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Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-19

schooners Polar Bear, Alaska, Mary | Sachs and North Star, but the vessels | probably will be out of repair and un- | able to make the quick voyage that | will be necessary to elude the treach- l erous ice, which closes upon the coast l rapidly in early autumn. If all goes well, the explorers should arrive in Nome soon after the middle of Sep tember.
 The Stefansson expedition from the beginning was divided into two par ties The northern, under Stefansson, planned to seek new land in the Beau fort sea, and succeeded, notwithstand- ing the loss of the principal boat, the whaler Karluk, which was crushed in the ice the first winter out. The southern party, under Dr. Rudolph An derson, has been exploring and chart ing the delta of the Mackenzie river and the country to the east, and also making a geological survey of the isl- ands and mainland at the mouth of the great river. making especial search for copper and coal. Copper nuggets abound along the waterways, and the Eslximos make their weapons and uten- discovered the blue-eyed Eskimos in the Coronation gulf country east of the Mackenzie, some years ago, these people being, he believed. descendants of the ancient Scandinavian settlers in Greenland. is not revisiting these Es-
 
 ansson and Anderson have a large amount of information and material, and will make a complete report to the Canadian government. Stefansson will publish book describing his discov- cries
 A despatch from Christiania, Nor way. announcing that Captain Roald Amundsen, discoverer of the North west passage and the South pole, plans to set out on a North pole expedition in the spring of 1917. by way of Bering strait, interests Arctic navigators greatly. Amundsen intended to leave San Francisco several years ago. sail ] for Boring strait toward the North ! pole and return between Spitzbergen ] and Greenland. He abandoned his voy- | age because of lack of funds. In the years that have elapsed motor boat i progress has been rapid and new en- | zines that burn small quantities of | fuel have simplified Arctic problems. Amundsen will use a 100 ton power boat.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-19
DESIGNS FOR NEW ISSUES
 OF GREEK POSTAGE STAMPS
Have Been Approved and Will Soon
 be Issued.

Athens Greece, April 1s.-Designs for new issue of Greek postage stamps have been approved and unless the Serbian occupation of Corfu in tereferes with the printing of them, the new stamps will be on sale soon. Greek paper money is printed in the the United States, but the postage stamps are printed on the island of Corfu.
 The matter of stamps for letters in Greece has become complicated by the fact that during the holidays, such as those around Easter no letter posted for delivery in Greece will reach its destination unless it is stamped with a National Relief Stamp" in addition to the regular postage. These relief stamps are in two denominations two-fifths of a cent and one cent-and the proceeds goes to the aid of fam lilies of those killed in the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913. The design of both these stamps shows a dying soldier in the foreground, while a white robed figure in the background takes a wo- men and child to her bosom From an | artistic point of view they are very ugly designs.
 In addition to the obligatory Nation al Relief Stamps there are Greek Red Cross stamps and stamps of the Wo- mems Patriotic League on sale in all postoffices. The use of these is SC | strongly urged by the postal clerks that the average Greek ends by believ- ing that, they, too, are obligatory
 with the result that he covers the gooC part of an envelope with stamps. Int Patriotic League of Greek women il
 under the presidency of the Queen, lanC Il its stamp bears a crowned circle, with | in which is Greek letter s fer Sophie
 the Queens name, intertwined with : l red cross. These, as well as the Rex
 Cross stamps, are issued in one denom
 ination only, one cent each.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-19
TO BRING SUPERVISION PARTY BACK
Captain Louis Lane Arctic Navigator of Long Exper ence Will Leave Seattle About June in 300 Ton Pow Schooner and Expects Return With Explorers Next Autumn

