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Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13

Washington, June 12.-EXpianation by President Wilson today that his call for open diplomacy, made in an address to congress last January meant not public discussion of deli cate matters, but "open, above board and explicit" publicity of completed international relations was followed by defeat in the senate. 50 to g, of Senators Borah's proposal for public consideration of treaties.
 ., Rejection of the Borah plan ad- yaneed as an amendment to the new rule proposed by Senator Underwood of, Alabama to limit senate debate dur ing the war paved the way for action tomorrow on :hc-~C Underwood resoiu- ton. An .agreeiI ent to vote at four o'c.ock tomorrow afternoon was reached.
 i President Wilson's own interpreta- ton of his open diplomacy declaration was made known in request for 3 memorandum to Secretary Lansing read to the, senate by Chairman Hitch cock, of the foreign delations com
 mittee. The request for the memoran-
 dunn was written March F, after in 1 troduction of the Boran resolution. ani I was made public as a result of the ar gument in the senate yesterday, oTel MiilGil dl--IHe plSoluSill , MOAuS Hic1b It follows:
 i The Presidents Letter.
 ,.."T wish. you would be kind enougi
 to formulate a careful and conclusiv,
 memorandum for the use of, the com mittee of the senate with regard to tn enclosed resolution. | take it for grant l ed that you feel as I do, that this i
 no time to act as the resolution pre-
 scribes and certainly when I pro nounced for open diplomacy I mean l not that there should be no privat I discussions of delicate matters. bu i ttAt no secret agreements should b
 entered into and that all internations < relations, when fixed should be opeI 4 above board and explicit
 I Senator Borah insisted that th 1 presidents statements in his addres 9Iin favor of open negotiations were $ plain as to be. impossible of -miseon ] struction.. Nineteen republicans an 4 four democrats voted for adoption (
 the amendment while fourteen repuh I licans joined thirty six democrats
 it's rejection.
 II With the Borah amendment in tn
 discard, attack was renewed on th
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13

Underwood cloture ruie, despite ac- ceptance by Senator Underwood of 8 sub rule offered by Senator Cumnnins, of Iowa, extending privileges of de- bate. In lieu of the original resolution to limit senators debate during tEe war to one hour on bills or resolutions except by unanimous consent, the Cumnlirs sub will allow one hour and half and provide for extension by majority vote.
 Rejection, 40 to 29, of an amend ment by Senator Gailinger of New Hampshire, to restrict cloture to the present year was regarded by the advoca tes of cloture as indication of final adoption of the modified rule. Senator Cummins contended vigor- ously that the rule would help expedite legislation. He pointed out that 200 bills and resolutions of the 64th con- gress were left on the calendar with cut being disposed of by the senate. Five thousand bills and resolutions have been introduced at the present session, he said. and of this number only ten per cent will have been con sidered by committees by the time the session ends.
 Senator Hale of Maine, said he had examined the debate on the last war revenue bill, and found but Ii speeches exceeding an hour and half. Sena- tor Johnson. of California. opposing
 the rule, pleaded that the senate !, should not be shackled" because after l the, war it will be necessary for the
 country to readjust itself, after having
 conferred autocratic war powers. Senator Johnson attacked the re-
 cent order for 25 per cent. increase
 in freight rates. declaring it had been iimprovidently made and would destroy generations of work in California He j mentioned this order as one of the in
 stances of the peculiar autocratic l power in the land.".
 l Senator Johnson said he. was not .I criticising any man or the admins
 tration, that he recognized the right | of the commander in chief to select il whomsoever he pleased for official command, and was not asking that any decision be changed, but that
 some legislation be made.
 i Nothing better illustrates" he con
 cluded, just how far we have gone in
 this government of ours today than
 the fact that there is. no legislation made to the American people or to the congress of the United States"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
FlNLAND's PROPOSED NEW
 FORM OF GOVERNMENT
Provides That the Country Shall Be an Independent Kingdom.

