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Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
STAINS NOTES OF PROTEST
 TO GERMAN GovERNMEN ENT
Relative to Sinking of Spanish Ships
 Are to Be Published.

Madrid, Feb. 21-Three notes to the German government relative to the sinking of Spanish ships by subma- rines and the invasion of Spanish ter ritorial water by U-fboats will be pub lished, it has been decided by the Spanish government
 The first takes up the case of the Duca di Geneva and demands that Spanish territorial waters be respect ed. The second, concerning the Giral- da, demands German recognition of Spains right to regulate her coastwise traffic without reserve. The third, con cerning the Cefereino, asks explana- tions or information thus far exceeded ificially in Berlin. The note relative to the Cefereino has not been yet des patched by the Spanish government which is hourly expecting additiona information.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22

Petrograd that the advance of the Teutonic armies began new war, and that there will be stern resistance of- fered before the Russian capital is given up. In the meantime the situation in Russia has stirred up considerable opposition in Germany, especially among the independent socialists, | whose leader, Georg Ledebiur, speak ] ing in the reichstag on Thursday, said 1 that the treaty of peace with Ukraine was not acceptable to his party. Dr. | Eduard David, another socialist lead CT, is reported to have expressed the hope that military operations in the east would cease.
 | In the meantime the entente allies are not idle on the French front. The attack made by the French in LOT raine on Wednesday is reported. to have swept the Germans out of their first line trenches over a wide front
 but, except for the statement that 525
 prisoners were captured, there is nothing definite as to the magnitude
 of the blow delivered by the French.
 The New Zealand troops have been
 active in trench raiding operations
 near Polygon wood, on the Flanders 1 front
 Heavy artillery duels are going or
 along the British and French fronts
 but, except for the French advance
 there have been no infantry engage ments of note. -
 1 The American front is apparently quiet, as no news of operations of i'm I. i.portafee has come through in ll1e past f24 hours. .ll
 Northwest of Jerusalem the Britis;
 have continued their advance over . four mile front, while east of the citN they have approached to a poin within four miles of the city or Jeri ! cho. These operations are reported t, be continuing
 Premier Won Seydler of Austria ha ) been urged by the socialists to accep } President Wilson's statement regard } ing the principles upon which a gen r eral peace can be discussed. The open !. ing of negotiations immediately wit the United States is demanded.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
A TRIBUTE
 On posthumous gaved is in l gory-the world in tears"

said, that he had set fire fast Septem- Der to a lumber mill in Lassen coun- ty. and at the. time of his arrest. was on his way back to the plant which he was contemplating igniting again.
 iHagerman said, according to the fire prevention bureau officials, that it was a common understanding that the alleged plots to destroy cattle and buildings were supported by German money. Hagerman, the officials as-
 serted, professed sympathy for the Germans. He came. to the United said
 It is understood that Hagerman, ar frested by the municipal authorities at ISusanville, will be turned over to the federal authorities.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
THE TRIBUTE OF FRANCE

When the news of his death reached France, Napoleon, the first consul, issued the following order:
 Washington is no more! That great man fought against tyranny. He firmly established the liberty of his country. His memory win ever be dear to the French people, as it must be to every friend of freedom in two worlds, and especially to the French soldiers, who, like him and the Americans, bravely fight for liberty and equality. The first consul, in consequence orders that, for ten days, black crepe shall be suspended to all the standards and flags of the republic"
 At almost the same time the Gazette de France said:
 Washington is dead! This news in the time of the directory it would have been inprudent to announce. Now, the heart may with conf dence abandon itself to all the generous emo tions of the soul, and we may dare to weep at the'tonlb of great man. A general funeral service has been ordered in America, and this will be observed by the citizens of every nation. No period has sustained loss so irreparable as the end of the eighteenth century"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID %
 FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES
Street Railway, Light, Heat and Power Companies.

