Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-06

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 Condensed Telegrams
 Canada's first class of recruits un- der the conscription law will be call ed upon Saturday. Oct 13 l Articles of incorporation were filed ] at Dover, Del, by the Strite Tractor Co.,, Inc. capital $5,000.00G.
 New York States Food Control Com mission, headed by John Mitchell, will organize in Albany next Tuesday. A report on bread prices designed to lower bread costs will be issued shortly by Commissioner Hoover.
 New York States oldest resident, John Sweeney, died al Cortland. He was born in Ireland 105 years ago. | RaraSu, Diamond, and Alice mines of the Anaconda company were closed.
 John Tracy, former chief of the i Mer1den fire department died at his home there yesterday. aged 75 years. | Whtbeck's Hotel, at Albany, N. Y., a colonial landmark built in 1773, was 1 destroyed by fire at loss of $200,- 0G0
 Mrs. Sadie A. Kitchen. a Boston 1 Barber, applied fer enlistment in the | United States Marine COrnS har- Der.
 Ex-king Constantine of Greece, now | living in Switzerland donated $2OO to the Jewish refugees from the Salonfca | fire.
 l A seat on the New York Cotton Ex- 1 change was sold for $15,000, an ad- vance of s1.125 over the last previous | sale.
 A new wireless receiving station was opened at Willemsted, Curacao. | News was received from Nauen, Ger ! many.
 Michael Friedsam, New York mer- l chant, was appointed Quarterma ster- General of the New York National Guard.
 Carmen on the Boston elevated sys- | tenn are demanding more pay. Their present wage agreement expires May 1, 1919.
 .Canada's exportabe wheat surplus will amount to 225,000,000 bushels, Az rfculturaI Commissioner Black stated 1 at Winnipeg.
 Demanding a 50 per cent. wage in crease 500 employees of the Aguila Oil Co.,. in the Tampico. Mexico district went on strike.
  national Civil Service Commission ordered examinations for positions as messenger girls. giving Day, Oct. s. the Canadian Stock Exchange will remain closed from Oct. to Oct. g.
 Organization of the chiIdren's Pat riotic, League of America was an nounced in Chicago Lillian Bell, au- thoress, is president.
 The Hamburg- American liner Gin cinnati. seized by the Government and renamed the Covington has been re- named the Agememnon.
 Employees of the Argentine Gov ernment railroad joined the striking railroad employees. No railroads in the republic are being operated.
 
 MeXicans were being forced into the United States army was issued by the | Mexican Foreign Department.
 To alleviate the shortage of cereals, 1 President Carranza, of Mexico author ized the Treasury Department to pur- ! chase corn and other foodstuffs.
 Capt. J. M. swahn in charge of re- cruiting for the quarternnaster enlist l ed reserve corps in New York sent | out hurry call for a few cobblers.
 President Wilson nominated William A. HolZheimer of Ketchikan, Alaska, to be judge of the federal district court | for the second division of Alaska.
 Fiften men were taken from paci- fist meeting at South Pasadena, Cal, by the local Home Guard. driven to the city limits and told not to return.
 On trial for bigamy in London, Sergt Frank Mitchell of the British Army pleaded that loss of memory. due to shell shock, made him forget his first wife.
 The United States Brewers Asso- citation in convention at Atlantic City N. J.. voted to increase the wages of l employees in all branches Of the in- dustry.
 An increase of 1,s46,ooo francs in gold holdings, and an increase of 504,- coo francs in silver is shown by the weekly statement of the Bank of France.
 Recruiting quarters were opened in Boston by Lieutenant X. J. May, of the Imperial Royal Engineers, to enlist men for the inland water transport section. Gov. James M. Cox, of Ohio, re- O,-1 Tx,f TD,-irr I , the Rainbow Division. composed of Ohio, New York and Wisconsin troops, at Camp Mills. On motion of the Attorney General of Louisiana, the suit brought by the State of Louisiana to OuSt the Amer | , can Sugar Refining Go. from that State was dropped