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Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING
 A MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION

Dobbs Ferry \. T., Aug. 1s.-Fed-, eral and local authorities are investi-,, gating a mysterious explosion which today wrecked the main mixing room of the Strausser Chemical company at ChaunceS, near this place, and started a fire which burned for more than five hours. Fifteen men at work in the building at the time escaped unhurt.
 Arthur Walters, manager of the. plant, which is engaged on government contracts, tonight expressed the opirl-, ion that the explosion was not acci- dental as it occurred outside the main building. and not in the mixing room itself The brick wall of the main structure was blown in, and in the fire which resulted, firemen had difficulty in preventing the flames from spreading to several underground tanks where large quantities of dan gerous chemicals were stored.
 No official estimate of the property l'damage was made.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
FERsHING ADDRESSES ARMY
 ON THE SOCIAL EVIL

With the American Army in France. Aug. 19.-(By A. PD.--In a general order just issued, General Pershins addresses the army frankly on the social evil and urges confluence as
 the plain duty of every member of the American expeditionary forces, both for the vigorous conduct of the war and the clean health of the Am erican people after the war"
 General Pershing directs the com manding officers to urge moral clean Illness on the men as their duty as soldiers and the best training for en- forced cleanness of life at the front. The other prescribes more rigid con trol of leaves of absence and directs court-martial to exercise severity in dealing with infected men. It makes all immoral resorts "off limits" and in cooperation with the French po- lice, both military and civil, takes steps to repress cladestine evasion of 1 the order.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
HOW PRESIDENT WILSON V. IS ENJOYING HIS VACATION

Manchester, Mass, Aug. 19.-Presi- dent Wilson's outing has done him.
 world of good. Except for the first day when the abrupt change from a temperature of 100 degrees of more at Washington, to a degree of 65 de- grees here was felt by the whole , party, the improvement in the presi- | dents condition has been steady and pronounced
 Today at the Essex County golf
 links he played the best game of his stay and won from Dr. Grayson in a hard fought match. The pleasure and
 profit that the president has had for
 five days was due largely to the secfu-
 sion made possible by the most | thorough guard that ever has been
 thrown about the chief executive on, vacation.
 1 While the president and Mrs. Will
 son drove along tie shore or storlled on the beach and in the woods they were accompanied as usual by secret tservice men. Less noticeable and ob- served by but few was the part played by the navy. three branches of which kept vigilant watch over his safety.
 Marines picketed the grounds of the house that he occupied. Two hydro
 airplanes consistently searched ad- jacent waters and at a little distance
 off the coast two torpedo boat des--
 troyers and a fleet of submarine chas- CTS made sure that no unwelconae
 craft ventured in. This watch over
 the sea was taken because of some
 uneasiness due to the sec.ion for the vacation of the president and Mrs
 Wilson of a house sfanding almost
 at the edge of promontory that com
 mands a wide view of the sea and
 which, in turn. can be seen plainly
 from some distance out. It was not believed to be beyond the range of
 possibility that some German sub
 marine commander would be tempted to risk his ship to take a pot shot at so conspicuous a target.
 The warships arrived on Wednes- : day night and were amon~ the first of the sights which greeted the rres. dent when he reached here Thursday : morning. The planes and the mar . ines made their appearance soon af- ' forwards. .. .-.... As usual on a vacation the president : followed a. set programme. Except for 2 che morning after he had been kept up later than usual. he rose at seven o'clock. After breakfast he walked for an hour with Mrs Wilson on the I beach or in the woods Usually 3
 golf game followed. Then after an 2 hours work with his secretary, the ! president and Mrs. Wilson lunched | with Colonel and Mrs. House. In the 2 afternoon another hour or two was a spent with his secretary, followed by ,. Q drive. Usually at dinner the presi- Il dent and Mrs Wilson entertained Col : cnel and Mrs. House. There were 9 few other callers.
 Through constant touch with Wash z tington the president was kept in
 formed of important developments ir 2 the worlds news and each evening $ had an extended conference witt Colonel House.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
RETROGRADE MOVEMENT IF
 GERMAN TROOPS CONTINUES
0n Three Important Sectors They Have Been Compelled Give Up Positions of Great Value Under Attacks of the British and French Troops.

