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Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
WAR CONTRACTORS CHARGED
 WITH "5AREFACED FRAUD'
In Report Made to Senate by the Federal Trade Commission.

Washington June 30.-Profteering on tremendous scale in practically all the basic commodities of life was reported to the senate yesterday by the federal trade commission as the result of an exhaustive investigation.
 'Inordinate greed and barefaced fraud" as well as war pressure for heavy production" the committee re- ported as the causes.
 Reappralsements of properties were made by great concerns when it be- came evident that the government was about to fix prices on a basis of re- turn on investment, the report soys, and salaries, allowances and expenses were in many instances padded to show increased cost of conducting business.
 The outstanding feature of it's in- vestigation, the commission reported was the evidence of a tendency to sin- crease and maintain prices against the forces of competition. Of all the big profits disclosed my the investigation the report says, the profits of the meat packers and those allied with them and by the flour millers stand fore most, despite the fixing of prices by the government.
 Manipulations of the market by five great meat pdckerS-ArmOur, Swift Morris, Wilson and Cudahy-the com mission asserts, embrace every de- vice that is useful to them without re- gard to law"
 The report charges that the five con- cerns have monopolstic control of the meat industry and "are reaching fo1 like domination in other products"
 During 1915. 1916 and 1917, the re- port says. these companies 'pocketed' SAC, ,000,00
 'The experience with steel. four anG coal" says the report, referring tc price fixing, shows that a high stimu. lating fixed price, while stabilizing al ascending market, produces an eco. homie situation which is fraught witt hardship to the consuming public ant with ultimate peril to the high cos companies through increasing power O their low cost competitors"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
CBy The Associated Press.)

Attacking the Austro- Hungarian lines on the Asiago plateau, the Itali- ans have wrested Monte di ValbeIa from the enemy, captured SO9 pris- Juers and held their new positions against repeated counter-attacks.
 This sudden turn from the defensive Co the offensive came as a surprise Co the iaymen of the allied world for it had been believed that General Diaz, the Italian commander would be con tent to hold his lines in the noun iains against a great, new offensive intended by the Austrians and Ger mans Go take away the sting of the defeat of the Austrians along the piave two weeks ago.
 Nor was the Italian attack limited to the positions on Monte di Nalbella. Further east on the left bank of the Brcnta river. they captured the height Of SaSso Rosso. just north of the vil- laEe of Valstagna.
 These two actions. while local in character. may explain the failure of the Italians to pursue the Austrians arross the Piave when. on June 23, the enemy fled from the west bank with a haste that indicated something of dcmoral lTzation
 General Disz probably has expected the heaviest enemy blow to be launch- cd along the mountain front. which is Tho key to the whole Italian situation. ln attacking there himself. he has car riod f"e iicht 70 the foe, gained strong positions Ht vital points and broken up some of tB preparations made by the enemy for an offensive in that quart -r
 it is hardly to be believed that Gen. -ral Diaz plans to go further than To- rl ohiectives. but if he should make uro-ress on the Asiago plateau he could be able to take under his artil- icry fire the railroad paralleling the battle line and running along the Brenta river east of Lake Caldonaz- 70. This line is the connecting link between the Piave and Adige fronts and # the Italians could dominate it The Austrian system of communica aons would be seriously impaired
 The French are continuing theil
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
se BODIES RECOVERED
 FROM RUFF BUILDING
Which Collapsed Saturday at Sioux
 City, Iowa.

