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Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
GREEKS WERE TREATED
 cRIJELLY BY RULGARIANS

Salonil1i, Saturday. Oct. 26. The Bulgarians, during their occupation of Eastern Macedonia, attempted to force the Greeks of that province to become Bulgarians and treated the Greeks cruelty, declared pr. Pazis, vice president of the Greek chamber of deputies and deputy for Seres.
 "There were wholesale deportations and the people were abandoned to famine, outrage and murder" said Dr. Pazis, who has returned from 8 trip through eastern Macedonia. ''The des- truction of villages far from the war zone was a measure to which the Bull garians would not have recourse had eastern Macedonia been Bulgaria in- stead of Greek. The Bulgarians gath cred together a large number of Greek children and sent them into Bulgaria without the parents of the children knowing the purposes of the Bulgarians."
 In hospital in Salonil1i is four teen year old Greek girl, .Agalia Nouli. who, was cruelty treated Ey the Bull garians who murdered he" father and mother. The father. the mayor of Bourgade, died at the hands of the Bulgarians with these words on his lips
 T was born in Greece and will die a Creek
 The girls mother died as result of nihuman treatment a1 the hands of Bulgarian officers.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY OF
 PRIVATE THOMAS DfNESEN

Montreal, Oct. 2S.-Private Thomas Dinesen. a member of a Montreal reg i,nent and son of a former member of the Danish parliament, has been awarded the Victoria Cross for con- spicuous bravery on the western front, according to advices received here to- day. During a ten hour hand-to-h hand battle, which resulted in the capture of more than mile of enemy trenches. Private Dinesen rushed for ward alone on five occasions, putting out of action hostile machine guns and accounting for twelve of the enemy with bombs and bayonet. His citation states that his sustained valor Sin spired his comrades at a very criti- cal stage of the action and was an example to all"
 Private Dinesen, whose father had served in the Danish German and tha Franco Prussian wars, enlisted through the British recruiting mission in New York. after having been re- fused admittance to England because Of his nationality,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
NEW YORK TO STOP
 AUTOMOBILE SPEEDERS

New York. Oct. 2S-A rigorous cam paign against automobile speeders, be- gun here today by the motorcycle po- lice, resulted in the arraignment of 9S persons. who were fined heavily. The magistrate asserted that speeding "has increased fifty per cent. in this city, and that he intended to "help the po- lice slow up the town a bit.' Among those fined were sevesal .undertakers, who claimed as an excuse for speeding the number of cases awaiting thelr at tention because of the Spanish infiuen- ga epidemic
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
HIDDEN EXPLOSIVES
 IN CHAPEL CHERRY

With the American Array Northwest of Verdun, Oct. 2S.-(By The A. P.)- The American troops still are finding mines and hidden explosives in Chatel Chehery. The latest trap of this kind was an innocent appearing walking stock, suspended at the entrance of dugout, as if it had beer left by it's hurriedly departing owner. lnvestiga- tion showed that fine wire ran from the cane to a point in some nearby rocks where it was connected with a twenty five pound charge of high exDIosiVeS
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
HINDENBURG CALLS UPON
 TROOPS TO HOLD FAST"

With the American Army Northwest of Verdun, Oct. 2S, s D. m. (By the A. P).-Hold fast, an armistice has not yet been concluded is the word sent to the German troops by Field Mar shal Von Hindenburg, chief of the general staff, according to a captured document now in the hands of the Americans. The German commanders appeal reads:
 German soldiers, be vigilantt The word armistice' is current in the trenches and camps, but we have not yet reached that point. To some the word represent sa certainty; to others it is even a synonym of the peace so long desired. They believe that events no longer depend upon them. Their vigilance is relazeds their courage and their endurance, as well as their spirit of defiance toward the enemy, are diminished.
 We have not yet reached our aim. The armistice has not been. concluded. The war is still on-the same war as ever.
 Now, more than ever, you must 6e vigilant and hold fast. You are upon the enemys soil and on the soil of Alsace Lorraine, the bulwark of our country. In this grave hour, the fla therland relies on you for its pros- perity and for it's safety"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
THREE BRITISH TRAWLERS
 FOUGHT FOUR u-ROATS

