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Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-01

The Increasing Consumption of can dy in this country has been the sub Ject of considerable comment at med ical meetings in New York recently.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-01

Captain Rostron of the carpathia was a luncheon guest of Mrs John Jacob Astor yesterday.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-01

Stanley Whisky a 12 Year Old Stamford schoolboy was electrocuted yesterday afternoon. He had seized live wire which had blown down from a pole.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-01

Investigation Was Begun Yesterday to determine the cause of the poison ing of more than 30 men and Wemen who ate at a dinner served by the Woman's Relief corps at Reekiand, Mass, following the Memorial day parade. The ham is suspected
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-01
CondenSe1 ,ogramS

Barcelona Newspapers Predict a general strike in Spain this summer.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-01

By a Decisive Vote of 45 to ii the senate yesterday passed the house bill extending the eight hour principle to contracts involving labor on govern ment work.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-01

A Reptile 1oooo,o00 Years Old has been mounted at the University of Chicago. The skeleton of the prehis- toric creature was found in Arizona last summer
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-01

Joe Priest, a We'll Known United States secret service man. died in San Antonio.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-01

Attorney General Wickersham has authorized federal grand jury in- quiry Into the activities of the Indus trial Workers of the World at San Diego, Cal.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-01

Annie Lynch, scheslsirI thirteen years old was attacked and slain near her home at Phillipsburg, N J., yesterday, by Prank Brown, former private in the United States army After shooting the girl, Brown wound ed himself. He may recover.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-01

4 Large Number Of Roman Catholics left London for the annual pilgrimage to the shrine of Lourdes. Many were i'll and had to be taken to the station on stretchers.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-21

bliss to what We were about to suf-
fer About o'clock al night the
heavens were enve1oped with tho
blacklist darkncss-thc seas Oh fire
and terrible were tho Hollow Blasts
mat curied the tops of the foaming
waves. Like the Pestilcnce in the
night Season, our enemies could
scarcely lie seen. At very small DIS
lance. wave. llke n flame Of fire,
dashing against IL mountain OF ice,
warned Us OF the danger watch we
mad barely time TO shun. Dreadful
showers OF hail and rain continued to
iail Tor more than half the night.
az night the sailors watched amidst
the storm.
10 heart. without dismay, could be.
hoid the scene that surrounded us
livery moment We expected To DO tn,
last--ho hope could remain IL once
We touched one OF these Rocks or Jcc
Livery alarm from tho Deck seeme1
i!ke the yeli OF Ghost from the bol.
low bosom OF the Blas;. Every Hear,
sickcned az the sound. such was the
ehe' or rather this Is a faint de-
scription Of 1t.
instead OF receiving courage from
friends In such q situation, we read In
thelr looks our own disnluv. Mr.
warner, n West-Indian. so listlcsa as
''.'''t'' W lecl tiIe invLgJratlnS Iorct
OF courage, nor tho toTmcnts OF fcnr
Jay all night snoring IN bed an IL h,
sIeht on the banks OF l.ethc. His Lady
WIN iortitude that d;d credit to H.,
sense ana an anxiety that declared IN,
GOODNESS OF her Heart Cor she bat
! TWO lovely children IN equal dnnr.,
with herself). lay all night witho,lt
exclamation and without slccpiue Ir
MclNenHie YOU would have seen th
hoaSter turned Coward. Stuart. win
a Just sense or our most hazardous and
iainchiaDle situation, walked confirm.
ally between the Cabin and the peel,
; flSura TO yourself what the appcar
ahce OF the Countenance of tho Hare
was when he exclaimed, 20, nv Com
panions. wo are In the Land of Dcath,'
and you will have u just Idea OF this
worthy Highlander.
10 describe my own situation and
behaviour with ACCURACY will hardly
be expected. Suffice It TO say that II
was truly depiorable. The stormy sea
the excessive cold and the anxiety OF
mind. brought the evil which had
long fearcd--a violent headache. nc
companicd with sickness of stomach
forced me to bed, where spent the
night without sleep and without com
fort. The noise OF the shin Increased
my headache. The smoke of coal
burning In tho stove filled the cabbir
so that the light OF the candles could
hardly DO seen. and seemed 10 threat.
en- us with sunocaticn, whilst ths
danger OF the Waves dashinE aEaips,
our stern prevented us from opening
The windows. and the Cold made IL ire
Indispensable. In this awful situation
we spent the night. Happy for us the
morning appeared ut 5 o'clock, and
never did the resplendrnt wings al
Light bring moro Joy to any. Tho
Captain camc down TO Ms and said. at
ut Light" We congratulated each
other with ineXpressible rapturc-nor
did we forget to acknowledge the be
ncfecenco of Heaven. We were still,
amongst the Islands. but as we had a
long day before us we were not afraid
OF getting clear of them before the
reXt night AT two o'clock r. NJ. Wa
lost sight of the last OF them. and with
Sc fne gale that we sailed cot miles
in % hours.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-21
CHILDREN F OR NJ
JUNIOR CHAP TER