Sioux City, Iowa. June 3O.-Thirty,- nine bodies had been recovered tonight from the ruins of the Ruff building here and firemen and volunteers who continued to search the debris esti-. mated that probably fifty persons had been killed when the building col lapsed yesterday, carrying down with it two smaller adjacent structures. Thirty three persons were injured, none probably fatally.
 The majority of the victims burned to death, rescuers said. As the larger building toppled, it buried under tons of debris the smaller structures oc- cupied by the Chain Grocery company and the Beaumont Meat Market, im- prisoning patrons and employees. Fire men said only in minority of cases were the bodies crushed. For the most part. the victims were impris- oned and the fire. which broke out shortly after the crash. burned them to death
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
THE ITALIAN TROOPS HAVE
 .RETAKEN MONTE D| VALBELLA
Sudden Turn From the Defensive to the Offensive
 Came as Surprise
HELD POSITION AGAINST COUNTER-ATTACKs

On the Left Bank of the Brena River the Italians Have Cap tured the Height of Sasso ROsso Just North of the V lage of Vastagna-he French Are Harassng the Enemy Along the Line Running Northward From the Marne- British Official Statement Mentions Heavy German Artillery Fire Before Amens Also Near Arras and in the Region Northwest of Lens-Interna Conditions of Aus tria Still Appear to Be Very Serious.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
35 LYNcHINGs IN THE
 U. s. IN SIX MONTHS.
Thirty-four of the 35 Persons Lynched
 Were Negroes,

Tuskegee, Ala. June 30.-Thirty- five persons were lynched in the United States in the first six months of this year, according to an announcement by the divisions of records and re- search of Tuskegee Institute. The total exceeds by 21 the lynchings for the first six months of 1917 and by 10 the number during a similar period in 1916.
 Thirty four of the 35 persons lynch ed were negroes. One negro woman was included in the list
 Eight lynchings occurred in each of the states of Georgia and Louisiana; seven in Texas, four in Tennessee, two in Mississippi, and one in eoch of the states of Alabama, Arkansas. Florida, Illinois. North Carolina and South Carolina
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
PROTEST RESTRICTION IN
 MANUFACTURE OF BEER
Members of the Trades Union Liberty
 League, in Session at New Haven.

New Haven, Conn. June 30.-Reso- lutions opposing the amendments to the food survey bill pending in con gress, which would prohibit the use of foodstuffs in the manufacture ofbeer, three months after the passage of the act, and the sale of whiskey and wines after June 30. 1919. as against the welfare of the working people. unnec- essary and unpatriotic,' were adopted at a special convention here today of the Trades Union Liberty League. Delegates from labor organizations in all parts of the state were present, it was stated, including many outside of those directly interested in the li- Quor business.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
NEW WHEAT PRICES
 HAVE BEEN FIXED
Action Was Necessitated by Advanc-
 ed Freight Rates.

New York, June 3O.-New wheat pricGs, necessitated by advanced freight rates, were announced here to- night by the food administration grain corporation.
 The corporations announcement said that number one wheat of the northern spring, hard winter red winter, du- rum and red white grades will be sold at the following basic prices:
 New York 2.39 1-2; Philadelphia $2.39; Baltimore $2.38 3-4.
 The price basis for number wheat will be three cents below number one, and for number three, four cents be- low number two. Grades below num- Der three will he dealt in on sample.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
CLUB ROOMS IN PARIS FOR
 FRENCH WOMEN AND GIRLS
Have Been Opened by Y. M. c. A. at
 Request of Ministry of War.

Paris, June 3O.-The Y. M. c. A. to- day, on invitation of the ministry of war opened club rooms for French women and girls employed in the of- fees of the war department. The new club consists of seven rooms and a kitchen. It is located near the war ministry and is under the direction of Miss Gertrude Griffith of New York The club will offer courses in English, bookkeeping, shorthand and recrea- tional' work.
 The club is the latest started by the Y. M. c. A. in various industrial cities of France under the general direction of Miss Mary Dingmann of New York
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
PROGRAM FOR CELEBRATION
 IN PARIS FOURTH OF JULY
Includes Review in Which the Allied
 Troops Will Participate.

Paris, June BOA program for the celebration in Paris of the Fourth of July was drawn up by committee which met today at the ministry of the interior under the presidency of Jules Pam, the minister. The program in cludes a review in which American and other allied troops will participate in the Place d'Iena. President Poin- caire Antoni Dubast, president of the senate, Paul Deschanel, president of the chamber of deputies. and other members of the government and par liament will witness the parade.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
GOVERNMENT MAY PREVENT
 STRIKE OF TELEGRAPHERs
No Indication as to What Action Will
 Be Taken.

