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Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-18
MAYFLoWER TO VERA CRUZ.
Presidents Yacht to See Service in
 Mexican Waters.

Washington. Feb. 17.-After a con- ference with President Wilson today. Secretary Daniels ordered the presi- dential yacht NaydoweF to Mexican waters to relieve one of the battle ships at Vera Cruz The president has had no use for the yacht lately and boats of the g1unboat class are regard ed as particularly useful in Mexican waters on account of their light draft The Mayhower will be away about two months
 The state department has not been moved by the inquiries of any foreign government as to the sending of a marine force up to the Mexican cap ital Ii is said that such a. step is re- garded as entirely unnecessary at this time.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-18
SENATORS AMAZED BY WILSON'S STAND
Supposed He Was Favorable to Lit
 eracy Test for Immigrants.

Washington, Feb. 17-Infornation that President Wilson would veto the immigration bill if it is sent to him from congress with the literacy test provision amazed members of the sen ate immigration committee Many of them confessed tonight that they were bewildered tnasrnueh as they had de- termlned to retain the 1iteracy test in their draft of the immigration meas ure as it passed the house, under the impression that the president would accept the bill if it passed the senate An interesting session of the. commit tee is looked for tomorrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-18
THE LARGEST FUNERAL
 EVER HELD IN BUFFALO.
indications of Big Attendance at the
 Kennedy Obsequies.

Buffaie, x. Y, Feb. 17-Fhe funeral of John J. Kennedy, state treasurer who took his life Sunday. will be held here tomorrow morning, and the indi- cations are that it will be one of the largest ever held ina Buffalo.
 The funeral service will take place In the Church of the Blessed s;acra- ment. The church is small and prob ably will accommodate only the mem bers of the family, members of the legislature. state and city officials and delegations from societies to which Mr. Kennedy belonged.
 Ii was stated tonight by the owners ot puDlic conveyances that every auto mobile and cab in the city had been engaged and that Tonawandas and Niagara Falls had been drawn on to meet the demand for additional equip ages
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-18

Fl Paso, Texas, Feb. 17-Maximimo Castillo, the Mexican bandit charged with responsibility for the Cumbre tunnel disaster in which ten Ameri- cans and forty-one others lost their lives, was captured 3S miles south of Hachita. N. NJ. today by American troops
 The information was conveyed today to General Hugh L. Scott, command ant at Fort Bliss, in an official tele- gram from Captain White, Ninth United States cavalry.
 Crossed Into American Territory.
 With the bandit were six of his fol-. lowers. According to Captain Whites brief despatch they surrendered with out fight. They will be brought here
 Castillo. to avoid 8 range of noun tains on the Mexican side, made a de- tour which brought him into American territory. Captain White was on the watch. having received information yesterday from Walter Mccormack, American manager of Las Paloma,s ranch on the Mexican side. that the much-wanted man was in the vicinity.
 Doubt As to Course to Be Pursued.
 Captain White telegraphed by army wireless to General Scott for instruc- tions and was ordered to arrest the bandit should he put foot on American soil.
 Whether the prisoner will be sur rendered to the rebels is 8 legal Ques- ton which remains to be settled. If this is done, there is no doubt that he will be executed for the Cumbre disaster He is not charged with any crime on this side.
 Followed Theft of 13 U s. Horses.
 Castillo set fire to 8 freight train in the Cumbre tunnel two weeks ago. The cars were burning when a pas Senger train crashed into it and every one aboard was lost. The tunnel is still burning.
 A special to the Times from Haeh- ita, N. M says that the capture was made by Lieutenant Rothwell of Troop A, and remarks that it was particu- larly gratifying as coming on the heels of the theft of Is horses belonging to the regiment by Mexicans on Sunday. Previous Report of Capture Untrue.
 The special continues: '@Fhe band of outlaws, under heavy guard, is now marching overland to Hachita and should arrive about midnight. Charles McDow, a, prominent rancher who knows Castillo. identified him..
 Captain White will ask that Cas- tillo and Captain Emilio Garcia, 8 member of the band previously cap tured, be transported immediately to Fl Paso, as the number of soldiers on duty here is limited
 Previous reports of Castillo's cap untrue. The latter expressed his grat- ifcation at the capture tonight Gen. eral Scott was no less jubilant.
 Extorted $1sooo from American.
 Castillo's capture was of peculiar
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-18
AN OHIO RIVER PACKET
 STRIKES ROCK AND SINKS.
Two Hundred Persons Safely Trans
 ferred to Life Saving Station.

