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Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

All men between the ages of IS and 50 years have been called for service in the Italian army.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

A massive triumphal arch in rnenno- rial to the soldiers of New York state who see service abroad in the pres ent war is included in the plans for the new state building at Albany, N.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

rhe old French cruiser Chateaure- nar1ft, employed as a transport. was torpedoed and sunk in the Medfter- ranean on the morning of December IA and the submarine which attacked her later was destroyed.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

Secret Service men guarded Presi- dent Wilson's two sans of coal until it had been slowed away at the White House
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

Gov. H. F. Graham of Vermont an- nounced his intention of going to Washington today to participate in conference of New England governors on the coal situation.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

The use of coal for heating New York theatres may be curtailed, Fuel Administrator Wiggin says.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

Diverted from Halifax because of conditions due to the recent disaster there, a British ship bearing more than 20o0 wounded Canadian soldiers, ar rived at an Atlantic port yesterday.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

Miguel Perez, a rich Cuban, is named defendant in a suit for $500 900 in New York for breach of promise of marriage.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

Maria Ouevas and SiIvaria Silva, un- der sentence to die by hanging com mitted suicide in jail at Wallu, N. M.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

The House of Representatives voted 30S to to subject their salaries to the excess profits tax.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20
The homes of many wealthy families

at Newport, R. l., were searched by secret service agents on reports re- ceived by the government that quan- titles of sugar had been hoarded- None was found.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

The Bethlehem Steel Go. has now under construction 200 destroyers.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

Senator Borah's efforts to have Congress stay in session during the holidays was defeated by vote of 4: to 32.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

CavaIrymen at Camp Wadsworth will go abroad as machine gun men.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

An American company is shipping three inch guns at the rate of 1000 a month to France.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

The House Rules Committee agreed on a vote for woman suffrage Jan. 10.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20

The first snow storm in France crip- pied telegraph and wireless communi- cations.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-13
British Attacking
 SoutheastofA ArraS
IN SPITE OF RAIN, SNOW AND A
 FORTY MILE GALE
TAKE ? MORE VILLAGES
Unofficial Advices Say That Repre- sentatives of Austria and Bulqaria Are in Switzerland Makinq Peace Efforts.

In spite of rain and snow and a forty mile gale. the British troops lighting in France have again delivered telling blows on the German line southeast of Arras and to the north on the remaining portion of the Viny ridge in the hands of the Germans The bad weather has extended to the front held by the French and Thurs day saw no activity there except in the nature of reciprocal lombard ments.
 British Take Two Villages.
 The latest British gain southeast of Arras gave them the villages of Heni- mel and Wancourt and adjoining de- fense works and also permitted them in this region to cross the Conjeul river and take the heights on the east bank of the stream.
 24 Entente Aircraft Lost
 The Berlin war office admits the capture by the British of Monchy-le- Preux Wednesday, but says attacks north of the village and on Vimy and Fampoux were repulsed with heavy casualties. Of Thursdays fighting the German official communication says British attacks near Souchez and Fampoux failed. It adds that 24 Brit ish and French aircraft were lost on the western front Wednesday.
 Quiet on Outer Fronts.
 Comparative quiet prevails in all the other war theatres. No infantry at tacks have been reported. but there has been considerable artillery activ- ity on AuStro-Italian front and in Macedonia between Monastir and the Cerna river.
 Holland will continue to maintain her policy of armed neutrality, accord ing to an address by the Dutch pre- mier in the first chamber of parlia- ment.
 Austrian and Bulgarian Peace Efforts
 Unofficial advices from Switzerland and information reaching Washington are to the effect that Austrian and representatives are making efforts in Switzerland looking to peace
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-13
HOW WOMEN CAN AID
 IN FIGHTING THE WAR
By Conserving Food and Encouraging
 Patriotism Among Men.

