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Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19
Secretary Garrison Says Our Coast Garrisons
 Could Not Defend Themselves on Land Side
WOULD HAVE TO DEPEND UPON MOBILE TROOPS
With the Advent Big Guns This Feature of Our Fortica- tons Has Received Little AttentionLnes of Land De. fense Work Have Been Prepared to Correct This De- feet, He Says-Guns With All Round Fire Considered

voted to making each individual group of works reasonably secure against land attack, even though unsupported by troops other than it's own garri- son. Certainly the construction would be of such a type as to enable a de- fense sufficiently long to permit ar rival of assistance from coast guard troops.
 Guns Can't Be Used in Land Attack.
 But, after all. this whole question brings up very forcibly the folly of depending upon fortresses alone. Their usefulness is very much restricted un- less there is an adequate mobile army. The real purpose of seacoast defenses is to prevent hostile fleets bonbarding cities behind them. occupying the har- bors whose entrance they are designed to close or bombarding fleets taking refuge in these harbors. Their guns are of a heavy type necessarily too heavy in most instances for work against troops. Their function is to fight armored ships. Their Hanks and rears must be protected by mobile troops, as must the cities which lie be- hind them. in case the enemy decides to land at a point outside the range of the guns and make his attack upon the city from a point overland. It would not be practicable with the present mounting to turn great guns con structed for this purpose against
  cinity of cities. This is work which can only be done by the mobile army.
 Fortifications Only Part of Defense.
 Tn short. all systems of coast de- fense which look to security through notifications along are destined to be of little use in time of real war. The Notifications are only a part of the defense, and while constructed they are fixed defenses, effective only over the area, within range of their guns. beyond this range an enemy is entire ly free to operate. unless he is op- posed by mobile troops
 The Capture of Boston.
 Tt was to demonstrate the fact that the great mass of fortifications de- lending Boston was helpless to pre- vent the capture of that city by land attack that the Massachusetts man oeuvres of 1909 were held. The af- lacking troops were landed at New Bedford and occupied Boston from the rear. This Is feasible at any of our seacoast cities, unless the coast de- lenses are supplemented by an ade- quate mobile force. The well trained and armed soldier on his feet is the determining element, and any country which trusts itself to defenses unsup- portable by a mobile army is destined to disaster. Each helps out the other and both are absolutely necessary.
 Six-lnch Guns for All Around Fire.
 "The department is now considering the installation of guns up to six inch calibre with all around fire with a view to helping out in the defense of the works from land attack, and it has paid much more attention than here tofore to the construction of batteries which have q well thought out and prepared system of defense against land attack"
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19

Washington, May 1S.-Secretary Garrison in a prepared statement to- day discussed the preparedness Of sea- board cities to defend themselves against land attack. MT Garrison em- phasizea at the outset of his statement that he had issued it because of "a re- gently published articles respecting the land-side defense of our coast de- fenses.''
 Here is the statement:
 Text Of Statement.
 My attention has been directed to a recent article respecting the land side defense of our coast defenSes.
 It is perfectly true that many of our scacoast defenses would find seri- ous difficulty in defending themselves by their own garrisons against land attack by a numerous force, and 1t is also true that they have been con- structed, in many instances, without any reference to an attack coming from the land side. but, as natural, in view of their purpose, almost wholly with a view to giving protection to the cities and harbors behind them against an attack by a hostile fleet This be- ing their principal function, pretty much everything else was subordinated to this end, and in many cases forti- hcations were so placed in the effort to secure the best field of fire over the sea front and channels as to rem
 
 tremely difficult.
 Would Depend on Mobile Troops.
 Ut can be said of many of them, in fact most of them (except those which are on islands). that their de- fense in case of any serious attack from the land side must rest on bodies of mobile troops attisgned to this duty. Such mobile troops probably would be drawn, to a great extent. from the militia The coast artillery corps, while available for a certain amount of work as infantry. are primarily trained for service with the big guns and cannot well be assigned to other work without jeOpardiZing the etft ciency of the work for which they are in case of land attack if will be neces- sary to assign considerable bodies of mobile troops to defend these works.
 New Type of Fortress.
 Before the advent of the modern gun, the common type of fortress con- struction was in the form of an en- closed work, capable of defense against land attack by it's own garri- son; but with the advent of the mod ern gun and the construction of works involving great outlay of money, in sufficient attention was given to the problem of their defense from land attack, and as a result many of them are SO situated and constructed as to be liable to successful attack by even moderate forces landing from ships.
 Lines of Land Defense Laid Out.
 With 8 view to correcting this de- feet, lines of land defense works have tions prepared for their prompt con- struction in case of threatened war. Tn future construction it is believed that much more attention will be de-
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19
Burned and BIackened Bodies of Unfortunate Miners
 Removed From imperial Mine
LIFE OF ONE MAN SAVED BY A BROKEN THIGH
Unable Stand Erect He Was Prevented From nhang the Poisonous Gases-Found by Rescue Party and Rushed Hospital Where He Will Recover--One Rescuer Overcome by Gas and Subsequently Expires.