Louisville, Ky, Feb 17-Ore hun dred and twenty-one Mardi Gras ex- cursionists were stranded here early today when the packet Queen City, one of the largest stern wheelers ply ing the Ohio, was swept by the cur rent against rock and sank in eight feet of water Tonight the excursion ists were put aboard the Steel City, another packet, to continue their in terrupted trip to New Orleans. Efforts are being made to float the Queen City by shifting the 72o tons of freight she carried.
 Including her crew, the Queen City carried 200 persons, many of them women, but the transfer in boats to the United States life saving station here in the darkness was effected without mishap or confusion.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-18
Two Raphael Paintings Discovered.

Naples, Italy, Feb. 1.-Two pictures by Raphael have been discovered in the National Museum here by the 1i- rector, Professor Vittorce Spinazzoloa. The two pictures represent the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph and were orig inally painted for the Church of St. Augustine at Citta df Castello. They were taken by the French during the Napoleonic spoch, but were left in the French church of St. Louis at Rome, whence the king of Naples rescued them after the restoration.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-18
BLAMED FOR DEATH OF
 A FORMER SWEETHEART.
Anthony Petros, Under Arrest, Main
 tains His lnnocence.

Aurora, Ill.,, Feb. 17.-Anthony Pe- tros. in jail here tonight charged with clubbing to death his former sweet heart, Theresa Hollander, 20 years old, has maintained his innocence through out the questioning by the police. Miss Hollander was found last night in St. Nicholas cemetery after her aged par ents, alarmed at her delay in returning from a lodge meeting, had followed footprints in the snow from. a street corner their home to the cemetery.
 A gold watch found near the body Is said to have belonged to Miss Hol- lander.
 Petros admitted having taken the same street car on which Miss Hol- lander was to return to her home from the, lodge meeting. Walter Hickman a negro, said he saw Petros get off the car block bey ond- where Miss Hol- lander left it and run back to where she aiiehTed
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-18
DEMOCRATS PREFERRED
 FOR STATE CONTRACTS.
Interesting ReVeIation at New York
 Graft Inquiry.

Albany, N. Y, Feb. 17.-The first di- rect testimony that c. Gordon Reel, superintendent of the -Bensel- Peck highway commission favored democratic road contractors in award ing maintenance and repair contracts was brought out in the Osborne high way graft inquiry today. It was given by William Miller of the contracting firm of Miller Brothers of Schenectady county.
 "In 1911 I went to Mir. Reel to see if my company couldn't obtain some work" MT. Miller testified. "Mr Reel said You know we are giving demo- crats the preference?' and then inqu7r~ ed concerning my politics. T am a democrat was my reply"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-18
HUMILITY FREE FROM
 RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE
President Declares That He Sees All
 of His Correspondence.

Washington. Feb. I7-In a letter to W. ". Prescott. editor of the Prot estant Magazine published here. Pres ident Wilson has denied emphatically that his correspondence is handled with religious Prejudice by his secretary. Joseph P. Tumulty. The correspon- dence made public today by the mag azine follows:
 ''The President, Washington, D. C.,
 January 15, 1914.
 Sir: learn from personal inter views and correspondence that there Is a widespread feeling among Prot estants that 1t is practically impossible for any communication relating to the activities of the Roman Catholic the reason that all such letters are withheld from you by your private secretary, MT. Tumulty. It is unfor- tunate both for you and for the coun- try that such an impression prevails and that it seems to have some foun- dation.
 Before dealing with this subject in this magazine, I am writing to ask for statement from you which might be of service to you in restoring con
 idence among some of the best cit- izens of this republic Any reply, however brief showing that this let ter actually reached you would be Q source of satisfaction
 When you were governor of New Jersey I wrote you concerning some criticisms of your course. in which you were charged with showing fla voritism to the Roman Catholic church and your reply placed the matter in such a light that I did not deem it necessary to make any reference to the subject. My desire is to deal fairly with public men and hence this letter.
 'rhanking you for any attention which you may give to my request I EYours very truly. 'w, W. PRESCOTT" The presidents reply under date of January 19, 1914. follows: My Dear Sir:
 Allow me to acknowledge Cne re- ceipt of your letter Of January 1S ana to thank you for your candor in writ ing me.
 q beg leave to assure you that the impression that any part of my cor respondence is withheld from me in any circumstance by my secretary on account of religious predilections on his part is absurdly and utterly false. I venture to say that no president ever had more frank and satisfactory re- Iations with his secretary than have viFi1 mine The whole of my cor respondence is constantly open to me. Mir Humility is more prompt perhaps to call my attention to matters in which his prejudice Is supposed to be eneaged than to other matters of rel atiVe difference.
 "Of course, need hardly add I am not speaking from an impression. but from knowledge of just how my cor respondence is handled: | "SincereIy yours, WOODROW WILSON,.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-18
A LIGHT WANTED
 ON NO MANS LAND.
One Result of the Experience of the
 Roma Monday Night.


