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Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19

The Austrian pincers are not closing upon Italy with the precision of last October, when they forced back the Italian armies of General Cadorna from the Julian Alps to the Piave river and from the northern mountain re- gioas almost to the plains of Venetia. In fact, they do not seem to be closing at all.
 The upper jaw in the Venetian Alps is stalled under the resistance of the British, French and Italian forces, and the neither one seems to lack the force necessary to bring it across the Piave river and push back the Italian troops which are clogging it's path.
 In the Alps the Austrians have been unable further to advance their lines since their initial onslaught last week. Everywhere from the Asiago plateau sector eastward to the Piave river all their attacks have been quickly re- pulsed by the allied troops, who, in their turn, have delivered counter attacks, regained lost terrain inf1ict- ed heavy casualties on the enemy and taken a considerable number of priS- oners.
 All along the Piave river, from the mountain passes through which the torrent wends it's way southward on its race to the Adriatic sea, fierce fighting is going on, especially on the Montello plateau; in the region of the famous Benson loop and further south from Fossalta to the marsh country around Capo Sile. some twenty miles east of Venice.
 The Italian war office announces that the enemy everywhere is being held along the Piave. On the crucia sector of the MontelIo plateau, wIiict bars the way from the northeast to the Venetian plains, the Italians have strengthened their positions on the northern edge of the plateau and re, pulsed two enemy attacks to advance on the northern border. Likewise tc the south near Maserada and Candell attempts by the Austrians to effec new crossings of the Piave were frus trated with heavy losses.
 From Vienna comes a variant re port. It does not concede to the alliei
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19
Regulations For the Conservation Of Beef
ISSUED BY THE FEDERAL FOOD
 ADMINISTRATION
UNTIL THE EARLY FALL
Roast Beef on Mondays, Boiled Beef Wednesdays and Saturdays, Steak on Thursdays, All at the Midday Meal Only.

Hartford, Conn. June 1S.-A plan 10 conserve beef until the early fall having been put into effect. a question arose as to uniformity of regula tions. Today the national food at1ministra tion sent message to federal food
 Administrator Robert Scoville, sug- gesting uniformity in the serving of beef at public eating places and ho- tels
 The Regulations. The regulations will be: Roast beef whether hot or cold will (be served only on Mondays at the midday mea1 slowed or boiled beef or beef hash on- ly on Wednesdays and Saturdays at the midday meal; steak in any form, including hamburger. on Thursdays
 cnly at the midday meal. By-products of beef. such as OK tails, flyers hearts, kidneys, brains and tripe, may be served at any time.
 The food administration does not want hotels and restaurants to adver- i tise the days on which beef is served or even the routine way of following | the regula tions It does not want at l tention focussed on those days or l which beef is served and thereby in
 crease the consumption of beef.
 Violators Will Lose License. Every public eating place is expect | ed to comply with the regulations or a voluntary basis and in case of vio- l lation the food administration will ! give public notice through the newspa pers and will notify dealers to stoI supply. Any licensed dealer who doe. not comply with the notice will hay,
 his license revoked
 A letter to all public eating places
 outlining the beef regulations will D, sent out by MT. Scoville tomorrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19
ACCUSED OF STEALING
 FROM MUNITIONS PLANTS
Three Men and a Woman Taken Into
 Custody Had All Important Parts of Browning Gun.

