Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-18

'qeSt m Connecticut m Pr
 Condensed Telegrams EnIistnsnts to the navy last Satur- day totaled 1,124..
 Forest fires are raging in Cumber- land, Md, and in the neighborhood of Heyser. W. a.
 from Chicago last week totaled 4e,- 069,00 pounds.
 General Michael V. AIexieff was ap- pointed commander chief of the Russian armies.
 | J. J. Tanner, of Skasway, was nom l mated as United States marshal for
 the first division of Alaska. A concentration camp for interned Germans has been established on Ta- boga Island, 12 miles from Panama. Senator Swanson, of Virginia, intro duced bill to authorize the Govern
 ment to requisition all ships, launches
 and other craft for naval purposes. ] Fire broke out in the plant of the du Pont Powder Co. at Carney's Point N. J., and caused considerable dam | age.
 | Postmaster General BurIeson an nounced that until further notice the | time of closing mails will not be made public.
 l Colonel Alec MaeDougaI, of the Ca ! nadian Forestry Corps, a native of Greenwich, Conn, was made a Brig adier-General.
 Mrs. Sarah Harrison Devin, sister
 of Benjamin Harrison, twenty-third President of the United States, died at | Ottumwa, Iowa. l Waiter H. Page, the American ann l bassador, and Mrs. Page, arrived at Windsor Castle for short visit to the l King and Queen.
 The sale of intoxicating liquors to 1 soldiers in uniform is prohibited in | bill introduced in the senate by Sena- tor Jones of Washington. Archibald Snyder, wel1-known horse dealer. was burned to death in a fire I that destroyed the old Hammond Hotel
 at Gloversvi1le, N. Y- | The British tank steamship Nara gansett ,one of the largest carriers of bulk oil ever built, was torpedoed and
 sunk off the Irish coast. 
 Several French officers and sailors | called at the executive office of the White House, accompanied by an in 1 terpreter, to pay their respects. Senators and reprssenttives are be- | ing overwhelmed with resolutions and petitions urging them to support the administrations selective draft bills. At Wyndamoor. Pa, raking leaf
 mold from the foot of a tree on her lawn. Mrs; Levi Mause discovered her
 arrangement ring, lost 15 years ago A United States army aviation school will be opened at Chicago with in ten days for the instruction of members of the officers reserve corps. Six prominent American scientists | are now on their way to England and France to cooperate wit hscientists of those countries in studying problems arising out of the war Frederick L. MeQueen, of Oyster Bay. was fined $500 in the Supreme Court for unlawfully receiving in-
 formation while acting as juror in a
 case in Nassau county Six members of the crew of the American schooner Lyman NJ. Law, rine in the Mediterranean in F'ebru- ary, arrived in New York. Despite an active educational cam paign and the promise of enough votes to pass it, the bill to abolish capital p1fni ishment in Pennsylvania was de- feated in the house of representatives. The twenty third Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitra- tion, scheduled for May 16-1S. was in
 definitely postponed because of en-
 trance of the United States into the
 war.
 injured in the explosion at the plant
 of the Eddystone Ammunition Corpo- ration at Philadelphia last Tuesday
 makes the unofficial number of dead |132. William H. Hand, Jr., of New Bed
 ford, Mass, was appointed assistant to
 the United States Shipping Board.
 and will have charge of the New Eng
 land district.
 The Webb bill allowing exporters to
 form combinations for foreign trade
 competition so long as there is no
 restraint of trade" was favorably
 state Commerce Committee
 j. Ogden Armour, Thos. E. Wilson, L. F. Swith and Edward Morris. heads of the four big packing corporations, have gone to Washington to confer with the Council of National Defense on meat production and prices.
 p;rse4er. of the sIoss Sheffield Steel and Iron company deferred action on the declaration of the quarterly com mon dividend on recommendation from President Catchings that earnings be used in developing the properties and securing fullest operation.