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Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07
PRAYER DAY. YESTERDAY
 IN BRITISH EMPIRE.
All Saloons Were Closed for the First
 Time Since the War Began.

London, Jan. 6.-King Georges proc lamation fixing today for prayers throughout the British empire for what has been accomplished in the war by British arms in the cause of freedom and an invocation for the successful, speedy termination of the war was observed in the places of worship of every denomination. The lord mayor of London and sheriffs at tended St. Paul's cathedral in state. Soldiers and sailors on leave, some of them Americans, filled the churches.
 The bishop of London, speaking at St. Paurs cathedral, said:
 '1f there is one thing absolutely cer- tain today, it is that the nation was right in August 191z, in leaving the peaceful security of the home and plunging into the. .wefter of blood which we call the great war. We have had sorrow and we have had tears, but the sorrow was a noble sorrow and the tears were the tears of pride as well as those of grief"
 After paying tribute to the vafor and unselfish service of British men and women, the bishop said:
 Let us thank God today for the coming into the war of the great power in the west"
 One of the features of the occasion was the closing today of all saloons for the first time since the war began
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07
FOOD SITUATION CRITICAL
 IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE,
French Government Has Reqpistioned
 the Wheat Crop. .


 Washington, Jan. s.-In England and as critical in cablegram to the food administration today from Lord Rhondda- the British food controller, which concluded with these words:
 T view the situation with grave anxiety"
 Yesterday a cablegram from the French government said that the wheat crop had been requisitioned and that the bread ration would be cut to allow only seven ounces of bread daily to all persons except the very poor and those doing rard manual labor. In Italy conditions are not as good perhaps as in either England or France.
 Compulsory rationing will be started in England immediately with meats the first commodity to be put under con trol. Distribution of buttar and mar garine will be taken in hand next and other foods will be added as they be- come scarcer. All of the principal foodstuffs will be rationed by April.
 T have repeatedly said in public and private that there is no reason for immediate alarm, although there ts every reason for strict economy and pecuniary measures" said Lord |. Rhondda's message. These state ments in some instances have been twisted into a declaration that there is pieaty of food in England and France.
 The food position in this country and, understand. in France also, can without exaggeration be described as critical and anxious. As I am now unable to avoid compulsory rationing fear it win have to come with long queues Of people awaiting in the se- were weather in practically every town in England for the daily necessaries oi life"
 Compulsory control of foodstuffs ir England, France and Italy was in- ssited on by the American delegates 10 the Paris conference and wal promised at that time.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07
MASKED MEN WHIPPED
 IMPERTlNENT PRo-GERMAN
New Haven Lawyer Was Forced to
 Retract Utterances.

New Haven, Conn.,, Jan. 6.-The identity of none of the score of men who attacked Macmillan Won Hoegen, a lawyer of this city, last night, has been learned and the police here have made no effort to cause the arrest of anyone, not even starting any formal investigation surrounding the circum- stances. Won Hoegen tonight is still csonfined to his bed as the result of severe beating that preceded his fore ed recantation of pro- German utter anceS.
 The chastisement of Won Hoegen followed a series of pro German acts on his part. The continuation came when it was announced that he had written on the top of the question nafre recently sent him the phrase Deutschland Uber Alles" and had written in it that he had doubtful honor of being an American citizen, D and had expressed the sentiment that America was putting up a big "bluff'' He further wrote into the document his wish that Germany might win. the war Wearing masks and armed with re- volvers a posse of men visited his home Saturday night and forced him to go into the street. where he was made to sing "The Star Spangled Banner" kiss the American flag and shout America first last and all the time. '. These demonstrations on his part were punctHatedr with blows in the face "a administered by the posse; re- sulting in a broken nose and severe | bruises. | After the party had allowed him te go home on his promise to write a ] public letter recanting his pro-Ger- man sentiments he made complaint tC police station and related the facts | of the attack. He knew none of his assailants and it is said that some o1 them at least. were not of New Haven
 The Von Hoegen home has beer watched night and day by guards from a munitions plant here. It was stated tonight and although asked for specia 4 protection by the police, none has vel been afforded him.
 It was learned tonight that tht questionnaire he turned in covered with pro- German sentiment has prov
 ed a puzzle to federal officials At
 torney General Gregory has been ap
 pealed to to determine If an Ameri
 can citizen can express such ideas ol
 a formal war paper and escape pun ! ishment.
 It was l1inted here that one solution
 of the matter might, be to put Vol
 Hoegen in Class One, the earliest t,
 be called when new quotas are sough for next month.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07
TUG SINKS OFF CLAY =.
 HEAD, BLOCK ISLAND.
Captain and Crew Were Taken of by
 Coast Guard Grew. a.

