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Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-25

The sight wensa ef VeIe, ReaE VIauiegan III, Whe Tede Mrs ;Teha Richardson an q rail through the streets ef tine village reeensly must answer to tile grand jury fer their act sPhe women asserted they believed Mrs Richardson ta he tee friendly with her brother-ip law.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-25

Aighting head first in a water bucket suspended near the bottom of a well yesterday, probably saved the life of Lleyd Church. son of a rancher living in West Haskell county, Kas., near the Colorado line.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-25

Francis B. Sayre, f1ance of Miss Jesse Wilson, the presidents daughter. has been offered a position as secretary to President Garfield of Williams Col Iege, the offer is still open, and he has not yet decided whether he will accent aF decline
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-25

FeE the first time in it's history Philadelphia is te have a wenaan street inspector Director Ceeke ef the de- paFtn4ept of public ~erks yesterday apPeiRtea Mrs. Edith W. Pierce, sec Eetar3 ef the f4en4e aad Sehee1 League te the place which vas created few IaontAS a&a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-01
GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES
AID SOUTHERN INDIANA
Relief Boat Finds Only 40 Of
5000 Houses at Lawrence
burg Not Inundated.

indianapolis. March 3l-While Northern
and Central Indiana cities to-day We're re-
facilitating their devastated districts the
waters disappearing there were descend
ing upon southern regions. The govern
inent relief boat Scioto. In command of
Lieutenant Hight. L. :. \" towed a
barge load of provisions INFO Lawrence
burg to-day. TO find only forty out Of i've
thousand homes there not under water.
AZ Aurora only five hundred homes were
free from the waters.
The Scloto moored on the Kentucky
shore Sunday night and this morning
steamed over TO i.awrenceburg. Doctors
and lawyers and others unaccustomed 10
manual labor acted as stevedores and
roustabouts in unloading supplies
The KnippGnzurg carriage factory. at
I.awrenceburg. burned during the night.
During the fire the factory buildings were
torn from their foundations and carried
about FIVE squares. by which time the
buildings had burned 20 the waters edge.
Governor Ralston. on the appeal Of
Mount Vernon citizens, ordered out the
company of militia stationed there To pa
troll its own town. Leavenworth has sent
a cry for help. New Harmony and Evans
VILE reported increased suffering.
Al Vincennes the water is falling. and
il IS believed no lives have been lost.
Peru's list Of twenty promises 10 shrink
somewhat. but with these iisures sun
standing Indiana's loss OF life stands at
siXty-eight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-01
CHANGES SULLIVAN LAW
Senate Passes Bill for Permits
to Carry Revolvers.

Albany. March 81. - The Senate
passed tonight the Foley bill 10 amend
the Sullivan Dangerous weapon law
so that police magistrates. after Sep
TENDER |, will be required 10 issue TO
householders and storekeepers permits
TO have revolvers in their possession.
after the applicants have shown they
are of good moral character. At pres
ent the law gives officials issuing such
permits discretionary powers.
The McElligott bill. which would in
corporate Cornelius Vanderbilt, August
Belmont and others as the New YORK
Tercentenary Commission TO arrange
for the celebration in New York in 1911
of the three hundredth anniversary OF
the beginning Of regularly chartered
commerce between that city and the
Netherlands. also passed the Senate
and now goes TO the Governor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-01
TO AID WORKING GIRLS
Chicago Merchants Asked to
Start National Association.

Chicago March 31.-Members Of the
state Senate commission appointed 10 IN
vestigate the white slave" traffic agreed
in executive session to-day 10 ask the CO.
operation of State street merchants in the
formation of permanent national organ
ization to aid working girls.
II is intended to have branches in every
large city and to take up the problem OF
the working women in systematic fashion
so as v develop a comprehensive pro-
gramme for aid and betterment
Marriage. death or an immoral life Is
the only avenue OF escape for girls from
the 'oil of the "sweatshops' according TO
testimony of witnesses before the Senate
commission. which resumed its inquiry to-
day. The commission agreed 10 give 81
each to "sweatshop" witnesses because
II was believed they would be locked
for the time spent testifying.
The moral obligation of employers TO
make certain that all their employees were
properly clothed and adequately nourished
was emphasized throughout the session.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-01

