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Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
MAGNIFICENT WORK BY
 THE AMERICAN ANIATORs

American Headquarters ir France, Sept. IT. (Reuter's.) - Magnificent work of the American aviators under most difficult weather conditions must not be forgotten in telling the story of the St. Mihiel victory. To them was entrusted every kind of mission which falls to a flying mans lot. but the task in which they distinguished themselves most, perhaps, was ha- rassing the enemy's withdrawal from the deepest part of the salient
 A careful study had been made of the roads by which the German trans port must move and these observa- tions turned out to be strikingly &C., curate, showing that the Germans had thought out quite as carefully as the Americans the exact spot which would remain open longest. This was the gap between Vigneulles and Thiau- court with St. Benoit as the center. Ii thus happened that the American air. men found the transport trains exact ly where they expected to find them and their attempts to enforce delay were most daring.
 Owing to the weather conditions the ceiling" to use the airmen's tech nical term, was little more than a thousand feet high and the dense rain occasionally made everything in- visible few yards away. but not one of the selected roads was left unat- tackled. The aviators swooped dowr 1 into the woodland roads. flying only forty feet from the ground to make sure of their targets. Lorry after Tor 1 " was wrecked and wagon teams torr | to pieces by skilfully dropped bombs l or machine gun fire.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
FRANCOIS SERBIAN OFFENSIVE
 CONTINUES IN MACEDONIA
Are Taking From the Buga Positions They Have Held for Two Years Detachments From the Allied Forces Defeat Bokhevik Troops in Vicinity of ArchangeL

QltlOnS.
 General Petain's veterans are forg- ing ahead slowly but surely in their grim and desperate struggle for the St. Gobain forest which the Germans have been ordered to hold at all costs. Not only is the position a natural cit ldel, but the Teutons have fortified it in every way their ingenuity could devise. Notwithstanding the difficulty of their task. however. the French are moving on, taking prisoners as they go.
 On the American front the past A hours have been the quietest since General Pershing's command launched it's irresistible drive against the St, Mihiel salient. There are indications that the Germans intend to retire be- hind the Hindenburg line in this sec tor. They are burning villages along the Moselle and in other sections. This procedure usually is a preliminary to a retreat
 Another victory has been recorded for the American, British and French on the newly constituted eastern front Detachments of the allies have rout- ed BolshevilI forces in the vicinTTy of Archangel and it is reported many of the Red Guard officers went over to the allies when their men fled in panic
 The Austrian peace note appears al- ready to have become almost ancient history The blunt and unmistakable refusal of President Wilson to barley with the Central Powers except upon the terms he previously has laid down seems to have voiced the senti- ments of the Entente. They are likely to let the reply of the United l States suffice for all as they did in the ] case of the Papal peace proposal.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
Further Restriction
 in Brewing Of Beer
After Oct. 1 No Foodstufs Except Barley, Malt and Hops May Be Used-Good Stock on Hand.

Washington, Sept. 17.-Use of any foodstuffs except barley malt and
 hops in the brewing of beer and near
 beer after next October is prohibited
 by proclamation signed today by
 President Wilson. The president pre- viousIy had ordered the brewing of all beer stopped next December 1.
 The proclamation signed today was
 not made public nor did the food ad-
 ministration issue any statement ex- plaining the conditions which had caused it to recommend the action to the president. It was understood, how ever, that the purpose was to conserve ] stocks of corn and rice. which in re- cent years have been largely substi- tuted for barley in brewing.
 Iii announcing the new order Food | Administration officials said today that even after the breweries are shut down December 1 they will have
 on hand in their pats sufficient stocks
 of beer to last from two to six months
 The sale of this will not be prohibited
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
CBy mo Associated Press.)