New London, Conn, Jan. G. - The ocean going tug larence Blakeslee, be- longing to the New Haven Trap Rock company. .sprang aleak and sank Sat- urday afternoon off Clay Head, Block Island, while on her way to the island with supsly of provisions for work men of the T. A. Scott company off this city, to whom the tug was under charter. &
 Captain David S. Conrad and crew of twelve were all taken off in safety by Captain Oswald A. Littlefeld and. crew of coast guard station No. 60. =
 The captain and crew of the sunl;ens tug reported her loss upon their arr rival in this city tonight, where they had been brought by tug sent after them by the Scott company.
 The Blakeslee, which is valued. it is reported, at $e0,0oo, lies in from seven to ten fathoms of water. Efforts will be begun at once to raise her. s...
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07
COAL IS ARRIVING
 IN NEW YORK CITY
Ninety-Two Barges Tied Up to the
 Docks There Yesterday.

New York, Jan e.-Ninety-two barg- es laden with approximately 55,o0o tons of coal were tied up to docks in New York city today and, coupled with warmer weather, assured relief for the city's population from cold and scarcity of fuel which it had under gone for more than a week. Fuel ad- n1infs6ation officials were optimistic tonight, although admitting that a shortage of coal probably would con- tinue some time. They predicted that the critical period had passed.
 More than 6S,o60 tons of coal was brought to New Jersey terminals dur ing the day, and aside from this it was estimated that there was approximate ly 55,000 tons already loaded on barg- es for removal to the city
 Predictions by the weather bureau of a snowstorm late tonight or tomor- row caused concern among fuel ad- ministration officials, for it was feared that a heavy snow would seriously hamper transportation facilities.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07
STATEMENT ISSUED BY
 J. OGDEN ARMOUR
censures Counsel Heneys Method of Conducting Meat Investigation.

Chicago, Jan. 6.-J. Ogden Armour, head of Armour & company, meat packers, tonight made a statement in regard to remarks made in Philadel- phia Saturday by an official connected with the federal trade commission, aS- serting that the federal government might seize packing industries through a receivership. MT. Armour, after re- senting what he called "the insid1ous methods of MT. Heney, counsel for the commission, of prejudicing and in flaming the public" said:
 Under an act Of congress passed a few months ago, authorizing the United States food administration so to do, the government has in effect al ready assumed practical control of the packing business.
 Through the affairs of corpora ton in Philadelphia, which has no connection whatever with the packing business and whose operations have | not the slightest influence on the cost | of meat, the press despatches scatter all over the country interviews with | MT. Heney, which both by inuendo and anonymity, coupled with Mr. Heney' s ] innocent declinations to be personally I interviewed, charge that the United | States is planning to have receivers | ness. MT. Heney is the paid attorney of the federal trade commission and as such he should occupy and dis charge his official duties in a fair way l He has, however, assumed the powers not only of the federal trade commis- | sion but of the department of justice and, in fact, of the government itself
 T shall not at this time comment on the manner in which the hearings | are conducted, nor shall l refer to the i fact that the packers are not repre-
 scented, and are not permitted to crose
 examine witnesses or to introduce tes.
 timony or otherwise explain the mo, 1 lives or develop the truth of the wit.
 nesses selected by MT. Heney to lenC
 color to his preconceived and pre-
 announced opinions. Each day there
 issue from the inquiry room press des
 patches that refer to the meat trust
 the food combine which has the pub
 lie in it's grip and similar unfair catci
 phrases which can only be construed
 as appeals to stir up the passions ant
 prejudices of the people.
 ''The cost of meat is high, but ther
 are controlling economic reasons there
 for which can be readily ascertaine, i: and should be by some governmenta
 agency explained to the people. Al
 examination of the prices paid for liv
 stock today as compared with thos paid a year ago discloses an increas of about 40 per cent.
 "The packers today are uniforml straining every effort efficiently to ali , the government in winning the wal , No greater injury can be don f to the packers than to affect thei , credit by fomenting public disconten
 and Snreadin5 statements oJool,ad ,r,j r
 apparent official thority that fedora f receivers are to be appointed of tn
 properties and businesses of the pack 1 ,, [
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07
MAJOR GRASON MURPHY
 -- IS COMING HOME
He Has Resigned as Head of the American Red Cross Mission to Europe.

