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Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26
Bumper Crop of Citrus Fruits

Chicago. Jan. 25.-Afler three wears of disappointInents, Pacific .coast eft rus fruiC growers this I.esa, have gro dueed 3 bumper crop aSc9dine 10 a statement made today bTM. c. Me Cormicl, vice president oE the South ern Pacific railroad.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26
suffrasists Address Labor Men.

Troy. N. Y, Jan. 25.-The Central Federation of Labor this afternoon threw open its doors to the woman Ssuffragists. Stephen McGrath, a well known local labor leader, presided at large mass meeting at which Miss Helen Todd and Miss Rose Winslou, TWO ef the leading speakers in the suf- frage movement delivered addresses.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26
British Aviator Killed.

London, Jan. 25.-George Lee Tenn pie, a British aviator, was killed today while flying at Tendon. He was malI.- ing an especially difficult dive when a strong gust wind caught the tail of ms monoplane and the machine crash ca to the ground. The aviator's neck was broken
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26
Hotel Burns. Guest Perishes.

af'airbanks, Alaska, Jan 25-The Third Avenue hotel here was destroyed by fire tonight and one man is belieT- ed to have ben buried in the ruins. A fireman was caught under 3 falling wall and badly hurt The-loss is about $25,e6s
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26
Methodist colIeoe at Ro,,e

Rome Jan. 25.-The Rev. Bertrand Methodist church in Rome. has nIIr- chased about six acres at the southern end of the historic Hill of Monte Mario. one of the most beautiful locations near Rome. He announce< that he intends to erect great modern college. em- bodying the highest intellectual, patri- ot1c. moral and physical ideals
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26
Alleged Previous Attempt at Murder
.c,, Turned on AccidentaIly."

Portland. Me. Jan. 25.zNrs. John H. Grondin. for whose alleged murder her husband is under arrest at Los Angeles, Cal, was overcome by gas on Jan. 1. 1918. when the couple and their two children were living at d lodging house in this city. After a physician had resuscitated her, the police made an investigation and decided that the gas had been turned on accidentally.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26
Collision on Michigan Central.

:. Jackson, Mich,. Jan. e5-Five per sons are said to have been killed and a, large number injured Hate tonight in q collision between freight and passefl . ger trains on the Michigan Central railway about eight miles outsidei of Jackson, The collision occurred on the Rives Junction division of the road
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26
STRICKEN BLIND WHILE DRIVING.
Winsted Man Became Unconscious
 and Died Shortly After.

Windsted. Conn. Jan. 25-MichaeI Flynn. while returning from a drive to Colebrook River with a priest, Father Ambrose, this afternoon. was stricken blind, later became urcon- scious and died while being taken to his home Acute uraemia was given as the cause of death.
 Finn was 80 years ~ld and was em ployed as mechanic in a local factory. His widow survives.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26
Ghost Used in
 Third Degree
PRISONER MET A SHOOK IN A
 DARK ROOM
MADE NO CONFESSION
Charged With Poisoning His Wife Note Claimed to Have Been Left by Woman Pronounced a Forgery.

Los Angeles. Cal, Jan. 25.-The third degree with a ghost" as the central figure, was applied by the po- lice in futile attempt to obtain from John H. Grondin, a young druggist, confession that he killed his wife Zelias according to statement made public today by his attorney.
 Grondin's counsel declared that shortly after he was arrested last night he was taken by detectives into appeared and demanded: rWhy did you murder me-
 Charged With Poisoning Wife.
 His attorneys said they considered such methods outrageous, but positive proof of their clients innocence. as the shadowy form and the dismal question failed alike to cause him to show any emotion.
 Grondin who was charged with hay ing poisoned his wife and with having attempted to establish that she had killed herself by inhaling .G2s, was said by the police to have tried to kill his wife while living in Portland, Me
 Wife's Letter Declared a Forgery.
 When Mrs. Grondin was found dead Oct 30 Grondin made public d notice which he said had been written by his wife and left as an explanation of her alleged suicide. It contained an ad-
  he would be happy with the woman who truly loved hiEn.'
 Handwriting experts asserted the note was q forgery and their assertion, coupled with the arrival here from Maine of a widow in whom Grondin was said to be interested, caused the exhumation of Mrs. Grondin's body, although a coroner's jury had declared her 8 suicide.
 Alleged Previous Attempt at Murder.
 Pathologists reported yesterday that they had found poison in Mrs. Gron- din's vital organs. Grondin's arrest followed. He will be arraigned to- morrow
 Mrs. Grondin was the daughter of George Daviau, a druggist of Water vile, Me, where she married Grondin when he was 21 years old. MT. Daviau engaged attorneys and detectives shortly after his daughters death to make an investigation. He also was said to have furnished the authorities here with information concerning <Grondin's alleged attempt to kill his wife in Portland, Me. last year.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26
TO BE GOVERNOR. :
Opinion in Washington That He Will
 Be Appointed.

