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Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

captured their first viIlage-Canugny which lies a short distance northwest of Moutdidier. They also took sew erai other obiectives and held all of them in the face of counter attacks. The Germans suffered severe losses in men killed and wounded and in addi- ton left behind them POO men made prisoner. among them two officers. The American casualties were relative ly small.
 The German official report announc- es the taking of American prisoners. The report from American headquart- CTS, however, shows only two Ame.i- cans missing, one in Picardy and the other in. the Luneville sector.
 Likewise southwest of Ypres the en- eny received hard usage at the hands of the British and French east of Dickebusch. Lake, where Monday the Germans in an attack had taken ground. Starting, immediately after the gain was made the British md French began counter attacks in an endeavor to wipe out the captured salient and Tuesday succeeded in com pletely nullifying the enemy's manoeuvre. which had, been carried out with extremely heavy losses.
 italians Keeping Up Offensive, | In the Italian theatre the Italians are keeping up their offensive against the Austrians on various sectors in the mountain region and along the lower reaches of the Piave River. At Capo Sile. near the Adriatic coast, the Italians penetrated the enemy lines to a depth of more than 750 yards, in flicted numerous casualties, took p-is. oners and captured four trench mcr- tars, ten machine guns several hun dred rifles and quantities of amrnu. milton stores.
 Again the Germans have endeavcret to carry out an air raid over Paric Ten of their machines succeeded ir reaching the suburbs of the Frenc' capital and dropping several bombs but the air. defences kept them froEs invading the city itself. The loul range German gutJi continue to hrr projectiles into Paris.
 "Frightfulness," has been carried out against American hospitals he hind the lines by German airnlen Several bombs were dropped near tn hospital, but no damage was done I was officially announced that simila raids carried out against British hos pitals resulted in 300 casualties amont sick and wounded inmates. The British casualties reported ii } the regular weekly bulletin are give } as 33,694. as against 36,677 the ore 7 vious week.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
WHEAT CONSERVATION
 REMAINS NECESSARY
Hoover Denies Statement Circulating
 to the Contrary.

Hartford. Conn. May 2S.-Denial of reports purporting to be based on statements from food administration officials that further wheat conserva- tion is unnecessary was made in telegram from Federal Food Adminis- trator Hoover received tonight at the office of Robert Scoville, federal food administrator for Connecticut. The telegram says:
 Reports have been circulated that the food administration officials state further wheat conservation not neces- sary. No statement of the character has ever been issued. The actual po- sition is that our supplies until ,har- vest allow home consumption of ap- proximately one third normal if we are to maintain allies supplies. Act ual position is that in farmers hands and storage we had at the beginning of May 75,000,000 bushels of wheat to carry us for approximately three months or with an early harvest per haps two weeks shorter Our normal consumption for three months would be 120,000.000 bushels, not allowing for our allies.
 HOOVER"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

The great German military machine is in full motion along the twenty mile front in the Aisne River sector between Vailly and Berry au Bac, and. greatly outnumbered, the British and French everywhere are giving ground.
 According to the German official communication numerous towns and villages in the fighting zone have been taken by the enemy and 15,oo0 allied troops already have been made pris- oner.
 At last accounts the Germans were endeaUoring to press back the defend CTS upon the Vesle River, which runs paraliel with the Aisne, and at several points had reached positions dominat- ing the Vesle valley. The offensive is being carried out with the greatest rapidiSy. for the German high com nand evidently. is well aware of the fact that General Foch's reserves have been reported to be coming up rapidly 10 reinforce the hard pressed British and French, who are fighting valiantly against the terrible odds, and making g wave upon wave of the enemy pay dearly in casualties for every foot of ground they obtain.
 3oo,0oo Shock Troops.
 Notwithstanding the rapidity of the drive and the large number of. the e.u- eny pressing it-some unofficial esti- mates place the number of sLocl troops alone at twenty five divisions or about 300 900 picked men--the allied front nowhere has been pierced. bu under .he onslaughts has bent bacl in perfect haison, and all the time giv ing battle. With such precision ha. the retirement been conducted botl the British and the French troops hav' been able to carry back with them al of their supplies and guns or to des troy those they were not able to han ale.
 At present 1t is impossible geographi cany to depict the extent of the Ger man gains but it would seem eTden the deepest salient they have driver Is in :he region due east of Vailly - about eight miles.
 Although the Germans, for the mo heir own part on the southern line Il tehir own part on the southern line il France, on the sectors around Mont di,.ier and southwest of Ypres the, are being solely harassed by tn Americans and British and French. Americans Capture Their First ViIlag
 Tuesdays fighting in the vicinity c Montdidier will mark an epoch in th war, so far as the American troops IT concerned. Here in an attack the
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
STATE CONVENTION OF
 REPUBLICANS JUNE 25 -2e.
City Conventions Must Be Held Not
 Later Than June IS.

