riculture of the Boston Cham Der of Commerce tonight. The com mittee has just completed an extensive survey of the milk situation in CO., operation with the agricultural col- Jeges, state boards of agriculture and the committee on public safety in New England.
 The report is baeed on sn inspection of $50 farms, representing 15,000- cows, milk a year. It was found that feed purchased bv farmers for cattle in creased in cost approximately 175 per cent. in a. year.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13
Liberty Motor..a
 Gratifying Success
HAS GREAT POWER, SPEED AND
 SERVICE ABILITY
WITH MINIMUM WEIGHT
United States Depends Upon 1t to Es- tabIish . Definite Air Supremacy Over the German Airmen in France.

Washington, Sept. 12-The Liberty motor, the airplane engine upon which the United States is relying to establish definite air supremacy over the Germans over the battle1elds of France, has passed it's final test and IS a complete and gratifying success, Secretary Baker announced today.
 In a fifteen hundred word announce ment, Secretary Baker told how all tho best brains and business of Amer jean motordom had contributed it's secrets and achievements to the gov ernment to produce the Liberty mo- Of American a1rpianes over Germany
 A Great Achievement.
 Probably the war has produced no ment says. and relates for the first time the story of the design and con- structton of the new motor, which has added a thrilling chapter to Ameri- can engineering records
 Secretary Baker says the motor is now the main reliance of the United States in the rapid production of large numbers of high. power battleplanes for service in the war.
 Great Speed, Minimum Weight.
 "In power. speed and service ability and minimum weight" he continues, "the new engine invites comparison with the best that the European war
 
 about through the cooperation of more than score of engineers, who pooled their skill and trade secrets in the war emergency"
 For obvious reasons specifications of the motor details of its perform ance under test and arrangements made for its production in quantities are withheld. In conclusion, how ever, MT. Baker said: Progress has already been made toward organi- zatfon of the industry for the mAnu- facture of the new machines and de- ltvertes will begin in a comparatively short time."
 Secretary Bakers Statement.
 Secretary Bakers statement follows: The United States aviation engine has passed it's final tests. They were successful and gratifying. The new fcontinued on Page Nine, Sixth coI.)
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traordinary and minister plenipoten- tiary of the German empire, is Ieav- ing the Argentine Republic, the au- thorities of the republic are hereby requested to protect him in his pass age to the frontier.
 Given at Buenos Aires. September 12, 1917.
 Valid to the frontier
 (Signed)
 'Pueyrreden, Minister of Foreign Af-
 fairs and Worship"
 The government has issued orders to the police and the provincial gov ernments to protect Count Von Lux burg and his staff en route, as out breaks of the indignant .populace are feared.
 The foreign office expresses it's be- lief that Count Won Luxburg will reach here tomorrow morning.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13
ELDERLY WOMAN SEVERELY
 BEATEN AT GREENWICH
By Man to Whom She Had Given Food-Posse Searching for the Brute.

Greenwich, Conn.,, Sept. 12-Mrs. Daniel Peck, a widow, 76 years old, was severely beaten by a man today who said he was Martin Rogers of An sonia after she had given food that he asked for. He came to Mrs. Peck's home in the morning and after being fed attacked her and ran away. To- night a posse headed by Police Chief Andrew Talbot captured the, man six miles from the town. He is being held pending the outcome of Mrs. Peck's injuries. The woman is in the hospita1 and her recovery Is doubtful
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13
MARKED DECREASE IN
 LOSS OF BRITISH SHIPPING.
Twelve Vessels of More Than 1,6oo
 Tons Last Week.

London, Sept. 12.-A very marked decrease in the destruction of British merchant vessels by mines or subma- rines is indicated in the weekly ad- miralty statement issued this evening. Twelve vessels of more than 1900 tons and six less than 1.600 tons were sent to the bottom. as compared with twenty Tn the large and three in the small category sunk the previous week.
 Tontght's statement shows that four fishing vessels also were lost.
 The summary:
 Arrivals. 2,744; sailings 2,s6S.
 British merchant vessels sunk by mine or submarine of over 1,6OO tons including one previously, twelve; un- der 1,600 tons. including one previous ly, six.
 British merchant vessels attacked including three pre- viously twelve.
 British fishing vessels, sunk, four
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13
PRESIDENTS YACHT
 LEAVES OLD LYME
President Called on Professor Vree- land and Miss Florence GriswoId.