Seattle, April 1s.-Captain Louis L. Lane, the Arctic navigator of long ex- perience, announced here today that he will leave Seattle for the Arctic ocean schooner now being built here, and ex- poets to return to Nome or Seattle next autumn with Vilhjalmar Stefans- son and the other members of the Canadian government exploring expe- dition that sailed from Victoria, B. C., for the Arctic ocean June 17, 1913. Captain Lane plans to be at Banks land, in the Polar sea, about Aug. 5, and to meet Stefansson there. Lane, in the power schooner Polar Bear, took Stefansson and two companions from Banks land to Herschel Island last August, and afterward sold the Polar Bear to Stefansson, who returned to Banks land with this boat and the small power boat Gladiator, intending to pass the winter in exploration of Banks land. and then, on the breaking of the ice this spring, making further exploration of the new land which he discovered last year, north of Melville Island Captain Lane is now in Seat tie supervising construction of his schooner.
 Captain Lane is going north, not under contract with the Canadian gov ernment, but under verbal agreement with Stefansson. Lanes new power boat, which probably will be named the Great Bear, will be of wooden con- struction, and the strongest ice-re- sisting vessel ever built on Puget sound. Lane will take with him gaso- line and other supplies for the Stef- ansson fleet. Stefansson has asked the Canadian government to permit his parties to continue their work a year longer, but it is believed that on ac- count of war conditions the explorers will be ordered home. The expedition
 was planned to continue three and a
 half years.
 Unless ice movements are unfavor- l able, Captain Lane expects to reach Banks land at the time fixed upon. Ii | he has good fortune, he will call first l at Herschel Island, where he may re-
 ceive word from Stefansson. If he does
 not get instructions there, he vii 1 proceed north to Banks land, making i stops at points agreed upon last year where Stefansson may have letters ol
 men waiting for Lane. It may be tha l the explorers will choose to return tC l Nome in their own boats, the power
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-19

themselves of the native product. The German Electric Light and Tower company, which supplies this city and suburbs, and which formerly used coal exclusively, began to use the Argen- tina oil after the outbreak of the war but has lately discontinued that and is now burning the Mexican product. This notwithstanding the recent grant by the government of SIS, 5,O0O.Oo to develop the Argentine oil regions
 An official report of conditions pre- va;linG iE and around the Comodoro- Riyadavia oil area shows some inefh- cisnt conditions under which the de- velopment of the field is being under taken. Water is lacking in that re- gion and has to be brought form a place more than thirty miles away. and labor is also scarce. Being a fiscalized, the operations have been elaborate and costly, but, it is charg- ed, extremely inefficient It is said to be doubtful whether the oil fields will ever respond to the elaborate hopes based upon the casual discovery Of them in 1907. A government inspec- tor, just returned from the district, ex- presses his surprise that the locomo- tIves irving to and from the petroleum zone are still being fired with costly coal.
 The peat deposits of Tierra del Pue- go are declared to contain inexhaus- tible supplies of that fuel, but with scarcity of coasting vessels and the difficulty of securing labor for that | bleak region. it is more than doubtful whether 1t will ever pay. Of wood | there is an enormous supply, but 1t grows in the remote and generally in seiubrious regions.
 As for American coal, the freight | charged, 90 shillings per ton, rules il | out of consideration. in view of the | fact that the British product is ship | ped at $50 a ton This can be done because freighters are sure of picking | up profitable charters in the Rive1 | Platte for England or France.
 To give an idea of the manifold ways
 in which the lack of fuel affects tho
 currents of commerce, 1t is sufficient
 to note that the great hotel proprie- tors have met and deliberated upor
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-19
OF SHARK
 MEAT AS A FOOD Experiments Are Being Conducted by U. s. Bureau of Fisheries.

Washington, April 1s.-Preliminary experiments are being conducted by the United States Bureau of Fisheries in the preparation of shark meat as a food. Fisheries experts say there is good ground for the relief that a demand for the article will be ere ated- Even now, they say, sharks are more universally eaten than is gen. orally known as trap fishermen off the Massachusetts coast ship all of the large species of shark, with one eX- ception, caught in their trap. The head, fins and tail are removed and the sharp then looks not unlike a deep water swordfish. They are ship ped to Boston and New York and sold as deep-water swordfsh, the fisher men receiving from three to eight cents a pound.
 In the United States there is a pre- judice against the use of sharks for food that results in waste of what rightfully should be a resource, fish, cries experts declare. In England and Wales almost $500, 900 pounds of dog fish, valued at more than S100 900 were landed in 1913. As the flesh of these small sharks, when properly prepared, is palatable, there appears to be no valid reason against it's use. officials say.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-19
TO STUDY SUPPLY OF
 FUR-REARING ANIMALS.
Russian Expedition Has Made Visit to
 Western Siberia.

