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Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-22
VALE LAW SCHOOL
 ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
College Degree Now Called For.

New Haven, Conn, F'eh 21.-It wAt announced tonight that the Yale LAS school has still further advanced thq requirements of admission so n tG limit 1t now to graduates of approved standing of colleges and unfversitiea having d degree of art science or phtf< osophy: secondly, seniors in Yale col- lege who have elected courses that Aro Co bo credited upon the nav legT0A and thirdly, special students nnainta1l< ing A and B stands on exnminak3bt1 and who, advance ae rsg,ilAF student1 to the second year class. They will AA- tain their degree if they maintain fhelI stand. These rules will appay- except In . few causes where otudentH o4fl convince the dean that they have prs< pared under the old r,Ae of adm1sstouh Tho old qualification of tsto yeaf4 college study or its equivalent aUphGA to admission of special stxdents.
 The new requirement. of a dssxo0 1nt admission practically puts into cot04 an existing arrangement, AS all bt14 tflfee of the present first class nost hold college degrees. Dean Roge1s 61 the schoct favored the college 'deG1e4 as m adn1lsstoh requirement. when thu change fequirtAg twsp years study wa4 mad0 some years ago.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-22
ACTIVITY IN COULD
 RAILWAY COMPANIES. But Other Interests Deny Coming Ab q sorption and TranscontinsntA Read Planned.

New York, Feb. 21.-Increassd actiw \ ity today in the various securities o3 the so- called Gould railway c0MpaAao4 q served to call renewed attentiop to ru-s mors of further absorption of tAsss properties by Standard Oil- Kuhn, Loeb interests, a step in which was marked recently with George J. Gould's an> nouncement of his forthc0Ming retare- ment from the presidency of the Mis~ souri, Pacific.
 Wall Street Prophecies RadieaS
 Changes.
 Representatives of the Standard Otl- Kuhn Loeb interests deny they hsd been embarked upon a campaign fo1 absolute control of the Gould proper q ties or that they had in mind any transcontinental road from Denverl with those properties as a nucleus. Wall street believes. how ever, that be- fore many months further radical chAnges Of ownership, with moro or less elfmination of the sGould iAhu- ences, wil1 be shown.
 Enorm0us Trade in Wabash Fours.
 Tho feature of the morning session on the stock exchange was the strength of Wabash fours which were again traded in to an enormous extent. They advanced to n 5-S, gain of more than three points from yesterdays closing Business in these bonds during the fuS hour aggregated over $1.oo6,000 (pAr valae). while Missouri Pacific converti- . bles and Wabash Pitssburg terminal bonds also were very active.
 Tn the stock department there WAS great activity in Missouri Pacific. DenA yer and Rio Grande, Texas and Pacif0 and other Gould shares at advanciqo prices. On the curb Western PaN1Wo sizes lost some of their recent advaucD at the outset, but soon recovered.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-22
Paid $35 And Stood By To See film Hit
 In The Head With An Axe
TESTIMONY AGAINST MRS. CUSUAdANO
Italian Woman on Trial at Plymouth Mass Body Was Found in the Surf off Sunbeam Beach-e Nine Year Old Daughter Also on the Stand Aaainst Her Mother Broke Down Under Questioning

They gave it to him, one blow In th4 neck with the axe"
 Body Wrapped in Guilt M
 Where is he buried?' the question% CT persisted, according to her teSu% n1ony. ."He isn't buried, but. wrapped in q qililt, tied with wire, and thrown into the seq at o'clock" Mrs. Cusurnan0 is said to have replied.
 The witness said that a few days later she read of the finding of tho body in the surf at Hull, under condt < tons exactly similar tothose which had been described by her sister M
 When the afternoon session of the court opened, Accuisa Cusumano, tho g year old daughter Of Mrs. Cl,euniax1a. who broke down while tegtify1n4 against her mother this morning. waa on the stand for cross examinataons She told practically the same story she had told in direct examination
 Will Be Night Sessions of Court.
 Judge Scofield has ordered night sesJ sions of court beginning tonight and continuing until the trial is ended.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-22

