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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-02
Suffrage Effective Remedy.

1.-THE final, and only, effective remedy.
it seems to me- for such attacks as these
upon tho vcSy fabric of civil service"
said Mr.. O'Eonoghue, would be the res
toration of suffrage in the District, and
the election Of senators and representa-
tives in Congressman mere spineless in
consequent delegates, but strong, forceful
men who would actually represent the
District and safeguard its vital interests.
ARIZONA and New Mexico have at last
been admitted to the Union, and ! fully
believe that the force of public opinion,
now free to take cognizance of condi-
tons in the nations capital, will ulti-
mately result in statehood for the Dis
trict. which, to my mind, is the only
manner in which the present anomalous
condition of vOteless, unrepresented citi-
zenship can be remeded.
duty of government employees residing in
the District of Columbia. not only as a
matter of patriotism, but of self-preserva-
tion Is to visit tneir homes on all possible
occa sons, during vacations and holidays
and all other times possible, and arouse
interest among their friends and acquaint-
ances There are 10000 such employees
more or less-living n the District and
their influence for good, radiated through
the states, will have profound influence
in creating a public sentiment that will
avert the cataciysm that threatens the
civil service and the country.
For my part, | would regard the
passage Of this bill in it's present shape
as little short of "a. political Titanic
disaster
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Bill Puzzles J. j. EdEon.

Discussing the provisions of the bill.
John JOY Edison. himself a former civil
service employee, said today:
Just why this bill should be proposed
l do not quite understand. l was in
the civil service. in the Treasury De-
partment. for ten years. After resign
ing my position there l have been a
member of the National Civil Service
Reform League since it's organization.
/ have lived in the capital for forty
eight years. and thus have had an ex-
cellent opportunity to make a close
study of government civil service con-
2itions.
I'm reforming and perfecting the
civil service the first consideration al
ways must be to obtain the best pos
siblc service and efficiency for the gov
eminent. In doing this, all just and
proper consideration for the govern
ment employe should. of course, pre-
vail
III young men find the conditions of
government employ hard, unfair and
unattractive, they Will not largely en-
ter the service of The government and
IL such employ is made hard. and unat-
tractive for present employees they will
not remain.
If the reverse. however, Is true, these
men will continue to serve the govern
ment, greatly to its real. practical adj
vantage. This is fundamental fact that
Is recognized and found to be practical
and of the greatest advantage by private
corporations. firms and individual en-
ployerS.
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But Little Opposition Expected.

The cause of the veteran clerk. who
has given the best years of his life and
his strength to faithful service for the
government, has been SO often impressed
upon members of Congress that the pas
sage of the bill by the Senate at this
session Is predicted confidently by friends
of the legislation.
Whether or not the economy program
of the democratic majority in the House
will prove a snag for the measure is
question which its friends are discussing
seriously. Accurate estimates made by
Senator Cummins indicate that 1t will in
volve appropriations from the federal
Treasury of about $41 600. and Of that
sum $S5OO. 600 would have to be appro-
priated In the first year.
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to action on the plan to be recommended
by the Senate committee on civil service
retirement.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-29
NORTH PROVIDENCE BOY
 KILLED BY COMPANION
Police Believe Crime Was Committed
 for a Dollar Watch

North Providence, R. L, March 29- That William MatheIs. Jr.. F wears old, was enticed into the woods and murdered by another lad for a dollar watch is the belief held by the police tonight. A search has been begun for the suspect. an Italian youth of r years.
 The Mathers boy. who came here with his family from England several years ago, disappeared from his home at Marieville. a village in this town, on Feb. 29. Since that time searchers have gone over nearly every foot Of ground in this vicinity. but no trace of the missing boy was found until last night, when two lads chasing skunks in the woods came upon a childs rubber and sweater. The find
 was reported and a search resulted in
 the finding of the dead boy with the skull crushed, the body covered with bruises and the clothing in tatters Be side the body was a stone weighing several pounds and spattered with blood
 An inquiry among those who knew Mathers brought out the information that a. short time before he disappear ed he was in company with the youth who is suspected. It is also known that when the murdered boy left home l he carried a dollar watch which his ! father had given him for Christmas and which excited the envy of some of the other children in the school. The | watch was not in the boys clothine | when the body was found.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-29

