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Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-23
CLUBS CANNOT SELL
 LIQUOR ON SUNDAY.
Judge Foster Hands Out the Law in
 Bridgeport Court.

Bridgeport Conn, May 22.--Judge Poster in the city court today sounded what is believed to be the death knell not only for the so-csiled Sunday clubs but also for the selling of liquor on Sunday by clubs or organizations of any kind in this city, and perha ps throughout the state
 This condition came about through a decision by Judge Foster in the cases of five ''proprietors' and forty -eig ht "frequsntcrs" that were taken in police raids Saturday night and Sunday on five of the smaller clubs. Each of the five principals was fined S100 and costs sni each Of the forty eight others was fined n and costs.
 Judge Foster in deciding the cases declared that clubs had no mora right to sell liquor on Sunday than had an individual no matter how they might be or2a nized or whether they confined their selling to members in good stand ing and excluded members. None of the regular clubs was included in the raids. but this decision. the first ever given on this subject in this city ts taken to apply to all organizations, and the police declare that all clubs will be made 10 obey 1t.
 Appeals were taken in all the cases. the principals giving t200 bonds each and the fpequenters $50 each. It is now believed that test case will be talk an to the state supreme court, which has never ruled on the question.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-23
Death Claims Six at Pittsburg, Two at Bos-
 ton and Two at Baseball Games
STRICKEN WHILE WATCHING CIRCUS
Troy Man Expired Before Aid Could Reach Him-Mer-
 cury Climbed Up to 1O1 at Lewiston, Me.-Prostra-
 tions Reported in all Sections of New England Cooler in Central States-Lower Temperature Today.

mercury registering from s2 to s5 1r< grees, northern Vermont today ezperf- enced unusually high temperatzrr< <1v this time of year. It has been unoonr- fortabiy warm here for the past fo,sr days.
 1o1 at Lewiston, Me.
 Lewiston, Me, May 2z.-Noe ssn>s the local weather bureau was ssss1- lished in 1885 has such exereuss keas been experienced in this city as wzs recorded today when the official tfzex- mometer registered 101. U5sonozaf fn. struments in the street, partly touchnf by the sun, showed the mercury cfinn- ing to 120.
 90 in Shade in 5erkshirss.
 Great Harrington, Mass, May zz-- This section of the Berl1shirss ezpsxt- enced the hottest and most humid 1nv in the memory of It's oldest irhabftsofs today. Thermometers in the shads fn- dicated a. temperature exceeding 90 d. grees.
 Showers Cool Of Pitts5Ura.
 Pittsourg, Pa, May 22.-shover- s,- night and 3 light easteriy breeze s1ras< what lesseaed the excessive heat lr which PittsoIrg and vicinity has six- zled for a week. The official ternpsva< ture today again scored %.
 Six Deaths from Heat. Six deaths were recorded today. zngs DCOStra-tO1S were numerous. No dYcr< in temperature is expected for several days by weather officials.
 es at Cleveland. Cleveland, O.. May 22.-Hos vs4zshsr was still with Cleveland today, ths of- ficial temperature being ss. May Heat Records Broken. Albany. N. Y, May 22e-AH heat rso- ords for the month of May in ss yssrs were broken today. The mercury reached 96 degrees in ths United 5<atss weather bureau. The hunni5fty v9ss q per cent. this morning, but ft decFe.s- ed during the day. No prossrstfons were reported.
 | Heat and Excitement Killed Hin.
 Troy, N. Y, May 22.-Charies R. Hri. paying teller of the 9scursfy Truss company of this city. dropped dean here today while witnessing close and exciting game of baseball between two state league teams It is thought that the excessive heat and the exciteusuE caused by the game, which had gons | twefvc innings with the score 7 tis. brought on an acute attack Of bear1 failure. Mir. Hill was about 50 years old and unmarried.
 Overcome Watching Circus Parade.
 Troy, N r., May 2z.-Today vas ths | hottest May g in fifteen years. and there were many heat prostrations An unknown man while watching a. circus parade was overcome by the heat azd | died before medical aid reached him. Several others are seriously Hl ss 7 result of the heat.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-23
LEAD cAsKET OPENED.
Placed in Corner Stone of Stamford Congregational Church 64 Years tss,

