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Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04
UNIFORMITY or LAWs.

Conditions which exist because of the great difference in the laws of the various states are constantly brought to light, especially concerning
 marriage and divorce. Uniformity of marriage laws Is being sought ia New England for the betterment of society and as it Is believed a proper in fuence upon the large number of cases which come before the divorce courts. This is a movement in line with others for the accomplishment of similar re- suits and the betterment of conditions. The American Bar association is ad- vocating uniformity of laws together with penalties imposed in the differ ent states for various crimes.
 Burglary is punishable in as many different ways as there are states. A criminal convicted of this crime. in the first degree. in states where there are degrees of burglary, may escape with a minimum of a year in more than dozen states. There are seven states in which a burglar may be sen tenced to life imprisonment while in four he may receive the death penal ty. The limit in others is variable. It Is the same in regard to other crimes making the situation not only confusing but illogical. Burglary should be the same in one state as another the same as forgery is forgery wherever it occurs. Such differences do not help conditions and particular ly so when 1t is divorce and mar riage which are concerned. Uniform ity of laws offers a restriction wherein no state tends to undermine the laws of another
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04
MAKING A CONQUEST

i Chryssie said the idea of any man over 20 going sailing was pitful. But ! I've decided that the best way to have 1 good time in this world fs to take l things the minute they present them 1 seIveS-and I bribed the waiter at the hotel to put up some sandwiches and l other things for me and took along a 1 book and bottle of ginger ale. i "An hour later. when produced my 1 little hamper and began unpacking things Hendricks said You're the most sensible woman l ever met I was just hating the idea of having, to 1 go back to the hotel for lunch on a day like this with a breeze just right. Any other woman would have thought of frills instead of sandwiches," 'H'm! I murmured argumentative- Iy Speaking of frills--"
 Hendricks paused with his mouth full of sandwich to glare at me They're all right, he admitted. I don't
 see why all women can't wear white
 lawn dresses with drawn-work like
 that. But you always do look just
 right,"
 My dress was white linen trimmed
 in Irish lace,s but I forgave him. It was touching to see how he enjoyed being fed; and he positively purred at the ginger ale and the book
 That's a book I've wanted to read all summer he parked. You read out loud and I'll keep the boat headed. Say positively, could grow quite fond of you Miss Simpson, and I'm not partial 70 WOnen, SllEcI.
 We had & lovely afternoon and when we started to sail back to the hotel we were surprised to find that the wind had died out completely. So we had to pole in. This process con sists of standing in the stern of the boat and twisting one oar around in the water as though you were getting ready to wiring it out and it is war ranted to lay a strong man low in half mile. Hendricks did two miles of it and I sat there and kept still while he growled and mopped his face and gasped for breath.
 Tt was when we landed that he seemed finally to remember me. He laid one hand on my shoulder-every- body at the hotel was inside at dinner and he did not glare. 'Melanie,' he said, sharply, I want you to marry mel If you'd so much as open your mouth to make a suggestion during those two horrible miles I'd have dropped you overheard. but as it is think I love you desperately!'
 That was why Chryssie stayed on to see if I really was going to accept Hendricks proposal. She is upstairs now with a bottle of smelling salts because I have just told her that I am."-Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

