Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-04

BRIEF TELEGRAMS
A general strike of miners throughout
Czecho Slovakia was called yesterday.
Plans to form federation of Central
American republics have collapsed.
Negotiation of treaty. of commerce
and amity with Bulgaria was said ut the
state department to be in progress.
The first woman to file primary papers
in the state of Maine is Abby T. Andrews
Of Fryeburg.
Another death from poisonous alcohol
the third here in two days-was report
ed to the Jersey City police.
Counterfeits of the familiar two cent
postage stamp have appeared for the first
time since 1895.
Major Jose nlescas Anaya of the Mexi-
can federal army ws executed in Mexico
City following a courtmartial conviction
for conspiracy.
garage FIRE which spread to an Rd-
joining building at River Cliff near Mil
ford, killed two dogs. and burned three
machines in addition to the garage.
A decrease of about 100000 in the
population of soviet Russia as compared
with pre-war estimates is reported by
the bolshevik press.
Arrangements were made to salvage
the 76-ton schooner Senator, which keeled
over on her beam ends four miles off shore
at st. John, n. B.
The Union Bank of Vienna has offered
in exchange for the Uruguayan wool mo-
nopoly to supply the Uruguayan govern
ment with all materials necessary for the
electrification of the state tramways.
Issuance by the state depa rtment of a
| license TO the Western Union Telegraph
company for the landing of its Baroa6oes
cable at Miami, Fla, may be expected
within a few days.
| A surplus of SS92.S8 for the year of
| 1921 as compared with deficit of $780,
535 for 1920, is shown in the annual re-
gort of the p15blic trustees of the Eastern
Massachusetts street railway company.
DIR. William Gallagher, for muny years
head master of Thayer Academy, South
Braintree, died at the home of his 50
Oscar C. Gallagher, superintendent Of
schools in Broolline, Mass
An unidentified f1ve-masted schooner
was discovered ashore on Metinio ledge
near the western entrance to PenonSeo
bay and about 90 miles south, southeast
of Roclland, Ne.
Value of automobiles owned In New Ha
ven has been definitely fixed for taxation
purposes at s9.699.4s6 by the assessors
In 1918 the vauation of cars then held wa
s3,s72,4s2.
Twelve year old George Walter Cabi
is seriously i'll at his home in South Nor
walk, with sleeping sickness The bo!
mas been asleep since being attacked las
Saturday.
Fire early yesterday destroyed The mill
Of the Beaver Brook Paper Mills. Inc. o
the out skirts of Danbury, causing a los
estimated at s125eoo, partially covered b
insurance. ~-.---.e.
Train Al, the Chicago special. west
bound on the Boston and Albany. wa
stopped just in time to avert collisio
with string Of deratled cars near West
field
Mohan1ed Enus, of New York city, wa
arrested IN New Haven and later he'd fo
& trial under $4,000 bonds on cSmpla ir
4 of conpatriots who are East Indians, ths
he defrauded them Of their savings.
Ten men were seriously burned by a
I explosion in the engine room of the c.
madam Pacific liner Empress of SEQ
I land docked in her North River pier, Ne
/ York.
While bIsting bouIdrs, Arthur Be
and Leon Policy, owners of the Drvde
farms, in the village of Dryden, res
Courtland, \. Y, uncovered two veins
:" bturninous coal.
More than a Thousand cattle have bee
y slaught cred since the outbrea Of TO
n and mouth disease in England The di
t. ease has attacked some of the best herr
= of dairy cattle.
= Frank e. Boston, manager of the Win
d low and Gardiper plants of the Holm
worth & Whitney company, pulp al
! paloer manufacturers, Gardner, Mas
- died at his home there at the age Of IS.
- a plague Of red ants has invaded &C
= tain districts in the department of t
:, war in France. Besides causing conside
:. able damage in the fields and garde
they have infested the houses.
- Bootleggers throughout the country a
= evolving a new industry-the rectifc
- ton of denatured a1cohol-prohibition
fcials said, which probably will neces;
tate a complete revision of the COVER
"a ment's system of distribution.
lg The largest raid In amount of mater
Sc seized that ever took place in Spriugfie
was carried out er1ay by police a
dry agents when from the garage of Jo
Luvera two 25-gallon stills, 26 gallons
moonshine whiskey and 80 barrels
u mash were taken,
~ ~ The scale committee of the United vi
u Workers of America which VIII for
ne ulate the demands of the miners 20
n place the wage agreement with the oper
u ors which expires March 81. will m
~ in Indianapolis next Wednesday.
=! Ludwig Bartols. 66. of So Washing q
en- street Wallirgford, a fal1tory ernplo
'e1 --" ed s"Hn mad costs totalling S21
t5 IN the Meriden police court when
-' ,..%s ar4dIgueu Tor a second time on pr
- ticing meSiEne in Meriden without