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Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
TRAFFIC BLOCKED ON
 NEW HAVEN ROAD
Locomotive and Two Mail Cars of Green Mountain Express Leave Track

New York, April 12-The tracks of the New York, New Haven and Hart ford railroad were blocked for near " three hours this morning by T train wreck on the main line three quarters Of a mile east of Harrison. The, Green Mountain express, which left the Grand Central station at S.04 a. m., bound for Montreal via Spring field, was derailed at S.30. The cleo tric locomotive and two mail cars left the tracks but the two passenger coaches remained on the rails. The train crew and the passengers es- capped virtually uninjured.
 Trafic was blocked by the wreck of the steel bridee above the tracks which carries the electric feed wire.
 When the locon1otice left the rails it crashed into one of the supporting pillars and brought it down with the bridge in a tangle of steel beams and wires.
 The only injured were the engineer, William J. Murphy of New Haven, who received scalp wound. and Jer- erniah Hackett, a mail clerk, who re- ceived injuries to his back.
 The accident it is believed was due to the breaking of one of the pony trucks of the motors.
 The passengers were placed on a special train and continued to their destinations.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
SENSATIONAL ESCAPE
 OF BANK ROBBER. Used Rope Made From Mattress-Was To Have Been Sentenced Today.

Altoona, Pa, April 12-Frank G. Hohl, alias Frank Wilson, the confess ed robber of the Union bank of this city, who was confined in the Holli- daysburg jail awaiting sentence which was to have been pronounced upon him tomorrow, made a sensational es- cape some time after one o'clock this morning. An employe at the jail who went on duty at 5.30 saw a rope made from a mattress dangling from the roof to the sidewalk in front Of the jail Going inside he found HohTs cell empty.
 watchman who patrolled the jail yard all night saw nothing unusual and was apprised of the break by the jail employe who discovered the pris- watchman on duty inside the jail. It is thought HchI received outside as sistance.
 A railroad man reported he had seen a man answering HOhl's description making for the mountains in the southern end of the county and the sheriff and a posse started in that dI- rection in automobiles.
 The crime for which Hohl was waiting trial was as sensational as his escape. The Union bank, situated in the heart of the business section UE the city, was entered during the noon hour on March g by {. masked bandit, who drove the cashier and paying tel Ter from their cages and shot the cashier in the leg. He then fineC q bag with nearly S3000 in bills from the banks counter. A depositor who was entering the door was shot by the bandit as the latter was leaving. He then terrorized a crowd on the street by firing his pistol at random before disappearing. He was finally captured at Salem, Ohio, where he had taken his wife to her fathers home. He made several desperate attempts to escape while being conveyed by the detectives in one of which he threw @ cup Of hot coffe in the face ofhis captUr in a railroad restaurant at Pittsburgh
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
MAINE STEAMSHIP co.
 STEAMER DISABLED.
Halted in Long Island Sound for Tenn
 porary Repairs.

New York, April 12.-Because of an accident to her piston rod, the steamer North Star of the Maine Steamship company, which left here last night for Portland, halted her voyage when only a few miles up Lond Island sound and anchored while temporary repairs were effected. The steamer returned to her pier today and after further repairs had been made she was expected to sail again at d late hour tonight for her destination.
 The North Star had more than fifty passengers on board. There was no excitement among them Some of them remained, to sail again on the steamer this evening, and others took trains for their destination.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
ITALY TO FoRESTALL
 RAILWAY STRIKE
Army and Navy to Be Used to Main
 tain Order.

Rome, April 12.-In addition to the army, the whole fleet will be employed to facilitate communications and main tain order in case d general strike is inaUSurated by the railway employees on Wednesday next In this way the government hopes either to check the strike or to minimize it's effects. In its attitude the government appears to Ms supported by public opinion which ss not favorable to that section of the railway men which is advocating the employment of strong coercive meas ures.
 The various organizations of civil service employees have already planned at what points to erect barricades and are iD readiness to take possession of various offices. They believe they have some of the army on tEeiF side. Mean while the army officers are under or ders to join their regiments. Detach- meats have been concentrated aJ those places considered the most dangerous, especially in Milan and in Rome
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
SAN DOMINGO REBELS
 HAVE SURRENDERED.
Government Now Virtually in Control
 of the Republic.

