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Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01
COTTON.

New York, April Go Spot cotton quiet: middling 275o. Cotton futures opened firm; May 2553; July 2540 to 251O; October 24S5 to 2500; December 2495; January 246S.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01

"The one sure way to supply thel supreme need for food" reads a pro- clamation by Governor Bickett of. North Carolina, lis to man the bread line with the woman powers, the boy power and the gir! power sf the state.",
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01

Mrs. J. P. Newton returned Tuesday to her home in Saybrook after a brief visit with relatives uptown.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01
MONEY.

New York. April S9.-CaII money steady; high 4 low S-4: ruling rate 1: closing bid 5-4; offered at 1; last loan f.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01

Miss Florence Thatcher of Tanner street spent the Srst of the week with Mrs. James Hyde of Lisbon.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01

After spending some months in the city, Miss Harriet Park and Miss Caroline Sterry are returning this week to their home on West Town street.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01
chicaao 13. Cleveland 3.

Cleveland, O., April SO.-Chicago kept up it's hard hitting today and aided b yloose playing by Cleveland won 13 to 3. Of the pitchers used by Cleve- land, Enzmann was the only one eff fective. Score:
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01

Miss Eleanor Cole of Tanner street spent Sunday with her cousins, Elijah Abel and family of Bozrah.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01

Miss Gladys Beebe of Connecticut college spent the week end at her home on Scotland road.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01
Indians Not to Get onsInw.

Cleveland, O., April 30.-The Cleve- land American league club today was notified by the national baseball com
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01
Resumes Studies.

Miss Dorothy Larkham has returned to Storrs college after passing the week end at her home on Plain Hill.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01
Committed to Asylum.

Mrs. Ellen Howard, for many years a resident of this place, has become demented to that extent it was thought it not safe for her to live alone. A complaint was made to the selectmen, who made application to the probate court for %he appointment of two phy- sicians to examine her and pass upon her condition. They reported they thought it to be best that she be sent to the Norwich state hospital and by order of the probate court she was taken there.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01
Killed seven-Foot Snake,

A party from Norwich Town, while in Leffingwel1 Sunday, killed black snake measuring seven feet.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01

Miss Helen M. Lathrop is returning to her home on Washington street af- ter passing the winter in the city.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01

Miss Hazel Smith, who was injured in an automobile e-motorcycle accident short time ago, is resting comfort ably at Backus hospital.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01

The All Norwich Fort Terry game has been cancelled and the local team will travel to Jewett City Sunday A fast game is expected, as the Jewett City team is reported to have six pro fessional players in their lineup.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01

If Howard Baker. the former Hol- yoke and Pittsfeld indelder, who has been playing in the Southern Associa- ton for the past few years, plays at all this season; it will be with the San Antonio club of the Texas League. Little Rock recently sold him to the Texas team. Not long ago Baker an nounced at his home in Holyoke that he was through with baseball for good.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01

New York sport writers are putting their typeWriters on the bum crying about the Braves alibi, Robbed by the umpire A change of pace is as effective in the case of an editorial spavin as it is to a pitcher. Lay off the stuff for a while brothers, and talk about the Yankees chances of winning the A. |. pennant.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01
NORWICH TOWN

Miss Hazel Smith Recovering from Injuries-Women Invited to Victory -WinsloW- Mar riage Announced.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01
pCOrG
 B nHfan "A
Totals % 5 q 10 1

 tx) Batted for Yingling in Sth Scnre by innings: | Washington .. ......0 Q 0-l Boston -..........0 0 Q 0 x-s l Two base hits, Ainanth, Charity. Agnew. Shean and Ruth.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01

Henry Hensler of Plain Hill and George Leffingwell gathered a large bunch of arbutus in Leffingwell Sun day.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01
Leaves for New York.

Mrs. Ada Webster has sold her COWS, horse, hens. farming tools and some furniture, rented her land and house and with her family has. gone to join her husband in Brooklyn, N. Y.
 Mrs. Elizabeth J. Sweet, who has been boarding with Mrs. Cylinda Nye
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01

street, Mrs. H. N. Hitchon and son have returned to New York
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01
' LiNe' pCOI U
 Hhieaad (AA
cleveland (Al

tz) Batted for Enmann ih 9th
 Score by innings:
 Chicago .. .........6 l 3 50 0-ls Cleveland ........0 o ? o o O. 3 Two base hits. Gandi Wea5er. Liebold (9), Wood. Halt Speaker. Thre base hits. Schalk, Jackson
 Iris Speaker, as usual is half the tes eianu te''in 4CaSa = Fsfa
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01

The All-1Sorvich team has been just clearing expenses to date. If the Nor wich fans want good ball they should be willing to come out and support it. The Academy is in the same boat Baseball there has not met expenses for number of years.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01
BROOKLYN
Mrs. Ellen Howard Committed to Nor wich State HospitaI--JaiI Potatoes Sold in Providence.

