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Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-08
PEACE OFFER PUBLISHED
 BY VIENNA NEWSPAPERS

Amsterdam, Oct 1.-Elucidation of the peace offer of the Central Powers is published by the Vienna newspa- pers. The article, which is explained as omanating from well informed cir cles." reads as follows:
 Tt is first to be emphasized that this step by Austria Hungary, Tur- key and Germany is not to he regard ed as a decision taken suddenly under the stress Of military events It con- stitutes. rather in the history of our peace policy the last link in the chain of a logical and continual evolution, regard being paid at the same time othe latest political developments in Germany.
 "As is known, the point of de- parture of ous peace policy was T3a : ron Burian's note of December, 1916. The steD then taken was Of very vague character. The conditions were not described, but only indicated in broad outlines.
 "In the course of the, development the conditions have become crystal ized During February, March and April expressions regarding 2 general and just peace without annexations or compensation came into currency"
 The Burian note of December. 1916 referred to, was that in which the Austro Hungarian government. con- jointly with Germany. Turkey and Bulgaria. addressed the entente al lies through the neutral powers. of fering to negotiate for peace on terms which were not stated.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-08
SPEEDING UP LIBERTY
 LOAN IN NEW ENGLAND

Boston, Oct. 7-Thousands of small subscriptions to the fourth Liberty loan were being sought today by the New England committee in it's speed ing up efforts. The total for the dis trict is S1S1, ,601. .00O officially reported today, represented subscriptions by 230669 individuals, and the commit tee figured tonight that five times that number must participate if the half billion dollar goal were to be reached. Subscriptions Saturday to- tailed but s13,S2S 900 barely more than half the daily average required to complete the New England quota.
 Massachusetts was maintaining virtually the same average as the whole district tonight, the total of S116. 1000 representing S6 per cent. of the state quota. Connecticut. with s31.60S eco subscribed, has 47 per cent of it's quota: Maine s9,S13.0 900, or 45 per cent; Vermont, S5,S28.o00. or A per cent: New Hampshire, $5,S47,- GOO or 2S per cent; Rhode Island, $12,- 154 900, or 24 per cent.
 Late returns for Poston showed
 falling off in the totals notwIthstand- ing that SatllrdaNs subscriptions amounted to S2.75OoO0 This was due to belated requests for transfer of credits to other cities The net total
 was S99 O60 9OO, as against quota of SIPS, 470, 900.
 Vermont led in the number of com munities reported to have over sub scribed with a total of 93.
 Although 195 communities in New England had reported over-suhscrip tions, 131 had failed to give informa 1 tion as to population and number of | individual subscribers necessary if any | flag is to be awarded.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-08
Condensed Telegrams

Alaska gold mines reported 47,s5o dry tons milled in September
 Freight moving on railroads opera. ting in the East was reported heavy,
 King Boris, of Bulgaria, issued a de- cree for the Bulgarian army to de- mobilize.
 Norway lost eight ships from war causes in September. Six sailors lost their lives.
 New Anshan Steel Works on South Manchuria Railway will be completed by the end of November
 Shipments of fresh and cured meats from Chicago for the week ended Oct. 5 amounted to 50,747, 900 pounds.
 The steamer Battahatachee, of the Ferris standard type, was launched at Portland for the U. s. Shipping Board
 The Senate Finance Com mnittee, op- erating under forced conditions, fin ished the review of the entire income section.
 The Duke of Alba, Minister of Pub lie Instructions in the Spanish coali- tion Cabinet, informed the Premier that he would resign.
 Lieut.. Philip Farren, of Rochester, N. Y, a government airplane tester, was killed at Dayton, O., when test
 
