Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-26


 Adjutant RaouI Lufberry, of the American Lafayette Escadrille, has brought down his tenth German air plane.
 An American Red Cross hospital was opened in London for officers. A sim liar institute is already in existence for privates.
 Six Americans attached to the Nor ton-Harjes ambulance unit of the American Red Cross have received French war crosses.
 The Russian Council of soldiers and workmen's deputies arrested Arch bishop Tikhoff and sent him to Petro- grad from Voronezh.
 Adiutant- General Statesbury an nounced that the President had called the 1st and 3d field artillery of New York in Federal service.
 American imports for May were valued at S2S1, ,000, ,000 the greatest to- tai for any one month in the his tory in American commerce.
 Prince Von BueIow, former German chancellor. said that Germany will have peace in 1917 and will resume the place she occupied before the war
 The plan to establish a Depart ment of Aeronautics with new cab inet has run into the air, both Secce- tary Daniels and Baker opposing the plan. Greece has lost 12 ships since April ?, representing a total tonnage of 31,- 542, valued at $4,592,OOO They were sunk by Austrian and German sub marines.
 Germany Imposes Fine on Runania.
 H. mia has imposed fine of 25O,OOO 900 francs on the occupied territory of Rumania.
 Lights in St. Johns N. F., were dimmed again and several lighthouses in the vicinity have the lights ex- tinguished by an order from Governor Davidson.
 William Guy Wall, an Indianapolis engineer was selected to have charge of the design and production of arm pred cars and tanks" by the War Department.
 The Frey ship Davis McNab while coming up Halifax harbor caught fire with 400 foreign laborers on board All escaped and the ship foated off the shoal and sank.
 Edward Mahan, captain of liar yards victorious football team of 1915 has joined the Marine corps and will be sent to the training camp with other recruits next week.
 General Woods, commander of the southeastern part of the army, said: E'The Star Spangled Banner" should never be played in moving pictures or as a melody for dance.
 President Wilson has received per mission to place a memorial tablet in honor of his father in the First Pres byterian church at Staunton, Va, which is being remodelled.
 The Red Cross will send an Araer- ican commission to Russia to work along and behind the battle front. Tn the same way another unit will oD- crate along the French front.
 William R. caperton, rear admiral of the L. s. N. and commander-in- chief of the Pacific feet arrived at Rio de Janeiro with other members O. the staff and was greeted cordially.
 Dissolution of the Council of the Elm pire is demanded in a resolution passed by the Pan Russian Congress of Councils of Deputies and Worllmen and Soldiers after prolonged debate.
 One thousand boy scouts are digging potatoes in Virginia. Because 15 coo negroes migrated to the North the DO tatoes have probably routed. There are 4,0OO,O00 bushels in the ground.
 Five tons of milk chocolate, 10000 packages of chewing gum. s5O.00O worth of athletic equipment and @AT.- 900 letter heads were delivered to an Atlantic port for shipment to Europe for American soldiers.
 For the first time in eight months holdings of eggs in cold storage plants ! are greater at the present time than at the corresponding season last year. | Butter holdings of June 15 were 17.S | per cent. less than last year.
 Clarence OusIey, director of the az | ricultura leXtension work at Texas | Agricultural College. was today ap- | pointed as an assistant to Secretary | Houston for an indefinite time. He | will give special attention to Texas 1 agriculture.
 W. A. Holman, the Premier of New South Wales, speaking at luncheon 1 given in his honor at London, sald | Australia had placed the wheat crop under governmental care. The present | crop is 4.5OO,OO0 tons in excess of | home needs.
 One hundred and twelve degrees in | course and six honorary degrees were | awarded by the University of Yer | mont at it's commencement today. | Among the honorary degrees was the | award of doctor of humane letters to | Mary R. Hillard of Middlebury, Conn |
 German papers were furnished with | material for declaring that prisoners of war in Germany, mostly French, l Russian and Serbian, were participat- | ing in a gigantic conspiracy to inter | fere with the work of the interior by | sabotage and were engaged on a large scale in arson, crop destruction and | to injure machinery.
 
 Ottawa June 25.-Word was re- ceived today from W. J. Hanna Can 1 adds food controller, that he was re- turning here to organize the domin- | ions policy in cooperating with Her l bert c. Hoover MT. Hanna reported | his conferences in Washington had ] been successful.