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Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
GAMBLING HOUSE
 IN MERIDEN RAIDED
The Proprietor and Twelve Frequent CTS Were Arrested.

Meriden, Conn. Feb. 17.-The local police made a raid on a gambling house on State street about 1.sO o'clock this morning. They arrested the proprietor of the game, who gave his name as Joseph. Brown, and twelve frequenterssof the place. The, game in progresss when the raid was made was poker. Eight of the frequenters were elocalT men and the other four were from neighboring towns.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
Wilson Ie|egrapIls
 Carpenters Leader
NOTIFIES HIM NOTHING IS TO BE
 GAINED BY CONFERENCE.
GIVING AID TO ENEMY
Says. That Under the Present circum- stances No Body of Men Has the Right to Strike Until Every Other Method Has Been Resorted To.

Washington, Feb. IT, President Wilson has telegraphed William l.. Hutcheson, general president of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join CTS, that he can see nothing to be gained by conferring with him per- sonally about the strike of ship yard carpenters until he has accepted and acted upon the principle that in the present circumstances of the nation, no body of men has the right to strike until every other method of adjust ment has been tried to the limit.
 If you do not act upon this prin- ciple," said the presidents message, you are undoubtedly giving aid and comfort to the enemy, whatever may be your own conscious purpose"
 The presidents message was sent in reply to one received yesterday from Hutcheson saying he had been unable to reach an understanding with officials of the shipping board, but felt that if given an opportunity to place the situation before the presi- dent solution could be arrived at quickly. It was made public o-night as follows:
 President Wilson's Reply.
 q have received your, telegram of yesterday and am very glad to note the expression of your desire as a patriotic citizen to assist in carrying on the work by which we are trying to save America and men everywhere who work and are free. Taking ad- vantage of that assurance, I feel it to be my duty to call your attention to the fact that the strike of the car 'penters in the ship yards is in mark ed and painful contrast to the action Of labor in our trades and places Ships are absolutely necessary for the winning of this war. No one car strike a deadlier blow at the safety ! of the nation and of it's forces on the other side than by interfering witt or obstructing the shipbuilding pro. gramme.
 No Right to Strike.
 "All the other unions engaged il 1 this indispensable work have agreed to abide by the decisions of the ship building wage adjustment board. Tha l board has dealt fairly and liberall. with all who have resorted to it. must say to you very frankly tha i it is your duty to leave to it tn I solution of your present difficultie I with your employers and to advise th men whom you represent to retul lat once to- 1Xnnk-- pend irss- -tfeeisieT r No body of men have the moral righ in the present circumstances of tn nation to strike until every metho of adjustment has been tried ito tn limit. If you do not act upon thi principle you are undoubtedly givin aid and comfort to the enemy, what ever .nay be your own conscious pur pose.
 T do not see that anything will b crni iTlO hU 1Nl1
 until you have accepted and acte
 upon that principle. It is the dut
 of the government to see that the bes
 possible conditions of labor are main
 tained, as it is also it's duty to Sc to it that there is no laWless and con
 scienceless profiteering and that dut
 the government has accepted and wi
 perform Will you Cooperate or wi
 you obstruct?"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
BOY SCOUTS ToscoNDECT ;sA
 THRETasTKMPscAMPAlGN
35o,ooo Have BeensSEuiisfstf F+SmMale
 House to aHouse Canvass.

Washington Feh.. 1T5The Boy Scouts of America numbering some $50, 600, have been.en1isted for a house to house thrift stamp campaign. Five million red postcards have been pznk- ed for their use and upon taking or deBsfor stamps<the boys will drop the cards in sthesnez1est letter box and the postmasters win do the rest
 James E.; West, chief scout o-ecu- uEeb 1ssned orders for the car VI en tunesf, and Secretary McAdoo sent tfds~wUfd, toSthe scouts:
 Your splendid work in the Liberty loan campaign proved that the govern: ment can count. on you and your or ganization. Knowing you are always ready to serve your country, and real izing how widely the war savings stamps may be sold through your tf forts, take pleasure in presenting you another opportunity"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
OVERTHROW OF RUSSIA
 PLANNEDfN-NEW YORK
By Leon TrotzEy and zucsother- -rsoap
 Box orators.1 eass szk-

