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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
u. S. SUPREME COURT
HAS MANY IMPORTANT CASES
The American Tobacco Co., Case of
Capt. Oberlin Carter, and Others

Washington, Feb. 13-When the su-
preme court of the United States con-
venes Monday, February 81. long
list of decisions is anticipated by some
of the legal profession which has been
following the proceedings in the court
The lawyers believe that the court
during it's three weeks vacation. has
endeavored TO dispose of many cases
in order that it may be as free as pos
sible to consider this spring the great
questions of the application of the
Sherman antitrust law TO corporations
and the validity of the corporation tax
provisions of the Payne tariff law.
Overshadowing all others. the suit
of the government against the Amer
lean Tobacco company and others. is
the most ir71port=-1 go ..1der advise
ment by the court. 1t was argued sew
eral weeks ago, on account of the
Standard Oil case, to be argued March
IA and involving similar questions, it
is believed that the decision in the To-
bacco case will not be announced until
after the Standard Oil suit has been
heard.
One of the most important laws,
whose validity has been questioned In
arguments before the court. is the
hours of service law for railroad EN-
ployes,' passed by congress in 1907.
The railroads have attacked-the law
as being applicable to employees en-
gagged in commerce within the state
as well as in interstate commerce. 1t
objection which wiped the employers
liability law of 1906 of the statutes.
A decision in this case may be an
nounced on February 21.
Another suit which has attracted
much attention is that in which the
government is seeking to get posses
sion of property amounting to nearly
100000, in the hands of Oberlin L.
Carter, a former captain in the engi-
neer corps of the army, who was SEN
fenced to prison for his alleged connec-
tion with schemes to defraud the gov
ernment out of $4,000 900, intended
for the Improvement of the harbor at
Savannah, Ga The court has the case
under advisement
A trio of cases under advisement in
wolves the authority of the federal Of
fcials to bring Theodore H. Price,
Frederick A Peckham and Moses
Haas, from their homes in New York
to the District of Columbia, for trial
on charges growing out of the cot
ton leak scanda1' in the department of
agriculture In 1905.
The validity of a large number of
state laws are questioned in cases |
which the court has heard argued. but |
in which 1t has not announced Its de- |
-fSion
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
18TH ANNIVERSARY OF
ESTRUcTioN OF THE MAINE
In Havana Harbor-MemoriaI Services
in Many Cities.

Washington, Feb. 13-The twelfth
anniversary of the destruction of the
battleship Maine in Havana harbor,
Tuesday next, is to be made the occa-
sion for memorial services lasting sew
eral days in this city and other places
throughout the country, in furtherance
OF a movement to erect at Arlington
National cemetery a suitable monument
to the sailors who lost their lives in
the explosion.
The services began in this city to-
night at the First Congregational
church, when a meeting arranged by
patriotic organizations was held. Rear
Admiral Charles ID. Sigsbee of the ma
w, commander of the i'll fated Maine
on the night of the explosion, made
the principal address.
On Tuesday, the anniversary of the
tragic event, services will be held at
Arlington, when the Cuban minister,
Senior Don Carlos Garcia Velez is ex-
pected to be one of the speakers
On February 20 a Maine memorial
meeting is to be held at Carnegie hall,
New York. with Joseph Choate as the
presiding officer and Admiral Sigsbee
as one of the speakers. Admiral Sigs-
bee is now the president of the Maine
Monument association, and lthe matter
of erecting suitable memorial is to
be actively pushed.
One hundred and sixty of the Names
dead are buried at Arlington. The
embershfp fee in the memorial asso-
citation has been fixed at one dollar, for
tificate of membership and a black silk
navy cap ribbon, on which. instead of
the name of a ship, there is worked
in gold wire the inspection Member
Maine NJ. A"
The names of all members of the as
scciaIion will be- enclosed in the COR
nerstone of the monument. The work
of obtaining members and distributing
ribbons has been taken UP by prominent
women in Washington. New York and
elsewhere in the schools.
Boston Feb. 13.-"Remember the
Maine" the war time slogan, was re-
called tonight in Faneuil hall, where
the Massachusetts branch. Sons of
Veterans. held public memorial meet
ing 1t was in observance OF the
twelfth anniversary of the sinking of
the battleship Maine in Havana har-
bor, although the actual anniversary
does not fall until next Tuesday.
Former Governor Curtiss Guild, Jr.,
who was the principal speaker, said
the gathering was .'to commemorate |
the sacrifice of the lives of American |
sailors whose wilful destruction cost !
Spain her colonies. crippled the Monroe |
doctrine, and made the United States |
a world power"
The mfsgovernment of Cuba alone |
would not have precipitated war" he |
continued. 'srhe infinitely worse mis- |
government of Hayti still exists"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
IN SIMPLIFIED SPELLING
CARNEGIE WRITES GAYNOR.
Commends Mayors Recommendation
That Personal Tax Be Abolished.

