Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-13

hen 1dnnOnOy an AmertCan was among the scores which perished in railroad disaster at Arquata, Italy. Ram Shans, claiming to be an Indian prince. was informed at Louisville, charged with being a German spy.
 Gold to the amount of S1,65o,coo was transferred from the Sub-Treasury to San Francisco for transportation to Japan.
 At the British recruiting station in New York 27 Britishers sought ad- mission to the army and all were pass ed as physically fit.
 Ten men were injured in an ex- plosion in the enamelled metals plant of the Spang Chalfant Steel Co., near Pittsburgh.
 The State Department will limit passports to Russia to prevent German agents from going there.
 The American Shoe Brake & Foun- dry Co.,, has taken and order from the United States Government for 5000 pieces of siX-inch artillery.
 Howard B. Jackson, of Jackson Bros. & Co.,, one of the best known men in the grain trade is to represent the Hoover food control in Chicago.
 The directors of the Liegett & Myers Tobacco Go will issue $7376000 ' per cent cumulative preferred stock to pro- vide additional working capital.
 Vianzo Carbone had as an excuse for not having his registration card: "I left it at COney Island as a security for a meal that I could not pay for" 
 The Kansas City Board of Trade adopted resolution forbidding the buying of corn futures in that market except to close existing markets.
 port on the western coast of Mex ico informed the War Department that a British cruiser and two submarines stayed in the port more than 24 hours
 despatch from 6uenos Aires says a decree was issued by the Argen- tine government authorizing the i'm portation duty free of 100, 900 tons of sugar.
 Lorraine. New York, and the Equinox House at Manchester was accidentally drowned when bathing at Equinox Pond.
 The executives of fifty labor unions telegraphed a strong protest to Presi- dent Wilson against the meddling of the Department of Justic in that State.
 U. S. Steel Corporations unified orders on hand July 31 totalled 10 S44.- 164 tons, compared with II 3S3,2S tons on June 30, and Il, SS6 ,591 tons on May 31.
 A Government commission, which was appointed to explore the island of Angel de la Guarda in the Gulf of Mexico has discovered rich oil de- posits there.
 Evidence pointing to conspiracy to corner the tomato output of the Pa cif1c coast by large packers was placed in the hands of the Federal Trade Commission.
 The northwestern Virginia infantiIe paralysis epidemic. first reported less eleven counties and numbers at least 70 known cases.
 Tn response to an inquiry Adjutant that members of the Connec- ticut national guard need not yet dis card wrist watches.
 Despite the German and Austrian India's trade during the war has increased steadily. May, 1915, s7O S7495S. compared with s9O,- 991,110 in May, 1917.
 Mayor Mitchell announced the ap- pointment of a committee of citizens to advise Mrs. Grace Humiston, a special investigator of the police department in finding missing girls.
 The National Catholic Total Absti- hence Union has petitioned all the Bishops of the Roman Catholic church to appeal to members to abstain from alcoholic drink during the war
 Mexican vessels will not be available to assist in war traffic between the United States and Europe. American marine laws prohibit such action America tried to purchase some ves- sels.
 The London Statist believes the handling of British finances since the war began has got the country into a mess, and it bases the assertion on utterances of the Chancellor of the GXchequer.
 Mystery II Is the name of a new pa trol boat owned by Ralph, who re- gently has turned her over to the Navy Department. As soon as guns have been mounted on Mystery II she will l go out on patrol duty.
 Three houses at Essex were set af1re yesterday when the electric light wires became crossed with telephone wires, 1 TWO of them being badly damaged. The houses fired were those of Richard B. | riley, Stillman B. riley and Miss Elm | fly riley. The first two suffered the | heaviest losses.
 An automobile truck loaded with | men was halted by a traffic officer | when it came through Waterbury | yesterday because a red flag on the | truck was given as much prominence | IS the United States flag. The men, who said that they had come from Hartford, quickly rolled up the red lag when stopped.