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Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-14
VILLAGE WORKED UP OVER
 REMOVAL OF PRINCIPAL.
Claim Made That He Altered Examina.
 ton Paper to Favor Pupil.

Albany, N. r., March 13.-Sustafning the charges of fraud made against Frederick V. Webster, principal of the high school at Baldwinsvf1le, in substi- tuting a paper prepared by the pr1nci- pal for paper presented by one of his pupils on a regents examination held at his school, the state .commissioner of education, A. S. Draper, revoked to- day the certificate granted Webster, authorizing him to teach in the public schools of the state.
 Citizens Pleaded for leniency.
 In an opinion accompanying his de- cision, Commissioner Draper holds that fraudulent alteration by a principal o1 8 high school of papers presented at an examination held under his depart ment. so as to obtain credit for pupil to which it is not. entitled, Is unpar- donaible in any view.
 A petition signed by six hundred or more residents of Ba1dwinsvflle was submitted to Commissioner Draper asking for leniency for the accused. ;
 Pupils Won't on Strike.
 "The board of education" says the opinion, "very properly has assigned another principal to the school, and this has led to what is called a strike by large body of the pupils, who witl the manifest acqufescence of theiI parents have refused to go to school paraded the streets with offensive p1a-
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-14
THAW NOT A WITNESS
 IN DANIEL RILEYS CASE.
District Attorney Says He Can Give
 No Additional information.

trict Attorney John E. Mack announc- ed today that Harry K. Thaw would not testify at the examination of Att tendant Daniel Riley, of the Mattea- wan state hospital, charged with man. slaughter in the first degree in caus- ing the death of a patient named John J. Nugent. "I have had a long talk with Thaw about the Nugent case" said the district attorney, 'tand find ale has no additional information re- garding the death of Nugent."
 Riley's examination was today set down for Thursday next before Judge Hasbrouck in the county court. Sew eral witnesses, including Attendant George Galbraith, the complaining witt ness against Riley. will testify for the prosecution.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-14
THE CARNEclE TRUST
 UNDER INVESTIGATION
Grand Jury esains Prohins Into Big
 Financial Deals.

New York, March 1s.--The grand jury began an investigation today in- to the affairs of the Carnegie Trust company, which was closed by the su- perintendent of banks on February 1. Three witnesses, including the vice president of the suspended institution were examined.
 At the conclusion of the sitting, Dis triet Attorney whitman announcdd that directors of two other trust com panies with which the Carnegie Trust company had business dealings, would testify tomorrow. The investigation, it is said, may result in the indictment of two and possibly three directors on charges of forgery.
 High MoguIs. as Witnesses.
 The witnesses today were Bradley Martin, IT,, president of the Nine teenth Ward bank, and an officer of the Madison Trust company; Wat kins Crockett, a director of the Van Norden Trust company, and R. l.. Smith, vice president of the Carnegie Trust company. Details of tram saction involving $200,000, in which two other companies are alleged to have been involved, are said to have engaged the attention of the grand jury.
 Witnesses tomorrow, the district attorney announced, would include di- rectors of the Van Norden Trust com pany, the Madison Trust company, and possibly officers and directors of the Carnegie Trust company. MT. Whitman said he thought the grand jury would require several days for taking evidence
 Joseph G. Robin, the indicted pres- ident of the Washington Savings bank, who is said to have furnished Mir. Whitman with information concerning the Carnegie Trust company. made another trip from his cell in the Tombs to the district attorneys office before the case was presented to the grand jury. Assistant District At torney Clark, who was closeted with Robin for some time, declined to dis cuss the nature of the conference.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-14
OCEAN LINER HELD
 UP AT QUARANTINE.
Had Several Cases of Spinal Meningitis
 Among Passengers.

