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Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-30

New Britsin-The Swedish Lutheran church gave Rev. Dr. $. c. Ohman a Christmas collection of about SS5. and the Swedish Bethany church gave Rev. c. E. Pihl $42.5O.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-30
NOANK
Charity Council to Hold Christmas Exercises-saptist Plans for Watch Nicht-InfornaI New Years Reccp- tion.

L-rty council. Daughters of Amer ie1, will have Christmas exercises at the m ,3tin5 this evening. An inter eztin~; ITO grcmrne will be presented Ind a chicken pie supper will follow
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-30

MiddIetown-Attor Bertrand E. Spencer has been nominated city clerk and treasurer by the republican party.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-30
tfEtch f.aeeting.

New Ycar's eve the Philathea cl-c- of to Eoptist church will entertain the B-IdocG class at a watch meetin~ U is will commence at o'clock.
 The 1luc BirdG met Tuesday after non with MrC. James Sist.re
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ANYBODY CAPABLE OF
DIAGNOSING HIS OWN
COLD, COURT HOLDS
"SUMMER NIGHT"
By FSSy7x poya Stuck.

forty thousand he had collected for
curing colds and the results thereof
and deposed and said about as follows:
Defendant denies in toto and in
great Indignation plaintiffs charge.
Defendant would not have operated in
the presence of any obviously danger
Gus complication. And defendant de-
murs to plaintiffs declaration that
plaintiff had a cold, defendant urging
upon the court that plaintiff was in
competent TO give such expert testi-
mony. plaintiff being a layman and
therefore unable to diagnose a cold.
Then with a complacent smile and a
feeling that the plaintiff would soon
wish he had never been born with a
nose defendant rested
The court considered the matter
gravely. Presently a great quiet de-
seconded upon the dim, cavernous room.
The sun was slowly sinking. and so was
plaintiffs hope for the forty thou.
Suddenly the court spoke.
Having examined the evidence the
court finds that mastold abscess ap-
peared after the operation. The plain
tiff had informed defendant about the
cold, yet the defendant did not delay
the operation pending the cure OF the
''iu' MS was DeCduSe Oh
the Inflammation. 1t is claimed that
the defendant should have reduced the
inflammation before he performed the
operation. But defendant argues that
plaintiff was incompetent TO give such
testimony, and that the defendants in
expert statement was insufficient as a
basis for the testimony of medical ex-
perts that an operation under such con-
ditiOns was imprODer,
The court finds that plaintiff was
competent to diagnose his own cold.
II it is true that ordinarily one who Is
not a medical expert Is not permitted
to diagnose his own or another's case,
still the court thinks that the pro-
hibition does not extend to cases OF this
kind
one who is suffering from a cold
usually knows what ails him, as do
others who associate with him. lAu-
thor's note! That is why nasal diph-
iberia and n bean in child's nostril
are so rarely confused by the layman.l
IT would be a technical and rather
absurd rule Authors note Technical
is good-from a legal mind that pre-
vented his testfying to facts so within
his own knowledge. The court is salts
! fled Authors note: 1t must be great to
be a court and be satisfied so easily ]
that the testimony was competent and
of sufficient weight to be the basis Of
| expert opinion. AS to the medical testi-
mony Authors last and despairing
note: This is the unkindest cutl. 1t Is
sufficient to say that II made the pro-
| priety of an operation question for the
jury.
Just think of a jury OF Minnesota
l "a
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acters In type. The great accomplish
ment, however, will be comprehended
when 1t Is remembered that type rack
in a printing Office may be fashioned
to contain an unlimited number OF char
acters. In the case of the typewriter
there is positive limit to the keys
that can he made available. To con-
dense the language to the keyboard
space is the task. Printers may have
on hand and use with equal facility
any number OF types. Typists cannot.
Perhaps Of all the typewriters built
for the use of other languages than
English the japanese machine Is most
noteworthy. On this keyboard there are
twenty-five Chinese characters, which
the Japanese always use, the remainder
of the ninety-two keys being devoted to
what is known as Katakana. This Kata-
kama Is syllable system which Is used
for writing japanese in connection with
the ideographs, or word pictures. repre-
scented by the Chinese characters.
There are so many thousand of these
ideographs that of course they could not
be represented on typewriter key
board. There Is a movement on foot In
Japan to reject them altogether and use
the Katakana exclusively. The Chinese
ideographs on the typewriter keyboard
represent figures and quantities prin-
cipally. one of them stands for the
figure l. II this figure were spelled out
as we would spell lone" 1t would have
to be done by Katakana. which illus
trates the office of both.
The Arabic character Is used in the
Turkish, H!ndustani. Tatar and Ma
layan languages. so that once such q
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machine was built It's usefulness reached
from Siberia to Capetown. Then the
Hindu typewriter Is remarkable. The
characters are the Devanagar, or San
skirt, in which modern Hindu Is written.
In British India there are 100000, 900
people who speak and write the Ian
guage whose alphabet has been adapted
to the typewriter. The Armenian type
writer was the first Oriental machine
built.
The most energetic adapters OF the
typewriter are the Chinese. Thousands
OF machines are bought by Chinese mer-
chants in the larger Chinese cities. They
are English language machines, the mer-
chants buying them for use in their trade
with English speaking people. There
may be seen In New York many young
Chlnaman VT after hard struggle TO
Master English has finally succeeded and
who has then taken up shorthand so
that he will be commercially competent.
The foreign language typewriter bids
fair to revolutionize the business meth
DDS Of the Far East. Business schools
have been started as a result of its
introduction. Woman typists are I'M
known and will not be employed until
Eastern customs change to meet the
business method innovations.
In conjunction with the work of Mr..
Jones various assistants helped to sur
mount foreign keyboard difficulties. The
Burmese keyboard was arranged by f.
ID, Phinney, the veteran superintendent
of the American Baptist Missionary
Press in Rangoon. who is after a life
time of service still at his post In the
Far East.
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case now ana then that nhguists nave
Complained that the machine did not
produce tneir language ASKED 10 ex-
pam mas peeh iouhu that wnat
the machine produced was admittediy
periec., pu' was not WIZ" III .'e way
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by WILLIAM BRADY, NJ. ID.