Santo Domingo, April 12.@Tne rebel forces who have occupied the citadel at Santiago have surrendered to the government, delivering up all their arms and ammunition. Another rebel force under command of General Mau- ricio Jiminez, the military chief of the insurrection. which occupied a forti- fled position at La Vega has also sur- rendered to the federals commanded by Tancredo Savinon, who has been appointed governor there. President Bordas, at the head of 1,500 men, Is now on his way to Santiago, having taken the field against the insurrec- tionists week ago.
 The government is now virtually in control of the republic and peace pre- vails except in the northeast portion.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
LIND TO CONFER
 WITH PRESIDENT,
No News at Either War or Navy De.
 partment from BattIeneIds.

Washington, April 12.-Washington officials and diplomats were speculat- ing tonight upon the outcome of two conferences to be held during the coming week, one in this city between President Wilson and his personal rep resentatiVe in Mexico, John Lind, and the other at battle torn Torreon be- tween General Venustiano Carranza. first chief of the constitutionalists and General Villa, victorious leader of the Mexican rebels in the field.
 President Wilson returns to the cap itaI tomorrow from his week end trip to West Virginia. MT. Lind is coming up the coast from Vera Cruz aboard the yacht Mayflower, and though no word has been received from the yacht since she left Mexican waters, he is expected to reach here Tuesday. About the time MT. Lind is making his report to the president the Mexican rebel leaders will se meeting for the first time since the days of the Madero rev. olution, and upon this conference much is believed to depend. Officials here think that face to face talk between Carranza and Villa will result in g. clearer understanding concerning ths rights of foreigners In Mexico, and especially their privilege of pressing claims through American consular of icers.
 No news from the scene Of war came today to either the war or navy de- pactmentS.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
Destitute Woman Victim Of Tuhercu-
 Iosis

New Haven. Conn, April 12.--A woman giving her name as Katherine Brown applied for shelter at the home of Mrs. May RafIile at 160 East street tonight and died d lew hours alter wards. The medical examiner gave a verdict of death from natural causes She had been i'll of tuberculosis. From papers found in her pockets it was learned that her home was in Spring field, Mass. She was about 40 years old. The woman had no relatives or friends in the city. as far as known. She had been employed in 8 local laundry.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
Two Injured in Auto Accident.

Greenwich, Conn, April 12.-Clar- ence Kelly was seriously injured and Christopher Wenkenbach received minor injuries, as the result of an au- toInnblle wreck near Christ church to- day, The driving shaft of the ma chine broke and both men were thrown out in the roadway, Clarence Tenoyi the chauffeur, was arrested, charged with operating without a license. Kelly is in the Greenwich hospital with a fractured skull and a broken collar bone. Kenkenbach ia also af the hospital.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
WIND DOES DAMAGE
 AT LYNN, MASS,
Woman Hurt by Falling Sign-Trees
 Blown Down.

Boston, April PA fifty mile wind swept over the city from the northwest tonight. wrecking store signs and plate damage.
 Mrs. Martha Sherburne was hurt by a falling sign in Lynn and was taken home in an unconscious condition. Trees in that city were blown down and a number caught fire from contact with broken electric wires. An eleven foot gate at the Lynn New England league grounds was torn from it's fastenings and thrown across the street.
 Woods fires in Salem and Arlington biurned fiercely during the height of the gale and many acres were black ened before the flames were controlled
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
RATE OF INSANITY
 IN WORCESTER COUNTY.
Chart Shows It to Be Highest of Any
 in Massachusetts.

Boston, April 12-Certain towns in Worcester county have the highest rate of insanity in the state, according to a chart shown by Df. F. F. Southard a Harvard medical school professor, in a lecture before the students today. He said his figures were based on the in take of various state insane asyIums He did not name the towns.
 DF. SouChard'S lecture was on eu- genics. through which he declared such d condition as that in Worcester county might pe improved, as many of the insane had been found to come from a few families.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
EARLY PROSPECTS
 FOR FISHERIES POOR
Breton Fishermen Arrive to Man 24 Schooners of the St. Pierre Fleet.

