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Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-12

Washington, Jan. Il. Swept by wind, rain, sleet and snow, and with tornado taking ton of life and prop .erty in parts of southern Georgia and Alabama, the south tonight was in the grip Of its worst storm of the win ter. Only spasmodic wire communi- cation was possible with the larger cities and from them came reports i that outlying districts, where the storms fury apparently was greatest were completely cut off. Camp Wheeler, near Macon, Ga, where Georgia, Alabama and Florida national guardsnen are training, was struck by a tornado late in the day. Meagre reports that came through said that one man had been killed and the corraH of the 1i2th Infantry wrecked This information was brought to Macon by a taxicab driv- CT, who left camp while the storm was raging.
 The same blow struck the state fair grounds, where a circus was winter ing, and animals there were reported on a rampage.
 Montgomery. Ala, reported that rail- way officials there had been advised that seven persons killed and 25 in- 5ured by the tornado which virtually wrecked the little town of Cowarts, Ala
 High winds prevailed throughout the south reports to the weather bureap here said. and cold wave had over Fpread virtually all of that section with the thermometer down to freez- ing at Pensacola Florida, where a
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-12
ESCAPED INTERNED GERMANS
 ARRESTED AT NEW HAVEN.
They Were Creating Labor Trouble in
 Bologna Shop.

New Haven. Conn.,, Jan. 11-As one sequence of a sausage makers strike five Germans face internment for the duration of the war. The men are William Wycisk, 32; Martin Schafer "A; Alex Lutz, 29; Joseph Schmidt, 3S, and Robert Mauser, 33. They were complained of as interfering with the other employees in bologna here af-- ter a strike had been declared and when the police rounded them up their alien status was discovered. Two of tho men had travelling permits and the others had none. All are being held for federal action.
 An examination of the men by fed- eral officers disclosed the fact that three of them got into this country from interned German ships, Schmidt was one of the crew of the vaterlahd who escaped after that vessel was in termed soon after the war started in 1914 He. with two others, will be charged with entering the country in violation of immigrant laws,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-12
MEREDEN MILK RETAILERS DECLINE TO RAISE PRICES
Decide That IL Would Be Hardship
 oa the Public.

Meriden. Jan. 1.-The Retail Milk Dealers' association met last evening to discuss the present milk situation. Every member of the association was present. showing that there Is a great de1 Of interest taken in the matter by the dealers.
 They voted after due deliberations. to stand rat on the present retail prices of milk to wit: IS cents a quart de- 'livered 10 the homes of the consum- ers, and 10 cents a quart to hotels, res- turants. bakeries, etc.
 The retG,.o-s decided that 1t would be hardship on the public to incrcase the price of milk at this time, for they ioelievo tho consumers ere now paying all they ean afford to pay for milk and it is one of the prime necessities.
 A committee was appointed to call upon the mayor at fis office at 1 o'clock this afternoon for the purpose Of enlistlng his assistance in the plan of keeping tho price of milk down to the present level. They can see no ex. cuae for 15 cent milk
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-12

or the federal reserve banks for some sort of approval of their contemplated bond issues. Some represented that without this approval they could not find buyers. and that the contractors declined to start construction jobs without better assurance that the cap ital would be forthcoming. This is said to be one of the principal con tributing causes of the dullness of con- struction work recently, even with in dustries whose expansion is required by the war.
 The federal reserve board and As slstant Secretary LeffingweH of the treasury have analysed these appli- cations and found majority based on actual war needs for industrial exten- sions. Specific approval has been withheld, however, for lack of author ity. This would be given by the bin now under consideration. Securities to which approval is refused would be barred from interstate sale.
 One plan contemplated but said to have been abandoned involved the use of the federal reserve boards control i of discount rates as an instrumentality | in discriminating in favor of essential ] securities. The unfavorable feature
 of the plan was that it would have I required the federal reserve system to
 deal in long term securities.
 Government Corporation Contemplated Some financial advisers of Secretary i McAdoo advocate the organization of a government corporation with per- l haps $500,000 capital, with power to i buy and sell securities recognized by the government as necessary to main 1 tenance of financial health in the war ! emergency. They say this reservoir of
 capital would serve to establish con- hdence in the approved securities to such an extent that it probably would
 not be necessary to absorb any great proportion. The plan was suggested incidentally as means of helping say l ings banks and similar institutions out of difficulties caused by low prices of
 securities. The corporation also would absorb farm loan bonds, if necessary.
 eliminating the necessity of the special $100,000,000 fund authorized by con gress for that purpose.
 Securities Maturing This Year.
 Private securities maturing this year
 are estimated unofhcially at $675, 900,
 900, of which s265 100000 are of rail-
 roads, $215 5,000,00O of public utilities
 and $195 000O00 miscellaneous. A large
 proportion of these must be met by |, ] lSSue Ol new SeCurlLieS, SpeCldl re- demption funds not having been pro- vided.
 The federal reserve board has paved
 the way for curtailment of loans to non essential enterprises by appealing ) to banks to scan every application } closely to ascertain whether it is , necessary in view of war requirements l Conservation of credits as we'll as of 5 materials has been preached persis- tently by Secretary McAdoo and by Frank A. Vanderlip. director of the : war savings campaign, and other ) financial leaders.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-12
BOSTON THEATERs ORDERED
 TO SHORTEN HOURS
Because New EngIand's Coal Shortage
 Has Reached the Danger Point.