Paris. Jan. e-Major Grayson Mur- phy of New York, whose resignation as head of the American Red Cross mission to Europe was announced last night, is leaving for America to trans fer from the Red Cross to other ser vice at his own request. and Tn conss
 uuence of an understanding which ne had with Henry P. Davison, chairman of the American Red Cross war coun- cil, when he came to France to or ganize the Red Cross work.
 q am giving up my relations with the Red Cross" said Major Murphy today. with a great deal of reluctance. but as it happens I am graduate or West Point and as I can be replaced
 in Red Cross work bv Major James H. Perkins (vice president of the Ma tional City Rank of New York, who IS now in France with the commiss1on}, without any detriment whatever to the orsa anization. I feel it to be my duty to go directly into the military service for which I was tried by the govern ! ment. am going to the United States l for week, as Major Perkins cannot | leave France at present, to discuss cer- | tain important matters of policy witp MT. Davison." = Major Murphy has just returned | from Italy. where he directed the com
 prehensive measures of relief py means of which the Red Cross aided upwards of 1ae. 900 refUgees from the invaded districts. The Red Cross In | Italy as in France will as part or Its
 programme devote it's work this Wln-- ter to relieving the civil population by
 the distribution of fuel, food, clothes
 and medical services supplies.
 Both the Italian and French govern
 ments are giving every facility to the
 Red Cross because they recognize that
 American support in this way simpI-,
 hes the military problems. Every aid
 to the civil population relieves the mil
 itarv administration of that much
 work. In addition to the civilian r'ro-
 gra rrY7ne, the Red Cross is carrying on
 an extensive programme of military
 relief in Italy. France and Belgium and it is also conducting important operations in Great Britain.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07
"cARRY YOUR BUNDLE"
 CAMPAIGN A SUCCESS
Merchants Have CurtaiIed Deliveries
 and Return Privileges.

Hartford, Conn.,, Jan. 6.-The "car- ry your bundle campaign among the merchants in Connecticut is showing results. Retail dealers in Hartford, New Haven, New London, Norwich, West Hartford and Windsor Locks have already curtailed deliveries and return privileges with the strong prob ability that Bristol, Danbury, Daniel son, Putnam and Willimantic will do likewise before the end of the pres ent methor. The matter is being handled by a ub-cemmittee of the In- dustriaI Survey Committee of the Con- necticut State Council of Defense, named on recomm mendation of the Con- necticut Chamber of Commerce.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07

Hartford, Conn.,, Jan. 6.-EXpense of maintenance of the state highway de- partment for the last fiscal year end ing September 30, 1917, was $2.52S, ,225, according to the report of Commis- sioner Charles J. Bennett, which has teen given to Governor Marcus H. Holcomb. The refunds received from ali sources were $330,961 making the net expenditures for the year $2,197,- 263, or slightly in excess of the sum spent in the season of 191516. This increase was mainly due to increases in the cost of maintenance and recon struction of highways, and money to meet it was found in the increased revenue from the automobile depart ment Material and labor cost in- creased because of war conditions.
 The Chief Expenditures.
 The chief expenditures of the de- partment were of three kinds: the construction of highways the con- struction of trunk line highways under Acts of 1915 and 1917, the payments for the maintenance, construction and repairs of highways. Other apprOpria : tions were made for specific purposes
 The last assembly made ample pro- vision for new road construction and the coming two years should show in- creased mileage in improved high | ways, although the total is restricted ! by reason of the federal governments rule that only necessary roads should l be improved, and because materials and labor are scarce by reason of wal l conditions.
 28.26 Miles Of New Roads. During the year 2S26 miles of new road was built, making the total O state aid and trunk line highways t. 1 457.20 miles. The department i: convinced that present day traffic re quires permanent pavements of hi2i character. Conditions at present ar 1 abnormal and the demand for twelv months use of a highway makes necessary to expend more money ol improved types of surface. It, is hop I edt during the coming year to con i struct only such roads as are of vi tai necessity to the passage of throug
 traffic or to the development of ia
 cilities for the prosecution of the wal The department expects to work i
 cooperation with the authorities a l Washington in the development 0 roads which are both a necessity iron
 Q military and commercial standpoint
 in the successful prosecution of tn
 war.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07
VALUABLE SCIENTIFIC
 PAPERS LOST IN FIRE
At WiiIiston Hall, Mount Hoiyoke
 College Christmas Week.