Following suggestion made /. the
last meeting Of the Richmond Chap
ter. United Daughters OF The Con.ed :
eTacy, junior chapter. composed of
boys and girls under the age or e!gi-
teen, was organized Friday afternoon.
The meeting was held under the au-
spices of Mrs. John q. Corlcy and Mrs.
Samuel W. Williams. Mrs Norman V.
Randolph presided. The association
Will be under the direction OF Mrs.
Joseph Fourqurean. Jr.. Mrs. Hampton
Fleming. Mrs. Lpbn Wyatt. Mrs Aus
ten Brockenhrough and Mrs. william
Tallnterro
Tho following officers wero elected
by the children:
President. Marion spicer. First Vice
President. Ida Giichrist Lewis: Second
Vice President. nebora Mccarthy; Re
coriing Secretary. Lawrence Pickett
Edwards; Corresponding Secretary,
lhnett Wyatt; Treasurer. Virginia Lee
Cox; Registrar, Sprncll Bienncr For
tho present, tho meetings Will be held
on tho second Friday OF each month
Following is n list or ,nrnbera
Janet Wyatt. J Taylor Ellyson
Crump. Walter Christian Johnston.
Alice MacEill Bertrand. Alice MacgiIl
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-21
MAYOR TO SERVE
ANOTHER TER NJ
Davy Richardson's Work Salts
fes People, So Nobody
Runs Against Him.
MADE HONORABLE RECORD
Concerned Now in Selection Of
Good Men for Admins
trative Board.
MADE HONORABLE RECORD

Wlca the lists cloEcd yesterday. no
candida emterd tn hldilvoltanccMsE
candidate entered the field against
David Crockett Richardson. Mayor OF
lHchlnnnd. and for the next Tour years
h" will remain at the mead of tho
city government. This doesn't hap
pin all the time, but the fact that tho
Mayor has 40 opposition Ia 4 tribute
TO him. showing that there was no de-
inanb from any quarter for n charge
In administration. Always conserva-
tive. lie has carried on the work Of
public is rather glad that there Will
b" no spectacular race for tile oiice
this year.
But while Mayor Richardson escapes
81 fight ana without attempting to
take away from him any part OF tho
commitment paid by the citizens, lia
friends arc satisfied thn, he would
nave had opposition. except for the
! httter paying Jobs on the Administra-
we Board. Several men who are now
anxious to selv. tho city on that
n"hrd nj tie rate 81 5000 year. mad
nEurGh on the Inayoraity. They be-
iicNcd they could get It.
Could Have Won EnsiIy.
Others who are not in the $4,000
( handicap looked about aud waited for
IN. call, but the fact is admitted By
ft.aehis or politics that Mayor KIcn-
arhson could have defeated all corners.
hnida down I'm the spring election.
=" those who wanted the honor.
aaNei much money ana time ana
iuhs nower, and tho Mayor sails
IN again. Satisfied that tho mil,
nc has no fault 10 find with
| us administration. II the public h.d
| ioNhd fault II would have sent rand;
! aa'cs TO tho front. but the Mayor had
everything In his favor, end the Who'll.
Town Is spared the torment OF a bitter
campaign.
Four years ago Mayor Richardson
defeated Carlton Mccarthy. who iiad
served ons torn The campaign yaan.t
/ nasty hut II was a biz noisy and the
hhes weEc sharply drawn a good
many Councilman wen, down In the
/ same oattlc. When he began to stlidI.
the municipal problems, Mayor Rich
afdson urged the creation of n board
!" take up the million and one duties
performed hy Council committees, and
ne Is naturally proud that the Nd
| ."'h!stFatiye Board has been provided.
nu' ne mas more cloquently urged the
Hti.'tloh OF men OF ability as its first
members. realizing that MEN of infer.
Tor canbrH VIII ruin tho great scheme
f"t toIth and result. perhaps, In It's re-
cdii. or that reason, the Mayor IN
several recent addresses has prayed
ioF Wise action ut tho polls Like hun
areds OF citizens, ne knows that tho
success or failure of the plan DEPEND.
upon the men who must conduct q
/ S1.ooo.Ooo business
! housliy he mas been long In. public
/ iifr, Mayor Richardson Is stfIl younr
ana vigorous. He was n gallant con !,
| federate soldier, and his Personal
tHcputaritya had much 10 do with hts
election four years ago
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-21

