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Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03
DVlasties Central
 Powers Weakening
Realize They Must Yield to Participation of Civilian Elements in Government During This Crisis.

Washington, Oct. 2.-Signs are null
 tiplying in reports reaching the state
 department from various agencies in
 neutral European countries of the
 rapid weakening of the despotic con-
 trol which the military elements in
 Germany and Austria have imposed upon the civilian population. So exten- sive and consequential are the events quickly following one another in Der lin and Vienna that American officials
 are becoming convinced that the inn
 perial rulers have been forced. how ever. reluctantly to the conclusion that ii they are to preserve their dynastles from destruction they must yield to the growing demands of the civilian clements for the right of participation l in the government during this crisis. The military parties have retained 1 their control only because of their as- | serted ability to secure a military de- ! cision that would confirm German su ] premacy over continental Europe and i the British Isles as well. Now that the ! German armies are being defeated and ] driven back into Germany, and the na- i tion is confronted with the painful l certainty of an invasion and retribu- l tive justice for the wrongs inflicted i upon the French and Belgians, the in ! fuence of the Fan n-(TermanS ana nlll- 1 tary parties is waning and it is be-
 lieved that the two emperors have de i cided that if they are to retain the l support of the people they must turI to the civilian parties that have beer demanding a voice iii affairs.
 It was pointed out today that Pres ident Wilson has repeatedly declared that with the military rulers of the Central Powers convicted of broker
 faith and deceit there can be no dis
 cussion of the peace for which th'
 Germanic people are clamoring. Henc' the belated attempts of the emperor
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03

Mitchell Palmer has taken over the enemy interests in the German Con- solidated Newspaper Co. of Cleveland. to 71,740,362 ounces valued at $59,- 078 100.
 The curtiss Arplane Co. has been allotted an order for 7,200 aeroplanes. Part of the contract is for 4,OOO De Haviland planes with 80 per cent. spare parts.
 D. w. Cooke, Fuel Administrator of New York State, ordered consignees of coal cars to unload them promptly so as to have no shortage of cars at the mines.
 The Manufacturers Light & Heat Co.,. which supplies fuel to West Vir- ginia western Pennsylvania and east ern Ohio cities, was taken over by the
 More than $4s4, 100000 was asked by | President Hurley and Vice President l Piez of the Emergency Fleet Corpora tion for the construction of additional steel ships.
 ! An officer of the air service just i back from Europe says that the De l Haviland motors have made favor able impression abroad. Four hundred thousand tons of ! Swedish ships were turned over to the | U HIIeu oldl6S dHu DlIIdlIl uHuSl edL agreement perfected by the govern ments last July.
 Restrictions upon platinum and ir- iridium or their compounds, becomes effective today. No person except l licensed dealers may have more than one ounce in his possession for 90 days.
 Two cooling plants containing about 1000 dressed beeves, the shipping shed and the machine shop of the Crescent City stockyard at New Orleans were destroyed by fire, causing a loss o1 $200, 900.
 Thousands of acres of wheat are be ing raised in western Kansas through the aid of the Federal Farm Loar Board. More than 1000 900 acres will be sown in the Middle West through this aid.
 Adiutant General John A. WiIsor has requested President Wilson to if October 26 as registration day for mel
 between the ages of Is and 45 years il Porto Rico
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03
(By The Associated Press.)

Again the Germans are in retreat on an important sector of the west ern battle front in France. The scene of the new retrograd movement is a wide front north and south of La Bassee Canal.
 The continuation by the entente allied forces of their brilliant achieve ments in restoring Belgian Flanders and the expulsion of the enemy from further territory in France from the region of Cambrai to Verdun evil dently has brought the Germans to the realization that the great bend in the line from Menin to the east of Arras is likely to prove another such trap as was the St. Mihiel salient un- less they are fast enough of foot to move eastward. giving up Lille, Lens and Douai, and straighten their line from the vicinity of Cambrai to Belgium.
 On all the other six battle fronts from Belgium to Verdun the entente forces are keeping up their success ful advances, although the Germans everywhere, except northwest of Rheims, have stiffened their front materially and are offering strong re- sistanCe to further inroads into their territory.
 h Belgium Flanders the wedge of The Belgian, British and French troops has penetrated still farther eastward a,ld soltheastward from Dixmude j,aG Jlly d few miles more will be re- cu:rcd by the allied troops to give t.-.i positions by which Ostend, one of Germany's sea bases. will be made un;enable and, indeed, the entire North Sea coast now in German hands put iE jeopardy. British warships gre now violently bombarding the coast and the Germans are reported 10 be moving their heavy guns east ward, fearful of their capture.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03
STORMY SESSION OF MASS. DEM. STATE COMMITTEE

