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Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-16
SAMUEL E. HOIiDRIDGE, jan16d Judge.
AT 4 COURT oF PRoBATE HELI

AT COURT OF PROBATE HELD at Norwich. within and for the District of Norwich. on the 18th day of Janu- Present NELSON J. AYLING, Judge:
 Estate of Lucinda A. Smith, late of Washington, D. C.. deceased.
 The Administrator exhibited his ed- ministration account with said estate
 to the Court for allowance; it is there Ordered, That the 18th day of Janu- ary, A. D. 1918, at 10 o'clock In the forenoon, at the Probate Court Room
 in the City of Norwich, in said District. be. and the same is. appointed for hearing the same. and the said Admin istrator is directed to give notice thereof by publishing this order once in some newspaper having a circufa tion in said District, at least three days prior to the date of said hearing, and make return to the Court.
 NELSON J. AYIlTNG. Judge. The above and foregoing Is true copy of record
 Attest: HELEN NJ DRESCHER, | jan16d Clerk.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-16
Camp Devens Match Ends in Draw.

Boston, Jan 15.-A match between Battling Levinsky, instructor of boxing at Camp Devens. and TX. o. Bi1r' Brennan, of Chicago. was declar- ed draw at the end of the scheduled F rounds tonight.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-16
HAD THE GRIP THREE WEEKS

With January comes lagrippe. Lin gering colds seem to settle in the system. causing one to ache all over, feel feverish and chilly, tired, heavy and dropping. Mrs. Lizzie Tyles, Hen derson, Ky, writes: My daughter had lagrippe for three weeks. I had the doctor and bought medicine and none of it did any good. 1 gave her Foley's right. I have told all my friends about ft'' Insist on the genuine Foley Honey and Tar. The Lee & Osgood Co.
 TpANEI EPSi nIpEcr0nW
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-16

AT COURT OF PROBATE HELD at Iedyard, within and for the District of Ledyard. on the 12th day of Janu-
 Present - s AAfUEI. E. HoLDRIDGE, Judge.
 Ledyard, in said District, deceased.
 The Administrator having made written application to said Court. in accordance with the statute. for an order of sale of the whole or part of the real estate described therein, 1t is
 Ordered, That said application be, heard at the Probate Office in Ledyard on the 23d day of January, 1918 at o'clock in the afternoon, and that mo- tice thereof be given. by inserting. a copy of this order In The Norwich Morning Bulletin. a newspaper having a. circulation in said District. and that return be made to this Court. Attest:
 SAMUEL E. HOIDRDGE, ioo1e5
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-16
Fort wrieh+ Quintet After Games.

Physical pirectcr Crosby of the To- cal Y. M. C. A. las rectived the fol- lowing letter from Fort Wright and now has the matter under considera- tfon
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-16

NOTICE.-All creditors of said de- ceased are hereby notified to present their claims against said estate to the undersigned at 2S4 Washington St,. Norwich. Conn. within the time limited in the above and foregoing order , ANTOFNETTE J. B. HARTSEORE
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-16

OutfeIder Kauff of the New YorS National league baseball club is re- ported as having signed for 1918 at a reduction. His famous wartime con- tract ran out last fall and it is hardly to be expected that he would be offered the same salary for this summer de- spite the two home runs he mad in the last world series.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-16
TEAMS FOUR AND SEVEN TIED. FOR LEAD
First Place in Palace League Bone of Contention Between Teams Led by Captains Mccarthy and Patterson Each Team Has Won IA and Lost 10 Games-Oter Sporting News.

v. NJ. c. A. TO SEND
 ATHLETIC GOODS TO SOLDIERS
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-16

Jack Dempsey, the California heavy weight sensation will be seen at Bos- ton on Jan. %, when he faces Battling Levinsky for F rounds to decision. This match will either make or break Dempsey, who has been going great guns in the four-round affairs out in the far coast. If he makes good he will be in line for a battle with Fred Fulton, whom he already has chal- lenged
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-16
STATE FARM FOR WOMEN
 WHY NOT IN NORWICH
'nstitution Advocated by pr. Valeria H. Parker, Gifted Woman to Speak Here Sunday. ,.

