Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-03-31

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Condensed kilograms
The vermont Lesisiteure killed a
identia1 electors.
Shipments Of cake from the Con-
nellsville, Pa. district last week to-
tailed 372.71s tons.
Gold to the amount Of $4,000 was
Withdrawn from the sub-treasury for
shipment to Cuba.
Grand opera as a university course
will be Incorporated this summer at
Columbia university.
,o Arrsnssmsnts have bee. oss ss%getsd c5d
the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
The governors of the New York
Stock Exchange voted to close the
exchange on Good Friday.
The Ahearn bill, aboiishing capital
punishment. was reported fayorably
to the New York assembly.
Ss Ssran bill ~ tS the punish
committee en- foreign affairs.
The total value of precious stones
brought into the United States in jan
uary. 1917. amounted to $4.s5s.s7s.
The French lire steamer La Tou-
raine, which left an American port on
March IL. arrived safely at a French
port.
John q. Rockefeller, Jr., donated
$500 for the equipment of a dental
dispensary in North Tarrytown High
School
Governor Harris, of Georgia, signed
the bone dry bill making effective
at once a law barring liquor from
Georgia.
The war department announced that
no less than 25 ciyfl3an training camps
would be organized between June and
October.
Boy Scouts of the United States
more than 16 years old are to be mo-
bilized into the naval service. for coast
patrol duty.
The weekly statement of the Bank
of France shows gold increased 49,
10000 francs and silver decreased l.
Pasadena, Cal, police are searching
for the $4,000 worth of Jewels stolen
from William Wrigley, Jr.. a Chicago
manufacturer.
The Lockwood EIIenboeen bill, reor-
ganfzing the New York school teach
ers' pension system, passed the senate
by a vote of % to 5.
The Nebraska senate killed the bill
which would have permitted women to
vote for president and many munich
pal and county officers.
The New York assembly passed q
resolution for an insestigation of the
question of excluding state institu-
tions from the Croton watershed.
Burglars broke into the Offices Of
street. New York. blew open the safe
and stole $4,000 worth of gold and 800
in cash.
Elisha Lee, assistant general man
ager, was appointed general manag-
er of the Pennsylvania Railroad lines
east of Pittsburgh and Erie. effective
April 1.
Threats against the life of President
Wilson are alleged to have been made
by George Schultice. German synpa-
thizer, detained at Sioux City, Iowa,
Tor investigation.
The New York senate passed a reso-
luton continuing until February 1,
1913. the civil service commission
which is investigating the civil SER
vice conditions in the state.
The Portuguese ship Arao. which
sailed from New Orleans February 9
for London, with cargo of merchan-
disc and several Americans in her
crew, was torpedoed and sunk.
A regiment of Chinise to fight under
the stars and stripes in case of war
was suggested by Tom Chung, pres
ident of the Chicago branch of the
Chinese-American Citizens Allinance.
The annual appropriation bill, car
rying a total of $4s.246, sos for the gen.
eraI expenses of the state govern
ment for the next year. was passed
by the New York assembly by a vote
of S5 to Al
AN APPEAL TO OVERTHROW