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Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-25
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Et9Hty -HVe new eases of Spanish in nuenza were reported in New York
 5en. Han Lin Chun was appointed Chinese military attache at Washing ton.
 The re-triaI of the Masses Publish ing Co. was postponed until next Mon day
 An Atlantic transport arriving at an Atlantic port had 36 cases of in- fiuenza aboard.
 Charles Fogel, 6 coal miner of. Moundsvllle, W. Va, made $169S9 for II days work.
 Norway's shipbuIding is reported in a sorry plight because of the lack of raw materials.
 ,. The production of bituminous coal for the week ended Sept. IA amounted to 12,692 900 tons. Congressman Madden, of Illinois, resumed his hunt for "slackers and slickers" in the House. A campaign for the education of 100000 shipyard workers by the Elmer gency Fleet Corporation began.
 American Ambassador Morris. to Japan has gone to Vladisvolstok to make a personal report on conditions there.
 American Ambassador Fletcher left Mexico City for Washington to make
 
 | ment.
 Passengers from Prosreso, Mexico, report that four is selling for s2 a | pound there and eggs cost 24 cents apiece
 Plans for selling the railroad and Pullman tickets in a single transaction at ticket offices will be put in effect by Nov. l.
 It is reported in Chicago that the 1 Food Administration is bringing A. 0O0,O0o bushels of intermountain wheat 1 into Chicago
 Over 100 members of the <u Klux klan delivered an ultimatum to slack CTS in Montgomery, Ala, ito work, fight or git"
 Investigators of the Department of Labor report no shortage of manpower and favor forbidding employment of | women after Nov L. The War Department announced that the tent camp at Camp Mills. Long Island, will be converted into a can tonnent to accommodate 5O.O00 men.
 Rates over the Pennsylvania road to various destinations in the United States and Canada from Pennsylvan ia were increased from to 15 cents per ton.
 Representative Frear, of Wisconsin [ AiAe4 OQOSCu a ISSOiuIlOH uSIldnQlnS ar investigation into the National Secur- ity League by the House Judiciary Committee. sub committee of the Senate Judiciary Committee was appointed tc conduct hearings on the Federal Trade Commission deal to eliminate com.
 mercial bribery. King George and Queen Mary re-
 ceived the American Federation O Labor delegation and expressed higi appreciation of the attitude of Ameri.
 can labor to the war The Senate Judiciary Committe, named a sub committee to investigat, 4. Mitchell Palmer's charge that tn Washington Times was bought for Ar thur Brisbane by brewers Secretary Daniels is at the Eddy stone, Pa. government rifle factor to participate in an informal celebra s ton of the completion of 100000 rifles for the first year of operation. It is reported in Boston that repre- sentatives of the Anaconda Copper G
 and other leading copper men are i Washington to work out a new coppe : price with government officials to dat 2 from Nov. l. : obert Woods Bliss, counsellor C
 the American Embassy at Paris, ar |, rived at the Hague to act as ministe : during the absence of Minister Gar
 rett, who has gone to Gerne to nego e tiate for the exchange of prisoners.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-25
DRAFT PROBABLY WILL NOT
 BE HELD UNTIL NEXT WEEK

Washington. Sept 24.-The national lottery which in a measure will de- ternine the order or the calling of the 1000 .0on men between IS and 45 years Of age who registered September l2 piohably will not be held before next week. Oflcjals had hoped to fix n date late this weak. but this plan is understood Co have been abandoned ui order that additional time may be rNe. local boards Co correct any err rur, r.ale in designing serial mum a,rs co the rcEistrants.
 since niclI hetbeen 1t and S6 are to ts thc first calico -t0 the eei0FeTths travinr wfri have less. effect upon, oe- .crrrning the 0rder of the call than 'ld that fo- the nearly 100000 men yho turned 2i before last June ,. Or tor numbers for all the l., ,5eo ,000 men piu be drawn, but youths of IS and men between se and t5 will not be classified until the boards have given ciassihcation 10 all men between 19 and J6 who are the first 10 receive their questionnaires. In the meantime many Of the 1s to 36 classes will have been inducted into service.
 Reports received today by Provost Marshal General Crowder from near 'y all states indicated that satisfac- tory progress Is being made by .ocal boards in attaching serial numbers to the registration cards.
 One New England board before at iaching the numbers classified all reg istrants by age. making a separate group of is-vear-old registrants, a second for reEistrants between. 19 and t7 and a third for those from 3f to 45 years old. This was. held to intro duce a possibility of affecting unfairly the order Of the call, though the in ,rntion was merely to facilitate the additional work Of classification to be done laaer, and orders were issued tc re-n1mber the entire group.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-25