Belle Valley. O., May 1S-Burned and blackeued. the bodies of fifteen miners who lost their lives early last evening when an explosion of fire damp partially wrecked the Imperial mine were brought to the surface to- day by Tcscuers working under the di raction of Deputy State Mine Inspector Abel Ellwood
 Pitiabie Grief of Relatives.
 Several attempts were made by <es- cue parties to enter the minef last night. but the gas had not vanished srtficscntly to allow the rescuers to reach the bodies until after daylight this morning
 Nearly all of the .O00 inhabitants of Belle Valley gathered at the mine ea trance soon after the explosion and stood for hours watching the work of the rescuers. Grief of relatives was pitiable as the bodies of their loved ones were brought out of the pit.
 Bodies Were -adly Burned.
 The bodies were found mile and a quarter from the mouth of the mine. They were lying oh their faces and were badly burned.
 An investigation into the cause of the explosion will be begun tomorrow hs officials Of the state mining depart ucut. The Imperial mine is owned hy the O'Gara comFany, composed frinCipaliy Of Cleveland stockholders
 Rescuers Overcome by Gas.
 Henry Fairhurst. a member of the
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first rescue party to enter the mine last night, was overcome by gas and died soon. after being taken to the surface. Orville McCune. a compan- ion, also was overcome. but was re- vived and will live.
 Fairhurst and his party found the body of Roy Yaeger soon after enter ing the mine and placed it in cart.
 One Victims Life Saved.
 Fairhurst went ahead to clear d nas- sageway for the cart and was over come by gas. The other members of the party fell down on their faces and waited a few minutes until the gas be- came lighter. Then they placed Fair hurst's body in the cart beside Yae- gers and took them to the surface.
 Yaeger was discovered to be alive and was rushed to the Cambridge hos pital. It is said he will recover He was thrown a distance of 300 feet by the explosion and was the only man to escape from the section of the mine where the explosion occurred.
 Life Saved by Broken Thigh.
 Yaeger attributes his escape to the fact that his thigh was broken. He had to lie on the floor and was pre- vented from rising and inhaling the poison laden air. After few hours he was able to crawl through the shaft until within half mile of the en- trance, where he was found by the rescue party.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19
MOTORcYCLIST PLUNGES
 INTO RIVER AND DROWNS. Lest Control of Machine as Me Was
 Rounding a Curve.

1liddletown. Conn. May 1S.-W hile speeding along the Cromwell road on hfs rr1otorcycle early tonight, Zeek t'zafslli or Hart ford lost control of his rr0chine in attempting to round~ q srrTe plunged over the iron railing of Little River bridge and was drowned Tte motorcycle followed Czalski into ihr water
 Patrick Kelly was driving along the Toad at inc time and saw the accident He made a desperate attempt to save The man from drowning. He first sus- pended the long tie line from the bridge. but 1t did not reach the water. lie then cut the reins from his horse, but Czalsizi Gid not have the strength to grasp them and he hoated under fhe bridge and was swept toward the Conn ecticut river by the swift current. soon disappearing from sight The pO- lice draggc the river for several hours before locating the body There were ro marks Of identification. but a friend declared it vas CzaLsli. who he said was employed in Hartford. The dead man was about & years old. and is said Co have wife and family in P artCord. The motorcycle has not been recoVe yet
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19
wiIlimantio Schools Built.