ting out of old lines and the taking up of new ones to the east and south east possibly from the region of Rheims to Ypres
 The LNs salient is fast fading away under the attacks of the British and the voluntary retirement of the Ger mans to new defence positions east ward, and seemingly the big west erlv bulge into the allied line between
 Ypres and La Bassee soon must dis appear.
 Under the new gains of the Brit ish around Rove, and particularly
 those made by the French from Las signy to the Oise valley and north west of SoissoAs. the Germans now
 are in bad predicament. Here their positions are dominated by the allied guns from the west, southwest and south for many miles, and apparent 1 ly a retreat eastward across the plains of Picardy and over the Somme, and even from the western Aisne, will be necessitated.
 The latest German official communi- | cation asserts that French attacks | between the Disc and Aisne, delivered over a wide front. failed. but the
 French war office statement is speci-
 fic in announcing the penetration ot 1 the environs of Lassigny, the cutting | of a passageway through the Thies- court Wood and the capture of Pim- prez. That there has been hard fight l ing, however, is indicated by the Brit | ish official statement, which says tha'
 northwest of Chaulnes the German;
 succeeded in penetrating the British
 line at several points but later were l driven out.
 | Additional American troops arrived ! last week in Vladivostol to aid thE
 other international troops i'll their op 1 eration against the Bolshevik anC ! German forces in Siberia.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
FOOD GUARANTEED FOR
 FAMINE STRICKEN FINLAND

New York, Aug 19.-The Finland Constitutional League of America, through H. Montago Donner, it's presi dent an American citizens, today made public here a letter sent by the league to President Wilson on August g, i'm portunine him to accept the recently Eroffered intermediation of the Swed- ish, Norwegian and Danish ministers ;C the United States in feeding fam inc stricken Finland"
 The ministers on August s, acting on the instructions of their govern ment promised to guarantee that N whatever food was sent to Finland would he distributed only to the starv- ing Films and that none of it would reach Germany.
 The real situation in Finland" said the letter to President Wilson 'Shas been systematically obscured by in terested German and Bolshevik agenc- ies. The real interests of the allies and Finland are identical"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
GERMAN AGENTS ARRESTED
 FOR GIVING SOLDIERS DRUGS.

Boston, Aug. 19-A concerted at tempt by German agents to supply soldiers in the various army canton ments with health and character wrecking drugs has been discovered federal authorities here said tonight Two men-Nathan Simalovitch and Jacob Schanaslly-were taken into custody at Brockton today. and more arrests are to follow. the authorities announced.
 Reports by surgeons in widely sep arated army camps of a marked in- crease in the number of drug users among the soldiers caused an investi- gation to he made, in which a private at Camp Devens formerly a detective was employed. ..,,s. | According to the federal authorities these drugs were sold at surprisingly | low prices.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
NO RELIGIOUS DISTINCTIONS
 BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT

Washington, Aug. 19.-Replying to a criticism by James A. Flaherty, su- preme knight of the Knights Of Co., lumbus. that religious distinctions were involved in the plan of the war department for a. combination cam paign in January to raise funds for the war recreation work of the Knights of Columbus and the Jewish welfare board, following a drive in November for the Y. M c. A. and three other agencies, Secretary Baker today telegraphe MT. F7aherty that mo religious distinctions were thought of when the plan was framed"
 The secretary pointed out that dual campaigns had been arranged because it had been found impracticable to have a single drive for afs agencies, and that campaigns for the Catholic and Jewish funds had been placed in January simply because a preference had been expressed for that time. The secretary expressed the hope that next year there could be a, common drive to raise funds for all agencies.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
PROTEST PROPOSED TAX OF
 sTArE AND MUNICIPAL BONDS