 Shortage of gasoline and crude oil in the Philippines is handicapping business. Gasoline is sold on con tract from $1 to s2 gallon. Three parcels of wool sheared from the sheep raised on the White House grounds brought $500 at a recent Y. M. c. A. benefit
 From 5,o0o,o0o to 6,ooo,o9o cigar cites are being sent abroad by the subsistence department of the Quar- termaster's Corps each month. The Fuel Board of Springfield, Mass. limited the coal supply of each family | to two tons each. Families havine that amount on hand will not be sup piled.
 A permanent memorial to the mem bers of the American forces will bt erected in Winchester Cathedral Lon. don.
 Paul Kruger, an Austrian farmland at Mount Kisco, was arrested on tht charge of making seditious utterancel against President Wilson and tn, i United States.
 Standardized American noto launches are being used in France tt
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-08

safeguard the coast from mines and submarines. hey went over under their own power. , An arrangement was made by the War Department and Railroad Ad- for furnishing meals in dining cars and eating stations to off, cers and enlisted men.
 The police of Mount Vernon, N. Y. are searching for a German who walked into the Public Bibrarr and mutilated books on American military powers value at $70
 The Appropriations Committee, which is drafting the $7,000 900 900 Army Deficiency bill, increased the estimate for the chemical warfare division from $19S,O0O, 900 to $500 900 = coo.
 Field Marshal Haig of the British army was awarded the Cross of Hon. or, bestowed annually by the Ameri- can Cross of Honor Society for con- spicuous and notable service to hu- manity.
 A report was made to the War De- paTtment by a general returning from France, who says that Allied troops like the Browning machine gun so we'll they have asked for all surplus guns to be turned over to them.
 A house bill authorizing the govern ment to purchase a large drydock at Boston, now under construction by the state of Massachusetts, was passed by the senate yesterday.
 R. H. B. Lockhart, the British con sul-general at Moscow, who was ar rested by the Bolshevik government last August, is reported to have ar rived with his party at the Finnish frontier from Moscow.
 Daniel CahiIl, 55, of Middletown, fel down an elevator well in the plant of the Colt Fire Arms Manufacturing Co at Meriden yesterday and was instant ly killed. He was an employe
 A fraction more than 99 per cent of the soldiers in the newly organized Twelfth division at Camp Devens have taken war risk insurance totalling $237,1S4,o00
 High wages paid in manufacturing plants has resulted in many working men going to and frem their employ ment in their own automobiles and has | materially curtailed the income of the Massachusetts Northeastern stree railway.
 The war trade board announced tha applications now would be considered for the exportation of all commoditie! | to Russia
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-08
TRIAL OF ALL ANTITRUST
 SUITS ARE POSTPONED

Washington, oct. 7.-Postponemen of the hearings of all pending anti trust suits until the next terms was asked of the supreme court today in motions filed by Attorney General Gregory.
 These motions are made" Attorney General Gregory said in the govern ment brief. 'in view of conditions set forth in a motion filed with the court in December last for the continuance of several of the same cases over the last term-conditions which still ob- tain. This reference was to general war conditions.
 Notice has been given to the op- posing counsel" continued the gov ernment brief, and so far as we are advised there is no opposition to the motion in any cases except that cOpn- sci for the United States Steel Cor poration have asked that it be stated to the court that they are oppcssd to a continuance
 The cases to which the motions ap piled are those of the Reading Com pany, the so-called anthracite case; the United States Steel Corporation; Eastman Kodak Company: Associat- ed Bill Posters and Distributors; American Can Company; Quaker Oats Company: Corn Products Refining Company; Lehigh Valley Railroad Company and the Southern Pacific Company.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-08

