Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-22

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 Mt. Lassen volcano, near Bedding. Cal, is again in eruption.
 Emperor William returned to Ger many after a visit to Serbia.
 General James Buchanan PearsaII, died at Glen Cove. L. l., he was 90 years old.
 Many villages in towns about Ma floods there.
 Benjamin Gilbert, said to have been the oldest resident of Portland, Conn., is dead, aged 97 years.
 A British submarine went ashore Off the coast of Holland. Her crew was taken off by destroyer.
 Contributions to the s5oo,ooo fund being raised by the Boys Club Asso- ciatino amount to $s5,1ss. | Gold bullion and coin in the San Francisco mint at present totals $751; 0OO,O00 with more coming in.
 King Nicholas of Montenegro will not go to Italy, but will remain in his country to reorganize his army.
 The first volunteers under Lord Der bys recruiting scheme to be called to the colors began reporting for duty III The twenty sixth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans will be held at Birmingham, Ala, May 16- IS.
 Fire thought to have been incepdiary, damaged three public school buildings at Harrisburg, Pa, at total loss of $O.o00.
 Charles G. Goddard was elected president of the American Druggists Syndicate for life at the conference in New York.
 Official reports indicate that the story of the capture of seven United States cavalrymen near Doyles Wells, N. M., is untrue
 Twenty -four convicts, serving terms from one year to life Imprisonment. escaped from the State convict farm at Cummins, Ark.
 The Texas Go. has leased for five years the Sewall Shipyards at Bath, Me. and will builr immediately five coastwise steamers.
 All agricultural implements, machin- cry for manufactures, oil and wine may enter Greece free of duty for period of four years.
 AdeIina TrieelIo, 2 years old, died of burns suffered Wednesday when pan of hot grease fell on her at her home in New Haven.
 In response to request by the Greek, government, England has au- thorized the importation into, Greece of 5000 tons of coal.
  Mrs. William Goerssen- was burned to death in her bed when flames from an adjoining hotel spread to her home at Lindenhurst, l. I. Stockhoiders of the Trunbull Steel Co., have been asked to approve an in crease in the company's stock from s4,0oo,0o0 to $1o.ooo,00o.
 The Commercial Gable Co. announced that direct cable communication with Shanghai and China, interrupted since Jan 8, has been restored. Announcement was made Friday that the Lawton mills, Plainfield, employing 800 hands, will increase wages per ) cent. commencing Monday. Engineer J. L. Collier was killed and : four trainmen hurt when the east bound Rock Island California limited } was derailed near Trenton, Mo. |
 Denial was made at the State De- } partment of the reported friction be- , Itween the American Embassy at Mex leo City and Geenral Gonzales. The British steamer Penistone, which arrived in New York from Havre, re- } ported passing a burning Norwegian bark. No signs of life on the vessel.
 From the beginning of the war until oef ffCt lost on merchant vessels torpedoed by submarines or blown up by mines. ; The German Oriental Co., capital , 100000 marks, was organized at Berlin to. import raw materials from the Orient and regulate trade in them. Samuel L. Jewett, former mayor of Haverhill, Mass, died at the age of S5. He was elected in 1895 and was the city's oldest ex-mayor. Harry TalIman, aged nine, was drowned in the Maumee River at To- } ledo, while trying to warn his sister and three chums of an airhole in the ice.
 Four German prisoners of war, who . escaped from a detention camp at Am 2 herst, N. S., and were detained at Ca { lais, Me, were formally admitted to the United States. , Blown out of her course by heavy storms, the Norwegian steamer Sam hanger, New York for Rotterdam, put in at Fayal. Azores, after jettizoning part of her cargo
 Secreary Daniels apPearerd before ' the House Naval Affairs Committee to . advocate the passage of a bill in- creasing the number of midshipmen