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Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15
Report of pr. Briggs.

It became known this afternoon at the State House that the report of Dr. L. Vernon Briggs shows that while Richeson probably was responsible under the law for his acts when he poisoned his former fiancee and when he made his confession, he Is so abnor- nal mentally that his case Is most puzzling,
 A Degenerate in Several Ways.
 There is reason to believe that had there been a law providing for the confinement of degenerates, as is pro- posed, Richeson might have been kept in an asylum for the past two years. The report Is said to show that the murderer is beyond doubt degener- ate in several ways.
 Richeson had spells resembling cata- lepsy, which were induced by strong emotions or nervous shocks, and for some time after them he probably was far from normal. Even for a few hours before one of these spells would become evident to the casual observer he would be coming more and more under its effects. When the spell really was on, the subject was uncon- Sctous or semi-conscious
 Responsible For His Acts.
 As Richeson was unable to perform any act while under one of these fits, it is evident that he could not have been in that condition when he murd- cred Miss Linnell, when he confessed to that crime or when he pleaded in court
 The question raised by Dr. Briggs report is the rather puzzling one of just where the law draws the line be- tween a man wno Is legally sane" and one who Is not Of course, the intent Of the law is to protect society, and on this basis the mans ability to know right and wrong and to follow either course is the deciding factor. This would indicate that RicheSon is responsible for his acts, and if the re- port of the alienists' commission coin cides with that of Dr. Briggs there is little likelihood of the murderer be- ing saved.
 Puzziing Legal Situation. Should the commission coincide with 1 Dr. Briggs views there would seem to be little chance that Governor Foss would refer the plea for communication i of the death sentence to the Execu- l tive Council. The governor, never 1 theless, may decide to get the Coun- 1 ciPs views, because of the puzZling | legal situation, which qualities Dr. Briggs findings in a measure.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15
ENToMBED MINERS
 FED THROUGH PIPE.
Reseuers at Work, But They Have c
 Hard Task Ahead of Them.

Duluth. Minn., May 14.-Six of the thirteen men entombed at the 1000 foot level of the Norrie mine at Iron wood. Mich. by a caVe-in last night are tonight grouped in a small space with five of their comrades dead be- side them. Two bodies have been brought to the surface.
 The men still alive are being fed by means of a little pipe driven through the earth that hems them in- Many rescuers are working to save them.
 It is not known just what caused ths accident Some time before midnight last night something gave way on tho 1000 foot level Many men were st work there and they scattered in both directions. The majority escaped up the right path but thirteen bfundcred into one of the many cross sections Of the mine and were trapped. Two of them were Killed at the edge of the csve-in and five others were killed where they stood. Six backed close to the wall and stood stil. The falling roof missed them.
 Then from the outside a many ser toned pipe was started downward Presently 1t reached the men and the mine officials learned that six were alive.
 Double crews went to work to savo these men. but many yards of broken timber, rock and ore must be lifted out of the passage and new roof built as the diggers go before the entombed miners can be rescued.
 The mine is controlled by the Oliver Mining company, subsidiary of the United States Steel corporation Al the otfice of that company here late today it wns asserted that there was some hope that the six men would bf rescued.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15
Steel Company Hampers Y. M C. A.
 Work

q never encountered a more strik- ing illustration of the effect of indust- rial power" writes John A. Fitch, author of "The Steel Workers" in The Survey, than was revealed to me in @ conversation with the Y. M. c. A. Secretary in one of the steel towns of Pennsylvania. He told me that the association there had about 150 members. The steel mill employed more than 1000 men, so l asked him why he did not have a larger mem bership. The work schedule of the mills, he said, is such as to make it very hard for the worlumen to use the Y. M. C. A. facilities. They would be too tired you know, to use the baths and the bowling alleys, even if they were members That is on account of the 12 hour day, Is it?' I asked. Yes he said, the 12-hour day and T. day week Well, them I suggested 3he working schedule is a barrier be- tween you and your real work, and in order to reach the men at all your first job apparently, would be to break down that barrier
 :" Oh, no!' said the Secretary. We could not do that. In the first place, the association is child, you might say, of the steel company. They are
 