New York, June 18.-Three men and a woman were taken into custody to- day and accused of stealing from mu- nitions plants throughout the country plans and blueplints valuable to the American and allied governments. They were charged with violating the espionage act.
 Gus IL. Linquist, draughtsman, Leo Burt. stationary engineer, and Franz Strohmier, said to be an enemy alien, were the names of the three men as given by the authorities. Pending further investigation, they would not identify the woman being held in con- nection with the alleged thievery. She was brought here from Worcester Mass. The men were arrested here. Linquist is said to have declared he was going to Mexico to sell his booty to German agents.
 According to the authorities, both Linquist and Burt admit the thefts which, it was said, covered a period oi four years. The men are charged with getting employment in airplane, mu- nitions and arms factories, working ir them for short time and suddenly decamping with the stolen property. One of the allegedly stolen plans was ] identified by an official of the Reming- ton ATInS COulpdHy Ol bFluSepOFl Conn, as a Browning gun blueprint which had been stolen from the Rem ington plant.
 Linquist and Burt, it was charged also had rified among other places the drafting rooms of Allen and Boone, De troit; the Simplex Motor Company anC the Meh1 Manufacturing Company, O Rosclle, N. J.
 | Strohnier, whose real name is Er nest Frank was interned as an enem! alien.
 Linquist and Burt described the cas-
 with which they obta ned from unpro
 tected flies in plants where they wer lemrl0y.d blueprints of gun equipme :; and motors. The drawings seizet Iwhen they were arrested. they said
 were copies which they made afta taking the originals hcme from tn factories, to which they were later re
 turned.
 The prisoners admitted they ha
 made working drawings of the Brown
 ing heavy machine gun, French air
 plane motors, airplane parts, gu
 sights and time fuses. They offered n
 explantion of their possession c
 virtually all the important parts of
 Browning gun.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19
4 U.EoAT DESTROYED BY
 AN AMERICAN SUBMARINE
Passengers Reaching Port On Steam
 ship Bring Report.

An Atlantic Port. June 1s.-A Ger man submarine was destroyed by ar
 American submarine off the Virginia coast several days ago. according to
 g. report brought here today by pas-
 sengers aboard an American steam
 ship. The crew of the U-boat perish- ed. according to tbe report Officers of the vessel Scla:me0 tc have been told the story of the combat by mem bers of the American submarine s
 crew.
 The American liner had put into the mouth Of Chesapeake Bay for shelter in response to warnings and anchored near an American submarine, officers of the vessel stated. Al inter change of wireless messages followed l in which the submarine crew is re ported to have told of its victory The U-bcat was sighted while the | American craft was patrolling with i only her periscope visible according i to the story. When withing range a i torpedo was released, and twenty sec ends later nicrophones recorded a ter rife explosion. Rising to the surface l the American submarine circled about
 on the lookout for survivors. but oi
 coming to the surface was the only
 trace of the vanquisbed raider.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19
NEW RATES ON EXPORT
 AND IMPORT FREIGHT
On Basis of Over 25 Per Cent. In- crease to Become Effective July 25.

Washington June 1S.-New rates on export and import freight on a basis of something over 25 per cent. increase over existing, rates was ordered today by the railroad admin; stration to. be- come effective next July 25. This modif1es the, recent rate orders which cancelled existing export and import tariffs and applied domestic rates to that traffic It was found that domes- tic rates applied to exports. and i'm ports in many cases were unreasonably high. If carried out, the order would have provided for many increases of 300 and 400 per cent :
 After Investigations the railroad ad . ninistFation has drafted a specific scale of rates. to apply on exports and in2norts. Most Of these are about 25 per cent. more than present schedules although many. run far above that
 Representatives of the railroad nd ministration in conference this week at Chicago with passenger traffic managers will frame new regulations for universal passenger mileage, good fo: any line in the United States at the three cent .stondard rate.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19
5o,ooo WORKERS IN
 STATE FOR w. S. S. DRIVE
50 Per Gent. of Adults Will Give
 Towns Perfect Enrolment.
Hartford Conn. Jun

2 ,-
 Hartford, Conn, June fs--
 Throughout the entire length and breadth of Connecticut, enthusiastic responses are in evidence everywhere regarding plans now under way for National War Savings Enlistment Day. according to announcement made by Howell Cheney, State Director for the Connecticut National War Savings Committee. Beginning this week a force of approximately 50000 patriotic War Savings workers will begin talk ing the most thorough and compre- hensive house to house canvass ever undertaken in the state of Connecti- cut.
 Everywhere wage earners are being urged to invest one days wages each month for the next six months in War Savings Stamps. Factories, stores, and other commercial organizations are lending enthusiastic support.
 The state director has set a quota of SO per cent. of the adults in each community as a perfect enrolment and effort is being made therefore. tc secure 100000 adult war savers ir Connecticut. 100000 pledged cards have been distributed in every city town and rural community These pledges will be taken by the house tc house canvassers and everywhere as- surance has been given that Connec. l ticut will again og over the top.
 The quota of the state assigned by the treasury department of War Say. ings Stamps to be sold during tht present year is s26,000.000. Up to tht present time over s4,O0O,OO0 have beer sold. The state director is confiden after the results of Registration Da, have been counted that pledges amounting to many millions of dollar | will be secured.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19