New York, Feb. 17-The plan to pverturn the Russian government was h1tchcd In this city by Leon Trvtzlxy and 300 other soap box oratorsT on the East Side. according to a state ment made tonight by James F. Dwyer, police inspector and head of the Home Defense league. in an address before the alumni "Ssociation of the New York Nautical school
 -The police learned of the plot, . said the inspector, but weres una43e Co follow the reports to any deflufte source until the departure of the band for Russia Trotzky, or Leon Braiun- stein. as we knew him, was at that time a member of the Home Defense league.
 T make this statement to show you that we must be on the alert for all sorts os agitators. The Home Defense league must fet rid of the deadwood." {"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
INoiscRImINATE SHOOTING IS
 GOING ON IN PETRoeRAD.
Private Apartments Are Being Broken Into and PIundered.

Petrograd. Feb. (DelayeO .-Indis- crfmfnate shooting now is going on throughout the city both by day and by night, but usually is most general after nightfall. Pillaging followed by shooting spread last night from Voz- nessensly Prospect past St. Isaac's cathedral to Galernaya street, where private apartments were broken into and plundered. eliminating in pro- tracted firing between the pillagers and Red guards. The wounded were taken to hospitals. Three of six armed men were caught this morning after shooting the cashier of the weekly H. lustrated paper Neva who had return ed from the postofiice with 10000 rubles.
 The above Is the first despatch di- rect from Petrograd since Feb. 6.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
Soldiers Are Departing.

So long as there were masses of soldiers in Petrograd and Moscow" said this man, the Bolshevikis op- ponents~ have felt that any attempt ito establish an ordered government was impossible. As matter of fact many of these soldiers are not Bolsheviki. but their mere presence was a deter rent. Now they are gradually de- parting for farms and villages. and it will be impossible ever to recall them.
 A Religious Protest. N
 "This is especially true of Moscow, where the opponents of Nikolai Lenine and Leon Trotzky are begin- ming to pluck up courage. Another factor against the Bolsheviki is their campaign against the church. The re- cent procession in Petrograd headed by priests was an imposing affair and the Bolsheviki did not think it pru- dent to attempt by force to prevent it Probably a majority of thef educated Russians favor separation of church and. state, but do not like the idea of confiScation of church properties by such people as those composing the present government.
 <. Jews Are Growing Uneasy.
 "The Jews are growing uneasy over the symptoms of recrudescence ot anti-Jewish agitation. Anto Semi tism is deeply ingrained in large mass es of the Russian Catholics, whose septiments are further embittered by the fact that the present government under which the people have suffered such humiliation and hardships, il made up principally of Jews. A prom inent Jew said to me last week When the reaction comes. they vii | take it out on us"
 Straw ir Bread.
 The American said the principa grave situation with regard to foo, was in respect to bread, which con I ftains straw and is almost uneatable He said it was feared that. the peao between Ukraine and the Centra +t4cwers- --svonfd nuke stiH worse Tta l food outlook.
 Two weeks were occupied by tn American in crossing Finland. H said there was no indication of foo shortage in northern Finland.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
A FOOD PLEDGE CAMPAIGN
 OPENED IN SAN JUAN, ,/P. R.
It is Hoped to Obtain Pledges from
 120,000 Families.

San Juan, P. R., Feb. j17.-A food pledge campaign to last one week was opened today. In thei period it is hoped to obtain food saving pledges from 120,0OO families. one-half the to- tai number in the island. Albert E. Lee, the Porto Rfcan food administra- tor, has received a cabIegram from Herbert C. Hoover, the food adminis- trator at Washington, saying:
 Please convey to the; people of Porto Rico my appreciation of the high spir- it of patriotism they are manifesting fin the campaign and of their co-opera- ton in the work that is going to help bring this war to a successful conclu- sion"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
SALVATION ARMY QUARTERS
 IN HARTFORD ROBBED.
All the Robbers Got Was $3o-$s, GOO
 Had Been Taken Elsewhere.

Hartford, Conn, Feb. 17-With the evident intention of getting the $S,O0O which the Salvation army announced last night it had raised here in it's campaign for war service funds, rob- bers entered the headquarters at Trumbull street early today, broke open the safe and the desk of Briga- dier William Andrews and ransacked the office generally. All they got was $So. The $So00 had been taken elst. where last night for safe keeping
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
AMERICAN ARTILLERY
 MAKES DIRECT HITS
Drove a Stream of Shells Into the En-
 eny Position.

