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Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-26
Sioux Prairie Land Afire.

Pine Ridge Indian Agency. s. D., Nov. 25.-A thousand square miles of territory. mostly in the Sioux Indian reservation, were swept by prairie fire of huge proportions. The town of White Owl is reported entirely de- stroyed. A dozen other towns were threatened.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-26
Manifesto to Socialists.

Basel, Switzerland, Nov. 25.-The so- cialists of America and Europe were called on by manifesto issued today by the international socialist congress to resist any measures for war taken by their governments
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-26
Cabled Paragraphs
Countess of Flanders III.

Brussels, Belgium, Nov. 25.-The Countess of Flanders, mother of King Albert of Belgium, is seriously i'll. She is suffering from an attack of pneu- monia.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-26
EFFECT OF PUBLIC
 UTILITIES FINDING
Will Cause Loss of Some Minutes ts
 Certain N, Y., N. H. & H. Trains.

New Haven, Nov 25.-Inquiry at the offices of the New York, New Ha- ven & Hartford railroad here, as to the effect of the ruling of the Con- nect1cut public utilities commission following the Westport accident. brings out the fact that g. loss of several minutes to various trains will result from the commissions stop ore der for low-speed cross overs.
 The remedy is likely to be, 1t is stated, the diminution of the total number of cross overs on the line, the adapting of the others to high speed. and possibly the reduction of many trains to a lower general speed sched- u1e
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-26

The Single Tax Amendment to the atefconstitution of Missouri voted on at the recent election was defeated by a majority of 421,49
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-26

Watersewn and Northern New York were yesterday experiencing their first sleighing of the season. Nearly foot of snow had fallen.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-26
New Trial for Accused Koreans.

NOW rIaF TOT Accusod Koreans.
 Seul, Korea, Nov. 25.-The new trial on appeal of the 106 Koreans who were convicted on Sept. 28 of participation in a conspiracy against the life of Count Terauchi, the Japanese governor general of Korea, begins here tomor- row.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-26

The Accusation Was Made ct the convention of the American Fedora ton of Labor that President Gompers does not smoke union-made cigars.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-26
,ndensed Telegrams

A Positive Denial was given to the report that the Bridgeport and Dan bury trolley line has been sold Co the New Haven road.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-26

Lefty Louie Rosenberg, one of the four Rosenthal slayers awaiting sen tence in the Tombs, New York, kicked and beat a fellow prisoner.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-26
Theater's Death Roll Reaches 55.

Bilbao, Spain, Nov. 25.-Eight of those injured in the panic which oc- cured yesterday in a moving picture house G:ed today, bringing the death roll up to 55. Several others are in a hopeless condition,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-26
Kina Receives American Minister.

Brussels, Belgium, Nov. 25.-The re- tiring American minister, Larz Ander- son, was today received in audience by the king. He presented his letters of recall. MT. Anderson has recently been appointed ambassador to Japan.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-26

Jesus Flores Magon has resigned as minister of public instruction in Mex leo. It is probable that he will be succeeded by Luis Cabrera
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-26

Frank K. Beeeher, a retired sey- mour. Conn, manufacturer, died yes terday after a months Illness. He vas e years ole
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-26

Talk of Strike at This Time is non sense,' said Warren B. Stone, chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi- neers, yesterday
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-26

A Special CabIegram from Canton, China, to the Chicago Daily News yes terday announced that the Chinese will seek more loans in the United States.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-26

Montene9rin Council of War. Rieka, Montenegro. Nov. 25.-A pro-
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-26

Andrew Gerchitx of Newburc, N. Y., after being a prisoner for IS days in car of apples into which he had crawied at Newburg,was released when the car was opened at Sioux City, Ia-, yesterday. His feet were frozen and may have to be aniputated. He had eaten nearly a barrel of the apples.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-26

Five Men Were Killed yesterday and a number severely hurt, some fatally, when a logging train went through a 275 foot trestle at Bear Creek, near Marshf1eld, Ore.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-26

Spencer Wishart, of national fame as an automobile racer, was fined t15 and costs by Judge Hoyt in the New Haven police court yesterday on charge of reckless driving.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-26

Following the Burning of two Ro- man Catholic churches in Lowell with in a week, an attempt was made to fire St. Peters church on Gorham street Monday afternoon. This leads Superintendent Welch of the police department to believe that irebug Is at work there.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-26

