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around the Cape of Horn, ah then all
persons what sees it begins lifting up their
s,.oes, Warlike thoughts by all-and even
ministers of the gospel turn over their
souls & say. Would it not be a fine 4th
of July for such a Navy to meet a loren
foe & explode her to David jones'
when gentleman are looking for
Peace he buy a dasn-hound. which are Il
sweet. low-down dog with a tame appe-
tite. When a gentleman are looking for
War he buy a bulldog which are n
earnest mammal with a Roosevelt tenn
perature. \ Nation hunting for Peace
with Il Navy like a gentleman with
a bulldog trying to make friends. He
might. but will he"''
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giving clearance which avoids any pos
Sfble effect OH accuracy or penetration.
Owing to the location of the silencer on
the end of the barrel 1t is apparent that
the bullet has acquired it's full impetus
before the discharge gases are slowed
down. hence there can be no sacrifice of
velocity. BY. way of demonstrating that
the air at the muZZle Of the rife is dis
turbed alone by the passage of the bull
let, and not by the explosion of gas, Mr.
Maxim held visiting card few inches
in front of the silencer Tnen one OF has
assistants discharged the gun, with the
result that the bullet passed cleanly
through corner of the card. leaving not
the slightest trace of powder marks or
a discoloration of any sort. But when he
tried the trick with the silencer off, the
card and the little device that held it
were reduced to shreds and these black
ened and burned by the powder.
The simplest simile is employed by Mr..
Maxim TO explain the system of his 81
Iencer and along which lines he long
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blocks distant The silencer was then
screwed on to the muZzle of the guns and
with the same cartridge the report was
scarcely loud enough to be audible at all.
the only noise resulting being that of the
whirrng of the bullet and its punk as
it buried itself in the sand pit.
The silencer itself is cylindrical bit of
gun metal. Fer an ordinary sporting rifle
the silencer is four inches long, about an
inch and an eighth in diameter and
weighs but five ounces. 1t is sufficiently
small to he carried in ones vest pocket
without the slightest Inconvenience. and
il can be adjusted 10. or removed from.
the gun in less than five seconds. few
threads cut into the muzzle end Of the
gun Is all that is necessary, and about
three twists of the wrist and the silencer
is ready for business.
There is no interference with the shoot
ing qualities of a gum since the bore of
the barrel is not disturbed in any man
ner The bore of the silencer is larger
than the bullet which passes through it,
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unable TO escape until they have slowed
DOWN. This slowing down must needs be
relatively gradual, therefore. the escape
OF the gases TO the open air is proportion
ately gradual hence no report
In his tests Mr.. Maxim used all the
standard models of sporting and military
rifles manufactured in this country and
Europe, and the result WAS. with the use
of his device attached to the muZzle of
the rifle, he fired the largest shoulder
guns In modern use with a report less by
far than that which would come from a
toy air rifle. The guns employed in the
test ranged from a .22-caliber Winchester
target rifle to the eight -mllimeter Mauser
and the 30 Springfield military rife the
standard gun of the United States Army
First. the guns were fired without the
attachment to show what the normal re-
port was. The effect was disConcerting, to
say the least. As the big guns barked
the report was all but deafenng Every
winCow pane in the big building ratified
and. the reverberation could be heard
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tors confidence and given an opportunity
noiseless gun is here-a reality in every
essential, and its practica bility has been
made just as patent its reality.
To the offices of his patent attorneys
in Park Row, New York, Hiram Percy
Maxim invited few newspaper men and
those of his intimate friends who are
interested in firearms. either from tire
and there exhibited and demonstrated the
simple. little device attachabe 10 any
gun. whether it be of the Flobert rifle or
standard army type, which completely
silences the report following the expIo-
sion of the cartridge when the gun is
fired This demonstration was made on
ore Of New YoIk's busiest thoroughfares,
within a stones throw of Broadway and
easily within earshot OF police head
quarters.