THE Supreme Court of Minnesota
has just handed down an opinion
in the case Of Swadner vs.. Schef-
cik-just sneeZe If you can't say It any
other way-which settles the bitter con-
troversy that has been waged concern
ing the cause, nature and general per-
versity of the common code. The dis
tracted medical profession throughout
America halls the verdict with a great
sense of relief The war is over. Any
person can diagnose his own cold. The
court has so dccreed.
Certain medical experts have insisted
that you never can tell what you've
caught when you've caught cold. The
experts assert that a so-called cold in
the head may prove To be any one or
several of many diverse and trustworthy
complaints in disguise. rhey mention
infantile paralysis meningitis, tonsllltis,
influenza, frontal sinus Inflammation
warranted not to subside without an
operation, and measles as samples.
one of the experts goes even further
as catching cold. To be sure, he admits
that you have something in your head,
but he holds that 1t is something you've
| caught from some other poor IDIOT who
| didn't know any better than to catch 1t
| from still another deluded mortal who
imagined there is harm in fresh air.
Now the court finds that faint so al
Uh
| that out very clearly.
II appears that the plaintiff, Swadner,
| consulted the defendant, Sneeze, re-
| garding a chronic catarrah from which
| he had suffered for years The man with
| the hard name examined the man with
| the soft name and found n very pc r
| opening for conservative treatment.
Instead II was decided that an opera
| ton was necessary, and this operation
the defendant proceeded To perform.
| Portions of enlarged and diseased tur-
| binate bones were removed from each
nostril. So far there was nothing par
| ticularly vicious, Illegal, improper, irrel-
evant or malicious about defendants
| conduct of the case-but wait and see.
| The crisis Is at hand.
Plaintiff now AYERS with considerable
| emphasis that defendant doctor did will
fully and improperly attack said plain
tiff with brutal and dangerous instr.-
| ments, to wit, shears. saw, biting for
cops. probes and sundry and divers re-
finements of cruelty. and this in spite
of the fact that plaintiff did menti n
say, announce, declare. asseverate and
imply that he. the plaintiff was at the
time harborng a rhlnitis. coryza, acute
exacerbation, distemper or cold. And
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"SILVER AND GREEN"
Sy I7iIda Fesro1
FITTING THE LANGUAGE
OF THE WORLD TO THE
TYPEWRITER KEYBOARD