gan Is dead, but Morcans place is unal-
terably fixed close under that of Alex
snder Hamilton as Americas most brill
liant financial mind"
THE Philadelphia Record:
-, "Mr. Morgan was the only fnancier the
United states has produced who would
be classed with the Rothschilds and the
Earrings as the fnanciers. not of coun-
Try, but of the world. He had the gcniI
TO conceive and the holiness 20 execute
great things"
The Baltimore sun:
Few will question the assertion that
he was the greatest financial genius Of
this or the last century. He evidenced his
greatness in "a variety of ways in little
things as we'll as big. He had in large
measure the imperial faculty Of magma
ton. He was forever reaching q hand
through time TO grasp the far-off interest
of COURAGE and foresight"
The Boston HERALD:
j. Pierpont Morgan was cast in a
gigantic mould his was master mind.
he wrought the results that follow tn"
exercise of titanic forces. our era has
produced few men that may be compared
with him in size"
The Boston Post says: can there
bc another Morgan? The chances arc
against it. in this generation. at least.
His affairs will go on smoothly
enough for awhile for his house was in
order. as Yesterdays calm stock market
showed. But sooner or later they will
disintegrate The master mind has mo
eternal mortmain on the things Of IL
nance
The ST. Louis Republic: we shall
never have another J. Pierpont Morgan.
\ better banking SYSTEM will make an
other Morgan unnecessary in time Of
panic. Better corporation laws. backed
by more enlightened public sentiment,
Will make another Morgan impossible in
the field of industry.
The Cleveland Leader:
The great bankers true title 1" endu'-
ing distinction rests upon the fact that
through a long life he used his vast pow" or
TO build up rather than tear down. 40
encourage and justify OPTIMISM. and 10
urge mis- country on 10 greater and stu
greater triumphs Of enterprise and con
structive genius"
The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times'
AS a banker and financial genius Pier
pOnt Morgan lowered above any Ameri-
can of his generation. We have not had
his ike. and for the present are without
his peer"
The St Paul Dispatch
There has been nothing IN his ions ana
astonishing career 20 INSPIRE feeling
higher than respect Tor .he ability which
succeeds Admiration may accompany
achievement, but of love. kindness and
esteem. any of the sentiments with which
affection endows its object no public
word ever has been heard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-01
ADJOURNMENT DATE SET
Assembly Fixes April Is, but 1t
Will Be Later.
[ BY Telegraph 10 The Tribune.

Albany. March 3i.-Resolutions for final
adjournment of the LEGISLATURE were IN
troduced to-day by Assemblyman Levy
majority leader Of The lower house. They
fix the date for April -. at noon This
date undoubtedly will nave to ne changed
BY the Senate. which probably VIII de-
eide on April % or April -.
Meantime. according TO "A custom with
ont legality which has prevailed here TOY
several years. the Rules Committee VIII
take over all unfinished business IN the
Assembly ten DAYS before the date or ad-
iol,rnnent as fixed by the Assembly.
This control of legislation will give
ramrnanv an additional hold on Governor
sulzer as considerable Of his much de-
sired reform" legislation is likely TO be
taken in charge by the Rules Committee
along with the other unfinished stun.
Thus. the Senate. with its power to hoid
up his appointments, and the Asscmoy'
with the power OF its machine 10 hoid UP
Sulzerian bills. will have the Governor
completely at their mercy. Nevertheless,
,be spir,t of the machine is distinctly
friendly 10 him and his legislation just
now.
The Sulzer economy and efficiency Dill
passed the Assembly tonight by n party
vote OF So to %. and is now IN the hands
OF the Governor. who will lose no time III
signing it, II provides for state bureau
Of efficiency and economy, headed by a
$1,000 commissioner. The organization OF
the bureau will cost $1,000. IT is to Keep
track Of all the expenditures Of state de-
partments and recommend the amount OF
the appropriations they are to ask Tor
each year
The McCIelland bill. designed to provide
for the submission TO the voters al the
November election Of the question or
holding constitutional convention In
April. 1914, was reported favorably to the
Senate by the Judiciary Committee to-
night.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-01

