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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
ELLA oINGLEs' CASE,
THE COURT ROOM JAMMED.
Prosecutor Short Objected to the
Young Woman Barring Her Knee.

Chicago, July 12.-Ella Gingies con-
tinued to bask in the white light of
public interest today. Judge Brenta-
NOS court room. where the young Irish
lace maker Is on trial for the larceny
OF lace from Miss Agnes Barrette, her
former employer, a charge which she
declares was made only to cover at
tempts to lead her into white slavery,
was jammed with women, several of
whom obtained entrance through trick
cry and forgery Of passes, 1T is said
The state today dealt the defense
several telling blows. -
F. Arthur Z. Price, a medical exeprt-
for the stale, gave testimony tending
20 support the theory that the girl IS
suffering from hysteria- He declared
that in his opinion the girls wounds
were setf- -inflicted
Miss Gingles was called before DIR.
Price. who asked her to bare her knee.
II object to this half dirobing of this
young woman" said Prosecutor Short.
He was sustained. The physician was
allowed to examine Gears on the young
woman's arms. He said that the scars
were more severe than the wounds he
had found on the girl, and declared
that the scars had been heightened.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
HOW MORO OUTLAW DIED,
SHOT BY LIEUT.. BAER.
Filipino Chief Was About to Stab
Lieut.. Wilson.

Manila, July 13.-While detailed ac-
counts of the last fight of Jikiri, the
famous Moro outlaw chieftain, who
was killed and his band extreminated
in a pitched battle near Patian, on the
island of Jolo, July 5, have not been
received, several brief dispatches and
letter or two from American officers
who fought against the outlaws, give
a fairly complete account of the fight.
Hunted from place to place by the
regulars and the constabulary who had
ben in close pursuit, Jikiri with sew
en- followers, two women and on child,
took refuge in a cave that pierced the
side of the crater of an extinct vol
cano. Here the outlaws gathered to
make their last stanl. AS the soldiers
came up the scouts located the party
and the troops worked their way
around the place until it was entirely
surrounded and there was no chance
of escape.
. In the fighting that followed Jikiri
singled out Lieuh. Arthur H. Wilson of
the Sixthh cavalry, who commanded
one section of the attacking party.
Dashing from the cave. the outlaw
flung himself upon the American be-
fore Wilson could raise his pistol. With
one hand gripping the officers hair
the bandit slashed at his neck with a
heavy native knife he carried. endeav-
oring to behesd him Lieut.. Joseph
A. .Baer of the Sixth Cavalry saw his
comrades peril and shot the outlaw
dead.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
Commission of Three Alienists to Pass Upon
the Question Of His Sanity
TESTIMONY ALL IN PRISONERS FAVOR
Continuation of Hearing Before Justice Mills-An Inn
Keeper Thought Thaw Perfectly Sane Except Upon
One Occasion when He Refused the Witness Invita-
toe to Take Drink with Him.

OF the state asylum. and DIR. Austin
Flint be named as two OF the three.
Justice Mills in Favor.
Justice Mills favored the sugges-
tion for a commission. but was OF
opinion that the state ought TO name
two of the three experts. With that
exception. he left the personnel OF the
commission to be determined by coun-
sci for both sides.
( Mr.. Morschauser pressed for an ad-
vantage for his client by asking the
court that in the event of the selec-
tion OF commission in lunacv that
anyone who had testified in previous
proceedings be barred from the exami-
nation now in progress.
Justice Mills left this point also to
be decided by counsel
Thaw's Wife TO Be Called.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, who has been
living quietly in retirement Of late,
may take the stand tomorrow. She
has abandoned vacation plans, II is
announced, in order to appear for her
husband. The testimony heard today.
from jailers, inkeepers. real estate
dealers. clergymen, a dentist and
reporter-all called by Thaw, was un-
iformly In his favor.
Witnesses related conversations with
him on music. dogs, cigars. literature.
electricity. geology, prison life. sport.
religion and the personality OF the late
Pope Leo XIII. A watchman had
learned from Thaw that the stone age
wAs to be placed some 500 years back.
An innkeeper thought Thaw perfectly
sane, except that on one occasion he
had refused the witness invitation to
take a drink with him. He admitted
under cross examination that he had
known rational persons to decline a
drink.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
ExiIed to Siberia.