 Providence, R. l., Feb. 1.-The ac- cident to the Roma will result in ef- forts being made by ship owners to have the government place a light on No Mans Land, in the opinion of the pilots. The nearest light is on Gay Head. eight miles away. While this is powerful beacon, mariners say that in thick blizzard like last nights ship would bring up on No Mans Land, before her navigator could make out the light.
 All the passengers except those in the steerage who came aboard at Mar sellleS were landed tonight Those from Marseillles are detained for ex- animation because of a suspicion that two Turkish immigrants are suffering from typhus. The two men were re- moved to a hospital
 After discharging all her passengers here the Roma will go to New York for repairs.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-18
CANADIANS WIN
 THE $500 TROPHY.
Hill and Sons of Saskatchewan Pro-
 duce Best Peck of Oats.

Dallas. Texas. Feb 1.-The $1,50o trophy for the best peck of oats, con- tested for at the National Corn Expo sition today went out of the United States permanently when J. C. Hill & Sons, Lloyd1ninster, Saskatchewan, Canada, were awarded the trophy for the third consecutive time They re- uuested the directors to allow them to offer a similar cup to be known as the Canadian trophy
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-18
BRAVE CABIN BOY.
Lad of 17 cIung to Rigging Protected
 Only by Thin Shirt.

Boston, Feb. 17-The eight survivors of the Italian bark Castagna wrecked on Cape Cod today were brought to a hospital here tonight. All were se- verely frostbitten and some probably are maimed for life as 6 result of their five hours exposure in the rigging.
 Regarding the loss of the captain, Guiseppi Garva. mate Matroni said:
 He was in the mizzen rigging, and like the rest of us, was drenched by the seas until he was a mass of ice Suddenly we saw his hold on the mast loosen and he fell to the delk head foremost. A great cOmber washed him out to sea"
 Mate Matroni told of the stout spirit of the r year old cabin boy, Virgo Sotiro. who chung to the rigging with the others. protected only by a thin shirt. It was his fate, too, to be washed overheard a moment before life savers reached the banks side.
 Two seamen were found frozen to death in the rigging .and another died while being taken ashore.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-18
Two Perish in Lodging House.

Boston, lFeb. 17.-An aged brother and sister. who had complained for several days of suffering from the cold were found dead in their room in a South End lodging house. They were Thomas Moore and his sister. Mar from which the fixture had been pull ed out Miss Moore was hneeling be- fore a miniature altar when death overlook her Her brother lay at her feet. There was neither food nor money in the room
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-18
Steamship Arrivals.
Russia

Iibau. Feb. 11.-Steamer Russia, New York.
 London. Feb. 16.-SteaIner Ruthenia, St. John, x E.. for Antwerp.
 T.fverE5, cl. Feb, 17--Steaners De- vonian. ioston. LHsitan1a. New York.
 Plynaovtn, Dec. 17-Steamer Asca- mia. Portland for Lenden.
 Glasgow. Feb, 1T.-Steaner Cais- denia. New York,
 Gihraitar. Feb. 17.-Steamer carpa- thia, New York mia, New York.
 Liverpool, Feb. 17-steamer Cymric. New York
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-18
Bay Rum on Fruit Steamer.

Boston. Feb. 17-Customs officials Tonight seized large quantity of bay rum in a raid on the fruit steamer Sixaola- The raiding party was forced to use clubs to. overcome the resist ance of thelcrew The customs officers been carried on only q short time and that barber shops and toilet wa ter retailers had profited by it.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-18
Drift Ice in vineyard Sound

Vineyard Haven, Mass, Feb. IT, Sailing crsafs which had safely -weath- cred the storms of the past few days encountered new danger today when they ventured from their ancharages to find Vineyard Sound full of drift ice. Steamers were able to blow their way through the heavy fields, but ves- seis threading the shoals under sail found navigation extremely danger n11z
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-18
unfaishfuI Husband Gets Estate.

Newark, N. J, Feb. 17-Fhe will of Mrs. Carrie Manning, Whe was killed two weeks ago by Hazel Herdmaa, a girl or 20. madly in love with Charles I. Manning, was hied today. It was dated prior to the entrance ef Mss Herdnlan into the domestic life ct the Mannings, and provided that all tha wife possessed should g9 te the hus- band. Just before the murder Mrs, Manning isherited about t4,ees fzam her fatheE
Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-18
Street Railway Strike Settled.

Montpelier. Vt.. F'eb. 17.-r The strike ef street railway men which has been in progress since February was suc- cessfully settled today. Officials of the Barre and Montpelier Traction com pany and an organizer representing the National Street Railway Employes' association, came 10 an agreement by which the carmen will return to work tomorrow morning and an arbitration board of three will later arrange a new working schedule.