any gains of ground in the mountain region, saying that all their counter attacks were repulsed.
 Concerning the fighting along the Piave it asserts that the Austrians have gained ground at numerous points and that the battle is following it's intended course. Consolidation of the gains on the Montello plateau and progress on the southern wing, which runs from Fossalta to Mestre, are claimed.
 In addition, the Austrian war office says the number of prisoners taken in the fighting has increased to S0,000 and that 120 guns, in addition to mine l throWers, machine guns and war mate rial, have been captured. The prison CTS taken by the Italians Monday at one point aggregated 1850, which would bring their total and those of | the allies well in the neighborhood of l 5000
 Unofficial advices are to the effect that the Austrians have thrown 14 | bridges across the Piave along a front of about A 1-2 miles between the Benson loop and the Conegliano rail l way bridge, but that the Italians are | heavily engaging the enemy at all points and have the pontoons under their gunfire
 The infantry operations on the bat. tie front in France continue virtually
 a ta standstill, but the allied ant German guns are roaring on various sectors and it is not improbable tha fighting on large scale will be re sumed somewhere shortly. Along tn, Ancre, south of Albert and west O
 Serre, the British and Germans ar
 engaged in mighty artillery duels
 while spirited activity is noticeabl
 along the French sectors near Mont
 didier and between Montdidier an
 the Aisne. The French continue dail
 tc regain ground taken from them i the recent German offensive south c the Aisne and also to take prisoner in their enterprises.
 Several attempts by ERe Germans t
 penetrate the American lines in tn Marne sector have been smashed b !; the Aemrican machine gun fire.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19
PLANTS IN SEVENTY
 CITIES ARE INVOLVED
In the Governments Crusade Against
 War Contract Graftine.

New York, June 1S.-More than soo. 900 contracts involving, plants in 70 cities throughout the country. are em- braced in the governments nation wide crusade against war contract grating, according to- a statement is sued here tonight by Dr. John E. De- mund.
 In connection with the department of justice. Dr. Demund and Dr. Sidney B. Pfeiffer. special agents of the treas ury department, are looking into army and navy contracts in New York city and vicinity.
 F. "Yesterd2v we visited more than thirty manufacturing and supply hous- es ar:1 gathered up all their books of record and other important papers" he said.
 One person, an army officer, has been arrested already, and others are pending as a result of information ob- tained in the inquiry, Dr. Demund de- clared
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19
RAID BY AMERICANS WAS
 COMPLETELY SUCCESSFUL.
Dozen Captured Seventeen Germans
 and Two Machine Guns.

Paris, June 1s.-Under the heading American Pep,' La Lberte recouants l nincident on quiet" sector occu- pied by American troops. After few days training in the trenches, it was decided to carry out a little raid under the direction of French sub- lieutenant. The raid was completely successful, all the enemy being killed or taken prisoner
 The raiding party devoted itself for some time to the destruction of ma chine gun emplacements and dugouts. But when the time came to return it was discovered that a dozen Ameri- cans were missing. They could not possibly have been captured, si the leader of the party decided to wait a few minutes. Soon the missing men reappeared, escorting seventeen Ger mans and carrying two machine guns.
 They explained that the raid was a sort of lesson which they had master ed so quickly that they had gone on and entered the German second line and brought back some samples of prisoners, to demonstrate their apt ness.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19
SHOE OPERATIVES REQUEST
 20 PER CENT WAGE INCREASE
Petition to Be Presented to the
 Brockton Shoe Manufacturers.

Brockton, Mass, June 1s-A re- quest for 20 per cent increase for nearly 12.000 operatives will be pre- scented to the Brockton Shoe Manu- lecturers association within few days. A committee of business agents of several labor unions announced to- day that they would tender the re- quest in behalf of all classes of oper- atives except the cutters whose inter- ests are being looked after by their own executive board. Contracts for more than 2,0O0.O0O pairs of army shoes are being filled by local manu- facturerS
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19
APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF
 oUARTERMAsTER PURCHASES
Colonel George F.. Downey Named by
 General Wood.

