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Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-05
NEW HAVEN clGARMAKERs
 ARE TO CONTINUE STRIKE.
They Rejected Proposition Submit
 ted by the Manufacturers.

New Haven. Conn, March 4-As- serting that it contained no concession
 and was an empty offer, the Cigar
 makers union today rejected a propo-
 sition submitted by the Cigar Manu- facturers' association as a basis fol settlement of the strikew hieh has been in progress here since last No yenlber, and made a counter proposi- tion that the differences be arbitra&ed The men struck to enforce a demand for g wage increase of from 8 to per cent.
 | The employers offer was for a dol. lar a thousand increase on certair
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-05

medicated vapors that are inhaled ali night long, loosening the phlegm and opening the air passages. In addition. VapoRub is absorbed through and stimulates the skin, taking out that tigatness and soreness in the chest. Usually croup is relieved within 15 minutes and colds oyer night.
 The local druggists realize the value of an external treatment, es- pecially in the case of small children, and in the interest of their customers are offering VspoRuh in any Of the three sizes-25c, soc or $1.00-on 3) days trial. If you are not delighted with the results, the purchase price will be refunded.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-05
TAFTNLLE GIRL WITH VALE HOSPITAL UNIT
hiss Grace Greenwood Engaged in
 War Work in Northern France.

A faftvilIe girl. Miss Grace Green wood. daughter Of Mir. and Mrs. shonnas Greenwood. is with the Yale Mobile Hospital 'Uni:, a picture of which is shown above. The hospital nnlt Is in northern France.
 With reference to the hospital unit ne .Hartfcfd Courant says:
 A practical experiment. is being tried cut somewhere in the north of France Pr the Yale Mobile Hospital Unit and ls being followed with intense interest hy hospital experts. surgeons. army cheers and the well informed among he public Ever since the beginning or he world war lives of wounded soldisrs have been lost which might lave been saved. had hospital treat nent hccn administered two or three hours earlier First aid treatment has teen given. but the second treatment has oftc1 been impossible of speedy administration. because Of the distance e the dressing station. field or camp hospital. usually reached only by ride
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-05

classes of cigars and an increase in wages hereafter should the internal revenue rate on cigars be advanced The men assert that no cigars of one of the classes named in the manufac- turers' offer appear on the employers price lists, and to accept the offer dollars in wages for about 75 men now working in factories which have grant ed the unions demands.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-05

descriptions of the devastated coun- tries of Belgium and France were given. The lecture was held under the auspices of the state council of defense
 Moves to Norwich.
 Benjamin Mette has moved his family to Norwich after residing here for the past seven years. He was em- ployed as maehinist at the Lawten Mills Corporation. He leaves to enter the employment of the Marlin Rock well Co, of Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-05

East Haddam-A live fowl shipped from here to Missouri Feb 6 by ex- press reached it's destination in IS days "a four days tripEnearly dead from want of care. One sent here from the same place consumed 12 days on the journey, after tracers had been sent out from both ends
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-05
Kinds of PnIitics.

There are several. familiar kinds of politics. But as to what kinds of pol tics is being played by those Demo cratic senators who are undertaking the administration, we haven't even a guess ilBaukee Sentinel.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-05
Woman Suffrage.

Complete woman suffrage in Can ada now being the ayowed policy of the government, women will soon be voting from the Mexican border to the North Pole Springfield Repub- liean.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-05
GERMANY IS. CELEBRATING
 PEACE WITH RUSSIA
Flags Are Flying School,
 to Have Holiday Today.

Amsterdam. Mar 4.-The German press greets the advent of peace with Russia as master stroke Flags arc living everywhere and the schools will have a holiday tomorrow.
 The Leipzig Neueste Nachriehten's Berlin correspondent says that nego tiations with Serbia and Montenegro are matter of a few weeks. as both like Rumania, are out of the war and must sign peace.
 Bancroft, the American historian, of San Francisco. is dead, aged S6.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-05