Boston, Oct 2.-After a stormy ses- sion today the democratic state com mittee by vote of IS to refused to accept the resignation of Chairman Michael A. O'Leary. The committee tEen reaffirmed it's vote of July 27 that the conduct of the campaign and the handling of the funls of all candi- dates should be left to the state com mittee.
 In the primary campaign. O'Leary supported William A. Gaston for the nomination for governor against Rich z I'd Ii. Long and Edward P. Barry. Long was nominated. O'Leary then offered to step aside in order that the party might have man at the wheel who was in perfect harmony" with the successful candidate. The committee also voted to post pnne until October 19 the state con- vention, scheduled to be held in Wor- ! cester on Oct ,. This action was | taken because of the prevalence of in | fluenZa
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03

Washington, Oct. 2. -. The German grip on northern France and Belgium has been definitely broken. Even the most cautions military observers in Washington agreed tonight that the Hindenhurg line was ,lisintegrating and army officers centered their whole attention on the efforts of the German leaders to eXtricate their armies with out crushing disaster
 Outtianked in Belgium and in the Champagne, the great. German zone of defensive works known as the Hinden-
 burg inc already was becoming un-
 tenable when Field Marshal Haig's
 men smashed through it today just
 north of St. Quentin. The immediate investment of the city by French troops and the swift widening of the breach northward coupled with the continued rapid progress of French, Belgian and British forces in Belgium, | it is thought here, possibly may upset the whole German scheme of retire ment which already had begun on the Rheims front.
 | British penetration of the line, it was
 said, may furnish Marshal Foch with
 a means to cmbarrass the German re-
 treat always with the possibility of l
 i Ringed by wall of victorious enc i mics over the whole front. from the North Sea to Nerdun. the situation of l the Germans undoubtedly is grave. The 1 drive in Belgium is menacing vital | communications on one side wSile the | American and French troops in the i Champagne are surging forward to- ward equally vital supply lines on the other. The battle line is assuming the i shape of a vast trap, thrusting its jaws out to engulf the German armies
 The German leaders have seen theil i danger. Official reports to the state de. | partment today indicated that evacu. Ii atiCn of the submarine bases on thu
 Belgian coast was imminent. There al
 so is conclusive evidence that tn,
 evacuation of the lines before Rheims
 is well under way. The question up
 permost in the minds of army officer here is whether the German high com
 nland has acted in time
 Announcement from Paris that 200 prisoners were taken by the F'rencI yesterday in operations between tn Vesle and the Aisne rivers is signifi cant of the difficulty of getting troop back safely out of an abandoned fight ing line. There has been no hint of French attack on large scale on thi front and the Berlin statements hay I characterized the movement as a with drawal. Only 2 narrow front was ir a volved, yet 1000 men left as reg a guards were captured.
 To withdraw the whole 250 mil 5 front, where the allied ard America
 forces are charging forward day afr CT day will be a stupendous task. Wit : constantly increasing superiority . numbers and gun power resting wit e Marshal Foch, observers here belie7
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03

