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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-08

recently returned from q season of
study In Paris under the noted Lioyd
Miss Eiixabsth vivian has returned
10 Detroit after a yisil At the Aiexan-
der home on buffalo-st.
+. J, Bessimer has been seriously W.
Mrs John Forshee entertained the
pixboro Aid society Wednesday af'sr-
Or. WIN. II. Faulkes, secretary % the
cupy the Presbyterian pulpit on sun
fhs consissa,lonsl Home Ion nm Mis s,ssn.
airy society waS en t.i,1ars TINS ~
Mrs Writ Colly. who resides east OF
-tne city limits, has suffered q oroAeh
Mis- RUBY Minor Is recovering from
The Rawsonville Helping Hand So
eiety met this afternoon win .sins
a Christmas sale. was planned' DO
several other social functions. ne
freshments were served.
The seie js ss' & the ssSiehs 1 sodsy
was In celebration OF his eightlethh
birthday. Many gifts were nsls.e ps $40 N,
rection OF Mrs. William Dentei was
served. ..,,,,
An out-of-town grocery nrm VIII W.,
stores on Mehigan.avs
Mrs. Clarence Bray Il recovsins
from the effects OF severe taii u.
her home in Hudson. Mrs Bray 10
miss Miss ADA Johnson is III with typhoid
fever. /.
Fire destroyed about $1,000 worth ~
nesday afternoon. and about ye,vov
DAMAGE has been done TO the building.
N p Wallace will suner the grsatest
entirely destroyed.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-12
OUR TELEPHONES.

There is no branch of the public service-not even that of the post office and aphS-that Is so gen. orally and justifiably denounced on ac- count of its unsatisfactory character as that, of the telephone. Bad as we were served under the old order, we are now worse than ever. We do not seek to allocate the blame, but clearly it is time something was done to end the gross and unQuestioned lncom- potency of those in charge. It may be that the spirit of economy is at the bottom of the inconceivably amateurish service. Possibly it Is the indifference of oficialism as rep resented by the permanent stan: Whatever the cause the crying scandal should be and must be ended. I'm provements have been promised. They have not been effected. Indeed that which has appeared to be as bad as it was possible for it to be grown worse.
 In the United States and on the
 continent those responsible Tor the service put a premium on everythlps that is calculated to ensure distinct ness of hearing, safety of carriage in the direction of privacy, and prompt ness of linking up on trunk wires. IT this country the only direction IT which Smartness is demonstrated ls in the manner in which extortion is
 practised. As in the case in nearly all over public services the convenience
 of the man who pays is the last con- sideration. Complaints reach us from
 men of commerce, from public men and from private users of the phone In many directions we are worse thar we were twenty years ago, in the early days of 'phoning. We repeat, il is the crying scandal of the time. | is not the fault of science. Phone: that won't phone when required art
 worse than useless. The nation pait a huge sum for the telephone It i:
 for the post office department tt guarantee that we have something better than that which. if it were il one of the little continental states would be scrapt, and those responsibl | would share a similar fate-fully ob serveo--The Sheffield (Eng) Inde- pendent
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-12
Australia's Travelling Feacher.

Australia has a teacher who teaches a school several thousand miles in di- ameter. He conducts his class in a district of Queensland where a ranch of 25,000 acres is considered small. In order to gather enough pupils to i'll a one-room schoolhouse it would be necessary to draw on the entire coun- try within a radius of 500 miles.
 So. in stead of supporting a number of semi-struggling educational insti- tutions in mi-populated localities. the Australian Government engages a trav- cling schoolmaster, who is an expert motorist and a hardy tourist.
 For his use they have purchased an automobile, and in his car the traV- cling teacher goes from farm to farm making stops of two or three days at each, distributing books and mapping out a course of instruction by which the youngsters can easily teach them selves.
 Besides the lone tourist the car car ries sxity gallons of naphtha, ten gal Ions of oil. thirty gallons of water, an6 15O pounds of school books. During his first term the schoolmaster cover ed more than 400O miles, and did not see a railroad track for six months London Evening Standard.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-12
LITcHFiELD COUNTY HALL
 FOR WoMEN's COLLEGE
Another Building to be Added to New
 London Institution.