St. Pierre, Mid, April 12-The French liner California arrived here today from Bordeaux bringing the Ere ton fishermen who will man the A schooners of the St. Pierre fleet dur ing the season about to open.
 Captain MehoCas of the California reported tempestuous weather on the north Atlantic during the fourteen days required to make the passage. The steamer carried 650 passengers, of whom one-half were fishermen. The others are bound for New York.
 Early prospects for the fisheries are poor. Several Newfoundland fishing schooners which made an early start have been detained here for a week. unable to obtain bait
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
NEW LONDON BOUND
 SCHOONER RAN ON sHoAL
Hauled Of by Revenue Gutter Acusi,-
 net in Vineyard Haven Sound.

Vineyard Haven, Mass. April 12- The British schooner Percy B.. from Port Clyde, N. &, with a cargo ot to New London today after she had been hoated from the shoaI on which she grounded Saturday morning. She was apparently not damaged The sea remained calm during the night So that the revenue cutter AcuShnet was able to halu her eff the shoal after sew eral attempts.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
A Tactful Organist.

The organist, looking over his shoul- der and catching sight of the speaker, began running his fingers gently over the keys. Miss Est then essayed to pitch her voice above the melody of the organ, but the organist changed from the treble clef, three on the ped als. and fairly shook the edifice with the sonorous vibrations of the big pipes. Only a syllable or two of what the woman was trying to say reached the congregation
 Hearing of the disturbance, the sex ton rushed to the street and called policeman and these two men, as- sisted by members of the congrega- ticn. elected Miss Est from the build ing. She was taken to a police sta- tion, where she was charged with disturbing public worship. A large number of the congregation-came out of the church to see the woman taken away. When she was arraigned at the police station Miss Est said to the desk sergeant: Nobody could be heard with that old organ squeaking"
 Dr. Parkhurst, who was ill, was not in the building when Miss Est began her harangue.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
CARDINAL GIBBONS
 ON EASTER FASHIONS
Would Discourage Tendency to Over
 emphasize Dress.

Baltimore. April 12.-Discussing the modern tendency to make of Easter a day for personal display, Cardinal Gib- bons said yesterday:
 Easter should be a day of spiritual joy, a day for the celebration of the resurrection of the spirit, day in which spiritual considerations should be more prominent. Any secular or civil activities that interfere with the true spiritual observance of the day should be discoura ged I would include in such activities the tendency to over emphasize fashions. I have noted that tendency, and I feel that it should be seriously discoura ged."
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
WARSHIPS THROUGH
 PANAMA CANAL.
Atlantic Fleet to Steam Through Big
 Ditch Early in July.

San Diego, Cal. prii 12.-United States warships of the Atlantic fleet will steam through the Panama canal early in July, speed up the Pacific coast to San Diego, and return te Hampton Roads by the same route, according to Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant secre- tary of the navy, who inspected San Diego harbor today and made prelim- mary arrangements for the reception of the battleships.
 The purpose of this early jaunt through the sanal, he said, was to prove to the world that the big water way is even now in readiness to ac- commodate shipping,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
MRS. WILLIAM SPRAGUE
 SUFFERS STRAINED BACK.
Had Just Returned from Two Years
 Stay in Paris.

Sprague, one-time governor of Rhode Island, and Mrs. Sprague arrived here today on board the steamer Lorraine from Havr.e They have beer living in Paris for the last two years
 Just before the Lorraine left quaran- tine Mrs. Sprague was in one of the rooms of her suite when a burst eof flame shot out froma break in the in suiation of one of the electric light wires, She sprang backwards out of the door and fell on her back Stew ards ran to her assistance and 1t was found that her back had been strained
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
SHOOTING AFFRAY
 AT BRIDGEPORT.
Italian Killed While Protecting Sis ter-in- n-Law-Murderer Escapes.

Bridgeport, Conn. April 12-While protecting his sister-inlaW from be- ing assaulted by his brother, Girardo Renna of this city was shot and in
 stantly killed this afternoon when the brother, Lorenzo. because enraged at the interference. drew revolver and fired. The bullet entered the rISht eve and penetrated the brain Lo- renzo made good his escape. Within a. half hour after the tragedy and only two blocks distant F'elice Piccerno a relative by former marriage to the woman whose husband was murdered, was shot in the right leg just above the ankle by Donate Andrea. He was taken to St Vincent's hospital His assailant also escaped and so far the police have no clue 10 his whereabouts
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
MORE WREcKAGE FROM
 SEALER SOUTHERN CROSS.
Large Quantities Passed 100 Miles
 Southeast at St. Johns, N. F.