the retreat will be difficult beyond words. There is no possibility, it was said, of fOreca sting what may hap pen.
 There are several places on the front where the situation appears particular ly critical Officers sad that evacua- tior of the Belgian coast probably will
 be forced on the enemy in an effort to avert an even more serious reverse in
 the Lille sector. The British wing of the drive in Belgium is hammeTing at the vital supply lines of the Lille sa- lient on one side while the steady ad-
 vance of other British forces north
 eastward from the positions south of Douai is aimed at the only other route of escape from the rapidly form 1 ing pocket Already the large enemy forces holding the depths of this l pocket face the necessity of passing along the British front or the Lys if 1 the best lines of withdrawal are fol- i lowed.
 1 To the south, another critical situ- l ation is developing. It seems certain 1 to officers here that the German lead CTS planned to withdraw slowly from 1 the most advanced ground they hold
 about Rheims. gradually strengthening and shortening their lines as they
 went and with the movement screened by a machine gun rear guard battle. The British smash north of St. Quen- | tin, however, has opened the way to
 the valley of the Disc and the invest
 ment of Laon from the north. The fall of La F'ere, already encircled on three sides by the French, and the
 swift development of an attacking line along the flank of the withdrawal
 seems imminent
 J-o
 the high ground just northwest of Rheiqs that has been their center of
 resistance on that front. The French
 now face them for some distance along . the Rheims-Laon road with open
 ground at the Germans backs Inci- } dentally, another pocket is developing } just east of Rheims that the enemy cannot disregard and extension of the } withdrawal to this sector appears g logical process.
 It would cause little surprise hert ) if a wholly new assault developed l within the next day or two with thu 9 French striking directly northwarC = from Rheims and the lines east o S that place to a junction with the ad : vaneing French army west of the Ar a gone. The open ground through whicl s the German retirement must carr e them looks attractive to many observ CTS as tke scene of possibly open war : fare witt the odds all on Marsha r F'och's side.
 The situation on the Belgian coas e brings up again the old suggestion c Il flank attack by sea. There was som = speculation tonight as to whether i h slight not prove possible to force # landing and assail the enemy in tn h rear as reports said the German sea e coast batteries were being withdraw
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03
RETURNS FROM LOAN
 IN NEW YORK DISTRICT

New York, Oct. 2.-The New York federal reserve district had subscrib- ed $139,41S,50O to the fourth Liberty loan up to the close of business yes- terday, or IT perceent of its quota of
 $1,S0O,0 900 according to official figures announced tonight.
 These figures, however, do not in-
 clude big sales made today, when
 New York city, stirred by a tour of it's business and financial districts by American marines wounded at Cha teau- -Thierry and Belleau Wood, a parade of Italian veterans from the Austrian front. and ceremonies incl dent to the Cuban Day celebration at the Altar of Liberty" subscribed freely.
 Official totals from the sub districts l with their percentages include: 1 northern New Jersey $9,409, 300 or 6.5 Fairfield County, Connecticut, and Westchester and Rockland counties 1 New York, $3,83O, 450 or 1OS.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03
EXTENSION OF BARRED
 ZONE FOR ENEMY ALIENS

New York, Oct. 2.-Promulgation by President Wilson of an order estab- fishing a new barred zone for enemy aliens. embracing Rockaway Point, all of Staten Island and the New Jersey coast, thirty miles southward from New York, was announced here to- night.
 The object of the order, said Rufus W. Sprague, head of the New York en- emy alien bureau, is to improve pro lection of the port and it's shipping and to assist the authorities in guard ing against possible communication be- tween German submarines and enemy agents on shore.
 The regulations apply only to Ger man aliens and reasonable time will be allowed persons affected by the or der to apply for residence or travel permits excluding them from enforce ment of the order.
 Extension of the prohibited areas, it was stated, will guard the jaws" of the harbor extending from Rockaway Point to Sandy Hook.In th5 Jersey shore barred zone will be Atlantic Highlands, rearded by the authorities as the most advantageous point for signalling on the north Atlantic coast
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03
FIGHTING IN MACEDONIA
 CEASED MONDAY NOON

Paris, Oct. 2.-Sharp fighting con- tnued on the Macedonian front up to noon Monday, when the Bulgarian ar mistice became effective.
 In the region north of Monastir Ital- ian forces took Mont Baba. a position of much military importance. The Bulgarians kept up a vicious machine gun fight to the last and were sup ported by infantry and numerous bat teries of field artillery. The enemy however. was driven back and the Italians occupied Dolenci
 When operations were suspended the Serbians held the high ground between Uskub and the Bulgarian border On the extreme left allied troops had completed the occupation of Struga near Lake Ochrida. and kichevo, fur. ther north.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03
g OFFICERS AND MEN
 REWARDED FOR HEROISM

