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Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

"The officers we captured were al- ways bullheaded and wouldn't give in- formation, but the German privates were sick of the war and told us that they wished they w7ren't in it. They look for it to end in revolution in Ger many, after America gets into the war. but they don't believe we are in it yet.'
 Heffernan drew a gloomy picture of what the agriculturist in France will encounter after the war, asserting that there are many uneXploded shells in 1 the fields and the farmer who ploughs 1 them won't find his life worth any | thing"
 First American to Fire Shot. ] In Sergeant Heffernan's party was a
 19 year old boy Corporal Osborn De VariIla of San Francisco, an artillery
 man, who, his companions claimed, was
 the first American to fire shot at the Germans last October.
 His battery took it's place behind a little town under cover of darkness
 planting it's guns on slope which had been previously camoudaged. De Varil- las gun was aimed at a communicat- ing trench in the German front line
 and, when Captain I. R. McLendon
 gave tine word to the gun crew, eigh- teen pounds of shrapuel went scream ing over 400 yards of No Mans
 Land.
 q felt pretty good when that old
 shell went sailing over the hill" De
 Varilla admitted. "The only thing we
 were all sore about was that we
 couldn't see where it hit and had to
 take another mans word for it: It made it sort of an impersonal war.
 When the Germans began to fire hack, we got some real thrills l. didn't have time to think what itwould mean , if those gunners got our range and l . gusss the other men felt about the
 same way. Nobody seemed to be ner-
 vous."
 The corporal said that the Germans made their first raid in his sector on October 31, and that it was after this rad that the body of an American sol- dier was found in front of the wire. with his throat cut from ear to ear.
 Private John Mccormick. another ! member of the party. had many thrills during his first day in the trenches. A : Herman shell hit dugout in which he 3 had taken cover with 22 companions. l When the dugout caved in, only Mc- l Cormick and two others were alive
 and when they were finally released [ they had to remain in the front trench g as the Germans were laying down a t barrage.
 e When the heavy fire continued, Me n Cormick volunteered to run through
 the rain of shells to get food for his | comrades. Disappearing, he returned d later bearing a can of stew. a Another member of the party was d Corporal Homer Whited, of Bessemer e Ala, who wore the Cross of War fol e courage displayed in raid. Perhap: l. the youngest soldier was Langhorns e Barbour, of Chatham, Va, who gave
 his age as IT.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29
Heroic Act of Chief BOatsWain's Mate
JOHN MACKENZIE SAVED CON-
 VERIFIED YACHT REMLIk
GIVEN MEDAL OF HONOR
Flung Himself On a Depth Charge Which Had Broken Lose and Went Sweeping About the Deck In a Heavy Gale.

Washington, April 2s.-How John Mackenzie, a chief boatswain's mate in the naval reserve, by extraordinary heroism. saved the converted yacEt Remlik, on patrol service in European waters, was told today in an announce ment by Secretary Daniels that the navy department had awarded Mac kenzie the medal of honor and a gratuity of $100.
 During a heavy gale on last 0ee. IT. a depth charge weighing several hundred pounds broke from it's fasten- ings at the stern Of the Remlik and went sweeping about the deck. The heavy seas washing over the quarter deck made it dangerous for anyone to attempt to reach that part of the ship.
 Vessel Was in Danger.
 As officers and crew watched the bomb, someone saw the safety pin fall out of the charge, making it a source
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29
INCREASED FREIGHT RATES
 FOR NEW ENGLAND ROADS
Have Been Granted by the Interstate Commerce Commission.


 Washington, April 27.-Increases in class freight rates ranging between five and 15 per cent. and in passen- ger rates to ? 3-4 cents per mile on New England railroads, were allowed today by the interstate commerce commission.
 The commission ordered that mile age rates might be increased to an average of ? 5-S cents and authorized other changes in passenger schedules to bring in many million dollars more to the roads. The increases in class rates were disallowed for the Cana dian Pacific and Bangor & Aroostook railroads.
 The commission specified a scale of class rates for the leading railroads and somewhat higher rates for the mi nor lines in New England. | One way passenger fares are to be 1 ? 3-4 cents instea1 of the present ave- rage ? 1-2 cents and mileage may be sold, at the same rate per mile as
 one way tickets or in the carriers discretion on a basis of one-tenth of 2
 cent or one eighth of cent below the
 regular one-way fares" The roads
 application for elimination of 25 triI family tickets on a basis of , l T
 cents a mile was granted. The com mission also permitted increased zont fares on the Providence Warren anC
 Bristol branch of the New York, New Haven & Hartford.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29
9,461, 900 Liberty Loan Subscriptions
s2,2co, ,ooo,ooo HAS BEEN DEFINlT.
 ELY PLEDGED
TRULY A PEOPLES LOAN
It Is Considered Certain That a Great Number of Pledges From Wealthy Men and Corporations Will Be Made This Week.