 The executive committee of the Windham County Farmers association met in the rooms of the organization sheFe Monday and mapped out plans for the membership campaign, that is to be Waged this week throughout the st5 towns of the county. After the meeting Rev. F. D. Har- rison. the secretary, stated that he was to personally urge each of the di-, rectors, who represent the different towns, to take up the work of getting members. Similar campaigns are be- ing Waged this week throughout the state.
 This eounty's allotment is 25oo mem bers. Of that number only r593 have been obtained. this representing the regular membership of the associa- tion. The weeks drive therefore will need produce 1907 members. if expee- tati9ns are to be met.
 The ordinary membership fee is s1 a year. All persons who are inter ested in giving agriculture the boom that it must have if crop production s.luFing 1918 is to reach the standard fha has been set are expected to come Keep the various activities of the as- soeiation alive and active and its staff of workers encouraged.
 The allotment of members each eounty town is expected to secure, in cluding the members they now have is as follows: Ashford, TO; Brooklyn, 120. Canterbury, 30; Chaplin, 20; Eastford, 45; Hampton, 90; killingly, 290; Pom fret, 1so: Plainfeld 250; Putnam, 200; 1; Scotland, 40; Sterling. TO: Thompson, iSo; Windham. 73o; Woodstock 15O
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-05

General Bliss. who has arrived in Paris, with his staff, will represent the United States Army at the forth coming meeting of the Supreme War Council of the Allies.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-05

the controversy will reach, an amic- able settlement of their differences
 without resort to a strike.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-05
An Intsrestina Lseture.

Sergeant Gibbons, a former member of the English armies, wounded in France, addressed large audience on Friday evening at the Lily theatre. His talk was very interesting and vivid
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-05
Coins to Elorid

Charles A. Potter formerly post master, and Mrs. Potter are to leave this week for St. Cloud, Florida, where they will remain for a time.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-05
PLAINFIELD
Address by Sergeant Arthur Gibbons -Beniamin Mette to Work in Nor wich Arms Plant.

Miss Thelma Lynch and Felix Ship pie were week end visitors at North Grosvenordale.
 Letters remaining unclaimed at the local post office for the week ending Feb. 2S, are for Harry Eoyell, Mrs. Joseph A. Ozamie, MT. and Mrs. Vim. Hoyle.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-05

The gossip brigade Of the sown of kihingly has started shelling tho home boys who are in the trenches in France.s That this bombardmenf isn being made effective is indicated by Mondays report of the death of one Killingly boy in action killed by a rapid fire gun of careless words back home Thus viii many of the brave soldiers die during the war. But the majority of them will come back again to hear the explana tion v ell, everybody said so. The official cas- ualty lists of course. count for nothing. {. neither do the feelings of the fighters relatives who hear such tales.
 More Subscriptions to Goodyear Stock. { More stock issued on the profit shar- ing basis was subscribed for Monday by the employees of the Goodyear Cot ton Company, Inc. The grand total of subscriptions in the three days that the stock vas available for subscrip tiQn show that tlie employes know 9 good proposition when they see 1t. The stock, it maybe stated, is of the par eilt company. The Goodyear Fire and -Ruhbef company. of Akron, Ohio, and not of the Goodyear, Conn. company, which is subsidiary concern.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-05
DANIEL SON AND PUTNAM NEH|s
PUTNAM

Drive to increase Farmers Assosia- ton Membership On This Week. Special City Meeting Nptes s-MilI Tas-SaIe Of Paine FarmS- Four More Corn suppers Arranged For- Food Conservation Talks.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-05
DANIEL.s(lN

Empioyes of eoedyear Company suh- scribe For More Stock = Three Borough Boys Enlist For Merchant Msrine-Sergeant Arthur Gibbons Speaks at Theatre-chief GrimshaM May Start Rabbit Farm.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-05
coMMANDEERINe.
State Fuel Administrator Endorse,
 Action of Local Chairman.

At meeting of the fuel committee held Monday afternoon a letter from the state fuel administration was read in which the action of F. D. Gunn4en, chairman, in seizing two carloads of coal from the DaYville Grain and Coal company was endorsed. The letter also contained a reprimand to Louis Wolfe for Having publicly charged Mfr Cunneen with having committed an H. legal action in connection with the cornmandeering of the. coal.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-05
Birds Winter in swarps.

near the big McNieol cedar swamp have seen or heard robins this week.
 It is because the little milder Weath- CT has given them courage to come out from away in the swamp where they have wihtered. Tn the center of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-10