While the Serbs and their French allies are wrestling from the Bulgars some of tho strongest positions they have held in Macedonia for the past two years. Marshal Foch's forces are ribhIinc successfully at the German lines ln the western front in the face 0f ltore determined resistance.
 Tlc Near East furnished the most sensational news of the day, how over. The offensive which has been launched there seems not only the most successful but the most preten- tfous in many months. It appears nrobahle that a further advance by the Franco Serbian troops will nec- cse.tate the recall of the Bulgarian divisions which have been loaned to Er,ueror William to bolster the Teu- ron resistance in France and Fland- CTS
 An official Serbian report declares that :he reconstructed army of the battered. but not beaten little king dom has taken not only 5000 prisoners hut an important park of cannon. The Bul-ars admit having retired but de- clare the attack has been checked to inc north of Gradeshitsa- There is nothing to indicate, however. that the advance of the Serbs and French has been definitely held up.
 The lull m the fighting in the west ir regarded by military critics as merely the prelude to further heavy blows a- the foe by the American British and French armies.
 The British advanced their line: -Ii-htly at several points. They arc making steady progress in the in vGstment Of St Quentin. a difficult task even undtr most favorable con-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
4 Reign Of Terror
 in Central Russia
Citizens of the Entente Ma tions are Reported to Be in Danger = Work of Bol- sheviki.

Washington, Sept. 17.-Information reaching the state department today from a neutral country threw new light on the situation i'll central Rus sia. where a reign of terror conduct ed by the Bolsheviki has made the positions of the populace tragic in the extreme and is endangering citizens Of the Entente powers, who have been unable to leave the country.
 Declaring that the outside world cannot have a true conception of tine actual conditions, the despatches said that since May. the Bolsheviki extra ordinary commission against the counter-revolutio4 has conducted a campaign of wholesale murder. Thou
 sands of persons have been shot with out even a form of a trial, it was said, and many of them probably were innocent of the political views for which they were executed.
 l The assassination of Moses Urit- l sky. head of the commission against 1 the counter revolution, and the at 1 tempt on the life of Premier Len;ne | were direct results of this condition 1 of tyranny. said the advices. Besides 1 the 800 persons who were shot ir l connection with the death of Uritsky a large number of other persons are l held for execution in the event that | further attempts are made on t z1 lives of the Bolsheviki leaders.
 A general search is being made o1 the homes in Moscow of the well-to- do and of former officers in an effor
 tG secure any shred of evidence upor which to make arrests, said the des- patches. The prisons are filled tc overf1owing and executions continue 1 daily In many cases, 1t was said
 sentences are passed upon the sligh
 grounds that the accused might b. dangerous to Bolsheyild power.
 In addition, irresponsible ant | avengeful gangs are venting upon in Innocent persons their desperation ove
 the delay concerning power of thu l Bolsheviki while tae socialists, wht | are opposing the Soviet government have adopted the same methods tha
 they once used against the tyrann, of the imperial government
 All newspapers in Moscow, excep
 the Bolsheviki organs. have been sup pressed since July 1, the despatcne added, and in these are to be pub lished names of persons executed o
 held prisoners in connection with tn killing of Uritsky.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
1o6TH ANNUAL MEETING
 SUPREME COUNCIL OF MASONS

Boston, Sept. 17.-Prussianism was bitterly arraigned by Barton Smith of Toledo, O., sovereign grand com mander of the supreme council, An cient Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, in his allocution at the 106th annual meeting of the northern juris- diction of the order here today
 That which would destroy all that we love must itself be destroyed,' he declared, until every vestige of the malignant growth of Prussianism has been eliminated and the world re- stored to health. happiness and hope"
 George ". Hugo, grand minister of state Of the southern Jurisdiction, brought greetings from Masons of the south to their northern brothers. Sir John Gibson, past sovereign com man6er 0f the supreme council of Canada, said that the cordial relations between the Scottish Rite Masons of the United States and Canada had been strengthened by the war.
 This evening 120 candidates from various sections of the northern juris- diction received the 32d degree, form ing the largest class in the history of the rite
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
cHA9iN. SLAYER OF WIFE,
 SURRENDERED HIMSELF