Boston, Jan. 11.-New Englands coal shortage has reached the danger point. In refusing the plea of theatre man. agers today that they be allowed to keep the playhouses open their GUS romary hours, James J. Storrow, fuel administrator, told them that a fac. tory having large munitions contracts for the French government had al- ready shut down for lack of coal; that the Fall River Iron Works, one of the largest cotton mills in New England, engaged on government orders dis continued work today because of ina bility to get fuel; that he had been unable to comply with the govern ment's request to rush coal for the
 Springfield arsenal, making g. shut down of the plant imminent: and that the metropolitan water ana sewage department had coal enough to last
 only until Sunday.
 h recognition of the difficulties which the managers faid the theatri- cal industry would encounter if obliged to close at 10 o'clock. the fuel admin istrator granted the theatres until 10.15
 p. m The new hours, to go into effect Monday, will be from 7.45 to 1915.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-12

temperature of 15 above ZerOwaS fure- cast before. morning.
 Coal shortages in Alabama, Georgia and other states are expected to 1n- crease the suffering caused by the storm.
 A cold wave, equal in severity to that of a week ago, was approaching the east tonight from the west, where below zero temperatures prevail. Lowering temperatures tomorrow will be accompanied by rain and high winds in the middle Atlantic district, followed by general snow Saturday night or Sunday and increasingly colder.
 The cold wave originated in the far northwest and the line of zero temper atures reported today east of the Rocky mountains had moved eastward tonight, reaching beyond the Misshssip- pi river and extending from the lakes to the gulf.
 A storm of considerable intensity precedes the cold, being central tonight over eastern Tennessee and moving toward the coast. It was attended to- day by snows in southern states from | the Mississippi to the Carolinas and Virginia
 Williston, N. D., was the coldesi city in the country tonight, the mer- | cury there registering 22 degrees be- low zero. It was IS below at Omaha
 IA below at Kansas City and 2 below at Oklahoma City, while at Louisville the reading was zero. At Memphis the mercury stood 8 above and the cold extended across the south into north ern Florida, where freezing tempera-
 lures were reported.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-12