Norwich has proved so successful as an institutional cfty"-with the State Hospital for the Insane, the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, the County Home for Children and the State Inebriate Farm-tbat she might make bid for the new State Farm for Women being strongly advocated by Dr. Valeria Parker, of Hartford who is to speak here at the annual meeting of the United Workers Sun day next C
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-16
COTTON.

New York, Jan. 15.-Cotton futures opened steady; January 31.75; March 2s.55. Spot cotton quiet; middling, S2.6o.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-16
LASTYEAR

3o million dollars worth of property wss burned in this country; about 21 million a month"; about 700 thousand a day, about @ thousand an hour. 800 dollars worth is burning while you read this advertisement.
 ls your property insured?
 B. P. LEARNED & co.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-16
ATToRNEYs-AT-LA

Brown & Perkins, AlitnEs-a.lat Over Uncas Nat. Bank. Shetucket St Entrance stairway near to. Thames National Bank. Telephone 38-3
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-16

The disastrous winter fire ts best protected against with a policy of GOOD FIRE INSURANCE. Defective furnaces, defective flues and accidents with stoves very often start the fire in winter that results in total loss-be your property today in our strong conn nanies.
 y ISAAC s. JONES
 insurance ard Real Esta,o Agent aiehards Ruildinn s7 Main St
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-16
STOCKS.

Transactions on the New oYrk Stock Exchange to 5 m:
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-16

Although college basketball through
 out the eastern states shows the effect of wartime curtaflment, the court game is being well supported. A majority of the leading colleges and universi- ties are represented by teams. and a number of contests will be played with various training camp fives during the next few months. .-.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-16

MONEY.
 New York. Jan. 1a-Can money strong; high 6; low 4; ruling rate 4; closing bid 5 1-2s offered at $: last loan G.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-16

TRAVELLERS DIRECTORY
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-16

Eighteen colleges have dropped ath- letics owing to the war. And still the government urged that athletics in colleges be continued
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-16
SPORTING NOTES

Boxing experts tell us that Benny Leonard hasn't reached his best form Heaven help the other lightweights when he does.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
CHURCH LOSES REQUEST.
Codicil Disallowed, Although Original
Grant in Will Of Miss Elizabeth Swift
Is Permitted TO Stand.

Norristown. Pa, April lS.-ln adjudi-
eating the estate of Miss Elizabeth Swift,
of Norristown and Valley Forge, Judge
Solly found balance of S4a7 ,5l3.96
and an income of $l9,9S3.93 for distri-
button
All Saints Episcopal Church, Norris
town, which Miss Swift helped to found !,
and OF which she was for years the chief
supporter, was not allowed n bequest of
$4,000 made in IA codicil of the will, to
be applied to the endowment fund be-
cause the codici was dated on January
10, 1917, and her death occurred eight
days later. A bequest of $4,000 IN the
original will WAS allowed
Rev. Edward K. Noble. rector OF All
Saints Church, and his wife, Mrs. Helen
l.. Noble. were each awarded $1,000, us
were Miss Winifred Zulich and Miss
Amy Zulich adopted daughters of the
decedent's sister, Mrs. Sarah :. Iulich.
of Norristown and Valley Forge.
Charity Hospital, Norristown. and the
PENNSYLVANIA branch of the Woman 5
Auxiliary to the Board of Missions of the
diocese of Pennsylvania were each allowed
$500.
The residue Of the estate is divided
equally between Joseph and William
Swift, two brothers. formerly of VII
mington. now dead, and Mrs Hulich, n
sister, the only survivor. The lcgacics
paid n total of Sl7 ,4Sl 10.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
HUNS STARVE PRISONERS.
Defencclcss Men Beaten by Guards,
Says Man 10 Months Captive.