Helsingfors, Finland, June 12-The government proposal for the establish ment of new form of government has been delivered to the 1andtag. It provides that Finland shall be an in dependent kingdom, with a singship hereditary in the male line. The king may not simultaneously be the ruler of any other state. He shall have an ab- solute veto in matters affecting the altration of the constitution and land and sea traffic. In other matters his veto may be overruled by a two thirds majority of the landtag elected at a new election.
 The king also is to be invested with broad powers regarding treaties with foreign states, but he may not begin an offensive war or sign peace treaties without the consent of the landtag.
 'The proposed form of government appears to be based largely on the Swedish constitution of 1809
 Two agrarian senators have resign ed because of opposition to a mon archial form of government Two hun- dred and fifty prominent members of the young Finnish party have pub. lished a manifesto favoring a mon archy
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
URGED MORE ATTENTION TO
 CONNECTICUT RIVER sHAD
Gov. Hoicomb at Luncheon at State
 Game Preserves at Madison.

Madison, Conn. June 12.-More at tention to the Connecticut river shad situation was urged by Gov. Holcomb, speaking today at 2 luncheon at the state game preserves here in connec- tion with the annual meeting Of the state board of fisheries and game. He said he wished to protest against a condition under which the people of this state were asked to pay for shad taken from the Connecticut, several times the price asked of New York people.
 Others present included Frederick L. Perry, secretary of state; Wm. K. Mollin, of Bridgeport, president of the board, Supt John M Champion, Da- vid H. Clark of New Haven, warden of the New Haven county and A. H, Bullard of Bridgeport.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
i REMOVED AS HEAD OF RUSSIAN RAILWAY MISSION
Dr. Loronossoff Dismissed For op-
 posing Allied Intervention.

Washington, June 12.-Boris Bakh- meteff, the Russian ambassador, in- formed the state department today that he had dismissed pr. Lomonos- soff,. head of the R1ssian railway mis- sion to the UnffedIS States, because of a statement the latter issued in New York Monday opposing allied inter- vention in Russia and upholding the Bolshev;h government The ambas- sador gave notice that he is the only person in the United States author ized to speak officially for Russia.
 While Ambassador Bakhmeteff is not recognized by the Bolshevi1f re- gime, he is recognized by the Ameri- can state department as the official representative of Russia in the United States. Consequently, his action de- prives Dr. Lomonosseff of any official status.
 Both the ambassador and the rail- way mission were accredited to the United States by the provisional gov ernment of Kerensky.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
U-BOAT REMAINED ON
 SURFACE FOR TWO DAYS
While Transferring Cargo of Copper
 from Norwegian Steamship Vim
 deggen. t.....

New York. June 12.-The audacity of a German ubmarine captain, who kept his vessel on the surface for two days while transferring to the U-boat 5000 tons of copper from the NorWe- gian steamship Vindeggen. which was halted 120 miles off Cape Hatteras, was described tonight by the officers of the freighter. The Vindeggen's crew and that of the Henrik Lund, also a Nor NAgian, were brought to this port aboard the Danish steamship Brosund after their craft had been sunk by the Teuton raider June 10.
 The Henrik Lund hove in sight and was signaHed by the submarine just as the latter was finishing it's footing of the Vindeggen's cargo, said mem bers of the crews. The German com mander ordered both the ships com panies into their boats and sent the two vessels to the bottom with bombs.
 Captain Balmestad of the Vindeggen and Captain Kaltenborg of the Henrik Lund were interviewed here by naval officials. The crews, comprising 6S men, most of whom are Chinese, were turned over to the immigration au- thoritieS,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
Everywhere Along the Battle Front the Invaders Are
 Fighting on the Defensive
HERMAN cOUNTER-ArrACKs WERE REFUSED

n the Eastern Side of the Disc River the French Have Car ried Out Strategic Retirement North of Montc6ier the Germans Have Failed in Several Attempts to Drive Out the Americans From the Village of Cantigny = Northwest of Chateau Thiery the Teutons Have Thrown Five Divisions Against the Americans and French With No Avail - Two Italian Torpedo Boats Have Carried Out Successfully Daring Raid Against Austrian Naval Division in the Damatian Islands, Sinking the Dreadnaught Szent Istvan.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE TO
 A. F. OF L. WARMLY RECEIVED
Pointed Out the Importance of La
 bor's Position in the War.