New York, Feb. I3--Andrew Carne-
gle has written Mayor Gaynor in SIM
plified spelling, commencing the may
or's recommendation that the personal
tax be abolished and relating his own
experiences as a taxpayer on $5,000,-
600. The mayor nudges Mr.. Carnegie's s
spelling and replies that his serious
purposes must be guided by the will
of the community. The correspondence
was given out by the mayor tonight.
Mr.. Carnegie writes in part as fol-
lows:
''As a contributor to the personal tax
I venture to thank you for calling at
tention to the folly and injustice. Ev-
cry year communications appear in the
press denouncing rich citizens for de-
frauding the city by paying only upon
a mere fraction of their personal prop
erty. Few understand that the law
only requires individuals to pay upon
what they are aSsesSt.
Speakers in New York every now
and then hold me up for reprobation
before audiences, because I only pay
upon five millions personal property,
IS al the law requires. 1t Is the as
sessment made by the commission.
Il have had to explain the matter
in Europe by giving my personal expe-
rience, and several times I have inti-
mated to my legal advisor here that I
might have seriously to consider fixing
my residence elsewhere Gas many do,
though still residing here), not to es-
impression that I was not obeying but
evading the personal tax law by pay
ing upon only a small part of my for
tune
"But it is important that the masses
understand what millionaires do. We
must justify our existence. By all
means, let out city real estate be taxi
heavier, or the needed sum raised 9TH
erwise, and the personal tax be abol-
isht as incapable of just assessment or
collection and the inevitable source of
grave suspicion of many of our welthy
citizens, ever of such as obey the law,
keep title of all their personal prop
erty, hold city residence and pay the
personal tax assesst without murnur.
with renewed thanks and wishing
WI a public career which ends as well
as it has begun,
Always very truly yours,
ANDREW CARNEGIE"
Mayor Gaynor replies in part as fol-
lows:
''Your letter is one of many, but the
only one expressed in the new simpli-
fed spelling. feel coK1peld to COM
pliment you in that respect But what
about the fate of Roosevelt when he |
tried 1t, or rather tried to make other |
people try it, yea or nay?
"Of course l have no wish to advo- |
cate anything contrary to the intelli- |
gent will of the community. If it calls !
for the repeal law now I shall have it !
prepared and sent to Albany. Or may |
be a law giving us local option in the |
matter would be more prudent.
Sincerely yours,
W 'sW. J. GAYNOR."
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS,
ITS WORK FOREcAsTED.
Price of Food Products-PostaI Saw
ines Banks and Appropriation Bills.

Washington, Feb. 13.@The fact that
President Taft in his New York speech
picked out for emphasis such subjects
es postal savings banks, Interstate
commerce. legislation, anti-inj junction,
statehood and conservation of natural
resources seems to mark these as sub
5ects for early consideration by con-
gresS
II is remarked also that the charac-
ter of Mr. Taft-s illusions to the fed
eral Incorporation bill would hardly
justify that measure being placed in
the first rank OF administration meas
ures, while the fact that ship subsidy
was ignored altogether makes it ques-
tionabIe whether the executive will
bring pressure 10 bear to promote it.
Ship subsidy legislation seems almost
certain TO pass the senate, but the
democrats in the house are preparing
10 line up gainst the bill and they be-
1iere that with some republican assist
ance they will be able to defeat it.
It is expected that the select COM
ynittee of the senate designed to con-
duct the proposed inquiry regarding
she price of food products and other
necessaries Of life will be announced
tomorrow. or. If not then, at an early
day OF the present week. The repub-
1ican members will undertake especial
y TO demonstrate that the tariff is not
responsible for the rise in prices
The question of whether the house
committee on ways and means will
undertake the investigation of the high
cost OF living. in view of the action of
the senate. is still undetermined
Postal savings banks and a,ppropria-
ton bills will take up practically the
entire week in the senate. In the
house the rivers and aarbors bill will
probably occupy considerable time and
there are other appropriation bills
ready for consideration.
The Ballinger-Pinchot investigation
Is scheduled for resum ptfon tom norrow.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
JEALOUS OF PEARY, HE SAYS.
Congressman Allen Blames Naval Off
GERS for Blocking of Promotion Bill.