| ness man would arrange for. And even
when you are told that while Mr. Jones
| Is waiting for the learned men to send
him what he wants he Is buried deep In
the grammars of the language, studying
and piecing out the alphabet, you will
again say that this indicates only a
/ thorough attention to business and de-
notes the careful and studious man.
Well, here's where the wonderful part
comes In. You must remember that
when the learned men send In all they
know about their language and when the
men engaged to draw the characters
send in the product OF their pens they
don't care anything about whether or
not their work is suitable for typewriter
use They don't make it any simpler or
clearer han 1t exists. They tell Mr..
Jones what their language Is. but not
an atom Of help do they give him with
respect to arranging the characters and
combinations they tell him about.
It's Mr.. Jones's task to make these
characters mechanically possible for the
| typewriter. II they cannot be made me-
chancally possible all the erudlte eluci-
! dation of the learned men and all the
| fine alphabet or character drawing of
| expert native penmen will not make the
Mr.. Jones has to remember that only
so many keys are possible In the stand
ard typewriter. These keys must sup
ply all the characters needed. II this
mechanical problem be not solved. then
learned investigation of the alphabet of
| the language Is useless. And Mr.. Jones
decides If it is mechanically possible.
II he says 1t can't be done an entire
language Is barred from typewriter en-
ployment. II he works out the way 1t
| can be done then one more language is
added to the typewriter's repertoire In
| other words, the mo" Of Jones may
smean that millions speaking a language
cannot have that language adapted to
a typewriter.
| Imagine going up to the obelsk in
Central Park and arranging the HERO
| glyphcs so that they could be made TO
| fit a standardized typewriter. This Is
| hardly a more difficult task than evolv-
| ing japanese typewriter keyboard, and
Mr.. Jones has done that. You must re-
member that he is no linguist and cam
| not even read most of the languages for
which he has devised typewriter key
boards.
| After he receives drawings OF the LETT
| ters OF language-or Its characters or
written representations-Mr. Jones be-
| gins his mechanical task. He places the
| characters so that he can fix their hOri-
Zontal centre, then their perpendicular
centre This done individually, he tries
! their collective arrangement with re-
| spect to uniform centring, Then he
must determine how they can be at
tached. Then. as In the case of Arabic,
he must allow for additions above or be-
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During our long life We have re-
marked the exact time when many OF
our friends were marked by Death.
They may live a year or two. and go to
the Springs, and try operations. but
Death soon asserts itself, once II has
marked a man. And We have observed
that most men know 1t when Death sets
It's seal upon them; there is a certain
mournfulness about them that Is piti-
full; they don't want to go, but nothing
can help them. and they submit. and
look Off into vacancy in a pitful way.
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A business man said to-day: IT am
called on so many times to give aid that
am disposed to admire the English
sparrow The English sparrow is at
least able TO take care of itself; no one
is asked 10 help the English sparrow"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-13
WORDS Of PRAISE
FOR TAX BOARD
HEADS OF COMMERCIAL OHGANI-
zATIoNs FAyoRABLY IMPRESSED
ny ATTITUDE OF COMMISSION.

