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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31
ATTEMPTEp MURDER
SEEN FROM TRAIN.
Would BE Assassin Shoots . Blonde
and Then Himself,

New York, March 30.-Passengers ar
riving early this nprninG by New
York Central train had a torrifyiug
introduction to a crime when sudden
6rought the xrsiin almost squarsly op-
posi&a q double tragedy which was be-
Ing enacted In Park avonue. A well
dressed man was seen to whip re-
/volwer from his pocket. shoot down .
strikfnkly pretty blonde woman and
turn the weapon upon himself.
The engineer, who WAS first to see
the couple, threw on his brakes and
shouted to the unknown man o. the
street:
shoot"
The assassin paid no heed to the
unexpected witness to his deed,and took
deliberate aim at the woman a. she
started to run from him. One shot
entered her mouth and another lodged
in her breast. After q mQnnentary con-
temptation of the crime, he placed the
weapon at his own temple, fired and
Sang to the street by the wonan's side
Passengers who had looked on pow
erless to interfere, were HORNED, and
as soon as the engineer saw that his
warning was not needed ne pulled MS
brain into the station,
The man was dead when the police
arrived, and the woman has little
chance OF recovery, 1t was said at the
hospital tonight A card issned by fhe
Carpenters' union was found in the
mans pockets bearing the name OF ia
cob Shontz.
The man was further identified As
the son of Rudolph Stupn1ictzy, a mil
lionaire lufnNerman of Austria, who
died several years ago. leaving the son
Jacob $1eU.o80 According to a Fellow
member in the Carpenters union, who
said he had known him from child
hood. Jacob came to Americas changed
his name to Shontz and soon dissipat-
ed his fortune.
The case was further complicated to :
nj elt by the arrival Of a weman who
claimed the mans body as that Of her
husband A man called at the hos-
pital and Identified the woman victim,
still towering between life and death,
as Mrs. Marx Krupiewiz Of. this city.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31
TOLD STORY OF Prison
LABOR IN NORWICH
Now York Attorney Said Masons Had
to Work for SO Cents Day.
Especial to The Bulletin.

Especial to The Bullettn.)
Hartford, March s0.-In arguing
against the use of convict and prison
labor before the committee on labor
a. the capitol Thursday afternoon w.
F[. 1Visners t,f New York, representing
the Garment Makers union, told this
Story 10 illustrate APPOINT:
81 was told this on a recent visi. TO
Norwich. A mason and q mason s
helper were en- rployed by; the owner of
a greenhouse to do some work. Moth
ias; was said at the time of their De. ~
employed as to how much they were to
receive They worked a part of two
days before they took the matter up
with the employer He told them that
he would not pay them within about
rs cents. a day of the union rate. A
discussion ensued the men were paid
on, but when they were going away
the employer told them he would have
them back soon to finish the job and
at the rate of so cents a day. The
men went to the city, got drunk, were
sent to Jail, from wl1ere the employer
secured them to continue on his work
at SO cents day.
| TN that town." continued Mr.. Wis
ner, were masons and masonS' helpers,
keeping little families and homes.
spending their money with the business
people and striving to make 1t q better
city to live in. II New London county
needed money so badly as to feel
obliged to let out prisoners to work
to do the task required, it was very
well to have let the prisoners; but the
county should have received $S.25 tc
$3.50 day for their services, not Sc
cents a day. This is q dangerous and
burdenSome practice.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31
32,2s&saz FoR SIX
DAMS ON PANAMA CANAL
unitsJ States Steal company's Bid
Was the Lowest.

Waehipgton, March So.-The United
Slater 8teeI compa9fY was the lowest
bidder for the coIHtructfon of SIX
61eFx aAcy DAMS to be erected on the
Panama canal. Bids for the work were
opened today 1T the canal commission
offices here. The steel company'S bid
amounted to 42. 1881 .t87, while the bids
OF the McElzutfc- Marshall Construc-
ton company of Pittsburg were only
&40.008 higher. The third bid, by the
Pennsylv2nia Steel company, was
S1S5,00e higher than the lowest bid
On the bids for separate dams the
McClintic- Marshall firm was the low
est but it made no reduction from its
fiat rate In the event of receiving the
entire contract.
Two of the emergencN dams will be
at the Miraflores locks, Two at Gatun
and two at Pedro Miguel They are
fer use only in case of freshet or very
thigh water, and may not be needed
more than once or twice a year.
The dams are TO check the flow of
water through the locks in case of
damage or in case it should be neces-
sary to make repairs or to do any
work in the locks which would neces-
state the shutting off of all water
from the lake levels. The dams at
Gstun and Pedro Miguel are to be
completed Jan. 1, 1913; those at Mira
flores are to be finished by Sept of
the same year. The bids were for
warded to Panama for decision.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31
NEW YORK sEhAToRstffP
IN WAY or SETTLEMENT
Republicans May Vote fer censerva-
tive pemscrat-