Washington, Feb. 21.-With the ap- proval of President Wilson, the fed eral railroad administration is about to interest itself in street railway, light, heat and power companies throughout the country whose finan- cial stability may be threatened by mounting costs of operation. Where it appears necessary, increases in fares or rates may be suggested.
 Correspondence between Secretary McAdoo, as director general of rail-
 roads, and the president, made public tonight discloses that a. committee representing public utility interests recently presented memoranda to the secretary setting forth a most seri- ous situation and asking that it be brought to the attention of the presi- dent. Mir McAdoo and the president agreed that public utilities are a necessary part of the nations equip
 ment for war and the secretary was authorized to communicate with local authorities in behalf of utilities found to need assistance.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
Shortage of Food
 | Confronts the East
FACT MADE PUBLIC BY FOOD
 ADMINISTRATOR HOOVER
FOR THE NEXT 60 DAYS
Declares the Situation is the Mes, Critical in the county's History slames Railroad Congestion.

Washington, Feb. 21.-Tire eastern part of the United States faces food shortage likely to continue for the next sixty days. ..
 In making this. disclosure tonigh1 Food Administrator Hoover declared that the situation is the most critical in the country's history and that in many of the large consuming areas reserve food stores are at the point of exhaustion.
 Railroad Congestion Blamed.
 The whole blame is put by the food administrator on railroad congestion which he says also has thrown the food administration far behind in it's programme for feeding the allies. Tht Ghly solution he sees is a greatly in. creased rail move of foodstuffs ever to the exclusion of much other com merce.
 | It was very evident tonight that the railroad administration is inclined ! to resent MT. Hoover's blame of the railroads and Director General Mo- i Adoo declared he was ready to pro- 1 vide every transportation facilizg foI expediting< food movement. The rail- road administration, he said, had sug- gested that farmers be urged to re-
 
 numbers of available cars might be utilized in moving them.
 Cereal Experts Short.
 Cereal exports to the allies, MT. Hoovers statement says, will be 45.- o00,000 bushels short by the end 0; February and meat shipments also are | far short of the amounts promised.
 Inability to move the crops, Mir Hoover sets forth. has suspended the law of supply and demand and ha: created a price margin between pro ducer and consumer wider than it eve was before.
 1 Corn About to Spoil. A large part of the corn crop i about to spoil because it is not nov ing to terminals for drying. The per centage of soft corn in last years cror all of which must be dried if it is l. he saved. is the largest ever know1 Estimates place the amount as hig as billion bushels Dairy Interests Hit.
 The cost of grains for feeding live stock has increased toS such an exter , by reason ef trans n6rtatfon dificuitie MT. Hoover said. that feeders are cor fronted with the prospect of serior losses. DairyinT interests. too, he dc :. {, clares are hard lit. Potatoes, the food administrator dc ,,l clarcs. gre spelling in the producer hands while consumers have heen sur piled only from summer garden croI and what stores carried over.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
DUPONT POWDER PLANT V
 BUILDING BLOWN UP
At, Gibbstown, N. J.-Loss About $60,-
 0O0-No One Injured.

Paulsboro, N. J., Feb 21-A three story building at the Repauno plant of the Dupont Powder company at Gibbstown, near here, blew up today causing a loss of about $60, 900. None 10 fthe workmen was injured, as they had time between the first flash and the explosion that followed to make their escape.
 Officials said the explosion was purely accidental @ ss
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
TRAINING CAMPS FOR
 WOMEN FARM WORKERS
Are Planned by Women's Committee of Council of National Defense

Washington, Feb. e1.-Plans for supplying women workers for farms during the war probably, will include camps for their training. the women's committee of the council of national defense announced today. This com mittee will have charge of whatever recruiting, educational and welfare work is done.
 The woman's committee will coop crate in supplying women to farms with the department of agriculture and the wonlen's division of the United States employment service.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
Ir.:c7ERsEp RAILROAD AND
 WATER COMMODITY RATES
Authorized by the Interstate Com
 merce Commission.

Washington, Feb. 21.-The interstate C 7nmerce commission today author izsd the Morgan steamship line and the Southern Pacific railroad to in- crease rail and water commodity rates ca traffic from New York and Norfolk to Galveston by water and California by rail to the level of all rail rates. It Is in line with the commissions. de- cision in the Intermountain rate case.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
Alleged Plots of
 Industrial Workers
TO POISON CATTLE AND BURN
 GRAIN
ALONG PACIFIC COAST
Disclosures Made in Confession by Fritz Hagerman at San Francisco Supported by German Money.