The Hamden Authorities are invesh- gating the death of Francisco Teafla, @ blacksmith, who was found dead with broken neck at the foot of flight of stairs in a tenement house.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-26

Congestion of Freight Cars and the extent to which cars are diverted from the possession of the owning lines is the subject of a wide inquiry begun yesterday by the interstate commerce commission,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31

DRY" towns are doomed They al
ways die You and have heard it
often, SO often, that we accept it as an
axiom. 1t is whisky that makes a town
grow; everything is of minor import
ance. Well, the editor has been out
seeing the west and with it all some
dry" towns
First, we struck Payette, Idaho, a
plucky little town in a wonderful valley
of fruit. A drummer at the depot
said, awful dead here, since they put
the lid on 1t rather looked as if he
was right-thngs pretty quiet about the
depot, no buns, no loafers, no hood1ums
on the streets, everybody at their tasks.
SO we went out to explore and found
twelve hundred boys and girls busy in
school, great Woman's club full of
life, thirteen churches, an up-to-date
cold storage plant just erected that
would open the eyes of Ogden, Y
M. c. A. worth $25,ooo and that night
met some one hundred live business
men at the Commercial club, who had
met to urge the need of new banks to
meet the demand of business and then
that group of business men of a city
of two thousand people voted to put in
a $500 Chautauqua program in June
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31

$4,000 Y. M. c. A., big department
stores, factories, miles and miles of
beautiful homes, the state university
and eight hundred students, churches
on every hand, has just built one church
that cost $4,000 and seats 1900 people
and is filled every Sunday, and is build
ing another worth $75,ooo She has the
best commercial club Of any city of less
than $4,000 people in the West and the
best managed publicity bureau west of
the Rockies.
If this is dead town, then we de
voutly pray, 20 Lord, kill all our towns
as Thou hast killed these" for the
dead" dry town is so much livelier than
the live" wet one that it is like the
Irish section boss on the Colorado Mid
land near the Basque tunnel said:
"Shure Sir, the east end Of my section
is further west than the west end and
the west end further east than the east
end' and he was right.
Some day we shall all see that the
less whisky the more business, the less
drunkenness the more manhood, the less
saloons, the more prosperity and we
shall all be "dry" towns.-Ogden Ad-
vance.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31

Pretty live corpse is Payette.
Then we went to Everett, Wash the
sturdy laboring mems city above Seattle;
crowded growing Socialist city We
found Billy Sunday had been there and
Everett was dry" We went out to see
the ruins. We found them A new
hotel, a great new public school dedicated
the night before, one of many in that
big city We found a fine new interur-
ban line to Seattle, new boat service, fine
paved streets, homes building every
where. Everett was not dead.
Eugene Ruined GU
Now we are in Eugene, Oregon, in
the heart of the Willamette valley Well,
we remember when the vote of Lane
county made Eugene dry" 1t was
little wooden town, no paved streets,
no good hotels, a country town. En-
gene was ruined; they all said So An
old man sowed grain in the main street;
better raise grain, there would be no
business. Today we have walked about
the walls of Eugene and told her towers
and seen her ruins She is dead, awfully
dead She is five times as large as she
was, has miles of paved streets, elegant
business blocks, a stately new hotel a
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31

A few nights ago, on our way
home, we passed a man who was so
drunk as to be almost helpless, and
two policemen had charge Of him,
and were just sending Tor the patrol
wagon to convey him to the jail.
His clothes were soiled by the dust
of tie street, upon which he had evil
>cntly fallen; his face, alth ough not
hardened, yet bore all too evident
traces OF his besetting sin And he
was grav-haired! Oh, the pity of it
the shame of it, the degradation and
sin of it.
And while he himself would suffer
for his sin, whole circle of relatives
and friends would suffer also. The
shame and heart-breaking agony of it
is darkening possibly score of lives
and will darken them for years. If
the living death of the drunkard were
but brief one, measured by days, it
would be bad enough, but the agony
is long drawn out, and the awful end
ing comes, usually, only after years
of bitterest shame.
And the man we saw was but one
of thousands AS we passed along
the street we came face to face with
not a few men, most of them young
who, while able to walk, were not
able to walk steadily. The harvest Of
our seed sowing is being reaped every
day in the year Canada's crop IF
drunkards never fails And it is
crop of which no nation is proud
And out of it almost every Chris
tian nation under heaven is gathering
an ill-gotten store of bloodstained
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31
Only a Drunkard