Not only did the test prove conclusively
all that the inventor claimed for his de-
vice but furthermore, when firing. the
recoi! which invariably follows the firing
Of d heavy gun Is completely done away
with Both the noise and kick have
been eliminated by the same procesS-a
process so simple and SO different from
that which rumor had defined it 10 be
almost unbelievable. Tie inventor dis
charged guns of various power and sizes.
both with and without the silencer. ne
shot bullets which leave the gun with
q velocity of 100 feet a second and with
a power that represents an impact of one
and a quarter tons TO the square inch,
sufficient to knock down and kill the larg
est of elephants 800 yards dis am.
Rugged up In the office was a gallery
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OF finally one America boy, who are
rich &; noisy, meet one poor Japan-boy
OH front porch & explode with voice, You
are Yellow Peril. .Ah, not-so thus,
Mr. Stir corrode this Japan-child you
have confused me up with some sinful
Chinese nationality which are quite lemon
by complexion Then other America boys
arrive & report. 'Persue yourself off this
lawn. Asiatick kindergarten. & beat it
with mediate quickness. What should
we beat?' require them Japanese children,
who are not yet educated in lawson
language. But them America boys for
answer commence to beat them Japan
boys who hook-back with jiu-jitsu. and
soonly following program is enjoyed:
Il Hits by japanese.
80 Gas-pipe knocks by America-bOys.
'.3. Howells & yalls by both.
~ Japan children depart home by boa.
with proud feeling that Japan are less
Christian. but more civilized
Mr.. Editor, there amt not going to be
no war between America & Japan. L
know because l feel it in my thumbs.
Congress should not act ragged
to japanese Boys, therefore. We do not
wish to hurt that dear California. We
only want to inhabit it. If the Congress
which meets in California do not wish to
be much obliged to us, all well-we will
Depart off and inhabit somewhere else. We
should please to go France & England do
odd jobs there; but we draws the string
at Italy which is bursted by earthquakes
which are less agreeable.
My Uncle Nichi, straw-seed farmer OK
eddo, arrive to me with following gre1<
poetickal thought. which / hope is ne'
too large to go into your printing press:
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trely unnecessary, as he has no inten-
tion of applying his muffiers to pistols.
The problem now confronting him..
however is silencer for heavy artillery.
He claims that the report from our heav
lest cannon can be silenced quite as ef-
fectivey by applying his device 10 their
muzzles the smaller types of rifles. The
handicap under which he is laboring just
now is that of being unable to find a
high tension regulation army field piece
cannon with which to experiment
These guns cost small fortune, and So
far this government has not manifested
sufficient interest In the silencer to place
at the inventors disposal one of its
costly coast defense or field pieces.
The inventor claims that with such a
gun 10 operate with and the opportunity
afforded him to cut threads at the muz-
Zle of the cannon in less than month
he would be ready to make a public
demonstration, in which he would wager
all he ever expects to have that the
noise following the discharge would be
slight that it would not be audible 100
feet distant.
Although these experts i'm ordnance
who were designated by the War Depart
ment have witnessed the tests of the
Maxim silencers and reported favorably
on their usefulness I'm warfare 1t Is the
navy to which the silencer most appeals.
have had their ear drums split while
firing the big guns on shipboard. The
same applies 10 the big guns of our coas:
defense Mr.. Maxim now claims that hN
applying the silencer to the guns in the
turrets of our battleships the gun
ners could stand by and fire as rapidly as
they could reload them without the
slightest inconvenience. There would he
no ronr or reverberation The battle
could proceed so quietly, the inventor
maintains. that those a hundred yards
distant would not know that ANYTHING
unusual was transpiring. And this is the
problem that has SO long perplexed the
naval board-that of ovei coming the IN
jury to gunners i'm the turrets OF battle.
ships when the guns bark out II Is
highly probable. now tnat the inventor
has protected his patents i'm all of the
countries of the world, that lie will soon
give public test of his silencer and that
Congress will take some action toward
having experiments with the big guns
and heavy artillery made.
Mr.. Maxim is a wiry little man of the
German type, although he is an English
man by birth He Is the son of Sir Hiram
Maxim. who has won International fame
as an inventor and manufacturer of big
guns of all types.
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who look quite nervous about Interim
tionaI Affairs.
Such War are impossible to shoot
off because it are foolish he say with
And. Carnegie expression.
Never yet have that prevented War.