Through campaign which has been conducted in Litchfield county for most of the summer by Professor Colin s. Buell. in the interests of the Connecticut College For Women. it is announced that Litchfield County Hall is a new building that is as- sured in the group that will be erect ed for the new college at New Lon- don. The funds for this as well as for the Windham county hall are eN- pected to be raised in full by the close of the present month, it is stated.
 Coincident with the assured success of the Windham and Litchf1eld coun- ty campaigns comes the announce nent that graduates and friends o1 Williams Memorial Institute are re- spending literally to Q. project Of rais- ing the sum of $15,000 for the pur- pose of establishing scholarships al the college for four graduates of the institute. This amount Is believed te be sufficient to provide tuition foI four young women from the insti- tute at all times.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-12

properties. One very interesting re- suit is that the sudden cooling of the atmosphere has the effect of trans porting the microbes and localizing them in determinate regions. The cool surfaces attract them from distance almost instantaneously, the smaller be- ing transported farther. These new ideas throw light upon the genesis Of certain epidemics. and may be useful in planning the distribution of inhab- ited places.
 Prof. Von Pfungen is engaged with experiments in his laboratory at Vien- na upon the resistance which the hu- man skin affords the electric current. He operates by passing the current
 through the body from one hand to the other and measuring the amount
 by sensitive galvemeter- His re- searches bear upon the relation of the state of the nervous system to the electric resistance of the skin, and he asserts that nervous excitement of any kind lowers the protecting power of the skin to a marked extent.
 A tower higher than the Eiffel is in course of construction at Brussels, and Is designed for use as a wireless tel egraph station and for meteorological
 purposes. It will be 1,093 feet ir height, while the height of the Eff fel tower is 9S4 feet. M
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-12
Fall Millinery
 Opening Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 18th and 16th MISS J. (. BRECKENRIDGE
 281 Main Street

cut governors.
 Tn this critical time of the worlds history and of our own as well, we shall need a man who. as near as we can get him, is a replica of Senator Platt.
 Those who come anywhere near his capacity for his job, or a repeat, are Senator Brandegee and Simeon E. Baldwin. By his previous prestige, Governor Baldwin would inspire re- spect through all the world. On the other hand, Frank B. Bran- degee is there. acquainted, influential, full of that bon-honmie- that counts so much in dealing with men from abroad; with men who cen eat to- gether if they cannot fully talk to- gether. No one should call down Frank B. Brandegee who has not read his eulogoy of Senator Platt. In my opinion, Brandegee will measure up to an yoccasion; he will last for many years.
 When I can pour two struck half- bushels of grain into a basket I call culate it is a good sbushel measure And when Brandegee in the United States Senate could fully measure | what Platt was, I calculate he can dc what Platt did. The quiet bees make
 the most honey though the humble bees make the most buzz.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-12
FRENCH OFFICER DECORATED
 WITH LEGION OF HONOR
For Heroic Rescue of Corporal Un-
 der Heavy Fire.

Limoges, France, Sept. Il via Bor- deaux-On a train loaded with wound ed which passed here today with a young French officer, Albert Palaphy. whose unusual bravery on the field of battle won for him the Legion of Hon. or.
 erthrowndwdnuo-,ir fro sseseseseseseses
 As a simple corporal of the Tenth Dragons at the beginning of the war, Palaphy took part in the recent violent combat with the Germans. In the thick of the bullets the corporal, find ing his colonel wounded and help less. rushed to his aid. Palaphy hoist ed the injured man upon his shoulders and, under a rain of machine gun bull lets, carried the colonel safely to the French lines. That same day Pala- phy was promoted to be a sergeant. Shortly afterwards although wounded, he distinguished himself in another af- fair, leading charge of his squad against the Baden uard, whose stand ard he himself captured. Wounded by 8. ball, which ploughed through the lower part of his stomach and covered with lance thrusts he was removed from the battlefield during the night and learned that he had been promot- <ed to be sub-lieuteant and nominat- ed Chevalier in the legion of honor.
 This incident of decorating a soldier on the battlefield recalls Napoleonic times.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-12
ON TRIAL FOR MANSLAUCHTER
Albert Wewiora the Falls Accused of Causing Lawrence Mydocks Death-In Saturday Night Row on Sherman Street-Two Youths Sent to Cheshire Reformatory for Fitchville Stabbng