Petrograd. April 1S.-An expedition sent out by the department of agri- culture to study supply of fur bearing animals has just returned from an of territory along the Yenisei river in Western Siberia. As a result of his investigations, the chief of the expe- dition, M. Solovieff, recommends a pro- hibition of killing of the sable for an additional three years, the first period or three years, which will end in Octo- Der. 1916, having proven insufficient to replenish the supply. Without such protection, in his opinion, the sable will very soon become extinct in Rus sia-
 The expedition suffered extreme hardship and encountered many perils, having set out in the late autumn when the temperature was 40 to SO degrees below zero Fahrenheit. with out maps, and with only tents for shelter. Several members were lost in crossing streams on rafts. The ex- pedition broke up into parties and it was estimated in all a total of 15O 900 square versts of territory was covered, travelling on skis, with horses, reindeer and on rafts, mapping the route tra- yersed and collecting specimens. NJ. Solovieff made an interesting report on the karagaz tribe of Turkish origin lnhabiting the Sayan mountains in the governments of Yeniseisk and Irkutsk
 Ihis tribe is reduced to 345 men, of which SS are warriors. The explorers witnessed the trial of a man and wife growing out of a domestic TOW. The warriors acted as judges and decreed that the couple be separated, the wom- an to receive so lashes and the man 60. The evidence appearing to show | that the woman was at fault M Solo vief inquired why the man was pun ished also. The reply was that 1t was | good for him and that unless he was | punished by the tribunal the woman
 was sure to take her own revenge. A | fine of three reindeer was assessed ] against the pair, the animals being ! killed and eaten on the spot by the members of the tribe.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-19
COAL IN ARGENTINE
 COSTS S35 GOLD PER TON
And is Hard to Purchase Even at That
 Figure.

Buenos Aires, April 1s.-Coal for ordinary consumption in the Argentine is now s35 gold per ton. and hard to purchase even at that figure. To prevent the reduction of the pres ernment has ordered the principal steamship companies not to put on board any outbound vessel more coal than necessary to carry it to the near est Brazilian port of call. This coal is the property of the steamship com panies stored here as a precautionary measure and the fact that the govern inert has keen obliged to place an em- bargo on this private property is in dicative of the seriousness of the fuel problems in this country.
 The railroads likewise have been forced to economize by cutting down the summer timetables of trains, and in the nNea ntime they have placed or drs for 1.5G0,00 tons of hard wood for fuie. But even wood has gone up S5 a ton within a week. and is now quoted at S33 paper, or S14 gold. Charcoal which is largely used for do- mestic purposes is also S5 a ton dear CT,
 The situation is such that even the ships of the Argentine navy are de- clared to he impotent owing to the lack of coal. The built battleships Rivadavia and Moreno were constructed to burn oil, but ap- parently the oil problem is nearly as serious as the coal situation. Crude petroleum from the Argentine wells | is beinE offered in limited quantities at SSO paper, $S4 gold. per ton AL though reported inferior only to the best Rumanian oil, the Argentine gov ernmert and people have displayed a scepLical attitude toward the native ois.
 | The deposits have been said to be
 unlimited, but despite this the output
 has been small and neither the navy
 or manufacturers generally avai
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-19
NOTTINGHAM LACE TRADE
 SUFFERS FOR WORKERS
Women Threaders Have Gone Into
 Munition Works.

Nottingham. Eng, April 1S.-The lace trade here has suffered so from a shortage of threaders who have joined the army and the transfer of women to munition works that the government has complied with the re- quest of the manufacturers for a re- taxation of the rules prohibiting the employment of females of under six teen years of age and males of four teen years in branches known as threading the brass bobbin, winding. lacking off and stripping.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-19
P. o. Yantic, Conn. apri9d
DISTRICT OF MONTVILLE. s

D1SItt1CT OF MONTNlLLE, SS.. Probate Court, Montville, April 4, 1916
 The application of George H. Brad ford, Administrator de bonis non of the estate of the late Mary Jane Chap pen, was this day heard; the applica- ton was presented in Court, and no one appeared to object to said applica- tion to sell real estate, consisting of a parcel of land with buildings thereon, situated in said Town of Montville, bounded and described as follows. viz. {:
 North by land of Fred Bergman; on the east by land of said Bergman; on
 the south by the highway leading from Palmertown to UncaSyille; on the west
 by land of Morris Cooney.
 Upon due inquiry and consideration of the evidence. this Court finds that
 public notice of the pendency of said application, and the fine and place Of hearing thereon, as directed by the Court on the 28th day Of March, -l916, and that the return is true; it is there | fore
 Ordered, That the whole real estate | described in said application be sold | by said Administrator de 'bonfs non, | either at public auction Or private sale.
 as he sfran deem best, and said Admin | istrator de bonts non tp give public
 time in some newspaper, having cir | culation in said District and posting | a like notice on the public signpost 1 nearest to the real estate to be sold, | and in the same Town, and return make aprfsd DAN D. HOME. Judge
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-19
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