ENIGO 70 0ibCfios
Warsaw, July ia courtmartial
today sentenced six socialists to be
hanged and fourteen to exile in ST.
IBERIA, for terrorism activity.
The Rate to Be Levied Under the New
Corporation Tax
Washington, July 12.-At a confer
ence at the White house today it
was definitely decided that the rate to
be levied under the new corporation
tax shall be reduced from two per cent.
to one per cent, and that in re-draft-
ing the measure, now in conference
along with the tariff bill, to meet va
rious objections that have been raised,
due consideration shall be given to
the demands of the mutual life insur-
ance companies, whose incomes would
be seriously affected by the tax in its
original form.
President Taft was the central figure
in a number of conferences today and
is living up to the prediction made
many weeks ago that in the confer
ence consideration of the tariff he
would actively lend his influence to
the bringing about of a conciliation
of the differences between the two
houses.
The president is in dsil- consulta-
tion with the tariff conferees. The
conference report should be available,
according to the presidents informa-
tion, by the end of next week
AS to the mutual insurance compa-
nies, the redrafted bill VIII be so ar
ranged that the tax shall fall upon
stockholders profits. Allowances will
be made for annuities and other, long
term contracts outstanding.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
PERU-BoLlVlA SITUATION.
No Fear That War Will Follow the
Boundary Decision.

Lima, Peru, July 12.-No fear is ex-
perienced here that war will ensue be-
the hostile demonstrations at La Paz,
following the decision given by Presi-
dent Alcorta Of the Argentine Republic
on the boundary limits of the two
countries. Peru has been satisfied with
the award, and the attitude of Bolivia,
which has protested against the de-
cdsion of the arbitrator, Is unfavorably
commented upon.
Buenos Ayres, July 1.-THE coun-
Gil of ministers, at conference today
decided to telegraph the Argentine
minister at La Pas, Senor Fonseca, to
withdraw from that country in case he
is not able to obtain immediate and
complete satisfaction with regard to
the hostile manifestations against the
Argentine Republic
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
FUNERAL.
L.eander r. Gardner.

The funeral of Leander F. Gardner,
a former Groton merchant, and we'll
known resident, who died at his home
in Orange. N. J., Thursday, July g.,
was held Sunday afternoon at D. m.
from the Congregational church in
Groton, Rev. James r. Danforth. DID,,
officiating. The services were attend
ed by many relatives and old time
friends of the deceased. The bearers
were Henry L. Bailey, Capt. T. w.
Hamilton, Byron NJ. O'Brien, George
r. Hampstead, Albert F. Hewitt and
Albert N Tiffany. Interment was in
Groton cemetery
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
EIks Meeting at Pasadena.

Los Angeles, Cal, July 12.-Thou-
sands of members of the Order of Elks
are arriving at Pasadena for the an
nual reunion of the grand lodge. Mem
bers of the grand lodge and their es-
corts were taken in automobiles about
the city and to Tournament park
where athletics,chariot races and feats
OF horsernais ship were provided for
their entertainment Tonight the open
ing public ceremonies of the reunion
of the grand lodge will be held in the
Auditorium theater
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
WAITING for Steel.

The work on the Shannon building
is being delayed by the non-arrivaI of
the steel work for the second floor. 1t
is expected daily and as soon as it
arrives and is put in place the second
floor will be poured. While the steel
is being waited for. the possibility of
a band concert with the second floor
as the band stand is being considered
and it is possible that one may be
arranged for later in the week.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
AIRsHiP OVER BROADWAY.
Frank eoodaIe interests Crowds in
New York by His Drigible Flight.

New York. July 12.-Crowds along
Broadway today were interested spec
tators of a flight by Frank Goodale, a
young aeronaut, who drove his dirigi-
BILE balloon high above that thorough
fare from One Hundred and Sixteenth
to Forty-second street Starting from
an amusement park across the Hudson
in New Jersey, he rose 5000 feet to
avoid the effect of the cool air above
the river, then swooped down until he
was about 500 feet over Broadway.
After reaching Longacre square he re-
turned. fearing that his gasoline would
hot carry him further. The. trip lasted
so minutes.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
THE COUNTRY AT PEACE.
Colombian Revolution Ended - Rebel
Army Surrendered.

washington, July 1.-THE revolution
in Colombia is at an end, according to
q message which was received late to-
day by Senior Guzman, the Colombian
charge daffaires, who rushed immedi-
ately with 1t to the state department
The message came from the cable
agent of the Colombian government at
Barranquilla and was transmitted
through the Colombian consulate gem
erai at New York city. The end came
without any conflict, the reyolutionist
army surrendering. and the legal au-
fhority of the government re-establish-
ed. said the message. All the country
was declared to be at peace.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
AouEDucT WORKERS FIND GOLD
Rich Veins and Pockets Struck on
Owens Line Valley to Los Angeles.

