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Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11
BLIND MAN CANDIDATE
 FOR THE PRIESTHOOD.
First in History of the Catholic Church
 Among Leaders of Glass.

Baltimore, Me, May 1o.-For the first time in the history of the Catholic church a blind man will be raised to the priesthood next month at Wood stock college, near here, if the plea of Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore and Cardinal O'Connell of Boston is grant ed by Pope Plus.
 The cardinals will appear before the pope and ask that @ special dispensa- ton be granted for the ordination of Henry Wessling of Boston, a student at Woodstock college. MT. Wessling became blind when chemicals over which he was working in the labora- tory of Canisius college, Buffalo, N. Yr exploded several years ago. He was then professor of chemistry in that i'm stftutiop. Since that time he has gone on studying, while prayers have been offered for him by people in every sec ion of the globe. He stands among the leaders of his class at Woodstock His fellow schelasttcs read to him and he easily remembers what he hears He has learned all the prayers said by a priest at mass and has mastered the ceremonies in the various services oi the church.
 MT. Wessling has been member oi the Jesuit order for fourteen years.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11
ARMISTIcE NOT VIOLATED
 SAYS GENERAL FUNSTON
Refutes Statement Made by Mexican
 Minister of War.

Vera Cruz, May 10-The publication in Mexico City papers of a statement by General Banquet, minister of war. that the Americans had already broken and scouting. has caused Brigadier General Funston to notify Washington that there os 10 truth in this report.
 Scrupulous care has been taken not to exceed the orders of the war de- partment regarding the advancing of lines, even though very slight exten- sion would be of great advantage in enabling the city to procure a. much needed increase in garden and dairy products Recently 1t has been some what easier for farmers to bring their products into the city, as the close watch that was originally kept by the federal soldiers has been relaxed. But bands of /trresulars have been serious ly interfering with them in certain dis tricts.
 Francisco Vargas. leader of one of these bands, entered the city today and was promptly arrested, being held for the disposition of military head quarters. Vargas is a rich ranch own CT who recently organized band of forty men. This band has been patrol ling the country between the American and Mexican lines and detaining and robbing vendors of milk, vegetables and other products
 General Maas gives as his reason for detaining six railroad men, who three times have attempted to leave their headquarters at Orizaba for Vera Cruz, that they were detected tamper- ing with locomotives in order to render their use impossible. The eff forts of the agent of the consulate to obtain their releases have been suc-
 cessfully that it Is expected that they and their families win soon be permitted to leave the country. The names of the men are Elmer StilfwelI. Fulton F. Kropon, Dargitx, Shaw and CfrifI1ths.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11
DISASTROUS EARTHQUAKE
 NEAR MOUNT ETNA
Loss of Life Placed at 1S3, But it is Believed Many Still Remain Under Wreckaoe,

Catania, May 10-Throughout the whole night rescue parties, surgeons. Red Cross attendants, soldiers and priests worked among the ruins of the villages on the eastern slope of Mount Etna which were devasted by the cart quake. The list of known dead and injured remains about the same as yesterday, 183. but it is believed that
 many are still under the wreckage of houses. Surgeons performed op- erations in the open by torchlight. Peasants, whose relatives are missing, still hoped to unearth them alive and urged the rescuing parties to hasten their work of excavation, indicating the places where they though their families were entombed.
 Bodies lined the road and every ef- fort was made to identify the victims, as many of them will be inferred at sunrise tomorrow. Cardinal Francis ca-Nava, archbishop of Catania, gath cred the survivors at Bong1ardo today around an altar erected on the lava and celebrated mass. The parish priest at Linera wept over the ruins of his church. but utilized the bells as an altar for celebration Cardinal F'rancisca-Nava ordered all churches that had been damaged by the earth quake to be closed, fearing further dis aster, as slight shocks occurred. at frequent intervals throughout the day
 
 servatory. says that the intensity of this earthquake was greater than that at Messina in 1908. Mount Etna has been in constant activity for nearly three years.
 Some of the railways have been re-
 paired and aid is arriving. Bread is still urgently needed and there is much
 suffering from lack of water, as the aqueducts have been broken at Gar
 tiba, Bongiardo and Linera. all o1 which are without a drop of water. The succoring of the injured and homeless is rendered more difficult by
 the large number of rescuers, who are also in need of nourishment, and the l refusal of the peasants to leave the ruins where their people are buried | adds immensely to the confusion. Queen Helena has sent clothing an6 medicines to the afflicted districts and has notified those in charge that she 1 has set to work again as at the time o1 l the Messina earthquake, preparing 1 bandages and making garments. The
 government has forwarded all availa- ble tents and various cities have sent | food and other necessaries. The mon l asteries and convents have opened 1 their doors to the orphans and home I less women and men.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11
CHARGED WITH
 STATUTORY oFFsENsEs.
Two Couples Had Masqueraded as
 Married for Past Two Weeks

