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Putnam patriot., 1913-10-17
hO MORE PAY
 FOR LEGISLATORS
Constitutional AmeEd Ednent Is
 Defeated by 4 to 3
FAIRFIELD COUNTY ALONE
Proposition to increase Salary of Members from $500 to $500 Lost -Meets No Favor in the
 Small Towns.

Hartford.-The feature of the town elections was the defeat of the pro- posed constitutional amendment rais- ing the pay of the General Assembly members from $500 to $500. One hundred and seven towns out of 16S gave 15,645 yes and 20,5SS no. Fair field county alone favored the plan but the rest of the State with rare exceptions was opposed to it. The small towns did not look upon it with much favor nor did most of the larger cities, yet Bridgeport and New Lon den favored it, the latter by good sized vote and the former by very small one. Fer that matter it appeared that only about one elector in ten took the trouble to vote upon the proposi- tion.
 The returns by counties from 107 out of 16S Towns show the following.
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-17
No License Wins City.

New Haven.-One town was cap tures by the license element in town elections out of the farty-four which had the question before them. On the whole, however. the advocates Of prohibition were the winnersi because the city of Bristol was won cover for two years, and in many stf the towns the no license vote developed unusual strength Added to this strength was the fact that the turohibitionists as party were a factor in aeveralcof the towns, especially in Manchester, where E. L. G. H0henthal, the well known State central committeeman of that party, won remarkable con test by being elected first seleetman. In Guilforal the Proh1brtionists Y@on several minor offices, and also @on out in the, selection of VI. F. 'Watreus to be judge of probate to succeed Judge Post who wlll be retired ssy age.
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-17
city's Notes Taken.

It will nos now be necessary for Bridgeport to go into the market Tor the purpose Of floating notes for s2oo'- 900 to defray the cost of the Eaany paving contracts carried out in diff ferent parts of the city during the past year and still in progress. Four of the strongest of the local national banks-the Firs5BridgeporI the fe- ouonnock, the Connecticut and -the Citv National have stepped in and 'bht for the notes at par and wili luan tha money at four and a half per cent" the rate stipulated in the act gf the Assembly authoriziag the issue
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-17
Auto Jams Waaon Driver.

dgeport.-Frank Sileo. aged 21, was driving "a team along Water street when an auto ttrnck of the Chapman and Bangs Company. attempted to cut into a driveway in front of him. The truck was loaded with angie iron and this squeezed his leg against his own team. One nf the arteries in his leg was cut and he suffered severe decorations. Dr. Macdonald of the Emergency Hospital was fsrced to use clamps to stop the flow of blood, but Sileo refused hospital treatment and was taken to his home.
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-17
sLeen at SchooI.

A new wrinkle in school work comes from St. Faiths school, Wandsworth, Englans, where tired children may sleep iR hammocks during lesson hours. The children so favored are four or five years old, the infants Of the school Every afternoon sies- Ia in hanm~cks for tired children is provided, and they may sleep between CT even during lessons. The infants are encouraged to rest because II IS contended by a Miss Wild. who de yfsea the hanimocks, that the mind or a tired child can not retain the lessons taught
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-17
Governor sfons Expense Bills.

Hartford4The following bills, to- taling $31, ,162, were approved by Gov ernor Baldwin at the capitol: Hos pitals, Stamford. $1.Z50; St. Francis, Hartford, s2.50G: Hartford. s2,500: St Vincent, Bridgeport. ,s2lf26: Grace, New Haven. $1 ,000; Day-Kimball, Nor ,svich. S750: Connecticut Hospital for Insane, Middletown, s17.674.76. New haven Gas Light Co. gas for armory s$l ,5O3; uniforms and armory rent First Go. Governors foot Guard, S3b0: Adjutant General, expenses, Sl.50G.
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-17
Knocked Into River

Norwich.-The buly of Antonio Larse. aged about 25. and unmarried, was found floating h the SAetucket River. His head wae crushed ana after an investigation rDe medical e1- aminer concluded the maa had prob a:,lv been struck by q train short distance from where hls body was found and knocked into thezfiyer. Ine man lived in this city aud was em- ployed by contractor on road worK-
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-17
uo,..tv lIniversaI In Finland.

