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Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-09

When German aviators bomb an enemy hospital and finding that they had not completed the job return for second attack which succeeds, it is pretty clear demonstration of the fact that they are even blacker than they have been painted.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-09

never produced enough gas to pay for themselves.
 The geologic study of the Cleveland field indicates that in most fields the wells that are brought in after the general pressure has declined to one half of it's original amount are un- profitable. and that in many fields this point may be reached when the pres sure has declined only one-haf.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-09
Norwich. May [, 1918.
An unintentionaI sIunder.

MT. Editor; I was glad to see rep resentatives of the Y. N. H. A. at the lecture last evening in Chamber of Commerce hall. But I feel very sor- ry for the blunder that appeared on a circular which was distributed which made it appear that Hebrews were invited and Germans. I gladly make a public apology; which I owe to our Hebrew friends, and state that I had not the least idea of associat- ing them with the Hun. always be- lieved the Hebrew to be worthy and esteemed citizen.
 Hoping this apology will be ac- cepted, I am sincerely yours,
 ". R. UCHTMAN,
 Lecturer. Norwich May 8, 1918.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-09

The declaration of war against Ger many by Nicaragua comes at time to offset the peace arrangement of the former with Rumania, though it can hardly take Rumania's place in the fighting line.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-09
A Closely Drilled Field Is Short Lived.

Those who are familiar with the gas industry have long realized that a closely drilled field is short lived and that in most pools the later wells are less likely to be profitable than the early ones. Few operators, however, have attempted to determine the req
 sons for these conditions, and most of the business men and others who are occasionally induced to take a flyer" in gas producing seem to be ignorant of their existence. Hence, in many eastern gas fields there are more wells than are necessary or profitable and in some fields the wells are crowd ed so closely that many of them have
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-09

Those who buy thrift and war sav- ing stamps must realize that they are not only helping the government f. nancially but making a bang up good investment
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-09
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Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-09

If Hindenburg throws his forces against the Arras front he might as well make up his mind that he is going to experience some of the stubbornest kind of resistance from the Cana dians
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-09

Inasmuch as Spain has -dopted the plan of saving daylight 1t is surpris- ing that Germany hasn't made some move to prevent it.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-09

The sinking of the Lusitania did not occur so long ago that it requires it's anniversary to cause the world to re- member one of the most heinous deeds in history
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-09

That movement for the restoration of the monarchy in Russia is making just about as much progress as it was expected it would.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-09
OTHER VIEW POINTS

To preserve your morale and that of your neighbor. and make req sonable and proper estimate of the course of the war. prescribe a mix ture of caution and confidence. For instance:
 It is no small job to lick Ger many, but on the other hand, it is impossible for Germany to lick us.
 We hope the war will end this year and will try to finish it, but on the other hand will plan and pro vide all the time for three more years of war and all the sacrifices that implies.
 While we know that we are going to suffer grievously before we get through, on the other hand, just con sider what we aare going to do to the enemy before he is put -ut.- Waterbury Republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-09

Now that the Young Films are in- favor of a monarchy instead of a re- public it shows what German in duence will do.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-09

It ought not to be necessary for the citizens of New Haven to petition Mayor FitzGerald in criticism of the inefficient enforcement traffic laws of the city. That such a petition has been presented with the president of the board of police commissioners a signer adds a significance that cannot be treated lightly.
 The petition which has been pre- sented to the mayor is in effect an indictment of the police department. .It charges that the ordinances are not enforced, adding by plain impIica- tion that the ordinances when enforced are sufficient for the protection of the public They are sufficient. The re- ply, therefore. to this petition is not hard to find. The board of police commissioners should at once direct the chief to enforce the laws enefget- ically and without fear or favor. When those orders have been issued, and the results noted, it will be time enough to consider the alternatives. The present situation is intolerable.- New Haven Journal Courier.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-09

Whatever the reason the boat. of the Hartford and New York Tr4ls- portation company are idle, so far as the Connecticut river is connected, it is matter of deep concern to Hartford and all the towns between this city and Saybrook that the none too satisfactory freight carrying facilities are diminished by just so much as the boats were able to transport.
 The governors direct appeal to Director General McAdoo, no doubt. will receive prompt and effective
 attention. The federal authorities must be thoroughly awake to the
 restriction of Hartford's commerce whic& has now been endured more than a month We mistake the temper Of the administration officials of the end of the river block ade is not close at hand.-Hartford | Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-09

The Teutons are of course planning to strike again. but in the meantime the allies are losing no time bettering their positions.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-09
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The man on the corner says: The best cure for the spring fever is the home garden.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-09

Silk was probably first known to the Hebrews in the time of Solomon, when their commercial relations were greatly extended.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-09

There's Hull on the western front but it is certain that the kaiser never put lull in lullaby.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-09