New York, Sept. 24-Six billion dollars is the minimum amount which the people of the United States are asked to subscribe for the fourth Lib- erty loan according to an announce ment by William G. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, in a stirring address here tonight outlining the govern ment's plans for the campaign which starts Saturday. ,.
 The share allotted the New York federal reserve district is s1,S00, 900 900, or 30 per cent of the greatest loan yet offered The loan, which will bear 4 1-4 per cent. interest, will run for twenty years, maturing Oct. 15, 1888, unless the government should exercise its reserved right to redeem the bonds on or after Oct 15. 1893.
 Asserting that, without this vast sum, we cannot lick the kaiser the secretary made special appeal for the subscriptions of corporations and wealthy individuals. as returns from the third Liberty loan indicated that wealthy corporations and persons of large means had not responded "com- mensurately with their abilities to help" He pointed out that of the 18,000,000 Americans who subscribed for the last loan only 22. .500 includ- ing corporations, bought bonds in ex- cess of $10,0O0.
 Tt would be preposterous,' he said, to say that there are only 22,500 men
 women and corporations in America able to lend more than $10,000 each to i; their government on Liberty bonds" Mir. McAdoo also condemned the
 practice of "swindlers and upscrupu- 1 lous and unpatriotic people who, con ! trary to the urgent request of the treasury department, has induced ! holders of Liberty bonds to exchange
 them for stock or investments oi doubtful value" He pointed out that
 these operations forced the treasury 1 to buy the bonds thus thrown upoT
 the market, in order to protect the
 market and the credit of the govern l ment.
 Applauded by crowd which filled l Carnegie hall, Mir. McAdoo said ir
 part:
 The treasury of the United State: asks the American people to subscribe to thesfourth Liberty loan. s6,000,000,
 000 This money is needed to carry
 on the war. We cannot lick the kaisel without it. We cannot restore peac' ! to the world and re-establish libert. 1 and democracy without it. The hug 1 amounts expended by America in thi war are not w.lolly used for destruc tive purposes. Great sums are use'
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-25
MINIMUM FOR NEW LOAN
Secretary McAdoo in Address New York, Asserts That Without This Vast Sum We Cannot Lick the Kaiser Declares Those Who Spend All They Earn Are Doing Grevious Injury to Their Country.

for constructive work which will be of permanent value to the American people,
 We are building a great merchant marine. Upon completion it will be the largest, most efficient and modern merchant fleet in the world The wharves and terminal facilities we are constructing in America for the ac- commodation of this merchant marine are an essential part of it. Our com merce after the war will be facilitated by these great national undertakings, and the money used for these pL.'- poses is an investment of iThmeaSure- able value to the American people. The loans to the allied governments are represented by obligations of great na- tions who will in time repay them. Out of the $30,000, 100000 of appropriations made by the congress for the fiscal year 1919 it is probable that sS,000 900, 0,O00 to 5000, 100000 will represent. loans to the allied governments and expenditures for ships, sl1ipyards, docks, wharves and other facilities which will be salvaged to the Ameri- can people,
 Asserting that everybody should buy Donds,'' MT. McAdoo continued:
 Wages and salaries are higher in America today than ever before in it's history. Those who spend everything they earn are not only living in a fools paradise but they are doing a grievous injury to their country. They are living in a fools paradise because the same degree of prosperity cannot | be expected to continue upon the re- turn of peace, when the inevitable re- adjustments of all industries must | take place; and they are doing their 1 country grievous injury because it is only by saving that we can provide our government with the money which | it must have to buy the essential sup
 plies for our military forces.
 '1 was asked not long ago what ar l guments could be made for the fourth
 Liberty loan. I replied immediately:
 'Pershing and our heroes in France
 No other argument is necessary. The American people know and feel the need of those men and are prepared to 1 go the limit to supply that need.
 What We must do in America is to
 keep the pressure high. Now that we
 have the kaiser and his brutal hordes | on the run, let us not relax effort, but | intensity effort Keep hitting hard and | smashing harder. That is the way to
 win surely and quickly. That is the
 way to eliminate the Rhine: that is
 the way to open an American parade on Unter den Linden"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-25
REVISING THE HOUSE
 WAR REVENUE, BILL

