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Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06
RUSSIA AND FINLAND
 OPEN CONFERENCE
German Representative Would As
 sist in Reaching Agreement.

Amsterdam, Aug. 5.-Delegations from the governments of Russia ana Finland have opened conferences in Berlin for the conclusion of peace treaty between Russia and Finlan1 according 10 advices received here Dr. William von Stumm, German un- der secretary for foreign affairs, opened the sittings With speech in which he stated that the German gov e1nment would have representatives in attendance at all sessions Of the conferences, "in order to assist the delegates in reaching an agreement that would be mutually satisfactory.
 MT. Enickell, head of the Finnish delegation, in reply. thanked the Ger man government for it's efforts in be- half of Finland and added that "in- terest which Germany has taken in the fate and the future of Finland is cal culated greatly to strengthen the pro- found sympathy which the people of Finland cherish for the mighty Ger man empire. I big Your Excellency to express our respectful gratitude tc the German emptror. and to assure him that we are doing everything pos sible to perform successfully the i'm portant task before us"
 M Worowsky, chairman of the Rus sian delegation, said:
 The fact that the Finnish senate
 lad to request the German govern ment to intervene proves that the sit
 uation in Finland could no longer be kept apart from the world war. Ii is only natural that Finland shoul' turn to her German ally for assistance in composing Finland's political af' fairs. We on our side are persuaded that the common interests of Finland Russia and Germany will constrain us 1 to reach an understanding, ard wt thank the German government foT it: friendly aid in this first step toward 1 if " r.-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06

crew under the masterly direction of the officers went coolly and method ically about the difficult task of bring ing the sick and wounded up on deck. As many as could be handled in this manner were placed in slings and low cred to the escorting destroyers which, by wonderful seamanship in the rough water, managed to work in close enough to the sinking ship to take of men by lowering ropes
 No Complaint from Wounded.
 The morale of the wounded, lying on deck waiting to be taken of, is described by members of the crew as too fine for words" They never com plained and they never urged the res- cuers to hurry.
 Heroic Action of Women.
 The less seriously disabled assisted their more unfortunate mates to go first. Women were placed In the first beats lowered, notwithstanding their protests that they should nor precede the patients. One boat. containing six women, was thrown against an other just before touching the water and upset Three women from the ca psized craft were picked up by an- ether small boat, along with five wounded British soldiers, all of whom l Itd0 managed IO keep dlOdI dllilOuSH each had an arm in a sling.
 No German Wounded Aboard. | The Wariida had been. in the chan nel service two years, and this was her first crossing from France in which she did not carry a number of German wounded prisoners. Mem bers of the crew remarked over this fact and some expressed the opinion that it was of sinister significance.
 Aid Could Not Be Given.
 T. E. Redman, one of the stewards, had an unusual escape. He had been placed with the six women in the
 first boat and when the rope nroke
 he seized another line and clambered
 hand over hand to the top. There he , managed to swing in from the end of , the davit to the rail. where wounded ; Tommy" awaiting rescue, seized the , stewards hand and aided him to clamr 2 Der aboard This man described now one woman, becoming entangied :l 2 the ropes as she was being placed iH the boat, was caught between the boat
 and the side of the ship. She was . frightfully injured by the pressure and f begged to be released. but no aid was , possible. The small boat finally. went ? adrift and the woman fell into the sea e1 and was drowned.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06
FIVE VESSELS SUNK
 IN CANADIAN WATERS,
Four Were Fishing Sehooners, and
 Three Were American.

