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Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
WOMAN OF 71 IS
 FOUND MURDERED.
Husband Attempts Suicide and is Ar
 rested For the Crime.

Pelham N. H, Oct. 29-The T year old wife of Ernest Mccoy a farmer was found murdered by a re- yolver bullet in the parlor of their home tonight.
 Mccoy made an unsuccessful at tempt to end his own life by shooting just as his three daughters arrived hurriedIy in response to letters he had written them. The letters said he was about to commit suicide. Although badly wounded he is expected to re- cover.
 While Mccoy lay in bed in room on the second story receiving medical at tention, an inquest was being held in the little paTlor below to determine whether he should be charged with the killing of his wife.
 Mrs. Mccoy had not been seen for ten days by neighbors, though her husband it is said had been noticed about the place Medical Referee B. c. Moran, in charge of the inquest, said that Mrs. Mccoy had been dead several days Tho ~9~t'--~ for the mur Ter was a mystery tonight.
 The body U4-,--- ---.- ,ecFed woman was found on a lounge, fully clothed. Two shots had been fired. One had entered the heart. The second in some unaccountable manner had torn it's way through the aged woman's dress but had nat entered the body. The bullet was found lying on her under clothing over her chest.
 Mccoy shot himself above his left eye but the bullet glanced off. He had waited until his daughters reached the front gate before firing.
 The murdered woman was McCoy's second wife. They had been married three years.
 Her husband, 64 years was arrested and taken to Manchester, where he will be arraigned on charge of mur- der. He is alleged to have confessed.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
No AntagOnism
 To Other Lines
NEW POLICY OF THE NEW HAVEN
 RAILROAD
SET FORTH BY ELLIOTT
Chairman of System Addresses Town
 criers Of Rhode lsIand"-Favors
 Quick Freight on Passenger Trains.

Providence. R. l., Oct. 29.-The New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road will not antagonize competing lines if they choose to enter this ter ritory, Chairman Howard Elliott an nounced tonight in an address at the transportation dinner of the Town Criers of Rhode Island.
 Must Retain Present Facilities.
 Should competing carriers" he said, either rail or water see fit to invest their capital for the purpose ities of this region, this company is not going to fight such movement" :" > But his company. he added, must re- tain the tracks and terminals and other facilities which it now has in order to give "a. large amount of trOnspor- tation of good quality"
 Quick Freight Service on Passenger
 Trains.
 Mir. Elliott recommended the adop- ton of a system of carrying quick freight on passenger trains and of fast freight trains, such as is now in use in Europe Tor this accelerated service, he said a higher rate must necessarily be charged.
 The greater part of his address was devoted to a plea for what he called a back draft to the farm, and he quot ed many statistics to show that this would be beneficial to the state.
 Other Guests Present. was represented by Vice Presidents E G. Buckand. A. R. Whaley and Ben- janin Campbell
 Governor POthier Congressman Ken nedy, O'Shaughnessy and Gerry and Mayor Gainer were also guests.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
DIAz PLAYED BY PRESS.
Mexican Newspapers Accuse Him of
 Dishonor and Cowardice.

Mexico City, Oct. 29-'"The attitude of the president of the United States in backing the electoral tickets of those who favor the rebels in the north of Mexico, and branding those of the up holders of legality, order and national dignity" has assured the continuation of provisional President Huerta in power, gathered about him all those that are honorable and worthy in the country and ~consecrated him in the present difficult circumstances as the only possible president of the Mexican republic" is the editorial opinion ex- pressed today by Fl Diario the gOV- ernment organ. It continues:
 Each hour brings news of the tri- umph of the Huerta- Banquet ticket in the Mexican states These votes have double ignificance-Sanction of the attitude of our president, and vii tuperating, we almost might say, scourging, the wicked, unfounded and insolent meddling of 8 foreign power in our domestic affairs"
 Of Felix Diaz. Fl Independent says: ''The rebel of Vera Cruz and the hero of Fl Ciudadela, declareso himself van quished. Under the wing of John Lind and pasted like scum to Consul Will liam Canada, he has showed himself in moments of imaginary danger a mlli- tary man full of terror and entirely de- void of honor"
 EI Imparcial says: The nephew of the great Don Porfirio tDiaz showed himself as cowardly as a rabbit
 Seven followers of Diaz who were arrested at Vera Cruz on charges of conspiracy were brought here today and consigned to the circuit court. They. are accused of planning a revo- iutiOn in Vera Cruz.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
IMPORTANT CHANGES
 IN CURRENCY BILL.
Administration Measure Undersoes
 Extensive Patching,