St. Johns N F., April1 12-FIoating wreckage believed to have come from the missing sealer Southern Cross. was reported by the sealing steamer Bloodhound which arrived today The Bloodhound passed a large quantity of wreckage Saturday afternoon. about 100 miles southeast of this port It has apparently been washed from a sealeT's deck, but as the crew of the Bloodhound had not heard of the loss of the Southern Cross, no effort was made to identify it.
 The steamer Kyle, which has been searching in the vicinity of Caps Race was notified by wireless today Of the position of tho wreckage and started immediately for the scene.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
CAMPAIGN FOR
 ELIMINATION OF BOOSTERS.
Kill, SeIi or Coop Them to Reduce
 Egg Loss, Is Advice.

Washington, April 11-This is the plot that the Department of Agricul ture announces against roosters.
 Tn the interest of egg conservation the poultry specialists of the Depart ment of Agriculture have started campaign for the elimination of the rooster among poultry focl1s during the season between May 1 and Decem- Der 1. Saturday, May 16. has been set aside as Rooster day in Kentucky and Tennessee, where poultry dealers have agreed to pay the same prices for roosters as they do for hens and bullets"
 The department estimates that ona- third of the tremendous annual loss of eggs is due the rooster. It is expect ed that other states will follow and that Rooster Day. wil be pretty gen. eraIlY established.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
FOUND GUILTY OF
 STRANGLING HUSBAND
Jury Debated Five Hours Over "Lit-
 tie Woman In Black"

Milwaukee, April 11--Mrs. Carmeln Musso the little woman in black, was found guilty tonight of first degree murder by a jury which had been out for four hours. She was accused of strangling her husband, Joseph Musso, who weighed seventy five pounds more than herself.
 The defence contended that Musso was choked by an apple peeling found in his throat. Black Hand methods were charged in the suppression of evidence. One witness, who made a damaging statement before the trial failed to remember anything when he faced the eyes of his countrymen in the court room.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
UTILITIES COMMISSION
 TO INVESTIGATE WRECK
Cf ~D;-Dy" Train on New Haven Read st CIaytons Saturday.

N-v li.,..tu Conn. April 13-En- zine ' : E!welAot the public utili- ties cuii-...~-ina said today hr would coi duct a- iHot,i.N at Waterbury on 1Uesds, as sr the cause of the wrccS of he 'dEk k,' tIsin on the New York, New HaNe-. :'.,i i-ur ford railroad at Nle"tonS. es -..e:. in which the fire ma was llile@ @aa ilmber of per- sons Injured
 The inquIrs Hid B, held at two S'ciocl> i1 lhe sofIee ot -u1elIutendent FftZnaurlce, who is in rler so of the aivision.
 The body of Henry Carroll. the fire man. will taken to his home in Tost Deciding. All the injured have isf- tlFe hospital
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
OBITUARY.
Lieut.. Thomas M. Benhan

Baltimore, Md, April 12-Iieuten- ant Thomas NJ. Benham, a retired off, cer of the revenue cutter service, 70 years old, died here tonight. He was retired on account of blindness caused by hardships during his four years service in the Arctic region.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
MEMORIAL BRIDGE
 TO MAJOR BUTT.
Former President Taft to Deliver Ad-
 dress at Unveiling.

Augusta, Ga. April F. - Former President William H. Taft will deliver here Tuesday of the Butt memorial bridge erected in memory of Major Archibald W. Butt. MT. Tafts subject will be Archie Butt, My Friend and Aide" Major Butt was military aide to MT. Taft while the latter was presi- dent. Major Butt was native of Au- guSta. The memorial was erected by the Butt Memorial association and the city of Augusta. The Masonic order of which Major Butt was a. member, will have 8 prominent part in the cere- monies. Sixty members of the Temple Moves lodge will attend.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
Made Desperate by Lack. of Easter
 Bonnet.

New York, April 12-Because her savings for an Easter bonnet were olst, Freda Lester, a dressmaker, aged 21, jumped to her death today from Q window of her third floor room in liar lem into a throng of paraders on the sidewalk. Her brother saved her life on Easter eve, when she tried to in hale gas. Five dollars of her savings had disappeared from her purse, he told the police and the disappointment over inability to make Esater pur- saches preyed upon her
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
MiLITANTS ASSAIL
 BISHOP OF NORWICH
As Protest Against the ForcibIe Feed
 ing of Women Prisoners.

