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Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-18
PLEADED GUILTY OF
 ABANDONING HER BABY
Mrs. Jennie May Ainsworth, Who Was Acquitted of Murder of Admiral Ea- ton, u, S, N,

Dedham, Mass. April 17.-Mrs. Jen- nie May Ainsworth, who came into prominence several years ago when she was tried and acquitted on the charge of murdering her former hus- band, Rear Admiral Joseph Giles Ea- ton, U. S. N. retired, pleaded guilty to the charge of abandoning the baby boy of her daughter, Mrs June Keyes. when she was arraigned in the Nor folk county criminal court today. An other daughter, Mrs. Dorothy McMa- hon, pleaded guilty to a similar charge. Judge O'Connell postponed sentence until the next term of the court. Both defendants were released on bail.
 After the arrest of Mrs. Ainswortil at her home in Madison, Conn, on January 14 last. and the arrest of Mrs. McMahon at her home in Boston. it was brought out that Mrs Ainsworth and her daughter left the child of Mrs. Reyes on the doorstep of a friend in Brookline, hoping, they said, that it would be found and given good home The child died before it was discovered.
 William A. Morse, counsel for Mrs. Ainsworth told Judge .O'Connell to- day that Mrs. Reyes is in a serious mental condition and is dying at Mrs. Ainswortll's home in Connecticut.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-18
TO BILL FOR
 HOUSING WAR WORKERS
Republicans Prevented Passage of
 S6o,0o0, GOO Measure in the Senate.

Washington, April 17.-Unexpected opposition from the republican side prevented passage of the 60,009 900 bill for housing war workers in the senate today and determined efforts to amend the measure will be made to- morrow before the final vote.
 Republican Leader GaIlinger de- ciared provisions of the legislation for communicating of dwellings was "a step toward a species of autocracy," !" while Senator Fall of New Mexico, republican, said the measure was in response ito the voice of the master ''
 Senator Swanson, Of Virginia, the chairman of the public buildings com- mittee, and other democrats defended the legislation as vitally necessary to epedite manufacture of war materials.
 Conflict of jurisdiction between the shipping board and the department of labor, which would administer the s60, 100000 provided in the pending bill, Senator Harding of Ohio declared, has delayed the shipping board s housing programme under the $50,- 100000 it was authorized to spend last March, particularly at Newport News Va, and Sparrows Point, Md. An amendment by Senator Harding pro- viding that the government should not rent dwellings built for less than six per cent. of the invested capital was adopted
 Suggesting that the president in- stead of the department of labor should be given power to carry out the housing programme, Senator Fall said:
 T have no confidence in the presi- dent'si cabinet members, nor in theil ability. In my judgment, they have proven themselves absolutely ineffi- eient. I am not going to vote to clothe them with any further power. I vii vote to clothe the president with ab- solutely autoeratic power. The pres ident stands responsible to the people for the conduct of the war. He shal
 not hide behind the skirts of Hoover
 or Garfield, or William B. Wilson (sec.
 retary of labor). or Baker. The pres. ident is the secretary of war, the sec.
 retary of state and the secretary o the navy"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-18
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
 IS BEHIND SCHEDULE.
Campaign Two Fifths Over Less Than one-third ss,o0o,ooo,ooo Sub scribed.

Washington, April 17-The third Liberty loan campaign is tWo-hfths over, and less than one-third of the three billion dollar minimum has been officially recorded as subscribed.
 The total reported tonight to the treasury, covering receipts by banks up to the close of business last night, was s952, ,923,250, or $4S,000,000 short of the billion dollar total which had been expected by tonight. This Is $123,317,15O more than was reported last night.
 Sales since the first days of the campaign, when they started with a rush, frankly are not up to expecta- tions," said the treasury's daily re- view tonight. There is a feeling of disappointment, particularly in the large cities. The country districts are doing better than they did during previous campaigns, but the gains that they are making are not of suffi- cient size to offset the lack of sales i'll the larger communities.
 ''The need for constant, steady driv- ing by sales committees every day throughout the remainder of the cam paign is plain"
 The St. Louis federal reserve dis trict has subscribed 50 per cent. of its quota and continues at the head of the list in this respect. The New York district, although the biggest contrib tutor, has dropped to fifth place as to percentage, according to tonight figures.
 Subscriptions by districts, and per centages, reported to the treasury, are
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-18
FOURTH oFFIcERs' TRAINING
 CAMPS TO OPEN MAY f5
At the Various Divisional Camps ard
 Cantonnents.