Washington. Jan. 25.-CoioneI George w GoeLnais will be made civil gov ernor of the canal zone. and when he gets through with his work there. an effort will be made to get him to su- perlntend the construction of the pro posed Alaskan railway
 = rms was the opinion expressed by several. persons close to the adIuiujs- tration today. commenting on reDor;s thaJ The chief engineer would event ually become commissioner of police of New York city.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26
Redmond Confident of Home Rule.

Waterford, Ireland, ,.-Jan. 225.-Every sane man knows that, bar accidents. the home rule bill will be- the law of the land this year. said John E. Red mond leader of the Irish nationalists. speaking before an immense gathering here this afternoon
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26
One Moi cauntsa.

have just finiSlled counting the islands owned by this country, and they report that the exact number is 800. It's s to 5 in shillinss, that they did not count Coney.--New York Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26
-fIaiti,s Revolution Growing.

Port au Prince, Jan. 25-The revo- lutionary movement in Haiti grows stronger day by day. All the towns in the north are in arms against the government. and several of the most Important places have been captured by the revolutionists.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26
Intensely Gold About Turin.

Turin, Jan 25.-This district is still experiencing intense cold, 20 degrees of frost having been recorded for the past few days. Despatches from Acqui. in the province of Alessandria, report 27 degrees. of frost
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26
4 4Steamship Arrivals.

New York. Jan. 25.-Steamers Cam pania, Liverpool: La Sayoie, Havre campanello. Rotterdam: Sant Anna Marseilles: San Ciuglielmo Naples.
 Queenstown. Jan. 25.-Steamer Cam eronia, New York for Glasgow
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

if the Recommendations of Major Richard Sylvester. chief of police are approSkE Washington will soon have several Fpolice women added to it's
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26
OBITUARY.
John Henry Frederick Bacon.

London. Jan 25.-John Henry Fred erick Baco:a. the painter, died today. He painted the coronation of King George v and Queen Mary He was born in ls65
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

A Young Man Who said he was Douglas Whitaker of Whathrop. Mass, entered a telephone booth inl,a hotel at Newark, N. J., Saturday, got his home town on the wire and talked for an hour and two minutes to a girl in that city. The toll charges were S2f.40. Whitaker could produce hut 50 cent< and was locked up
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26
Ansonia's .Everybody-at Church Day.

Ansonia. Conn. Jan. 25.=Ansenia's everybody at church, movement to- day was great success All the churches reported unusually Iarr,. congregations and there were special sermons for the occasion.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26
Alfonso to Visit Arqentina.

Madrid. Jan. 2s-Announcement is made in several of the Madrid news papers of King AIfonso's projected trip Argentina.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

Women Suffraeists Met another de- feat Saturday when the house rules committee by tie vote. four to four, failed to report d resolution for ap- pointment of standing suffrage com- mittee.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26
RETURNS HANNA WAsHiNGToN'S
 WILL TO VIRGINIA.
New London Man Had 1t in His Pos
 session.
Fairfax Courthouse, Va. Jan. %.

E. r. EgPTeStOn Ot NeW LOndOn,
 says 2, despatch from Fairfax Courthouse, a.. has returned to the clerk of the Fairfax county court the will of Hanna Washington and other valuable documents which Were stolen from the courthouse at the time the will of Martha Washington was stolen, Mir. Eggleston did not know that the documents had been stolen until he had read accounts of efforts to recover the will from J. r. Morgan.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26
Established a Record.

A,rhe Year 1914 may be luckier than 1913. but there seems no possibility of it's being pusier1in a legislative way. -Washington Star
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26
The Bulletins Circulation in Norwich
Cabled Paragraphs
Death of Sir Daniel Gill.
Suffraaettes Blow. cons.-us+a-u

London, Jan. 25-Sir David Gill, the great Scottish astronomer, died here yesterday in his seventy-first year.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

Joseph Johnson, who was fire com missioner under Mayor Gaynor of New York. and who managed Edward r. McCalfs mayorSIltS camps ign last No Venber Was in a serious condition il q private hospital Iasl night. some hours alter an operation for appeEdis ciris,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

William Campbell, negro was hanged at Montreal Saturday for the murder of George Muir of that city on August IA.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

