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Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-04
TRIAL OF 13 NEGROES
 CHARGED WITH MURDER
Outcome of Race Riot in East St. Louis Last July.

| Belleville, IllsL Oct. 3.-Testinony as to events leading to the murder o1 Detective Coppedge and Policeman n Wod1ey of East St. Louis early on the morning of July 2. which in t-f-n pre- cipitated the 1ioting that reached a climax in the slaying of negroes in East St. Louis that night, was given at the trial of thirteen negroes charg- ed with the murder of the police off, cers.
 Edward ~Wilson.~a negro ice and coal dealer, identified the thirteen negro de- fendants as having been in a gather ing of negroes ats11 o'clock before the policemen were killed. Four of them, he named as having been armed. One of these. he said, was Othaniel Peebles. He said that Peeb!es was bleeding about the nose, having been hit by a stray bullet fired by the white raid CTS.
 Mrs. Barbara Stapp, a white woman, testified that she saw an automobile passing through the negro district and it's occupants firing aimlessly. She did not see the men and did not know whether they were white
 She also said she saw automobile passing through the negro district and its occupants firing aimlessly. She cid not see the men and did not know whether they were white.
 She also said she saw automobile loads of negroes after D. m. going towards the home of L. N. Bundy, ne- gro dentist, with guns and rifles. She heard the church bells ring and saw a dozen automobiles loaded with ne- groes start from points near Bun dy's home.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-04
TENACIOUS ACTIVITY
 OF PHILADELPHIA POLICE
Described at Hearing of Cases Growing
 Out of Political Feud.

Philadelphia, Oct. s.-The alleged pernicious activity of the police, back ed by Mayor Thomas B. Smith, in helping Isaac Deutsch to win the coun- which resulted in the killing of a po- Hceman and other bloodshed, was described in the municipal court at the second days hearing of the mayor and eight other defendants charged with conspiracy to murder, aggravated as- sault and battery and violation of cleo ton laws.
 Club heads" was the order receiv- ed from Police Lieutenant David Ben nett, one officer testified. Bring them in and if they are 'Deutsche's men I will excuse them, Carey men I'll send down." was the further order given by Bennett, the policemen said. The penalty for failure to turn in" for Deutsch was transfer to another police district or resign, eight police ment told the court. One of the off1c- CTS refused to be transferred, quit and stayed in the ward to help Carey.
 One transferred man said Bennett told him that "clubs would be trumps" in the fifth ward on election day. Ben nett informed the policemen that he had the backing of the mayor and that whatever he or Deutsche told the po- lice to do, they must.
 Witnesses also testified that the mayor made a speech to a delegation of Deutsch men. in which he said that he wanted order preserved in the ward and that if heads must be clubbed to maintain order the police must club them.
 An incident of the hearing was the searching in open court of all the de- fendants except Mayor Smith and William D. Finley for weapons.
 The court said 1t waz reported one of the men might have a pistol. All de- ned having any ands none was found.
 The hearing will be resunAed tomor row.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-04
A VERDICT OF $1oo;ooo IN BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT In Favor of Mrs. WiIheImina. Meyer
 Mayo-No Defense Made.

New York, Oct. 3.-A verdict of $100,000 in favor of Mrs. Wilhelmina Meyer Mayo in her breach of prom ise suit asking s25o,OO0 from Virgin ius St. Julian Mayo, a wealthy radia- tor manufacturer of New Haven, Conn., was handed down by a su- preme court jury here late today.
 The elderly defendant did not even take the stand in the case. which, called today. was disposed of in less than four hours. The jury rendered d it's verdict after hearing the complain ants side and only plea by counsel in behalf of Mayo.
 Mrs. Meyer-Mayos complaint was that after marrying Mayo in 1904, she discovered later, through notoriety given to- Mayo's marital relations a year or two ago. that he had been pre- riously married to Florence Weeks of Scranton. Pa. The latter obtained a divorce frcm him. leaving him free tc re-wed the complainant legally, but this Mrs. Meyer Mayo claimed, he re- fused to do, saying that he was obli gated to a woman in Brooklyn by whom he had three children.
 James w. Osborne. Mayo's attorney. admitted the breach of promise, but said that Mrs. Meyer Mayo knew Mayo had been previously married when she married him, that his client had given her s25,000 and that he felt she was amply provided for.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-04
NEW YORK SUBSCRIPTIONS
 BEYOND $foo, ,ooo, 900 MARK
A Monster Parade and Pageant is Planned For "Liberty Loan Day."

