Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-05
Condensed TeTegrams

Chinese northern port.
 Aerial mail trips between New York and Chicago will begin today.
 Cuba has begun preparations to draft men between the ages of 21 and 29 years.
 Purchases of war savings and thrift stamps in New York amount to $25,- 723,452.
 The condition of Lenine, RoIsheviki Premier, is reported improving and all danger passed.
 George Lorand, radical member of the Belgian Chamber of Deputies died of heart failure.
 Further exportation of copra from the Philippines was prohibited by the overnor- General.
 Lieut.. s. G. Green, of Calhoun, Ga, was killed at Atubaron Aviation Field Fort Worth, Tex, during flight.
 A nine story cooler and storage building will be built in Chicago by Armour & Co. The plant will cost s1, ,5OO,0O0
 The French Ambassador and Mime. Jusserand will attend the celebration of Lafayette Day in New York on Fri day.
 There will be no delay for Liberty Bond blanks. A sufficient quantity has been assured for those who pay cash.
 The French steamer Pampa was sunk by a torpedo on the night of Aug. 27 while on a voyage from Bizerta to Salonica
 More than 10000 manufacturers us- ing steel were called upon by the War Industries Board to make complete re- ports of stocks.
 Two Germans nterned at Camp Sherman, Ohio, cantonment escaped while at work under guard in a corn 1 field but were captured.
 The corn crop of Oklahoma is placed at 19 per cent. of normal compared with 39 per cent. month ago and 43 per cent. a year ago. | Anthracite production for the last five weeks went lover the top" despite the shortage of labor. The amount mined was 23000, ,000 tons. | Navy reports announce that the steamer West Haven was shelled by a submarine 400 miles off the coast o1 Halifax but escaped.
 The House passed a bill of Repre-. sentative Russell, of Missouri, forbid ding the payment of pension to anyone convicted of disloyalty
 French mail trains are travelling through Amiens from Paris, Calais anC Dunkirk instead of a round about way forced by the German drive las March.
 The BerIiner Zeitune Am -Mittag re ports that several American transport! were sunk by submarines betweel Aug. 12 and 23 with the loss of 90t troops.
 Captain Studey of the Nantucke Shoals Lightship, reports he saw U boat near the Lightship last Sunda. morning. He said the crew made pre- paration to abandon the ship but thel the submarine withdrew.
 The Clearing House Association an nounces that 10000 bankers will at tend the annual convention of tn American Bankers Association at Chi cago, beginning the week Sept. 23.
 The Republican committee on com mittees selected Senator Dillingham;, C Vermont, conservative Republican, a the new member of the finance com mittee to succeed the late Senate Gallinger.
 ; An effect of war on education wa shown at tF. opening of the Stat : Normal sc' 5l at New Britain yes terday, when only one-half the usu; number of young women enrolled.
 Journeymen talors to the numhe of 160 employed at New Havel struck yesterday as the merchar tailors decline to grant an increas ed price list. , Flying Cadet C. M. MiIIiken, forme Pittsburgh National League pitche died at Fort Worth. Texas, from ir jurles received yesterday when crashed to earth in an airpIane wit Lieutenant Sidney Green. Lieutenant Irby Rice Curry, attacf ed to the air service. American E1 peditionary Forces and once star fot1 ball player at Vanderbilt Universit has been killed in an aerial combs l in France.