Old Lyme, Conn.,. Sept. 13-The presidential yacht Mayf1ower with President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson aboard, sailed from here late this af- ternoon after the president had been ashore for a short visit. While here he called upon Professor M. VreeIand of Princeton University and also went to the home of Miss Florence Gris- wold, the headquarters of tine artists colony
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13
MAN SHOT WHILE
 TRYING TO STOP THIEF
William Deadly of Waterbury Has an
 Even Chance for Recovery.

Waterbury. Conn, Sept. 12.-WilIiam Deadly, 45. foreman for the Smith Lumber Company, was shot in the abdomen this afternoon while trying to stop an Italian who, it is said had stolen money from a fellow country man. and is at St. Mary's Hospital in a critical condition. He has an even chance for recovery. Deadly is a vii dover with ten children. one being in the army. The police are searching for the Italian who is about 21 years old and known only as Patsy.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

The Lake Shore Railway Co.,, op- 'erating a traction line between C1eve- land and Toledo, will have to stop op- eration of the line if it does not re- ceive a supply of coal.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13
ANTI-GERMAN RIOTS
 IN BUENOS AIRES
The German Club and German Newspaper Building.
 Were Set on Fire
IMMENSE CROWDS JOINED IN DEMONSTRATION

'esPite the Strong Mounted Guard Mob Broke All the Windows in the Offices of the Newspaper La Union Argentina Has Sent the German Legation Passports tor Count Luxburg, the German Ambassador and Has Demanded an Explanation of the Kasers Government of Recent Dispatches Sent by Luxburg Regarding the Sinking of Argentine Ships.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13
Warned Against korn

Ukrainians Warned Against KorniIoff.
 Petrograd, Sept. 12-CBiritish Ad- mtralty Per Wireless Press). M. Bo- 1ogoff, representative of Ukrainian central committee in the war minis try has issued a warning to Ukrain- 1ans against the movement of General not remain steadfast to the prOvfs- icnaI government will be considered traitors.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

An order for $200,OOO worth of wood en huts for American soldiers was placed with a Swiss contracting com- pany by American military authorities.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13
BODY OF DRAFTED MAN
 FOUND IN THE WOODS,
Louisiana Farmer Fled to Escape Be.
 ing Sent to Camp.

CQV1ngton, La., Sept. J2.-WiHtam Bradley, a young farmer, one of the -Number 258 men" in tho craft, who lied to the woods and swamps of St. Tammany parish last Friday to escape early today with a bullet through the heart. The authorities believe he shot himself
 Bradley was a member-ot a religious sect opposed to-wer. &
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13
WORK OF SALVATION
 ARMY IN FRANCE
Have Gone to the Front After Three : Weeks of Training.

New York, Sept 12.-Advices re- ceiyed today at the national head quarters of the Salvation Army state that. after a period of three weeks intensive training, the first Salvation Army section with the American ex- peditionary forces in France was on August % ordered to entrain imme- diately for the front. A second party of Salvation Army war workers will soon sail from The unitad StaAes-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

The Belgian steamship Eburoon, from an American port for Rotterdam, with provisions for the Belgian Relief Com mission is stranded off the Newfound- land coast.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13
Budapest to Have Peace Meeting.

