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Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
TEN PERSONS PERISH
 IN A FIRE AT NEWARK

Newark, N J., Sept 17-Trapped in a cloak room on the top floor, eight girls, a boy and man perished here today in a fire which destroyed the plant of the American Button com pany. Another girls was killed when, seeking to escape from the flames she leaped from a window. Nine other girls were injured, several fatally At ? o'clock the factory hummed with the industry of more than 300 young womtn engaged in making but | tons for army and navy uniforms. At 3.30 the building was a flame swept ruin, the top floor of which formed a tomb for workers who had been driven | into the cloak room by flames and smoke. At 4.30 the fire virtually was eXtinguiShed and the task of identify | ing victims begun.
 The girls on the lower floors made their escape, some by jumping and | others by the fire escapes. Most of the dead and. injured were working in 1 the carding room at the top of the building. It is belieed that when they found escape by means of fire escapes i and stairways cut off they fled in a panic to the cloak room, where their bodies later were found huddled to- | gether. All were burned beyond rec l p l kets and bits of scorched attire thai ] Identification was at all possible
 Driven into the cloak room, which | had but one window, only one gir summoned up courage to jump to the street below, She died almost imme- diately of her injuries
 The fire started in cans of lacquer stored on the second floor accordins to Supt. Frederick w. Goerdes, who said that an explosion resulted wher a effectively insulated electric wire came in contact with one of the cans
 The flames spread rapidly to thu roof and nearly a hundred men anC girls at work on the third floor founC that not only1Was escape by means o interior stairs cut off, out that thei Eonly other means of exit a fire escape
 was swept by flames which. spurteC through windows. It was the sight 0
 this seemingly impassa ble barrier tha
 threw the girls into a panic. Severa
 girls jumped from windows, but mos
 of them ran the gauntlet of flame an
 reached the street by the fire escape
 Most of the workers on the top foo
 also descended the fire escape an
 those who perished lost their live
 only when they climbed back after de | scending part way
 Running into the cloak room, the
 closed the door behind them, thinkin to shut out the flame, but the doc
 was soon burned down. One girl wa
 seen on the window sill and evidentl was preparing to jump to the groun
 when suddenly she toppled over back
 wards.
 Several sailors and soldiers. wh
 hastened to the fire, attempted | reach the upper floors and rescue tn . workers, but they were driven bac f by smoke and flames.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
25 SOLDIERS KILLED
 IN TROOP TRAIN COLLISION

five soldiers are reported killed and thirty others injured in head -on col hsion between troop train and St. Louis and San Francisco freight train one mile east of Marshficld. Mo, to- night.
 The injured were carried into a rear coach of the troop train: where they were given first aid until the arrival of relief train from Springfield. A guard immediately was thrown cut around the track and no one was allowed to approach the wreck
 The dead and injured are being drought to Springfield on the relief train which is expected to arrive here at 12,30 o'clock
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
GERMAN TEXTBOOKS TAKEN
 FROM WEST HAVEN SCHOOL

New Haven. Conn, Sept. 17.-Tvery German textbook in the West Haven High school near here. disappeared in night, presumably through the zency of periodically inclined per sons. Monday classes m the study of German had the necessary books and left them in the desks at close of ses- sion. Tuesday morning none of the more than 100 German works could he found. When the school closed last June some I25 pupils were in the Ger man classes. This fall the number dropped to 2s. Edward C. Stiles, head Of the West Haven school svs- tenn has started an investigation and promises 10 prosecute the offenders. if caught. At this time he has no clue i1 their identity. Whether the district will replace the text books is still an open question.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18

