Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-08

1 Rear Admiral Albert B. WiiIetts, q | 5. N, was placed on the retired list of the navy yesterday on account of age Daniel c. Roper of South Carolina 1 was nominated yesterday by President Wilson to be first assistant postmaster l general.
 Edward Ii. Sturtevant, a well known New Hampshire business man. died at his home at Franklin, N. H., yesterday. aged 67 years.
 Hiram B. Everest of Rochester, H.. 1., president of the Vacuum Oil com- pany and an investor of note, died i,r Los Angeles Thursday. William D. Saxon was fined $50 and costs in the common pleas court at New. Haven yesterday for dealing in heroin.
 Clarence B. Rowe Of Hartford, charg- ed with arson. was sentenced to from two to five years in state prison by Judge Futile yesterday.
 Every Mail Brings Notices of Wood row Wilson inaugural babies to the White House. President Wilson is re- plying personally to all of-these.
 James A. Fowler of Knoxville, Tenn, assistant to the attorney general, will remain as the trust buster of Presi- | dent Wilson's administration until l summer at least.
 Dr: F. F. Fredn1ann, the German physician, has~accepted the invitation of the King Edward Tuberculosis in- stitute in Montreal to demonstrate hi 5 tuberculosis treatment.
 Plans for Nation Wide Collection among the Catholic churches have been laid for the. purpose of raising funds to erect a $5o0.000 chapel on the campus of the Catholic university.
 Dr.. Charles p. NeilI, whose renomi- nation as commissioner of labor failed of confirmation in the last congress-, is to be renominated as commissioner of labor statistics.
 Benjamin Spiro, clothing and shoe merchant of Stamford. filed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States court yesterday His liabilities are $17,326 and assets $17,300.
 Norbert Weinsr will receive d degree of doctor of philosophy at Harvard in June He is IS years old. Weiner en- tered Tufts college, aged II, and was graduated three years later.
 Rankbool<s and Securities represent thy Goodrich. S5, of East Kingston, >, Fl, who was found dead in bed.
 The RattIeship Delaware Won the coveted first position in elementary practice with guns and torpedoes com lined last year with a total score C. 46.026 for the past calendar year.
 Democrats of the Senate yesterday chose Senator James P. Clarke of Ar kansas for president pro tenn pore of the senate over Senator Augustus c Bacon of Georgia by a vote of 27 to II.
 A Resolution Magsiro Sept. 10 19f9- the centenary Of the victory of Com . n1odore Oliver Hazard Perry of Rhode Island on Lake Erie. a legal holiday was passed in the Rhode Island house yesterday.
 Friends of Miss Julia Lathrop, head of the cEildren's bureau. are sending many letters to President Wilson urg- ing that she be continued in office, all though her appointment was made by President Taft.
 The Missouri Senate yesterday rati- fled the proposed 17th amendment to the federal constitution providing for the popular election of United States senators. The resolution already has been adopted by the house.
 Mrs. M. ". Hartman, widow of the late F. H. Hartman. presented to the Protestant Episcopal church of the western New York diocese a valuable piece of land along with a stately res- dence at Sodus Point. N. Y.
 Code Hill, an Aged Resident of Or Iando, F'la~ who made a, pledge in 1896 not to get q hair cut until another democrat was elected president, had his long locks removed in the public square of his home town this week.
 Harold, the Six Months Old Son of MT. and Mrs. Loren Davis, who was carried from q burning house in Beth eI on Wednesday by it's mother, who risked her life in a desperate attempt to save him, died at the Danbury hos pital-
 one-h half the Butter in cold storage in Chicago is aduIterated in violation or the internal revenue laws, the adul- iteration consisting Of water moisture. according to announcements by off, cials of the internal reVeuue depart ment.
 Caithuupian serenades. parading of newly married couples through the streets or other pranlSs commonly practiced on the newly wed will be nlfsdemeanor in Pennsylvania if bill introduced in the lower house of the Pennsylvania legislature becomes a law.
 The Average Monthly Housekeeping expenses of married motormen and conductors in the employ of the Phila~ delphia Rapid Transit company are s6690, or $3.92 less than the average wages. according to an investigation into the cost of living conducted by the company.
 Seventy Indians, Representative of all the tribes in the country and in cIuding 27 chiefs, called on Secretary Lane at the interior department yes terday to pay their respects. In the party were many of the wealthiest tribesmen. and it is said their aggre- gate wealth would total 00,000, 600.
 The Rhode Island General Assembly was asked in a resolution introduced yesterday to authorize a special elec- tion to submit to the voters the propo- sition of having the state guarantee the bonds of the Southern New Eng land railway to the amount of S6,000,- 900 for the completion of the road. GREEKS HOLD 7s,45o PRISONERS. Cost of Maintaining Them Has Already