gold. The licensed liquor traffic is a
revenue producer for every Christian
nation OF any size. And the shame OF
it, the disgrace and unspeakable hor-
ror OF it, has not yet burnt itself into
the national conscience sufficiently
deep to arouse Christian legislatures
to vigorous and effective action.
The fact remains as a blot upon
nearly every province in Canada that
we license men to make drunkards--
and we think it pays! How long shall
this infamy attach itself to our Ca
madam people?
Some still their conscience with the
thought that we cannot prevent this
thing, that the devil has always been
able to manufacture drunkards, and
always will be able, in spite of all
our efforts. This may be true, but
for licensing the drink demon to do
his work under the guidance of our
laws, and the protection of Our police.
Thank God, the Methodist church
has put itself on record as unalter-
ably opposed to the licensing of this
sorrow breeding, shame producing
traffic; but even Methodism, it seems
to us, needs just little more en-
thusiasm in the effort to outlaw and
destroy the traffic.
The next few years will be pivotal
ones with us as nation. Already we
have received many hundreds of thou
sands of immigrants whose national
conscience has not yet been awaken
ed to a realization of the enormity of
the traffic, and in some places al
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31

ready the time has almost passed
when it is politically possible to out
law the traffic. We have no time to
lose in this matter. Let us move as
quickly as possible. = Oh r S t i a II
Guardian.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31
No Use for Intoxicants

Two physicians, who are brothers,
operate hospital at Kingston, North
Carolina. Concerning the use of in
toxicants in his hospital, DR.. James
M. Parrot, one of the brothers,
writes:
During the six years we have oper-
ated the hospital we have had prac-
tically no occasion for the use of in
toxicating liquors. AS | remember it
now only in one instance did we find
that the use of Intoxicating liquors
was of any service, and that was in a
case of an old man who had under
gone very severe operation and who
had been accustomed to taking drink
every morning for a number of years
1t never occurs to us to prescribe in
toXicants in any form at the hospital
I am speaking solemnly and care
fully in the presence of truth, and
tell you that I am considerably with
in the mark when I say to you that
going tie round of my hospital wards
today, seven out of every ten owe
their i'll health to ALCOHOLISM An
drew Clark.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-05-31

The schoolhouse is multiplying, and
the schoolhouse is no friend of the
saloon, but it is a relative and ally Of
the church. = Michigan Christian Ad-
vocate.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-30
WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE
Trade Papers Optimistic Over Outlook for In.
creased Business Activity Holiday Season
of Unusual Volun1n ASSURED

New York, Nov. 2a.-R. G. Dun's weekly
review Of trade tomorrow will say:
The volume of business transactions
continues on steadily rising scale, and
the activity of trade results in a num-
Der of developments incidental to a Pc
riod OF prosperity. The demand for
money, as is common near the close of
the year, brings about advancing rates.
There is a scarcity OF labor in some OF
the industries, and the inadeQuacy of
transportation facilities results in back
ward deliveries, as Is witnessed In iron
and steel. Regardless of these and other
developments, both national and interna-
tional. the volume Of trade continues to
rise week by week and month by month.
November has been In many respects
the best month this country has ever
experienced, and every prospect is pleas
ing for holiday season of extraordinary
activity.
The weather has been especially IA
yorable for retail distribution. Cotton
and wooden goods continue in expanding
demand, and the New England mills have
in prospects for next spring a great vol
ume Of orders. The silk trade also I'M
proves. There is continued advance in
the value Of shoe business The only
drawback to the iron and steel trade is
shortage OF cars and of laborers, but
not only is production now at the maxi
mum, but the outlook for the new year
is all that could be desired"
The Washington herald., 1912-11-30
'MARKETS---FINANCE---CO COMMERCE

every other feature in the situation and
outlook Of the general stock market that
even the Balkan war has taken second
place in general discussion as 10 the I'M
mediate future.
The tight and dear conditions to-day
caused the call money rate here to again
60 10 % per cent This had the effect Of
further restricting trading to such an
egstent that the volume OF business trans
acted was again very small. The sharp
advance OF four points IN Rubber stock,
and likewise four In General Electric,
and two In A. c. Line. with about one
In u. p, were the only notable fea-
lures, and they were all due to special
considerations On the other hand. In
ternational Paper and Bag preferred
dropped four points further. and there
was some unusually large selling OF U. 8.
Steel bonds and Goldheld for foreign
account
In a general way the conditions are
such that without the development of
something to materially ease up the
present strain on the money market.
there will be little prospect for any
thing better than a dull and narrow
market. Meanwhile. however, the alb
sence Of any selling pressure Of impor-
lance shows how speculative holdings
generally have been liquidated during
the past fortnight
The Washington herald., 1912-11-30