Albany, N. ". March 80. The in
suryent democratic members of the
legislature Will have it In their power
tonorrow to break the United States
senstorship deadlock. either by GET
thing their differences with the party
Organisation, or accepting an offer "
aid by the republican members.
This evening, when the prospects, Of
eieeting a senator at tomorrow,s ses-
sion seemed to depend entirely upon
how many insurgents would enter to-
morrowss Caucus, William Barnes, Jr.,
chairman OF the republican state com
rnittee, made public a letter advising
the party leaders in the legislature to
give ITO the Independent democratic
members the opportunity to fill New
York's vacancy in the senate, by. ten
dering its unanimous support to a con-
Servative democrat"
The next democratic caucus will be
held tomorrow morning and will be. be-
hind closed doors. !. The outlook to-
night before the Barnes letter appear
ed was that at least fifteen of the An
surgents would enter this meeting.
The only condition was that the names
Of neither William +. Sheehan nor
Daniel T. Cohalan would be presented
and this condition, 1t was said, the
regulars accepted.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31

ARsATEMAeoio STILL
THE STAR WITNESS
Tells Of camorrist Subdivisions ard
lmpIicates Priest vitoxxi.

sYiter3SO Ita1v March 3O-A Aceort1in 2
to the reveIaf tons oS Abbaternaexfoe'
who il anDea riss1r mn q. sw-itnesa araii1st
his forn1er' assoc;afes IN their. trial
for ,m,1rdar NanIes !. divided ;nfo
f0,,rfeAn9 Tss,no q rosvfnrs each hav~
ir,r' sits orcnrrist l,isrh rckv II .y,-
a,11 one ~ tfesa1 ,.ss;s,,. g ,,t..,. =,
tne or.ani.a ~, Is IL ss II, e sv4-',s+e5 o
with the maintenauce Of order amone
those animated with the CamoTra.
HIS powers and influence are great
er than those OF the police or cara
blneers because he is expected to de-
nounce those who commit disorders
and thus compromtse the existence OF
the asseclatien. wnicn IS destined Ter
more Important entergfIses
Witness Avoids Snares Set for Him.
The entire afternoon was taken I'm
with the evidence submitted by Abb
oaeellissSlo III A lne various lnVessisa-
.enn. couIlsei lcr tne oelence
en1soea taa 70 ,. .ap nlnn III eonalsolc. i,s =;
',e Ia
o1pssa - hs,ssasf a k.ae = soua actotns .f,,tI
=. ~ ~, H..s ei0'
',sAi
implicatss Priest Vitozzi.
Abbatema Eeio said that shortly aft
er the murder of Cueccolo when he
was in the company of Giovanni Rapi
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31
WOMAN TURNS UP
AFTER HER FUNERAL
Mrs. Mary Mueller Gives Friends and
Relatives Great Surprise.

New York. March s0-Mrs Mary
Mueller, mourned as dead, appeared
in the flesh today to relatives and
Friends who had ATTENDED her supposed
funeral two weeks ago. One of her
first acts was to instruct an attorney
to have her will, to have been offered
for probate tomorrow. stricken from
the surrogate's calendar.
Investigation at the Kings county
hospital, where Mrs. Mueller was a
patient until today, showed that Mrs.
Margaret Mueller, another patient.
died there March IA. A mistake in
recording her nrst name led to the err
ror of notifying Mrs. Mary Muel1er's
friends of her supposed death. A
woman friend, named as 'executrix in
the will. viewed the remains and COM
mented on Mrs. Mueller's. changed ap-
pearance, but gave orders for the fu :
neral
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31
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Numbers IA
ANOTHER NEW YORK FIRE VIC
TIM succuMss 70 INJURIES !.
$4,000 IN RELIEF FUND
Woman Claims $500 is Missing frsn.
Daushter's sssirt-ons Girl Idsntif5sd
BY Her Shoe Buttons.

