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Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-10

the new offensives. On the other hand, they had anticipated since the failure of the army of the German crown prince to gain it's objectives between SoissonS and the Marne and thence on the southern part of the line running to Rheims t/e German high command would decree another nanouver to the north and prepara- tions accordingly were made to with stand the shock
 | The fighting is of extremely san guinary character, and whether it will | be confined to the area at present af- 1 fected remains to be seen. At last accounts it had not spread north of Montdidier to the village of Cantigny, which the Americans are holding.
 Comparative quiet prevails in the region of the Marne. and on that portion of the line in Flanders held by the British there have been no oc- i currences of interest, according to Field Marshal Haig's latest .commu
 nication. The only attack reported in the French official communication in the region of Rheims was delivered by the Germans, who suffered serious losses but gained no ground.
 From the Astico region to the Piave
 river in the Italian theatre, there have
 been intense artillery duels. but mo
 infantry engagements of great i'm
 portance, although the British south r of the 4Assa and the Italians east of
 the Brenta river carried out success l ful surprise attacks. inflicting con
 siderable losses on the enemy and
 taking prisoners and machine guns Similar attacks by the enemy in the ' Val Arsa and sstico valley were re-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-10
MILITARY DICTATORSHIP IN
 ALsAcE-LoRRAINE DENOUNCED In the Reichstag By Hermann WedeI,
 Socialist.

Amsterdam, June 9.-The military dictatorship in Alsace- Lorraine was de- nounced in the Reichstag yesterday by Hermann Wedel, socialist deputy. He said four fifths of the population was strongly pro-German when the war began but that now conditions were entirely reversed.
 Deputy Waldstein, progressive, cor roborated Herr WendeTs statement
 General von Wrisberg stated that only two persons in Alsace- -Lorance had been imprisoned under the war emergency law.
 Herr Waldstein interrupted him, shouting: Hundreds" Gueber, Centerist, said that unfortunately the wishes of the Reichstag regarding the repatriation of deported residents of Alsace-Lorraine had not been fulfilled adding that permanent banishment of these persons from their homes went beyond the necessities of the war Herr Hause, deputy from .Alsace said that persons acquitted by mill tary courts after having once been banished had again been sent away 1 in disregard of the law. He declared there was no doubt discomfort prevail ed in Alsace, but added that if the Reichstag did it's duty this feeling would vanish.
 Bernard Boehle, Socialist deputy said silence on the part of the Reich stag would mean compliance in the
 oppression of the Alsatians.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-10
CHEERFUL HOME LETTERS
 FOR SOLDIERS AT THE FRONT Are Recommended by w. Frank Per-
 sons of American Red Cross.

Washington, June 9.-Cheerful home letters, with plenty of pictures, not only will check loneliness and low spirits among Americas fighting men at the front, but actually will make them less liable to shell shock, accord ing to ". Frank Persons, director of civilian relief of the American Red Cross, back in Washington after four weeks with the expeditionary forces in France.
 "In order that such letters may be written" MT. Persons said tonight, the American people must see to it that no family of a soldier lacks for anything that will enable it to write cheerfully. The Red Cross home ser vice section undertakes to direct this task.
 "Of the morale of our fighting men l heard only uniform approval throughout France" said Mir. Persons. They are maintaining that morale under conditions of loneliness, strange ness and remoteness. which do not in themselves predispose to buoyancy of mind. The English and the French military authorities are fully awake to the tremendous benefit to morale of maintaining home interests and satis- i flying the homing instinct of their sol diers. They therefore make a ten-day 1 furlough every four months a regular 1 feature of their military system. Our soldiers cannot come home for 1 such visits. Therefore, as far as it is possible to do so, we must take the American home to them, must keep them constantly in touch with Amer jean life as we are living it from day to day in city, town or rural district.
 Very important in keeping the 1 France are letters from home-cheerfu letters giving complete news-persona news not worth a line perhaps in any l newspaper, but of real moment tC every member of that particular family group. These letters must come reg ularly and frequently and leave no gal in home history And this serial story of the home life should be illustrated with plenty of snapshots and pictures News and frequent pictures of tht children are peculiarly important
 Such home news keeps brother father or uncle buoyed up and in fint fighting spirit. Its absence may senC him into battle worried, blue or moros, and in no mental shape to take care o
 himself or do his full part in protect
 ing his trench mates.
 Any worry about the condition o
 his dependents or relatives tends t,
 put a soldier into condition where h,
 is subject to shell shock. I have tfi
 on the authority of eminent specialist
 who are dealing with such cases in tn
 military hospitals''
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-10
NEW WAR REVENUE
 LEGISLATION BEFORE coNGRES
Another Prohibition Fight is Threat
 ening in the Senate.