! back. IF people kept off from War
for merely reason because it was foolish.
Nations would beat their guns into stove
pipes and their swords into barrel hoops.
uniforms would be wore only by Police
mems. and War Correspondents could stop
travelling and learn to write
Would 1t not be shameful to shoot
UP them pretty white Navies?" require
Arthur sadly.
What is Navies built for but to he
shot att" l dib. amy Kingdom wish
ing to be stylish and keep a Navy got
to pay $500. .275, ,OOO26 to buy good fresh
one. Extra to this it cost 500, $50, 30
yearly for gasolene & chauffeurs to run
this fashionable warfare. What to do.
then, with such a Navies? Must it he
loafing all-time around the seas firing ex-
pensive salutes at Kings. Presidents &
German Ambassadors. Navies is an ex-
pensive dissipation. 1t cost the kingdom
of America almost as much annually TO
keep a Navy as to keep an Oil Trust.
Any country what pay them hundreds of
million dollar for Navy what refuses
to pick up fight now and occasionally
have got a Elephant on its fingers. u
are paying an enormous price for a de-
liciously expensive pet"
'Navies are made for Peace" report
Arthur.
"Ferryboats are made for Peace" are
smart reply l make. What are more
sweet & smiling than a fcrryboat ap
preaching to dock with a cargo full OF
stenographers with milinary & pumpa-
door hair? Do Nations call out Hon.
Militia and start to drill when they see
such Taft-shape ship? Answer is, No.
When $50 ferryboat arrive over from
Oakland they amt no forts care to fire
saIutes Ferryboats are not worth saIut
ing. But when Hon. Peace Fleet arrive
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HIS week all per-
sons in America is
talking about war
with the exception
of my dog O-Fido.
who are quite ali
intelligent mammal.
America are not
alOneSOme in this,
neither, for all
world nations is
alike saying SO.
War are a favor
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America Family lost their curtisy e. begin
to look peeved.
For it are nice to be generous & hos
pital; but it are kind of pallins when the
entire darn Family. which are not Race
Suicide, began arriving too much.
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THE BIG PINK BROTHER AND
THE LITTLE BROWN MAN.

RbythmickaI LamentatiOn Wrote by Il
Japanese ScbOolbOy. Age 40 Years q
Months. Standing Outside Of 2nd
Grade ArithmRtfck School Desiring, 10
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buggy e. get another Divine Right.
America & Japan are also frequently
Jared up together because they got moth
ing but the Pacifick Ocean between them. >
Should not this Pacifick. Ocean sep
crate them apart?' devote Arthur Kicka-
hajama.
Il require to know" are answer for
me. America Japan are like two
nice families residing in . houses on
opposite sides of Duck Pond. Mr..
America he keep a steam-launch & Mr..
japan he keep a motor-boat. Neither of
them families can afford to keep such
expensive horse-powers, but they must
be obliged to. because neighbors woul
talk If they didn't. Hon. Japan he got
Il large family of children: Hon. America
he amt such Race Suicide. either. but
he got larger rea, estate on lawn for
his children to play on
One day Hon. Japan he-say to his
childrens. My s2kes of living alive he
say. You childrens are so frequent tha:
you cluster up everywhere e. fail into tn.
water because this yard is roomless for
so much family. Therefore some of you
will please to putt on hat & get in motor
boat for go over & play with Mr.. Amer
lcas children acrost Hon. Duck Pond
Hon. America will welcome you very joy
ly. because he have always been a sweet
hearted neighbor. So good-by & don't get
wet feets.
Hon. Japan children was at firstly
proud Of this bliss-ride acrost Pond for
go-see them America Children. When
they get back to house of their Hon.
Parents they tell top-high stories about
that stylish America House. hot-and-cold-
w" ter elevatorservice-mai H. shoot pianoa-
attachment day and-nght. Hon. Parent
they say to Mr.. Japan, That America
place are delcously bon-ton. Japan-place
are merely quaint. Therefor let us go
over to visit this dear neighbor frequently
& often. So Hon. Japan he-say Fare
bye. children. Stay long you like. De-
part off & do not bother your Hon. Papa
hy coming back So they go in motor
boat which make regular excursions every
II minutes to take them Little Tan Broth
erS over to see their Little Pink Brothers
in Hon. America house. They arrive early
& forget to return home. Pretty soonly
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The Delicious
Horrors of War
BY HASHIMURA TOGO
(Wallace Irwin).

