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Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
A BUMPER YEAR
Not Likely However, to Reduce the
 Cost of Living.
FOR FARM PRODUCE


 Washington, Dec. 29.-Ten billion dollars worth of products, five billion dollars of cash income-a bumper year in spite of droughts and other setbacks is the 1913 record of six million American farms.
 The most successful year of hus- bandry in the United States brought forth $6,100,O0O, ,000 worth of crops, of which $2.S96, 100000 were represented by cereals alone, and $3,650, ,000, 900 worth of animals sold and slaughtered in animal products. The value of the 1913 crops is twice as great as that of 1899; more than billion dollars over 1909. and substantially greater than 1912. Of all the crops. however it is estimated that 52 per cent. vii remain on farms where they were pro duced and that 20 per cent. of the an final production will remain. On the basis, the cash income is estimated the department of agriculture at $5,- 847.000, 900.
 But despite a record year of crop value-although the record of produc- ton has fallen-and the fact that the number of farms has increased II per cent. since 1910, until there are now estimated to be 6.600,000 farms in the country, the department, in a discus sion of the subject. made public to- day. does not take the view that a low CT cost of living will follow as a con sequence However desirable in- creased production on farms may ap- pear to be from the consumers stand point, it does not follow that such in- creased production would result in any increase in the cash income per farm or per capita of farm population, or that prices paid by consumers would be any lower" says the report. Had the total production in 1913 equalled or exceeded the 1912 production. 1t seems probable that the cash income per farm would not have been greater and might have been less than in 1912, but it is extremely doubtful whether the cost to the consumer would have been any less, because retail prices are promptly raised on a prospect Of under production. but are very slow to decline if there is over production"
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
E TRUNK MYSTERY ON
 NEW WORKS EAST SIDE stl Warm Body of Russian Pole
 Dumped in Gutter.


 New Work Dec. 2g-A murder mys- te-t which urcmiese to rival the fam ou- barrel murder of a dozen years rgo wsS orou-nr to the attention of the police today when boy notified them that for half an hour he had watched @ trunk which two men had unloaded f-r- a rrshcart and left In the gutter in Pir- street on the East Side When rhe trunk vas opened at police sta tfou Lhe s1iil warm body If Q man about 20 E=orS old, snaDbily dressed eul eruacialed- was found in il. The body was Identified tonight by Joseph 2tcuey. a forme~ roommate, as that of @o1u krsl1lc-z. Russian Pole. for ruerly employed in coal mine at Cl2rlestan. W- Va
 According tu the coroner death had t-rU causec lE- sLrangulation, though fu forcing ir into the trunk the neck Cf The man had been broken Stout r3Ees held the head and neck to the knees and feet of the body. 4 large baud4una handkerchief had been used as gag. and a Wumau's petucoat. wrapped aEeEL rhe head, had been used as sr additional precauiion 10 prevent @ return ro ifa Marks on the lips of ghe dead man have caused the po- Hce to accept the theory that he had been dru--=5 into uCcoDsciousness by the murleT5r-
 About 11 o'clock this morning Joseph Cooper. al eLuul1Ae gl z --pUShCart sta b1-- ou SleriT street. nearby, rented a ca-- -r TWO men answering the desCrip- tun by the 1Cy who called the police te Pitt street of the men who asked him ts take care oF lhe trunk after it had been dumped into the gutter. Coop CT says that one of the men was tall and we'll dressed The other man. a 1tr-le shorter and dressed in a dark eu-ea-er and caD. wheeled the cart off and s believed to have been merely the esuuIoye of the well dressed man When the cart reached Pitt street the tali man gave his companion a coin, Eni then helped him unload the trunk After this the man in the sweater re- turned The plzhcart to it's owner, while rre other asked the street urchin to Watch the trl-S
 At d late hour tl,e police had not learned where the trunk was obtained O. picked mp br the rushCawt nor had either of the men who Carted it away been spurehcnded.
 Erarnenz IS believed to have been 40 years of age. ard, according to the man who id-utified him. has a brother living iu cincinnati Before coming east he was a coal miner in West Vir- F51ia- was later employed as a house ~--ecker. and recently seems to have worked iu au East Side stable. Molloy says that Kramelz had been known among his friends as West Virginia
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
A Disagreement
 by Schmidt Jury
SUCH WERE THE INDICATIONS AT
 MIDNIGHT.
DEADLOCK TEN HOURS
Foreman Tells Court It Is a Hopeless
 to Enter Into Discussion of the Case.