Norfolk. Va June 1.-THE Virginia
State tax revision commission. which
closed its hearing in Norfolk Wednes-
day afternoon with a number of new
suggestions before them for consider
alton. has a clearer insight into the
attitude Of Tidewater Virginia on the
tax question, according to Norfolk in
terest. that were represented at the
hearings
Guy Webb. president OF the board
Of trade. and Barton Myers, president
Of the Chamber Of Commerce. when
interviewed by Virginian Pilot re-
porter Yesterday, expressed confidence
in the commission and qualification
at its attitude towards this section.
Mr. webbs statement follows:
~ have felt. and shall feel that Tide
water Virginia, representing as II does
a great part Of the tangible and tax
able wealth of our state, should have
had a representative on the State tax
commission After having met the
commission az il is now composed, and
having noticed the careful and pains
taking way in which II is considering
the tax question, especially the equal
STATION feature. / am fully convinced
that Tidewaters interests will not suf-
fer and that the report of the body
Will not only be Just to our own sec
ton, BUT eminently fair. I believe that
the report will show such an exhaus-
tive inquiry and present such unfair
existing conditions that the state legis-
lsture. when II meets in special ees-
sion TO consider the report OF this COM
mission, will adapt II"
The statement Of Barton Myers Ia as
follows.
The tax commission appears to be
an able. intelligent and fair body. of
men. corsctentiously seeking a solution
Of the taxation problems OF this State.
During two DAYS here they sat contin-
uously. except during meal hours, and
In an attentive manner. and with the
aid of a stenographer, heard the repre-
sentatfves> Of various interests discuss
taxation from every angle The lead
ing questions into which the subject
divides Itself are, the equalization OF
assessments throughout the State. what
Is fair cash value Of real estate
for assessment purposes; the ditTerentia
ton OF tax rate on> tangible intangi-
BILE and real property how the tax
shall be collected, wherer in eonsidera-
ton of a national income tax there
shall be a State income tax. or whether
cities in addition thereto shall have
the right TO levy an income tax
In considering the question Of
equalization. one of the methods about
which expressions OF opinion are be-
ing sought Is as TO how far local sen
timent would be satisfied with the es-
adjustment of local boards OF assess
naent, under the supervision Of CEN
trail board being composed OF perhaps
three or Ave members selected from
different sections Of the state. while
the local board may be SO appointed as
10 prevent, as far as possible the per-
nicious influence which. In some local
tiles has caused assessors TO favor their
constituencies. the right of appeal be-
ing, as heretofore. to the local courfs
Tor the correction OF unsatisfactory
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-13
ROANOKE ANGLERS
TO PROTECT FISH

Roanoke. Va, June IA number of
the disciples Of ola Isaac Walton in
Roanoke met last night in the council
chamber of she City hall and organized
the Roanoke and Montgomery Counties
Game and Fish Protection association,
The prime reason for the perfecting OF
this organization, according to Score
tary A. II. II. Boyd. is TO protect the
streams OF the two counties from de-
predating and unlawful fishers.
Warrants have recently hsen served.
II was said last night, for a number
of people who have been using ex-
rlosives to kill Ash and for others who
have been caught shooting fish and
the game and fsh association proposes
TO see that all violators OF the law in
this respect as we'll as unsportsman-
like fishers shall be brought to time
promptly.
1t was said that the present orgari-
cation probably will be only a tenn
porary one, but an effort will be m AIDE
to build UP great organization for
the same purpose in the two counties
of Roanoke and Montgomery
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-13
DULL DO|NGS IN
THE DAYS MARKET
FEW STOCKS SHOW STRENGTH. BUT
DAY ON WHOLE Is
DEAD.
SOME FOREIGN BUYERS
orHEs MARKETS. ALL MORE or
LESS DEPRESSED ON &C
COUNT OF RUHoRs
OF WAR.
SOME FOREIGN BUYERS

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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-13
Charters Granted

The following charters were granted
yesterday by the corporation cnm-
mission;
Foreign cnarter demonstrated
The Piedmont Amusement compa ny.
North Carolina corporation, with
100000 capital stock Julian Meade,
statutory agent, Danville. Va
Amendment to charter: Lemon
kola Bottling works. inc. Norfolh. Va.
Increasing capital from $4,000 to
$50. 900
Amendment to charter: Potomac
and Chesapeake Steamboat company
Alexandria, Va. reducing capital stock
from 100000 to slS5 900
G. A. Campbell Construction ccm
pany. inc, Alexandra. va IS, 900 to
$4,000 Contracting business. c. A.
Campbell president Potomac Va
A ., jacobson, secretary WashinSton,
.. c.
Deals Island Ducking cluh. inc.
Hampton. Va. No capital stock Hunt
ing club F w Darling. president;
James NJ. Cumming. secretary-both
Of Hampton, Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-13
AGED V|NH0N MAN
VICTIM Of TRAIN