San Francisco. Calif., Feb. 2o.-Al- legged plots of the Industrial Workers of the World to poison cattle and burn grain, farmhouses and lSmber mills along the Pacific coast were revealed ir a confession today by Fritz Hager- man, alias Charles Aisenbach, who said he had participated in some 0. the actions proposed, according to "a statement by officials of the fire pre-. vention burea uof the Pacific.
 M Set Fire to Lumber Mill.
 Hagerman was arrested at Susan
 Vile, Calf. He confessed, the officials
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
Carpenters Leader
 Remains Obstinate
IN ADJUSTMENT OF SHEPARD
 DIFFERENCES
HOLDS OUT ON 1 POINT
Hutcheson Has Declined to Leave to
 Board Decisions Respecting condi-
 tions of Labo-17 Unions Agreed.

Washington, Feb 21. = Concessions to Willia L. Hutcheson, president of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, in adjusting the claims of shipyard carpenters appeared probable tonight after further conferences be tween government officials and heads # the carpenters organization
 Other 17 Unions Agree.
 The original signers of an agree nent to leave all differences in ship ards to the shipbuilding labor adjust nent board for settlement will be called together to see if the agree
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
FALLING OFF IN NET
 INCOME OF N. H. ROAD.
Total for Last Year $3,27s, ,as1, a De- crease of $5,sS2,348 from 1916.

New York, Feb. 21-A statement of the earnings of the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad, the Cen tral New England Railway company and other separately operated com
 panies allied with the New Haven, issued here tonight, shows that for the twelve months ending Dec. 21 last. their total, net corporate income amounted to s3,27s. .Ss1, as against ss,- 161 ,229 for the same period of 1916, a decrease of s5,Ss2,34s. During Decem Der last the New Haven and subsi- diary lines. except the Ontario and Western, showed a deficit, the aggre- gate being $S25, ,9S7. The Ontario and Western had profit of $21, 1,sss.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
.TEUTONS INVADING RUSSIA
 IN THE FORM OF A CRESCENT|I T|I
They Are Moving Toward the Heart of Russia Like a i Great Tidal Wave
MINSK HAS BEEN OCCUPIED BY THE INVADERS

The Formal Message of Surrender by the Russians Has Not Reached Berlin-If the German Invasion Continues After Its Arrival the Russians Will Resort to Guerrilla iWarfare-Thus Far the Germans Report the Capture of Bountfu Supply of Provisions and War Material In Lorrane the French Have Swept the Germans Out of Their First Line Trenches Over Wide Front The American Front is Apparently Quiet
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
BOSTON ELEVATED EMPLOYES HAVE VOTED TO STRIKE.
To Become Effective at Mcknight Monday Unless Demands Are Con- ceded.

Boston, Feb. 21-The union employees of the Bostin Elevated Railway com pany voted overwhelmingly tonight in favor of a strike to be effective at midnight Monday. Formal demands on the company will be drawn up later and will include, it is stated, an up- ward revision of the wage scale.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22

In officially announcing that the selection of 8 site at Sacramento. Calf. for an aviation training camp. Assistant Secretary of War Crowell said the question of locating such a st3ll under consideration.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
Cabled Paragraphs

6oio Pasha's fore High Court. evidencs Case of Bolo Pasha, cop1- s< eaSon and sentenced to De submitted to the court
 pals tomorrow. It will be about
 weeks before the appeal will be Scted upon.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
Seoo,ooo Fire at -Worr..t.,r,-

Worcester, Mass, Feb. 21-Fire of undetermined origin tonight destroyed the lumber yard, sheds and admins tration building of, the W. H, Sawyer Lumber company. causing loss esti- mated at s200,000. -r~--! ,.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22
WASHINGTON

Fame stretched her wings and with her trumpet blew, Great Washington is near, what praise is due? What title shall we have? She paused and said Not one-His name alone strikes every title dead'''
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22

Two states Montana and Texas, noti- fled the Fuei Administration that they would be able to take care of their own coal needs for the remainder ot the war.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22

