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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-26
ANXIETY INCREASES
ABOUT THE MAINE.
Cofferdam's Strength to Be Studied for
Days Before Water is Lowered
Further-New Problem in Navy.

New York, Juna 25.-The Herald $
Washington correspondent writes:
More and more acute is the interest
shown here, especially among the tech
nIca1 men of the army and navy IN
the great problem of upwatering and
out in Havana harbor. The last re-
ports showed that army engineers were
examining the dam with anxious care.
The fact that this critical examination
might last for ten. days or two weeks
has taken attention momentarily from
the sunken ship itself to the great cof-
ferdam that envelopes her.
Engineers are interested keenIy in
this and are SO thoroughly alive to
the difficulty of lowering the water
within and the hundred and one
chances of something going wrong that
tsley hesitate to express their admira-
tIon=for the manner in which the work
has advanced thus far.
Opinion here is that if the gigantsc C
work is carried out@without nishap If
will be one of the greatest engineering G
it is carried out even after difficulties
are overcome, it will be a work which
the United States government can well
be proud
There is the gravest danger of seri-
Gus -miShapS according to the adnis-
sions of the most conservative ex-
perts here. In the first place, weak
nesses may develop in the structure Of
the cofferdam at any moment, as the
pressure of the water increases. TIE
carry out the programme the structure
will be taxed about to its limit. No
task similar in magnitude has been
attempted before. SO the engineers are
working in an unexplored field with
out past achievements to guide them
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-26
ARE CHRISTIAN MEN
THOUGH DOING EVIL
President of Trinity Believes They
Drift Into 1t innocentiy.

Hartford, Conn, June 25.-In his
baccalaureate sermon at Trinity col
lege today President F1svel &. Luther
condemned the indiscTiminate attack
upon men who were adversely crftf-
cised because CT their business tran
sactions. President Luther took his
text from Revelations xxf:f7. ~Ae-
cording to the measure Of a. man. that
is, of the angel" and said in part
I'VE read and hear much today Of
evil, graspfng selishness in the bust
ness world. Men are held up by nanas
to the scorn and derjsion of the read
ing and listening world Their meth
DDS of business are denounced in many
quarters as of deviIisn origin and of
fatal effect. There is something in al
this, but the curious thing IS tkszz
these men whose names, I suppose.
occur to you as I am speaking. wfssn
you come to meet them are honest.
straight. upright; loving fathers. faith
full husbands, Christian gentlemen.
charitable, lovers of men and lovers %
God.
There is something pitifuI IN the
genuine surprise with which in the
last few years Christian gentlemen o<
discovered that the things which they
have been doing are regarded 5v fhs
world as evil. I do not believe that
these men are sinners Above other
men. They are the victims OF the in
perfect standard which has beer
placed in their hands. I believe tfst
there is very great danger in the r.
discriminate attack upon men who
have quite innocentIy worked thsr1-
selves into an unhappy relation 20
their fellow men"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-26
TRACE OF HUSBAND
LOST FOR FIVE YEARS.
Wife of Harrington Tells Strange
Story in Asking for Care of His
Estate.

Mount Vernon, \. Y, June 25.-
When Mrs. Rose NJ. Harrington ap-
piled to Supreme Court Justice Mills
yesterday to be appointed a committee
of the estate of her husband, Mark w.
Harrington, for twelve years profes-
sor of astronomy in the Univedsity of
Michigan, later president of the Uni
versity of Washington, and at one time
head of the United States weather
bureau, it became known that her
husband has veen in an asylum for
years. Mrs Harrington says during
nine years he has been in the Morris
Plains asylum he has been unable to
tell anything about himself, nor does
he know his own name.
Mrs. Harrington says she does not
know what property her husban
owns, and for that reason she desires
to be appointed conservator of his es-
tate, as she believes he ie entitled TO
large royalties from books he wrote
while in college-( Justice Mills took a.
great interest in the story of Professor
Harrington'S condition, as he was for
meriy a resident of Mount Vernon. He
granted an order allowing a jurying
during the next term of the Westches-
ter supreme court to pass upon the in
sanity of the professor. and will also
sign an order next week for one eX-
animation of DIR. Evans Butts, super
inteendent of the Morris Plains asy-
Flm, as to the mental condition of the
patient.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-26
WAVE OF ECONOMY
SWEEPING COUNTRY.
Less Champagne and Fewer Diamonds
Being imported.