New York, March 13.-For the sec ond time within 36 hours a trans Atlantic steamer was held up at quar- antine tonight because of several cases of spinal meningitis, some of which had proved fatal. The ship detained tonight is the Austrian steamer Mar tha Washington, which arrived from Trieste, Patras. Palermo and A1giers late today with ons of her steerage passengers dead and four others seri- ously i'll of meningitis Another four were dangerously sick with pneumonia.
 The Greek steamer Patris, which was held up yesterday because of the death of six Greeks and the illness of five others from meningitis, was. re- leased late today after the bodies had been removed and the sick had been transferred to the quarantine hospital
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-14
PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY Filed Against New York Brokers Who
 Were Recently Raided.

New York, March 13.-An invoIun- tary petition in bankruptcy was filed today against Burr Bros, Inc, dealers in stocks and bonds, whose offices were raided by federal authorities last November and whose officers are now under indictment on the charge of us- ing the malls to defraud.
 The proceedings were begun in the United States district court today by three local creditors for claims aggre- gating $798, charging that preferen- tfais payments were made to Shelton C. Burr president, and Eugene H. Burr, secretary of the firm, with 'in- tent to hinder. delay and defraud the other creditors" <
 The claims cover alleged printing and stationery bills and commissions on the sale, of Buick Oil company's stock. s.-,~-- - y
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-14
THE coNFIscATIoN
 OF ANCIENT EGGS
ovprsms Court Dsoidss 1t Legal if
 Original Package 10 UnbrcIen.

Washington, March 1s.-Over the HAte of some Missouri eggs of the vintage of 1908 or earlier. the supreme court of the United States today. aft CT due deliberation laid down an in- depreciation of the pure food and drug oot of 1906.
 The court held that the federal gov- srnment could pursue adulterated food or drugs for the purpose of oonfisca- tion, after such articles had passed through an interstate journey, pro- vided that the original package in which they were shipped remained un- broken.
 The question arose over the. jurisdic- tion of the federal court to decree the eonhscation of fifty cans of eggs, shipped from St. Louis, Mo-, to Pe- 0rta, Ill. 1t was claimed that the eggs had been unlawfu1ly adulterated with boric acid used as q preservative.
 It was said the eggs were preserved by the Hipolite Egg company and that they were sold and transferred in St Louis to Thomas 6 Clarke of Peoria for use in the manufacture of vanilla waters. The cans were conf1scated in Peoria by the federal authorities.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-14
SHOT MAN WHO TRIED
 TO MAKE LOVE TO HER
Seventeen Year Old Vermont Girl Be.
 ing Held for His Murder.

< Rutland, Vt, March 1s-Pending the report of Dr. H. B. Stone, who today conducted an autopsy on the body of Lugisf yermillo, who is dead, as the result of a bullet wound Miss Camela Covina of South Poultney, who is al- legged to have fired the fatal shot, is held at the county jail. She was ar rested yesterday, on a warrant secured by States Attorney B. L. Stafford to whom Dr. Stone will make his report tomorrow.
 Vermillo was 45 years old while the girl is but IT. The shooting took place at the. girls home in South Poultney on February 16 According to the girls story, the man attempted to make love to her while they were alone in the house and she shot him in the back. the wound causing his death Saturday evening.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-14
Impassioned Plea For Mrs. MeIber
Attorney for Defense Brings Tears Eyes of Jymen as He Accounted Trials and Tribuations of Woman Trial for Her Life.