With the American Army in France, Feb. 1T.-(By The Associated Press.) The American artillery has made more direct hits on important enemy works. Observers for some time had noted a large number of the enemy working at a particular place on a Large underground structure. Early this morning the American gunners got the range. and a stream of shells drove in on the position. hurting heavy timbers and other material high in the air. h s [
 Two new sniping posts where the Enipers we're using periscopes, were also wiped out by American artillery fire -s.-sa.
 General Pershing today completed bis inspection of the American lines.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
STORES IN PETRoGRAD
 PILLAGED BY SOLDIERS
40,90o German and Austrian Prisoners
 Are in, Danger of Starvation.

Petrograd, Monday, Feb.ss f1sBy The Associated Press). In ana;an night battle during which jewelry sstures and wine cellars were pillaged by maraud- ing soldiers about one hundred per sons were killed. Forty thousand Ger man and Austrian prisoners, who were freed h'- t''o Councils of Workn1en and Soldiers Delegates in smaller Russian towns are now in Petrograd homeless and in danger of starvation.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
RED CROSS TO STUDY
 CONDITIONS IN ITALY
Preparatory to Giving Financial and
 Other Assistance.

Paris, Fem. 16.-An American Red Cross mission headed by Dr. W1ham Palmer Lucas, chief of the children's division and composed of several doc tors and women workers, left today to visit the Prefect of Marty to study To- cal conditions preparatory to giving financial and other assistance. The mission will visit munition departmen- tai establishments for the aid of war sufferers, especially children;
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
RUSSIA TO RESUME
 WAR WITH GERMANY
Because Germany Did Not Live Up to
 Provisions of Armistice.

London, Feb. 17.-A Russian gov ernment wireless despatch gives a message from Leon TrotzEy to the German government, dated February IT. It asks whether the statement re- ceived. to the effect that General Hoff- man on February 16 declared that a state of war would be resumed at noon the 18th between Germany and Russia, was correct, because it seems pro- vocative act to give only two days mo- t1ce, instead of seven, as stipulated in the armistice agreement"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
AMERICAN TROOPS NOW IN
 BATTLE ON THREE SECTORS
EveryNIiere the Americans Are Proving Themselves
 sFigHfEs;of the Highest CaEbre'
ABs SH0NlS6; ;smrl IN USE OF THE ARTILLERY

The EafesfExpe1;encs of the Americans Was
 truIRaiEIhe4s Still is no Indication oftheEExpected Big Offensive by the Germans Along the enFrance
 nnl Belgium Saturday Nights ' LOndonsProged Failue-The Armstces Between the . lCemanssandp the Russians Has Ended-Despatches From Pefrograd Indicate That German Sold6erssHave % ~DecIued edhozObey Their Commanders to Move to@the
 Frenc6.Front.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
STRIKERS AWAIT ORDERS
 FROM HUTCHINSON
Concerning the Continuance or Calling
 Off of the Strike.

Baltimore, Feb. 1.-The striking shipbdilders in Baltimore are awaiting orders from William L. Htucheson, head of their brotherhood, concerning the continuance or calling off of the strike. No action was taken tonight but meeting of the carpenters and joiners has been called for tomorrow morning, at which important action is expected.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
SENTENCED FOR BEING
 ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE.
John J. CurIey> of Boston Gets Three
 Years Imprisonment at Fort Jay.

Aver, Mass, Feb.tK.-John J. Cur ley of Boston. 8 member of the head quarters company of the.301st infantry, convicted by cortmartial of deser- ton. was sentenced yesterday~to three years imprisonmentsa Fort Jay, Gov ernOr's Island, N. Y. Curley was ab- sent without leave from Dec. to Jan 4
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
NEW LONDON MAN
 LOST WITH TUScANkA.
Clifford Morris is Named in the Latest
 List of Victims.

Washington, Feb. TIA list of 27 of the known Tuscania dead made public tonight contained four names not previously reported in The Asso- ciated Press list of Amertcan soldiers buried on the Scottish coast. They were Chauncey J. Davidson, Anaconda, Mont; Thomas A. LAewellyn, Scott dale Pa; Clifford Norris, New Lon don, Wis; Leigh A. Wright, Hillsdalc,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
HAS BEEN IN ELEVEN
 GERMAN PRISON CAMPS
Lieut.. Henry Grayson Martin of New
 York.

