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The Press., 1918-07-18
ORGANIZING COMMUNITIES
 TO COPE WITH DISASTER.

A uniform method of organizing communities to cope efficiently and quickly with any kind of disaster has been devised by a special committee of the Connecticut State Council of Defense The committee adopted the New Haven emergency organizations plan, with notifications taken from the Bridgeport disaster relief organiza- ton. New Britain and other impOr- tant centers of population are putting the method into effect. Members of the special committee were selected from cities that had emergency organ izatiOns already in existence or from cities where such organizations were contemplated. The committee mem bers are c. c. Elwell, chairman, New Haven; George l.. Warren, Bridge port; William H. Allen, Norwich; Mayor George A. Quigley, New Brit ain; H. c. Chappell, New London; Will liam H. St. John, Hartford F. J. Lyon, Waterbury, and E. E. Scoyill, Stam- ford
The Press., 1918-07-18
THTRTY-ONE YEARS AGO.
Items of local interest taken from the columns
 of The Press. thirty-one years ago.
July 21. 1887.

At the annual meeting of the Sav- ings Bank of Stafford Springs, held the 1 3th inst. the following officers were elected: Chas. Warren, presi- dent; Robbins Patten, Smith w. Page, Orrin Converse, vice. -presi- dents, Luoian Holt, M. P. J. Walker, M. H. Kinney, Luman Orcutt, Andrew Whiton, Lucius Blodgett, Freeman F.. Patten, directors; AlVarado Howard, secretary and treasurer; J. V. Squier and A. c. Eaton, auditors.
 The arbitrators i'm the matter of land to be condemned for the widen ing of Highland Terrace have allowed to Julius Converse $4OO for the slip required-8 feet wide and about HOO feet in length. They also allowed to R. s. Converse $2O and to L.. K. Lord $50. No other abuttOr put in claims for damage.
 At the annual meeting of the Staf- ford Savings Bank, held on Wednes- day, July goth, the following officers were chosen: Presiden, Gardner Hall; vice presidents, Wm. H. Cor bin, L. F. Rawitser; directors, l.. W. Crane, Geo. O. Parkess, E. o. Dim. ock, Davis A. Baker, C.. H. Baker, James Mclaughlin, James Risley, Chas. Holt; auditors, J. F. Chamber lin, R. G. Beebe.
 Born. - Stafford Springs, 18th, daughter to Geo. E. Buck; June 18th, daughter to A. E. Rounds.
 Hydeville, 5h, son to Daniel Lynch.
The Press., 1918-07-18

Are YOU buying your coal now?
 Be on the safe side-buy coal now at this yard and secure the finest Obtainable.
The Press., 1918-07-18
CafarrhaI Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the There Is only one way to catarrhal deafness, and that is by constitutional remedy, Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an in famed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inhamed you have rumbling sound or im- perfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result Unless the Inflammation can be reduced and this tube restored to it's normal condition hearing will be destroyed forever. Many eases of deafness are caused by catarrh, which is an inhamed condition of the mucous sur faces. Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru the blood on the mucous surfaces of the system
 We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine. Cir. culars free. All Druggists, 75c
 E. J. CHENEY & co, Toledo c.
The Press., 1918-07-18
The "Wise Ones"

Are stocking up now with next winters 8 coal-they're buying at prices now that are substantially below what will prevail later on.
The Press., 1918-07-18

work is pleasure. tell all my trlends who have any trouble of this kind what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound has done for me. "-NELLIE B. BIRMINGHAM, 6O9 CalvertOn Rd., Balti- more, Md.
 It is only natural for any woman to dread the thought of an operation. So many women have been restored to health by this famous remedy, Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after an operation has been advised that it will pay any woman who suffers from such ailments to consider trying it be- fore submitting to such trying ordeal.
The Press., 1918-07-18
Oh! My Back!
The Expression of Many a Kidney
 Sufferer in Stafford Springs.


