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Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08
REV. J. H. SELDEN TO
 PREACH AT UNION sERvycEs
Will Occupy Pulpit at the eroaAway Church This Month.

The union service of Broadwsx and the Second Congregational churehes will be held next Sunday in the an- oitorium of the Broadway. church. During the month of March Rev. 5e- seph H. Selden will have charge of the services
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08
class Initiation Sunday.

Norwich, Conn, Lodge, No, $50, IL. o. o. M, will have class initiation on Sunday afternoon at the Moose for the class initiation are now pfae- ticaliy completed. At the meeting of the lodge this evening the. nomination of officers for the coming year will take. place.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08
Mission Class Meets,

The Mission 6lass of the Bihle school of the First Baptist church held its regular monthly business meeting at the home of Mrs. J. Ed ward 0leutt. Routine business, WAS transacted and the new book. Our Work on the Congo. by Kathryn [. Mabie, was read.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08
campaion in Mon.vilIe.

A drive of the county farm bureau is being made through the town of Montville. William I. Cook, director of the farm bureau, has charge of the membership campaign. Enough can- Eassers have been appointed to reach every individual in the town.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08

Rosemaine Davis is spending a few days in Providence as the guest of friends.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08
TAFTVILLE
linemen Working in villase-stariinas
 uncomfortably Numerous-Notes.

For the past few days linemen from the $. N. E. Telephone company have been busy about the village. In some cases wires have been restrung and a number of new poles have been set Most of the new poles are in the vi- cinity of Norwich avenue.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08
DIED.

MEAp-dn New London. March ,,
 1918, Constance 8, widow of Stephen Mead. in her 7sth year. M0RfN-in Taftviile, March I, 1918,
 Adosias Merlin, aged 54 years and Il
 faonths.
 Funeral from his late home, Norwich
 avenue, Saturday, March g. at S.S0. Service at Sacred Heart church at g {. o'clock.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08

Eugene Varin and family of waire. gan have taken house on South Slat CT avenue.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08

Thursdays, snow brought q revival Of sliding and snowhailing about the village.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08

fined to his home with a slight attack of grip.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08

Miss Helen B. Gray has been called to Providence by the death Of Ter brother.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08

Andrew .Hahufla of New Haven is spending a few days with Mir and Mrs Dent Shit of South B street.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08
Personals.

Albert B. Dexter of New York is spending few days in the vil,ags.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08

Charles J. Murphy of Hartford is spending 8 few days with relatives ir the village.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08

E Mir. and Mrs Henry S Reed of EEys- tic have returned after visiting rela.- lives on Prospect street
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08

Rudolph Johnson has accepted a position with the Poneham company
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08

Some -men are like knives. in get ting sharp they lose more or less of their best mettle.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08

Mrs. Clement Joubert, IF. 5f Nor wich avenue is spending few days with her sister. Miss Helen Schofield of Lawrence Mass.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08
Meeting of KeseIuske Pulaski cornor.

Thursday evening the KosciussD- : Pulaski Corporation held their regular meeting in Pulaski hall, Routine bus Martin Rozycki was in the chair
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08
CREENEVILLE

S>eix hours atssF hlgh water lt t low side. which is falioWed hy Hood tide.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-08

Predictions for Thursday: Fair and colder. :.
 Thursdays Neathsr: Snow. followed by clearing; colder.
Evening star., 1918-03-29
SURVEY OF FSH|PBU|LD|NG
BY HURLEY COMMENDED
London Chronicle Declares It
Struggle Against Enormous
Difficulties.

LONDON, March 2s.-'The survey Of
American shipbuilding given by Edwin
N. Hurley, chairman Of the United
States Shipping Board. is full Of hope
for the future" says the Daily Chroni-
Gle. "It is the record Of struggle
against enormous difficulties Of organi-
cation, complicated by phenomenal
midwinter weather, which has made
most Of the American shipbuilding
ports icebound.
'aThe very large initial effort devot-
ed to developing yards. plant and
machinery now has to a large extent
been completed ana henoeforward will
fructify in the completion Of ships. We
need not repeat what we have 50 often
said as to the importance of this side
of Americas contribution to the war,
in the sense that 1t Is the most i'm
portant. for the very possibility of her
making good in other ways depends
upon 1t.
"It will be noticed that this week the
submarines have been especially active
again. The sinkings of British ships.
both large and small, are the highest
Of this year. as is the number Of un-
successful attacks. Perhaps q special
offensive was timed to COIN
eide with the military one"
Evening star., 1918-03-29
25,726 BOOKS GIVEN
BY D. c. FOR SOLDIERS
Figures Showing Work Done by
Glasses and Teams in
Campaign.