Boston, March 2S-The action of the New Bedford Manufacturers, assocta- tiQn in granting the demand of the op- erAtives in cotton mills of that city for & ten per cent increase in wages was the principal development in the New England textile situation today. Thirty thousand operatives in New Bedford are affected by the raise and 10000 more in Rhode Island mills manu- featuring a similarly fine grade of cloth will be notified of an equal ad- vance by the end of the week, proba- bly,.
 Won't Influence Lowell Situation.
 Lowell manufacturers whose 14,000 employees are idle on account of the strike and lockout say that the action of the New Bedford mill men will not influence the Lowell situation. While the mill agents of Lowell have not written a formal letter in reply to the wage demands of the strike committee of the Industrial Workers fthe World they have expressed a willingness to roHfer only with employees of heir own mill.
 Smaller Strikes.
 Smaller strikes of cotton mill work CTS in Clinton and West Warren, Mass, continued today with no apparent progress toward a settlement of the differences over wages.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-29
STEADY INCREASE OF
 CATHOLIC POPULATION.
Statistics Slsw It Has Nearly Dou-
 bIed m Twenty Years.

New York, March 2S.-There are 15,- O15, 569 Catho es in the United States proper, according to the 1912 edition of the official Catholic directory which is authority also for the following statis- tics: A year ago the Catholic popula- ton of the country was 14.618,761, and the gain. therefore, is 396,S0S. Ten years ago the Catholic population of the country was 10,976,751, showing an increase of 4,O3S,812 for the decade. Twenty years ago the Catholic popu- lation of the country was 8,615,182, showing that during the past twenty years the Catholic population has near ly doubled.
 There are 17,491 Catholic priests in the United States, a gain of 4O7 for the year. There are 13,939 Catholic churches in this country. Of these g. 256 have resident priests, and the other 46S3 are mission churches. The direc- tory also shows that there are 14 arch bishops. two titular archbishops. 91 bishops, two arch-abbots and fifteen abbots in the Union.
 New York state has the largest num- Der of Catholics. 2.77S,O76. sConnecti- cut is twelfth in the list with 12,9I3.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-29
HUSBAND WORTHLESS
 AND WoULDN WORK
Testimony for Defense in Trial of Wife
 for Murder

New York, March 2S.-Jchn Somer- vile. father of Genevieve Somerville Nicodemus, the young Scotch girl on trial before Judge Rosalsky, charged with killing her husband, Frank Mic odemus after she had shot and tried 10 kill herself, said on the witness stand today;
 I opposed the marriage but my op- position did no good. After they were married Frank came to our house and lived there all the time. He would not 60 any work. 1 wanted my daughter to leave him, but she said I'm going to live with him and make him good man.
 Mrs. Nicodemus wept as her father testified
 Mrs Patterson, Mrs. Nlcodemus' sis ter, testified of the husbands coldness toward his young wife, and of his re- fusal to set up housekeeping until her family paid the expenses Mrs. Pat terson said that Genevieve said after the shooting that she had not meant to hurt Frank, only herself" and that she hoped Frank would get well and she would die"
 Did yeu know of any reason for the refusal Of Frank to support your sis
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-29
INCREASE GRANTED AT NEW BEDFORD
Textile Strike Has Been Averted in That CyLoel Manu
 facturers Say They Will Not be Influenced This Action Lowell Strikers Becoming Vioent-ndustra Work CTS Ordered to Vacate Hall Because of Protest of Tenants

Weavers' union, an American Fedora tion of Labor body, was holding a meeting, was repulsed by the weavers. The weavers seized chairs and clubs and drove the intruders down the stair way to the street
 Captain James Brosnan and squad of police were hastily summoned. but they did not arrive at the hall until the attacking party had been routed. The police dispersed a crowd on the street, but did not make any arrests.
 Shortly after this incident Pole wearing an Industrial Workers badge was arrested in Merrimac square. He was haranguing a crowd and blocking the throroughfRre.
 The strikers and their friends will be permitted to parade and hold meetings on city property for several days, but should these demonstrations lead to disorder, the privileges will be revoked according to Mayor James E. ODon- nell and Superintendent of Police Red mond Welch.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-29
All You Need Is a
 CaScaret Tonight
No Sick Headache, Bilious Stomach Coated Tongue or Onstlpatso Bowels by Morning.

