Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14


Gasoline, tank wagon basis, was ad-
vanced one cent gallon to 20 cents
at Detroit.
Embarsoes on all Canadian points
have been lifted by the Canadian Pa
cihc railroad.
More than 100000 has already been
spent BY the United States in the hunt
for Francisco villa
March sugar consumption in Great
Britain is given at $4,000 tons by the
British Board of TRADE.
William A. Demerest, prominent res
ident of Middletown, y. Y. shot and |
killed himself in his office there.
An advance of 10 per cent. in the
wages of 900 operatives in Fitchburg
cotton yarn mills was announced.
Mrs. Ellen French Aldrieh, former
1 mayor of Dayton, o., was elected the
| first woman mayor of Saytelle, ..
| LIoyds announced that the new Brit
ish steamship Senator has been sunk.
The crew is believed to have been
saved.
| Thirty three small woolen mills in
| various parts of Connecticut have
raised the wages of their employees 10
per cent.
A plague of pheasants has struck
Portland, Ore. Game laws prevent the
slaughter of the birds, which fly into
houses and dig up plants.
PhiIander c. Knox filed papers at
| Harrisburg, Pa, as a candidate for
the nomination of United States sena-
tor on the republican ticket.
Employees of the Cleveland street car
lines have demanded OF the company
40 cents an hour for all motormen and
conductors, beginning May l.
The Brazilian steamer euajara ar
rived at Norfolk. Va, in a damaged
, condition. A salvage crew of the
steamer Sixaola was in charge.
Two men lost their lives during a
fire aboard the Spanish steamer Angel
, 3. Perez, Lisbon for Philadelphia, which
, put in at st. Michaels, Azores.
, The death of Lieut.. Federio Di Palma
? of the Italian army, who married Miss
Rosalie A. Williams Of Lowell, Mass
was announced in a cablegram.
Three hundred operatives in the dye
house Of the Pacific cotton mills at
, Lawrence, Mass, went on strike for a
. ten per cent. increase in wages.
: George E. Hazen, president of the
n Hazen-Brown company, rnanufactur-
r ers of rubber cernents. died at his home
: at Brockton, Mass. He was 40 years of
, age.
PinI1ney c. Clarke. aged so. coIored,
: was crushed to death in an elevator
shaft in New Haven, being caught be-
| tween a guard door and the car as It
shot upwards.
I carranza Consul Garcia at EI Paso
: announced that S5.0Oo.oGO worth Of loot
: buried by Tomas Crbina, the late Villa
. general. has been recovered by Car
: rama military forces.
: American torpedo boat destroyers
> are patroliing the Philippine coasts. in
lquirinE the identity and all info-n-a-
tion regarding the coastwise and
n other vessels under way.
!, Minority members of the house na-
n val committee report ed G-Giast the ar
= NOR plate plant bin. The ma 'ority
= has recommended passage. The sen
q ate already has passed it.
= Justice Andrews in su7-orne court
u 1t Syracuse. y. y, granted Col. TheO-
dore Roosevelt an extension Of time
!, until June 1. for the preparation OF
" the record in the appeal taken him
A drift of young people from the
20 rural districts to the cities threatens
# the life Of many country churches. ac-
=, cording to reports submitted to the
,e Troy, n. Y, Methodist conference.
e Edwin r. Sweet, assistant seeretar,
" of commerce, who has just returre
y 10 Washington from a visit to tht
= Great Lakes, predicted the creates
In season in history for those waters.
~ Holland will import from Annerio;
10 this year 1,1SOeO0 tons Of maize an
"a 40 roo tons Of rye il Great Britain
= win allow the enlargement OF TIL
n present import supply from 5000 ton
De a month to 10000 tons.
A huge mass of earth and rock
plunged down the Palisades in Ne1
" Jersey. The noise of the avalanch
" alarmed residents in Jersey City, Wee
"A hawken and HobolIen. but no one
a. known to have been hurt.
81 The steamer VaIlona has arrived 9
" Barcelona with five officers and TWEEN
- tv-one members OF the crew of tn
~, British steamer Angus, which was tor
-b pedoed. The fate of the remainde
- of the crew is not known.
Is While playing in the street near hi
home in New Britain yesterday. Clar
ence Gustafson. years old. was struc
: by an auIOmODlle OrlNen DN IL Burt
v one Case of Hartford and so badl
:. injured that he died soon afterwards
- A 13 year old boy whose name wa
,ie not given vas recaptured by trustis
=. after he had escaped from the Ne
q York Juvenile asylum at DObbs Ferr
~ The boy fired on his pursuers with
:. ~ pistol he had obtained, but hit no on
nu Fred Mann, years old, was kille
IS by m automobile driven by Harry I
II Rowland of Greenwich. He was cross
ing the street when the machine struc
him. fracturing the skull. Howlan
was arrested, charged with reckle:
20 driving
Dr.. Emmerich Ritter, discoverer
IN liquid fire. former German confidenti
agent, serving a term in the Ohio sta
penitentiary at Columbus, was granite
ny permission by Warden Thomas to MAJ
OF ufacture dyes by a secret Germa
ed process.
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prasidant 4 4 StanIeN Of the CIey,