Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-19
Condensed TeIegrams

Italian cabinet, it is reported, de- cided not to icvy an inheritance tax at this time. =, of slag and coal at the flipert niiihe near Uniontown. Pa
 Federal agents seized 15,5se bags of wheat flour at the Market Warehouse Co. in South Boston.
 Continued improvement of the con- dition of Theodore P. Shonts was an nounced by. his physicians.
 Louis F. Swift announced SWift C. Go. would dispose of all the company's interest in tanning and leather. ..
 Seven persons were killed and 54 injured in collision between an ex- press train and troop train in Paris.
 1t was announced in Lisbon that q German ships being held in the har- bor would be turned over to Portugal.
 Two women passengers were seri- ously burned in an airplane 500 rect above the aviation field at Venice, Cal
 Steamship Editor, launched by the shipping board at Seattle, Wash, was
 Reppesentatives of farmers appeared before the house agricultural commit tee and asked that price fixing be aboi- ished.
 ordered placed on sale at fire houses IS tons of ham and bacon at 36 cents a pound.
 Bureau of Statistics of labor de
 
 living in New York increased 1922 per cent since 1914.
 A device to make telephone conver- sation secret was invented by an eiec- trician at the central wireless station of the French army.
 War deparfment announced dis charges from the army now total B. 20S,759, leaving a net strength Of 5o0.6s9 officers and men.
 Frederick Tinoco, who recently aban- nf fled the country, arrived at Kingston Jamaisa, en route to Paris.
 Several battaIions of Bolshevik troops were wiped out. in new ofen- sive of the Northwestern. Russian army, along the Luga river.
 Silk dyers and helpers at Paterson, N. .J.. will be forced to walt until Oc- tober 10 for a A hour week by de- cision of the war labor board.
 Mexican government. ordered full in- vestigation into the murder recently of Theodore Patterson, a British sub ject in the state of Zacatecas.
 Senate judiciary committee, it is re- ported, approved the prohibition en- from the ironclad bill adopted by the house.
 Two men were killed and two nor tally injured when an electric car from Woonsocket bound for Providence struck an automobile at a crossing at Lincoln.
 Since the arnistiee was signed the war department received the resigna- tion of 1900 officers who report they are unable to live comfortably on pres ent salary.
 A party of men fired rifles on Rocky Island in the harbor of Queenstown. Ireland The firing continued for some time. It was not known whether there were any casualties.
 Steamship AtIantus,. first concrete steamer to be launched from an Allan the Atlantic waters. was turned over to the shipping board a
 French newspapers report an Ameri- can capitalist offered the French gov ernment annual royalty of s200 100000 for the tobacco monopoly. Minister of finance refused the offer.
 New York Central railroad ran ex- tra trains on the Harlem branch to carry persons from the northern sec ton of The Bronx and way stations to the Grand Central terminal.
 Mexican chamber of commerce is planning to organize trade excursion of Mexican merchants to the United States and is preparing to receive sim liar missions from the United States.
 Candidacy of Francis s. Peabody of Hinsdale, Chicago. a former assistant treas surer of the democratic national committee, for United States senator in the primaries of 1920 was announc- ed.
 Hopes of settling the strike of 5000 motormen and conductors of Pitts burgh were held after a conference between receivers of the company, strike representatives and Mayor Bab- cock.