South Hadley, Mass, Jan. s.-Many valuable scientific papers were lost in the fire which destroyed Williston Hall in which the department of science at Mount Holyoke College was located. according to 8 statement by the college authorities today. The building, the oldest on the campus, was destroyed while the girls were on their Christmas vacation.
 The psychological laboratory was one of the hardest hit by the fire, as notes covering more than ten years of research were destroyed. In the zoology department Dr. Morgan lost data on years of work. Dr. Cornefia Maria Clapp, formerly of the zoology department and one of the women pi- oneers in science, lost all her works and much valuable unpublished mate rial.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07
Thrift Campaign in
 the Public Schools
FOR SALE OF STAMPS AND WAR
 SAVING CERTIFICATES.
STATEWIDE DRIVE ON
A Special Effort Will Be Made to Have Each of the More Than 100000 Pu- pills Earn and Save at Least One Penny Week.

Hartford, Conn.,, Jan. 6.-The thrift campaign in the public schools of Con- necticut will begin tomorrow. Plans have been perfected for the sale of thrift stamps and war savings certi- ficates among the more than 200 ,00G pupils in the state. Howell Cheney, state director of the National War Savings Committee, has held several conferences with supervisors and principals in different parts of Con- necticut and everywhere he has re- ceived assurances of cordial support.
 It is proposed to organize war sav- ings societies in every grade. A spe- cial effort will be made to have each child earn and save at least one penny a week.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07
THOUSANDS TO ATTEND
 FUNERAL OF DR. KAPLAN
Known as the Good Samaritan Doe
 tor of New Yor<s East Side.

New York. Jan. 6.-Thousands of persons will attend the funeral on the lower East Side tomorrow of Dr. Paul Kaplan, widely known for his activi- ty in the movement which resulted in the overthrow of Emperor Nicholas in Russia He was secretary in America of the Russian socialist revoIutionists and one of the principal organizers of the Friends of Russian Freedom.
 Dr. Kaplan, who was 70 years cd. was known as the Good Samaritan Doctor of the East Side" He died yesterday of pneumonia contracted while administering to a poor family who were without heat during the re- cent zero weather.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07
SUNDAY DELIVERIES OF
 ,.. COAL IN NEW LONDON
One Firm Had 33 Teams and if Auto
 Trucks at Work.

New London, Conn.,, Jan. 6-Sunday deliveries of coal were made from 6 o'clock this morning to at night here today by the largest coal com pany of the city. which used B teams and II automobile trucks and a work ing force of 85 men and boys. With what will be done tomorrow 1t is be- lieved that the emergency demands for coal, brought on by the extremely cold weather of the past week, will all be filed.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07
ITALY HAS MODIFIED
 PHYSICAL. REQUIREMENTS
All Men Between the Ages of 1s and
 A Called For War Service,

Washington, Jan. 6.-Ttaly has adopted a drastic new policy to in crease her fighting forces. Physical requirements have been modified and all men between the ages of Is and A years previously exempted for defects are ordered to present themselves for fureher examination.
 Those accepted will be mustered in the army on January 15. It is esti- mated that the decree will bring more than eQQ.Q00 men to the colors,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07
OBITUARY
George Clifford Davidge.

Binghamton, N. Y, Jan. 6.-George Clifford Davidge, formerly identified with large tanning interests in New ark valley and Berkshire, N. Y, and later an organizer and executive of the United States Leather company and president of the Cotton State Lum- Der company, operating large mills in Mississippi, died at his home here to- day.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07
New DeInurrage
 Rules for Railroads
ISSUED BY DIRECTOR GENERAL
 M'ADOo.
TO HASTEN UNLOADING
The Present Two Day Free Time is Continued, But Increases Range From 50 to 1oo Per Cent. in Charges Thereafter.