 Sufferer in Stafford Springs.
 A stubborn backache is cause to suspect kidney trouble. When the idneys are inflamed and swollen. stepping brings a sharp twinge in the small of the back, that almost takes the breath away. Doan's Kidney Pills revive sluggish kidneys-relieve aching backs. Here's Stafford Springs proof:
 Geo. H. Pariseau, 50 Furnace Ave. says: "About five years ago had a touch of lumbago and my back gave me considerable trouble. That was very annoying, as I was on my feet a great deal at my work and it made the pain worse. DOan's Kidney Pills were recommended to me and I began using them. They gave me good re- lief '
 600, at all dealers. Foster Milburn Go. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Press., 1918-07-18
Cultivated Rnhhnr-

British Malaya is now firmly estab- lished as the leading country in the production of cultivated rubber, and the industry has added very substan- tially to the prosperity of the Malay peninsula during the last nine or ten years.
The Press., 1918-07-18

VOuSuOSB ana uS&Q" aches and every month would have to stay in bed most of the time. Treat ments would relieve me for a time but my doctor was al- ways urging me to have an operation.
 My sister asked me to try Lydia E. Pink h a ms Vegetable
 Compound b e f or @ consenting to an I took
 five bottles of it and
 it has completely
 cured me and my
The Press., 1918-07-18
DOCTOR URGED
 AN OPERATION
Instead l took Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound
 and Was Cured.

Baltimore, Md" Nearly four years suffered from organic troubles, ner-
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-22
Austrian Cabinet Re-
signs; Demand For
Peace Grows
Strikes Spread as Opposition
To Government Becomes
More Embittered

The crisis in Austria, arising from
the discomfort of the people over the
continuation Of the war, the scarcity
of food and a general desire for
peace has resulted in the resigna-
ton of the Austrian cabinet.
For weeks there has been bitter
opposition to the government on the
part of people and during the last
few days this has resulted in nation
wide strikes and some disturbances
The internal strife in Austria
which apparently is due chiefly to
war-weariness, the high cost Of liv
ing and the dislocation generally Of
economic life, continues to be of alb
sorbing interest. Although the ex
act situation resulting from thu
troublous times is not given in th'
extremely meager details available
the dispatches that have crept thr'
are indicative of a situation that will
require skillful handling by the au
thorities again to bring the dissat
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-22

isfied populace into stsse OF tract
ability.
No newspapers in Vienna wee
permitted last Saturday. The onl,
publication allowed was a single
sheet bulletin which told some Of tie
details of the nationwide strike and
the developments in the .Jeace dis
cussions at Brest-Lito,yK. AS usual
the hand of the German propagan-
dists was to be SEN in this one-sheet
publication, for the chief announce
ment in it was from the German
social democracy of Austria. They
laid stress o. last years declaration
of the Aastro-Hungarian foreign
minister, Count Czernin,, that the
Central Powers were ready to MAKE
an immediate general peace, without
annexations or indemnities.
Evidently, however, this state
ment failed to placate the strik-
ers in Vienna, who sent large del
egation to wait upon the food minis
ter to inform him of conditions
among the working classes and t.
impress on him that their desire fol
peace overshadowed and took pre-
cedences over all other demands.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-22
l.iias,t Says Truth
| Eaerted By Cham
bahin
'ld,s S.sater's New York !!
I'D upjustdable and
= IClltaat

r.aliseton,. Jan. 2l.-All doubts
!. President Wilson's view OF
-. IN Congress for reorgani-
sf the governments war
-, ..ehinery was swept away
~ s. ! statement in which the
~ aid the War Department
Z. .....S,hed a task of unparal-
~ raenitude and difficulty with tl
,,iinary promptness and eff,
~. dsnsuncing the congressional 81
= i,atieations and dec that
.i,ltios by legislati'H was
s dser effective meas'r OF
i;i,atiop, had been perfe'tst
4. pira,ident's \ statement was -
= : /. result Of a speech in Ne"
n Msiturd,y by Senator Cham n
~, llaifmzn Of the Senate mil.
s;s 4 Met, and after he had
.,fa = iJonaator on the telephone
go ~ had been correctly
- 9eastor Chamberlain's ref
-. = s'inaction and ineffective.
7. Z 6 government, the Pres
pa Ahl3y called ''an astonishing
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-22

and absolutely unjustifiable distor-
ton of the truth The President
said he regarded Secretary Baker as
one Of the ablest public officials he
had ever met.
In the statement most observers
at the capital saw the collapse of
what promised to be historical
struggle. Senator Chamberlain,
whose committee hal framed bills
to create a war council all-powerful
under the President and to provide
1ne-man control of munitions and
Supplies, declared he would con-
time his fight in spite Of presiden-
tial opposition. 1t was rather gen.
orally conceded, however, that the
measures would have but little
chance in the Senate and probably
none at all in the House.
Senator Chamberlain made state
ment in reply to the President, say
ing he spoke extemporaneously in
New York and that his criticisms
were directed at the War Depart
ment only and not at other branches
of the government.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-22
Women Studying To Be Elec
hical Engineers