Turn the rascaas out-the headache the biliousness, the indigestion, the sick, sour stomach and foul gases turn them out tonight and keep them out with Cascarets
 Millions of men and women take a Cascaret now and then and never know the misery caused by lazy liver, clogged bowels or an upset stomach.
 Don't put in another day in distress- Let Cascarets Cleanse and regulate your stomach; remove the sour, undi- gested and fermenting food and that misery making gas; take the excess bile from your liver and carry out of the system all the decomposed waste matter and poison in the intestines and bowels. Then you will feel great
 A Cascaret tonight will surely straIghten you out by morning. They work while you sleep. A 10-cent box from any drug store means a clear head and cheerfulness for months. Children love to take Cascarets be- cause they taste good-never gTipe or sicken.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-29
PENNSYLVANIA COURT
 UPSETs cELlBAcY PACT.
Wife Can't Read Into Marriage Con tract ProViSo to Defeat It's Purpose.

Philadelphia, March 2S.-The supe- rior court of Pennsylvania has re- versed the ruling of the lower court in one of the most remarkable cases in the jurisprudence of Pennsylvania. It is a case in which a wife seeks to force support from her husband after living together for fourteen years, but during which time the marriage con tract never had been. fulfilled In justification of her claim the wife re- fers to an agreement made a year be- fore the marriage in which the man and the woman, upon pended knee, sWOre to each other that, while they would be married and legally would be man and wife, they would not full fill the marriage contract. The lower court held with the wife, but the higher court reversed this. declaring that woman has no right to read into the marriage contract a clause that practically would annul it.
 The reversal is given in an equity suit brought by Mrs. Irene D. Gun ningham against her husband, Clement Remington Ii. Cunningham, a prosper ous business man of Philadelphia.
 The facts of the case are that the couple were married Dec. 4. 1895. and lived continuously together until Dec F, 1909 On that date the couple had quarrel and the husband left. In justification of this withdrawal the husband declared that. while thev had lived together for fourteen years. the marriage contract had not been made binding. He said this was at the de- sire of his wife.
 Mrs. Cunningham admitted her hus- bands state of celibacy and explained that a year before their marriage they took an oath of ceIibacy.
 Tt was not taken before any officer of the law she explained. We were in the parlor at the time and we knelt down together"
 During the hearing of the case the wife was asked if she was willing to take MT. Cunningham back.
 T fear him. she replied. T think his love for me has disappeared. owing to the manner in which he comes home at different hours of the night. This has made me fear him."
 MT. Cunningham has a salary of S75 a week and dra WIS $2.000 a year in divi- dends from different investments.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-29
GIVE THE VETERANS
 LIBERAL PENSIONS.
Their Services Should Not Be Meas
 ured by Dollars and Gents.

Washington. March 2S.-Senator Cur tis of Kansas in urging the passage of the Sherwood pension bill in the sen ate today said he was in favor of giv- ing the Union soldiers the most liberal pensions possible and was opposed to measuring their services in dollars and cents He said he was opposed to the substitute offered by Senator SmOot because it was not sufficient to meet the demands of the veterans.
 This great rich country can well afford to support the men who fought the battles which saved the Union, said he We should pass the bill in justice to the survivors of that won derful army. They did not count the cost When President Lincoln called, they simply answered We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thou sand strongi' They gave up all and offered their lives to preserve the Un- ion, and this government should pro vide for them in their old age.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-29
Brief State News

East Hartford. - Superintendent of schools Thomas Fl. DeCoudres has ac- cepte6 an invitation to address the Wallingford Board of Trade on School ing.
 Naug gatuck.-Tha rubber factories of the borough will close Friday and Sat urday of this week and Monday for the purpose Of taking inventory. Work will be resumed in the factories on next Tuesday
 Manchester.--Chief of Police Samu- el C. Gordon has issued orders to the other members of the department to bar from the streets in the future all signs carried by the boys advertising places or things
 Thonaston.--Tor the first time in several months the watch department If tho Seth Thomas Clock company was operated Saturday morning The factory viii continue ,o operate on a S6-hour a week schedule until further notice.
 Meridsn.-Sunday was the seth birthday of Judge John 0. Thayer of Mertden. He is descended from one of the oldest families in Fairfield county, Thomas Fatrchild, the first of his American ancestors, being the father of the first white child born in Strat- ford.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-29
Exnlosion in LaboratorY.