Plymouth, Mass, Feb. 21.--That she paid $35 to have her husband put out of the way and stood by and saw hifl murdered; was the admission credited to Mrs. Lena Cusumano by her own sister today, when the latter testified at the trial of Mrs. Cusumano on the murder charge ill the superior court. The sister, Mrs. Accuisa De Legarto of Boston, testified as a witness for the prosecution that Mrs. Cusumano vis-5 fter her home a few days before the body of Frank Cusunano was found in the surf at Sunbeam Beach.
 Sure He Was Dead.
 The two women were discussing the mans strange disappearance when, ec- cording to the witness, Mrs. Cusumano said:
 My head told me to have him kill ed. I paid $35 and had him killed"
 Are you sure he. is dead, aren't they fooling you?'' tthe sister asked. The reply of Mrs. Cusumano as given by the witness was:
 T saw it done with my own eyes.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-22
BALLOON TRIP TOO
 COLD IN ZERO WEATHER Mr. and Mrs. BarIatier. Going to Montreal. Forced to Descend

Summerstown, Ont. Feb. 21.-In- tense cold of the upper atmosphere yesterday forced MT. and Mrs. Emelie Barlatier, who were trying to go from Ogdensburg to Montreal i'll the bal- loon Lapresse, to descend here, with their journey only half completed. They had covered about fifty miles. following general northeasterly course over the St. Lawrence river.
 Ogdensburg, N. Y. Feb. 21.-Muffied in furs. Mir and Mrs Barlatier braved near-zero weather and a. cutting southwest wind in the first winter ball. loon flight ever made in this part of the country. TNe French aeronaut and his wife sailed away toward Montreal 120 miles away, at s.15 Sunday night They swung low over the city and dis appeared in the direction of Montreal amid the cheering of several thousand spectators.
 The night was clear and cold, the ,tfern1ometer registering eight de- grees above zero. The balloonists had a stock of provisions sufficient to last them two days.
 The course of the balloon was fol- lowed for some time by a ffashlight which Mime. Barlatier carried and which she flashed over the side of the basket. This was her first experience of the kind.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-22
HUMAN sHUTTLEcock.
Benjamin RosenthaI Going Back to
 Russia on Next Ship.

New York, Feb. 19.-Benjamin Ros- enthal. a human shuttlecoclz, who has been tossed backward and forward be- tween this port and Panama the past two months will be deported to Rus Sia on the first available slliu.
 RosenthaI is a native of Russia, but was charged, when he came to the United States from Panama, with be- ing identified with traffic in women for immoral purposes. Panama declined to receive him when he was first re- turned there, and sent him back to the United States. This went on until now the immigration authorities have de- cided that the United States, although 1t cannot compel the steamship com pany to return the man to Russia at it's expense, can better afford to pay his fare than be further troubled with him.
 If Russia refuses to receive him he will find hin1self a man without q country or flag, while the steamship company will be. in a predicament re- garding his final disposition.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-22
WESLEYAN FRESHMEN WON ANNUAL CANNON SCRAP
Got Cannon on the Campus Before
 Sophomores Knew 1t.

Middletown. Conn. Feb. 21-The an- nuaI cannon scrap between the two lower classes at Wesleyan university was won tonight by the freshmen, who succeeded in getting the cannon on to Andrus' field and Keeping pos session of it for fifteen minutes. Con trary to the usual custom, the scrap was on the back campus used as the athletic field and which was several inches deep with snow.
 In order to detect the freshmen when they attempted to drag the can non on the field the sophomores built large bonfires and a portion of the bieachers on the field was used as material. The freshmen succeeded in eluding tho sophomores and had the cannon on the field before they were discovered and retained possession of it for fifteen minutes and then took it out on to the front campus, where it was fired. Owing to the intense cold there were%but few spectators.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-22
Income Tax
 Is Favored
WoRkINcMEN WANT POWER
 GIVEN TO CONGRESS.
TO LAY THE TAX
Much Interest at Hartford on sPro-
 posed Amendment to Federal Con-
 titution--Hartford c. L. U. Appears