Two American engineers were slight ly wounded in action in France. Feb ruary 16 and IS. They are Privates George W. Sterling, Melrose, Mass. and John J. Fay, Medford, Mass. A tweIve-ear train of the West | Shore, above Newburg, carrying a con- signment of grain for the Allies, was 1 led down an incline and crashed into | the cars.
 Nine steamships of the Southern
 Pacific and thousands of tons of l freight were tied up when about | 1000 longshoremen went out on strike
 for the second time since returning
 to work Feb. Il. | William Jennings Bryan is to arrive | in New York from Florida o4 Monday | to confer with men from many sec
 tions of the United States upon means
 to further the passage of the prohibi- tion amendment.
 Briqadier General Michael V. Sheri
 dan, U. s. A, retired, died at his home I in Washington yesterday, aged 7S General Sheridan, who was brother of General Phil Sheridan, letf activ
 service at his own request in 1902. Charles Otto Morgenstein, eoxswain was lost overheard from the battleshil New York on February Is. the nav! department yesterday announced. Tn,
 body was not recovered. Morgensteil
 lived at Maple Creek, Saskatchewan
 Canada.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22

Ten thousand metal workers st Bir- minghar, Ala, are on strike as the result of refusal of operators to grant an cight-hour day with nine hours pay.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22

The rumor that Spring Rice, tate British ambassador to the United States, did not die from natural causes, are declared to be without foundation.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22

M. B. Seymour, president of the American Bison Society, protested to the San Francisco park commissioners against killing nine buffalo as a war measure for food for the bears.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22

General Pershing reported that ?ri- vate Luke A. Lovely, engineers. South Amboy, N. J., reported missing in act ion November 30, was buried on Dec ember 3. .
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-22

pr. Cannon, who operated upon Senator Chamberlain, chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee on Monday, said that the senator's con dition is satisfactory
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-11-14
A GOOD USE FOR TOBACCO

A native of Hyderbad, India, has
discovered a good use for tobacco.
Tobacco is a poison. IL will kill cats
and rattlesnakes; and it occurred
TO Mr.. Mallanah that SO good a kill
ing agent might prove deadly to
1eas, and 50 render service in COM
batting the plague.
lie found, according TO the Lam
GET, that tobacco kills fleas prac-
tically simultaneously, and that
when tobacco leaves are spread
over the floors of houses where
people sleep, the fleas, as they en-
ter the room, perish, with the re-
suit that there is no subsequent in
lection. In his Investigations some
hfty-two houses in highly infected
areas were "tobaccOed" according
to his method. The leaves were
stitched on 10 a piece Of mating and
laid on the floor. The same aumber
of houses Of the same type and in
close proximity were left untouch-
ed as controls.
"Out of the iifty-two houses
which were tObaccOed only one
house got infected land that, IL
stated, not through the fault of the
tobacco, and out Of flfty-two con-
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-11-14

Wilson will appear within two days
expressing his satisfaction that our
plans have been enlarged 10 render
this great patriotic service. The
months following victorious ending
Of war will be accompanied with
special dangers. We need not be
solicitous for our soldiers and sail
ors when they are drilling and fight
ing and confronting the great adj
venture OF life and death but rather
when this great Indictment is with
drawn, and discipline relaxed, and
hours Of leisure multiplied, and
temptations are increased, the sew
en- organizations will then be more
needed than ever to prevent period
Of rehabilitation becoming a period
Of Generalization. II took over two
years 10 complete rehabilitation af-
ter the Franco-Prussian War;
eighteen months after Turco-Rus-
sian War; sixteen months after
Spanish American War; ten
months after South African War,
and thirteen months after Russo
japanese War. All with whom we
have conferred Conservatory agreed
that il will require more than one
year b. demobilize American forces.
For this period Of gravest danger
our organizations are planning to
enlarge greatly our physical and
social program by presenting such
helpful counter attraction as to
keep men from wrong associations
and practices. We are extending
great educational program involv-
ing using of thousands OF teachers
and spending millions OF dollars on
textbooks and reference books.
Remarkable religious program will
be conducted. including using of
leading religious preachers and
teachers Of America TO occupy all
OF the time OF our men in these
useful ways: will cost more than
TO help them during fragments of
their time. We therefore call upon
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-11-14
A TELEGRAM FROM JOHN r. MOTT
November 3, 1918
C. A. Tevebaugh.
Louisville, Ny.