Washington, Oct. 2.-Gencral Per- shing today reported the award of the Distinguished Service Cross to 22 of- ficers and enlisted men of the Ameri- can expcditionary forces for extraor- dinary heroism in action. They include Lieutenant Harry s. Wheat, North Cambridge Mass: Sergeants John H. F. Winthrop, Bryn Mawr. Pa, and Thomas Cavanaugh, Pittsburgh, Fa.; Corporal Robert R. Riley, Chester, Pr; Lieutenant Chandler Sprague, Haver- hill. Mass; Corporals Raymond Pea cock, Norristown, Pa: James D. Moore. Erie Pa; Raymond D. Row bottom, Avalon, Fa., and Privates AL bert R. Purphy, Philadelphia; Philip Maurer, Baltimore, Md, Lester Carson, Clearfeld, Pa. Fred Otte, Fairmount City, Pa: William c. Evans. no rec ord; Sins Kee San Jose, Calif., and Private Newlin, TO record.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03
BELGIAN COAST NJ LONGER
 TENABLE FOR THE HUNS
Germans Are Being Expelled From Belgium Flanders and From Territory in France From the Region of Cambrai to Verdun-Huns Are Moving Their Heavy Guns East ward From the Belgian Coast Towns, to Save Them From Capture

Many additional towns have been captured by the allies in this region and numerous prisoners have been
 taken. The important railroad junct-
 ion point of Roulers is all but in the hands of the allies, while southward
 from Roulers the British have cut the Roulers- Menin railway at two places and are in the process of investing
 Menin.
 The French now are in full possess
 ion of St. Quentin and have passed on eastward. The entire Hindenburg
 system between St. Quentin and Le Catelet has been completely smashed by Field Marshal Haig's forces, with whom the Americans are brigaded and further ground has been won in the outskirts of Cambrai and north of that city. At one point north of St Quentin the British were forced to give up a village under a heavy coun- ter-attack by fresh German troops { A band of Americans who had out distanced their fellows in arms were i surrounded on one sector by the Ger mans, but were released after two days, during which they killed many of the enemy who sought to capture them.
 Northwest of Rheims the St. Thierry massif has been captured and north ] of the cathedral city the environs ot ' Betheny have been reached by the ! French. The Germans along thi. i front are in retreat to their old 1911 i line and the French have reached tht l Aisne Canal at several points. The French in Champagne and tht Americans on their right have mad,
 further gains against the German
 in the cleaning out Of the Argonn, 1 Forest and pressing noTthward on botl
 sides of this bastion.
 In Palestine the British have occu pied Damascus and taken more thal 1000 Turks prisoner.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03
SUSPENSION OF CONGRESS
 OVER NOVEMBER LECTIONS

Washington, Oct. 2.-Plans for sus- pension Of congress over the Novem- Der elections were revived today by congressional leaders after a survey of senate and house legislative calen- dars
 The seven billion dollars army | emergency appropriation bill, now be- fore the house military committee. the emergency power bill; passed yester- day by the house. the conference re- port on the emergency agricultural bill, with it's wartime prohibition rider pending before both houses and formalities in the senate of laying aside the woman suffrage resolution 1 were listed for preferential consfdera- ton.
 | Democratic and republican leaders i in the house reached a tentative l agreement today to suspend the house next Friday and begin series of i three day recesses until October A. when it is planned to take up the ar my appropriation measure. Prompt passage of the bill by both houses seemed assured and it was expected that by October 20, congress could ad- journ for a month over the elections In the meantime, the senate was ex- pected to pass the water power bill and both houses act on the agriculture measure.
 The woman suffrage amendment will come before the senate tomorrow on the motion of Chairman Jones ot the woman suffrage committee for the reconsideration of the 5 to 51 vote by which it was lost yesterday. The motion however, probably will not be pressed to vote until after the cleo tions.
 Although leaders are certain tha
 both senate and house virtually car suspend work by the three day reces;
 plan, the new proposal for a month! recess from about October 20 to Nov
 ember 20 is dependent on the progress
 made by the senate finance committee
 in revising the war revenue bill
 Chairman Simmons of the committee
 today changed his estimate of com
 pleting the measure in three week
 and said considerably longer would b.
 required Majority Leader Martin
 said tonight that after the imperativ pending measures are passed he coul'
 see no reason why congress should no
 recess until the finance committee i
 ready to report the revenue bill. wit
 prospects that this will not be unti
 after the elections
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03
AMERICANS IN ADVANCED
 POSITIONS RESCUED