Women, Studying to be Electri-
cal Engineers Enrolled as women In
engineering departments of Ameri-
can University and colledge, reflets
the changing demand for women in
industry. At the Kansas State AgTi-
culture Colledge, there are $50 NO.
men studying to become electrical
engineers. Clarence Reid. Professor
Of Electrical Engineering at the
Kansas Agricultural Colledge says:-
women are being employed ~
power plant operators in the large
centzbl stations Of Europe, and have
been found entirely satisfactory.
None Of the machinery in these Sta
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-22
Heafless Period Achiey-
edPmpose Says Fuel
Chiet
First Heatless Monday Gtne,
Garfield Declares Plan Is
Successful

Washington. Jan 21.-Two Of the
chief accomplishments sought by
the government II closing down in
dustry by cutting off fuel supplies
have been achieved, Fuel Admins
traitor Garfield announced tonight.
Homes throughout the East, he
said, are receiving coal in larger
quantities than has been reported
for weeks, and bunker coal is again
moving to aboard in sufficient
volume to supply transatlantic ship
ping.
A third ainl-she clearing Of rail-
road congestion--has not been at
tanned as yet !argely, DR.. Garfield
declared, becau-, of unusual wealth
er conditions.
The first of the ten Monday holi-
days was observed generally today
and business everywhere in the East
was at standsthl. Reports tonight
told Of few violations Of the order
and said that thousands Of establish
ments were closed even though they
had a technical right to remain
open.
Tomorrow will be the last of the
tive days shutdown of manufac-
turing plants and on Wednesday in
dustry will go about its business as
usual.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-22

tions is operated by hand, but in all
controlled by various forms of elec-
trio motors, set into operation by
of a button or by electric magnets
or air pressure, or controlled in some
manner so that physical strength
is not at all necessary. Work of this
kind is far less exhausting than
many forms of work in which wo,
men are now engaged, for central
station operators may use seats and
have more variety of movements IN
theeir work.
Desirable qualifications for en-
tering upon engineering study COM
prises ability in mathematics and-in-
terest in scientific study"
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-22

and their parents. The American
children are assured that not an atom
Of their work will be wasted. Every
garment turned in to the Red Cross
for this purpose adds to some refu-
gees fighting chance for life.
The Red Cross Association says:
"Keep in constant touch with the
nearest Red Cross Chapter to find
what articles are most needed. Use
only the warmest and most durable
materials you can obtain, following
directions in the American Red
Cross pamphlets, Nos. COZ, 497, 40S
409,." The appeal from these des-
titute French children, whose faith
ers are fighting side by side in the
trenches with the fathers Of Ameri-
can children should set going the
little fingers on this side of the wa
ter. -,
English schools book up this work
early in the war, sending in few
months 10000 ''hits" to Belgian
and Serbian children.
Normal school girls in France
came to the aid of pupils driven from
schools in the invaded districts,
making clothing for them and recei.
wing. them into their homes. Anne
rican school auxilaries are beginning
well. The Chicago school auxilia.
ries turned in 1922 hospital and re.
fugees garments between the begin
ming Of the school year and Decem
Der first. The children knit even a:
they walk to school.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-22
Appeals To The School Child.
rem
ren

Appeals > the school children OF
the Unit, States to make garments
for nee,.y children, women and old
men, WAC fled from the invaded dis
tricts early in the war are being made
by the Red Cross. Some of these
people are in France, others daily
cross the Swiss border. A recent
cablegram from Paris states that
daily an average of ESQ children ar
rive daily from behind the German
lines at Evianle Balm and that "in
the first work of the American Dis
pensary over 2,40O children were
examined, more than 1900 being
between the ages of three and thir-
teen years" The refugees are des-
titute and i'll. They must be given
both food and clothing before being
sent on to their "billets" in various
towns and villages. The French gov
ernment which is putting all its
force into the fighting line cannot
care for these wrecks of war. They
depend for all the first needs of life
for food, shelter and clothing, upon
the American Red Cross.
The Red Cross will continue to
meet these heavy responsibilities az
long as the people in America stand
behind it with money and supplies.
It is calling upon its newest mem
bers, the girls and boys in the school
Auxilaries to clothe these children
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-01-22