IT brought this in because it's my ia
vorite book
This remark came from one of the
boys of Business High School. who
came to the Congressional Library to
contribute toward Washington
showing in the recently ended national
campaign to put book into service
for every soldier.
It showed the spirit in which gifts
were made by many of the pupils and
the spirit which it was hoped would
underlie the entire campaign. That boy
really gave something.
Fred w. Ashley. superintendent of the
reading room at the library, in charge
Of the distribution of these gifts. an
nounces that the total number Of books
obtained here since the campaign
started is 25.726, a most gratifying
showing. The work is still in progress.
although the special weeks drive" Is
ended.
OF these about half were given by
Congress. These men and women d.
vided themselves into competing teams,
with total results as follows: Mr.. Rab-
bist. team am 9sa s9s4 vsm books Miss Hs sa1
Miss Abernathys. 2.124: Miss Stevens.
1900; Miss wrights. 1887. and print
ers' and binders. 1877.
Latest reports from high and normal
schools show Western as having given
2.1ss books; Central. 1877: Eastern.
LOTS: Mckinley. 1,o21; Business. s13:
Minor Normal, 527: Wilson Normal. 454;
Dunbar. 1877. and Armstrong. 81. East
ern, after a delay in beginning. has en-
tered ardently into the campaign, its
contribution Of more thar. 1000 books
having been made during the past three
days. The schools will continue their
efforts during the Easter holiday and
subsequent reports will no doubt show
an increase in all these figures.
From the Public Library of the Dis
trict of Columbia 1880 volumes have
been turned over to the Library of
Congress The Evening Star has so far
collected 1913 volumes. The teams or
ganized in various departments have
actually sent to the Library Of Con-
gress 734 volumes. but large number
are still undelivered.
From Hollins College. Hollins, Va,
the Congressional Library has received
a gift of 100 books to be credited to
the capitals quota. A number of these
were much needed French textbooks.
Evening star., 1918-03-29
GERMAN BATTLE EXPERTS
DIRECTING BIG OFFENSIVE
Won Kathen, Won Below and Won
Hutier Among Generals Mapping
Hun War Program.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Prsss.
LONDON, March 2s.-The Daily Mails
correspondent at tho front says the
offensive is being directed by the best
Of the German generals, who won the
successes In tie east.
''The commands are now known" the
correspondent says, ITO be held by Gen.
Won Kathen. in charge Of the Peronns
group; Gen. Otto Won Below. In the
sector east Of Arras, and by Gen. Won
Hutier, south OF st. Quentin. The two
first-named generals are probably the
ablest commanders in the German en-
pirA
Gen. Won Kathen was at Ypres and
on the somme and at the battle Of the
Aisne in April. 1917. Then he went to
Galicia, conducted the operations
against Tarnopol ana assisted in the
capture Of Riga. Gen. Otto Won Below.
who must not be mistaken for Gen.
Fritx Won Below. was in Russia during
1sN-1s, and did very sound work. Then
he went to Macedonia. whore he is
the taking OF Monastir, and thence back
to France. Last autumn he went to
italy.
Gen. Won Hutier was the captor Of
Riga, and is known to have laid his
plans very carefully, although in that
event he had an easy job. In some re-
spects the dispositions he made there
were adopted for the purpose Of the
present offensive"
Evening star., 1918-03-29
CALLS FOR BUSINESS MEN
IN NATIONS COUNCIL
Waddill Catchtngs Says That Other.
wise the "War Is Going
to Be Lost"

NEW YORK, March ga statement
that unless business men are taken into
tho councils Of the administration with
out further delay this war is going to
be lost" was made by Waddill Catch
ings, chairman Of the war committee
Of the Chamber Of Commerce of the
United States, in an address yesterday
before the National Wholesale Lumber
Dealers Association, in convention here
I'm this war, business men have not
had their part" Mr.. Catchings said. IT
am going to speak frankly. for this is
no time for US to be making statements
that are not true, just for the sake of
being polite. There are few business
men In the councils Of the nation. On
the contrary there is the finest aggre-
cation Of Office boys at Washington that
have ever seen.
'Ths people do not trust the business
men. Ever since the New York insur-
ance investigation this distrust has been
increasing. That is why the ap-
pointment Of a college professor to han
die the coal problem was more pleasing
to the people than tho appointment Of an
expert and prominent coal operator
would have BEEN"
Evening star., 1918-03-29
USE EXCEEDS PRODUCTION.
Mill Stocks Of News Print Paper
Falling Of, Is Report.