Washington, Sept. l.. = Austria's peace offensive is a closed incident so far as the American government is concerned
 Secretary Lansing sent to the Swedish minister today the note au- thorized last night by President Will son fiatly rejecting in two short sen tences the proposal of the Austro- Hungarian government for secret and non- binding peace discussions. It was started on the cables at once for transmission to Vienna by the foreign office at Stockholm
 The presidents action-incIuding the precedent setting brevity of the reply and the promptness with which it was delivered-drew expressions of ap- proval during the day everywhere in Washington, at the capitol, among officials and throughout the allied diplomatic corps. Similar responses from the other nations at war with Germany are expected to follow l quickly.
 In the senate, Senator Lodge ot Massachusetts, republican floor leader and the ranking minority member of | the foreign relations committee | voiced the feelings of congress on the subject in a prepared speech heartily i approving the presidents course as both wise and right The United i States. the senator said. can talk peace
 only to a Germany beaten and de
 prived of power further to harm z
 wronged world. He was followed by i Senator McCumber of North Dakota republican, and Senator Thomas O Colorado, democrat, with like expres
 sions.
 nK, n ks Fess of Ohio, chairman of the repub
 lican congressional committee, spok in approval, declaring that the quicl
 reply might liar upon diplomatic ears
 but is justified as a rebuke to tn double dealing of our enemy"
 Unequivocal rejections of the Aus
 trian offer from all the allies will b
 in accordance with the general polio
 which has governed the entente pow
 CTS and America in meeting the Ger
 man peace offensives. Prompt actio
 is regarded as the surest means of de
 feating the underlying purpose of tn
 central powers to shake the allies an
 develop fatal weaknesses by the en
 couragement of the expression of tn
 individual aims and views of the sep
 arate states. Foreign Minister Ba four's comment yesterday is accepte | III w dSHllISlon as SuInclenu lHulcd tion of the attitude of Great Britail : and it is not doubted similar expres sions will be forthcoming from otht entente capitals in the next few day : Regarding this phase of the peaC
 campaign as practically closed, u administration is now closely watcf 3 ing for the next move on the part l the enemy, for it is not believed tn; ;. they will abandon their efforts ! has been suggested that, denied unlin
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
REV. ]. N. LAcKEY ACCEPTS
 PROHIBITION NOMINATION

Hartford. Conn. Sept t7.-Formal notification of his nomination for gov crno- on the prohibition ticket was given Co Rev. Dr. J. Newton Lackey lt meeting in Olivet Baptist church, this evening. Truman J. Spencer of his city. who was chairman of the stafc convention. made the address to tho nominee.
 Dr. Lackey, accepting the honor said In part after stating that he fully realized what the responsibility was: The nroblem of winning the war is os paramount interest 10 every loyal American. That is our first and fore most task. All other tasks are of sec ordary importance. Loyalty to our country. therefore, demands that we suppress everything that initiates rainst us in our gigantic task or flinders us in our great pur- roEe
 ~Thc greatest step we can take to- wards winning the war is the suppress sion of Inc iiQour traffic. It wastes our manhood when the nation needs It's best"
 Dr. Lackey urged ratification by the next legislature of the federal prohi- hItory amendment.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
ARRESTED FOR IMPERyONATING
 AN OFFICER OF THE NAVY

New Haven. Conn, Sept. 17.-Three charges have been lodged against Charles Deliver, a man of many
 aliases, arrested here yesterday by Chief McManon of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad com pany. After investigation by federal agents of the department of justice, he was formally accused of unlawfully wearing the uniform of a naval off cer, of impersonating an officer of the navy and of failing to register on Sept. 12 He will be given a hearing before United States Commissioner William A. Wright tomorrow. In addition to the federal charges, the New Haven police state that Deliver has passed at least three fraudulent checks here.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
INFLUENZA AT CAMP
 DEVENS NOT ALARMING

Aver, Mass, Sept. 17.-In ortNr to ailay anxiety over the epidemic of in- nuenza which has filled the base hos pital at Camp Devens with patients, Lieutenant Colonel c. c. Mccormack, division surgeon, explained to the newspapermen at the cantonment to- day the exact status of the disease. He pointed out that although there had been $500 cases, this represented a small proportion of the population of the camp and that already six hun dred men had been discharged from the hospital as cured. There have been only three deaths traceable to the disease The majority of the cases are light.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
RAILWAY MEN ORDERED
 TO CLAIM DEFERRED DRAFT

: Washington, Sept. 17.-All railway employees in the classes declared by the railroad administration essential to proper operations, were instructed today by Director General McAdoo to claim deferred draft classification as patriotic duty and to furnish the district boards with the necessary in- formation in their answers to the
 questionnaires to show the basis for
 such classification.
 Explaining the reasons for asking
 the exemptions, MT. McAdoo declared there is no surplus whatever of em
 ployes for running the railroads and there is no surplus supply of labor
 from which new employees can be drawn to replace those who may be taken for the military service"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
BRIDGEPORT MAcHINtsTs
 10 RETURN 10 WORK TODAY

Bridgeport, Conn, Sept. II.-Presi- dent Wilson's order to manufacturers here 10 reinstste employees seeking to return From strike generally will be accepted tomorrow with the possible exception Of two plants where govern ment orders have been withdrawn as a result of strike conditions. These plants are the Liberty Ordnance con- rany plant of the American Can com pany and the Feeney Tool works. The management of these plants admitted tonight that the men would probably be reinstated within lS hours, or as soon as work could be found for them
 meeting of machinists tonight re- sulted in a resolution that all men not get employed should return to work today under the assumption that the presidents order will be compiled with
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
EXPLORER STEFANssoN. HAS
 ARRIVED AT VANCOUVER

