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Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

acts and conceals and does not make known the facts to the officials named in section of the penal code. is guil- yof misprision of treasonn.
 Vigorous Prosecution Promised.
 And I hereby proclaim and warn all citizens of the United States, and all aliens, owing allegiance to the gov ernment of the United States, to ab- stain from committing any and all acts which would constitute a viola ton of any of the laws herein set forth; and I further proclaim and warn all persons who may commit such acts that they will be vigorously prosecuted therefor.
 "In witness whereof, I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
 Done at the city of Washington this sixteenth day of April in the year of Our Lord, one thousand nine hun dred and seventeen, and of the inde- pendence of the United States oi America the one hundred and forty first.
 WOODROW WILSON, ''By the president Robert Lansing,
 Secretary of State"
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17
HETTY GREEN WAS NOT
 A RESIDENT OF N. Y. STATE
Commonwealth Loses Transfer Tax of a Million Dollars by Surroeate's Decision.

New York, April f6.-By a decision of the surrogate's court here today de- claring that at the time of her death Mrs. Hetty Green. described as s'the richest woman in the world" was a resident of Vermont, New York state will lose a transfer tax estimated at several million dollars. unless the de- cision Is reserved by the higher courts.
 Mrs. Green, at intervals had lived in New Jersey and New York The at tempt to have her declared a resident of this state was made by the transfer tax department It was opposed by her son. Colonel Edward H. Green, who contended that despite her large busf- ness interests in this city and other portions of New York, Mrs. Green was at the time of her death a resident of Bellows Falls, Vt
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17
CLOSE OF NEW ENGLAND
 METHODIST CONFERENCE
Announcement of Appointment of Dis
 triet Saperintendents.

Springfield. Mass. April 16.-The New England Methodist conference closed with the announcement of ap- pointments of district superintendents and changes in pastorates by Bishop E. H. Hughes late today. Rev Willis F. oden of Brookline, was appointed superintendent of the Boston district in place of Rev. Dillon Bronson, who is to retire. Rev MT Odell was also. the choice of the ministers of the -Bos- ton districts by a majority of one over all others in the field. Rev. Charles E. Spaulding of Dorchester was ap- pointed superintendent of the Worces- ter district. The afternoon session was taken up bv the appoiD tment of committee and the giving of reports The report that there had been a gain of aboct 5000 church members in the conference in the past year. an in crease of nearly five per cent, was re- ceiyed with enthusiasm. Rev. W. B. Van Balkenberg. father of a West Springfield pastor, a Civil War vet eran and minister for nearly 65 years made a plea for aid to the negro. It was claimed by Rev N T. Whitaker that the First Methodist church in New England was founded at Tram ingham in 17SS and as the committee believed 1t to have been started a year later at Medford, it was voted that the members should continue the research.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17
CONGRESS OF DAUGHTERS
 OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Patriotic Demonstrations at Openina
 Session of 26th Convention.

Washington, April 16-Patriotfc de- monstrations featured the opening session here of the twenty-sicth con gress of the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution. Unqualified endorse ment of the nations entrance into the fight against Germany and universal military service was recorded in res oluttons adopted unanimously.
 Great enthusiasm was aroused in the afternoon by a speech of Ambassador Jusserand of France, who spoke with the British and Italian ambassadors seated behind him on the stage. The eImbassador warmly praised President Wilson and declared that he expected soon to see an American army in France, repaying the visit of Lafay- cite and Rochambeau in the RevolII- tionary war. Referring to the presi- dents address calling upon the American people in every walk of life to give service in the fight for hu- manity, he said France as well as England and the other allies could be included in the i've" used by the pres ident in speaking to his countrymen.
 Mrs. William Cumming Story, the president-general, in her address, sounded the note of practical service. She urged the Daughters to make this congress a gathering of American women worthy of a crucial time"
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17
EFFORT TO STOP DISSOLUTION
 OF THE ROYAL ARcANUM
General Counsel Has Petitioned to
 Have Receivership Set Aside.