Hartford, Conn.,, May 2S-June 25 and 26 were selected as the dates for the republican state convention at the meeting today of the republican state central committee The convention for the selection of the state ticket will be held in Foot Guard hall, this city The committee fixed June 12 as the date for the primaries and stipulated that city conventions must be held not later than June 15. The same rule will govern the holding of senatorial con ventions.
 The committee empowered it's chair man to make the selection of the chair man of the state convention.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
Mutual Benefits.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS THEFT
 OF $6e,5oo OF LIBERTY BONDS
From the Land Trust and Title Com
 pany of Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, May 2S-Mystery sur rounds the theft today of s6s,5OO of Liberty bond third issue from the cording to the police Raymond Scott, a clerk, who was asserting the bonds, laid them on the counter and turned to give instructions to other clerks and a moment later when he started to pick them up they had disappeared. In the package were sixty eight $1000, two $500 and five s100 bonds Whether they were taken by some one outside of the bank or by an employe Scott could not say. No arrests have been made.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
Paris Says German
 Drive is S|ackeTling
ENEMY IS ONLY MAKING HEAD. WAY. IN THE CENTER
SITUATION MEASURING
The Allies Are Beginning to React With Effect on the Wines-Germans Unable to Widen the Salient Toward Soissons.

Paris, May 2S.-The situation tonight is more reassuring. The latest ad vices from the front show that while the violence of the enemys effort as yet is unabated he is only making headway on the center, and that even there the German momentum is giving signs of slackening. The allies are beginning to react with effect on the wings.
 The left front is holding well and blocking the German attempt to widen the salient toward Soissons. The French retain a wide bridgehead north of the Aisne above that city-a cir constance highly menacing for the en- eny's flank. On the right the British still cling successfully to the group of hills north of the Nesle river.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
LUTHERAN PASTOR ARRESTED
 ON ESPIONAGE CHARGE
Rev. Theodore BuesseI of Hartford,
 Widely Known in German Circles.

Hartford, Conn, May 2S.-Rev. The odore Buessel, pastor of a German Lutheran church in Bristol and widely known in Germany circles through out, the state, was arrested at Bristol, brought to this city and locked up to- night by federal agents, on a charge of violating the espionage act. It $ alleged that lie made uterances against the government. He will have a hearing before United States Conl- missioner Carroll tomorrow.
 He is native of Hanover, Germany, about S6 years old and came to this country on completion in 1909 of ms university and theological courses, be- ing called to the Bristol church. Later he went to southern India TOT a year as missionary, returning afterwards to Bristol
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
CAPT. WILLIAM J. MARTIN
 IS HELD RESPONSIBLE
For. the Loss, of the Steamer FIorizet
 Near Cape Race.

St Johns. N. F., May ES.-Captain William J. Martin was held responsi-. ble by a marine court of inquiry which filed it's report tonight for the loss of the steamship Florizel which was wrecked in a blizzard near Cape Race on February 24 with the loss of s2 Ives.
 The court held the disaster was the result of faulty navigation by Cal1 tin. His certificate as master was suspended for twenty months.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
RED CROSS WORKERS ARE
 TABULATlNG N. Y. RETURNS
It is Believed Final Report Will Show New York City sic, ,oo0, 900 Above Quota

New York, May 2s. = Red Cross work CTS who put in a busy day at headquarters tabulating late contrl- buttons to the second war fund said tonight that when the final figures are announced tomorrow it probably will be found that New York city gave $35, DOC, 900, of S10, 900, 900 more than it's quota.
 Among the late gifts announced to- day was one of 1$00.0 from MT. and Mrs. Charles M sSchwab. Of this amount $75,00O will be credited to this city and the balance to Bethlehem, Pa.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
SPAIN IS IN THE GRASP
 OF A GRIP EPIDEMIC
tn Madrid More Than 9o.co0 Persons
 Are on the Sick List.