Randburg, Cal. July 12.-The water
supply of Los Angeles from the SHOWS
of the Owens valley country will wind
through strata of gold. Part of the
aqueduct is found to be full of ourif
erous veins, and in a number of cases
pockets of gold have been found. Some
parts of the construction works, labor
ers actually fight for. because of the
chances of striking a pocket. From one
stretch of the excavation less than 12
feet long samples of high grade ore
were taken which in some instances
show assays of $500. The aqueduct
will GROSS a bed of placer gold. and
also go through lodes. All sorts of
stories are to be heard along the aque
duct regarding gold finds. one being
asc to the luck of Patrick McCullum,
a Los Angeles laborer, who, it is said,
cleaned up $1,000.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
WRECKED SAILORS SAVED.
Italian Steamship Picks Up Crew oi
the Schooner Drusie.

New York, July 12.-word was re-
ceived today by wireless telegraph at
the of1ce of fairfield, Soiari & Co.,
agents for La Veloce line, that their
steamship America had rescued ship
wrecked crew yesterday. The saved
sailors are Captain James and seven
men of the British schooner Drusie,
which left Barbados on May 6 for
Pasbebiaca, province of Quebec.
The vessel had foundered, and the
eight men were in small boats. Their
provisions ran short, and when Cap
tain Schiaffno of the America sighted
them they were exhausted.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
ARzooIAN IN coNsTAnTINoPLE.
Man Wanted in Connection With MUIR
der of New York Rug Merchant.

Worcester. Mass, July 12.-Armeni-
ans here believe that Aiexan Arzooian,
for whom the police searched this
country for two years because of his
alleged completely in the murder of the
rug merchant, H. S. Tavshanjian, in
New York, is in Constantinople. Ar
zooian published an Armenian news
paper In Boston and was president and
chief worker of the Huntchagist socie-
ty. Copies of a paper bearing the
same name as his Boston paper and
said to be published by Arzooian in
Constantinople have been received by
Armenians In Worcester.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
MINE DISASTER IN SPAIN.
Several Hundred Men Reported En-
ton1bed at BeImez.

Paris, July PA despatch received
here from Lisbon reports a serious
explosion of firedamp in a coal mine
at Belmez, Spain. Several hundred
miners are said to be entombed. Eff
forts at rescue are being made, and
forty-two living and seventeen dead
already have been brought out.
No corroboration of this report has
been received from Madrid.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
poda.d People and Tean,s.

There was short runaway Monday
afternoon, but without any damage
resulting, when a delivery team start
ed from the Shannon building corner
and ran through Main street until
stopped in front of Disco BrotherS.
when it started and tried to run
around and catch the horse, but the
runaway was too spry and made a way
through Main street. lodging several
people who ran out from the sidewalk
to stop him.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
"sIe STICK" FOR TAFT.
Donor Hopes II Will Be Used to Swat
the Tariff Bill.

Washington, July 12.-President
Taft today was presented with a sure
enough big Stick" a bludgeon six
feet long and shaped much like the
big emblem of Rooseveltian authority
which became famous in cartoons dur
ing the last administration. The dom
or was ]. e. Forbes OF ottawa, Kan.
who sent with the stick this message:
The Almighty probably grew this
big stick for some good purpose. and
l suspect that II was to allow you to
swat the tariff bill and other schemes
OF criminal extortion."
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
coNEY ISLAND PASSENGERS
HAD A BAD SCARE.
Iron Steamer Pegasus in Collision
With Anchored Vessel.

New York, July Zone hundred
and fifty passengers on the steamer
Pegasus, returning from Coney Island
at dusk this evening. had a bad scare
down the bay, when the vessel col
lided bow-on in the fog with a steam
er anchored just outside the Narrows,
believed to have been the German
tank steamer Proebus, which sailed
from this port this morning for Bel
gium. The bow plates of the Pegasus
were bent and a section of the port
rail torn off. The passengers were
panicky after. the crash, and the Off
GERS had :. some difficulty in quieting
them. That the accident was not more
serious was due to the fact that the
Pegasus was proceeding at half speed,
while the other steamer was anchored.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
JAPANESE STRIKERS
HOLD SHERIFF PRISONER.
@suad of Mounted Officers Leave Hon.
oIuIu for the Scene.