and dauGhter We're drowned, but some
one pulled Father Rire out.
ION the last trip Of our boat. with
five persons in it besides ourselves. a
man jumped out OF a window rs we
passed il and grabbed hold Of the
branch OF tree. syelling 20 US to save
him. OF course. we couldn't go near
him. for the boat was too low in the
water as il was. and he would have
capsizcd il and drowned us all. 80 We
had 10 see him sink out Of sight. He
went down into the flames of the house
think.
"wednesday morning the current
wasn't SO strong and Nelson Talbot and
! started down Main street in canoe
10 get a line on the situation particu-
LARRY 10 so how great was the danger
TO those marooned in upper stories
W got as far as Perry and I'd streets
starting about 10 o'clock in the morn
ing and getting back AT 800 in the
afternoon. That was before the IRE
broke ont IN the business block down
town.
That afternoon we padded over 10
the West side and did some rescuing
There was one old woman, weighing
800 pounds yelling her lungs out for
hoip IN an upper window. We saw
four boats pass her by. but we got her
into our canoe without capsizng it by
using rores TO lower her Then we
rescued five children and two women
from Il little house there that was ready
10 topple over"
FREQ Patterson il employed in the
National cash Register factory at To-
ronto ordinarily. Just now he has
charge o. the distribution of supplies
which thousands of destitute come 20
cash" every day to gather. He has
within q day or 80 been relieved Of the
duty Of looking after the dead in the
morgtlg
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-01
AVOID ANNUAL BIG STRIKE
Perth Amboy Industries Antici-
nate Demands of 5000 Men.

Perth Amboy, y. j.. March Shy an
agreement between the largest three local
employers Of labor in Perth Amboy ano
the men working for them, IL is believed
that serious labor troubles scheduled to
break out tomorrow or MAY have been
averted.
Concessions are made by the American
Smelling and Refining Company. the Bar
her Asphalt Paving Company and the
Raritan Copper Works. They employ five
thousand men. A general raise has been
agreed upon OF approximately two anu
one-half cents an hour. Each marrieu
om,,ove is 10 be insured at the expense
Of his employer FOR $500 and every single
man to the amount OF $50
Last year strikes in these plants &C.
suited in the use of four hundred deputy
sberins to preserve order and during
the riots that followed two men were
killed and more than a dozen hurt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-01
ORV|LLE WRIGHT
DAYTON REFUGEE
Continued from first page.

uatel, also passed through the flood.
lie is Dayton man. a produce broker.
who lives near Monument avenue.
under the Miami River leyee. He sand
to-day that TUESDAY morning he was
bound for an early train to Columbus.
hut. reading am extra issued by a
local paper. decided that the danger of
a Hood made it imperative that he
stay in town and offer his services
To- the Mayor. which he did
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-01
Fled to Meet Death.

A family named Porter. six in number.
left their home on the outskirts OF tns
city when warning OF the food was
brought there. They were overwhelmed
and drowned on the road. while the food
missed the home they had deserted.
Harold Ridgley, a popular young man
Of Rverdale, lost his own life after saw
ing thirteen families. In seeking 10 re-
cover a lost oar, his frail skiff tipped TOO
much. and he fell over and sank.
Another youth, after making many res
cues. pitched into the water and nearly
drowned. In resusci,ating him persons
ignorant Of scientific methods poured 80
much whiskey into him that he was In
state ~ delirium at the General Hosp'tal.
He will recover.
At the Van Cleve school buildinS' III
Riverdale. a $4,000 cook has been engaged
i'm the inartistic task % making oeah
soup. coffee and sandwiches. lie Is AT
thur Stayne. chef of the leading hotel OF
DAYTON. where he composed menus OF
tempting SAVIOR. with French names. at
tached. before the deluge. The Hood car
ried away his home and now. win
green apron about his porily torm' Ne
presides over soup and sandwiches WI"
dignity unimpaired.
Survivors recalled that shortly before
noon Tuesday watchers on the Nils 81
DAYTON View. a fashionable residencc sec
zion of the city saw frame house fioat
fran, ITS foundations above the Dayton
View bridge across the Miami just oe-
fore the structure reached the bridge
door opened and man was seen 10 loon
our shading his eyes with his hand. BE-
side him stood woman, and ochihu
them in the room OF the cottage appeared
another woman. with a baby In her armS.
The watchers. seeing his peril, shou'e'
warnings TO the man 10 jump into the
river and chance being rescued lne'
cries evidently were unheard. The ma"
closed the door. A moment later tn'
cottage crashed into concrete pier ot
the bridge and was broken INTO DIS
Nothing was ever seen of the occupants
An incident in lighter vein In the re-
CENT OF relief supplies was dispatch
from DR.. McGrudder. OF Baltimore ao'
dressed to General Devine. of the Amer''
can Red Cross. at Washington, and oy
him forwarded 10 Dayton In when II
was stated that among the Contributions
of clothing from the Maryland city was
q woman's sealskn coat. valued at N""'
which the owners maid had included by
mistake. The coat has not been FOUND.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-01
On Rescue Expedition.