Boston, April 16.-Howard C. Wig gins of Rome. N. Y. general counsel for the Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum, a fraterna1 insurance or ganizatfon, today petftioned Federal Judge Aldrich to vacate the injunction restraining the supreme officers from carrying on the business of the order, and to set aside the receivership. A receivership was appointed Saturday on petition of Albert L. Hobart of Braintree, who alleged that the re- serve fund of the order. amounting to nearly $4,0o0, 900, had been illegally administered.
 Mir. Wiggins told Judge Aldrich that the order was solvent. according to figures compiled by expert insurance actuarieS. Unless the receivership order was revoked, he said. it would mean absolute annihilation" of the organization, which has more than 200, 900 members in the United States. He denied improper administration of the reserve fund and offered to file a bond to protect the petitioners in- terest, pending a determination of the points at issue.
 The hearing was not concluded.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17
REDUCED BREAD RATION
 IN EFFECT IN GERMANY
it Appears to Have Caused Great Dis
 content Among WorI<nen.

Copenhagen, via London. April Is, 9.15 D. m-The reduced bread ration in Germany has now gone into effect Judging from the tone of the press and news items in German papers it ap- pears that the reduction has caus- ed great discomfort among workmen and even threats to retaliate by strikes.
 A proposal which was strongly SUD- ported among the metal workers was to reduce correspond1ngly the hours of work by One-fourth. a Socialist and army newspapers appealed to the workmen to accept the deprivations in the same spirit as the soldiers at the front and not to imperil the soldiers bv reduction in the munition output The metal workers rganization then threw its influence against any rem onstration of dissatisfaction No open trouble has yet been reported.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17
KNIGHTS OF LTTHUANIA
 PLEDGE THEIR LOYALTY
Resolution to That Effect Sent to
 President Wilson.

New York, April 16.-The Knights of Lithuania have passed and sent for ward to President Wilson. it was an- nounced today, a resolution which sets forth the adherence of 30.oo0 Lithua- nians in this country to the defense of tho American flag. The resolu- ton reads as follows:
 "At this momentous period when the United States have entered the ranks of war with the purpose of up- holding the sacred principles of true democracy, the Knights of Lithuania to gether with all true patriots of Lithuanian blood, thirty thousand strong, pledge our support to the pres fdent of these United States and stand ready to defend our flag and the principles for which it stands when ever and wherever our services may be needed"
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17
UTILITIES BUREAU TO OPPOSE
 INCREASE IN RAILROAD RATES
Pennsylvania Men to Appear Before the Interstate Commerce comnnis- sion.

Ph1Iad elphia, April 1s.-Oppositiou to horizontal increase in railroad rates was voiced by the utilities bu- reau, organized to represent the mu- inequalities of the country. at it's an- nual meeting here today. A telegram sent to President Wilson said the bu- reau would appear before the Inter- state Commerce Commission in reach ing solution of the rate problem faii to the railroads and to the public.
 Charles R. Van Hise was elected president and Rudolph BlankenTburg former mayor of Philadelphia, and P H. Newell, professor of civil engineer ing at the University of Illinois, trus- tees to fill resignation of Justice Brandeis.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17
MEETING OF MAYORS OF
 CITIES OF THREE STATES
Organized to Push the Work of Pro-
 ducing Large Crops.

in New York, New Jersey, Connecti- cut and Pennsylvania and representa- tives of the governors of those states. met here today and formed a perman- ent organization to push the work of producing large crops. Speeches were made by Former Governor Martin H. Glynn of New York; Dr. John Finley, New York state commissioner of ed ucation, and Mayor Bucharach of At lantic City, representing Governor Edge of New Jersey.
 Resolutions were adopted pledging the four state governments to work as a unit in producing food supplies. Economy and the elimination of waste were urged by the speakers.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17
DANGEROUS CRIMINAL
 ESCAPES FROM AUBURN
Forbes Forsbrey Was Serving 20
 Years for Second Degree Murder.