MY SISTER Chryssie did more than disapprove of the whole affair." said the elder Miss Simpson. "DiSapprOye is too mild a word. She simply boiled over and started to pack her trunks. Then she unpacked them because, she said, she could not in justice to the family name leave me at the hotel
 unchaperoned.
 ''Chryssie is 36. I am 3s and neither
 of us ever had chaperon in our lives So l think 1t was nothing but sheer
 curiosity that made her remain at the
 summer resort with me. She wanted
 to see what I would do with Hend-
 riclxs White. Chryssie has got toler .
 ably used this summer to seeing me mixed up in other peoples love affairs because they were always confiding in
 me or begging me to help them out but it was rather a staggering blow to her when l produced well devel- oped love affair of my own.
 You would have thought it was case of smallpox from her general attitude. She conquered her shock and repugnance only by heroic self sacrifice and will power There is something magnificent about the way Chryssie endures tae presence of mas culine beings on this earth. She dis liked Hendricks White the instant he walked into the dining room Hend- ricks Is an old batchelor in the forties and a successful lawyer who bsrks at a Jury and is used to seeing it wilt before his eyes, so he has rather got into the habit of expecting everybody. else to jump like the juries.
 What attracted me to him was the fact that he seemed to know instantly what he warted. whether 1t was the choice of an ear of corn or an oar and because he positively snorted in wrath when Libby Knox started to coo over him. Libby is young woman of uncertain, age who coos over every man she sees. The gen eraI run of men like it. even if they say they don't-but she never tried 1t on Hendricks a second time. After his escape from her he planted him self on the other end of the porch settee that I was occupying and breathed h1rd as he glared at me He knew 1 had seen the episode. Finally 1 laid down my work and laughed. l couldn't help it. sort of harassed, tangled grin crept over his face Here he hissed at me, why is a woman, anyhow? That is, some wom- en?'
 "A makeshift of nature to fill up vacant space I told him. promptly. I got that figured out a long time ago!''
 After that we were great friends. And one day I went sailing with him in little catboat that he had rented.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Look After the Children.

MT. Editor: During the past few days Plainfeld has had four boy bur glars and Greeneville one Gall under 15 years). and these arrests following so closely on the murder and attempt ed robbery at Jewett City makes us ask Who is to blame?" Some sa Y the parents some, dime novels; anu some. moving pictures; but 1 thlnk the real answer is much deeper than either of these causes, although they all may be to blame.
 First, the parents. Father tells John to be honest and a few mo- ments after tells how much over the right amount of change the grocer paid him, saying: T kept it. He makes enough out of me" The next change Johnny finds on the floor (even if he knows it belongs to papa) ne keeps. It is his good luck.
 Willie is running errands foS : merchant and saving his money. Mother needs change and borroWs without asking. If Willie misses it she says T will pay you when get It, and perhaps she will if she has no other use for it. Willie needs change and he borrows from his employer (also without asking), saying to him self T will pay him back, but he seldom does.
 My little boy has been out of sorts because I do not want him to play
 ma rbles for keeps" The boys laugh at him and he does want to win a pretty agate, but he does not want to lose his own. and a big bEfght glass marble looks about the same to a lit tie boy as a gold watch does to a man who is playing cards for keeps" and it takes an honest man to play fair and not all gamblers are honest.
 Now for the second answer-noyels Because a book costs 10 cents it is not always bad, and because it costs St it is not always fit to enter the home. Foxy Grandpa" and his copies do more harm than all the dime novels printed.
 Pictures are good in their place, but for child to be on the street alone al night is not safe and the boy of 15 who is too big for mother to make good night visit to is in danger- Moro boys are ruined by being men too young than by being babies" too long.
 Now there is another thing that confronts the mothers who want their children to be honest. We tell our children that honest low marks are better than dishonest high ones, but since much of the school work is done at home, which gives the child with an older friend to explain all puzzling questions and no home duties a big advantage over those who have to help mother or do chores and have no one who can help them. and pro- child who will not look out for No. r. is a wonder. And again. when there ts prize offered for some article to be written by the children without help. how often do we hear the disap- pointed ones say Mine was just as before teacher corrected them True or false. the children have learned another way to play marbles for keeps"
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04
SUNDAY AMIIsEMEMrs

Much opposition is being met in the legislatures where bills are being pre- sented in behalf of Sunday baseball and Sunday theaters Massachusetts has downed the Sunday baseball bill and there are other states which have the same idea concerning the giving up of Sunday to such forms of amuse- ment- The Indianapolis News takes an interesting view of the matter when it says: The Sunday theater would be used as precedent in support of other concessions, precisely as Sunday baseball has been used as a precedent Justifying Sunday theaters. That is the way things go in this world
 There is no reason why anyone should be deceived. These working men who have saved their rest day. or at least have succeeded in getting ex- tra pay for Sunday work, ought to see the point. Those of them who are ad- vocating Sunday thea ters and base ball while insisting on their own right to a rest day are attacking their right to such day. They are setting in motion forces that will. sooner or later overwhelm them. There is not a pra- diction here made that is not in the direct line of past evolution. Iii. neo- pie of Indiana should through their legislature. declare emphaticaIIv in favor of the principle of one rest dav in the week. And then they should do everything in their power to make that declaration effective. Unless greed Is curbed we shall soon have no Sun day at aH''
 To remove any protection which the people have to 8 day of rest is against their own interests, and the longer the removal is delayed the greater will be their respect for the day and the bene fit which they will receive therefrom.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