Vancouver, B. C.. Sept Hone of the islands which Vilsjalmur Stefan- sson found in the Arctic region is about the size of Ireland. The British flag was raised June 19, 1915, on this land, which is in what formerly was called the Gustav Adolph sea.
 the north and today conto.nued his journey to Victoria, where he will make report to the Canadian gov- ernment on his experiences in the Arctic for five and one-half years.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
HARTFORD AVIATOR ONE
 OF TWO KILLED IN TEXAS

GingsviIle, Texas, Sept 17.-Lieu- tenant Davidson of Elizabeth, N. J., and Lieutenant Gillette of Hartford, Conn. were killed here today when the airplane in which they were fly ing went into nose dive and crashed to the ground from a height of several hundred feet. The men were members of an airplane squadron temporarily attached to Park Field here.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
NO BUGLE SIGNALS
 IN MODERN WARFARE

Washington, Sept. 17.-Methods of modern warfare have eliminated one more romantic feature of battle An army order just issued by the war de- partment announces changes in drill regulations which prohibit tine use of bugle signals during an engagement The danger of the bugle message not reaching all the troops as well as the grave possibility that the enemy would be we'll versed in the calls and would know what to expect are the reasons for the change.
 All orders to squads. platoons and companies are to be given by motions Of the hands in the future.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
GERMAN WOMEN AND BOYS
 FOR AUXILIARY SERVICE

With the American Army on the. Lorraine Front Monday. Sept 16.-
 By The A. PD. One hundred and eight German infantry battalions, equivalent to twenty divisions, have been disbanded. it is learned. in order to fill the gap made by the past years fighting. Women and boys are being called to the auxiliary service to replace men. Five thousand wo- men already have been mobilized for this purpose and boys of IA are being utilized
 Captured officers say that Germany is very tired of the war and no long, CT hopes to do more than keep what is its own.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
JURY FOR TRIAL OF
 ARMY RAINCOAT CHAPTERS

Nv York, Sept. 17.-A jury was se- lected this afternoon at the trial in the federal court of Captain Aubrey w. Vaughn, U. S. A, Felix Gouled, a promoer, and David L. Podell. an at torney, who are charged with de- frauding the United States govenr- ment in the sale af army raincoats. Taking of evidence will begin tomor- row.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
Cabled Paragraphs
66 German PIains Accounted Fo

"'a" TiaihS ACCounteo FoT' London, Sept IT. - Sixty six Ger man alrplanes were accounted for by the British along their lines yester- day. Seven of the hostile machines were destroyed in one engagement b. British squadron. Sixteen British machines are missing.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18

The Cook--Is that rounder Van Dibbs up yet? up myself at o'clock this morning. Michigan Gargoyle.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
BPS NAMES IN LATEST
 ARMY CASUALTY LISTS

NF1M SH0OAL EI0 D Washington Sept. 17-The follow ing casualties are reported by the Commanding General of the Ameri- can EXpeditionary Forces: Killed in action 37; missing in ac- ton F; wounded severely "A; died of wounds 16; wounded, degree unde- termined 6; died of disease 1: wound ed slightly 1; total 147
 New England men are:
 Wounded Severely. Corporals = Mechanic William H. Stoddard, Springfield, Mass. Prlvates-John T. Achilles, Roxbury Mass; Edward G. Brulotte, Man. chester N. H.; Nicholas Cappuccio Boston, Mass; Edward J. Conley Greenevllle Junction, Maine; Armand Horton New Haven. Conn; Guy H Merrill, Springfield. Mass; Hymar Miller, Brockton Mass.
 TUESDAY AFTERNOONS LIST. Killed in action 14; missing in ac. tlon S7; wounded severely 60; died o1 disease 5; died of wounds 4; wound. ed, degree undetermined 6; prisoner 1; total IFS.
 Killed in Action. Private Charles H. Cleland, Water. bury, Conn.
 Died of Wounds. Private Thomas Mouse, Reading Mass
 Died of Disease. Private Carl E. Erickson, Nev Sweden, Maine
 Wounded Severely. Corporal Mechanic Charles o. Thlese, Thompsonville, Conn. Private Stanley Joinrog, Easthamp ton, Mass. Missing in Action. Private Frank A. Cosentino, Gard ner, Mass.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-23

