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Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
PROTEST MADE ON sHAo
 FISHING IN CONN. RIVER
Alleged Combination Among Fisher
 men to Keep Up the Price.

Hartford, Conn. May 7.-The a:' tent',, cf Governor Holcomb was called today to conditions alleged to roeern shad fishing in the Connecti. -ut river. in a letter received from W.. J. Mulcahey Of Saybrook. The letter was turned over to John NJ. Crampt on, superintendent of fish and game.
 alulcahy alleges there is a combin- ation among the fishermen to keep up he price of shad. He said the price ,harEed the people of Connecticut now was from 25 to 90 cents pound while large quantity of fish was shipped .o the New York market where 1t sold st a lower rate. MT. Mulcahy says a number Of men have left lucrative employment to engage in shad fish Ing and he does not think the sfate authorities should allow it. Some of he men were employed on trolley cars and one or two on bridges. MT. Mu.- .ahy says he has subscribed S1,OeO for a liberty bond
 Superintendent Crampton will have a conference with the governor.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
TRIAL OF 112 l. w. w.
 LEADERS AT CHICAGO
Counsel For Government Introduced
 Evidence Yesterday.

Chicago, May 7.-Counsel for the government, in the trial of 112 h. dustrial Workers of the World, charg- ed with sedition conspiracy, intro duced evidence today by which, they said, they expected to prove member ship of the organization increased and it's monetary receipts showed a cor responding gain following the decla- ration of war, as the result of the al- legedd conspiracy to obStruct the se- lective draft.
 A statement prepared by R. H. Bai- ley, expert accountant in the employ Of the government, and introduced to- day as evidence, showed that from early in April 1917 until September l. the period covered by the indict- ment total receipts at l. w. w. head quarters amounted to $271, ,220. 50. A gradual increase was noted from $25, 048S1 in April to S6.S09.2S in August. Initiation fees for the same period, during which, according to allegations in the indictment a systematic anti war campaign was carried out, also increased, according to the statement. From ,S5, ,439.25 in April. the initiation | fee receipts amounted to $20,670.25 in | July Income from "other sources"
 was. set down in the statement as $1l,- | 139.74 in April and $44, ,103.62 in Au- gust. This increase. the government 1 contends was due almost wholly to an alleged disloyal campaign which the
 defendants are charged with prosecut-
 inS.
 An attempt characterized by the
 prosecution as the third and last
 trump card of the defense" to disqual- 1 fly as evidence tons ot printed matter ii seized at l. W. w. headquarters ir
 the governments raids last fall, was blocked at today's session
 i George F. Nanderveer, chief counse for the defense. argued that no mater iai proof had been presented that thu huge mass of evidence seized at vari- ous points i'll the country and forward ed here was actually taken from I. w w. branch headquarters, and asket
 that it be barred as evidence.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
WEEK BEGINNING MAY 20
 TO BE RED CROSS WEEK
President Wilson Has Issued ProcIa-
 mation-To Raise $1o0,ooo, 900.

Washington, May 7.-President Will son today issued proclamation de- signating the week beginning May 20 as Red Cross Week" and calling up- on the American people to contribute to the second $100 100000 war fund of the American Red Cross for the ale viation of suffering among the Amer ican troops in France and their de- pendents at home and among the fighting forces and civil populations of the allied countries.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
FLIGHT CAPTAIN JAMES
 NORMAN HALL IS MISSING
After Thrilling Battle Ten Miles
 Inside Germany.

With the American Army in France, May T-CBy The Associated Press. ).- Flight Captain James Norman Hall author and one of the best known aviators in the American or allied armies, is missing after a thrilling battle ten miles inside Germany op- posite the Toul sector. The fight was between three American planes and four German machines which appar- ently belonged to the Plying Circus" :"
 Two German machines also went to earth during the battle in crippled condition.
 Captain Halls home is Colfax, Iowa.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
TO AID IN CONDUCT
 OF AIRCRAFT INQUIRY
Attorney General Gregory Names Will
 liam L. Frierson.

