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ASHFORD.
Wogtford.

The following delegates have been
elected to the democratic convention:
Representative Davis A. Baker, Rep
resentative Harvey W. Morey, Thorn
as V. Fits and Albert @. Squier.
For Parker).
Rev. Henry A. Ryder was ordained
pastor of the Westford and Ashford
Town Congregational church last
Monday. The council met in the
morning for the examination. The
ordination took place in the afternoon,
the following clergymen taking part:
Rev. W. B. Greene, Pomfret, intro
ductory prayer; Rev. @. L. Chamber
lain, North Ashford Baptist church,
scripture; Rev. J. @. Labaree, D. D.,
Saugus, Mass, sermon; Rev. F. D.
Sargent, Putnam, right hand of fell
lowship; Rev. S. H. Fellows, Wau-
REGAIN, charge to the pastor; Rev.
Joel s. Ives, secretary Missionary So
ciety of Conn, Hartford, address to
the people; Rev. G. g. Chappell,
Warrenville Baptist church, prayer !;
Rev. Henry A. Ryder, pastor, bene-
diction.
James W. Chism, son of Charles D.
Chism, has been selected as the lead
ing speaker of Tufts college in the
annual debate with New York uni.
versity. The Boston Herald of Sun
day contains his picture and the fol-
lowing -
The second annual debate between
Tufts and New York university will
take place in New York next Wednes-
| day evening. Tufts won the first
contest, which was held at College
Hill last spring. New York has Sc
lected the question, which is: IRE
solved, that congress should provide
for the compulsory arbitration of all
labor disputes involving the employ
ment of over 1000 persons. Tufts
takes the negative. The leading
speaker of the Tufts team, James W.
Chism, 'O4, of Westford, Ct., is pres
ident of the senior class, ex-president
of the Knowlton Debating society, q
1904 commencement speaker, winner
of the trustees prize for the best all
round debater, and a member of the
Engineering society, the Joy and Tow
er Cross
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MANGEIEL.D.

Miss Lena johnson is boarding at
Henry Fishers.
Theron D. Swift was in Hartford
and Newington last week.
Mrs. Daniel Flaherty, who has been
seriously i'll, is improving.
Miss Eleanor Hanks spent q few
days last week with relatives in Nor
witch.
Gilbert H. Storrs Of Dean academy
was at his home on Spring Hill last
week.
Rev. G. H. Pease will move his
family into the Gurleyville parsonage
the last Of this week.
H. E. Simonds has left the employ
of E. l.. Smith, and expects to go to
New Britain to work very soon.
An auction will be held at the resi-
dence of the late A. Fl. Freeman on
Tuesday, May 10th, at 10 O'Clock a.
m.
Miss May Storrs Of Dean academy
was called home last week by the
death Of her grandmother, Mrs. Ma
rilla Storrs.
II. Edward Hall of Mansfield Gen.
ter and Mrs. Ida Church of Spring
Hill were united in marriage by Rev.
Leonard Smith last week.
About twenty friends of Rev. and
Mrs. r. Q. Jacobs met at their home
in Gurleyville last Friday evening
and rendered them q farewell recep-
tion. as Rev. and Mrs. Jacobs leave
for Griswold this week. A sum of
money was presented each as a token
Of esteem and friendship.
Mrs. Marilla Storrs, widow of AL
bert Storrs. died Saturday at Spring
Hill, aged IS. She was native of
Mansfield. Her maiden name was
Marilla Crane. She is survived by
two sons, Edgar of Mansfield, at
whose home she died, and Everett of
California. The funeral was held
at Edgar Storrs' home Tuesday.
Connecticut Agricultural College
Notes. of the social events of
the season at the college was the
"white duck hop" held in the col
lege hall last Friday evening. The
hall was decorated with laurel, palms,
settees and bunting, including each
class colors. Several outside friends
were present. college baseball
nine played the Eagles of Rockville
last Saturday. freshmen held
their spring rhetoricals in college
hall last Wednesday evening.
Won Tobel was at the college last
Friday. -The sophomores have begun
their trips hunting for Botany speci-
ens.-The annual summer school
booklets are being printed, and will
be ready for distribution very soon.
You never heard Of any one using
Foley's Honey and Tar and not being
Satisfied. Sold by e. Il. Taft.
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One OF tile most remarkable legal pa
pcrs on file in the archives of the world
is one now in the National museum of
Paris, labeled Sentence OH hog, exc
cuted by justice in the copyhOld of
Clarmont-Avin and strangled upon u
gibbet at that place" 1t is sealed with
red wax, kept under glass, bears
date of June Il, 1904, and reads as fol-
lows: 1--WE, the jury, in detestation and
horror of this crime and in order to
make an example and to satisfy JUS
tice, have declared, judged, septenced,
pronounced and appointed that the
said hog, now detained in the abbey
as prisoner, shall by the executioner
be hung and strangled on gibbet near
the gallows which now stands within
the Jurisdiction Of the monk, being
near the copyhold of Avin. In witness
of which we have sealed this present
with our SEALS" Following the above
are the signatures of the jurors and
the project of the department de la
Aisne.
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CALIFORNIA; GREATNESS.