The Ieaden caslset containing ners~ papers and periodicals which ras sealed up in the corner stone of ths Stamford Congregational church, rs- gently razed, was opened at a meeting last week.
 Teh shaII was filled with ci1tncn n5--a- bers. who had come to see the ops11rE of the casket, which was sealed srld embedded in the stone work Of t1S church 54 years ago, by Thomas H. Brown. master mason. Mir. Broz1 z two daughters, Mrs. Israel Prior and Mrs H. w. Thomas, were present oS1 Mrs. Holley Seoaeld and Mrs. Jufia H. Powell and Mrs. Julia B. St. John, cns only other living persons who wers members of the church at the time 0S it's erection, were not there.
 The opening of the lead box was cor - ducted by the pastor of the cn1rcrs Rev. L. F. Berry. after 3 short devo- tional service. It was sccOr1piisned with some difficulty, the box being made of heavy lead, which required great force to cut
 The box before opening weighed 1-2 pounds and measured eight 0y five by two inches. It contained tTo copies of the Weekly Advocate. oated June 23 1851; copies of the New York Herald. Tribune. and Times of June 9. the New York Independent for thS week, the Messenger, a monthly ptaDli- cation of tHe American Tract soc1etys a grand list of the state of Connectlc1ts a church manual giving Bst of tn9 church members for the year l5Sa. ana an historical letter. written oy WDHar1 H. Holly. then editor of the Advocate. giving the details in regard to ths building of the church. There were also found in the box three pennies. a large copper one of 1856. and two Of tns flying eagle design Of ,ali ef eouEs5 in excellent shape. The newspapers were fresh and had not been yeiio~eo by the action of the air.
 The box and it's contents are in tho hands of Charles A--Berry, clerk of tn5 church, who will guard them untli ln5 neSv church is ready for its rGrneg stone laying. The old stone. with it's weather baten face. will be set In tHs wall, but facing inward. 90 that t may be read from the Vestibule. wnSe tn4 new stone will face outward as usz1<
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-23
Dutiable CreOs0te Admitted Free at New
 Orleans as CreOsote Oil
MILLIONS LOST BY THE GOVERNMENT
Former Collector of Customs Testifes Before House Committee-States That Secretary McVeagh Told Him Railroads Could Not Afford to Pay Ii, Hence Ruling Was Reversed-Another Witness Heard.

MacVeash Influenced by His Instinct.
 Allan L. Benson hald toio the com mittee already in executive session, that Stuart told him of the remark that Secretary MacVeagh is alleged to have made. Benson also visited the secretary of the treasury to inquire about the creosote ruling. He told the committee that MT. MacVeagh inform ed him that his instinct told me my assistant, Mir. Curtis. had done right in reversing the decisron in favor of the railroads
 creosote Preserves RaiIr6ad Ties.
 When the committee asked if MT. MacVeagh gave any reason, MT. Ben son replied:
 MT. Macveagh said that timber was becoming very scarce in this what he could to preserve and con- serve what timber we have. He stated that this creosote is a preservative and increases the length of life of ties and that the railroads should be encour aged in every way to use it. He said with the railroads whether they paid the duty or not.
 Said Railroads Ought to Be Encour-
 aged.
 q tried to get him to repeat the
 
 to me. that Secretary MacVeagh had once told him the railroads could not afford to pay. duty on creosote. | did not want to ask him outright whether he made that statemens, so l asked questions that would give him an op- portunity to make the statement if he desired. He did not say it to me in so many words, but he did broach that question by saying that the rail- roads ought to be encouraged to use that preservative.
 MacVeagh's Brother Pleased.
 He also said his brother Wayne had called on him one day to inquire what the department was going to do in the creosote matter and he said he told him that they were going to ad- init it free; and that his brother said that was right"
 Curtis to Testify Later.
 Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Curtis was present at the hearing to- day and turned sever TO- the sconnit1ee some correspondence relating to the creosote controversy. He will be call- ed a a witness before the committee later in the week Chairman Cox said that the inquiry into the creosote i'm port question would be prolonged for some time.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-23
Growth in Exportation in 1911.
Special to The Bulletin.)