The Films place their money anu yaluabIes in holes in the groahs anu cover them with a big leaf sucn treasure is sacredly respected sy all who pass it; but. in the rare ssts-t of a man wishing to borrow of has neighbor during his absence ne "n take only the smallest sum he uuires. and place a message III 'ne hole telling of his urgent need prom ising to repay the amount on a speci- fed date. And he will inYsriaDiy Aeep his word. for the Finn is insineloie !" his independence.
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-17
Boy Attempts Murder.

New Haven.-Edward Moses, aged IA, was held in S3.000 bonds in the city court for stabbing Mrs Rachel Lipolitz AIienists who have exam ined the lad. say he is suffering from a nervous disease.
 The boy went to Mrs. Lipolitz's home and asked for a meal. While she was preparing it. the boy grabbed a knife from the table and plunged it into her side just below the heart.
 At fhe hospital iit was said that the injured woman was resting comfort ably, although herceonditions was seri OuS
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-17
spor MARkeTs AT 4 oLANcI
Critics. Take Notice.

Great writers cantingly criticised by small writers-of whom Dr. Parr might be happy to say that they have pro- fundity without obscurity-p -persgicu- ity without prolixitf-ornannen Nsfh- out glare-terseness withoat barren ness-penetration without sssbtletyr-- comprehensiveness without dsgressioa --and a great number of otheT. things without a great number Of other things Sydney Smith.
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-17
Barrett Not Guilty.

fter a trfa8 lasting two days before jury in the supe- rior court Judge Reed presiding, Harvey J. Barrett. of Danbury ae- cused of the manslaugnter Of James J Greeley in Danbury last June. was found not guilty after the jury had deliberated shree-quarters of an hour.
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-17
Charles A. Fine Sworn tn.

Waterbury-Charles A. Fine was sworn into the office of depnty State sealef of weights and measures by At torney General John H Light. at the capitol He was appointed by Super intendent Thomas F. Egan, of the State Police. He is 3S years of age. His office will be at the capital
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-17
Arrest Participants in stabbins.

Suffield Alex Kupruk and Ohs- kieis, Poles, were arrested here as participants in staboing ahray on the hanks of the Windsor LOCKS Canal. in which Closko Cyko received a five inch wound near the kidneys. The men will be tEied on the charge nf assault with intent to kuL
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-17
Miss Howe
 AND Miss MarOt' 5
 SCHOOL Thompson. Connecticut
loI3iol4

The classes of Miss Howe and Miss Nascfs School are open to day pupils. Beeaaee of a considerable number Of requests, younger day pupils will Dc accepted. and classes organized tor them whenever the enrollFsent in any grade reaches five.
 The school privileges are fsee to All day pupils. including participation in o,tI-of. door sports, dancing aEd de- pertinent uaaer Miss BuFy-Paiiiser. Glass lessons iH languages, arf, and singing are included in the yearly tuition. Special lessons in Piano. Voice and Art may be arranged for
 Further information will be furnish ed on fequest. school opens October 9ad. Automobile service will be pro. gided from West Thompson and Thompson sistIons.
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-17
Arrested Leavinq llosptal.

Hartford.-D. $. Mccarthy was ar rested as he left local hospital, charged with driving an automobile while in an intoxicated condition, when he collided with an Albany ave nue trolley car Mccarthy and lady friend were injured in the accident.
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-17
wreok flaoman Held for Trial.

New Haven.-41harles H. Murray, fagman Of the Bar Harbor express which was wrecked at North Haven on September ?, pleaded not guilty in the superior court to a charge of recklessly disregarding the safety of the travelling public. His bond was fixed at S .0e0.
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-17
Express Kills Sleeper.