WHEN YOU WANT to put your bus- mess before the public, there is no medium better than through the ad. vertisine columns of The Bulletin.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-09

Norwich. May 8, 1918.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-25
Special Service for Patrons of
 Daily Graphic

Realizing that the people of Pine Bluff and South east Arkansas anxiously awaiting every line of news from the great battle proceeding in France, and embued with desire to render the best service to its readers, The Graphic is issued today, Monday, March 25 and sent free to all it's subscribers. There is no profit in the edition. but this is time of sacri tce and The Graphic feels repaid by the knowledge that by giving the from the battle front it is serving it's people and thus preventing apprehen- sive speculation ilduged in in the absence of accul- ate reports from the front This issue of The Graphic contains the regular leased wire Associated Press report, and is delivered free by carrier and mail to all subscribers, the purpose of The Graphic being to provide it's patrons with a Monday news service whenever there news iustfyng the issuance of Monday edition. The Graphic knows that it's efforts and it's sacrifice appreciated, and that is compensation enough
 We must all make sacrifices for the good of all and The Graphic is willing at all times to do just little bit than it asks others to do If the gov er1ment needs The Graphic, the government is well come to it. If the government would find 1t neces sary to take charge of The Graphic and turn it's present force out, not one would be in awful pre- dcament as he would find himself should the Ger mans conquer Consequently, if by making sacri- fees to serve the people, and thus contribute to maintenance of the morale of the folk at home and lead people to better realization of their duty to the naton the soldiers and the Red Cross, then The Graphic believes it's sacrifices are not in vain
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-25
British Let Huns Pound Army to
 Pieces Against Strong Defense
Retreat Made to Prepared ostions With Little Loss Hun Officer Prisoner s avs Attack is Desperate
 Effort to Get German Peace.

With the British Army in France, (Sunday) March 24.-The British and French, cooperating at the junction of their two armies, were viewing the trend of the German offensive with more optimistic eyes this morning. Hard fighting was in progress, but the latest reports showed little or no change in the situation in favor of the enemy since yesterday, while on the other hand the defenders have pushed the attacking forces back after a bit ter struggle and were holding strongly along the whole new front to which they had withdrawn.
 Fighting of a most desperate na- ture has been continuous since the initial attack but so far the British have used few troops other than those which were holding front lines. These shock troops have been making as gallant a defense as was ever record- ed in the annals of the British army, and as a result they have enabled the deliberately and without confusion, and occupy positions which had been prepared long before the German of leliSlVe DeSttIi. lie IcIllld1S, on the other hand, operating under the eyes of the emperor and the crown prince, have been hurling vast ,hordes into the fray with utter disregard of life and have followed into the abandoned positions, getting farther and farther away from their supplies, and their communication is increasingly diff cult.
 More than 50 German divisions al- ready have been identified by actual count, and as many of these men were given simply two days iron rations and sent over the top into the fright ful maelstrom made by the allied ar tillery, machine guns and rifles, the slaughter of the enemy infantry as it advanced in close formation over the open has been appalling.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-25
IARDIF:U SEES NO CAUSE F0R WORRY
 IN NEWS Of VAR
French High Commissioner Tells '. S. to Copy Conf
 dence of Troops.

New York, March "A, (Sunday.)- There is nothing in the current news from over the seas to warrant any dis quietude on the part of the American public or any of the nations allied against Germany, in the opinion of Capt. Andre R. Tardieu, French high commissioner to the United States, in statement issued here today. How ever. he councils hastening of prep aration in this country to deal the en- emy blow for blow, and the main tenance by Americans at home of the same calm confidence in the ultimate issue of the war as has been manifest ed by the nations troops in France.
 Germany's long distance lombard ment of Paris can have no signifi- canoe from a military view point, Captain Tardieu declared. The dam age resulting from this gun fire, he said, evidently had been even less than that incidental to an aerial bomb at tack.
 The British retirement near St. Quentin, on the western front, the high commissioner believed was a move parelleling that of the French during the first two days of the battle of Verdun.
 Captain Tardieu advised that Amer jeans be critics of the war news and warned against the forming of con- clusions until the net result of the new German move was determined.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-25