Washington, April 1.-The fourth officers training camps will open May 15. at various divisional camps and cantonments, Secretary Baker today announced.
 The secretary said that two per cent. of the enlisted personnel of the divisions and detached units of the regular army, national guard and na- tional army, excepting the coast ar tillery and the various staff corps, will be. designated to attend the schools. This procedure, he said. will operate through regular army channels.
 In addition there will be admitted all graduating members of senior di- visions. reserve officers training corps units, wno have completed the course prescribed for the reserve officers training corps and all members of the advance course, senior divisions, of the corps, who by May 15 have com pleted one year of the advanced course and who have had three hundred hours of military instruction since January 1, 1917. under supervision of an army officer
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-18

railroad administration. Within a few weeks, however, the director general IS expected to order several other ca nal systems and navigable rivers. in cluding the Chesapeake and Ohio Ca nal, the Black Warrior river in Ala hama and several Atlantic coast wa terways used actively by the railroad admlnlstratlon to relieve traffic on the rail lines.
 Concrete Barges Talked or.
 Construction of barges within two three months and their intensive use ln the late summer and fall is plan ned. Investigation now is being made O. the practicability of concrete oarges which, it is said, can be built quickly and cheaply. .
 "The barges," the director-general announced, will be of modern con structlon Of the most improved type and will be operated in conjunction with and as a part of the general rail road and waterways transportation system of the country under the con- trol of the director general of rail- | roads. This will insure the complete | coordination of the Erie Canal facili- ties with the railroad facilities and it is hoped will greatly enlarge the | available transportation facilities ! throughout eastern territory.
 G. A. TomIinson General Manager. 'G. A. Tomlinson. of Duluth. Minn., 1 a man of large practical experience in lake navigation, has been appointed general manager of the Erie Canal ] operations, including the construction l of the barges and general equipment | Under government control of the rail- roads and the canal there can be di- verted to the canal all of the traffic that can be handled to the best ad- vantage by water and the canal be made in the highest degree service able in the present situation"
 Several Hundred 7oo-ton Steel Barge.
 Several hundred steel barges ot about TOO tons each will be ordered immediately from construction com panies on the Great Lakes, and tht first of these probably can be com. pleted in five or six weeks. Each vii cost about $60.900. Most of the ole equipment will not be used to any great extent.
 The canal system, running iron
 Buffalo to Waterford, near Troy, or
 the Hudson river, is capable of carry
 ing about 10000, 900 tons of freight ;
 season. Grain from Buffalo and coa
 from Ithaca and Watkins. N. Y, vii
 be the principal commodities trans ported. Grain will move through tn, canal and down the Hudson river t.
 New York, where it will be take1
 largely by the food administration grain corporation for storage ant trans shipment to Europe.
 Coal For New England. Coal wifi be carried from Troy an, Other upper Hudson terminals by raj to New England.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-18

Washington. April 17.-Further re- striction of the country's less essen tial industries, which will drastically limit non-war building operations for the duration of the war was announc- ed today by the fuel administration, in the issuance of orders curtailing the. manufacture of ten principal clay pro- ducts, from 15 to as high as 90 per cent. Simultaneously the manufactur- ing programme of this industry was ordered rearranged and divided, placing it on the basis of war industry.
 Face brick, common and paving brick, terra cotta, roofing tile, floor and wall tile and sanitary ware were or dered curtailed 50 per cent; hollow tile, sewer pipe and drain tile 25 per cent, and stone ware with the excep- tion of chemical stone ware, is cur tailed .15 per cent Another new or der .curtails the output of enamel ware 90 per cent.
 The percentage of curtailment in each case is based on the average out put for the past three years.
 Today's action by the fuel admins tration. which was approved by the war industries board, is declared to be the forerunner of similar curta.lment of practically every industry consider ed not vital to the war programme Two important things will be accom- plished in the belief of the fuel ad- ministration and the war industries l board. Parts of the plants affected will be converted for war industries and men, materials and transportation | will be made available for war pro- duction.
 That the production of all building
 materials eventually may, be substan. italy eurtailed was disclosed by thu
 statement accompanying today's or 1 ders. Clay products and other build ling material the statement said, ar a greater tax on Transportation ant lfuel than any other industry and whil lfhese industries are considered Q great importance to the life of tn country and essential to the war re organization was considered necessary
 Referring to the different percent ages of eurtailment, the announcement
 said these were worked out after care fd1 investigation and represent rate of production which will be for tn
 best interests of the necessary govern ment work and in general for the in , terests' of the necessary governmen l work and in general for the interest , of the manufacturers involved.
 Further explaining the action, tn
 statement added: -''r '' '
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-18