Hartford, Conn, May Is.
 The act concerning authorizing the town of Windham to issue school bonds. which was reported favorably by the committee on cities and bor- Oughs, was taken from the calendar of the house Thursday. An amend ment was offered in substitution for section one which reads as follows:
 Section 1. The town of Windham is hereby authorized to issue bonds to be denominated the Natchaug school bonds of the town of Windham issue of 1913. to the amount of $75,000 and is further authorized to issue bonds to be denominated the Windham high school bonds of the town of Wind ham. issue of 1913, to the amount of 5000 Said bonds shall be registered or with coupons attached, bearing in tereSt at a rate not greater than f 1-2 per centum per annilm, payable semi annually, the principal thereof to be payable at some certain time or times not later than thirty years. from the date thereof. The avails thereof shall be used solely for the purpose of erect ing 3 suitable school building and fur nishing the same. in the real estate situated in the city of Willimantic. in said town, and known as the Natchaug schoolhouse lot. bounded as follows Northerly and westerly by Jackson street, easterlv by Milk street, and southerly by land of St Josepll's Cath oi1c congregation and for the purpose of erecting and furnishing a suitable high school building on the real estate of said town, situated in the city of Willimantic aforesaid bounded as fol- lows: Westerly by Windham street easterly by High street, southerly by land of the state of Connecticut, and westerly by Windham street
 Sec. 2. Said town, at a meeting warned and held for that purpose shall subject to the foregoing limitations, determine the several and aggregate amounts of said bonds, the annual rate of interest thereof, the time and place of payment of the principal and in terest thereof, the dates and times of issue and maturity of same. the man ner' in which said bonds shall be is sued. and the person or persons by whom said bonds shall be signed and executed. negotiated, sold, and deliv- cred for and on behalf of said town, and said bonds, when so executed, is sued and delivered by said town, shall be obligatory upon said town and upon the habitants thereof, according to the tenor and purpose of the same
 After explanations by Chairman King of the committee, who said he had personal interest in the matter, as Windham was his native town, and that he attended school in Williman tie and was pleased with the indiea- ton of progress; and by MT. Kelley of Willimahric who showed the need for rhe bonds, the act. ss amended was passed without opposition.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19
FAREWELL
 RECEPTION TO FRIENDS.
Prominent Macon Banker Told Them
 the End Was Near.

Macon, Ga. May 18.-B Sanders Walker, prominent banker and real es- tate agent of this city, who took poison last Wednesday night. is unconscious tonight and believed to be dying.
 few hours after he took the poison by mistake Walker was told by his doctors that he could not live< more than a few hours. He resigned him. self to his fate. MT. Walker collapsed at first, but bore up bravely on Friday, and Friday night Walker left his bed, dressed and held a reception to his friends. He told them that the end was near Yesterday he drew up his will In the afternoon uremic poison ing set in.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19
OBITUARY.
Stephen Dudley Field, Father of Trol-
 icy Car"

Stephen Dudley Field, Father of Trel-
 icy Car"
 Stock bridge. Mass. May IS Stephen Dudley Field sometimes called the Father of the trolley car and known zs an inventor of international prom thence died at his houa> today at the age uf SS years Among the inventions pareured by Mir Field are the quad ruple telegraph. electric elevator, the amplif5zr for doubling the speed of ocean cables. the stock ticker, the ho- Gel annunciatoT and the police patrol taiegra ph Altogether Mir Field had more than 900 patents in his name.
 Nr Fields first trolley car was built by him at his experimental sta ton in Stockbridge The successful working O fthis encouraged him tO build a second car which is now in the Smithsonian institution in Wash fnefcn. D. C. Tn 1888 his first car for commercial purposes was used at the business exposition of railroad men in Chicago.
 Later Mr. Field went to London where he became chief engineer for a group of London capitalists engaged in building electric railroads in Europe
 Tn 1871 he married in San Francis co Miss Celestile Buffers, who sur wives him with one son, David Dudley Field of New York, and daughter.
 Alhert P. Holden.
 Cleveland. O.. May 1S.-Albert F. Holden of Salt Lake City and Cleye- land one of the best known mining engineers in the country. died al his home here tonight of a ling dis ease.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19
FROM
 GAS SINCE THURSDAY.
Danbury Physicians Puzzled by Illness
 of RaIIplayer.

Danbury Conn, May 1S-Physicians are puzzled over the unuslay illness of Daniel Meehan, a baseball player, who was found in his room in a local hotel Thursday afternoon nearly dead from accidentally inhaling Illuminating gas. He was unconscious when found and up to a late hour tonight he had not recovered consciousness. His condi- ton is regarded as extremely critical Meehan came here from Worcester to try for a position on the local base ball team.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19
FOUR AUTOMOBILE
 OCCUPANTS KILLED.
Only Two Escaped When Train Ran
 Down the Machine.

