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Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
CAMELAWS DEALT EMBARRASSMENT
Close Season Raccoon January to October l. Inclusive is Passed in House-Senate Repeas State Fox Bounty and Kills Bill for Open Season Deer-Everett J. Sturges Confirmed as Bank Commissioner.

snare or kill any ruffed grouse called partridge, quail, woodcock, pheasant, squirrel, hare or rabbit, or deer, or shall injure the nests, egs, or young of any ruffed grouse called partridge, quail Woodclock, or pheasant.
 Sec. 2. Any person other than the superintendent of fish and game, or person designated by him, who shall pose of hunting or trapping, except as provided in this act, shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars.
 Fish and Game Permits. There was taken from the calendar and passed, Tuesday, an act concern ing the possession of fish and game, the text of which follows:
 Sec 1. The commissioners of fish
 cries and game may grant a permit, under such conditions as they may deem eXpedient, to any person to transport into the state any fish or game protected in any manner by the
 laws of the state and which have been lawfully taken or killed without the state. No person shall sell or offer for sale any fish or game held in possession under a permit authorized | under the provisions of this act. Any
 permit so granted may be suspended or revoked by the said commission. Sec. ?. Any person violating any provision of this act shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor
 more than fifty dollars.
 Raccoon Close Season. An act concerning the taking of | raccoon was taken from the calendar l and passed as follows:
 Sec. l. The close season for raccoon | shall be from January first to October | first, inclusive. No person shall hunt, kill, attempt to kill, chase. or take any | raccOon during the close season, pro- vided the owner or lessee of any real
 estate may at any time on land owned
 and leased by him, kill by the use of shotgun any raccoon which shall be
 found destroying or damaging any crop or vegetable upon such land. | Sec. 2. So much of chapter 46 ot
 the public acts of 1915 as authorizes
 the payment of a bounty of not more | than three dollars for killing each rac- | coon is hereby repealed.
 Sec. 3. Any person who shall vio-
 late any provision of section one of
 this act shall be fined not more seven dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.
 Calendar Matters Passed. Act providing for the construction
 and maintainence of bridges and highways; Incorporating the Totoket
 Electric Light company and concern | ing certain rig its, privileges and i franchises of The North Branfor6 Light and Power company; authoriz
 ing the city of Hartford to issue bonds
 to defray expenses of procuring addi-
 tional water supply; incorporating The
 Rossia Casualty Company of America
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
FOUND DEAD IN BED.
George JackIin of Quaker Hill Aeci- dentaIIy Turned on Gas in New Lon don House.

George Jacklin, of Quaker Hill, aged about 70, was asphyXiated by gas Monday night at the home of MT. and Mrs. I. S. Browne in Broad street. It is believed that the asphyxiation was accidental. His dead body was found in the bedroom Tuesday morning.
 Sunday MT. Jacklin was the victim of an unpleasant experience at his home in Quaker Hill While prevent ing his housekeeper, Miss Mary Shea, woman bit MT. Jacklin on the right hand and he was suffering considera- ply from the wound.
 Monday MT. Jacklin was invited to MT. Browne's home for a few dayys, pending an investigation into the san ity of his housekeeper. Mr. Jacklin who has been 1nfeeble health for some time, was not accustomed to gas and electricity and before retiring Monday night MT. Browne explained to MT. Jacklin the turning on and off of the gas and electricity. m
 In the room that MT. Jacklin oc- cupied, there is a combination gas and electric light fixture the gas cock being close to the electric light shut off. About o'clock Tuesday morning MT. Browne on arising detect ed the odor of gas in the house and an investigation showed that it came from the room occupied by MT. Jack lin He entered the room, which was full of gas, and going to the bed focnd that MT. Jacklin was dead.
 MT. Browne immediately notified Dr. Joseph M. Clancy, the family Phy- sician, who directed MT. Browne to summon Medical Examiner Lee. The medical examiner arrived at the Browne residence about o'clock and an examination revealed the fact that Jacklin had been dead between six and eight hours.
 The medical examiner conducted an investigation and found that the gas had been turned on full force in the room and it is supposed that when re- tiring MT. Jacklin opened the gas cock, mistaking it for the electric shut off
 According to Medical Examiner Lee there was nothing about the circum- stances surrounding the death that indicated suicide.
 While MT. Jacklin had been mentally feeble for some time, there was noth- ing abnormal about his condition that would induce him to commit suicide and it is assumed that under the cir cunstances that death was acciden- tai
 Mr. Jaclzlin is the father-fn-law of Harry c. Browne the well known actor. He was well known in Quaker Hill and greatly respected by his neighbors. He leaves one daughter, Mrs. Browne, who is now in Chicago and to whom word of her fathers death was sent Tuesday morning.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
AGAINST LAND INVASION.
Plans For Forts on Montauk Point Are
 in Preparation.