New York. March 30.-The death to-
day Of Sarah Kupla, 16 year old girl,
who Jumped from the eighth floor Of
the Asch building during Saturdays
Tins UP to a. total of IA The girls
back was broken and she had been un-
conscious ever since the fatal leap.
Girl identified BY Shoe Buttons.
The Identification Of another girls
body by a strange arrangement Of but
tons on her shoes brought the List of
unnamed down to fourteen. There
seems little likelihood of further iden-
tificati0n, and the charities board has
made arrangements to bury the un-
identified in the Cemetery of the Ever
greens in a plot owned by the city.
More Survivors Examined.
Assistants of the district attorneys .
Office and Fire Marshal Beers, who
are conducting Investigations into the
disaster, besides visiting the Asch
building today further examined sur
vivors.
Relief Fund Totals s5e,ooo.'
Contributions to the relief fund to-
tai more than $4,000 tonight.
$1,60o Gone from Girls Skirt.
An old woman who said she WAS the
mother of Annie Colletti, one OF the
| fire victims, called at the coronef's e.
flee tonight and insisted that from her
| daughters body, just returned to hsr
from the morgue, $500 which the
young woman had sewed in her skirt
| was missing. She explained that her
daughter was afraid to trust banks
Only Few Trinkets Found.
The coroner's once has record Of on
ly a few trinkets found on the youhe
wornan's body.
g. Violations Of Building Codes.
Announcement was made tonight ~
the corporation counseFs Office that
| Judgments were obtained by the city
| today in a municipal court in 64 cases
of violation Of. the building codes and
| tenement house laws. In A cases
fines Of $25 were imposed smaller
| fines were imposed in the others
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31

New York, March 30.-lra A. Milli-
rem, a young lawyer, former member
of the Pennsylvania legislature and a
son of a clergyman at Franklin, Pa,
was locked up by federal authorities
here tonight in default of 81, 900 surety
for appearance next Tuesday to an
swer a charge that he used the mails
to swindle school teachers.
Milliren was arrested in Chicago,
where it is alleged he fed when sus-
pfcion attached to the New York
Novelty Publishing company" under
which name he is alleged to have adj
vertised a list of a hundred books
which would be sent to school teach
ers for two cents each Herbert W.
LuIl, superintendent of schools at New
port, r. L, and nearly five hundred
other persons are alleged to have been
defrauded of a total amount of about
$4,000 which was sent for the books
without return.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31

LIST OF 10 AMERICANS CAPTURED
Two Others Hail from Germany Two Of the Prison
ers are from New York Demand for Arms and AM
munition BY Revolutonists as Great Ever-Ma-
dero Consulted in Peace Programme.

.IL fsls (.
FL Paso, Tex, March 30.-The dove
of peace may be lowering over the
Mexican war zone, but the sale of am
munition and arms to the revolution
lists continues as brfsln az when the in
surrectos were encamped across the
Rio Grande from Ell Paso.
Retail Trade is Active.
The sales are not made in quantities,
but the retail trade in rifles and am
munition at FL Paso stores continues
active, dealers said today.
FsdsraIs Take Woman Prisoner.
With the receipt of message from
CuelIar came onfcia1 continuation OF
the report that a-fwornan fought with
the insurgents at Casas Grandes. She
was Mrs. Patrocino Vasquez, and she is
among the prisoners held by the fed
erals.
Col Samuel CueIlar has given the
names of foreigners captured in the
battle of Casas Grandes.
The message was as follows:
The Associated Press: The names
and addresses OF the foreign prisoners
who were captured by the federal
troops in the fight of the 9Th OF March
are as follows:
List Of Americans Captured.
Sidney Sewers, care of B. q. Sewers.
S57 West 115th street, New York
Ferdinand Lisber, Mainz-on the
Rhine, Germany.
Fred Obsrbuseher, Englsswirieher,
Germany.
Joe Murray, care Thomas Lowery,
S41 East 4sd street, New York.
j.. w. Graham. Oklahoma City, rural
route No. l.
n. p. Lee, McKittrick, Cal,
John Harrison, cars OF Richard Pat
ter. Del Rio Tex.
C. II. Rice, 1742 Bush street. San
Francisco.
William Current, Elick, Okla, box
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31

