Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-10
Condensed TeIeqrams


 Department of Agriculture estimates condition of corn Oct at 6S,6. The Food Administration fixed the price of hogs at SIS at Chicago.
 Production of soft coal for the week shipyards have accumulated a 1,3O0,- 000-ton reserve.
 The Steamer Maryland has arrived at an Atlantic port with 2,O11 bales of wool
 Copper output of the Old Dominion Co. amounted to 2,292 900 pounds in September.
 Total sales of War Savings and Thrift stamps in New York to date amounts to S31,111,929.
 Silver production of the Kerr Lake Mining Go. in September amounted to POS, 339 ounces.
 A plan for the merger of the United Motor and General Motors Corpora tions is under consideration.
 Indicated wheat yield this year was placed at 91S,920,O00 bushels by the Department of Agriculture. Contracts were awarded the Austin Co.,, of Cleveland, to build shell man. ufaeturing plants at St. Louis.
 Confirmation of the abdication of King Ferdinand of Bulgaria was re- ceived at the State Department from Sofia.
 The nomination of George La Mons as the Democratic candidate for ! United States Senator from New Jersey was conceded by his opponents. Houses for war workers will be con- structed by the War Department at | the picric plants at Grand Rapids, Mich, at a cost of $450 000 Regulations were completed and ap- proved my the Canadian government whereby all dealers in gasoline in Canada will have to be licensed. Ten million dollars worth of surplus supplies were reclaimed by the Divis- ion of Military Aeronautics since Aug. s, the War Department announced. American steamer Westqate was sunk at sea, with the loss of six lives, in a collision with the American. The Westgate was a cargo carrier of $5,- 800 tons.
 Representatives of the manufactur- CTS of handling machinery conferred with the Shipping Board to improve loading and unloading of ships in port.
 A letter picked up in railroad sta tion in New Jersey predicted the eX- plosion of the loading plant at Mor- gan, N. J., Friday night. It was sign ed "Heine"
 The monthly requirement of 25o,oot
 tons of steel for the Shipping Board
 will be cut Jan. 1 to 150 900 tons as
 shipyards have accumulated 1900,
 000ton reserve.
 Rules to expedite the procuring ot
 export licenses from the War Trades
 Board were simplifed by that body as well as the War Industries Board
 and the Director of Steel Supplies. Army regulations governing ths sending of Christmas packages, tC
 American soldiers overseas will alse apply to members of the Marine Corps
 whose address is American ,Expedi
 tionary Forces"
 Director General McAdoo of tht
 Railroads announced the shipments O l64 locomotives for the week ended Sept. 28 as follows: American Loco
 motive Works, 42; Baldwin, 15, anC Lima, T.
 "A 201 nIimeter trench mortar cap
 tured from the Germans by the Amer | jeans will be on exhibition during tn 5 Liberty Loan campaign on the Broat Street side of the New York Stocl : Exchange.
 The Norwegian Foreign Office noti ! fled the State Department that F'rencl and British subjects who were in tn American Consulate at Moscow an
 left had not violated the extra terri toTial rights of Norway. : Lieutenant Thaddeus c. Defriez 2 formerly Sunday editor and editoria ] writer of the Boston Globe, died Tues c day night of influenza at Camp Pike title Rock, Ark
 Q The home of Mrs. James Campbell a wealthy resident of Mead's Poin near Greenwich, was entered by burg e lars early yesterday. Among the ar ! ticles taken was quantity of silver 9 ware. All restrictions on the liberty (
 sailors at the Great Lakes naval train 7 ing station were raised yesterday as . result of almost complete suppressio > of influenza at the station U The board of education of New Tor II adopted a resolution yesterday forbid Il Il ding lectures in any other than tn English language in any public schot building or any other building unde it's jurisdiction.
 The war department has ordere
 1000 enlisted men to duty at the Du
 pont munitions plants. near Paterso, N N. J. They will manufacture funitior " and according to announcement, otht . attachments will be sent to the Giles Ia pie plant at Morgan, N. J. ~ if Reports to the state departmel al yesterday said Spanish influenza d prevalent at Cape Town, Africa Eliza ,e bethtown, Australia, and Pernambuc 10 South America.
 Effective today, every church, schoc ,s theater. motion ricture house and a 'e places of public assembly in fle sta V of Utah, where Spanish influenza, h. ,d appeared, is ordered to close by edi ,d of the state board of health.
 With the number of Spanish il
 ArTn1 iS1l S ts the city council of Des Moines, low = ordered the closing of all public mee 2 ing places. effective today until flu n ther notice.
 HEAVY FOG cAISE