California has the largest seed farms
in the world.
California leads all the states in the
production of barley.
The Golden Gate is the western portal
for Americas great future commerce
California is the only state in the
Union in which bituminous rock is
found.
California has a larger per capita
wealth than any other state in the
Union.
California produces more oranges
and lemons than any other state in the
Union.
The United States mint at San Fran,
cisco is the largest institution of the
kind in the world.
For many years past San Francisco
has been and still is the leading whal-
ing port of the world.
The glory of California's flowers is
practical The state produces more
honey than any other.
California produces more English
walnuts than all the other states. and
they are of better MISUNDERSTANDING.
The Press., 1904-05-04
ESCHOL SELLERS.
The Original of the Hero of Mar
Twain's ~GfIded Age"

The Original of the Hero of Mark
Twain's "Gflded Age"
The real name of the hero of 1.-THE
Gilded Age" was Eschol Sellers, and
he was an inventor and an active pro-
moter very well known in the early
days of the new west. His father was
one of the first locomotive builders In
the United States, with works at Phil
adelphia. Eschol Sellers and Charles
Dudley Warner occupied adjoining
houses some years before 1.-THE Gilded
Age was written. Sellers at that time
was developing a coal field near Shaw
neetown, ILL.,, at what was then and is
still known as Sellers Landing. He
was also inventing a process after
ward largely used in making paper
out Of Indian weed pulp. He was also
experimenting with the camel back
engine. Notwithstanding the fact that
Sellers enterprises were destined all
to be successful, Charles Dudley War
ner conceived the idea that he was
typical visionary dreamer. He there
fore suggested the name Of Eschol
Sellers for the hero Of 1.-The Gilded
Age" and Mark Twain used the name,
believing 1t to be fictitious. One of
the first copies of the book happened
to be seen by Eschol Sellers, who went
at once to Hartford and enjoined the
publication. A compromise was eff
fected by which the publishers paid
Sellers $1,000 for damages and cut all
of the plates, removing the name
Eschol and substituting that of Null
berry. Eschol Sellers died at a very
advanced age at his pleasant home on
Missionary ridge, near Chattanooga
Washington Star
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1t is noteworthy that out Of Asia
came our alphabet and our Arabic nu-
merals. The compass we owe to the
Chinese, who knew the magnetic nee
die as early as the second century A.
D. Gunpowder originally came out Of
Asia, and SO did the art Of printing and
the manufacture of paper. The Chi
nese invented movable types in the mid
die Of the eleventh century, $50 years
before Gutenberg. They also made
silks long before Europe and porcelain
that has never been eQualed by Eu-
rope. Truly, Asia is the cradle Of the
race. On the original ideas Of the Per-
slams, Arabians, the Hindoos and the
Chinese our modern society has been
built.-Portland Oregonian.
The Press., 1904-05-04
COVENTRY,