St. Paul, Minn., June 12.-A mes- sage from President Wilson pointing out the importance of labor's position in the war. was warmly received to- day by the delegates to the convention here of the American Federation of Labor
 That President Wilson is the hope and ideal of the people of Europe and that if the United States wants peace it must fight for it, were other out standing statements of the speakers.
 We should let nothing stand in the way of coordaining the government with the allies and crushing this un- civilized beast" Chairman Wilson as- serted.
 Samuel Gompers expressed the hope that 'the democracies of the world would suffer themselves to be wiped cut before they would accept such. a peace as that signed by Russia"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS
 ENDORSE HENRY FORD
Who Has Been Mentioned as Repub- ican Candidate For U. S. Senator.

Lansing, Mich, June 12. = Henry Ford, Detroit, automobile manufactur- publican candidate for U s. senator to succeed William Alden Smith, whose term expires next year. was endorsed by Michigan democrats in conference here today and slated l'to become our party. candidate 4 although he is not within our fold" The endorsement Of republican candidate by a demo- cratic conference is unparalalleled in Michigan political history.
 The resolution. said the action was taken Following the illustrious pre- cedent of our commander-in-chief. Woodrow Wilson. in, endorsing for re- election Senator Nelson of Minnesota, the nations war policy" e
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
TURKS ARE SYSTEMATICALLY
 PROSECUTING THE JEWS
In Mesopotamia They Are Murdering
 or Torturing Their Victims.

New York, June 12-The Turks, with the connivance of German miIi- tary officers, have conducted a sys- tematic persecution of the Jews in Mesopotamia, murdering or torturing their victims. says a statement given out here tonight by the Zionist organ of America.
 The Jews in Bagdad and other Mesopotamian cities, it is alleged, were compelled to turn in their gold and silver money in exchange for paper currency, and when the latter, flood ing the market, became debased in value, the leading Hebrew merchants were maltreated, and in some cases killed on charges of conspiracy to im- pair the credit of the Turkish govern ment
 British approval of the plan to es- tablish Jewish home, has prompted the Germans and Turks to employ measures of. the greatest severity against the Jews in the region still controlled by the Central Powers.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
woMiN CHARGED WITH
 PASSING BOGUS CHECKS
Mrs. Mildred Benifaee, Daughter o4 Wealthy Philadelphia Family.

Boston. June 12-Mrs. Mildred Bon- face, said to be the daughter of a wealthy Philadelphia family named Evarts, was in custody today charged with posing as a sister of W. H. Key holds, president of Chicago band, and through the middle west and New England. 'Ts9
 5 According to the police she con vinced bankers in Pittsburgh, Buff falo, Baltimore, Newport, New Ha- ven, Boston and several other cities that she was Mrs. Reynolds sister and was without ready money and per suaded them to honor a. draft on the bank of which MT. Reynolds is president. In Portland, Maine, a banker. recognized her by police cir cular and she was arrested. Tonight she was placed in charge of police of nficers from Pittsburgh. Pa, who re- turned with her to that city to answer to charges there.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
BARRED BY NATIONAL GUARD
 ENLISTMENT REGULATIONS
All Married Men or Men With De-
 pendent Relatives.

washington, June F. - National guard enlistment regulations made public today forbid the acceptance of married men or men with dependent relatives unless it is demonstrated that such dependents will be provided for. inspectors are instructed to see that the rule is followed.
 To demonstrate his eligibility for en- lis&ment a ma nwith dependents must Tign as a part of his enlistment con- ract a statement showing that his dependents have other means of sup port than his civil income; that he authorizes the allotment of not less ;hsn one-half of his pay to such de r,endents in the event of his unit be .ns called for federal service and that l..- has agreed not to ask for his dis charge from the service at any subse- suent time for any reason relating to he support of his dependents.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
NEGOTIATIONS WITH MEXICO
 FOR RELEASE OF SOLDIERS
Must Be Carried on Through DipIo-
 matic Channels.

Brownsville, Tex, June 12-Negoti- ations for the release of four American soldiers, who with Lieut.. David J. Schaile, crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico Sunday night while searching for the body of a drowned comrade and who are. detained in Matamoras, Mexico, opposite Brownsville, must be carried on between the state depart ment at Washington and the Federal government at Mexico City, Colonel Tirzo Gonzales, commanding officer at Matanoras announced today.
 The body of Lieut. Schaile was sent to his former home in New Orleans He was shot to death on the Mexican side Sunday night
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
HAIL DAMAGED GARDEN TRUCK AT BRISTOL.
Lightning Struck Twice During the
 Storm.

