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Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-24
PRESIDENT WILSON VISITS
 RECENT BATTLEFlELDS

Paris March 4S.--President Wilson, accompanied Uy Mrs. Wilson. Miss Eenham. Mrs Wilson's secretary, and Rear Admiral Grayson, spent the day visiting SoiSsJns. the Chemin des bames Coucy le Chateau. Chauny, Noyon. Montdidier and the neighbor- ing regions. The president followed with the greatest interest the move ment of arms tn those regions and re- eoivcd a very vivid impression of the havoc that had been wrought there. on his return Co Paris he said:
 The day has been very instructive .H me. it has been in many ways eX- .eedinEly painful. because what I saw was deeply distressing But it has en- auied me Co have a fuller conception trur ever of thc extraordinary suffer lag and hard> hips of the people of
 rance in the baptism Of cruel ire through which they have passed
 Al one place pleasing incident -u-Cizrrcd. ..THc prpsiden-s car stopped To get'.bii anu T fitle group of people of the Vniages together with some who had driven out from Montdidier gath cred around the car and ciratted. The president and Mrs. Wilson were pre- Sented with several bouquets of flow CTS brought by children.
 The party had lunch at a half-re- paired inn al Soissons where great crowd of poilus gathered 10 greet the president The party also visited the its Ut the Big Bertha which year ago today opened fire on Paris.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-24
BCLSHEVIkI CONDUCTING
 CIVILIZED WARFARE

Archangel, Saturday, March 22.(-By The A. P0-Recent developments in tie Dvina river sector indicate that the Bolsheviki are trying to change the conduct Of their uncontrolled de- tachments, who have been accused of killing or maltreating prisoners. An American officer who returned to Arch
 age! today. after a long stay in the
 Tulgas region. declared that the cam
 paign there is at the rresent time
 civilized warfare.'
 On a Bolsheviki prisoner recently
 captured he said. was found a copy
 ef an order directing that all prisoners
 should be treated kindly. especially the
 wounded, as i'll many instances they
 were the source of valuable informa- ton.
 h this sector. where tte patrols ire qHently traverse the same raths of the fcrest, is a hollow stump, which is the battle gore post office for the ex- change of information regarding pris- oAers. Letters have been placed 1 tfere from some scouts taken by the I:olsheviki saying that they were well. 4 former Bolshevik nurse who elect 1 cJ to stay with the Americans after l valiantly carving her wounded lover a Bolshevik officer. to a hospital on the I Upper TulgaS in the November filth | battle. and who had previously pre- 1 vented Bolsl2cvik soldiers from mal- treating American and British wound i cd in the hospitals thear during the brief hours the SoIsheyiI1i occupied the 1 town, has written to the Rolshevikt
 authorities that Bolshevik prisoners cid by the allies in ArcFdnGel are be- 1 ing wei treated and well fed. Headquarters reports that the situ- ation in all sectors was without change l today
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-24
NINE STRIKE AGITATORS
 ARRESTED IN COBLENz

Coblenz. March 2S (By the A. D. The day of March 26 has been set for a strike within the Anerisan occu- pied area among the workmen ill va rious industries. according to infor- nation reaching the American intelli- gence officers, who assert that there is some unrest among the laborers due to the influence of Spartacan agi- tators.
 Nine strike agitators were arrested during the last week. several of them admitting membership in the Sparta can league. One professed Sparta can, arrested at CoblenZ upon his ar rival from Berlin, admitted to the Americans that he came to the occu- pied area with the purpose of urging strikes and creating disturbances to show contempt for Ebert, Scheide- mann and Noske.
 American officers say that the feel ing of unrest is only among a small percentage of workmen in the Ameri- can area, and that, as all known agi- tatOrS have been arrested they do not expect strike developments on We'd nesday. However, the Americans let it be known among the working class es throughout the area that any at tempts to prevent workmen from go- ing to their places of employment would be dealt with by the severest military measures and that all strike agitators would be arrested on identi- fication.
 Sixteen metal workers who held a meeting without an American permit on Saturday have been fined 200 marks each.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-24
ATTORNEYS NO AID IN
 SECURING SERVICE RnNtte