Washington. Oct. 2s = Important changes in the administration currency bill resulted from the first days eXecu- tive work on the measure by the sem ate committee, The committee passed over for later consideration the propo- Sition to substitute a central, govern ment-controlled bank for the regional bank plan in the bill, on which the members were evenly divided. and pro- ceedsd to perfect the details of the measure.
 The complexion of the proposed fed eral reserve board was materially al- tered by amendments adopted today and it probably will he further changed It was decided to increase the memberships of the board from seven, as fixed in the public bill, to nine, and to eliminate the secretary Of agriculture and the comptroller of the currency from service on the board, Another amendment is pending to take off the board the secretary of the treasury and to remove all ex- ofticio members,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
Arguments for
 the Dynamiters
COUNSEL ASKS TO HAVE YER.
 DIcTs SET ASIDE
LEGAL POINTS RAISED
Claim Made That Statute of Limitas ton Applies-AIso, offenses Were Not Against Federal Government.

Chicago, Oct. 29.-Objections to the conviction of thirty of thirty three dynamite plottersH at Indianapolis last December were laid before the United States circuit court of appeals today in an appeal of the men to have the verdicts set aside.
 On behalf of Frank M Ryan, presi- dent of the Iron Workers union, Olaf A. Tveitmoe, San Francisco, and the other labor union officers adjudged guilty of complicity i'll dynamite plots, Chester H. Krum, their chief counsel, argued before the court as follows:
 Statute of Limitation.
 That even if the defendants had been guilty of illegally transporting senger trains in violation of federal law, and even if they had blown uD the work of contractors who refused to join the union, the statute of lim- itatiOn had run against the offenSe be- fore the men were tried.
 That the federal court at Indianapolis committed an error in allowing Ortie fessed dynamiters, to testify against the other men, because Clark and Mo- Manigal were co defendants and their testimony was incompetent.
 Not a Federal Offense.
 That the destruction of non-union work was an offense against the state and not against the federal govern ment.
 That the law prohibiting transports tion of explosives on passenger trains was a precautfon for the safety of pas sengers and was directed against the railroads.
 That the men were convicted both of conspiracy and of direct violation on the same evidence, and therefore were punished more than once for the same offense.
 Invalid to Punish Them Twice.
 ''It was as invalid to punish these men twice or thrice as it would be to try them more than once on the same charge" said Mir. Krum Further, 1t is inconceivable that men residing in Boston, San Francisco, New Orleans Duluth, Philadelphia and other places equally scattered could have got to- ge+her with common understanding 10 direct the actions of McManigal and the NIcNamaras.'
 District ASorney c. w. Miller of Indiana tomorrow will begin the argu- ment of the government.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
HENNEssY CONTINUES
 ATTACKS ON TAMMANY.
Uses Barge Canal Graft as His Princi-
 pal Theme.

New York Oct 29-New Yorl's heated municipal campaign was kept in the feyeFish stage tonight John A. Hennessy, Governor Sulzer's graft investigator, whose speeches for the fusion ticket headed by John Purroy Mitchel have been a striking feature of the campaign, kept up his attacks on IaInmany Hall and Edward E. Nc Call Tammany candidate for mayor laying stress in his talks to- night on charges of barge canal graft by which he declared Tammany bene- fitcd- Former Judge Mccall who spoke in several places in Manhattan and cnce in Brooklyn, attacked Mitchell for his former connection as counsel for a corporation
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
piAz UNDER RESTRICTIONS.
Not Permitted to Meet Friends on the
 Bsttieship Indiana.

