Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-25

because of the decrease in attendance due to the war.
 The French Government has placed the people on bread rations Each man. woman and child will receive ten ounces daily.
 Victims of the United States ship Michigan who were killed by the fall ing of the masts will be buried with full naval honors.
 AssembIyman John F. Shannon in- troduced bill in the New York Leg islature to have women declared elig- ible for jury duty.
 There was a runor in financial cir cles that the Corsair, famous yacht of the late J. P. Morgan now a gunboat, had sunk submarine
 At a meeting of butchers at liar row, England, it was announced that the King had authorized the killing of horses for table meat {. The Red Cross reports that Ser geant Paul M. Swansen, Engineers, re- ported missing December 16, is now a prisoner of the Germans.
 Soldiers in the department of the east have taken 10,812 government war risk insurance policies, aggre- gating in value sS4 4s3 900. Cadet Ernest H. Leach of the avi- ation instruction detachment in France. was killed on Monday. A sis ter lives at Fairhaven Mass.  Fifteen saloons of Rochester which fuel administrators edict, will be per manently closed by the police. There are about 2o,ooo,ooo persons or organizations paying incomes to others of more than $500 the Bureau of Internal Revenue estimates. Three days suspension was. the. pen. alty drawn by the Berlin Vorwarts fol declaring the German laborers were il agreement with the striking Austrians Ten billion dollars must be raised before June 30, ,191S,- Secretary Nc. Adoo declared, in a statement before | the House interstate commerce com | mittee. | Officials admit that complet. shutdown of all the plants building l ships may take effect unless the rail roads relieve the shortage of shif plates.
 At the request of the United State, | food administration, E. A. Penden, ad ministrator for Texas :. has issued z call for a fish conference in New Or. | leans Feb. 12.
 Brig.Gen Evan A. Johnson, at CamI 1 Upton, in a speech to the welfare workers, declared the responsibility for lack of preparation lies with tht 1 American people.
 l Paul Walters, an alien enemy, is il the Binghamton State Hospital, aftel ] pockets at Johnson City. The wal drove him insane
 | The first Americanized Enfield riff, | turned out for the American troop | abroad was presented to PreSiden Wilson by. the Winchester Rifle Co.,. a a personal souvenir
 The interstate Commerce Commis
 sion postponed from February 15 t April 15 the effective date for tn lowering of class and commodit,
 rates in the so-called Michigan per centage case.
 The war department is considerin
 communicating the Oklahoma schoo
 of mines at Wilburton. It is planne
 to use the school which the state ha
 abandoned for the technical trainin
 of drafted men.
 According to information receive
 at Dublin. twenty heavily disguise
 men, armed. raided several houses i
 Galway and took all the arms and mu
 nitions declaring that they wanted
 flor the next rebellion"
 The German American Alliance (
 Kansas City filed a petition in the GIT
 cui. court yesterday asking that It name be changed to the America
 Citizenship Association of Kansa
 City.
 An administration bin authorizin
 the president to suspend, modify C
 annul sentences and orders of mill tary court martials was submitte yesterday by Secretary Dlker
 Chairman Chamberlain, of the senat
 military committee. The death toii of the explosion the Allan shaft of the Acadia Cos Company's collieries at SteIlarton. S., was placed last night at 9S. Com 1, pany officials said 105 men were 8 work in the mine at the time of tn : disaster Seven of them, who were 0
 the first landing, escaped.
 TWO GERMAN DEsTRoYERs