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Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-05
TO SPEED UP DELIVERY OF
 SOLDIERS MAIL IN FRANCE

An Atlantic Port. Sept. 4.-Forma- ton Of a postal regiment in France, composed solely of men who nave Aesn in the postal service in the nited States to. speed up the de- livery Of soldiers mail, was announced by Congressman Siegel of New York, vho returned from France on a steam ship which arrived here today.
 The regiment. he explained, will be under the command of Colonel Howe formerly Boston business man, and mall for the fighting men overseas Wiil be sent 10 foHr ports in France -nEfead Of one as has been the cus- tom.
 Mr. Siegel who arrived in France, nn July i6. said he had consulted Gen. D.al Pershing and other high military officials in the interest of speeding un" the soldiers mail.
 Three hundred young women of Enriand, the Waacs as they are call cd, are helping in the statistical work and the letters win seek out the men wherever they are said Mir Siegel "First of al the men want their mai better handled. Next they want more cisarettes, more chocolate, a quicker settlement Of the war allowance to their folks al home and quicker pay rient to themselves over there. Mind you. there is no kicking, for the mo- rals Is splendid. but when l asked them what they wanNd most they told me Of these things that were up rermost in their minds"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-05
STUDYING UTILIZATION OF
 EX.SERXICE MEN AETER MAI

An Atlantic Port Sept 4.-Commis- sioner David C. Lamb of London. an international secretary of the Salva- ton Army, who was appointed by the British government to serve on a com mittee studying utilization oi ex-ser- vice men after the war. arrived here today with Brigadier General George Davis, principal of the Salvation Army training school in Chicago.
 While in this country, Commission CT Lamb will confer as representative of General BrarSwell Booth head of the Salvation Army of the World, with the generals sister, Commander Evan geline Booth. regarding supplies need ed by the army abroad. He will spend six weeks in the United States, going to Canada before returning to Eng land
 According to the commissioner, years of prosperity will follow brief period of depression after the war, and renewed efforts to accumulate wealth will provide ample work for both men and women, at equal wages. He declared that there was no real problem in the early scare stories of war babies.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-05
sLAcKER SUSPECTS TAKEN
 AT CHARTER OAK PARK

Hartford Sept 4.-There's a ran idfv increasing group of young men in the federal building this afternoon who went out 70 see the Connecticut State Fair at Charter Oak Park this morn Ing only to ee hurried hack to the city under guard because they could not show to United States Marshnl c. c. Niddlebrooks and his men who met them at the gates. draft classification cards. Up to early afternoon about SO had been detained.
 The marshal went to the grounds carly this morning. His aids were ten deputies. two Hartford detective ser Eeants, and several uniformed police men in charge of Chief Livingstone of the West Hartford police department. lt was pirsiued 10 meet every man en- terizg the enclosure. A small wooden building near the main entrance was used as a place of temporary deten- tion for the men and was emptied about once an hour by the officers in charge of transportation of the de- tained.
 Among the victims was a German enemy alien. who claimed New York as his residence. He had no permit.
 The men brought to the city were examined before the United States commissioner this afternoon.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-05
LABOR BUSINESS AGENT
 ATTACKED AT BRIDGEPORT

Bridgeport, Conn, Sept. 4.-Loyal workers of the huge gun plant of the Bullard Engineering Works executed a mass attack on Samuel Lavit, bus mess agent of the local branch of the International Associations of Ma chinfsts and members of the strike committee when today at noon they tried to entice the ordnance work CTS to leave their work and join the strike here of 5000 machinists and toolmakers, a movement that has dangerously. threatened production of essential war materials.
 The BuIlard Engineering works is the only plant here of any importance that has not lost a man in the strike movement.
 Agent Lavit at the noon hour threatened the Bullard workers with the loss of their membership cards if they did not join the strike. The men made such threatening demonstra- tion against Lavir that the plant guards interfered and persuaded the men to return to work.
 A large group of the striking ma chinists left the city today for work in other cities. It is now estimated that at least 1000 of the strikers have left town.
 Tonight the workers of five of the largest plants here assembled and elected their delegates to a conven- tion to be held at near date. Ali this convention the delegates from the shops will elect three representatives
 to act for them on the committee o1 mediation and conciliation
 | Another two hundred of the strik- CTS will return to Goi> tomorrow al the plants of the Electric Compassion 1 Company the Lindstrom Tool Works i the Modern Manufacturing Company and the Bridgeport Machine and Too 1 Company. who have agreed to pay the 1 minimum wage demanded
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-05
FURTHER DELAY IN ACTION
 ON WAR PROHIBITION BILL