Walter Won EIinsideI was arrested in Philadelphia, because he chained his foreman, Martin Keeler to a pole to prevent him from straying from the job to q nearby saloon.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

District Attorney Whitman has be- gun an investigation into the bank ac- counts of Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hail. and James E. Gafney, his business associate.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

Arthur F. Nichols of Austin, Texas, was injured when one of his eyes eN- ploded. It was a glass eye and physicians are puzzled.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

forms which he might desire t-l make. Ills friends here. have strongly ad- Nlsed nm against acceptance Of the offer and it is believed that rhejr--1-iasvs. have had great weight with him.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

The Heating of the New High School at Rupert tlaho. by electricity is the 6rSpecase on record where large build ings have been heated entirely by this means
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

Mrs. Domitilde (DalIaire) Pothier, mother of Governor Aram J. Pothier died Saturday afternoon at her home in Woonsocket.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

Charles D. Thayer. one Of the first men to engage in flower raising as a business in Worcester, 43 years ago. died there Saturday aged 6 from |, ,ca ri dispa SC
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

Robbers Blew Open the vault in the Farmers bank at Ludlow. Mo. Sat, urday and escaped with s5.00o,' mostly silver.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

A Bill Providing For Bimonthly pay on railroads, was reintroduced in the Canadian parliament.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

Official Recognition of the movement for the establishment of Catholic boy scouts in his diocese in utilization with the national organization has been given by Cardinal Farley.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

Peter A. Gross, an American land scape painter resident in Paris for the last forty years. dropped dead in his hotel at Chicago Saturday
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

Railroads in the Pittsburgh district are waging vigorous warfare against tippling among their employees.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

Rev. J. Frank Norris, pastor of the 1 First Baptist church at Fort Worth, | Texas was acquitted by q jury Sat urday of the charge of burning his own church on February 3, 1912.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

Glasgow, Scotland, Jan. 25-A bomb outrage, believed by the police to have been carried out by militant suffra- gettes' yesterday destroyed the exten- tanic gardens known as inc KibbIe Crystal Palace.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

A Fund For the Founding of hos pital in Rochester N- H.. is provided by the will of Jesse F. Frisbee of Newton, Mass.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

Three Fires Within an Hour in the Pittsfield. Mass, City hall lead the officials to believe that q firebug had been at work in the building.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

Lafayette Young, former United States senator and publisher of the Des AIoines Capital is seriously i'll with pneumonia.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26
Ina of Any Paper
Condensed TeIegrams

There Were 643 Persons Killed, 2,23l injured on Canadian railways during 1913.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

George H. Babbitt, former member of the Bellows Falls, Vt. Public SerV- ice commission, died Saturday after brief illness of acute indigestion:
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

Frank L. Polk, a great nephew of President James K. Folk, was appoint ed corporation counsel by Mayor Mitchell Saturday.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

Francis s. CantrelI, 70 years old. one of the oldest practicing lawyers of Philadelphia, died of heart disease.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-26

Captain Edwin E. Marvin, connected with the United States court at Hart ford for a half century, died Satur- day aged S1.
Evening journal., 1914-04-09
NEWARK vs.. EAsTLAKE.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK, April 9-The Newark
baseball team of the Tri-County
League will play its first exhibition
game of the season on Saturday
against the Eastlake team of viii
mington. Members of the team have
been practicing all this week in the
evening. Jake Hogan, the star south
paw of the league will pitch the first
part of the game but it is likely
that Del LOvett. son of Magistrate
Leonard W. Lovett. who more than
a quarter of a century ago pitched
some great games for the Reading
Actives against a Wilmington club.
will be used the latter part of the
game. The Newark club has elected
these officers. Business Manager. Ell
mer J. Ellison; president. John
Grant; vice-president, John Steel;
secretary and treasurer George Muir
ray. The club has also arranged
exhibition games with the Newark
Field Club for Saturday, April is and
Franklin Fire Company of Chester,
Evening journal., 1914-04-09
BASEBALL
ODDS AND ENDS
ORIOLES HERE
TOMORROW FOR
Chick CANT