New York, Aug. 19.-PrCtest against the proposed clause in the new fede- ral revenue bill which would provide for taxation of state and municipal bends was contained in a telegram sent to the house ways and means committee by Comptroller Craig. "on behalf of the city of New York;
 Asserting that the city has aided the federal government to the limit in the prosecution of the war and ha s turned over valuable properties. with out charge. the telegram stated that the burden of the proposed taxation would fall most heavily upon the municipal government of the city of New York and seriously cripple it's governmental functions
 "Tne gain cannot possibly offset the injury Of a tax that so clearly appears to be unconstitutional" the telegram concluded
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
EX- GOV. PRouTY OF VERMONT KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Aug. 19 (By the Associated Press).-G. H. Prouty for merly governor of Vermont, was killed when the automobile in which he was riding was struck by a Grand Trunk train. near Wateryille today The chauffeur was made unconscious by the shock. Papers found in the pock- cts of the dead man indicated that he was eX-Governor Prouty
 Mir Prouty was on his way from Newport, Vt, to take a train at Len neville for Jackman, Me, when the chauffeur failed to observe the ap- preaching engine, owing to a dense fog. MT. Prouty was instantly killed. The chauffeur, J. B. Bay, was taken to the Sherbrooke hospital suffering from concussion of the brain.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
STUDENTs' ARMY TRAINING
 CORPS TO BE CREATED

Hartford, Conn, Aug 19.-Conform- ing to request of the war depart ment. William Arnold Shanklin. direc- tor for Connecticut of the American council on education, has issued a pamphlet to notify young men quali- fled for college of the war depart ment's purpose to create in the army a students army training corps and to urge such young men to enter or re- main in college.
 All able bodied students in the col leges in which training units are or ganized will be encouraged to enlist if over the enlistment age of IS. Stu dents under IS will be encouraged tC enroll in the training units. Students neither enlisted nor enrolled will not be entitled to enter the training units or to receive the instruction
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
10000 TRAMWAY WORKERS
 ON STRIKE IN LONDON

London, Aug 19.-The tramway strike now includes 10000 workers, and 5000 vehicles have been withdrawn from the streets. Efforts to involve in the strike the councils tramways and the underground railways have been fruitless, but at meeting of the strikers executives Sunday night it was resolved to call out all the pro- vinciaI workers today The London county council service has not been affected.
 Many persons accustomed to take Sunday trips to the suburbs had to spend the day in the city.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
C COMMUNITY CORPORATION
 ORGANIZED IN DANBURY

Danbury, Conn. Aug. 19-More than 200 prominent citizens of this city, at a. meeting tonight organized a com munity corporation which will be known as the Danbury, Industrial cor poration and will be incorporated un- der the laws of Connecticut with 2 capital stock of s250.000 The pur- pose of this corporation will be to en- gage in the manufacture of essential war materials or to extend financial aid to any concern that engages in necessary war work in this city.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
AMERICAN ARMY NOW
 NUMBERS 3,o12,142 MEN,

Washington, Aug. 19.-Eighty Amer ican divisions of 45,O00 men each, General March told the house mili- tary committee today, should be able to bring the war to successful con- clusion in 1919."
 That is the number the war depart ment plans to have in France by next June 30
 General March read an official state ment showing that on Aug. 1 the American army numbered S,012, ,112 men, divided as follows:
 American expeditionary force and en route overseas, 1,301,742.
 In the United States and insular possessions, 1.43S, 706.
 Called in the August draft, 277.Ss4.
 In addition there are about 15,S00 marines serving with the expedition ary force.
 For the present it was planned to send 25O.00o men monthly to France, General March stated, adding:
 ''But we hope to increase that in the spring"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
GEN. PERSHING THANKS
 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

New York. Aug. 19.-James A Flah- erty supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, today received from Gen. eral Pershing a reply to cable mes sage sent him by the knights at their recent victory convention in this city, pledging the support of the organiza- ton to the American expeditionary force.
 'I wish, in behalf of the troops un- der my command. to thank your or ganiZation, not only for it's generous and inspiring message. but for the substantial service it is rendering for the army in France" read General PerShings message
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
U-bOat Sunk 300
 Niles NE. Nantucket


 Philadelphia, Aug. 1s.-A German submarine was sunk in running bat tie with a British tank steamer last Friday about 300 miles northeast 6f Nantucket. according to members of the tanker's crew. The oil ship ar rived here tonight from Mexico.
 When first sighted, the U-boat was two miles away, according to the cap tain of the tanker, who said he inn mediately opened fire. Two shots from the submersible struck the Brit ish ship, one of them passing through the boiler room and the other through a tank. Neither of the shells exploded and did no material damage, the cap tain reported.
 Twenty seven shots were fired by the tankship, one or more of which her master declared scored clean hits. as flames were seen bursting from the port side of the submarine, which, he said, sank few minutes later
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
.U-BOATS AAvE LANDED MEN IN U. $.
Naval Officials Concede That German Submarines Operating Of the Atlantic Coast Have Been in Communication With Men on Shore.