Copyright, 1900, by r. F. Collier & Son.
To Editor OF The Star who got
q sharp & noble brain Il understand
how Oftenly the darkest War Cloud
are nothing but Hot Smoke,
HON. MIR. SIR:
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A20AUR@
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MOk ELESS pow
der we have long
had, blOodlesS bat
ties have often been
fought and duly
chronicled by the
worlds greatest
historians, but not
until early in the
month of F'ebru-
airy of this year
was the public TAX
en- into the inVeu-
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-25

an exacting Thanksgiving day. The
president is said to have ruled that
his military aide, Captain Archibald w.
Butt, must assist in eating the pie, and
Captain Butt is now trying to have the
order amended to bring the general
staff to his assistance.
All the presidents family except his
son Robert who remains in New Ha-
ven, will dine with him in the White
House.
Pan American Thanksgiving Service
at st. Patrick's.
In the morning President Taft, Vice
President Sherman and most of the
members of the cabinet will attend a
American Thanksgiving service in
st. Patrick's Roman Catholic church.
Cardina Gibbons, and Monsignor
Falconio, apostolic delegate to the
United States, will be present. A
luncheon will follow, at which many
of the ministers of the Latin American
countries will be present. President
Taft will be the guest of honor.
Secretary of State Knox and Mrs.
Knox will have family party at their
home here. All the rest of the cabinet
are in the city.
Postmaster General Hitchcock, the
only bachelor of the cabinet expects
to spend his day quietly in his apart
mentS.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-25
STANDARD OIL co. APPEAL.
View Of VIM. E. Rockefeller, One Of
the Largest Stockholders.


New York, Nov. 24.-Wiliam r.
Rockefeller, vice president and di-
rector as well as one of the largest
shareholders in the Standard oil COM
pai1y. gave a different color today TO
the appeal which Mortimer F. Elliott,
the company's general solicitor, had
already announced. is to be taken from
the decree of the United States cir
cult court. The legal affairs OF the
company. Mr.. Rockefeller said. would
continue to remain in the hands OF its
legal department. but as a layman he
wished to indicate that his own atti-
tude and that of his associates. though
vitally concerned for purely selfish
reasons. had also it's share of altru-
ism.
1T seems to me desirable" he said,
mot only for my own interests and
those of my associates, but for the
public at large and for all other great
business ventures. that the Sherman
act should be finally set beyond con-
tention as interpreted by the supreme
court of the United States. Undoubt-
edly our case viii be appealed and for
this reason.
Il am not a lawyer and cannot dis
cuss the decree Of the circuit court.
but Mr.. Elliott has said that an ap-
peal win be taken and the matter Is
entirely in the hands of counsel OF
the company.
an this connection l war. to say as
a large stockholder that. however the
case eventuates, there will be no un-
willingness to comply fully. not only
with the letter but the spirit of the
law, as 1t shall be settled by the su-
preme court"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-25
LOEB SAYS THAT MORE
HEADS MUST COME OFF.
Collector Declares That HousecIeaning
Operations Have Not Yet Ended.

New York, Nov. 24.-'More heads
must drop" said Collector Loeb today,
fresh from his conferences Of yesterday
with President Taft and Secretary
MacVeagh, of the treasury department
at Washington. I'VE shall keep right
on cleaning house in the customs SER
vico and there will be more vacancies
to fill within the next two or three
days. First, however, we must assem-
BILE the names of competent SUCCESSORS
from the civil service lists.
'The fact that Secretary MacVeagh
announced while / was in Washing
ton that he should ask General James
S. Clarkson, surveyor of the port, to
retire, was coincidence, and had
nothing to do with my visit We dis
cussed the selection of his successor,
it is true, but beyond the fact that
neither Richard Parr nor George w.
Aldridge of Rochester, N. Y, will be
considered, no decision has been
reached.