New York. Nov. 2S-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say:
Trade continues to move at a swift
pace, but owing to improvement in re-
tail distribution the returns are invested
with a greater degree of uniformity than
was heretofore visible. Jobbers as we'll
as wholesale dealers are, II anything,
more active, while retail trade has been
stimulated by colder weather, enlarged
crop movement, and expansion in holi-
day buying. Virtually all sections, save
the South Atlantic States, where the
cotton crop is short. join in sending
favorable tidings
In leading lines the hub Of the situa-
ton is comprehended in the statement
that active demands face short supplies,
which fact makes 1t patent that con-
sumption has for the time outrun pro-
duction, and that previous conservative
buying Is reflected In present insistent
demands for prompt supplies. Industrial
operations continue brisk. and in the
iron and steel line complaints of inability
to get material when promised are very
general Under the circumstances con-
sumers are being forced to draw upon
warehouse stocks. Traffic over the rail-
ways is very heavy, and shipments of
grain continue at an exceptional rate.
Business failures for the week ended
November % were 2F, against 26S last
week and 216 year ago."
The Washington herald., 1912-11-30
LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET.

Quotations given below are for large lots Jobbezs'
prices higher.
EGGS-Near-by freSh Virginia, 3a5; West Viz.
Einis and Southwest Virginia, Soa5l; TennesSee,
SOzs
BUTTER-Egin fancy, per Ii, aIsass; Western,
hrsts. S4lsAss: second, 3Sa34: store packed IszO
CHEESE-New York State factory, new, 1szlSsS
POULTRH-Hens, per h., z; Toosters, per H.
sss; turkeys, l4al5; chickens, Halls; ducks. per h.
IsaB
DRESSED PoULTRY-Hens. choice. Der ID, Il.
L; turkeys. per ID. I5als ducks ltals; chickens
I4al5.
GREEN FRUITs-Apples. per basket, 4oa7s; bon,
4oSiB; bbl. LooeAoo; Florida oranges 250z2T5; or.
AnEes, California, box, 25oa350; lemons. box, 5Ooz
600; grapefruit per box, 25oa35; pineapple 2O0a
80; grapes, per h, basket Concord eal0; NiaEara.
I2z1B; Catawba, las; crznberies bb aooz9 90; tan
Eerines. per strap 25oa40o.
hay AND STRAW-Hay, Western, No l. Aoa
H0; No. 2 1kooslsoo; mixed hay. l2ooAlsoo; straw,
wheat per ton. sasI.oo; straw, oat, per ton,
Teoa7.a
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. new, No = Per b.,
euaso; per Dbl. L25al5o; No. pr Dol, Tsai.oo;
yGns eastern Shorel, per Dbl. L0a1 3; onions psz
sack, looGl-25; Spanish, pr crate, 3aN; cab
bao Per 100 lbs. ssaT5 lettuce per basket 7sal 70;
string beans, Florida PER basket, L50a2 50; squash
pr bh-, i5al0: beets. per no bmches. Looa2 %;
tomatoes. pr crate. 751zoo: c0ombeTs. per doz, rs;
-; eEx plant. per crate. 2ooA37
GAME-Raboits. per don. No. !. 23a2B; No
2 Der doG l00a200; quail No. l. per don. 500
30; No. z per don, looa20o
LIVE SF0CK-Sheep,- per h.. 2ias5s; spring
lambs. per H.. esa7; calves. choice per H. nalIz
medium. per ID. loalo1z.
WOOL AND HIDEs-wOOl. washed. frss Of buns.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-30
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

