Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-05

German submarines have opened a campaign against the Swedish mer- | chant fleet along the Norwegian north | ern coast.
 Lord NorthcIiffe, head of the Brit i called on Secretary McAdoo and dis l eussed further credits for Great Brit | ain.
 The estate of Jos. S. Hyde. presi- dent of the Bath Iron Works who died in March, was valued at S3,156.93s in | an inventory filed in probate court at Bath, Me.
 The first of the 5o,ooo delegates ex- pected to attend the national conveu- tion of the order of Elks in Boston. which will open on Monday next. ar
 Plans to provide a fund for aged and incapacitated members were dis cussed al the annual convention Of the American Flint Glass Workers Union at New Bedford.
 Richard Elliott, republican. of Con nersviIIe. Ind. was sworn in by Speak CT Clark as successor to the late Rep resentative ComstOck republican. of the sixth Indiana district.
 The fourteenth annual session of the Massa chuseuts State Aerie. Fra ternal Order of Ea gles. opened at Pittsf1eld, Mass. with over one hun dred delegates in attendance.
 The Lafayette Aviation Corps. com posed of Americans. will shortly be transferred from the French to The American army. arrangements 10 this effect just having been completed.
 The Bay State Street Railway CO was authorized by the public service commission to put into effect it's pro posed new rate schedule, providing for a six-cent fare all over the system.
 The greatest surplus of revenue over expenditures ever obtained by the colony of Newfoundland is shown in preliminary statements for the fs- cal year which ended on June go. A further drop in the price or flour was announced at Chicago when fam fly brands of spring wheat four were cut Sl to SIP a barrel This Is S5.S0 9 barrel below the high point in May.
 Members of the Institute of France. at a meeting in Paris. presided over by Professor F. F. NJ. BoutrOux. vol ed to send an address 10 President Wilson. It will be cabled to Wash ington.
 pr. Manuel Arroyo, minister 10 Ser lin, from Guatemala, recalled when his country SENtTtI IHldLlOIlS It'll iHtf- many, arrived at New York on the Spanish steamer Alfonso XII from Nigo, Spain.
 The finding of Philip Parry. middle aged on the west bank Of the Housa- i tonic Power company's canal yesterday afternoon, resulted in the arrest of an associate. John Mayo. and his subse- quent release.
 Donald Spauldinq and Mrs Minnie Pease, both of Camden. Nc. were killed when an automobile. driven Dv Oakland Park, Me. and crashed into a trolley car.
 i The greater part of the estate of the late Bishop James 4. McFaul of the i Catholic diocese of Trenton is left by will to carry on charitable and re- ligious work by the bishops successor, who is yet to be named.
 Leonard WaIstein, commissioner If accounts. who has been conducting Mayor MitChers investigation of New ! York police Iaxitv in the case Of Ruth i CrUger was ordered by the mayor last night to discontinue the inquiry
 The ~omen's committee of the Pos l ton Committee on Public Safetv will supplement the registration of house wives by an educational campaign designed to show the best methods of ] o-opera tion for the conservation 6f l food
 ; May reports to the interstate com merce commission from = of the 1s5 i principal railroads of the country show an increase in earnings over 1 May 1916 The net revenues for May l this year were S4S,134,746; last year s46. .9S1.93O.
 The new board of education Of Chi J 1l.I ffuf fT new spelling books to take the place
 of the\yolume that contained an eHloeT ! of the German emperor and caused
 considerable agitation here several | months ago.
 Soldiers now nnobiIized in armories | and encampments in Ma ssa chusetis | are to be given an opportunity to | learn enough of the rudimente If the l French language to enable them to converse without difficulty if they i should be sent 70 France
 The White Mountain Express on the Boston and Maine railroad crash
 ed into an automobile containing eight pa assengers at Winniequam Crossing | at Belmont, N. H.. killing Mrs. Grace 1 Woodward. of Northfeld, and iniur- ing other members of the party.
 The New England regiment at the | officers training camp defeated the New York regiment yesterday in the military pentathlon and field day sports at Plattsburg. W. Y, thereby winning the newspaper correspond ents' trophy cup. They scored to- | tai of 5S points to the New Workers g.
 A dispatch from Paris says the Of fciaI Journal publishes decree granting American soldiers and sail ors in France the same postal privi- lIeges as are enjoyed by the French l military. The letters of the Ameri- cans will be carried free and money orders up to 50 francs will he issued l to them without any commission