ogden. Alice MncGill Deford. Margaret
Kern. Lawrence Pickett Edwards. Ruth
Harrison. Elizabeth White. Margaret
iihnute|. Bcnjamin Rawles. James
white Rawles, Anne Warren. Eliza-
ntth warren, Elizabeth Brander Italia
ferro. Matte Carter Truman. Marion
Spiccr, Katherine Spiccr, Meade SnIccr.
n. Fleming, NclIic watts Fleming.
LILLIAN Philips. Margaret Virginia Sea-
ton. Emmett Todd Scaton. Helen lie
Cont pureit Elizabeth Fstzhugh Bar-
toll Ida Gilchrist Lewis. Elizabeth
fouFHurcan. Marfare, Irouraurean
Hprueil BIcnrcr. Ethel Redd, Charles
Aliey stevens. Warner Lewis Fleming,
Josephine BransComb Dunn, virginia
Lee Cox. Francis Iieiudl. Louis icindl.
Mary Thomas Cox. Mary Mann Page,
Newton Pendleton, Mildred pendIcton
Newton. william Newton, Helen Or
phtn Margaret Dudley Hcary a.
Dudley, Virginia AtlSinson, Ella
ioiincs Johnson, Anne Faux ncr John
son Nirginia f'abb. Anne Lee Choa,.
wood, Margaret Cheatwooa, James :.
Moore, Ir." Dolly Collins Moore. Maria
Louis Moore, Ann Richmond Moore.
Jr.. Percy Lawrence Moore. Ir'.
Wesley Gentry. Mimic Cardweli Moore.
Ida Beverdsc Moore, James PARK
Gary, Catherine Temple Lynch.
George Peyton Lynch, Mnrgarc, Grc,-
ter. Elizabeth White, Deborah McCar-
my, Ruth Harrison, Lillian Gray
Philips. James Clifford Nayneld, Ben
nita Hubert Mayacld, Virginia Hcgc
Msraeli. William Warwick Mayiicld.
RAYMOND WIKI Cosby, Arthur Black
wcll Cosby, Constance Foster Marion
Spicer. Katherine Spicer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-21
PECKHAM APPEALS
Head of American salvation Army yi,I
IcNf I.If.. a rIin,,,,u.u L

'i''u W -N"cricun salvation Army VIII
Test City Ordinance.
". X. Peckham. adiutant Of the
american salvation Army. was fined
$40 ana costs yesterday morning In
Police Court for holding religious SER
vices in the streets without a permit
from the Mayor, as required under a
new Cit ordinance. He appealed. and
furnished 500 bond for his appear
ancc Al the next term of the Husti
court Security was given by Mrs
Olive W. Grady.
The organization Of which Peclxha1,,
Is the head has given the authorities
considerable trouble in the past. and
complaints of some of its alleged ac-
tons have from limo TO time been
made to the police III view of these
circumstances when application was
made 10 Mayor Richardson for n per-
init to hold street Services and solicit
aims II was refused. and the police
were instructed to this effect
knowing that lie would be Cned for
violating the ordinance. but with the
View OF making. test of the new law.
PeckhaM and his assistants several
nights ago held services ut MAYO and
FRANKLIN Streets and were reported
the following DAY
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-21
RAILROADS APPEAL
norton Risht of Why Case Coo, INTO
SuprCmc Court