In the criminal superior court here on Friday morning the jury brought in Q verdict of guilty against Thomas Ku1nska and Peter Kamiska of Boz rah, who had been on trial on the charge of assault with intent to kill Epold Kornecki on the road to Fitch vile on the night of May 18th. The jury was out about an hour and half before they arrived at a verdict that they were ready to report to the court.
 When court came in in the morning, States Attorney H. A. Hull finished his argument which he had begun on Thursday afternoon. He spoke for 43 minutes and Judge M. A. Shumway occupied 22 minutes in his charge to the jury. The judge told the jurors that if they found the two young men guilty with intent to kill he would send the accused to the state reform- atory at Cheshire. but if the jury should find the accused guilty of sim pie assault, the guilty men could be given a jail sentence or a fine.
 When the verdict of guilty was re- turned. the judge committed the two young men, who are both minors, to the state reformatory at Cheshire.
 Began MansIaughter Trial.
 The trial of Albert Wiewiora on the charge>of manslaughter was begun after the verdict hads been pronounced in the other case. He is defended by Attorneys Thomas M. Shields and V. P. A. Quinn.
 Wiewiora, who lives at the Falls, is accused of causing the death of Law renee Mydock of this city, who died in the hospital on the morning of Monday, July 27th, without regaining consciousness after he had been in- jured at or near the house. No. 8 Sherman street. where AIydock had fallen in the street in fight with Wiewiora and had also been engaged in a fight with two women in the house at about midnight of the Sat- urday before he died. In the fight in the house MydoclS's head struck a door casing when he fell. Arrests in the case were made by Policeman John Royston and Timothy J. Driscoli
 Plans and Photographs of House.
 The trial occupied all the time of the court in the afternoon Friday. Civil Engineer George E. Pitcher was the first witness placed on the stand by the prosecution. He explained for Major Hull a floor plan of the house, No. 8 Sherman street, and also three photographs of the exterior of the house.
 The civil engineer was closely cross examined by Attorney Shields. who inquired particularly about the shapes and sizes of two stones that were in the walk near the front of the house and also about the door casing of a kitchen doorway. He asked the civil engineer if he had seen any foreign
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-12
Probable Greater Arsenic Output on
 Account of War.

The consumption of white arsenic in the United States in 1913 amounted to about 1000 tons, valued at $570,0O0, of which 2.51S tons, valued at $159, 236, was produced in this country as by- product from copper and precious metal slnelters and the remainder was imported largely from European coun- tries. For the present imports of arsenic will undoubtedly be seriously diminished by the European war. The more arsenic than they do now, for the cheapness of the product has pre- vented the saving of all that was practicable, and the war would seem to open the way for an increase in the American output.
 Works for the exclusive production of arsenic have been erected at only two places in the United States Brinton. Va, and Mineral, Wash. Ii is difficult for such plants to produce arsenic to be sold in competition with the by-product of the smelters, except in periods of high prices such as may again prevail if the war and it's in- dustrial disturbances are long contin- ued
 Decrease in Grindstone Production.
 The value of the grindstones and pulpstones produced in the United States in 1913. according to the United States Geological Survey, was $S55, ,627 a decrease of ,$60,712 compared witt S916,339, the value for 1912. The de. crease is in the value of the grind stones, the pulpstone production hay. ing increased slightly.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-12
BOY SCOUT DECORATED
 BY BELGIAN KING.
Had Made His Way Through the Ger
 man Lines Ten Times.

Paris. Sept. 1.-The hero of Belgium today-is. the Boy Scout Leysen who has been decorated by King Albert for his yalor and devotion to his country.
 This young man, who was born at Liegam, is described by the Figaro ELS of almost uncanny sharpness, with senses and perceptions as keen as @ savage. He was ble to find his wyy through the woods and pass the sen- tinels of the enemy with unerring &C., curacy.
 Leysen made his way through the German lines from Antwerp for the tenth time last Sunday carrying des- patches to secret representatives of the Belgian government fin Brussels. He has discovered and denounced eleven German spies in Belgium and performed a variety of other services and all without impairins his boyish siInp1i city.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-12
REVOLVER FOUND IN BARN
 BACK OF CARAVAN HOUSE
Expected It Will Figure in the Freeport
 Murder Trial.