London, Oct 2S British Wireless Service) Three British traWlers, al- though outranged by the enemy guns. recently fought four German subma- rines until put out of action by the U-boats. According to an account of the engagement made in the Times, the armed trawlers Onward, Era and Nellie Nutten were patrolling near the North sea fishing ground. when a sub marine came into sight. The trawlers opened fire on the submarine and the submarine replied. Soon three more submarines appeared out of the haze and all joined in the attack on the trawlers, who kept up the unequal fight despite the fact that the Ger mans excelled them in gun power and speed.
 The captain of the Nellie Nutten, finding his ship helpless from shot through the stern, steered towards a Dutch lugger and abandoned his own vessel, which soon went down. The captain saw the Era in flames and the Onward out of control and when he looked for them again soon afterward 1 they were gone.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
SHORTAGE OR CLERICAL HELP
 DELAYING LOAN REPORTS

Washington. Oct 2S - Due to sortage of clerical help, caused by the influenza, scores of banks have not completed tabulations of their fourth Liberty loan subscriptions, reports on which were due last Thursday. Con sequently federal reserve hanks have been forced to await belated reports and none of the twelve reserve banks has submitted to the treasury figures on it's districts achievement. Officials said today they hoped to be able to announce the nations total subscrip- tions to the loan late this week, but indicated this may be postponed until next week.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
(By The Associated Press.)

While both Germany and Austria are seeking to secure a cessation of hostili- ties and Turkey also is reported to be favorably disposed toward peace, the entente allied troops on all the battle fronts are giving no heed to peace pro- posals, but are continuing without mercy to drive their foes before them.
 And in all the battle zones the allies are meeting with marked success. In France the German battle line is slow ly disintegrating under the violence of the allied offensive; in northern Italy the Austro- -Hungarians are being forced back by the British, French and Italians with heavy losses in men killed, wounded or made prisoner; near the shores of the Adriatic in AL bania the Italians are driving the Aus trians toward the Montenegro frontier, and Mesopotamia, the British are fast clearing the Turks from their former strongholds.
 Although the Germans in France and Flanders still are strenuously resisting the allied attempts to break their line, they are giving way steadily under the force of the attacks. In the otber the atres there apparently is not the same disposition to offer stubborn denial of the right of way. except possibly in the mountain region of Italy, where an attempt Is being made by the allied forces to open the back door into Austria.
 South of Valenciennes in France Field Marshal Haig's forces, notwith- standing stiff opposition, have ad- vanced their line in the general opera ton which has in view the capture ot Nalenciennes and pressing on toward Mons and Maubeuge in the genera converging movement that is going or between Belgium and the region nortI of Verdun.
 Farther south, from the Disc rivel to the region of Rethel, the French have gained signal victory by fore ing a retreat of the enemy in the biz salient north of Laon and are threat ening to cause the collapse of the en tire German line eastward through |;
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29

ration, accepted by everybody for nine months, is as dangerous as it would be for Pershing and Sims to refuse longer to fight with the allied forces and demand a debating society to de- termine whether they will stick to their solemn pledge"
 Quoting extracts from speeches made in 1898 by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and Former President Har- rison urging the return of a republi- can congress to support President Me kinley in the peace negotiations with Spain, MT. Daniels said:
 Ii this plea of such distinguished republican leaders was valid twenty years ago. why is it not vaiid today? + it does not hold good, $ it because the war with Spain was a more gi- Gantic undertaking and the conduct Of it. including the embalmed beef and typhoi1 scandals, chara cterized by more efficiency than characterizes the conduct of the present war under a democratic administration?
 The shipping bill, the nrst great preparedness measure" Secretary Daniels said, was held up in congress for two years by republican opposition having been introduced in 1914 and not passed until 1915
 From the day the United States en- tered the war unto this nour,~ said Mir. Daniels, the neck of the bottle has been and is ships. The number of soldiers early sent to France was measured only by the tonnage. Tn
 the light of the gigantic achievements of the shipping board, who will say
 that if Senator Weeks and his for lnidable array of republican senators
 had not blocked the way for nearly l two years, the victory which Is now
 in sight would not have long since been achieved
 Declaring that other war measures have been opposed by the republicans
 in congress, Secretary Daniels assert cd "aII the world will know Americas
 position if a congress pledged to stand
 by Wilson is elected
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29