AT A COURT OF PROBATE HELD at Norwich. within and for the District of Norwich, on the 18th day of April A. D. 1916. Present-NEDSON J. AYLING, Judge Estate of Susan E. Crumb, late of Ordered, That the Administrator cite the creditors of said deceased to bring in their claims against said estate within six months from this date by posting a notice to that effect, together with a copy of this order. on the sign deceased last dwelt, and in the same Town, and by publishing the same once in a newspaper having a circula- tion in said District. and make return to this Court.
 NELSON J. 'AYLING. Judge. The above and foregoing Is a true copy of record.
 Attest: HELEN M. DRESCHER,
 Assistant Clerk.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-19
WOMEN ARE CLEANING
 THE STREETS IN VIENNA
Are Receiving the Same Pay as the
 Men They Replaced.

Vienna, April 1S.-More than a thou sand women are employed in cleaning the streets in Vienna. At least half the men in the street department have left their posts. Most of them are in the army, the others have obtained more lucrative work. The women who take their places receive the same rate of pay-from 55 cents to 50 cents a day.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-19
DELEGATES TO NATIONAL
 CONVENTION OF CONSERVATION
Admiral Caspar Goodrich of Pomfret
 One of Four Appointed.

Hartford, Conn, April 18-Harrison B. Freeman and L. F. Robinson of Hartford and W. K. Nolan of Bridge port and Admiral Caspar Goodrich of Pomfret have been appointed by the governor delegates to the national convention on conservation to be held in Washington, D. C., from May l to May 4.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-19
copxriaht Office Pays.

Washington. April 1s.-The Copy right Office is one of the few govern ment institutions which pays its own way. In 1915 its expenses were s10.- $50 and fees received were $s, ,342 more than that amount
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-19

East -Berlin-A group of Hartford men has bought the former Peck, Stow & Wilcox plant in East Berlin and will begin the manufacture of a high grade paper stock as soon as the factory is renovated and machinery installed.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-19
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

AT COURT OF PROBATE HELD at Lebanon. within and for the District of Lebanon, on the 18th day of April, A. D. 1916.
 Present - ALBERT G. KNEELANSD, Judge.
 Estate of James F. Mason, late of Lebanon, in said District, deceased.
 Ordered, That the EXecutor (F'rederic w. Hoxie) cite the creditor of said de- ceased to bring in their claims against said estate within six months from this date, by posting a notice to that effect together with a CODY of this order. on the signpost nearest to the place where said deceased last dwelt, and in the same Town and by publishing the same once in The Norwich Bulletin, a news paper having a circulation in said Dis trict, and make return to this Court. ALBERT G. KNEELAND, Judge.
 The above and foregoing is a true copy of record.
 Attest: A. G. KNEELANID, Ex-nf6rio Clo-Ir
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-19

the best course of action in view of the increased kitchen and laundry ex- Penses. which are nearly double what they were.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-19

NOTICE.-All creditors of said de- ceased are hereby notified to present their claims against said estate to the undersigned at Norwich, Conn, within the time limited in the above and fore going order.
 DANIEL s. GUILE, apr19d Administrator.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-19

Bridgeport.-Sixty new appointments in the police department will become effective May 1.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-19
Prohibition of Gambling in Siam.

Bangkok, Siam, April 1S.-The final prohibition of public gambling in Siam has been decided upon. The lotteries have already been closed, and the gambling houses will be shut gradually during the next two years.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-19

NOTICE.-All creditors of said de- ceased are hereby notified to present their claims against said estate to the undersigned at Lebanon, within the time limited in the above and foregoing order.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-19

There are 56,OOO seeds in a bushel of wheat.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-10-02
NEW CLUES TO MYSTERY
Articles Found May Lead to ldentl-,
fication of Body Discovered
5s in River A Week Ago

Al axnress receipt, coat label and
! dunl;cate trunk check, discovered on
the river bank near where the body
was found floating by James Young,
assistant superintendent Of The Mt.
Vernon estate, yesterday morning.
NAV lead to the discovery of the iden-
tity Of the woman whose case has
,,A,zzled the authorities during the
mast week. The body is still held at
Wbeatley's undertaking rooms.
The express receipt bears the name
Of Mrs. J. E. Swartz, and is dated
sentember 22nd, 1916. It was in such
bad condition that no further parti-
culars could be CLEANED from it, The
coat label bears the imprint OF Mar
shall, Field and Company. The shoes
found on the body bore the name OIL
the same firm.
The finding of these new clues has
postponed the burial which was to
have taken place this afternoon. Mr..
Wheatley has communicated the new
nhases of the case to the Chicago
Chief of Police and is awaiting his
instructions.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-10-02
OFFICIAL.

