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Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-23

With a One Day Collection of $5,4o0, of which Mrs. Woodrow Wilson con tributed $100, society women of Wash ington yesterday took the first steps toward cleaning up the slums of the capital.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-23

After Swallowing Three Tablets of bichloride of mercury Wednesday night Robert Palmer, a cattle salesman and a member of one of the wealthiest families of Sioux City, Ia. is awaiting slow death from the poison.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-23

Historic Military Organizations from many Of the thirteen original states are in Philadelphia participating in the celebration of the 1G0th anniversary of State Fencibles Visiting organizations include the New Haven Cirays, New Haven. and the Putnam PhalanX Hartford, Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-23

Captain George 6. Anthony, com nlander of the Catalpa expedition to New Bedford yesterday, following an attack of pneumonia.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-14

mittee takes up the broad question of general lobbying.
 Wilson's Plate Matter Campaign.
 The committees decision came at the end of day filled with sensations. On two occasions President Wilson fig- ured in the testimony. Senator Gal- finger told the committee that in his opinion the president had at least once "came dangerously near lobbying" and Truman G. Palmer, Washington rep resentative of the United States Beet Sugar industry, declared that "plate- matter" campaign much similar to the one conducted in newspapers by him had accompanied the campaigns of the president and Representative Under. wood before the Baltimore convention.
 Other Big Interest Doing the Same
 Senator Cummins cross- examined MT. Palmer at length about details of his newspaper campaign and develop ed that to the best knowledge of the witness many of the big interests of the country were engaged in similar efforts to mold the opinion of the country. The question os who was responsible for an alleged senate order for the publication as a public docu- ment of Data Prepared by Truman G. Palmer" on Sugar at GIance,'s lost sight of by the committee for sew eral hours, bobbed up before adjourn ment. Chairman Overman announced that the committee intended to call Ansell M. Wold, printing clerk of the senate. Statements made to him and to Speaker Nelson by MT. Wold, he said, showed that only one order had been made by the senate, although two are alleged to have been made.
 Senator Lodge to Take Stand. :.
 Senator Lodge who secured an order for the printing of charts made by MT. Palmer, will take the stand t oex- plain his connection with Sugar at q Glance" if he desires and MT. PaT~ mer, whose testimony was concluded today, will be held here until this mat1 ter is clearedfup.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-14
Investigating Committee to Ask Senate For Au- thority to Broaden Scope of Its Inquiries
PLATE MATTER CAMPAIGN OF THE PRESIDENT
of Sugar Interests Declares That He and Representative Underwood Conducted One Before Bal more Convention Was Hed-Senator Lodge to Go on Stand-State Printing Clerk Also to be Called

Washington June 12-Lobbying as a fine art, how it is done and who is responsible, what ends are sought and what results are accomplished, prob ably will be investigated by the special senate lobby committee before 1t con- cludes it's wark and submits report to the senate. For nearly two weeks the five senators on the committee have listened to testimony that has dealt almost exclusively with the influence exerted on the tariff bill but it has un- covered enough. trails to lead members to believe that campaigns of every sort, political, industrial and economical have been conducted much along the same lines, through paid agents and efforts to create public sentiment fav orable to concerns concerned.
 Want to Broaden It's Scope.
 In executive session tonight the com mittee decided to submit to the senate the question of a further broadening of the scope of it's inquiry. / The in vestigation has taken so much time that some senators on the committee thought that it might be well to limit its activities to a complete inquiry in- to lobbying for and against sugar and wool but after an hours session Chair man Overman was instructed to lay the whole matter before the senate
 To Seek Another Extension of Time.
 It is believed tonight that the time limit imposed upon the committee of twenty days would be extended and that the investigation would go into every possible phase of what the com mittee suspects is lobbying. Any skel- etons that have dangled in the closets of congress and any soiled linen that may have hung there will be exhibit ed tothe public eye and legislation to impose drastic restrictions upon lob bying and the "acceleration" of public opinion may result. Chairman Over man said al the conclusion of the exc cutive session that none could see how long the inquiry might take if an eX- tension of lime is granted and the com
Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-14