New York, Dec. 29.-A possible dis agreement of the jury in the ease of Hans Schmidt. the German priest who has been on trial three weeks on the charge of murder1ng Anna Aumuner, was indicated at midnight tonight. At that hour the jury had been out nearly ten hours. They reported to Judge Warren W. Foster of the court of gen. eral sessions that they had been un- able to reach a verdict The judge directed them that in the interests of justice they ought to deliberate fur ther, and the jury retired again.
 Case Given to Jury in Afternoon.
 The trial Of the one-tine assistant rector of St. Joseph's church came to a close early this afternoon after Judge Foster had briefly charged the jury, which had heard Schmidt's counsel de- scribe the man as tainted with hered- ftary insanity. The prosecution held that Schmidt was sane at the time he killed Anna Aumul1er, cut her body into pieces and threw them into the Hudson river. He has been shamming insanity, counsel for the state con- tended.
 "A Hopeless Case"
 The foreman of the jury in reporting that a verdict had not been reached said he feared it was a hopeless case. P Judge Foster upon questioning the jur- ors learned that he could not aid the men in any point of law because there had been no discussion of such char acter. he was informed, during the de- Alterations. T think we are close to a standstill." juror No 5 said. We can't move a cog or a wheel"
 None of the jury asked a question before retiring again.
 Some of the Jurors 5aIky.
 Twenty minutes later the jurors re- appeared and complained that their room was too uncomfortabIy cold for tenancy. Judge Foster said court at tendant had informed him the room was as warm as the court room. He requested them to retire and resume discussion. The foreman reported that some of the jurors had refused to en- ter any discussion of the ease at all. Judge Foster warned thenlSthey must, in obedience to their oath.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
BOSTON AND MAINE
 BUYS HAMPDEN ROAD.
Single Track Line of Fifteen Miles
 Which Cost $4, ,O00, 900.

Boston, Dec. 2s.-The directors of the Boston and Maine railroad voted today to purchase or lease the Hannp den railroad. The terms as to price and conditions, it was announced, will be such as may be approved by the public service commission It was de- cided to take over the road as now constructed
 The directors also voted to follow the recommendation of the public ser vice commission that the Boston and Maine join with the HaInpden road in petiuoning the legislature for relief from the obligation to build branch lines into Chicopee and Holyoke. Pending the application for legislation, the Boston and Maine will join with the management of the Hampden road in taking steps to enable the Boston and Maine to operate the new line
 The Hampden railroad is 8 single track road of about fifteen miles in the western part of the state and cost about $4 900 900.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
ANOTHER DEsPERADO HAS ELUDED ARREST.
Kills Officer, Wounds Several Others
 and Makes His Escape.

Pittsburgh, Pa. Dec 29.-Henry Rokowski, aged 22, who shot and killed an officer. and mortal1y wounded a for elgn woman and man yesterday and to- day fought a posse in a woods at West Homestead, a suburb, has disappeared tonight. Constable Martin Windt was killed after he had arrested Rokowski on a charge of assault and battery pre- ferred by his parents. After killing the officer, Rokowsli went to the home of M. Yakabik, looking for his sweetheart, and shot and mOrtally wounded Mrs. Yakabik and 8 boarder named Bau- koslxi.
 It was learned tonight that Rokowski mad planned to murder six members of the Yakabik family, his sweetheart. Mary Moose, BaukOski and a stepson,
 Rokowsld fled before officers reached the scene. During the night a posse met him in a woods Shots were ex- changed. Today Rokowski barricaded himself in a shaDty, but while the posse mapped out a plan of procedure. either to blow the shanty up with dy- namite, burn it or riddle it with bull lets, Rokowski, aided by a heavy fog, escaped.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
WHITMAN TO TURN
 OVER HIS EVIDENCE.
Will Give 1t to Governors Special
 Graft investigation.

New York, Dec. 29.-District Attorney Whitman today adduced evidence at his John Doe inquiry into state high way graft of alleged crimes committed in Ulster and Monroe counties and an- nounced that he would turn the evi- dence over to James W. Osborne, Gov ernor Glynn's special graft inyestigat- or, and to the district attorneys of those counties for prosecution.
 The evidence of. alleged crime in Monroe county consisted of an affi- daVit by Frank w. TruesdaIe of Greece that the amount he and his partner were to have received for a state con- tract for oiling a road had been tn- creased in order to permit them to contribute $500 to the democratic state committee; that in Ulster county of testimony by Miss Mary Diamond, a stenographer. that she had been car ried on the payrous of the highway department as a day laborer and that her signature on q voucher for her pay had been forged and part of her pay withheld. Evidence was also adduced tending to show that payroIIs for state road work in Ulster county had been padded.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
BLAZE AT MONTREAL
 CAUSES s3oo,o0o Loss
Nearest Available Water Supply Was
 Mile Distant.