Posters proclaiming the third liberty
loan in striking phrases and .coiorful
desisns-9 600 900 of them in more
than dozen styles-now are being
distributed to every city and hamlet
Of the United States
They are the silent sales agents of
the bonds. and their preparation has
taken months of planning and careful
choosing. Hardly had the second lib
erty loan campaign closed before the
country's foremost artists and design
ers were invited TO go to work on
posters for the third loan.
Some of the most striking posters are
reproduced in the Planogravu Section of
The Star today.
The result is a collection of striking
posters, considered artisticalIy and
better than any yet at
tempted in the two previous loan
drives Soon they will be familiar
sights in store windows, on billboards
and all public places.
In addition, 100000 window stick
ers. 50,000.o0o poster stamps and TO-.
100000 badges have been ordered and
VIII be ready for the opening day of
the campaign
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-10
i. s. GETS II NEW
SHIPS IN FEBRUARY
Steel Craft of 12O, 700 Tons
Put in Service, Shipping
Board Announces.

Progress of the steel shipbuilding
campaign was made public last night
by the shipping board in figures of de-
liveries and launchings which show a
steady upward trend since the first of
the year. In February. il vessels of
10000 tons were completed and put
into service. The total was nearly
twice that of January. admittedly bad
month when only nine vessels with
a tonnage of 1854. were delivered.
March deliveries at the present rate are
expected to reach % vessels of 1SS.275
tons.
Launchings have been more than kept
pace with deliveries. 16 ships of 1850
having been put overheard in January.
and Is of 1900 tons were launched in
February. During March it is expected
that 80 vessels. with a tonnage of 22o,-
59I, will be sent down the ways.
OF the vessels completed in Fehru-
airy Is were cargo carriers, one was a
tanker and one a collier. The March
schedule calls for the delivery of IA
cargo vessels. seven tankers and two
GOLFERS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-10
METHODIST CONFERENCE
AT ALEXANDRIA THIS WEEK
$50, 600, 900 to Be Raised for Mis-
sions During the Next
Five Years.

Alexandria has been selected for the
Washington Spring Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, which
opens Wednesday with Bishop Nc
DoweIi presiding.
Friday will be devoted to presenting
plans for the centenary celebration of
the mission work of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Rev. W. A. c..
Hughes, D. d; DR.. Frank Mason North.
Rev. C. Tindley. D. D.. and Bishop E.
S. johnson will speak.
Worldwide plans for worldwide
Methodism is the sloga nof this CEN
tenary program, which will present
to the Methodists of America a BIRDS
eye view of the spreading responsible
tiles of Methodism for the next one
hundred years
A nation wide campaign is on foot to
rouse all the MethodiSts of America to a
of what their church is
already doing in the field of home and
foreign missions. 1t is not d money
raising campaign.
Reused by the worlds tragic need for
a large scale constructive program to
counterbalance in some small degree the
waste and destruction of the war, and
to carry on constructively this process
of making the world safe for democracy,
the joint centenary commission of the
Methodist Episcopal Church plans to
pledge 100000 during the next five
years to put the work of its foreign and
home missions on an efficiency basis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-10
Declares Pacific Coast
Can Furnish 400 to 500
Wooden Ships for Nation

Retween 400 and 800 wooden ships
a year can be furnished by Washing
ton ard Oregon, the Senate commerce
committe. was told yesterday after
noon by Witnesses from the Pacific
coast if the Emergency Fleet Cor
poraticn will provide standardized
program for the lumbermen. They
declared the lumber supply in the
northwest was adequate TO meet the
demands.
H B. Vanduser of Portland, Ore.
testified the mills in his state had not
reached their maximum capacity, and
said production of wooden ships on
the west coast could be accelerated
He praised the loyalty of Oregon lum-
bermen and asserted there is no neces-
sity for Communicating timber.
The car situation in that state, ne
said. was bad, and he knew of several
mills that will be compelled to close
unless the situation improves.
L. H Bloedel of Seattle, chairman of
the fir production board. said he had
lust completed a survey of the lumber
supply in the state and has submitted
the information to the shipping board.
He said there must be a standardized
schedule for ship timber, but believed
one would shortly be prepared. Saw
mills in Washington. Mr.. Bloedel said,
have ample capacity TO produce what
timber the government needs for ships.
4 law authorizing the government to
timber was favored by /.
n Day of Portland. Other witnesses
were Lloyd J. Wentworth, agent of the
board for the Oregon district.
and F H. Ransom, a lumber manufac-
turer, both of Portland. Ore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-10
Report by Committee.