Vera Cruz. Oct 29-Generat Felix Diaz, now q refugee on board thS American 0s4tieship Indiana, learned today that the privilege of asylum oB E batdeship carries with ii certain rer strfeti0ns Hof unlike prison regu1a- tions. By order of the admiral, Gen ersI Disz is Ae4 permitted cofnint4hica- tior with anyone from shore without his permission, and the admiral has given General Diaz te understand that such permission will rarely be given. The enforcement 0f this order is rigid.
 fWiU yog please go below, sir said the officer of the decks saluting the general, when he had begun a conver- sation with 3 man wfae had brought his baggage aboard,
 GensFs7 Diaz appeared te Be aAaey- ed for an instant, but without hesita- ton compiled.
 Admiral Fletcher explained that while he was willing to place his flag ship at the disposal of General Diaz as an asylum he did not propose te ex- pose himself te the criticism of making it a place for possible plotting. He as- serted his confidence that General Diaz would not attempt te abuse hos pitality by meeting friends there and from a safe vantage point iadHige in Infrig hing or conspiracy, but he was resolved t0 take no chaAees.
 fha disposition of Diaz and his com, paaions has not yet been determined bat it appears probable that rheye will ere4aIualiH be sci ashore from one ef the bafIlesllips, probably the louisiana hezseaT. when she sails from Mexican waters the first week ia Nov enbeg.
 General Biaz has expressed his pref. efcace for Havana, adding, however. that he was willing to be set ashore anywhere except in a British port, since he was convinced that the Brit isk authorities would send hipa back tc Mexico. He inquired Of Mr. Lind who visited him today, if he thought land ing him st Havana would en7fearraSs the I;aites States. II is likely that he
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
SLEEPING OF PATIENTS
 AT INSANE HOSPITAL.
Nurses Claim 1t Was Necessary, But
 Not BrutalIy Done.

Worcester. Mass, Oct 2s.-Testi- mony in behalf of Dr. Ernest V. Scrib- ner, superintendent. and the adminis- tration of Worcester state hospital was heard today by the state board of iTl- sanity at the second day of the hearing called because certain nurses charged bad conditions exist at the hospital.
 Dr. Scribner put on thirteen nurses whose testimony was a general denial of that offered yesterday. by other nurses who made charges concerning food, violence to patients and that one patient died a week after being re- moved from a hot pack.
 Sheeting patients was admitted by the nurses. but it was denied that 1t Is brutally done. Knowledge of any sus- picious deaths was denied. One nurse admitted that she had seen violence to a patient. but said the case was not a bad one and consisted only of face slapping.
 Nurses said sheeting Is done, but only to prevent patients from splitting in the face of the nurse or biting her- Several of the nurses admitted that they heard of abuses, but had never seen them and did not believe they exist.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30

dying man were objected te by Mrs, Eaton. Finally he cried euti I want a docteri I want a doctori ana Mrs. Eaton said: The deetoT is coming in the morning., when she knew the doc ter was not coming at all"
 The district attorney here raised his voice as he shouted: aThis M oman fed her husband arsenic all day Friday with his medicine, and sine fed him the poison after he fell pat ef bed, and she. kept feeding if te hifh nF to within two to eight hours of ttle time he died
 Juror Has Attack ef iiIaess.
 It was 743 when the juEy retired fsF delibeFation after supper. During slP= per enc juror, Seneca T: Watson was attacked with a slight illness, but after medicine was administered he apPaF= ently recovered and went to the jury room with the others.
 Mrs. Eaton had supper at t5le court room and if was planned te have her remain there for several hours, at least, awaiting a verdict,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
VISIT SCENE OF
 WESTERLY WRECK
Representatives of Interstate Com
 rnerce Commission Arrive.

Westerly, R, l.. Oct. Representa- tives of the interstate commerce cofn- mission today visited the scene of Saturday nights wreck of the New York New Haven and Hartford rail- roads passenger train in which about S5 persons were injured. A similar visit was made by the public utilities commission few hours earlier.
 GemFAissieHer c. c, McGherd whe headed the federal party, inspected the Tea dbed and tracks for mile on either side Of the spot where the train was derailed Pieces of the broken rail that cansed the accident were exam ined and will be sent te the bureau of standards at Washington for analysis GRd che1aiEal tests to detefFaine the reAs, for the break.
 CCJ1 missioner McChofd said that he would head aa investigation joiAtiy with the public utilities cenmissioH a4 Providence on Friday.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
No MORE BASEBALL.
Commandant at Vera Cruz Shuts off
 Jackies' Sports.

Vera Cruz, Oct. 29.-An application for a license for a baseball game Sum day has given the authorities here an opportunity to express the official dis favor with which shore parties from the warships are regarded For many months teams from the warships have been playing ashore, and considerable surprise was caused when r~Gnission from the Louisiana team was denied.
 Consul Canada advised the repre- sentatives of the local team to take the matter up with General Maas, the commandant at Vera Cruz, but Maas also refused, saying that in view of the strained relations between the United States and Mexico a game could not be allowed
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
Steamship Arrivals.