New York, Sept. 17.-Charles E.. Chapin. city editor of the New York Evening World, noted for the skill skill with which he directed his re- porters in the solution of murder mys- teries, today in a police station de- scribed how he killed his wife. Yes- terday he shot her in their apartment in the Hotel Cumberland and today surrendered himself to the police af> ter failing to carry out plans to end his own life
 Smoking a cigar and continually pressing his hands on his head, he said that he had been driven to the deed through desperation caused by the demands of his creditors.
 Approach of a policeman. he de- clared, prevented his suicide in Pros pect park, Brooklyn. where he went after shooting his wife.
 Held without bail. Chapin was taken tonight to the Tombs prison. The case may be presented Co the grand jury tomorrow.
 According to Assistant District At torney MeGee, Chapin told him that not only had he intended to commit suicide in Washington four years age but that he had intended to kill his wife there: had bought a plot in g cemetery and mad Selected a mOnu- ment to be placed over theiY graves.
 Mir. McGee stated that Chapin also said he had gone to Maine last June to commit suicide but had decided i was unfair to leave behind him hi! wife who was married to him in Mil, waukee
 Mr. MvGeo said Chapin confessed finally shooting his wife bere at o'clock yesterday morning. According to Chapin, she lived for half an hour but never regained consciousness. / ! few minutes after her death he re ceived morning newspapers from tn 1 bellboy and later left the hotel. ! After describing Chapin's move ments yesterday, MT. McGee said tn i editor. on reading today an account o the murder, decided that, instead 0 committing suicide, "the only honor able thing to do was to surrender him self" A request which he made to night to attend his wife's funeral to morrow has been refused.
 1 MT. McGee said that Chapin, a rel ative of Russell Sage, had told hin
 his life story, relating how he ha'
 founded a small paper in the wes
 when he was a boy and had risen to b
 city editor of New York daily.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
HOUSE APPROVES NEW
 INCOME TAX PROVISIONS

Washington. Sept. 17.-Income tax provisions of tf1e new revenue law af- fecting both individuals and corpora tions and designed to raise s2,376, eco, 900 of the measures eight billion dollar total were approved today by the house. No changes were made in the rate proposed by the ways and means committee and with considera- ton of the income tax sections vir- tually concluded, the house tomorrow will teke up the war excess profits rrovisions, estimated to yield s9,200,- 100000.
 Two important notifications in the income tax sections were made by the house at the request of the ways and means committee. Liberty bonds of future issues shall be subjected to the reduced income tax rate of 12 per cent. rate Another permits corpora tions and individuals in caller ating their income to deduct all interest paid or accrued. A provision limit ing such deductions to the excess of interest received free as on Liberty bonds was eliminated.
 During the days debate, in which Majority Leader Kitchin took steps to expedite the bills disposal. express ing hope for it's passage not later than next Saturday. many amendments not approved by the ways and means committee were rejected. At the out set the house defeated. 132 to 61. the amendment by Representative Mon tague, of Virginia, democrat, to ex- empt future issues of state, county and municipal bonds from federal in- come taxation. Telegrams of protest
 
 by many mayors and other local of ficials to representatives. arrived after the house had acted.
 Efforts to extend to corporations and partnerships the fifteen per cent allowance given individuals for con- tributions to charity also were de feated after lively discussion.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
SQUARED .YBACKOF PRESIDENT
His Rejection of Austra Peace Proer Met With Express ions of Approval in Both Branches Senator Lodge Declared Presidents Course Both Wise and Right.