Washington, March 23.-Oficers and
 listed men discharged from the ser
 vice will not expedite settlement of
 their claims for arrears in pay by plac- ing them in the hands of attorneys or claim agents. said 8 statement issued today by the war department. It was explained that adjustment of claims thus presented was delayed because of reason of additional filiug' and hand Ing ot unnecessary papers of the iter- D,ediary"
 The claim of the soldier is all that is required," said the statement, "and such claims should be submitted di rectly by the discharged officer of sol- dler' the war department director of fhance' Claims for the ssO additional bonus authorized i'll the war revenuc act, the department said. should be sent to the gone finance officer at Washington and l the application should De- accompanied | by a certified copy of the discharge certificate to be made ty the nearest recruiting officer. a statement of all
 rJilitary service since the declaration | Of war against Germany and the ad- dress to which the check should be sent
 1 Claims for arrears of nay due off1- cers and enlisted men at the time of tteir death il; the servi"a should be l addressed to the zone finance officer
 and all claims for insurance. unpaid family allowance and con1pe .Isation for death or disability. undes the war risk Insurance act, should be made direct to the War Risk Insurarca BnreaI Treasury Department, and not to the war department
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-24
STATEMENT OF RETiRlNGt
 HUNGARIAN CABINET

copenhagen. March 23.-fBy The A. F:) The proclamation of Count karoI VI announcing the resignation of inc Bungarlan cabinet, of which he wss me head, after referring to .he decis- lon of the peace conference at Psris to occupy Hungarian territory. says. according 10 6 despatch from Vienna. The entente mission declared that IL intends to regard the ;lenarcation Hne as the political frontier. The aim oI further occupation of the country IS mase >stly to make Hungary the JumpM ' ground and the region of operat1deS. against the Russian soviet army "hfch is fighting on our frontier. The land evacuated by Us, however. is to De the pay of the Czech troops fy means or whom the Russian Soviet ar- my Is to be overcome.
 "As provisional president of fbs Hungarian Peoples Republic. turn as aganst the Paris peace conference to the proletariat of the world for justice and support
 Count Michael Karolyi. the Hunear ian provisional president and his cah- met resigned the latter part of last week after many vicissitudes, includ- l Ing reign of terror throughout rife country on the part of plundering BoI- l shevlk gangs. The disorders necessI-
 tated the occupation of the greater part 1 or Hungary, with the exception Of l Budapest and the outlying districts by 1 allied troops, according to reports, The resignation of Count Karolyi
 followed his presentation to the cahi-
 net ot a note. outlying the new bound
 afy between Hungary and Rumania,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-24
REV. DR. CHARLES A. EATON
 TO ENTER A NEW FIELD

New York, March 23.-Asserting his belief that the period of war recon struction would ''either constitute the coming of the kingdom of God or result in the extinction of civiliZa, tion," the Rev. Dr. Charles A. Eaton announced today his resignation of the pastorate of the Madison Avenue Baptist church to help interpret the principles of the kingdom of God in the realm of every day life"
 During the war. Dr. Eaton served as a director of the National Service section of the Emergency Fleet Corp oration, organized to speed up ship production.
 Explaining his belief that his eff forts would be more fruitful in a ministry than in a 'pastorate", Dr. Eaton asserted that human contact is slowly taking the place of imper- sonal organization.
 Dr. Eaton has been pastor of the Madison Avenue Baptist church for ten years, coming to New York from Cleveland, where he was pastor of the Euclid Avenue Baptist church, known as John D. Rockefeller's Church."
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-24
POLAND IS CAUSING
 SOME ENSlON


