Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-18

Three men were asphyxiated in
fire which destroyed grocery store
and apartment building at Detroit.
reappointment of Adjutant- General
Louis w. Stotesbury. of New York.
Andre Radovitch, premier of Monte
negro, has rendered his resignation to
King Nicholas, who has accepted it,
measure which would permit
women to vote for president was in
troduced in the Minnesota legislature.
The Wyoming Senate has passed
bill submitting constitutional prohf-
bition amendment to the people In
1913.
The House voted to retain the
pneumatic tube service in New York,
Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago and st.
Louis.
Exports of cotton from the port of
Galveston for the month of December
amounted to $29S,472, valued at $31,-
362,49S
The Master Painters and House
Decorators Association of New York
opened its annual convention at Ro-
chester.
Fire destroyed the Second Regiment
Armory of the New York National
Guard at Troy, n. Y, at a loss of
100000.
Corporal Frank Schultzof, of Co.
L.. 32d Michigan Infantry, was shot
and killed at Ell Paso by an unidenti-
fed negro.
Mayor Thompson of Chicago took
steps to seize all cars of coal in the
railroad yards in an effort to ward off
a fuel famine.
The London Times Red Cross fund,
which the other newspapers are also
supporting, has now passed the 6.00e,-
900 pounds mark.
The President of Peru issued a de-.
cree providing for the organization Of
a national mining congress, to be
opened in July, 1917.
George Kennedy, electrician, was
killed on the battleship Oklahoma by
the explosion of a one-pound shell
during bate practice off Charleston
Three men were injured when an
automobile in which they were riding
crashed mot a subway pillar at
Broadway and 2S7th Street, New York.
Maurice Snyder, of Troy, NJ. ", was
drowned when he lost control of a
motor iceboat on which he was riding
and the machine ran into open water.
James p. Miller, of New York, de-
faulting clerk of the Liberty National
Bank, was sentenced to five years in
the Atlanta penitnetiary on a plea of
guilty.
Several persons were injured when
the Seaboard Air Lines Florida-Cuba
special, southbound, was deraiIed at
Hoffman, N. c., II miles north of
Hamlet.
The German liner Prinz Adalbert,
which was ca ptured at the beginning
of the war, was sold at auction on the
order of the British prize court for
E152,000.
An order was issued by sthe Public
Brooklyn Rapid Transit to rebuild it's
tracks on Nostrand Avenue between
F1atbush Avenue and Eastern Park
way, Brooklyn.
One of the old type of subway cars.
standing on a siding in the New York
Central yards at 165th Street and the
Hudson River, was destroyed by fire.
at a loss of $4,000.
Assembiynan E. n. Miller introduc-
ed bill for the establishment of a de-
partment of markets in New York, to
consist of five commissioners, ap-
pointed by the mayor.
The Postal Telegraph Cable Co. an
wireless via Sayville, would again be
accepted, subject to indefinite delay
and at sendter's disk.
Foreiqn- born citizens and former
United States soldiers testified before
the Senate military subcommittee in
opposition to proposed compulsory
military training legislation.
One hundred federal officers who
superintend the construction of gov
ernment buildings throughout the
country held conference on improv-
ing methods at Washington.
Lighthouse inspectors from districts
on both the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts and from insular posts held a
conference at Washington to discuss
Improvement of the lighthouse service.
Representatives of the surface trac-
tion lines in New York city have been
summoned to a conference with the
Public Service Commission Jan. 81 to
devise means to prevent accidents to
passengers.
Proposed increases in freight rates
on lumber from Mississippi Valley
territory and the Southeast to the
Middle West and Wisconsin were ap-
proved by the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Senator John J. Boylan of New York
introduced concurrent resolution
calling for the appointment of a COM
mittee of two senators and five as
sembIymen to investigate the activi-
ties of the Rockefeller Foundation
Because Of the inability OF Adjutant
Gen. George NJ. Cole to secure medi-
cal oHicers for the First Connecticut
Ambulance company. located in Hart
ford, the organization will be trans
ferred to Bridgeport and reorganized.