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Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
STORMY SCENES BEFORE
 HOUSE NAVAL COMMITTEE
Marked Conclusion Public Hearings
 Yesterday.

Washington, Dec. IS. = Stormy scenes marked the conclusion today of public hearings before the house naval committed. After being on the witness stand all day. Representative Gardner of Massachusetts demanded that mem bers of the committee say whether they questioned data which he had submitted to prove the nations mili- tary unprcparedness and his insistence so angered Representative Wither-' spoon of Mississippi that he abruptly quit the committee room.
 Then a series of questions by Rep- resentative Gray of Indiana caused Mr. Gardner to resent vigorously what he soid was an imputation that his re- cent campaign for an investigation of the military situation was in the in tereSt of manufacturers Of war mate rials. The Massachusetts representa- tive called upon Mr. Gray to "get up and prove his facts" but the latter had nothing further to say, and the meeting ended.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19

that her husband had moved his fam ny rom AaverstraW to New York in 19li to get away from NeWmanss at tentions to their daughter. but they nad Kept up clandestine courtship She said that on the day of the traze- dy she had twice talked over the tele- phone with Newman but no mention was made of the marriage She had however, before then, been appraised Of the marriage by a physician who had attended her daughter a few days pre- vious to the shooting.
 cIeary Collapsed.
 When CIeary was taken back to his cell he collapsed and for an hour was under physicians care. He recov- cred sufficiently, however, to take the stand in his own behalf at the night session His daughter was taken to Haverstraw to the home of her grand- mother.
 With apparent care. As he told how he was affected by the news of his daughters condition he gave evidence of deep emotion
 Mrs. Cleary listened with an anx- lous ar, while she constantly applied a handkerchief to her eyes.
 Why He Objected to Newman.
 Cleary said he had no distinct rec ollection of events after he left his house few hours after he received the report. He obj ected to Newman on. account of his family, he said. and after his daughter was graduated from the high school in 1911 he took a fur nished apartment in New York so she could not see Newman any more, He had done everything to discourage the intimacy between his daughter and Newman. s@z ss s l--- l-s7F
 Did you not talk with Newman,s father about the friendship between your daughter and the dead boy g's- fle was asked on cross examination. land did you and Newmafl,s father ever talk about it being a romance 7H
 T did not, he replied.
 He admitted that he and Newrnanss rather were on friendly terms
 The defense closed by calling Dr. Floyd S. Crego of Buffalo as it's alien tst expert. He declared that the news given to C1eary about his daughter was such shock that. it produced what he termed a sub conscious or twilight state He said such action could be temporary or permanent and one suf- fering from it would be apt to commit an act Of violence, although he might at times do in an unconscious way acts that might be called rational.
 The state called in rebuttal as fts expert alienist Dr. Carlos F. MacDon- aid of New York city. After the case question, Dr. Macdonald declared that in his opinion Cleary was sane at the time of the staying. This closed the case for. the state.
 Case Goes to Jury Today.
 The attorneys will sum up for both sides tomorrow morning. The fud1e's charge is expected to be delivered and the case given to the jury by noon or, shortly afterward.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
NO REPRESENTATIONS
 TO BE MADE TO GERMANY eenesrnipg sonberdrnent os the Eas.
 Coast Of Enerand.

Washington. Dec. 1S.-Deterna,ned that the United States shall continue untnvolyed in the controversy which has arisen between the European bel ligerents over alleged violations of The Hague conventions, President Wilson and Secretary Bryan will make no representations to Germany east coast Gf England by German war ships-
 Sugges<Sons from the British press, chat the United States should take the initiative in protesting to Germany Tor the alleged anfTactfon of an article Of The Hague conventions which pro- hibstS naval bombardment of "unde- tended towns has met with no re- sponee from 9he Washington govern fnenG
 Eo formal communication on the subject has como from Great Britain, but the suggestions in the press de- Vel0pe6 an informal discussion among fsieh officials here as to the course t0 he purDued by the Washington gov- @ff1uent. after which the presideuf ard Secretary Bryan renewed their determination not So intorfera.
 Should England make 6 protest to eho United States it will courtecusly n9 received, as have similar protasts from Belgium. France and Germany concerning the use of dum-d5fn bull lets and other alleged violations of the rules of warfare by their respec- tive enemies The fact that German of1cials already have taken issue with the British contention that the Eng HGh coast towns recently. bombaFded vesre undefended, has emphasized co 02ncaAls here the controversial natI1re nE tho case.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
CONCORD, N. H., WOMAN
 GUILTY OF MANsLAuG,4TER.
Sentenced to Not Less Than 20 Nor
 More Than 26 Years.