British losses have been within the bounds expected, due to the tactics of
 their commanders
 The allies have lost a considerable
 number of prisoners and certain i number of guns, but very few pieces of artillery have been taken by the Germans since the first day. There is every reason to believe that harder fighting than has yet taken
 place will develop shortly. The Ger mans, in the British view, cannot hes itate in carrying on their attack, and
 it is case of break thru or admit de- feat. In this circumstance it is inter-
 esting to note a statement made yes
 terday by German officer prisoner who declared that the German offen-
 sive was an act of desperation brought on by the fact that the Fatherland must have peace.
 However. the British do not take such assertions at their face value. and are proceeding accordingly. The hardest fighting yesterday Oc cured east of Peronne, in the Bois de Genlis. The most important phase of the battle occurred in the little neigh borhoOd.
 During the morning the Germans had pushed southward toward Ham and succeeded in getting fOothold at
 some point in the defensive to which
 the British had fallen back. The Brit. ish organized a counter attack and
 hurled themselves against the Ger mans with such ferocity that the en. emy was forced to give way, and the situation was restored. This was one i of the very few counter attacks as yet
 attempted by the British
 Last night was fairly quiet along the battle fronts but this morning the
 British again surged forward against
 the Germans to the southeast of Ham, while the enemy continued his assault in the neighborhood of Mory, south west of CrOiselles.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-25
ENGLISH AWAIT
 NEWS ANXIOUSLY:
 OFFICIALS CALM
Depression First Result of Reports of Retreat By
 British Army.

London, March "A, (Sunday.) )-The British people have experienced no other period of anxiety compared with this weeks end, since the days of the retreat from Mons in August, 1914, when the fate of the small British army was undecided.
 The British people had not expect ed and marked retirement by the British army, altho they had been warned that this would be natural development to great battle, hence the bulletins caused general depression Toward night it became known that the official view of the situation did not warrant such despondency. The loss of guns was regarded as inevit- able but the British casualties are un- derstood to be relatively small, con sidering the magnitude of the opera tion, so far as the reports give them.
 The participation of American sold iers in the battle was one of the most discussed features. Officials of the American embassy were asked for de- tails but they have none as yet.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-25
WASHlNGIilN HAS ND NtWS OF I. <.
 TROOPS IN FIGH7 Officials Have Nothing to Confirm German Report of Americans in Line. ALL EAGER FOR NEWS FROM GREAT BATTLE March Stays on Job Most of Day and Night. But Has Nothing to Give
 Out--AIlies Must Give
 Out News.

Washington, March 24, Sunday, J. No information of German reports that American troops have participant ed in the fighting on the British front has reached the war department up to late hour tonight. Major Gen. eral March, acting chief of staff, who remained at his office much of the day and night, said that no advices to this effect had been received.
 Officials generally displayed the most eager interest in every item of news as to the German drive.
 The government may have received some confidential advices from Gen. eral Pershing on the situation, but General March said nothing was to be given out when he left his office.
 Other officers pointed out that any information as to British or French operations must be made public by the officials of those two countries.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-25
WOPrO-HunS
 At Tulsa Slain
 For Treachery
One Wished He Could Help Kill Americans; Other
 Glad Germans Winning

Tulsa, Okla., March "A. (Sunday)- Stephen Ivanoff, Bulgarian coal min- CT employed in mine near this city, was shot to death today by officers sent to arrest him for pro- German statements he had made recently in which, it is said he declared that the Germans were better prepared than the Americans, and that he regretted he was not in the German army now to help kill the Americans.
 Ivanoff is the second pro- German to pay with his life for such statements here within the last 12 hours. Joe Sring, a restaurant waiter, was shot to death last night by a police in vestigator for declaring he was glad the Germans were winning on the western front.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-25
LONDON GRAPHIC'S
 COMMENT ON BATTLE

London. March 24 (Sunday)-Com- menting on the great battle in France, the Daily Graphic says:
 "In the main the enemy is held. Nevertheless, we are bound to recog- nize that the situation, viewed as whole. is critical"
 Pointing out that the Germans have haen able to bring to bear on certain points of the line an attacking force which vastly outnumbers the defend' CTS. the Graphic concludes:
 But providing the breaking or the line involves no panic, but only re- tirement to previously prepared posi- tions. the loss is reparable."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-25

Canadians Launch Greatest Gas
 Attack of War Against Teut0ns
Drop 5000 Drums of Poison Vapor Hun Trenches and Follow Up With Cree ping Barrage, Catching
 Many Fleein Germans.

Canadian Headquarters in France, Thursday, March 21.-While the Ger man and British troops were struggl- ing far to the south in the opening clash of the spring campaign, the greatest projector gas bombardment of the war was carried out by the Canadians tonight against enemy po- sitions between Lens and Hill 70. At II o'clock signal rocket was sent up, moment after more than 5000 drums of lethal gas, simultaneously released from projectors, were hurled into ene
 my territory from the outskirts of Lens. From his front lines and strong points favoring winds carried the pois- on vapor back upon the enemy's dug outs, supports, reserves and assem- bly, areas. Nine minutes later the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-25