Roanoke Va, June Thames Scott
sixty-three years old and a we'll
known citizen Of vinton for many
years, was killed by fast westhound
Norfolk and Western train at that place
soon after O'Clock yesterday after
noon. The accident was witnessed by
few, II any persons. The train was
making it's usual time and the victim
was on his way to his home after per-
forming his customary days work in
the Roanoke shops
Mr.. Scott was struck by the engine
while he was or the track at stock
crossing. and that probably was the
reason. IL is thought, that he was
struck His body was hurled several
feet through the air and a pathetic
feature Of the finding OF IT was that
the victims little lunch basket was
near by
The decedent had been a member of
the Baptist church at yinton for years
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-13
REV. JAMES CANNON
BACK TO BL ACkSTONE

The Blackstone Courier prints the
following:
The Rev pr James Cannon Is to re-
turn to Blackstone and resume his
residence here along with that Of the
principalship OF the Blackstone Fe-
male institute This was publicly made
known following a meeting of the
board OF trustees of the institute a few
days ago He will not take active
charge until the session opens IN Sep
TENDER following the election for State
wide prohibition, which comes off
about the time the next session will
open He Is Engaged Il. managing that
campaign and cannot give up those
duties until after the election. The
Rev T. r. Reeves. who has been the
principal for the past four years, will
return TO the ministry, which he gave
up at the time he was made princi-
pal of the school
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-13

real estate assessments,
The matter OF segregation, where
-av-s@Fta ia--Suhtactk - -be-set- apart
for taxation by the state and certain
others by the county and city for their
respective needs is also a question on
which the com omission is seeking infor~
m alton.
While It is not 10 he expected that
an entirely satisfactory method will at
once be devised. have no doubt great
good will result from the work of this
commission.
ANY system must be amended from
time to time as It's defects are demon
strated, but the State is working In
the right direction To place before the
next legislature not only the views
OF representative business men and
students of the subject in different
sections Of the State hut also to se
cure testimony as to methods in other
States some Of which are ahead of us
In trying out new methods of taxa
tion."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-13

From the American Institute of Bank.
Ing" by George RI keesee.
Address Banking From Two
Points Of View" by L. RI. Ely. assist
ant cashier the Peoples hank. Court
land
Address--"D Developing Banks
Business by Advertising by Fred W.
Ellsworth, New York city.
second Day.
Friday morning, 10 o'clock, June 10.
Nomination 81 officers.
Address international Movements
Of Gold. by Hon George E. Roberts.
director Of the United States mint.
Washington Il c.
Address Educating the Producer"
by Hon Joseph u. Eggieston. presis
dent Virginia Polytechnic institute.
Adjournment for lunch.
After neon Program
Address Agricultural Develop
raent and Vocational Education. by
Y Walden. Cashier First National hank.
Farmville.
AddFess--''raxation and Business"
Dr. NIohuglas S. Freeman. the News
Leader, Richmond
Adjournment until Saturday morn
ing 10 o'clock
Third Day.
Saturday morning, 10 o clock. June
90.
Unfinished business
New business
Report of committee on resolutions
Election and installation of officers
Adjournment
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-13
COTTON MARKET.

New York, June 1.-THE opening
OF the cotton market was weak to-
day at decline OF TO points on
the cables and old crop positions sold
II points net lower right after the
call under liquidation by Wall Street
and Western longs. New crop months
worked about to points net lower
In ss;na pa with the old crop break,
but as soon as July offerings subsidized
the entire list became f1rmer The
market sold about to 10 points net
higher, after midday on hot weather
reports from east Of the river but
weakened during the middle Of the af-
ternoon, and closed to / points
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