Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-24

Galveston under sealed orders.
A charter was filed at Dover, DEL, by
he 1nter-ocean Trading Co, capital
10000. 900.
nlInsef in favor Of vocational train
ng In the army.
Appropriation bills presented in the
New Jersey Legislature call for Z; total 1
expenditure OF ss.451.1s7.
The Netherlands Overseas Trust has
stopped issuing permits for the i'm
portation OF cocoa beans.
Fire destroyed the plant and 1000
bales OF cotton OF the Interstate Com /
press Co, at Hobart, Okla.
An embargo on all corn shipments
TO baltimore has been declared by the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
About 5000 bales of cotton at the
MCKINNEY Cotton Compressed Co., at |
mckinney, Tex, were destroyed hy fire,
Theodore Roosevelt is expected To
arrive at New York today on the
steamer Matura, after his West Indies
Ambassador Gerard at Berlin has
cancelled his plans for a vacation. and
vAI not return to the United States
this simmer.
Lloyd reports that the French bark
Bousainville has been sunk Twent,--
three members OF her crew were pick
ed up.
The New York State Senate unani-
rnOtrEE aA
James NJ Carter as State Superfntend
end OF Prisons.
John Puroy Mitchell, Mayor Of New
York City, conferred with President
Wilson on the appointment of a post-
master for New York.
A terminal elevator to hold ? 500 600
bushels OF grain will be erected at
Fort Arthur by the Saskatchewan Co.
operative Elevator Co.
Senator Pittman will be aiven the
vacancy in the Foreign Relation Conn
mittee created by the death OF Sena-
tor Shively Of Indianna.
An order for 1000 hopper cars was
received from the Cleveland. Cincin-
natl Chicago & St Louis Railroad by
the Standard Steel Car Co.
Henry E. cspen, proprietor of the
hotel and sporting camps at Moosehead
lake, died in RockIand, Ne. hospital,
following a surgical operation.
The MASSACHUSETTS senate passed a
bill to make January first q legal hol-
iday in Massachusetts. The measure
already bad passed the house.
James L. Gates, "a, OF So Worcester
street Boston, was instantly killed
while operating an elevator in the
Hotel Kimball. Springfield, Mass.
Four men were killed and Il number
injured IN collision between two
freight trains on the Inter-Colonial
Railway at Val Brilliant, Canada.
Winfred Lineourt, former editor of
L'Etoile, a French paper published in
Lowell, died at Clinton, Mass. from
burns received Wednesday night.
Senator Sherman of Illinois intro-
duced a resolution calling for 10000
| United States volunteers to assist in
the pursuit and capture Of Gen. Villa
Reports from Washington show tha,
wheat was not damaged by excessive
! cold when there was no snow covering
Washington has S67. 900 acres in winter
wheat.
Frederick S. Boyd, Paterson editor
| convicted Of sabotage in the silk mil
Jersey state prison after serving his
| sentence
| A. o. Slaughter, prominent in Chi
cago financial circles as a grain dealer
stock broker and banker. died after a
Richard Loe~e, clerk. was rescued
from the Harlem Ship Canal, by Po.
lice Sergeant Enright and Patrolnar
Agnew, who dived from the bridge in.
to the water.
Several persons were killed when {
passenger car became detached from
a Ramona & Prattsburg railroad tTair
and rolled over n 25 foot embankmen
near Bath, n. Y.
| Announcement was made by tn,
] Navy Department that the gunboa
| Wheeling. which left New Orleans OF
a secret mission several days ago. i!
en- route to Yucatan.
A report from Galveston states tha
the Tampico oil fields are in possession
Of Villa troops who threaten to des
troy many properties unless a ran
sum Of 100000 pesos is said.
John Scott, janitor OF the Brooklyn
post Office. indicted for larceny from
the mails, pleaded guilty in the fed
eral court and was sentenced to on,
year in the federal prison at Atlanta.
Stockholders of the Maine Contra
railroad authorized the issue and sal
Of S6.0OO.OOO refunding bonds for tn
payment of a like amount of coupor
notes Of the company dated May ]
1914
The municipal ferryboat Bay Rida
rammed the dynamite laden launcl
Howard Stanley in New York Bay
The dynamite did not explode. and tn
launch was towed into dry dock in
sinking condition.
TO BUILD UP RESERVE
FORCE OF $1,000 OFFICER,
| Purpose of Men Bahind the Surnnnn