 break it up to go into anything like that. Anyway, l would be sure to lose my job. Last winter we wanted to get Charles Sickle here to talk to the men. Now, you know this is non union mill The company would not tolerate unionism. Sickle always talks to working men about better ing their conditions, and usually men, tions unionism. Of course, no sane man can deny that there is need here of an agency that would better the conditions of the men, but you see how Stelzle's talk might create un- rest. It would not do. We had to de- eide against it. Things are rotten here, all right, but the work of the '. M. c. A. is not one of social reform. We aim to get good, clean young men, and to help them to stay clean. That is our work. These reform movements are outside of our line of activity
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15
Electric Heatinn.

Several towns in Norway and Sweden have recently taken steps toward the general introduction of electric heat ing, to replace the use of stoves burn ing coal or wood. Few buildings in these places have central heating sys- tens, and the tile stoves now general ly used could easily be adapted to re- ceive electric heaters. The electric current will be supplied by the public plants, which are generally run by water power.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15
Now use for Moving Pictures.

Moving pictures are used by a French scientist in the study of the deformatinn nf metals when strongly compressed ply the hydraulic press, In some easos he uses d brass tube of 3 Inches diameter and a4 inches thick neea of metal and observes inc ap- peara ne5 Of the surface when the tube Is fiattehed out oy pressure, Some and then compressed, Various figures appear on the surface of the metal, and moving picture views are taken at the rate of "a d second. By throw ins me vie#s hH H screen t ia easier te study the effsats than by direct ob= asrfallan
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15
THIS SUMMERS WAR
 GAME IN CONNECTICUT.
New York Military Authorities Draft
 ing Plan of Campaign.

Albany, N. Y, May 14.-State mili- tary authorities are continuing to draft detailed plans for the manoeuvres in defense of New York city which are scheduled to take place in Connecticut Aug. 10 to 20, and in which all the New York city troops will participate.
 The attackers will be Known as the red" division and will be mobilized in the vicinity of New Haven, Conn. The commander and the staff will be se- lected from the United States army, and in this division will be troops from Massachusetts, Maine, New Jer- sey and Connecticut, with a provisional regiment of field artillery commanded by United States army officer and pioneer battalion of engineers from New York and the Second New York cavalry. There may be slight changes in this programme
 The land in Connecticut over which the manOeuvres will take place is re- garded as ideal ground for the purpose.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15
sea Captain nspIieedy by Mayor

New York, May 14.-Mayor Gaynor. as he was leaving his office late today, was stopped by a couple entering the city hall. I'm Capt. Christian s. Juall of the steamship Leila" said the man, "and this is my sweetheart, Miss Constance Ardensen, of Greenwich. Conn. We want to get married. ]" Mayor Gaynor performed the cere-
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15
AGAINST THE NEW RAVENS
 CONTROL OF TROLLEY LINES
Massachusetts Railroad Commissioners
 Denounce Pending Bill.

Boston May 147-A bill which would permit the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company to take over all the trolley lines in western Massachusetts, commonly known as the western merger bill, was denounced by the state board of rail- road commissioners in letter sent to- day to the house committee on ways and means before which the legisla- tion is at present pending. The letter of the commission which was prepared at the house committees request de- clares that the bill is contrary to the recognized policy of the common wealth, that the board is entirely op
 posed to 1t, and that is should be re- ferred to the next general court.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15
Whers Potatoes come Eronn.

The arrival in this country of the first consignment of the seasons new potatoes from Spain recalls the fact that Europe owes it's knowledge of the potato to that country. says the Lon don Chronicle. For the potato was first introduced into Europe by a Spanish monk who brought it from Peru. From Spain 1t spread to Italy and Belgium, where it had been culti- yated for several years before Sir Wal ter Raleigh raised the first British crop in Ireland. The potato was a long time finding favor, and 1t is not much more than century since it ceased to be regarded as luxury and began tp be cultivated on large scale. And. this in spite of the fact that, as early as 1888, the Royal so- ciety realized its value and strongly urged it's merits,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15
Lost Money

J. Pierpont Morgan says there is n3 such thing as money lost. Apparently Mir. Morgan never saw his lasL nioLei disappear on the floor of crowced street car just as the conductor was coming for his fare.-Cleveiand Leader
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15
Severe Sentence for Assault.