N"rt"n HIGht OF Why Case Goo, Into
supreme Court.
an appeal was granted yestcrday
hs supreme Court to the Norfolk
ara Western Railway Company and
INC louisville and Nashville Railroad
company from Il decision OF the state
cooperation Commission. by which tho
interstate Railroad Company was
given right nf way over the property
OF the other roads In tho town OF Nor
ton. Tn. Interstate has been trying
10. Years TO get into tile town proper,
ership OF all available land by the two
In the petition for an appeal which
is Granted as matter of right the
N"rfcik and western and LUuisyiiln
and nashville say that their business
Will be lnterfercd with, and that the
int.Istatc proposes 70 erect A station
at the spot where the petitioners i'm
lfnd 10 place roundhouse within the
next TWO venrS 80
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-21
HELD FOR GRAND JURY

W. a. Coleman was held for the
Grand jury yesterday In Police Court
on "a statutory charge. He furnished
bail OF $500 for his appearance at the
next term of the Hastings Court. Cole
Ira,n Is said to have illegally accepted
n valuable dumond ring from Goldic
Terrence, alias Edith Coleman, alias
Edith Williams
Richard Jasper. colored. was held
for the grand jury on the charge OF
ascrious crime against Ella Lynch
colorcd. fourteen years old
Lee Brakcctt, colorcd was sent to
fall for ninety days for stealing a
small quantity of clothing from James
Spencer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-21
WEEK AT CITY HALL
Many Council Committees Scheduled
to Meet tn

Many Council Committees Scheduled
to Meet To-MOrrow.
With a large number of committee
meetings. in addition the public school
investigation, which continues We'd
nesday night. ;s:.:E will be busy week
with the City Council.
Following is a list of meetings al
rcady scheduled:
Monday--Committees on Finance md
Ordinance. Charter and Reform at s
o'clock: subcommittee on Water at s
o'clock. and Committee on Street Clean
ing at O'Clock
Tuesday--committec on Public Ii
! brnrv at $50 O'Clock. and Committee
ON Streets at 5 o'clock
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. school investiga-
ton at !, 40 o'clock, and Committee OF
Local Assessments at s O'clock
hurslay--Committec on Water ana
subcommittee on Streets at S O'clock
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-21

MYSTIC SHRINE. Los ANGELES. CAL.
May 6 TO S.
Rate. s92.75. For information and
tickets. consult
TIE RICHMOND TRANSFER, CO..
500 East Main street.
The Washington times., 1912-09-12
NORTH CAROLINA
SISTERS Welded
!, IN WASHINGTON
Surprise Friends by Moving
Up Date of Mar
riage.

A double wedding. in which two North
Carolina girls, both sisters, were prin-
cipals, took place in this city yesterday
afternoon, when Miss Elizabeth Myers
White, aged twenty years, married
Nathan A. Relfe, aged twenty-three, and
Miss Mary Onella White, aged twenty
two years, married w. Carl Winslow.
MIR. Relfe is a young farmer, and Mr..
Winslow a merchant, both from Her
ford, N. c. The brides are from the
same town.
They were married at 922 F street
northeast, at the home Of the girls
aunt, Mrs. c. b. Bush
1T is not an elopement," said the two
young brides, when questioned by re-
porter. 1--WE were to have been married
next November, but decided to come to
and friends"
Mrs White, mother of the brides, ac-
companied the young folk to Washing
ton, and was present at the wedding.
The Rev. r. L, Fultz, pastor of Ep-
worth Methodist Episcopal, South,
Church, performed the ceremony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reife and Mr.. and Mrs.
Winslow, accompanied by Mrs. White,
left the city for Norfolk. Va, on the
evening boat The young couples will
make their homes in North Carolina.
The Washington times., 1912-09-12
JORDAN ABANDONS
HOPE FOR REPRIEVE
Will Probably Be Removed To
Charlestown Jail Death
Cell Today.