New York, March 2S.-A violent ex- plosion that wrecked part of the or ganic laboratory at the College of the City of New York and blew out a doz- en windows. creating great excitement, occurred this afternoon in the depart ment of chemistry building. No one was in the laboratory when the explo- sion took place, and no one was in iured.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-29
Raotsria.Ladsn catsup Seized

Buffalo. N. r.. March 2S.-Federal deputies seized 12,000 bottles of catsup today Ii is said the catsup is mis- branded and not manufactured in ac- cord with the pure food law. The cats up was found in four large wholesale houses in this city. The report of the pure food inspector showed that the catsup contained 90.OOO,OoO bacteria to one cubic centinnetre.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-29
D. ]. MCCORMICK, 30 Franklin Street, Lecal Agent
SMALLPOX CONTINUES TO
 SPREAD AT NAUGATUck
Twentya-three Cases Now, But All Are
 Very Mid.

Nauganlak, Conn, March 2s-Thls town now hEs 2S cases of smallpox eight new cases having developed to- day. There are a number of cases un- der observation, and from present in dicatfons the botal number will prob ably be swelled before the end of an other day. All of the cases of the dls- ease are mild In a number of ln- stances the victims were sick in bed for only a few days. Many people are still skeptical. claiming hhat the dis ease is not smallpOA.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-29
Your FreCkIeS
Need Attention in March or Face Will
 Stay Covered.

Now is the time to take special care of the complexion if you wish fl to look well the rest of the year. The February winds bring out freckles thst win stay all Summer unless removed now with othne-double strength
 This prescription for the cure of ireckles is the discovery Of an elni. nent skin specialist. and IS 30 uniform ly successful that it is sold by Lee & OsSood under guarantee to refund the money if it falls. Get an ounce of othine-double strength, and even the first nights application will show a wonderful Improvement, some of ths smaller freck4es evea vanishing entire ly
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-29
38 Miners Still Missing.

Welch, w. Va. March 2S.-Thirty- eight of the eighty three miners who were imprisoned in the mine of the Jed Coal and Coke company at Jed, six miles south of Welch, on Tuesday, by an explosion. still were unacceunted for today
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-29
Lost s15o.ooo. Takes eas.

New York March 2S.-His fortune and health having gone. Albert Peiser. 6S years of age, committed suicide at his home today bv inhaling illuminat- Ing gas His body was found in the bathtub, nude. with a gas tube in his mouth. He recently lost s150, 900 in real estate panic.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-29
------ ----------------- STRIKE INVERTED.
New Bedford Manufacturers to Make
 Desired Increase.

New Bedford, Mass March 2s-A
 general strike of 10000 cotton mill op- eratives here was averted late today by the Manufacturers association agreeing to pay the full ten per cent. demanded. The advance dates from
 March 25. The announcement of the advance was received joyfully by all
 classes of operatives. The weavers
 and several other unions held jubila-
 tion meetings tonight
 The 67 line cotton goods mills in New
 Bedford represent a total capital of
 over S36,000,00Q They operate 3,000,-
 900 spindles.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-29
No State Police in Rhode Island.

Providence R. l., March 2s-A bill to establish a state police force, which the republican platform in the last campaign advocated as a means to suppress gambling, was defeated in the house today by a vote of AS to 2S. Gov ernor Pother, who recently began a this bill
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-29

idgefisId.-Under the auspices of the state board OF education, Repre- sentative George B. Chandler of Rocky Hill will speak on The School and the Dawning Era in the town hall, Ridge field, this (Friday) evening.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-29

ter, except what you have told ?" ask ed the prosecutor.
 T know he wanted her to go on the street" was the reply. She told me that and cried, and said she loved Frank. but couldn't do that for him because she loved him too much"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-29
Sanitary Plumbing