Washington, Aug. 19 = American. naval officials now concede the pos sibiiity that German submarines op- erating off the Atlantic coast have been in communication with persons on shore and even may have landed mem bers of their crews.
 It was learned today that the navy has a report that an officer. of the American steamer o. B. Jenkins saw and recognized in a New York saloon submarine officer who boarded his ship off the coast. The American turn ed to cal. a companions attention to the German and the latter disappear ed.
 1 Two of the saiders who have been | off the coast now are declared to have 1 ceased operations, one of them not | having been heard from since she was
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
ESTABLISHED CREDIT BY A
 SYSTEM OF CHECK KITING,

Waterbury, Conn. Aug. 19. - The story of how Louis Block, a cattle dealer of Plymouth, despite the fact that he had comparatively small sum of money, ran his bank book fig ures up to close to s10OOOO, was told in the bankruptcy court, at the first hearing of creditors in his bank ruptcy case, which opened before Ref cree Hoadley this morning. Block borrowed money and owed money to the state and it's officials and to firms and individuals. He established his credit by a system of check kiting, it is alleged. His liabilities are over s33,O00 and his assets 11,000. M. A. Webster, state comptroller, is named as his biggest creditor for the sum of over s12,0O0.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
FIRST LIEUT.. M. o. FRANK
 DISMISSED FROM THE ARMY

Washington, Aug. 19.-Sentence Of dismissal from the army and five years imprisonment, at hard labor imposed by military court martial upon First Lieutenant Milo O. Frank. at Camp Sheridan, Ala. has been approved by President Wilson. Lieutenant Frank was convicted of having conspired with another officer in making a fraudulent claim against the government for s1,- OO6 purporting to be for supplies de- livered to the camp.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
 CROSSES FOR AMERICANS

Washington, Aug 19.-Amons those to whom the distinguished service cross was awarded for gallant conduct at the front, as announced today in General Pershing's communication for Sunday, were:
 Private Theodore Pisticoudis. ma chine gun battalion (of Philadelphia when three infantrymen were buried by shell explosion near Chateau Thierry June 6. 1918. he fearlessly left shelter in face of heavy shelling and rescued them"
 First Lieutenant H. c. Molesberry, engineers (of Ambridge, Pal, "in the vicinity of Le Thiolet. on the night of June CT, 1918. he courag ageously took command of and efficiently difeeted the advance of an infantry unit when all of it's officers had been killed or wounded"
 The home addresses of these men were announced tonight by the war department.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
NEW ASSISTANT GENERAL
 OF THE JESUIT ORDER

New York. Aug. 19.-Announcemen was made here last night that Very Rev. Joseph F. Hanselman, s. J., president of the College of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at Woodstock, Md, and former provincial of the New York Maryland province of the Jesuits. has been named American assistant gene ral of the Jesuit order to succeed the Very Rev. Thomas J Cannon, who died last January. Father Hanselman formerly was president of Holy Cross College ffs Worcester, Mass.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
WHEAT FLOUR BREAD IS
 SUPPLIED TROOPS IN FRANCE

Washington Aug. 19.-The American, army in Trance is amply supplied with bread made of all wheat four, the war. department announces. The daily ra5 tion of IS ounces of four for soft bread is so abundant that reduction to Is ounces a day is now under con- sideration.
 Soldiers while in the United States consume Victory bread with the pre- scribed amount of substitute for wheat flour. Not until they get to France are they allowed all wheat. bread.
 Field bakers must work swiftly and cannot afford to experiment with new -four mixtures.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
CHINESE TROOPS SENT
 TO THE SIBERIAN BOpnER