able by the fruit dropping off. or 1t may be coated with a gum; as the The curculio is a small snout beetle of the family of curculionider. The adult insect varies in size, averaging about three -siXteenths of an inch in length. Spraying is necessary to Kill hem and the best mixture for the first time is arsenate of lead and imewater, two parts in fifty gallons of water. and for the second time lime and sulphur about as strong.
 w L. OSBORNE. Norwich, March 3, 1913.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

Our tax rate may be high but we've cash balance in the treasury. Can l any other Connecticut city say the ] same Bridgeport Telegram l It is proposed to erect a $7Oo, 900 l home for the Red Cross in Washing 1 zion of the Civil War It might very l appropriately be made a memorial to l Clara Barton-Ansonia Sentinel. | The month begins with complete 5 shift of the circumambient atmosphere The air from Massachusetts and Con- necticut exchanged places yesterday, passing over this state in a hurry, and then a lot of it was pushed out to sea. It was impossible by nightfall to tell which commonwealth's peck of dust it was that each Rhode Islander had alloWed.-Providence Bulletin. The former governor of New York, they claim to have just discovered pardoned a man who never got as far as prison, but was out on appeal all the while pending the outcome of his action for pardon. This is bad enough and may show executive laxity, but it is not as bad for the state keeping two innocent men in prison for two years.-New Haven Register.
 With the former state highway com missioner and the state highway com
 
 generously and working together on the states highway department office problems, it is permitted to Mir. Mac donald's friends to smile as broadly as they please. They are showing the other republicans of the state a fine exam naple.-Waterbury Republican.
 Today the leaf will be turned and the new chapter will begin. No Amer ican living-Dr. Wilson himself as lit tie as any other-knows what Time and the Event are going to write in it. The ony two things certain are that it will be an instructive chaDter and that it won't be a dull chapter. Trust de- mocracy's own long cared, sudden heeled Donkey for that.-Hartford Courant.
 All forecasts as to the probable per- sonnel of President Wilson's cabinet seem to agree as to the selection ,a William Jennings Bryan as secretary of state and chances seem to favor The Perennial Candidate" to lead the new cabinet Much as the democratic commoner has been held up to ridi- cule, every right thinking man will admit. without question that he is q giant mentally. but whether he Is big enough for a world Job remains to be seen.-Bridgepor Farmer.
 Judging by the apparent difficulty Mir. Wilson is having even at this late
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

hour in filling two or three places in his cabinet, there is something to be said in favor of his method of not making authoritative announcements until he has to- The other method of making selections early and announc- ing them early has the obvious disad- vantage of increasing the chances of irretrievable mistakes. In taking ali the time the law allows in this cabinet business, Mir Wilson at least guards himself as much as possible against
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

The defeat of the appropriation for free seeds, in the senate, means the saving of a quarter of million. This sum should be applied to the need of the government in the suppression of white slave traffic for which the house considered the country too poor to ap- propriate $2OO,OO0.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

The women made q nice appearance ln their glide up Pennsylvania avenue but that will take none of the shine off the big procession today.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

Captain Rostr5n has raaeiyad fhs medal of honor from congress but if can hardly be more pleasing than ths knowledge that he did his duty by the Titanic survivors.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

As fast as the need develops inn provements are being made to the par eel post privileges, alf being the ex- pected steps towards perfection.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

Beer is the favorite beverage al Yale among the drinking seniors Sd much for naming a brew for d uni versity.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