Mineola, N. r., Sept. 11.-A revolver, believed by the police to have been the oue with which the murder of Mrs. Louise D. Bailey was committed, last summer, is in the possession of Dis trict Attorney Lewis J. Smith, accord ing to reports which were current here today. The weapon was said to be one of .Ss calibre. and it had been found. it was said, under the floor of a barn just back of the residence of Dr. Edwin Carman, where the shooting occurred The district attorney refused to affirm or deny the reports.
 Dr. Carman, whose wife is charged with the murder of Mrs. Bailey, de- nied knowledge of any revolver being found about his place. In any case he declared, there was no warrant for saying that the revolver belonged tc his house.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-12
The Swiss cowshed.

Muelhausen was bitterly termed the Swiss cowshed" by the nobility of AL sace in the fifteenth century. It was their own fault. Their harassing treat ment of the town drove it into the arms of the Swiss of Berne and So- leure, who garrisoned it and success a time in the sixteenth century Muel- hausen was definitely a member of the Swiss Confederation. It was expelled by the Catholic States in 1886 because of it's Professionalism, the reason which also prevented the full inclusion of Strasburg. But some young men of Zurich triumphantly confuted the plea that Strasburg was too far off to be- come Swiss, by carrying an enormous kettle of hot lentils in boat down the Limmat, Aar, and Rhine, and bring ing it still warm to Strasburg.-Lon- don Chronicle.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-12

substance or stains on either the stones
 or doorway at the time he made the
 plans, to which MT. Pitcher answered
 "No.'
 Testified About Autopsy.
 Dr. N B. Lewis of this city. who
 is medical examiner for Ledyard and
 Preston, testified to an autopsy which
 he performed with the assistance of
 Dr. C. c. Gildersleeve, upon the body
 of Lawrence Mydoclx on July 28 at
 the morgue of Cummings 6 Ring. The
 doctor said that the external injuries
 consisted of bruise on the right cheek
 just under the eye. the eye black and
 blue a small abrasion near the right ear, g. small abrasion of the right knee
 a bruise on the right shoulder, a small
 abrasion on the back of the right
 hand and on the tip of the left el-
 bow. There were also discolorations on the abdomen, an abrasion on the top of the head in the occipital region. slight bloody discharge from both ears, an abrasion over the right shoul- der blade, and six small abrasionS over the left scapula-
 An internal examination was made by removing the skull cap showing the brain very much congested and con- taining clotted blood. The skull was fractured at the base near the abra- sion which was found on the outside. The skull fracture was three inches | and kidneys. which they examined, the doctor said. indicated excessive use of alcohol.
 The fracture at the base of the skull caused Mydock's death, Dr. Lewis tes- tified. and it was the opinion of the doctors that the blow on the occupita.l region of the head had been the cause of the fracture of the skull.
 Dr. Lewis was cross examined by Attorney Shields. testifying that none | of the abrasions or bruises found on the body had anything to do with Mydock's death except the abrasion on the occipital region.
 Court adjourned at 4.30 until next Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Dr. Gildersleeve, pr. Louis T. Cassi- | dy and Dr. Lovejoy from the Backus 1 hospital were other medical men whc were in court and Coroner Franklin H. Brown also attended the session States Attorney Hull is assisted by l Attorney John D. Hall, who prosecuted | the case in the Norwich police court. | The Jury Selected.
 l The jury selected in the case is the following: Otis A. Browning, Morris Flynn, Preston; Arthur c. Standish l Colchester; William E. Paten, Gris- wold; Elmer L. Pultz. Lebanon; Hor- ace G. Lewis, North Stonington; John | McManus, Bozrah; William J. Brassil | Franklin; Samuel, Miner, Frank A 1 Fitch, Sprague; Leonard B. Kinnie Voluntown; Daniel Preston, Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-12
OVER THE ELECTRIC WIRE.

Wireless is used to fire fog signal guns along the English coast.
 Nashville, Tenn, will have an elec- trical show September q to 26 Electric wiring will be taught in the puhlic schools of Louisville.
 Electricity is used to dry graiu be- fore grinding in certain European mills.
 Electric heaters are used to increase the flow of oil wells in the Whittier Cal. district
 house wired for electricity is said to be worth three per cent more than one not wired.
 Japanese government submarine telegraph cable will be laid between Nasasaki, Japan, and Shanghai, Chi na
 Por' able wireless plants, mounted on a suitable wagon, are used by the United States army. They have a range of 500 miles,
 A special brand of insulated wire has to be used in the Philippines be- cause the ants and cockroaches feast on the insulation.
 Pa., has been burning twenty-four hours a day fornineteen years, or moro than 160.000 hours
 Within twenty-four hours after a plant at Henderson, Ky, the electric lights were burning and the street
 