Lowestoft, England, April 12.-A large number of suffragettes disturb ed the service at St Johns church to- day while the bishop of Norwich was officiating. Several days ago the bishop was visited by & delegation of suffragettes and after a long barley consented to see two of them. They protested to him against the forcible feeding of women, and he promised to take their protest under consider ation.
 Today they kept up a continuous chanting of God save Emmeline Pankhurst" Several of tn mewere elected; then others ran to the foot of the pulpit and exclaimed:
 My Lord Bishop, will you protest against the torturing of womeni''
 These disturbers were also dragged from the ediffce, after which the bish- op was able to deliver his sermon
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
LID DOWN TIGHT
Nineteen Arrests For Alleged Viola
 tions of Sunday Law.

New Haven, Conn, April 12-That the lid will be clamped down tight at Savin Rock this summer was indi- cated today when nineteen arrests were made for alleged violations of the secular law. Proprietors and em- ployes of moving picture houses, the flying horses and the racer were those taken in custody. One of the motion picture houses opened again tonight and the proprietor was again arrested, together with four men in the audience.
 The entire nineteen were released in bonds of $100 each for a hearing in Orange town court tomorrow. The ac- tion of authorities has caused some thing like consternation among the proprietors of various enterprises at the Rock who figure on Sunday bus mess to make a living.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
Militant createes Disturbance.

the militant suffragette, who with a cleaver tried to demoEsh a case or valuable porcelains in the British m- scum on April g, created such a dis turbance when charged today that the police magistrate was compelled to ad- journ the trial.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
British Steamship Abandoned.

St. Thomas, D. w. l., April H. Abandonment of the British steamship Croydon. which went ashore April lb, off Barhuda Island. was decided today, The 15o tons of dynamite forming part of the cargo was saved, but the coal on board was lost
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
CabIed Paragraphs
French Liner Springs Leak.

London, April 12-The French Line steamer Niagara, which sailed form Havre April 4 for New York, has sprung a leak and is sleaming for the Azores A wireless message, dated April g, was received today from the Niagara, conveying this information.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
ONLY ONE HURT
 I NNEW HAVEN WRECK.
Passengers Escape Injury Although Cars are Hurled On Sides in Ditch.

Hartford. Conn, April 12-The New York, New Haven and Hartford train that left New Haven at 3.32 o'clock yesterday afternoon for this city was pounding along at a fast clip, when at a point directly opposite the Clayton station iii the southern outskirts of Newington spreading rails sent the To- comotiVe tender an all four passenger coaches in which there were 40 per sons off the track.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
Suffragettes Liberated.

London. April 12-The suragettes Dorothy Evans and Madge Muir, of ficials of the Belfast branche of the Women's Social and Political Union, who were held on the charge of hav- ing in their possession explosives for the purpose of committing a felony were liberated from prison today after going on a hunger strike.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
Case of subonio Plague at Havana.

Havana, April 12.-One new case of bubonic plague was discovered today by the commission on contagious dis eases. The sanitary department mas closed three blocks in the infected zone, ordering the residents to leave their homes
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
Woman Disturbs Divine Service
!. w. w. SYMPATHIZER IN MADl-
 SON SQUARE CHURCH.
ORGAN DROWNED VOICE
Attacks on pr. Parkhurst Unheard Be. cause of the Sonorcus Vibrations of Big Pipes-Ejected from Edifice.

New York, April 12-Jane Est. @ young woman sympathizer with the doctrines of the Industrial Workers of the World, today at the morning ser vice of Madison Square Presbyterian church interrupted the service and was arrested. Rising from a seat which she had prompted in the pew of a parishioner, in the gallery just over the chancel Miss Est started an att tack on the Rev. Charles D. Park hurst, the pastor
 q want to call your attention to an article in this paper" the young woman said. It was just as the prayer of consecration was about to be of fered. As she spoke she waved a newspaper before her. This church, D she added, has minister who re- pudiateS Christi
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-13
Smallpox at East Hartford.

East Hartford, Conn, April 12-Two more cases of smallpox were dis covered here today, making a total of three now under quarantine Health officials have taken all the necessary precautions to prevent a possible further spread.