Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-20

for the trenches.
 The Lee Rubber & Tire Corp, of New York, was chartered at Albany with S750,000 capital The Frecnh government is consider ! ing the extension of the moratorium until the end Of the war. | Mrs. Herbert s. Asquith. wife of the i British premier, filed d suit for libel against the London Globe.
 The American Line steamer Phila- | delphia arrived in New York with SS'425'OoO in gold from London.
 Charles H. Hayes and his wife were | burned to death when fire destroyed their home at Long Branch, \. J.
 The naval Consulting Board, of which Thomas A. Edison is chairman. | will meet in New York next Wednes- day.
 British Chancellor of the Exchequer Reginald McKenna denied that he is likesIy to be appointed Viceroy of In- dia.
 | Edward T. Schwarz, a wealthy mer- | chant of Poughkeepsie, \. Y, hanged himself in the gymnasium at his home.
 Captains won Papen and Boy-E re- ! called German military attaches. will sail for Germany from New York on Dec. 2i.
 Official figures show that the amount of wheat communicated by the Ca nadian government was 15,612,6S1 Jules Roche, French Deputy, stated Of k1 war SO far had cost all Europer S3S,- SO0,oOO,00O.
 Fourteen persons were killed, more than hundred injured. and the en- tire town of Cullum, Miss, wiped out by tornado.
 An order for two 10000 ton frenght ShipbuildinG Co.,, by the Lukenbach steamship Go.
 The nomination of c. C. mechord, of Kentucky, to be Interstate Com merce Commissioner was confirmed by the Senate
 Sixteen persons were killed, fifty persons injured, and several are missing in a triple train collision near Newcastle, Pa
 A strike of 4,ooo switchnen on 17 railroads entering Chicago was threat ened by the men who have a number of minor grievances.
 Worthy TooIey, of Athens, N. Y., and Ludwig Marquardt. of Kingston, N. Y, were put to death by electricity at Sing Sing prison.
 So many German prisoners of war are held by France that she cannot take care of them. and she has begun sending them to England.
 Robbers entered the saloon of the Joseph Phoenix Company of Fall River, Mass. and carried away d smal safe containing S25O. Secret Service operators have dis covered counterfeit S10 gold cer- tificate, said to be well executed, but are one inch longer than the geunine. Sir Ernest casseI donated s25o,ooo to the King Edwards Hospital Fund , for London. He gave a similar amount to the same fund in 1911. Joe Madura, a miner, was murdered as he was leaving the Berwind- White Co.'S mine at Windber. Pa. His assailant drove a pick through his heart
 bii' empowering the Interstate Commerce Commissioned to fix a min imum as wei las a maximum transport rate for railroads was introduced in the Senate.
 The Western Union Telegraph Co.,,
 nounced that the interruption in the , Persian tele graph lines is between , Teheran and Herman, and not Tehe- ran and Karachie. The Swedish steamship Stockholm, formerly the Holland American liner,
 Potsdanl bound for New York from Gothenburg, was taken into Kirkwall 1, by British warship. German, Bulgarian and Austrian prisoners of war numbering 40,750, i fcaptured by the Serbians, passed through Marseilles, France, en route , to concentration camp
 Federal Judge Thompon at Phil , tmiss the suit of the BIuefields Steam ship Co.,, Ltd, against the United Fruit Co.,, for s15,OOO,OOO damages.
 Between 15 and 30 persons were killed at Spokan, Wash, Saturday when a street car plunged through the Division street bridge over the Spok- ane river.
 Levi corbin, aged 20 of Fort Kent, [ Me, was convicted of shooting at a customs officer at Fort Kent on June IS, in the Federal court, and fined $500. In default of payment, he was committed to jail. The schooner John w. Dana, of 1 Boston,, wrecked off Chandelier Is- land with a cargo of asphalt was sold at auction by the underwriters at , Gulfport, Miss. for $11. The cargo was originally valued at $26,500. ? |
 The British steener CarIgary, from Bathurst, N. S., for New York, put in to Vineyard Haven with the body of Arthur Johnson of Toronto, the first officer. who was killed four days ago by being jammed in the windlass.
 About 2.75o,0o0 acres of land in Great Britain are devoted to woods and forests.