900 refugees, mostly old women and little children, who have crept over the fields in terror from their can uonaded homes still nearer the Ger man line. The number increases.
 Few cities in Europe are as archi- tecturally beautiful as the ancient capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, the Land of Lothair named after a grand son of Charlemagne, united with France in 1766. Each of a hunderd gates and facades is worthy a pilgrim age to Nancy The stained glass win doWs were broken and mended with paper. Three houses across the street were in ruins. Yet the park r-by was the picture of peace. Shafts of sunlight slanted through the chestnut trees and a black-robed priest sat on a bench in the shadow telling his beads.
 'I motored to the barracks on the outskirts of the city, where the re- fugees from. the Hun destroyed vil- lages are housed. 1 found as many as ten in one room-grandmoth mo- ther, and children. With food and stove supplied, this was luxury com pared with life in their ruined village, but with the shortage of coal through out France this winter there is great suffering, I fear, in those bleak bar racks in Nancy.
 "The old women make sandbags for the trenches. One told me she had made 80 in a day. The children attend
 school. the boys learning trades, the girls domestic science, that they may look out for themselves later on as most of them are orphans. An Ameri- can fund in Paris hoped to send a Christmas present this year to every one of these 1000 homeless children. I asked them to sing and 50 sad eyed | little ones stood up and piped, Aux morts pour la Patrie." I could not keep back the tears.
 q talked with a young woman who was very i'll and learned she had been at work in a intuition factory in an- other part of France. I have seen | as many as 6 900 women in one of | these vast arsenals. and frail girls carrying weights which only strong men should lift. Yet I glory with | them in their sacrifice The women 1 of France have shown us the way. i Untrained women who have never | before rolled d bandage face unflin- | chingly the most greWsome wounds in 1 their hospital service; to release men | for the trenches they perform the most | menial tasks. such as removing town garbage. Service and Unity. This is 1 the keynote of France
 T left the children playing in the i great open square of the barracks and
 motored back to town. My automo-
 bile was driven by soldier chauffeur.
 I had just remarked that this was the most perfect weather I had known
 in France when the tocsin shrilled it's
 warning. The soldier stopped the car, 1 jumped off and helped us out and we
 all bolted for the nearest house with
 the big Lorraine cross. An old man
 opened the door and many other peo- pie rushed in with us. We had bare 1 ly reached the cellar steps when the
 first crash came
 l T have never heard anything as
 ominuos as the sound of those Ti-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-23
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Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-23

tanic shells. each crushing out homes and human beings. There were 27 of us in the cellar our aged host and the soldier the only men. One little boy held a dog in his arms and a girl of ten grasped cage with a pet can ary.
 We sat on boxes. There was a light, and over in one corner I saw a keg and a sack, evidently contain ing water and food; and a pickax How, I wondered. could we dig our way out with that one pickax, should the house be struck! There was an agonized expression on the faces of some of the women whose children were not with them. Madam Hir- man tried to tighten the strain by telling how her baby girl had wakened, as they carried her down to the eel lar the night of the last bombardment. looked about and said, sleepily, "En- core! The bad Bochei"
 By my wrist watch the shells fell every seven minutes. The lombard ment' lasted three quarters of an hour, and We remained in the cellar for some time after the last crash, which sounded much nearer than the others We wanted to be sure the French guns had temporarily silenced the foe In 
 view of shell of the 38O-a mamoth affair: a little larger, but not as point ed nor as graceful in outline as the French 370 on exhibition beside it.
 When we reached the street, boys were already flying kites, hoping to rival the planes overhead. Lorraines children have become accustomed to bombardments. Once 90 shells came in one day. And, too there are some times shells dropped by the wicked Taubes. which dodge like hawks among the aircraft of the tri-color
 From plateau beyond Nancy one can see on the horizon the cathedral spires of Metz, capital of lost Lorraine In plain view are the German villages near the frontier-the frontier since 1870. "The Boche," said our host, lis only few minutes away by aero planes"
 'In plain view from this plateau are the trenches in the vicinity of the Rhine Marne Canal, where in the early morning of November 3. the Germans raided a salient held by Am erican soldiers, and our first blood sacrifice was made in the front-line trenches in France.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-23
locaI Iaconica-

Mrs. Everett Clarke of Lincoln ave- nue, who was operated on in the Rhode Island hospital a week ago. is making gradual and very favorable improvement.
 Capt Robert M. Freestone, formerly of the Fifth company, who has been at the coast artillery school at Fort Monroe, has been discharged from ac- tive service by reason of physical dis ability.
 TAe members of Local No. 1. Vest erly, International Hod Carriers, Com mon and Building Laborers' union have asked contractors for an increase of 10 per cent. in wages, from $3 to $330, for an eight hour day. The members purchased s1,2oo in Liberty bonds on Saturday.
 Miss Emily Smith, formerly of Paw catuck, daughter of James G. Smith, now of New Haven is soon to go over seas as a Red Cross. nurse. having passed satisfactory examination. She is a graduate of St MichaePs and the West Broad street schools and of St. Raphael hospital, New Haven.