Madrid, May 2S.-virtually all ,t Spain is in the grasp of a grip epi- demic, which is spreading with great virulence.
 King Alfonso is believed to be snf- fering from mild form of the disease and the foreign minister, Eduardo Da : to. and the minister of public instruc-. ton. the Duke of Alba, also are il,
 In Madrid there are more than 90, = 900 persons on the sick list. Barcelona Zaragossa and other provinces arc badly afflicted The malady extends to the Canory Islands Several regi- ments are almost entirely on the sick roll and the military authorities have suspended all manoeuvres.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
TO PREVENT ENTIClNG
 AWAY LABORERS
Two Men Arrested For. Pennsylva-
 nia State Employment Bureau.

Altoona, Pa, May 2S.-The first ef- fort to invoke tlle authority of the nationll government to prevent the en- ticing away of ,aborers in essential industries has been made by Walter $. sGreevy, Altoona agent of the fed eral state employment bureau in ar resting and jailing Amable s. Tunez, labor agent, and A. Ayverdo, Mex ican assistant for an alleged attempt to steal away a number of Pennsylvl- mia Railroad Mexican track laborers with the intention of taking them to the Bethlehem Steel Company's plan, another essential industry. The ar rests have been approved by John q. Baylor of Wilmington. Del head Of this labor district. The men arrested will have a hearing before UnItel States Commissioner Stoner June 10.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
pERELIcT DESTROYED BY
 COAST GUARD CUTTERS.
One of Several Which Were Reported
 Of the Virginia Capes.

Norfolk, Va, May 2S.-One of the several dereIicts. the presence of which off the Virginia capes gave rise to ru- mors that German submarine or raid CTS had been operating along the coast recently, was the wreck of a coastal schooner which collided with another of Winter Quarter shoals, Delaware, last week This was learned today at the {office of the commandant of this naval district. where it was announced the wreck had been destroyed by coast guard cutters.
 The fate of the crew of the schooner and the extent of the damage to the other was not made known.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
FUEL PRIORITY FOR MAKERS
 OF NEWsPRINT PAPER
Has Been Agreed Upon by Priorities Board of the War Industries Board.

Washington. May 2s.-Under pol icy agreed upon today by the priori- ties board of the war industries board, fuel priority will be granted manufac- turers of newsprint paper upon appli- cation accompanied by proof that the plant applying is entitled to priority
 Representatives of paper mills have complained that scarcity of fuel has curtailed their output to such an ex- tent that hundreds of newspapers may be compelled to shut down for lack of paper. The priorities board decided te meet the situation by dealing with each plant separately.
 Testimony before the federal trade commission on the cost of making newsprint paper ended today. Three days will be allowed for argument af- ter which the commission will under. take to fix fair price for paper. in accordance with the agreement made by manufacturers with the depart ment of justice
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
BRITISH AND FRENCH GIVE
 BUT THEIR LINE HAS NOT
The Great German Military Machine is in Full Motion
 AIOnu Twenty Mile Front in the Ainse River Sector
FOCHS RESERVES RUSHING TO AID THEIR ALLIES

The German Offensive Is Being Carried Out With the Great est Rapidity, as Those High in Command Are Aware Allied Reserves Are Fastening to Oppose Them-The British and French Are Greatly Outnumbered and Berlin Claims the Capture of 15,0O0 Allied Troops = The Deepest Gain Made By the Germans, About Eg gh Miles, is in the Region Due East of Vay But the Allies Have Made the Enemy Pay Dearly in Casualties For Every Foot of Ground Gained Northern France the Ger mans Are Being Sorely Harassed By the Americans and British and French, and the Americans Have Captured Their First VIIage-The Italians Are Keeping Up Their Offensive Against the Austrians Various Sectors.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
FIFTY MEN OF DRAFT
 AGE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
By Federal Agents in New Haven and
 at Savin Rock.