Washington, June 9.-With the new war revenue legislation in the making, congress this week plans a cleanup of partially finished appropriation and other bills in the hope of yet securing a short midsummer recess in July.
 Hearings of the revenue bill will be resumed tomorrow by the house ways and means committee and the commit
 tee may be able about June 30 to be- gin drafting the tentative bill design ed to raise about $8.0O0,OO0,Oo0 in taxes as recommended by Secretary
 McAdoo. The senate military com
 mittee, with Secretary Baker as it's
 first witness. opens hearings tomorrow
 on the twelve billion dollar army ap- propriation bills. Several other wit nesses will follow. Prompt action is expected in the senate despite some opposition to the house provision giv- ing the president unlimited authority to increase the army.
 Senate and house conferees will be- gin work tomorrow on the $1,610, 900, = 900 naval appropriation measure and deadlocks between conferees on the agriculture. postoffice and rivers and | harbors bills promise to be settled during the week. The senate is ex- pected to instruct it's conferees to yIelQ ana SIrlke out the tore amend ment to the agricultural bill increas- ! ing the government guaranteed wheat price to $40 a bushel
 Another prohibition fight is threat ening in the senate A meeting of the senate agriculture committee is plan ned this week to strike from the $f1,- 1 000,00 emergency food appropriation bill the Randall amendment designed | to force President Wilson to exercise
 his authoriyt to stop manufacture oi | beer and wines.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-10
TWO WHALERs HELD UP
 BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE
Allowed to Proceed on Captains Plea
 That He Was a Poor Man.

New Bedford Mass, June 9.-Two whalers which arrived here today re- ported that they had been held ur by a German submarine off Cave Hat teras. Captains I. T. Gonsalyes. Of the schooner A. AI Nicholson said that on his pleading with the captain of the U boat that ho was a poor man and that the loss of his vessel meant ruin, lie was allowed to proceed with his ship, and $30, GOO cargo of sperm oil unharmed.
 1 After leaving the Nicholson the sub marine headed for the schooner Ella A Swift, also returning from the whaling grounds but before reaching her the l.U boat commander sighted a steamer and went after her, sending her to the | bottom.
 The mess boy Of the schooner Haup- page sunk by the Germain raider May 25. arrived at hIs home here today and 1 said that while lie was a prisoner for eight Gays on the U-boat. he was told by the officer that they had sunk one whaler laden with oil This ship. the name of which was not given. was de- stroved previous to May 9 according
 to the story.
 Captain Gonsalves of the Nicholson said the submarine suddenly appeared IdlOilSSlut tie SCnOOn6f June } ana sem
 a shot across the bow Tn response tc command shouted from the deck of the
 raider. the crew of 25 men tumbeG into their small boats without pausins even to drov their sails. They row. ed up within easy talking distance O the submarine and the German com
 mander asked them the name of the shin and cargo. Cantain Gonsalve. told him and added "TTor Gods sake captain don't sink this vessel. I am poor man and it will ruin me Pm tht
 owner of her"
 Don't you know that it's BOO i time to buy vessel property when peo
 ple are at war" the German retorted T bought this craft before the war Cantain Gonsalves said
 Just then the German caught sigh
 of the Swift and asked Captain Con
 salves if he knew what she was
 When informed that she was also !, whaler the German said: You get aboard your vessel. an get home as quick as you can and tel
 the other vessel to go with you an l don't let me catch you out this wa
 again."
 Captain Gonsalves was only too ~la ; 10 hbey and the whaler's men hurrie , baf) aboard their ship and cracked O all sail to hasten away from the vi l cinity least the submarines skippe experience a sudden change to hear On their way to port they sighted an
 mother submarine or the same ont t They explained they did not stop t 5 try to identify her
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-10
Are Pleased With
 Airp|ane Production
MEMBERS OF SENATE MILITARY
 SUB-CoMMITTEE
HAVE VISITED PLANTS
They Predict From Now On There Will Be Marked Increase in Con. struction of Aircraft-Liberty Motor Tests Satisfactory.