New York, Oct 3-Subscriptions to the second Liberty loan in the New York federal reserve district have gone far beyond the s100. 0.000. 900 mark, the campaign committee announced to- night. The unofficial total at 3 o'clock this afternoon was $105, ,345, $50, and this did not include hundreds of small subscriptions.
 To spur s-orkers to'still greater ac- tivity, the committee tonight inform ed them the average daily subscrip- tions are below the mark which it will be necessary to maintain until Octob-. CT 27. when it is planned to close the drive" for the $1,500, 100000 sale which the district has been allotted.
 , Heralded by a proclamation by Pres ident Wilson designating the day Lib erty Loan Day." a monster parade and pageant is being planned for Wednes- day, October "A.
 Additional large subscriptions an- nounced today include: The Corn Ex- change bank, $10.O0O,000 First Ma tional Bank of New York city, $5,O0O,- coo; Importers and. Traders National bank, $2.171, ,0O0; the American Sugar Refining Company $2.000, 900; Bankers Trust Company, $1,721. 900, and the National .Surtty Company, $1,000, 900; Nassau National bank. s400,00O.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-04

Since the middle of last week the Ger man armies in Flanders daily have been trying to wrest from the British the territory taken from them in the recent big offensive Of Field Marshal Haig.
 As on previous days, Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria on Wednesday unIeashed large numbers of his troops in an attempt to recapture terrain on the Ypres sector, where the British are seriously threatening his communi- cation line with Ostend and the subma- rine base at eebrugge. Ever-watchful, the gunners of Haig have wrought havoc among the attacking waves and dispersed the Germans with heavy casualties and retained all their posi- tions intact
 There is no indication of the time set by Field Marshal Haig for the re- newa1 of his efforts to press on toward and cut the Ostend Lillie railway, but he is steadily keeping up his pounding of the German trenches with his mass es of artillery of all caHbres.
 Although the German war office as- serts that in Tuesdays fighting along the eastern bank of the Mouse in the verdun sector the Germans captured
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-04
MISSING WOMAN RETURNS
 AFTER 20 YEARS ABSENCE
Mrs. Chester Sampson Had Been
 Mourned as Dead.

Hartford. Conn., Oct. 3.-After hav- ing been mourned as dead by her family for twenty years, Julia Scan- Ion, now Mrs. Chester Sampson, is back in Connecticut and will soon hold a, reunion with members of her fam fly. She has already met one broth CT here, Patrick Scanlon, and will go to Thompsonville to greet the others.
 Mrs. Sampson is now resident of Detroit and is the mother of two chill dren. A score of years ago she disap- peared from Winsted. then the home of her parents, and until recently none of her relatives had heard from her. When she left home ponds and rivers were dragged, it being supposed that N.e had been drowned. No trace of her being found and no word coming from her, 1t at last was thought that she had perisned by some accident.
 A short time ago the remark of a waiter in Detroit that he knew wait CT in Hartford by the name of Patrick Scanlon gave Mrs. Sampson a clue to her relatives. She wrote her broth- CT and then came east. She had written to her people several times after leaving home but because they had moved from the old home the let ters nover reached them. She says she left home because she desired to make her own way in the world.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-04
NO PROVISION FOR
 EXAMINING DRAFT MEN
Is Made in the Deficiency Bill Passed
 by Congress.

Washington, Oct. 3.-The proposal to examine for military service all men registered for the army draft and not yet called was killed for the present, at least, today, when the house and senate conferees eliminated an appro- priation for the purpose from the war deficiency bill. the conference report on which was promptly accepted by the senate.
 This plan was suggested by the provost marshal generals office in or der that every registered man might know whether he was liable for ser vice and if so the actual order of his liability. The war department asked for expressions of opinions from. the governors of states, and only two sig nifted disapproval.
 Secretary Baker said recently that the department had reached no de- cision in the matter and would not until congress acted upon the proposed appropriation to defray expenses and thereby expressed it's will. In passing the deficiency bill, the house included the appropriation and the senate added an amendment linn iting the men to be examined to the number soon to be needed. The con- ferees eliminated the whole provision. Their report will be adopted tomor- row by the house.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-04