Danfelson.-W sitting on the edge of the depot platform asleep, Merton f. Gardner. aged 60, was struck by a south bound express freight and instantly killed. The body was badly mangled. Gardner was carpenter ana was well known. A widow and a daughter survive
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-17

HAY AND sTRAN -We 0W0te Iaree bal.d bay. per ton. Timothy, No. l. 70: standard S2a 5G0 S2l.50. No. 3-2 sl 5d s2n: Hght clover. mixed. SiaWs2ns No !. mixed s1sWsts, heavy mixed. SlG0s iS; No 2 mixed S14ds16. No. L, cios CT, st7m.S1s. rye straw. Sl9a SEQ (smalI baied hay about same as largel
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-17
THE MARKETS
Butter

NiiLK-onieiei prices have besn asol. lsnea and it IS Impossible 10 gtve correct
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-17
CONFIDENCE

planning home the of architect conceptions
Putnam patriot., 1913-10-17

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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04
FORMER M. P. HELD FOR
INCITING MILITANTS
SuGrasettes Again Resort to Torch,
Wrecking Valuable Property.
Police Nab Woman.

London, May 1.-TWO disastrous fires
early today are attributed by the po-
lice to the arson squad OF the suffra-
gettes.
The morning fire was at Aberdeen.
Scotland, where a new wing on the
Ashley School, not yet finished, was
burned to the ground. Dispatches from
Aberdeen say that votes for women"
literature was found scattered about the
grounds.
The other fire was a, Bradford. and
it was much more serious. The freight
depot Of the Midland Railway was COM
pletely destroyed, with loss Of $780,
900. Large quantities of dress goods,
carpets. and wool were burned up.
George Lansbury, former Socialist
member Of Parliament. who was ar
rested for urging women to greater vio-
lence in a suffrage speech, was arraigned
in Bow Street Court today and bound
over in the sum Of $4,000 to keep the
peace for a year, with the option of
spending three months IN jail Lans-
bury refused to attempt to get bail at
he changed his mind and gave bail.
Dover, England, May, 3.-Just as she
was boarding a steamer here today to
flee to France, Mrs. Dorothy Evans,
militant suffragette, vas arrested. Mrs.
Evans had booked passage for Calais.
She is charged with completely in suf-
frage outrages.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04
MAINE SOCIETY MEETS.
Lewis Merriam Makes Address ON
Value of Vital Statistics.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Maine Association, held last night at so
Sixth Street Northwest, was addressed
by Lewis Merriam. assistant chief OF
the Children's Bureau. Mr.. Merriam said
that the bureau Is Immediately interest,"
ed In securing the adoption of laws by
the various States making the keeping
of vital statistics compulsory. Infant
mortality he characterized as the Their
mometer of social conditions.
He spoke of the many advantages of
vital statistics, not the least of which
il that it establishes the legal age of
citizens beyond question. knowledge of
the exact conditions will make for i'm
proved conditions, Mr.. Merriam said, and
instanced the case of New Zealand.
where vital statistics have been rigidly
kept for many years. and where the death
rate has gotten now as low as SO per
thousand. while in the United States 1t is
estimated to be near 160.
Other features of the programme were
a reading by, Mrs. George w. Hall and
music by a string trio, composed of e
Anderson, w. Ullman, and ]. G. Pratt.
The president Of the Maine Association.
James P. Briggs, presided at the meet
ing.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04