A Canadian Atlantic Port, Aug 5.- The toll of the German submarine raid in Canadian waters during the past four days had reached total ot five ships tonight. Four of these were small fishing schooners, three of them American, and the other was the new lumber schooner Dornfontein. The last of the five was reported today when the crew of the Nova Scotia fisherman Nelson A of Yarmouth came ashore in their 6ories and said they had been sunk by a bomb Sunday noon five miles south by west of Lockport, N. $.
 When the crew of the Nelson A last saw. the raider she was speeding due south in pursuit of a large steamer. The chase carried the U-boat below the horizon and the fate of the unr identified steamer was not known An other report of the chasing of the steamer was brought to a Canadian port today by the auxiliary fishing vessel Mclaughlin. The Mclaughlin was chased by the submersible and kept out of range of her guns until ] the raider veered off after the steam ship in the distance.
 No Lives Were Lost.
 No lives have been reported losi as the result of the submarines depre- udllOI1S. 1Ile crews Ol lH6 EAIn6T1CdH fishing schooners Muriel and Annie Nj. Perry, both of Boston, and the Rob Roy of Gloucester, which were attack ed Saturday, reached Canadian ports in their dories yesterday. The first Canadian victim of the raider. the | lumber schooner Dornfontein, which was footed and burned Friday at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, was towed into port today, still burning. Captain John Simms and his crew of IT men of the Nelson A. on reaching shore today reported that the submarine came upon them from the southwest, probably from the scene of the attack on the Dornfontein. The submarine commander, after ordering the fisher men to their dories, footed the schoon- CT, had the British sailors place aboard the submersible a supply of fresh haiibut, and blew up the schoon- CT by a time bomb set against the schooner's keel.
 The Nelson A had sailed from Lockport, \. S., a week ago Friday for the Lahave fishing banks. On Sat urday she set sail for her home port with 1000 pounds of halibut and 10000 pounds of mixed fresh fish on board
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06
SINKING VESSELS FROM VIRGINIA TO CANADIAN WATERS
THE TANKER JENNINGS
Struck of Middle Atlantic Coast = Patrol Boats Responded to Call, But Could Not Sight Tanker or Sub marine-cruiser San Diego Was Des- troyed By Mine sowed By German Officers Exonerated.

Washington, Aug 5.-German sub marines now are operating at two widely separated points along the At -lantic seaboard-one in the important sea lane off the Virginia coast, where the American tank steamer o. B. Jen- nings was. sunk Sunday, and the other in Canadian waters, where fishing smacks and other unimportant craft have been destroyed
 Presence of another raider in the waters off the middle Atlantic coast, where in May and June upwards of 20 vessels were sunk, became known today, when the, navy department an- nounced the sinking of the Jennings and the landing of from 30 to 32 members of the crew at Norfolk by an American patrol boat A second small boat of the tanker with the captain and 13 memb bers is missing. but as the weather has been good officials confi- dently. expect it will be picked up.
 Tanker Jennings Sunk
 Full details Of the sinking of the Jennings were lacking tonight, but from the fact that the steamer sent a wireless message saying she was be- | ing shelled and asking for assistance, officials assumed that the submarine opened fire without giving the crew time to take to the boats, though there was the possibility that the steamer 1 had undertaken to make run for safety. Patrol boats answered the radio calls, but neither the Jennings nor the submarine was in sight when l they arrived Sunday night at the po- sition given by the steamer. Later survivors were found
 Cruiser San Diego Mined.
 The submarine which has been op- erating for several days in Canadian waters is believed by officials to have sowed the mines of foreign manufac C. ture picked up off the coast of Long Island after the armored cruiser SaI Diego was sunk near Fire Island N Y, July 19. Belief of officials tha one of these mines caused the de struction of the cruiser was confirmed today by the report of the naval cour
 of inquiry which expressed the opin ion that the loss of the ship was du to an external explosion of mine f The court found that the San Dieg,
 was steering 2 proper course to min
 imize the submarine, and,mine dan
 gers in those waters. with a carefu
 watch maintained, and the ship zig
 tagging at a speed of Is knots. Los
 of the vessel with the death of si
 men was in nc way due to any negli gence, failure to take proper precau tions or inefficiency' Captain H. + Christy or any of the ships person ; nel.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06