Washington, June g. = Members of the senate military sub- committee in vestlgating airplane production return ed to Washington today after visiting plants h Buffalo, Detroit Indianapo- lis. and Dayton, Ohio. They brought word that the plants visited were rap idly reaching quantity production basis.
 Declined to Give Details.
 Members of the ub-comn1ittee, which is composed of Senator IT omas of Colorado, Reed of Missouri Smith of Georgia, New of Indiana. and Ere inghuysen of New Jersey, declined to anticipate their report by detailed account of their trip They expressed themselves, however, as pleased with the showing being made and predicted that frone now on there will be a mark ed improvement in the situation The production of liberty motors, they said is increas.nc steadily and will very ! shortly reach q point where it will meet American demands.
 Liberty Motor Satisfactory. While away the senators witnessed a nurber of tests of the liberty mo- 1 tor. While there are certain question. vet to be worked out in order to i'm 1 prove and perfect it further, they said | the tests were very satisfactory Committee to Make Other Tours. 1 Because of the army airplane bil now pending before the military com mittee plans for resuming the inquir. are uncertain. Members of the sub committed said their work had onl, started, however. and that before be ginning the hearing of testimony il Washington they eXpected to mak other inspection tours
 Plants in New Jersey may be visite | later this week
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-10
MANUFACTURERS ARE TO
 HOLD A WAR CONFERENCE
At Atlantic City Next Wednesday, Connecticut Will Be Represented.

New York. June 9.-Representatiye of the federal government, Great Britain and Italy will attend the war convention of manufacturers from New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Dela- ware which will be held at Atlantic City next Wednesday under the au- spices of the manufacturers council of the state of New Jersey.
 In making this announcement here tonight, Warren c. King, president of the council, said that Louis Tracy, a member of the British war mission, who at the outbreak of the war or ganized the home defense forces of England, will describe the methods in- troduced to meet possible attack by German submarines on coast towns. Capt N. A. Rose of the British, army will describe the manner in which ] English women have been organized for industrial work during the war.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-10
AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK
 70 MILES OFF MARYLAND.
Captain and 17 Members of Grew of
 Pinar del Rio Are Missing.

Washington, June 9.-The American steamer Pinar del Rio was sunk by a German, submarine 70 miles off the coast of Maryland yesterday morning. One of her boats, with the captain and r members of the crew, is missing; another, with Is men, has landed on the Virginia coast.
 A brief despatch to the navy depart ment tonight announcing the sinking did not say whether the ship was shelled or torpedoed. Hope is held that the missing boat either had been picked up by some passing vessel or will turn up at some point along the coast.
 Until tonight the raiders had not been reported as showing themselves since the Norwegian steamer Vinland was sunk off the Virginia capes last 1 Wednesday evening at o'clock The Pinar del Rio was a freighte1 of 2.504 gross tons and was built ir | South Shields, England, in 1895. being christened the Saba, She was bought by an American firm some time age and placed under American register It is presumed she was engaged either in the coastwise or West Indial | trade
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-10
TWO ENLISTED MEN IN
 MARINE CORPS KILLED
Casualty Lists Show Ten Others
 Wounded in Action.

Washington, June 9-A marine corps casualty list today contains the names of two enlisted men who died from wounds received in action and of ten others who were wounded in action, Died of wounds. Private Cabe Mans field, Poplar Bluff, Mo; James Rutley, Patient, Rock Island, H.
 Wounded severely. Gunnery Ser geant Leo Louis Liptac, Streator, H.; Corporal Edward Benjamin Bowman Bethalto, H.; Private Christ Bertel- son, Yensen, Copenhagen, Denmark Frying Happy Congo, Rochester, N 1 N. Y; Ralph Oscar Sampson, Shar- don, Ohio; Stanley Vincent Prsyby lski, Chicago; David Wheaton Hall Milwaukee,; John Preston Jasss, St | Louis; Florian Louis Fillman, St Louis.
 Gunnery Sergeant Elmor Butler. o1 the 5th Regiment of Marines previous ly reported missing in action, is nov reported by the International Rec Cross as a. prisoner in Germany
 Marine corps casualty are issued separately from those of the army anC no reports have yet come on the killed and wounded among the marines wh, have been engaged in heavy fightin; near Chateau Thierry. Up to tha fighting the marine corps casualtie had been very low, as they were onl, recently moved up to the front line having previously been engaged il police work along the American lines 1 Considering the number of Ameri cans actually in the front lines an the length of time they have beel carrying on," officers do not regar the total of casualties as. large. Tn number of men actually Killed in ac tion so far reported to the departmen is 742; while of the more than 400 wounded only BIO have died from thei wounds The list of missing includ ] ing prisoners, also is comparativel small
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-10
NAVY OFFICERS TO ROUTE
 ALL coAsTWIsE VESSELS
Operating Between New London and
 Barnegat, N. J.