fast turning movement. American troops have been thrown into the line near Bethel and have advanced nearly a mile and taken numerous prisoners. The German war office admits the success of the thrust of the French. between the Disc and Serre rivers, saying that the German lines were withdrawn Sunday night to a front west of Guise and east of Crecy.
 In connection with this general movement the Americans northwest of Verdun have begun an operation which possibly may have important results For the first time since the Americans reached the war they have opened fire against the back lines of the enemy with their new long range guns and are heavily bombarding Longuyon, some fifteen miles distant from the American first line positions. It is over the territory through which the American guns are throwing their shells that the Germans have been re- inforcing their lines eastward, and should the blasting process prove eff feetive in blazing a trail along the Mouse for quick advance by the Americans, it is not improbable that a 1 German retreat from the region east of St. Quentin northeastward toward Luxemburg will be necessitated. | On the northern Italian front hard l fighting is in progress between the Brenta and Piave rivers. Along the Piave the allied troops have been sue 1 cessful in crossing the river, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy and taking more than 5000 prisoners.
 In Albania the Austrians have been driven by the Italians in the region of Aessio, which lies twenty miles southeast of Scutari, just south of the | Montenegro border. In Serbia the Austrians have evacuated Kraguievatz
 ffty-five miles southeast of Belgrade
 and are still in retirement toward tht Danube.
 The Turks are fast being driven ou
 of Mesopotamia, having reached a DO
 sition more than 155 miles north O
 Bagdad, while in Syria General Allen
 by's troops are keeping in close con
 tact with the Ottoman forces north o Aleppo.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
AMERICAN PLANE CRASHED
 INTO A GERMAN MACHINE

With the American Forces North west of Verdun. Oct. 2S (By the A. P). Lieut.. Wilbur T. White of New York, in trying to aid his American comrade during a fight with a German pilot, crashed head-on into the German ma chine. The collision was so severe and the fight was so intense that each of the colliding aircraft lost a wing and fell behind the German lines in the neighborhood of Dun1sur Mouse.
 Lieutenant White was one of twenty four pursuit aviators on a raid over the German lines when six Germans were brought down. One of the enemy was directly on the tail of another American when Lieutenant White went to his rescue. The American plane struck the German machine full on be- tore either could swerve.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
PARIS TEMPS DEMANDS
 MILITARY GUARANTEES

Paris, Oct 8.-Referring to the phrase in the Austrian reply without awaiting the result of other negotia- tions," the Temps says:
 Tn these words the son of the min ister who concluded the Austro- Ger man alliance gives official notification that the alliance has been torn up,"
 With a government that fatters itself it still exists in Vienna, with that in Berlin mad with that in Con- stantinople," the newspaper continues, "the only question at the present mo- ment can be to take military guaran- tees and not negotiate territorial or political stipulations.'
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
WATERS ON STRIKE IN
 THREE NEW YORK HOTELS

New York Oct 2S-When walters at the McAlrin, Waldorf Astoria and Claridge hotels went on strike her, today, young women stenographers. clerks and bookkeepers were drafted to serve guests. The managrmerAs of tha hi,,"ls irlimated. th+t inasmuch as male faiters have been placed by the government on the non essential em- ployment list and inasmuch as even untrained women had served meals successfully, it probably would make little effort to negotiate with the strikers, who are demanding wage
 increases characterized as extorolt- ant"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
Austria Abject in
 Its ArmistiCe Plea
Accepts All Conditions Laid
 Down by President Wilson and Asks Him ''to Be so Kind as to Begin Overtures"