Mrs. Annie B. Cummings is home again, having been away all the win ter.
 William H. Bishop has returned from a short visit in. New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01
FhiIadeiphia (Nl
New York (N)

 : Score by innings: New York ........2 1 8 3 0 O-1- | Philadelphia .. .....9 0 U 0 0 o. Two base hits. Kauh, Holke. Zimmerman, Fletcher | Luderus and Whitted.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01

MT. and Mrs. Carlton Smith and son of Hartford motored to their former home on Plain Hill Sunday for short visit
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-01

Jess Barnes. the Giants new hurler, is a slim, trim youth of 9, a right handler and native of Guthrie, Okla. He has been playing professional ball for seven years and received one ma jor league trial before making good with the Braves. This time he seems destined to earn more than his share of glory as a hurler in the big show and he is bound to become a favorite with Polo Ground fans.
 Major August Belmont of New York, recently lost his most famous brood mare, Lady Violet, at his nur- sery stud at Lexington. She was 28 years old. She was buried beside Hastings. the former famed stallion owned by, MT Belmont. Lady Violet was winner of the Foam, Lassie and Flatbush stakes and the Great East ern Handicap as a two-year-oI She had foaled many stake winners.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-17
hAY THERE RE NONE
rSE.NLiSTED on THAT DAY:

President Wilson. In his statement
|ai,frtr upon every man. woman, and
|hila 10 pledge themselves on or be
lore June IS to save constantly and TO
|uy regularly the securities Of the gov
|rnment. saws. May there he none
Inenlisted on that day"
Az the president points out This
Ear In one Of nations--not OF armies
Ina alTof our 90. o00. geo people must
Ia economically and industrially ad-
k,sted TO war conditions il this nation
To play it's full part in this confiia "
Our nation. not our army and navy
|nlv. IL AZ war And that means that
In OF us not actually fighting must do
ur part.
That part consists in giving the
lrmy and the navy all the support of
Shich we are capable. To do that
hch one OF US must first OF all be a
roducer TO our maximum ability and
consumer of necessities only, for
Kerry bit of man power and every par
Gle OF material Is necessary for the
re OF the army and navy and for the
haking OF the things essential 10 our
ttixens-
As a maximum producer and as g
pnsuuler of necessities only. each one
us will be an accumulation OF saw
mrs. And these savings can be in
Nssed in war savings stamps with
enefit both 10 the governmet and
lrsAlves
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-17

Bedford. Va, June l6.--Thirty-two
men have been summoned TO report to
the local board az Bedford. on Thurs
day, June ! 3. To be sent to Camp Lee
to be trained for call is for twenty
men. the last twelve named, being
summoned as alternates in case some
OF the frat named fail 70 appear
The men summoned are Ward
Norman Mitchell, Hilary Thomas
Howard. John Henry Lawhorn, Nor
man Steptoe Thomas. Asa Baker
Brunette. Albert Penn Newman, Her
bert William Lloyd. Frank Carlton
Witt. James Otey Goodwin. Edwell
Lawrence Falls. irwin Leslie John
son, Charles Harrison Holdren. James
Christopher Dooley. James Andrew
Rarger. Samuel Nelson Carter. Samuel
Ebert Lee Powell J Robert Stiff.
Josephus Barnhardt Watson, Harry
Wade Rorer. Herman Ellerson Cot
treli, James 8. McCauley, Walter Jor-
dan Mitchell, Thomas Steven Wheeler,
Lowry Griffin F'outz. Robert Stanley
John William Noeli. Grove Allen
RAIDER, James Garfield Campbell. Ken
nett Tate. Dixie Tell Howell. Roy
Thesue Burnett. Kyle Nichols. Law
renee Brown Laughlin.
The men win leave Bedford on
train No. at i:4s r. NJ
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-17
PENN|MAN SHELL
PLANT IS OPENED

The big Penniman shell loading
plant which the Du Point company is
building for the government near VIII
liamsburg. Va, has started operations
ahead af the time called for in the
contract The company undertook TO
build this plant for com pensatlon of
one dollar and It's men ON the field
have been keyed up to a high pitch TO
make a record for rapid construction.
There have, however. been many de-
lays. due to inability 10 secure delivery
OF needed construction material, but
in spite or these, which caused a loss
of at least month. the ammonia
grinder house has been turned over TO
the operating department and on Mon
day one unit will be ready for the
loading of high -calibre shells.
This plant. when completed. will
he one OF the largest of its kind In
the country, employing several thous-
and people. For housing these people
II has been necessary to build viii
lage, which work has been carried
along with the heavier construction at
the plant proper.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-17
BOCHE DENUO|NG
BELGIAN FORESTS
Occupied Section Wantonly Despoiled.
According to Ofiicfal Reports
Even Shade Trees Cut.