Washington, Sept. 4.-Final action on the bill providing for national pro- hibition after next July l and con tinuing until the demobilization of American troops has been completed after the war. failed again today in the senate owing to the introduction os amendments to the $12,O00,0G0 emergency agricultural appropriation bill to which the prohibition legisla-
 tion is attached.
 Senator Jones of Washington, pro-
 hibition leader. predicted during de-
 bate that the house would accept the
 senate's prohibition plan, thus pre-
 cluding the possibility of changes be- ing made in conference. A substan-
 tial majority in the house is claimed by prohibition leaders. who also say
 President Wilson will not object to i the legislation.
 An amendment providing for the purchase by the government of all distilled spirits held in bond on July 1, at a price to be fixed by a commits | sion appointed by the president, was l introduced late today by Senator | Bankhead of Ala bama. Under it's pro- visions the commission would fix the
 value of such spirits and report to congress through the secretary of the treasury. If congress held the valua- 1 ton to be fair. the government would pay the owners for such liquors in l cash or government bonds. The ] amendment was not taken up.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-05
BRITAIN SENDS DEMANDS
 TO 60LSHEVIK GOVERNMENT

London, Sept 4-The British gov- ernment has sent a telegram to the Bolshevik government at Moscow de- manding reparation and prompt pun ishment of those culpable in the at tack on the British embassy at Pe- trograd on Saturday when the ern- aassy was sacked and Captain Crornie. the British attache. was killed.
 The British government threatens in the event of the failure of the Bol- sbevik government to give satisfac- tion, or if there should be a repetition of acts of violence. to make the mem bers of the Soviet government indi- vidually responsible and have them treated as outlaws by civilized na- tions,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-05
BREAK IN THE DEMOCRATIC
 PARTY IN WANNA

Harrisburg, Pa, Sept. 1.-The situa-' tion in the democratic party in Penn sylyania was further complicated to- day when A, Mitchell Palmer, demo- cratic national committeeman, person. ally repudiated Judge Eugene c. Bon niWell, Philadelphia, democratic can dIdate for governor, and submitted to tEe state committee, which 1e was addressing, whether it should not al- so repudiate him.
 A resolution was adopted calling up on the candidate to show cause why he should not withdraw from the ticket
 MT. Palmer. in a statement read to the committee, sad he had been in- formed by John Sinnot. Philadelphia president of the Liquor Dealers As sociation of Pennsylvania. that Judge Bonniwell was on the payroll of re- publicans lining upstate fremen for William c. Sproul, the republican candidate, when Bonniwel was asked by Sinnot, a supporter of United States Senator Penrose. 10 run for the democratic nomination.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-05

Washington, Sept. 4. = Announce ment today by General March. chief of staff. that more than 100000 American troops had been embarked for all fronts up to August 31 fur nished a new measure of the forces Marshal Foch has at his disposal with which to follow up the victories all ready won on the western front.
 Included in the American ship ments are men sent to Italy and Si- beria, the arrival of General Graves, with nearly 1,400 men of the forces despatched direct from the United States having been announced today by General March. The total number of men sent elsewhere than to France, however, is less than 10000, leaving more than million and half Amer ican troops available for the use of the supreme commander in the great battle.
 The size of this American force be- comes increasingly important as the scope of the new British assault at the very center of the German line on the Douai- Cambrai front becomes ap- parent. In the opinion of army off, cials here. the breakdown of the Ger man defense lines on this front may prove the entering wedge for allied successes of a sweeping nature since the fact that General Persnings army has not yet been largely employed is proof that Marshal Foch has ample reserves with which to press his ad- vantage.
 In his mid-week conference witt newspaper correspondents, Genera March reviewed briefly the battle sit uation of the last three or four days noting particularly that the British in the most impressive phase of tht battle. east of Arras. had smashed their way across the Hindenburg lint on an eight mile front with Cambra as their objective. The major chem! resistance along the whole sixty -milt battle front from the Scarpe to tn, Oise, he said. had been encountered and overcome by the British and tn swift advance of the French troop last week. when they gained five o SIX miles ron 9 mile front in a sin gle day. was due largely to with drawal forced upon the enemy in tn north.
 General March pointed out also, in dicating the rapidity with which tn
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-05
COssacks Cooperate
 WithCzeClO-S|Ovaks
The Bolshevik Army East of
 Lake Baikal Has Been : Destroyed.