Concord. N. H., Dec. 1s.-Mrs. Jen- i1fe M. Mills of Hennilker, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in causing the death of Charles A. Manley, her en- ployer, was sentenced to not less than 20 nor more than 25 years at hard la bor in the state prison today.
 After Mrs. Mills had entered her plea in the superior court a few days ago, her daughter was called to the witness stand to tell of the circum- stances surrounding the shooting. From her testimony it appeared that her mother shot Manley while he slept because of alleged brutalities at his hands. Mrs. Mills was Manley'S housekeeper
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
FIRST DEGREE VERDICT IN
 CASE OF EDGAR c. MURPHY.
Accused of Killing Herman Fisher in
 New Jersey on July 1T.

Mount Holly. N. J., Dec. 1S.-A ver- dict of first degree murder was rem dered tonight by the jury in the case of Edgar. c. Murphy, accused of kill ing Herman Fisher, IT years old, near Taylors Station on July IT. Murphy had been on trial since last Monday and according to the testimony con fessed he shot Fisher because the lat ter had told some girls whom he wis., ited that Murphy was married man.
 Murphy, who is 27 years old, was separated from his wife and posed as g single man. He assisted Fisher brother and father in searching for the youth when the latter was missed from his home and was with the brother when Fishers body was found riddIed with shot in a cornfeld.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
THREE SISTERS HAVE
 FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE
Children Contracted Disease by Drink ing Milk of an Infected cc~

Lancaster. Pa, Dec. 1S.lThree daughters of Abraham Boose, of Chris tiania. near here. were reported hy the attending physician tonight to be sunerlng with apthous fever, the vir- ulent foot and mouth disease that has been causing such widespread trouble among the cattle and hogs of the country. The cows on the Boose farm became infected and were killed and it is believed the girls. who are IS months, six and nine years old, re- spectiyely, contracted the fever by drinking the milk of one of the in- fected animals
 pr: George H. HerSchey. in report ing the masses to the local represeu- tatiye of the state health department. stated that the children have every characteristic of the disease. Their condition is not regarded as serious.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
TELEPHONE PROBABLY
 SAVED WoMAN's LIFE. Telephone Operator Notified Police When Her Suspicion Was Aroused.

Sapulpa, Okla, Dec. 1s-Kate Nut- we'll, a. telephone operator at Mounds, seven miles south of here. was at the switchboard today when the annunci2 ator of No. AIS dropped. Miss Nur- veil plugged it and called Number. please. There was no answer. She started to replace the drop when she heard a woman's voice say: Don't. I'll tell you where it is.''
 Alarmed, Miss Nurvel1 called the po- lice, who went to the house of Fred Allen, a hardware dealer, and found a negro choking Mrs. Allen because she would not tell him where she kept her money. In her struggle with the nezro she pulled the receiver down, which gave the signal to the telephone ofice. The robber was captured.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
BOSTON G MAINE ROAD
 WILL BENEFIT s25o 900
Per Yearsby Increase in Freight Rates
 Granted Yesterday.

Boston, Dec. 1S.-President J. IT. Hustis of the Boston and Maine Rail- road said of the freight rate decision today:
 Until the full text of the decree is to what extent it will affect the reve- nue of the impossible to know to what Boson and Maine Railroad Howvr extnnt it will affect the revenue of the Boston and Maine Railroad. However, a rough estimate made some time be- fore by officials of the road, indicated that if the full increase were granted. it would not increase the revenue of the company more than $250, ,o00, which is less than one per cent. of it's total freight earnings
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
for
 Killing Baff
TWO BROTHERS HELD FOR MUIR
 DER OF NEW YORK MAN.
SHOT DEAD IN STREET
Ineinaated That the indictment Was to Hold Men Until Men Who Hired Them Are Arrested.

New York, Dec 1s-Two brothers, Joseph and Jacob Cohen, poultrymen, were indicted late today by the grand jury investigating the murder of Bar net Baff, a wholesale poultry dealer controlling stores in New York. Bos- ton and Philadelphia, who was shot dead in the street three weeks ago by n1en who escaped in an automobile. TllA charge against them was assault in the first degree. but so important was thei: indictment considered by the police that Assistant District At tCrney Delehanty asked Judge Malone, before whom the pair were arraigned
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
AMERICAN MARINES COMING
 HOME FOR CHRISTMAS.
Full Regiment Has Sailed From Port
 Au Prince, Heiti.