Washington, April 2S.-over- sub scription of the three billion dollar minimum of the third Liberty loan now is looked for during the cam paign's final week. about to start. but treasury officials declared tonight the five billions needed would be sub scribed only if millions of citizens take shares of the loan in the next six days
 It is apparent that with about s2,- 200, 100000 definitely pledged, many ether subscriptions in the hands of campaign committees without the in stallment payments, and a roll of g. 461,000 individual subscribers, the third war credit is truly a peoples loan"
 Hard Work This Week.
 But enly the hardest kind of work in the next six days will make possible approach of the twenty mil
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29
Small Bonds Being Sold.
RUSSIA MAY ARRoGATE TREATY WITH GERMANY
Rumor That Former Grand Duke Alexis Has Been Declared Emperor

Stockholm. April 28-By the Associ-
 ated Press.-Correspondents of Swed-
 ish newspapers in Finland telegraph
 persistent rumors in circulation there
 of, important happenings in Russia.
 The most definite rumor declares that the former Grand Duke Alexis. son of the former emperor. has been declared emperor with Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch as Regent and that the new government would refuse to 1 recognize the Bolshevik peace treaty with Germany
 The rumors would be disregarded here were it not for the fact that a
 report from Vasa. Finland last Thurs 1 day declared that the transportation | of Russian civilian prisoners had had Ito be suspended because of current disorders in Russia
 Finland and Sweden have had no 1 telegraphic communication with Rus sia in more than three weeks.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

An Atlantic Port, April 2s.-Fifty American soldiers, most of whom have been wounded ors gassed, have been brought to this port from France bye order of President Wilson to take part in the Liberty loan campaign, ac- cording to an announcement made. by the military authorities here today.
 The party, comprising enlisted men representing all branches of the army and commanded by Regimental Ser geant John J. Heffernan, arrived here on transport last night. Sixteen will serve as loan speakers in the New York federal reserve district and the others will be sent tc various parts of the country.
 Six of the men wear French war crosses awarded for gallantry in action and all wear the gold "V' for foreign service. Many show by insignia on their right arms that they have been wounded
 Americans go into battle cheering and waving their hats, said Heffernan, in describing coalitions at the Fran co-American front.
 "The idea was to put us on quiet sector when we went over first" he said. "but the sector didn't remain quiet long with the Americans in it They began fighting the first minute they could and they have been fight ing ever since.
 q remember one detail that was hauling ammunition to the front We came to a road where we were tol6 | that ne could not pass, as the Ger mans were shelling 1t. "'Well, boys, do we want to go ovel 1 that roadc' asked.
 "All the men driving the ammuni ] tion- trucks; began te@eheer and waT' their hats as ~e dashed up the hill ant over the forbidden road. The Frencl people in the town below were all il dugouts."
 A Fne Lot of Boys.
 We've got 9. fine lot of boys ove there.' he, continued Charley Taft President Taft's son, is one of them I have seen him under the hardest cen l ditions, acting like the real man h is.
 Heffarnan said that the latest tricl to which the Germans had resortet was landing spies behind the Fran American lines by airplanes. Tn
 Germans he said would don Frencl uniforms on alighting and then strol about among our men.
 | One day an order was given tna every man in our vicinity had to hay
 a pass" he said, adding that "the las
 German prisoners I saw in Franc
 were men who were captured from a
 airplane."
 . "The Americans had always said tha
 when they got the Boches, they woul give them bad treatment" but as
 matter of fact, whenever we capture Germans we treated them with tn greatest kindness. We even stol
 chow to feed them. and gave them tc
 bacco and the best of everything VI \ had.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29
SEVERAL BUILDINGS BURNED AT EAST NoRWALK SUNDAY
Firenen Were Hampered by Several
 Explosions of Gasoline.