Washington June disappointment of Colonel George F. Downey as di- rector of quartermaster purchases with supervision over methods and policies of purchasing, was announced today. by Brigadier General R. E. Wood, acting quartermaster-g general
 Colonel Downey, who has been depot quartermaster here, will direct the twelve purchasing and distributing zone offices and supply depots recent : 1ylfestablished by the war department.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19
SERVICE MEDAL PRESENTED
 TO GOVERNOR M'cALL
By the National Institute of Social
 Sciences.

Boston, July 1S.-A liberty service Call today by the National Institute of Social Sciences. A statement &C., companying the medal said it was given in recognition of the foresight of the governor in making ready for war, in calling conference of New England governors, when war was de- clared and in supplying means of communication between the soldiers and their families. Former President Taft is honorary president of the in- stitute.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19
SENATE AMENDMENT
 DEFEATED IN HOUSE
Conferring Rank of Lieutenant Gen era on cemmandant of Marine Corps.

Washington, June 1e.-Tbe house today hT vote of g to A rejected a senate amendment to the naval ap- propriatior bil, conferring the rank. of lieutenant general on the command- dant Of the marine corps and creating the rank of major general for two of the corps staff officers.
 Defeat of the amendment followed 6 spirited debate in which charges were made that Major General; Bar nett. commandment of the corps. had started a campaign for the amend ment as soon as the naval bill was sent to the senate by the house seV- eral weeks ago.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19
GRACE LuSK SENTENCED
 TO NINETEEN YEARS
For the Murder of Mrs. Mary New man Roberts.

waukesha, Wis, June 1s.-Grace Lusk, who was found guilty of mur- der in the second degree for staying Mrs. Mary Newman Roberts, wife of Dr. David Roberts, former state vet erinarian, today was declared by a board of alienists to be sane and was sentenced by Judge Martin Lueck to nineteen years imprisonment.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19
AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE HAS
 FAILED IN ITS OBJECTIVE
In the Venetain Alps the Invaders Are Stalled By the
 Resistance of the Allies
ATTACKS HAVE BEEN QUICKLY REFUSED

The Allied Troops Have Delivered Regained Lost Ground and Inflicted Heavy Casualties on the Enemy-An Along the Piave River From the Mountain Passes to the Adatc Sea Fierce Fighting Is Going On On the Montelo Plateau the Italians Have Strength ened Their Positions Barring the Way to the Venetian Pains-Austran War Office claims the Capture of 30,- 900 Men and 12O Gms-The Allies Have Taken 5000 Prisoners-Infantry Operations the Battle Front in France Continue Virtually at Standstl- Several At- sempts By the Germans Penetrate the American Lines in the Marne Sector Have Been Smashed By the Ameri- can Gun Fire.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19
IN COMMAND OF THE ALLIED
 FORCES IN THE NEAR EAST
General Franchet d'Esperey Succeeds
 General GuiIIaumat.

Athens, Greece, June 1s.-General Franchet d'Esperey has been appoint ed commander in chief of the allied forces in the near east in succession to General Guillaumat, who has been made military governor of Paris. Gen eral Franchet dEsperey was rendered luncheon today by Premier Venizelos of Greece.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19
ARMY LABORATORIES TO
 BE TRANSFERRED TO YALE
Training Will Be Mainly in chemis-
 try and RaeterioIogy.

New Haven. Conn, June 1s.-An- rouncement was made by the Yale Corporation today that, at the request of the surgeon-generaPs office, the training of the personnel for all of the mobile laboratories in the Amer ican army will be transferred next month from Leavenworth. Kansas, to Yale university About 250 men are expected Training will be mainly in chemistry and bacseriology.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19
ENTITLED TO RECEIVE s1o A WEEK FOR 400 WEEKS
Widow of Charles w. Cranney, Who
 Was Murdered in a Hotel in Boston.

Boston, June 1s.-The widow of Charles w. Cranney, formerly head waiter at the Hotel Essex, who was murdered in the dining room of the hotel in August, 1916, by Stellianos zacharachi, a discharged waiter. is entitled to receive the benefits of the workmen's compensation act, by a ruling of the industrial accident board today.
 The board finds that as the shooting did not arise out of personal quar- rel. but solely by reason of Cranney's employment as head waiter, his widow is entitled to receive a payment ol slo a week for 400 weeks.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19
PERSONAL TAX OF STATE
 GuARDsMEN AeATEp
By the City Council of Bristol-Alsc
 All Men in the Service.