 Washir gton, May 19-Exports from the United States in the fiscal year 1911 will probably exceed by about 300 million dollars the figures of last year and cross the two billion dollar line
 The figures of exports of the bureau of statistics, department of commerce and labor, for the ten months ending with April show an excess of 26S nnii- lion dollars over those in the core spending months of last year and for the single month of April an excess of 25 million dollars over April of last year, thus indicating that the growth In exports will approximate 300 mil lion dollars, and the total exports of the year probably exceed two billion dollars
 The cause of so large a growth in certain articles as to overcome the loss in certain other articles and still ere ate gain of 26S million dollars over the figures of last year is chiefly the high price Of cotton and the increased outward movement of manufa cures Exports of cotton for the ten months ending with April show alone an in crease of 1i3 million dollars over the corresponding months of last year, the total value of cotton exported in the ten months ending April being 549 million dollars, against 406 million in the same months of last year. Copper for the nine months snding with March shows an increase of about six mill lion dollt rs; automobiles, an increase from 13 million dollars to 3-4 mill lion; machinery, g 3-4 million dollars againsr 57 IA million in the same months of the prior year; while n many less important articles of manu- facture a marked increase in total value and a marked percentage in gain Is shown. Manufactures for use in manufacturing show a gain in exports from 200 million dollars in the nine months ending with March, 1910. to 225 million in the scorresponding months of 1911, and manufactures ready for con- sumption. from 361 million dollars in the nina months of 1910 to 431 million in the corresponding months of 1911 Manufactures readT for consumption show an increase Of nearly 70 million dollars in the nine months ending with March. and manufactures for further use in manufs curing. an increase of 25 million during the same period
 The chief causes of the large in- crease in 1911 over 1910 are found in the large exrortation and high price of cotton ard the large exportation of manufactures
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-23

Boston, May 22.-The heat blanket, which oppressed Boston and all New England today smothered life out Of two persons in this city and more than a score of others were prostrat- ed by the suns powerruf rays and a high humidity.
 Doctor CoIIapses in Subway. Dr. Albert H. Hayes. "A years old, Of the Back Bay district, collapsed in the Scollay square subway station and died a few minutes later.
 Died at Open Window.
 Seated in the chair which she had lief, Mrs. Elizabeth Hanley, aged SO years, was found dead m her home in the South End, late today
 Some Relief Today. t Washington, May Somewhat Tuesday; it will change little else where throughout the country during the next 4S hours This was the weather bureaus epitome of the hot wave situation tonight. It offered lit tie hope for relief to practically the entire country.
 Central States More Comfortable.
 The central states along the Missis- sippi river are about the only terri tories that are not swelterlng. Mod crate temperatures prevail there. ac- cording to weather advices.
 Yuma Hottest Place in Country.
 Lewiston, Me. was the hottest city in the east today with temperature of 101. arlington registered 94 But Yuma Arizona. was the hottest place in the United States, with a rec ord of 1o2.
 Showers in Lake Regions.
 Showers and thunder storms have mitigated conditions in the lake re- gions and the eastern gulf states.
 Prostration at Waterbury.
 Waterbury, Conn. May 22.-Charles Sidwick, employed at the Chase roll ing mills, was removed to St. Mary's hospital this afternoon, suffering from heat prostration.
 Died from Heat at Ball Game. New York, May 22-H was a hot day in New York with at least one deatf credited ii the weather. A man whose cards bore the name of Edmund F Bierbaum dropped dead in his seat al the American league park just befers the New York and PittsbuFg Natl ona baseball game today. It was a case heat.
 Five Suicides Due to Heat.
 There were number of prostrations and five suicides which may have beer due to the uncomfortable weather The temperature reached S3 and the percentage of humidity 5S.
 Hot in Vermont.
 St. AFbans, Vt, May 22.-With the
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-23
LOVERS DROWNED IN
 CONNECTICUT RIVER
Canoe in Which Springfield Party Was
 Boating, Cspsized.

Thompsonville. Conn, May 21.-El- wyn Mecun. 22 years old. and Miss Annie Rooney. 23 years old, both of Springfield were drowned fp the Con- necticut river a mile north of here 1sfe today when the canoe in which thev. Earl Warner, and Miss Ruth Me- cum. also of Sprin sneld, capsized The party had come down the river from Springfield. about seven miles, when V Is thought in changing seats the canoe overturned. The cries of the people in the water were heard by three men who were passing in a launch, and they went 10 their rescue bT on their arrival found only Warner and Miss Mecum struggling in the water. the other two having gone to the bottom.
 Fffords to find the bodies of the vic tins were kevt up until after 10 o'clock tonight without result. and the search was stopped to be continued tomorrow morning.
 The drowned couple were engaged and were to have been married soon
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-23
LAKE MoHoNk CONFERENCE
 TO BE HELD THIS WEEK
Proposed Anglo American Treaty to
 Be Leading Topic.

