Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-03
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| Minister, sent New Years greetings to the United States.
 Bar silver was quoted at 76 pence an ounce in London as compared with S1.51 in New York.
 American smeltiEq and Refining from 7.50 to ITS IN
 United States Rubber Co. reported will advance it's prices, on Jan. l, on mechanical goods 10 per cent.
 French railways placed an order with American petroleum companies um.
 The dollar was quoted at 10 francs 95 centimes in Paris, compared With 10 francs, "A 1-2 centimes at previous 1 close.
 Aero Club of America received q letter from, the Prince of Wales ac- eepting his election as an honorary ! member of the club. It is again predicted in Ottawa, Can ada, that Sir Robert Borden will be the next Ambassador to the United ] States from England.
 Sir George Paist, English financial authority and editor of The Statist, arrived in New York to arrange a loan for Great Britain. i Thomas Hume, millionaire lumber 1 man and associated for many years with Charles H. Hackley, died at his home in Muskegon, Mich.
 Two workrnen were killed and an- l other injured at the Submarine Boat plant, Port Newark, N. J., when hood snapped and fell on them.
 Reports from Sofia declare Bulgaria has been placed under martial law as a result of the widespread riots growing out of the high cost of living.
 Hungary still arrestine members of communist party in Budapest. Among those recent taken is pr. Alexander. Varjas, professor in the city high schools.
 Shipping at Philadelphia is at a standstill as a result of q strike of! masters, matess pilo ts, aeool5s, stew ards and deckhands employed on river. tugs.
 Ereeman's Journal, largest pubiiea. i ton in Ireland, which was suspended i three weeks ago for an article con trary to police discipline, is still un- der suspension. t,
 It is believed new complications are developing in Supreme Council circles which may cause a postponement of | the protocol. The date was original ly set for Jan. 6.
 Mrs. PereivaI Dodge, wife of the American Minister to the Kingdom of the Serbs, Greats and Slovenes was killed instantly in an accident at | Washington, D. c.
 Floods continue unabated through out France. The rivers Rhine, Marne, | Mouse. Sise, Aisne and Garrone are all overfiowed, while tributaries of the Seine continue to rise.
 According to the Paris Matin, in- ternationalization of ConstantinopIe and the Dardanelles was decided on along lines laid down by Premier Llopd George in a recent speech.
 Owing to the shortage of coins in one of the suburbs in London, pieces ot cardDoard cut to the size of pen Iny and stamped voucher are being used as substitute for farthings. | Gunnery Sergeant Charles Hoffman, U. S. Marine Corps, receved the Frech Metallic Miltiaire and the AIontenegrin Medal for bravery at Belleau Wood. Hoffman is a New Yorker. . ] According to reports from Baltimore Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, will suc- ceed former Governor Edwin Warfield as president of the Fidelity & De- posit Co, of Maryland.
 Exports af Canadian pulp and paper in October broke all records in the history of the pulp and paper indus try there. The total was valued at S17, ,S65,578 an increase of SS,544,021 over the September figures. l According to Phillip T. Dodge, pres- ident International Paper Co.,, who has returned from an investigation of conditions abroad, declared Europe twill not be in a position to offer much competition in the newsprint indus try.
 Great increase in the number of
 women employed in British indus tries has become an important factor and only an expansion of industry