county in power during the strike concluded the record under the head of the arrest and conviction of cit izens contrary to the laws and consti- tution."
 To Determine Gauss of Strike.
 Tonight Senator Kenyon's branch of the inquiry. as to general conditions and causes leading up to the strike was all that was left to be done in leave the matter of violations of i'm migration laws to be taken up in Washington. The big question as to agreements and combinations "con- trary to the laws of the United States" for the purpose of controlling the production of West Virginia coal, will not be taken up by the committee at this time. It was decided. owing to the fact that officials of the United Mine Workers have been indicted on this charge under the Sherman anti trust law in the federal courts.
 Martial Law Absolutely Necessary.
 In no uncertain terms Governor Glasscock and the civil authorities of kanaWha county defended the decla- ration of martial law in the strike zone. Governor GIasscock told the committee that the sheriff and county prosecutor of Kanawha county in formed him they were unable, through the civil courts, to control tse strike district, and that they urged the dec laration of martial law.
 There was a reign of terror in the strike district" said the former gov ernor, twenty-five or thirty murders had been committed and no prosecu- tions had been held in the courts. I considered that martial law was an absolute necessity
 Mine Guards Source of Trouble.
 The former governor said he had been reluctant to take charge of the situation with the military, but that parties to the industrial controversy had urged him to do so. Senator Bo-S rah ascertained that the governor be- lieved that the mine guards in the strike district, most of the employees of the Baldwin -F'ells detective agency, were the main causes of the trouble and that one of the principal reasons for his declaring martial law in the first instance was his desire to rid the district of mine guards. After the guards had been driven out, he said. the question of unionizing the field became acute and the trouble again broke out
 The governor was unequivoca1 In his defense of the actions of the military commission which tried prisoners in the strike zone.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-14

largest ever appraised in this coun- try. Aside from the announcement of the amounts that revert to the heirs, there are two outstanding features of interest. One is an affidavit of the examiners that the property embraced in the ante-nuptial agreement for Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, amounting to about $1,73S.000, which was to have re- verted to her at the time of her hus- bands death, now terminates and goes to Vincent Astor, for the reason that the youths mother, although once Colonel Astors wife, was never his widow. Mrs. Ava Willing Astor di- vorced her husband, whose legal wid- ow is Mrs. Madeline Force Astor.
 Rebate on Inheritance Tax.
 The second feature concerns the in heritance tax of Colonel Astor. The estate saved a large sum of money by paying s3150900 to the state last Oc- tober, within six months of Colonel Astors death, this payment earning 9 five per cent. rebate. The sum men toned greatly exceeds any amount ever paid to any state as an inherit ance tax, it is declared.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-14
TOLD BY THE LITERARY MEN

Tn the recent sale of the Browning hetters in London some extraordinary letters were put up. There is one by Ruskin denouncing SheI1yey's style. lone might write Shelley by Shrews7 < bury clock" He then proceeds to give q specimen of how it could be AO@e;
 Tt was a lawny fslet
 By aenmone and vilet
 Like mosaic paven.
 There sat a gentle1nan--ffIfshed and shy
 And a girl with corkscrew curl in
 On the grass between-was a large eel pie
 And ham bone clean1y shaven.
 And the gentleman asked-in ascentA mild
 Was it quite enough soaked, before 1t was billed?
 And the lady replied as she pulled a vilet
 Off the IitteI. lawn is1et.
 Didn't I tell you-Jane would spile it?"
 Old Dr. Samuel Johnson would not have approved of the celebration of the 100 years peace between Britain and America. For the doctor, if he disliked Scotsmen, hated Americans. q am willing to love all mankind ex- oept an American" he said. And Miss Seward, the Swan of LAohfleld," who was present OH the OCCaS1On, had the tenerlty to say: Sir, this is an in- stance that we ara always most vi- olent against those we have injured" He was irritated still more by this delicate and keen reproach." writes Boswell, "and roared out another tre- mendous voiley, which one might fam oY aould be heard across the Atlantic"
 Lord Tennyson made a great income from hts poems, When Stfahan &Co. toek oyep the publication of tho poems in the '6ffs they agreed to pay Tenny- son sa5.010 a year in respect of the books already issued, and tn nay the poet aii profits on new wefElf, leMs a nodest<1b Rer cant. annnafafzton. This second item generally meant sso.oD0 fer each Hew volune, Far many years before his death X Tennyser drew a steady $6o,ooo peE anAvan 4HQm hi6 publishers.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-14
OBITUARY.
Rev. James j. HsaIy.