Italian machine guns worked havoc among the enemy as they endeavored to retire.
 With fighting still at a low ebb on all the battle fronts, the chief politi- cal issue-the negotiations between the central powers and Russia-remains the absorbing point in interest in the world war. Chaotic indeed is the sit uation surrounding these negotiations, due to the fact that nothing but con- tradictory reports of sthe proceedings have come through for publication. That peace again has been discussed at Brest Litovsk seems apparent, con- troverting the previous reports that the pourparlers in this respect would not be continued by the Bolsheviki un less they were transferred to Stock holm Germany Withdraws Peace Proposals | The latest advices are to the effect that the delegates of the central pow 1 CTS now have declared withdrawn, so far as Russia's allies are concerned, tfeir peace proposals of December 25 of mo forcible annexations or indemn- | ities," which were conditional on Great Britain, France, the United States and other enemy powers participating in the peace pourpar1ers. The refusal ot ] these powers to be drawn into the Teutonic net of discussion is given as the reason for the Austro- German del egates recauting.
 Door Not Closed to-Russia.
 But Count czernin, the Austro-Hun- [garian foreign minister, told the Bol lshevik delegates that the door has not been closed to the Russians and that the situation now had resolved itselt into a question of a separate peace between Russia and the central pow CTS. The seeming ultimatum of the
 representatives of the enemy powers was taken under advisement and tho conference was adjourned.
 1 Lenine Is Holding Out.
 T Nikolai Lenine, the Bo1shevik pre-.
 mier, apparently is maintaining his
 previous attitude of unwilhngness tt
 concede any points to the enemy anC has e-asserted that unless the centra bowers accept the bolshevik proposal. the BoIshevik will declare war on them He also has declared himself in ia vor of stopping demobilization ana preparing for war.
 Republic of Ukraine.
 The Ukrainian republic through it, delegate at the conference is declared to have announced an independent at Altitude in the Brest Litovsk negptia tlons. Following the declaration O. th6-independence of Ukraine comes tn, , annpcement that a republic has beer fcrmedA in the territory of the Do, CossacKs.in southeastern Russia, witt lGeneral Aaedznes,. leader. of the Cos
 sacks, as Kesfa6tisss
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-12
ANOTHER BIG SNOW
 STORM AT CHICAGO
Zero Weather Sweeping Toward the
 City on a Forty-Miie Gale.

Chicago. Jan. 11.-Wfth the second big snow of the week burymg Chicago and a sub-zero cold wave sweeping toward the city on forty mile gale, Chicago again faces danger of fam7 inc of fuel and food. A
 From New Orleans to Lake Super and west to Texas, all sections of southwest, west and northwest .f feeling the same storm. At Gal "a, Texas, snow is falling and in ex- as Panhandle the thermomet be- low zero.
 At Devirs Lake, N. D., it 32 de- grees below zero; at Omaha A below; at O'Neill, Neb., 37 below and up in Canada, in Saskatchewan, it is Az de- grees below. A maximum of five be- lew zero is predicted for Chicago to- night.
 Six inches of snow is reported l northern Texas and Oklahoma and nine inches in Kansas. According to weather bureau officials the storm is expected to follow the eastern line of the Appalachians and reach the St. Lawrence valley by Saturday or Sum- day.
 In Chicago, thousands of. street de- pertinent laborers, hundreds of Wgh school, college and university students and public school children wieded the shovel in desperate effort to clear the streets before -theg situation be- came menace to puEic welfare. A stern warning to gpen the streets still blocked by last Sundays storm and prevent any newscongestion came
 from the office of Fhel Administrator
 R. E. Durham, wh9V declared that in
 case of a severeMaald long cold wave | the public would get coal only if the
 streets were cleared. While there is nc
 surplus, he reported normal supplies
 of fuel on hand.
 1 At midnight with snow still falling
 in Chicago and with ten degrees be-
 low zero predicted for tomorrow, sur face and elevated traffic came to ar almost dead stop. Where blows were
 able to keep the surface lines clear ice in the switches made their opera tion impossible without constant thaw. ing.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-12
EXPORTS TO NORTHERN
 . EUROPEAN NEUTRALS
Have Been Increased-ReducedS Sharp
 Iy to the Allies.

Washington, Jan. IL American supplies were allowed to move more freely in November to northern Euro pean neutrals with which re-export agreements had been reached and ex- ports to the allies were reduced sharp ly.
 Figures made public today by the bureau of foreign and domestic com merce show that decrease in shipments to Great Britain, France and Italy &C., counted for most of the $55, ,000, 900 re- duction in exports over the preceding month. On the other hand the Meth erlands received $14, 4,914,773 worth of goods in November, compared with ST. 087,056 in October and Norway receiv- ed $2,275,543 compared with $55S.64O the month before,
 Exports to Sweden, which has not entered into satisfactory arrange ment, are listed at ST. In the previ- ous month there were no shipments to that country. Shipments to Den mark and Spain also showed decreases as compared with October.
 Europe, North America Asia, South America, Oceania and Africa rank in the order named as Americas cus- toners, but in the sale of goods to the United States North America ranks first, Asia second, South America third, Europe fourth, and then Oceania and Africa.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-12

