Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-22

| Representative ecrdon Law, of
 Brig eadier- General Cyrus sewan Rob erts. U. S. A, retired, died at Long l Beach, Cal. ordered A passenger cars at a cost of l s10,00O each.
 Thos. G. Patten, newly appointed postmaster at New York. took posses The 1916 cotton crop of the United States was 11,356,944 bales, against 11,06S.173 bales in 1915.
 ed the bill prohibiting the sale of to- bacco to boys under IS years. l The Barrett Go. of Jersey City, filed ] a notice of an increase in it's capital 1 from $20,OoO.Ooo to $37,0o0, ,OO0O. By vote Of 1so to 142 the New 1 Hampshire legislature defeated a bill for abolition of capital punishment. Fire destroyed the barns of the flag erstown & Frederick Railway Co, at Hagerstown, Md, at a loss of $75,0OO. A recess of the Supreme Court after decisions next Monday. until April g. was announced by Chief Justice White A bill looking to the organization of a Home guard force in the state was introduced in the New Hampshire legislature.
 The Ordnance Bureau of the Navy Department denied that it has issued any contract for shells to the General Electric Co.
 An unexpIoded dynamite bomb was found outside the chapel of the Ply mouth Cordage Co.'s plant at Ply mouth, Mass.
 Villa and his bandit army of 2.OOO men have moved UT frop' Santa Ro- salia to Ortiz, only 30 miles south 1, Chihuahua City.
 The picture of the dethroned czar of Russia, with other imperial insignia, has been removed from the walls of the Russian consulate in Chicago. 
 An unidentified man, about 55 years old, was killed when he fell in front of a southbound subway train at 116th Street and Broadway, New York.
 The Norwegian steamer Advance, with a cargo of 200 tons of victuals  brought into Zeebrugge, as a prize.
 All clocks in. France will be put forward one hour at midnight on March 24. Italy will do likewise dur ing the period of April 1 to Sept. 30.
 Frank Sappio, of New York, formerly a mail carrier, was sentenced to serve six months in Trenton penitentiary, for stealing letter containing s3.50. 
 Collection of tolls at the Panama Canal during the month of January, amounted to $534,331 while the sales of commissary supplies to ships total led s36.245.
 The Chicago & Alton Railroad Co.,, announced an increase of 10 per cent in the wages of section foreneen and laborers. including its lines in Illinois and Missouri.
 Secretary of the Navy Daniels an nounced that 60 of the new motor pa trol boats would be constructed at the New York Navy Yard and four at the New Orleans Navy Yard.
 Superintendent A. w. cudenback, of the East Jersey Water Co.,. which sup plies the city of Paterson and other municipalities, has ordered an armed guard to patrol the property
 Armed bandits held up west bound New York Central fast freight at Athol To, drove the crew away at the point of shotguns and footed the cars.
 Arnold Robertson, First Secretary of the British Embassy, and Miss Gladys Ingalls,, daughter of the late Melville E. Ingalls,, railroad financier, will be married at Washington Saturday.
  air services for joint development, or ganization and operation was recoTn- mended by a board of army and navy officers created to study the question.
 An executive order signed by Pres ident Wilson directs that time spent in the federal military service shall not be counted against the records of national guardsmen on the civil service eligibility list.
 Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, sent a telegram to a.committee of the Eastern Yacht Club expressing appreciation for building six boats for the Government m case of war.
 Officers of the Illinois Manufacturers Association sent telegrams to Senators 1 he new Tariff Commission and urg- ng that manufacturer should be l named a member. ]
 The faculty of MiddIebury College i las recommended unanimously that | he board of trustees apply to the | War Department for the formation of | l unit of the Federal Officers Reserve Training Corps at the college.
 Gen. George w. Goethais, who is 1 wanted by Governor Edge to construct New Jerseys S15,000, 900 highway ystem, held a conference with the | State House Commission, composed of | he governor, Treasurer Read and Comptroller Bygbee. SECRETARY BAKER SAYS
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