Meriden, Conn, June 13. Rev. James J. Healy. curate at St. James Roman Catholic chruch in South Man chester. died at his home here tonight at o'clock after a three months ill., ness of kidney trouble. The funeral will be held Monday morning at 10 o'clock from St. Joseph's church In this city
 Father Healy was born fin Merfdess and graduated from St. Roses paro- chia1 school in 1898. winning the prize for best scholarship. He studied for the priesthood at St. Thomas semi nary. ,Hartford. graduating in 1904. and he was sent to St. Bernards seminary in Rochester. x, Y. by the late Bishop Tierney, He graduated with the de gree of Ph. n-. Ph, B. Father Hsajy was ordained July s1, 1903. by the Rt, Rev Beaver of Springfield. The past four years he has been eurate at S.s James church in South Manchester.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-14
LEGISLATIVE MEMBER
 ACTS LIKE A HOODLUM
Knocks Down Fellow Member and
 Precipitates Near Riot.

Springfield, H., June 13.--A riot was narrowly aVerted in the house of representatives of the Illinois legisla- ture at six o'clock tonight when Rep Peoria assaulted Representative George H. Wilson of Quincy, the dry leader in the house, and knock ed him down. Speaker Mckinley final ly succeeded in restoring order and prevented a free for all fight on the floor between the friends of German and Wilson,
 While a member was making a speech, Representative Wilson had gone~to the rear of the hall and was talking to, several democratic "drys" when Representative German in a loud tone called to him. saying:
 Get out of here. you piker! Go back where you belong!"
 Wilson's reply, which later caused the assault, was not loud enough to be heard, but when Wilson started back to his seat a few moments later he encountered German.
 No words were passed, but with one blow to Wilson's jaw German knocked him down. In an instant the house was in an uproar. Half a dozen mem bers sitting in the rear seats jumped over the railing and managed to pull German away. Others raised Wilson to his feet.
 Members crowded into the aisles, shouting Throw him out!" and 'Ex- pei that member!" When the speaker was finally able to make his voice heard. he said:
 -Let us decide tomorrow, or at some other time when we are a little cooler than we are now"
 After a short period of quiet, Rep resentative German started for the rear of the hall. presumably to re- new the attack on Wilson. A friend seized him, but German, a poderful man, dragged the friend down the aisle until others went to his aid.
 Germans second demonstration threw the house into another turmoil, but German soon quieted the session by voluntarily leaving the hall.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-14
MELLEn BLAMEs ENGINEER.
Says He Ran by Signals, and There
 Was No Other Cause.

New York, June 1&-Charles s. Me1- len, president of the New York, NeW Haven and Hartford railroad. issued n statement here this afternoon in which he. said:
 "No man fu this country feels more keenly sorrow and sympathy for the dead and injured than I do. Every pfecaution had been taken to prevent accidents of this kind and of any other character occurring on the New Eng land lines which experience could sug- gest and human ingenuity devise. Doherty, the engineer. run past his signals. and that was the cause of ths accident and no other cause.'
 Mir. Meiien here repeats what had been previously announced, that he had directed thc roads officials to rem der fine fullest co0- peratfon tS all aur tforstfes concerned in the tnvestiga- tfpp. ard adds tast the wooden ear which was crushed belonged not t6 tsis New Haven but te the Pullman eeTn- pany,
 Half dozen months ago. he says. "tfse New York. New Haven and Hart ford turned over it's sleeping and par, Tor car equipment to the Pullman company, that company agreeing to furnish all steel cars to replace the others, and it has been doing so. The locomotive was one of the latest and best type of railway engine and was new, It was part of the $2,000,000 equipment ordered by me several months ago.
 An unsigned statement issuing from the New Haven offices relative to the investigation being made by the rail- road itself says that the general man. ager caused instructions to be given Doherty as late as Tuesday last coh- corning the handling of big engines, ''and warned him as to their ability to run fast, telling him to begin braking a little sooner than he would with one of the ordinary types of engines"
 Those who have testified so far be- fore General Manager Bardo,'' says an other statement, gave it as their opin- ion that the accident was caused by lack of judgment on the part of the engineer. It was brought out that he was going at the rate of from 15 to 20 miles an hour just before he hit the train. The distance signal was 2,10o feet away from the home signal and could be seen 1.S00 feet away. There fore the engineer had total of 3,909 feet in which to stop his engine"
Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-14
ANOTHER FATALITY IN
 ROYAL FLYING CORPS.
British Naval Lieutenant KilIed-An-
 other Aviator Injured.