New York, April ls~The inhuman
treatment accorded prisoners IN German
prison camps was described by Nj
Maurice Schlumberger, member OF the
French High Commission. before the
Columbia University Institute Of Arts and
Sciences yesterday afternoon. NJ Sehum-
berger spent nineteen months rs a prla-
oncr in one of the German camps, and
endured many privatlons.
The food question, he said, was more
serious to the prisoners than was the
lnhuman treatment they received, be
cause, as he remarked, when YOU
don't cat, nothing else matters, and IT
If impossible to live ON what YOU get
from the Germans For sufficient food
Nj Schlunberger asserted. the men dc
pended on parcels sent from home
NJ. Schlumberper told how camp guards
were permitted To use weapons against
defenscless men on no provoeation what
ever. Once he said he saw n guard stab
with a bayonet French prisoner who
had audlbly used the word s'bochc
Treatment ls not only brutal. but
humIitating,' he continued Men arc
sometimes attached hv cord In big
wooden poles. In NV company n man
was compelled to stand ON a barrel head,
and was not allowed to move. just To
especially, were attacked with the liayon-
ct at the beginning nf the var ! have
seen Russian soldiers beaten with sabrea
and trampled upon bv German non
commissioned officers
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
MUNITIONS WASTE
TOTALS MILLIONS
Great Britain Also Has Its Profit
GERS, Some Win $40
Per Cent.

London. March n The British Minis
try Of Munitions has been charged hy a
committee Of the House Of Commons with
wasting public funds through failure 10
adopt elementary precautions IN award-
ing contracts for war supplies he ~
penditures of tho Munitions department
were investigated bv Committee on
National Expenditure
In It's report the committee charged
that tho department had no adequate
system ~ estimating COSTS or Of controli-
ing prices of munitions that Il did not
properly limit profits T. tie contractors
nor regulate the iise - lahat and maternal
According to tie committee. The Minis
try Of Munitions has expended about
s5O0. 600 900 ~ tho erection and equip
meut ~ national factories ~ grants to
private firms and IN supplying buildings
and equipment to them
Investigations by accountanta have
corrected some Of tho wastoful methods
alleged In this wav Sl5.0O00DO WIS
savr,d hy a reduction IN thc prlce of cord-
tic Reductions IN the contract prices Of
amnunltlons, following tcchieal lnvrsiiga-
tIons of costs resulted IN the saving nf
SITd. .CrlO 0oO IN two vcarp In ono contract
for gun equipment, II - asserted. account
ants employed ty the munitions depart
mcnt reduced the contractors profit by
$4,000. 900
Great sums 81 money. the committee
reported. have been spent IN extending
the munition factories while Others WhIch
could produce the same commodity have
been left idle for lack Of material and labor
There Is continual waste Of labor ma
tcrial and money IN the construction of
factories which compete with each other,
"said the committee. while their produe-
tlon could have been obtained at infinitely
lower cost by concentration Of labor and
machines in certain places and using them
to their full capacity.
1t is stated that prices IN this fourth
wear Of war arc still really determined By
bargaining and manufacturers are out 70
get us much profit as they can. They favor
collective bargaining in which prices
are determined for the whole trade by the
cost OF profitable production IN the factory
which produces most eXpenslVely.
4 profit of $40 per cent was earned by
one mumtion firm
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
100000 HUNS
IN PRESENT DRIVE
Another Waterloo, Says General
Maurice, Who Sees No Reason
for Despair.