y The Mayor Office Do called mo
other members a. the national guard
in town. He collected all he could reach
and started forth 10 rescue as many
inhabitants "a possible. for by this time
tho water was more than ankle dec
i'm the business scion They scattered.
;hc general and two other men pro-
ceeded 60 Eiverdalc whore they feared
the Joss of life might prove heaviest
The water was deeper over there.
said the General. but We were able
30 accomplish several rcscucs II did
rush. though " mill stream I've ever
seen. no rapids. could touch it, The
I.achine Rapids. ON the ST Lawrence.
are tame compared with the current
of that flood II tipped three men or
their feet in Riyerdal, and drowned
them night before ny eyes
When wc had done an We could we
made our way back To the Main street
bridge The river was already rushing
over 1t. but We managed 20 get across.
th" three of ne holding hands and walk
inc on the Sidewalk in single file Near
the monument az Monument avenue
and Main street. the man behind mo
lost MS grip Oh my hand and as the
current swept him past / grabbed him.
II pulled us both under although IT was
only little above our knees. Fortu-
natcly the third man had got q grip on
my hand and retained It and we re-
gained our feet.
My house was only 4 block away
but We were compelled to abandon our
efforts 10 reach il ana duck into Dr..
Kings house on The corner There |
was held prisoner for thirty hours.
unable to Communicate with M
family"
How did YOU occupy your time" he
was asked
"Oh. in descending the stairs every
ten minutes To mark the water line and
find out whether the water vas still
rising"
And what was the topic Of your
conversation?
Why. I supposed | must have asked
every few minute. Where in he'll Goes
all this water come from -
General Wood got as FAR as the Day
ton club on Wednesday aftcrnoDn.
when the waters had somewhat re-
coded though the boat he ventured
forth in capsized and he was compelled
10 pull himself along for "A block by
hanging 10 the pickets Of an iron fence.
Ten hours later he reached his home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-01
CIT TO BITS TO WIN BRIDE
Marathon Runner Survives Ii
Operations and Will Wed.

Boston. March Sl-Joscph a. CANAAN
the Boston Marathon runner. known 10
surgeons OF Boston and New York as the
srttiest patient on earth because he I'M
derwent AT least thirteen operations IN
his effort 20 win health and bride mas
overcome all obstacles. Miss Margaret
Elizabeth Fitzgerald OF Ashmont menu
Der of the Boston opera Company, will
we'd him the middle OF April. The young
couple have known each other since
school days.
Catalan was prominent in Marathon
runs conducted by the Boston Athletic
Association In 1907. as the result OF
overexcrtion, he displaced intestinal or
gans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-01
MI CALL MORGAN
MASTER FINANCIER
'sSspapers Comment on His
remarkable Career and
Great Undertakings.

ls iolowfag editorials on the death OF
hs. ponf M'ygan are from out Of town
s'aDcrs: :,
~. Philadelphia Public Ledger:
TIM .', hearted, unSentimental, with the i'm
" on OF Shakespeare. Morgan saw
d h", nss and only bty ones. lie thought
ssz.. 'is His namt was national
hu, great value, aiiI in this respect
s' u ready TO take Nals place. Nor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-01
Miss Patterson Heroic.

BY no means the least Of heroes and
heroincs bred by Daytons flood are
young T. =. Patterson and his ss.c:.
Dorothy Patterson, the TWO children Of
the president Of the National Cash
Register Company. No one person
seems 10 have rescued more people
while the food was ut it's height or 20
have done harder and more unattrac-
tive work since its subsistence than the
Young man. who is only just of age.
His sister, year younger, has man
aged the entire commissary depart
ment of the National Cash Register
Company, feeding the multitude Of
refugees with the utmost regularity
and efficiency.
Young Patterson's experience would
have tried the nerve of New Yo-k
fire chief. and the chronicle of hem
reads like n romance.
on Monday night he and his sls,er
were attending a dance at Cincinnati.
ON Tuesday morning the food burst
upon Dayton These two children-fo.
they are still bright. gay children, wi;h
rosy cheeks, in spite Of their friShtful
ord u-got back 10 Dayton on the lest
train on Tuesday evening ready for
ANYTHING. That very night Il fire broke
out in group Of frame dwelling
houses sticking their heads above the
yellow water in lower Main street.
Fred. Patterson, with Frederick Stroo2,
his friend. launched a steel rowboat
and hogan the work of rescue.
There were two steel ro"poats
working that night" said the young
man. relating his experiences Tor the
first time to-day. "The other one was
manned by Catholic priest father
Rire We took out dozens OF people
mostly women and children. and landed
them on the high ground TO the south'
On one occasion the priests boat cap
sized as he was taking motner ana
daughter from their home. The mother
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-01
OHIO READY TO CO It
ALONE, COX ASSERTS
State Has Risen from Floods.
Says Governor. Thanking
Friends for SucCor.
ON SAN FRANCISCO PLAN
Relief To Be Based Pro Rata on
Property and Income Loss
Dayton May Be Year
Under Martial Law.