Washington, April 12.-"Wonen can do a good fifty per cent. Tn 6Hhting the war" fin the opinion of Secretary Lane, by conserving food and encouraging patriotism among the men. He sent this telegram today to a query from the General Federation of womeu's clubs, in convention at New Orleans, asking what women can do for the country:
 "The women of America can do no greater work at this time than to raise their own vegetables. can their own fruit, prevent waste in their homes and give impulse and enthu siasm to the men of inc land. If they do this they will be doing a good fifty per cent. of the work of fighting the war to a finish.
 Why not oreanlze all the women's clubs of the United States into Lend a Hand to Wilson League whose business it will be to carry on a propaeanda for the things the nation beans If the women will also make 1t their business to let every farmer know that his patriotism is to be judged by the use he makes of his land and let every railroad man know that he is serving his country by moving the nations traffic quickly. and will see that the boys and girls serve in a great maintenance corps of the nation by putting in their. time feeding the chickens, canning surplus fruit and vegetables. they can count among the saviours of Iib- erty and civilization, because this war has now come down to a matter of work and sacrifices
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-13
MEETING OF CONNECTICUT
 ICE DEALERS ASSOCIATION.
Cortland E. Colver of New London on
 Executive Committee.

Meriden, Conn, April 12.-George E. Curtis of Norwalk. president of the Connecticut Ice Dealers association. and the other officers of the organiza- tion were reelected at the annual meeting of the association here today About 60 members were in attendance
 Officers of the Connecticut Ice Dealers association were reelected at the 29th annual convention here today
 A talk on the advantage of having women canvassers in the retail ice business was given by M. w Chase of Lynn, Mass, president of the Massa- chusetts Ice Dealers association The ofncerS elected were: President George E. Curtis, NorwaIk; vice presi- dent, A. L. Main, New Haven; secre- tary, Earl D. Sprague, Bridgeport: treasurer, H. B. Sherwood, Southport: executive committee. Albert Widmann of New Haven, Cortland F. Colver of New London and Dexter L. Bishop of Meriden,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-13

torney general in association with Mark Lyman. assistant attorney gem eraI, was undertaken by the depart ment of justice in February lat the re- quest of the federal trade commis- sion."
 Subsequently the commission and the manufacturers reached an agree ment in respect to prices.
 Report of Federal Trade Commission
 The federal trade commission iu it's preliminary report 10 congress de- clared that there existed in the news print industry a combination in re- straint of trade and that while there was no actual shortage in news print paper, a very delicate equilibrium be- tween the available supply and the de- nand had been been brought about artifciaIlv in the trade" Mfr. Colby said. 'The grand jury as the result of it's independent investigation has in effect reached the same conclusion and has indicted the men whom it re- gaTd5 as responsible for these coudf- tiOns broCGht about. in it's opinion. through violation of the federal anti- trust laws.
 "rhe grand jury has not sought to include in it's arrai ignment the core rora tions and individuals constituting the entire membership of the industry. but has charged specifically the iudi- viduaIs regarded as the originatorg and directors of the alleged Illegal combination and conspiracy.
 Have Charged Excessive Priceo.
 "The prices charged by members Of the association are greatly in excess of prices which independent producerg. even under war conditions, are con- tent to receive. There has been u relatively slight advance in the cost of materials entering into the nnamufae- ture of news print paper. but nothing comparable to the adVa nee in prices which has been made through the cou- certed action of the members of this combination and under restricted com petftive conditions brought about by the association whose purpO8es and methods are now directly challenged by the action of the federal grand jury"
 The indictment states that the iu- query covered the period since De- ceuber. 1914. The total daily out put of news print paper, chiefly used by newspapers, is put at $500 toms lm Canada and the United States. with O value of S25O. 900. Of this amount, it is alleged, $500 tons were controlled by 45 specified companies. whose trade the defendants are accused Of enga8- ing in a conspiracy to restraint
 The association is described lm tho Indictment as a voluntary trade as- socfation, comprised of 45 firms and having Tho constitution, bylaws nor minutes of proceedings" The de- fendauts and Steele, the association secretary. 1t is alleged, through tho aasocJation and the hrmg they con- tro1Ied. carrying on 55 per cent. Of the news print trade and having faclil- ties to carry on 65 per cent, were able to dominate the business.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-13