Washington, June 30-Further ac- ton by the government looking to pre- vention of the strike of telegraphers employed by the Western Union Tele- graph Company, July 8, is expected but there was no indication tonight as to what form it would take.
 President Wilson has interested himself in the situation and recently reqVested the company to submit to the Jurisdiction of the National War Labor Board which undertook a set clement of the mems grievances that the company had summarily dismissed the men for utilization with the union, The presidents request was refused by the company and so far as is known no further move has been made by the government
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
SENTENCED TO DEATH
 BY A BoLSHEVIK TRIBUNAL.
Captain Stchasnig, Former Commander
 of the Russian Baltic Fleet.

London, June S0-A Bolshevik tri- bunal has sentenced Captain Stsach- nig, former commander of the Russian Baltic fleet, to death, according to despatch from Moscow to Reuters, Limited The execution is to be car ried out within 24 hours. The gist of a long indictment is that being dis credited, the former commander op- posed and agitated against the rule of the Soviet government. Ensign Krylenko, Bolshevik commander in- chief of the Russian army, took the role of prosecutor The central ex- ecutive committee the Soviet dismissed the captains appeal.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
DESTROYED GERMAN SUB
 WITH A DEPTH BOMB
Dropped from His HydroairpIane- Ensign Kenneth R. Smith Promoted.

Patchogue, N. Y, June 9O-For de-. stroying with depth bomb dropped from his yhdroairplane a German sub marine operating in European waters, Ensign Kenneth R. Smith. U. s. N, has been advanced to the rank of junior lieutenant and awarded the French war cross. according to ca blegram received by his family here tonight.
 Smith Yale student who joined the naval aviation service at the open ing of the war, was on patrol duty when he sighted the U-boat running near the surface. Speeding to the at tack, he dropped a bomb with such ac- curacy that the undersea craft was sunk.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
MARINE CASUALTY LIST
 CONTAINS 48 NAMES,
Killed in Action 4, Died of Wounds 2
 Wounded Severely Al.

Washington, June 3o.-The marine corps casualty list announced today contained 4S names divided as follows:
 Killed in action 4, died of wounds z, wounded severely Al, missing in action l. The list follows:
 Killed in Action.
 Corporals Henry K. Smith, Larks- vile, Pa; Leonard L. Wright. Gaines vile, N. Y; Privates Clinton ;. Lind sey San Marcos, Tex; Fred B. Morse East Bridgewater, Mass.
 Died of Wounds Received in Action. Captain Lloyd w. Williams, Spar tanburg, s. C.; Corporal Frank w. Franczek, Chicopee, Mass.
 Wounded in Action (SeVerely).
 Trumpeter John J. Mulqueen. Ridge- wood, \. J.; Privates Elmer B. Asher, address unknown Norwood B. Boles, Merton Station, Pa.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
SEVENTY ONE NAMES
 IN ARMY CASUALTY LIST,
Eleven Men Were Killed in Action
 Seven Died of Wounds.


 Washington, June 3O.-The army casualty list contained today Il names divided as follows:
 Killed in action II, died of wounds :, died of disease 3. died of accidents and other causes 3. wounded severely 46. prisoner 1. the list follows:
 Killed in Action.
 Mech. Dona J. Dugal, Pawtucket, R. L: Wagoner Alberton w. Vinal, North Chelmsford, Moss; Cooks Albert Eichelberger, Clear Springs, Md; Henry A. Lord, Milo, Me; Privates Arthur F.. Bond. Los Angeles, Calif.; Charles Bulk Lowell, Mass; Enrico Ferrera, Newark. \. J.; Otto F. Folg- mann, 42 Wood street, Waterbury, Conn; Charles A. McKenney, Ban gor MeE. Charles T. Shepard, care Lincoln Life Insurance company, Fort
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
WELFARE WORKERS FOR i JEWISH MEN IN SERVICE
Are to Be Sent Overseas by the Jew
 ish Welfare Board.