E, 'The experience of the past year has
 brought two facts clearly to the front
 First that as far as possible the new
 war work must be put into old 1ae-
 tories to take the place of less essen-
 tial production. This method of pro-
 ducing war supplies presents build
 ing problems, housing problems ana
 transportation problems which neees-
 sarily follow the setting up of new
 plants for war production. Second
 that in addition to this transference 1t
 will be necessary for many industries
 to make deliberate Sacrifices of part of their ordinary business in order that there may be transportation, men ana materials enough for war production
 ''The war industries board and the l fuel administration have been for several months obtaining information which would enable them to reorgan- ize lesser essential industries, such as building materials. which tax trans portation facilities and fuel supplies
 to the largest extent. Most of the irl- ldustries, besides their general fHl- portance to the life of the country.
 are very essential to the war.
 | Each class has been considered from the point of view of the plans l themselves as well as the government needs The, bureau of standards and experts associated with each lnduSuy have placed their services at the dis posaI of the government and have aid- ed in reaching conclusions.
 'Tn general the minimum basis of running for the year has been estab- l-lished in each class of clay products
 iTf1is minimum has taken account Of the more necessary requirements out side of strictly war activities as well
 as the necessities of the government Beyond this, it is arranged that when
 lever the government departments cer- : tify requirements in any of the dtvt- , sions exceeding the productive capacf- l tty of a given district on the minimum Fl basis, such facts will be: certified to [ the fuel administration and permits ? for additional running will be issued- : : 'srhe aim has been to conserve the :. larger interests of the trade involved. , Equal treatment for all plants is pro- t vided wherever possible. Allowance. however, is made in the plan for rec s ognizirg individual instances where an 3 abundance of fuel and absence of con- gestion make it desirable that larg- CT proportion than usual of the pro- | duct in a given district. The grant, s ing of such additional output has been
 ihedged about with safeguards so. that e general conditions in the different
 trades will not be seriously affected.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-18

On all the rest of the front from Messines Ridge southwestward the Germans have flung themselves against the granite wall of the British defense Oficial and semi official despatches have told of the frightful losses inf1ict- ed on the attacking masses of troops by the British rife and machine gun fire.
 On the southern side of the salient there have been engagements of some magnitude, especially east of Robecq five miles northwest of Bethune, where the Germans were caught by the Brit ish artillery fire and scattered.
 The line in front of Arras has again been the scene of fighting, but here the British took the offensive and drove the Germans out of British trenches whichAsaad been carried bY
 In the Picarde sector there has been lively artillery engagements between the Somme and Disc rivers, but only patrol encounters are reported off : cially. Further south only raiding operations have been going on.
 The Turks announce that they have taken the city of Batum, on the east ern shore of the Black sea. They re- port strenuous fighting before the Russian defenders of the city were driven out. e@l--... .t-, ,e sssss.
 Baron. Stephen Burian Von Rajecz has succeeded Count Czernin as for eign minister of Austro- Hungary, com ing back to the office, he relinquished on Dec. .23. 1916. t
 The Macedonian front again has be- come active, Greek and British troops have advanced and driven the Teu- tonic allies from seven towns along the Struma river,s on the eastern end fthe line Trench forces have also been active in this theatre of the war Fifteen British merchantmen were l lost during the week from mines oi submarines. ...e...st.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-18
CABINET INFORMED OF
 CONDITIONS IN FRANCE
By Secretary Baker-Forces Well Physically and in High Spirits.