New. Haven. Conn, May 2S.-About fifty men of draft age were taken in to custody tonight by federal agents in a raid in this city and at Savin Rock, a West Shore resort, the men being taken to the state army here for questioning as to their draft status when they could not show cards. Aeticenee as to the disposi- ton of the cases was maintained by the officers.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
NATIONAL WAR LABOR
 BOARD HAS ADJOURNED
Several Decisions Are to Be Announc. ed in Pending Industrial Disputes.

Chicago, May 2S. = The National War Labor Board concluded two day session here tonight and adjourn ed 10 meet in New, York Saturday. when it is expected several decisions will be announced in pending indus trial disputes.
 Through the efforts of the board s. 900 machine shop workers engaged on government contracts at Waynesboro. Pa, returned to work after receiving an increase in pay and modiicati ton of working conditions. The board settled the dispute by telegraph while in session here.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
IMPRAcTIcARLE TO RETURN BODIES FROM FRANCE
Because of Conditions Beyond Control
 of Military Authorities.

Washington. May Representative Moore of Pennsylvania told the house today that conditions beyond the con- trol of the American military authori ties made it impracticable for the war department to grant the request of relatives of fallen American soldiers that the bodies be returned to the United States for burial He read a cablegram from General Pershing say ing it was impracticable to embalm bodies in the theatre of operations and recommending that the United States government conform to the custom of the allies in burying their dead near the field of battle.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
RED CROSS FIGURES
 NOT YET COMPLETE,
Latest Returns Indicate Total of
 S15o, O0o,

Washington. May 2S.-Final figures on the second American Red Cross $100,0O0,000 war mercy fund were still incomplete tonight, but on the face of latest returns the fund was oversub- scribed $4S,SS3,S671 Figures yet to be received were expected to carry the total to s150,ooO,ooO.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
OBITUARY.
Sumner 3. Leland.

Danbury, Conn.,, May 2S.-Sumner B. Leland. a hotel clerk in this city for several years and formerly in the clothing business here and in Bristol, was stricken by apoplexy while at the desk in the Groveland hotel this af- ternoon and died before reaching the hospital He was 55 years old and unmarried.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
ENGINEERING FAULTS IN
 THE LIBERTY MOTOR
Enumerated by Leon Cammen, an En.
 eineer, in Address at New York.

New York, May 2S-Engineerlng faults of a grave character exist in the Liberty motor, declared Leon Cam men, an engineer and vice president of the Aeronautical Society Of Ameri- ca, in addressing the society here to- night. MT. Cammen said an AmerI- can airplane equipped with it is ''needlessiy dangerous"
 The angle between the cylinders, the ignition system and the oil pump plug were the specific features of tne motor criticized by Mir. Cammen.
 On May 13,a letter written by M-. Cammen to United States Senator Brandegee of Connecticut was put tn- to the Congressional Record by the senator
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
ROOSEVELT cRlTlcIZEs
 GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP
Declares War Would Have Been Over Year Ago if We Had Been Prepared.

Madison, Wis, May 2S.-Declaring the war would have been over a year ago If this nation had started to pre- pare three years ago as it should have" and criticism for the govern ment censorship, were the features of the speech of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt here tonight.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
FIFTEEN GERMAN AIRPLANEs
 DESTROYED BY BRITISH
Five Tons Of Bombs Dropped on Mann
 heim-Metz Railway Station.

London, May 2S.-F1fteen German sirplanes have been destroyed by British aviators and three others driv- en out of control, according to the British official communication on avia- ton issued tonight. The communica- ton says also that five tons of bombs have been dropped on the Mannheim Metz railway station.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

After landing upside down in a pota- to patch at Binghamton, N. Y, yester- day morning, Katherine Stinson at- tached new propeller to her air plane and made another test flight later Ske expects to start for New York today
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

New England gave Red Cross sun- scripti0n of 167 per cent of it's irtinl . mum quota of s7,0OO,O0O The total last night had reached $11 10000O
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
GROUND;
 BEEN PIERCED
Cabled Paragraphs