Bristol igonn,,. June IS. Fl The city council here tonight voted to abaEe tEta pars;1fiaI tax assessed against ali
 members pfstlpe two companies of state guards in service! here. This fol- lows ike action regarding the per sonai tax fall now in the army. navy or marine corps of tilegU United States, taken two weeks ago.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19
OBITUARY.
Frank s. Allen.

Hartford, Conn. June 1s.-Frank s. Allen. at one time inspector of steam boilers for the state and well know n in engineering circles throughout the country died at his home here tonight. He was born at Lyme. N. H., in 1s43. For 47 years he was inspector for . local steam boiler inspection and in- surance company.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19
HINDENBuRG SUFFERING
 FROM NERVOUS, DISEASE,
He is Reported as Confined in a Fri.
 vate Sanitariun.

Geneva, June 1S.-The Tribune says it learns from a reliable source that Field Marshal Von Hendenburg Is suffering from an acute nervous dis ease, that his mental capacity is much affected and that he is confined in a private sanitarium. The newspaper ads that Hindenburg took no respUa- sible part in the recent offensive on the western battle front. the work being chiefly done by General Luden- dorff
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19
Tn. Chief Trouble,

A 10-cent reduction in the price of .eoa1 is promised, but We fear that the reduction will have a good deal of trouble finding the consumer-New
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19
Cabled Paragraphs
Admiral Paget Dead.

London, June 1S.-Admiral Sir AL fred Paget died suddenly last night Admiral Sir Alfred (Wyndhan) Paget was son of the late General Lord Alfred Henry Paget and was born March 20. 1852.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19

At the request of the United States Government, the United States Steel Corporation is about to undertake the manufacture of heavy artillery and projectiles in great quantities.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19
PERIOD FIXED FOR MILITARY REGISTRATION IN ALASKA
For Men Who Have Reached Their
 Majority Since Sept 2, 1917.

Washington, June 1s.-President Wilson in proclamation today fixed the period between a. m. July and 9 D. m., September 3rd for the rs:ris- tration for military duty ot men ig Alaska who have reached their ma jority since Sept 2. 1917. The sap- ernor of Alaska is authorized to es- tablish registration places and to ap- point officials to carry out the provis- ions of the selective service law.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19

Wisconsin Socialists in convention in Milwaukee went on record as favoring an early peace without indemnity
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19

Fire started in a woodward in the tenement district of Lawrence, Mass, and eight buildings were burned.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19

The bread ration for the city of Vienna has been lowered from 126O to $50 gdams Qess than 1 1-2 pounds) weekly
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19

Nearly 200 successful candidates for admission to the tirst Naval Disttic. Officers School at Harvard started work.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19

The Government has accepted w. K. Nanderbilt's Long Island home, called Idle Hour, for a war hospital
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19

Great Britain's daily average ex- Eenditure during the current financial quarter was 6,S4S,00O pounds.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19

President Wilson was elected to membership in the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19

Epocha, of Rome, says the pope will shortly publish a white book on the attitude of the Holy Sea throughout the war.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19

The wise prophet lays up an ex- nlanation for rainy day.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19

Prince lvesato Tokueawa, at the head
 Of the Japanese Red Cross mission
 to allied countries, has left Japan for America
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19

Henry Cohn, Pittsburgh, dealer in United States flags was arrested and interned as an enemy alien.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19

Delegates to the fifty second G. A. R. encampment at Ithaca June 25-27, will be exempt from the three-cent rail- road rate.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19

William c. Porter, of New York, was appointed to the Aircraft Board.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19

Eugene V. Debs may be arrested. The Department of Justice is insti- gating his alleged seditious utterances at Canton.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19

Three manufacturers of oIeomarear- inc pleaded guilty in the United States Court of defrauding the Government of the 10 cents per pound tax.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19

Sickness resembling that which swept Spain recently wa- reported as epidemic in Germany
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19

The Railroad Administration aboI- ished the rule of per diem charges for use by one line of another lines cars. All equipment is pooled.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19

One thousand boiIermakers and iron workers in the James Shewan and Sons drydock struck because a non- union man was employed
Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-19

Elmer Parker Howe, 66. one of the founders of the United Shoe Machin- cry company and for many years it's general counsel, died at Boston.