New York, June 30.-One hundred welfare workers, who will labor among Jewish soldiers and sailors in the American forces abroad will be sent overseas soon, Colonel Harry Cutler, chairman of the Jewish Vel ware Board, announced here tonight
 Though field workers of the board TOW stationed at camps and naval centers throughout the country will be. sent to France as soon as qualified, an appeal was issued tonight for 100 volunteers. 31 to 50 years old and able to speak French, for immediate ser vice. The board declared that these men must represent 'the highest type of American Jews" and must believe thoroughly in Americas aims and the necessity of the war
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
ARRIVAL OF 20 MORE
 SURVIVORS OF DWlNsK
Twenty three Members of the Crew of
 148 Still Are Missing.

Washington. June 30. = Arrival at Hampton Roads, Va, of twenty more survivors of the British troopship Dwinsk, torpedced and sunk 700 miles east of the Delaware Capes last June IS, was reported today to the navy department Among them was Lieu tenant Ross P. Whitemarsh, U. s. N. Twenty three members of the crew of 14S still are missing.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
RUMANiAN DEPUTIES HAVE
 RATIFIED PEACE TREATY
With the Central Powers-Only Five
 Deputies Were Opposed.

Amsterdam. June 3O-According to a telegram from Bucharest, the Ru- manian chamber of deputies sitting at ,Jassy on Friday ratified peace treaty with the Central Powers after a short discussion The only deputies wfo opposed the peace conditions were Trancu, Cagauneschu, Codreanu, Cuza and Averscu.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
UNION CAR MEN ON
 STRIKE AT COLUMBUS, o.
Street Car Service Was at Complete
 StandstilI Sunday.

Columbus, O., June 3O.-Street car service in Columbus was at complete standstill today because of a strike of union car men, who walked out early in the, day because of the refusal of the Columbus Railway, Power and Light company to reinstate seven of the men who were discharged last Fri day.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
APPOINTED DEAN OF THE
 HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
Dr. David L. EdsaIl. Who Was Mem
 Der of Faculty Since 1912.

Cambridge, Mass. June 9o.-Dr. Da- vid L. Edsall. Jackson professor of clinical medicine in the Harvard Med- ical School since 1912. has been ap- pointed dean of the school and will assume the office September 1. it was announced here today. Dr. Edward H. Bradford resigned as dean last week.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
EXPLOSION OF NATURAL
 GAS AT BRADFORD. PA,
Nine Persons Probably Fatally Burn
 ed-Four Houses Wrecked.

Bradford. Pa, June 30.-Nine per. sons. including seven members of one family. were probably fatally burned here today when an explosion of nat ural gas wrecked four houses. The victims are: Pat Granata, his wife and four small children, John Granata, a brother, and John Grucio and wife.
 The explosion occurred when an ac- emulation of gas, which had leaked from a twelve-inch main near the Granata home. was ignited by stove fire in the residence. The nine vic tins in a local hospital. have little chance for recovery.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01

Former freight and traffic manager of the Pennsylvania railroad, George D. Ogden, was elected chairman of the new export control committee of the War and Navy Departments, Railroad Administration and Shipping Board.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
HOLLAND HAS AGREED TO
 EXPORT NEW POTATOES
In Equal Quantities to Each of the
 BeIiqerent Nations.

The Hague, June 3O.-It is officially announced that the government has agreed to export new potatoes in equal quantities to each of the belligerent nations It is also announced that Germany has undertaken to send into Holland 5O,O00 tons of coal during July.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
CASUAL TIES NOW TOTAL 10 ,383
Summaries Have Been Issued By the War Depart
 ment and Marine Corps
e,131 IN THE ARMY AND 1,252 IN MARINE CORPS

Deaths in the Army Expeonary Forces Are Made Up of
 1,49 Killed in Action Including 291 Lost at Sea, Died of Wounds 479 Died of Disease 2S7 Died of Accidents and Other Causes 465 - 497 Casualties in the Army Were Reported During the Past Week = The Marine
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
Cabled Paragraphs
Alarm Sounded in Paris.