New York, June 9.-As a result of the German submarine raid upon ship ping off the Atlantic seaboard. coast wise vessels operating in the zone be- tween New London, Conn.,, and Barne- gat. (N. J., will be instructed by the navy department as to route and time of sailing, said ah announcement made here tonight by Rear Admiral Nathaniel R. Usher. commandant Of the Third naval district.
 Before leaving port, the commandant stated. masters of ships must apply to the navy routing officer for instruc- tions and while at sea they must be prepared to receive and act promptly upon wireless directions to put into the nearest harbor for orders. | Coastwise traffic is well protected Rear Admiral Usher declared, and de- spite the activities of eemy subma rines is being conducted under normal conditions.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-10
GERMAN CONTROL OF THE
 TRANS SIBERIAN RAILWAY
Is Being Negotiated for as Far East as
 lrkutsk.

Moscow, Friday, May 31-(By the A. P.).-Reports having reached Moscow from Stoikholm by way of Paris that negotiations had begun regarding German rontrol of the Trans Siberian railway as far east as Irkutsk, an of- firial statement was issued here today declaring them to be untrue. It is said that the statements emanating from Stockholm are pure inventions.
 NO negotiations in connection with transfer of the Trans Siberian railway to the Germans have taken place, nor has any demand or proposal been made by the German government, D says the statement. "The Stockholm message originated in Russian counter revolutionary circles which are de- sirous of forcing the allies to adopt a more peremptory attitude toward Rus sia"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-10
DESTRUCTION OF HOSPITAL
 SHIP WAS DELIBERATE
No Possibility of Mistake" About the Konineen Resentes.

Amsterdam, June 9.-"The wilful de- struction" of the hospital ship Konin- gen Regentes, says the Nieuwe Courant of The Hague, occurred under circum- stances which virtually exclude the possibility of mistake" There can not be a submarine commander it says, who does not know for what purpose hospital ships again and again have ecrossed the North sea. The paper points out further that the German authorities always had said a paddle boat was clearly recognizable by submarines owing to the peculiar sound it makes. The paper makes ii clear that in it's operation the incl dent calls for speedy action on the part of the German government.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-10
A GERMAN GENERAL NOW
 COMMANDS FINNISH ARMY
As We'll as of All the German Forces
 in Finland.

Moscow. Thursday May 30-(By the A. PA German General is now in supreme command of the Finnish army, as well as of the German forces in Finalnd. General Mannerheim. who resigned a month ago after leading the campaign of the Finnish white guard which resulted in the defeat of t,,e Red Guard, has been replaced by the General von Der Goltz.
 General Mannerheim resigned be- cause although he said he was will ing to free Finland from the Red Guard. he would not support the Ger man plan for domination of Finland as it is ruling Ukrania, and for the capture of Russian territory east of the Finnish border in the Mourman- ski region.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-10

