Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-02

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BRIEF TELECRAMS /
inspectors began an investigation of
IL theatres in Manhattan. upon orders
# Borough President Miller.
Covered from stem to stern with Ice
nd snow the American line steamer
<roon.and, from New York arrived at
plymouth after a tempestuous voyage.
Rands opera house and two adjoining
buildings, near Third and Congress streets,
Troy, N Y, were swept by fire. The -oSs
was estimated at 100000.
A sixty per cent increase in the num-
Der of students applying for admission |
to Brown University in the m1d-winter
class was reported by Registrar Guild.
The naval fuel ship Arethusa which has |
been lying disabled off the Virginia Capes |
is now being towed by the naval tug Car |
rabassett towards Hampton Roads.
/ 500 years ago, and one of the richest
in historical relics in the empire of japan,
has been ruined by fire.
The Princess Matoika, which was dis
abled at sea Sunday during the heavy
gale passed into quarantine under her
own power.
An important surrender of Moorish
H. ,srl, IN Mo
rocco is reported in a dispatch from Ma
Grid, relaying Melilla aovices.
Reports which have been in circulation
of the engagement of Princess YolanGo Of
Italy and king Boris of Bulgaria were
denied IN Rome.
: There were 9.12O bales offered at the
wool sales in London. Low grades were
again slow and irregular, but the best
kinds were in animated demand
Justice Day of the supreme court who
has been confined to his home in Wash
ineton for several days with heavy
cold, was reported as much improved.
Lieutenant Colonel Edward T. Cassatt,
sportsman and race horse owner, died at
his home in Berwn, near Philadelphia
He was So years old.
Eben Hill presented his resignation as
director and president of the Norwalk
Iron Works company. He refused to
make public his reason for SO doing.
The resignation of Major Lucius B.
Barbour of his commission as an officer
in the First Company. Governors Foot
| Guards has hnen accounted
Warnings of north Atlantic ice fields
seven miles wide and 135 miles long mov-
| ing south 215 miles east of Cape Race
were sent out by the photographic office
The Nantucket Shoals Hghtship, which
was torn loose from its moorings in e
storm several days ago, was back in po
! sition yesterday.
A dozen buildings were destroyed by
! fire in Claysvine, Penn. with a loss OF
| $780, 900; the flames, which spread raEid
", were checked in a warehouse contain
ing 10000 pounds Of wool.
i Several hundred persons attended a me
mortal service in All Souls church, Lang
ham Place. London in memory of Richard
Westcott who 6ded here last Saturday
Mr. Westcott- had been American vice
consul in London since 1897.
The purchase of two machine guns an
an automobile upon Which to noun
them was authorized yesterday by Ale
wea,c cons are to be used in conbattin
bandits.
Ontario is considering abolition of th
office Of sheriff, one of the Oldest know
to English Law. but now described by IN
proii iincial public services commission a
nothing but eGorihed bailiff. -
/ Counter attack against American i'm
porters who he said have waged can
paign against the American valuation Pre-
visions of the Fordney tariff bin, wa
launched at Topeka, Kansas, by Re7re
y sentative Fordney of Michigan.
Santa Claus gets the profit from base
t ball games in Elmira, n. Y. The Arcti
: league, which conducts the lccsl ssm
K pro team each sumner to provide
Christmas fund for poor children, took
r more than $4,000 last year.
It Production of petroleum in the Unite
r States in 1921 as indicated by reTor
from producing companies to the Unit
$ States Geological survey, amounted to 46'
2 $4,000 barrels.
l. Sentence of two and a half years in IL
federal penitentiary was imposed upc
Anthony Cacciola in Boston after a fe
eral jury had found him guilty Of sellir
s drugs.
l. The death rate from pulmonary tube
# cuIosis in Providence. R. L, during Il
a year 1921 was the lowest since records
q the ravages of the disease were fir
v kept.
n The death toll of the explosion in Il
g Layman-Gallaway company's mine
s Layman, near Pineville, Ky, reached s
4 when the bodies Of two entonGoed ms
were found by rescuers.
A surplus of s2,O46.so9 in the Bost
- city treasury was announced by May
' Peters in his retiring address to the ci
council. When he assumed office TO
;, years ago, he said. there was deficit
~ $S04,S79.
George Messrvy, who bought a piar
II an automobile and other enjoyments fro
ie funds his agents obtained by passing t
l. hat before guflible subway passenge
III in New York, was sentenced to the pc
"a itentiary.
L, Her fuel supply depleted, the R
oI Cross liner Rosalind has been forced,
l. the face of heavy weather, to abandon t