Washington, Jan. 11.-Regulation of the issue of practically all private se- curlt1es soon will be proposed by the government.
 Legislation now is being drafted by administration officials in conference with members of congress authorizing the treasury to license each individual security issue, and to refuse approval of enterprises regarded as not essential to the conduct of the war. The exer- else of this function would be as signed to the federal reserve board or some agency created by it. which also would pass on the priority of capital needs.
 A Collateral Plan.
 As collateral plan, formation of government corporation to absorb any of the approved stock or bond issues has been agreed upon testatively.
 A preliminary step, now being con- sidered at the White House, is issu- ance of proclamation calling on gov ernors and legislatures of all states and county, city or other local officials to cease making expenditures for public improvements not absolutely necessary and to refuse building or other per- l mits, as far as possible, to private con- struction not contributing directly to prosecution of the war. 1 Secretary MeAdoo discussed the | whole question today with treasury advisors and some definite action is expected within week..
 r Result Would Be Far Reachinq.. l The result of the governments un- l dertaking would be far-reaching. Not 1 only bonds, stocks and other securities of big corporations would be affected, but building operations on a small scale probably would feel the effect of the tightening of capital. The govern ment would have a. tight grip on the securities market, with power to in- dIcate into which business ventures capital should be placed and for which it should be withheld until the wars end.
 The necessity of federal regulation .oi
 capital expenditures have been empha-
 sized by Secretary sMcAdoo~ and othe,
 government officials since the first Liberty loan, and the secretary has
 declared that the government must be
 prepared to absorb the supply of new capital available for investment durine the war
 This in turn made it essential. he said, that unnecessary capital expendi | lures should be avoided in public anC
 private enterprises. Government con. trol over securities should be botl } regulatory and constructive, in hi opinion.
 To Unffy Financial Resources.
 Steps to unify the nations fnancia ; resources must be taken before tn, third Liberty loan, officials say, or tn, government will find a mass of privat
 issues of bonds, stocks and notes o1
 the market in competition with it own war bonds, to the detriment o both government and private financing Many corporations already have ap . piled informally to Secretary McAdo,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-12

lief for at least sixty days and with in that time the situation may grow worse than it is now, according to Dr. Garfield
 Everyone Must Conserve Coal.
 Everyone must conserve and cur tail the use of coal" he declared. While war plants and public utilities must be favored among industries, it is likely that they, too, will feel the pinch. It is distressing to be ohlig- ed to witness the hardships the people are underging. Demands are flooding the fuel administration from munich palities, but no locality can be shown preference and coal will be distributed equably no favors shown. The present situation is due almost wholly to rail road congestion"
 Voluntary Curtaiment.
 Voluntary curtailment of the coal requirements of the less essential in- dustries is working well, Dr. Gar field said, and every industry asked to reduce it's use of coal has shown a willingness to cooperate. The vol untary plan would work better than an enforced curtailment, he added, be- t.cause each industry would watch its own members to see that they were carrying out their agreement. Shut Down One Day Each Week.
 Most%of the industries asked to re- | duce their coal consumption will ac- ! conpifsh it by shutting down entire ly for one day each week, as the pa. per board makers already have beer ordered to do:ASome industries, how ever, cannot shut down easily for z 1 day and these will be asked to ceas. -operations for as.iong as month latel in the year.
 Powers of Fuel Administrators.
 Explaining his recent order givin, state fuel administrators authority u CTS with coal, Dr. Garfield said thi only in emergencies and that the fue
 administration would decide the mat ter If reducing coal to industries whel ia general policy was invofvee. Stat fuel administrators, he explained
 could close industries, theatres an.
 other establishments if necessary t
 tide over any emergency.
 | Plans of J. J. storrow. . 1 J..J. Storrow, of Boston, fuel admin
 fstrator for New England notiiensD,
 Garfield today that he had devaed
 plan for saving two days on tho Teturl
 trip of every coal car that takes coa from the mines to New England towns
 This saving, he said, will make up tn
 additional 800 cars of coal that Dl Garfield has ordered shall be sIip ped to New England daily. ..
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-12
A GOVERNMENT POWDER
 PLANT TO COST aeo oeoaao6f is te Be Established by War BeRasa= ]
 ment Mean Nashville, Tenn.

