Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-29

President Wilson Practically has de- l termined to keep Miss Julia Lathrop in l office as chief of the federal children's 1 bureau.
 New Haven's Total Subscription to the Red Cross fund for the relief of 1 the flood sufferers has so far amounted l to $4,500.
 1 One Hundred and Fifty Thousand l dollars has been subscribed to the flood relief fund of the Chicago association l of commerce.
 l supt. Hrumbaush of the Philadel- i phia public schools has decided to l adopt simplifed spelling in the ele- mentary schools
 1 A Meeting of Various Organizations l will be held on April 1 in New York to start a nation wide movement to re- duce the cost of living.
 Governor Tener of Pennsylvania yes- | terday signed @ bill prohibiting the carrying of red flags in parades or other public processions. Governor Cox of Ohio yesterday tel egraphed President Wilson: We are | more than grateful to you for the good l things you are doing for our state" Two Men Were Killed and six others were entombed yesterday as the result of the collapse of a pillar of coal at the Buck Run colliery, near Pottsville, Pa
 Because of the Floods in Ohio 300 freight cars on the Pennsylvania rail- road, most of them loaded, continue to be held at Altoona, Pa, and at Holli- | daysburg.
 While Searching Titles of Property in Sullivan county, Pa, it was discov- cred that P. E. Armstrong, who died in 1864, deeded his land to God. The provisions of the will still stand.
 President Wilson for the Second time in his short tenure of office on Monday will face an intrepid committee of suf- fragists who will invade the White House with the demand for the ballot. Captain Raoid Amundsen, discover of tn South Pole. has signed a contract to buy two hydroaeroplanes, which he will take with him into the Arctic on his next voyage of exploration in 1914
 Prof. Bruce Wynan of Harvard uni versity has been appointed consulting counsel of the New England railroad lines, including the New York, New Haven and Hartford. Boston and Maine and Maine Central.
 Bishop Walsh yesterday sent a re- quest to the pastors of Catholic churches in Maine to take up collec- tions next Sunday or the Sunday fol- 1. lowing for the alleviation of those in the flood districts.
 Justice Henry Bschoff of the New York state supreme court plunged II stories down an elevator shaft to, his death yesterday afternoon in the Emi- l grant Savings bank building at New York, whre he had offices. The Body of Mrs. George Willing, who was drowned in Wednesdays flood at Sharon Pa, was recovered yesterday, and the bodies of two uni identified men were taken from the debris at Wheatland, three miles south of there.
 More Than 25o Persons spent two days and nights in the little court house at Hamilton, Ohio, without light, food, water or heat. and often they were drenched with rain that leaked through the roof. Many slept standing and sitting.
 What May Be "Pointer" as to the probable date of opening of the Pan anna canal is found in an official am nouncernent that all the gates in the west chambers of the big locks at Pe- dro Miguel and Miraflores will be com pleted by Oct. 1 next.
 William W. Montgomery of Pitts
 
 National bank, convicted for abstract ing funds and under 15 year sen tence, left the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth. yesterday, pardoned by President Taft, one of the latter's last official acts.
 At Fridays Session of the New York East Conference of the Methodist Epis- copal church Bishop Franklin Hamilton urged greater activity on the part of Methodists as an offset to the activity of the Roman Catholic church, which, he said, @is entrenching itself in our national capital
 Word Was Received at Yaie last night that the Yale swimming team, which has been touring the west is safe at Indianapolis. No word had been received from the men for sepe eral days and as they were known to have been in the flood zone considerable anxiety was felt for their safety
 Although it Was Expected that some formal recognition of the new Chinese President Wilson and the cabinet de- ferred the subject of recognition until after the meeting of the Chinese as- sembly on April ', which will proclaim & new president of the republic.
 
 Couldn't Be Any Worse.
 Martial law in Columbia, S. C., would be an improvement over the BIease kind.AWashington Post.
 The senate resolution appointing county commissioners, which included the name or Albert H. Lanphere of