Bristol, Conn, June 12-A severe thunder storm, accompanied by a heavy fall of hail. visited Bristol late today. The chief damage was in the eastern part of the town. where the Bristol clubhouse was unroofed and about half a dozen trees were blown down. Lightning struck twice during the storm, one bolt severing heavy feed wire which supplies electrical power from the Bristol and Plainville Tramway company's power house to a local factory. Hailstones fell in large quantities, doing considerable damage to garden truck.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
NOTIFICATIONS OF REGENT
 FREIGHT RATE INCREASE
Provisions Announced by Director
 General MeAdco. j.

Washington, June 12-Modifications of the recent freight rate increase or der announced tonight by Director General McAdoo provide that the plan by which intra- state rates would have been cancelled when in conflict with interstate rates, shall be: rescinded; l;
 that the minimum charge Of $15 car shall not apply to- local switching movements nor to heavy articles such as brick. sand. lumber, ore-and coal;
 and that the increase of 15 cents per hundred pounds on cotton is to apply to any quantity instead only carloads.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
sEc'Y BAKER APPRECIATES WAR CAMP GARDENS,
Has Expressed His Thanks to the Ma tionaI War Garden Committee.

Washington, June 12.- Secretary
 Baker has written the national war garden committee extending the thanks of the war department for the
 prompt and hearty cooperation of the committee while the department is es- tablishing war gardens at the military training camps in this country. Camp war gardens said the letter, made public tonight, twill serve more than one useful purpose. The pro
 duction of food at the mess door is of great importance in that it not only lessens the army's demand on the
 usual sources of supply. but eliminates transportation as we'll"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
SIX NAMES IN SECOND
 MARINE CASUALTY LIST
Four Privates Were Killed and I've Officers Severely Injured in Action.

Washington. June 12.-A second marine corps casualty list today con-. tained the names of four privates kill ed and two officers severely wounded in action. The officers were Colonel Albertus W. Catlin of Washington. D. C., and First Lieut.. Albert P. Baston, of St. Louis Park, Minn. The list fol- lows:
 Killed in action-Privates George F. Olive, Berry Ala.; Vim. H. Boyle, Houston. Tex; Henry E. Stockel, Brooklyn; Mckinley. Swart, Panama, NY.
 Wounded severely-Col. Albertus Catlin, Washington, D. C.; First Lieut.. Albert P. Boston St. Louis Park, Minn.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
ELLIOTT REMAINS WITH
 NEW HAVEN ROAD
Statement That He Was Removed as
 Chief Operating Officer Erroneous.

Washington. June 12.-The appoint ment of federal manager for the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad will have no effect upon the relations of Howard Elliott, former president and now director and ad- visory officer with that road. It was erroneously stated yesterday that MT. Elliott was removed as chief operating officer of the New Haven by the nam ing of the federal manager
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
BODY OF CHILD SIGHTED SOUTHEAST. OF BARNEGAT
Believed to Have Been Lost from .
 Carolina Lifeboat,

An Atlantic Port, June 12.-The body of child years of age, believed to be among those lost from a Iifeboat from steamer Carolina, victim of a German submarine on June 8, was sighted six miles southeast of Barne- gat by officers of a steamship which arrived here, today. Although the steamer passed close to the body Identification was impossihIa. @
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
OFFICES OF ROBINS DRY DOCK 6 REPAIR co. RAIDED
Federal Agents Seized Time Books, Cost and Material Charge Lists.

New York, June 12.-Time books, cost and material charge lists and other papers belonging to the Tebo Yacht Basin company were seized in raid today by Federal agents on the officers of the Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co.,. in Brooklyn.
 Last week similar raids were made on offices of the 'Tebo Concern. It is said that the records seized today had been transferred from the Tebo com pany's- offices to the Dry Dock com pany offices.
 The records taken will be examined by district attorney France an corps of experts.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
:. robaeeo crop pamaaed.

WEnsted, Conn.,, June 12.-Garden crops in this and surrounding towns and young tobacco in Barkhamsted suffered to some extent today by d severe electrical and hail storm which passed over this, section during the afternoon. The hailstones were re- ported to be unusually large and the growing plants were cut or tattered by the pelting
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
NEW kIRPosT RECORD BETWEEN ] PhiLApELPAIA AND NEW YORK
Lieut.. Culver, Made the Flight in 42
 Minutes.