ton that Sir Henry Irving appeared in.
on one Of his last trips in America. and
will be seen in Washington at an early
day.
Exclusively shown at Chase's today.
the Kinemacolor Company presents
Nathan Hale" magnificent three
reel drama de .>icting the life of the revo-
lutionary hero. Taken from the play.
Nathan Hale" by Clyde Fitch. Mr.. Nat
Goodwin originated the character and
played it in all parts of the United
States. This wonderful feature drama
will be shown today. Monday. and Tues
day.
Keystone Comics.
The class of films the keystone Com
edy Company are turning out fill long
felt want in the motion picture game
Exhibitors have begged their exchanges
for good comics, their patrons have look
ed In vain on the screen for them, and
the manufacturers have worked long
and hard to turn out real comedy pic
lures.
Under the direction Of Mack Sennett.
that inimitable mimic and master pro-
Queer, and with the able assistance of
Mabel Normand and Ford Sterling, the
Keystone company is making a brand
OF comedy that has set a new standard
for this class Of films.
The stories are original full Of comic
situations. and fast moving, while Mabel
Normand. Fred Sterling, and Mack Sem
nett dress and interpret the eccentric
characters in a most laughable manner.
There are seven Panama Canal and
Balkan war shows playing the United
States and Canada. These include Com
pany A, which has been crowding Car
negie Lyceum since December; Com
pany B. now on it's fifth week at Ire
mont Temple, Boston, Mass; Company
c, at the Hyperion Theater, New Haven.
Conn; Company D. at the Colonial The
alter. Newark. N. J.; Company E. at
the Princess Theater, Hartford. Conn:
Company F. at the Opera House, Provi-
dence, r. I. and Company G. at the
Chestnut Street Opera House, Philadel-
phia, Pa. Cleveland, Chicago, and Ca
madam companies will be opened soon,
and with two Coast companies will make
a round dozen touring the country this
summer. The routes are being booked
by Charles Marks through the Klaw &
Erlanger and Shubert Offices, under their
new working agreements, and Washing
ton is to see these wonderful film pro-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04

Photo fiends OF States all through the
East and Middle West presented the star
products Of their labors yesterday at the
opening of the twenty-first yearly OK
hibition OF the Capital Camera Club. at
the hemicycle hall of the Corcoran Art
Gallery. More than three hundred photo
graphs are on view at the exhibition'
which closes next Sunday.
Clubs in Philadelphia. Pittsburg, and
Chicago are represented. There are In
dividual exhibits from Connecticut.
Maryland. Massachusetts,, Virginia, and
New York Several members Of the Pos
tai Photographic Club, which is national.
are represented.
The pictures range from post card to
portrait size. They include toothless old
men, babies snapped in the nude, squir-
rels, frogs, hawks, dogs, and lions;
scenes in far lands and in Rock Creek
Park; views of the oceans, OF noun
tains, of forests. of lakes; portraits or
society women, of Indian squaws, OF
darby plantation hands; scenes in mid
summer and in midwinter, at dawn and
at sunset; at noon and at midnight.
All pleaded to the visitors to open his
catalogue and Took me up
Entries Are Numerous.
Rudolph Eickemeyer, of Seven Oaks.
Yonkers, N Y, has the largest num-
Der of entries. He has on view twenty
four photographs. all of which are ex-
ceptional. His pictures are catchily
titled, and are mostly pastoral. Two
portraits of women are striking
Three portraits of Miss Genevieve
Champ Clark entered by Miss Jennie NJ.
Griswold. of this city, were good ex-
amples of the possibilities Of camera
work. Miss Griswold' has fourteen en-
tries, among them views of Ernest
Schelling and dorado Taft, the sculptor.
William A. Guyton. jr., of the Chicago
Photo Fellows, presented four photo
graphs, one of which, Base Of the
Fountain is a striking snapshot of a
bronze fountain group with water play
ins over it
''Contentment" and MY Father" ex-
hibited by Charles S. Eby, Of the Capital
Camera Club, are remarkable character
studies.
w. c. Babcock, of the Capital Club,
has fourteen excellent entries, among
which is photograph of Atlantic City
at sunset that especially caused COM
ment
E. L. Crandall. of this city, a men,
Der of the Postal Photographic Club. has
twelve entries. MAPPING" study of ami
NAL life, is a lfe-like picture of ST.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04
PRESIDENT WILSON
HAS A DORNICK,
so IT'S ALL RIGHT

