Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-31
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 August Rodin, the famous sculptor. is seriously i'll at Paris.
 Captain Clifton M. Butler, 17th In- fantry. died at Douglas. Ariz. SPA, 5000 compared with $s8, ,5OO,- 900 in 1915.
 Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters, is dead.
 Mrs. George E. ereese, wife of the Mayor of Charelston, W. V., dropped dead from heart disease.
 More than $4o,ooo for relief of Jews in the war zone was raised at a mass meeting at Philadelphia.
 Operations have been resumed at the Monterey smelter of the American Smelting and Refining Vo. in Mexico. Collin NebIett of Silver City, N. M., was nominated United States District Judge for the district of New Mex ico.
 
 Half billion dollars is to be ap- propriated by the Canadian govern ment for war purposes for the year ending March 31, 1918.
 Edwin D. Carter of Russell, Mass. pleaded guilty to second degree murd CT at Springfield, Mass, and was sen fenced to life Imprisonment.
 Frank OIesky, proprietor of board ing house at No. 84 North First Street, Williamsburgh, was arrested on charge of grand larceny.
 Governor Edge announced that he would appoint James H. MuIheron. of Trenton. N. J., as principal keeper for the New Jersey State Prison.
 The Federal Grand Jury at Indian apolis, resumed it's investigation into alleged Irregularities in the last cleo tion at several cities n Indiana.
 Capital punishment will remain on the statute books of Utah.. The bill to abolish the death penalty was defeated in the lower house by a vote of 30 to |13.
 The advance in export rates on steel and steel products proposed by car riers have been suspended by the In- terstate Commerce Commission until July 29.
 A man arrested for alleged attempt to wreck King Alfonso's train was identified as Rafael Dura F1oriot, a de- serter from a regiment stationed at Malaga.
 A meeting of the stockholders of the Triangle Film Corporation will be held in Richmond on Feb. to consider in creasing the stock from 5,O00, 900 to $S, 100000.
 The PennsyIvania Railroad has placed an embargo on lines west of bound shipments of carload freight which originate at Chicago.
 Anthony KoudeIka, of New York, known as the champion wrestler and strong man of the Bohemian colony on the upper East Side, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.
 Herr won Markowitz, an honorary member of the Reichstag, representing the Polish Party, was appointed by King William of Prussia, a life mem Der of the Prussian House of Lords.
 President Wilson was told by Repre- sentative Sims, of the House Commerce Committee, that it would be impossible to obtain favorable action in the House on MT. Wilson's program for railroad legislation.
 Chief Justice White announced that the Supreme Court will take it's cus- tOmary midwinter recess from Feb. to March ,, for the preparation of opin- ions in cases which have been argued and submitted.
 John J. Murtha, warden of the branch penitentiary at Hart's Island, was discharged by Burdette G. Lewis, commissioner of correction. He is dis charged with neglect of duty and of ficia1 misconduct.
 Announcement was made at Chicago that price advances, ranging from 25 to 50 per cent, will be recommended to owners of more than 2,0O0 shoe re- pairing shops by the United Shoe Re pairers' Association
 Fire Tuesday destroyed 10000 barrels of potatoes in storehouses at Hill Sid ing, six miles onrth of Houlton, Me, on the line of the Bangor and Aroos- took railroad, with an aggregate loss estimated at 5000
 The Canadian government received a request from the Town Council of Tutherglen, Ont, for the admission into Canada of citizen of an enemy country. A bond of $50,000 is offered for his proper conduct.
 The War Department has approved a bill by Representative Jones of Vir- ginia, providing for the construction of a bridge across the Potomac, south of Washington, for the proposed BaIti- more to Newport News Railroad.
 Several hundred eIersynen and lay men representing the churches of New York met in conference in the auditorium of the Metropolitan Build ing to hear outlined the progress of the Anti-SaIoon Leagues campaign for nationwide prohibition.
 Eleven hundred children of St. An thony's parochial school. at Jersey City, were vaccinated by physicians of the Board of Health as precau- tionary measure following the discov- cry of a cose of smallpox among the laborers employed by the Erie Rail- | r0ad near the school