New York, June. 12.-In a, victorious race with a thunderstorm, Lieut.. Gull yer broke, the. sirpost record between Philadelphia and New York. He left Philadelphia at 2:S0 p. m. and arrived at Belmont Park 42 minutes later. fly ing at the rate of 147 miles an hour. / At Trenton the flyer overlook a thunderstorm moving in the same di- rection. Passing through it, he beat the rain into Belmont Park half an hour He flew an airplane equipped wit ha Liberty motor.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
STEAMERS TO TRANSPORT COFFEE FROM BRAZIL
During July and August, Have Been
 Allotted By Shipping Board.

Washington, June 1.-The War Trade Board announced late, today that the shipping board has allotted a
 number of steamers to transport coffee from Brazilian ports to New York. Clearances will occur during July and August and the freight rate is fixed at $1.7o a bag. S
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
FRENCH CANADIANS ARE
 BLOCKING TO THE coLoRs.
Those Whe Had Fought the Draft and
 Refused to Enlist.

Boston. June 12.-French Canadians vino recently fought the draft and re- fused to enlist now are focking to the colors in the provinces, according to Capt. J. L. Breakly of the Royal En- gineers, who returned to recruiting duty here today after visiting several 1nalian training camps
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
PRESIDENT EXPLAINS OPEN DIPLOMACY
As Called For in an Address Made By Him to Con- :. gress Last January
MEANT PUBLICATION AFTER RATIFICATION

Did Not Mean That There Should Be No Private Discussion
 of Delicate Matters Following the Reception in the
 Senate of President Wilson's Explanation, the Borah Amendment to the Underwood Cloture Resolution Was Defeated 50 to 25-The Amendment Called For Public Consideration of Treaties-A Vote Is to Be Taken on the Underwood Resolution at O'Clock This Afternoon.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
Private Mason Killed by Liahtnine.

Burlington, Vt, June 12-Private John J. Mason, aged %, of New York city, member of the 310th cavalry was killed today at Fort Ethan Allen when lightning struck a mess shack in which he. and four other troopers had sought shelter from the storm The other soldiers were stunned.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13

Five shipyards soon will begin work on 40 concrete ships under contracts signed by the U. s. Shipping Board.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
MARcoNI INFRINGEMENT
 SUIT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED
Until After the War-Was to Have Commenced in New York Yesterday

7 New York. June 12.-The trial of the patent infringement suit brought by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co.,, of America against the De Forest Radio Telephone and Telegraph Co, which was to- have commenced today in the Federal district court was. as the re- quest of the Navy department, sus- pended by Judge Mayer for the dura- tion of the war.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
FRENCH HAVE MADE FURTHER GAINS IN
 REGION NEAR MONTDD|ER AND NOYON
Cabled Paragraphs
No Intervention .in Russia.

London, June 12.-Arthur J. Balfour. secretary for foreign affairs, declared in the house of commons today that there was no truth in the report that America and the allies had entered into an agreement not to intervene in Russian affairs.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13
German Socialist Elected.

Amsterdam, June 12.-Friederich Ebert German socialist leader and
 vice president of the social demo- cratic party, has been elected presi- dent of the main committee of the
 reichstag.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13

Eight hundred office employees and
 department heads of the National Tube Co. surrendered their vacations at the Lorain (Ohio) office to speed up war production -,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13

Porto Rico and Hawaii were called upon by Provost Marshal General Crowder to furnish 1000 men for the National Army.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13

The Railroad Administration author ized the increase of fare from New York to Newark from 17 to 27 cents.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13

Frau Krupp had once offered, to sell long-range guns for Panama Canal.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13

The council of the Colonial Insti. tute resolved that none of the German colonies captured by the British will be restored
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13

Contracts for the erection of two new nitrate plants, one near Cincin-. nati and the other near Toledo, were announced
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13

Capt. Frank w. Hulett of the en- gineers was killed in France June 6, according to word received at his home in Lewiston, Me. He was a graduate of Yale
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-13

The campaign to recruit. 1000 eandi- dates for commissions as first lieuten- ant and captain in the army engineer ing corps, will start in a few days