Washington, Sept 4.-Belated des- patches reaching the state department from Irkutsk. Siberia, via Peking dated Aug. 13. say that the Bolshevik army east of Lake Baikal, has been destroyed by the Czecho- -Slocvaks; that Cossa91ls are cooperating with the Czechs and that all Americans in Siberia are safe.
 When the messages were sent the provisional Siberian government form ed at Omsk had formally declared war upon Germany, assumed the foreign debts and asked for allied. assistance.
 United States Consul Harris was reported back at Irkutsk after 6 trip ito Omsk and Ychecyabinsk. t Reports of the killing of Sassanoff, former Russian foreign minister, at Simbirsk were confirmed.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-05
Rr The Assoctated Press.l

The Germans are now giving ground over the entire 150 mile battle front from Ypres to Rheims.
 Seemingly he question whether the Germans will be able to hold even relatively their present line from Flandrs 10 Champagne is being an swered And the answer apparently is in the negative.
 The strategy of Marshal Foch which imposed upon the Germans the neces- sity of falling back into Flanders, Artois and Picardy TOW likewise is compelling the enemy to withdraw from the Vesle river between Soissons and Rheims northwSrd toward the Aisne. in order to avert disaster.
 Outfanked on all defensive works along the western part Of the battle line. and in great danger of turning movement eastward from the regions os Noyon and SoisSons, the German high command at last has been forced 10 begin the retrograoe movement in the Soissons- Rheims sector which the military experts long had predicted would Ice necessnated through. the successes of the British, French and American armies.
 The climax to the German manoeu- yres along the Vesle eliminated wren fhe French virtually swept away the last remaining portion of the old sali- ont in the region Of Noyon and the French and Americans north of Sois- sons and along the Nesle reached po- -i-ions dominating the Aisne and the 'hem.c des Danes and crossed to the north side Of the Vesle on a. front of nearly twenty miles.
 All behind the front toward the Aisne huge free are 10 he seen where the enemy IS making his way as fast as possible northward, in all probabili- ty harassed by outposts of French and American troops and by artillery fire
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-05
MELLEN CASE HAS BEEN
 POSTPONED UNTIL SEPT oA

Pittsfeld, Mass. Sept. 4-In order to afford time for preparation of de- positions in the case of Charles $. Mellen, former president of the New York, New Haven ond Hartford rail- road, against his wife, Catherine Mel len, Judge E. T. Slocum in probate court today ordered the hearing put over from September 10 to September 24. The hearing is expected to re- quire four days. In this case MT. Meilen asks for a decree justifying him in living apart from his wife and also the right to transfer his property as if he were an unmarried man. It has been definitely decided not to hold up the probate court proceedings on account of the action for divorce which Mrs. Mellen has started again her husband. alleging cruel and abu- sive treatment
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-05
CASUALTIES ANNOUNCED
 ..-. BY NE~Y DEPARTMENT

Washington, Sept.R 4. - Casualties were announced by the navy depart ment today as follows: a.
 Thomas Sumner Finnegan, machin- ist's mate, South Manchester, Conn., died September from severe burns on board the hospital ship Solace.
 Clarence Singles Evans, previously reported as wounded. when submarine chaser 20s fired on by the steamer Fe- lix Taussig. died Aug. 2s.
 Harry B.. Dekay. machinist's mate, Hancock, Vt. and Thomas Randolph Symington, chief quartermaster, Bal timore, were injured in an aeroplane accident at Key West Fla, Sept. 1. The condition of both men is reported as favorable.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-05
DECISIVE BLOW IN WORLD WAR IMMINENT
General March Opnes That General in New Move Soon Will Hit the Enemy With the Full Force of the American
 and Allied Armies Believes German Army is Waverng

