Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-03

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 holic liquors has been prohibited in Denmark.
 The semet- SoIvay O., of New York.
 increased its capital from $10 O0O, 900 to t$20,000,000.
 The exports of copper in February
 tons in February last year.
 Forty-four persons lost their lives in New York city during February in ac- cidents due to vehicular traffic.
 Chile has received a proposal from Argentina to participate in a confer
 ence of all Latin-American nations. Announcements was made at wash ington that President Wilson will sir-n the flood control bill recently signed by congress.
 The Danish government has appoint ed committee to investigate recent
 irregularities in the export of meat from Denmark.
 Exports of copper from Atlantic ports flor the month of February totalled 24,9S7 tons as compared with 2O,54S tons last year.
 The MidvaIe Steel & Ordnance Go. recelved an order from the United States government for 20 91h inch 1 The weekly statement of the Bank or france shows an increase of 6.759.- 900 francs in gold holdings and a de- l Contracts for immediate construction or a hydro-electric plant at Wateree $. C., to cost about s5,OO0, 900, have | been let by the Southern Power Co. The embargo on the New Haven road was lifted to a large extent to allow food-stuffs and perishable freight | to be accepted from the Central Yer mont.
 Austria has forwarded to Washing | ton her reply to President Wilson's demand that she make known her at titude regarding Germany's submarine policy.
 Forester A. Linn and Joseph c. Lynch of New York were found guilty in the federal district court of using the mails to defraud boarding house keepers.
 Vicente csIero and Eneas Levi of San Antonio, Tex, were arrested at San Francisco on suspicion of being members of an opium smuggling or 1 ganization.
 An ambulance corps is to be formed | at Fordham university under direction | of the American Red Cross. The unit l will have 75 members, including 20 | chauffeurs.
 President VaIdes signed bill pro- yldlng for uniform bills of exchange | between Panama and all other Amer | ican countries. The bill recently passed congress.
 Alfred w. Donnesan, formerly Amer can consul at Magdeburg Germany received instructions detailing him to the legation at Berne, Switzerland un- til further notice.
 The council of national defense called on the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce to aid in rnobiIiz- ing the country's industrial resources in the event of war.
 The German consulate at Juarez. Mex, was robbed and several impor- tant official papers were reported to have been taken from the files of the consul, Max Weber.
 A. F. Yarrow of Great Britain has offered $1O0 reward to total of $50- 00O to individuals on merchantmen who shall first draw the captains attention | to German submarine.
 Eighteen hundred men employed by the Baldwin Locomotive works at Philadelphia in making 13-inch shells l for the entente allies were laid off be- cause of completed contracts.
 Thirty thousand regular and na- tlonal guard troops stationed at Fl Paso have been quarantined in their camps because of an epidemic of pneumonia among the troops.
 Application was made to the MichI- gan railroad commission by the Michi- gan Central for permission to issue SS,oOOO0O bonds, the proceeds to he used for retiring other bond issues ahal for construction work.
 Great Britain has withdrawn her objections and made known her per for Hadfeld's, Ltd, an English rnun1tlon concern, to contract with the United States for armor-piercing shells of the If and 16 inch type.
 The $4oo, 1000 appropriation passed bv the house for a nationwide food in vest1gation by the federal trade com rn1s@on was stricken from tho sundry civil bill by the senate appropriation committee on grounds of economy
 The library of the late Professor . 1ugo MunSterDerg was formally pre- Sented to Harvard University yester- lay. The collection consists of about | , -en thousand books, manScripts and other papers on psychological matters. l
 Proposed general increases in freight i -ates from Scranton, Williamsport and 'ther points in Pennsylvania to Chi ( ,ago, Duluth, St. Paul and Lake Michi- gan and Lake Superior ports were dis approved by the interstate commerce {  PUTTING CHURCH
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