Washington. u C. June l6.--In-
formation received at the Belgian ie-
CATION from all parts of occupied
Belgium, tell OF the reckless des-
truction Of public and private wood
lands. Whole forests have been des-
troyed In the Ardennes region while
in the less luxuriant northern pro-
vinces even the roadside shade trees
aud those bordering the canals have
been cut down This damage Is dis
tlnct from that infected by she'll fire.
incendiarism, and for reasons of mill
tary strategy. 1t is part of Germany's
systematic raid on the economic re-
sources of the nation. with the object
OF eliminating industrial competition
after the war
The forest industry Is an important
factor in Belgian activity. Statistics
furnished by the United States de-
partment of agriculture estimated the
total wooded surface OF this, the most
densely populated European country.
at II per cent, OF the entire terri
torial area, or 100000 acres fl9lo1,
The annual cut, said 10 be over So
06o. 900 cubic feet. is not nearly
enough to meet the country's needs
which were formerly supplemented
by imports to the amount of over as
0o0. 900 cubic feet That these needs
were on the increase Is shown by the
increased consumption of mine timber
alone, from 2tS9e zoe cubic feet in
1894 to a5,alo.0o0 cubic feet in 1903.
Thanks to national management on
the part OF the forest service, and
the enforcement of replanting laws,
the years cutting was about balanc-
ed by the years growth. and the
sylvan capital left intact The Ger
mans now having seized the public
forests. besides requisitioning the
property of individuals. this solicit
tude has ceased and the well-known
ruthlessness has further employment
Hundreds OF reports are received
from localities all over the country
Philippeville. Campthout. Audenarde.
Pieiersheim, Lanaeken. Jemappe and
many others, all telling the same
story, Statistics drawn up by author
ICED commissions of inquiry give
the number of houses destroyed by
the Huns IN cities and villages
Whether or not this is done for for
ests and trees~-full PREPARATION Will
be demanded on the day of settle
ment Everywhere the Germans are
substituting themselves for the law
full administrators OF the service
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-17
MRS. BAILEY MOTHER
TO MANY SOlO|ESR
Has Thrown Open Big Farm TO Them
and Is Working Night and
Day.

Newport News. Va. June 1sy--Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Bailey. owners OF Ell
Rancho farm on James river. have
practically made their home a favorite
recreation place for the boys in khaki
"Out to Bailey's farm" is the slogan
after camp duties.
Mrs. Bailey is easily most widely
popular as "A Virginia hostess. II the
boys ask to have "a dinner put on"
as one enthusiastic visitor expressed
1t, Mrs. Bailey sees that we get a reg
uiar home meal. You bet we scram-
BILE to run the pillow. weed or hoe--any
job there is out on the farm that needs
our help. Then when we turn to.
Gee, What appetites-just like we
had before Uncle Sam called us to
hike to war I'm not saying any of
the fellows are lacking for appetite
In camp. Not on your life! But when
we get out TO Baiiey's--it's the change
from routine and it's fun to the core.
And I'll bet every body's family back
home has heard of Mrs. Bailey down
in Virginia"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-17

stop at required point. Permanent
signs are displayed and the subway
cars stop 40 as to open in front Of
them. There would be a great
amount OF confusion, Mr.. Younger
thinks. if similar string of automo-
biles attempted to stop at as fire.
quent intervals as the subway trains.
Good Brake Lining Important
The Importance of having auto,
mobiles equipped with good brakd
lining, as. for example:the kind that
Is thermoid hydraulic compressed
and impervious to moisture, gasoline,l
oil and dust. is emphasized by thel
brake inspection movement. Many
Of the American cars now going td
the front are equipped with the.
thermoid lining.
Automobile brakes, In the opinion
Of experts, should be as effective
when applied by the woman driver
as when applied by a strong man. Al
test was made recently in which VI
truck driver was found who could
exert pedal pressure of 400 pounds
No woman driver could do that, the
experts say. yet, with a thernoid
hydraulic com pressed brake lining,
woman driver should be able to
stop her car as quickly as the truck
driver.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-17