Authentic information concerning the purpose of the visit of five United States army officers to Montalk Point pn Saturday was given on Tuesday morning by Captain Terrell, adjutant at Fort Wright, who was one of the party. Unofficial reports which gained currency led to the publication in New York and other newspapers Mon- day of a dispatch to the effect that a fort for coast defence purposes was contemplated by the war department at Montauk Point
 IL was not in relation to coast de- fence that the inspection was made Captain Terrell stated, but in respect to land defence providing for the op- eration of a large body of mobile troops. In other words the proposi- ton which will evfdentally reach the hands of Secretary of War Garrison deals with the protection of a land area from invasion in the rear. So many erroneous impressions had gone forth as a result of the visit of the officers to Long Island that Captain Terrell believed the public should be acquainted with its real significance
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
SETTLEMENT REACHED IN
 SUIT FOR TRESPASS.
Brought by Mary Ralestrini Against
 City of New London.

The case of Mary Balestrini against the city of New London for $2,00O damages for trespa.sS on her property in Walbach street by reason of lay ing the. new walks in 1912 which was down for trial in the superior court in New Lcndon Tuesday morning was settled. The settlement came after the jury for the trial had been select ed and had been to Wa1bach street to inspect the premises
 The Balestrini suit against the city differs from previous suits brought against the city in that trespass was claimed, instead of change of grade by the laying of the new walks.
 The jury was called in at 10 o'clock when Attorney Clayton B. Smith for the plaintiff made a statement to the jury in which he requested that if any of the jurors had any reason which would prevent their trying the case impartially they make the fact known. None of the jurors answered and Attorney Smith asked that the New London jurors be excused from trying the case and the request was granted by Judge Bennett. Jurors Norman M Buddy, Andrew B. Par rish, James T. Potter, Stephen R. Wightnan and Aborn F. Smith being excused
 case follows: Jefferson o. Bailey, Frank Charlton and John L. Smith, Groton; Seth N. Williams, George Winterbottom, Stonington; Edward S. Henry, Montvi1le; Robert J. Tender son, Ledyard; Albert J. Perkins, F. F. Richards, James C. Smith, Waterford; i; Clifford T. Chapman, Alva Morgan, East Lyme.
 Judge Bennett then announced to the jurors who were not to take part in the trial that this would be the last case of the term and after thank ing them for their attendance ex- cused them.
 ' The complaint read to the jury ea1- legged that about Sept. 1, 1912, the city through its agents during the laying of the new walks blasted and cut the p1aaintiffs propertyy in Walbach street AS a result the dwelling was left overhanging the sidewalk with cut any underpining or support and Che walls of the building were cracked and weakened ard the property left in a ragged condition.
 Attorney Smith suggested to the court that the jury be allowed to in- spect the property for the purpose of becoming acquainted with the condi- tions, in which Judge Bennett con- cured, and the jurors went to Wal bach street to view the premises.
 When the jury returned shortly be- fore u.30, Attorney Morris Lub- chanslSy and Smith for the plaintiff and corporation counsel and Attorney Charles B. Whittlesey for the defend si1ble settlement, and at the expiration of about a half hour returned with the announcement that they had reached settlement.
 The sum agreed to be paid Mrs. Balestrini was reported at $500.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

First Taxing district Of Norwalk: for the education of deaf and defective children in public schools.
 Concerning duties of jury commits gioners; fixing the salary of the judge oe the town court of Huntington at $500: deputy judgef$1 co, and prnsecuf-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
Calendar. '

Rejected the close sea- son for hares and rabbits from Jam uary 1 to October z and preventing the use of the ferret. The vote on the question of passing the bill was to 2S. The senate then refused to consider its action.
 Tabled d-Concerning baseball pools
 rassed-Anowing the transfer of minors from reformatory institu- tions to the Connecticut School for
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

ham, of wiIiimantic ssrsx for ser- vices rendered the state in the hIrh- way department: to increase by fsfST- pases the size of the report Of tfsS Connecticut Agricultural Exeprfrnef,f station. l
 The senate adjourned 4e -Wednes- day at ILLS a m -Te@s9
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
prohShatins,

Imbeciles; prohibiting the use Of dragnets having meE21es two and one-half inches in length and which are more than 100 feet long. along tho shores of Long Island sound;
 increasing the salary Of building in spector in Bridgeport to s2,e00 a
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

Officials of the Order of the Golden Cross have issued an invitation to all members to attend the grand lodge meettng in Hartford on the evening of April 13.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
Mayor Langhorne Recalled from Berlin

Washington, March 30. - Major Eeogge T. Langhorne, former attache fo the American embassy at Berlin, who has been on temporary duty at 10 the Eleventh cavalry for duty at F'urt Oglethorpe, Ga. In announcing Ehis today Secretary Garrison again 6ecIined to throw any light on the reasons for Major Langhorne's relief Rrom duty in the German capital.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

Spring repairs are being made to xhe exterior of the Otis library.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-11
One More Gang,ier Drive.