Albany, N. r.. March 13.--NIrs. Edith Melber. the young widow on trial for her life for the brutal murder of her four year old boy, sat for an hour in the courtroom today, scarcely moving muscle. while her attorney, John H. Dugan, told the jury why he thought she should Dc sent to an insane asy- lum for the rest of her days rather than to the electric chair.
 Would Net 0ivs Her Freedom.
 This poor. dsfenceless. mindless woman." was the way MT. Dugan al- ludsd to the frail little woman at the bar, gazing apparently into vacancy with beady black eyes. T would not if I could" he continued. have this I believe that she should be sent to an asylum, thsrs to spend under mer- c1ful treatment what days remain to her. We will show you that her moth or and her husband died from con- sumption and that the same disease has laid its deadly grip upon her.
 Reviewed Her Wrstehsd Career.
 Then the attorney proceeded to out line in quiet. unconditional way the sQualid story of the accused since childhood; how she was compelled to work during her mothers illness at nifty cents day; how she married at seventeen Q man stricken with tuber- culesis and was compelled to go with him to the Schenectady poorhouse; her repeated efforts to provide home for the child, and what he called the deGpairing culninAtion of her visit to Albany. whAn the deadly acid was forced down the boys throat, and his convulssd form was left in dreary marsh.
 Husband's Relatives Did Not Help Her
 This, MT. Dugan continued, was shortly after Mrs. Melber had pleaded in vain for help from her husbands relatives, had threatened suicide and had been repulsed in her effort to get the child admitted to an Albany insti- tuition.
 < Only twice did the attorneys voice rise above the conversational tone. The first time was when he chided the prosecution with not having pro- duced the man who sold the acid to the woman. Tho other was the haste with which the indictment was found
 Undue Haste in Her Prosecution.
 Arrested on Friday, brought to AL bany on Saturday, she was indicted for murder in the first degree on the following Monday" he exclaimed. 'T claim that never in the world could this indictment have been found had they not been in such hurry about it."
 The Jurymsn in Tears.
 Several of the 1urymen were
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-14
Warning to Railroad Men.

Look out for the severe and even dangerous kidney and bladder trouble resulting from years of railroading, Geo. B. Bell, 639 Third St., Fort Wayne, the Nickel Plate. He says Twenty years of railroading left my kidneys in terrible condition. There was e con tinual pain across my back and hips and my kidneys gave me much dis tress, and the action of my bladder was frequent and most painful. I got a supply of Foley Kidney Pills and the first bottle made a wonderful improve ment and four bottles cured me com pleteIy. Since being cured have rec commended Foley Kidney Pills to many of my railroad friends. Lee & Osgood C1
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-14

brought to tears during the course of the lawyers address. Juror No. 5 kept his handkerchief in almost con- tinuous action. Evidences of emotion were also shown among the specta- tors. three-fourths of them women, that thronged the courtroom, although most that was said was inaudible to all except those on the front benches.
 Showed Location of chiId's Body.
 The first witness for the defense was John J. O'IIara, a civil engineer. who produced a map of the scene show that the boys body was left in 8 comparatively open space, while but a few feet away there was abundance of wooded cover.
 Showed Insanity in Poorhouse.
 Then came Wilbur Johnson, Michael Connors and Rev. UzieI H. Graves, who visited the Melbers in the poor house as relief representatives of the Benevolent Order of Woodmen, of which he was a member. They tes- tified that Mrs. Melber's actions pro- duced upon their minds the impress sion that she was irrational or un- reasonable.
 One reason for this conclusion was that she jumped up and down" when her husband chided her; and another was that after the order had advanced funds on her husbands policy and brought some furniture for their new home, she showed ingratitude by crit icising the arrangements.
 Boastsd of Convent Education."
 Miss Annie Groff, daughter of Mrs. Melber's 1andlady during her early widowhood, testified that the defend ant boasted of her superior convent education" and claimed to be fine plano player, though she always de- clined to play. Others accused her of fa1sehood.
 Complained She Was Unfit for Work.
 Mrs. We1ton Stanford, Jr., the veal thy young woman. engaged in settle ment work, who has taken an active part in the preparation of the de- fense, testified to having visited Mrs. Melber in a hospital about three years ago and hearing her complain that she was there because her illness un- fitted her for work
 Did her conversation impress you as irrational?" District Attorney San- ford inquired.
 "No," responded the witness, tour intercourse was too brief to base a judgment on.'
 As Rational as Some Others.
 Under the gentle cross questioning of the prosecuting attorney the other witnesses admitted that others whom they regard as rational have done the things attributed to- Mrs. Me1ber The case will be continued tomorrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-14
CASE OF kELIHER
 MUST BE RE-ARGUED
Big Bill" Gets Another Respite Be-
 cause of Judae's Death.