failed to prevent many walkouts. how ever, despite the governments recog- milton in most cases of the right of labor's demands for higher pay to meet the increased cost of living.
 Not Working in Harmony.
 Continued evidence that employees and employers were not working in harmony led government officials an1 their advisers of the council of ma tional defense to look for more fun damental solution. With this end in view. special study 6 being given British government methods by many American officials, including Secretary Baker, Secretary Wilson, Sampel- Com pers chairman of the defense councils labor committee, and Felix Frank furter, special assistant to Secretary Baker for labor adjustments and sec retary of the new labor Investigating commission.
 While recognizing that British meth eds may not be adaptable entirely to American labor conditions, officials here are giving special attention to the following British practices:
 Generalization of administration of all labor matters affecting war pro duction in a single government de-
 Entrusting of mediation of troubles reaching the strike stage to another branch.
 Government promotion of the organ 1ZdClOn or IaDOf now unOfBanlZeQ ana of employers by industries, to make collective agreements possible; and heavy tax levies on war profits, which some observers consider a prime cause of labor unrest.
 The defense councils labor commit tee, headed by Samuel Gompers, will cooperate in any movement to stabil- ize labor conditions, but cannot be ex- pected, officials say, to prevent strikes or force mediation except hy it's gen eral advocacy of industrial peace as a war policy. Efforts of the sub com mittee on conciliation, of which V. Everitt Macy is chairman, have been limited by the fact that it lacks defi- mite government authority.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-04
coTrONsEEp OIL TRADING
 Is NOT PROHIBITED.
Report That lt Had Been Proved to
 Be Erroneous.

New York, Oct, s.-Edward Flash, Jr-, vice president of the New York Produce Exchange, said today that the published report that speculative 0Ading in cottonseed oil futures on the exchange had heen forbidden was untrue. He explained that the report was due to the misconstruction of a lett>r he sent to the trade.
 My letter to the trade" he said, rwas merely a warning against exces- Five outside speculation and a plea be confined so far as possible to in terests directly identified with the cottonseed oil trade. There Is no talk whatever of closing the market which furnishes the only hedging facilities tu the country"
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-04

l. Washington, Oct. 3.-The govern ment is working to develop some com prehensive sys tem of dealing with the labor unrest wkich threatens to ham per war production. It is concerned over the pronounced upward move ment of wages disproportionate for stabilizing conditions without doing injustice to workers or employers. Nearly all production now Is directly or indicely necessary for the prosecu- ton of the war, and the output of war materials is curtailed by strikes, ex- traordinary movement of workers from one industry to another or from plant to plant, and other unsettled condi- tions. On the recommendations of the commission headed by Secretary Will son of the department of labor, which left today for the west, will largely depend the governments, eventual pol icy. Meanwhile, it is understood the governments course will be:
 The Governments Course.
 To extend to a number of industries having war contracts the present sys- tenn of wage adjustment boards which have been created for cantonment con- struction for the shipbuilding, long shoremen's work and army and navy clothing production.
 To increase the number of war de- partment contracts containing clauses providing that in case Of suspension of work by strikes, tho secretary of war shall settle the disputes.
 To enforce agreements with indus tries for whose products standard prices are fixed, not to reduce wages.
 To encourage employers to. form as- sociations by industry groups to deal collectively with labor demands. and
 To press informally for adjustment of sdisa greements before they reach the strike stage under the implied pres sure of the governments war power to commander and operate plants. ' These practices already. are in effect on a small scale, having been develop cd gradually to deal with specific labor problems as the, yarose. They have
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-04
GREAT BRITAIN'S
 EMBARGO ON EXPORTS
Was Declared After Careful consid-
 eration by Allied Statesmen.