Basel, Oct. 2S (By the A. P.).-Aus- tria- Hungary in notifying President Wilson that it is ready to enter upon peace negotiations and arrange an armistice, asks President Wilson, in it's reply to him, to begin overtures on the subject.
 The Austro- Hungarian foreign min ister instructed the Austro- Hungarian minister at Stockholm yesterday to ask the Swedish government to send the following note to Washington gov ernment:
 Tn reply to the note of President Wilson of the IS (19?) of this month, addressed to the Austro Hungarian government and giving the decision of the president to speak directly with the Austro Hungarian government on the question of an armistice and of peace, the Austro- Hungarian govern ment has the honor to declare that equally with the preceding proclama- tions of the president, it adheres also to the same point of view contained in Austro- Hungarian peoples, especially those of the Czecho- -Slovaks and the Jugoslavs.
 Consequently, Austria Hungary, ac- cepting all the conditions the presi- dent has laid down for the entry into negotiations for an armistice and peace no obstacle exists according 10 the judgment of the Austro- Hungarian government, to the beginning of these negotiations.
 "The Austro Hungarian government declares itself ready, in consequence without awaiting the result of other negotiations, to enter into negotiations upon peace between Austro- Hungary and the states in the opposing grour and for an immediate armistice upon all Austro- Hungarian fronts i Tt asks President Wilson to be sc
 kind as to begin overtures on this sub- ject."
 The Austrian note is dated Oct. 2$ at Vienna and is signed by Count Julius Andrassy. the new foreign min | izStp
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
STRIKE OF STREET CAR
 MEN IN BALTIMORE

Baltimore. Md, Oct. 2S.-A walk out of motormen and conductors, which started op the. Cary Street line of the United Railways early today lc<r spread to men on the Orleans Street and Curtis Bay line.
 The affected line leads to the sec tion of the city where nest of the shipbuilding and other war work is being done. Thousands of walkers were delayed several hours in reach ing their places of emp!oy ment.
 General Manager Pratt Of the rail- way company stated that the trouble was due to the action of the company in prosecuting several of it's conduc- tors for alleged theft of fares.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
FOOD SCARCE IN THE
 LILLE REGION OF FRANCE

Washington, Oct. 28.-Food supplies for the civilian population of the Lille region of France, recently evacuated by the Germans, are at an extremely low stage and only energetic measures by the commission for relief in Bel gium will prevent much distress dur ing the winter.
 Dispatches received today at the of fees of the commission here said the present supply of food in the region could not possibly last more than two weeks. All communication systems were destroyed by the retreating Ger mans and motor lorries must be de- pended upon to bring up the needed supplies Much sickness also is re- ported in the Lille region and condi- tions there were described as even worse than in the adjacent Belgian territory
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
SUGAR REG.STRIcTIoN IS
 TO REMAIN IN FORGE

Boston, Oct. 2S.-William A. Dupee, of the national food administration, told food administrators of New Eng lang states today that the present all lotment of two pounds of sugar per person per month would prevail until the termination of the war and pos sibly longer.
 MT. Dupee said the Tinted States is many thousands of tons short on it's shipments abroad and that every added foot of ground wrestnd from the Germans added to the obligation of the United States to furnish addition al foodstuff to the liberated people.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
BERGER PLEADED NOT GUILTY;
 RELEASED ON $1ooo0 BOND

Milwaukee. Wis, Oct. 2S-Victor l.. Berger, former congressman, and three other prominent socialists, who were indicted last week by the federal grand jury on charges of violating the espionage act, pleaded not guilty today when arraigned before Judge F. A. Geiger. Berger was released on bonds of s10o00 and the others on bonds of s500O each.
 Berger was indicted on 36 counts It is expected the me nwill be brought to trial next month. Berger is a can didate for congress in the Fifth dis trict against Congressman William H. Stafford.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
WILL BE NO COAL FAMINE
 DURING COMING WINTER

Washington, Oct. 28.-There will be no coal famine the coming winter, nor even an approach to the hardships of last winter Fuel Administrator Gar field announces but the public must continue to cooperate with the fuel administration in conservation meas ures as far more coal is needed now than in normal times.
 Dr. Garfield in a statement review ing the present coal outlook, says the nations fuel supplies, assembled in preparation for an unusually severe winter, are adequate and well dis tributed that coal stocks on hand are greater than ever before and that more domestic coal is now in the hands of consumers and dealers than at the corresponding period in normal years.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
WILL VON HINDENBuRG
 FOLLOW LUDENDORFF?