Boston, March 13-The case of Will fam J. ('Big Bi1r') Keliher, who is under sentence of eighteen years in the state prison for aiding George w. Coleman, bookkeeper, in wrecking the National City bank of Cambridge, must be re-argued before the United States circuit court of appeals next month. This decision was reached by that body today on account of the death sof Judge Francis Cabot Lowell
 After sentence was pronounced in December, Ksliher,s attorneys ap- pea1ed to the supreme court of the United States ..-.. .s---...
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-14
CORPORATION TAX IS
 HELD CONSTITUTIONAL
Decisicn Of U. 8. suprsms Court En-
 ablss covernmsnt to Retain $27 7,00o.-


 Washington, March 1s.-In an unani- nous opinion today the supreme court of the United States held that the cor p0ration tax provisions Of the Rayne- Aldrich tariff act were constitutional. Thus ended controversy waged al- most continuously since President Taft first suggested their enactment to congress.
 Decision Contains 10000 Words.
 The decision was announced by Jus tice Day, appointed to the supreme court bench from Ohio in 1903. It was an elaborate treatment of the subject, containing approximately 10000 words. About half an hour was spent by the justice in explaining the position of the court orally to the bar, the printed opinion being used as a basis for the remarks.
 Tax on Business Not on Property.
 The justice first determined that the tax was just what it purported to pc in the act, namely, an excise tax on and not direct tax on the ownership of property. With that point decided, the justice took up at more or less length the many objections urged against the tax as an excise tax ana disposed of them to the satisfaction of the court. Finally he interpreted the law so as to apply to real estate com panies and the so-cal1ed public service corporations. but not to real estate trusts.''
 $27,0o0,000 Already Paid.
 Practically all of the more than $27,- 100000 assessed for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1910, on corporations in the United States has been paid into the treasury. Tn eexact amount re- ceived on Feb. l, 1911, the latest date for which precise figures are available, was s27,108,189.
 The amount assessed last year was $27. 130,904. Added to this were pen a1ties amounting to about $100, GOO for failure to pay the tax when due
 This Years Tax Not Yet Figured.
 What the tax will amount to this year the commissioner of internal rev. enue, who has charge of the collection, is not yet able to determine, even ap- porations were due March 1 and it is thought that practically all of them have been received. But work has just been begun on figuring out the assess ments, which in the few days since this task has begun have totalled only about s1,500,000, a small fractional part of the whole.
 Five Per Cont. Penalty After July 1.
 On or before June 1 these figures will be in the hands of the sixty seven internal revenue collectors throughout the country, who immediately will mo- tify the corporations in their districts of the amount they owe the govern ment for the privilege of doing busi ness. Taxes not paid by July 1 will have added penalty of per cent. and interest at the rate of 1 per cent. a month for each month they remain unpaid.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-14

cards and much commotion. called the teachers who discovered the fraud 'snoopers' and otherwise insu1ted and menaced them, and held meetings in which they have in incendiary speeches joined issues with the authorities of upon which they would return to their work.
 Their parents and other citizens also held meetings and expressed them selves vehemently For days the viii lage has indulged in much: excitement genious and artistic exploitation in the newspapers. Through it all very gen eral sympathy for the principal of the school has been manifest
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-14
JERSEY DEMOCRATS
 FOR THE GERAN BILL.
Vote to Support Primary Elections Project in Star Chamber Caucus.

Trenton, N. J., March 13-Democrat- ic assemblymen this evening, by a vote of 27 to Il, with four absentees, de- cided after a three hours conference with Governor Wilson to support the Geran primary and election bill.
 In the conference considerable ob- jection was offered to various features of the bill, and the debate, which was held behind closed doors, was spirited at times.
 Governor Wilson. who was present during the entire time. made speech of a half hours length, in which he insisted that the passage of the bill was necessary to keep faith with the people
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-14
Beware of Ofntments for Catarrh That
 Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except O., prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do Is ten-fofd to the good you can possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manu- factured by F. J. Cheney & Co.,, Toledo. O., contains no mercury. and Is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys- tern In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally and made in Toledo Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
 Sold by Druggists. Price. 75c per bottle.
 nation.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-14
Has Millions of Friends.