Washington, June 25.-A wave of
economy is sweeping the country, ac-
cording to figures of the yureau of sta
It's tics of the department of commerce
and labor. These disclose that Amer1-
cans cut their imported champagne
bill in two and adorned themselves
with s7,000,000 worth of diamonds less
during the past eleven months than in
the same period last year At the
same time the United States managed
to INCREASE its exports over the cor
responding period of 1910 by over
$145 900, 90.
Diamonds valued at $37, 7,25O, 900
were brought into the country during
eleven months ending with May, 1919,
while the total for similar period just
eded was only 30,000,000. Champagne
dropped from Sc, 100000 to $3,000,000; {;
silk 1aces from $5,O00,000 to s1,500,0G0,
and dressed furs from s10.000,000 to
$1,000. 900. Works of art were the on
ly articles under this class showing
an increase. the total advancing from
2O333 333 to $4,000, 900.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-26
4 Vain Search
For the Grave
POSSIBLE THAT LITTLE GIRLS
STORY MAY BE A HOAX.
WEYMOUTH ALIVE IN CANADA
saco Mail Carrier Tells Police He Met
Missing Man There-His Story Is
Being Investigated.


Biddeford, Me-, June 25.-Continued
failure to locate the grave on the farm
of DR." Fred E. Snow at Dayton,
where nine year old Gladys Snow says
Charles T. Weymouth, the missing Saco
butcher. was buried three years ago.
has added to the growing doubt of the
correctness of the story in the minds
of the authorities.
Farm Searched Without Success.
A small party spent the day search
ing the farm, but without success
Investigating Hewes' Story.
While the search for the remains has
not by any means been abandoned, the
officers are at the same time inyesti-
eating the story of Henry Hewes.
Says Weymouth is Alive.
Hewes, who is a Saco mail carrier,
insists that Weymouth is alive and liv-
ing in Canada.
Trying to Verify His Story.
Hewes has told the officers the name
of. the town where he says he met
Weymouth a few years ago, and an
effort is now being made to verify the
story.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-26
SUICIDE REGARDED
AS A PRIVATE AFFAIR
Committee of Physicians So Reports
to National Body.

Los Angeles. June 25.-..Suieide is
private affair There is no more just
ification for the publication Of such
accounts than there is for publishing
otner private matters.
This is the assertion of a committee
of the American Academy of Medicine,
which investigated the question of sui
eide, and in making its report here
requested the press of America to re-
frain from further publication of such
affairs.
If, however, the report declared
3'the members of the press are still
skeptical as to the fact that they are
now accessories to crime. we suggest
that they assist in the study of the
conditions
Several suggestions in this respect
are made, and it is also proposed that
if the papers insist upon printing
scandals and news of suicides, it be
limited to a separate sheet of distinct
yellow color. SO "clean minds may
avoid the corruption. If such a meth
cd is desirable for athletic news, why
not extend it's use?
The rapid increase in the death
rate from suicide in the United States.
with the conviction that a prominent
cause of this deplorabl act was to be
found in the suggestive effect Of news
paper publication of details" is given
as the reason for the investigation.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-26
MAY CUT FIVE YEARS
OFF MORSE's TERM
Banker Can Be Forced to Serve but
Ten Years, Admits Prosecutor.

Atlanta, Ga. June 25.-Charles w.
Morse, the New York financier, con-
victed of violating the federal banking
law, can be forced to serve only ten
years of his fifteen-year sentence, ac-
cording to an admission made in the
United States district court yesterday
by Assistant District Attorney John H.
Henley when hearing on the habeas
CORPUS petition instituted in Mr..
Morse's half was begun
This admission, though not passed
on by the judge. practically cuts five
years from the bankers sentence, al
though MIR. Henley ccntended that the
prisoner had no right to apply for a
writ of habeas corpus until he had
first served the ten years required.
The prosecutors admission was based
on the fact that while Mr.. Morse was
convicted on several different counts,
his sentence was a gross one, failing
to divide tee time among the counts
upon which he was convicted, and the
statute under which he was sentenced
prescribes a limit of ten years.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-26
WON'T CONTRIBUTE TO
CLEVELAND MEMORIAL
Caldwell Man Says ex-President Dis
liked His Home Town.

