Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-31

matter of this kind. and Soltz could be held as an important witness, just as the others are, and the police would find no difficulty in finding a charge to prefer against him, as was done against two of his black customers. 1 Soltz says that he was behind the bar as the time of the assault, and he told The Bulletin correspondent of the de- | tails of the fight with fists and of the | conversation between Bohn and Kel- l son, but declared that he did not see knife used, but that he knew Nelson | was bad man and carried knife l just as other negroes did. He said he he was afraid of some of his custom CTS. and all that he could do was to tell the fighters to get out of his sa- loon. In spite of this statement when pressed for information by a police man who called after it was learned | that the sailor boy had been stabbed, Soltz said that Sam Nelson did the cutting. s.e
 The ram kstshdin, built at Bath,
 Me-, for the United States navy, is to
 be used as a floating target in ordi- nance experiments. Before acceptance. the Katahdin was given builders, trial trips from New London harbor pre- liminary to trial runs under the d- i rection of naval officers. The Katah- | din came to New London in 1896 for | her trial runs, and at time Lyman B. Pendleton, now local letter carrier, was a reporter for The Morning lTele- | graph. Although a representative of the Associated Press came on the Ka- tahdin with representatives of the builders and mechanics from the Mains shipyard 1t was announced that no newspaper reporters would be permit ted aboard the ship in her first run from port Pendleton was assigned to erof o fon rar r-t fNff hot
 which he did, and thus achieved one of | the best reporting feats ever accom- plished by a New London newspaper.
 When Pendleton received his. diffi- cult assignment he was told that no reporters were allowed aboard the Ka-
 tahdn and that therefore he was ex- pected to do the almost impossible. This was on the night before the first | trial trip by the builders. and Lyman | gave the man at the desk that char acteristic side glance and said: .Major, never failed you yet; and I'll get an authentic report of that trip. or take another trip to foreign lands" and Lyman's words were posted over his | desk soon thereafter
 | It so happened that mechanics from the katahdin and Lyman helped sup port the same boarding house. When ! these ,work1nen went aboard the ship early in the morning of the trial trip. Lyman B. Pendleton was one of the gang. to all apearances. The Katah-
 din made the trip, returning In the ! afternoon. and before 8 o'clock that evening Pendleton handed in "a we'll written port of two columns. giving every detail of the trip, including the l technical part referring to the -engi- isneers' department. and even the con-. clusions of the builders experts as to f~L IL n H. A- sl. -
 cial trial under the direction of the J board of naval experts. When Pen | dlef6n was praised for his production ! and scomplimented for his tact fin get 'kting the correct Information, be only ' replied; That's all right. Major; glad you're satisfied with the job The I report 1of the trial trip appeared in The Telegraph the next morning. | That same day the important per-
 sonage representing the Associated Press called in The Telegraph ofice. gave the information that the builders were to make another trial trip the i next day, which would be duplicate of the first and that a representative of The Telegraph would be welcome. The A. P. man was informed that representative was aboard the Katah- din on the trip the day before, had made a complete report which was published that morning. and therefore 1 it was not necessary to have the news- paper represented in the second trip. In order to get back at Mayor Arm strong, local newspaper whose eol- unnns not SO very long ago teened with praise of the mayor and his work: and has taken pride as a city booster; has commenced to knock the mayor and push the municipal ship astern by reference to the alleged dirty con- dition of the streets, especially the principal streets. that will com~are well with those of any other busy city. Even the newly vitrihed brick paved State street is referred to as a stink hole" It is proper for a newspaper to print the news. and it Is certainly news for the people of New London to learn that State street Is a stink hole" and that Mayor Armstrong 10 re- sponsible for the filthy condition. The bunch of knocks was headed Rotten" which certainly is applicable to the whole article. .A "
 Not long ago a Springfield young man was employed on a New London newspaper. After being in this city for a few weeks. he remarked: "R fellow can't pull with a town, he should pull out of 1t; so guess Tn pull out" His name was Jones; and he sent in his resignation, leaving New
 
 was logical and consistent, too. ~
 A youna man from New London who claimed to represent Lobster club, No. 1, of that city was in Westerly week before last and authorized a resident of that place. whom he designated as president of Lobster club. No B. of Westerly. to order shore dinners for forty at Brightmans pond for last Sunday. The New Londoner gave, as- surance that a party of twenty five would go from New London, some from Norwich and that the. balance would attend from the Granite town. The Westerly man made the arrange ments, guaranteeing forty dinners. by order of the New London man.
 When the train arrived from the Seaside city Sunday morning. vehi- cles were in waiting at the railway station to convey the large party to the pond. But not Lobster crawled from the train. not even the man who was responsible for placing the order for the shore dinners. It was thought the New Londoners would arrive in Westerly later in the day but they failed to materialize.
 When dinner was served for forty. there were only eight at the table, and of course the shore dinner. man is anx- ious to know who is to make good the guarantee that forty diners would De present. The loss is estimated at $50 and the shore dinner man expects the Westerly man to settle, while the lat ter is hoping that the New Londoner will send somebody's cheek for the amount due-~ .@ .- .
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