The Chicks win be unable to line
up against Logan A. c. in the frs
exhibition game of the year becaus
Of wet grounds.
On Friday the Chicks meet thek
former pitcher Russell. who is viii
the Baltimore Internationals and a
Saturday they will meet the Athleticg
It Is expected that Home Run Bake
will be in the lineup.
George NJ Graham, president of tn
league, will witness the opening gam
Of the Chicks.
The FarneswOrth trophy pennan
which was won last season by tn
Wilmington Club of the Tri-Stat
League, arrived from Harrisburg YES
terday and was put on exhibition to
day in the show windows of Kresgei
five and ten cent store on Marke
street above Sixth.
II is a large vase about two fee
and a half high of silver and
adorned on two sides with ebon,
drum sticks crossed
The cup was first won by the Har
rishurg team in l9O3 York, 1904
Williamsport 1905: York, 1906 vii
Transport. 1908; Harrisburg, 1903; AL
toona, 1910; Reading, 1911: Harris
burg, 1912, and Wilmington in 1918.
Evening journal., 1914-04-09

of the country. And the worse part
OF IL is. all OF them frankly admit and
without blushing, that all they care
for is the coin. They care naught for
the ieers and only a little more for
cheers, the latter being slightly fa-
vored because they may mean that the
next purse will be larger than the last
one. Willie Ritchie admits that he
doesn't care a hang for the champion
ship except that not having the title
would mean smaller purses. It's the
same with Mcfarland. Gibbons. Kill
bane, and Coulon. Ritchie. clever.
game little fighter that he is. would
rather lose leg or an eye than his
title. II he could continue to grab the
gold with the title and minus the limO
or optic. II wasn't like that in the
olden days. Fighters of the old school.
fought for one or all of three reasons
glory. revenge or a living And the
least of these in the mind of the old
fighter, was the money. so long as he
had enough to keep the wolf from
the door and buy for his followers.
OF course. this thrift business is
great stuff Far be is us to knock
the habit Of saving. but pray. also de-
liver us from the cheese camp who
tangoes instead OF fights, and doesn't
care a hang for the publicc, so long
as the purses are big.
Evening journal., 1914-04-09
FED schedule
IS Announced
Shows Conflict on About
Equal Number Of Days
in Big Cities
ST. LOUIS GETS
THE BEST DEAL
py The unlted Press.


CHICAGO. April 9-Federal League
magnates played no favorite in ar
ranging their season playing sched-
ule. conflicting on about an equal
number Of days with the National and
American League Clubs in Chicago
and st. Louis, where each Of the
three leagues is represented. This
fact became known when the third
league made public It's 1914 schedule
today.
The st. Louis Federals will fight
for patronage in 36 games while the
St. Louis Americans are entertaining
visitors on their home lot on the
same afternoons. Their playing sched-
ule conflicts with that Of the st. Louis
Nationals IN 32 games In St. Louis.
The Federale have no patronage
fights with the National League team
on any holiday date, but will buck
the Browns on Decoration Day. On
no one day VIII all three teams be
playing in St. Louis.
In Chicago, Comiskey's American
Leaguers have a slight edge In the
matter OF date conflicts. The Chifeds'
home schedule conflicts with that
that OF the Cubs on thirty occasions
including Decoration Day. The White
Sox and Federals have 20 conflicts
during the season In home games.
s. On May 10, July and September
18, Chicago fans can take their pick
Of all three ball parks. Cubs, White
Sox and Federals will be here on
their home lots.
In Pittsburg. the Pittsburg FEEDER
Ais and the Pirates viii split the
crowds on thirty afternoons, includ-
ing the Fourth OF July double-header
and making 81 games in all which
there are conflicts. The Brooklyn
Federals and the Dodgers are to COM
pete for the fans coin on 80 after
Moons during the season, none Of them
holiday dates.
Though no statement was forth.
coming at Federal League headQuar.
ters here. IL is obvious that the Fed
eral League schedule was arrange,
with view to bringing about a min
imum of date conflicts in cities pos
sessing three big league clubs. Th
same care evidently was exercised Il
making the number Of conflicts wit
American and National League club
about equal.
Evening journal., 1914-04-09
COMMERCE CHAMBER
ASKS BASEBALL All

TRENTON, April &C. Arthur
Metzger, secretary of the Chamber O.
Commerce. has issued a circular let
ter asking the people of Trenton I,
support the Tri-State League baseball
here. The advertising that the ma
tional pastime gives a city is tn,
foundation Of Mr.. Metzger's argu
ment
In his letter he asserts that Trentog
Will be kept continually in promi
nence if baseball is successful here
and declares that this fact alone
should prove a sufficient reason fol
the uplift of the sport
Evening journal., 1914-04-09

During the entire winter the Y. NJ.
c. A. boys and their friends have
been taking weekly hikes into the
country. Three boys have received
red rags and four others blue rags
The standing now is:
Franz Gradwohl. 143 miles. red and
blue rag; Donald Stowe. 10 miles.
red and blue rag; Howard Sutton,
los miles, red and blue rag; Miller
Griffith, rs miles. blue rag; Harry
Schagrin. 7S miles. blue rag; Russell
Moore, SO miles. blue rag, Paul Loft
land, 81 miles, blue rag; John France.
AZ miles; Wendell Gray. AZ miles;
Harvard Day. "A miles; Harry Fran
kel, A miles; Fred Gradwohl. 4S
miles; Edgar Hathaway. 40 miles;
Ralph Lane, SO miles; Charles Green,
Evening journal., 1914-04-09
NE DAILY SPORT REVIEW
Written for the United Prses.