 Paris, Saturday. March 22-By The A. P.)-When the couuci. of great rCwerssmet today it was in an atmos- phere Of consid erable apprehension over Poland which is the chief sub iect of discussion. This is not on ac- count os Poland itself, but because of differences which have arisen affecting the fundamental queStiOl If nation ality to which President Wilson has given his strong approval and also lis thirteenth point whlcn called for an independent Polish state with ac- cess to the sea.
 This last clause has introduced an issue on which ther2 is wide di- vergence of views. A committee under the chairmanship Of Jules Cambon, with Sir William Tyrrell as the Brit isli member and Hr. Rooert :. I. Lord as the American, has reported the plan giving Poland this access to the sea by means of a corridor sixty miles wide running across East Prussia. But the effect of this concession is to place about 1,500, 900 Germans r,iti;in the new Poland and 10 detach tho easternmost part of Prussia from Germany. Premier Lloyd George has taken the view that thIs denatiora !Ization of a large body Of Germans would cause sT oh discomfort as would nc likely to bring on another war and 1t is under stood President Wilson also is ot en- t:rely satisfied with the proposal. AI Cambon's committee, 'h2refCre, has been asked t. revise the plan and this revision is now under discussion. The i committee. nevertheless. is said to ad- Fere to it's original plan for 2 wide cor l ri
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-24

Washington. March 23.--plans for more effective cooperation between the government and the cual industry with expected benefits r"sJlung to the general public have been submitted in referendum form to the members of tlc National Coal Association. repre- seEting three fourths of inc country $ lituminous production. The fuel ad- ministration. in making this announce mcnt today said the ptans were the uGt growth of rofcrences held by Ad- rnnistrator Garfield with coal opera tors and mine workers.
 The plans which the fuel adminis- tr1tior said were sumu.ItCd to Presi- dent Wilson before his return to France provide that during the pc rod of readi1Hmeut ard thereafter, commission consisting Of a member of the cabin and representatives of operators auI miners shall consider ali problems affecting tre industry. Tho commission would act ag an ad- Vis1ry body in matters of cost of pro- uIction labor conditions. transporta- tuu and other problems.
 Officials ut he National Coal As sociat.or iL was said. have urged op- c'ltors in ai iroduciug fields to study fine proposals and advlsc the associa- toa's directorate of theii attitude and wishes. The matter will he taken up at a meeting Ci the directors in CleVe- had April i
 The fuG 'ninistrat,on in state Tlcnl today -id the plan ia brief pro poses;
 "That al 4cts relsting tc tho in- fustiy or .ly questiou toJchins it. such as the cost of living, the cost of
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-24
BRIDGEPORT WOMAN
 KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE

Fairfield Conn. March 22.-Mrs. Helen HondriCl,son. 23 years old. of Bridgeport was killed tonight when she was struck by an automobile near Buikicys Bridge in Southport. Tho machine was driven by Ralph E. Dewitt Of Norwalk, railroad station- master at Port Chester. N. '. Mrs. Hendrickson' sister was with her, but was uniniurcd Mrs Hendrickson was a widow and leaves a two year old daughter.
 Dewitt said that the glare of headlights on automobiles passing him made it impossible for him to distinguish anyone on the road He was charged with reckless driving and held in s2.5oo bonds for appearance at q coroncr's hearing here tomor- TOW.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-24

production. labor conditions. transpor- totion facilities and other factors en- tcring into the cost of coal be of ficially and accurately ascertained by some of the regular government afen- cies, since the government is the most appropriate representative Of the pub lie;
 That the public is one Of the par ties at interest. the other two being capital and labor, and that no action affecting any of the findings cf fact be taken until all three parties, through their duly qualified represen- tatives. shall have had an opportuni- ty to consider and discuss the propo- sa Is.
 That the determination of facts, as outlined, and the formulation of agd- riinistratice Lolicy are two separate and distinct functions, and therefore should not be performed by the same agency of the government.
 That the findings of facts, thus pro- posed, should be submitted to per ma7ent department or commission of the government;
 That the president designate some cabinet officer, or other appropriate of fcial. to represent the public in con- steering any policy proposed, and that s advisers to the commissioner there sLculd be an equal number, say three, of representatives or opera tors and miners; and,
 That the commission shall make recommendations to the president, who would thus be placed in close rela- ton with the industry and all factors entering into it. making for it's pros rprity or retarding its development
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-24
ITALIAN PREMIER A8SENTS
 HJMSELF FROM CONFERENCE