Consumption of news print paper Is
exceeding production and mill stocks
are gradually falling OF. Federal
Trade Commission figures. which have
been made public. show shipments of
52.e93 tons for the first two weeks in
March. while only 6o,31S tons were pro-
duced. Mill stocks March II amounted
to 2s.327 tons. Of which 22.293 were
standard news.
Production from January to March
II was 242.4eo tons. against 260. .s39
tons for the same period last year.
LOSS Of production for the first two
weeks OF March Is ascribed to strikes
on the Pacific coast, lack Of fuel and
closing down of mills at Niagara Falls
by government order.
Evening star., 1918-03-29
FOOD PRICES TAKE JUMP:
BOOST NOW 21 PER CENT

Food prices took another Jump Of
1 per cent from January IS to Eebru-
ary 15, making . total increase Of 2l
per cent for the year ending on the
latter date. the bureau OF labor sta
tistics has announced.
Only three Of sixteen standard
articles failed to advance, while eight
increased and i've did not change.
Sugar showed the greatest increase, of
II per cent; hens. 10: round steak. 8;
sirloin steak. chuck roast and butter.
2: ham. 1. and lard. less than / per
cent.
Eggs took the sharpest decline. Of 8
per cent. Milk, bread -four, corn meal
and potatoes remained stationary.
In the year ending February 10 po-
tatoes alone dropped in price, the de-
crease being IS per cent
Evening star., 1918-03-29
COMMISSIONS ISSUED TO
Nine U. S. MEN IN FRANCE

In list Of approximately 500 COM
missions issued by the War Depart
ment today are the names of nine mem
bers of the American expeditionary
force. They are:
George A. Thorne, to be a captain in
the Quartermaster Corps of the Ma
tional Army.
Hayford Peirce. to be a first lieuten-
ant in the InterpreterACorps Of the Ma
tional Army.
Seymour Blair and Percy T. Strong,
to be second lieutenants in the Inter-
prefer Corps of the National Army.
William L. Quilliam. to be a first
lieutenant in the Railroad Transporta-
ton Corps of the National Army
Hugh Gallaher and Thomas e. Shir-
ley. to be second lieutenants in the
Railroad Transportation Corps Of the
National Army.
Homer W. Ward. to be a second lieu
tenant in the Engineer Corps of the
National Army.
william P. L. Sinclair. to be second
lieutenant in the Engineer Reserve
Corps.
Evening star., 1918-03-29
GUN CREW COMMENDED.