'Meriden Conn. May 10--Two couples who have been masqueriding as mar rie6 the past four weeks in this city were arrested Saturday night at a local rooming house. Robert w. Roberts, aged 2I of Boston, and Harrison g. Trafford, aged 26, of New Jersey, are charged with enticing minor females and with statutory offenses. The girls, Ruth Mason, of Bethlehem aged 1e. and Edna Bailey aged 20, of Bristol. were seduced from their homes iast February. it is alleged. and since then they have been canvassing in Spring field. Holyolxe. and Meriden with the young men, selling cleansing articles In confessions all of them admit illicit relations. The mother of the Bailey girl made the original complaint which brought about the arrest.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11
HuERTA's REPRESENTATIVES
 DECLINE HOSPITALITY.
oNersd by 5risadier General Funston
 and Admiral Badger.

Vera Cruz, May 10-President Huer- tas three peace commissioners, Emil iano Rabasa. Augustin Rodriguez and Luis Efguero arrived here today on their way to Niagara Falls, Canada where the conference between the me diators and the representatives of the paxtis concerned for settlement of the dffhcultIes between the United States and Mexico will be held. The commits sfoners politely bur firmly declined the offers of hospitality made by Brigadier General Funston, as well as Rear Ad- miraf Badgers offez. to give them pas- sage on the Morre Ca stle, and boarded the steamship Kronprinzessin cecflier which will probably sail tomorrow for the United States by way of Havana. touching at Key West
 The scene at the terminal station when the mediators arrived was color full By prearrangenaent there was n111o exidencS of the Anierican troops.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11
AUTO RUNS DOWN
 TWO PEDESTRIANS.
Car Did Not Stop, Although Occupants Must Have Been Aware of Accident.

New Haven Conn, May 10.-Aristo- tie Cavallero is dead and VincenZo Caruso is seriously hurt as the result of being struck by an automobile in Woodbridge tonight. They were walk ing along the road about g o'clock when an auto carrying the Connecticut license number of 661S hit them. The auto did not stop, although it was ap- parent that the occupants of the car must have known of the accident The number 66is does not appear in the latest auto register, and efforts of the police to learn the owners name from the secretary of state proved unavail- ing tonight
 Cavallero had both legs broken and suffered internal injuries. dying two hours after he was removed to local hospital. Carusos injuries are not se rtous, although he has bad scalp wound and is suffering from the shock.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11
Had Been LII at Batavia, Java, Since
 When Ship She Was On Went
PNEUMONIA FOLLOWS NERVOUS
Famous American Singers Admirers Ranged 6I to the Most Critical|Had Delightcd Thousands During the Past Forty Yeers Brought to This Country for Burial Near q stead in Maine.

Batavia. Java, May 1o.-Mdame Lil- lian Nordica, the singer, died here to- night.
 Madame Nordica had been ill since the steamer Tasman. on which she was a passenger, went ashore on Bramble bay, in the Gulf of Papua, December 2S last. Nervous prostra- tfon due to her experiences was fol- lowed by pneumonia
 The Tasman was foated in three days and put into Thursday Island. There Mime. Nordica was placed un- der the care of a physician. who re- mained in constant attendance upon her until April 1, when she sailed for Batavia It was against the advice of her physicians that she made the trip.
 Arriving here the singer seemed very i'll, but recovered somewhat after a stay of three weeks. The improve mnt, however. was only temporary and when r,=iaI SC occurred the physicians gave up ail hores of her recovery. It was the intention of Mime. Nor dica, when she came here to sail for Genoa, where she was to meet her ; husband, George w. Young. a New York banker. She already had se- cured passage for the voyage when . the relapse occurred.
 , Lillian Nordica was an American singer of worldwide fame. Her ad- mirers ranged from the men of the Bowery section of New York, where she had sung at mission meetings. to
 the most critical box holders of grand opera houses in all of the worlds great musical centefs. The purity of hel voice, employed in many tongues, haC | delighted hundreds of thousands since the day. forty years ago, she first appeared in public as soprano solois
 at Grace church in Boston.
 | Nordica and Eames-although ths | latter was born of American parent. ! in far off China-were of old New | England stock. both claimed by tn, state of Maine, and they made up { | notable American contribution to tn. by the prima donna's great-grand-
 father on a hill just outside the vii | lage of Pennington. Maine, was Nor. ! dica's birthplace. in 1859. Her tru' | name was Lillian Norton. She changed it to the Italian. Nordica, 20 year later when she began to study in Ital! ' for an operatic career.
 | After her graduation from the SNer | England Conservatory of Music a Boston, and successful singing Of tn leading roles in several of the ora
 torios given by the Haendel and Haydl
 society, she went to Europe, in 1878 | clung tenaciously to classical music
 and was well received by great au
 diences in the Crystal palace, London and the Trocadero, Paris. She decide, 1 to remain in Europe and attempt al l operatic career. She went to Milal
 and became a pupil of Sangiovann | and within six months she had mas , tSred ten operas
 Her debut in opera was at Bresci
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11
Attempt:to Wreck
 Owl" Express
LARGE QUANTITY OF STEEL RAILS AND TIES ON TRACK.
NEAR WINDSOR LOCKS
Engineer Saw Obstruction, but Heavy Engine Flowed Half Way Through Pile Before 1t Could Be Stopped.