from which Europe has suffered for fifty years. It sapped the benefits and the equities of all states which ought to have devoted and concentrat- ed on the well being of their peoples. They had to take into account this menace, which was their constant pre- occupation, as a cloud ready to burst over the land"
 "Erance-nO one knew except Frenchmen what they endured from this tyranny-patiently, gallantly, with dignity, prepared till the hour of de- liverance came. The best energies of to preparing against the impending terror, the brave things France was capable of, and that great home of the imaginative, fertile mind, which would ress was paralyZed. This is the state of things we have to encounter.
 The most characteristic of all Prus- sian institutions Is the Hindenburg line. What is a Hindenburg line? A Htndenburg line is a line drawn on territories of other people, warning them that the inhabitants of those territories shall not cross it at peril of their lives. That line has been thrown across Europe for fifty years, in many lands. You recollect what happened some years ago to France when a French foreign minister was practically driven out of office by Prussian interference. Why? What had he done? He had done nothing but what a minister of an independent state had the most absolute right to do. He had crossed the imaginary line drawn within French territory by Prussian despotism.
 Fight for Emancipation.
 ~But Europe, after enduring this for generations, made up its mind at last that the Hindenburg line must be drawn along the legitimate frontiers of Germany. This has been an un- doubted fight for the emancipation of Europe and the emancipation of the world It was at first hard for the (continued on Page 8, Third coIunnn.)
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-13
Austrian and Bulgarian Peace Effor-
HOUSE TO BEGIN DEBATE
 ON WAR REVENUE BILL TODAY General Debate is Likely to Develop Heated Discussion of War Situation

Washington, April 12.-Congression- al machinery to grind out legislation to finance the war will begin to turn in the open tomorrow, when the house commences debate on the S7 ,000, 900, 900 war revenue authorization measure. It probably will be passed by the house Saturday with only a few dissenting votes. Then the house will turn it's attention to providing plans for rais- ing money by taxes to pay a part of the war debt.
 Discussion of the bill tomorrow probably will be extended, for no at tempt has been made to limit 1t. Little interest attaches to the measure it. self, however, because of the apparent unanimity of the house in favor of it.
 General debate is likely to develop heated discussion of many phases of the war situation.
 Secretary McAdoo visited the capf- tol today to make arran gements for pushing the authorization measure through the senate. The house ways and means committee. to which the bill was referred, formally reported the measure back to the house today with the recommendation that it pass.
 In discussing the bill with the sen ate committee, Secretary McAdoo ex- pressed sympathy with a suggestion by Senator Shoot that all the s5,00O,- 100000 in bonds to be authorized in the bill should not be issued at once, there would be authorization for the total in this legislation. It was suggested that the war might end within few months and that it might be just as well to hold up the issue of part of it for several months
 MT. McAdoo promised to give the committee specific information on plans for raising revenue as soon as possible The secretary said he be- lieved at least S1,s0O,000 could be addition to the amounts now raised by taxation
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-13
CAUSE EDDYsToNE EXPLOSION
 MAY NEVER BE DETERMINED
Federal, State and Municipal lnVosti-
 aations Under Way.

Chester, Pa, April 1z,-Although ordnance experts from the war ae- paremtn and chemists from the du- Pont plants spent the day and even ing anaIyzing shell fragments ana black powder found at the scene CT last Tuesdays explosion at the t1a- I-vstone Corporations plant near here, no announcement of their possible dig~ coveries was made tonight. 4 simui- faneous report is expected to be mace to Washington and to company ofn- cisIs when the explosive experts naVe concIuded their tests.
 OHcials representing federal. state. municipal and company inquiries said tonf0ht that the exact cause may new CT be determined. The complete de- strIIctfon of the shrapnel-loading plant and the mental confusion of the sur vIvors are stumbling blocks in the way of fnve4tiRs tors.
 Several arrests by company gunrda of men found loitering about the scene of the explosion were made to- dav, but none in considered import ant.
 The latest recountIne of the known dead was 100 Of this number b2 have heen Identified. More tNan hftv are stjIl reported missing esl| the hogpi- ta1s and armoriee reported 2 total or 52 injured still receiving theatment-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-13
PRESIDENTS WIFE IS
 TO SET AN EXAMPLE Is to Reduce Scale of Living to the Simplest Possible Form.

