Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-07

he Largest in Connecticut
 Condensed Telegrams
 Mayor Mitchell left for the Adiron- dacks.
 Two thousand hod carriers of Brook lyn went on strike.
 Subscriptions were opened to the | second French war loan.
 The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad is facing serious shortage of freight | cars.
 The Greek government has suspend ed payments because of a shortage of money.
 Frederick Davidson, Of Pittsburgh, was drowned while bathing at Atlan- tic City.
 Nicolas Matienzo will be Foreign minister in the cabinet of President elect Irigoyen.
 A proclamation designating October as Fire Prevention day, was issued by Governor Whitman
 The strike of Iongshoremen on Puget Sound, which had been in effect since last June, has been settled. FTaveITes Limited, one of the largest produce and cold storage plants in Canada, was destroyed by fire. Charles E. Hughes will commence his third western tour next Monday with a monday meeting at Newark, N. J.
 Julius Baxt, of New York, died in Mount Sinai hospital of injuries re- ceived when he was struck by an au- tomObile
 A charter has been filed at Dover, Del, for the International Steel and | Rolling Mills, with a capital stock of $2,500,0 900.
 bruised in the collision of two automo- piles on F'reshkill Road, Green Ridge, | Staten Island. The stockholders of the Marathon 1 Tire and Rubber company, have voted to increase the capital stock from $500,0o0 to $1,000,000.
 Boots and shoes in Petrograd have i become so expensive that the Russian 1 government has put minimum price | of SIP on all footgear. | Reduction of transocntinentaI freight | rates by the Southern Pacific, Santa 1 Fe and Western Pacific were annOunc- l ed effective November 24. The weekly statemen. of the Bank | of France shows an increase of r., | 965, GOO francs in gold and a decrease of 1,735,O00 francs in silver.
 Gov Major of Missouri directed the work of 200 prisoners from the state l Goenitentiary on a ten mile stretch of road near Jefferson City, Mo.
 The Rev. David Fully. said to be the l oldest Presbyterian minister in active i service in this country, died at his home at Media, near Philadelphia. A barn, garage and employees room l ing quarters on the estate of H. s. | Shonnard of Oyster Bay. L. l., was de- 1 stroyed by fire at a loss of $50,000. An order was placed by the Western 1 Maryland Railway company with the l Pullman company for 2000 steel hop
 per cars at a cost of about $3,000,000.
 The American Steel & Wire Co., 1 competed Q deal by WHICH US u6el OI i steel river barges were sold for $20O,-
 900 to the Aluminium Co. of America.
 The American Game Protective As
 sociation decided to urge the Cham 1 berlain- Hayden bill now before con-
 gress. to protect big game in the west Homer Cummings of Stamford, dem ocratic candidate for United States
 senator, will begin next week an au
 tomobile campaign tour of the state
 Thomas J. Costello of Springfield
 was elected president of the New Eng land Postmasters Association at the
 annual convention in Springfield Fri | day.
 Sir Ernest ShackIeton arrived at 1 Buenos Aires, from Santiago. where he went to thank the Chilian government l for assistance in the rescue of mem l bers of his party from Elephant Isl and
 Dominick Gigise, convicted of first | degree murder, in Schuylkiu County, Pa, and sentenced to be electrocuted, has asked the board of pardons to
 commute his sentence to life imprison- l ment.
 Two men were killed, an engineer 1 was scalded and many passengers were
 
 on the Pennsylvania crashed into the rear of a stock train in Lewiston, Pa, i yards.
 Frank Mcdonald confessed he and | his brother wrecked @ Michigan Gen. tral train at Bridgeport, Ontario, on 1 May 30. 1911. killing the fireman and | engineer and severely injuriug several 1 others
 Leo Patterson, superntendent of the 1 Illinois Powder Co. plant, near Graf | ton, H., and two laborers were killed 1 when three carloads of dynamite standing on a spur near the plant ex- | ploded.
 1 Departmental commanders were or ! dered by the war department to dis | patch militia organizations still in state mobilization camps to the bor- der as soon as they can arrange trans | portation facilities.