Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-30
Condensed Telegrams

1 The earthquake which vibrated Inn
 perial Valley, California, did little dam
 age.
 Rear Admiral Sims was formally
 named Vice-Admiral by President | Wilson.
 Four prisoners escaped from the
 Leesburg, N. J., prison farm. one was | recaptured.
 | A declaration of martial law in Canada was urged upon the Govern
 ment to carry conscription through. 1 Governor Graham issued call for
 the formation of an additional Yer
 mont regiment for service with the 1 State.
 H. B. Perham, for 16 years head of
 the Order of Railroad Photographers,
 Boston.
 Merritt HaviIand Smith, Jr., of New
 York, member of the officers training l camp at Plattsburg,s died of seIf-in- l dicted wounds. | A. L. Hester, representative from the 22d Pennsylvania district in the 62d and 64th Congresses, is dead at his
 home Scottdale, Pa I The Pennsylvania Railroad pledged
 itself to buy $5,O00,oOO worth of Liberty Loan bonds, mot for it's employees but
 for the company itself.''
 Another contingent of the American
 Medical Corps arrived in England. The 1 contingent comprised units from Philadelphia and St. Louis. The retirement of Dr. c. J. Bartlett head of the pathological and bacter- | O01 dn oT~tV,oG ,f | ical school, is announced Walter Lippman of New York, edi- | tor of The New Republic, has been of i fered a place in the war department
 as an aide to Secretary Baker. | Mexican Government officials deny
 the rumor of arrangements for a loan | of 25O 100000 pesos in gold (S125, ,00J,- | o00) through New York bankers. Representative Emerson, of Ohio, in
 troduced bill carrying an appropri- alton of S50000 to establish a bureau | of ideas" in the War Department. l Fer the first time in years Atlantic | City was plunged into virtually com | plete darkness during the course of an
 unprecedentedly severe electric storm. i! Vance Mccormick, Democratic Ma tional Chairman, volunteered al clerk to the selective service registration i board in Harrisburg. He was accept ed.
 Ambulance Section No. 26 of the American Field Service started for the | front yesterday under the command of
 Albert M. Hyde of New York, a liar ward man.
 The wheat elevator in Omaha of the
 Nancy Milling Co., containing 5O,OO0 bushels, was burned, causing S200,0O0 loss. The fire is believed to have been incendiary.
 German and Austrian clerks remain ing with the Swiss and Swedish Iega-
 tions, at Washington will be allowed
 to continue work unhampered, it was announced.
 Army engineers have developed a new type of tractor combining pow CT speed and ability to turn within it's own length for hauling guns of medi- um calibre.
 Miss Susan Mount, who died in New
 York at the age of 8O left $50,O00 to
 the Rev Daniel s. Futile, Episcopal bishop of the diocese of Missouri, to | establish church. National Guard member on duty north of Utica snapped his rifle to see that it was in order. The bullet struck | Otaro Ffola, who was on his way to work, and killed him. Two cases of smallpox were discov-
 cred yesterday in Norwalk by the l health authorities. Both victims are children. The cases are the first re- ported in this section. Aaron LittIefieId, of Edaartown, Mass, acting commander in the United States Navy during the Civil War, and a retired senior captain of the revenue cutter service died aged S4 Dr.. Samuel kiamiI. bacterioIogist and chief surgeon of the Red Cross Hospital in Sivas. Turkey, claims to have obtained extraordinary results with a typhus serum from goats. A message received in Baltimore from Miss Virginia S. MacTaVish, of Rome, announces the death of her sis ter at Brussels, Belgium. Both women are direct decendants of Charles Car roll.
 A petition in bankruptcy was filed yesterday in the United States district ford, showing liabilities of s141, 322 court by Charles D. Meloney of Hart and assets of real estate valued at $22,100.
 One hundred thousand took part in a parade in Buenos Aires in honor of Italy Buildings were decorated with flags of the Allies and the national songs of the Allied countries were played by bands.
 Admiral Benson, chief of operations, told the Senate Commerce Committee he considered Government ownership of the Cape Cod Canal of great value to the navy. but because of the heavy appropriations for the did not consider 1t a naval necessity at pres ent.
 TO REGULATE PRICE OF
 CHEESE IN GREAT BRITAIN Action Taken by Baron Davenport, the
 Food Controller.
 London, May 29. 1905 D. m.-Baron Davenport, the food controller, begin