Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

Condensed Telegrams

George Pratt InsersoIi, of RidgefieId,
 was nominated as minister to Siam.
 Three alleged bookmakers were ar
 rested at Dongan Hills, 5. l., race
 meeting.
 Admiral Lecaze, of the French ma
 rine, handed his resignation to Pres | ident Ribot.
 Roland s. Morris was confirmed as | the American ambassador to Japan | by the Senate.
 | Gold to the amount of $1,163,ooo was l shipped to San Francisco to be for
 warded to Japan. | Major Waldorf Astor's Sunny Jane | won the War Oak Stakes at Newman ket. Eleven horses ran.
 Three more States have filled their 1 quotas for the regular army-Iowa, eLawareD and Washington. Patriotic services were held at Los l Angeles in memory of General liar rison Gray Otis, of that city.
 The London Daily Mail wants the l United States soldiers to parade in England before going to France. The Senate finance committee re- | duced the tax rate from , to 10 per | cent on corporations undivided pro | fits.
 An epidemic of diphtheria has start ed at Newport, R. l., and nearby towns. More than 500 cases were re- l ported.
 M. Soufoulis, deputy in the Greek Chamber from Samos, was elected president of the Chamber by vote of 1SO to 40.
 The Federal Trade Commission will begin next week an investigation in flour milling as part Of it's general food inquiry.
 Daniel E. 5urkhoIder, of South Da- kota, was nominated by President Wilson as receiver of public moneys at Gregory, s. D.
 J. w. Reynolds, superintendent of the New Orleans police department was shot and killed by a patrolman
 Six oil tanks of a capacity of 55,ooo barrels each were set on fire by light ming during a heavy electrical storm, at Drumright, Okla.
 Hoffman Philip, formerly secretary or the Embassy at Constatinople, was nominated by President Wilson to be -A4A4ASt~A LO Co4Oliipld-
 Eighty workmen of the E. w. Bliss Co.,, experts employed to test manu factured torpedo tubes at Sag Harbor, N. J.. struck for more pay.
 Answering the rumor of the Ameri- ican disaster, Secretary of War Bak- CT said he had not received a "syI- fable" to confirm the report.
 The tusboat Defiance sank at Pier No. l in the Hudson River after mayn years of service. The crew abandon ed her before she went down.
 According to German paper the Finance Minister declared Germany's watchword would be "export much and import little" after the war.
 The Senate Commerce Committee reported favorably on the nomination of Brainbridge Colby of New York, | as a member of the Shipping Board.
 The intense heat forced a shutdown in the plants of the Amoskeag Co.,, | and the Hoyt Shoe Co.,, releasing 2O- 900 employees, at Manchester, N. H.
 It was reported to the American | Consulate at London that 24 lives l were lost when the American steam | ship Motano was unk by a ubma- rine.
 Richard Penngyer, second secretary | of the American embassy at London, | married Viscountess Winifred Inges- | ire. MT. Penngyer comes from Cali fornia.
 Mis- Louise Clark, of New Ycrk, spending the summer at Seabright. N. J.. won $50 for the Red Cross by jumping into a swimming pool fully dressed.
 Ms. Nancy Field widow of Marshal Field Jr, of Chicago, who recently lied at the Presbyterian Hospital. New York, received only $16O,O0O of her husbands estate.
 General Alexis BrusiIoff, command erin chief of the Russian army, has resigned. Geenral Korniloff will sue ceed him. He is known as a great strategist.
 Miners in the LeadviIIe district, Colorado. who have been. a strike for 10 days voted to accept the offer of the operators for a wage increase of 50 cents a day.
 A French steamer which arrived at an Atlantic port reported being at lacked by two submarines. It was the target for two torpedoes, which missed their mark.
 F. D. M. Strachan an official of Savannah shipping company is un lerstood to be under consideration as successor to Theodore Brent in the federal Shipping Board Governor Whitman received an ap- ,eaI from the Red Cross organiza- ion and the Militia of Mercy to al- ow Sunday baseball in New York for he benefit of war funds.