Washington, May 7.-The attorney general named William L. Frierson' one of his assistants, to conduct the aircraft inquiry.
 The purpose of the investigation by Inc department of justice" said a statement by Attorney General Greg orv late today will be to determine whether there has been any dishon- esty or malversation of any kind. In case either is developed. necessary steps to punish the guilty will be taken. The investigation will begin at once and Assistant Attorney Gener- al William L. Frierson will be in inn mediate charge"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
NICARAGUA HAS DECLARED
 WAR AGAINST GERMANY
Central American Republic Makes the Twentieth Ma
 ton Arrayed Against the Teutonic Allies
ARTILLERY DUELS ONLY ON THE WESTERN FRONT

Heavy Ground Due to the Rains Believed to Be Holding Back the Preparations of the Germans Raids Have Been Successfully Carried Out By the Canadians Southwest of Arras and By the French In the Aiens Sector-Brtish Casualty List For Week Shows Total of3s691 of Which 6.555 Officers and Men Were Killed or Died of Wounds-The Peace Treaty Between Ru- mania and the Central Powers Was Signed at Bucharest Monday.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
The Production, of Fuel Briquets.

The output of fuel briquets in the United States in 1917 was 406, 1856 net tons, valued at $2,233,SSS, an increase over 1916 of III. .7O1 tons, or 3S per cent in quantity, and of s7SS 226, or 55 per cent in value. again breaking the re- cord of the previous year.
 According to c. E. Lesher. of the United States Geological, Survey, De- partment of the Interior, the demand for fuel in 1917 was so strong through out the whole year that there was no lack of market to limit the production of the briquet manufacturers. Despite the increased cost of binders and of manufacturing most of the plants operated to full capacity and reported a prOSperouS year
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF
 SINKING OF LUSITANIA
Was comn1emorated in Little Church.
 yard Near Queenstown.

Queenstown. May 7.-The third an- niversary of the sinking of the vic-s tims of which are buried in the little churchyard near the town. was com memorated today. The flags of the American consulate, the Cunard of- ices and many other buildings were flown at half mast.
 American Consul Hathaway, Vice Consul Kelly, with many American of ficers and sailors. and representatives or public bodies, visited the church. yard where the Lusitania victims were inferred and placed wreaths on their graves.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

Richard J. kinseIIa, democrat, be- came mayor Of Hartford at noon yes terday, succeeding Frank A. Hagarty republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
UNIFORM ENFORCEMENT
 OF GRAIN REGULATION
Will Be Placed in the Hands of a Re-
 gonal Committee.

New York May 7.- Uniform en- forcement of grain regulation under the United States food administration for the territory comprised in New York state and New England will be in the hands of a regional committee which was formed here today, with Arthur Williams, federal food admin istrator of New York city, as chair man. The other members of the com mittee include the food administra- tors of Rhode Island. Massachusetts Vermont, Maine, Connecticut and New Hampshire.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
300 WOMEN REGISTER
 FOR SERVICE ON FARMS
With Women's National Farm and
 Garden Association.

Boston, May 7.-More than 300 wo- men, many of them college girls. have registered for service on farms this summer. with the New England branch of the Women's National Farm and Garden Association. Wherever there is a shortage of farm labor the association will send women, state ment issued tonight says, provided that proper housing and working con ditions are guaranteed. About 42 of those already registered have been placed in units at Lancaster, Barre, Hubbardston and Westwood.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
CONDITIONS IN PERSIA
 DESCRIBED AS DESPERATE
Food Shortage Has Caused People to
 Practice CannibaIism.

Washington, May 7.-Conditions in Persia are described as desperate in a despatch to the state department to- day from the American legation at Teheran. Famine is increasing and typhus, the message said, is prevalent in most of the cities
 The food sortage, the legation re- ported. has forced the population to eat dogs and even practice cannibal- ism
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
SERGEANT MAJOR FRANK
 B. DAVIS ARRESTED
Charges of Pro German Activities May
 Be Made Against Him.