what the president has done, it is highly probable that he had taken one of these two courses:
 Either he has asked Premiers Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Orlando to- advise him of their replies. or. more likely still. the president already. has formulated reply and asked the Eremiers for their acquiescence.
 The temper of debate in the senate today and the general tone of public opinion in the country as expressed in the newspaper comment are a very fair index of the. governments views The consensus of opinion in the sen ate debate was that the offer should be rejected: the virtually unanimous Public opinion as reflected in news papers all over the country was that 20 peace terms short of unconditional surrender could be discussed.
 It is very clear that the reply will be not only an answer 10 Germany and her allies, but statement for the historical record of the world It is realized on every hand that rejec- ton of peace offer must be con vincing one and one which will jus tlfy the prolonging of the war to the ends sought. It is realized that it must be convincing to the people of Great Britain, France. Italy and the United States so that they may be warned against the insidious danger of throwing away the hard won vic tory so near their grasp, and at the 1 same time leave no opportunity for 1 the militarist leaders of the Central Powers to lure their people on to more bloodshed and sacrifices
 ! There is a suggestion that to carry out this purpose more fully, President i Wilson, after dispatching the reply, may decide to address congress and state in detail the reasons which cause the allies to reject the propo- sal. There is no official indication
 that the president plans such a course i but it is being discussed among many i possibilities. Colonel E. M. HouSe,
 the presidents constant adviser and 1 personal representative on many a
 confidential errand arrived at the
 White House tonight His coming
 followed a busy day for the president
 in which all other business was put
 aside, recreation was abandoned and
 except for an hour or two given over to entertaining Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the British admiralty, al
 luncheon, MT. Wilson spent the day
 in his study. It was sad he was writ ing
 The official communication from Germany was delivered to the White House this morning by the charge ot the Swiss legation and the note from Austria was taken to the state de- partment and handed to Secretary Lansing by MT. Ekengren, the minis
 ter from Sweden.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-08
DISREGARD PEACE TALK
 AND BUY LIBERTY BONDS
Secretary McAdoo Announces "Now is the Time Above All Others Not to Relax But to Intensity Efforts" to Provide the Sinews of War-Seven Days of Solicitation Has Yielded 1928 716,95O Only P Per Cent of the Six Billion Called For

Washington Oct. 7.-Seven days of solicitation for the fourth Liberty loan have yielded $1,323, 716,950 and only eleven working days remain in which to raise the balance of tue six billion Reports compiled tonight by the treasury, covering receipts up to last Saturday night, showed 22 per cent of the loan has been subscribed and backed up by initial payments. This did not take into consideration rathei large aggregates gathered yesterday in many cities by house. to- house can vassers.
 Apprehension that peace news from abroad might cause relaxation of effort hy workers and subscribers became more distinct in the capital today on receipt of reports from communities throughout the country that individ- uals and business firms were inclin- cd to postpone making their subscrip- tions until late in'the camraign, mean while watching the progress of the Central Towers peace offensive. Secretary McAdoo issued a state ment saving that now is the time i a bove all others not to relax but to in- i tensify efforts" It was reported that 1 this statement had been suggested by | President Wilson: who is represented 1 as 1eelinG deeply that the 1Ourtn loan should be generously subscribed botf
 for the actual needs of the govern ment and for the moral support whicF
 this would give the United States ir 1 the present situa tion.
 threads Of influenza epidemics or
 campaign plans were reported more
 serious today. In scores of cities ant
 small towns. a large part of the can j wasting forces were forced to keep tC 1 their homes.
 l The St Louis district. even thougl not reporting since last Saturday still leads others in percentage
 achievements with .47S. according t 1 treasury tabluatioDs. Philadelphia ant | New York are eight and nine in thu f list. The Kansas City district toda7 1 opened a strenuous drive, after spend ing last week in advertising, but rep i resentative subscriptions reports vii not begin to roll in until tomorrow. i Subscriptions and percentage 0 Ii quotas by districts include:
 Boston. S1S1, ,594850, percentage .36S
 Philadelnhfa S9,75O,4Oo, percentag ITO: New York, $305, ,7S90 000 per
 centage .169 An unofficial report iron
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-08
No Armistice For Peace Negotiations
President Wilson is Confer ring with Premiers of En- tente Nations-No Answer For a Day or Two.

Washington, Oct. 7-President Will son is conferring with the premiers of the entente nations over the form of answer to be made to Germany'S latest peace proposals. The indica- tions are that it will not be dispatched for day or two
 While there may be some question as to the form of the reply, there is no question whatever as to it's nature. It may not use the short and force ful term unconditional surrender which would reflect the sentiment which has come from spokesmen of the nation, but is is sure to convey to the German government very clearly the fact that nothing less than the terms already laid down can be ac- cepted, and that these terms cannot be made merely "the basis for nego-
 Iatlons. AS to an armistice such a step would be looked upon as suici- dal and not to be thought Of By this time, Prince Maximilian's note and that of Baron Burian the Austro Hungarian foreign minister, in official form undoubtedly are in the foreign offices in London, Paris and Rome, forwarded by President Wilson, as requested by the Central Powers. The exchanges now going on have a two fold purpose:
 Obviously thee American govern ment would not proceed to speak for the other belligerents on a matter of such importance without consultation among them. and it is purposed to avoid the mistake of meking a curt and peremptory' rejection which could be used by the Central Powers, before their own people, to bolster up the ar gument that they are waging a de fensive' war and that the objects of the co-belligerents aer to destroy 1 them.
 Lacking official announcement oi
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-08
AMERICAN FAST TANKS
 CONFUSE THE ENEMY