AN ATLANTIC PORT, March 2s-chiet
Gunners' Mate Thomas ]. Beerman and
his crew Of American Navy gunners. who
have arrived here on an American ship,
were handed a personal letter Of COM
mendation from Secretary Daniels for
their work in sinking a German subma-
rine. which attacked their ship October
30. The letter was delivered by an Of
ncer from the navy yard who boarded the
vessel soon after it was docked
Beerman's story Of the event was that
the submarine was sighted at 7:30 am.
about eighty yards of the port bow of his
vessel and that four shots were fred at
it. The third shell hit the U-boat amid
up and sank. The ship to which Beerrnan
is detailed since then has been In trans
port duty abroad.
Evening star., 1918-03-29
FLIGHT Of REFUGEES
IN FRANCE PICTURESQUE
Finery Of Yesteryear and Wooden
Shoes Mark Procession From
Zone Of Battle.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS
IN FRANCE, March 27.-The French
refugees of the better class Of those
who are departing from the zones of
actual operations. are coming out clad
in all their flnery, which represents the
styles Of four or ave years ago. Then
there are sturdy peasants with wooden
shoes and clumsily constructed
clothes, riding in vehicles drawn by
horses or donkeys or in carts pushed
by men. and some are even in wheel
barrows. Upon these queer transports
are stacked strange assortmenta OF
personal belongings.
There Is deep pathos in all this. but
none struck the correspondent more
forcibly than the appearance of tiny
girl who trudged in her wooden shoes
along a hard dusty road, her eyes fas.
tened anxiously upon q dirty rag doll
perched precariously at the top OF
household effects. which were being
rushed along by an old man. This cniio
was perhaps representative OF all the
refugees-she was coming away with
her most cherished possession-her doll
and was prepared to guard 1t at All
cost; her aching feet were as nothing
as long as the doll was safe
All Villages Emptied.
These refugees are from the towns
within the Somme battlefield and ad-
Joining IT, All these villages have been
emptied Of their Inhabitants. some ot
the places, stripped of their population
once before during the battle OF the
somme in 1915. had gradually filled up
again during the peaceful days OF Brit,
ish occupation. The shell shattered
fields had once more been put to the
plow, and when the correspondent
only recently toured the old region ne
found hundreds of acres OF land unoer
cultivation, and affairs In many ham,
let's were proceeding almost as tnousn
there were no war.
It seems unbelievable that these
pleasant little valleys and wooded eie-
vations are again in possession OF the
enemy and that the cottages stand
empty.
Refugees Remove Effects.
In 30 far as it was possible every
thing which might have been Of use to
the Germans has been removed with
the refugees. In particular. large num-
bers Of cattle have been taken away by
the owners, who patiently drove the
beasts on ahead Of them along the
weary roads.
While it is a sad spectacle. these peo-
pie moving away with their rev mousse
hold possessions and their dogs and
their cattle, there are few tears or hys-
terical outbreaks among the refugees.
most Of whom are Of the peasant class.
They know they must go and they seem
to be trusting implicitly in the British,
but the misery in their eyes as they
turn from all they love to world they
do not know Is touching.
Aged women clinging to the hands of
little grandchildren, men stopped with
years. youths and maidens-all fall into
other great catastrophe can produce,
and every detail In this endless cinema
tograph is of absorbing interest.
Evening star., 1918-03-29
LIVE STOCK MARKnrs.

Report of live stock and meat trade
conditions here today by the United
Beef-Fresh: Receipts moderate;
market and price conditions unchanged;
demand good. Steers: Receipts mod
crate; market hrm to shade lower in
some instances: demand good Cows:
Receipts light; market unchanged: de-
mand fair. Bulls: Mono on the market
vsalLsupp1y Increasing; market
firm; demand good for local slaugh-
tered, but poor for western dressed.
Pork-Receipts moderate; market
steady; demand active.
Lamb-Receipts heavy; market steady
to strong on strictly fresh offerings;
weak on stock in slightly OF condition:
demand good.
Nutton-No offerings.
Evening star., 1918-03-29
GETS "WIN WAR" PLANS.
President Given Program of Peace
League Convention.

Former President Taft and A. Law
renee Lowell. president of Harvard
University. have laid before President
Wilson the program Of the win the war
convention" which the League to EN-
force Peace will hold at Phiiadelphia In
May.
The necessity Of carrying on the war
to a successful termination will be the
for a permanent league to enforce
peace. using in part as a basis the ideas
~ outlined by the present league, Of
which Mr.. Taft 10 president. viii be
drawn up. ...---.-.....-- =. 81. 2.
Evening star., 1918-03-29
Obtaining Food q Problem.
PENSION BILL HEARING
SET FOR NEXT MONTH

Arguments in favor Of old-age retire.
ment of all civil service employees are
to be advanced at a hearing next month
before the House committee on reforms
in civil service. Of which Representa-
tive H. L. Goodwin Of North Carolina Is
chairman.
Representative Hull of Iowa has been
promised this hearing on his bill pro-
viding a civil service retirement sys-
TEN.
Evening star., 1918-03-29
New England to Speed War Worl

BOSTON. Mass, March ga patri-
otic mass meeting to open a campaign
to speed war work in New England
was held at fremont Temple last night
under the auspices Of the Boston Cham
Der Of Commerce. Large delegations
of forehnen and heads of departments
from shipbuilding and munition plants
were present The principal speakers
were Bainbridge Colby. q member of
the United States Shipping Board, and
DR.. C. A. Eaton. head of the national
service section of the shipping board.
Evening star., 1918-03-29
AN EASTER APPEAL.