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Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-12
LooKSiLIKE SPLIT IN
 GERMAN GOVERNMENT

Washington, Oct. 11-Proposals of peace on the part of Turkey reported in London despatches had not been received in Washington tonight State department officials expressed deep in- terest in the reported move by the Turkish government, but stated posi- tiveiy that no proposal had reached them.
 Acceptance by Austriar Hungary and Turkey of President Wilson's terms reported in an Amsterdam despatch, would not be surprising, it was said. Conditions in both countries are known to be favorab bbe to the ending of the war at the earliest possible moment
 The next move of the German chancellor is being awaited by officials here. with equanimity This feeling is intensified because there is not the sigaetest intention to slsclSen the tre- me1ldous general offensive of the en- tente and American forces. which is progressing so rapidly and .successful- Officials were una ble' to understand the submarine attacks upon non-com- batants and merchant ships within the last few days as well as the ap- parently wanton and vengeful de- struction of French and Belgian cities and towns by the retreating German hosts. Coming at a moment when the German chancellor is suing for peace this conduct is regarded as iustifying a belief that complete diSotganiZation exists in the German government it. self and that the military chiefs are acting in defiance of the wishes of the civilian members of the government.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-12
US. Transport Was
 Sunk in a Collision
Of 699 American Soldiers on Board the Oranto 372 Are Unaccounted For.

A British Port, Thursday, Oct. 1O.- A large number of American troops have been lost as the result of the sinking of tha tsansr4art 4n+s>A-----' .--- ----- --~--=1 vuanue7 Dc-ween TDe Sc0I- tish and Irish coasts in collision with the steamer Kashmir.
 The Otranto after the collision was Scottish coast with probable loss of S72 American soldiers
 Three hundred and one men were taken to Belfast. by the British de- stroyer Mounsey, the only ,vess el which made an attempt at rescue in the ter rife gale when the Kashmir, another vessel in the convoy with the Otranto, rammed the Otranto amidships. Seventeen men were picked up alive on the Scottish coast
 Of the 699 American soldiers on
 beard the Otranto BIO were landed. Seventeen were rescued alive at Islay. leaving 372. unaecounted.
 The Otranto and the other vessels Of the convoy were battling with the 1 heavy seas and high winds Sunday ] morning. The storm was so severe ard the visibility so bad that the l kashnlir. a former sPeninsu:ar and i Oriental liner, crashed into the Otran- l to squarely amidships.
 The Kashmir backed away badly | damaged, but was able to make port 1 As the bows of the Kashmir were pulled from the great hole in the side i of the Otranto, the water. rushed in
 but for a time it did not serve to stor ! the engines. The Otranto tried to pro- i ceed, but made no headway agains : il2e gale in her crippled condition
 Within short time the water pu out her fires and the :Otranto .driftet
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-12
WoMAN'S CoNTEMPTlBLE
 WAY OF "GETTTNG SQUARE"

New York, Oct. 11.-At the request of the federal authorities young wo- man describing herself as Miss Mar tha Elizabeth Simmons. 2S years old, said to be a college graduate. was ar rested today and pleaded gnilty in City court. to charge that she wrote letter to Mrs. Nellie Estes, falsely intimating that her son, in army ser vice. had been killed in action in France.
 At the time the letter was received by Mrs. Estes. the son. Lieutenant Stockton M. Estes. now an instructor in this country, was in France whera be was cited for bravery. Mrs. Els tes was engaged in essential war work at Hammonton, NJ. &4
 Miss Simmons said in court today that she wrote the letter because Mrs. Estes had had charge of a plant from which the defendant was discharged
 Miss Simmons was held in $1,000 bail pending an inquiry into reports that German propagandists fave been operating in this city with intent to undermine the morale of parents os men in service.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-12
SUPREME EFFORT. FOR
 LIBERTY LOAN TODAY