Warren, O.. May 1S.-Mr. and Mrs. Ward Turner, aged 30; Mrs Henry Turner. aged 75, and Mrs. Frank Housel, aged 40, were killed late to- day when their automobile was struck by a westbound Baltimore and Ohio train near Leavittsburg Frank How ard was seriously injured. Ward Tur- ner was driving the car and 1t stalled directly before the onrushing train on a crossing.
 Frank House1. the sixth member of the party, jumped just before the col lision occurred and escaped. All of the marty were residents of Warren.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19
67 Esyroe,s eoast.J At;,,a.

Shanghai May t8. - S+xty seven farm CTS of Shen Chow Ting, in west ern Honan. who had resisted the att tempts of the soldiers to destroy their crops of opium, were burned to death in a building where they were holding a meeting today, according to a deS- patch received here by the North China Daily News. The despatch adds that the soldiers started the fire.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19
Made tt Hot for l. W. wi. speaker.

Waterbury, Conn. May 1S.-A meet ing held here tonight by ehe organizers of the Industrial WorlSers of the World broke up in a near riot, which the po- lice We're called in to quell, John Smelstorus of Boston, the frat speak CT. inads remarks which hIs audience which WAS regarded as orEtletsKa of the church. and made suah aa aInroar that the police iRterrsFed and cleared tho han
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19
EaEnnar sat an RaIiroad rnank.

DahhIny. Cann.. May lS-rhama.s Casey aged ia. a faFHAaF. died to-day at leeal hospital as the FeauH of tn- iuFies received lay being struck by freight train at Beaver HReak. three miles fFam hese, He was seated on the tracks when the freight hit htBs, He received a fractured slyuu and eth- ar injuries, A widow and Eve 0Ail- t3rea survive
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19
Veteran Aephxxiated.

Hartford, Conn. May 1S.-Robert Tyne, a well known veteran of the Civil war, was found dead in bed at his home, 70. 229 Franklin avenue, late tonight, death being due to acci dental gas asphyxiation. He served three years with Company K in the Twentieth Connecticut Volunteers dur ing the War of the Rebellion He had planned to attend the reunion at Get tysburg next month.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19
Steamship Arrivals.

Liverpool, May 1S.-Arrived: Steam CT C'aronia New York.
 Plymouth. May 1S.-Arrived: Steam CT PrinZ Friedrich Wilhelm, New York Southampton, May IS. - Arrived: SteaIaer Majestic, New York.
 Queenstown. May IS. Arrived: Steamer Carmani9. New York.
 Quebec. May 1s.-Arriveu; Steamer Hesperlan. Glasgow.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19
NEW HAVEN FIREMAN
 LOSES LEG AT KNEE.
Also Suffers Compound Fracture of the Other Leg.

Southbury, Conn, May fS-Frank Frisbie aged 34 years, of North Woodbury a fireman on the New Ha ven road slipped while trying to board an eastbound freight in front of the station here tonight and fell under the wheels of the tender. His right leg was cut off above the knee and he suffered a compound fracture of the of the left leg below the knee. His left foot WAS crushed. He was taken to the Waterbury hospital, where his condition ts considered extremely critical
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19
cannibalism In New Hehrides.

Sydney, N. $. w, May 1S-Canni- balism In it's worst form exists among the natives of the New Hebrides is- lands. in the South Pacific, according to statement today by Rev Thomas Gillian at the Presbyterian assembly of New South Wales.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19
Circus Employe Loses Arm,

Danbury, Conn, May 1S-Perly H. Collow ,an employe of circus fell from a car as it was being switched in the local yards today and the wheels passed over his laft arm crushing 1t so tha 1t was necessary to amputatae at local hospital. His condition Is re- garded as serious.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19
Royal Wedding at Potsdam.

Potsdam Germany, May 1S-The marriage of Prince Henry XXXIII of Reuss and Princess Victoria Marga- rete of Prussia only daughter of Prince and Princess Frederick Leo pold of Prussia, and friend and comrade of Princess Victoria Luise, the only daughter of Emperor Will liam, was celebrated yesterday morn ing at the new palace here.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19
Funeral of Former Representative.