Paris, Friday. March 21-By The A. P)-Comment has been excited by the absence of Premier Orlando of Italy from conferences held recently by President Wilson and premiers of other countries It is supposed, how ever, that he refrained from attending the meetings because the representa- ts.tiVes of other allied countries desir- ed to discuss the settlement of the Austrian Italian question privately, knowing well Premier Cr,tndo's posi- tion in the matter.
 Because it might esta blisn q prece- Gent for Italy's claim to F'iume the various boundary commissions have been cautious in treating the status of nanzig and Lemberg. whlCl; involves tEe right of self-determ:natiun.
 The supreme council todaJ resumed consideration of the western boundary Of Poland ani Italian action may in- f'rcnce the decision of the council on that question,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-24
GREAT BRITAIN AIMS
 TO BUILD SOCIAL PEACE

London, March 23-In their con- ments on tn" labor situ:L:. ,u most of the newspapers dwell upon the success wkich attended the governments de- cis ion to maHe the Coal Commissions report on it's inquiry public Regret is expressed that the same policy was not adopted as regards 'fe dispute with the railway men. The Star an ev- erjng newspaper. rejoicing over the prospect that there will be no triple
 strike, says:
 This old land is going to show oth-
 CT lands how to build social peace and
 social justice upon a victory of liberty
 over autocracy. It is Lot the first
 time that the British people have led
 tho world toward the Hgnt. The coal
 commission is a peculiarly British i'm
 provisation. It has worked so well
 tNat we are all keen on developing it
 boldly and applying it to all other in tractable labor problems. The se
 crCt of success was publicity inspired
 bv fair play.
 The weekly Observer describes the e al commission sessions as an epoch making inquiry and as marking the end of the old system. This news paper says the new experiment. of the coal commission is too hoId and too successful to be dismissed as a unique ins trument fashioned to deai W%' a special case, and that 'ts results should be examined to see what can be achieved in the solution at industrial difficulties by a public, tribunal. The Observer points out that the governments adoption of Justice San- keys report opened up for the coal in- dustry the prospect of intensive recon struction which other industries might well envy. The newspaper adds that
 the history of the coal commission is a portent which the policy of the in dustrial triple alliance must take in | to account.
 George Nicoll Barnes. labor member in the war cabinet. in an article in 1 the Weekly Dispatch, referring to the agreements made recently shortening working hours and raising wages, says l these concessions have 0ct heen alto "ether eXtorted by trades unions but ] are the results of a 5ro2 Ter outlook an6 new note of humanity OH the 1 part of the employers. W!io have been tlr1'ed by the events of inc fast four 1 Q, five years and have emerged better i f"u'n t}c ordeal of endn nE common :; Trivai,Ns for & grat cause
 Mir. Barnes declares that rurors of l strikes constantly f!lirs ike air are
 due to "a few theorists oS perverted mentality arc seeking trouble in the ] theories'' Tha minister n his article hope of securing a chance to test theil l Ia?peals to workmen to avail them Ives of the opportunities TIC woffer- eC them for cooperating with tileil tenlDlovers v
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-24
HAS MADE OBSERVATION or
 COALITIONS IN GERMANY