The importance of avoiding unwfse legislation in behalf of the Philippine islands is evidenced by the repeated warnings of the president
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

If Castro dc@sn'e succeed is getting hotei ace0.af44t t,da tie4ae iR Washington fl viii ise ths inauguFetsA a1d Het tte inani grafton department which vail pEsYent it.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

Now that life terms are added to the possibilities of the London suffragettes none seem to be taking advantage of such a chance for long hunger strike
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

Publishers are fast finding the penny paper money loser. The action of three Bridgeport papers in going to two cents is now followed by the Boston Journal which even finds three cents necessary 10 make the business pay
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

If is possible that if Washington has bicycle club it could extend an honorary membership to Mir Wil- son which would be accepted.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

If Vice President Marshall becomes President Wilson's adviser and coun- seilor he will not increase the powers of his office, but he will add to it's dig nifty the real importance which at taches to any public man who is known to command the presidential ear and conf1dence.-Providen Trib- une.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

MT Editor: Many people do not know what the n1un curcu1io is. T. does not attack the apple trees far 2 known. but does great damage ta the peach md rIum. II is first notice
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

Tn addition to this being tho day of inauguration Mr Wilson has also promised that it shall be the day ot revelation.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

The railroad strike in Maine has existed six weeks and all are satisfied except the public and. they do not count.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

New Jersey is showing i proper ia- terest in baseball when a Fielder is called in to take the governors ptaes
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

The many guesses to the makeup or his cabinet gives Mr. Wilson Il chance to compare his oility with il long list of professional mind read =
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

Contributions ,t9 the seoat memorial fund hfs not t5 ec confined to Eng llshmen, All tH6 world ha5 an inter est In e1tendin E aid to his depend- 6f4tS
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Happy thought for today: MI. Will sons ideas on the Panama canal bill seem to be well Rooted
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

The new nickels selling for fifteen cents each on the opening day of their circulation seem like a luxury
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

<errors of his own judgment.-Spring.
 field Republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

THERE Is advertising medium In Eastern Connecticut equal to The Bull letin for business results.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Our tax rate may be high but we've a cash balance in the treasury. Can any other Connecticut city say the same?-Bridgepor Telegram
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04

It is proposed to erect a $7OG,000 home for the Red Cross in Washing ton and dedicate it to the Loyal Le- zion of the Civil War It might very appropriately be made memorial to Clara BartOn.-Ansonia Sentinel.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-04
Protectina Plum Trees.

ETTA BARBER
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-19
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE.

The whole market on the Consolidated
Sack Exchange gave way in the closing
1sings. Severe price losses were estab-
shed all through the list, with stop loss
Gders uncovered In many directions. add
hg 10 the liquidation. The downward
na,ment was made the more rapid by
ygncrs that a prominent fnancier, now
ah,oad he'd again become seriously III.
Final prices for the day OF the leading
stocks were AT or near their lowest. IN
The early ira ding the market had gwen
s,gns OF bettcrment. General gains, com
pared with Mondays closings, were re-
fected by the prices on the $3.50 CLOCK
otening call. with further Improvements
registered later. when u became known
hat the railroad managers had agreed
tia, their dispute with the firemen shouiu
he arbitratcd under the Erdman act On
the rally. however. il was noted that there
vas a tendency toward contraction IN the
volume OF business at the higher levers
Traders who continued to hold bearish
views rs,ntod 20 this "a evidence faVor-
ig the correctness OF their attitude
Transactions in all stocks totalled $3.50
shares. with By far the heaviest business
done in the last two hours. when prices
were breaking
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-19
MONEY AND EXCHANGE