Amsterdam, Oct. The Berlin Tageblatts correspondent Hegeler, writing from Montmedy October 1. describes the attack made by the American small fast tanks, like phantoms suddenly coming out of the depths. took part ~& fell upon the Germans in the rear.
 "The rsult,' says the correspondent. naturally was wild confusion. They got right into our artillery position. Before the fog lifted, and that was fate in the forenoon, we had some anxious hours. Contact between the regiments and with the higher com mard was broFsn. except for carrier pigeons and runners. as all wires were down and heliographing was impos- sible
 About midday the weather clear ed We found a break through had failed but the enemy held the line of DaEnevoux- -Montfaucon. Pressing for ward beyond Malincourt westward the Americans very nearly captured the whole of a regimental staff The staff was released by our counter-attack."
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-08

cans are driving the. enemy steadily northward, despite great resistance on positions of high strategic value.
 All along the front from Rheims to the Mouse a distance of more than fifty miles, the enemy everywhere has met with serious reverses and is fall- ing back under the heavy pressure that is being imposed against him, at some places in disorder Where the enemy is trying to resist, the French and Americans are meeting their counter thrusts with splendid stamina and gradually forcing them to give ground step by step.
 East of the Argonne forest, between that great wooded bastion and the Mouse, the Americans have further ad- vanced their line notwithstanding the fact that the enemy has thrown in large endorsements to hinder the plotting out of the forest and the forming of a junction by way of the Aire valley between The Americans and the French troops on it's western side. In the latest fighting the Americans drove the Germans out of Chatel Che hery, northwest of Apremont, and ob .ained command of the heights west of the Aire. The latest German official communication reports that the Amer jeans Monday evening began a new attack in this region.
 Taken altogether the entire south ern front of the Germans seems to be in a rather serious situation from La Fere to the north of Verdun. Laon the great storehouse of the Germans northeast of Soissons, is reported to be on fire, indicating the possibility of an early falling back; the Chemin des Danes defenses are outflanked at both ends; Rheims has been restored and the Germans pushed back more than ten miles north of it, while east ward General Gouraud's armies and the Americon First army are brilliant ly carrying out their part of the great converging movement that seemingly at no far distant date will force the enemy materially to readjust his line | A further indication of the troublous times in the German army is the re- port that Field Marshal Von Hinden- : burg has resigned after stormy in terview with Emperor William, during | which Non Hindenburg informed tho
 emperor that a German retreat on z l large scale was necessary.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-08
NO PEACE TALK UNTIL . GERMAN ARMIES SURRENDER

Washington, Oct. 7-Representative Fess Of Ohio, chairman of the repub- lican congressional campaign com mittee, in a statement today, said
 This is~no time to barley on peace around table at which sit represen- tatives of the autocracy of Germany or her vassals German integrity terri torially. industrially and politically is yet unbroken: her soil is yet free from the trend of an enemy army. This day of exemption is rapidly pass ing. No peace talk should be consider ed until our armies are on German soil. Germany's armies surrendered and the German people who have up- held the campaign of terrorism have been compelled to taste the fruits of their own planting. Otherwise the end of this war is but an adjournment to another"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-08
PROTEST .FITZGERALD'S NAME
 @ ON BAY STATE BALLOT

Boston, Oct: 7.-Congressman Peter F. Tague filed formal protest with the secretary of state today against the placing of former Mayor John F. Fitzgerald's name on the state cleo tion ballot as democratic candidate for congress in the Tenth district. The primary returns showed Fitzgerald nominated by a small margin. In his protest Congressman Tague- asserts that he received a true majority of the votes cast and charges that the re- count held by the Boston election com rlissioners was fraudulently conduct ed. The ballot law commission will decide tomorrow whether it will award Congressman Tague a hearing.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-08
No-LlcENsE FORCES
 GAIN ONE TOWN

