Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-13

per person, beginning Dec. l. An advance in wages on lines east of Pittsburgh and Erie on the Pennsyl-
 vania Railroad was announced. German aviators dropped bombs on a French hospital at Zuydcotte, killing
 several persons and wounding one. All corn in France will be. requi- | sitioned at early date. Grinding
 mills will be put under Government control.
 Herbert c. Hoover, food dictator, declared that shortage of ships was the reason for not sending food to Belgium.
 The enormous supply of sugar used by the candy manufacturers of the country is given as one reason for the shortage.
 Six alien enemies were removed l from the Winchester arms plant at New Haven. by Federal agents and | lodged in jail.
 Despite the disturbed conditions in Russia, the United States will supply | the Russian soldiers with million | pairs of shoes.
 l A British passenger ship arrived at l an Atlantic port one week late after l taking a new course when pursued by | a German submarine.
 Gen. Pershins in discussing the war, declared that i'the American troops must be made to realize that the whole | nation is behind them" Foreat fires more severe than any ever known in the northern section l of New Jersey for five years are de- stroying valuable timber. Shipyard and cantonment workers who are in the draft or in drafts to come are exempt from service to re-
 deve the shortage of men. Dutch troops are now being extended | along the Dutch border in greater ] numbers than before. It is said that
 the measures are only precautionary. The United States Bureau of Edu- ! cation declares that there is no neces l sity of the schools giving up the 1 teaching of German because of the | war.
 ; The captured German u-boat which helped to make the Liberty Loan a l success in New York; after its visit | to Canada, will go down the Missis- sippi. | Five thousand I. w. W.'s are en route to Omaha for a general con- i ference of the order. They plan to re- | volt in the Russian style and release all members in jail
 The sending of drafted men to Eu- rope will take at least six months more owing to the scarce sllppIy of l ships. Food, iron and coal are needed 1 so badly that the men canot be sent. Emanuel CataIano and his 19-year i old wife Theresa, were charged with the nf Ctonhap Co t1i | er-inlaw. whose dismembered body was found at Paterson, N. J., ten days ago. The seventh season of the Chicago Grand Opera Company opened last night with the first American pres | entation of Mascagni's 'Isabeau" the i story of which is based on the legend i of Lady GodivaN
 The body of the younq woman who was killed by a northbcund passen- ger train in the northern part of Mer- iden at 10.5a o'clock yesterday morn ing. has been identified as Miss Mary Ernestine Benard.
 The October report of the labor bu- 1 reau for the five state free employ
 tions for employment 3.so3 situations | secured and 3.750 applications for help during the month.
 The United States has opened ne ] gotiations with Germany regarding the treatment of American prisoners cap tured and has sent pictures to Ger l many to show the treatment accord ! ed to the German prisoners here. Reports by the New York railways show that in September, on it's vari- ous street cars lines. there were sos delays of five minus or more. Of l this number 2,446 were due to causes over which the company had no con- trol.
 Theodore Woodward, young banker, | of Lewis, Iowa was charged with vii | olation of the espionage law when he l urged depositors of his bank not to
 buy Liberty bonds. He was fined $500 and suspended sentence of six months 1 in jail.
 Reports that American ambulance drivers serving under the French col ors were dissatisfied with the condi- tions under which they were asked to enlist in the American army were de- nied by officials of the surgeon Gen. erals office. Alexander Eerknan was held in iaiI by Magistrate Groeh1 another 30 days to await the decision of Governor Whitman's commission which is ulak- ing a special investigation of his ac- tlvity in the preparedness parade in San Francisco.
 A considerable aggregate sum was sent by Greeks of Bridgeport to their native land last week, in response, it was said, to many personal appeals Greece, who said they were on the verge of starvation.
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