Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-30

Condensed Telegrams

Condensed Telegrams
 The largest apple crop in years is be- ing sent to the market from Calhoun county, Illinois.
 There was slight earthquake at Buenos Aires which was felt though out the country.
 The Federal Forest Service is spend ing s1O.OO0 day in Montana and Ida ho in fighting fires.
 Gnerals R. M. Blatchford and John Riddle of the American army with their staffs arrived in London.
 Elaborate preparations are being made for the reception of the Japanese
 Mission to the United States.
 Germany has apoIosized to Norway for the sinking of two Danish ships in
 Norwegian waters by submarine.
 Chief Bald Eagle and a. party of
 Sioux Indians enlisted on the U. s.
 Recruit" at Union Square, New York. The American schooner William
 M. Ritchett is stranded off the north
 ern coast of Cuba. The crew was sav-
 ed.
 A German submarine was burned on the French Coast west of Calais. The crew went ashore and were made pris
 oners.
 Persistent rumors reached Copen- hagen of a cholera epidemic in Ham
 burg and in many other German cities.
 Quiet has been gradually restored in Spain, where there has been much
 unrest owing to the strikes and other causes.
 In England and Wales, the increas- ed acreage in wheat, barley, oats and
 potatoes this year is 347,000 acres, or
 about 6 per cent.
 Mrs. Daniel Edwards, of Pleasant vile. N. J.. ran q needle into her
 body 55 years ago. It has emerged
 from her shoulder. Henry Chapman Gilbert, son of a White House police guard is the first man in the country to be accepted for service in the drafted army. Governor Edge ordered through the State House Commission the expendi- ture of S35000 at once for new uni forms for the. New Jersey troops. What is said to be the largest cargo of indigo drought to the port of Bos- ton in several years arrived on beard 1 of a steamship from port in India. The United States gold imports for the year 1917, ended June 30, totalled | S977.176,036, shown in figures com l piled in the Department of Commerce. |
 | A bill was introduced in the French Chamber of Deputies asking the Gov | ernnent to organize reciprocal in struction in languages among the Al tlies
 There is no change in the strike in 1 the oil fields at TampicO where there are about 15 O00 men out, but hope is held out for a settlement in a few days.
 i Dr.. Michael J. Thornton, assistant superintendent at Bellevue. Hospital. was appointed captain and assistant ! surgeon in the United States Medical coprs.
 According to Chinese paper seri- ous fighting was resumed at Cheng-Tu capital of the porvince of Sze-Chuen. The city is in flames and the people are fleeing.
 The big German steamship VateTIa nd, seized at New York by the Govern ment will be ready for service soon. The repairs have cost the Government IS1 GOO, 900.
 1 srigadier General Butler Ames, com manding the Massachusetts State Guard has informed Governor Mccall that 5000 men have enrolled in 135 companies. Three members of the Missouri Ma tional Guard, First Regiment, were killed and a dozen injured by bolt or lightning during storm which swept Camp Maxwell
 The first PcnnsyIvanians ordered to report for conscription were 40 young West PhiIadelphians who received
 orders to appear for physical examina- toin next Tuesday. Demands for a six hour day and S6 a day for underground miners ana $f a day and eight hours day work for surface men were made by the l. w. w. in Ironwood Mich. Examination of the first quota sum moned under the draft so far showed that the ratio of the persons disquali : fled physically in New York State will
 be less than one-fourth. Petitions are being circulated 1 Atlantic county, N J.. addressed to Governor Edge urging the killing of deer as a relief from the nuisance. The German Government is trying
 to entice the deserters back into Ger many without punishment and eair l hope of pardon if they remain faithful to the Kaiser until the end of the war. Howard S. Benson, of Rumsen. N J.. a wealthy resident. announced he had organized two hundred men for coast artillery The men will be examined and those who are fit will be accept ed.
 The takers of the census in Russian Poland found in a Courland village a woman 119 years old and church re- cords attest her age She was four teen when Napoleon's grand army" marched into Russia.