depth would compel them entirely to loose their hold on the territory in which they are entrenched around the shell torn city of Rheims. In addition to the heavy infantry actions here vio- lent bombardments also are in prog resS.
 A-trembIe With Expectancy.
 From the southeast of Amiens near Montidier northward to the region around Ypres the German front seems all a-tremble with expectancy. In addition to a retreat near Montdidier to the west bank of the Avre river. retrograde movements in the face of attacks around Albert and an evacua- ton of territory over front of half q mile north of La Bassee Canal, the Germans are nervously hombarding British and French positions at vari- GUS points, possibly with the idea of aGcertaining their strength. The Be thune. La Bassee, Hazebrouck and Ypres sectors are being particularly chosen for the attention of the Ger man artillerymen.
 Helping Out Cousin.
 Just what the Germans have in mind cannot be foretold. It is known, how ever, that Crown Prince Rupprecht " L'dN al Id uul HIS IuS cal lN SldSCS Ol the allied offensive on the Soissons- Rheims sector, detached large mum bers of his men and sent them to the aid. of his sorely tried imperial cousin the German crown prince: thereby weakening his line while Field Mar shal Haigs front was not materially touched by withdrawals It is not i'm probable, therefore that Rupprecht i. worrying somewhat over this diminu tion in strength and already ha' placed barriers between himself anC the forces fronting ann to ward of possible attacks and is endeavoring tC ascertain what chances he has t' hold other positions from which h. | had intended ultimately to launch drive toward the channel ports 4 German submarine evls sunl.E tn 1 British ambulance steamer Wariuda as the vessel was homeward noun from France with sick and wounded
 A large number Of incapacitated me
 were killed by the explosion of tn
 torpedo or drowned in attempting t
 leave the vessel in small boats. Sev
 eral Americans were on board an one of them is missing.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06
1Rr The Assnciated Press.l

The Germans now are imposing strong opposition to the further ad- vance of the allied troops along the Nesie river rom the east of Soissons Co tho region west of Rheims.
 Meantime however. the main bodies of the enemy army continue Jo make their way toward the Aisne, tJ the north of which stream they hope to somewhere reach a haven of safety from the persistent onslaught of the American. French, British and Italian troops who in less than three weeks Lave all but plotted out the Soissons- Rheims salient.
 Allied Troops Force Way.
 Notwithstanding tho bringing into play by the enemy of large numbers of machine guns and artillery of heavier caIibre and the employment of large numbers of picked troops. in c.uding the well-tried Prussian Guard and the Bavarians: and despite the 'act that the rains have sent the \ esle put of bounds and turned the low ands into quaSmireS. the Americans and the other allied troops have forced crossings of the river at a number of new points and on the north side of the stream are engaging .he enemy.
 Battle Front Unchanged.
 The latest French official comrruiS- -n'ion. which recently has been eX- uemely modest in chroiucling gains mode by the allies. says that Monday s-V only local engagements, and thaf fH~ situation on the battle front is ostLow change Correspondents with f.- allied Headquarters, however, as- ser; that al several points between Sfrmoise. which lies to the east ot So sSons, and Fishes, and between F1smes and AIuizon the French and Americans have taken further ground across the NesIe and have nullified German counter attacks delivered ir an endesvor to recoUp the losses. Be tween Muizon and Champigny tht Trussisn Guard and the Pavarian: a=sin suffered heavy casualties il their efforts to hold back their an taEonists.
 Germans on Guard.
 The Germans are guarding this par tcular part of the line, m advance Through which 10 any considerabl
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06
SUBMARINE MENACE
 IS BEING OVERCOME
By Destroyers Built at the Old Fore
 River ShiPyard.

Boston, Aug. 5.-Omcial government reports show that the submarine men ace is being overcome, said E. E. Grace, president of the 2e+hlnhom Shipbuilding Corporation, speaking to- day at luncheon rendered. to LiIIl uy Mayor Andrew J. Peters MT. Grace came here to inspect the corporation's plants at Quincy
 Let me tell you," said MT. Grace that occasionally we have resource to official records and those records give us no more need for concern about the submarine menace. for 1t is going down hill rapidly. Your com munity is playing d strong part in tl.at accomplishment, for ir the old Fore River plant we have built more destroyers than in all the rest Of the yards .of this country"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06
UNION WoRKMEN STRIKE
 ON PIER CONSTRUCTION
Work Suspended on Largest Coal Dis
 tributor in New York.

New York. Aug. 5.-Construction of the largest coal distributing pier iq New York hzrbor. to have been used In harding next winters fuel supply for the metropolitan district. has been hzited by a strike of union workmen. They walked out. according to off, cizIs in charge of the work, because some non-union men were employed. The federal department of labor has been notified of the situation.
 The machinery intended for the pier. its builders asserted, will be cap able Of loading upon cars, every 24 hours. 72.000 tons of coal, twice the normal consumption in New York city.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06
WORK SECURED FOR THOSE
 WHO WERE UNEMPLOYED
The Department of Labo- Announces
 Astonishing Results.

