Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-05-02

new extradition treaty between the
United States and Germany is. under ne
gotiation.
According to the American Railway as
sociation on April is surplus freight cars
totaled 4s.513, 7e,s67 cars over the trevi-
Gus week.
Farmers of New Jersey and officials Of
railroads have been holding a series %
conferences to levise methods Of Fastening
their products TO the consumer.
Joseph +. Brandt, as. superintendent
of schools in Hoboken, died of pneumonia.
Blood TRANSMISSION was resorted to In an
effort to save his life.
Riot and machine guns were posted
in police stations in Boston and outlying |
districts as a precaution against May |
Day disturbances.
More than 600 farmers and others are
fighting forest fires swee1ing over the Mt |
Holyoke range In the towns Of Amherst. |
CRANKY and Belchertown.
Memorial ceremonies for women who
died in the war were held in the amphi-
! theatre at Arlington national cemetery,
washington, Sunday under the auspices of
the Women's Overseas service league.
The bill extending for one year from
7ext July l. the powers Of the war fin
| aDce corporation. was passed yesterday
| by the senate by a unanimus vote and
| without roll call.
According to reports from Guatemala.
/ the minister Of finance of that country has
been authorized to contract a loan of s15.-
| 900. 900 with the representative If a New
York company.
bacco held by manufacturers and dealers
on April l aggregated 1.7S4,55o.T62
l2ounds compared with 1918, 49, ,26s
pounds a year ago.
Jud-s James T. Ring. 81, of the
North;4.. oton County (Pa) court and
father of Allen L. Wood Ring. the SYRIA
cuse University athlete of Olympic face
Sfd in Bethlehem OF diabetes.
A distress call intercepted by radio
stations in Boston said that the steamer
William A. McKenney was totally dis
abled. The position given was latitude
3s:o3 longitude 74s3, of Cape May.
Three of BFockton's six fire depart
ment units were engaged yesterday in
fighting woods FIRE that swept across
the west side of the city mile and a
half from the city hall.
Robert s. Maloncy. congressman from
the Seventh Massachusetts district. is
sued a staten Ut announcing thaat
owing to poor health he wauld not seek
reelection in the fall.
t
Miss Alice L. Harbour daughter of
Jefferson L. Harbour, of Boston. au-
thor and lecturer. was found dead of
poisoning in a room at a hotel in Bos-
ton.
The discovery and isolation of the ty-
: phus germ by DR.. n. Kritch. a woman
under the guidance of Professor Barkin
director of the Moscow Biological insti-
tute, is confirmed by DR.. Walter P
Davenport of Chicago.
Fifty carpenters went on strike in
: Pittsfield, Mass. for a wage increase o.
1-2 cents an hour. They are now re
ceiving IS cents an hour for a A ho5l
| week.
DR.. Gus Shlpley. 52. member of th'
D | Tennessee board of medical examiners an(
state, was shot and instantly killed in Ath
| ems, Tenn, by his son. Jack Shi9ley. ;
. da2uty sheriff.
The F. W. Dodge company yesterda!
! reported that building contracts awarded
in New York state and northern New
: Jersey last month amounted to S115,500.
900. This total was said to represent a.
excess Of S27,0O0,001 over the high recor
! fo,- cir
# Eight hundred employees of the Fl. h
2 Smith company, foundries. Westfield
n Mass, comprising all the departments ex
!. ce'ot the molders, went on strike yesterda
d when a wage cut ranging from 1s to ,
n per cent was put into effect.
}. AImon D. Monk. SIS. woOdsvire, N j
le for 25 years a conductor on the Bostoi
1t & Maine Railroad dropped dead in al
employees room in the North Station
E. Boston He had just completed his ru
t from Woodsville.
ne Representatives of the building trade
rs unions and builders were in conferenc
and working agreement. Open shop
" conditions have prevailed in the industr
: since the strike last year.
The loss of the two masted schoon,
he Catawamteak, 20 miles south Of Mol
s. hegan, was made known when CAPITA
v l. NJ. Torrey, of Swans Island and h
n: crew of two men arrived in Rocklan
ty Me.
1g May Day.h the beginning of the ski
he week of the textile strike. in Lawrenc
ot Mass, saw more pickets out than f
some days and there was noisy demo
he stration near the upper Pacific mills. VIII,
on truck. to be sent out Of town, was beir
a loaded.
p The British freight steamer Cairnmon
Is. from Leith, with rudder stock damaged
,r being escorted by the government stear
nd er Stanley. according to word receive
he at the Halifax, N. S. marine and As
cries agency.
Ell Major General James w McAndre
ed who served as chief of staff Of 4
tai American expeditionary forces for mo
en- than a year beginning in May. 1913
o. successor to Major General Harboar
,at died at Walter Reed hospital in Washin
-ty ton, after an illness OF more than t,
in years.
ed
Strike sympathIzers ptclstted
pie church in Pa-tucket. R. L, where
-o- employe of the Crown Manufacture
ats COMPANY. whose mill is affected nv II