Mohonk Lake. N. Y, May 21.-Ar- engagements are practically completed for the annual meeting of the Lake Mohor conference on interna tionaI arbitration which at its three days sessions beginning Wednesday, will bring together more than three hun dred prominent persons.
 President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia university will preside, and it is expected that in his opening address he will say much of interest concerning the Carnegie endowm ent fer international peace of which he is a trustee. James Brown Scott, sec retary of the endowment. will also be among the spectators. Baron D'Es- tournelles de Constant of Paris, Rev F. W. Simeleit of Berlin, and the dean of Worcester and Dr. John Clifford of England, will be among the foreign CTS to deliver addresses
 The Anglo-American arbitration treaty now being negotiated will be a leading topic.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-23
Retirement of
 Diaz This Week
BELIEVED HE WILL QUIT WED-
 NEsDAY OR THURSDAY.
REBELS WILL NOT DISBAND
Will Be Kept MobiIized Until Complete Order is Restored-"centifco7 EIe- ment Expected to Make Trouble.

Juarez, Mexico. May 22-Peace reigns supreme in northern Mexico to- night wherever news of the signing of a peace agreement last night has pen setrated. The only disqufeting reports today were private advices from Mex ico City that members of the "centi- fco'' party, deposed beeause of the Maderista movement, were thinking of starting 0 revolution against the latter.
 "Centifieo" Element May Make Trou-
 bic.
 Trouble from the "certifico'' element, it is admitted here. is expected; but whether it will take the form of arm ed revolt after Madero assumes power is not yet clear. It is not thought that the Mexican people will rally. to any revolutionary movement for some time and the opposition from the cen tifcos," it is believed. really will be in the nature of vigorous political ac- tivity.
 Rebels Will Be Kept MobiIized.
 The insurrecto troops may be kept al the various garrisens in Mexico for a few months in readiness for. trou- ble. but no definite plans along that line have been formed by Senor Ma dero. He intends to see that the guar antees are carried out by the installa- ton of good governors and his inten- tion at present is to keep the troops nobiiized merely until complete order be restored.
 Makeup of the Cabinet.
 Senor Madero and his present chiefs today discussed the makeup of the new cabinet which is to surround Senor De La Barra. the incoming provisional president The most gratifying news to them was the receipt of a qnessa ge from ETnesto Madero az Monterey, an- nouneing that he would accept the portfolio of finance.
 Diaz May Retire This Week. retire on Wednesday or Thursday of this week increased the activity of Se- nor Madero in preparing for depart ure tc the Mexican capital. Should the Mexican railway line from here southward be out of commission by the end of the week. it is likely that Senor Maderc will go through San Antonio and Laredo, Texas.
 Madero Gan Pass Through Texas.
 Warrants held by American officers for violating the neutrality laws when he was in American territory have been waived and he has been assured of unrnolested passage through Texas.
 Casualties of Battle Of Juarez.
 Revised estimates today of the cas- ualties of the battle or Juarez place the total number killed at 1S0. with about 200s wounded. Of these the fed erals are believed to have lost 150 killed and 100 wounded.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-23
GREEN LOSES HIS SUIT
 AGAINST ROYAL ARcANUM. Will Be Taken to Highest New York
 Court for Settlement.

New York, May 22.-The appellate division has reversed a. judgment of Supreme Justice Kelly, which granted permanent injunction restraining the supreme council of the Royal Ar eanum from suspending Samuel Green for non payment of dues.
 Green, a member, of De Witt Clin- ton chapter, joined the order in 1883, when the dues were S1.81 each quar- ter Later they were increased to S3.O4 a quarter and then to $6.87, the pres ent rate. He paid under protest and brought suit.
 Justice Kelly decided that at the time Green joined the order he signed what was practically contract. The appellate division holds that when Green became an Arcanumite he agreed to abide by the rules and regulations and all changes that might hereafter be made.
 The case will go to the court of appeals.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-23