NorwaEz, Conn. April 2S.-Fire starting in the Feldman junk shop on Seaview avenue in East Norwalk ear ly, today destroyed the shop, the Pierce garage in the same building, the offices of the F. J. Hodges Con tracting Company adjoining, and leaping the street under the impetus of high wind. consumed the build ing of the East Norwalk Yacht club, with several small boats, and launches. A number of automobiles in tho Pierce garage were also destroyed. The total loss is estimated at about ST, ,000, partially covered by .insur- ance The cause of the fire has not been determined. The. fremen were hampered by frequent explosions of gasoline in the garage.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29
THREE WETHERSFiELD
 CONNECTS PLOTTED ESCAPE
Arms, Files and Other Implements Had
 Been Struggled Into Them.

Hartford, Conn, April 2s.-A plot
 which had for it's object the escape
 of three convicts. one a life, prisoner,
 from the state prison at Wethersfield
 was frustrated by Warden c. c. Mo Claughry, it was learned tonight, when he discovered that arms, files and other implements were about to be smuggled into the prisopers. Two guards al- legged to have gone to Springfield, l Mass. to procure the articles, have been dismissed. according to informa- | tion at the prison. Warden Me Claughry declined to giveN out the ! names of those involved.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29
FIRE DESTROYED TUFTS
 COLLEGE DENTAL SCHOOL
Valuable Scientific Instruments Were
 Removed from the Building.

Boston, April 2s.-A fire early today destroyed the Tufts college dental school building in the Back Bay dis trict., Several hundred students are taking a. special counse at the school to prepare them for dental work in the army and navy.
 Valuable scientific instruments and i, quantity of platinum were recovered safely from the dental laboratories. The loss is estimated att s5o,Oe0.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29
RESOLUTIONS OF PROTEST
 BY TELEGRAPH OPERATORS
Because Operators Who Joined Union
 Were Discharged.

New York, April 2s.-Two hundred telegraph operators held g. meeting here today to protest against the al- legged discharge by telegraph compan- ies of operators who join the union. Resolutions were adopted declaring such action was contrary to the agreement between labor and capital to insure industrial peace during the war. The resolutions called upon President Wilson and Secretary of La bor Wilson to investigate conditions and check the alleged anti-union ac- tivities of the companies.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29
ANOTHER "cLEANuP" RAID
 MADE IN NEW YORK.
15o Men and Women Either Were Ar.
 rested or Summoned for Examination.

New York, April 2S.-In the fourth Sunday morning cleanup" raid con- ducted by District Attorney Swann, early today, 150 men and women either were arrested or ordered to appear for examination tomorrow. More than a score of restaurants. cabarets, Raines law hotels, saloons. chop suey places and pool parlors were raided, as well as one or two apartments.
 One of the women in an apartment into which entrance was forced said she was an Austrian. Tn the rooms were found many letters from soldiers at various cantonments.
 "This is just what I have been after for a long time," exclaimed Assistant District Attorney Smith when he saw the letters.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29
Hard Fighting Has Been In Progress On the Ypres
 Sector, With Little Change h Positions
VOORMEzEELE AND LOeRE LOST AND REWoN

German Attempts to Pierce the French Line In the st Mhe
 Been No Material Change In the Situation Along the Entire Front Over That of Saturday But the Big Guns of the French and Germans Are Carrying Out Mighty Reciprocal Bombardmenls There Is No Ver6cation of Reports That CounterRevoIution Has Broken Out In PetroQrad. sAsI ss<n<e fs
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29
THROWN FROM MOTORCYCLE UNDER A MoToRTRucK
Lieut.. Sylvester Butler and Corp. Ar
 thur Jansen Seriously Injured.

Bridgeport, Conn, April .S.-1ieut- Sylvester Butler of Cromwell, Conn, and Corp. Arthur Jansen of Jamaica Plains, Mass, were thrown from a motorcycle under motortruck in Stratford this afternoon and seriously injured. Both are at a Bridgeport hospital.
 Butler has fractured skull and in- ternal injuries and may not live. Jan sen is also internally hurt, but will probably recover.
 Their machine, attempting to turn out for passing automobile, was struck and knocked over.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29
BLUEJAckET sUlclDED
 BY WHALING GAS
Had overstayed His Leave ane
 Dreaded to Face His Officers.