Washington, Oct. 3-Great Britain's embargo on the export of all supplies to the northern European neutral countries, just announced, was de- clared after every phase of its possi- ble effect was gone over in confer ences between American and allied statesmen.
 American officials, it was learned today, initiated the discussions and in sisted that the British step be taken to make sure that there be no nulli- hcation of the purposes the United States government had in view in putting into operation its own em- bargo.
 The step indicated that the allies have united in decision that the neu- trals must cut off the shipment of all supplies to Germany. American off, cials and some of the allies hereto fore have hesitated as just how far to go in demanding cessa ton of trade between the neutrals and Germany At TO more than that neither goods nor materials supplanted by allied com modities be sold to Germany by the neutrals.
 The new policy can be accomplished through rigid embargoes applied by all the allies. The neutrals cannot ex- ist without British and American sup plies, and within the next two or three months all of them are expected to declare flat embargoes on the ex- port of their commodities to all coun- tries. This will hit England as well as Germany, but the British, who can draw on the United States, are in a position to do without neutral goods, while Germiny, cut off from the rest of the world. cannot exist, officials here gay, if neutral shipments cease
 To those familiar with the military an deconomic situation in Germany the new policy indicates that the allied governments have come to the con- clusion that by making every use of economic weapons the war will be ended much more quickly than by mili- tary supremacy alone.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-04
TO SEND PROOF OF
 GUILT OF BoLo PAsHA.
State Attorney General Lewis of New
 York Has Documentary Evidence.

New York. Oct. 3.-Proof that Ger man money was furnished in this coun- try by Count Won Bernstorff to Bolo Pasha, under arrest in Paris is a spy, will be forwarded tomorrow to the French government, 1t was announced here tonight by Mertin E. Ledis, state attorney general.
 The attorney general. who inveSd, gated Bolo Pasha's activities h<re at the request of Ambassador .rdsserand. said that 1t wa sa prelindnary report submitted by him to tne ambassador at Washlngton last week which re- Paris.
 The conclz4ions will be substan- tiated py a mass of documentary evil dence, 1ne attorney generals state ment Said, Including photographic re- productions of the checks, bank records ana other proofs of the disposition of tne German money furnished Bob Pasha in this country by ex-Ambassa- dor Bernstorff.''
 Bolo Pasha, who was in the United States between Feb 22 and March IT, 1916, came here, according to Mr. Lew is, to arrange for the transfer of Ger man money to Paris through New York banking institutions to further peace propaganda in France. He sue ceeded in getting at least $1, ,6OO, 900 over to the French capital through J. F. Morgan & company and other bank ing institutions, the attorney generals
 
 money, it was revealed, went to Sena- tor Charles Humbert, owner of Le Journal, Paris newspaper. which, however, according to cable despatch es, he refunded after becoming suspi- cious of Bolo.
 Examination of the accounts of Bolo Pasha in the banks of G. Amsnick & company, the Royal Bank of Canada CNew York pranch), and J. P. Morgan & company revealed, MT. Lewis stated, that s1.6S3.500 had been deposited to the credit of the alleged spy
 The money originally had been on deposit to the credit of the Deutsche- bank of Berlin, with the National Park bank and the Guaranty Trust company here, and was transferred from these banks to Amsnick & company and later to the Royal Bank of Canada. The transfer of the money. it Was a1- legged, was made on order of Hugo Schmidt, a. director of the Deutsche- bank, now in this city.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-04

a comparatively long line of French
 trenches. the French official communi- cation makes no mention of this and asserts merely that violent artillery fighting and spirited patrol engage ments took place.
 While British and French airmen continue their bombing operations against Germany's submarine base at Zeebrugge and points of military i'm portance behind the lines, the French aviators are keeping up their attacks on German towns and cities in reprfs- al for the shelling by German aircraft of the open town of Bar 1e Due. More than 15,000 pounds of explosives are reported to have been dropped on mum erous German settlements among them the famous town of Baden, famed as & health resort.
 Likewise the Italians are giving the Austrians little respite from aerial in cursions, again having dropped tons of projectiles on military objectives at Pola, the great Austrian naval base on the Adriatic, and bombed other points of military advantage. Tn addition. the Italians have repulsed devisively another Austrian attack on the western slopes of Monte San Gabrielle, in the Gorizia sector.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-04
REVENUE OF WAR TAX
 DURING THE FIRST YEAR
Official Estimates of Treasury De-
 partment Experts.

