Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30

High School Fraternities were criti- cized yesterday by speakers at the an nual convention of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at Atlantic City.
 John Kitty, Aged 65, who is credited with inventing the cash register, died yesterday at the home of his sister, Mrs. Thomas Cooper at Dayton, o. due to jealousy, Ollie Blades, a young farmer shot and killed his bride of month near Republic, Mo-, yesterday.
 At the Christmas Exercises of the First Presbyterian church at Gran bury, N. J.. the pastor was presented with a bushel basket containing $20O.
 General Edwin Louis Hayes, the oldest living general in the United States celebrated his 95th birthday yesterday at his home at Bloomfield, N. J.
 Mrs. Rebecca Clarke of London, 1O9 years old, picked out Christmas day as the appropriate time for the mar riage of her youngest son, Harry who is 67.
 MoiIie ChatfieId. an artist, was found dead in her studio at New York yester- day with a steel paper cutter driven through her heart. Apparently it was a case of suicide.
 Mild Weather Has Permitted the plowmen on the farm of former United States Senator Lorimer to turn over" 100 acres of soil on his 600-acre mint farm in Michigan.
 Six Hangars and two aeroplanes at the Hampstead, New York aviation field, where some of Americas fore most aviators learned to fly, were des- troyed by fire yesterday.
 Mrs. George secord, 30 years old, an actress, fell or jumped from a fifth story window in a hotel at Chicago yesterday and was killed. Mrs. Se- cords husband is an actor.
 Postmaster General BurIeson has barred from the mails any parcel con- taining the body of any wild animal or bird killed in violation of the laws of any state, territory or district.
 Mayor Patrick J. Moore has caused a sensation in Pittsfleld, Mass by an nouncing he will appoint a censor for the charity ball in aid of the House of Mercy hospital to prevent the tango.
 Burning His Finger Tips with strong acids failed to enable a deserter from the Marine corps to successfully pass the scrutiny of the finger prints eX- perts when he tried to enlist in the navy.
 As Henry W. Torney was being mar ried in New York he received tele- gram from Washington telling of the death of his father, George H. Torney, of 70 Tv,ft fat army.
 Cattle Commissioner Jeffrey o. Phelps has called upon the Connecti- cut Humane society to cooperate with his department in an effort to stamp out glanders among horses in the state.
 Mrs. Warren F. Skinner, wife of a Lynn, Mass, furniture salesman. com mitted suicide by hanging yesterday at a private hospital, where she had been undergoing treatment for mental disorder.
 Mrs. Thaddeus A. Thompson, wife of the United States minister to Co., lombia, was operated upon at a hospi- tai at Baltimore yesterday. Her physicians reported that the operation was successful.
 Fines Aggregatine $500 have been assessed against August Belmont Morgan Belmont and C.. Oliver Iselin, Jr, for violation of state game laws while hunting on their preserve near Garnett, $. c.
 Mrs. Lillian Devereux Blake, pioneer in the woman suffrage move ment in this country, who is i'll in sanitarium at Englewood, N. J., is not expected to live
 More Than 12,oo0 Persons, including 1, ,000 women and children of Chicago, who did not have Christmas dinner Thursday, were fed by the Volunteers of America in the First Regiment armory Sunday.
 Two Policemen and special guard were injured in riot at the silk mills of the Sidney Blumenthal company at Shelton yesterday, where strike has been i'll progress in the weave shop for several weeks.
 George Matthias of Seymour was yes- terday appointed by Judge Thomas in the United States district court, re- ceiver of the E J. Won Gal Hat com porated of Danbury.
 The Skunk Was yesterday added to the list of natural resources which should be conserved or protected be- fore exterminated, the department of agriculture classifying this animal IS of great economic importance"
 After Taking the Precauton to tic 6 rope around his neck that his body might not be lost, Seaman Frank Jamos, aged 24, jumped overheard yesterday from the steamer Ascania which arrived at Portland. Me, Sun day from London.
 Edward M. Grout, former controller Of New York city, was yesterday in dicted for perjury. He is accused of having made a false report to the su- perintendent of banks of the resources of the Union bank of Brooklyn, of W nieh be was for two years president
 Robert MaIoney, Magician, who registered at a lodging hotel at Gin cinnau. under his stage name of J. R. Willard, shot and killed his wife Othello and Frances, his enc year old daughter, while they slept in their bed yesterday. Maloney then rushed from the room, in his undergarments and ran shFieking like d madman down the street. He was capt ufeds