Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-26
Condensed IeIeqrams

American Smeitln9 G keflnng ask ing 5.z5 cents a pound for lead in New l York I
 Wages in factories dropped 1 per cent throughout New York State in | April.
 Volcano of Stromoli, off the north | coast of Sicily, was reported in violent i eruption.
 Federal Judge Mayer directed test case of the constitutionality of the S0- cent gas law.
 An attempt to dcmolish the American Legation in San Jose, Costa Rica, by a bomb failed. proposing popular votes on constitu- tional amendments.
 Japan is reported to have sent a mission to Germany to study condi- tions in that country.
 National Ginners' Association placed condition of cotton at ITS and the re- duction at F per cent
 British American Tobacco Co.,, de- clared an interim dividend of 6d, free of taX,son ardinary shares.
 One hundred operators of the Citi- zens Independent Telephone Co, Terre Haute. Ind, went on strike.
 War Department announced war ex- penditures of the United States up to April 90 totaled s21 294, ,O00, ,00O.
 Engineering societies awarded the John Fritz medal to General Goethals, builder of the Panama Canal.
 Treasury Department announced ad ditional credits of S9,000,0 GOO for Czecho- Slovallia and sl000 coo tor Belgium. A currency commission will be ap- pointed by the British Government to investigate rise in price of silver. Jamaican Government is considering plan to supply electric current to in dividuals and companies in all parts of the island
 Bar silver for immediate and for ward delivery VI quoted at 51 3-4 pence i'll London, an advance of one halfpenny.
 War Trade Board decided that guild numbers and import numbers are no longer required on exporting sugar to ! Denmark.
 Joseph C. GiIch t, former owner Of 1 the largest fleet of freighters on the Great Lakes. died at his home in 1 Hainesville, Ohio.
 French Cher1ber of Deputies asked for $2,5Se. .1777,3 3O5 to cover military and i extraordinary expenditures during the last half this year.
 1 Washington reports say majority of members of Ways and Means Commit tee decide to take up general revision of tariff in July.
 1 Dr. Epitacio Pessoa, President elect of Brazil, left Brest with his family on i the French stean>r Jeanne ld'Arc for the United States.
 l Transport kaiserin August Victoria, which left Brest May 14 arrived al New York with 5.47U troops and Lieu 1 tenant General Buliard.
 1 Postoffiee Department announced 23 ,f,
 first weeks operation of the Chicago Cleveland air mail service.
 Since the signing of the armstice
 2.500 airplanes and more than 10000
 airplane engines were deliverd to the
 American Expeditionary Forces.
 A national eight hour working day
 beginning January l 1921, was pro- posed in q bill introduced by Senator
 Moses, republican. of New Hampshire Worlds visible supply of wheat afoat
 and in storage on May 1 amounted tc , sea- 800 600 bushels, compared with 414, , So0o0O a month ago, and 303. 3.350,00( , a year ago.
 British Government committee rec
 commended establishment of q tribuna , for the purpose of Investigating opera tions of monopoIies and trust il 3 Britain.
 Submarine Boat Corporation wiI
 launch three vess1; of 5000 tons eacl l May 30, completing an order of 52 yes sels built for the Government in tn = last year.
 = It was announced that it will be sev eral days before the textile mills 0 | Lawrence, Mass, are running. Tn ] amount of wage increase was not mad public.
 Director of Baldwin Locomotiy | 1a,, , dividend of 31a per cent on preferre , stock. No action was taken regardin . common shares.
 f The three masted schooner WiIIiar d D. Hilton, of Bangor. struck on Mon Q roe's. Island. near Owls Head, Me. i : a foS, and went to pieces. The cre0 y of four reached shore in their boat. e Winnipeg citizens have transmitte e a formal protest to the federal govern d ment regarding the embargo on ma - to and from Winnipeg as a result ( e the general strike in progress here.
 The Costa Rica Minister of Wa $ personally conducting the army again< d rebels in the northwestern part of th J. Country, reported the insurgents ol n of ammunition and food and they wel n retiring
 = Manufacturers & Dealers Motor UT IS derwriters' Corporation was awarded II verdict for $350, 900 against the Fh IS Brokers Association of New York. TT II latter was charged with conspiracy l. ruin the formers business Id John j. McGovern, of New Have
 formerly employed as a steward (
 dining cars of the New York, N. H.
 H. R. R., pleaded guilty in feder IT court at Boston, to an indictme
 charging conspiracy to defraud u le government by use of fraudulent me oL checks, and was fined S1,0G0. A Henry c. Basiey, a past grand ma U, ter of the Odd Fellows of Maine, al @oc @ d former member of the Wincheste o9 o9 Mass city council and board of aide g men of Portland, Me. died Saturda G 'S He was 75 years of age and was -I' Civil war veteran. oh Two submarines and a destroy ," were launched at Quincy, Mass, Sa r, urday. the submarines at the Flo :, River yards of the Bethlehem Shi P building Corporation and the destroy al at the Victory Plant at Squantum. or As result of the arbitration of nd demands of 300 Lawrence, Mass. ca
 penters for a wage increase from
 to so cents, the men will receive
 cents an hour.
 About 30 of the children sent fire =S Lawrence during the textile strike we IT, brought back to their homes today ill Union workers of Calgary CAR d. called a general strike to begin at s- o'clock this morning in sympathy wi by the Winnipeg wallout in progress 1 he more than a week. nd Afghan Commander Seeks Armisti