Hartford, Feb. 21-This was a field day for committee hearings at the capitol, there being in all 110 matters assigned for hearings. The largest crowd was in the Judiciary room, where more than a score of local judgeships were on the list, there be- ing several contests. The matter of a bill to clarify the title of land for the new postofice at New Haven was heard before the cities and boroushs committee.
 Considerable interest was taken in the hearing before. the committee on federal relations on Representative Meltzer's resolution to ratify a pro posed amendment to the federal con- stitution to allow congress to lay an income tax. The measure was ex- plained by MT. Meltzer. This is a different measure than that which comes over from the last session as ! unfinished business and which rneAs- ure was referred to by Governor Baldwin in hiss inaugural measure.
 Income Tax Is Good One.
 T. NJ. Crowley of Hartford, repre- senting the Workingmen's Political league. and Mayor Fisher of Middle town, representing the Hartford Gen. tral Labor union, advocated such pow : CT being given to congress. Said Mir. Fisher: T advocate the income tax because l believe 1t is good tax. It Is income alone that makes it pos sible for a man to. pay taxes. The income tax has been found uniformly a good tax. The Hartford Central La . Dor union is composed of 5000 bright, alert men who favor the tax.
 Over 5000 Will Pay in Connecticut.
 ''The income tax is in a sense in- quisitorial,. but it has proved more satisfactory than any alternative tax. Three-fourths of the taxes raised in this country are raised by the general property tax and they, of course. fall heaviest on poor people. There are probably 100000 taxpayers in Connec- ticut and between 5000 and 1o,0 900 would contribute to the income tax"
 G. W. Hull of Bristol said that to reject the bill would arouse greater dissatisfaction among the masses than there is at present.
 Argument in Opposition.
 Francis H. Parker, in the heuss last session. spoke in opposition to the proposed amendment. He said this matter should be determined not by a count of noses. We had better go pretty slow in .neddling with our fun dam ental law" he said. Theory and practice widely differ The sdiffcul- ties surrounding the income tax are unsurmountable. At what point will you begin to tax incomes? Wherever you draw the line what about the equity and justice of it? Should a man receiving s3.s99 be exempt, while the man who receives $4,0o0 be tax ed?v
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-22
INTERESTS AFFECTED
 WERE NOT CONSULTED
Statement Brought Out in Senate
 Hearing on ReeiProeity.

Washington. Feb. 21.-By adroit questioning, Senator Hale of Maine who took a prominent role today in opposing the Canadian reciprocity agreement in the hearings given by the senate committee on finance, put into the record statements by wit nesses that President Taft, Secretary of State Knox and the American com missioners had failed to consult any of the interests affected by the agree ment negotiated.
 Ruin 0Isuesstsr Fishermen.
 The strongest statement in this re- Gardner of MAssachusstts, who ap- peared in the interest of the Gloucester fisheries. After, predicting that the effect of the Canadian agreement would be to ruin the fishing interests of this country which are centered ai Gloucester. which prediction was based upon the effect Of Canadian bounties paid to heN fishermen and the subsi- dized warehouses of Canada, MT Gardner was catechized by Senator Hale. The Maine senator developed Mr. Gardner's interest in the subject
 Were you ever consulted by any one about the effect the proposed industry in advance of the agreement being sent in here ?"axked Mr. Hale
 One Minute for cenferencs.
 q called at the office of secretary of state. but I was unable to see him was told that could have one min ute. I saw the president. He told me he was interested in my statement, but was not able to discuss it. He gave me to understand that the question was a closed issue"
 Do you know if either of the Mas sachusetts sehatOrs, who are familiar with this subject and the contents o1 the agreement. were consulted by the president or the secretary of state, o1 anyone?' asked MT. Hale.
 Not that 1 ever heard of. I can't answer for others replied MT. Gard
 From tho Indiana Grange.
 Aaron Jones of the Indiana grange told the committee that the farmers depended upon the senate to kill the agreement.
 MT. Hale asked him what he had in senators could prevent the agreement coming to a vote if they wanted to.
 Well, the president is pretty deter ininea,'' said Mr. Hale. What if we fall down before he does ?''
 Free Trade for Everybody in I've
 Years
 MT. Jones replied that he had been voting the republican ticket for years and served notice that if there was to be free trade for farmers there would have to be free trade for everybody else, and that within two years Raising his voice to a high pitch, he said:
 Go Along Without Jones.
 T voted for Abraham Lincoln and have voted for every republican pres ident since, but if the republican party is to follow this course, by the eter- Jones'"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-22
MADE MAXIMUM SPEED
 OF a1.5sa KNOTS.
Torpedo Boat Destroyer on First Trial
 Trip.