Washington. May 22.-Testifying be- fore the house committee on expendi- lures in the treasury department to- day. J. E. E. Stuart, former collector of customs at Newport News said that Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh told him that the department reversed & ruling calling for collection of a twenty per cent. duty on creosote i'm portations because the railroads could not afford to pay duty on that com- modity
 Macveash's Brother Interested.
 Another witness testified that Sec retsry MacNeagh's brother interested himself in the matter.
 Stuart Goes Before Committee.
 Mir Stuart, who instigated an inves- tieation into ereosote imports at New Orleans last fall. charging that the government was losing millions in rev. enues because creOsote, dutiable at twenty per cent. ad valorem, was be- ing admitted as creosote oil free of duty. was summoned before the com fnittee as the result of testimony giv- en previously in executive session by Allan l.. Benson.
 No Duty Collected at New Orleans.
 Stuart related that he found no duty was being collected at New Or lesns from foreign ships whose man ifests showed their cargoes to be cre- osote and that the cargoes were re- ceived as creosote oil, which is on the free list.
 Curtis Stopped the Collection.
 He said last September Assistant Secretary of the Treasury A. Piatt Andrew ordered that duty be collect ed on such imports anc that subse- Cuently Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Curtis reversed the order on the ground that the goods were not subject to revenue because they did not contain as much as two per cent. chlorine gas and coulo not be classed ss refined creosote. He said that he called on Mir Curtis and was inform cd of the decision ana then visited Secretary MacNeagh. who explained the decision.
 Railroads Could Not Afford to Pay It.
 Did Mir. WacEeagh give any req son for the order2' Chairman Cox of the committee asked
 Yes" Stuart replied. The said that the railroads could not afford to pay duty on it,
 Was that the only reason he gave% asked the chairman.
 That is the only one I recall.' was the reply.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-23
HORRIBLE DEED OF
 A BEREAVED WOMAN
Killed Herself and Children to Join
 Her Dead Husband.

New York, May 22.-Mrse Gesene Schroeder. a widow, and her children Henry and May, aged 12 and 10 years, joined their husband and father in death today after mourning him for eighteen months. A policeman and 8 neighbor to whom Mrs. Schroeder had penned lest night her plan to die found them in their rooms in Brooklyn with gas pouring from half a dozen jets. The children lay as if in sleep in their beds. The mother, fully dressed, was stretched beside them, and on chairs near by were neatly folded garments for their burial
 There was a note in German on the dresser, saying:
 'I am almost out of my mind. My little girl is not feeling well. either. She is crying all the time and would rather die with mamma than stay here. Henry feels the same. I have alway 5 lived right. but nobody knows what it is to be alone. I give my children ln Gods care, for we have all been in agony as long as we can stand it. It is terrible to be torn from the husband you love"
 Henry Schroeder, the husband and father. left s2,0o0 when he died. Of this his widow saved $1,700 which she directed should be sent to her mother in Germany.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-23
WOMEN BLAMED FOR
 HIGH PRICE OF BEEF
Livestock Man Lays Price fberesss to
 Growth of Their Clubs

New York, May 22.-Tne growth of wognen's clubs has contributed directly toward increa sing the price of beef, in the opinion of William Skinner. pr>s- ident of the International Live Stocs association. who Is in this ctty.
 When a woman goes to the meet ing of her club in the afternoon" Nr. Skinner said today. the chances ars that she will not be on her way nor7s much before 5.30. She wsnss her dinner to be ready in short ordsr. 90 she selects the meat of least resistance This applies to women vVno do fhefs own, work, and there are pieatS. AL though the most nutritious, the boEer- priced meats cannot be considered by this class, so she pays the sop prscs on club days and her household pills are just that much higher.
 Tn my judgment it will rsqUirs avs years to readtust ths price of beef ts a lower level''
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-23
STATE POLICE.
Summary of Work During Years 0
 190e-191O.

Following is a summary of state po- lice work for 1909-1910:
 In 1909, number of prosecutions, 316; of these for violations of license law, 167.
 In 1910, number of prosecutions. s46 :; of these for violations of license law, 200.
 Number of different towns in which prosecutions were made, 6l: of these there were no-license, 29; license, 32.
 Of the total prosecutions for the two years there were in no- license towns, 29; in license towns, 26S.
 Jail sentences imposed Gin 1909), ?; acquitted 2; nolled without costs, 4 j; Dolled with costs. IT.
 Convictions 344 out of total 367 cases.
 Fines imposed 1909. ss,1os: in 1910, 13,967; total, $23,078
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-23
THE WEATHER BUREAU
 TO BE INVESTIGATED
Western Farmers Complain of MisIead. |.
 ing Predictions.

Washington. May 21.--Complaints by farmers and fruit growers in the west that the weather bureaus forecasts cannot be depended on and that disas- trous results 10 crops often have fol- lowed erroneous predictions form the basis of the decision reached by the house committee on expenditures in ths asricultnral department to investi- gate the weather bureau.
 The committee also will look into charges persistently made by James Barry. former chief of the climatolog- Teal division. against the management 0f the bureau.