Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-03

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 Condensed Telegrams Charlie Chaplin, the movie emperor, is to get a salary of $1.ooo,ooo.
 New York dog catchers average 45o,oo0 dogs in the city.
 The War Department placed an order for 4,0O0 Lewis Machine guns with the Savage Arms Co.
 EuroDean pubIicists suggest that the United States act as trustee in gov ernment of African colonies.
 The newspaper, the American So- clalist, is held up in the mails in St. Louis because of a disloyal editorial
 The Chicago Speedway Park Asso- citation has given an ambulance and S5,0OO in cash to the American I;ed Cross.
 Mexico announced import duties on automobiles, wagons and all farming machinery had been removed until December 31.
 Four men were seriously burned in an explosion at the Becker Chemical plant, East 83d Street and Ditmars Avenue, Brooklyn
 The Jewish relief committee an nounced that the fund has been more than half subscribed in spite Of the closing during Red Cross week.
 Onions from Australia are meet ing ready sale in the Pacific coast cities of the United Stats, especially the variety known as brown Spanish"
 Because the War Department re- fused to recognize the Harvard officers training corps it will disband Au- gust 15. Members will join the reg ular army.
 A demonstration by a fire engine from No. 35. located at 18th St. New York. shot streams of water as high as the 5Sth floor of the WooIworth Building, 769 feet.
 ne Frankfurter ZeItunp IS under preventive censorship. The paper an nounces it's discontinuance of the comment on the war in its editorials until further notice.
 The Long Island Railroad will start 1000 workmen this week extending the Wading River Branch of the road to the army training camp now being laid out at Yaphani.
 The Swiss Mission to the United States will be postponed and a new route will be chosen instead of going by the way of Germany and Sweden, according to advises to the Matin.
 Final action was taken by Congress on a join resolution which extends for one year the time that water power may be used by concerns having hy- dro electric plants at Niagara Falls.cs
 John Wu Kim, 25 years old, born in San Francisco, employed as a cook in Newark, was sworn in as a member Regiment, which is in Federal service.
 The enlisted men of the New York National Guard may smoke on the Federal service, despite the order of MaJor- General O'Ryan to the contrary.
 The application of John J. Murtha,
  land Penitentiary, for a writ of man damus directing reinsta tement. was denied by Supreme Court Justice Tierney.
 Secretary Baker overrued the suS- gestion of army officers that the American uniform be changed so as to give the men more comfort and other 1 advantages which British uniforms are said to possess.
 The Argentine Senate passed a reso- lutiOn applauding the decision of the l executive power to accord friendly ! reception to the American squadron at 1 ports not considering the ! state of war which exists.
 President Chamorro of Nicaragua I a reduction of the army ! and promised to open the schools The | army will be reduced to the quota | needed to guard the magazines and | other places of importance
 Edward Brewer, Jr, IS, a swim | ming director of the Boy Scouts troop i of Ridgewood was probably fatally in- : tured while diving in L e Hackensack {; River where the troop is in camp | Brewers head struck rock.
 Rev. Warren F. Cook. pastor of Trin- . ity NJ. E. church. New Britain. and cha plain of the state senate has been . invited to do religious work among the [ soldiers. in France by the international . committee of the Y. M. C. A.
 The Congress of Cossacks resolved | that lands formerly belonging to Cos ! sacks by right of conquest and later 1 given by the Crown 10 private owners must be returned under the conditions | by the Constituent Assembly. |
 The House License Committee was urged by the proponents of 9 bill to limit the height of heels of women to one and one-eighth inches. Rejec tions in the army are due to bad feet i inherited from mothers who wore high ! heels.
 total of $12o.4eo has been for warded to various church organiza- tions by the William A. Sunday