Washington, April r. = President Wilson and his war cabinet heard from Secretary Baker today that the American soldier has made good in France and that the men of the ex- peditionary forces are well physically and in high spirits.
 Although he reported his arrival by telephone last night, the war secrea tary saw the president for the, first time since his return from Europe when they met at the cabinet table. He did not attempt to give full re- port on what he saw and heard abroad and much of the time during the meeting listened to discussion of things done in his absence by the heads of other government war agencies.
 Later MT Baker said that even cas- ual' observation made it evident that tremendous progress had been made on the war program since he sailed for France. .s .-%
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-18
RESULTS OF LOCAL OPTION
 ELECTIONS IN EMPIRE STATE
Dry Forces Carried Majority of the
 Muni5ipalities Reporting, .a

Albany. N Y.. April 17.-The liquor traffic received a hard blow in New York state tonigh; with the announce mcnt that more than a majority of the % cities holding local option cleo tiOrs had declared not only against the saloon. but also against the sale of hauor under any conditions.
 Witt. only one city-Geneva-in doubt the returns showed that the drys had triumphed in twenty munich palities. while eighteen decided to continue the traffic in lacoholic bevcs ages.
 The cities which voted against the saloon were: Auburnn, Batavia, Bing- hamton. CaRandigua. Corning. Court land. I.lmira, Fulton. Gloversville, HorneI. Ithaca, Jamestown Jotns- town, AIiddletown, Norwich Salaman= ca, Watertown, Oneonta, Oneida, and PlGttsburg.
 These which voted to license the sale Of liquor were: Amsterdam, Beacon, Glens Falls, Kingston, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle. NeWburg, Little Falls, I.oelSport. Ogdensburg, Clean. Port Jeryis. Rome. Schenectady, Syracus, Tonawanda, North TonaWanda, Oswe- go.
 In the cities which voted dry, the sale of loquor must close on October i next.
 The ballotting, which lasted two days, was .the largest ever cast in any of the municipalities, due chiefly 10 the fact that it was the first election in which the recently enfranchised women of the state had been given ar opportunity to exercise the suffrage and the first time any voters in the cities had had a chance to express their views on the liquor question.
 An analysis of the figures at hand shows that. the vote in the cities re- porting averaged seventy per cent greater than the total vote for al candidates for governor in the electio1 of 1916.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-18

rested last Friday at Camp Cody, where he was an officer in the 127th Field Artillery. His home is in Lin coin, Neb.
 Exercised With 400 convicts.
 Birkner was allowed out in the prison yard for exercise with the 400 convicts. The warden knew nothing of what was going on until he heard loud cheering and rushed out in the yard to find Birkner stripped and GOV cred with tar and feathers. The pris- oners with loud hoots were leading him about the yard by a rope around his neck.
 Rescued by Superintendent.
 Assistant Superintendent Dugan rescued him. The prisoners evidently in accordance with a pre- arranged, plot had secured the feathers from their pillows but where the tar came from is a mystery.
 Birkner is alleged to have made dis loyal utterances such as You can't beat the Dutch'' and The Germans will sink American transports as fast ! as they are sent over" Birkner claim | ed the charges were spite work by subordinate officers whom he had dis ciplined
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-18
OF LIST OF
 THOSE ABOARD cYcLoPs.
Name of Robert Harry cowIes Not
 Previously Reported.

A Washington, April 1.-The navy department today corrected it's list of those aboard the collier Cyclops given out Sunday, when announcement was made that the vessel was missing as follows:
 . Not previously reported as having made the voyage: Robert Harry Cowles, 327 Carroll avenue, Bridge port, Conn.
 the vessel: Albert s. Calhoun, Jr,. West Tisbury, Mass. (previously re- ported as Albertus s. Cahoon, Jr.E John William Cummings, Fall River. Mass.
 Cummings was listed as a passenger aboard the Cyclops. The others were members of the crew.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-18
STRUCK CAMP
 SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI
Killed One Private and Injured Score
 of Soldiers and Civilians.