Bridgeport, Conn. May 14.-A4 the criminal term of superior court today Judge Bennett sentenced Chester Swords, aged 45. of Danbury, to the state prihon at Wethersfeld for not more than fifteen or less than eight years for felonieus assault committed upon B five year old girl,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15
sixty Deya For NoreevshIplna hoY.

New York, May i4,-Justiee Russell in the court of special sessions today sentenced Joseph Martin a store keeper, to the worihouse for sixty days after he had pleaded guilty to q charge ef hsrsewhippihg Antanie Don His. four years old, whnm he tied to R gRs pigs fef the eEslisaliep.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15

Berlin, May 14.-The reichstag to- day passed the second reading of the navy increase bill without debate, ex- cept for two socialist speeches. The socialists, Poles and Hanoveriaans voted against it.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15
A cenvsnient Msmorx.

What ordinary folks would call plain lying the Colonel would have us believe in his case to be "a failure of memory" His memory seems to fail every day when he is in good health.- Philadelphia Record.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15

Stockholm, Sweden, May 14.-Au- guste Strindberg, the noted Swedish novelist and dramatist, died today from cancer. He had been seriously i'll for some time.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15

St. Thomas, D. W. L, May 14,--A se- we're and prolonged earthquake occur red at Antigua this morning. There was prolonged shock at St. Kitts and a slight shook was felt at Gaude
 loupe. No damage has been reported.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15

The Japanese Vice Minister of agri- culture and commerce says the world exposition which was to have been held at Tol1io ill 1917 has ben abandoned.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15

A Bill Has Been Passed by the Ital- ian chamber of deputies extending the franchise to illiterates, increasing the number of voters by 5,O00,O0O.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15
Students Adopt "No Treat" sysssm.

Schenectady, N. r. May 14A-Ths students of Union College today adapted the mo traat system" by an unanimous vote, Under 1t no student will treat another to D drink.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15

Rockville - Senator Edward W, Hooker of Hartford gave most in- terestins address before the pupils of the high sehoel recently, taking for his subject 'WeEk and PlsysH
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15

The Municipal Authorities in Rome ordered that no bread be served in restaurants unless wrapped in paper with the seal of the bakery attached
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15
THIRTEEN IRON MINERS
 KILLED WHEN EARTH CAVES.
Accident at Ironwood, Mich, Due to
 Defect in Timbering Drift.

Ironwood, Mich, May 14.-Thirteen men are killed in q cave-in at the Nor rie mine here at 11.30 o'clock last night, while working in a pit The ground started tc crumble. Rushing into another drift which they believed would be safe. the men were buried. The drift in which the men lost their lives had just been retimbered One Of the racks worked loose and the timbers gave way, releasing mass of earth and ore
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15
Cabled Paragraphs

Lima. Peru, May 14.-Charles Lyon Chandler, United States vice consul at Callao, sails today for Panama and New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15
Condensed TeIegra,

There was no change in the news paper strike situation at Chicago yes terday.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15
champ eave Fair Warnins.

Man gets 90 days in Governor Wo?d- row Wilson'a state for kickin' 8awJ. aroun'. Is this one Of those political ,straws indicating q Clark shift in the wnd New fork Herald
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15

Etampis, France, May 14.-Captain Echeman, 6 military aviator, while making a flight in a monoplane at the aerodrome here today dropped 120 feet. He was buried under the wreck age of his machine and was carried in a dying condition to a hospital.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15
ANOTHER MISSISSIPPI
 LEVEE HAS SUCcUMBED.
About 1000 Square Miles Will Be Flooded and 60,ooo Persons Affected.