Henry Keech of Coventry has filed
in the United States court in Hart
ford q petition in bankruptcy. He
was formerly engaged in the paper
mill business in Rhode Island, but for
some time has been on a farm in
Coventry. The papers say that his
liabilities amount to about $4,000,
while his assets consist of the site OF
a burned mill in Rhode Island, and
some insurance that is due him on the
burned mill.
South Coventry.
Miss Rose Topliff of New London
is visiting at Frank Topliff's.
Mrs. Sylvia Parker of Willimantic
was at @. G. Coombs', Friday.
Addison Kingsbury has been con-
fined to the house for several days.
Chester D. Fiske, editor of the
Willimantic Journal, was in town
Saturday.
Miss Sadie Woodwork Of Wilt
mantle was q guest Of Miss Grace
Washburn over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin S. LeDoyt Of
Hartford were in town over Sunday.
Mrs. LeDoyt will remain at their
home for the summer.
jeremiah Bill, who has been in
Willimantic for several weeks, has re-
turned to @. Fl. Trips, where he
boarded through the winter.
Miss Addie Baxter from Canada and
Misses Sarah Woodwork and May
Wadsworth of South Wellington were
at A. E. Potter's over Sunday.
The democratic delegates to the
state convention are A. S. Hawkins
and John O'Brien. The republican
delegates are Addison Kingsbury and
P. II. Peterson.
1t is said that W. B. Cheney Of
South Manchester has bought the
Lathrop Colman farm on Ripley hill.
Elias Beard, who has lived on the
Colman place for several years past,
has leased the Michael Kerrigan farm
on the plains and will move there
SOON
The Press., 1904-05-04

The typical vertebrate limb, various
ly modified in the arm OF a man or the
fore limb Of cat or frog or bird, has
one bone in the upper arm, which gives
support to two in the forearm, which
similarly yield to four at the wrist,
and from these five digits can just
comfortably be extended. The bird,
however, decided to fly rather than
grasp with its hand, SO that three and
a half fingers are all it has retained Of
the FIVE which its reptilian ancestors
beQueathed to it
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Old Italian I'm Corsica.

The Italian who travels in Corsica
is delighted to hear almost everywhere
around him the obsolete expressions
and examinations Of Dante, while even
the Englishman unacquainted with
the Comedy" is surprised at the
sound Of Latin words which he thought
had fallen entirely into oblivion, such
as "Nimo" for "Nessuno'' and "Greve"
for "Pesante," or with Latinized forms
of current words, such as "Piuva" for
"Pioggia," "Ista" for "Questa" and
"Ejo" for TO-
The Corsican, however, is an older
italian than that even of the medi-
aeval poet. 1t is less specialized on
the whole than his, having points Of
contact with the other dialects, par
ticularly those of Calabria and Sicily,
and with the literary languages Of
Spain and Portugal.-"S Studies In Cor
sica."
The Press., 1904-05-04
STORY OF CAL-CURA.
Discovered by Dr.. David ksansay-Onlv
Kidney Remedy Sold Under Guaransss.

DR.. David Kennedy was born in New York
City, but at an early age his family moved
toRoxbury, NY. He was graduated in 1850
from the New York College of Physicians
and Surgeons. He at once volunteered as
surgeon and was assigned to the United
States Army General Hospital in West Phil
adelphia, and soon became President of the
Examining Board and Consulting Surgeon.
After the war, DR.. Kennedy settled in Ron
dout, City of Kingston, N. Y, where for O
number of years he enjoyed large prac-
tice as an operative surgeon. He was one
of the Presidential Electors of New York
State, Mayor of Kingston for four.years,
and held many other professional, business
and political Offices.
The acknowledgements of his life was the
discovery of Cal-cura Solvent, a positive
cure for all diseases of the kidneys and blad-
der. Inspeaking of this remarkable remedy,
he said: "Cal-cura Solvent is the browning
achievement of my life. It will not dis
appoint"
Your druggist will return your money If
Cal-cura fails to cure, and The Cal-cura
Company, of Rondout, N. Y, will pay the
druggist. Cal-cura Solvent cures 96% of
all cases of Kidney, Bladder and Liver dis
orders. e1.O0 bottle. Only one size.
The Press., 1904-05-04