How would you like to number youi friends by millions as Bucklens Arnica Salve does? It's astounding cures in the past forty years made them. It's the best Salve in the world for sores, ul- cers, eczema, burns, boils, scalds, cuts corns, sore eyes, sprains, swellinEs bruises, cold sores. Has no equal fol piles. 25c at Lee & Osgood Co.'S.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-14

erals Ferrari and Marini, which for time threatened Tegucigalpa, is now on the way to Yuscaran, a few miles to the southeast of this city, and it is said that the insurgents also will disarm. Conditions here are for the present entirely peaceful.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-14
February Export Record Broken.

Washington, March 13.-Breaking all records for February, last months ex- ports were valued at $175s9ae, ,4E1 while the imports, larger than in any earlier February, except in 1910 and 1907, were valued at $121 1,766, 2S4 These f1eures announced today in a report of the bureau of statistics, on the country's foreign commerce, em- brace $s2,453,sss of imports entered free af sntxx.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-14
RESTORATION OF PEACE
 IN SIGHT AT HONDURAS
Both Armies Dissrmins According te
 Agreement at Peace Conference.

Tegucigalpa, Honduras. March 13- Buitteraz, Salamerca, Lara and Ma tuh have arrived here and are now be- ing disarmed, in accordance with the agreement arranged by the peace con- ference at Puerto Cortez.
 The revolutionary force under Gen.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-14

70 CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take LAXATIVE PROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. D. w. Groves sigma ture is on each box. z5c.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-14

D After Billing and ceoins.
 Howard Gould refuses to pay his di- vorced wife's bills. Can you blame him 2 It was the bills he got a divorce fsUm.-Atlanta Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-14
Contradictions in "Nishs Rider" Case

Hopkinsvilie, Ky. March 13.-Sev- oral witnesses at the trial today of Dr. David Amos, charged with being leader of night riders who raided Hopkins vflle fcur years ago, contradicted the eoDttmony Of Carl and Arthur, confess = niGht riders who alleged that John Rtf16y, one of Amos attorneys, and vAn Alexander, prominent Cadiz bus smegs man, were in the Hopadnsville xuad.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-14
5. F. GIBSON Tn and Sheet Metal Worker Agent for Richardson end Boynton Furnaces. s5 West Main Street. Norwich. Conn.
!. F. BURNS, Heating and Plumbing. 92 Franklin Street
Do It Now

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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-07-08
BEMlDJi SHOULD BEWARE.

A deformed and dreadfully diseased
girl was one of the attractions of a
cheap carnival. concern that blocked
the streets of Winona last week.
This creature was known as an .al-
ligator girl" and hundreds paid ten
cents to gaze upon her features.
The Mankato Free Press comment
ing editorially upon the attraction
has this to say: TT
''The quintescence of fakism is
found in the cheap carnivals that
inf1ict their presence upon communi-
ties. One of these travelling hunks
exhibited in Winona last week and
among other 'curiosities' advertised
was an alligator girl Before the
outfit left town Coroner John Stein
bach looked the girl over and he
declares her to be fake and a
fraud. He says the condition of her
skin is due to disease. This dis
ease, which by the way, is very rare,
so rare, in fact, that it is exhibited
as curiosity, is known as Ichthyo-
sis. Only children, both of whose
parents have inherited syphilis, will
get the disease.
"A remarkable case of this was the
Lambert family in England. All the
sons had the disease, while the
daughters escaped The so-called al
ligator woman was a half breed In
dian, and the color of her skin made
it appear something like an alliga-
tors. The cracking of the skin was
the cracking of the grimy filth. Mr..
Steinbach suggested giving the girl
a nice warm bath, but he received
only expressions of i'll will, especially
from the girls mother, who said it
was a birthmark caused by her being
frightened by an alligator. And the
public puts up good money to these
frauds"
So far Bemidji has been fortunately
free from these travelling catch penny
carnivals that give nothing in, re-
turn for the money which it takes
out of town, but there is no telling
when the greedy ones will happen
along. When they do it will be we'll
to give them the col shoulder and
nothing else.