Portland, Me-, Feb. 13.-@'The jeal-
ousy oy the naval officers is what pre-
vented the house committee on naval
affairs from reporting favorably the
bill TO make Commander Peary a rear
admiral said Congressman Amos L.
Allen last evening. Mr.. Allen introduc-
ed the bill in the house.
There are countless instances on
record where honors of this kind have
been bestowed on officers of the army
and navy" he went on "and I could
not see why there should be any op-
position to the advancement of Com
mander Peary. OF course, I shall do
but we have encountered the opposi-
ton of naval officers. 1 am told that
the hostility of General Greely and
Admiral Schley had something to do
with the attitude of the committee"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
NIGHT WATcHMAN ATTACKED
WHILE PROTECTING NEGRO BOY
Who Had Assaulted Child, from
Wouid-Be Lynchers.

Annapolis, Nd, Feb. 13.-Attacked
by a. gang of negro women and men
while protecting James Digges, a IA
year old negro boy, from threatened
lynching, James Baldwin, night watch
man at the Anne Arundel county JAIL
was severely beaten and narrowly es-
capped being killed here tonight
The boy is charged with assaulting
the five year old daughter of Thomas
Dove, and threats Of lynching were
persistent.
Baldwin was taking the negro to the
railway station for Baltimore for pro
lection when the negroes set upon him.
The police rescued him. The negroes
were under the impression that sum-
mary vengeance was about to be TAX
en- on the boy. He was finally removed
70 the Baltimore city Jail.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
MISS DAILY TO WE'D
HUNGARIAN COUNT.
Daughter of Late Marcus Daily to Be
Bride of Anton Sigray.

New York. Feb. 13.-The engagement
is announced of Miss Harriet Daily,
the youngest daughter of the late Mar
Gus DAILY Of Montana and New York
and Mrs. DAILY to Count Anton Sigray.
the present head of an old Hungarian
family of that name.
Count Sigray will arrive here on Feb.
"a, accompanied by the MARQUIS PaIla-
vicino, who will be his best man. The
wedding will take place on March 90.
As the count IS a. Catholic and as Miss
DAILY IS a Protestant, and will make no
change in her religion, the ceremony
will be performed at the residence Of
the brides mother, 725 Fifth avenue.
Count Sigray is a magnate of Hun
gary and hereditary member of the
upper house. Both of his parents are
dead, his father having died some years
ago. He has two older sisters, one be-
ing the Marquise San Mazzano, who
married an Italian and lives in Rome,
and the other the Baroness Scheil who
lives in Hungary.
The Sigray family is one of the old
est and wealthiest families in Hungary
and holds many important positions.
The count himself is a large land own
er, and his fortune is quite equal to
that of Miss DAILY. who Is one of the
richest heiresses in this country. He
is the possessor of a beautiful country
estate on the River Raab.
At the wedding of Count Szechenyi
and Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, two years
ago, Count Sigray acted as best man,
and it was there that he met Miss
DAILY.
Miss Harriet DAILY made her debut
three or four years ago. She is the
youngest of three daughters of the late
Marcus DAILY and Mrs. Daly,with whom
she lives. Her two elder sisters are
Mrs. H. Carroll Brown of Baltimore
and Mrs. James W. Gerard. wife if
Judge Gerard of this city.
Miss Daily is a handsome brunette,
and a musician. Since her debut she
has appeared with success IN the vari-
Gus tabelaux arranged for charity, and
h:Is been much admired for her charm
of manner.
Shortly after the wedding the count
and countess will sail for Hungary.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
NEW YORK CITY a
GRAVEYARD FOR PASTORS.
No Response to Call After Call for
Preachers.