Amsterdam, Oct 2S.-The question heard upon all sides is whether Field Marshal Von Hindenburg will follow in the footsteps of Ludendorff. The Rhenish Westphalian ZeitHng of Es- sen claims to know that hn will be the next sacrifice to the new regime.
 The Essen Allgemeine Zeitung men tions Generals Won Lossbnrg. chief of staff of the Sixth Army, as the sue cessor to Ludendoff. General Won Lossberg is credited with being the inventor of the movable defence sys- tenn
 George Bernhard, writing in the Berlin Vossische Zeitung, while ac- claiming Luiendoff as one of the sa- viours of the fatherland from enemy devastation" says the fact that he conceived himself omnisctent and om- nipotent brought about his doom.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
SEARCHING SHORES NEAR
 WRECK OF PRINCESS SOPHIA

Juneau, Alaska, Oct 2S. - Shores near the wreck of the Canadian Pa cific steamship Princess Sophia are strewn with bodies. while 1SO bodies have been recovered, according to wireless messages received here from boats searching the waters of the Lynn canal, where the vessel went down with more than 200 persons aboard.
 Although more than 25 vessels are on the scene it was impossible yester- day, owing to the heavy seas, to make landings to pick up the dead.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
CARRIER PlEeoNs FOR
 THE WAR DEPARTMENT

Boston, Oct. 2S.-Breeders of high grade carrier pigeons in New England today began an inventory of their stock preparatory to turning over sev- eral hundred pairs to the war depart ment. New England stock, according to Major Frank c. Griffin. who came here from Washington to make ar engagements for the purchase of the birds. have proven their worth on the western front Major Griffin in an ap- peal to breeders said that 1900 pairs are wanted for immediate shipment overseas. Breeders are expected to make a report tomorrow as to how many pigeons they can turn over to the department.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
FRENCH NEWSPAPERS CALL
 FOR A SEPARATE PEACE

Paris, Oct. 2S.-Commenting on the Austrian note, the Paris newspapers this afternoon demand that Austria Hungary conclude a separate peace. It is generally pointed out that Count Andrassy, the new Austro- Hungarian foreign minister, represents nothing but a nomination by the Austrian em- peror.
 ''If," says the Journal Des Debats, Secretary Lansing replies, which is not certain, it will be easy for him to say: There is no occasion to pursue the subject, as neither Austria Hun gary nor a common minister of foreign affairs exists"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
TWO PERSONS KILLED IN ..
 EXPLOSION AT EDDYSTONE

Philadelphia, Oct 2S.-A man and a woman were killed and about doz en other persons were injured, some of them seriously, in an explosion today in the assembling room of the Eddy stone Ammunition Company's plant at Eddystone, P. The property loss was great.
 The accident was caused hy an cleo tric fuse blowing out and igniting a quantity of high explosives.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
THREE AMERICAN PRISONERS
 ESCAPED FROM GERMANY

The Hague, Oct. 2S.-Three Ameri- can prisoners of war have escaped from Germany into Holland. They are Flight Lieutenants T. E. Tillinghast of Westerly, R. L, John o. Donaldson of Washington, D. C., and Robert Ander- son of Honolulu.
 They were captured during the period from Sept. to Sept, 27 and they fled from Valenciennes on Sept. 27, reaching the Dutch border after many narrow escapes.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
OBITUARY. William Tvsne.

Waterbury, Conn, Oct. 2S-William Tysoe, 75 years old, veteran of 32 battles and IS skirmishes in the Civil war and past senior vice commander of the Connecticut department of c. A R., died tonight. MT. Tysoe was at Appomattox when Lee surrendered. He served with the Nineteenth and 124th New York Infantry.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
SPANISH STEAMER ToRPEDoED
 OFF NEW JERSEY COAST

Manahawken, N. J., Oct. 2S. - A Spanish steamship loaded with sugar was torpedoed ten miles of Barnegat, N. J., at 10 o'clock last night and 23 men of the crew of 29 reached the shore early today. according to infor- nation received here by coast guards.
 Eleven of the survivors were picked up near the lighthouse at Barnegat and l2 others at Forked River. They were scantily clad and had suffered from exposure throughout the night
 It was said that the vessel went down within five minutes. Persons on shore- said they heard an explosion at @ D. m
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-29
GRAVE TROUBLES HAVE
 BROKEN OUT AT BUDAPEST

Paris, Oct. 2S.-Grave troubles have broken out It Budapest IS the result of the appointment of Count Julius Andrassy, who is suspected of Ger manophile tendencies, to be Aus tro- Hungarian foreign minister, says a Zurich dispatch to .he Matin. A commiee of workmen ant soldiers has been formed to represent the extremist party in impending events.