Washington Sept 24.-In beginning revision of the house sS,0O0, 900, 900 war revenue bill today, the senate f. nance committee virtually decided to make no substantial reduction in the aggregate tax levy proposed.
 Among members of the committee, Chairman Simmons said, there was little opposition to the plan to raise by taxation one third of the $24, 4,000,- 900 000 it is estimated the government will need this fiscal year Increased estimated expenditures for the army, Senator Simmons said. have caused abandonment of most of the sentiment against such large tax levy.
 Whether new or increased sources of taxation will be provided to meet the prospective revenue deficit due to prohibition legislation has not been decided, Chairman Simmons said.
 The committee today carefully be- gan reading the bin by paragraphs and proceeded as far as the income tax. Tomorrow the committee plans to take up the individual normal in come. tax rates, fixed by the house at 12 per cent. but with only six per cent payable on the first $4.0oO.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-25
lRr rha Associated Press.)

In both Macedonia and Palestine the entente allied forces are giving the already badly beaten Bulgarians, Ger mans and Turks no rest, while in fNarce the British and French are continuing to draw their net more closely about St Quentin and the re- rnaininr clements of the Hindenburg
 Inc in this immediate region.
 In Macedonia the situation of the Bulrarians and Germans daily grows more critical as tue allied forces steadily maintain their pressure against them. Tn Turkey the latest operations of the British and Arab tribesmen friendly 10 the allied cause seemingly forecast the complete de- struction or capture of the Ottoman troops in Palestine on both sides of tho River Jordan.
 St Quentin. through the latest ad- vances of the British and French, is au but enveloped and to the north The strong enemy line. protecting Canbrai has been further encroached upon by Field Marshal Haig's men.
 All along the 100 mile front in Macedonia from the region north of Nfouastir to Lake Dofran the entire entente armies have pressed further forward against the demoraliZed Bull rarians. whose endorsements have not been able to stiffen the line for a face bout. North Of MOnastir the important strategic position of Prilep has been occupied, thus giving control Of the numerous roads radiating from ,t 10 the French cavalry; in the cen ter the Serbians have pushed their wedge further in between the enemy western and eastern armies. while on The extreme flank the British and Greeks have advanced along both sides of the Vardar 10 a depth averaging about ten miles over a front of twenty miles. Nowhere are the entente com nanders permitting the. Bulgarians and Germans to lose contact with the
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-25
HOPES TO AVOID FIXING
 THE PRICE OF COTTON

Washington, Sept. 24.-Hope that operation Of the distribution commit tee in purchasing at prices to be ap- proved by the president all cotton needed by the. government and the all Hes will so stabilize the cotton indus try that general price fixing will not be necessary was expressed today by Chairman Page of the special com mittee named to investigate the cot ton situation.
 Chairman Fage's committee began it's first work today. but MT. Page said that no statement of the progress of the inquiry was to be expected until the effect of the work of the cotton distribution committee is felt. That committee was named yesterday.
 Protests against the government fix ing the basic prices for cotton mark ed the beginning of the deliberations of the committee of inquiry A dele gation from the cotton states advisory marketing committee, headed by J. J. Brown of Georgia, appeared before the body late today. While willing to sbu- init to any action of the government as 9 war measure. Mir. Brown said his organiza tion did not believe such drastic action as price fixing is nec- essary.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-25
NEW HAVEN GRAIN MERCHANT CHARGED WITH THEFT OF OATS