Philadelphia, May 3-The nation is
safe President Wilson has a dornick, SO
everything will be all right. But il he
didn't happen to have that dornick. no
one knows what would happen to ninety
odd millions of people.
Prof Michael Lewis, who discovered
the existence of the Wilson dornick, to-
day explained how the destiny of a ma
ton rests upon the existence Of a dor
nick, which is a cranial protuberance,
otherwise known as bump.
"A man who lacks dornick," said
the professor lacks the qualities that
make for leadership. A dornickless man
will make many mistakes, many errors
and perhaps plunge into ruin any enter
prise which he Directs
The professor didn't examine the Pres
idents head. The President didn't care
to waste his time that way, it was as
serted. But the professor saw a picture
of Wilson, and discovered the dornick,
he at first thought 1t a base
ball dornick, but microscopic examina-
ton convinced him it was a regular DOR
nick
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04
LEAVING INSANE ASYLUM,
YOUTH COMMITS SUICIDE
Young Man Who Wantea to Ne
yauaeSbtlt's Secretary
Kills Self.

=
Despondent because of his failure to
become private secretary to w. X. Var
derbilt, ulti-milionaire, and suffering
from q mental arrangement. Samuel ].
Murphy, twenty-five years old, of Knox
Vile, Tenn, committed suicide early
yesretday morning at the corner Of Fiji
teenth and e Streets Northwest by firing
. bullet into his right temple
That Murphy had contemplated suicide
for some time was revealed by two letters
found on his person. One of the letters,
dated March Is, gave a brief history OF
his life and of his family. The other
letter was rather irrational. and con-
tanned a threat to commit suicide. The
letter was headed the University of Ten
nessee and read:
1T was a power in the first place.
There is proof by your own minds that
I am not at fault for what change has
taken place in logic. AlbaQia has had
some trouble, and the new degree Is
through the dead.
Just imagine yourself living with
dead degree and make him your dead
and take a peculiar characteristic.
am willing to blow my brains out you
and the world
In his pockets were found letters from
his parents advising him to stop dream
ing and to find employment. His father
advised him to stop writing w. X.
Vanderbilt. saying that his letters never
reached Mr.. Vanderbilt, and that people
would think him crazy.
Murphy had been an inmate of the
Washington Sanitarium for the past two
months. He left the institution early
yesterday morning and wandered down
to the corner of Fifteenth and E Streets
Northwest, where he shot himself. His
body was found by Samuel Freeburg,
driver of a bread wagon. Freeburg noti-
fed the police of the First Precinct and
Policeman Bobo was hurried to the
scene. The man had apparently been
dead for some hours.
The body is being held at the morgue
to await instructions from the dead
mans father, Inge Murphy. UP to a late
hour last night no word had been re-
ceived from the dead mans family.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04
AsToR HOUSE TO CLOSE DOORS.
Famous Hotel May De Raced to
Make Way for Subway.


New York, May 3-The Aston House,
for years the most famous hotel in the
United States, and whose guests includ-
ed the fashionable, diplomats, and states
men of two continents. is to close its
doors on May % and will probably be
RACED to make way for the new Broad
way subway.
The hotel and property, which it occu-
pies, is owned jointly by Vincent Aston
and William Waldorf Astor. In 1912
Adam Van der Burg owned a race course
on the site now occupied by the Astor
House, and the adjoining Woolworth
Building, the worlds tallest building.
The first John Jacob Astor later &C.
quired the property, partially for resi-
Dental and partially for speculative pur-
poses. Several years later Astor erected
the hotel on what is now Broadway,
Vessy, and Barclay Streets. The new
hosiery was so far uptown at that time
that failure was considered certain, es-
pecially when the rates Of 50 day were
announced. But the investment proved
lucrative. and the house soon became the
rendezvous of society and prominent pol
iticians.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04

Herbert Brenon. who has staged some
OF the most wonderful productions ever
shown on the motion picture screen, has
added another to his long list of tri-
umphs in "Robespierre." dramatic pro-
duction, with William Shay playing the
title role. Fifty principals and one hun
bred and fifty supernumeraries take part
In this historical and romantic play.
Among the important scenes are the
convention hall. Robespierre Salon, the
Place de la Revolution, where the exc
cution of Robespierre takes place. and
Place de Notre Dame.
This is practically the same produc-