Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-08


lnecticut in Proportion tt
Condensed kilograms
The New York city building at the
Panama Pacific Exposition was dedi- |
eated.
Receipts from the Johnson Willard
light, expected to total 100000, barely |
reached $4,000.
But 5000 people attended Bill Sum
days meeting in Paterson, and these
were lacking in enthusiasm.
President Wilson told callers at the
White House that industrial condf-
tons were constantly improving.
The New York Senate killed the bill
providing for the construction of a
new island in New York harbor.
Postmaster General BurIeson issued
an order permitting city letter car
riers to wear cooler summer uniforms
Fire yesterday destroyed the En-
pire Theatre building at Brockton,
Mass, a two-story wooden structure.
Burglars stole gold filings valued
at $500 from the offices of three dem
fists in the New York Times build
ing.
President Wilson pardoned Jacob
L. Goldman, sentenced to five years
on a charge of using the mails to de-
fraud.
Governor Whitman signed the bill
Saratoga Springs a city and
granting 1t a commission form of gov
ernment.
Up to April, 1876 vessels, of 86,5S6
gross tons, were added to the Amer
lean merchant marine under the ship
registry act.
The Harvard section of the Amer
lean ambulance, helping the wound
ed of the French army, is now operat-
ing in Alsace.
The Duke of 5rabant, aged IA, eldest
son of King Albert of Belgium, en-
listed in the Twelfth infantry of the
Belgian army.
After holding the Office of Mayor
of Tyro, Kan, for two years, Mrs.
H. o. Defenbaugh was defeated for
reelection by c. e. Herring.
A sweeping victory for "dry" forces
in Michigan was indicated by nearly
complete returns from 16 counties
that held local option elections.
Creditors of the village of Hillsda1e,
town ont of business
by attaching the portable police sta
ton, the town hall and it's furniture.
The torepod boat destroyer Wads-
worth will be launched on April 29,
at noon, at Bath, Me-. She will be
ready for delivery the last Of June.
More than four million pieces Of
mail passed through the Chicago post
office, the largest amount handled in
a day since the office was established.
Thomas Nelson Page, United States
Ambassador to Italy, is at st. Reno,
Italy. where he will meet many
foreign diplomats living in the resort
town.
Firenen at tenement fire in
and many clothing dummies, mistak-
ing the latter for women in the thick
smoke.
Governor Fielder of New Jersey, ap-
pointed Thomas P. Martin of Hudson
county to be Secretary of State of
New Jersey succeeding David S. Graft
er, who died.
Elsie Stern, aged %, of the Bronx,
was seriously injured when crushed
between the railing Of the subway ex-
cavation and a southbound 9Th Ave-
nue. car at 34th street.
Twenty men working in the new
subway in Brooklyn were overcome
by coal gas from an engine that stop
ped directly under them They were
revived with pulmotors.
The Government of the Grand
Duchy of Luxemberg purchased sup
plies in Holland, and asked for per-
mission to export it to Gutenberg.
where it is badly needed.
Dr.. Thomas J. Kemp, son-in-law OF
Senator Fletcher of Florida, was ac-
quilted by a jury in the police court
at Washington on g. charge Of illeg
ally prescribing morphine.
A blaze started in the laundry
building of the New York Refuge on
Randalls Island by two boys who es-
cape in the confusion was put out be-
fore much damage was done.
Two hundred thousand bales Of hay
awaiting shipment to one Of the war
ring European nations, were burned
when fire destroyed the warehouse OF
W. L. Edmondson at Houston, Tex
The army transport Sheridan, which
leaves Manila April 15, will be the
first government vessel to bring Philip
pine commerce to the United
States under the recent order issued
by President Wilson.
Charles SteifeI, Of New York, will
probably have his left wrist amputat-
ed as a result of his curiosity. He put
his hand between the blades Of a ven
tilating motor in Yorkville court to
see if he could stop it.
Secretary Daniels announced that
when the cruiser North Carolina re-
turns from the Mediterranean she will
go to Pensacola, Fla, as an aviation
ship. The aviation school of the navy
will open at Pensacola June 1.