Washington, Dec. 1s.-The Arneri- can marines of the Fifth Regiment, the last of the expeditionary forces to re- turn from recent foreign service are coming home for Christmas.
 The navy department was notified Today that the transport Hancock with the full regiment aboard left Port All Prince. Haiti, last night, for Philadel phia, where she should arrive next Wednesday. They have been on ser wee TOT some time in Haiti and the Dominican republic, both Of wl1ic1, are now quiet again.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19

The cloud of uncertainty still hangs over the operations of the belligerent armies in Poland.
 No official German report has yet been issued to stamp ass ssaccurate the uninicial claims to German victory over the Russians. which on Thurs day throughout the German empire aroused enthusiasm to a high pitch ana caused the populace to make a great flag celebration
 What Germany Claims.
 Z.acon5c is the latest German state ment on the situation. "In Poland" t says, I've continue to pursue the re- treating enemy. Austria is more communicative than Berlin for Vien- na declares thata the Russian main forces are being pursued on the en- lire battle front of some 250 miles from GeIfcia to that point in Poland northeast of Lowics where the Bzura ddver efupties into the Vistula.
 Vfenna's Report.
 As regards part, at least, of this gkmtBment, Petrograd takes issue with Vienna. asserting that on the left bank of the Vistula an almost com- plete luH in the fighting prevails, but that all the attacks made against the Russians have been repulsed. t is added. however that in connection with the advance of part of the because the Austriaps are reinforcing in the Carpathians. we have thought it to rearrange the positions of some of our arTny
 Allies Tell of Progress,
 The allies, according to Paris, con- ti1ue to gain ground ill Belgium and France. Berlin, on the other hand, asserts thAt the German operations have resulted in repulses to the allies wfKh heavy casualties. Paris says that the French artillery has destroy d two heavy batteries in the region of yerdun.
 British Prrsectorate Over Egypt.
 The British protectorate over Egypt has been fnaugurated in all the garri- son towns, by the firing of 8 salute of 101 guns and the raising of the British faR. Prince Hussein Renal has been appoint sultan of Egypt.
 A Ribot, the French minister of Anances has informed the appropria- ttons committee of the chamber of deputies that France will not lack if nRnclRI resources to continue the war to a finish without faltering.
 A news agency despatch says that Turkey has yielded to the representa- lion of the United States, Italy and Greece and will permit the departure from Syria of consular representatives of neutral countries.
 The British fleet in the Pacific has been reinforced by the arrival at Cal lsO of the Australian battle cruiser Australia
 The British admiralty denies that any British warships were sunk dur ing &he raid of the cruisers on the east coast of England. It says, how sver, that two men were killed and fifteen wounded aboard the destroyer Ezaxdy.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
Freight Rate
 Increase in East
MEANS ABOUT saOo,0oo FOR NEW
 HAVEN ROAD.
loN PRESENT EARNINGS
So Far During the Fiscal Year the Freight Earninss of the cem- pany Have Fallen of si,sss,OOo.

New York, Dec. 1s.-Howard El- liott, president of the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad com pany and chairman of the board of directors. when interviewed about the per cent. freight rates increase for eastern railroads granted by the In- terstate Commerce Commission yes terday, said:
 T have not seen the full text of the decision, but I understand an ad- vance of five per cent. has been grant, ed upon certain rates and upon cer- tain commodities. The five per cent. does not apply on all of the freight
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
DESPATCH AND DELIVERY
 OF CHRISTMAS MAIL.
Bulk is Being Handled Promptly and
 Well.

Washington, Dec. Postmaster General Burieson, in a statement is- sued tonight, promised the public successful despatch and delivery of Christmas parcels and letters. The vast bulk of mails, he said, already had begun to move and was being handled promptly and well.
 The ''maiI1your- parcel earlys' Sug- gestion recently made by the dtpart- ment had good effect. Traffic began in large yolunie month earlier than last year and officials believe it will greatly reduce the usual rush of the few days immediately preceding Christmas day
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
CITY OF SAN LOUIS PorosI
 sURRENDERs TO cARRANzA
One of eFe Largest Cities in t,e Re-
 public.