Windsor Locks, Conn, May 10.-An attempt was made early this morning to wreck the New York-bound "owl'' express from Boston on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad by placing large quantity of steel rails and ties on the tracks. The engineer saw the obstruction. but before he could shut off steam the heavy engine had plowed half way through the pile Railroad men say that if the engine had been lighter it is probable that the train would have been derailed into the canal which runs parallel to the tracks
 The train, after an hours delay, pro- ceeded. Railroad detectives and town authorities are Investigating, but so faI there have been no clues.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11
Trolley Pol. Kills PittsfieId p.ntis.

Plttsheld, Mass, May 1O.-Dr Sidney $. Stowell, aged 52 years. was killed tonight, his skull being fractured as he leaned from a trolley car to pick up his pet dog. and was struck by a trolley pole. He was formerly president of the Massachusetts Dental association and was prominent figure in ballooning in this state. making a number of flights from Pittsheld He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and practiced dentistry in this city for the past F years. A widow and brother survive
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF
 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
Large Numbers Witness Work in Third
 Degree in Greenwich Sunday.

Greenwich, Conn. May 1o.-Prenmi- nary to the opening tomorrow of the annual convention of the Knights of Columbus, there was a large gathering in the state armory this afternoon to witness york in the third degree. Will liam J. Mulligan of Thompsonville, the state deputy. had charge of the work an6 175 candidates were initiated. Five hundred knights were in attendance.
 Tomorrow will be given up to a sight seeing tour and a steamer ride on the sound to be followed by the convention ball in the evening. Tuesday morning high mass will be celebrated in St. Mary's church, after which the con- ventfon proper opens in the town hall.
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announced that ne would not com,

announced that ne would not come ashore until tomorrow morning.
 The bodies will be brought shortly before tomorrow morning and placed upon caissons. The funeral procession will move up Broadway to the city hall for a brief ceremony there and on across the Manhattan bridge to the navy yard for the services.
 President Wilson, who will deliver the memorial address, is due to reach this city from Washington at 7.15 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11
pr. Ryan Arrives at New Orleans

New Orleans. La. May I0.-Dr. Ed- ward Ryan, the American Red Cross official who was held prisoner by Mex ican federals at Zacatecas, Mexico, was one of six hundred refugees who ar rived at quarantine tonight Aboard the steamer Esperanza The most of tine refugees came from Puerto Mexico. Consul W. L. Bonney and four Ameri- cans from San Luis Potosi were aboard the steamer.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11