British Headquarters in France, Oct. 2.-(Reuter). The contingent of Americans who had been holding out since Sunday in far advanced posi- ton between Cambrai and St. Quen- t.n against greatly superior enemy numbers have been rescued.
 In our attack around Nendhuile yes terday we were able to light through and relieve this party, numbering some hundreds, who having taken up their position Sunday night. were surrounded by the Germans early on Monday.
 Notwithstanding that they were op- posed by such superior numbers and only possessing the ammunition an6 rations which they themselves were carrying, the Americans made a mag nlhcent resistance and the ground wa. strewn with German dead.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03
MARINE CORPS CASUALTIES.

Summaries of casualties to date: Officers -Deaths 40; wounded 67; missing l; total 10Si enlisted men Deaths 1,O3S; wounded 2,0O9; in hands of enemy 20; missing 162; total 3 229; {; grand total 9,337.
 The following casualties are report ed by the Commanding General of the American Expeditionary Forces Gin cluded in above totaD: Killed in action T; died of wounds received in action 2; wounded in ac- ton (severely) T; wounded in ac- tion (slightly)1; missing in action 1; total 28.
 ! Second Lieutenant David A. Red ford of Pawtucket, R. l., was listed as i killed
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03
ADMIRAL ROGERS, RETIRED
 RETURNS TO SERVICE

Boston, Oct. 2.-Rear Admiral John A. Rogers, U. s. N, retired, 70 yeears old, and with a notable record in two wars to his credit, returned to the navy for active service today. He reported to Rear Admiral Spencer S. Wood, commanding the First Naval District, and was assigned as com manding officer of the new naval unit at Harvard University. Since his re- tirement eight years ago, ear Admiral ogers has been farming at his country estate in Perryville, Md, but he said today he could not remain out of serv- ice with the country at war,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03
PRUSsIAN UPPER HOUSE
 HAS REJECTED SUFFRAGE

Amsterdam, Oct. 2.-Berlin advices received here say that the Prussian upper house has rejected the motion to introduce suffrage based on Wa tions and passed an equa! direct suf- frase measure in accordance with the government bill, with the addition of an extra vote for persons over fifty years of age.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03
WAR MATERIAL CAPTURED BY AMERICAN TROOPS

Washington, Oct. 2.-General Per shing's communique today says that partial count of the material cap tured Iuring the past week by the American troops advancing between the Mouse and the Argonne rivers shows 12O guns of all calibers, 750 trench mortars, 300 machine guns, 100 heavy tank guns. thousands of artil- lery shells and hundreds of thousands of rounds of small arm ammunition.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03
BALTIMORE HEADS HIGH
 COST OF LIVING CITIES

Washington, Oct. ?. Baltimore heads the high cost of living cities in which investisations so far have been made by the government, with Phila- relphia second. A report today show ed that in the Baltimore district costs have increased SO1S per cent since December, 1914. and 24.G2 per cent. since last March. The increase in Philadelphia was 65.17 per cent. since 1914
 The investigators also reported that the cost of living in Portland. Maine, district, has increased 62.S5 since De- cember, 1914. and 6S,O2 per cent. in the Bath, Maine. district. Since March, 1918. costs advanced 2015 per cent. in the Bath district and 2091 Der cent. in the Portland district
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03
COMMITTEE TO DRAFT A
 FOURTEEN LAWD FOR NEW YORK

New York. Oct. "A committee to Graft a "curfew iaw' for the duration of the war for boys and girls less than Is years of age was appointed today by the committee on civilian problems of the mayors committee on national defense. The proposed meas ure, which was said to De prompted by the enormous increase in child de- hnquency in Europe since 1914. would bar children from being seen in pub lie witholt an escort after p. m. in winter and D. m. in summer.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-03
U. S, TROOPS INFORM ENEMY
 OF BULGARIAN ARMISTICE

American Headquarters in France, Oct. 2.-CReuter). News of the Bull garian armistice has been received with rejoicings by the troops: who shouted it across to the enemy lines, where the lines were near enough.
 The change in the weather to cold and dry has made the roads again available for traffic. The enemy op- position continues. but there are indi- cations that the fighting is of a cov- ering character and that he contem- 5iates a withdrawal to more dis tant line of defense.