Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-27

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 The French line steamer La Tou- raine arrived at New York from Bordeaux
 w. A. Northcott, former Lieuten- ant Governor of Illinois. died at Ex- celsior Springs, Mo. The Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception at Carterville, Ill., was destroyed by fire. The United States Steel Corporation advanced the price of structural shapes and plates s3 ton.
 Emperor William conferred upon Field Marshal won Mackensen the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross. Corwin. Harper County, and escaped with $9O0 in currency and silver. The French War Office announced that Lieut.. George .Guynemer brought down his twenty-seventh aeroplane.
 Three young children of Andrew Loewe were burned to death at their home three miles from Clean, N. Y.
 Fire destroyed one of the large leather plants of the General Leather Co, at Newark, N. J., at a loss of $10O,0e0.
 received at the sub-Treasury from Montreal for the account of a Ca nadian bank
 
 heart of the business district of Reading, Pa, caused a damage esti- mated at s175,o0o.
 Supreme Court Justice Wm. $. .>n- drews, of Syracuse, was assigned by Governor Whitman to sit temporarily in the Court of Appeals.
 The weekly statement of the Bank of France shows an increase in gold of 10,776,0OO frs, and a decrease, in silver of 3,496,000 frs.
 James M. Carter, New York State Superintendent of Prisons. accepted the resignation of Charles F. Rattigan. warden of Auburn Prison.
 The British labor conference reject ed by d vote of more than three to ate offer of peace proposals.
 The Equitable Trust Go, of Kew York filed with the Secretary of State from s3,000,00O to $6,000,000.
 The Federal Reserve Board began consideration of the removal of Chas. T. Starek, chief bank examiner of the Second District of New York.
 The Hewitt Motor Vehicle bill, by which the Stase 6eo expects tS Sre raise tsx was fayera3ly reported Z, to the Se.1-. ate-=@4-s esz--s<ss s.ssssss
 As . result Of the appeal of Albert Thomas, minister of manufacturers of France the striking employees at the Schneider steel works returned to work.
 leagues in Maryland and 0IaSsa' hu- setts laid before President Wilson resolutions urging universal military training.
 The White Mountain local express on the Boston & Maine Railroad was wrecked half a mile south of the Con cord station at Concord, \. Fl. It ran into an open switch.
 A bill was introduced in the House of Delegates making the smoking of cigarettes in the State of West Vir- ginia criminal offense and their pos session q misdemeanor.
 President Wilson will be officially reelected on Feb. 14. On that day the House and Senate will hold a joint session in the House and count the electoral votes.
 Democratic members of the house in caucus last night approved by vote of 113 to 13 the administration fV-av 1ead fn fh0 o<-ffx treasury deficit next year.
 Fifty French soldiers, on six weeks leave of absence from the front, ar liner Touraine to visit relatives and friends in the United States and Can ada Salem, Mass, was sentenced to 10 | months in jail for contempt of court, l inattempting to bribe a juror, during | his trial on charges of keeping liquor | in stock.
 An investigation by the Department | 1f Labor into the wages, hours and | conditions of labor in the coal mining | is directed in resolution in by Representative Casey of | Pennsylayina.
 Supreme Court Justice Finch grant ed a petition for the appointment of commission to inquire into the sanity )f Julius Lieberman. He is retired business man, owning property esti- mated ta $500,000.
 Secretary Lansing and Senator Stone, chairman of the Foreign Re- ations Committee, conferred on the natter of form of government for the Danish West Indies, just acquired by he United States.
 Mrs. Stanley Hummer, of Maine, vas elected president of the New Eng 1 ion of Womens Clubs at it closing and Conference of the State Fedora ion of Women's Clubs at its closing ession at Providence, R. I.
 Prof. Frank William Taussia of Harvard University. recently appoint d by President Wilson as a member f the Tariff Commission, wsa grant d leave eF absence by the Harvard .