American motorists have been Civ
Ing all their attention to going fast
and none to stopping, declares John
j. Younger. well known automobile
engineer, now supervising engineer
ing in the War Departments Motor
Transport Division. Getaway"
"pick up" dash" are familiar terms,
he says. but nobody has been think
ing Of stopping. 1t is time to put
on the brakes. he says.
Mr.. Younger believes the national
brake inspection movement, endorsed
by traffic officials and leading motor
experts the country over, will &C
complish much good il it does moth
Ing more than to call the attention
Of motorists to the Importance of
having their brakes inspected at reg
ular intervals.
In fast rail traffic. says MIR.
Younger. the question of stopping is
always. considered first. With a con-
tinuous stream of cars through the
New York subway at rush hours.
when Manhattan's millions are be-
Ing carried to work and back home,
experts point out that the subway
engineers know 70 the fraction Of a
foot where the brakes are TO be ap-
piled to .1ring their trains to dead
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-17
PROSECUTION OF ENGLISH
FOOD LAW VlOLATORS

Profteers. hoarders. and others who
violate the law are DEATH with In q
severe manner by the English food
authorities The following prosecu-
tions, which have been selected ut
random from long list In the Ma
tional Food Journal. issued by the
English ministry of food. show the
drastic methods of dealing with those
who have only selfish ends in view:
Morris Cash. OF Thames sum-
moned for selling margarine above
the maximum price. was sentenced to
prison for six weeks and fined $3.50
and costs. This action was taken as
result of his reply to complaint
that was made: 1T Is my shop. my
margarine. and l shall do what like
with it The magistrate stated that
at the present time. tradesmen were
sim ply trustees of public property.
Joseph Luhman. of North London.
WAS fined si05 for selling a rabbit at
ten pence pound, which was in ex-
cess OF its market value.
The president of the Nottingham
Grocers' association, A. 3. Gibson,
was fned $3.50 with $50 costs. for
profiteering in the sale of butter.
u. c. Robertson. deputy general
manager of PARIS hank, was fined
5000 with $3.50 costs for having in his
POSSESSION Tor the use OF hiHlsslf ana
five other persons in his household,
ninety five pounds of sugar, 1911
pounds of molases, forty-fve pounds
OF biscuits, nine pounds Of margarine.
and 100 pounds Of oatmeal. In addi-
ton to the fine and costs an order
was given for the confiscation of sur
plus goods over the necessary four
weeks requirements for his house
hold
Jesse r. Courtney, OF Bow street,
was fined SIS for serving suet on
meatless days
Mrs. Wild. a. wealthy woman. OF
Winston. offered three shillings per
pound for butter, buying 1t for the
wounded. She said she was pending
a fortune OF about $4,000 among the
poor. The bench bound her over for
twelve months,
Albert Norrish and Kenneth Lun-
die, manager and secretary, respec-
lively. Of a club at Cardiff. were fined
$4,000 and $500. respectively, with
costs. for permitting excessive con.
sumption of meat In the club.
/. "A fne Of $50 each was imposed
upon Charles and Sarah Marfiect for
feeding six greyhounds wheat bread
soaked In milk.
Thomas abby, a farmer Of
Graffoe. vas fined $3.50 for feeding
barley seaves to cattle.''
ga II i
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-17
SOON TO REDUCE
VIRGINIA BEACH RATE

Norfolk. Va. June 1s.--'The indi-
cations are" said A. p. Grice this
morning. that the fare TO Virginia
Beach and Cape Henry will very
shortly be materially decreased"
Mr.. Grice Ia the president of the
Virginia Beach chamber of commerce,
and headed a committee which has
Just returned from Washington. where
an effort was made to get the rail-
road administration TO take steps to
reduce the Norfolk Southern rate.
The committee composed of ii. V.
sul 10 AIplsIoss suuos 'epvM D
chan, Der of commerce here and Coun-
Gilman Shields also n. 3. Goodridgs
and Judge A. j, Ackiss
The two former committeeman
went to Richmond TO look into the
question OF the advance railroad rates
at that point, and joined the Virginia
Reach committee In Washington yes
terday. Mr.. Crice said this morning:
We went before Interstate Com
merce missioner Chamberlain.
who heard our case fully. Mr. Cham
berlain gave us the administration =
point ri view, saying. We decided TO
make the raise a blanket order. and
exceptional cases that should come
up later. Otherwise the job never
suop ussq sAsu prnoM
We pointed out that the Virginia
Beach and Cape Henry lines are not
in competition with any steam road,
called attention TO the property In
terests involved which must inev
itably suffer under the present ar
rangament. and cited the hardships
which devolve upon not only through
traffic TO the beach and the cape.
but intermediate traffic. from station
10 station.
-Inses IN sAvS ufHtIsqmsuO IN
anee that he will set upon the case
either today or tomorrow, ! look for
an Immediate and material decrease
Br, ha -af
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-17
e COl0Rf0 men OFF
FOB HAMPTON SCHOOL
Volunteers to Get Two Months
Training In Mechanical
Work There