in 1879 in La TriViota to St. Petersburg shG 1 trial before Ambrose I'm impressario. yancorbeiI< her for the Grand Opera q is. Her first appeaxan1 1882, as Marguerite in I1 triumph. The critics ok American accent, but Gnx6 piQuancy to her tone, and 11 was landed as equal to b1< n1
 She returned to Amer5c4 nn6 this country with great 1uc11| the succeeding years she 1rT opera or concert in almoet err of musical culture in: the Wtr repertoire included moro f11 1 operas Her success win Wm~ roles became the pinnacle Of hG As Bayreuth in 1894 she oDp4G Elsa in Lohengrfn and Ghe M haps, best renemberod in tnn1 She received decorations ok sorts abroad, and gfzts w1<hou< i Der from friends ct home- mo holders of the Metropo1zkan $ house presented her with c 1 tiara.
 Her matrimonial ventures nu1 three. She was frsf mzzr3ed ' i to Frederick A Cover. q wea1< trician and a native Of her M Maine. whom she met in Par1s< ly after she had begun separz<11 ceedings in 1884, Cover diGa He attempted . balloon ufu the English channel Alfh0 balloon was later found. no<1 ever heard or seen of hin
 In 1896. Mime. Nord1ca xnAY111 tan Doeme. a Hungnri4n ar3nr and singer. from whom she (n11 divorce in 1905. X
 Her third marriaee was in |. in 1909. to George ". YounGI q Y New York banker. It was Au at that time that Nordica} w tire from the stage. but aftex moon pent in part of the c homestead in Maine. she doG Q farewell concert tour 'of
 1t vas while making e1h I trip on the Dutch stez s that the vessel ran ashoro 1 day Island in the Ant1Do
 shock of the accjdent and
 brought on pnelrmonia-
 dica's admirers felt it to b>
 ularly tragic circumst4nco
 famous singer should have 11 gerously ill on ths other aII world.
 Her body. undoubtedly brought directly to this co1I be buried near the old hou11 Maine.
 The Nordica fortune mus
 It was published as fact in
 she had made $12s, 900 dux1n~ q son alone. Much of her uo
 toward reaffzfn~ her dream ok * reuth in America" She bouH1< tract of land along the Hu1DU Ossining and, with great eu1
 sketched plans for a grcn<
 institute. It was said a m
 lars was back of the sche1 Twas never brought to full rI
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11
Small Fire at Hartford.

Hartford. Conn. May 1o.-Ffre which did $500 damage 20 & small grocery store In Madison avenue this morning caused q. panic among three families in an adJotntnE tenement. Owing to the heat from the fire. the entrance to tiie tenement was practically block cd and the occupants were hastily car- ried frotn the windows by fifemen. The origin of the fire is unknown.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11
Arrested for Intoxieation-HeId f,
 BuraIarx.

sand Boston and Maine railroad tickets stamped Salmon Falls, N. H." were found in the possession of two men arrested for intoxication here yester- day. When the police learned that the railroad station at Salmon Falls had been broken into during the night and quantity of tickets stolen. tho men were held en a burgiazy charUes
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11
AUTOMOBILE AccspENTo
 NEAR MlpoL
Two Persons in Hospital ae
 Two Separate CaoesoitI

Middletown, Conn, May persons are in a local hoGT result of two separate au<or| dents near here today. morning an automobile dr1U Ham Katz of Mer1den u@ Mer1den road and Katz an occupants of the car wero Katz has scalp wounds an1 ternal injuries. John 00 seph Semro. his compel with only sllEht bruiseG local aubofgtE discovered and brought K2fz to tho
 The other accident occ Cromwell raflroad sta1 when an autounobf1e q Trumbull of P1a1nv113e x year old Hungarian oo1 has not yet been 1earuc bull took tho boy to tho machine and them tnfol He was not arx1stod juries are not though1 Two iajursd se
 Rockville. Conn. q Mrs. Ffedex1c1k 8Uou ousfy injured today X nnohlls turned tux<1o a eteap grndo near The bralnea refusod the accident. Mr. 8U under the mAch1no oI against . 2enc4 to their home. wh@ medical tren<unen<< owner end s1pNK1u1 vile ManufActm4u
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11
Indicted for Wife Murder.

Boston, May 1o.-John A. Collins was indicted yesterday for the murder of his wife, Agnes D. Collins. on April 13 The couple had been living apart for some months. An indictment for sec ond degree murder was returned against Alfred Rosa for the shooting of Hary Cataldo on April 22.
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Cabled Paragraphs
international Council of Women.

International Council of Women.
 Rome, May 10.-The Countess of Ab- erdeen today was reelected president of the international council of women. Her reelection was almost unanimous. The countess will hold office for five years. Mrs. May Wright Sewall of Eliot, Me-, was reelected honorary president.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11
Liquor Traffic Suspended in Colorado.

Washington, May 10. - Secretary Garrison yesterday instructed Major Symonds, commanding one of the mill tary attachments in Colorado, to sus- pend liquor traffic in the Louisville Boulder strike district pending the restoration of normal conditions.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11
lee DemoraIizes shippiro.