San. Antonio, Texas. Dec. fs.-San Luis Potosi. one of the largest cities in the republic, has surrendered to CarranEa. according to announcement by Consul Beltran here tonight. A message received by BeIfran read that General Samuel De Los Santos. at the head of several thousand troops, re- voIted in favor of CaFranza and al- lowed the Carranza troops to enter the city.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
DRAMATIC SCENE AT MURDER TRIAL
When Daughter of the Accused, Who Had Killed Her
 Husband, Entered Court Room
REPELLED AFFECTIONATE GREETING OF FATHER

William V ceary, Trial for Murder of His Son-iraw, Collapsed When Daughter Was Torn From His UnueI- come Embrace-AI Although She Appeared as Witne.s for the Defense She Merely Testified That She Had Not Told Her Father That Eugene M. Newman, the Man Killed Was the Father of Her ChidLCsse Will Go to the Jury Today.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
REPORTS ABOUT WAR
 VERY CONFLICTING
No Official German Report to Stamp as Accurate the
 Unofficial Claim of Victory in Poland
PfTROGRAD TELLS OF LULU ALONG THE WsTULA

While Vienna Maintains That the Russian Main Forces are Being Pursued the Entire Battle Front of 25O Miles Exten.ng From Galca to Northwest Poland Where the Bzura River Empties Into the Vistula-Aies Accodns to Paris Statement, Continue to Gain Ground in Bel F sium and France-Cermans Assert Allies Have Been Repulsed Protectorate Over Egypt Has Been n auguated.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
Movsmsnta of stsamshipa.

Sagres. Dec. 17.-Passed: steamer Ancona, New York for Naples.
 MarseilIes, Dec 1z-ArT1ved: steam CT Roma. New York and Providence.
 Gibraltar, Dec. 1T-Arrived steamer ed: steamer inland, New York.
 Naples, Dec. 17.-AIriyed- steamer esapoii, New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
Held for Manslausht.r in 2,sOO Bail.

F Boston, Dec. 1s.-Lawrence " James, charged with manslaurhter f1 causing the death of Thomas Forev last night, was held in s2.500 bail for a continued hearing by the suuniciT,s1 court today. The police say filaf James. who is night watchman for a warehouse company in East Boston. admitted shooting Forey while fhe Iaf- ter was acting suspicionsly on fns warehouse companys premises.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
Rryan to omLt New Year,s Rreakfast.

Washingfon, Dec. IS. = Secretary Bryan today announced that the diplo- matic breakfast usually given by the secretary of seate at his residence on New Years Day would, be omitted this winter on account of President Will son's hEsavsplept.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
Major General pavis Buried.

West Point, NY, Dec. 1s.-The late Major General George E. Davis. Unit ed States army, retired, who died in Washington, D. C., on Tuesday, was buried with full military honors in the Post cemetery here at noon today. s New York, Dec. ,18.--Sailed: Steamer Patria, MarseiIies.
 Philadelphia, Dec, IS, - Cleared Steamer Dominian, Liverpool.
 In Armenia there is copper mine that has been worked continuously since prehistoric times,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
BRITISH DESTROYER HARDY
 ENGAGED GERMAN SQUADRON
Which Made Raid on English Coast
 Two Men Killed, IS Wounded.

London, Dec. IS, 9.25 D. m.-That the British destroyer Hardy was among the warships which engaged the German squadron which made 8 raid on the east coast of England last Wednesday, was disclosed by an ad- rniralty casualty list issued tonight. The list shows that two men were killed and fifteen wounded aboard the Hardy.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19

Mrs. Della Larken of Brooklyn was awarded a verdict of S10,000 against the New York Telephone Co, for the death of her husband, who was killed by an electric shock
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
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Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19

William Cobb, former president of the Collateral Loan Company pleaded not guilty to a secret indictment re- turned on Tuesday, charging larcency of $59,O00 from the cmopany.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19

An electrical device has been invent ed to "cure" logs and lumber to pre- vent sap strains,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
Cabled r,sssss9. 2 aphs
I'd, U,ooo, 900 Loan For Ar 1entfne Republic.