 battle front is shifting under the steady drive of the allied armies. that the British had pressed ahead four teen miles since they launched their attack on Aug. 21.
 Even as General March talked, word came from the battle front that the enemy had been hurled still further back along the Douai-Cambrai line and indicating the British early today stood within five miles of the Cam brai pivot to this German defense po- sition. Later reports from both F1an- ders and the Vesle, farther to the south, indicated that new retirements were in progress in both places, due to the combination of the British thrust in the center and General Man gins danking movement toward the Chemin des Danes. The advance of Franco-AmeFican forces across the Vesle indicates that the German line at this end of the battle is being forced back toward the Aisne by the pressure from the flank.
 In all the despatches from abroad, officers here noted again today, yelled indications that some new and inn portant phase of the battle is to be expected shortly. There was an air of expectancy among both unofficial and semi official commentators which produced the impression that Mar shal Foch is preparing for new blow. If this is the case. 1t is be- lieved here that the employment of General Pershing's army may be well included in the plans, the object be- i ing to hit with full force of the Amer ican and allied armies now that the German disorganization appears to be spreading and his line wavering. ! The reports indicated tonight to many observers that the enemy was now withdrawing along his whole front from Flanders to Rheims. This was the deduction made from the new French advances in the pocket formed by the Disc line around the Ham i Guiscard- Chauny triangle and also from the movement across the Vesle. If it develops that the Germans have teen forced by the rupture of their center to attempt such a wholesale lretreat, it is argued that Marshal F'och might well believe that the mo- ment to attempt decisive stroke had come since the confusion resulting from such a movement to the rear necessarily would be great.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-05
A SPECIAL CREDIT OF
 $2oo,ooo, 900 WITH FRANCE

: Paris, Sept. 4-The weekly report of the Bank of France, which will be issued tomorrow. will carry a new heading entitled United States Treas ury Account" A statement explain ing this says:
 "The presence of an American army, which is constantly increasing, has brought about negotiations between the French and American governments. Without awaiting conclusion of these pourparlers, the American treasury has placed a special credit of S200,000, 900 at the disposition of the French treas ury, which has transferred it to the Bank of France on the basises of me- tallic parity, thus reducing advances by the bank.
 "As these dollars are utilized the bank will credit the treasury with the difference between the metallic parity and tAe rate of exchange at which the dollars are transferred. The govern ment thus itself is integrally assured of the benefit of the exchange result ing from this operation, of which the first effect is to liquidate it's debt to the bank of 1,O36, 900, ,0eO francs"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-05
GERMANS ARE. GIVING GROUND
 OVER 15O.M|LE FRONT
Outanked On All Defensive Work Along the Western Bat tie Line, the German High Command Has Been Forced to Begin Retreat in the Soissons-Rheims Sector

and the machine guns and bombs of the allied aviators.
 While the debacle in the south seems complete, in the north the Ger mans also are facing a crisis Every where from Peronne to Yepres Field Marshal Haig's men are keeping hard afte rthe enemy, whose line is daily bent back further eastward, giving the British better points of vantage from which to work in their task of regain
 ing as their first objectives St. Quen- tin, Cambrai, Lille and Armentieres. From Ypres to Lens additional towns have been recaptured and the old sali- ent more nearly reclaimed Lens, the famous coal city, is said to have been entirely evacuated by the Germans, and the British are only awaiting the dissipation of the noxious gases and the rendering of the city safe from the possibility of the detonation of mines in the subterranean coal chambers to enter it.
 From Arras southward to Peronne, English Scotch, Welsh, Canadian and Australian troops everywhere are harassing the enen@. meeting his vio- lent machine gun fire with such ire sistible pressure that the enemy has been virtually nonplussed and has re- tired. at some points almost precipi- tately.
 Eastward of the old Drocourt Queant line the enemy has been pushed across to the east bank of the Canal du Nord, where at last accounts he was en- deavoring to prevent by the use of innumerable machine guns a British advance over the ditch.
 To the north of Peronne. over an eight mile front between Moislains and Demicourt the British at several points have beaten their way across the canal, and Wednesday night were pressing the enemy well to the east ! ward.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-05
WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD
 TO SAFEGUARD COTTON CROP