Washington. Aug. 5.-Iobs were found for 1881 ,332 persons hy the fed eral employment service during the year ended June 30. This was accom- rlished, the department of labor an- nounced today although most of the employment offices have been in oper- ation only a few months and the ser vice itself was established as sepa- rate organization only seven months. The Chicago office found employment for 221. 1922 persons. the highest num- Der for a single office.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06
TWENTY THOUSAND MEN
 FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING
Will Be Trained for Electrical and
 General Work. Ha

Washington, Aug. 5.-Authority to recruit go 900 volunteers for vocation sii training with army training de- tachments at educational institutions has been given by the war depart ment to the committee on education and special training. A limited num- Der of men Of draft age in deferred classifcations will be admitted. The campaign now authorized is a part of the programme for training a20,000 men between November l and June go next in auto driving and repairing, gun assembly, electrical communica- ton, sheet metal work and other oc- equations essential to military opera Etions.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06
ONE MILLION MEN TO
 TRAIN DURING THE WAR
No Intention to Invade the Deferred
 Classifications.

Kansas City Mo, Aug. 5.-Passing through Kansas City today en route to Leavenworth Kan, Newton D. Baker, secretary of war. issued a statement in which he said it was the purpose of the war department to keep at least one million men training in camps in the United States so long as the war shall last.
 He placed the number of men now training in the United States at l. 800 900
 WitI reference to his recommenda- tions for extension of the draft age, Secretary Baker said it was not the intention of the war department to in- wade the deferred classifcations, adding that with the extension of the draft age. Class 1 will provide all the men necessary.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06
NATIONAL PROHIBITION
 AMENDMENT IN BALANCE
Louisiana Legislature Convened to
 Settle Question There.

Baton Rouge. Ia.. Aug. 5.-Louisi- ana's assembly convened in extraordi- nary session today to pass upon the national prohibition amendment, rati- fication of which failed at the regular session last May by a tie vote in the senate. A resolution for ratification probably will be introduced in the sen ate tomorrow. It is generally admit ted the vote will be very close.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06
MASS.
 Frank H. .Chivers, Newton, Mass.

Mass. r r....
 Frank H. Chivers,. Newton, Mass.
 CorporaIs.
 Albert A. Gilbert, Dorchester, Mass. James M McKenna Roxbury, Mass L A SadIer, Bradford, Mass.
 Waeoner.
 Harry G. Faulk, Saybrook. Conn.
 PriVates.
 John F. Alexander, Chester, Conn. Joseph C. Aubin, Wilhmantic, Conn. Herbert Clark. Trooper, Pa
 Joseph Dulleck South Boston, Mass. Howard B. Gray, Windsor, Conn
 Frank M Mclaughlin, Upper Falls, Mass.
 John T. Markley, Pittsburgh, Pa. Paul Ross, Bridgeport, Conn.
 Leo P, Van:ourt, Lawrence, Mass. George H. Walker, Dorchester, Mass.
 Casualty Loss Since July IS.
 Washington, Aug. 5.-Names of American soldiers who have fallen in the great Franco American drive which turned the German offensive on the Marne into an utter defeat have swelled to '06, the total casualties
  ment in two separate lists. Although nearly three times as great as the largest number heretofore an- nounced in a single day, the total to- day represents only a part Of the lists which have been accommodating since the great battle began July ,. And it is not to be assumed that it represents the losses for any one day. No estimate of the American cas- ualJies in this continuous fighting has been received. from General Pershing and it was said authoritatively today that none is expected. In that con nection, Acting Secretary of War | CroweIl today deprecated any guasses as to casualties in the overseas forces saying that publications which would exaggerate or minimize the tota would create unnecessary anxiety among the relatives and friends O American soldiers
 Of the names made public today l 459 were of those who were killed 1T action and eighty who died iron wounds. The second list contained only names of the dead-256 killed il action and 43 who died of wounds but the first list showed As wounded severely. 100 wounded, degree unde termined, and three missing in action In the first list, there also were min, who died of disease. one of an aero plane accident and six from accident and other causes.
 Acting Secretary Crowell told tn newspaper correspondents today tha General Pershing would supply com plete and verified casualty lists a rapidly as they can be transmitte that they would be given to the pres and speak for themselves as to nun ,-rbers.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06
Three Aviators Rescued.