Montreal, Dec. 20.-MontreaI. already facing water famine, was obliged to- day to conqusv 2 fire to save a section of the cItJ from destruction To this eno' water was brought from he St Lawrence river, nile away from on tario street and Providence lane, the heart of the threatened district. The city hydrantS were all but idle, oW- ing to a break in the main water con- dait on Christmas night.
 Two three story buildings and sixty automobiles were destroyed while the flremen were devoting their efforts sue cessfulty tU preventing the flames from reaching 2,oo0 gallon tank of gas oIene.
 One fireman was injured. The es- tinated property loss was nearly sS0O. 900. The buildings destroyed were owned by Joseph Laurier
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
MAY sTARVE OR
 FREEZE TO DEATH
Thirty Thousand Persons Facing
 Death in Albania.

Paris. Dec 2s.-Thirty thousand persons are in danger of starving or freezing to death in Albania, accord ing to reports from William v. How ard of New York, who has just finished a 400 mile journey through the remote mountainous districts, which he tra- versed by horse and afoot. As 3, re- suit of the Servian occupationn he says, more than one hundred villages and towns have been destroyed. Twelve thousand houses have been burned and 4,000 men, women and cihl- dPen killed One hundred thousand nsrsAns RrA homeless.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
HORN BLOWING TO BE
 BARRED IN NEW YORK.
The New Year Not to Be Ushered in
 With Disoordant Blasts.

New York, Dec. 29.-Orders ontended 10 keep the chimes of historic Trinity church welcoming the new year from being drowned in a general footing of horns, as is usually the case, were issued by Mayor Kline today The mayor directed Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo to instruct the po- lice to suppress horn blowing on New Years eve, and especially in the viein- ity of Trinity church and other public places where celebrations are planned, including Madison Square aprk, where one of the two municipal Christmas trees stand.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
MATT IONALIZgNG OF
 THE NEGRO RACE.
Due to White Mans Ostracism, Do.
 cIares Prof. A. E. Park.

Minneapolis, Dec. 29.-SociaI condi- tiOns in the United States are tending to develop in the negro a racial con sciousness and to organize a negro na- tionality, declared Albert P. Park pro- lessor of sociology of the University of Chicago today before the American Sociological society, which Is meeting here jointly with the American Eco homie associS tion.
 The nationaIizing tendency among the negroes of this country is the re- suit of the white mans ostracism of their black brother" said Professor Park He adversely criticized the pub lie utterances of Senator Vardaman of Mississippi and Governor Blease of South Carolina
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
waahh Rar to ReIiafon.

Philadelphia, Dec. 29.--The wealth of the Indians in oklahoma makes io difffcl1It for missionaries to direct them in the ways they should go said Mrs John Markoe today to the members of the Indians Home Mission at the Protestant Episcopal church house. The work has become harder because oil and coal had been discovered on the lands owned by the Indians, yleiolns to some of the aborigines an income or as much as 93,o0o a month.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
COLES NOMINATED FOR
 MAYOR OF MIDDLEToWN.
Republicans Select Business Man as
 Their Standard Bearer.

Middletown, Conn. Dec. 29-Franll A. Coles. well known business man. tonight was nominated for mayor by the republicans in Q close contest with Alderman William F. Stroud. Mir. Coles received 2O7 votes and Mr. Stroud 191-sixteen votes majority. At the democratic caucus last week Dr. James A. Lawton defeated former Mayor Will lard C. Fisher by IS votes. The city election occurs on January t9 anI it $ predicted that it will be the hottest in years.
 Pr, lessor Fisher was nomiaaEed for mayor at a caucus of che 'cirizalss' party held tonight. and attended by about fifty citizens A full ticket was placed in the field for the city election, made up from the nominees of the re- publican and democratic tickets.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
CHANGE IN DATES OF THE
 RESERVE BANK HEARINGS
Committees Plans Delayed Owing to
 Illness of MoAdoo.

