Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-16

Mrs. HarrletT Prescott Spofford. nov elist and poet,Jdied at her home on Derr Island, Mass. yesterday. She was born at Calais, Me, in 1885.
 More than q score of persons were injured, none of them seriousy. when American Association park fell.
 Reports of the overthrow of the Far Eastern republic at Chita, which has been current In Tokio for a couple of days, are still without confirmation.
 series of explosions blew of the covers of two manhoes and lifted the Tagging of the sidewalk on Pearl street in the business district of Boston.
 Mrs. OrviIIe F.. Crane. wife of Ma tick. (Mass) clergyman, was drowned in Lake Assawampsett when a small sailboat was capsized in a squa1.
 Senator Borah w7I introduce q bill in the senate asking repeal of tolls on American coastwiss vessels passing through the Panama Canal. He asks that the bill be passed without debate.
 War department statement just issued shows a loss of more than $500 000 has been taken by the department ;n the sale of surplus arhy supplies during the fiscal year ended June 90.
 President zayas of Cuba, at meet ing of his cabinet decided to sell the securities taken during the liquidation of the National Bank. The government had s2S,OO0,OO0 on deposit in the banks.
 MT. and Mrs. Ralph Pulitzer arrived at New York on the Cunard liner Beren- raria from Europe. Mr. Pulitzer de- clared he was arlazed to see how fast German business was picking up.
 Five persons lost their lives and n few houses were desroyed when the Tsarco river. a mountain stream empty ing into the Adige, Itay, overhowed its banks last week.
 
 Government authorities are taking stems to restore order in the city of Touitos. capital of the department of I,oredo. Eastern Peru. where members of the garrison revoited on Friday.
 Laurence GrinelleI who recently arriv- ed at Buenos Aires. as "envov of the Irish republic" has cabled Eamon De Valera that Argentina is practically unanimous for Irish independence"
 Automobile thefts in New York have almost doubled In the last six months. acordington office figures for the hor- ougks of Manhattan and the Bronx. Since February 2o. 2.4e1 cars valued at g, 500 UoO have been stolen. 
 Announcing restoration of second class mailing privilege to the VoIlles Zeitung of New York. Postmaster Geh- eral Hays reiterated that he will not allow himself to become censor of the press.
 Assembly of an international congress of fnanciers at WashinEton-possihi coincident with the disarmament confer ence in November-to discuss stabiliza- ton fo foreign exchange is under con- sideration at the treasury. Charles E. Rodman. furrIer. whose store in Waterbury. is within three hun dred yards of police headduarters. re- ported loss of furs during Sunday night which he valued al s20.000. Among other items were 65 fur coats. Greek operations against the Turkish lnationalists ,are expected nomentarily to enter their second phase. The Greeks have established contact with the Turk l ish forces which evacuated the city of Sivri-Isshar and retired to the east bank of the Sakarla river. | Sumroe- coIonists at coast resorts Tn the vicinity of Biddeford. Me. have be- | | robberies at Kennebunk Beach. Bdde- ford Pool and Prout's Neck during the past few weeks and are taking extra ordinary precautions.
 Announcement was made yesterday by the Ludlow Manufacturing Associates of change. in schedule whereby the iute yarn department will he increased from four to five days a week while the etlnny bagging department will be closed down for several weeks
 Maxim Litivon. representing the so- viet famine relief committee, and Walter 1 IA Brown, European director of the Amercian relief administration. will con- tinue their negotiations relative to American relief for Russia's famine suf- ferers.
 The members of the Swiss rifle shoot ! ing team. have just returned to Rerne from Lyons where they met defeat for the first time in fifteen years at the hands of the American marksmen in the international rife shooting tournament tlast week.
 President Harding ye<erday decIIn- ed an invitation to the international press conference this fall in Hawaii. He told committee of publishers that public business would not permit him to go.
 orrin G. Lester. acting director of the division of savings treasury depart ment declared thrift habits acquired by i American people during the war are be- coming a national characteristic. re- futing world oninion that this country is spendthrift nation.
 Former Premier okuma in an inter 1 view published in Tokio was quoted az saving that if any of the powers should attempt to interfere with the agree ments reached at Versailles concerning the island of Yan and Shantung the Japanese should oppose scuh interference 1 for the sake of the honor of the empire.
 Resignation of the Rev. Leon PIgeas as pastor of the Greek church of St. Trinity Chicago, to which Germanos Troianos, bishop of America recently was appointed by King Constantine. was 1 announced as the latest move in the contest for control of the church by two factions.