THE MONEY MARKET.--Call money
| was easier. Rates: Opened ga per cent
highest per cent, closing 3a4 per cent.
Time money was strong. Rates: $685.
per cent for sixty days. 4l2G4A< per cent
for ninety days, txn5 per cent for four
and 4%d5 per cent for six months. Mer-
camille paper rates: 6Q6il per cent for
sixty TO ninety days Endorsed and choice
four TO six months single names.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.-Foreig ex-
change was steady. Yesterdays quota
tom Demand sterling, 1855; cables.
T. $50: sixty-day bills, 1890 short francs.
5.l7iz. plus 1-s4: short reichsmarks. 95k.
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE.-Bosto par:
Savannah, buying 3-l6c discount, selling
par; San Francisco. sight Sc premium,
telegraphic Sc premium: Charleston. buy
Ing par, selling l-1ec premium; Chicago,
par; New Orleans, commercial Ioc dis
count, bank 81 premium ~. Louis, :oc
premium.
SILVER MARKET.-Bar silver In Lon
don was steady at 2strd.
MEXICAN EXCHANGE.-Mexic ex-
| change on New York was quoted at D1is.
unchanged.
sUB-TREASCRY.-Th United States
Sub-Treasury was a debtor at the
Clearing House yesterday to the extent or
1923, a.
BANK CLEARINGHOUSE York. ex-
changes A3l <01 .O4. balances 1854. 81;
Boston, exchanges 81, 73l ,+SS, balances -
III $50; Pittsburgh. exchanges N0.03S. IS.
balances $s.s2s, 54s; Chicago, exchanges go.
Sss, S55. balances 2,276.3s Baltimore, ex-
changes 1885,, 7eo. balances N.27s6ss: 81.
Louis, exchanges 3lt7s5.Os7, balances sls,-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-19
BAG AND PAPER ASSAILEO
Petition for Appointment OF
Receiver Presented.

trenton. y. j.. Feb. 1S-Upon appl!ca-
tloh or Sarah S. Aldrich, of Glens Falls
~ T., and others. Chancellor Walker to-
DAY fixed March for a hearing upon a
petition for the appointment of receiver
Tor the Union Bag and Paper Company, a
New Jersey corporation. with s21.0OO,o,o OF
authorized capital stock. The concern is
engaged in the business OF the manufact-
ure and sale Of paper bags, paper and
pulp. and has branches in various sec
tons OF this country and Canada.
The petition does not allege insolvency
but charges that the company is being
mismanaged and that the assets are
gradually diminishing. II is alleged that
Edward I. Barrett. president Of the COM
pany. has had no practical training and
that from its conception the defendant
company has been managed upon an i'm
proper. fraudulent principle and its busi-
ness has been conducted for the benefit of
Its directors or some of them. at the cX-
pense CT the company itself"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-19
NEW SULZER BILL LIKED
Wall Street Believes II Will
Help Restore Confidence.

The new bill in the Sulzer Stock EX-
change series introduced Monday in the
State Legislature. calling for quarterly
reports by corporations whose securities
are listed. was favorably commented oil
Yesterday by the more conservative Wall
Street houses. II was pointed out that
the passage Of such a measure would
probably DO more to restore public conf
dence in the business methods of the Elk
change than anything done up to this
time.
"All the wide fluctuations that have
caused so much unfavorable criticism OF
late have occurred IN ,he shares Of those
companies which make an official report
but once a year said member of the
governing committee AS examples. ne
cited American Can. American Beet
Sugar. Union Bag and Paper and Distil-
!er's Securities.
Among the important companies whose
stocks arc listed on the exchange when
already issre quarterly earnings reports
are the United States Steel Corporation.
American Steel Foundries Company.
American Hide and Leather Company,
Central Leather Company, T.. |. du ron,
dc Memoirs Powder Company. lacka-
wanna Steel Company Utah Copper Com
pany. Ray Consolidated Copper Company
Nevada Consolidated Copper Company
and the Wester Union Telegraph Com
pany.
The recommendation OF Governor SUI
zer's committee that the tax on stock
transfers be increased from cents to l
cents on each 500 face value Of stock
was not regarded with favor in Wall
Street yesterday. 1t was polluted out that
the present tax is sufficiently large ana
that an Increase would impose hardship
that is not justified. Few Of the stock
Exchange houses had taken time TO read
the new bill carefully, but those seen eX-
pressed the opinion that the revenues de-
rived by the state under the existing
arrangement were large in comparison
with other taxes.