Honolulu. July 12.--County Sheriff
william p. Jarrett is a-prisoner in a
plantation mill at Waimanalo, where
he Is surrounded by an angry crowd of
three hundred Japanese strikers, ac-
cording TO a telephone message re-
ceived this afternoon. A squad of
mounted police and a dozen deputies
and several special policemen fully
armed started in automobiles for Wal
rnanalo as soon as the sheriff's urgent
message was received.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
. LEON LING IN BUDAPEST.
Murderer of Elsie sisel Reported in
That City.

Vienna, July ia telegram receive
ed here today from Budapest declares
that Leon Ling, the Chinaman, who,
on June 3, is supposed to have MUIR
dered Elsie Sigel in New York, is in
that city.
The communication says that the
Budapest police received an anony-
nous communication that Ling was
staying with a Chinese family and
they at once began a search OF the
Chinese quarter for him.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
45o Animals Added to the Bronx Park

New York. July 12.-With the addi-
ton today of 450 animals Of 81 differ
ent species, In 4S cages, the Bronx
Park Zoo becomes the most important
collection of its kind in the world.
The animals arrived on the Atlantic
Transport liner Minnehaha from Lon
don, where they had been assembled
by r. l.. Ditinars, curator of the Zoo,
from all parts of the globe. Included
in the collection is the Tasmania
Devil" particularly fierce little ami
NAL of the cat family.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
Two MansIed Bodies Found on Rail-
road Tracks.

Albine, Kan, July 1.-THE mangled
bodies of two young men, apparently
about 18 years, were early today found
near the crossing of railroad tracks
at Ramona. 1t is thought that they
went to sleep on the track. A report
that the young men were eastern coll
lege students and that they were MUIR
dered proved incorrect.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
Particularly Severe Storm Working
Eastward

Chicago, July IRA storm of wind
and rain that was particularly severe
in the Missouri valley tonight, swept
around until it encircled Chicago, ac-
cording to reports received by tele-
graph companies, whose wires are in
bad shape. Wires are down in every
direction from Chicago. The storm
extends from Louisville to Minneapolis
and from Kansas City and Dubuque
to Cleveland. 1t is reported to be
working eastward
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
TO SELL EAsTMAN's EFFECTS.
Auction Sale of His Belongings Or
dered for Next Saturday.

Baltimore, July 12.-The last scene
in the Woodill Eastman tragedv will
be enacted next Saturday at Easton,
Md. when all the personal effects of
Eastman will be sold at auction at
the court house.
Winnie Bradcombe, as she is known
on the stage, Eastman's widow, or
dered the sale, which will include the
motor boat in which the victim took
her last, ride, and the furniture, books
and other effects found in the bum
galow. Good prices are expected
from souvenir hunters.
1t is expected the Eastman farm,
for which he paid 500, will bring a
big price, but it will not be offered at
public sale.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
BANK VICE PRESIDENT SHOT.
He Upbraded Physician for Paying
Attention to His Wife.

Kankakee, Ill, July 12.-When ]. B..
Saylor, vice president of the First Ma
tional bank of Crescent City Ill, re-
turned from a baseball game late last
night and upbraided DIR. w. r. Miller
for paying court to his wife Mr.. Miller
drew a revolver and fired four~times,
killing Saylor. DR.. Miller hurried home
and went to bed, where he was arrest
ed.
Several days ago DIR. Miller sent his
family away and Mrs. Sayior's daugh :
ter went on visit. 1t Is said that
DR.. Miller had been paying consider
able attention to Mrs. Saylor for two
years.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
Deserter Arrested.

Chief Murphy has received word
from the government authorities ask
ing him to be on the lookout for Albert
Whitman, a Greeneville boy. who had
deserted from the navy. The young
man was seen on Franklin square on
Monday by Captain Linton and placed
under arrest. He spent the night at
police sation and will probably be
turned over to the government today.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
Theft of Rhododendron Plants Valued
at S35,cOO.