An ordinance to prohibit walking
or driving over, or interfering with
any barricade or obstruction placed
across, a street or roadway under
repair or construction.
Be it ordained by the City Coun-
Gil of Alexandria, Va.
Section LIT shall he unlawful
for any person to walk or drive oven
a street or roadway under repair OF
construction, or to remove, take down.
knock down, or alter the position OF
any barricade OF obstruction placed
across said street or roadway by au-
thority of the City Engineer.
Section 2-Any person violating
the provisions of this ordinance shall
be fined not less than Five Dollars,
$3.50 nor more than Fifty Dollars
-(s5O.O0
Section 3.-This ordinance shall be
in force from and after it's passage
Passed the Common Council, Sept
&c, 1916.
HOWARD w. SMITH, President
Passed the Board of Aldermen,
F. F. MARBURY, President.
Approved, October 2, 1916.
THOMAS A. FISHER, Mayor.
Teste: Daniel R. Stansbury, C. G..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-10-02
RAILROADS
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PREMIER CARRIER OF THE
SOUTH
IN EFFECT MARCH 1, 1916

In EFt ELL NApSA -
N. B.-Fouow1ng schedule figures
are published only As informatlop
not guaranteed. 49,,
Trains leave Union Station Alex
andria. ou
1877 A. M, Daily-Local between
Washington ana Danvllle, delivers
connection daily except Sunday az
Orange to C and O., No. 4O3 for Cor
louisville and Richmond.
SAT A. M. .Daily-Local Tor liar
risonburg and way stations. Buffet
parlor car.
OFT A. M. Daily-Mail train,
coaches for Manassas, Wa1renton.
Orange, Lynchburg, Greensboro ano
Charlotte.
1922 A. M. Daily-U. 5. Fast
Mail stops only for passengers to
uoirss at which scheduled to stop
Loacnes and Sleeping cars to Atlanta
New Orleans, Birmingham. Sleeping
car Salisbury to Ashville. Coaches
for Charlottesville, Lynchburg, Dan
yille, Greensboro, and Charlotte.
1922 P. M. Daily-Local for Char
lottesville connecting at Calverton for
Warrenton.
4:52 P. NJ. Daily-BirmIngham
Special. Sleeping cars between New
York, Atlanta, Admission, Birmingham,
and Augusta. Through first class
coaches between Washington, Allan
ia and Birmingham. Dining car SER
vice. Tourist to California daily.
400 .. m.-Daily local for Harrison
burg and way Stations on Manassas
branch. Pullman Buffet parlor cars.
5:22 P. NJ. Local for Warrenton.
TIT P. M. Daily-Augusta Special
Through train with sleeping cars to
Charlotte, Columbia, Aiken and Au.
gusta. Through Sleeping cars to Ash
vile.
1902 P. M. Daily-Washington
and Chattanooga Limited (via Lynch
burg) First class coaches and Sleep
ing cars to Roanoke, Knoxville, Chat
tanooga, Sleeper to New Orleans,
Washington to Roanoke, Dining car
service.
1902 P. NJ. Daily-New York and
New Orleans Limited. All Pullman
train. Club and Observation cars to
New Orleans. Dining car service.
4:27 A. M. Daily-Memphis spe-
cial, Sleeping cars and coaches for
Roanoke, Knoxville, Nashville, Chat.
tanooga, and Memphis. Dining car
service. Washington sleeping cara
open 10 p. m.
For detailed schedule figures, ticketa
reservations. etc., apply to
s.. D. SHELTON
Union ticket agent, Alexandria, Va,
E. H. COAPMAN, Vice-Pres., and
gen. Manager.
H. F. CARY, Gen1 Pass, Agent.
W. H. TAYLOE, Pass. Traffic Mgr.
C. ". WESTBURY, Gen. Agent.
7O5 18th Street, N. W., Washington
D. c.