The supplemental report presented by
The special committee of which Mr..
Linkins is chairman follows:
ITO the members of the Washington
Board of Trade.
Your special committee appointed to
consider the bill commonly known as
the Johnson anti-rent profiteeriag bill
presents herewith supplemental re-
port of its work since its first report
presented at the meeting of the board
on February 10
NO bill on this subject has been up
for discussion by either the Senate or
House of Representative since our last
report The committee on the District
of Columbia in the House of Repre-
sentatives granted two public hearings
upon the johnson bill. the first of these
being attended by the chairman of this
committee The Poindexter bill was re-
ferred TO the judiciary committee of the
Senate. and a subcommittee consisting
of Senators Smith of Georgia. Wolcott
and Poindexter was appointed TO con-
slider and report upon the same. Your
committee understands that this sub
committee has not yet reported
IN the House of Representatives Mr..
Tinkham on February - introduced a
new bill III. r 10162). and on February
23d. introduced another bill Oh. R
1e202). and it is to the last of these
bills that your committee has ad-
dressed particular attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-10
Soldiers Dream for Billboard.
TAKEN, DISGUISED AS WOMAN

Special Dispatch to The Star
WINCHESTER. Va. March Paul
Neff, member of notorious gang.
which shot up Helitown, Shenandoah
county. last fall, and who recently es-
capped from the Woodstock Jail while
awaiting transfer to the penitentiary
TO serve a four years sentence, was
caught last night disguised as a wom-
an while creeping through deep
rayine near his mountain home He is
alleged earlier in the night to have
waylaid Elmer Bowman, a sutton for
his sweetheart's hand. fracturing Bow
mans skull and cutting d cash in his
throat.
A posse surrounded the Neff home
Several others crept into ravine
and Nef surrendered when the
volvers were leveled at him. Dave Neff.
a brother, who broke Jail at the same
time, escaped from home before the
officers arrived.
Kitzmiller (Maryland) National Bank
officers recently identified the Nefs as
members of the gang which robbed
that institution last fall while on their
way to Ohio, where they were captured
after shooting up a carnival.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-10
WAR HITS EGG ROLLING
District Food Administrator Wilson
Opposes Easter Monday Custom
as Waste of Food.

Clarence r. Wilson. food administra-
tor for the District of Columbia, is op-
posed to Easter egg rollings. The fol-
lowing statement on the subject was is
sued last night from his office:
Eggs as Easter presents or toys
ought not to be used this year. and
egg rolling is especially to be dis
couraged. 1t is estimated that 10000
dozen eggs are wasted in this city
alone at each Eastertide-
TT may seem hard to give up the
long established custom. but giving it
up means saving food. and saving food
means winning the war I do not hesi-
tate to ask this of the children.
1.-The Germans are making every eff
fort to waste our food supplies by sink
ing ships with their submarines, and
those of US who waste food are help
ing the Germans in their efforts"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-10
START
WAR ON FRAUDS
D. C. Business Men Plan Cam
paign to Protect Public
From Medical Fakes.
NEWSPAPERS AID WORK

The druggists of Washington have
joined hands with the advertising vigil
lance committee of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association in the cam
paign to protect the public from So
called fake" medicines.
At a meeting of the vigilance com
mittee Friday night it was announced
that representatives of the committee
had conferred with the Retail Drug
gists' Association. setting before the
druggists the aims of the committee
and asking their cooperation. The
druggists agreed to cooperate with the
merchants in discouraging the use of
extensively advertised fake medi-
cines."
DR.. Lyman F. Kebler of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, a member of the
committee, submitted a report of an ex-
tensive investigation which he recently
conducted into fake" medicine adver-
Using in the District
The committee has adopted the fol-
lowing principles governing its work
Fraudulently advertised products. mimi
cal to public health; frauduently adj
vertised products to separate the pub
lie from its money; products that are
plain frauds having no merit what
ever: medical specialists, fraudulently
advertising. and fake, indecent ads
THE committee is unanimously of the
opinion that no opposition Should be
made to any medicines that are honest
~ advertised. that If the product pos
sesses merit and can make it's way on
honest advertising, no one would enter
an objection and the public would ret
be considered as being imposed upon"
reads a statement issued by the com
mittee.
one of the first line of products con-
sidered We're the commonly recognized
prescription scheme frauds That is,
Z +ff.RnFy
which is carried a prescription, and
that prescription contains the name of
some secret preparation together with
the names of one or more well known
drugs: the purpose being to induce the
consumer to purchase this product of
unknown composition and either have
the druggist mix it with the well
known drugs or take it home and mix
IL himself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-10
CERCLE IS ATTENDED BY
PROMINENT FRENCHMEN
Lieut.. Prominent and Prof. d'0uakil
Speak-Classic and Patriotic
Songs on Program. 3