Washington, Jan. 6.-To promote more prompt unloading of freight cars, Director General MeAdoo today estab- Ished new railroad demurrage rules for domestic traffic, effective Jan. 21, continuing the present two days free time, but providing for increases rang ing from 50 to 100 per cent. in charges thereafter.
 The director general appealed to shippers and consignees to cooperate in releasing cars to meet the national emergency and to make special efforts, even before the higher demurrage charges go into effect to clear tNcmi nals as contribution to the success of the war. The necessity for acson was emphasized today by report from A. H. Smith, assistant director general in charge of operations east of the Mississippi river, that "accumula- tion is increasing at points east of Pittsburgh and Buffalo" MT. Smith reported that the situation was due largely to cold weather but that sick ness among trainmen and engineers and scarcity of labor has necessitated extensive curtailment of train service.
 New Demurrage Rates.
 The new demurrage rates, approved by the interstate commerce commis- sion on request of the director general are $3 per car for the first day after the two free days; S4 for the second day, and $1 additional for each suc- ceeding day until the charge per day reaches $10. This maximum then will be charged for every day or fraction thereafter. Existing demurrage rates in most sections of the country are $1 for the first day after the two days 1 free time, $2 for the second day, s; | for the third day. $5 for the fourth day and for each day thereafter Ever | those rates are several times higher than those which prevailed a year age 1 and which were raised last sprine when congestion on eastern railroads became acute. Much higher rates art i charged on the Pacific coast and il several other districts 1 No Change on Export Freight. l No changes will be made for tht present in demurrage rules or rate: on export freight. The new regula tions, said Mir. McAdoos order specifically contemplate the cancella tion of all average agreement pro visions of existing tariffs aa-R aiiroad, are instructed to file tariffs embodyin. the new rates with the interstate com
 merce commission and state conlmis sions.
 In approving the filing of new de murrage tariffs the Interstate com
 merce commission took action for tn
 first time on a request of the directo general for higher rates.
 About one-ffth of the through pas
 senger trains on eastern railroads wer
 withdrawn from service today with tn
 director generals approval and withi
 week or two many other passenge
 schedules will be curtailed. Disar
 rangement of passenger schedules i
 the last week, Assistant Director Gen
 eral Smith reported. was promote
 largely by the number of persons re turning home from holiday visits
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
 ARE DISCONTINUED
Leon TrotN the BOIshevki Foreign Minister, Insists
 That Deliberations be Held on Neutral Soil
GERMANS REFUSE TO LEAVE BREsT-LITovsK

Decision of the Germans Discontinue the Stngs Was Ar rived at During Crown Council Held in Berlin Satur- day-There is Considerable Activity of Infantry in Bel qium and France-British Recapture a Position Near Bullecourt-On the Italian Front the Big Guns of Both Sides Keep Hammering Away.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07

Henry Grab, a cafe owner of New, Rochelle, was sentenced to 30 days in jail for selling liquor to soldiers.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07

The Berlin TasebIatt reports that Japan has resumed the fullest diplo- matic relations with Russia
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07

Five hundred additional carloads of coal were ordered to be rushed to New England to relieve the coal shortage.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07
$rhanks for American Red Cross.

&fhan<s for American Red Cross.
 Headquarters Italian Army in Northern Italy, Jan. 6.-Mgr. Longhin, bishop of Treviso, has addressed to the American Red Cross a letter of warm thanks for the generous assist ance given to the refugees from the Treviso diocese and the relief for the victims of the Austro-German air raids.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07

Yaqui indians added five more to their list of thirty-six killed in raids on Southern Pacific trains
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07

The first cargo of the new crop of Cuban sugar arrived at Philadelphia aboard a Norwegian steamship.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07

Chairman Hurley of the Shipping Board asked Congress for sS2 100000 to build more ship building plants.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07

5 900 Germans in the Southern District of New York will be finger printed.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-07

The Worcester Fuel Board recom- mends to the Worcester School Board that school be postponed indefinitely.