November 3, 1918
G.. A. Tevebaugh.
Louisville, Ky.
On behalf OF United War Work
Campaign Committee, request you
promptly relay tonight TO each Dis
trict. County and important local
Chairman or Directors our united
conclusion that no matter how near
or how distant permanent peace may
be the long period OF rehabilitation
and the period which will precede
rehabilitation will present greater
need than ever for the service OF
the seven cooperating organiza-
tions, and therefore that the re-
quested over-subscription OF fifty
per cent is most necessary. Our
advisers Of the American Army and
Navy concur in this judgment. l
have conferred on the subject with
War Department and President VIII
son and they strongly emphasize
need and Importance OF this work
for the period 70 follow cessation OF
hostilities. Letter from President
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-11-14

entire American people TO subscribe
generously in grateful recognition
of the marvellous service rendered
by our men and with the firm pur-
pose to make the period of demobi-
lization not a period of physical,
mental, and moral deterioration or
weakening, but rather a period Of
character building, Of growth in
useful knowledge, and working eff
nciency and of preparation for as
Stunning larger responsibilities as
citizens upon their return home.
John II. Mott
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-11-14

troll houses seven got infected,
which shows that the tobacco ap-
parently failed in ii.2 per cent Of
cases and succeeded in preventing
plague in 1913 per cent of the cases
under experiment"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-26
ASK NEW TRIAL
FOR LABOR LEADER
Mooney, Convicted of San Francisco
Bank Outrage, Said to Be Victim
of False Testimony.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-Recom-
mendations that President Wilson usa
his good offices to induce California au-
thorities to bring about a new trial
of Thomas j. Mooney in case the Cali
fornia supreme court should sustain his
conviction for completely in San Fran
cisco bomb outrageS was made today
b. the President s mediation commits
sion. The commission, which has con
Quoted an exhaustive investigation of
the trial of Mooney, Warren X Bill
lings, Mrs. Rena Mooney and Israel
Weinberg declared this could be done
by pOstp0ning the execution of the
death sentence imposed on Mooney and
by awaiting the outcome of new trial
on one of the untried indictments
After telling of the conviction of
Billings and Mooney the report points
| out that Mra Mooney and Weinberg,
facing the same evidence. were acquit
ted because the testimony of Frank Ok
| man, the main witness for the state,
had been diseredited before their trial
The statement saws "The most dam
aging testimony produced against
! Mooney came from Oxman. After
| Mooney conviction there came ia
| light letters confessedly written by Ok
man prior to his having been called tC
testify. The plain import of These
letters is an attempt by Oxman to sub
| orn perjury. II is true that Oxman wa.
tried for attempted subornation of per
jury and acquitted. but this is beside
the present consideration When Ok
man was discredited the verdict against
Mooney was discredited There can bt
no doubt that Mooney was regarded a.
a labor agitator Of malevolence By the
public utilities of San Francisco anC
the utilities against which he directed
his agitation sought to get him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-26
MRS. CLIFFORD L. AKLEY.
Death Occurs in Her Home on Ames
Hill in Marlboro.

Mrs Sylvia Saloma (Clemons) Aklny.
81, wife of Clifford L. Akley, died about
1870 o clock yesterday afternoon in her
home on Ames hill in Marlboro. She
had been afflicted for some time with tu
berculosis, her last illness covering a
period of about six weeks.
Mrs. Akley was born in Shelburne
Falls. Mass, in January, 1864, a daugh-
ter of Robert r. and Saloma (Churchill)
Clemons. She lived in that town and
in Brookline and Athens in this county
and married Clifford L. Akley, farmer,
% years ago last March.
They lived in Brattleboro year and
since then their home has been in Marl-
boro. She was a member of the Baptist
church in West Guilford.
Besides her husband she leaves three
children, Ruth c. of Walpole, y. H, and
Robert II. and Alice S, who live at
home, also brother by adoption, Harry
White, an undertaken in Winchendon
Mass.
| Mrs. Aklcv was home loving woman
! devoted to her family and friends. The
funeral will be held in the West Brat
tleboro Baptist church Monday or Tues
day and the body will be placed in the
tomb in Meeting House Hill cemetery