Gibraltar. Oct. 27-Arrived, steamer Gtala. New York for Naples
 Rotterdam, Oct. 2S.-Arrived, steam CT Kursk, New York for Libau.
 Havre, Oct. 2s.-Arrived. steamer La Provence, New York.
 Queenstown, Oct. 2s. - Arrived steamer Arabic, Boston for Liverpool Genoa, Oct. 25-Arrived, steamer Europa New York,
 Trieste, Oct, 28<-Arrived, steamer Ruthenia, Montreal.
 London, Oct. 2s.-Arrived, steamer Ascania, Montreal
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
RAN AWAY TO ESCAPE
 SERVICE IN THE ARMY.
Mexican Boy Says He Lost Father in
 Mexican Revolution.

New York. Oct. 29.-Angelo Garcia, q IS year old Mexican refugee. was given into the custody of the childrenAs society today while an investigation iB being made of the unusual story he unfolded.
 The boy speaks no English, but told an interpreter that his father had been killed in the Mexican revolution, thak his brother was in the rebel ranks and that he fled his home near Vera. Cruz because he feared that he would be placed in the federal army. He ship ped as 3 stowaway aboard 8 British freighter. was found by the captain and put to work as a waiter. The captain gave him S1O, he said, when the vessel reached it's destination here. Since then he had lived on this monex while searching steadily for work.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
Medal For ea,ieon pi,o.

New York. Oct, 2s-Rath H, Upsen. pilot of the balloon that won the in- terna tloHal race in Europe early this month, was honered by the Aero club of America today by being voted the club geld medal, His aid Ralph A. D. Preston, WIS awarded the aviation medal of merit, as were also Harry H. Honeywell and J. H. Wade, .Jr., pilot and aid Of the American balloon that won second prize
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
s4o.ooo for B pomaatio.

Providence. R. T.. Oct. 29.--A fortune of S40.000 awaits a girl who Is believed to be working as a domestic in this city. The heiress is Miss Tessle Nil chaeI daughter of a rich farmer in Belgium. who recently died. Miss Mi- ehaei left home four years ago, and the last time her relatives heard from her she was working as 8 cook with family here
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
Metarman Exaneratad.

New York, Oct. 2S.- BxoneFatioa of George l.. Fastqn, motolmaR of the train that killed $. 0sgeod Pell, broker, and two others in an automobile acci- dent at a Long Island railroad cross ing in August, was announced today ig formal statement by Coroner Neu pf Nassau county. The railroad also was held not to blame
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
CARDS, THEATRES AND
 DANCES CONDEMNED.
Teacher Sets Bad Example by Enaaa-
 ing in Such Pastimes.

Providence, R. T.. Sept. 29-W. E. Carpenter of Brazil, Ind, who said he is the superintendent of the largest Sunday school class in the world, told the Rhode Island state Sunday school convention tonight that for 25 years there had not been d teacffeF in his Sunday school who attended theatres, condemned such forms of amusement
 When d teacher goes to the theatre with the excuse that it is uplifting and educational the pupil goes to cheap theatres because of the example that has been set.n be said
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
King Presents His Portrait.

Bucharest. Rumania, Oct. 29-John B. Jackson, the United States minister to Rumania, Servia and Bulgaria, to- day presented his letter of recall to King Charles of Rumania at Sinaia- As a mark of appreciation of teh retir- ing minister's mission the king gave to MT. Jackson an autographed DOT trait
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
No Spells System. Says wiisaa

Washington, Oct, 8s.-By direction of President Wilson, Commissioner of Internal Revenue Osborn tonight in- structed collectors throughout the country that the recent action of con gress in removing deputy collectors from the protection of the civil service did net mean return to the speiIs system and was done only fer tlle sake ef efficiency
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
Floods in Salvador.

vSan Salvador, Republic of Salvador, Oct 29.-All the low-lying country in the republic of Salvador is flooded as a result of 36 hours of continuous rain. Much agricultural property has been desroyed, bridges washed away and railroad traffic suspended
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
A BILL OF EQUITY
 AGAINST BOND ISSUE.
Ex Governor 5uIkeIey Seeks to Enjoin
 New Haven Road.

Boston, Oct. 29-Former Governor Morgan G. Bulkeley of Hartford, Conn and Charles s. Ensign of New tor. brought a bill in equity in the supreme court today asking that the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company be enjoined from is- suing bonds to the amount of $67,- 552,OOc and CTS 520 additional shares of stock authorized at the meeting of the stockholders on August 22 A sub poena has been issued returnable on the fiIst Monday of Decemher
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
congresationaIisss Deplors War.

kansas City. Mo, oct. 2s.-Estab- lishment of a social service commission to have charge of the work of eNtend- ing church and to labor the adoption of an annuity plan for preachers and the adoption of a peace" resolution, eahdemniHg the expenditure of large sums of money for war, today occupied the time af the national coup~tl of Congregational churches
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
New Yerk,s Mad pea Reeer.I.

