Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-17

Largest in Connecticut in
 Condensed Telegrams
 About s225, 5,ooo, ,ooo is due on the 30 per cent. payment on the Liberty Bonds.
 The London Standard says Germany | is afraid of the power of the United | States.
 An interocutory decree. of divorce was granted to Mrs. Lydia Locke Har- sold, an opera singer.
 The Italian public disfavors the lnitia tive taken by the Pope in putting forth peace proposals.
 Betting on the Curb tavors Mayor John Purroy Mitchell for reelection. He is to favorite.
 The war worn veterans of 1914 were among the attackers on Hill 70, near Lens when it was captured.
 bill was introduced in the Greek Chamber abolishing honorary consul ar posts in the United States.
 Men in the enlisted reserve corps are in the federal service and may claim exemption on that ground.
 An effort to settle the strike in Lynn, Mass, shoe factories failed. About Ia, 900 employees are out since April Is.
 Four men were arrested by the po- lice of Coney Island and Brooklyn in their crusade to stop the theft of au- .OS.
 The new United States army dfvi- sion drawn from the state militia from g6 states. will be mobilized at Mineola. L. l.
 Boston draft boards have ruled that a man cannot claim exemption if he has a wife who can be supported by relatives.
 Thirty eight saloons in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, which were closed three weeks ago, have re- sumed business.
 Henry Ford will take contracts from the government at absolute cost price, he announced and the prices will be surprisingly low.
 Chicago restaurant and hotel owners have agreed a "beefess' day in September and also agreed to use less flour and wheat.
 The Rockefeller Foundation has do- mated s1OO,0OO to the War Work Coun- cil of the Young Womens Christian Association of New York.
 Gold to the amount of $1,e67, GOO was withdrawn from the sub-Treasury. Shipments of $5O0OoO were made to Canada and s300,000 to Spain
 Guatemala has notified the State De- partment that all persons entering the country must have passports and that departure will be supervised.
 Capt. Ksri Boy ed, former military attache to the German Elm bassy Tn Washington, resigned from the diplo- matic corps for active service in the navy.
 Seree. McCIintock of Lexington, Kyg who served in the S7th battalion Of the Canadian Grenadier Guards. was pre- sented with the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
 Fifteen German Socialists were ar rested at Hutchinson county. Sioux Falls g. D., on 8 charge of violating the espionage act and obstructing the draft law.
 General army orders create a new division in the army general stan, which will handle all business pertain ing to shipments of troops and supplies to Europe.
 Victor MurIock, former representa- tive and progressive leader of Kansas, vase nominated by President Wilson to fill a vacancy on the Federal Trade Commission.
 All action taken by the state of Ill., nois in fixing the price of coal must be made to coordinate with the plans of the Federal movement for direction of fuel supply.
 The PennsyIavina Railroad petitioned the Commerce Board to reconsider it's downward revision on freight rates for milk and cream within 200 mile radi- us of New York and Philadelphia.
 Patrons of Chicago barber shops will get no more bay rum or perfume during war. The Barbers Supply As sociation, now in convention. asserts that all alcohol is needed to beat Ger many.
 The Norwegian steamship ReneueIa used Is days as decoy by German U-boat. The submarine how cred around the Norwegian ship half submerged waiting for British ships to come up.
 The refusal Of the Entente Powers to grant passports to the conference at Stockholm shows that the Allies and the United States are determined to | bring destruction to Germany, the | Norwaerts asserts.
 George M. Rolph general manager of | the California Hawaiian Sugar Reftn- | ing Go. was appointed by Administrat- l or Hoover as head of the Government | bureau that will control the d1Str1bu- tion price of sugar.
 An intended jest landed William | Huch in prison on the island of Tu- | tuila for the duration of the war. He | threatened to blow up powder plant | in case German submarine entered | the hrabOr of Pago Pago.
 ReveiIIe sounded for the last time | at Fort Sheridan for the first officers | reser.Ne Training camD. The men will |