London, June 13.-Lfeut James R, B. Kennedy of the naval wing of the Royal Flying corps was killed, and C. Gordon Bell, another aviator. seriously injured in the fall of a. monoplane near the Brocklands aerodron1e today. Bell was driving the machine and Kennedy was a passenger.
 The monoplane at height of about thirty feet was flying at the rate of eighty miles an hour when Bell essay ed a turn and banked the machine at too great an angle. The nose of the plane dipped suddenly and a wing struck the ground, causing the ma chine to turn turtle. Both Kennedy and Bell were buried in the wreck age.
 This is the second fatality in the Royal Flying corps in less than 8 month, Lieut.. Desmond l.. Arthur of the Fifth battalion of the Royal Nun ster Fusiliers having been killed near Montrose, Scotland, May 27, while practlcing aeroplane reconnaissance Arthur fell with his machine from a height of 2,000 feet.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-14
Steamers Reported by Wireless.

Brow Head, June 13.-Steamer Oce- anic, New York for Plymouth. Cher bourg and Southampton, signalIed PTS miles southwest at a. m. Due Plymouth a. m., Saturday
 Sable Island, June 13.-Steamer Campania, Liverpool for New York. signalled 500 miles east of Sandy Hook at 10.30 a. m. Dock p. m ,. Satur- day.
 Cape Race. June Steamer La Lorraine, Havre for New York, sig nailed 1rS6 miles east of Sandy Hook at 5.30 p. m. Dock 1f.30 a. m. Monday.
 Cape Race. N. F., June Steamer Letitia, Glasgow for Montreal, sig nailed 110 miles east at 7.20 D. m., 18th.
 Fastnet, June 1s-Steamer Caronia, New York for Liverpool, signalled 432 miles west at D. m. Due Queens town 5.30 D. m., Saturday.
 Brow Head. June 13.-President Grant, New York for Hamburg, sig nailed 125 miles south at 755 D. m.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-14
CONNECTICUT STUDENTS '
 WIN PRzEs AT MALE
Middle Haddam Youth Captures One
 of Most Valuable Awarded.

New Haven. June 1s.-The John Ad4 dison Porter prize in American hiss tory, one of the most valuable prizes at Yale, has been awarded Warren Hiram Lowenhaupt of Middle Had- dam, Conn. according to an an- nouncement made today. His subject was Impeachment in the National Government" The prize consists of the income of $2,0oo.
 The John Addison Porter University prize, the income of $500, has been awarded William Alexander Robinson of New Haven "
 The J. B. Lunger Academ1caI priDa has been awarded Paul Brown Camp of Jamestown. N. Y.
 The Philo Bennett prize for thd best essay on the principles of free government goes to Theodore E. Cara so of Orange, N. J.
 The Blake Stone Breaker prize is awarded Roscoe Henry Sattie of Lis- bon, N. H. The Andrew D. White hiss tory prize goes this year to William Wyer of Albany, N. Y.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-14

commission in New Haven on Monday next at a public hearing by Chief ln- spector Belknap of the interstate conn., merce commission at Bridgeport on Wednesday next
 ''In the meantime exhaustive tests will be made by a board of experts ap- pointed by the railroad to determine, beyond doubt, Tthe efficiency of the brakes, which, from the testimony of engineers in charge of the train both before and after the accident were ef- ficient in all respects"
 O. P Sauer, assistant superintendent of the Pullman company, said tonight at his offices at the Grand Central that his company had supplied the New Haven road with somthfng like 75 steel Pullmans under the contract en- tered into last January. The road, he said, had between 160 and ITO Pull mans, all of which except the 75 men, tioned were of the old type and of wooden construction. Steel cars were being supplied to the road as quickly as they could be made, he said.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-14
Cosmopolitan Community.

Confusion of tongues in St. Giles, the industrial suburb of Brussels. Bel eium. Here the Flemish, Walloon and German clements meet. Statistics pre- pared for the government on the lan- guage question show that of 63, ,239 adults who form the population of St. Giles. 10,163 men and 14.213 women speak French only; 2.4s3 men and B. 445 women Flemish only: 90 men and 172 women German only: 12.5aS men and l4go7 women both French and Flemish, I'll men and 7S5 women both French and German, 30 men and ss women both Flemish and German, and s6s men and GAS women French, Elem ish and German.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-14
TO KILL
 HER LITTLE NiECES.
Two Children Testify Regarding Hab-
 its of Their Aunt.