A peep into an up to date bathroom is only less refreshing than the bath itEelk Daring the summer you will the more lock to the bath for bodily comfort. will show you samples and plans of the porcelain and other tubs and give you estimates for the work of putting them in in the best manner from sanitary standpoint-and KuAr- antee Cae entire job
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

less car for the twelfth consecutive year
the makers feel that their efforts have
not proved in vain. The season OF 1917
has brought to the public the necessity
noisy complicated valve type of engine.
On every hand they hear lauded the adj
vantages of the valveless, noiseless auto
mobile. Yet the Gilmore Manufacturing
Company has been producing car OF
this type for many seasons past. In
these, the latest models of the Gilmore
line, the silent valveless engine. Is still
continued. The greatest feature of this
motor Is the absence of valves.
This years line consists of roadsters,
four, five and seven passenger touring
cars, with full equipment. Two ignition
systems are another feature of the 1917
line.
The Boston fire department has accept
ed a motor ladder truck afte- giving it a
try-out in climbing Parker HILL one of
the steepest grades in the city, where
there is a lot Of valuable property whose
owners have been demanding better fire
protection for several years. The big
seconds. The best that horse-drawn ap-
paratus could do was from to 10 min
utes and some of the apparatus could not
get up there at all some days.
The latest novelty in motor hat pins, to
leather-covered disc in neutral tints. en-
circled by a broad rim of dull gold or
oxidiZed silver, at even intervals studded
with little tack-shaped turquoises, or
some Opaque stone
X X *
With the Wizard of Menlo Park"
constantly as his guiding genius, Carl
E. Winters. Chicagoan, worked
twelve years In his laboratory before
success came to him in his expert
ments. AS the result of his hard labor
to produce a storage battery that will
overcome the difficulties that have con-
fronted battery manufacturers ever
since electricity has been utilized as
motive power for vehicles. Mr.. Winters
recently solved the problem. He is
said to have put in los hours con-
tinuously in his experiments after
having found the basic principles of
his plan to produce electricity without
any deterioration or reaction.
To those who have familiarized them
selves with the discoveries of Inventor
Winters there is charm in his story of
work to achieve success in the matter of
long service. He has demonstrated that
his process yielded $50 cycles Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

TEAIENDAR)

May 25-Sociability run, Automo-
bile Club Of Washington.
May 30-Motor cycle and automo-
bile races, Benning track, Wash
ington.
May 30-Indianapolis speedway.
500-mile race. Indianapolis. Ind.
May 30-Track meet, Salem.
N. H
June 11-13+Endurance run. Auto
mobile Club of Washington, Har-
risburg, Pa, Philadelphia and re-
turn
June 2o-Algonquin hill-climb.
Chicago Motor Club, Algonquin,
Ill.
June Reliability run, Auto
Club of ST. Louis. st. Louis. Mo.
June-Hill- climb. Maine Auto
mobile Association, Portland. Me.
July-Road race, Riverhead, L. I.
July 4-Track meet, Petersburg.
July 4-5-Track meet, Taylor
Automobile Club, Taylor. Tex.
July 4-6-Beach meet, Old
Orchard Automobile Association.
Old Orchard, Me.
July 1S-Reliability run, Wis
consin State Automobile Associa-
ton, Milwaukee. Wis.
August 8-1O-Galveston beach
meet, Galveston. Tex.
August 23-24-Road races, Chi
cago Motor Club, Elgin. Ill.
September-Track meet. Uni
versal Exposition Co.. st. Louis.
Mo.
September 2-Speedway meet,
Indianapolis, Ind.
October 5-Fairmount Park road
race. Quaker City Motor Club.
Philadelphia, Pa.
October 711-Chicago Motor
Club reliability run. Chicago.
October 12-Track meet, Rock
ingham Park, Salem. n. H.
November 6-Trac's .--o"t.
Shreveport Automobile Club.
Shreveport. La.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-19

IL is the hardest section o. the world to
penetrate. Dense forests. n deadly eli
mate, inducing the worst scourges of dis
ease. as yellow fever, cholera. beri-beri.
etc. the fierce wild beasts. poisonous SER
pents and savage tribes are some of the
obstacles to be encountered in penetrat-
Ing the Amazon country.
The entire central portion OF Australia
Is an unknown tract save for direct line
In which the transcontinental telegraph
system has been laid. The greatest diff
Guilty was encountered in stretching the
wires across the desert waste, and the
small strip thus opened up is all that Is
known of the heart of the island conti-
nent- IL ~ supposed to be a vast sandy
plain. jnterspersei here and there with
salt .akeS ~ vars The horrible monotony