Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-10
Condensed Teleqrams

British casualties for the week to- tailed 20,640.
 War risk insurance is reported in good demand.
 September A, next Saturday, will be National Anthem Day.
 Tobacco is classed a staple muni- tion of war by the British.
 A severe earthquake was recorded the Georgetown University.
 The building of the army warehouse and storage plant in France cost $30,- 0G0,000.
 New York hotels are saving fruit pits needed to make charcoal for army gas masks.
 Travellers arriving at Aaparanda, Sweden, from Moscow report that Le- nine is dead.
 Production of potash in the United States for six months amounted to about 25,00O tons. The coal situation of Britain is re- uation had ever been.
 Eiehty-six of the POS locomotives turned over to the government in Aug ust were of standard type
 Governor E. L. Phillipp has been re- nominated on the Republican ticket for Governor of Wisconsin
 An effigy of the Kaiser and other hated Germans will be burned in Phil adelphia Friday, Sept. 13 i Private cars for political campaign purposes will be permitted if neees- sary fares and charges are paid. | The strike of postal and telegraph employees in Brazil has spread to the entire force of 10000 men. l game of baseball by two Ameri- can soldier hines behind the lines was interrupted by German shells. i Twenty head of prize cattle valued
 at $25,O0O, were the star attraction at
 an exhibit at Patterson, N. Y 1 Canada is reported going to take
 over the steel stock of the country as is being done in the United States.
 Fuel Administrator Garfield ordered
 the Consolidated Coke Co. of Pitts
 burgh, to pay back $S0,000 to GUS
 toner's
 The new Jewish year book reports
 that of the 3 900,O0O Jews in the United
 States 1 500000 are in New York
 Thousands of baskets of tomatoes
 are rotting in the fields ct Laurel. Del
 because the canners cannot handle them.
 The London fire brigade will ballot the question of striking for recognition
 of their union and higher wages and pensions.
 A schooner, believed to be the Belle Burego of Burego, Newfoundland, was } sighted floating bottom up near a
 Canadian port. An enormous increase of the Italian l army is planned, disregaSing all eX- ! emptions of the various classes from
 1890 upward.
 } thousand workmen in the French armament establishment of Creusot were shown pictures of American
 troops in action.
 British cotton spinners, with mem.
 bership of 20,000 have decided to strike ; next Saturday for the abolition of the
 priority system. London politicians declare that the
 luxury tax bill will not find it's way to the statute books during the life O the present Parliament. f Mail to soldiers hereafter will be de 7 livered in two weeks. Army postal of : ficials have new plans devised to ex
 pedite speedy delivery f Chicago shipments of cured and fresl ! meat were 28,943,000 pounds for tn, . week ended Sept G. compared witt F 42, 483 900 pounds last year. : A treaty between Germany and Fin , land has been concluded under whicl
 the entire. man power of Finland ha I been placed at Germanys disposal n Capital issues committee ordered
 further restrictions of investment cap ital to those industries urgently neces
 sary from the standpoint of nationa I interest
 D Charles De Woody, manager of tn i stacker roundup in New York, an : nounced that 1905 captives were draf
 evaders and 15,000 seriously delin $ quent"
 n Near-b and similar drinks wflic e contain little alcohol are to come un h der the Government ban on Dec ] p along with beer, according to the Foo Q Administration. ' Fordham University, New York, wa if taken over by the government for a j. army post for the training of 2,50 : men chosen from the first contingen # of the IS to 45 draft. 2 The Treasury Department has re d ceived S669, 566, 135.O7 in cash from tn
 sale of war savings stamps. This rep I reSentS a total maturity value of ap e proximately $SO4,766,985. " The sugar Equalization Board upo e the approval of President Wilson V fixed the price for next year at min it cents for granulated, less per cen If f. Q. b. seaboard refining points. y Support of the proposal of the De l. partment of Commerce for the adopt Ir 1ou O1 HdlIondl CTdQe-Indfh TOT Amer in ican goods was pledged by the Amer 10 ican Chamber of Commerce in Londol j. Republicans will wage a .visorou l. contest to capture control of Congres
 upon the plea that they can rendt l. more effective service to the Presider " than can a Senate and House of h " own party.
 Tt Eugene R. Vernier, of Philadelphi d q travelling salesman for Stamfor le firm, was killed at Weston, w Va
 when he was crushed between a stre,
 Car and the station building.
 HARD COAL MEN ASK $ FOR REVISED WAGE SCAL