Bridgeport, Conn, June 13.-Testify : ing that their aunt, Mrs. James F. Donahue, had beaten her children and threatened to kill them when they mentioned their fathers name, Loretta and Margaret Quinn, aged 13 and i, respectively, were the chief witnesses at the hearing held before Judge Ed ward F. Hallen in the probate court yesterday afternoon on the application of MT. Donahue for the removal of the mother as guardian of the children.
 Both little girls testified that they had made frequent visits to the home of Mrs. Donahue and that she fre- quently threw the children on the floor and kicked them. They also claimed that Mrs. Donahue had told them vul : gar stories and drank beer
 Alderman John E. Lyddy appeared a sa witness for Mrs. Donahue and de ciared that she had the best of repu- tation and that he had known he-- since a little girl.
 The hearing was adjourned until next Friday at 2 o'clock.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-14
Mixed Patriotism.

Up in the Nineteenth assembly dis trict they are telling this story of a fallen political idol. In the rounds of his social activities he attended an afternoon entertainment given by the Outdoor Playground association. Among the vocal selections rendered by the children was My Country, 'Tis of Thee" At the conclusion of that hymn the political idol was called upon for few remarks. He address ed the audience with emotion.
 Children" he said, Git does my heart good to hear you. Scarcely ever rave heard The Star-Spang Ban ier' so beautifully sung. New York Times
Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-14
sUNDRY CIVIL BILL
 IS UP TO PRESIDENT
Diseriminates in Favor of Labor and
 Farmers Organizations.

Washington, June 13.-On1y the ap- proval of the president is now needed to make a law of the sundry civil ap- propriation bill, with the exemption of labor organizations and farmers asso- citations from antitrust prosecutions with funds provided by the measure. By a vote of 46 to 12 the senate today receded from it's opposition to an item in the bill. as it passed the house, re- ducing the number of members of the board of managers of national soldiers homes from eleven to five. This was the only remaining item of disagree ment between the two houses.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-14
Proving an Old sayino.

q sure believes dat dere's truth in dat old proverb what says. Heaven helps dose what help demselfs," an- nounced Wandering Walter, the Weary Wop.
 ''Wot mikes yer t'ink dat kinder dope?" inquired Ragweed Reggie, the Rowing Reprobate.
 '.Becuz if we hadenter went an helped ourselfs to dat cold ham in dat summer kitchen we'd never have seen dem winter clothes hangin' therel" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-14
NEGRO WHIPPED FOR T
 AN INSULTING REMARK
Other Negroes Take Up His Cause and
 Riot is Narrowly Av@rted. e

Loughman, Fla, June 13.-A clash place was averted tonight by the timely arrival of Sheriff Logan and an armed posse from Lakeland. A negr3 was whipped here Tuesday for having made an insulting remark about Q woman. Negro sawmill employees, re- senting this, quit work and mad9 threatening demonstrations. Today armed negroes appeared in town and detied the local authorities, whereupon Sheriff Logan was appealed to for aid and responded promptly. A number oE arrests were made.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-14
ONE MORE DEATH.
Gregory Hume, New York Newspaper
 Man, Dies of Injuries.

Stamford, June 13.-One additional death was added to the list of those who were victims in the collision of the second section of the Springfield express with the first section here late yesterday, making the total six. Greg ory Hume, g. New York World man, died this morning. The body of the woman which was not identified last night is that of Mrs. W. w. Seeley, wife of ". Fl. Seeiey, manager of the industrial bureau of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad at Boston. Two brothers of Mrs. Seeley reached here early today and complet- ed the Identification
Norwich bulletin., 1913-06-14
Martial Law in
 Mining District
GOVERNOR SAYS TT WAS ABsO-
 LuTE NECESSITY.
WAS REIGN OF TERROR
Twenty Five CT 30 Murders and No
 Prosecutions, He DecIares-Gass- cock Before Senate Committee.

Charleston, w. Va, June 1S.-After hearing from former Governor Glass cock his explanation of the conditions under which the Pain Creek and Cabin Creek mining districts were placed un- der the domination of military rule, the senate mine strike Investigating committee tonight hurried it's hear ings along with but single branch of it's inquiry to be concluded here. The testimony of Governor Glasscock and the civil officials of Kanawha