New Haven, Conn, Oct 7.-Eleyen towns changed their stand on the li- quor question today in the vote on the license issue in Connecticut's Tit tie town elections" Twenty six towns in the state voted and the pro- hibition forces won in six towns that were enrolled in the license column year ago, while the "wets" were suc- cessful in five towns that were dry" The net result is a gain of one town for the no-license forces, making the state tabulation 67 license towns and 101 no license.
 Among the towns which switched from no-license to license was Man chester, the largest in the state, the "wets" securing a majority of 130 there. The .others which changed to license were Griswold, Haddam, FL lington and Stafford. The towns which jumped from the license to the no-license column were Brantord, Stonington Kiltngly, Canaan, New Hartford and CoventrC
 The vote was small in nearly all towns and comparatively little inter est was shown in the balloting. In view of the status of the national prohibition issue, the license ques- tion was not brought forward by either side as in previous years.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-08
(By The Associated Press

The troops of the French General Berthelot have delivered a successful blow against the Germans northwest of Rheims which adds materially to the menace that is hanging over the German front from the North sea to the Swiss border. This was the cap ture of Berry au Bac. on the north side of the Aisne, about ten and a half miles northwest of Rheims and only a scant five miles from the eastern end of the famous Chemin des Danes ridge at Craonne. A further advance north ward across the railroad not alone will put the great stronghold of Laon in pocket but also will outfank Neufcha- tel. another enemy stronghold, on the west.
 The Turks also have suffered a seri- ous blow in the loss to the French of Beirut. capital of the vilayet of Syria The occupation of this seaport on the Mediterranean by a French naval di- vision gives the allies a base for the landing of men who can operate in all directions against the Turks over the roads radiating from it.
 Although peace talk still is in the air. there is no peace for the German and Austro- Hungarian armies in the field.
 
 well informed circles in Germany and Austria Hungary to show that the latest peace proposals of the cen tral powers are honest expressions of a desire for just peace" Marshal Fochs armies are proceeding without pause in their task of clearing Bel gium and France of the invader And they are continuing to meet with great successes. Likewise in Serbia and Albania, the Serbs and Italians are fast retaining enemy occupied territory. while at last reports tn , British General Allenby in Palestine still was hard after the retreating Turks.
 While further gains have been made by the British east of Arras, where the operations have in view the capture of the highly important town of Douai, and other advances have been record = ed between -Cambrai and St. Quentin, chief interest for the present centers iu the fighting in Champagne and be- tween the Argonne forest and the Mouse, where the French and Ameri-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-08
OBITUARY.
Briu.- Gen. Charles A. Doyen.


 Washington. Oct. 7.-Brigadier Gen eraI Charles A. Doyen. who command ed the first regiment of the marine corps to go to France with the Amer ican expeditionary forces, died at the marine corps training station at Quantico, Va, last night of influenza. He will be buried with full military honors but arrangements for the fu- neral have not yet been announc- ed.
 General Doyen remained in France nearly a year, being promoted to the rank of a brigadier and to the com mand of the first marine brigade Of the second division The strain of his duties brought on i'll health and to avoid a physical breakdown, he was transferred back to this country. He was made commandant of the train ing station at Quantico.
 General Doyen was ffty-nine years old and a native of New Hampshire. He had seen 35 years service in the marine corps to which he was trans ferred two years after his graduation from the naval academy in 1881. Be- sides frequent tours of duty at sea General Doyen had served with the marines in the Philippines. Cuba and Santo Domingo and in the Spanish American war he was Tn command of the marine corps guard, on the auxil- iary cruiser St. Paul.
 Major James H. Blount, u. S. A. New York, Oct 7.-Major James H. BIount, U. s. A., who was stationed at ] Hoboken, N. J., died here tonight of 1 injuries received yesterday when a horse he was riding became frightened at an automobile on Fifth avenue and threw him.
 | Major Blount was widely known Georgia jurist and was the author of several law treatises. He was a vet eran of the Spanish-American war and the Philippine campaign. He was a son of the late Representative Blount ! of Georgia.