Columbus, Ohio. March 3l.-"Re-
freshed by the tears Of the American
people, Ohio stands ready from to-day
10 meet the crisis alone" said Governor
Cox. in a statement issued tonight.
ohio has risen from the floods. Such
a pitless blow from nature as we sus-
tanned would have wiped out society
and destroyed governments in other
days. We cannot speak our gratitude
TO President Wilson for federal aid. to
the Red Cross. 10 states, municipali-
ties trade organizations and indivld-
uals. that sent funds and supplies
They vii, never know their contribu-
ton 10 humanity.
The relief situation so far az food
and clothing are concerned is in hand
Thankful to her friends who succored
her. Ohio faces tomorrow serene md
confident"
Governor Cox and members OF the
Legislature to-day began all outline Of
reconstructive legislation. II practl-
cally was decided that the San Fl
cisco relief plan would be placed into
effect. the relief TO be based pro rata
upon property loss of the individual and
the income loss incurred
Resolutions warmly thanking the citi-
zens of New York State and Pennsyl
vania for their food relief contrihu-
tons. were Introduced.
The order Of Mayor karb TO make
all sightseers work or be confined in
the workhouse IS having a salutary
effect in keeping undesrables from the
flood district. \ party Of about twenty
five young men in Sunday attire came
10 grief when they refused 10 respond
10 request by a military officer 70
station. squad Of soldiers placed the
entire party under arrest and they were
compelled to carry water for several
hours.
Dayton, ohio. March Silt was said
by state official that military Jaw
may prevail in Dayton for perhaps a
year 10 permit the Governors commit
tee TO carry out the plans for the re-
construction of the city upon which it
has decided. In the interim the mu-
nicipal government is without author
ity.
There is a possibility that Dayton
may never again resume its former
system of municipal government. on
every hand are TO be heard discussions
of the ACCESSIBILITY of adopting a COM
mission form of government, 10 which
the present arrangement virtually
amounts.
The list OF identified dead reached
sixty to-day. The first direct news re-
was brought in to-day by Harry Lewis.
who. as representative of the Lima Pro-
gressive Association. took car of sup
plies into Piqua. Practically no news
papers have been received here since
Tuesday, and the people Of Dayton are
growing anxious to learn of conditions
in other cities in the flooded districts.
News Of the death of j. =. Morgan
to-day first reached the public through
n bulletin posted by representative
Ct the Associated Press. Later THE
Daytoi. News" whose plant was mum
dated. put two page paper on the
street. in which n few details OF the
death, OF the great financier were
printed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-01
InUndation Of Columbus. KY.
Serves to Drain Flooded
Section Above-RepOrted
Break at ShaWneetoWn.
MANY TOWNS IN DISTRESS
Crest at Cincinnati Reached and
Relief Work More than AIDE
quate-Lower Mississippi
Valley Prepares to
Resist Torrent.

Paducah. Ky. March 3l.-Thc levce
at Columbus. Ky. went out carly to-
night. and az midnight the city which
has 1000 population. was covered with
from five 10 ten feet of water.
With the exception of several fani-
lies. who are marooned in the second
floors of their homes. the entire popu5
lation Of Columbus reached the hills
about the city in safety.
Cairo. ILL.,. March 31.-Before night =
fall strong current was observed in
the Ohio River. presumably due TO It
lcvec 10 the south. and it was believed
that the situation IT cairo. which h"d
been growing more and more desper-
ate. had been relieved.
The levee here held strong though
the water crept steadily upward all day
and at o'clock tonight the gauge
stood at $40. The same reading was
registered AT Fulton. Ky. The water
level stands now higher than the most
elevated street level at Cairo.
The levee at cairo is - feet hish.
and is weighted down with sandbass
for two feet additional.
II is reported. though not confirmed
that the levee at Shavneetowr. i'll.
above here on the ohio has broken
This would also tend to relieve the flood
pressure here.