The Associated Charities and the Citizens Relief Assoca-
ton need S. for their demands Of an
in weather prices
have drawn heavily contributions Their fiscal year has
six months still to These societies trying to hold the
home lines and the breaking families because of
poverty, neglect sickness.
VIII you help them reduce the home casualty Kindly
send Easter offering to Howard Reside treasurer
Social Service House, oz3 street northwest.
JOINT FINANCE COMMITTEE,
MILTON E. ALLIES, Chairman
Evening star., 1918-03-29
Memoranda.
Michigan Law Unconstitutional.

LANSING. Mich. March 29.-An act
of the Michigan legislature authorizing
the sterilization Of mentally defective
inmates Of public institutions was de-
clared unconstitutional by the state
supreme court yesterday. The law was
enacted in 1913 and has been the sub
ject Of almost continuous litigation in
the lower courts. There is no record
Of the law ever having been put into
actual practice.
Evening star., 1918-03-29
OFFICIAL FAIR FOOD PRICES.

food tor 'ne o''i
oumbi
una ene
whic were
the fetaier pys ana
upon
published TO time
Of
of northwest
Evening star., 1918-03-29
Council on War Purchases Ends.

PARIS. March 2S.-The interallied
council on war purchases and finances
concluded it's sessions here last night,
after sittings on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. The United States was
represented by Oscar T. Crosby, assist
ant secretary of the Treasury, who
presided, and Paul D. Cravath. Great
Chamberlain and Baron Buckmaster:
France by Etienne C1ementel, minister
Of commerce, and Deputy Paul Di9non.
and italy by Prof. Attoliucco and Gen.
Evening star., 1918-03-29
HOUSE TO VOTE TODAY
ON BAER SEED BILL
Amendment Calls for Report on Dis
bursements at Opening Of
Next Session.

The Baer seed bill. which proposes
to finance farmers for seeds for grain
crops is expected to como to a vote In
the House this afternoon.
An amendment was accepted today
providing for = report on all disburse-
ments under the act to bs made to
Congress at the opening Of the next
regular session. This amendment was
proposed by Representative Stafford Of
Wisconsin and was accepted BY . vote
Of A to ~.
Urges Government 1dsn.
corn and rye to the wheat. oats and
barley named in the measure and also
to require that the government take .
first lien on the crop as security for
tho money advanced.
Chairman Lever Of the agriculture
committee. in charge Of the bill. warn
measure would be . blow at the Amer
lean soldiers in France and might in
volve bread lines in the cities next
year.
MIA opposed the bill as q non-partisan
league measure, sponsored by A. G.
Towney. president Of the league. upon
whose platform. he claimed. Represent
ative Baer was elected.
Representative Stephenson Of South
Carolina sought in vain to restrict the
broad authority the bill gives to the
Secretary Of Agriculture to mobilize
farm labor for harvesting of the 1918
grain crops. Mr.. Stephenson proposed
that agricultural labor should not be
removed from states in violttion Of
state laws nor from states in which
war labor iD needed
Evening star., 1918-03-29
GOES OVER INDEFINITELY.
Federal Trade Commissions Probe of
Meat Packers POSTPONED.

Indefinite postponement of the Fed
eral Trade Commissions investigation
of the meat packers at New York was
announced today by Francis ]. Heney,
the commissions counsel. upon his re-
turn here.
Conditions found at New York Henev
said, precluded the advisability of an
investigation at this time but he indi-
Gated that it would be held later, He
also said the investigation would be
Evening star., 1918-03-29
SUIT GROWS OUT OF WAR.
Court Of Claims Considering Charge
Of Undervaluation.

The FIRST suit against tho government
growing out Of the war IL being heard
by tho Court Of Claims. The case in
wolves dispute over the amount of COM
pensation paid to Henry 8. Harlness,
wealthy Now York man. for his steam
yacht. Wakiva II. commissioned last sum-
mer for patrol work. along with 600 other
private craft.
A government board Of appraisers set
the yachts value at $265, 900, but Hark-
ness claimed 100000 because Of the high
prevailing cost of bottoms. due to the
war. and sued for the difference.
Evening star., 1918-03-29
Bank Control Bills Reported.

The Senate banking and currency
has ordered favorable re-
ports on two bills which would have
the effect Of placing under supervision
of the controller OF currency building
associations and savings banks in the
District Of Columbia, and would also
require. them to obtain from the con-
trailer permission to do businsas hare
before Beginning busine1s.