Caldwell ~ j.. June 25.-Grover
Cleveland disliked the mention of the
name Of Caldwell. where he was born,
and mad repeatedly refused invitations
10 appear here on special occasions. is
tho statement made by Frank K Phil
lips Of this borough who gives this as
his reason for declining TO contribute
90 the fund proposed for the pur-
chase OF the Cleveland birthplace. MIR.
Phillips says the movement is unpop-
uiar with other citizens here for the
same reason.
Mr.. Phillips says old citizens pointed
ont to him that when Mr.. Cleveland
left town sitting on the back part OF
the wagon containing his fathers
household goods. and inspired by what
20 him seemed the unjust ousting OF
his father. the Rev. Mr.. Cleveland
from his Presbyterian pastorate. he
had resolved never again to set foot
fn Caldwell.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-26
WILTsE RECEIVERS
SPEECH AND REASON.
Latter Restored to New York Mar
After 21 Years by Operation.

New Haven, Conn. June 25.-An op-
GRAFTON on the skull of Harry Wiitse
in ST. Raphaefs hospital has restored
his reason. which left him 21 years
ago. and his speech. which disappeared
several months ago. Friday piece If
bone was removed which has been
pressing upon his brain, and Saturday
when DR.. Morris Slattery who per
formed the operation. visited the pa
tient. WiItse called to him. Hello,
Doc" Wiltse lives in 45th street, New
York city.
When a lad he stepped off the curb
while playing ball one day and fell
under a horses hoofs. His brain was
affected so badly that as soon as he
was able to leave the hospital he was
removed to an insane asylum. He
has been kept under restraint most OF
the time since then, returning to his
relatives, who removed to this city. al
occasional lucid intervals.
Last fall his seech failed and the
operation at ST. RaphaePs was resort
ed to as desperate expedient- Wiltse
is 36 wears old.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-26
AEROPLANE RUNS WILD.
THREE MEN INJURED
Aviator Left Machine With Engine
Going at Half Speed.

New York, June 25-A wild aero
plane romped over the aviation field
at Garden City, L. l., for twenty min
utes today. played fast and loose with
a swarm of attendants who sought to
check it, injured four men and finally
wrecked itself on an embaINzment.
Andre Harpert, an aviator, stepped out
of the aeroplane while the engine was
going at half speed to adjust one of
the rear planes. AS he started to re-
enter the seat the aerop1ane started
off and he was thrown to the ground.
It dragged him 200 feet and when he
relaxed his hold he was badly bruised
Half a dozen mechanics gave chase
and were bowled over in succession,
three of being cut and bruised about
the face and body. The aeroplane
remained on the ground during the
runaway and was stopped only when
it dashed into an embankment.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-26
FOUND cLAsPED IN
EACH OTHERS ARMS.
Bodies of Missing Couple Taken from
the Ohio River.

Cincinnati, o., June 25.-Anna
Keees and Albert J. Handtma,n, missing
since Thursday night, were found in
the Ohio river today. Miss KEGS was
known on the vaudeville stage as Bon
ME Hampton. Handtman was a young
clubman and athlete of this city.
Handtman took Miss KEGS out for a
ride in launch Thursday night. Sat
urday Miss KEGS mother reported the
absence of her daughter to the police
The two had been friends for years. and
it was believed that they had eloped.
but following the finding of the over
turned launch searching parties drag
ged the river bottom and found the
bodies clasped in each others arms.
1t is believed that the launch struck a
coal barge and upset.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-26
BANDIT GOT THE
CHURCH COLLECTION
Held up Church Treasurer in Pas
tors Study During Service.

Wheeling. w. Va. June 25--Brooks
Adams, treasurer of the First Chris
tian church. was held up by a masked
bandit and robbed of the church col
lection today in the pastors study.
while a large congregation was lis
tening to the morning sermon. not
twenty feet away. His face, masked
with a handkerchief the man made
his appearance through a rear door
He leveled a revolver at Adams. who
was counting the collection, took the
small basket. and disappeared. Adams
went Immediately and notified the con-
gregation, but no trace of the robber
WAS found
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-26