Lieut.. Froument and Prof. Basile G.
d'Ouakil of the University of Lyon.
France were the principal speak ers
before a large audience which attend
ed the meeting of the Cercle Francois
de Washington yesterday afternoon at
the Perpetual Building Association Hall
Lieut. Froument. member of the
French high commission. speaking on
Episodes of the War" said, in part:
Il don't understand why they call it
no mans land when everybody ought
to know it is our land. We have proved
this quite often to the Germans"
The kaiser will soon realize that
L. s. stands for more than the United
states. The letters also stand for un-
surrender said Prof.
dOuakil
Meetings of the cercle are held to
popu,arize the study of the French
language in Washington. Lectures arc
given under the auspices of Prof.
dOuakil.
Mrs. Newton ID. Baker. who has CO.
operated in the movement sang. The
meeting was opened with the singing
of the "Marseillaise' by the audience in
French. on The musical program were
classic and patriotic songs by Arthur
Deibert, ana the singing of The
Rosary" in French. by Mile. A V.
Nally.
Among those present were Mrs. w. c.
Gorgas. wife of the surgeon general of
the United States Army; Mrs. ID. q.
Gaillard. wife OF Col Gaillard. U. s A:
Mrs. Houston b. Teehee, wife of the
of the Treasury; Mrs. w. c.
Britten, wife of Representative Britten
of Illinois; Mrs. d. Jervy, wife Of Gen
Jeryy. U. S. A; DR.. C. L. Barber of Lam
sing. Mich; Mrs M Marshall. wife of
Gen. Marshall, u. S. A, retired: Mrs B.
Merryman, Miss Mary B. Adams. Mrs
]. Gadsby and Mrs. John W. Thompson
The next meeting of the cercle WIN
be held at the same place March -, At
1880 o'clock. The public is invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-10
IL|NK|NS PROPOSALS
LIMIT RENT POWER
Second Report From Chairman
of Board of Trade Commit
tee Amends Profiteer Bill.
AGREES WITH FEDERATION

In a second report submitted by
George f. Iinkins. chairman of the spe-
cial committee of the Board of Trade
appointed to consider the several anti
rent proftccring bills introduced in
Congress. the Board of Trade has taken
the position of agreeing with the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations in op-
position TO the johnson bill and in viz
tual support Of the second Tinkham bill
providing means of controlling the rent
situation in the District of Columbia.
Provisions of Amendments.
The report submitted by Mr.. Linkins'
committee to President Galliher of the
Board of Trade which is supplemental
To the original report of the special
committee. suggests two amendments
To the second Tinkham bill. H. r.
1oeo2. One of these amendments seeks
10 limit the powers of the rent admin
istrator TO be appointed under the pro-
visions of the measure, so that he
would have no authority TO investi
gate or attempt to regulate rents in
eases other than those brought to his
attention through complaints of per-
sons at interest. The other adopts the
suggestion offered by the Federation
Of Citizens Associations for an amend
ment changing the wording of that
part of section of the bill relating to
The date on which changes in rates or
dered by the rent administrator shall
become effective.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-10
NOT ALL Who TRAIN !
WILL GET REWARD
Wedding Out Process Among
Seekers of COMMISSIONS
at Camp Meade.
ASPfRANTS ARE ANXIOUS

CAMP MEADE. Md. Marc3, e-fhs
weeding-out process soon will be sp-
piled to the division training camp for
officers here, and aspirants for commits
sions who have failed to show proper
military zeal and aptitude viii be re
turned to duty in their respective COM
mands
Even those candidates who are re@-
sonsbly sure that their work is satfs-
factory are worrying over what the
government intends to do with them
when the course of training is com
pleted Although nothing official has
been announced the best opinion here
is that commissions will not be granted
when the students graduate on account
Of the fact that this. and probably most
other divisions. were temporarily over
supplied with Junior officers as a result
of the large number who won commits
sions at the second series of officers
training camps.