Paris, March 23.-(By The A. F.l Os- wald Garrison Willard, of New York, editor of the Nation, has just returned to Paris f!cm a weeks observation Cf conditions in Germany and made a re- port to the American peace conlmis- sionCr5 and the British prime minister, David Lloyd George, by which they are said to lave been profoundly Impress ed.
 cilC drift toward Bolshevism Is rep- i'd ia Germany said MT. Willard .iay, "andfit car be stayed only by prompt food relief and the lifting of the block ade so that trade may begin again and the idle German factories may receive raw materials as fast as arrangements can be made to pay for them" Food alone, MT. Willard declared would not save the situation. though many Germans thought so. The brutalities of the Noske troops have put down the uprising for the Ebert government" he continued, but have produced profound reaction. did not find any responsible person who did rot expect another genera strike, with more fighting this mo1th .'The people are worn down an6 Helpless, and the masses are very bit | ter against the old regime and the Of ficers, who dare not show themselves 1 in the streets of Munich ant, who car- ry revoIverS in Berlin for self proIec- ton.
 Many people are still ignorant oi 1 the sl'oc.t es of the German. -roo?s il France, Belgium and Rumania, bu soldiers returning from these countries are telling the truth and openly ac
 cusing their officers of wholesale theft
 and deliberate cruelties." 1 With reference to the German viev
 of the possible peace conditions, NIT Willard said:
 q have talked with several German delegates to She peace conference, wh say that any German government sign 1 ing 8 treaty calling for heavy indemni ties and the annexation of territor
 other than Alsace Lorraine by the al ! lies could not live twenty four hours They will submit any peace terms | the Weimar assembly and possibly | the German Neople itself.
 "The fe }i of bitterness agains the allies, ,-.ese men said, grows vt the delay in getting food
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-24
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE
 65TH CONGRESS REVIEWED

Washington, March g. - Accom- plishments of the sixty fifth or war congress are officially reviewed in the final number of the monthly compen- dium of the house of representatives appearing today. Unfinished business of the congress, which necessarily must be considered in the legislative program of the new congress, soon to convene, also is contained in the pub lication, which was edited by W. Ray Loomis an official of the house.
 The sixty fifth congress is shown to have appropriated approximately s57,- 100000 900; passed 349 public laws; AS public resolutions. AS private laws, and conducted g congressional inves- legations. A total of 22.594 bills and resolutions were introduced, of which 16,6S4 originated in the house and the remainder in the senate. President Wilson vetoed five measures.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-24
MEETING OF FRIENDS
 OF IRISH FREEDOM

New York, March 23.-The adoption of Article 10 of the proposed constitu- tion of the league of nations would compel the United States to aid Great Britain in holding Ireland in sub- jugation" and it's ratification would be the most shameless betrayal of people in history" said resolution adopted today at a mass meeting of the Friends of Irish Freedom which called upon President Wilson to insist upon the freedom of Ireland before ap- proving this article.
 If Ireland does not gain its liberty before the adoption of the league of nations constitution, the resolution asserted. Article 10. which guarantees the territorial integrity of the sigma tory powers forever, would make Irish freedom impossible.
 Irish blood so freely poured out for America in this war" continued the resolution, will have been shed to preserve the British empire and rivet the chains of Ireland"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-24
PAPER STOCKS HELD BY
 MILLS ARE INCREASING

Washington, March 23.-Paper stocks held by mills increased dur ing the month of February with the exception of hanging, felt and build ing papers, the Federal Trade Com mission reported today. On the basis of the average production for the month, however, the report showed that news print mill stocks on hand at the end of the period equalled slightly less than one weeks output.
 Publishers statistics for the month, according to the commissions report show an increase over Janu- ary in the percentage of advetising to reading matter in all editions of publications using newsprint.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-24
Pursued Mexican
 Bandits Across Line
Five Mexicans Were Killed by Troops of the Eighth United States Cavalry No American Casualties.

Maria, Texas, March 23-Troops of the Eighth United States Cavalry under Captain kloepfer returned here early today from a pursuit across the border of Mexican ban d1t5 bringing with them 35 cattle and two horses which had been driven from Nunez by the raiders yesterday. Captain Kloepfer re- ported that he had \overtaken the Mexlcans eighteen miles south of Ruidosa and that five of them had been killed in the resulting skirmish. None Of the Americans was hurt.
 Two Mexicans were wounded in the lighting, making the casualties amoIg the cattle thieves seven, of the eotal number of twelve. Captain kloepfer reported to Colonel George T. Lang horne, commander of the district, that he recognized one of the thieves as Eugenlo Garcie. former Carranza captain in the vicinity of Ojinasa. op- posite Presidio, Texas.