Auburn, N Y., April 1e-Forbes Forsbrey, one of the most dangerous criminals in this country and who is serving nine years for assault and twenty years for second degree mur- Auburn prison this afternoon. Fors- brey was working in the prison yard and had access to a passageway that connects with the women's prison. In this passageway he stopped Prison Keeper John Beets, an aged man, and knocking him senseless, took off his uniform, put it on and walked out the gate unchallenged. taking with him the guards loaded revolver.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17
ssso,ooo SAVED ON CARTRIDGE
 BELTS BOUGHT FOR THE NAVY
Through Agreement Made With Cop per Producers by Bernard Barueh.

Washington, April 16.-The govern ment has saved already $85O.000 on cartridge cases bought for the navy under the recent agreement made with copper producers by Bernard Baruch, of the advisory commission of the council of national defense. The sum was saved, it was announced today in orders placed with the Winchester Re- beating Arms company. the Toledo Bridge and Crane company, and the Worcester Pressed Steel company The government is supply the manufac- turers with copper to fill the orders instead of purchasing it through the manufacturers at market prices.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17
SAID GERMAN AMERICANS
 WOULD NOT DO GARDENING
Hermann FeIiinger, President of the |
 German American Alliance of |
 Cleveland.

Cleveland, Ohio, April 16.-Terman Fellinger. president of the German American Alliance. today resigned from Mayor Davis war board as a result of the sensation he created on last Saturday following his, assertion that German-Americans would not oin in the intensive garden farming movement on the ground that it would help Great Britain and her allies
 Myron T. Herrick, chairman of the board, said the resignation would be accepted. This is no time for lem iency," said MT. Herrick We should lock up all those who utter words that prejudice our cause.s
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17
$40 A MONTH TO DEPENDENT
 FAMILIES OF GUARDSMEN
Sill Signed by Governor Mccall of
 Massachusetts.

Boston, April Ex-Governor Mccall today signed a legislative bill provid- ing for payments up to $40 a month to dependent families of national guardsmen. He approved also a bill permitting officials of no-lcense cities and towns to use their own discretion regarding the issue of pony express licenses.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17
BURNING OIL POURED
 OVER BODIES OF THREE MEN
When the Doors of . Furnace Blew
 Out in East Boston.

Boston. April 16.-Three men were badly burned. one probably fatally, to- the Mead-Morrison Manufacturing Company's plant in the East Boston district on which they were working blew out and burning oil poured over their bodies. The accident was caus- ed by the breaking of an oil feed pipe.
 The Mead-Morrison company is en- gagged in the manufacture of shell cas- es for the allies. - =
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17
EXPERIMENT OF SCORPION NOT AN ACT OF WAR
Turkey Would Have to Act Thus Even
 if Neutral.

Berlin, April 16. 10 a. m.. via Lon- don. April IT. 2.20 a. m.-Constantino- pie despatches received here say that the internment of the United States guard ship Scorpion at Constantinople was not an act of war against the United States. They add that the in- ternment was merely an act that Tur- key would have been forced to take, even if she were herself neutral, against a warship of bl1igerent na- tion.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17
SMOKING IN HAYLoFT
 THE CAUSE OF FIRE
Which Did 5000 Damage in Stable
 in Meriden.

Meriden, Conn, April 16.-A person smoking in the hayloft is thought to have caused a fire in the stable of H. C. Baker tonight which did damage of at least $4.0o0. Employees of the stable rescued the twenty horses in the place and saved the majority of the vehicles. The building is owned by Mrs. l.. F. Townley of New Ha- ven. Quick work by the firemen checked the flames which threatened to wipe out number of frame dwell- ings surrounding the stable.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17
NEWFOUNDLAND HAS LOST
 HEAVILY IN SAILING VESSELS
Forty in the Last Fifteen Months Eighteen Were Abandoned at Set.