Boston, Oct, 11-Every Liberty loan committee in New England will make a supreme effort tomorrow, Liberty day, to rouse the people of it's com munity to the rescue of the badly lag ging fourth Liberty loan campaign. Today was the most discouraging so far, only $f4,01S,oe0 in additional sub scriptions being reported to headquar- ters here.
 Governor Mccall made plea to the people Of this state to subscribe more freely "The importance of the loan to the country and the cause for which we are fighting cannot be over-esti- mated" he declared.
 The Liberty loan committee of New England issued this statement:
 The influenza epidemic has swept off all possibility of demonstration by any groups of citizens. The test is for the individual as to what he is going Tto do for liberty The subscription on the eleventh day of the campaign was less than half the required average from now on to. reach the quota. It was the smallest full days total. in the present campaign and left an enormous margin to be raised"
 Massa achusetts was the banner state in today's report, subscribing five sevenths of the total. Grand totals for the New, England states tonight, were:
 Massachusetts, $161, ,s24,oo0: Connec- ticut, $Ss,711,00G; Rhode Island, s21.- 5T2, 900: Maine, s12,017,000 New Hampshire, $8,1600O0 Vermont, s. 2S0,O ,O0o The total for the district is S249,564, 900.
 Hoiyoke was the largest community to report an oversubscription of its quota today. The committee sent word it had obtained $500, 900 more than the quota of $4,559. .000.
 New England now has 333 cities anG towns which have oversubscribed theil quota
Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-12
116 MEN LOST WITH
 STEAMER TICoNDERoGA

Washington, Oct. 11.-Ten officers and 106 enlisted men of the American Steamer Ticonderoga, sunk by an en- emy submarine Sept. 30, were report ed missing in an announcement today by the navy department. Lieutenants Frank L. Miller, Oakland, aCl, and Julius H, F'uleher, Frisco, N. C.. were taken prisoner by the Uboat crew Three officers and five enlisted men were, announced as the only known survivors of the sTiconderoga. Sur viYors landed at an Atlantic port re- ported as numbering about p are be- lieved to include members of a de- tachment of soldiers detailed to care for horses which were being trans ported.
 The navy announcement gave mere ly the names of the crew of the Ticon- deroga reported as missing, saved and taken prisoner. No details of the sink ing of the Ticonderoga, a vessel of 5,130 tons, formerly the German steamer Camilla Rickmers, have been announced other than that she was sent down by a submarine Sept. 30. Survivors arriving in this country 1 said the ship was torredoed when, be- cause of engine trouble, she fell be- ) hind her convoy about 1,700 miles off l the Atlantic coast. After sending a ! torpedo crashing into the side of the ship, the submarine, they said, shelled 1 the Ticonderoga and her boats, killing and wounding many of the American
 sailors and soldiers.
 Among the members of the crew. re- ported missing are:
 1 Lieutenants William Bonnet, East
 Boston, Mass; Samuel $. Magruder,
 San Francisco; Norwin B. Norris
 Memphis Harold T. Smith. New York
 Enlisted men: Benjamin Baylor, Philadelphia; John B. Ahern, Han chester, N H.: James Carolan, Chel-
 sea, aMss.; Paul Chaput, Ipswich,
 Mass; Uric Charette, Salem, Mass; ] Wilfred Cloutier. Alfred, Me: John Crawford, Juniata Pa.; Henry Depar . thy, Palley Falls, R. l.; Harlie Dun- ham, Pittsburgh; John Eannucci. Trenton Junction, N J.; Henry Fen ;
 der, Pittsburgh; William Ferry, Tren- ton, \. J.: William J. Golle, Philadel- phia; Eugene Graf1us, Montoursville, I Pa. Charles J. Graves, Worcester,
 Mass; Harry l.. Haberlein, AllisoS
 Park Pa Alexander Haines, Maiden.
 Mass; Isaac J. Jones. IT., Camp Mer- i ritt, N. J.; David J. Kelly. New Dur Florence, Mass; Joseph L. Martel,
 Ipswich, Mass: William F. Miller, I Philadelphia; Herbert J. Nolan, Law renee, Mass; Lester '. Philippi, Sykesville, Pa; Wallace <. Scott, Jer- sey City, N. J.; Robert Sorber, Noxen,
 Pa; Ernest D. Thompson, St. Johns berry, Vt.
 The survivors include:
 Lieutenant Commander James J.
 Madison, West Hoboken, N J.: James E. Leonard. Pittsburgh George $
 Happily, Waltham. Mass. and Edward