and came to the surface. And Mar
| iorie-where was sha2 Good God!
Had she been struck by the boom and
made unconscious or killed, or had SIZE,
too. been carried down by the sinking
boat?
For an agonized moment Vane could
see no sign of her, and then he spied
her Just coming to the surface. She
| was going down again when he caught
her and started for the shore. 1t was
a long swim against tide that seemed
| to drag him down as if with clutching
hands. but Vane swore he would save
| this girl who had risked her life for
| him or lose her own. He could see peo-
Die running to the boathouse now and
getting out the boat How slow they
| were! Would they never Gomez His
muscles were giving out, his breath
came heavily, his limbs felt like lead.
| Could he hold out? They were wearing
| fast now. He tried to revive his fail
ing strength, to overmaster his weak
ness. The world grew black before
him, and then strong arm gripped his
shoulder, and he and Marjorie were
lifted into the boat and rowed toward
shore.
In those days afterward, while Mar
jorie lowered between life and death,
Clifford Vane learned how much he
could do for this girl, this girl he
thought was a child and now knew to
be the woman in all the world for him.
Gone was his love for Edith Winthrop.
He knew now that he had in her sister
all that Edith had seemed and more
And there came a day when he was
| permitted to see her.
He found her on an upper piazza of
the hotel clad in a soft blue wrapper,
her soft hair loose on her shoulders.
and the smile her pale face held for
him gave him hope that in saving her
he had found happiness.
The Press., 1904-05-04

THIS is the time of year
= when a merchant needs
money the most, and for
spot cash we will sell our goods
at the following low prices:
10 lbs. Fine Granulated Sugar, $1,OO
20 lbs. A Sugar, LOO
Dbl Highest Grade Haxall Flour, 500
/ Dbl. Finest st. Louis Flour, $50
Finest Graham Flour, per h., .0S
Finest Rye Flour, per h., .O3
Best Standard Tomatoes, 81. 10 per doz.,
or per can, 10
Fancy June Peas, 81. 10 per dOz., or per
can, 1Oc
Rsfg String Beans, s1.OO per dOz., or
mar can. 90
Green Lima Beans, o.. 10 per doz or per
can- 10
Good Southern Table Peach. $3.50 per
dox-
Best Dry Packed Psmpkin, @1.1O per
doz-, or per can, 10
The Finest Steak Salmon packed, per
can, II
FAnciest Peanut Butter put up, per h.,
10
Nice Dried Beef, lib. cans, 10
Fresh Quaker Oats, per package, 10
Something new In Breakfast Food. Mslto
Ceres, 10c per package, worth 15c.
And 60 II goes all through our stock.
Now Ia your time.
The Press., 1904-05-04
Carlyle and Paint.

When Carlyle went to sit to Sir John
Millais for his portrait in Millais' grand
new house he turned on the stairway
to ask, Has paint done all this, Mil
lais?' and, getting a smiling answer in
the affirmative, remarked, "Ah, we'll,
it shows what a number of fools there
are in the world"
The Press., 1904-05-04
DIsTRICT OF sOMERs as. Probate

Il ItIO UT IOUttUO
~ Court, May I'd. A ID, 1904.
Estate of Samuel A. Davis, late OF Somers, In
said district, deceased.
Upon the application of F. c. Davis, praying
that an instrument in writing purporting to be
Davis, may be proved, approved, allowed and
admitted to probate, as per application on file
fully appears, it is
Ordered-that said application be heard and de-
term1ned at the probate office in Somers, in said
district, on the 18th day OF May, A. D., 1904,
at o'clock in the forenoon, and that notice be
given of the tendency OF said application and
the time and place OF hearing thereon by pub
fishing the same once in some newspaper having
a circulation in said district, and by posting a
copy thereof on the public Sign-pOSt in the town
of Somers, In said district, six days before said
hearing. CHARLES 8. FULLER, Judge.
The Press., 1904-05-04
A Card.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree
to refund the money on a 30 cent bottle
Of Greene's Warranted Syrup Of Tar II It
fails to cure your cough or cold. We
also guarantee % cent bottle to prove
satisfactory, or money refunded.
W. ID. HEAD, Stafford Springs.
The Press., 1904-05-04
Died..