Washington. JaR: 4t:=A government powder piant; ia eest sde,ee6,dee and te le emniey abeut 16.6ee mea is ts be near Nashville, Tenn, Majar General Cresier, chief of the ordnance bureau, announced tonight the selection ef a site near Hadley's Bend ea the Cum berland river, about twelve miles from Nashville,
 Construction will be started imme- diateiy, General Crezier said, and the plant will be put on producing basis lat the earliest pessihie ,Remeas. 4 preliminary fesee of WerlseEs already haa been ordered ta NashBiile.
 fhe government today took over ep- tisRs obtained aa the pEopertE in Ne YemBer bE a EaRresentative of tbe Bu- Rapf Ra#asr eaWHapE
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-12
YEoWoMEN OF NAVY
 ARETo DRESS THE PART
Uniform Of Conventional Blue and
 Brace Buttons,

Washington, Jan. 11-Yeowumen of the navy department will dress the part hereafter. Orders issued today direct them to appear In a uniform which will be specially provided in the conventional blue and brass buttons of the service. adapted for feminine wear.
 The force Is composed ,pf+fhe women and girls regularly enlisted in the na- val reserve for the duration of the war and rated as yeomen because of the charaeter of their work They were enroued when expansion of the depart mental clerical service was made ne- cessary by the war and have been taken into the various bureaus of the navy department by the hundred with many boys and young men in the same rating who are already garbed as sea- men.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-12
TO USE LOCOMOTIVES BUILT FOR FRANCE
To Help Relieve the Freight conaes-
 tion in the East.

Washington, Jan. 1.-LocomotiveA built in this country for use in France and taken over temporarily to help re- lieve the freight congestion in the East, have been put into service. In making this announcement today, Di- rector General McAdoo said that with in few weeks many locomotives built for Russia and communicated also would be ready for use. It was nec- essary to change their gauge for op- eration on American roads.
 Within the past few weeks more than one hundred locomotives have been transferred to eastern roads by those in the south and west, and witt this augmentation of motive power il is expected that rapid strides will be made in clearing the great mass ot freight that has piled up in eastern territory.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-12
INiapaaeIline Guns Are Raki1g Enemy
COMPEL AuTRo GERMAN FORCES
 TO EvAcUKTE TRENCHES
ONLY RAIDS ENTRANCE.
Between the Teutonic Allies and BoIsheviki Are BecIoud- ed-centraI Powers Have With drawn Peace Terms Offered to the
 Entente Allies.

On the fighting fronts there is only slight activity, except by the artiller- ies. Several trench raiding operations have been carried out on the western front by the French in the Argonne forest and Vosges Mountain sectors in which German prisoners were taken
 Notwithstanding the deep snow on the northern Italian front the Italian guns have been active near Cavazuc- churina, in the hill region, demolish- ing Austro- German trenches and forc- ing the enemy to evacuate them. The
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-12
BURNING
 CROPS IN ARGENTINA
TWu Individuals Were Seen Setting
 Fire to Grain Fields,

Buenos Atras, Argentina, Jan. Ill., The burning of crops is continuing in many parts of the republic. The in. cendiary nature of at least same of these fires is indicated by the aetiea of the manager of the province of Bue- Ees Aires Railway, who has reported to the authorities two individuals seeH setting fire to grain fields just ready for harvesting,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-12
FINAL VOTE ON PRINT
 PAPER NEXT TUESDAY
Under Unanimous Consent Agreement
 Was Reached Yesterday.

Washington Jan. 11-Under. a. una- nfmous consent agreement reached. late today final vote on the print paper resolution will be taken on next Tuesday, beginning at p. m. debate will be limited to ten minutes and a vote on the final passage taken as soon thereafter as possible.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-12
TROUBLE BREWING FOR KANSAS CITY RAILWAYS
csrnsn Are to Strike if Women Are Employed.

Kansas City, Mo, Jan. 11.-If the Ransas City Street Railways Company carries out a plan it is said to have under consideration of employing wo- men conductors, Q strike will be call bd, E. F. Michael. president of the io- sal cErInen's union, declared today at Ths hearing of the Missouri public ser Fics commission which is investigating 2r anrvice hereL
 The company. it Is understood, is bow training women to become con- tusen1.