Norwich bulletin., 1922-01-02


An explosion which partially destroye<
a building in Rochester caused fire
which endangered the lives Of 81 people.
Diamonds valued at $500 were stolen
from jewelry store in the heart Of the
downtown district in Marion. Ind.
wnIiam A. Ketcham. former com,
mander-in-chief of the G. A. r.. was
buried at Indianapolis.
versity was elected president of the Mod
ern Language association of America.
Twelve thousand Ave hundred persons
were quarantined when one case Of
smallpox was discovered in West Phiia-
deiphia.
e. w. Brindley. s5. president of the
Mustang State bank. Mustang, Okla.
was shot and killed by an unknown as
sanant.
In = message to the Omaha Chamber
ed the belief that business will improve
greatly during 1922.
The American Bar association an
nounced that its proposed conference on
legal education would be held in WASH
ington on Feb. "a and Is.
The eastern division Of the American
Philosophical association meeting at Vas
sar coEege elected W.. G. Everett OF
Brown university as president
Federal Investigation of retail prices Of
- Ill - f--r Il
rapidly reaching completion, 1t was said
at the department of justice.
St Paul viii continue to operate undcI
the commission form of government as f;
result of the defeat of a proposed new
charter at the special election.
The largest shipment of butter eve
made by rail from San Francisco starte,
for New York and other eastern points
1t was 4o3,eSS pounds-1a carloads.
During the past year fox peIts values
at over s1.oe0.oo0 were sold at Char
lottstown. P E. L, the sales being tn
largest in the history Of the fur-farmin
| industry.
Walter Calender. president Of the Ca
lender. McAuslan & Troup company or
orators of one of the largest departmer
stores in Providence, r. l.. died Friday.
James Murdoch, who resigned as vie
! president of the Brotherhood of Railroa
Trainmen. will accept appointment
minister of labor in the new cabinet
Premier King of Canada
One Thousand american soldiers Of II
army Of occupation left Cobienz for An
werp. where they will embark on Il
J. army transport c-5tigny for this cou
try,
Two spans Of the huge new Royal Pal
, bridge connecting West Palm Beach wi
!. Palm Beach collapsed and sank benea
the surface of Lake Worth. The loss
; estimated at-$10o.ooo.
! The wedding of Hugh S. Gibson, Anne
lean minister to Poland. to Mile. VI
Reyntiens. whose engagement was a
| nounced from Warsaw will take place
Brussels on Feb. Is
Lima. Peru, was in darkness, disafTe q
ed employees having dynamited the ele
: trical power lines supplying the capt.
and its suburbs in an effort to tie up t
n light and street car service.
President Harding has approved tent
: tive plans for the organization Of lar
e private corporation on the Pacific ces
e to operate merchant ships acquirec frc
II the government.
e The wood heel workers union
It Haverhill, Mass. announced that t
e manufacturers had. declared that unle
e the workers accepted a Is per cent wa
II cut an open shop policy will be inaue
e rated.
e More than SEQ liquor permits Of va
Gus kinds expired in Connecticut Sat,
Is day night. Prohibition Director MacKe
zie said that only a small proportion
J the permits would be renewed.
l. The offciaI result of the general Gems
;e Of 1921 gives the population of Fran
lie including Alsace-Lorraine. as s.4o2.7
lie Of which 1.550.44e are foreigners. I
e. population In 1911 was 1850 ,ss2,
d Guiding 1.152.oss foreigners.
+ 4 Rev. r. s. Roy. pastor of the Tall
10 street Baptist c,>.rch. London. ontal
who has accepted a call in Brockt
Mass. said he would drop the "reverer
from his name If his new parishion
did not object.
The total liabilities Of the Banca Iti
ana Di Sconto, which closed its do
- Thursday, and Friday was granted
~ moratorium of one year in which to
= deavor to straighten out It's financial. u
= giles, will reach four billion lire.
q. A heIdup man with . revolver and
fne discriminating taste at Waterto'
Mass, relieved John Muir of 50 and
- watch, but after critical examination
~ the watch handed It back with the
~ ~ mark: Its no good" He kept the 81
The mysteries Of = tong feud VIII
"a police said involved rivalry over wi
wome nshrouded the deaths Of two
- nese whose mangled bodies were found
=. police In rooms in West Twenty-eig
~ ~ street tenement house, near Broadv
- New York.
The eommnnists In Moseev and Pei
=. grad have all the luxuries Of life. VI
~ starvation Is taking heavy toll In the
-. terror districta. and heaps Of dead bal
=. remain unburied, Carl T. Floete,
American relief administrations rel
sentative In the district Of Pugatchcv,
niarsd.