BOSTON, Sept Leicester s. Jordan,
sentenced to die the week beginning
September 22, may be removed to a
death cell at Charlestown from the
West Cambridge jail today. 1t is thought
In any case that he will be taken to the
State prison before the week is out.
Hope that the governor will act in his
case practically has been abandoned.
His sister, Mrs. Jesse Livermore. has
paid what may be her last visit to Jor-
dan in the office of Sheriff Fairfairn.
with her were Mr.. and Mrs. Fred C
Kendall, of Somerville, the prisoners
youngest sister and brother-in-law.
Though the executive committee has
one more regular meeting before the
day set for execution, 1t is declared at the
State house that the governor will not
intervene.
The Washington times., 1912-09-12
HAS LONELY PLACE
ON CLASSIFIED LIST
Superintendent Of State, War and
Navy Building Belongs With
Neither One.

The office Of the superintendent of
the state, War and Navy building occu-
pies lonely position with respect to
the classified civil service according to
a. decision today by the Comptroller of
the Currency. 1t is a separate establish
ment, says the decision, and neither
under the State, War or Navy Depart
The War Department asked the Comp
troller whether Cassius c. Grant, a la
borer In the office of the superintendent
Of the State, War and Navy Bsilding,
could be transferred to the position OF
elevator conductor in the Division OF
Militia Affairs, branch of the War
Department.
The legislative, judicial and appro-
prfation bill provides that no vacancies
In the War Department shall be filled
except by promotion or demotion within
the classified service Of the War De-
partment until the total number Of civil
service employees under Secretary Stim-
son shall have been reduced 6 per cent.
AS the office of superintendent of the
State, War and Navy Building does not
come within the War Department the
transfer of Grant may not be made.
The Washington times., 1912-09-12
Illness Responsible
-. For WOman'S Suicide

III and respondent Mrs. Aurelia
Thomas. forty-six years old, ended her
life yesterday by inhaling illuminating
gas and cutting her wrist while alone
in her room at 1ol2 Seventh street south
west.
When the woman's husband, william
B. Thomas. a carpenter, returned home
wife's lifeless body on the kitchen floor
Mrs. Thomas had been in i'll health for
years and had become discouraged over
her condition.
When Thomas left the house In the
brooding over her condition. She did
not intimate that she contemplated sui
eide. She told her husband she thought
she would spend most of the day in bed,
as she was not feeling well. and he
promised to be home as early as pos
sible
The Washington times., 1912-09-12
Father of Justice
Wright Is Dead

Judge Dan Thew Wright. ST., father
of Justice Dan Thew Wright Of the
District Supreme Court. died last night
in the German Deaconess Hospital. in
Cincinnati, Ohio. following a long ILL
ness. He was eighty-seven years old,
but had beenu remarkably active for
many years back
Justice Wright, who was with his
family at his summer home at Oakley,
Nd. was notified of his fathers death
early today. and left Immediately for
Cincinnati. He will pass through Wash
ington today. He recently returned
from Cincinnati, where he was called in
response to a message that his father
was dangerously III.
Judge Wright was one of the Oldest
practicing lawyers in the United States.
The Washington times., 1912-09-12
by

the normal they more nearly approach
1t than the high prices Of last week.
Bluef1sh is up to 10 cents from cents
and all the other varieties are Just
about where they have been for some
time. Haltbut is worth IL cents, stur-
IL cents. perch s cents. and rock fish 1C
cents. ...a ....
Soft crabs hold their own at 40 cents
dozen and the hard shelled kind are
still worth 81. 80 a barrel. Butterfish sell
for s6 a BARREL clans for 80 cents a
hundred, and catfish % cents a bunch
A fairly good supply Of Goldfish, rather
unusual on this market, was present to-
day and brought cents g pound. Pol
lock is now coming in steadily and
bringing cents.
Watermelons are getting scarce now
and fish men predict rise in prices
within a week, when 1t is expected the
watermelon season will be over.
The Washington times., 1912-09-12
Keeps |:|9|!| ySu{