New Haven, Conn, Sept 24-Upon the charge of having stolen $324 worth of oats from freight car consigned to a dealer here, Max Susman, a grain merchant, was arrested late today by United States Marsha William Hayes. He is accused of violating a federal law relating to thefts from cars in transit. He secured bail, of $2, 300 pending a hearing before a United States commissioner
 Susman had been arrested Monday charged with conspiracy under a Con- necticut statute with Harry E. Freed and Burton E. Jones. It is alleged that Susman induced Freed, cashier for a New Haven concern, to turn over to him hay and grain to the value of s10,000 belonging to Freed S employer. This. 1t is charged, was sold by Sus man and Jones, his clerk and the pro- ceeds divided among them. Jones was arrested Monday in Worcester and brought here today.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-25
ENTENTE CONQUER|NG 0N
 ALL THE FIELDS 0F BATTLE
In Macedonia and Palestine the Bugarians, Germans and Turks Are Beiug Given No Opportunity to Rest-ln France the British and French Troops Have Almost En- veloped St Quentin.
advancing troops. who are narassin'

advancing troops. who are narassing them vigorously.
 So badly has the hundred mile line been battered that immediate disaster seemingly faces the enemy unless the retreat is greatly hastened.
 That the allied Hanks are moving swiftly to prevent the separated ar mics from joining up is indicated in the capture of Prilep and the advance of the British to the north of Lake Doiran. These manoeuvres point to an attempt at rolling-up movements of great proportions by the allies
 In Palestine the British on the coast have taken the important towns or
 Haifa and Acre, while east of the Jordan the Turks are everywhere in retreat, hard pressed by the British and the tribesmen of the king of the
 Hedjas. Inside the big sack. the neck of which was sewn up by the British
 in their initial drive, many more prisoners have been taken and the aggregate now greatly exceeds the 25 .0GO officially reported.
 To the west of St. Quentin over a front of four miles running south from the Omignon river the British have materially advanced their front, 1 notwithstanding the desperate resist ance of the enemy and taken about
 800 prisoners Hard fighting is in progress at Selency, two miles from the western outskirts of St. Quentin ! Around Epehy and further north in | the Cambrai sector the British posi- ! tions in front of the Hindenburg line | have been bettered. In Flanders the
 British have recaptured a portion of l their old trench system south of Ypres That the Germans even though the
 weather conditions preclude infantry activity. are fearful that the Ameri' | cans anticipate a further attack is in dicated by their almost continuous bonn bardment of the American posi- l tions with heavy guns along the LOT 1 raine front
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-25
DEEPER WATERWAYS TO
 HELP WIN THE WAR

Boston. Sept. 24-Deeper water ways to help win the war and as a great asset in the reconstruction pe- riod after the war were urged by speakers at the opening meeting of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways as sociation here today.
 Governor Charles S. Whitman of New York sent letter to the con- yention approving the work. of the as sociation and urging the necessity of improving waterways transportation.
 Congressman J. Hamton Moore of PIila delphfa. president of the asso- citation in his annual address point Cd ot that after the war the American engineers who have proved so adept at all kinds of construction work be- hind the fighting front in France could be used to advantage in deeper water ways prc5ecta
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-25
STRIKING POLICEMEN OF
 NASHUA. N H. SUSPENDFr

Nashua, N. H., Sept 24.-All the special policemen who went on strike last night were dismissed and all the regular officers suspended by vote of the police commission tonight. Members of the board announced that they would proceed at once to re- habilitate the force.
 Twenty y-six state guardsmen pa trolled the streets tonight No dis turbance had been reported at a late hour.
 The striking officers recently asked for an increase in pay from $9.25 to $4 day. The request was granted by the commissioners, who announced, however, that for the next three months at least. or until new appro- prlatlons wexe made, the officers would have to forego their allowance for uniforms and their vacation priv | ileges.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-25
NO COERCION TO BRING
 PHYSICIANS INTO SERVICE

Washington, Sept. 24.-Representa- tives of the volunteer medical service corps throughout the country and state committees of the Council of National Defense were notified today that no form of coercion should be used to bring physicians into the army or navy or the volunteer medical ser vice corps. Tn a joint letter, Edward P Davis. president of the volunteer medical service corps. and Franklin Mazttn. chairman of the general med ical board. Council of National De fence. urged committeeman to favor no movement that would impair a medical mans standing in his local sta4e or national society because of his refnsal to enroll and pointed out that patriotism cannot be created by coercion
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-25
NO TIN PLATES FOR PIES
 OR CANS FOR SPAGHETTI