President Irisoyen to Receive British
 Mission.
 Buenos, Aires, May 2S.-President lrigoyen has postponed trip to out lying provinces in order to receive personally the British mission to South America, expected here the end of the week
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

German language in schools in the is prohibited under the terms of bill District of Columbia and territories, introduced by Senator King of Utah.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

Honorable membership in the MiIi- tary Order of Foreign Wars of the United States was conferred on Pres ident Wilson by a committee of the New York commandery.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

The Browning machine guns design ed to fire through propeller blades was indorsed by army officials after an exhaustive test
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

Steel men at Pittsburgh declare they are receiving 100 per cent. service from the railroads.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
Ronar Law Silent on Ireland.

London, May 2S-Andrew Bonar Law government spokesman in the house of commons, today announced that he had no intention at present of making any statement regarding af- fairs in Ireland.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

Registrants under the seIective ser- vice law who have been placed in Glass 1 A by local boards cannot ea- list for naval service.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

War has depleted the forces of the Department of Agriculture. More than 1,5OO members of the service have en- tered the army or navy.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

Workmen returning to Switzerland declare the Germans have a hard time in getting raw materials for the manu- facture of munitions.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

Dr.. LemueI Johnson, a dentist of Middlesex, N. C., accused of poisoning his bride of three months hre last De- cember, was acquitted tonight by q jury.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

President Wilson held a secret con- ference with Secretaries Baker and Lansing in the latter's office.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

John kunz of New Britain, was sen- fenced in federal court at Hartford to a year and day in Atlanta prison for seditious utterances.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

The New York Assay Office has shipped to the Orient silver amount ing to s2,5OO,0OO.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
R. MEN DISSATISFIED WITH NEW WAGES
Scores of Protests Reached the Railroad Administra.
 tion Headquarters Yesterday
REPORTS SAY UNIONS ARE PLANNING WALKoUTs

To Emphasize Their Dissatisfaction Over the New Wage Scale Between 300 and 400 Shop Employees of the South Railway Quit Work For Day-Few Protests Have Come From the Four Leading Railway Brotherhoods, the Resentment Coming Almost Altogether From Shop Men.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

Cadet Charles B. Passwater, of Mo- blesville, Ind, was killed at tae Hampstead, l.. l.. Army Aviation field yesterday when an airplane in which he attempted to negotiate "tail-spin at an altitude of 1000 feet, crashed to the ground.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

Production of bituminous coal for the week ending May IS, amounted to 1,732 900 tons.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

During March 32,626 tons of Nor wegian shipping was lost. From Au gust, 1914, to December, 1917, SIS lives were lost.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

The Pope has appealed to the bel ligerent nations to stop air raids. fol- lowing receipt of a protest from the bishop of Cologne,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

No man is brave enough to allow a, woman to see him making faces at her first born
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

Secretary McAdoo left for White Sulphur Spring for a weeks rest. The Secretary's voice is still husky.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29
Condensed Telegrams

Anti government demonstrations continue in Prague.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

When shiftless man gets sick his neighbors seldom lose much time wor- rying about it.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

Refined oil for export has been ad- vanced one and three-fourth cents a gallon.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

The New Jersey egg output for the year is 1,5O0 coo dozen a pronounced decrease.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

Miss Josephine Kemptner, 20 years old, Of East Haven, was killed at New Haven late yesterday when the bicycle which she was riding became unman- ageable and collided with heavy mo- tor truck
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

Lieut.. Webb with 200 pounds of mail arrived at Belmont Park from Phila- delphia in 52 minutes.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

Purchase of the Cape Cod canal sr6 enlargement of the channel is under consideration by the government.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

Two Manhattan women, bogus Red Cross collectors were arrested in New ark. They admitted they pocketed the money.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

Captain De UlIin won his twen- tieth air victory. The captain was a partner to the late Capt. Guynemer
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

Ten steel vessel, totaIling 63,486 tons. were completed for the shipping board in the week ending May 25 There were eighteen launchings dur ing the week of total tonnage of 109 700
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-29

News that her brother, Lieutenant James E. (Ted) Meredith, the famous University of Pennsylvania athletic was safe, was received by Mrs. Albert E. Holl, of Philadelphia, from Wash ington