An Atlantic Port, Aug. 5.-Towing astern hydro -airpiane and carrying three American aviators who were picked upN 25 miles off this coast a British freight steamship arrived here today from Liverpool. The aviators had been in the water three hours, having been forced to descend be- cause of engine trouble. They were un- hurt.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06
KING GEORGE SENDS TO
 FRANCE CONGRATULATIONS
French Commander and French Army
 #.- Deservedy Praised.

Paris. Aug 5.--King George has sent a telegram to President Poincaire saying that he has followed with the deepest interest and admiration the splendid counter attacks of General Foch which are forcing the Germans to abandon a series of strong posi- tions and to recross the Vesle river.
 In his message King George warm ly congratulates President Poincare and the. French army on the skill of the French commander which has re- suited in such a splendid feat of arms
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06
STRONG OPPOSITION MADE
 AGAINST ALLIED ADVANCE
Action Along the VesIe River From East of Soissons
 to Region West of Rheims
SITUATION ON BATTLE FRONT WITHOUT CHANCE

Americans Have NuI6ed German ConterAack Recoup Losses-From the Southeast of Amiens Near Montdder, Norlward to the Region Around Ypres the German Front Is All A-trembe With Expectancy-German Bonn bardnent to Ascertain Strength-Crown Prince George Aids German Crown Prince - Rupprecht Is Worrying Over Dmunition in Strength
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06
Enemy Officers Captured.

Rome Aug. 1.-The official Zate- ment from the war office tonight says: 'On Dosso Alto two enemy officers and few men were captured. Enemy detachments attempted attacks on Monte Corno and Rio Freddo. which failed and we took some prisoners. An attack of hostile parties was re- pulsed at Cornone."
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06
Cabled Paragraphs
Romanoffs Last Mnrd.

Amsterdam, Aug. 5.-What seems to have been the last words of Nicholas Romanoff, former Russian emperor, were: Spare my wife and my in nocent, unhappy children. May my blood preserve Russia from ruin These words were called out by the former emperor just before he was shot by the firing squad.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06
Long Range Again.

Paris Aug. 5-The long range born bardment of Paris was resumed this morning. President Poincare vis- i;ed the victorns of the long range bombardneut this aft9uDon-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06
NAVAL RESERVE FORGE
 FATALITIES ARE ANNOUNCED

One was KlTIed Abroad and One In
 Massachusetts.
 Washington, Aug. 1.-Two fatalities in the naval reserve force were an nounced today by the navy depart ment. Philip Riznick. seaman, Of Roxbury, Mass. attached to a naval base in foreign service, was killed on August g by a locomotive, and We'd worth West McAllister, chief yeoman, of Mitteneague. Mass. died at Whit insville, Mass. August 1 from the eff fleets of fall.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06

Fixed price contracts will be made in the future wherever possible in the purchase of war supplies.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06

Fruit is considered wholesome, but
 a banana peel will upset most any mans stomach.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06

The war department announced that the 2 900 900 mark has been passed in the production of rifles.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06

Preliminary reports of registration at Yale for the freshmen class show more than 300 have enrolled.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06

The Chinese government appropriat- ed s100 900 to finance the sending of a regiment to Vladivostok.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06
Condensed Felegrams

A pneumonia epidemic in the big copper mining camps of Peru has paralyzed the plants.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06

A windmill used by the ancestors of George Washington has been discover ed in Northampton England.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06

Thomas J. Cuff, Assistant United States district attorney in Brooklyn, enlisted in the army.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06

The Dublin Independent says Mrs. Sheehy Skefington has arrived in Ire land despite the careful watch of the police.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06

The first self-moving gun carriage was invented in France in 17se.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06

Surgeon General Gorgas requested the Red Cross to enroll 1 900 nurses 2 week for the next two months.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06

The new draft age limits from 18 to 45 If adopted by Congress will provide eight million of men for the army.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06

Appointment of a committee on standardization or petroleum products under the Fuel Administration was au- thorized.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06

President Wilson sent his greetings to King George, upon the anniversary Of Great Britain's entry into the war.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Sec retary of the Navy, will leave Paris today for the trenches. He will then go to Italy
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-06

George Neybert, assistant secretary of the Gottfried Brewing Co.,, of Chi oago was shot and robbed of the pay roll of $1,700.