Roclriand, Me. Feb. 11.--The torpedo boat destroyer Trippe attained a maxi mum speed of 31.668 knots an hour on her ofFicid acceptance standardization trial today.
 Tho Trippe was sent over the course 70 timeA three extra runs being ne- esssitAfed by the failure of the count : srs so show the record of one run at the end of the series. The mean of the i've runs ,at the highest speed was sl2SS. The maximum horse power de- vetoed vas 1S.54S The trial and sub asquent anchor and steering tests were aunouncsd as thoroughly successful. Late this afternoon the frippe started away on her four hour full speed run, on which she must average 29 1-2 Knofs to come within contract require msnfs.
 Capt Thomas Hnowden is president of ths board of Inspection and survey and Commander c. F. Hughes is re- ssr6er- Lieut. F. D. Derr1en. who is to commend the ship when 1t is in com miesion- was aboard. The navigating 1ficsr ie Capt. Charles w. DineIey of Dafh. The Tripps'B displacement to- day was 525 tons.
 Tho record for this class is held by shs 6sstroysr PAuid1ng, . sister ship of tho Tr1pps. which eovsred her fastest mf1e on her confederation test at the rate ef SS.S4 knots an hour.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-22
DENY ALL KNOWLEDGE
 OF CORRUPTION FUND.
Hyde and Gardner on the Stand Know Nothing of Attempted Bribery Either

New York Feb. 21.-Charles B. Hyde the city chamberlain, and Frank J. Gardner a former state senator, both denied today that they knew anything about a corruption fund to defeat the Hart-Agnew racing bill, or an attempt to bribe Congressman Otto G. Foelker, then a state senator, to vote against ,if,a bill But Gardner did swear ne had been informed that F'oelker was willing to accept money, and he re- peated his testimony hearsay that FoellSer was promised $15,0e0 and took $1e.000.
 Wives Contradict HaIrs Testimony.
 The chamber.ain's examination was brief That of Gardner. who is the de- that Gardner approached him with an offer of $I2 GOO for his vote, was mora minute. Both Mrs. Gardner and Mra. George ". Hall, in whose presence Gardner ahd Hall were said to have discussed the distribution of the fund, denied that they had ever been any such conversation in their hearing. Hall testified yesterday that there had been.
 Gardner's Denial in Detail.
 Gardner denied the accusation in general, and the testimony introduced by the people in minute particular. He didn't remember that on the day the
 
 had any compartment coming down on the train from Albany; he denied that he met Foel1er on the train; that he invited him into any room; that he of fered to pay him any money or that they discussed the bill anywhere al any time He swore he was not even in Albany during the special session at which the Dill was passed.
 Where Detective Maxwell Came In.
 to lat tive. has testified for the state that Gardner sent him on a mission to offer FoeIker money. Gardner's account to- day was this:
 Maxwell came into my office and told me Floyd Adams Ca Brooklyn said he would vote again the bill If proper arrangements could be made. told him I was no longer interested ln the matter"
 Elder Asked About Corruption Fund.
 Instead of telling District Attorney Elder about . $Bo0,00 corruption fund, Gardner testified today that Elder sent for him to, tell him about the rumor of such a fund and to ask the truth. .sI told him all knew was what read had read in the newspapers, swore Gardner.
 confinuing, he quoted MT. Elder as follows:
 :" Frank, I understand that Foeiker has beonf. promised $16,00o and took $10,o0o.
 "Elder said to me that if he could give Governor Hughes 8 report ot the exact conditions of things in Albany there wa d chance of his being ap- pointed fo the supremee court bsnch.,'
 In relating his association with Hait formerly his empIoye, Gardner testified that I1all had . grwdge against nlnl; The hearing was adjourned un1l ThursdAy.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-22
ANOTHER JUNIOR" PERSONAL Supposed to Be Connected with Dor
 othy Arnold Case.

