Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-01
WILL STOP WHEELS OF
 PROGRESS IN CONNECTICUT
Connecticut Men Appear at Hearing in
 Washinston-Pensions and Star Route Changed.
Special to The Bulletin.

Special to The Bulletin.)
 Washington, April 29.-The house yesterday took up and passed a num- Der of pension bills that have already passed the senate, Among them were the following Connecticut cases:
 William H. Pinkham, Milford, SEQ; Edwin D. Jones. Simsbury, $50; Albert R. Austin, Suf1eld, SPA James E. Coo ley, Kensington, $20; Eli Hoyt, New Haven $50; William L. Norton, Ter ryville, $50; Michael Hade Danielson, SPA; Mrs. Mary Ryder, Plainville, $20; David L. Gaines, East Hartford SEA Thomas Southerhill. South Windsor, $50: Joseph S. Spencer, East Windsor, S24; and George A. Lindall of Packer, SPA, These bills now await the sig nature of the president to become laws.
 Representative Higgins presented in the house the petition of the amateur wireless telegraph owners and opera tors protesting against legislation for bidding the use of private stations
 Representative Tilson presented the petition of the Winchester Repeating Arms company of New Haven, protest ing against the proposed legislation to limit the right of the patentee to dictate as to the sale or manufacture of the specific articles on which he is granted a patent.
 Also the petition of Alexander Ham ilton chapter. Sons of the American Revolution, for legislation authorizing the collection and copying of rec Ords of soldiers and sailors of the American revolution. Also the memo rial of the New York State Mayor s | conference, relative to legislation re- l quiring life saving facilities on ocean l passenger vessels.
 Senator Brandegee presented in the ! senate the petition of the ArkWright ] club of New England against the adoption of the Covington amendment | to the Panama bill regulating the pas l sage of vessels through the Panama ! canal. The same petition was present. ed in the house by Representative l Hill.
 Senator Brandegee also presented a l petition from the New Haven cham | Der of commerce protesting against the l passage of the Coyington amendment | to the Panama canal bill, which pro- | hibits railroads from owning connect 1 ing steamboats.
 | The postoffice department has or dered the disseminating of the staI route between Westchester and North i Westchester, which is to be superseded | by @ rural carrier from the office al | Colchester
 The following postoffices have beer superseded by rural delivery: Nortt Sterling, mail to Sterling. and Souti l Killingly mail to Danielson. Protests have been filed with tho committee from the Manufacturers
 association of Hartford county. 1T
 which they say that the patent bill,
 now pending will if enacted into law
 so modify the present efficient paten
 laws that it will result in the loss O
 thousands of dollars to manufactur
 CTS and dealers in patented articles
 throughout the country, and will ruin
 to very large extent a class of in
 dustry which has, since the founda
 tion of the government, received thu
 protection afforded by the constitution
 and our patent law.
 r. G. Drew, sales manager for tn Winchester company of New Haven
 and George D. Seymour attorney, als,
 of New Haven, appeared before tn
 house committee on patents at thei
 meeting on Saturday. Mir. Drew sai
 that if the proposed bill becomes
 law it would be the cause of stoppin
 most of the wheels of progress il Connecticut He could think of nOth
 ing that would have such a damagin | effect on the manufacturing interest of the state as the passage of tn pending bill.
 The hearings will continue through l out the week.