Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-01

tention as it in that section that the
 epidemic eenters.
 Soog, after the midnight chimes
 had furd out one night the past week,
 a fire started in the great Willard ho-
 tel, where | number of senators are
 guests. The famous Peacock Ally
 was soon a mass of dense siIiokei the
 guests were aroused as best could be
 water was poured in by floods, and the.
 corridors and office quickly filled with frightened guests iH decidedly f1esli- gee apparel Among them Senator Pen rose, whose huge form was efleased in something quite different from regulation evening suit; Vice Prest- dent Marshall was there gafiy dressed in brilliant scarlet bath robe. and smoking the ever present cigar, which is now quite as familiar to Washing ton as the famous sky-tflted one which l is Speaker Cannon's constant com paflion. But there was one missing l from the greupe of senatorial guests. That was Senator Drew Of New Hamp- 1 shire. He was asked the next nlorn- 1 ing What did you do at ths time of l the New Hampshire man. r'Tfle first 1 thing I knew about it WAS when l went down to breakfast in the morning 1 and found the entire plaeG water 1 soaked and in confusion.
 As election approaches and no pro- vision has yet been made by congress 1 for a recess or adjournment, it is re- l called that Floor Leader Ciasd kitch- l en last summer remarked wien he l heard that the revenue bill would come 1 up this session, ''yyeli, perhaps sbtne Of l Us who live nearby may get a chance I to, go home and vote with a Strong 1 accent on the perhaps AS matter i Of fact at tl5is moment nothing is de- cidod. There can-be no long recess be- l tween the present and the December
 session. but t is all eoniectarR whether congress will be Tn session during 9 1 portion of November ef whether the 1 two sessions will be practically con- tinueBs. fl there is need to stay. con ] gress will do SO If the war measures
 are all out of the way there will be a few weeks respite. accefdin9 to the l opinion Of congressional leaders. IL is not improbable that 2 decision will be l reached the last of this week.
 So valuable does eeaareas recard the series of munitien speeches made this year hE Congressma n John @. Tilson l of the Third C0nnerticut district that tIinF have ordered them complied as public document. Thet will then he
 sent to camps asd training schools throughout the country. Colonel Till son who is a member of the mill
 tarv committee and the iglunitieh ex- pert of The house, mas from time tc
 time talked in the house on the prac-
 tieai workings of machine Euns. ga' masks, and of munitions of various sorts now in use bF the allies Or tht i enemy. He has illustrated these talk: with exhibits which hare been of grea interest and made clear to the mem 1 bers the main points Of the iENention : he was discussing His last talk il 1 the series was given this weak. and it . l subject was the hand grenade gun re l gently ifvefte.1 by Wavnne Abbott 0 California, and, now being tried out b, the government In Illustrating the us :. If the gun as A grenade thrower, Co TilSbn fired from it 2 light rubber hal ] n exactivi the same way as 8 7eat' : dealing grenade would be used Ther was 3 n explosion with a puff 6f srnolS and fire. Then the ball flew across tn ssrest chamber of the house over tn :. heads Of the members, into the gaIler ? opposite the colonel. The crowd i 2 the gallery lauGhed and tucked heads : while the members apnlarde1 the sue r cess Of the experiment. Col Tilson a1 ways prefaees the experiments with Sort of Now this won't hurt you" as