You may stop my Golfers.
am not in accord with your ways of
thinking in many particulars.
You helped defeat me and many
others for member of assembly of
Ohio. How much better do you Lie
At1ee than Charles Dick? How do you
like the present Ohio assembly Col
ier's Weekly.
All copies of your rotten paper go
into the waste basket. 1 would not
have it in the Office. Stop sending
copies.-ToIedo Union Leader
Instances of such evaporation are
becoming so rare in Journalism that
as you see, the editors prize them and
publish them as they would the choic-
est compliments. Once they were fair
an angry subscriber once burst in up
on the late D. R. Locke. iii stop
your paperi'' he yelled. "Oh, don't do
tfaatl" protested Mr.. Locke. just then
the whirr of the presses sounded
through the building. The editor sigh
ed with relief. There she goes,' he
said, you can't stop her now"
It was a dull newspaper man, in
deed, who had no retOrt for the egot-
ist who thought he spread ruin and
devastation by cancelling his sub
scription. No rejoinder was ever bet
ter than the printing of the letter,
for that always made the indignation
of the writer look as ridiculous as the
read in court. But the lessons anoth-
er generation gained must be learned
by the new through experience. The
communications quoted show that the
schools are to be reOpened.-To1edo
Blade
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-26
"eIRL OF MYSTERY WOULD DIE
In Padded Cell After Two Efforts 20
Kill Herself.

Pittsburg, Pa, June z5.-Ths Pitts
burg police are doing everything IN
their power to establish the identity 81
beautiful girl. about twenty-five
years old, now locked up in q pad6e3
cell after having made two attempts
at suicide. Lieut.. Thomas Carroll szu
her juTAp from the Ninth street 6r56ze
early today and rescued her from sss
river after much df Guilty. Sne re-
fused to saw who she was An hour
later she was two attempts to hang
herself in her cell. using a towel -
moose. She constantly sazes At =
diamond enga cement ring on her left
hand and at a diamond studded cross
on a rosary. The police call hsr tts
girl of mystery
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-26
Turks Devastating Whole Districts and Mas
sacring Defenceless Women and Children
EATING BOILED GRASS AND ROOTS
Only Means of Subsistence of $4,000 Women and Chill
dren Who Have Fled to Escape Turkish Barbarity
$4,000 Turkish Troops Massed Montenegrin
Fronter-Startling Revelations by American.

Vienna. June 25.-Reliable advices
have been received here from Albania
that the situation there is extremely
critical.
$4,000 Turkish Troops Massed.
Turkey has massed $4,000 troops
within "A days march of the Montene-
grin frontier.
Conditions Absolutely Intolerable.
Charles r. Crane of Chicago, who
had just arrived at Vienna from Get
TIME after trrversing Albania. de-
scribcs conditions as absolutely intol-
era bic.
8utchery and Carnage.
The Turks he says, are devastating
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-26
GIRL cHUMs DIED
RATHER THAN PART.
Take Poison by Agreement When Po-
lice Arrive to Take One Home.

-Ridgway. ILL.,, June 25.-FoIlowiug
out a suicide pact. Jessie Goldman
and Lucy Davidson. seventeen and
eighteen years old. respectively, swal-
lowed car5olic acid and died together.
Jessie Goldman had become es-
tranged from her parents and was
living with the other girl. The girls
had heard that the police were likely
to come to take Jessie home and yes
terday afternoon agreed to die if they
appeared. They placed .carpolic acid
in two glasses which were hidden in
their room.
When two constables called at the
house Jessie Goldman asked time in
which to dress. She went to the room
and swalliwed the acid An instant
later Lucy Davidson also swallowed
poison. Both girls died before medi-
cal aid arrived. Both girls had
threatened repeatedly to end their
lives il any attempt to separate them
was made.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-26
Services Of
Thanksgiving
LONDON CHURCHES TAKE NOTE
OF CORONATION.
ENGLISH CATHOLICS HAPPY
First Coronation in Which Tenets of
Their Faith Were Not Condemned
More Winning and Dining.

