Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-05

All National Guardsnen and regulars
at the Eagle Pass district were review
ed Monday by General Sibley.
The Chinese parliament has confirm
ed the compromise cabinet as pro-
posed by Premier Tuan Clli-jui.
The United States War Veterans
opened their thirteenth annual en-
campment at Chicago Monday with a
street parade.
President Wilson will speak Friday
night at the convention of the Ma
tional Woman Suffrage association, at
Atlantic City.
Richard c. Kerens Of St. Louis, for
mer ambassador to Austria, died at
the home of his daughter in Phila-
delphia Monday.
II is announced officially that Oar
es Salaam, the chief town OF German
East Africa, surrendered at o'clock
Monday morning.
Mrs. Grace Dilworth, wife Of Dwight
H. DiIworth. the New York attorney.
murdered while motoring with Mary
McNiff, declared She does not know
the woman.
Franklin E. Parker of Bay City,
Mich, one of the best known lumber
men in southern Michigan, was held
up and perhaps fatally shot late Sun
day night.
Greatly increased demands for male
stenographers and typewriters in the
United States government service at
Washington, d. c., require frequent ex-
aminations.
Miss Minneapolis of the Minneapo-
lis Power Boat association, averaging
nearly fifty miles an hour. won the 80
mile heat of the National Power Boat
races at Detroit. Monday.
Harvey S. Irwin, II, member Of the
57th congress from Louisville, KY, and
railroad commissioner of KENTUCKY in
1896 died at Vienna, Va. He was a
native Of Highland county, Ohio.
A bronze statue of Lafayette, pre-
sented to the city Of Fall River by
the Calumet club, was unveiled Mon
day, following a parade in which
thousands of citizens participated.
The man held at Corinth, Miss, sus-
peCted of being Robert Fay, the former
German army officer, who escaped from
the federal penitentiaFy at Atlanta,
Ga, Aug. 20, is not the convicted ooInh
plotter.
The infantiIe paralysis epidemic is
decreasing in every borough in New
fewer than Sunday, were discovered,
and the number of deaths dropped
from 20 to 16.
The Bulgarian cabinet council has
decided to detain G. c. Derussi, the
Rumanian minister at Sofia. with his
staff until S. RadeW, the Bulgarian
minister at Bucharest, has returned
says a despatch from Budapest.
Appointment of naval board of
inquiry to investigate the wrecking of
the United States cruiser Memphis at
San Domingo, was announced Monday
at the navy department. The board
will sail for San Domingo on Sept. /.
The Greek government at Athens
has accepted the demands Of the en-
tente powers in their entirety, and
agents of the French and British gov
ernments are taking over the control
of postal and telegraphic communica-
ton.
Villa refused battle with government
troops under Generals Cavazos, Elizon-
do and Col Carlos Zuazua in the San
AuuIeS ulSII1Cl, anu was ph1SlltcO =
the direction of Santa Clara canyon
some so miles north and west Of Chi
huahua City.
Twenty five Mexican soldiers and Il
passengeIN We're killed Thursday wnen
constitutiona>list train was wrecked
by bandits claiming allegiance to Car
rero Torres. The bandits bUtchered the
train guards and carried away every
thing movable.
Farmers around ThompsonviIIe were
given a scare Sunday morning when
a light frost, the earliest in several
years, was visible Although not suf-
ficiently severe to damage crops, its
effects were slightly noticeable on
most tender leaves.
of them seriously when Warren D
Kent of Auburn, r. L, operating a
large automobile, accidentally placed
his foot on the acce1erator instead OF
the brake pedal and drove the ma
chine through a crowd of 800.
Japan's proposed $a0,ooo,ooo loan to
China is expected by the japanese
embassy here to go through almost
Immediately. It is said that China's
| that further delay might prove seri-
Gus for the new government.
Colonel Alfredo Breceda, former
| private secretary to Gen. Carranza
arrived in New York Monday. Col
| Breceda said he is going to Spain and
| to France on a diplomatic mission fol
| the de facto government, the nature
of which he declined to discuss.
The navy's new battle cruisers; -four
of which have been authorized to be
laid down next year, will look like q
| blast furnace gone to sea. Each will
be equipped with six or more smoke
stacks, according to plans now being
completed by the navy department.
! Committed Suicide In New Haven.
| New Haven, Conn, Sept. 4. - Mrs
Mary Van Buren, who came here from
! New York during the summer ant
rented an apartment house IN Yorl
street, died tonight in a hospital az
the result of swallowing poison will
| suicidal intent. She was about SO year!
| old. Nothing is known Of her here
She lived alone and apparently fnad'
no acquaintance.