receipt Of price and dealers name. Send Zoe "a
rial bottle. Philo Hay Spec. Co.. Newark. n.
FOR SALE AND RECOMMENDED
ny PEOPLES PHARMACY, zTH q K
gTS. N. w.
The Washington times., 1912-09-12
SLUMP In PRICES
AT FISH MARKETS
Trout and Croakers Have Been
Coming To Capital in Large
Quantities.

All varieties of trout and croakers
took a big slump at the wharves today,
bluefish jumped 2 cents, but other kinds
of fish remained at normal figures. The
drop in trout and croakers was not un-
expected, as they have been too high for
a week or more and great quantities
have been coming to the local market
in consequence of the prices demanded.
Jersey trout is now quoted at 81 a
barrel, Norfolk trout at 50, and croak-
ers at So. While these figures are below
The Washington times., 1912-09-12
Treasury Officials
Summer Home Burns

The summer residence Of Thomas
Hoicomb, at Newcastle Del, was struck
by lightning and gutted by fire last
night.
Although a heavy rain was falling at
the time, the flames ragged fiercely, and
Wilmington could offer little resistance.
Insurance on the home and it's contents
is small. Mr.. Holcomb Is employed in
the Treasury Department here.
The Washington times., 1912-09-12
Fast Train Crashes
Into Delivery Wagor

NEW YORK. Sept 12,-Two men were
killed today when the Amaganset ex-
press, the fastest train on the Long
Island railroad. crashed into a delivery
wagon at Freeport. while travelling fifty
miles an hour.
The victims We're Edward Bates. Of
Lynbrook, and H. C. Creiger, OF Garden
City.
The Washington times., 1912-09-12
JUSTICE PROMISES
THE WH|PP|NGPOS
FOR W|FE,BEATERS
Montgomery County Man
Escapes Penalty by Ap-
/. pealing Case.

ROCKVILLE, Md. Sept 12.-An ap-
peal to the circuit court alone saved
Edward Jackson, colored, from being
the first wife-beater to be sent to the
whipping post in Montgomery county.
jackson was arrested Monday by
Sheriff Howard on charge of assault
preferred by his wife. Lula Jackson,
who represented that she had been bru-
tally treated. Jackson was tried and
convicted in the police court here, but
an, appeal was Immediately noted and
the case will be tried again at the No
vember term of the circuit court.
Police Justice Mace has let 1t be un-
derstood that all WIFE -beaters convicted
before him will be given the whipping
post penalty. provided there are no ex-
tenuating circumstances.
The executive committee of ths Mont
gomery County Roosevelt and johnson
Association met here yesterday after
noon with good representation from
the various districts of the county.
About all that was done was to ap-
point a number of additional members
OF the committee. The complete COM
mittee Will be announced within the
next few days.
The supervisors Of elections will meet
here next Tuesday to issue transfers
and certificates of erasements to all
voters who may apply. The supervisors
will meet at 10 o'clock and remain in
session several hours.
Resolutions complaining of the course
Of the State roads commission in stop
ping work on the roads of Montgomery
county in the middle of the working
season. allowing the machinery, pur-
chased for the county out of it's allot-
ment OF State road funds, to lie idle,
and In falling to use large amount of
stone that has been quarried and put
along the lines of construction, and
protesting against the attitude general
struction in Montgomery county, were
adopted by the county commissioners
at their regular meeting here yester-
day.
The county commissioners also con-
tend that the oiling of State roads Is
maintenance. and should be paid for
out of the maintenance fund, especially
where roads have been open to the pub
lie for year or more, and should be
charged to the bond issue funds allotted
to the county for road construction.
A COPY Of the resolutions has been
sent to the commission, and should
there be any denal of the charges con-
tained therein public meeting will be
called, which will be open to the press,
ut which the controversy will be thor
oughly aired.