The Hague, Feb. 1T. = Lieutenant Henry Grayson Martin of New York has arrived here with the latest party of British officers released from Ger man bondage to enjoy the hospitality of Holland. AS civilianS. he volun- teered with the British army on Aug.
 ,, 1914, and joined the intelligence corps. He was appointed to the staff Germans near Ypres on October 15 of that year. Since then he has been in eleven German prison camps, but he spent most of the time at Crefeld in Prussia, where he was kept 21 months.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

Having completed their emergency work in France, six Y. NJ. c. A. work CTS returned to the United States to ioin the draft army.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

June 15 was the date fixed by the
 Food Administration for the begin ming of the cheese production season of 1918, and the date before which all
 cheese now in storage must be mar keted
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
LONG ISLAND SOUND
 IS cLEARD OF ICE
Coal Laden Barges Are Moving East
 ward to Their Destination.

New Haven. Conn, Feb. 17.-Long Island sound from New Haven to Gull Island, opposite New London, has been largely cleared of ice, according to reports brought in by tugboat cap tatns of coal laden barges which, held up here and further west by the. ice pack, have begun to move eastward toward then destination. A strong northwesterly wind, the tug masters reported had driven the ice out to seq
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
Condensed Telegrams

In the drive at New Haven, the K. of c. expects to raise S100,000.
 Great quantities of arms for Fin land were seized in the harbor of Stockholm.
 Two buildings in the wholesale dis trict of Louisville collapsed in a heavy wind and killed five persons.
 Official dispatches from Denmark to Washington deny any serious labor troubles, as had been reported.
 The Food Administration has ap- proved the scheme to make March 4-9 a farm implement repair week.
 A crowded passenger train from Stanislau to Lembe<g, Galicia, caught fire, and many persons were killed.
 Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia, an- nounced that he had authorized the taking of military census of the city.
 Ice on the upper Potomac, loosened by weeks thaW, has formed a gorge extending two miles above Washing ton.
 A decree was issued in Rome pro- viding for voluntary national service for agriculture, industry and public works.
 Orders prohibiting the meetings of -the Non Partisan League in Todd county, Minn., were issued by the sheriff.
 The Spanish press, commenting or President Wilson's speech, declared that Germany must now bow to the United States"
 Canada will neither import coolie labor for the present nor conscrip' men for work on the farms and vii not draft men.
 Having completed their emergenc! work in France, six Y NJ. c. A. work CTS returned to the United States tt join the draft army.
 Unless they return to work at onc' striking ship carpenters and joiner eiibible for the draft will be called
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
Power of BO|sfleyiki
 in Russia is Waning
STORY TOLD BY A RETURNED
 AMERICAN.
JEWS GROWING UNEASY
There Are Symptoms of Anti Jewish
 Asitation-In Moscow the Opponents
 of Lenine and Trotzky Are Picking s Up Courage.

Stockholm, Feb. 17.-(By The As- sociated Press .)-That the power of the Bolsheviki in Russia slowly is waning is the conclusion of an Ameri- can who reached Stockholm today from Petrograd, where he had resided for eighteen months. This man left Pe- trograd February L z
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
GERMAN TROOPS REFUSE
 ' TO OBEY COMMAND
To Move From Russian to the French Front.

Petrograd, Tuesday, Feb. 12.-(By the Associated Press). German sol- diers at Grodno and Koyno, according to a report received here from Moscow, have refused to obey a command to move to the French front The troops have entrenched themselves under the protection of their own artillery and have defeated a detachment of loXal forces which the German staff sent to punish them.
 The foregoing despatch may be an echo of an earlier report of mutiny of German soldiers on the Russian front
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

A huge howitzer shell, after stand ing 16 years on the hearth in the home of Sergeant Daniel Margan, of Tweed mouth, England, exploded and killed three of his children
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
GERMANY CLAIMS RUSSIA
 DENOUNCED ARMISTlcE
So Germany Hae Reserved a Free
 Hand in Every Direction.