There is nothing further to say
just yet in connection with the sugar
frauds"
Judge Hough in the United States
circuit court today denied the motion
to quash the indictments against James
F. Bendernagle, former superintendent
of the American Sugar Refining com
pany's plant at Brooklyn, and the gov
ernment weighers jointly accused with
him.
Pleas of not guilty were entered in
behalf of each of the indicted men.
Their trials is set for Nov. 20.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-25
GLOVER SHOOTING MYSTERY,
A THIRD PERSON CONCERNED.
Police Believe Miss Leblanc Could Tell
More.

Waltham, Mass, Nov. 24.-Unable to
place credence in the ante mortem
statement of Clarence F. Glover, that
he was shot by Miss Leblanc OIL Sat
uday night, or to believe the story Of
the Leblanc girl that Glover commit
ted suicide, the Waltham police today
conducted their investigation of the
mystery on the theory that a third
person will be able to furnish a satis-
factory solution.
Mrs. Glover, the widow Of the vic
tim of the shooting, is virtually pris-
oner in her home on Main street The
house is guarded by the police and
Mrs. Glover has ben notified that she
must not leave under threat of arrest
Tie police desire to question Mrs. Clio
yer regarding several matters that
have not been explained to their sat-
isfactfon. Mrs. Glover did not go in to
see her husband when he was dying
although he asked her presence at his
bedside. Mrs. Glover also told the po-
lice last night that she had no idea
that the Leblanc girl had been at her
house since the shooting.
The authorities expressed the opin-
ion today that the Leblanc girl will
later alter the story she told them last
night. and they believe that she will be
able to tell them some facts regarding
third person concerned in the shoot
Ing IEey also look TO MrS. NftOVer TO
give them information that will throw
light upon the identity Of the third
person, who, the police are convinced
played prominent part in the case.
The story told by the prisoner is not
seriously considered by the police, in
asmuch as one of the wounds was in
the back, and could not have been self
inflicted.
Glover's will, filed for probate at East
Cambridge late today, leaves the great
er part of his estate in trust for his
widow.
Waltham, Mass, Nov. 24.-The arri-
val here of State Officer Burns to
cooperate with the local police was
followed this evening by a two hours
questioning of Mrs. Glover at the po-
lice station. 1t was the first extended
interview which the police have had
with her. Shortly after Mrs. Glover
was sent home, Mr.. and Mrs. G. W,
Freeman, friends of Mrs. Glover, were
called and submitted to an examina-
tion. The police stated that they had
learned nothing new Of. Importance.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-25
Bill to be introduced on this Subject at Coming
Session Of Congress
ONLY GOVERNMENT STRONG ENOUGH
To Cope with this Great EvPresident Deeply Interest
ed in a Bill Drafted by Representative Man of Illinois
Series of Important Conferences at White House
on this Subject and Others of Interest.

Washington, Nov 24-Foregoing
contemplated horseback ride because
of a snowstorm, President Taft de-
voted the entire afternoon today to
series of important conferences COW
ering the subjects of proposed amend
ments to the interstate commerce
laws. legislation looking to the sup
preston of the so-called white slave
traffic, the appointment of e. success
sor to the late Judge Bethea, of the
United States district court at Chicago
and the appointment of new govern
or Of the territory of New Mexico.
Interstate Commerce Law Changes.
The conference with regard to the
interstate commerce law changes was
the most important the president has
had on that subject, and it was said
that he is practically ready now to
begin the dictation of this part of his
message to congress. There were
present at the conference Attorney
General Wickersham, Chairman Knapp
and Commissioner Lane of the inter-
state commerce commission; District
Attorney e. w. Sims of Chicago and
Representative Mann of Illinois, chair
man of the house committee on foreign
and interstate commerce.
To Kill the White Slave Traffic.
1t was with District Attorney Sims
and Mr.. Mann that the president also
took up the white slave" question.
Mr.. Mann is to introduce a bill on
this subject at the coming session
of congress. He believes the govern
ment can prevent this traffic by the
exercise of its power to control inter-
state and foreign commerce. Mr..
Mann believes that the government is
the only authority strong enough to
cope with this great evil, and the
bill which he has drafted, and in
which the president today expressed
his deep interest, provides a heavy