New York, Feb. 13.-"This city is a
graveyard for preachers" said the Rev.
DR.. William Carter, pastor of the Mad
ison Avenue Reformed church, in his
sermon today.
s.After two years work I had to go
abroad for a years rest, broken down.
met there three other New. York pas
tors, abroad for the same reason, and
one of them took his life from melan-
cho1ia-
seThree of the prominent Fifth ave-
nue. churches paying the largest sala-
ries are without pastors, after extend
ing call after call. Clergymen are
avoiding rather than seeking New
York
"The reason for it is that a minister
here is compelled to bear his whole
burden alone. The congregation says
in effect, We're paying your salary,
now go ahead
There must be active CO. operation
between pastor and congregation, if the
church is to do its best work.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
BETHLEHEM STEEL co STRIKE,
BIG MASS MEETING SUNDAY.
President Sehwab Will Not Treat Win
Union Leaders.

South Bethlehem, Pa, Feb. 13.-The
labor leaders and organizers in charge
of the strike at the Bethlehem Steel
company plant were augmented today
by Thomas T.. Behney or Bunalo, n
representative or the Chicago Pattern
Makers league OF North America with
headquarters at Cincinnati. and II. r..
LaClair OF Washington, representing
the International Association OF Ma
chinists.
Another big mass meeting was held
today. The strikers were addressed on
"The Benefits OF Organized Labor" and
urged TO stand together in their de-
mands for improved conditions
The pattern makers, who earn from
50 to 1925 q day, were told by BehneW
that in the Pittsburg district the men
were receiving 81 cents per houh. I1f-
forts Will be made to organize the
men.
The four hundred or more employees
in No. shop will be organized tomor-
row. according to a member OF tho
strikers committee. This shop has NOT
been affected by the strike heretofore.
To his personal friends Presidents
Schwab insists that he will not treat
with labor leaders.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
ITHACA HEN LAYS EGGS
BRIGHT WITH CORNELL coLoRS
Result of Course in Dietetics-Harn-
less Dye in Her Feed.

Ithaca, N. Y, Feb. 13.--So contagious
is the Cornell spirit that "a white Ith-
aca hen of the most unblemished char
acter has been persuaded after a course
in dietetics with professors OF the
Cornell state college of agriculture to
lay eggs bright with the Cornell colors.
The yolks are red and the albumen
white.
hen in her feed and when it was seen
that her plumage began TO turn a deli
cate pink her eggs were examined and
found to be more deeply colored yet.
Other admixtures of dye turn the yollS
of the egg pink and the hens feet
mink
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14

MAD FROM SEAsIcKNESs.

from Steamer Martha Washington.
New York, Feb. 13-Mad from sea-
sickness, Alexander Semzenk, a. steer
age passenger on the steamer Martha
Washington, just arrived from Medit-
erranean ports. escaped from the ships
hospital on the voyage over, fought
himself free from surgeons aide who
pursued him to the ships rail, and
jumped overheard, laughing. His body
was not recovered.
'1 have never seen so severe case
of seasickness. The sufferer often
feels as if he were about to die, but
rarely does, and I have never before
known one to go mad"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
PATIENT ERIC ERICKSON
ALARMED THE SURGEONS
Beefstezk Lodged in Throat, Swallow
Sd Two Teeth and Rubber Gag.

Boston. Feb 1S.-Relieved by
tracheotony of a piece of steak which
had become elogged In his throat,
thereby threatening his life Eric
Erickson % Cambridge alarmed the
surgeons who performed the operation
ny swallowing his rubber gag, to-
zether with two of his own teeth
which had become loosened- He was
finally relieved OF his several embar-
rzssments and tonight was resting
comfortably at the relief hospital.
Erickson was taken to the institution
from q restaurant, where he had at
tempted 10 dispose of n large bite from
q small ruu1p-
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
CAPTURE OF MATAeALPA.
President of Nicaragua Seriously Con
cerned Over the Result.

Managua, Nicaragua, Feb. "a
President Madriz and the members of
his government are seriously concern
ed over the recent report of the cap
ture of Matagalpa by the insurgent
general Chamorro, but whatever they
have learned concerning the revolu-
tionary movement in that district they
have not permitted any of tho facts to
leak out, prefer1'ing apparently to stand
on the first announcement that the
government troops had withdraWn
from Matagaipa and that therefore no
resistance was offered to chamorro and
his men,
This has given rise to various ru-
mors that the government is maxim z
an attempt to surround General Cha
MORO. who. unless his progress is
STAYED, is very likely to reach Managua
within short period.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14