New York, Sept 24.-Pies must no longer be delivered in tin plates or spaghetti in cans. because the gov ernment needs for war purposes all the tin it can get, according to a ruling here tonight by the federal food board.
 ''The pie baker should begin his conservation at once and take every means possible to prevent the loss of tin pie plates" said the boards state ment. Methods for delivering pies in some other way than on tin plates should be substituted"
 As for spaghetti and macaroni. the board announced that the packing of these products in tin cans will be dis continued after Oct 15 as the result of conferences between manufacturers and the food administration.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-25
PLAYED IMPORTANT PART
 IN PALESTINE VtcT0Rv

Paris, Sept 24-"Side by side with General Allenby and the French Col onel De Fiepape,7 writes the Echo De Paris, I've must mention olonel Law renee as having played a part of the greatest importance in the Palestine victory.
 "The name of Colonel Lawrence, who placed at the disposal of the British leader his experfence in the country and his talent for organiza- ton, will become historic Tn Great Britain. At the head of the cavalry force which he had formed with Be- doulns and Druses he cut the railway at Deraa, thus cutting the enemy communications between Damascus and Haifa and the eastern side of the Jordan
 Troops Of the king of the Hedjas are cooperating with great skill and remarkable effect in these victorious operations against the Turks"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-25
EARLY RETURNS FROM
 BAY STATE PRIMARIES

Boston, Sejt 24-The contest for the democratic nomination for. gov ernor at today's primaries was unde- cided late tonight Returns from nearly two- thirds of the states show ed William A. Gaston maintaining the lead which he had shown in the car Her count, while Richard H. Long had displaced Edward P. Barry in second place. The figures from 726 out of 1,l91 election precincts in the state gave: Gaston 15,6o5; Long 13,167; Barry 12,35S.
 Charming H.. Cox. speaker of the house of representatives, had an ap- rarently safe lead over Guy A. Ham, for the republican nomination for lieu tenant governor, 726 precincts showing Cox 27,9SS; Ham 12 2662
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-25
66 DEATHS RESULT FORM
 EPIDEMIC AT CAMP DEVENS

Aver, Mass, Sept. 24.-Sixty six deaths were reported at Camp Devens from influenza or pneumonia today Among the victims were Capt. Charles A. Sturtevant of Manchester, N. H., medical officer of the 74th infantry and nurse, Miss Dorothy W. Crosby of Boston.
 Camp medical officers conferred to- day with civilian specialists regarding means of fighting the epidemic, but the plans adopted were not disclosed.
 Official reports tonight indicated that the general situation remained about the same with approximately 5000 cases of influenza or pneumonia under treatment. Friends of sick men flocked to the camp in large numbers, but only relatives of patients in a critical condition emre allowed to re- main over night
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-25
POLITICS SUSPENDED BY
 REP. STATE COMMITTEE

Hartford, Conn, Sept. 24.-At a meeting of the republican state cen tral committee held here today it was voted to suspend all po- litical activities by the body until af- ter the end Of the fourth Liberty bond campaign which finishes October 1S. 4 resolution, was adopted which affirns the purposes of the committee to give the president it's answering support in fulfilling the war aims of the country. s
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-25
U. s. STEEL CORP. ADOPTS
 EIGHT HOUR BASIC DAY

New York. Sept 24-The United Stztes Steei Corporation has adopted the ef<ht hour bssic day for it's ern- pioyea Chairman Ebert Fl. Gary an- nouuosd today that tl1is step had been apunOved by tho finance connmittee of the corporation upon recommendation of dse beads of the corporation and of Eubsidizry compEuies-
 He rc3dcd that the open shop plan herct0f0re in fUrce throughout the works would be continued.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-25
25o HARTFORD HIGH
 SCHOOL BOYS ON STRIKE.

Hartford, Conn, Sept. 24--Tonight more than 250 boys of the high school here had agreed to continue tomor ' row the strike which began today and in which about five hundred par ticipated. No action has been taken by the school board as yet. The strike grew out of changes in recess ar engagements and hours of study coup led with dissa tisfaction arising from the conduct of the school lunch room.