St$ Johns, N. F., May 1e.-An ice. embargo has demoralized shipping movements along the Newfoundland coast for fortnight.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11

"Reb" Cliff Began, notorious ban dit, who is wanted in Oasis, Cal, was captured by a sherifrs posse near Goldfield, New.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11

J. B. SmalIey, assistant general man ager of the Rock Island Railway, died in Topeka, following a stroke of pa ralysis.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11

George w. Perkins, chairman of the Progressivee, announced that the party would put a presidential ticket in the field for 1916.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11
SEPARATE BATTLE
 IN PROGRESS AT tTAMP4co
Report Says Oil Wells Are Burning
 and That the Town Is on Fire.

Juarez. Mexico, May 1o.-The most desperately fought battle of the pres ent Mexican revolution is being fought tonight at T1mpico, according 10 ra-
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11
Catholic chureh

Greenwich. Co John J. Milan q cia$ed at the ds< CathaxSnefs Ron Riverside Tbe a year age and ton.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11

Querido Moheno, Mexican Minister of Commerce and industry is reported to have committed suicide by shooting at Mexico City.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11

Japan appropriated 363,362 for par ticipation in the naval review to be held at Hampton Roads early next year.
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Andrew Carman and Elmer Weeks, aged bachelors, were found dead from gas poisoning in their bachelor quart CTS at Hemstead.
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Mayor Donn H. Roberts, of Tsrre Haute, Ind, charged with conspiracy to corrupt elections, was found not guilty.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11

A bill excluding motor vehicles from Nantucket Island passed the Massa- chusetts House.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-11

Senator Golf of West Virginia ad. dressed the Senate in opposition to the bill repeating the exemption clause oi the Panama Canal act.
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There arc 100000 students enrolled in professional schools in the United States s
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ateam.hip Arrivals.

dtddMSdtp AFfFVdfs. At New York, May lO,-Sleamer Garmcnia, Llvofnaol
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dressed the Senate in opposition to the bill repeating the exemption clause of the Panama Canal act.
 4 A cyclone at DanviIIe, Ill.,, flung horse into a treetop and tore down sev- eral farm buildings. The tree was cut down to rescue the horse.
 The condition of Jacob Riis is so improved that he will probably be re- moved from Battle Creek, Mich, to his home near Springfield, Mass. A military balloon was struck by lightning near Berlin, while the tel egraph battalion was carrying out ex- periments. There were no casualties. The schooner Fannie Palmer sailed from Norfolk, Va, for Key West with $500 tons of coal on board for Amer ican vessels now in Mexican waters.
 A gift of $5oo,ooo by Mrs. Archibald D. Russell, of New York, for the build ing of a sanctuary in the National Ca- thedra1 at Washington, was announced. Edgar E. Clark, chairman of the In- | terstate Commerce Commission under went an operation for stomach trouble | at the Garfield Hospital in Washing | ton.
 Officers of the Pacific Mail liner i Mongolia announce that on April 21 the l ships wireless operator picked up a
 message from Boston, $500 miles
 away.
 Two persons were killed in Missis- | sippi. several injured. and thousands ! of dollars damage done to crops by
 storms which swept the southern | states.
 i %LN | president of the New Haven Railroad, | has been subpoenaed as a witness in | connection with the investigation at Washington.
 Oscar Fried, who lost both his arm. | by coming in contact with a live wire,
 received a verdict of S75,O0O in his suit against the New Haven Railroad at White Plains.
 Mary Murray the two-year- ole daughter of John Murray president of
 the County Board of Elections at New
 ark. N. J., was run ove- by a brewery
 wagon and killed.
 | A delegation of 50 women appeared before the New York Board of Esti-
 mate and asked for an appropriation
 of $4,500 to provide five additional wo-
 men probation officers. | H croWo eStimateo at 1o,UOO viewed \ the military funeral of General Daniel
 E. Sickles in New York The body was
 taken to the National Cemetery al
 Arlington for burial
 Francis H. Griffin, New York at- torney and his wife were arrested in Boston, charged with using the mails to conspiracy to defraud. Griffin is
 said to~have made $500, 900. The Rev. Prince C. Allen and hi.
 former assistant, Barney M. Robinson
 colored preachers of Brooklyn are | waiting trial as the result of a street fight about the finances of the church
 Henry Holden CoIpus, a butler oi Cincinnati, declares he is a half broth.
 CT or King George. of England. Eliza
 Holden, his mother, was the Quake,
 bride of England's king according tC Colpus
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Mrs. w. H. Snow, of New York, was robbed of a suitcase containing gems valued at s4,00O in Chicago.