Washington, April 12.-Mrs. Wilson, wife of the president: Mrs. Marshall, wife of the vice president. and wives of the members of the cabinet have agreed to reduce their scale of living to the simplest possible form in order to set an example to. other women of the country.
 To do their part in the movement for the conservation of the nations time and resources, they have decided to omit the usual formal entertaining and calling and to reduce to the mini mum their social activities, so that they will be able to give more time and money to constructive prepared ness and relief work.
 They have agreed to pledge them selves to buy inexpensive clothing and simple food and to prevent all kinds of waste. Today they informally ap- pealed to all the women of the country to join them, not only as individuals, but by organization to prevent possi- ble suffering; later on.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-13

New York. April 12.-Charged with controlling S5 per cent. of the news print paper production of the coun- try and using their power in restraint or trade in violation of the Sherman antitrust law. six paper manufactur- CTS and banker prominent in fianc- ings news print paper companies were Indicted by the federal grand jury here today. Five of the manufacturers constitute the executive committee of the News Print Paper Manufacturers association, whose secretary. George F. Steele. the indictment says, was not named as a defendant in view of the fact that he appeared as a witness before the grand jury.
 The Men Indicted.
 The men indicted are George IT Mead. Philip T Dodge, Edward Pack us, George Chahoon. Jr., C. IT. p Gould, Frank T. Sensenbrenrer and Alexander Smith, a Chicago banker. Mead is chairman of the executive committee of the News Print Paper dent Of the Spanieh Piver Pulp and Paper Mills, the Lake Superior Paper Company and the C. IT Mead Com pary. Of Dayton Onto. Tte concerns which the q. IT. Mead company is selling agent have daily output of approximately s7O tons of news print parer. it is alle~ed.
 DOdge Is president Of the Interna- tional Paper company, with a daily production of 1301 tons and an ury- used capacity of 800 tons more.
 RaclSus is president of the Minne- sota and Ontario Power company and the Fort Frances Pulp and Paper com- panv, with a capacity of 35O tons.
 Chafoo1 is president of the Lauren tide comDsny and manager of the eCrada Export Paper company. selling company alIeeed to control the sales between the Dominion of Cana da and the United States with an acererate output of 800 tons a day.
 Gould is president of the Gould Pa per company, the Donnacona Paper company and formerly of the St. Regis Paper company. controlling an output of 80 tons a day.
 SenseTbrenner is vice president of the Kimberly Clark company. said to control an output Of s1 tons daily and facilities for 145 tons more.
 Smith Is described as Heading banker in the United States in the news print manufa curing cor1panies' interested largely in the Minnesota and Ontario Power company. the Span fsh River Pulp and Paper. Miils Linn fted. the Lake Superior PnlD and Pa per company and the Abitibi Power and Paper company.
 Bench Warrants Issued.
 All but the last two are members socjation executive committee. Bench warrants for tho defendants were is-' sued and bail fixed at &5,000.
 The inVestiRation. if was stated by Pafn1oridoe Colby, who served as spe- cfaI assistant to the United States at-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-13
TO EQUIP GIRLS AND YOUNG
 WOMEN FOR FARM WORK.
Woman's Suffrage Association to Es-
 tablish a Training Farm.

Greenwich, Conn, April 12-In order that girls and young women may equip themselves for agricultural work Of the country during the war, the Fairfield County Woman's Suffrage as- sociation will open on May l. it was announced tonight, a training farm at Mianus. It will be under the super vision of Miss Caroline Ruitz Rees, head mistress of Rosemay Hall at Rockridge and Fairfield county chair man of the Connecticut Woman's Suffrage association.
 The farm comprises about 70 acres Two classes will be held daily, one for girls and the other for young women.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-13
GERMAN SUBMARINE
 DESTROYED BY MINE. It Was Smelling a British Horse Transport at the Time,

New York, April 12.-The destruction of German submarine through strik- Ing mine while the U-boat was she'll Ing a British horse transport was de- scribed here today by an eyewitness. an officer on Dutch steamship re- gently arrived
 The Dutch ship was rounding the lflsn coast, the officer sa3d,- when the submarine appeared and started after the British vessel some distance away. Shells from deck gun brought the transport to a stop and the men were taking to the boats as the submarine approached.
 Suddenly there was heard a, heavy explosion and the U-boat was lifted out of the water and, turning in the air, plunged downward, bow first The oncers or the Dutch ship were of the opinion the submarine struck a Ger man mine.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-13
OBITUARY.
Dr. Edwin Bradbury.