New Orleans May 14-Approximate- ly 60,o00 persons and 1000 square miles of territory will be affected by the break in the Mississippi levee on the west bank, 25 miles north of here. Late tonight the crevasse, which start ed at 8 o'clock, was 200 feet wide. This, the Hymela levee, was the scene of the worst break of the flood of 1904. A force of laborers has gone to try to make repairs. The revenue cutter Windom probably will be rushed to the scene with supplies early tomorrow
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15

The Month So Far has been the hot test in Paris since that city has been keeping a weather bureau. This spring is the dryest in the city for the last 25O years.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15
plum bers to Have 0Opsn shou, i"

New Haven, Conn.,. May ia.--The Master Plumbers association at its meeting tonight voted for an open ahen
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15

BlooHFfsaId-Mr. and Mrs. Royal c. Eddy celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their horqs NepdAy at- tsrnneus
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15

Gen. Joseph A. Duncan, U, s. A., commanding the department of Texas, died at San Antonio, Tex, yesterday morning of heart failure. General Dun- can was 5s.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15

London. May 1.-The Titanic board of inquiry spent today in endeavoring to ascertain whether the steamer from which the officers of the Californian saw rockets fired on the night when the White Star liner went down was really that vessel. It will continue the investigation on the same lines to- morrow
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15

At Least 20 Lives Were Lost, 15 vil- lages destroyed, a great area of tim Der burned and 1000 cattle killed by forest fires sweeping the Pacific coast of Costa Rica,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15

< An ordinance prohibiting the carry ing of any flags other than those rec ognized by the United States govern ment was passed by the Seattle city council Monday night.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15

A Corps of Boy Policemen will be or ganized to take charge of Central Park, New York, next Saturday, as most of the regular force will be in the annual police parade. The fact that the day is the first one the park is open for May parties will add to the difIfculties of the boy policemen.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15

Girard Nugent, an s months old ba by is named as plaintiff in a suit to recover $25, ,0e0 from the Brooklyn Heights Railroad company for injuries suffered before the infant was born. It is alleged that Mrs. NUgent was hurt in such a manner that the child was perna nentlV injured.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15

The White Star steamship line has chartered the steamer Algerine of Newfoundland to operate in conjunc- ton with the Canadian government steamer Montagny, which landed three bodies at Rutsberg and sailed to re- new the search for bodies of other Titanic victims.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15

Hamburg. Germany, May liking Frederick VIII of Denmark arrived at the Hamburger Hof hotel yesterday, and died during the night.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15

Several hundred strikers at the Merrimack Manufacturing company and members of the Lowell, Mass, police department clashed yesterday and eleven arrests resulted.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15

Governor Wilson of New Jersey ap- pointed a commission to acquire land for state park at Washington's cross ing, near Trenton. where 8 monument is to be built marking the point where General Washington crossed the Della waer river just before the battle of Trenton.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-30
WOMAN IN S|CKLES
CASE MUCH ANNOYED
Friend Declares Mrs. Henry
Wilmerding Payne Inno-
cent of Charges Made.
BY International News Service.

By International News Service
NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-Mrs. Henry
Wllmerdins Payne OF this city was much
annoyed today because of statements OF
Stanton S!ckies. who linked her name
with the difficulties he Is having with
his father. Major General Daniel L..
SiclSles. civil war veteran.
The use OF Mrs. Payne's name Is
wholly unwarranted," said a friend. ''She
has decided to make no statement ut the
present time. and. IN fact. IS much wor-
rled over the upkIndiy inslnuations.'
Mrs. Payne Is relative through her
husbands family of Miss Eleanor Earl
Wilmerdlng. houselIecper of Major Cen
cral Sicklcs, The general first net Miss
Wilmerding through Mrs. Payne this per-
son says. The housekeepcr was then a
slip OF girl just If years old.
Before her marriage Mrs. Faync was
Miss Mary Field. She was Il daughter of
the late Augustus Field and relative of
the Princess Brancacchio. She was very
popular and was considered one OF the
smartest dressed young women in New
York before she married Mr. Payne. She
lived abroad for several years.
The main attack upon the hero or Get
tvsburg and the man who for so many
years was the most prominent figure at
thea trIcal first nights here. is expected
gets here from Toxic. She Il n daughter
OF the general by his present wife, and
Will side with her brother Stanton In the
fight over the estate OF the SI-yeur ~pld
veteran, Several hundred thousand dol
lars are Involved.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-30