tied fields of secret discussion of war issues, Austria may attempt coup by assenting to a restriction of the discussion to the principles laid down by President Wilson as the only pos sible basis of peace.
 It was said authoritatively today that such a proposition undoubtedly would be accepted. But this state ment was accompanied by a signifi- cant reminder of conditions which must be met preliminary to any such discussion. These are that the central powers must withdraw completely
 from all occupied territory in France and Belgium, Italy, Russia and Serbia.
 The Germans must drop the subter- fuge of the Brest-Litovsk treaty made by Germany with Russian agents,
 hired to betray their country. They
 must loosen their hold upon the wheat fields of Ukrainia and the oil wells of Serbia and Russia, and all of this i must be done before America would l consent to talk of peace, even upon ] the basis of the presidents stipulation l Attention was called to the fact that ! in his reply Secretary Lansing re- i ferred to the terms upon which the 1 United States would consider peace as having been stated repeatedly. That
 meant not only that the four proposi- tions laid down by President Wilson in his Fourth of July speech at Mount 1 Vernon must be considered but that they must be considered in connection with other declarations from the same source. It was particularly intended, it was explained, that there should be held in mind the fourteen propositions
 stated by the president in his address
 to congress Jan. last. Whereas the
 Fourth of July speech stated simply
 broad general principles that should
 govern any peace discussion, the ad-
 dress to congress laids down details
 of the proposition and therefore should
 be the governing utterance.
 Accordingly, Before the central
 powers can have any peace discus , sions with the entente powers and 7 America, they must accept the princi-
 pies of:
 No secret treaties; freedom of the l seas except to suppress predatory ma tions that fail to respect international covenants; the removal of all trade barriers: reduction of armaments; ad.- : justment of colonial claims with refer , ence to the wishes of the governed
 population; the evacuation of Russian : territory and abandonment of eco homie control therein; independence = of Belgium with indemnifcation: res , toration of Alsace- Lorraine: readjust- . ment of Italy's frontier; autonomous r government for the different nationals ;. of Austria Hungary; evacuation oi e Roumania, Serbia and Montenegro: e relinquishment of Turkish control o1 : non Turkish populations; an indepen- f dent Polish state, and, finally. . t league of nations to guarantee politica t independence and territorial integrity - to great and small states alike.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
ROBERT FAY BROUGHT
 BACK TO THIS COUNTRY

New York, Sept 17-"Lieutenant" Robert Fay, convicted German agent, who escap1G from Atlanta federal pri- son more than two years ago. and was caught in Spain recently, has been brought back to this country and is in the custody here of the department of justice. He reached here today under guard from New London, Conn.,, where he arrived from Spain on a United States naval vessel.
 Disposition of his case awaits in-' structions from Washington, it was announced by the department of jus tice office here. Fay. who styled him. self lieutenant in the Prussian ar my, was sent to Atlanta to serve a three year sentence after his convic- ton in the New York federal court olf the charge of conspiring with others in a plot to blow up entente ships leaving New York harbor. Fay had perfected powerful bomb, designed to blow up a ships stern.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TAKEN IN NEW YORK

New York, Sept. 17.-To prevent a serious epidemic of Spanish infuen- za in this city; the board of health today ordered physicians to report within A hours all cases of the new disease, as well as all cases of pneu- monia.
 Tn Boston a great many cases of Spanish influenza have been found" i" said Health Commissioner Copeland, and naturally some of those affected will come to this city by railroads; bringing the germs with them. It would be impossible for the depart pent to check up these cases, and the result would be an epidemic here"
 Dr. Copeland said the only cases found here have been among sailors in the navy or those arriving on mer- chantmen from foreign ports. The patients have all been quarantined.
 Three cases of influenza were re- ported today in Jersey City. One pa tient is a soldier on home leave from CamD Dix
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
NEWBERRY SPENT $176,5ss
 IN SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN

Washington, Sept. 17.-Investigation begun by the department of justice into expenditures of funds in recent senatorial and congressional cam paigns in a number of states may be followed by inquiries by the senate elections committee into expense ac- counts of candidates for nomination to the senate.
 A resolution authorizing the com mittee to inquire into expenditures in the recent primary in Michigan, in which Truman H. Newberry received the republican nomination for senator, and in any other state where large expenditures appear unwarrarted, was introduced in the senate today by Senator Pomerene of Ohio, democrat. In offering his resolution Senator Pomerene filed a copy of the expense account of Mir. Newberry in his cam paign, which showed total contrihu- tions of $17SSs and a total expendi- ture of $176.56e Contributions to the fund, according to the report, ranged | from $1 to S99 900.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
FEDERAL AND STATE GAME
 LAWS ARE TO BE ENFORCED

Hartford, Conn, Sept. 17-Superin-
 tendent John M. Crampton, of the fish
 and game commission authorized the statement today that the state laws
 would be enforced by, the commission during the hunting season and that in accordance with an understanding g with T. w Nelson chief of the geo logical survey in Washington, the state law will take precedence of the federal statute except that the enact
 mert which will provide for the small CT bag shall be enforced. The duck shooting season in this state begins l October and will continue until Jan ] uary 15 of next year.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
OBITUARY.
Cardinal John M. FarIey.