New York, Feb. 21--Another ot the mysterious personal advertise nents signed by Junior the pseudo nyrn which has been attributed tc George s. Gfiscon, Jr.. appeared in the newspa pers here today. Its source was not definitely traceable. It read:
 Expect R home this week; mat ters going fine; think affairs will be arranged to satisfaction by Thursday y Junior"
 In the face of these mysterious ad- vertisements Francis R. Arnold de- clared that he had no idea that the author of them could be in communi- cation with his missing daughter, Dor othy. He was positive she is dead and declared again that evidence has been laid before the district attorney that crime had been committed starting with Kidnapping along Fifth avenue.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-22

If it was used for corrupt purposes and an election resulted from it's use"
 Applause from tho Galleries.
 A burst of applause resounded from
 soh." exclaimed MT. Bailey it is a fair measure of the intelligence of the audience'
 Then the Hiss.
 Then the hiss was heard.
 Declaring there was not a scintilla of evidence connecting MT. Lorimer with the charge of bribery, MT. Bailey asked MT. Beveridge if he believed Browne, Broderick and Wilson had supplied the money. and the Indiana senator replied in the negative, ex- furnished to them. The Texas sena- tor then declared that if there had actually been money in the possession of Holtzlaw. Beckemeyer, Link and White, It's source easily could have been traced. No effort had been made. he said, to show that five cents had been drawn from Lorimer's bank, and he argued that if money had been used for MT. Lorimer the bank books would have shown this fact.
 Appeal to Common Sense.
 MT. Crawford. interrupting, said common sense led to the presumption that those who profited by the tran saction furnished the money.
 MT. Bailey was just as compliment ator suggests g resort to the rules of common sense. he should not violate such rules himself" he said. The trouble, he said, was that it was as- stunned that money had been used as the witnesses charged.
 Then" said MT Beyeridge, "it was all dream
 "No, not a dream; it was all a lie.p responded MT. Bailey.
 Does not the senator believe that Holztlaw deposited the $2.5o0 as ap- pears in evidence" MT. Bailey was promptly replied that he did not. Motive Was to Destroy Lorimer's
 Character.
 What motive could have prompted tho testimony 2" the Indianan demand cd.
 "Ths same motive that caused oth- CTS to want to destroy MT. Lorfmer,s character.r was MT. Bailey's explana- ton.
 duced an affidavit from Jarvis New ton, chief clerk of the Chicago State bank, together with photographic copy of the famous deposit slip. MT, Bailey promptly seized the opportun- ity to obtain unanimous consent to the publication Of the slip in the Con- gressional Record for the purpose of sustaining, he said, his charge of for sery.
 Refers to the Jackpot.
 MT. Cumnins advanced the theory that the money said to have been used in the election of MT. LoriMer had origin similar to that of the famous jackpot, and the senate was engaged in the discussion of this proposition. when an adjournment was taken for the day.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-22
PRINCETON STUDENTS NOT
 HELD BY COURT
No Case Shown Against Thsm for Malicious Mischief in Trsnten Thsa-

Trenton, N. J.. Feb. 21.--A two davs' trial of Morris D. Boyer and John E. Jenkins, Princeton university students indicted for malicious mischief, end- ed today with the aeauittal of Boyer and the Indictment against Jenkins being nolle pressed. The students were indicted in connection with the setting fire to a towel in one of the waiting rooms of the Trent theater by a cigarette thrown by Boy CT
 A great deal of smoke was caused and this led to indignation over the possibility of 2 panic and was followed by the students being arrested.
 At the trial 1t was shown that Boy : CT threw down the cigarette and con : seouently the charge against Jenkins was abandoned. Boyer in his own de- fense claimed that the setting afire of the towel was purely accidental.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-22
Not to Close Mory's.

New Haven, Feb. 21.-T. w Will jams, son of the founder of Mory's, said today that the famous college tavern would not close its doors next September, as previously announced. conducted some years before Louis Linder. the present lessee, had taken hold of it, and while he would rather have MT. Linder continue to run the place if the latter did not desire to renew the lease at it's expiration next September. Mory's, neveftheless, would not ne closed, as several applications for the lease had already been made to him.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-22
FROST STRUCK SOUTH
 TO CENTRAL FLORIDA
Highest Barometric Reading for Years
 Reported from Montana.

Washington, Feb. 21.-Temperatures this morning were below seasonal av- craze in every part of the country ex- cept the north Pacific coast caused by an increased barometric pressure, according to the weather bureau.
 Miles City. Mont. reported the barometer there as reading 31 10 inches this morning, this being the highest reading recorded in the United States in the last several years.
 The increase in pressure has caused freezing weather as far south as extreme northern Florida and throughout the interior of the Gulf states. while in the northwest the thermometsr readings are all below zero.