Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-28
Condensed TeIeqrams


 ary amounted to $299S,634. A favorable report on the soldiers land bill was sent to the Senate. bury; Joseph A. Leonard, Hartord. in Paris was called off.
 Fire caused $50,C00 damage in the downtown district of Oswego, N. Y.
 An agreement was reached by con- 1erees on the long pending water power bill.
 Three thousand British troops were oIlclally reported missing during the war.
 Fifty thousand books were brought into the occupied zone recently for American soldiers
 Senate Naval Committee FavorabIy reported the 20,000, 000 Naval Ap- propriation biu
 President Wilson nominated Hugh '. Wallace to be American Ambassa- dor to France
 A coalition government will be form III vienna with Social Democrats CO., operating with Social Christians.
 Belgian government decided to is- sue two loans of G40,000000 at 95 Bonds will bear , per cent interest
 Prices for tobacco will be adVanc- ed by the manufacturers to meet in creased tax in the revenue bill just signed
 Copper export Association Is ne- gotiating with France for a limited amount of copper. The third Swiss sample fair will be held in Basic from April 24 to May 8, 1919.
 Director Hines approved two stan dard forms of co-opera tive short ! time contracts.
 Sales of domestic graphite in 1918 were 6,500 short tons, valued at $1,- l 500,000, largest on record. l Geld coin amounting to $200.00O ! was withdrawn from the New York | Sub-Treasury for shipment to South 1 America.
 General Pershine notified the War l Department the entire National Guard of Ohio would be assigned to early | convoy home.
 Annual pay of West Point cadets and Senate conferees on the Military 1 Academy appropriation bill
 Thirty nine per cent. Of the army officers on duty Nov. Il and B per cent. of the enlisted personnel were discharged by Feb. 19
 It is reported in Washington thai legislation will be sought by Govern ment officials creating a marine anC fire bureau department War department announced that the 77th Division (New Yorlz) would re- turn home in April instead of the SSth Division, as listed.
 Eighty thousand German helmet. arrived at the Bush Terminal l Brooklyn. They will be awarded a, prizes for the best subscription re. cords in the coming loan. Department Of Justice will be ask ed by the Navy Department to prose cute civilians and others not unde naval jurisdiction for bribery in con nection with the graft scandal.
 New York Assembly passed th' Adler bill providing for the construc ton of a vehicular tunnel betwee1 New York and New Jersey and ap propriating S1.000,G
 Director Hines of the Railroad Ad ministration announced he would tr, to keep in continual service boat owned by railroads when they ar turned back to private ownership.
 School authorities are urged b 1 Secretary Glass to teach thrift | children this year in connection wit the war savings campaign. : The senate in passing the $e,000 % l annual diplomatic and consular ser vice appropriation bill eliminated ap . propriations for g, number of inter national commissions. All superfuous material of tn , American eXpeditionary forces, nov [ stored in vast warehouses through 7 out France, will be bargained off t ] Europeans.
 The official report of the Esthonia 3 authorities on the atrocities commit F ted by the Bolsheviki in Esthonia, es pecially at Wesenberg and Dorpat, un folds a terrible tale.
 One man was killed and fourtee : others injured, two perhaps fatally when explosion, followed by. fire, de strOyed the experimental laborator Q of the naval ordnance department 8 ] Baldwin, N. Y The s. s. Sampa, 3,6o0 tons. third ( S the wooden vessels beiag bu'lt for tt . United States Shipping Corporation . was launched at the ya1ds of tt l Housatonic Ship Building Company, :
 Sratford.
 Fire entaiI;1q en estimated loss ?, about $4 600 destroyed a two tenemel , house owned by Otto Latkofsky s East Hartford.