New York, July 12.-Rhododendron
plants valued at from $4,000 to $4,000,
presented to the city by Mrs. Russell
Sage and set out in Central park,
have been stolen from their beds, and
today James McKeagney. a patrolman,
and John ]. James, a chauffeur were
arrested. charged with having carried
the valuable plants away in an auto
mobile. The Sage rhododendrons We're
a rare Belgian variety and covered a
strip mile long. Their original value
was $50, 1000
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13

New York, July 12-James j. Hill
and George B. Harris, president of the
Burlington, returned today from a fish,
ing trip in Labrador. Mr.. Hill was un-
willing to go into the business situa-
tion minutely. Regarding crop. condi-
tions. on which he has proved the best
authority in past years, he said: we
are going to have just q good big av-
era9e crop,"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
MAcHEN INDICTMENT NoLLED.
Government Could Not Secure Another
Conviction Of ex-Superintendent of
Free Delivery.

Washington, July 12.-Satisfied that
he could. not secure a conviction, Mr..
Baker, United States attorney. today
nolle pressed another of the postoffice
department indictments of 1903. II
charged August w. Machen, ex-super-
intendent of the free delivery service;
John T. Cupper of Lock Haven. Pa,
and William c. Long of Washington,
with conspiring to defraud the United
States in connection with contract
to paint letter and package boxes
throughout the United States.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
eI-PLANE TOTALLY WRECKED
Buckled and Tunnbled Backward to the
Ground-No One Hurt.

New York. July 1.-THE uncertaln-
ties which still attend aeronautics ap-
peared again this evening. when the
bi-plane of Fred Schneider, Brook
lyn member of the Aeronautic club.
was totally wrecked at Morris Park.
The machine rose straight up In the
face of a heavy wnd. buclkled and tum-
bled backward from a height Of 20
feet. Schneider escaped without a
scratch. He had made one previous
unsuccessful attempt at flight on June
1e
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
MANoEuvREs BEGUN IN FOG.
Four 5sttIeships Of First Division
Leave Provincetown.

Provincetown, Mass. July 12.-In
spite of a heavy blanket of fog which
overspread the harbor, the four battle
ships, Connecticut, Vermont, Kansas
and Louisiana. pulled up their anchors
early today and crept out TO begin the
manoeuvres scheduled for the fleet.
These vessels comprise the first di-
vision of the feet. The second di-
vision expected to steam out later in
the day to the range off Wood End
light for target practice. The remain
der of the fleet will stay here until
wednesday.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
RoIIina MiIIs to sart.

Cincinnati, July z.-Annouuncement
has been, made that the Newport, KY
rolling mills will resume operations
tomorrow, giving employment to 500
men. President A. L. Andrews of the
company said that all except possi
bly, one of the pits have orders enough
to keep them going for a year.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13

Mexico City, July 12.-Further de-
tails received here of the cloudburst
last Friday at Orizaba place the loss
at $500.000 gold. The Rio Blanco cot
ton mills were wrecked and three op-
eratives killed. A large area is under
water, and other sections are half
flooded 1t is estimated that the total
lnss oe ufs will exceed one hundred.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
Drowning Mystery at Hampton Beach.

Amesbury, Mass, July 12.-Mystery
surrounds the drowning of Patrick
Campbell. SO years old, of this city,
whose body was picked up off Hamp-
ton beach late today. Campbell, who
is an employe of the Atlantic Boat
company, started this afternoon in
one of the company's boats to deliver
it at Bath, Me. When his body was
picked up later off Hampton beach,
there was no sign of his boat, and the
cause Of his drowning is not known.
He leaves four children
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
Autos in eIidden Tour.

Kalamazoo, Mich. July 12.-Ail but
three of the thirty automobiles which
started from Detroit TODAY in the Gid
del tour arrived at Kalamazoo with
perfect scores. The running time for
class A was seven hours and ten min
utes for 1923 miles, and the drivers
reported a hospitable reception all
along tho line
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-07-13
FORTY MILES AN HOUR.
orviile Wright Makes Very Successful
Flight at Fort Myer.

washington, July 12. = Orville
Wright this evening made a very sue
cessful flight In the Wright aeroplane
At Fort Myer. Va, remaining in the
air five minutes and thirty seconds,
during which time the machine attain
ed the exceptional speed of about for
~ miles an hour He scircled the pa
rade grounds half dozen times, to-
eAl distance OF about three and half