Paris. July 1.-At 11.50 o'clock an alarm wss sounded warning the peo- pie that enemy airplanes had been re- ported heading toward Paris. The ''all clear signal was given at 12.30 O. clock this morning.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01

The Senate Department and group of New York bankers are discussing proposal to loan the Chinese Gov ernment $50 900 000
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01

The British labor conference at it's concluding meeting at London passed resolutions calling upon the statesmen now sitting in the conference in Lon- don 'to insist on the settling of the Irish question"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
K. of p. overseer Arrives in Paris,

Paris, June 3O.-Lawrence Murray, comptroller of currency in the Roosevelt and Taft administrations, has arrived in Paris as overseer com missioner of the Knights of Columbus and will strive to increase the scope of Knights of Columbus activities
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
OBITUARY.
Ray Tompkins.

Elmira, N. Y. June 30.-Ray Tomp- kins of. the Chemungo Trust company of Elmira died here today. He grad uated from Yale university in 1884 and was one of Yale's best known ath- letes, being a former captain of the Yale football team.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
President of Colombia in Havana.

Havana, June 3O.-Dr. Carlos E. Restrepo, former president of Colom- bia, has arrived in Havana en route to the United States. Dr. Restrepo stated that his trip to the United States was for the purpose of trans acting personal business.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01

Bulgaria demands Germany anc Turkey declare war on Greece.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01

The Marine Corps issued a call for ten electricians at the aviation field at Miami.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
Fourth to Be Holiday in Brazil.

Rio Janeiro, June 30.-The Brazil ian government today announced that the fourth of July would be celebrated as a national holiday. = %
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01

The German chancellor was sum- moned to Great Headquarters for an important conference.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
NO UNION MEN IN
 EMPLOY oFW. U. TEL. co. Statement Made by President New
 comb Carlton.

New York, June 30.-In a statement tonight commenting on the strike or der issued by S. J. Konenkamp, pres ident of the Commercial Photographers Union of America, Newcomb Carlton. president of the Western Union Tele- graph Company, said:
 None of our employees is a mem Der of that union, so I do not see how the strike affects us"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
OLD WATCH OFFICERS
 WILL BE COACHED FREE
To Prepare Them for Service in the
 Merchant Marine.

Boston, June 3o.-Old watch officers in the merchant marine who wish to prepare for special examinations to advance their grades will be coached free in any navigation school conduct ea by the United States shipping board recruiting service, it was an- nounced here tonight. Statistics show that 1000 experienced seamen are at present being prepared in the ship ping board navigation schools for 1ssSch eaaaES.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01

Eleven persons were killed and four teen injured in an air raid on Paris.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01

Cornell receives S5,oGo by the will of the late Dr. w. M. Polk, for a John Metcalfe Polk scholarship.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01

Tobacco cards will be issued in Paris August 1.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01

Rev. pr. Washington Gladden., prom inent Congregational clergyman Of Columbus, O., was reported to have suffered a second stroke of paralysis at his home there yesterday and to be in a critical condition.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01

Hans Wagner, former star of the baseball diamond enlisted in the Home Defense Police, of Pittsburgh.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01

Frank Hedey, vice. president of the New York Railways Co.,, filed peti- tion with Mayor Hylan asking to have the Public Service Commission regu- late the fares for the duration of the war and one year after.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01
Condensed TeIegrams

The Indiana prohibition law was up- held.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01

Time can never heal womans grief if it comes in the form of a wrinkle.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01

The War Industries Board ruled that rosin and turpentine are essential to meet the needed war requirements of the country.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-01

The House voted unanimously to adopt the bill giving the Treasury au thority to issue an additional $S 000, 900 900 bonds.
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tana street. Philadelphia: Nincenzo Perna,
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