New York, Feb. 13-President Taft,
speaking before an exceptionally rep
resentative audience of republicans at
the Lincoln dinner of the Republican
club, in the Waldorf last night, reasur-
ed business interests that the admin
lstration had not the slightest idea of
running amuck."
Significant Statement.
But at the same time he said une-
quivolally that the laws would be en-
forced, and made this significant state
ment:
If the enforcement of the law lis not
consistent with the present methods of
carrying on business then it does not
speak well for the present methods of
conducting business, and they must be
changed to conform to the law"
There was no promise on the part OF
ANTITRUST law. except to strengthen it,
he said, or to authorize monopoly or a
suppression of competition.
Pledges Being Carried Out
The president started in by taking
up the pledges of the republican party
one by one, and showed how they were
being carried out. Using recent figures
of tariff receipts, he declared they
showed that while the revenues had
upon the people as a whole had been
materially decreased.
House Insureent Movement.
Referring to the fnsurgent movement
and the predictions of some that the
republican majority in the house would
be changed to a dem ocratic majority,
the president expressed himself as
hopeful that a settlement of internal
questions can be effected without such
a breach of party as to prevent the
presentation of an unbroken front to
the enemy.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
SCANDALS CAUSED
BY WILLS OF PRIESTS
Who Had Left Large Fortunes, Says
Archbishop O'ConneIl

Boston, Feb. 13.-Declaring that the
possession by priests of any large sum
of money gained from any source but
inheritance Is grave scandal. Arch
Boston archdiocese today begged the
indulgence and prayers of the congre-
cation of the Cathedral of the Holy
Cross "for some grave faults which re-
Gently happened on the part of one
or two of the clergy of this diocese"
The archbishop stated that no priest
in the Boston archdiocese could anass
money merely from the income of his
parish, and deplored the fact that
scandal had been caused by the wills
of priests who had left large fortunes.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
$500 WILL COVER SHORTAGE
OF TOWN TREASURER HALL,
Who Was Also Treasurer of South
bridge SAVINGS Bank.

Southbridge. Mass. Feb. ia few
hundred dollars viii cover the entire
shortage in the town accounts of John
a Hall. former town treasurer, who as
ex-treaEu-er of the Southbridge Saw
1ngs bank stands accused of the lar
ceny OF nearly $z25.00O from the insti-
tuition This was the report made to-
day to the board of selectmen by an
expert accountant from Boston, who
.as been Investigating the books ofsthe
town
handled for the town by Hall in 1909,
and UP TO January %, 1910, the ao-
countant found an actual shortage of
only aSS-02, but he thinks this is likely
20 b5 Increased possibly TO sum not
exceeding $500 when all outstanding
accounts have been settled.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
CHARGED WITH ELOPING WITH
DAUGHTER OF LORD KNOLLYs.
English Detectives Arrest a Stranger
at Palma, Island of Majorca.

Paris. Feb. 13.--A despatch from Pal
ma, Island of Majorca, says that Eng
lish detectives have arrested a man
charged with eloping with Miss Lou
vinia Knollys, daughter of Lord Knoll
lys. King Edwards private secretary.
The detectives also found the girl, who
is now in Palma with her brother
The elopement is said to have taken
place about ten days ago, and the cou-
pie were seen recently at Marseilles.
They were supposed to he en- route to
America. The man is variously de-
scribed as a coachman and a. British
army officer.
London, Feb. 13.-Lord KnolIys has
categorfcally denied that his daughter,
Miss Louvinia Knollys, has eloped. He
recently made the statement that she
was still in London
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
Federal Registration of Automobiles.

Washington. Feb. 13.-To urge upon
congress the proposed law for the fed
eral registrat of automobiles and to
promote uniform motor vehicle legis-
lation in the states. q national legisla-
tive convention under the auspices of
the American Automobile association
will begin here with. a preliminary
meeting tomorrow.
Governors of twenty states have
chosen delegates. The automobile
trade. VIII be largely represented and
many who have been prominent in pro-
noting automobile legislation will be
present. Senator Depew viii open ths
convention formally on T,.A-d-~
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-02-14
Strong Hope of Curing Cancer by In
ocuiatIon.

Albany. N Y, Feb. IA strong
hope of curing cancer or at least great
ly ameliorating the condition of cancer
patients by means of inoculation, is
held out in the report of Harvey r.
Gaylord, director of the cancer labora-
tory of the state department of health
at Buffalo, to be submitted to the leg
islature tomorrow. This hope is based
on extended experimentation during
the past year in the incubation or vac
cination of various animals, mainly
rats. With the cancer viruA