Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-30

The Woman Suffrage Party an- nounces that 221,758 Brooklyn women have signed petitions for the vote
 The police estimate that 2.ooo 900 people will see the New York Ma t1onal Guard send-off parade Aug. 30
 The strike of 25,ooo miners in the birmingham district was averted through the efforts of Secretary Will son.
 The Masonic home at WalIineford receives S3,34sO2 in the final distribu- tion of the estate of the late N1s Nancy Wirth of Ansonia.
 Seventeen Mexicans captured by Pershlngs expeditionary forces in Mex leo, were sentenced to serve from IF to so years.
 President Wilson will head the par when they mobilize for entrainment for camp Sept. 5.
 Forty thousand exhibitors and buy CTS were entered in the official list for the atumn fair which has begun at Leipsig.
 Lieut.: lufberry, of the Lafayette iSscadrllle, attacked four German av- iators who had hemmed in his col
 
 The methods of the men in the Per shing expedition to France in cutting red tape have won the admiration of the French people.
 Mrs. J. D. Cameron Bradley, of Bos- ton, and Mir. Edward Lovejoy, shot a 3O-foot whale in West Gouldsboro Bay, Bar Harbor. Me.
 The Dutch Minister of Agriculture decided that the bread ration of 2 500 grammes a head much suffice for II days after Sept. 2.
 Art treasures and pictures valued at 5000 900 rubles were stolen from the great museum of the late Grand Duke Michael Nicholaievitch.
 The United States has asked Eng land and France for 300 experienced officers to train the new national army and the national guard.
 Representative Ludenen of Mime sota introduced a resolution to repeal the draft act. He declared sending men across the seas unconstitutional
 Col. Franklin B. Mccoy, regular army recruiting officer, predicted the enlistments for Massachusetts would be 10000 within day or two.
 Administration officials believe that Germany's allies will soon declare war on the United States because of this country giving financial aid to Italy.
 Eugene Meyer, Jr, of New York, was named a special assistant to Ser nard M. Baruch, of the War Indus tries Board, in charge of copper pur- chases.
 Rear Admiral Charles F. Stokes of the U. S. N. retired purchased Rock ledge, the summer home of Clinton s. Arnold, at Ossining, N. Y, for $8O,- 900.
 Several members of the Belgian Mis- sion left for Washington and the others are expected to witness the farewell to the National Guard Troops in New York today.
 The governors of the New York stock exchange voted to close the ex- change at noon today in order to give members and' employees opportunity to witness the parade of New York state troops.
 Scores of women were trampled on when a woman ran through the streets in Hoboken waving German flag. In the rush to destroy the flag she was beaten by the mob.
 George L. Rives, formerly corpora tion counsel of New York city, who died at Newport, R. l.. left $50O0O to Columbia University in ten semi-an- nual payments of $5,000.
 The Provost Marshal General an nounced that persons having depen- dents living outside of the United States will be treated the same as those having dependents within. 
 The first death in the Pershing force was announced. Second Lieutenant Frederick Wahlstron oa the United States Marine Coprs was killed in a motor cycle accident.
 According to a German paper schools will be short of books and all book dealers must use their supply Of paper on hand for publishing books. as they will not be allowed any more.
 A field ambulance was presented to the army at the 18th annual encamp- the United States in New York. An interesting ceremony attended the pre- |sentaion.
 Munitions contractors are asking for advance payment for supplies vet un- delivered. The Treasury Departmen is considering making such pawn ents to enable the contractors to carry out the work.
 Harry D. Booth, general superin- tendent of the Midvale Steel Co. ap- peared before District Appeal Board No. 2, in Philadelphia. to ask for the exemption of $500 of the company's men from the national army.
 Announcement was made tonight by the Peoples Council of America for Democracy and Peace that the invita- +i <<f r n,zfn !, cepted and the peace conference would be opened in Fargo. N. D.. on Satur- day.
 The enlistment of members of the American Field Ambulance Service in the regular army ambulance corps be- gan in Paris yesterday. Eighty per cent of Section No i volunteered inn mediately on the opportunity being given them to enlist