Washington. Dec. 29.-The reserve bank reorganization committee today announced & change in its plans for holding public hearings in New York and Boston. 1t had planned to sit two days in New York, beginning January 2, then in Boston for two days and to return to New York for tc-ty eight hours more work
 According to the new plan the com rnittee will meet fin New York Jan uary and sit there until the night of the 8th. It will sit in Boston January g and 10 and return from Boston to Washington. The trip to the west will not be changed, according to the an nouncement.
 The change in plans vas made on account of the Illness Of Secretary ot the Treasury McAdoo. Although he shows q steady improvement surgeon General Rupert Blue of the puoho health service ordered complete rest of five days
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
California to Vote on Prohibition.

Sacramento, Dec. 29.-With the filing today of petitions from ten counties, aggregating 25,639 names, the proposed law providing for total prohibition in the state of California will go on the general election ballot in 1914 It is said to be one of the most drastic pro- hibifion measures ever proposed in the United Stateap
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
STEAMER TASMAN
 IN A BAD PLIGHT.
Water Gaining in Hold and Passengers
 Still Aboard.

Melbourne. Australia, Dec. 29.-A wireless message received at noon to- day from the steamer Tasman ashore Tn the Gulf of Papua, reported 15 feet Of water in the hold and gaining rapid Iy. At that hour the steamers which had been despatched to the assistance of the Tasman had not arrived. It is considered possible that the Tasman will be 8 total wreck.
 In addition to NI1ne. Lillian Nordica Ava Adams, former governor of Colo rado, and Thomas c. Skallsmith of California, previously mentioned in the despatches as passengers Major Syd- hey A. Clonan, a member of the Panama-Pacif1c exposition and ex- military attache at London, is aboard the steamer.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
OBITUARY.
pr. Emma J. Musson.

Philadelphia, Dec, 2e.-Dr. Emma M
 Musson, professor of biology at the Women's Medical college and well known throughout the country as a throat and nose specialist. died yester- day at her home in this city. She was 50 years old. During the summer of 1908 she worked with Dr. Grenfen In Labrador
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
$1o,0oO,0oo SUIT AGAINST
 THE QUAKER OATS COMPANY.
Action Brought Under One of Sections
 of Sherman Law.

Chicago, Dec. 29.-The Quaker Oats company. it's directors and the direc- tors of the Great Western Cereal com pany were made defendants in a suit for 10000, 900 damages filed in the United States district court here today by William A TiIden and Charles D. Thompson, receivers for the Cereal company The suit was brought under section seven of the Sherman antitrust law, and was the result of the sale of the trade names and principal proper ties of the Cereal company to the Quaker Oats company, June 22, 1911.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
GOMPERS' FATE RESTS
 WITH SUPREME COURT
High Tribunal to Decide Whether or
 Not He Goes to Jail.

Washington, Dec. 29.-On the strength largely of brief filed today with the supreme court of the United States will depend whether Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, must go to taiI for contempt of the District of Colurn- bia supreme court
 The contempt sentence arose out of the injunction of the district supreme court against boycotting the Bucks Stove and Range company. The dis trict court of appeals reduced the sen tence imposed by the trial court from one year to thirty days. It also reduced jail sentences imposed upon John Mitchell, former member of the Aneri- can Federation of Labor, to @ $500 fine for each. Oral arguments as to the validity of all the sentences will be made before the court about Jan uary ,.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
LENIENCY FOR WRITER
 OF BLACK HAND LETTER.
Woman Receives Sentence Covering
 Period Spent in Jail.

Philadelphia, Dec 29.-N,s. Stella M. Hodge, who admitted sending a Black Hand' letter to Hampton G. Silcox at her trial last week. was sentenced by Judge Thompson in the United States court this afternoon to two months imprisonment, dating from the time of her comn1iF1ent.
 AS she was arrested October 20 and committed two days later. she has not only served her full term, but a week additional She thanked Judge Thomp- son for his leniency and was permitted 10 go.
 Mrs. Hodge, three years ago, con- fessed killing Emil Arnana, superir- tendent of the water works. at Warren, Pa, but later repudiate3 the confess sion. She had been traced and sum moned in the case by Silcox About year ago SiIcox received the Black Hand" letter and a box of candy he believed to be poisoned. The letter was traced back to Erie by postal in spectors, and Mrs. Hodge was arrest ed there. She said she had sent the letter to SiICOx in revenge
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
Rirdcaqe for Secretary HamIin.

Washington, Dec. 29-A birdcage made from the bark of an evergreen tree, bearing q Christmas card and the best wishes of Lottie Lester. was placed today on the desk of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Hamlin Lottie is the Seattle schoolgirl whose
 Belgian hare bunny ate her papa's Panama hat and who got new one from MT HaHlin when she tried to buy hat confscated by customs agents
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
TO PROBE DISAPPEARANCE
 or THE CARDINALS WILL
eslatives Believe + Is Either Con
 easlsS CT Has Ee-n Stolen.