Washington, Sept. 4.-The War In dustries Board, with the approval of President Wilson. is soon to appoint committee to consider the desirabil- : ity and feasibility of effecting a sta- bilization of cotton prices and other matters connected with handling the crop. This was announced tonight by Chairman Baruch.
 The announcement of another short crop of cotton" said MT. Baruch's statement, raises in acute form the problem of satisfying the needs of the naoon as well as those of the allies and of securing an equitable distribu- ton for the purpose of winning the war. Involved in the distribution is the problem of bringing about a req sonable stabilization of prices in the interest of both the producer and con sumner"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-05
DEATH SENTENCES OF TEN
 NEGRO SOLDIERS COMPUTED

Washington. Sept. 4.-Death sem tences of ten negro soldiers who par ticipated in the riot at Houston, Tex. as, August 23. 1917, have been com muted to life imprisonment by Pres ident Wilson.
 In six other c;\ses the president af- firmed the death sentences because the condemned men had been found guilty of having deliberately and with great cruelty murdered civilians.
 This action, announced today by the war department, concludes the cas- es of twenty mine negroes given the death penalty for their part in the riot Thirteen were executed and the president was called upon to review the findings in sixteen cases.
 The president found that the Nen whose sentences he committed had not behn convicted of personally and di- rectly causing deaths. The soldiers involved were not named in the war departments statement.
 The president reviewed the record at length, emphasizing the gravity Of the rioters crime and the care taken by the military authorities to give them justice.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-05
LAFAYETTE DAY TO BE
 CELEBRATED IN BAY STATE

Boston, Sept "A proclamation urging the observance of September $ as lafayette Day. was issued to- night by Governor Mccall
 "The day." Governor Mccall said, falls on the 161st anniversary of the birth of this great French hero. r. is also the anniversary of the battle of the Marne. which turned the tide of barbarism in 1914"
 said, to the end that "our thoughts may be more particularly directed to- ward those ties that bind us to France not only of the present when we are fighting by her side, but also of that day when she was instrument tai in helping us obtain our liber- ties"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-05
HEATED DEBATE AT BRITISH
 TRADES UNION CONGRESS

Derby, England, Sept. 4. - J. H. Thomas, labor member of parliament for Derby. precipitated lengthy and heated debate at the trades union con- gress today by introducing a reso- lution calling for the war aims of the labor and socialist parties of the Gen. tral Powers in answer to the war aims of the inter rallied conference held in London.
 The resolution urges Se congress to institute peace, negotiations as soon as the enemy, voluntarily or by com pulsion, evacuates France and Bel gium and re-affirns his belief in the internationals as the safest guar antee for world peace. The resolution also demands labor representation at the peace congress. u..-l <.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-05
MEETING OF DEMOCRATIC
 STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE

New Haven, Conn, Sept 4.-To plan their campaign in this section and to coordinate that plan with arrange ments made elsewhere in Connecticut the democratic state central commit tee met at Savin Rock this afternoon. Registrars of voters and nominees on the state ticket made up a party of about sixty. Thomas J. Spellacy, the nominee for governor, made the chief address, and the campaign prospects were outlined by Chairman D. E. Fitz- Gerald The latter said the party was animated by spirit of harmony and solidarity and which gave promise of o democratic victory in the state in November.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-05
NEGRO LYNcHED IN GEORGIA
 BY MOB PARTLY NEGROES

Macon, Ga. Sept 4.-A mob last night lynched John Gilhan. a negro, shortly after he had been delivered into the custody of county officers pV negroes who had captured h.m :n d swamp near here. Gilman escaped from chain gang recently and is all legged to have attacked two white wo- men. It was said he confessed.
 Sheriff Middlebrooks of Jones coun- ty, from which Gilman was taken on arrival at Gray, the county seat, re ported tonight that he was certain the mob was composed partly of negroes. The sheriff and a deputy left here last night wit hthe prisoner. When they reached Gray they were met by an armed crowd and forced to deliver Gilman He was then taken to the scene of the alleged crime and put to death.