Governor Tenor will hold a con-
ference with the National League
umpires here Sunday The time will
be taken up by the president of the
league doing all the talking while the
umpires listen.
George Stovall is said to be giving
Colonel Hedges. owner of the St.
Louis Browns, something to worry
over in dickering with his players
and endeavoring to get them to jump
to the Federals. Evidently the Fed
erals do not care who they pick on,
when the speed of the Browns last
year is recalled.
Who's Mccoy? Not in years has a
fighter bobbed up so suddenly as did
Al Mccoy, when he handed George
Chip, middle-weight championship
claimant. the X. o. in Brooklyn, and
the who's question may be remem-
bered thus: Mccoy is known in
family circles as Albert Rudolph. He
is a German and about twenty-five
years old. He has been fighting
about five years, has never been
hn01htu ONtf nuA ndc OAltH UttM Oul~
pointed. Mike Gibbons made him
look like a Mexican peso shot full of
holes by General villa. He fights
like a shot forward and right hand
extended doing the heavy firing with
his left
Chip went down to defeat much in
the same manner as did Kid Mccoy
before Jack Mccormick, when at the
height of his fame. The Kid rushed
In just as did Chip. over-confident,
facing something easy and throwing
his guard wide open in preparing to
administer the knockout. Zowiei
and the fight was over. When Kid
Mccoy met Mccormick again he
nearly killed him. Whether history
will be repeated with a reverse Eng
lish for this Mccoy will be settled
later.
Evening journal., 1914-04-09

was the third straight white-wash
the Giants have administered to
Dixie teams, and they have not been
scored on In 25 innings, Three dou-
Bile plays were pulled off against Mo-
bile
The Dodgers and Athletics shivered
through nine innings at Ebbets Field,
making a collection of only three hits
each. Young Burning blew up at
the finish for the Mackian crew, how
ever. and Brooklyn eased over two
runs IN the eighth and one in the
ninth. which gave them the edge Bull
let Joe Bush retired the Dodgers In
order In four of the five innings he
pitched Daubert was the only man
to reach first. Jake scratched a sin
gle through Baker.
You never can tell where 1t is like
ly to happen Hans Wagner famed
out I'm Omaha with a man on third
and two down Stevenson is the
pitchers name.
Evening journal., 1914-04-09
Y.M.C.A. BOYS ENJOY THE RED RAG walks

"a miles; Norman Wade, 80 miles;
William Longacre, 80 miles; John
volkman. 81 miles; Carroll Marshall,
30 miles. Robert Holmes, 30; Harvey
Wood, 80 miles; Charles Kershaw, 30
miles; Ralph France. 20 miles; Ed
ward Lyons, 20 miles; Harold Lang,
26 miles; Harold Haywood. % miles;
Reed Geer. % miles; Benjamin Co
hen, 21 miles; Preston Rutter, 20
miles; Herbert Kirk, 20 miles; Frank
Laird, 20 miles; George Boggs, 20
miles; George Hudson, 20 miles;
James Holmes, 10 miles; Emlen
Claire. 10 miles; Alan Bachrach. Is
miles; Robert Jewell, II miles; Will
liam France. IA miles; Frank Strick-
Ter. IA miles; Marvin Turss. IA miles:
Adelbert Rose, IA miles; Thomas
Moore. 13 miles; Willard Hirst, 13
miles; William Burchinal 12 miles;
Hoover Kirby, 3 miles, Harold Brad
dock, s miles; Sherwood Merrick, 8
miles; Henry Feinberg. miles:
Henry Crossley. miles; Clifford
Smith. Z miles; George Heinel, 7
miles: Wilbur Wilhelm, z miles; FL
lott Clark. miles; George Carter, 5
miles; Holton Vance, 5 miles; VIII
liam Haddock, 4 miles; Charles Mur-
ply. miles; total. 1872 miles.
On the regular hike next Saturday
afternoon the boys will walk to the
Christiana Lighthouse. along the Del
aware River shore. to Edgemoor. to
Shellpot. TO Wilmington.
All all-day trip will be made to
Delaware City. visiting Fort DUPONT.
on Wednesday. April %. and more
than thirty boys are planning to
make the hike of sixteen miles.