Hartford, Conn. April 12.-Dr Ed win Bradbury Lyon. for many years a leading physician in New Britain. died at his home on Fern street today, after a protracted illness.
 Dr. Lyon was born in Woodstock of colonial ancestry and was 36 years old. He received his medical educa- tion in the Berkshire Medical school in Pittsfield. Mass. and during the Civil war was a physician and sur geon in the Worcester Mass, hospi- tai.
 He was a member of the Hartford County Medical society. He leaves his wife and one daughter, Mary Lyon SchofieId, wife of Professor w. H. Schofield of Harvard university.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-13
ELECTED BOARDER SHOOTS
 WOMAN IN WATERBURY.
Fired When Mrs. Lillian DubiI Told Him She Wanted Him to Leave.

Waterbury, Conn, April 12-Elmer Frank Cables, 37, of Dover Plains, N. Y, shot and seriously injured Mrs. Lillian DubiI at the home of her fla ther on Frost road, Waterbury, at 6.30 this evening. Then he shot himself through the top of the head and is dy- ing at St. Mary's hospital. Cables, who worked in the Scovill factory, has been boarding with Mrs. DubiPs par ents, MT. and Mrs. Samuel Rassiter. They asked him to leave. He called Mrs. Dubil into a room and asked her if she wanted him to leave. She said she did He then fired at her. The first bullet went over her shoulder and she hid under a bed. He fired at her there, the bullet entering near her right ear and coming out at the back of her neck.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-13
GERMAN SUBMARINE
 OFF COAST OF CUBA
Sunk a British Sailing Vessel There
 Four Days Aqo.

Key West. Fla. April 12-The Brit ish sailing ship Treveal, Captain Will 1amson, was sunk by a German sub- marine off Cienfuegos, Cuba, four days ago and all hands landed at the Cuban port a few hours later. according to C. Peterson. member of the crew who arrived here from Havana late today. Peterson claims to be a naturalized American of Norwegian birth
 When the small boats had cleared the ship the Germans. placed bombs forward and aft and destroyed the vessel The crews of the TreveaJ was in the boats four hours before be- ing picked up by a tug and lowed to Cienfugos-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-13
RECRUITING AND MARRIAGE
 LICENSES IN CHICAGO.
e,436 Applicants for EnIistnent-3,256
 Marriage Licenses Issued.

Chicago. April 12-Since war was declared. April 6. enlistments in the army, navy. marine, the First Illinois infantry and the First Illinois cavalry number 1909 in Chicago. This com pares with the issuance in the same period of 3256 marriage licenses. for which there has been an unprecedented rush since war was ordained.
 The recruiting figures represent only those who passed the physical exam ination and were accepted. Incomplete statistics show that approximately three men out of four were rejected. This would make 6436 the actual num- her of applicationS.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-13
UNITED STATES IS WELCOMED AS ALLY
 BY LLOYD-GEORCE'
Speaking Before Notable Assembly at the American
 Luncheon Club in London
MADE A SCATHING DENUNCIATION OF PRUSSIA

British Premier After Declaring That the United States of America Had Never Engaged in War Except for Liberty, Warned the United States Avoid the Blnders Committed by the British-Panly Asserted That There Will be No Peace While Emperor William Reigns Over Germany-Narrated Incidents of Prussian Intgues and Tyranny Ambassador Page, in Whose Honor the Luncheon Was Given, Made Patriotic Response.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-13
DECISION AGAINST THE
 DUPONT SECURITIES co.
Purchase of $14,ooo,ooo Stock is Held
 to Be illegal.

Wilmington, Del, April r2.-Judge J. filed an opinion in the United States district court here today deciding in favor of the plaintiffs in the $57, ,0oo,- 900 duPont stock suit. The court holds that the acquisition of the stock by the duPont Securities company was illegal and that the board of directors was disqualified from passing on 1t. The stock was purchased by the &c., curities company from General T. Coleman duFont for S14.0o0, 900 and is now said to have value of $67, ,0oo,- 900.