New York Nov 9.-MILLFEED-Stesdy;b business
is moderate Spring bran, zoo; standard middlingS.
ZOO; Western red dog. $50; winter wheat bran, in
ioopound sacks to arrive, $50; city bran. in bulk,
20.
RYE-stesdy; trade is duh. Western, to arrive. d
valued at about ss. c L. track. and State at II.
FLOUR-Unsettled: business moderate Kansas
IN barrels; spring clears L1ealo; soft straights. to
arrive Lda4 30, in barrelA
BUCRWhEAT FT0UR-Steady; supply b small.
Choice nominal at rs for 100 poundS
RYE FLOUR-Steady: demand Is moder1te.
Choice brands quoted at 365a4lo.
CORNAiEAL-Iregular; trade Is inactive. Kiln
dried for export, 37ta375; coarse meal. in bags, Liza
LIS. .r-.f,
HAY-Receipss. LOO tons; firm; choico in request.
Prime timothy. LIS; No. !, l.rssal.i5; No. 2 looA
Los; No J. Sao5.
sTRAW-Receipts. 70 tons Firm; business is
fairly good Long ne quoted at Saso Dat straw Is
scarce and up To foAsn
PoRR-Fim: supply IS light. Mess. ls.5Als.5o;
family ZS0caz5o.
BEEF-strong. but dull As supply is mail. Pack
Ct, 2ooa23O o.; family. Z1O0s2kO
LARD-F1at; moderate business. Prime Western
ern Ills: refined continent f2os; South American
p 70; refined Brazilian in keEs. 1870; beef searine
l2kal2tS; lard stearine inactive: New York. BALM
irregular at the start with initial prices points
lower for December. out otherwise unchanged 70
points higher, there was disposition on the
tart Of leading longs to sustain prices But that
Euuuort vas soon withdrawn and prices declined
sharply and within the nrEt half hour Of trading
yaiues dfupped to 10 points under Wednesday 5
final prizes IL did not dsSiats materially from that
basis during the balance Of the morning and early
afternoon Most q the trading was for local .ae-
The Washington herald., 1912-11-30
The Safest Investments

Bulgaria, Turkey, Servia. Montenegro,
and Greece for the carrying on Of wars.
His opinion was that if the war were
not over in three months, ii would be
stopped by the creditors of these ma
tons. He stated that TO his knowl-
edge the whole plan Of campaign was
for a quick, sweeping, and destructive
advance. no matter what il might cost.
He expressed the opinion that the prin-
cipal defenses of the Turkish empire
must fall within a month or the Balkan
uprising would be an ultimate failure.
He talked of nothing but money and
credit 1t is increasingly evident that
in these modern days credit is not only
the handspring OF war, but is also the
most powerful compelling force In
maintaining the peace of the world
The Washington herald., 1912-11-30
NEW YORK MONEY.

New YORK, Nov. 3.-Call money opened at per
cent; high, % PER cent low. per cent; renewals
per cent; closing. Is per cent ruling nate. Per crnt
Time money market remains strong. although the
held firmly by the banks. howerer. Rates are 81 PEI
cent for sixty days. 81 cent for ninety days per
cent for four months. u per csut for FIVE months,
and 5lSA5Il per cent for SIX months.
Commercial paper Il quiet and firm at per cent
for the best names.
London discounts. AZ per cent; Paris discounts, ~
PER cent. unchanged; Berlin discountI ~ pr crnt
unchanged.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-30

Per ID. SaS6; wool, unWashed. per h. .; hides dry,
pr III. l5als; salt hides. h.. Is: calfskins green.
each, l3a2oo
GRAfN-Wheat. per b., S5aLoe; corn, sheIIed
uer bu-, sag; ear. new, per Dbl, aT5a3o0; oats,
Western, white, No 2 per bu, cas-; mixed per
bu., t5al2
sEEDS-CloEer. red, Io5oall75; clover, alsike,
Eooal35; timothy, 2ooa2D; blue grass. L5Oa2oo;
orchard Erass, Lsoal0
The Washington herald., 1912-11-30
WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT.

New York Nov Bank cearinEs in the United
States for the week ended November 8 aggregate
8 $50 sse CO., against S7Oa7T7 90 last week and s.,
eli $500 in this week last year. Following arc the
returns for this week. with percentages q chanss
frum this week last year:
The Washington herald., 1912-11-30
WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET.

sales-Regular call. Il o'elock noon:
Washington Gas s. 500 At IlOA.
Potomac cons s.. 900 at looA. 81 .ocp at l0oA.
Capital Traction, 5 at Ia. at IA, L at I3ps.
Washington Gas, 10 at Sk.
AfteT call:
MergenthalPr, at IN.
Potomac COCA 81 s. 900 st l0oA.
GOVERNMENT BONDS