Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-07

Condensed Telegrams

Condensed Telegrams
 Food pledge cards are nearing the 13O 900 total in Connecticut.
 Returns from 1so precincts in New Mexico give for prohibition 2,o15; against prohibition 1,7s3.
 Fuel committee of New London is: A. B. Parish, chairman; Alton T. Min CT and Edmund D. Steele.
 George F. Buck defeated Louis P. F'uhrmann, the incumbent, for mayor of Buffalo. Buck is d republican.
 NewfoundIand is suffering from a severe shortage of sugar, with little hope of relief for several months.
 The Boston fuel committee hopes to be able to announce it's decision as to days.
 Joshua Stanley, 30, one of the best known gypsy leaders in the country, died at his home in the Roslindale (Mass.) district.
 A saving of 22,4eo was effected in the provisioning of the 5000 men of the 301st Infantry Regiment at Camp Devens last month.
 Complete unofficial returns from Indianapolis show that Charles w. Jewett (r) was elected mayor by q plurality of 3,57S
 By the order of Coroner Mix, Mrs. F. Varassa a midwife of Ansonia, is held by the local police under $1 900 bond on the charge of malpractice.
 Hiram H. Edgerton, republican, was elected mayor of Rochester, and WSl- ter R. Stone, also republican, may or of Syracuse.
 Governor HoIconb was the guest of honor yesterday at a luncheon of the State Fish and Game Commission at the State Game Farm in Madison.
 Former Mayor Charles J. French was returned to office by the voters of Concord, N. H., when he defeated Mayor Nathaniel W. Hobbs. 1774 to 1704.
 Arthur E. Wigeins of Osdensbure, N- Y., a private attached to the re- mount station of the quartermaster's corps at Camp Devens, died of pneu- monia.
 All American soldiers wounded in the German raid on trench last week are doing well in the base hos pital. Some of them are suffering from painful wounds.
 President Wilson travelled to Prince ton, N J., yesterday and cast his bal lot in the state legislative election, re- turning to Washington in the evening afer an uneventful trip.
 Edward G. Hisbee, an attorney of ConnellSville, Pa, receiy ed notice of lis Appointment as first assistant to <. Mitchell Palmer, custodian of ene- my property in the United States.
 In Cincinnati, $50 precincts show John Calvin, republican, leading AL fred Allen, former congressman. dem ocrat, by more than 4,000 and his election is considered assured.
 The Boston Symphony. orchestra and Dr. Karl Muck, it's director, were given an ovation when they appeared yesterday at a Washington theatre and played the Star Spangled Banner.
 East St. Louis by vote of 2 to i, adopted the commission form of gov ernment yesterday. Agitation for the commission form of government was begun following the race riots of July .2.
 Patrick Hayes, 72, supervising war den of the department of correction of New York city. and warden sue cessively of the Kings county and Blackwell's Island penitentiaries, died at New York.
 chester, N. H., went democratic, Noise Verrette defeating the present mayor, Harry W. ST. ulding, republi- can, for reelection, by a plurality of Al votes.
 For the first time in ten years the republican party has elected a mayor of Louisville. Complete unofficial re- turns show George w. Smith, repub- lican, 22,425: Charles H. Cronan, dem- ocrat, 19,195.
 Formal announcement of the formal agreement betewen the United States and Japan in regard to China was greeted in diplomatic and official cir cles as one of the momentous events of the war period.