--1e. Dec. es-The crown prose cutor has begun an investigation into tre matter of the will of the late Car q nal RauUrla- He has been enabled fo take this action because of the de- ruuciation of the testament .u1 1889 rs relatives nr the cardinal who were CT luGcd as beU-fciaries from this will. e the ground that a later testament tas been stolen pr concealed.
 Nne of the interested parties in the rev move iS the Duchess of Campo hello who is of the opinion that her children may be included fr g later testament The testament of SS" ante datiug their birth The Duke of Cam roaeIIa E. .n 1e prosecuted et an carly dare on a charge of forging h- sig ? ture rf his uncle. Cardinal Rem pole aS fine euarsntor of note
 a'rrh interest has been aroused by fhe reureSr in the testa r7ant of 1889 fo Cardinal Galimberti. who died in 1S4e. of tle cross of brilliants which Count Nau Bismarck presented to Rampella- Rampolla bequcathed 1t 10 Galinlhrr-l ir recognition Of his ser vfces as negotiation of peace between Germauv and the Holy See
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
Msridsr Accepts Compensation Law.

Meriden. Conn., Dec. 29.-The city council i'll special session tonight voted unanimously to accept the provisions of the workingnaens compensation act and Mayor Donovan was authorized to file the necessary pagers. The may or and the l.ty officials are opposed to paving out money in insurance pre- rniurns and the city will carry it's own risk
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
AeropIane to Propel sIedaes.

London, Dec. 29.-An interesting fea- ture of the equipment to be used by Sir Ernest Fl. Shaclkleton on his pro- posed expedition next year across the Antarctic continent will be sledges driven by aeroplane engines and an aeroplane with clipped wings to aid in propelling the sIedges over the ice.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
STRIKE ON FRISCO"
 ROAD IS INVERTED.
Receivers to Make Concessions to
 Telegraph Operators.


 St. Louis. Mo-, Dec. 29.-There will be no strike of telegraphers on the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad, ac- cording to indications tonight. The strike committee of the Order of Rail- way Photographers will meet the receiv- CTS of the railroad tomorrow in an at tempt to reach an agreement on the demands for an increase in wages and better working conditions.
 There were conferences throughout the day and James w. Tusk, chairman of the receivers, said tonight that he thought an agreement would be reach ed. The outcome of the conferences thus far may be summarized as foI- lows:
 The railroad company has agreed to 8 wage increase, but not to the 15 per cent. increase asked by the grievance committee.
 The railroad company has agreed to pay overtime, but not double overtime as asked by the men
 The chief points now at issue are the matters regarding conditions of labor.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
Steamship Arrivals.

Rotterdam, Dec. 26.-steamer Russia. New York for Libau,
 Hamburg. Dec 2e.-Steamer Patricia, New York.
 Philadelphia, Dec. Steamer Man iteu, Antwerp via Boston.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
GRAND JURY SLOW,
 PEOPLE FURIOUS.
Fear Of Outbreak Against Negroes
 Held in Maryland Jail.

Chestertown, Md, Dec. 29.-The grand jury, which met this morning to take up the cases of the two negroes charg- ed with the killing of James Coleman, a well to do and popular farmer, ad- journed late this afternoon without re- turning an indictment
 AS a result, the friends of the mur- dered man were in an angry mood, and the local authorities feared an out break.
 Sheriff Brown kept all the police detectives and deputy sheriffs in the jail tonight, and no attempt was made to have them patrol the town.
 Eight witnesses were examined to- day, and twelve remain to be examin- ed tomorrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
Steamers Reperted by WfreIssa.

Sicilian, Glasgow for Boston, signalied 67O miles from Boston at 7SO a. m. (corrected tlme),
 Steamer Barbarosga, Bremen for New York, signaIled at D. m. No position given. Dock 8.30 a. m. Thurs day.
 Cape Race, N. F.. Dec. 2s,-Steamer Minneapolis London for New York. signalled 1.332 miles east of Sandy Hook at p. m. Dock S.30 a. m. Fri daN
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-30
curfew on New Year,a Morn.

8 o'clock on New Years morning for the hotels of the West End of London. This year the hotel men vainly begged for an increase of half an hour, for they feel keenly the competition of the night clubs, which are permitted to remain open as long as they please.