Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-17

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Sir William Turner, principal of Ed
inburgh University, died, aged SO.
Bulgaria is reported to have demand
ed the right to purchase food supplies
from Rumania.
will be established at Seattle by the
American>Can Co.
A report from Geneva, Switzerland,
states that Rumania has purchased
$4,000 horses from Russia.
Austria is suffering from a leather
shortage. Shoes with wooden soles
been introduced from Germany
Potato tickets have been introduced
at Leipsic, Germany. Each person is
allowed seven pounds of potatoes
weekly.
The Baldwin Locomotive Works has
let contract for a new factory ad-
dition to its Philadelphia plant, to cost
$5OO,0
The schooner GoIdie Bell of ST.
Johns N. F., was wrecked on the
British coast, Off the Lizard. The crew
was saved.
Directors of the Maine Central Rail-
road declared an initial dividend of
$1,50 per shares on the new preferred
stock, payable March IL.
Wool workers at Bradford, Ena.,
who had dispute with the manufact-
urers, have been awarded an increase
of per cent. in wages.
Because of the large number of de-
mands for invitations to White House
receptions President and Mrs. Wilson
now pass on all invitations.
As a result of a breakdown caused
by the war, American Ambassador
George T. Marye at Perograd, is re-
ported to be planning to resign.
Harry Gordon, alias "Boofkey", was
nned 500 and costs and sent to Jail for
thirty days for passing forged checks
on a New Britain business man.
Losses sustained by 80 merchants at
Saonica by the recent Zeppelin bonn
bardment are placed at $1.125,o00 by
the Calonica Chamber of Commerce.
The National Association of Insur-
ance Agents at the conference in Chi
cago selected Boston for the nation
al convention to be held in September
Don Carlos Loaiza, a nattorney, well
known in Sonora, has been arrested
at Montezuma and sentenced to death
as a plotter against the Carranza gov
ernment.
Military tPNaaSi1
into the action of soldiers at Berlin,
Ont, in wrecking the costly memorial
to the Kaiser's grandfather in Vic
toria Park.
Angus Newell of Boston, an ice cut
rer,'wa struck by southbound pas
senger train on the Boston & Maine
railroad at East Andover, N. H. and
instantly killed.
The Rev. Charles +, Dole. D. D. nas-
tor of the First Congregational church
OF Jamaica Plain, Mass, for. forty
years and widely known in New Eng
land, has resigned.
Thomas n. Judd of New Brain has
been appointed to clerkship in the
state treasurer's office. He succeeds D.
j.. Kelly, who resigned to become post
master in Deep River.
The Southington National Bank Sc
lected Charles E. Smith of Chester as
cashier to fill the vacancy caused by
the suicide of Louis K. Curtiss, who
left shortage of $S7.500.
President n. A. Middleton of Broad
Brook presided at the annual meeting
of the New England Tobacco Growers
association at Hartford at which about
400 members were present.
The submarine E.-2 shattered in an
explosion of the new Edison subma-
rine batteries, will be used as a lab
oratory where investigations of the
batteries will be continued.
One hundred and sixty girls spoilers
at the plant of the Royal Weaving
Co., at Pawtucket r. l., went on a
strike for an increase in pay and a
change in working conditions.
Peter Mcneil, dock master of the
Battery Landing, New York, made his
2Sth rescue when he saved from
drowning Michael Martin, 40 of Brook
lyn. who had fallen into the water
while trying to board a steamer.
Porter Bond, said to be Temporarily
insane. shot and killed Harley Gray
and Melvin Hubble, his attendants,
after they had taken hi INTO a sanatart-
um at Martinsville, Ind, for treat
ment. All three came from Coal City.
A commission of prominent Russian
literary men left Petrograd for Eng
land to make a tour of inspection of
British munition plants so they may
deliver lectures to Russian troous anil
civilians on England's part in the war.
James Holloway, of Raleigh, color
ed fireman, was killed and H j. Wells.
engineer and Frank L. StockwelI.
road foreman of engines, were badly