Mamaroneck. x. T., Sept. 17.-Cardi- nsl John M. Farley, archbishop of New York died at his country home here toQlght The aged prelate had been sinking rapidly since he suffered a re- lapse last Saturday after partial re- covcry from an attack of pneumonia.
 Indeed. for the last three days phy- s4cians attending the cardinal have been expecting his death hourly. AL though he rallied today from several sinking spells. no hope was enter tained for his recovery.
 shortly after 9 D. m. it was evident that the end was near. At his bedside were three doctors. Bishop Hayes of New York. Monsignar Carroll the cardinals private secretary, Vicar General Lavelle and Monsignor Mooney.
 The end came peacefully and beau tifully." said Bishop Hayes.
 Several priests in the room. who were saying prayers for the dying were unaware that death had come until the physicians stepped back from the bed.
 The cardinal was stricken wirf hypostatic pneumonia at his summer home here about six weeks ago.
 He was born April 20, 1S42, al Newton Hamilton. County Aramagh Ireland the son of Philip and Cath erine CMurphy) Farley. His fathel was an innkeeper. Both parents dieC when the boy was only ' years old and he was left largely to make hi own way. He succeeded in getting ; fair education at St Marcartan's. college in the netghborhood of hi home. and he proved to be not oxly brilliant student but q popular one for he was known as tbe comedian O his class and a peace1paker among hi fellows
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
ARTILLERY ACTIVE IN
 THE ST. MlHiEL SECTOR

Washington, Sept r. - Continued activity by the artillery and airplanes in the St Mihiel sector was reported ia General Pershing's comtnunique for today. American patrols keeping in contact with the enemy brought in prisoners. The statement follows:
 Headquarters American Expedi- tionary Forces, Sept. T.. 1918.
 Section A: In the St. Mihiel sector the day was quiet except for contin- ued activity of artillery and aviation. and patrol encounters in which we captured prisoners. An enemy raid in the Vosges was repulsed.''
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
70 DEATHS IN NEW ENGLAND
 FROM INFLUENZA IN 24 HOURS

Boston, Sept. r. -. Influenza and pneumonia caused more than seventy deaths in New England within the A hours ending tonight. In Boston there were 35 deaths from influenza, includ- Ing three naval men, and 27 from pneumonia. In Brockton and nearby towns, where the shoe factories have been badly crippled by the spread of the disease. twelve deaths from in fuenza were reported.
 Every effort to check the spread of lnfiuenza was being made and the health authorities in this city said they felt confident they had the situa- tion in hand
 At the forts in Boston harbor it was stated that all the hospital beds were occupied by influenza patients. At Camp Devens there are $500 cases, mainly among negro soldiers from the south
 The American Red Cross tonight is- sued a mobilization call for nurses. Ali nurses enrolled in the Red Cross and awaiting orders were requested to report at once at the headquarters of the New England division of the so- ciety here. ---'-.'-,--.'''- Two thousand sailors at the Com monwealth Pier were transferred tenn rorarily to the old militia muster ! grounds at Framingham. Severa. hundred cases of influenza have beer ! reported among the sailors at the i pier.
 i In the First Naval District 170 new | cases were reported, a decrease of S1 from yesterday. At the headquarters ! of the Second Naval District in New. port, R. l., it was said that there was
 197 new cases in the district and 15( among the civilian population of New 1 port. Rear Admiral Joseph w. Omon 1 commandant of the Second District
 said:
 "On the whole the situation show
 marked improvement and it is believ
 ed that the height of the epidemi
 has been passed"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
OPPOSITION TO INCREASING
 TAX ON PICTURE THEATRES

Washington, Sept. 17.-Salaries up- ward of S3,500 a week each to motion picture absorb profits of the film business. although the rentals in the United States and Canada amount to S70 900. 900 a year, the senate finance committee was told today by William A. Brady and Walter w. Irwin, rep resenting the motion picture industry.
 They appeared to protest against the proposed increase from 10 to 20 per cent. in the tax on admissions and an additional tax of 10 per cent. on rent als in the new war avenue bill.