Camp Kearny, San Diego, Cal May 7.-Sergeant Major Frank B. Davis, alias Dyer. formerly of the intelligence office, Fortieth division. here. has been arrested at Camp Dodge. Iowa In- telligence officers say charges of pro- German activities may be made against him here.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
PROVIDENCE DENIES PERMIT TO MRS. SHEEHY SKEFFINGToN
Who Was Advertised to Speak Under Auspices of the United Irish Societies.

Providence, R. l., May 7.-The police commissioners refused today to issue a permit for the appearance of Mrs. Sheehy Skefington, who has been ad- vertised to speak tonight under the auspices of the United Irish societies of Providence The police declined to permit Mrs. Skeffington to appear on the platform or take any part in the meeting.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
Aviator Killed at Scott Field.

St. Louis, Mo. May 7.-Lieut W. W. Smith of Topeka, Kas., an instructor at Scott field. a government training camp for aviators at Belleville, H.. was killed tonight when he lost con trol of his machine and fell 800 feet. A cadet in the airplane with him vas not seriously injured
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
FLIGHT OF RED CROSS
 MISSION FROM RUMANIA
They Were Fired Upon by a German
 Battery in the Ukraine.

London, May 7.-In an eventful flight from Jassy, the Rumanian cap ital, the American Red Cross mission to Rumania, which now has arrived in London escaped from Odessa. 3S hours before the Germans entered it only to be fired upon by battery in the Ukraine 200 miles north of the fa- nous Black Sea port.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
surprise for constructionists.

If the raid on Ostend and Zebrugge was only partly successful in other respects, it should be a complete success in showing critics of the Ad- miraltyy that attacks on the German submarine bases are no easy natter Springfield Republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
AMERICAN STEAMSHIP TYLER
 ToRPEDoEp AND SUNK
Eleven Members of the Crew Were
 Killed or Drowned.

New York, May 7.-The American steamship Tyler formerly an Old De- minion freighter, has been torpedoed and sunk off the French coast, ac- cording to information received in ma rine circles here tonight. Eleven members of the crew were killed or drowned
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
s5,363, ,s5o, 900 LOANED TO
 ALL co.BELLIGERENTs
An aditionai Credit of $75,ooo, ,ooo Was Extended to Great Britain Yes. terday.

Washington, May 7.-An additional credit of $75,OOO,OOO was extended to Great Britain by the treasury today, bringing the total of American loans to that nation to $2,795,000,000 and the total of credits to all co -,belliferants to 5,363,850,000.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
Cabled Paragraphs
Former King Constantine II

Paris, May 7.-Former King stantine of Greece is seriously ilf Zurich, Switzerland, says a despatch to the Temps from Zurich. Those at the bedside of the former monarch, according to the correspondent, re- gard fatal termination of his illness at not improbable.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

German editors are calling loudly to the Kaiser and the German Govern ment to make strong representations of the murder of Prager in Collins ville H.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
overmsn Bill in House.

Washington. May 7.-The Overman bHl. granting broad powerk to the president to reorgarfze and coordinate government departments, was ordered favorably reported to the house today of IS to
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

British airmen report that Germans are afraid to come out and fight.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
SED|TION BILL READY FOR SIGNATURE.
House Yesterday Adopted a Conference Report
 Already Approved By the Senate
PENALTIES 20 YEARS, OR FINE s1O,OOo, OR BOTH

Covers Uttering Printing Dsoyal Abusive, Proane, Scurrilous, Contemptuous Abusive Language About the United States the Government the Form of Government Expected to Check the Wave of Mob Outbreaks For Which Unpunished Dsoyalty and Enemy Activity Are Blamed
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

Waterbury-Rev Henry Cassidy, son of Mrs. Mary Cassidy of East Main street, is to report today (Monday) at Camp Beauregard, Alexandria, La. Father Cassidy, who has been assist ant pastor in St. Roses church in New Haven, is the first Roman Catholic chaplin to be appointed from that city.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
pefeated eernan submarine.

