Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-21

asked to help irN obtaining skilled office men for positions in Washing ton.
 The Cologse Zetung says that Will mington N. C., and Charleston s. C., were bombed by German submarines.
 The Italian wheat crop is estimated at 164 000,O00 bushels this year, com pared with 140 000,000 bushels in 1917.
 One American marine was lost when the British transport Missana- bic was torpedoed in European waters Sept. 10
 Anthracite mines near PottsvilIe, Pa, with the exception of Blockwood colliery and Buck Run, have resumed operations.
 German marines are reported guard ing the Dutch border because of nu merous desertions of German troops on guard duty.
 Prompt quarantine of mild eases Of Spanish influenza at the Great Lakes Training Station prevented a spread of the epidemic.
 Steel producers in conference with the War Industries Board asked the government to increase the price of iron ore 50 cents a ton.
 By a vote of 100 to 28, the House sitting as a committee, voted down the amendment to the Revenue Bill taxing raw cotton S3 bale.
 Assistant Secretary of War Franklin D. Roosevelt has returned to the United States from Europe. He is i'll with a slight touch of Spanish in- f1uesza
 ! Letters from American troops in France tell of a new name, Annex forthe soldiers. It is an abbreviation of American Expeditionary Force" Prince AxeI, head of the Danish Naval Commission, has arrived at Washington. He will remain there for several days as guest of the navy. According to a report reachisg Lon- don, the Russian Empress, three prin- cesses and two grand duchesses were burned to death a month after the Russian Emperor was shot. The Norwegian steamer Bjornsterne- | Bjornson, in service of the Belgian Re lief Commission, arrived at a Norwe- gias port for repairs, having been fired upon by a German submarine. | Van H. Manning, U. S. chief oi mines, urged that permits for leasing oil land be passed immediately. The 1 bill sbeing held up by disagree ment between the House and Senate Henry H. Hall of Wells Depot, lay preacher at Alfred, Maine, was indict- ed by the grand jury today on the charge of murdering his wife, June II
 It was said at the office of the Hartford board of health that it be- lieved there were at least 50 cases ot f Spanish influenza in that city.
 Prince Eric, Duke of VestmanIand youngest son of King Gustaf o. Sweden, died of pneumonia, which de veloped from Spanish influenza. H. was 29 years old.
 Rev. John Steik, former pastor of ( Lutheran church, in Boston, arrested some time ago, charged with making disloyal remarks at a wedding, wa: released by the federal commissioner
 Seven thousand soldiers in the 36tl and 73d infantry regiments. compris ing the 23d brigade, left Camp Deveni yesterday for hike of two days. John A. Roundberg was shot an, killed Thursday night near his sport ing camp at Madawaska lake, Me. I is understood that Roundberg was mis taken for a deer.
 | Fifteen deaths from pneumonia de veloping from cases of influenza wer reported among soldiers at Camp Dev ems yesterday.
 Wreekage believed to be from tn Canadian fishing schooner Otokio ha
 been washed ashore at a fishing villag
 near at Atlantic port. | The condition of Assistant Seeretar
 of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt
 who returned from Europe sufferin
 from a light attack of pneumoni
 which developed from Spanish inf1u
 enza, was reported slightly improve
 yesterday
 Thomas Moore of Niagara Fall,
 Ontario, was elected president of tn
 Trades and Labor Congress of Cana
 da yesterday over J. c. Waters, tn , rttiring president, by vote of 2S5 t ] 155.