Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-28

reoersi off1cfals are on the lookout for a new type of a stacker, who pre- tends to be a foreigner in order to es- cape the draft.
 John Frederick Hunter, member of the United States Geological Survey was drowned while swimming in the Chattahoochee River.
 Secretary Daniels sent an estimate which he termed of vital importance for $S25,000 appropriation to estah- fish coast air patrols.
 Four Swedish steamers with caraoes of varied character, bound for Russia, were captured by a German submarine in the Gulf of Bothnia.
 vacancy in the Austrian premier ship may follow the Hungarian prem iership vacancy, according to reports coming through Amsterdam.
 Enrollnents in the Naval Reserve and militia forces number 4,53S men. Less than 20 per cent. of these men are equipped for sea service
 Emil Green, 1e years old, was con- victed of murder in the first degree be- fore Judge Gibbs in the Bronx County Court for killing Henry P. Thayer.
 
 Jonkheer Charles Ruys de Beerendro- eek as head of the Belgian Relief Com mission to succeed Herber Hoover.
 The Prussian Ministry of Finance has under consideration the levying of a bachelors tax and may further Von- clude to assess unmarried women.
 James Duncan. champion discus thrower of the world, and member Joined the United States Army eugin- eers.
 An appropriation of $2oO,OOo for the purpose of Great East Meadows, N. J. as a target range and camp grounds for the Government was passed by the State.
 Increased subscriptions to the Lib erty Loan were decided on by nine national banks of Omaha. The banks will take $4.00O, 900 worth of the bonds instead of $2.oo0,OoO.
 The strike of the Ioneshorenen and truckmen, which threatened to para lyze shipping in Havana Harbor and left the wharves piled high with mer- chandise, was settled.
 Senator Frelinehuysen of Now Jer- sey intrdouced resolution demanding a Senatorial inquiry of recent accf- dents aboard American ships, due to defective ammunition.
 A fine of S2,5oo or five years in pri son or both awaits "any male Canada an between the ages of eighteen and forty i've" who attempts to leave Can ada to avoid military service.
 EngIand's plans for fedeing herself, France. Italy and Belgium are based on the hope that H. c. Hoover is em- powered by the American Congress to fix export prices on foodstuffs.
 The Berlin Vorwaerts says that no German, After the horrors of the three years of war, could think of pur- chasing peace on the terms indicated in the speech of Premier Ribot
 Calling beer the national drink, rep resentatives of brewery employees pre- scented petitions to the President bear ing 100000 signatures urging him not to favor anti-beer legislation.
 Eight prisoners of war, including Julius Adolph Jockinsen, former Ger men consul of St. Thomas Virgin Is lands, were brought here under armed guard aboard an American steamship
 Parades led by the Edison band featured the opening of the intensive campaign started among employees of the Edison factories in Orange, N J., for contributions to the Liberty Loan. Massachusetts representative and first member of Congres to join the Re serve Corps, reported to Col Simp- son, adjutant general on Governors Island.
 The Greek freight steamer Odysseus, a vessel of 3,463 tons, which left New Orleans for Marseilles. was tor pedoed and sunk by a German sub marine, according to two members of her crew.
 The third Avenue Railway System in New York city, filed with the Pub lie Service Commission an applicat atfon for the right to charge an increase of two cents in fares or two cents for transfers.
 News reached New York of the sinking by German torpedoes of the Cunard steamship Feltria, formerly the Principello of the Uranium Line and the Atlantic Transport Line freighter Maine.
 An officials statement issued in Berlin denies United States Ambas- sador Gerard's declaration that the in habitants of Lillie were deported from. the city last year and made to work on land for the. Germans.
 Chief of Police Hayes of HoboI<en recommended to the Department of Justice the interment of 100 German sailors living at ht German Sea :? menment's Home. on the ground that presence constitutes a menace.
 George F. Ferguson, iceman friend of John D. Rockefeller, is dead at his home in Pocantico Hills. Ferguson v6s the wit of Pocan%fco Hills and he would often spend the evening with the oil king swapping jokes.