Washington, May IA fight between the American steamer Tidewater and a German submarine on March IT, in which the submarine was defeated and perhaps sunk. was reported today by Che navy department
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

Edward LawIer, of Syracuse, died ''penniless." His will revealed he had accumulated s51 5O9 by selling shoe strings on street corners.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
spanish Steamer TorpedoeJ

Washington, May 7.-The torpedoing of the Spanish steamer Luisa by a German submarine was reported today in a despatch from Barcelona.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

The House Judiciary Committee will take up the Overman Bill today gov ing President Wilson power to reor. ganize executive agencies.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

If Continental United States has subscribed to the Third Liberty Loan in proportion to the Philippine Islands, subscriptions will total 4,500, 900, 900.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
High Grade Abrasives.

Tremendous expansion in manufac- turing in 1917, particularly in the steel and metal industries is reflect ed by the increased production of high
 grade abrasive materials in the United States. A preliminary complication by Frank J. Katz, United States Geologi- cal Survey. Department of the Interior of reports on the production of emery. corundum, and artificial abrasives in 1917 indicates a total of 72 276 short tons, valued at sS 325,312, which is an increase of B per cent in quantity and 172 per cent in value as compared with 1916
 The production of emery from the | Peekskill district, N. J.. amounted t5 14,842 short tons. very little less than in 1916; the production of corundum in North Carolina was SEQ short tons, a large increase over 1916; and the pro- duction of crude artificial abrasive
 materials in the United States and for use in the United States. amount | ed to 57,614 short tons which was AS
 per cent more than the production | in 1916.
 ] East Haddam.-On the ground that
 the evidence showed incompatability
 rather than cruelty and that the real | trouble was caused by the desire of the wife to live in a different style 1 than that permitted by the husbands s salary, Judge Edwin 2. Ge:ger in the superior court at Middletovn Monday
 rendered verdict dismissing the com 1 plaint of Margaret Macdonald Hopkins
 against her husband, Leonard s. R. Hopkins. The suit was tried out before
 Judge Gager last winter and the judg- ment was rendered Monday. Mrs. Hopkins is a resident of East Haddam
 now while her husband lives in New York city.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

in an airpIane accident at Camp Borden. Ontario, Second Lieut. G. A. Ruffridge. of Montclair, N. J and Ga det H. B. OLeary of Toronto were killed.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
Finding on Loss of
 Naval Tug Cherokee
BLAME PLACED ON COMMANDING
 OFFICER
TUG WAS OVERLOADED
Naval Court of Inquiry Also Finds Tug Was Old and Unseaworthy and That Storm Signals Had Been Disre- garded.