1enos Aires, Dec. 1s.-The minister of finance is endeavoring to negotiate a loan of $i0,00V. GOO in New York. The transports Pampa and Chgco have de- parted for the United States, having on board the crew which will man the Argentine battleship Moreno, which was built at Camden ". J.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19

With the opening of the Panama California Exposition at San Diego only a fortnight away, the gates to the grounds have been closed to visitors, and the exhibits are being installed.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19

The ftthin<ingD horses of EIberfield. which it was claimed could spell, add. multiply and even extract square root were killed at the front, having been requisitioned for Prussian artillery battery.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19

The government is erecting a new radio station at San Diego. Cal.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19

Condensed TeIegrams

sion.
 Hssvy snow was reported in east
 The Bank of England received 1sos- 900 pounds bar gold.
 Fernando cazani, Peruvian minister of foreign affairs, resigned.
 The New York sub-Treasury trans ferred s15O,oo to New Orleans.
 Yee Tom, aged 4e, Pittsburgh only leper died in the Municipal Hospital.
 The road from EIten, Holland, to Lo- beth, in Germany, was closed by the Germans.
 Prince Won 6uelow has left Berlin for Rome to assume his post as Am bassador to Italy.
 The Senate Commerce committee voted to file favorable report on the ship purchase bill.
 4 large part of the business section of Pottsvilie, Pa, was destroyed byfire, with a loss of $2,00O,OO0.
 The Corn Exchange Bank of New York, will distribute s40,Oo0 to it's em- ployes as a Christmas gift.
 The flour mill of Amos K. Ashley, at Bordentown. N. J.. was destroyed by fire. The loss was $20,000.
 The Japanese Diet voted S2o0o.ooo to defray the expenses of the corona tfon of Emperor YOshihito.
 A New York Stock Exchange seat was transferred for $3S,000, the same price as the last previous sale.
 The Board of Education, of Hobok- en, N. J., to close Public School No. 4, fearing an epidemic of diphtheria-
 Grain from Pacific ports for Europe, and nitrate from Chile. are thus far the biggest items in Panama Canal car
 Efforts to float the British steamer Isla of Iona, which went ashore near Cape Hatteras, Va, have been aband- oned.
 which has been in the Mediterranean for some weeks, arrived at Alexandria, Egypt.
 The Pioneer Clubhouse at Hasbor- ough Heights, N. J., was destroyed by N''O nCAC SCAAOuSAJ jured.
 Isaac Q. Lyon, of Morristown, N. J, has threatened to sue the school board there for unjustly punishing his son, Harold.
 The fireboat David A. Boody, now lying at the bottom. of New York harbor was sold at public auction for $I376.
 According to the first shade tree census ever taken in New Jersey, there are s17, 100000 worth of shade trees in that State. s9
 Roger T. MeTighe of Boston, 13, was was run over by an automobile at Nashua, N. H.. and his back was prob ably broken.
 Wheat cargoes estimated at I.0oO- 900 bushels are aboard seven steam ships at New Orleans, awaiting ship ment to Europe.
 One hundred and fifty cases of pto- maine poisoning are reported among British troops stationed at Bleack- heath, England.
 Yeggmen blew a safe in the postof- flee at Croton- on-H Hudson, N. r., and escaped with $200 in cash and $3000 in postage stamps.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19

Allen Seymour, negro accused of attacking a white woman, was taken from the jail at Hampton, s. C., by a mob and lynched-
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19

Yessmen blew a safe in the postof- flee at Croton- Hudson, N. r., and escaped with $200 in cash and $30OO in postage stamps.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19

The Missouri State Board of Agrf- culture, reported an increase of per cent. in the winter wheat acreage. of that State, making a total of 2,308,- 900 acres.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
AuetraIian cruiser at caIIao.

Ca1laD. Peru, Dec. 1G--The Austra- kn battle cruiser Australia arrived NEe this eF'e'ling.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19

Conrad Berthoid was arrested at Saugus, Me, charged with attempting to blow up the house of Ernest Long fellow. with dynamite bomb last Saturday.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19
The Mareoni Wireless TeJeuranh Ca

petitioned the Union County Tax board for reduction on S7,S00 on vel nation of $34,700 assessed against it's plant at Aldene-
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19

The Paramount Knitting Co., of Kankakee, H., received an order for 3S6,00O pairs of cotton socks from the French Government
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19

The trial of William Lorinner and other officers of the failed LaSalIe Street Trust 6 Savings Bank of Chi- cago has been set for February l.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19

Permission has been granted by the State Department to about 500 German women and children who were strand i ed as war refugees at Shanghai, China, to pass through the United States on their way back to Germany.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19

The Brotherhood of Railroad Train men of Pennsylvania decided to fight the appeal of the full crew law when the Pennsylvania Legislature con- venes.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19

One hundred and fifty cases of pto- maine poisoning are reported among British troops stationed at Bleack- heath, England.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-19

The Concord. N. Ill., county au- thorities have been busy with a search for four men who escaped from the jail in Concord Thursday evening.