London, April 1S-Major Gen. Fred
crick Maurice, who has Just returned
from four DAYS Mt the front, made a
statement To the Newspaper correspond
cnts Inst night on the ordeal through which
the British army is passing
"Our army. said the General, "is
going through very severe strain--a
STRAIN. indeed, which is not confined 10
the army We have passed through
many critical moments, and the situation
is still decidedly serious But this must
he remembered: We have pumped for n
united front and single command. We
have placed our forces under the supreme
command OF one General That was
most wise, and that was n very wise and
proper step. but we must accept its con
sequences and consider the military situa-
tlon not from the point Of view of our own
sufTerlngs and our own losses, but from the
point of view of the front "a n whole.
"Thc British army Is PLAYING once
more It's historic role AS at Waterloo,
II is beng hammered while Blucher is
marching to the battle Our feelings
now arc probably very much like those
in London during Waterloo; but, pro
vldcd we are standing firm and taking the
hammcring, and provided Bluchcr IS
marching to battle. there is no reason
to despair In fact. il is just the other
way there is every cause for encourage
mcnt.
General Maurice then gave figures 10
show the tremendous STRAIN the British
army had been meeting lie SAID
"lhe Germans have thrown INTO the
battle between Annentieres and Haze
hruuck twenty eight divisions and since
their offensive opened on March u they
have employed l36 divisions about
zoo. .OO0 men OF these the British amy
alone has engaged seventv-nlnc the
French army alone twenty-four. aud the
British and French together twenty
three The british have, therefore. had
fights with l02 German divisions and the
French forty-scven f}ut thus docs not
complete the tale The British army
has fought twenty eight German divisions
twice. and ono three times The French
have fought four divisions twlcc The
Rrltlsh and French combined have fought
fifteen DIVISIONS twlcc and one th~c
times Thus the liriush had rs lights
alone with German divisions, and tn"
French have had thrrty-two In All the
British. alone or assisted have fought
I7t divisions. and the French, alone or
assisted. sixty -cight DIVISIONS
1T IL unpleasant business, standing
the hammcring. hut the great question
Is What has hcCom" Of Riuchcr'
These figures show that though the
French army is considerably larger than
tho British army. We have practically
taken the strain on them therefore
Their, Is no reason at All FOR a state o!
despair. such as | found some people in
on ms return last night # YOU look at
thu battle from a broad point Of view
and consider how iar our great sacrifices
are necessary as part Of the great plan
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
10 DEATHS LISTED
BY GEN. PERSH|NC
Forty-three Wounded on Yester-
dav's Record: Two Officers
Among the Dead.

WashinCt on. Apul Is General Per
shng late yesterday reported to the ar
Department 5S casualties, bringing the
total IN our overseas forces from the
hcginulne 10 3.6S2 Eight were killed IN
action. . died of wounds, Z OF disease, !
Of accident, and ] of other causes, not
disclosed Fortv-thrCc we're wounded.
Two commissioned officers were named IN
the list. Lieutenant Henry X Knight Was
Killed in action Captain Ernest Nelbcl
died Of wounds.
Casualties reported today wcrr Is fol-
lows
Ku.LEn N ACTION
Lieutenant Henry r knight
Sergeant Francis + Gunthcr-
Corporal Leonard a. Lord.
Cook John TroSt
Prlvatcs Robert II Andrews, Wilbur
Comeau. Alien \ Mowrcy. Peter Silva
pITp or MOUNDS
Captain Ernest Wclhcl
Pnvatc William +. Clements
DIED or DISEASE
Prvatcs Carl August Andres. diph-
thcria. Max Fielder, meningitis Earl r.
Raynor scarlet fever
DIED or ACCIDENT
Pnvatc Henry A Mcnamara
DIED or OTHER CAUSES
Private Oluf a Olsen
SEVERELY NOU~DFn
Corporal William r. Maioney-
Prvatcs Teodor Rcmcwez. George
Rilodcau. Elmer l.. Lane Max kevlnc.
Winford Ploof, John Stefanlck, Peter
TSavos
WoJ NnED SLIGHTLY
~crgcants Kenneth IL Biting, George
c. Mcmillan.
Corporals James F, Synes, Joseph l.
Meyers, Ioratio Rogers, William II
Ncnnart
Prlvates Howard " BrcSscau. vii
liam + Cavcncy, Robert ID MAYO, Al
fonso Di Pasqual. James II Eaton,
Edward Fitzpatrick Bernard J FLYNN.
Henry G. Gilbert, Morris / Harrington,
Frcd Hclstrom, Joseph kArAitI,, John J.
Kelly. William 7 King, Norman J,
Ietourncau, Philip \ Libby, Edward 7
NcSherry. Claude r Pollard, Joseph i.
QUIZ. Wilson NJ Ramsay. Justin b
Richardson. Lyle A SabIns, Edd, Sher-
lock. George d. Spraguc, Fred l. Stauf
Harry Stem John + WAkelv, Joseph /
Nelman, jeremiah I White
Wagner George " Shacklcy
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
Il 500 900 CATHOLICS
IN [. ). DIRECTORY SHOWS