Canadian field artillery, supported by heavy guns and trench mortars opened up with slow bombardment, increas- ing in violence until forty minutes la ter the enemy positions were swept with with short intensive creeping barrage, which raked his forward and rear area with high explosives.
 Immediately after the gas was re- leased the whole front was lit by en- emy flares, which could be seen thru the heavy mist, while the gas alarms and cries of distress could be heard from the hostile trenches caught by the enemy gas without a moments warning, and caught again as they emerged from their shelters by gum fire. The German casualties must have been heavy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-25
PRISONER TELLS SAMMIES |NO ORiVE THERE IN PLAN
Snipers Keep Busy as American Army AnxiOusly Awaits News From
 Gamma Front


 With the American Army in France, March "A, (Sunday.)-A prisoner in the American sector, when questioned today said that no offensive was plan ned bv the Germans in this sector:
 "All we want is to be left alone" he declared.
 Every man on the American front is anxiously awaiting news regarding the Germans and momentarily expecting to hear that the British have won a victory. -., The American snipers have. been ex- ceedingly active during the day. iney nickd off a considerable number of the enemy. some of whom were seen to whirl and pitch from the parapet in- to their own trenches. Others were seen to drop in their tracks as the American sharpshooters bullets hit thpn1
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-25
Pf0pIE ATTEND CHURCH DESPITE B0MARDMEN'T'
parisian Populace Little Disturbed by Strange Rain of High Explosive Shells--GO About Usual Sun day Routine Without
 Fear.

Paris, March 24 Sunday The German monster cannon,'' which has been bombarding Paris, has been To- cated in the forest of St. Gobain, west of Iaon and exactly 122 kilometers, approximately 76 miles. from the Paris euy hall.
 The gun bombarded Paris during he greater part of Sunday. The day 4s ushered in by loud explosions from ten-inch shells and immediats- tthe aalrm to take cover was sound- ed This occurred at 6:55, and many persons sought shelter, but great numbers of them appeared in the streets on their way to the churches, which were almost as we'll filled as usually.
 At first the shells began arriving at intervals of twenty minutes and the detonations, considering the Sunday calm. seemed louder than those of Sat urday Their power to disturb the equanimity of the populace was small, lhe neople refusing to depart from the sunday habits to any great extent. The bombardment of the capital ended around one o'clock, and as late as !nree o'clock no explosion had been heard for more than an hour. The clear" signal was sounded at 3:30 o'clock.
 Using Two Guns.
 'Atho during the early hours of the bomhardment the shells arrived in 20- minute intervals, later in the day they negan arriving every 15 minutes. on me average and some of them even iel l2 minutes apart. In military cir cies the belief was expressed that the uetmans were using two long dis lance guns.
 During the early hours of the morn 'ng, traffic in the streets of Paris was smut down or curtailed but before noon potn the streets and the city showed greater animation.
 iAs IS usual when aircraft warnings aye sounded large numbers of the pop uace sought shelter in the subways, ana the basements of houses.
 French Press Confident.
 Ine comment of the French press ss morning was about evenly divid- u oetween the big gun which is bonn Aro'ns the city from back of the Ger aah mes and the terrific hattie rag ns on the British front. The tone of .se comment on the bombardment was astonlshment at the feasibility of ue performance. As to the battle fla . pn6jnC nf is pected
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-25
BULLETINS Recejv' d Sunday

1O:45 a. m.
 London, March 24.-The war of- flee announces no material change in the situation on the battle front in Northern France turnout the night, altho further fighting occurred at q number of points. The British are holding the line of the Somme river at Perrone. North of the Somme the British are holding their positions af- ter beating of a number of attacks.
 Paris, March 24.-The Germans un- dertook surprise attack south of JuvincOult but quit without success.
 London. March 24.-Canadian war correspondents report the Canadians Friday night launched the greatest gas attack in the worlds history between Lens and Hill 70. Paris, March 24.-The German monster cannon" which bombarded Paris has been located in the forest of St. Godain, 76 miles from Paris. The shelling of the city was resumed this morning. Shells arrived and explod- ed at intervals of about 15 minutes. [ 12:O3 p. m.
 London, March 24-Copies of the ] German plan of offensive taken from prisoners, according to the Reu- ters correspondent at British head headquarters, show enemy's object ives for the first day provided aver age penetration of the whole front of eight kilometers, the second day twelve kilometers and the third day twenty. The success obtained was thus much short of the objective.
 London, March 24.-The Berlin Vossiche- -Zeitung's war correspondent, telegraphing from the neighborhood of the Disc, is quoted by a Central News dispatch from Amsterdam as saving:
 "All our movement have taken place with marvellous exactitude and ac- cording to the plans of the master who organized the attack. The English are defending themselves bravely but the British command is not equal to the attack"
 12:41 p. m.
 Washington March 24.-Violent fighting between the British and the Germans was continuing at 2:30 this morning between Croiselles. and Perzenier. An official dispatch from Paris says that the Germans are us- ing 97 divisions. Their losses are very i heavy. The British resistance is very efficient and they have every confi- dence of holding the Germans.