"; shingtor. June s.-Casualtics among the American eXpediuonary forces thus far reported by Gen. Per shing. including today's list. total r. S15. the wer department announced today in making public the first of regular weekly summaries of casual ties. Deaths in action and from wounds. disease, accidents and all other causes number 2,927, while A. C46 men have been wounded and 342 are missing in action. including men feld prisoners in Germany.
 The departments recapitulation fol- lows:
 Killed in action dncluding 291 at seal ! 0S3.
 Died of wounds BIO.
 Died Of disease f.192.
 Died Of accidents and other causes Sse.
 Wounded in action 4,046.
 Missing in action Gncluding pris- oners) 342.
 Total 1915.
 While no official explanation was given for the decision of the depart ment to advise the country weekly of the exact total of casualties since the landing of the first American forces in France last June, it is understood that it resulted largely from wide spread reports that casualties had been very heavy and total figures were being withheld from the public.
 Requires Time to Check Up.
 1t has been explained at the de- partment that the daily lists sent by General Pershing are issued with as little delay as possible. The casual ties are so scattered in the lists that they will not give information of value 10 the enemy, but this does not near that any appreciable numbers are held bark. After heavy actions. such as that at Cantigny. it requires severa days to check up the casualties and cable them to the department.
 American troops have been in the trenches several months and now hold sectors at several points along the western front. In addition, many American units are brigaded with the French and British and have been ir heavy fighting since the German drive began in March. General Pershing'! men first went into the front line las November for training and soon after wards they took ever a trench secto permanently. Other units went int the trenches for final training with tn French later and finally took over sec tors so that the total frontage now hell by the Americans ranks second to tha Of the French and British armies
 2e1 Men Lost at Sea.
 The 29l men listed as having bee lost at sea went down with the tor pedOed British troop ship Tuscani and the torpedoed American transpor Antilles. The latter was sunk whil returning to America, but the Tus cania was sent down while carryin nearly 5000 men to England.
 More American soldiers have die abroad from disease than have falle in battle. while those who have die from accidents and other causes out number those who have succumbed [ wounds.
 Many of the deaths from accident were among men training for the a service.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-10
JAPANESE STEAMER ON
 LEDGE IN NORTH PACIFIC Freighter Aikoko Maru, Which Had Been Taken Over by Shipping Board

A Pacific Port, June 9-Strikins on ledge in a dense fog off the North Pacific coast this morning, the Japan ese freighter Aikoko Mauru, said to be the first Japanese vessel taken over by the U. S. shipping board, is in a pre- carious condition and may slip off to deep water at high tide, according to a message received tonight by the To- cal Merchants Exchange
 The vessel left here yesterday for a Canadian Pacific port to load coal for the IT. s.
 The message said that the steamer i Rainier was standing by the vessel but did not state whether the crew had been taken off The AikolSu Maru is owned by Kyusha KisensKaisha. is g. 466 tons and carried a crew of thirty
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-10
CONSTRUCTION oT MERCHANT SHIPPING IN NORWAY
During May Exceeded the Tonnage
 Sunk During That Month.

London, June 9.-Construction of Norwegian merchant shipping in the month of May exceeded for the first time during the war the tonnage des- troyed by submarines during the same month, according to a Copenhagen dis patch to the Exchange Telegraph Co. The tonnage sunk was 7,S00 while the new construction amounted to 19,217.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-10
AN AIRPLANE DAMAGED
 MAKING PRACTICE FLIGHT. Colided With Tree When Landing
 Near the Vale Bowl.

New Haven. Conn, June s.-One of a squadron of six two passenger air planes from Mineola. L. l.. on a prac- tice flight, met with an accident while attempting to make a landing today on the western side of the city near the Yale bowl. Five of the cars Iand-- ed easily. but the sixth collided with a tree near the ground, smashing it's propeller and injuring the running gear. The occupants. Lieuts. R. E. Ludick of Ohio State university and R. W. Williams of Harvard, escaped virtually unhurt. The other machines. again took the air after a short stay and haeded for home The occupants of the damaged airplane were to re-. turn by train. The machine is to be shipped back by rail.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-10
THREE MEN OF COAST
 PATROL AiRSHIP PICKED UP
From Their Helpless Craft Ten Miles
 at Sea.

Chatham. Mass June 9-The crew of three men of coast patrol dirigible airship were landed here today by a coast patrol boat after they had been picked up from their helpless craft ten miles at sea. The airship in returning to its hangar from flight last night. hit telephone pole snapping it's rud- der and leaving it helpless. Before the pilot could bring the airship down, an off shore breeze swept her out to sea. One of the coast patrol boats was notified and started in pursuit but lost sight of the airship in the dark. After a search of several hours it came upon the balloon resting on the surface of the sea with the three men perched safely on top of the bag. After talk ing off the crew the coast patrol boat arranged with a steam trawler to tow the disabled dirigible to port.