Norwich bulletin., 1921-05-25

Premier Briand received the German ambassador Dr. Mayer and conferred with him on the Silesian situation.
 The Tufts College chemical laboratory i was the scene of fire which was mark l ed by several minor explosions. . All the early corn and garden luck in Freeport, Me. was completely destroy ed by frost.
 The house approved and sent to the White House the Kellogg bill. giving the president power over all cable landings
 Another attempt to swim the Eng fish Channel will be made this summer oy Henry L. Sullivan. of Lowell.
 Union Pacific railroad officials hsvr opened a series of conferences with ep- ployes at Omaha looking to reduction in wages.
 Approximately 4,S0o.O0 workers are idle in Europe. exclusive of Russia and the Balkan states, Secretary Hoover sn- nounced.
 Senate agreed to vote tomorrow on the nomination of David II. Blair. of
 
 commissioner.
 According to the report of the state board of health fer last week. there was a marked increase in the number of cas- es of typhoid fever. OIdsmObiIe automobile works at Lam sing. Mich. will he closed down for few days owing to the discovery of a de- feet in some material.
 The honorary degree of Doctor of | Science will he conferred upon Alms. Gu | rie by Wesilesley college at the com ming commencement
 Illinois Central hier 1OS. was deraiIed at Epperson. Ken. No one was seriously | injured. Railroad officials believe derail- ing was intentional plot. i French troops captured BOO bandits in s battle fought west Of Tchataljs. Thrace. Colonel Rushdi Bey was among the pris- oners taken by the French.
 The employees of eight machine shops in. Haverhiu, MasN. struck yesterday | for recogni<,n of the union and con- tinuation of present wages.
 Rioting in Alexandria, Egypt. resulted in the death of five Europeans and = others wounded. A total. ot 9 Dercons were killed and 15o wounded. George Froeba. proprietor of the Turner hall cafe in New Britain. was fined S2on and costs by Judge George W. Klett in police court on a second offense of selling liquor.
 The cost ot extiuEuishine Ares due to criminal intent or wilfui negligence would be assessed on the persons re- sponsibie under bill reported 10 tho Massachusetts legislature by the judici- ary committee.
 Exhausted villagers of Bristol, Y. S.. early yesterday were able to snatch a bit of rest after a bitter fight against forest fires that threatened to destroy their homes.
 The hydroplane, Miss Belle Isle. owned and driven by Frank Schipacssse a race in Detroit river and sank in 20 feet of water.
 EmbezzIement of $500 of postal . funds is charged against Henry F. Me Cabe, postmaster a Denoxdale. Mass. in an indictment returned oy the federal grand jury.
 Louis Cohen, Boston attorney and formerly treasurer of a concern deal ing in phnogrsphs and pianos, was in- dicted by the federal grand jury charg- , ed with perjury in obtaining a passport to Mexico.
  , papers. it was announced today at the department of labor. Final papers were asked for by 16,s15 aliens. while 25, ,915 others declared their intention of be- coming citizens.
 Charles Ponzrs efforts to prevent hi, trial in the state courts for larcency while federal prisoner was marked by the filing of a petition for a writ of hs . beas corpus.
 A jury in the superior court at Brock ton, Mass, awarded damages of S3.33' to shoe manufacturer who sued re q tail dealer because of the cancellation \ of an order when business was at g low ebb.
 Warezamsky BrOnsky, representative n in Vienna of the Russian Soviet govern e ment, has been recalled to Moscow. I
 is understood that his successor will b > NJ. Marchlewski, the Polish socialist au l. thor.
 'f A. Barton Hepburn. president of tn ie Chase National bank of New York, wh n arrived in Victoria, E. C., declared Japa n to be in far better state than most coun
 tries commercially. Id George T. summerlin, counsellor t. the American Embassy st Mexico Cit! of left Washington for Mexico with term to by which America will recognize tn 1e Mexican government CT Joseph I. CaIiEan. s Brockten, Masi al merchant, was arrested on charges .d extortion based on alleged solicitation sh money from shopkeepers in connectio
 with licenses to keep open on Sunday. d. An indictment charging Ensign J ag zeph J. Lyman. formerly paymaster lis the L. S. $. Chester, with embezzleme
 of S21,41s from the United States. VI to returned by the federal grand jury h. Boston.
 m The Royal Grain Inquiry Commissio D. appointed by the Canadian government to inouire into alleged differences in tl Ee grain industry. as well as the gener
 condition of various companies, beg;
 functioning at Winnipeg.