Mansfield, April 30th, Mrs Marlllo
StOrrs, IS, widow Of Albert Storrs
Palmer, Mass, April Both, Mrs. Adsll
Ferry, 40, formerly of StaffordvilIe.
Trinidad, Col, April 21st, Lucius F.
Case
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Married.

Stafford Springs, 81, by Rev. F J.
O'Neill, Arthur Slater and Miss Agnes
Lynch.
Stafford Springs, I'd, by Rev. F. ]
O'Neill, Joseph Rougier and Miss Eliza
beth G1ngras.
The Press., 1904-05-04
NOTICE.

All persons liable to pay taxes in The Town Of
wellington are hereby notified that l have q
warrant to levy and collect a tax OF twenty-fouI
mills on the dollar. together with their military
and poll tax, made from the list OF 1908, payable
the first Monday in May, 1904 For the purpose
OF collecting the same will be at the Select
mems Office, South wellington, Friday, May 9Th,
1904. from / o'clock p m. to o'clock p. m
Hill, Saturday, May 9TH, 1904, from O'Clock p.
m. to $50 o'clock p. m After June list, 1904, In
terest at per cent and legal fees Will be
charged
D. C. DIMOCK, collector.
Wellington, Conn.,, April nth, 1904.
The Press., 1904-05-04

Foley's Honey and Tar contains no op
iates and can safely be given 10 children
Sold by e. x. Taft.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Root have re-
turned from their trip to North Caro-
lima.
Henry Chapman IL adding another
story to his house. Miss e. Louise
Patten and e. B. Little are painting
theirs.
Mrs. o. e. Beckwith from Pitts
field, Mass, is in town for few days
visiting her sister, Miss Augusta
Lombard.
Rev. Rufus 8. Underwood from
Longmeadow is to preach in the Con-
gregational church next Sunday morn
ing. He supplied the pulpit for q
year about 35 years ago.
Clarence Dexter, who disappeared
SO mysteriously from Hazardville q
few months ago, and was later found
to be mentally affected, has been
taken to the insane asylum at Mid
dletown.
The republican last week Tuesday
evening chose George and Mayso
Keeney of Somersville, Aretus Kibbe
Of North Somers and Ernest Fuller
Of Somers street as delegates to the
state convention in New Haven.
Claudius B. Pease, one of our eldest
citizens. suffered stroke Of paralysis
Saturday afternoon while out in his
yard. He had recently passed his
s9th birthday. No hopes are enter
tanned for his recovery owing to his
advanced age. His daughter, Miss
Harriet R. Pease, teacher of modern
languages at Greenfield, Mass, was
home at the time, and DR.. Stackpole
from Maiden, Mass, a son-in-l law,
was summoned and arrived about mid
night. He returned home Sunday
afternoon, and his son, Ellsworth
Stackpole, from Boston came Monday.
UNION.
Rock Meadow.
Clarence Hamilton is employed at
Chism's steam mill.
Will Holmes was with his family in
West STAFFORD few days last week.
Adelbert and Philena Agard and
Elvira Snow was at Henry Barlow q
in Westford recently.
Charles Webster, who has been con-
fined to the house for q week with the
grip, is able to be out again.
Mrs. Adam Wood and her daughter,
Grace Baker, of Westford visited her
daughter, Mrs. Matt Heck, last week.
Albert Agard of Warren, Mass, was
the guest of his brother, Adelbert
Agard, a few days last week. He re-
turned home Friday with a new horse
bought of Adelbert Needham.
The Press., 1904-05-04

EOR SALE One Farm Wagon,
- Business Wagon, Buggy. Inquire OF
JOHN FLETCHER, Crystal Lake, CT.
The Press., 1904-05-04

OST.-Hand painted Belt Pin.-Find
~ er please leave at Towards dry goods store
1WS
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NOT1CE.-The annual meeting Of the
IN stafford Cemetery Association will be held
in the Town Hall, Stafford, Wednesday, May II,
at p. m. j. q. WIGHTMAN, Secretary.
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L'OR SALE-A fine Black Walnut
l. Chamber Set of three pieces.
%2w MISS G. WASHBURN, West street.
The Press., 1904-05-04