Rockville. Conn. May 1S-The fu- neral of former Representative Frank Farrenkopf. who died in a Hartford hospital Friday following an opera tion was held from his late home here today and was large attended many prominent state Legislators being pres euf Services were tn charge of Rev. Is E Thomas nr the Cungreg egaiionai ,.hurch and the Masonic burial rites M ere eN-mpliited al the grave in Grove Hili cemetery by Lafayette loaer F and 4. M
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19
Hits National
 Pride of Japan
TOXIC SENTIMENT ON ANTI
 ALIEN LAND BILL.
LAPS STILL HOPEFUL
Believe Administration Will Solve the Problem and War Talk Is Denounced Praise for President Wilson.

Tokio May 18.-Faith in the Ameri- can people to see that justice is done the Japanese is the dominating note in the discussion of the California alien land ownership legislation. War talk is denounced as ridiculous and only circulated to embarrass the two gov ernments which are laboring for 8 peaceful settlement by diplomacy.
 A Blow to National Pride.
 It is conceded. however, that failure on the part of Americans to respond to the Japanese appeal for a discontin- uance of the alleged discrimination would be liable to lead to some es- anese public generally are convinced that the land bill is a racial and not an economic measure and hence blow to national pride, and they feel that the world must be taught the necessity for equal treatment for the whites and non whites.
 Tokio Papers Praise Wilson.
 The Tokio newspapers are loud in their praise of President Wilson's zeal in his endeavors to preserve the tradi tional friendship. and they recognize the difficulties which confront the pres ident of the United States in the con fusing conflict between state and fed eral rights.
 Urges Government to Be Firm.
 The Nichi Nichi is of the opinion that the question whether the Wash ington government can procure for the Japanese equal rights depends upon the strength of the Japanese diplomacy and urges the government to take a firm attitude.
 Jincoism Denounced
 The joint celebration of the Japan csc and American peace societies today was attended by one thousand Japan csc Speeches were Smade by Count Okuna, former minister of foreign af- fairs, Baron Yoshiro Sakal1itan, mayo of Tokio, and Tsunjiro Miyaoka, who was counsellor of the Japanese embas- sy at Washington in 1906. All of the speakers endeaVored to clarify the sit nation and denounced jingoism.
 californians Compared With Japs.
 Count Okuma was loudly applauded when he compared the attitude of the California legislators with the anti foreign movement in Japan half a cen tur5s ago. which he locked upon as an abased race prejudice.
 We despjsed foreigners" he said, because they looked different; we did not consider them human beings. Japan finally saw the falsity of it's everything western. The same causes underlie the California question, but, like the Japanese the Californians will see the folly of their position and truth and justice will triumph"
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19
FIew from Kex west to Havana.

Havana, May 1S.-Domingo Rosillo, the Cuban aviator, made the first flight yesterday ever accomplished by a Cuban airman across the Florida straits from shore to shore. He start ed from Key West at 5.45, and arriv- ed at Havana at S10 making the passage of 90 miles in hours and 25 minutes.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19
The Bulletins Circulation In Norwich Double That of Any Other
Condensed TeieQrams
carneaie to Call on Kaiser.

Berlin, May 1S.-Andrew Carnegie is coming to Berlin to congratulate Emperor William on his 25 years peaceful reign. He cabled yesterday reserving rooms at a hotel
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19
5000 Made Homeless by Fire.

8uda Pest, Hungary, May 1S.-Eight
 1ouSand persons were rendered homeless, one child was burned to death, many were injured and heavy financial loss was caused by a fire in the center of this city yesterday
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-19
Referendum vote on Alien Bill.

san francisco. May 1S.-The Asiauc Exclusion league of California In s,r.efed lte executive committee to- n'-h ia draft pesliten fol q refer rfde-i tns. eu the tiien land hill To circulated iHame.liajeiy after tbe niur- is sened by Governor John sUn
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steamers Reported by Wireless.

Brow Head, May Steamer Kreonlahdc--New York for Antwerp signalled l4o miles southwest at 2.24 P. m
 Cape Race. N. r. May 1S- Steanfer Megantic, Liverpool for Montreal, sig nailed 110 miles east at a.39 a. m,
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Sympathy With the United States.

London. May 1S.-sshouId war break out, the sympatnies of Austra- lia, New Zealand and western Canada United States, says the Pail Mall Ga zette, in discussing the California alien land ownership controversy