London. Sept. 12.-A meeting called htical leaders and ecclesiastical au- thorities is to be held in Budapest on Sept. 2S for the purpose of expressing the view that the time has come for peace negotiations, says a despatch from the Hungarian capital today transmitted by the Central News cor respondent in Amsterdam.
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Queen EIeahore of Bulgaria is Dead.
 Sofia. Bulgaria, Sept. 12, via Lon don.-Queen Eleanore of Bulgaria died here this afternoon. She had been Ill for some time and recently King Fer dinand and Crown Prince Boris and Prince Cyril were summoned to her
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

The above admiralty statement shows the smallest number of large British vessels sunk by mines or sub marines since Germany last February began her intensified submarine cam paign. The previous low record was for the week of March II, when 13 vessels of over 1,600 tons were lost.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

lucky and Tennessee made protests against the fixing of the coal prices of
 the states which they are representing to the Federal Trade Commission.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13
SPIRIT OF UNREST IS
 GROWING IN RUSSIA
At Moscow Martial Law Has Been Declared and Gov-
 ernment Forces Are Preserving Order
THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT IS OPTIMISTIC

Late Reports From Petrograd Say That Kornlos March on Petrograd Has Been Checked-Monte San Gabrielle, in the Austro-Italan Theatre Has Been the Scene of Another Vicious Attack by the Austians, But Their E
 forts Met With No Success-On the Other Battlefronts the Military Activity is Far Below That of Past Weeks
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

John P. White, president of the Unit ed Mine Workers, accepted the invita-
 tion of Fuel Administrator Garfield to act as one of his advisers.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

Condensed Telegrams

Secretary Wilson is recovering from an attack of ptomaine poison.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

Count von Bernstorff, appointed Am bassador to Turkey from Germany, ar rived at Constantinople.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

Additional unofficial returns received on the Maine woman's suffrage vote increased the totals to 19, ,428 in favor and 36713 against the proposition, with 75s .n1all places not reported.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

General Thomas J. Stewart, admin istrative head of the Pennsylvania National Guard, is dead.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

The United States Government has loaned $55, ,OOO, 900 more to the Italian Government.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

A list given out by Sing Sing pri- son attendants disclosed that Charles Gondorf, millionaire wiretapper, is the inmate fire marshal
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

William Rodgers BeaI, son of the at torney for the Carnegie Steel Co.,, was killed in France, according to word received in Pittsburgh.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

American residents in China are organizing for war relief among our American troops in France.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

Germany is refusing to give Holland coal. The belief is that Germany wants to force Holland to give her a
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

Six hundred employees of Armour & Co.,, and 400 from the Morris plant joined the other striking packers in Kansas City,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

The American flag was unfu-Ies over Verdun. It was the gift of prominent American Red Cross worker
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

The Spanish steamer lover Serra
 was seized by Deputy Sheriff Walter J. Ryan and a squad of men from the SheriffS office in Brooklyn.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

The Senate passed the bill repatri ating all Americans in the Allies armies.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

Russia's women soldiers pledged their aid to Premier Kerensky.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

Just after being accepted for the draft army, Stanley Zabrosky, 27 years old. was killed by a train at ShamOkin Pa
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

The Canadian fish eating campaign in Canada is causing exports of fish from the United States in great quan- titles.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

Grain supervisors of Canada. hay, fixed the price of wheat at $2.2O, cor responding to the American price.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

Further extensive bombing raids have been carried out by the British naval air service on various objectives, chiefly in Belgium.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

A bill proposing prohibition in tn Hawaiian Islands was introduced b Senator Shafroth and referred to com mittee.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

Five women were wounded by bomb. dropped on a hospital at Dunkirk.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

Loft thieves stole $35,OOo worth O silks and dresses in course of manu facture from a West 31st Street lof1 New York
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

Only 1e men of New York's per cent did not respond to the call to go to Yaphank cantonment. They will have to face military trial.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

Mayor MoIlman of East St. Louis will not quit as some business men advised him. He is under indictment in con- nection with the race riots.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

resulted from the burning of the Waterside Mineral Grinding mills at Stamford, together with considerable machinery and stock. Ire cause is not known.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

A federal aircraft board to co-ordf- nate and supervise construction, bue without power to spend money, is pro posed in bill by Senator Sheppard of Texas passed by the. senste and now goes to the house..
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

The Brazilian Congress approved of the measure approving a loan of 78,- 000 900, pesos to pay an American loan of $11 200, 900, which expires Sept. 13.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-13

Mary Katani, years old, is in @ critical condition at Hartford hos pital with a fractured skull as a re- suit of heinz struck by an automobile driven hy Judge Henry Stoddard of New Haven.