New York April le.-Thcre arc IL
4I6. 6.303 Catholics IN tho fortv-eIght States
Of the union according 10 advance sheets
Of The OtilciaI Catholic Directory for
1918 With flfty-nIne archdIoceses and
diorescs showing Increases only four
reporting decreases and thirtv-elght max
ing no changes IN the population figure
the net increase IN the number Of Catho-
lies for the year 1917 amounts to 393 424
Joseph II Meier who has compiled
the directory for the last twelve years
saws the figure IS too low u 30 records
are kept Of the floating Catholic popul4-
ton and as nearly all Of the thlrty-eight
dioceses making no change IN their figures
have he says increased IN population the
last wear Taking these facts into con
sideration. Mr. Meier says that the
actual Catholic population Of the United
States would be shown 10 be over 49,
100000
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
RING THE BELL !

Don 4 YOU hear the cIty's cali
Ring the Bell
Plaza at the City Hall
Ring the Bell
Necdn t know well now TO play,
Needn't haze q thing TO say
All you We got to do Is pay
Ring the Bel
Hurry over after lunch
Rng the Bell
Hand the kaiser q knockout punch
Ring the Bell
Put the Crown Prince on the trucks;
Only costs hundred bucks
What q hundred brother ahuchs,
Ring the Bell
Make II crack beneath the STRAIN
Ring the Bell
Swing the rlapper hard Again
Ring the Bell
Ring the bell for liberty
Or the lads acroos the sea
Fighting now for you and me
Ring the Bell
Maurice Morris n New 4 Ork sun
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
U. s. SEXES ERIE CANAL.
McAdoo Plans to Take Over Other
Important Waterways al
Early Date.

Washington. April IS Dircctor-Gcn-
cral McAdoo last night ordered that
the Erle ana New York State Barge
Canal system bc taken over 10y the rail
road administration, and that fleet
al hargcs hc constructed immediately.
and operated there under the direction
Of g. a. Tomlinson Of Duluth Mimi, to
relieve freight traffic.
This Is the first inland waterway
whose operation under the railroad ad-
mlnIStrutlon has been definitely decided
upon. ~ q result of the extensive IN
vcstIgatIon made by the committee on
inland Waterways of the railroad ad-
mlnistraton Within fcw weeks, how
ever. the dlrcctor-grncrI Is expected to
order several other canal systems and
navIgahle rivers including the Chesa-
pt-ahc and Ohio Canal. the Black " ar
nor River IN Alabama ami several At
iant!c coast waterways used actively by
the railroad administration 10 relieve
traffic on the rail lines Construction
Of bargrs within two or three months,
and their intensive use III the late sum
mer ana fall are planned Investigation
now is being made Of the practieability
Of concrete bargcs which II Is said, can
be built quickly and cheapiy
The director general announced that
he had decided To construct as quick
~ as possible and put INTO operation a
line Of barges TO be operated by the
government on the Erie Canal
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
SEEK MILLION MORE MEN.
Those Reaching Age Since June 8
Called to Service

Washington, April 1s.--A favorable
report of the bin calling into service
men who have become ~ draft aRe
since the first registration date, june
+, 1917. was ordered today ~ uuanl-
nous vote Of the Ilotlsc Military Az
fairs Committee Chairman Dent Taid
he expected II would become law al
most Immediately. AZ reported u DIFF
fcrs from the SENATE measure c0nEd-
erably. 40 a conference of the two houses
to harmonic their disagreement prpi,-
ably will be necessary
An amendment to raise tho agc limit
to 40 was voted down
Tho War Department estImatcs that
under the now bin 900 600 mcn vii
thus bc added annually to the draft
ciaases. most of them M Glass
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
SEDITION ARREST RULING.
Any Private Citizen Hearing DisIoyal Talk
Can Take Person in Custody.