Amsterdam, Feb. IT, = An official statement issued by the German i'm perial government states that the Pe- trograd government by it's conduct has denounced the armistice which had been in existence on the Russian front. This Announcement is regarded as having occurred February 10.
 In conformity herewith, the official statement says, the German govern ment must, after lapse of seven days. give notice of the termination as pro- vided for under the treaty and reserve free hand in every direction
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

The sales of war savings and thrift stamps throughout the country up to Feb. 13 amounted to over $50 000 900, of which New York's contribution was $3 36O,652.36, or little over 8 per cent.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
Cabled Paragraphs
New Position for Lerl NorthcIiffe.

London, Feb. d7.-Viscount North c1iffe has accepted the position of ci- rector of propaganda in enemy coun- tries, while continuing his position on the American mission.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

Canada will neither import coolie labor for the present nor conscript men for work on the farms, and will not draft men,.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

In one weeks campaign ending Sat urday, the Rhode Island public service reserve had enrolled $500 men for shipouilding, or 300 in excess of the state quota.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

David Worth BagIey, commander of the tarpedoed American destroyer Jacob Jones, has taken out a license in New York to marry Marie Louise Harrington.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

John Purroy ,Mitche former mayor of New York, now a major in the United States aviation corps, will leave soon for Houston, Tex, to begin active duty.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia, an nounced that he had authorized the taking of a military census of the city.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

An alarm that enemy airmen were approaching Paris was given at $40 o'clock last night No bombs are re- ported to have been thrown, according
 .o an official statement. and the all
 clear signal yas given at Il o'clock.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

Ice on the upper Potomac, loosened by a weeks thaW, has formed a gorge. extending two miles above Washing ton.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

According to report in London the son of Murad Sultan of Turkey for a brief reign in 1876, was killed at Jerusalem by Turkish bullet.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

The United States proposed to per init enough gold to. be exported to Mexico to satisfy the immediate needs of President Carranza.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

An order was issued by Judge Bak- CT in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals permitting Henry Veeder, counsel for Swift & Co.,, to consult certain papers in his vault, now under guard of Federal agents.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

In the drive at New Haven, the K of. c. expects to raise $100,000.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

The Senate postoffice committee, now considering the postoffice appropria- tion bill, will recommend liberal ad- vances to postoffice employees.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

Great quantities of arms for Fin land were seized in the harbor of Stockholm
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

Thomas J. MacNamara, secretary of the British Admiralty, informed the House of Commons that the War Office consented to- the release of 20,OCO skilled men for shipbuilding.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

The Spanish press, commenting on President Wilson's speech, declared that Germany must now bow to the United States"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18
MEN TO ESTABLISH LABOR PROGRAMME
Personnel Of Joint Conference of Employers and Union
 Leaders Made Public
c.F BROOKS, ANsoNtA, ONE OF THE CAPITALISTS

They Will Endeavor to Agree Principles and Policies Which Should Govern Relations Between Employers and Workers During the War-Among the Questions to be Considered are Basis for Wage Determination, Strikes and Lockouts,. Piece Work Prices and Price Fix
 ing
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

Judge Edwin Thomas, in the Federal Court, Brooklyn, sentenced Edward Blanck, a postal clerk, to one year in prison for giving false statements on his draft questionaire.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

. Weary roc automobiVes were desS troyed by fire when the garage of A. s. Whitney & Sons, in Gouverneur, N. Y, was burned. The loss was $125,000
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

A decree was issued in Rome pro- viding for voluntary national service for agriculture, industry and public works.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

Orders prohibiting the meetings of -the Non Partisan League ill Todd county, Minn., were issued by the sheriff.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

Official dispatches from Denmark to Washington deny any serious labor troubles, as had been reported.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

Three hundred men are prepared each month in navigation and en- gineering schools at Boston as officers for the American Merchant Marine.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

Members of the Wheat Growing As. socasion, at Washington, demanded that the Government raise the price of wheat from S2' bushef to s275.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

A crowded passenger train from Stanislau to Lenbe<g, Galicia, caught fire, and many persons were killed.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

Increase of 10 per cent passenger fares between San Francisco and other California points and Reno, <Nev., on the Western Pacific Railroad, were granted by the Interstate Commerce Commission
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

The Food Administration has ap- proved the scheme to make March 4-9 a farm implement repair week.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

Unless they return to work at once striking ship carpenters and joiners eiibible for the draft will be called into military service,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-18

The Prince of Wales, who automati- cally became member of the House of Lords on attaining his majority, but who did not take his seat, will do so tomorrow.