Washington. May 7.-Loss of the navy tug Cherokee off Cape Henlopen, Delaware, last February 26 with 2S men is blamed by q naval court of in- quiry upon the age and condition of the craft and the failure of her com manding officer to report that she was overloaded and to heed storm warn ing. The report of the board was made public today by the navy de- partment and a copy has been sent to the house naval committee in response to a resolution by Representative Luf- kin of Massachusetts.
 Responsibility Mitigated.
 Responsibility of the commander, Lieutenant Edward D. Newell of the naval reserves, who went down with the ship, appears to be greatly miti- gated" the board reported. ''in view of his youth. lack of familiarity with navy methods and an undoubted de- sire to obey his instructions as soon as possible"
 Referring to the condition of the vessel, the report said ''the history of the Cherokee from the date of her ac- ceptance by the government, indicates l she was not suitable for general ser | vice at sea because Of her size. age and condition. She was in need of | very eAIellSlN6 repairs. ne Idllur6 1 to make all of the major repairs seems l justified by the press of more impor- | tant work at the navy yard (Phila- | delphia) and the urgent need of the services of the boat, and for these req sons, no blame attaches to anyone fo1 such failure"
 No Further Proceedings.
 The board recommended that nc further proceedings be taken, it being of the opinion that the death of any individual due to the laundering ot the Cherokee was occasioned by al act of duty in which he was engag geC when it occurred and was not the re suit of his own misconduct"
 The. Cherokee was 27 years old, bull of iron and was 120 feet long. She wa; taken over from the Luckenbach com pany last October by the navy and after some repairs, was ordered t Philadelphia for service with he squadron, which was assigned for dut, overseas. Later she left Philadelphi; for New London Conn.,, in bad trim and thence to Newport, R. l., wher she loaded coal and stores befor starting for Washington, D. c. Sh ram into a heavy storm eff the Della Il ware Coast and after an -atf-night bat tie, in which water went below throug
 leaks in the deck, doors and burnpe plates, she foundered. only ten of he crew being saved They were picke up by a British steamer.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
Condensed Telegrams

New FoundIand clocks were advanc- ed an hour.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

Thieves backed truck up to the Globe Grocery Store. Norwich, N. Y. and cleaned the place out
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

Eight persons were injured in a cal collision in the East Boston tunnel.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

Emma Murtah, IS, chief witness for the state in the Strang cruelty to children case is to be brought back from Fort Edward for the trial at Richmond, Staten Island.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

An agreement on the bill extendinq the selective draft law to youths reaching 21 years since July 5, 1917, was adopted by Senate and House conferees.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

William Barnes, a9 years, a pioneer in the building of the Pennsylvania Railroad, died in Philadelphia.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

Syracuse officials donned overaIls to act as garbage collectors when the city's health was threatened through a combination of high temperature and labor shortage.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

London Sunday newspapers publish ed photographs of groups of Brazilian airmen training in England
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

State dispatches report the Russian Government has adopted the name of Russian Socialistic Federal Soviet Republic"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

German airpIanes are being coIored and rounded at the corners to make them look like French machines.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

Cases of German authorities put. ting poison in prisoners letters are reported from France.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

Dr.. Herman Riggs, commissioner of health in New York State, has design ated this week as cleanup week throughout the State.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08
Aluminium In 1917.

The value of the primary aluminium made in the United States in 1917 was $45,8S2, 900, an increase of $11,9S2, 900 over the value of that made in 1916 This increase appears to be due chiefly to an increase in the quantity of metal produced, but in part to an in- crease in the price of the metal.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

Dr.. Carrell's hospital at the front has been persistently bombed and is now almost a wreck.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

At meeting of the Civic League of Tarrytown, N. Y, the women of the town banned all German papers.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

Twenty men were injured in an ex. plosion at the National Aniline plant at Buffalo.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

Members of the American Labor delegation were received at the Palace of the Elysee by President Pioncare.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

Secretary Baker asked of Congress one billion more dollars to carry out the Government airplane program.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

The Navy Department announced five marine corps casualties. Of this number only one was killed in action
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

Reports of operations of American troops at the front will be made as quickly as possible from now on, it was said at the War Department.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

Uncle Sam skippered trolley car in Brooklyn and Columbia collected nick els thereon for WarSavings Stamps.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

Major Rasmussen of Portland, Ore, was killed while leading his men in a reconnaissance.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

British Foreign Secretary BaIfour announced in the Commons that no peace agent had been in England from the enemy offereing peace terms.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

The Russian Department of Com merce has been ordered to issue no licenses for imports and exports at Vladivostok and Petrograd.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

The names of one American killed in action, If wounded and two gassed appeared on the Canadian casualties list
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

If girl has rocks it takes a man of sand to win her.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-08

The U. s. Supreme Court upheld the lower federal courts in ruling against the gross reduction of taxes imposed by the state of Oklahoma on oil com panies.