New York. April 2S.-Clarence Ben son, 2s years old. of Bridgeport, Conn.,, a sailor on a United States battleship, committed suicide today by inhaling gas in the apartment of Ada Gamble in Harlem.
 Miss Gamble told the police Benson informed hee that he had overstayed his leave. that he dreaded to face his officers and had decided to end his life. She paid no attention to his threat and left him alone while she went to call on friends. When she re- turned he was dead.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29
ization meeting.

ization meeting:
 There has been much talk of Ger many coming over here and attacking the United States. We need have no fear that Germany will ever attack the United States. It would take a maritime nation to do that because America is surrounded by water. Am erica can look to other countries for possible attacks in the future. Recent ly a certain prime minister stated our nation is mistress of tbe sea, has been mistress of the sea and always will be mistress of the sea- 2
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29
NUMBER OF GERMANS
 MISSING IS 664, 1o4
Of That Number 4o2.o76 Are Prison CTS in France, England, Russia and Rumania

Amsterdam. Saturday, April 27.- Speaking before the main committee of the German reichstag on Friday. according to Vorwaerts. General Von Risberg stated that on March 31, last the number of German missing had reached total of 664,104. Of this i number, he said. 236676 were prison CTS in France: 11e.000 in England: f157,000 in Russia and Rumania and the remainder could be regarded as dead.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29
AUTO BANDITS ROBBED
 WELLS FARGO TRUCK
On Ferryboat While Crossing River from New York to Jersey City.

New York, April 2S.-Four automo- bile bandits robbed a Well Fargo Ex- press company truck on ferryboat crossing the river to Jersey City early today and escaped with their loot. The police have been unable to obtain an estimate of the value of the goods stolen. The driver of the truck and his helper declared they were smoking in the mems cabin and knew nothing of the robbery until the boat docked
 The chauffeur of an American Ex- press company truck told the police he saw four men footing the riva company's truck and piling the stoler goods in an automobile. When he started to interfere he was dissuade6 by one of the bandits who poked z revolver in his face and threatened him with death if he made an out crV
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29
HERBERT w, SIMoKDs OF MIDDLETOWN SUICIDES
Wife Found Him Dead in Their Home Travelled for New Britain Firm.

Middletown, Conn.,, April f2S-Her- bert w Simonds, 40. travelling sales man for a New Britain firm. was found dead in his home here by his wife when she returned from New Britain late last night A note written by her husband said he was tired oi life" The medical examiner express ed the opinion that the man had taken his life last Tuesday by inhal- ing gas.
 Mrs. Simonds is employed all weel in New Britain returning home week ends.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29
25 AuToIsTs ARRESTED
 AT MILFORD SUNDAY.
Local Police Were Assisted by the
 State Police,

Milford, Conn, April 2s.-Twenty- five automobilists we're arrested here today for. violating the speed laws, among them being ex-Judge Charles Mayer of New York city. State police assisted the local police force in mak- ing the arrests.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29
IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITION OF ARCHBISHOP IRELAND
PreIate Rallied Yesterday Morning and Became Briahter,

St. Paul. NIinn., April 2S. = Slight
 improvement in the condition of Arch
 bishop John Ireland was reported by
 his physicians this evening Late last night the condition of the Catholic prelate, who has been ill for several months was grave but he rallied this
 morning. "and gradually became brighter it was announced.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29
HOLLAND HAS YIELDED
 TO GERMANYs DEMANDS
Concerning Transport and Supply oi
 Sand and Gravel

London, April 29.-Holland has yield- ed to Germany's demands concerning transport and the supply of sand and gravel although it is understood that the amount of sand and gravel will be limited instead of unlimited. ac- cording to a despatch from The Hague to the Daily Hail dated Sun day
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29
GERMANS ARE UNABLE TO. BREAK
 ALLIED LINES IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS
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cIemenceau Returns From Front.
 Paris. April 3S.-Premier Clemen- eeau spent yesterday on the' British Franco front where he met Lord Mil ner. Returning late tonight, he told the Echo De Paris that conditions were quite satisfactory.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29
FIFTY WOUNDED AMERICAN
 SOLDIERS BACK FROM FRANCE
They Have Been Brought to This Country to Take Part
 In the Liberty Loan Campaign
MEN REPRESENT ALL BRANCHES OF THE ARMY

Six of the Men Wear French War Crosses Awarded For Foreign Service -Regmental Color Sergeant John J.
 Heffernan Who Was In Command In Describing Con- ditions On the Franco-American Front Tells of Amer- Going Into Battle Cheering and Waving Their Hats
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

Thomas A. Rouiston, founder of the chain of Roulston grocery stores, is dead at his home ill Brooklyn.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