London, June 25.-According to the
programme arranged by the foreign
office, this evening was set aside for
the entertainment by the resident dip
1omats of the special representatives
of their countries. All the embassies
which were largely family affairs. i.
German Function Most Brilliant.
That at the German embassy was
the most brilliant, Crown Prince Fred
erick William and the Crown Prin-
cess, and Prince Henry of Prussia and
the Princess being the principal guests
At WhiteIaw Reid's Residence.
Among those who dined at Dorehes-
ter house, the residence of Whitelav
Reid, the American anlba ssador, were
John Hays Hammond, the special en-
voy representing President Taft at the
coronation Mrs. Hammond and Miss
Hammond.
In Hammond's Honor.
In honor of Special Envoy Ham
mond's visit to Dorchester house the
decorations. which were one of the
greatest attractions of the past week
were again Illuminated Mr.. and Mrs
Hammond gave a lunch at Strattor
house, the guests including the hered
itary princess of Sake e-Meiningen, sis
ter of the German emperor; Baron Ro-
den of the staff of the princess, Am.
bassador and Mrs. Reid, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles P Taft, and the members OF
the special and regular embassy.
Rode in Royal Motor.
They repaired from there to Baron
Leopold Rothschild's, nearby, to attend
garden rarty.
Rain SpoiIs Garden Parties.
This was one of two important
functions of the kind, the other being
given by John Norton Grifhths, NJ. P.
to the colonial visitors. Both, however
we're spoiled by continuous rain
Thanksgiving Services in Churches.
The foreign churches in London as
well as the English churches held cor
ona ton thanksgiving services Thai
at sne Roman Catholic cathedral OF
Westminster, We're Unusually impres
sive.
No Resentment by English Catholics
1t was the first opportunity for more
than two centuries that the English
Catholics had had of joining theiI
fellow countrymen in rejoicing at the
coronation of a monarch, without feel
ing resentment that the dead hand OF
bygone prejudice made the occasion OF
condemnation of the central tenets oi
their faith.
Pope's Envoy Prays for King ane
Queen.
After the conservation of the Host
the pope's envoy to the coronation,w who
led the service, surrounded by digni-
taries of the cathedral, knelt at tht
high altar and offered prayers for the
king and queen. Later Archbishop
Bourne gave luncheon IN honor o.
the envoy at which the Duke of Nor
folk and other distinguished person
ages were guests.
Later Ambassador and Mrs. Ham
mond went to Windsor in royal mo-
tor with other coronation visitors ant
looked over the palace. They repairf
from there to Baron Leopold Roths-
childs near by to attend a gardeI
party
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-26

Montreal. J1fne Through the col
lapse OF a wharf at King Edward Park,
a pleasure resort on Isle Gross Bols
Bers, twelve miles from here, several
were injured tonight.
Caused Intense Excitement.
The accident caused intense excite
1nent.
Place Packed With People.
The accident occurred in the early
evening, when the place was packed
with hundreds of sightseers awaiting
a ferryboat to convey them to Mon
treal. There was a sharp cracking
of tin1bers.
Crowd Made Vain Effort to Escape.
The crowd tried frantically to re-
treat but it's members were so closely
masSed that escape was Impossible
and hundreds plunged downward in
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-26
Atlantic Fleet to Attack A.ropIsrs..

Washington, June z5.-While strfv-
ing for the development Of aeropisnes
as instruments of offense, the navy de-
partment at the same time is endeaV-
oring to devise means Of DESTROYING
them in case they formed part Of e1
enemy Sc fleet. With this idea In mind,
fifty-eight box Kites representing
heavier than-air machines will be cent
skyward and attacked BY the Atsansfe
fleet during the target practice this
summer on The southern drill grounds.
The exercise will be with small arnz4
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-26
Wharf at King Edward Park, Canadian
Summer Resort, Co1lapses
PEOPLE WAITING FOR A FERRYBOAT
Cracking of Timbers Served Warning But Members of
Crowd Were Tightly Wedged in That They Could
Not Escape-No Deaths Reported But There Were
Many Broken Prompt Work in Rescuing.

the midst of shattered beams and
planks.
Every Ambulance Called.
Every ambulance in the city was
rushed to the city pier when reports of
heavy loss of life became current.
Victims Extricated from Debris.
Cool heads at the park however,
organized rescue parties and the vie
Tins were rapidly extricated from the
debris.
First Aid Given.
First aid measures were employed
and the injured were placed on a
ferryboat and were given medical at
tention.
No Death Reported.
No death has been reported. Broken
limbs seemed to be the most serious
injuries suffered.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-06-26
FATHER SAVED HIMSELF.
HIS TWO SONS DROWN
Leaky Boat Sends Two Young Fish
ernen to Watery Graves.

HeasdviIle, VT, June 25.-Thomas
Wnalen and his two sons, Mark, aged
Is, and Mathew, aged IL, went fishing
on Patch pond. Plymouth. in a leaky
boat today and boys were drowned.
They were well out in the pond when
they discovered that their craft was
filing. While the boys bailed the ia
ther bent to the oars and there was
every prospect OF reaching shore be-
fore the boat sank when one of the
lads became frightened and jumped.
The force of his jump pushed the gun
vale under and a moment later all
three were struggling in the water.
The father was unable to save his
sons and it was with difficulty that he
dragged himself out.