New Yariss Oct. 29.-During the pe- riod between January and October Y, this year, dege in New York bit 3.271 persons. according te statistics compiled by the health department Resulting from the bites the reeaFt says that if cases of rabies were treated
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
Disaster Due to Partial Vacuum.

Berlin, Oct 29.-The explosion of the dirigible Zeppelin l., which on October II cost the lives of '28 ofncres and men of the navy and army, composing the entire crew, is attributed in the official report of the disaster to partial vacuum formed in the center gondola behind a new kind of wind shield.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
Saith fer Il. g. Senate.

Hartford. Conn. Oct. 2s.-Herbert knox Smith, progressive candidate for governor last fall, declined to disenss published reports tonight te the effect that he would be a candidate fer United States senator
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
DENIES COMPLlCITY IN
 HER HUSBANDS MURDER.
Mrs Bessie J. Wakefield Testifes in
 Her Own Behalf.

New Haven, Oct. 29.-Mrs. Bessie ' Wakefield. accused with JaInes Plew of complicity in the murder of Ecr !2us- band William Wakefield, at Bristol, went on the witness stand in her trial in superior court this afternoon, and emphatically denied any cornplicity. Earlier in the day Coroner Mix took the stand and told of the statemens made to him by both the woman and Flew that they had conspired to get rid of Wakefield
 Mrs Wakefield said that on the night of the murder she had retired ear1y but was awakened by the sounds oi q sttfhe in the kitchen. She got up. went into the kitchen and there s1NJ Flew and her husband engaged in a fight Plew had a revolver in his hand, and she wrenched it from him, sic declared.
 After the fight was apparen;ly over, tho, two men appeared to make up and a ted friendly. Mrs Wakefield said &. she went back to bed Wakefield and Plew then went out for walk. When her husband failed to return, Flew told Itcr that he had gone to Cheshire, bnt ''w.ls all right" Finally P1eW told 1cr that he had killed Wakefield. and !~e insisted that she go to Bristol and tell Chief of Police BeIden tha1 her !.d5- band Lad disappeared.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
OBITUARY.
Rev ,Joor Newton Preszridqe.

Rev John NeWton PfestrIdge.
 Louisville ky. Oct. 2s,-Rev, John Newton Prestridge, editor of the Bap- tist World pSblished in Louisville, and prominent in the affairs of the Baptist church in the United States and abroad, died suddenly at his home here today,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
Trains Ready for Rush to Border.

Fl Paso. Tex. Oct 29.-Ffve special trains are under steam in Chihuahua City to bring the federal garrison of 5000 to the border, according to Amer jeans who arrived from there on a refugee train today. The Americans said Governor Mercado apparently is planning to give up the city without a, fight when Pancha Villa attacks.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
CabIed Paragraphs.
Financial Panic in India.

Calcutta, British India, Oct 2s-The financial panic in western India has been renewed New failures were an nounced today with heavy liabilities. Several banks suffered severely.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
The President Will Discuss It With His Cabinet
 Before Making 1t Public
IT MAY DETAIL PLANS FOR ANOTHER ELECTION
Elimination of Huerta Provisional President Acceptable to All Factions to Conduct "Far and Free Election American Proposition Will be Embodied in Formal Note
 to Other Nations-Dpl Criticise American Policy

port he could proceed to Havana, 1t he pleased.
 With reference to the future, Diaz professes to be through. with politics and rebellions, and says he will ask nothing better, so long as his country is in it's present state. than to be per mitted to live in peace abroad.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
Steamers Reported by Wireless.

Sable Island Oct 29.-Steamer Prina Adalbert. Hamburg for Philadelphia, Signalied roo miles east of Delaware BreakWater at noon
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30
THREE INJURED IN
 AUTOMOBILE RACES
One Hundred Mile Grind for Anna
 teur Drivers.

Birmingham, Ala, Oct. 29.-A series of accidents marked the running at the state fair grounds here today of a hun dred mile automobile race for anna teurs. Frank Katzs car threw a tire on the seventy-third lap of the mile track, crashed through a fence and turned over. Katz suffered a broken arm and numerous cuts and bruises. On the ninth lap. W. R. LaWson's car went into the fence. Lawson was in jured and Percy Kaplan, his mechani- clan, was picked up unconscious. He recovered later. Two other cars caught fire.
 R S. Botta won the race in 15S.16.16.