Frank P. Glass, of the Birmingham News was elected president of the American Newspaper Publishers As sociation.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

l Sardine packers at Long Beach, CaI., i,were ordered by the Government to
 Hhold SO per cent of tf1e1r stock for KGovernment use.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

England owns wheat in Australia that she bought at one dollar a hGshel. These sunpl;ts cannot be used because of the long haul and the scarcity of shipping.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

American aviators in France .downed 339 airplanes since the United States entered the war up to March S.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

The Liverpool food committee grant ed an extra ration to a 16-year- old boy who weighs 300 pounds.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

!, Dr. Karl Buenz is on his way to
 Atlanta to serve eighteen months for eonspiring to furnish enemy war craft with supplies.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

The appointement of four directors of $5O0,000,000 War Finance Corpora tion will be announced shortly.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

The Aecomo, the second wooden ship of 500 tons to be built by the Found : ation Co.,, will be launched Saturday in Newark.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

Problems of Irish conscription were discussed by Lord Reading and T. P O'Connor at Washington
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

The names of three men killed and one wounded and one ill appeared on Canadian casualties list.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

The Italian Chamber of Deputies ac. cepted the Governments war propos. als by a, vote of 235 to 70.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

George Bell, giant negro, ' feet Ii inches tall who was brought to Camp Upton in the draft, was rejected be- cause of his size.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

Application of she Ohio Electric Co., for increased interstate passenger fares was approved by the Interstate Con- merce Commission
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

Fifty eight Harvard students anC graduates have been killed in the wa up to the present time.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

When Count Ishii the Japanese minister, arrives at Washington he will take up tile question of Japan's invasion of Siberia
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

It is reported in Montevideo that the German reply to Uruguay's in quiry as to whether a state of wal existed is unsatisfactory.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

Throwing paper in garbage cans in Berlin is punishable by a fine of $25 or a term of imprisonment. All waste paper must be turned in. '
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

Chief Philip kantz, Captain Charles Boynton and four firemen were over come by gas at Syracuse, while fight l ing fire that gutted the Eagle Club. The nannes of the following Ameri. cans appeared in Canadian casualty I list: Gassed: A A. Atkinson, Clinton Mass; E. L. Berard, North Attleboro Mass
 The long disagreement between the Fuel Administration and the Railroad | Administration over the car supply to be utilized shall be taken to the President.
 Four thousand bushels of grain held by H. Wyman Wells, farmer of Ad-
 rain, Mich, was confiscated by the State when it was learned he wa:
 holding for high prices.
 | Lord Rhondda, the British Foos Minister announced that during th'
 first six months Germany had foot
 cards were counterfeited.
 Associate Justice Stephen Lesli
 Mestrezat, of the Pennsylvania su
 preme court, died at the Aldine Hotel
 Philadelphia, at 5 a. m. yesterday afte
 an illness of several months.
 Sergeant Vernon Booth, Jr., of Nev , York, a member of the American fly ; ing corps in France, was married il Paris to Miss Ethel Forgan, daughte l of David R. F'organ, Chicago fnanc } fer
 
 ) Mrs. Florence B. HiIles, daughter C the late Ambassador Thomas F. Bay ard, has taken a job loading shell ? at the Newcastle plant of the Bethle hem Steel Co. to release one ma ' to fight against the Kaiser"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

President Wilson received John Mo- Cornick the Irish tenor at the White House and thanked him for his work in behalf of the Red Cross.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

August Phillips, Netherlands mini seer to tine United States, ha. reached a Danish port
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

Stronnboli, in the Mediterranean, is m violent eruption.
 An aerial line between Nice and London will be established.
 The outbreak of yellow fever in Guatemaia has been checked.
 The names of 75 men were contained on the American casualty list.
 Belgium war granted a loan of ss,- z9o'oeo by the Treasury Department. A committee of public safety was organized in Cuba to stamp out Ger manism.
 Tobacco cards are being issued ir Austria to economize rapidly diminish ing stocks.
 A collection of 10000 otter skin; brought $1S0,000 at the annual fun sale in St. Louis.
 President Wilson subscribed for the second time to the third Liberty Loar for S2,0O0 of bonds.
 August Phillips, Netherlands mini ster to tine United States, ha. reached a Danish port
 Fifty eight Harvard students ant graduates have been killed in the wa up to the present time
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-29

Castardo Tamburro of New York was fined s1O for consigning the Unit ed States to warm place when told he must fill out a, fuel card.