l Washington, Octf. 3.-Final official estimates of treasury department and senate finance committee experts of | revenue expected from the war tax bill during the first year of it's opera | tion follow:
 Incomes. individual and corporate. $S51 900, 900. | Excess profits, S1,0OO,OOO. | Distilled spirits, $135,O0O,0O0. Testified spirits, $5,000, 900: Fermented liquors, $4600000. Wines. liquors, etc, $7,000 100000. Syrups, soft drinksh, etc, $1S,000,- i 900. Cigars, $1O,OOO,OOO Cigarettes, $21 100000. Tobacco. $30,000,000. Snuff, 1,S00,000. Cigarette papers, $1OO Ooo Freight transportation, ST, 800, 900. Express packages. $10,SO0,OOO. Passenger transportation, $6O,00O,- OO0 Pipe lines transportation, S4,5O0,OOO. Seats and berths, S4,500,000.
 Telegraph and telephone messages, $7. 900. 900.
 Insurance. $5,OOOoOO
 Automobiles and motorcycles, $4o,- 0oU, 900.
 Musical instruments, photographs. records. etc. s3.OoO,OO0.
 Motion picture films s3,00O,O00.
 Jewelry. $4,500, 900.
 Sporting goods, $1.200,000.
 Pleasure boats, $50O,0OO.
 Proprietary medicines, $3, 400 900.
 Perfumery and cosmetics, $1,900, 900.
 Chewing gum, $400,000.
 Cameras, $750.000.
 Amusement admissions, 50000 900.
 Club dues, $1,500.000.
 Stamp taxes, including playing cards and parcel post, $29.000, ,000.
 Inheritance taxes, S5,000,000.
 Virgin Island products, S20000
 First class mail matter, $70.O00.0 GOO.
 Second class mail matter. $6.000.000.
 Munitions manufacturers tax, $25,- G00.00O.
 Total, s2,5S4, ,S7o,O00.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-04
GERMANY EXAGGERAT!NG
 EFFECTIVENESS OF U-RoArs
London Says the Toll is About Two- Thirds of That Claimed by the Ger mans.

London. Oct 3-The total of all loss es to worlds shipping since Germany's ruthless U-boat war went into effect aggregate about two- thirds of those claimed by the Germans in a state ment issued September l. At the time the Germans alleged that an average of 100000 tons had been sunk morxh- ly for seven months.
 The actual totals of tonnage sunk compiled here show that not even dur ing the most successful month for the U-boats-April-ha the figures reached any such proportions, while the August losses dropped to almost half the April figure.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-04
Congress Will
 Adjourn This Week
HAS BEEN IN EXTRAORDINARY
 SESSION SINCE APRIL 2
BOTH HOUSES READY
They Will Send Committees to Presi- 2 Any Other Matters Disposed of.

r Washington, Oct. 3."Congress will end it's extraordinary war, session. which began April ?, Saturday or pos sibly Friday.
 Agreement of the senate today to take a final Tote late tomorrow on the administration soldiers and sail CTS insurance bill and the adoption, with record breaking speed, of the con- ference report on the war deficiency bill paved the way for adjournment until the regular Decem- Der session.
 Arrangements For Final FormaIities.
 Arrangements for the final formal ities were made by Senator Martin and Representative Kitchin, majori- ty leaders. Representative Kitchin prepared to introduce in the house to- morrow resolution proposing ad- ournment at five, o'clock Saturday. Such speed was made On legislation in the senate late in the day. however. that Senator Martin said tonight 1t migEt be possible to finish Friday in stead.
 Vote on Insurance Bill Today.
 Little time is expected to be re- quired for conferees' agreement on the insurance measure after the final vote in the senate tomorrow and prompt approval by the house of the deficiency appropriation final draft all so is scheduled.
 Before adjourning both houses will dent Wilson to inquire formally if the executive wishes any other matters disposed of, but so many members of both bodies already have left the city and the demand for immediate ad- journment is so' insistent that the than Saturday is regarded as certain to be carried cut.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-04
WAGE SCALES FOR
 +. NAVY YARD EMPLOYES.
Agreement Reached Between Navy
 Department and Tradcs Unions.

Washington. Oct. 3.--An agreement on wage scales virtually was reached today between the navy department and the president of the International Trades union, representing navy yard employees. While figures have nSt been finally decided, it was announced officially that the conference had reached a point where the trade union men expected to sign up tomorrow for the ensuing year. ..-.,
 The effect of the scale under consid . eration will be to increase the cost of navy yard labor to the government more than 10 per cent. over the scale for 1917, which expired Sept. -24.