 What is said to be the largest order for electric hatirons was recently re- eefved by the General Electric Com pany. calling for 105.0o0 irons and filling four large freight cars
 It was said thatduring 1913 about S3,0oe,00O,000 was received for cleo tric lighting in the United States. Es- timating the population at 10000, 900 this means that each person, regard less of age pays s3 per year for cleo tssr light. This is equal to about ] cent per person per day, or, in other words. two lamp-hours per day peI person.
 Large pumping plans operated hy electrical energy have been installed at Utah Lake to life water from the lake and thus maintain the norma How of the Jordan River during the summer months when the " ater is 90 low that the crops suffer at the most critical period. In the Cache Valley electric pumps are also used te life the water from the river to the bench lands. thereby bringing thou sands of acres of land under culti- pation
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-12
TOE CAUGHT AND BROKE
 IN WAGON WHEEL
Italian Laborer Was Injured on Dump
 Cart on Broad Street.

An Italian workman riding on a dump cart belonging to Contractor Torrance had his toe caught and broken in wheel of the wagon on Friday afternoon about 5 o'clock. on Broad street, near the corner of Bos- well avenue. While about to get off, his foot was caught in the wheel and he was thrown fiat to the ground The bone of the large toe on his right foot was broken.
 People in the neighborfood gave him a chair to sit in and. doctors were sent for, while a telephone message was also sent to police headquarters. pr J. W. Callahan came to see the mar in the street and then called for the automobile ambulance, in which the injured workman was taken to the Backus hospital.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-12
SERviANs PLATED OVER
 TAKING OF sEMLiN.
Victory Has Had Wonderful Effect
 Upon the Army and People.

London, Sept. il, 1o:40 p. m.-Reu- ter's Rome correspondent sends the following message received in Rome from Nish, Servia: 4
 "The taking of Semlin has caused great enthusiasm throughout Servia. The people are proud that their army after seven weeks of war;, not only has prevented a powerful enemy from capturing Belgrade, but has inflicted humiliation upon them by forcing them to evacuate their base of opera tions against Servia. The victory has had a. wonderful moral effect upon the army and people,"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-12
Three Hurt in Auto Accident.

North Canton, Conn. Sept. l1-In a collision at Canton Center today be- tween an automobile driven by Arthur Erricson and a team, in which were Mrs. c. ,Elberg, her infant child. and her nephew, Mrs. Elberg was serious ly hurt. She has two. broken ribs and internal injuries. Her baby was thrown to the ground. but escaped un- hurt. Mrs. Elberg charges that MT Erricson drove away after the acci- dent. He denies the charge and said he went to chase the horse, which had run away.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-12
Dr. Thomas GaIlivan Going to Texas On October. i n~

On October 1. pr. Thomas H. Gal lIvan, son of MT. and Mrs. Timothy Galiivan Of Thames street, will com piete ms services as house surgeon at hospital. New York city, and will take over the practice of Dr. Spring in San Antonio. Texas. specializing in eve. ear, nose and throat work. Dr. Spring who Is one of the most prominent specialists in the southwest is to re- tire after 55 years of service,
 Dr. Gallivan has been connected with the New York institution which is one of the largest of it's kind in America. for the past two and a half years. Over 175,000 cases are treated in this hospital every year.
 Before leaving for San Antonio. Dr. Gallivan will spend two weeks at his home here.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-12
JUDGE HoLcoMB NO
 TO TAKE THE STUMP.
Republican Nominee for Governor Ad-
 dresses Sereanders.

Southington. Conn, Sept. 11.-When crowd of citizens serenaded Judge Marcus H. Holcemb, tonight in honor of his nomination for governor on the republican ticket, he told them, in a short speech, that he would not take the stump during the approaching campaign He also said he would not retire from the superior court bencl, until the date f1xed-November 1S which will be more than 8 week after election
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-12
Brandeeee the Man.

A true Republican of Middletown, writing to the New Haven Times Leader says:
 Just this time. thirty years ago, it fell to the lot of the writer to call up- on New Haven to furnish candidate for Governor of Connecticut The call wa sheard of Co.,.
 was heard and needed; the candidate was furnished; the candidate was elected, and no man will rise up to- day and say that Henry B. Harrison was not one of the best of Connecti-