Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-26

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 Condensed Telegrams 7 Pope Benedict made plea for peace n his address at the Christmas re- ,eption to the sacred college.
 Thousands of sacks of first class and parcel post mail are blockaded sn | the railroad terminals at Chicago.
 The Norwegian steamer kronstadt, which grounded off Cape Henry, got | off uninjured and came in the caeps.
 The allies answer to Germanys ! peace proposals is almost finished, ac- cording to the Paris Petit Parisien
 Count czernin von chudenitz has succeeded Baron von Burian as Aus tro- Hungarian foriegn minister.
 A Reuters despatch from Jassy, dated Dec. 22, says that the Rumanian parliament was opened there on that day by King Ferdinand.
 Sinking of the British steamer Lar iston was reported to the State De partment from London. Neither place, time nor manner was given.
 The Portuguese cabinet has decided to create war committee and a puD- lie economy committee. Both bodies will have extensive powers.
 Forty five hundred employees of four Cleveland manufacturing concerns received Christmas gifts of life insur- ance policies totaling $4,750,000.
 It was announced that a s1O,ooO bonus would be distributed at the George A. Kunhardt mill among fifty five salaried employees next week. of McKeeSport, Pa, was released from jail at Pittsburg after striving almost three years for contempt of court.
 The Winsted Hosiery company, in cluding 800 hands, announces that commencing Jan. l a 10 per cent. in- crease in wages will become effective.
 The pinmakers at the New England Pin company, Winsted, will be granted a 10 per cent. wage increase at the beginning of the new year.
 Governor Arnutfo Gonzales of the State of Chihuahua, reached Juarez on "a special train and went into confer ence with General Francisco Gonzales.
 Vice President and Mrs. Marshall ,.aa aI,al &D spend the holidays at their desert bungalow IA miles from Phoenix, Ariz.
 The news service from Berlin con- tains statement that ordinary mail to the United States can shortly be forwarded by commercial submarines. The Associated Press is advised by it's London office that all shipping re- ports, except announcements of cas- ualties are discontinued by an official order.
 Holiday traffic congestion in the St- Louis terminals were partly relieved with three times the usual number of men employd at handling baggage and mails.
 The America, the large 10000 flying yacht of the America Trans Oceanic company, was wrecked at it's hangar at ] Port Washington, l.. l., in a seventy l mile gale.
 Lewis G. Holt, treasurer of the | Mass, civil war veteran, and former city official, died of pneumonia yes terday, aged TT.
 The Spanish steamship Marques de 1 Urquijo has been sunk by a German i In, e,,-ir, Ir l Lloyd's shipping agency. The crew of the vessel was landed.
 | H. R. Deighton Simpson, son of Hen | ry W. Simpson of New York was acci- dentally killed while flying in England
 on December 19. He was a lieutenant in the British flying corps.
 The London Daily News says thai | owing to the increased submarine menace the government war risk in- suranee rate per voyage for British vessels to 40 shillings per cent. The French minister of commerce has introduced a bill empowering the agricultural department to put into cultivation all unoccupied land. This
 is in line with similar action taken ir l England.
 1 The Adams Express Company ha:
 announced that additional monthly pay to employees already made and te be made in lieu of a contingent bonu: will increase its annual wage schedule by $1,000,0 ,000.,
 A Copenhagen despatch to Reut CTS says that the North German
 Lloyd liner Prinze Friedrich Wilhelm which was stranded near the Danisl
 Island of Samsoe was floated on Fri day evening.
 The Amsterdam Tijd expects tha other neutrals and the Holy See vii join or support President Wilson's eff fort It says that the Pope is alread, I unobtrusively making ample prepara tions for such a step.
 r Emperor William will give specia
 audiences on Tuesday to James w Gerard, the American ambassador, ant l. NI..