Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01
ticut in Proportion to the Cit's Population
Condensed Telegrams

Condensed Ielegrams Germans are contracting for 5oO.- 1916.
 The French Line steamer Rochem- beau arrived at New York from Bor- deaux.
 Fire destroyed about 12ooO bales of cotton at Pine Bluff, Ark, at a loss of $1,250,000.
 Police captured 125 autoists in the campaign against reckless driving in New York city.
 Queen Victoria of Sweden arrived in Copenhagen and proceeded immed- ateiy on her way to Germany.
 Physicians at the Cincinnati General Hospital have discovered a cure for bichloride of mercury poisoning.
 Carrying 27 passengers and $500, 900 in gold, the Cunard liner Orduna arrived at New York from Liverpool
 Germany's steel production during October totaled 1,214,S55 tons, com Der.
 More than half the town of Avalon, on Santa Catalina Island was de- stroyed by fire at a loss estimated at s1,o0O,00o.
 An embargo on shipments of flour and lumber for export at New York was declared by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
 The American steamer Atlantic Sun arrived at Barry, Wales, with her chart room and it's contents destroy ed by fire.
 Conditions in the Yaqui Valley, Mexico, are quiet and peaceful, Ad- miral Winslow reported to the Navy Department.
 The Toronto News" printed a story saying that Col. Roosevelt will ad- dress recruiting meeting in Toron- l to on Dec. Il.
 Smoking on Henry Ford's peace ship Oscar II will probably be pro- hibited as Doctor Pease has consented to make the trip.
 The J. H. Curtis Leather Co.,, of | Montclair, N. J., retired $400,O00 of its preferred stock, reducing its total "oh what chance for a subma- rine!" Lord Derby exclaimed in Lon don while discussing Henry Ford's coming peace cruise.
 The $2,ooo,ooo bridge on the Lane cutoff on the Union Pacific Railroad \ over the Rappio Valley, Neb, was badly damaged by fire.
 Crews of the :, strikebreakers who attempted to run cars at Wilkes Bar re, Pa, were badly beaten by strikers No arrests were made.
 The cudahy Packing Co.,, will dis tribute $2,00o.0OO in new common l stock as a Christmas gift to the own CTS of old common shares.
 William Edward 6enis, vice pres | ldent and director of the Standard Oil Company of New York. died at Port Jervis. He was 51 years old.
 William p. Hepburn, congressman from the Sth Iowa District from 1889 to 1909, is reported to be dangerous ly i'll at his home at Clarinda, Iowa.
 The New York City Board of AL dermen cut out increases in salaries amounting to S90.4OO allowed by the Board of Estimate in the 1916 budget. Despite the war, horse racing will be resumed in France early in 1916, the Nice Jockey Club having been au- thorizbed to hold meetings in January and February.
 man thought to be A. Guin of New York, was found dead with his throat cut in the Continental Hotel Philadelphia. It is believed that he committed suicide.
 To prevent his dying in prison of tuberculosis, Governor Whitman par doned Fred J. Brinner of Brooklyn who is serving a four-year term in Clinton for shooting Flo Belmont, an actress.
 Six men who attempted to reach Anchorage, Alaska, through the Cook Inlet ice fields in a launch, and were thought to have been lost, were picked up by the steamer Alameda and talk en to Seward.
 The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad placed an embargo on iron and stee article for export through New York The embargo was caused by the con- gesion of freight at the roads Slater Island terminal.
 The Massachusetts State Suprem, court ruled that the law limiting tn, employment of women fifty-four hour a week applied to those engaged il . mental pursuits as we'll as to those or dinarily described as laborers. A sailor from the German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich, interned a Norfolk. Va, who escaped by swim ming 800 feet to the shore, was cap tured by the Norfolk police Hi name was not made public. The small steamship Toledo, whicl left Seattle two weeks ago for Mexi co, via San Francisco, with a carg