Hattiesburg, Miss, April 11.-Pri- vate Vaughn Beekman.' of Marion Ind. was killed and score or more soldiers and civilian workers were in- iured. some seriously, late today when a tornado struck Camp Shelby, near here. The men injured weer struck by flying debris.
 The tornado swept a patch seventy feet wide through the. camp, levelling small buildings and inficting property damage estimated at several thous- and dollars. L
 The ordnance building of the 151st Infantry, a Y. M. c. A. hut and partly constructed wing of the base hospital were destroyed. according to reports given out tonight.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-18
BELIEVE cYcLoPs WAS DESTROYED OR CAPTURED.
DiIisent Search Has Failed to Disclose Any Trace of Missing Collier.

Washington, April IT, Diligenf search by naval and merchant ships has failed to disclose the slightest trace of the missing naval collier Cyclops, and with the passing of the forty fourth day since the vessel sailed from Barbados for an Atlantic port, belie1 is growing at the navy department that in some way she has been destroyed or captured by the enemy.
 How this could have happened no one professes to know, but officials regard it as almost impossible that any accident could have caused the sea to swallow up the big vessel and the 293 persons on board without leaving trace, and some think soon- CT or later an enemy announcement will clear up the mystery.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-18
ABOUT 2,ooo GERMANS ;, .-t--. ,,
 suFFocATED BY GAS
When British Gunners Changed From
 Stinking Shells to Poisonous.

Paris, April 1.-The evolution of the use of gas shells has taken surpris- ing form in the. present battle. One new method is to fire heavy slowly dis persing bases along charted lanes against the enTny, filling ill the al formative spaces with quickly dissipat- ing poison fumes. Storming attacks are then made by troops who charge when a sufficient interval of time has been given for the light gases to rise
 The British gunners at one part or the line threw shells charged simply with a stinking composition. The Germans after few hours discovered that this was non-poisonous and oe- gan laying aside their masks. After these shells had been fired for another twelve hours there was a sudden change to poison gases. About Z,Ooo Germans were caught without thelr masks and suffocated.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-18
PRESIDENT HOLDS OUT
 FOR THE oVERMAN BILL
Insists That There Be No Substantial
 Change in the Measure.

Washington April 17.-Senator Mar tin of Virginia, the senate democratic leader, conferred with President Will son tonight regarding suggestions of a compromise to allay opposition to the Overman bill proposing broad powers for reorganization of government de- partments by the president. M
 It is understood that the president insists that there be no substantial change in the measure. which he re- gards as necessary for successf n prosecution of the war
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-18
Government is to
 Operate Erie Canal
TO BE UNDER CONTROL OF RAIL. ROAD WAR BOARD
TO CONSTRUCT BARGEs
It Is Expected That Several Other
 Canal Systems and NavisabIe Rivers Will Be Used to Relieve Traffic on the RoaIroads-May Aid In Shipment of Coal to New England.

Washington, April IT. < Director General McAdoo tonight ordered that the Erie and New York state barge canal system be taken over by the railroad administration, and that a fleet of barges be constructed imme- diately and operated there under the direction of G. A. Tomlinson of Du- luth, Minn.. to relieve freight traffic.
 This is the first inland waterway whose operation under the railroad administration has been definitely de- cided upon as a result of the exten- sive investigation made by the com mittee on inland waterways of the
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-18
STATE TO TAKE s2oo,ooo
 OF THIRD. LIBERTY BONDS
Makes Total Bonds Taken by Con.
 necticut in Three Loans S2,50o, 900.

Hartford, Conn, April 17:LThe state of Connecticut, through its treasurer. Frederick S. Chamberlain, has pledged itself to buy $200, 900. of the third Lib- erty loan bonds Announcement to this effect was made by Mir. Chamber lain today. making the total bonds taken by the state in the three loans s2,5e0. 900.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-18

Women appear to be doing particu- larly good work in every part of the country.
 Mrs. J. O. Miller of Pittsburgh, chairman of Pennsylvania, reported today that during the first six days of the drive women sold SIP 100000 worth of bonds in half the counties of Penn sylvania.
 Cardinal Gibbons in a letter to- the speakers bureau of the war loan or ganization, today indorsed the cam paign.