LynChburg, Va, June 1s.--Twenty-
nine colored volunteers who go to the
army by voluntary induction, left this
morning on the Chesapeake and Ohio
for Hampton. where they will enter
the mechanical training school TO be
conducted at the Hampton institute.
An immense crowd OF colored resi-
dents was at the union station to give
the contingent a send-off
In the increment were the following
men:
Waverly knight, party leader
Group No. George Dillard dead
err, Harry Perkins, John Maurice
Greene, Leroy Henry Murphy. Davis
Carter. Edward William Belts, VIII
liam Isaac Howell and Vassett Harris.
! Group No. William Abner kinc-
kle (leader), James Madison Waugh.
Thomas Steptoe, Ernest Beecher
Hemmings, Holmes Marion Johnson.
Ca briei Hall Hunt. Warner Bertha
Edwards. Clarence RoAne. Frank Pot
ter Whites and Clement Lee Thorn
ton
Group No 3---Reyinaid Morris Bon
durant Geader}, George jackson, Wy
att Glenn nts. Andrew Linthicum, Roy
al Mosley, Mccoy NJ Gibson, William
Thomas Jackson, Armistead Diusutd
TAYLOR and William Fl. Robertson.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-17
gave HIS LIFE THAT
COMRADES MIGHT LIVE.
soldier Deliberately Killed Himself to
Save Pals When Pin Slips From
Hand Grenade.
Z HERO REMAINS UNKNOWN
american Fighters Have Been Warn
ed Of Strengthening Safety Catch OF
Weapon Before Ready for Action.
Acted Quickly.

Washington, June i5.-How an
American soldier deliberately killed
|himself that his four comrades might
live Is told by an American ordnance
Ioficer lately returned from the front.
His story Ia corroboated by an artil-
lery officer who also recently arrived
from France.
The hero, whose name may never
he known, is now buried In small
cemetery In France. No towering
rnonnm ent tells of his spartan ike
sacrifice, but his story Is known TO
every grenadier of the American
force will live always in American
h'story as one of the bravest acts or
The war. Here is the story as told
ny the American officer:
1T has been found that the most
effective hand grenade is that with
he bent safety pin. But the Ameri-
Fan soldiers anxious always to speed
up. have a habit OF strengthening the
pins. We have done our utmost 10
halt the practice and have told the
(nen times without number that they
must stand responsible II they
etraighten the pins before going into
Fetion. For a straight pin will easily
FAN from the grenade and that means
(yiil explode
AN American grenadier had been
pn duty at an outpost. 1t appears ne
pad straightened the PING in his
Erendades. When relieved from duty
be returned TO his dugout where three
,f his pals were sleeping and one lay
awake In a bunk
The dueout twenty feet under
Fropnd. AS he entered and closed the
heavy door he took off his coat ana
brew IT upon his bunk which was the
bird or top one from the floor. One
BIT hin coat pockets sagged open and
bomb fell TO the floor. AZ II fell the
traightened safety pin slipped out.
AS he saw the pin go swimming
hcress the room he pealized that with
N Ave seconds an explosion would
probably kill every man in the dugout
4 must have flashed across his mind
hat his pals. sleeping In the hunks
we're not to blame for the accident
He had been warned against straight
kning grenaso pins. The fault was
pts and his alone.
In FIVE seconds the grenade would
burst He had time 10 get through
ne door and leave his companions 10
heir death. hut there WAS not time
n which 10 attempt to tear down
hanks and build barricade about the
bomb. The man who was awake
Seiled to him 10 run, but he stood
asst in hls tracks
NO man can ever tell what must
avr psssad In the soldiers mind in
ha next two or three seconds. Hut
his we do know. The soldier picked
o the bomb crept into corner and
Juggling the bomb close to his stom
en- created Of his body a barrier be-
ween the bursting engine and his
eis
THE blast Killed him instantly. but
fs pals escaped without scratch.