! Bruce r. Jacoby, 2016 North Central
avenue Minneapolis, MINI.
sAHred FRANKIE, 904 STAFFORD street,
Santa Ana, Cal
Jannss II. Jones, Duluth, Mimi.
Floyd 2. Martin, $50 Navajo street,
c. q. Carlton, Williams, Ariz
=. G. Fowler, 2845 South Jennings
avenue, Fort Worth, Tex
(signsd) S. GARCIA CUELLAR-
Psses Negotiations Wal Be Slow.
Washington, March 30.-Peace ne
gotiatfons calculated to end the Mexi-
can revolution will not take place for
several days yet, in the opinion of DR..
Vaxouez Gomez, head of the confden-
ttal agency of the revolutionists here.
DR. Gomez explained tonight various
termination to treat for peace is de-
pendent
Madsrc Must Be Consulted.
He said that the tentative proposals
for peace which were suggested at the
conference between him and Senor
Limantour in New York recently prob
hands of Francisco ]. Madero, the
rebel chief. He said that II would take
several days to obtain an answer. Then
it was necessary, he added, to COM
municate the wishes of Francisco I
Madero to the Mexican government, all
Of which will occupy at least ten days
Franke's Father Not Sorry
Santa Ana, Cal, March 30--'T am
mt at all sorry for my son" said Fred
FRANKIE tonight when informed that his
only son, Alfred FRANKIE, was one Qd
4Fe Americans captured with the IN
4 suTrectps at Casas Grandes.
III he had been fighting for his OWL
|cour1try it would be different, but he
had no business nghting in Mexico
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31
SUNDAY CONTRACT
WAS NOT LEGAL.
Vaudeville Manager Beats Singer on
Technicafity.

New York, March So.-Contracts for
theatrical performances on Sunday in
this state are Illegal according to a
decision rendered by Justice Bischoff
in the supreme court today, on the
ground that such agreements are in
violation of the Sunday laws. The de-
cision was in the suit brought by a
German singer to recover $3.50 from Z
vaudeville manager for alleged breach
of a contract to sing on Sundays.
Notwithstanding vaudeville house
proprietors have been active protest
ants against the old blue laws those
statutes were resorted to by the mama
gers counsel in pleading that the
singers contract was void because 1t
called for unnecessary work on the
Sabbath
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31
TAUGHT BOYS TO
BECOME BURGLARS.
Twenty Thousand Dollars Of Lsst
Found n Sehultx's Home.

New York, March s0.-Herman
SCHULTZ, whose vocation was being a
janitor and whose avcexticn was
teaching small boys to steal, was con-
victed of burglary and larceny today
and remanded for sentence. Nine boys
confessed to being his pupils and are
now in the house OF refuge
Twenty thousand doilars' worth OF
loot was recovered in Schutz's home.
One boy confessed to rs burslaries,
another said he st6te SOS bicycles.
Beth worked under SchudtE's direction.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31

RUINS STILL SMOKING
Body Of Night Watchman Not Yet Re-
Z 100000 Appropristed 10
Clear Away Ruins10o Men at Work

i Albany, N. Y, March 30.More than
one hundred men attacked the smoking
ruins left by the fire in the west end
of the state capitol with shovels and
crowbars today and soon discovered
that the wreck of the states maguffi-
cent library was net as complete as at
first supposed. Buried under tons of
stone shfvered from the surE9unding
wallis by the intense heat ~ Il hou-
sands of books which can he preserved
by rebiuding and many that escaped
unscathed. The salvage In books,
pamphlets. and manuscript records may
amount to many thousands of dollars.
Records Of Ware 1912 Found
The. records Of the war OF 1872 were
found intact, and the custcdia1ls hope
that as tha work progresses other vaf-
liable relics at first thought to have
been lost may be found, If not an
burned, at least in state worthy Of
preservation. Just what books and
records perished and what were saved
will not be known for several days,
since the Workmen have an immense
task before them in removing the de-
bris.
100000 10 Clear Away Ruins.
The $780, 900 which the legislature
was asked to appropriate by a bill in
troduced today is not expected to
finance the work of reconstruction. The
appropriation is asked to pay for clear
ing away the ruins and restoring the
watersoaked and smoke stained walls
and furnishings of rooms which es-
capped the flames.
Bursts Of Flame Now and Then.
Occasionally the debris in the ruined
state library bursts into flames as the
workmen admit the air to smouldering
masses of books and papers, but the
whole interior is so thoroughly soaked
- $<<<sx
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31
TO DIE IN THE CHAIR
WEEK OF MAY is.
Date Of Execution Of La jana Madas
Set by Court Of Appeals.

Albany. n Y, March 30.-The court
of appeals today. set the week begin
ming May 15 for the execution of La
jana Madas, alias Michasl Lantas,
whose conviction for the killing of
Selig Kohn at Brooklyn on Jan. s, 1910,
was afhrmed last Tuesday.
Crime fer-Which He Will Die.
New York. March 30.-Two men are
now serving twenty year terms at Sing
Sing for complication in Staying Selig
Kohn, for killing whom La Jama Ma
das will be executed. They are John
Fisher and Ivan Wasylow. The three
men entered the steamship agency con-
Quoted by Kohn and attempted a hold
up. Kohn resisted and Madas shot
him while one of the trio held Kohn's
arms. The police caught Madas and
Fisher after a long chase. Wasylow
was captured later.
Madas is said by the police to have
participated in robbing the payn1aster
of q chocolate factory and oflicers of a
building and loan association in New
ark, March, 1909, and shortly after
wards the murder of another priest in
Passaic, n. J.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31
cox WILL NOT BE
TRIED FOR Perjury.
Mandsmus Preoeedinss Against Judge
Hunt Sustained.