St. Johns N. B.. April 16.-The col ony of Newfoundland has lost forty sailing vessels in the last fifteen months. Figures made public today show that of these eighteen were abandoned at sea. five went ashore and were wrecked, two were sunk in collision, six were sunk by German submarines and two by the German raider Moewe. Seven are missing and are believed to have foundered with all on board during winter storms Shipbui1ding activities have been greatly stimulated in an effort to re. place the lost ships.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17
Proclamation Warning Citizens and Aliens That vgor-
 ous Prosecutions Will be Enforced
DEATH PENALTY AT DISCRETION OF THE COURT

Resident Aliens Well Citizens Are Subject to the Laws Against Treason-Even German Resident Who Has Knowledge of Reasonable Acts and Fails to Make Known the Facts to the Authorities Can be Sent to Prison for Seven Years and Fined $1 $1,0O0-Quotes Statutes Defining What Treason is and the Various Penalties Imposed for Its Various Degrees-Says Bomb Plotters May Now be Grpped With an Iron Hand.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17
OBITUARY.
Louis s. Darling.

Rockville, Conn.,, April 16.-Louis S.. Darling, writer of stores of outdoor life and sports, particularly fishing, and known widely as tue winner of many fly and bait casting contests. is dead at his home here Death. which oc- cured yesterday, was due to pneumo- mia Darling was born at Plainfield. N. J.. 43 years ago.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17
PANIC AMONG HOUSEWIVES
 CAUSES HIGH PRICE OF FLOUR
They Are Stocking Up for Year or
 More, Fearing Higher Prices.

New York, April 16.-Attributed by dealers to Gan unreasonable panic among housewives" flour prices ad- vanced about 75 cents a barrel here today, some fancy spring patents be- ing held as high as $14. It was as- serted that housewives in some in- stances are stocking up year or more ahead, fearing still higher prices.
 Crop conditions have bee nreported improved lately and dealers contend that normal buying on the part of consumers would do much to keep prices down.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17
COLLAPSE OF FooTBRIDGE FL PASo TO JUAREZ
Five Mexican Workmen Were In-
 jured-Bridge Was Crowded.

Fl Paso, Texas. April I6.-F1ve Mexican workmen were injured when a span in the footbridge which paral- iels the international street car and wagon bridge to Juarez collapsed ear- ly today. The accident occurred at the American end at a time when the bridge was crowded with 1aborers and servants waiting for the bridge to open.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17
MIDDLEToWN HOME GUARD
 TO DO PATROL DUTH
Motor Guards to Be Used on River by
 Detachnnents.

MiddIetown, Conn, April 16.-Com. manders of the Home Guard here re. ceived orders tonight instructing them to detail attachments to do river patrol work, beginning tomorrow morning. Motor boats will be used by the men, it was said. Other attachments of the Home Guard will cooperate with na- tionaI guardsmen who are guarding the bridges in this vicinity.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17
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PRESIDENT WILSON'S WARNING
 AGAINST REASONABLE ACTS
Cabled Paragraphs

Strikes Have Been Declared in Berlin.
 Amsterdam, via London, April 16, S.05 p. m.-Advices received here from Berlin say that strikes were declared in greater Berlin today among a por- tion of the metal. wood and transport industries. Other industries incIud- general business of the city, have not been affected by the isolated strikes.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

Col. Henry M. Bennett, of Oyster Bay who was convicted in Mineola of an attempt to bribe juror, was sen- tenced to Sing Sing for not less than five years nor more than ten.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

"Most of all let us recognize sacri- fees as the best expression of patriot ism," Governor Milliken. of Maine, said yesterday in proclamation designat- ing. April 19 as Patriots day.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

Gold coin amounting to $25o,000 was withdrawn from the Sub-Treasury for shipment to Spain.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

Orders were received by the quar- termaster's corps headquarters at Governors Island authorizing the for nation of the quarternasters reserve corps as an auxiliary to the regular army corps.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

German corresPondents on the Rus sian and Swedish frontiers report that the Russian Provisional Govern ment intends to change the name of the capital back to St. Petersburg.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

The students of Syracuse University are circulating petition for the re- storation of athletics.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

Manufacturers of bar iron in Pitts burgh have advanced their prices SIC a ton to the basis of 4c a pound for carload lots.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

One hundred thousand men by May is the recruiting aim set for the navy by Secretary Daniels.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

