Norwich bulletin., 1919-06-16
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Bar silver was quoted at 54 pence in London.
 Navy Department sold soo,coo yards of bue flannel for $2000000
 Iowa June crop condition mated at 95 Oats were estimated at 9S.
 Ernest Lister, governor of Washing ton died at Seattle, Wash. He had been ill for several months.
 Fuel oil is selling at cent bar rel in Mexico because of the excess supply and small demand. By vote of PA to 32 members of the New York Cotton Exchange in creased commission rates.
 Shipping Board asked bids on 127,- 394,307 feet of lumber in yards throughout the country. A secret session of the Citizens Council of Greater Berlin voted in favor of a strike of citizens. Shipping Board fixed the rate of three quarters of one per cent. on gold shipments to Argentina. Great Northern Railway filed ap plication for. an increase in rates on ] base bullion and smelter products. | Railroad business increased to such an extent recently that it hoped in-
 creased rates will not be necessary. l According to a statement of off | cials of Norfolk & Western Railroad
 the strike of 10000 men was settled.
 Thomas Nelson Page, Amercian Am
 bassador to Italy, will leave for the
 United tates at the end of the month Importation of cotton yarns, qinnee
 G, eece reported prohibited by roya
 decree. Naval licenses will no longer be re
 quired for operation of small craft il New York harbor and Long Islant
 Sound | An appeal for independence of Al
 bania was cabled to President Wilso
 by the pro- Albanian Committee 0
 America.
 Under operation of the liquor con trol board there has been less drunk enness in England and Wales in tn past four years.
 Weekly shipments of 100000 ; bushels of corn, 1S5O00 bushels of oat ,, and 217,000 bushels of flax were re ! ported by Argentina. Bell Telephone Go. of PennsyIvani :, announced rates for local exchang | | service except public pay station ! would be raised 20 per cent. One million dollars worth of go l l bars was engaged for shipment Il South America in New York by u . Mercantile Bank of the Americas Secretary Baker in luncheon in Ne ; York declared he was ready to reti
 to private life as soon as his most in s portant duties were accomplished. Robert l. Manning, former Govern
 of South Carolina, was appointed member of the Board of direcotrs v the New York Life Insurance cou S tries
 u Representatives Fitzgerald of Bo ,,, ton, introduced a bill for constructi 1 of Government warehouses in the V ., rious distribution centres of | ,1 country.
 Q Governor James p. Goodrich, of l ,N diana, took steps to call an ext Ia session of the Legislature to consid
 ratification of the Woman uffra
 amendment.
 A fire of unknown origin followed
 explosion occurred in the Arlingt U plant of the E. l. du Pont de Nemol la Go. at Kearney, N. J. No one was n- ported killed or injured he Governor w. P G. Harding, of 1 as Federal Reserve Board, is still unt e. cided on accepting offer to head | es newly organized Cotton Exporting he Financing Corporation.
 a Representative Rogers, ranking me of Der of the House Foreign Relatit n- Committee, introduced resolution e S. ing on Secretary of state to furn
 list of Americans killed in Mexico q n along border since recognition of C. of ranZa government.