Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-05

The grain need of the Allies is fig ured by Fl. c. Hoover, food admins trator, as 100000 bushels. U. $. ships, the average price being $S5 per thousand feet at the mills.
 To escape flooding the town, a stand pipe containing 10000 gallons of water, was dynamited at Dewar, Okla
 Martin Deeiey, veteran Sing Sing official, has been returned as principal keeper. Warden Osborne dismissed him.
 Out of 25o candidates for assistant paymasters in the navy only five suc- cessfully passed the medical examina- tion.
 The Federation of the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce will hold it's convention at Perth Arnbo on June 14-16.
 The 1,1oo German officers and sail ors interned at Ellis Island are to be removed soon to camp Hot Springs, N. c.
 Two young Germans detained at Ellis Island escaped on Saturday by swimming to Jersey One was cap tured.
 
 The Commissioner of Corrections has renamed all the penal institutions on Blackwells, Hart's and Riker's is lands
 Nine arrests were made at Pitts burgh yesterday in connection with the distribution of anti-registration liter ature.
 The capacity of the Volunteer Hos Manh2nff2n he S0d 100 per cent. to meet expected require mentS.
 War anti-toxins are to be made in New York city, which can supply vac cine virus for 100000 men at a days notice.
 President sraz, of Brazil, signed decree providing for the utilization by Brazil Of the German ships in that country.
 Godfrey GoIdmark, secretary to Os- car s, Straus, has been appointed as- sistant counsel to the Public Service Commission.
 nniIitiaman shot and killed an un- identified man who was stealing a ride through the railroad tunnel near Mid dleton, N. Y.
 The sthIehen1 Steel Corporations
 
 March 31 were more than $26 a share on common stock.
 Berlin newspapers are to be cut down 10 per cent in size during June and promiscuous display Of publica- tions is prohibited.
 Edward J. Heraty, vice. consul at Queenstown, has volunteered his serv- ices to the United States Navy and has left for America.
 Another 250 surgeons, nurses, ambu- lance drivers and orderlies have sailed for France, including units from all the large universities.
 The Mayor of Jersey City has re- quested the hospitals to guard all chemicals which might be used by aliens as materials for explosives.
 Secretary RedfieId notified Congress that on May 1 there were under con- struction in the United States 537 steel vessels and 167 wooden ones.
 James Sambrows, seven, was drowned in an abandoned stone quarry at Port Richmond. S. I. He was the 18th boy to meet death in the pool.
 National prohibition Legislation was made a special order of business by the senate judiciary committee for its
 
 Bishop David H. Greer, confirmed 70 inmates of the Home for Aged and Infirm, on BlackwelPs Island. They were men and women past 70 years of age.
 Louis Goldman, saturated with per fume, proved a clue to the robbery of the drug store of Samuel Frazer in Williamsburg, from which rare eX- tracts were taken.
 For the first quarter of 1917, convic- tions for drunkenness in London to- tailed 6,176, against 7,744 in the corre- spending period of 1916, 14076 in 1915 and 16,0O7 in 1914.
 Col. John Riddle, superintsndent of the West Point Military Academy, has been assigned to command the new regiment of engineers being organized for service in France.
 The duty collections at the New York Custom House last week were $2, 699,95S as aginst S4,615,3O1 the pre- vious week, due to fewer withdrawals from bonded warehouses. Descendants of French officers who fought in the Revolutionary War will present to MajorGeneral Pershing and his command brigade banners em- broidered by French women.
 Warren s. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers announced that the organization sub scrioed for S50o.000 of liberty loan bonds at Cleveland, O., yesterday.
 President of the Mine Workers of America urges that member cf his union be represented on any body haV- ing control of the coal situation, ci4im ing present committee unfriendly.
 Searching for Kidnapped Baby.
 Springfield, Mo, June 4.-Motor car loads of citizens of Springfield and the country went into the Ozark Mountains late today in search