Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-17
Condensed Telegrams

section of Petticodiac, N. B., Canada.
 France spent $5,200,0oo,ooo on shells during the war.
 Senor Montanes was appointed Gov ernor o1 Barcelona. Martial law declared in Barcelona because of strikes there. The Government offered 9,6CO,OOO pounds of wool at the auction III Boston.
 British Minister of Munitions an- nounced an increase in the price of | steel.
 Merchants of Canada shipped $500 pounds of vegetable seeds to Nladi- 1 vostok.
 Copper inquiry reported falling off. | Sales reported in small lots at II l-2 cents a pounds.
 Corn Products Refining Go. will close it's plant at Granite City, ILL. owing to slow business,
 Baltimore Ohio Railroad declared an embargo on shipment of freight to New York piers.
 John H. kehoe, director of public safety, abandoned his attempts to help settle the Passaio textile strike.
 Turkish soldiers, ignorant of the signing of the armistice, are terror izing GSeeks in Asia Minor.
 GoverHor sprouI, Of Pennsylvania, favors anthracite inquiry, owing to raise in price to users in that state. Alien Property Custodian denied United States Industrial Alcohol Co. bought German dye patents. Shipping Board released eight more ships for commercial use. Four, of these will carry food to Europe. Bank of France for the week shows increase of 69O,S1S francs in gold : ings and gain of 154,205 francs in
 silver.
 l Wage cut of s1 day. making min CTS pay $4.25 daily, effective Sunday, : was announced in the Occur d Alene : district, Montana. An agreement was reached between e the War Department and producers for the sale of 1000 tons of uurplus - acids held by the department. Commissioner Roper appointed five E tax advisors of the new board, which will act as final arbiters in settlement of income tax questions. E The Government will pay bonus El of $24,634, 130 to New York State men H who were in the army, navy or ma } rines during the war. Fl Food Administration officials anc s packers in conference in Chicago are reported as in favor of SIS as the E maximum price for hogs H Walter L. Harris, president of ths ! Holyolle Mutual Fire Insurance Co. B of Massachusetts, died at his hmo' \ in Salem, of heart disease. Federal officials announced tha E immediately after close of the tiftl loan. a plan will be worked out fol \ the deveIopment of American trade il B South America.
 Fifteen hundred railroad clerks O E Atlanta struck in sympathy with rail Vl way clerks of Nashville, Chatta Ifnooga & St. Louis Tennessee Cen 4 tral and Birmingham Northwesterl K railroads.
 a The Sim Feiners are Sin accord H ance with international custom, \ asking the British Government fo safe conduct for their delegates t \ the peace conference.
 Two men were arrested when 20 R rioting rubber strikers and sympa thizers in front of the United State s Rubber Co.,, Passaic, \. J. to disarr two special policemen.
 Better health conditions of tF E troops at home and a decline in tE number of influenza and pnumoni s deaths were were announced by tt \ surgeon general of the army.
 k Paris Matin reports Charles C. NJ Jonnart will be appointed represent E ative of the French Government II Alsace- Lorraine, with the title Mir E ister of State.
 factory at PforShetn, near Nari'
 ruhe. has been working day al
 night turning out iron crosses f(
 American soldiers eager for souv'
 nirs of the war.
 The War Department announced u return home of 2.323 troops on boal
 the troopship SiusQuehanna. IT
 27th Regiment ot Railway Enginee complete is on the transport.
 Ten steamers, the smallest sealir
 fleet in the history of the indutry \ Newfoundland, sailed for the icetiel in the north, where the animals a 3 found every spring. . International Red Cross sent an
 peal to the peace conference asku
 for the easing of the blockade to he the feed tn starving pople of middle |
 rope.
 to BoIshevik general staff at Moscc er- claims that during January and Fe
 truary the BoIheVik army occupi
 territory the size of France. The s F viet troops are scheduled to req Archangel May i.
 eD London Board of Trade announc (By the license. permitting the importatl een1 of British Empire products and ma can ufactuers will not at present apl ap to gold or articles containing gt the unless when consigned to the Ba off s of FOp13nd