across the lake, reached by boat and
courier.
The liberals sent arms and ammuni-
ton to the people of Leon. Two forces
sent by the government to check the ris-
Ing there met rebels numbering three
Thousand, and after desperate street
fighting We're killed almost TO man.
Their bodies were burned in heaps. a
force of fifty American soldiers who had
gone to Managua as part OF the legion
guard and were going TO Corinto by train.
were stopped at Leon, their officers In
suited and permitted to so no further.
Their train was seized and they returned
TO MaDagua, seven miles on foot.
Since the augmentation OF the Ameri-
can forces, conditions have improved, and
the insurgents. infamed by early vic
tories and scentine loot from applying
methods OF centuries ago.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-30
INTERVENTION NOT
LIKELY At PRESENT
President Is Not Moved by the
Report of Senate Inyesti-
eating Committee.
SITUATION IMPROVES
Executive Tells Callers He Is
Not Prepared to Call Con-
gresS Together.

BEVERLY. Mass. Sept. c9.-The re-
port Of the special committee which in
VesuSated the situation In Mexico and
tho revolutions of Madero and Orozco.
Will not influence President Taft In I,is
policy toward that country. Reports that
have reached the president here from the
committee have been read with great
care but Will not change his attitude
This statement vas made by the presi-
detn TO callers today. His position In
regard to Mexico, he told his visitors.
had not changed since he sent the Meai-
can ambassador hurrytng down 10 MexI-
co City with word that Intervention was
not an impossibility. Mr.. Taft Is not
prepared 10 call congress in extra ses-
sion to pass upon the need for intcryen-
ton. and he told his callers that he had
no present intention OF donG so. He
does not believe conditions in Mexico are
az bad us they We're several weeks ago.
He Is standing firm upon his decla ration
TO the Mexican ambassador, and believes
that conditions have improved since he
told him what might be expected from
the United States IL American lives and
property We're not protected. He made
.t clear to friends that intervention is
just as far away today II was then
II Is not probability, but II is not An
imposSibility.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-30
Illi[S Of WAR
''l[R[ VIOLATED
NJ NENA' s MEN
!. .n and Children Slaugh-
E 81 : |; Iwhen the Niearaguan
!, 3: 3: tIs Hurled Shot and
= Shell Into Managua.
,Ius pNES SAVED THE
3 8 gTY FROM CAPTURE
Intending Scenes During
= nhrdment; Americans
si hforced and Conditions
rs Show improvement.
EvNFS SAVED THE
|gTy FROM CAPTURE

iyAGuA, Mic, Sept, 29.-hmerl- :
cans in Manaeua now know what
sckening tragedy a Central
American revolution is. They
hive passed through a month OF
l Witnessed q thrce-days' battle
u,sdenced the horrors of bonn
Nd They have seen tic people OF
n ranIc-stricken, women and chill
Tta, haye borne the sufferings Of
I'm town beleacuered and have
slnculous escapes from exploding
itd bullets,
y upl.sl OF Nlcara qua IN August Wa s
|ifsil point Of the revolution of which
us Nena. the deposed minister
Il, vas the head. The two military
d n tie rising in l909-l0 which over
d Alasa. We're Emiliano Chamorro
MS Mena, Mena became minister of
I'd mgsnlzed the assembly which in
", Ill. elected him president ot
|Rszbllc for the term beginning Jam
h pD.
D United States stepped in, the Amer
rtJser notifying Mena that his
|1u vas regarded as premature and a
|bn of The agreement with the rep
klliyss Of the United States, Gem
/ va was deposed later as minister
|w and General Chamorro was ap-
~ coHmander- In chief OF the army,
\ rhlaslly fed and armed the Lib
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-30

morning, although Zeledon had been
warned that thousands Of innocent women
and children were in the city. All day the
savage shelling continued, the shells ex-
ploding all over the town, BY strange
fatality, women and children were the
victims. In one house mother and her
four daughters were wounded. A child
sitting on doorstep was cut In two. 4
woman with her babe at her breast, run
ming across the street. WAS struck by a
shell and both were instantly killed. One