Albany. y Y, April lS.-A person
making sedltIous or dlsloyal remarks may
be arrested by any private citizen over
hearing the words, Attorney-General
Lewis ruled Yesterday
The opinion Vas rendered alter T. j.
Met urthv uf silver Creek, recently ar
rested man for making an alleged seditious
statement. took hIu before 4 justice of
the peacc and mad him imprisoned for
three months The question was raised
a 70 whether Met arthy, private citl-
zen, had authority 10 make the arrest
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
HAVANA SUGAR ABUNDANT.
4 900 900 Pounds Reaches This Country;
Guam titles Ready for Shipment Here

An Atlantic Port. April II Nearly
1000 600 pounds of sugar SAID to be- %
record cargo from Cuba. was brought hero
Yesterday by an American steamship
The vceacFs captain said groat qIantitlcs
az sugar we're ~ Cuban ports awaiting
cargo spare. and It is undcrst God here that
Some "a The Dutch ycsmls recently
reolisitiorcd by the government will be-
used for ite trans pnrtaiion-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
6 AMERICANS on CANADA's LIST

Ry Associated Press TO Every Evening
Ottawa. Ont April Is The following
names OF Americans are included IN the
casualty report issued last night
killcd-T T. Gordon, Char lcstown,
Mas
Died W Morrison, Railway, \. J.
Missing j F. Dent Beilefonte, Pa.
Wounded = Williamson, New Bed
ford. Mas; s. Odca, Lawrence, Mass.
Ii Holt, Nashua, y II.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
MARY PICkFORD'S INCOME
NEARLY ONE MILLION

New York, April IS Mary Plckford
and Douglas Fairbanks have filed their il
come-tax statements at the office Of In
ternal Revenue Collector Mark Eisner
Terms Of the law require that amounts FL
ed shall not be divulged. but it is under
stood each was close to 81 600, 900
Both had received extensions with the
understanding that at the time their
statement was filed the amount would
be covered by check It is said the
amount paid BY Miss Pickford is far
beyond that filed By any other stage
star.
Enrico Caruso has paid $4,000 and
John Mccormack paid approximately
$4,000.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
IS SHIPS ON WAYS.
Newark Yard Will Turn Out Complete
(raft EYerY Two DAYS

New York, April Is The sub marine
Boat Corporation announced here that
the keel of 5,5O0-ton steel ship which
was land At lis yard 1T Newark, y J
yesterday, represents the 18th merchant
vessel now under construction there for
the Emergency Fleet Corporation
Early completion Of these ships Was de
pendent upon the supply of steel and its
delivery by the railroads. it was stated
and as soon as the plant was operated at
maximum capacity complete vessel
would be produced every two days.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-18
PARIS BASEBALL.

Paris. April L. The schedule was
adopted last evening for the seasons
game Of the Paris Baseball League. com
prlsing u teams. Ten Of the games are
scheduled for Sunday
All Of the clubs arc made up Of Ameri-
can soldiers Or army service men
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-04-24
REDPATH yAWTER CHAUTAUQUA
NEWS ITEMS.

The Bostonia orchestra, under the
leadership of Belle, Yeaton Renfrew,
which is booked to appear on our
chautauqua this season, has just re-
ceived an offer for another big sum-
mer's engagement by another manage
ment. But the Bostonias will remain
with Mr.. Vawter and fill all their en-
gagements according to contract.
Fred Dale Wood, one Of the head
liners to fill lecture engagement
here at chautauqua has just closed a
four weeks speaking tour for the
government on the third Liberty loan
drive. He is now in Washington, D.
c., gathering material for his new
lecture on Financing the war.
T. F. Graham, of the Redpath Vaw-
ter system has just received word
from his son, Donald, who is in the
army aviation service, that he has
practically completed his final tests