DOR SALE-One leather top Carriage,
IL Harness, Bicycle, One Smith American Or
gan Inquire of K. L. BURR
The Press., 1904-05-04

DIES and Cakes baked to order
l. Please order day before when wanted.
MRS. EMERY PIERCE.
The Press., 1904-05-04

A CURE FOR PILEs.-"I had bad case
Of piles" says q F. Carter, of Atlanta
Ga, land consulted a physician who ad
v'sed me TO try a box Of DeWit,'s Witch
Hazel Salve l pnr hasad a box and was
entirely cured. 1t Is splendid for pill 8,
giving relief instantly, and heartily rec
ommend 1t to all sufferers" DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve Ia unequalIed for its
healing qualities. E z,ma and other
skin diseases also sores, cuts, burns and
wounds OF every kind are qui ky cured
by 1t. Sold by w. D. Heald.
Ask Your Dealer for Aliens FOot-Ease,
powder for the feet. 1t cures Swollen, Sore,
Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet. Corns and
Bunions, At all Druggists and shoe stores, Csc.
Ask to-day.
The Press., 1904-05-04

Resolutions, obituaries or cards OF thanks In
serted at one-haIf advertising rates. Births,
marriages and deaths inserted free. Communi-
cations received without signature always COM
mitted to the waste basket without attention.
This paper Ia mailed regularly to its subscriD
ers until definite order to discontinue Ia re-
oeived and all arrears are paid in full.
THIS Paper and The Connecticut Courant
semi-weekly) furnished for SAILS per year In ad-
vance.
We are not responsible for, nor do We BY pub
fishing, endorse the opinions OF our correspond
enta.
The Press., 1904-05-04

THO RENT--Tenement In the Cornelius
l. Flaherty house. Inquire of
ALYARADO HOWARD.
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| NOTICE.-The annual meeting of the
IN Hillside Cemetery Association will be held
in the Town Hall, STAFFORD May 2, 1904, at p IN,
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THO RENT.-Tenement In the Page
Il block, with or without barn.
w. Fl. HEAD.
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An persons liable 90 paw taxes IN the Town q
Union are hereby noftied that have reeefvpd
. rate pin and warrant ~ levy and collect 3
list OF 10 also q military and pol tar safd
taxes are due May fst, f9of and Tor the purposs
Union. Monday, May ID. frum I until s n ~ .
and at Union Post once, MONDAY, May n fsuIn
10 q. m until p m AMER June rs faeaErns a.
per cent. and legal fee8 VIII ne ehmRzna
Union. Conn, Aprii isf. Isoa - $3.50
The Press., 1904-05-04

DEADY FOR WORK and to sell
10 Wall Papers from three large concerns,
In my absence orders may be left with Arthur
Squires, WarTen's Block, No /.
r. WAYLAND PRESTON.
The Press., 1904-05-04

You never heard Of any one using
Foley's Honey and Tar and not being
satisfied. Sold by e. 4. Taft.
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Copyright, 1903, by T. G. Mcclure

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-27
CAN PUNISH CORPORATIONS.
Judge Thomas Gives Decision in Con-
nection With the Slocum Disaster.

New York, December 4.-The demur-
rer of F. A. Barnabay, president; J. p.
Atkinson. secretary and F. G. Dexter
director of the Knickerbocker Steam
boat Company to an indictment charg-
ing them with a share of the RESPONSE
bility in the burning of the excursion
steamer General Slocum was overruled
today by Judge Thomas of the United
States Circuit court. These company
officers demurred TO the indictments on
the ground that they were not the own
ers of the craft.
In discussing the contention of tn.
defence that the officers Of the company
cannot be held as principals or even as
accessories as they could not do any
thing to aid or abet the accessories in
their alleged neglect OF duty and tha.
a corporation could not be held or In
dicted for manslaughter because Il.
could not as a corporation be punished.
Judge Thomas holds that IL is not nec-
essary TO show intention nor malice in
fact
That under the statute a CORPORA
ton cannot be punished says Judge
Thomas, "is an oversight that Congress
clearly never intended. Congress never
intended that a corporation should be
permitted to kill Its passengers At sea
and not be punished" He holds that
a corporations capable OF a wrongful
act can be punished.