Washington, Aug. 1e.-The Chinese government has sent a large force of troops to the Siberian border to pre- vent a threatened invasion of Chinese territory by German and Hungarian Trisonsrs of war who joined with the Rcd Guand, and~ other elements of the Rolshszfki against the Czecho- -S1ocaks n the naDsRSlksi region
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20

bombed.
 American naval estimates place the total number of German submarines destroyed by the allies at more than 200, and the number believed to be in commission is. between 160 and 1S0.
 It also was disclosed today that the enemy raiders recently cut the French transatlantic cable outof an Ameri- can port and that the cable now has been restos7d to operation. This is l the second time a cable has been cut. i The trio of submarines which have l been operating recently on this side were described in official circles as of 1 the cruiser type with an operating I radius of 17.o00 miles. carrying two guns of approximately 53 inches. One
 of the three is believed to be equip
 ped especially for cutting cables.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
RESIDENCES OF MILLloNAIREs
 IN JAPAN BURNED BY NOES.

Tokio, Friday. Aug. Is [By The As sociated Press).-Advice9 received from the provinces are to the effect that the residences of several million aires have been burned. These reports say that the home of Soichiro Asano, president of the Toyo Steamship com pany, has been attacked and damaged. The governor of Tokio in a manifesto issued today urges the residents of the city. to remain indoors during the night. The theatres and the stores and the leading thoroughfares of the city have been ordered closed as a precautionary measure.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
TWO WOMEN KILLED
 AT A GRADE CROSSING

Windsor Conn, Aug. 19.--Mrs. Mary Shelto of Hartford and Mrs. Frances Magaldo of Wilson's Station, near here, were struck and killed late to- day at Wilson's Station by north bound express train on the Hartford division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad The women were employed at a market garden and when they started to cross the rail- road tracks their view was obscured by freight car which was being shifted. Their bodies were dragged 150 feet by the express, which did not stop Mrs. Shelto was 31 years old and the mother of Il children, while Mrs. Magalda was 27 and leaves four children.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
"A REIGN OF TERROR
 IS RAGING IN PETROGRAp

Washington, Aug. 19.-Petrograd's reign of terror is reported raging un- checked, in an official despatch today from Stockholm. It is estimated that 30. 900 arrests have been made since the beginning of August among officers and middle class citizens. The Bol- shevik chiefs are said to be on board the warship Aurora in the roadstead of Kronstadt, prepared to sail for Germany in case of a successful up- rising against them
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
DROWNED WHEN STRICKEN WITH APOPLEXY WHILE BATHING

New York. Aug. 19.-The death from drowning on Saturday of N. Bruce MacKelvie, president of the Butte and Superior Mining Company, was an- nounced today. MT. MacKelvie was 39 years old. a member of the firm of Hayden, Stone and Company of tnis city and a director of several mining and other corporations includ- ing the Wright Martin Aircraft Cor poration.
 Mir MacKelvie suffered stroke of apoplexy while bathing at his estate at Sands Point, L. I.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
MoBs CONTINUE THEIR
 RIOTING IN JAPAN

Tokio. Saturday, Aug 19 (By the Associated Press) ).-A mob of 4,00O persons attacked stores and set fire to many houses in the city of Kofu capital of the prefecture of Yamashi- na, according to an official statement today Rioters, policemen and sol dier were wounded.
 Twenty houses were destroyed and property damaged at Hiroshima, the statement adds.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
MERCHANT STEAMER PRoTEus
 WAS SUNK IN COLLISION

Washington. Aug. 19.-The merchant steamer Porteous of 5000 tons was sunk last night in collision with an- pther steamer about A miles south west of Diamond Shoals, off Cape Hat teras. x. C.. the navy department was informed today. The other vessel. which was not seriously damaged stood by and rescued the crew of the Porteous.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
MORE AMERICAN TROOPS
 ARRIVE AT NLADIVOSTOk

Vladivostok, Friday, Aug. 19.-A sec ond transport carrying American troops arrived at Vladivostok today. The transport bearing the first con- tingent of American soldiers entered the harbor yesterday afternoon after voyage of seven and half days from Manila A third troopship is expected to arrive this evening
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-20
NEW ENGLAND MEN IN
 GERMAN PRISON CAMPS

Washington, Aug 19.-The names of twenty eight American officers and men located in German prison camps were made public today by the war de- partment as follows:
 Camp Rastatt: First Lieutenant William Wallace Chambers, Fitchburg, Mass; First Lieutenant Robert Ray