Cincinnati. March 30.--G Gorge 3.
Cox. republican leader will not be tried
on q change Of perjury by Frank NJ.
German of the common pleas court.
This became certain today when Judge
T. A. Jones of Jackson, O., and Judge
Festus Walters of Cireiewille. O., In a
majority decision sustained the man
danus proceedings against Judge
Charles j. Hunt Of the circuit court,
ordering him to rule on the affldavit
filed by Cox's attorneys, charging bias
and prejudice against Judge German.
While the result reached by Judges
Jones and. Walters was the same, the
judges arrived at their conclusions
through different routes and each filed
statements ON which they based their
findings.
Judge e. ID. Sayre of Athens, o., the
other member of the court hearing the
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31
SYRACUSE sREWERs
PREPARE FOR STRIKE
Arrange for the Importation Of $50
Strike Breakers.

Syracuse. N. r. March so.Antici-
pating walkout ON the part Of near
ly 800 brewery employees tomorrow.
the members of the syracuse Brewere
exchange today compieted arrenge-
ments for bringing $50 strike braakers
to the city. Five breweries are AFFECT
ed.
The employees made a demand for
an increase Of two dollars q week
which was refused.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31
AVIATION SCHOOL. IN
NAVY DEPARTMENT
Plan to Establish One at Annapolis
This Summer.

Washington, March 30.-In order to
form a corps of competent aviators for
the navy, thus recognizing that the
flying machine will be a factor in fu-
ture warfare. an aviation school prob
ably will-pe established at AnnaPolis
by tbs navy department this summer
Lieut.. II. G. EIlyson, an expert who
for several months past has been re-
ceivinE instruction in tAe operation OF
aero planes at San Diego, Cal, will be
one Of the instructors at the sehcel
according to present plans. Today
Lieutenant Eilyson was ordered from
San Diego to Washington fer confer
enca- One or more aefoD3Anes prob
ably will be purchased fef instructins
the navy personnel.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31
PREPARE FOR MILK
STRIKE IN A MONTH
Word Sent to Milk Producers by CO.
operative Union.

Boston, March. se.-That strike is
not advised at this time, but that the
milk producers of New England are
urged to hold themselves in readiness
to act concertedly a month hence, il
the word sent out tonight by the di-
rectors OF the Boston Cooperative
Milk Producery union as result of
the decision of the principal milk con-
tractors to cut the price paid to farm
ers for milk seven. cents per can. on
April 1.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31
AMERICAN MUST PAY
TAX IN ENGLAND
Ordered by Court to Pay an Income
Tax Of s5o,Oee.

London, March 3Q.--M. Bayare
Brown, partner in the banking hesase
of Brown, Shipley & Co, who lives in
retirement on his yacht at Bgjghtatng-
sea, was today ordered by the courts
to pay $6e,e00 incDme tax.
Brown claimed exemption from the
operation Of the law on the ground
that his income came from the Unit
Cd States, but the court hela that
though he was an American citjeeu.
he was a resident Of the United
Kingdom. rt
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31

su preme court today denied the petit
tien OF Abraham Ruef on . heASing on
his appeal against the Judgment and
sentence of the tnial court which sen
teneed him to fourteen years. imprfs-
ennent on = cfarge of bribery. Hssef
is now In prison.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31

channel steamer Pas de Calais, which
ramned and sank the French sub
marine Pluviose last May, had another
mishap last night, when in a fog she
went ashore at Sangattis, eight miles
west Of here. She was not badly dam
aged and was relocated this morning.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31

4 Nearly Three Thousand Pupiis
marched out Of public school No. 49,
New York, in two minutes when fire
broke out.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31

a System Of WhoIssale Smuggling
Of furs from Canada has been discov-
cred by Chief wilkes custom agents
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31

Jacob Baschana, former liquor tax
collector of Cincinnati, was found
guilty Of accepting bribes from brew
cry to refund taxes on saloons.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31

st. Petersburg, 1iarcR so The hols
synod today issued an ed4ct prohibit
ing Jews bearing Christian frs
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31

Hot and Medicinal Springs in. Alaska
nlch are believed to be Of benef1t to
the public, especially the natives OF
that territory, are to be preserved.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-03-31

The French Court 81 Appeals con-
frmed the sentence imposed on M.
Eacour. the royalist assaflant of NJ.