Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-03
Condensed Teleqrams

Tho Texas Co. reduced price of crude oil 25 cents a barrel to 75 cents.
 Belgian soldiers will sell Victory Loan bonds throughout the country.
 During March wool consumption by manufacturers amounted to 34, 0O0,000 pounds.
 Total reserve of Bank of England dropped $ 439,O00 in week. Bullron increased { 559,000.
 At the Government auction in Bos- ton 4,500,00o pound s of Australian greasy wool was disposed of. VI
 Gota Co.,. . YlfO,010 was withdrawn from the Sub- Treasury for shipment to ooulu America.
 War Trade Board announced many ! changes were made in the import re- strictions of Britain.
 Belgium asked Council of Three for advance of $400,0 900 as their share of German indemnity.
 Steel men will confer with repre- : sentatives of Industrial Board and Railroad Administration next week.
 Sears, Roebuck & Co.'s sales for April amounted to $19,183,S81, an in- crease of $4,9S5,274 over previous month.
 l Weekly report of Bank of France | shows increase of 933,434 francs in gold holdings. Silver increased 29,- 553 francs.
 ] Cotton planting sf Texas delayed | by rain. Reduction of acreage there and Oklahoma said to be below 8 per cent.
 Advices from Warsaw indivate United States and French representa- tives. received the greater part o1 1 Polish trade.
 Transport koeningen de Nederland- i en arrived at Newport News from
 France with 2,263 officers and men O. the Rainow Division.
 Hungarian Communist Governmen offered to Rumania territorial con. l sessions and requested an immediat, cessation of hostilities
 The earthquake which shook. Sal ' Salvador was the most violet eve
 registered in the country. Severa tremors were felt since.
 New York Cotton Exchange an nounced old style contracts in futur
 prices were discontinued and iron
 now on all contracts will be new.
 Honorio Pueyrredon, Argentin
 Minister of Foreign Affairs, denie,
 he had any part in Mexico's refusa
 to recognize the Monroe Doctrine
 Shipping Board announced the ap pointment of Waldo s. Reed of Ney
 York, as treasurer of the shippin Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. Negotiations are being complete between United States and Brazil fo esta blishment of steamship line be tween Rio de Janeiro and San Fran cisco. m $ Five dreadnoushts and several de stroyers will sail from New. Tor
 soon to patrol route of naval sea planes preparing for transatlanti flight. Sir Harry Lauder will quit tn stage. He is doing so because h wants to help his native land and nc because of the knighthood conferre on him.
 In a letter to the National Industri; Council, which resumed sittings { I London, Premier Lloyd George wrot lhe was drafting q bill, foll a fort! ! eight hour week. 'f's Msior Tom c. MacauIay, who hole s transeontinef1tal records, probab { will be in command of the arm \ aerial squadron which will fly frol Texas to Boston.
 A large naval international poll, force will be necessary under u E league of nations scheme immediate E after peace is declared. according B Secretary Daniels.
 Director Hines signed a contra E s for Government operation of u Leavenworth Terminal Railway = Bridgeport Co.,, fixing the annu
 compensat ton at $43,5S3. e Henry Bosford, one of the founde :, of the meat packing industry at Oh u cago, died at the age of eighty-fiy
 He formerly was head of the Chica le Packing & Provision Co. -s George Holmes, Francisco Viis ,u business agent on the border, W ,+ found guilty in the United Stat u District Court at Fl Paso of stealil a machine gun and several Fren and American rifles.
 '5 After a conference with Anbass 5' dor Page Premier Orlando visit ,a King Emmanuel and later held ,,.5i long conference with Foreign Mini , ter Sonnino, former Minister S i7 landra and Signor Barzulai
 Two officers and fourteen men
 the crew of the naval tug Gyp
 Queen were drowned when she stru NJ a, rock and sank near Armen Liz
 off the coast of France, April 2S $ The tug was returning to Brest afr lI. o- assisting three mine sweepers in d lh tress.