Twelve cottages were today destroy ed by fire and twelve others damaged, with an estimated property loss of $20,00O, at Rockaway par, a residential section of Long Island.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

May Irwin has offered her summer home Irwin Island, sixteen miles from Kingston. to the Red Cross Society as a home for convalescents.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

The American schooner Edwin R. Hunt of New York was abandoned by her crew under shell fire from sub marine near Cape Gata, Spain, in the Mediterranean, April 2. -
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

Secretaries Lansing, Baker and Dan- iels and George Creel. who compose the new government publicity bureau created by President Wilson, held their first meeting yesterday to map out a course of action.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

Concentration of food resources of the island possessions of the United a bill introduced by Representative Clark of Florida.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

The British railroads, which are now State controlled, have announced the grant of the third wage bonus to their employees since the war began.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

A call for 5,233 volunteers for the Quartermaster Enlisted Reserve Corps of the United States army. eastern de- partment, was issued from Governors g Island headquarters.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

British and French labor deputations sent to extend fraternal greetings to the Russian Government arrived at Petrograd.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

Capt. A. J. Robertson, chief of staff at the Boston Navy Yard, announced that 2500 are enrolled in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve of the First National District.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

Two hundred and fifty women, from more than forty states, have enlisted for the second encampment of the First National Service School, which will open April 16.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

Fifteen thousand wori<men met in Zurich. Switzerland, to protest against the high cost of living.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

Three hundred acres of New Jersey land were offered to Boy Scouts of America for cultivation, free of charge.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17
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The Austrian Parliament will be summoned to meet in the middle of May.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

Frequent cases of infantiIe paralysis have been reported from outlying dis tricts in Sweden, Norway and Den- mark.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

Moses Russell, los, said to be the dead.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

The crews of the two German mer- chantmen interned at Wilmington, N. C., made an attempt to escape from the United States Marine Hospital, where they are detained, but they were halted inside the high fence in closing the building.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

President E. e. Grace, of the Beth lehem Steel Co. announced an increase of 10 per cent. in the warges of more than 50,000 employees of the company in it's plants South Bethlehem, Pa, Shelton, Pa, Lebanon, Pa, and Spar rows Point, Md.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

Postmaster Patten, of New York, an nounced that raw or unmanufactured cotton and cottonseed, including seed cotton and cottonseed hulls, are pro- hibited from importation in the mails from any foreign country, regardless of their origin.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

Four masked men entered the of fees of the Huguet Silk Co. at Hor- nell, N r., bound and gagged the watchman, blew open the safe and se- cured $4,0o0 in cash being held for the payroll. The burglars escaped.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

John D. RoekefeIIer planned to leave attend the funeral of his brother, Frank, who wied there Sunday un- reconciled after a quarrel the two had some years ago.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

U. s. S. Oregon on her famous voyage
 during the Spanish American war has been offered to the government and is likely to be accepted for duty with the mosquito fleet for coast defence work.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-17

James P. Knapp, president of the American Photographic Co, has pre- sented to the navy an airplane station to be equipped with three hangars ana a wireless station on his property al Mastic, on the south shore of Long Island.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-02-05
STONE PROPOSES
ENDORSEMENT OF
GERMAN RUPTURE
Resolution introduced in the
Senate Today,

WASHINGTON. Feb. S.--A rcsolu
ton indorsing President Wilson's ac-
tlon in sevcring diplomatic relations
with Germany was introduced III the
senate today BY Senator Stone. CHAIR
man of the foreign relations commit
tee, emphasizing particularly the presl-
dcut's expressed desire to maintain
pcact.
The resolution recited the severance
Of diplomatic relations with Germany
and concluded by declaring tina, the
senate approves the action taken by
,he president a. set forth in his ad-
dress to congress"
Senator Stone requested that the res
olution go over for day under the
rules, Tor action tomorrow and 1t was
agreed to without debate.
Republican senate leaders. among
them Lodge. Gallingcr and Smoot were
consulted and the republicans will sup
port the Endorsement.