Police Commissioner WOODS has un.
dertaken another Of the periodic cam.
paigns against gangsters. Special
squads Of policemen and detectives
have pursued the gun fighters for two
months, obtained the Imprisonment
OF hundred or more of them, and
are still Systematically suppressing
their diversions aud cutting oil theif
revenues by prohibiting the peculiar
social entertainments from which,
through the sale of tickets. the lead
ers line their pockets Soon the town
will be assured that there are no
more gangs; and within Il short
time after this announcement IL
made the experienced will begin to
look for a particularly atrocious out
break of violence.
Mr.. WoODs's predecessors have
seemed to indulge the belief that Il
they could once clear New York Of
cangSters the town would forever
be free from them. That the places
of those sent to the penitentlary or
forced to flee from New York were
immediately filled by new recruits
has been furthest from their thoughts.
Yet this is VIGOROUSLY the case, and
the store set by the heads of the pc.
lice on the permanent efficacy OF a
general clean up is one of the prin-
cipal causes of the long continuance
Of the evil.
Instead Of once or twice year in.
stltuting gangster drives modelled on
Australian rabbit hunts. the police
must repress the gangs and their men,
hers every day and every hour IN
the day if their activities are 10 bo
notably decreased. The stern en-.
forccment Of the law year In and
year out, not occasional harsh appii.
cations of its terms, is needed to
drive this class of criminals to cover.
This Is the only way Ivy which lasting
good results can be got, and SUI
prlsng fact in New York history Is
that serious resort has never been had
to such a sensible policy.
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The Nonkers Mystery.

II the story told by Mons. the por-
ter In the Odd Fellows Home re.
Gently of the Bronx and now Of Yon.
kers, is true. and the cOntirmatory
evidence already collected strongly
indicates that 1t is at least based on
fact, the conclusion is inescapable
that the public authorities have been
culpably remiss in the performance
of their duties. Mons asserts that
troublesome inmates of the institu-
ton were murdered to get them out
of the way, and among the numerous
significant facts developed in the in
Gury h!s story made necessary a
large increase in the death rate fig-
ures Importantly.
Every death in a public or private
institution of this kind is IA suspl-
cious death. and sudden rise In the
mortality rate should attract immc.
diate attention from the Coroner and
the police. As a matter Of fact, the
large number of deaths previous 10
December of last year caused rumorS
Of mistreatment Of inmates to circu-
late. aud the officers of the home com
PEELED MoRs TO make II statement on
the subject. That statement, how
ever, should have been the fruit of
official questioning, for the protection
Of helpless residents in these institu-
tions Is a serious charge on the pub
lie. no matter whether they are sup
ported from the public treasury or
through private bencvolence.
1t is notorious that competent and
reliable workers to care for such in
stitutions are difficult, If not impos-
sible, to get In the numbers needed.
This fact imposes peculiar respon-
siblity on the authorities. When the
present revelations are finally con
Guided and the appropriate action
has been taken on them, citizens gen
orally will have some questions to
ask. The most important of these
will have to do with the methods
adopted by boards Of health, police
and coroners to survey the conditions
that exist not only IN the lonkers
home but in the many other similar
establishments in New York.
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actions at the principal banking centres
in a Treasury crusade against ultra
wires dealings by national bankers7
What are called the country banks
in the national banking system con
stitute the great majority of the total
number. Until the Federal Reserve
ac; went into effect national banks
could not make loans on real es-
tate, but there is reason to suspect
that If the Comptroller OF the Cur
rency should investigate the country
banks he would find plenty of in.
stances where the law had been VIC.
Lated in the past. Indeed. it has often
hecn said in banking circles that at
times the country banks would have
much difficulty in employing their
funds If they did not make direct or
Indirect realty loans.
Again. take the matter of excess
loans that Is, loans in violation Of
certain statutory restrictions. Unless
the common belief Of bankers is err
roneous. the South. which Is the con-
temporary object Of so much Treas
ury solicitude. would on inquiry yield
a large aggregate of cases of excess
loans in the national banks. Indeed.
II Is said that without such excess
loans the planting, cultivation, pick.
ing and ginning Of cotton and the
movement of the crop to market
would be severely hampered.
Perhaps investigation Of realty loans
and Of excess loans would show that
profits have not always resulted and
that on the contrary losses have been
taken. Why not make an example Of
national bankers outside Of the finan-
clal centres?
Incidentally, we wonder what will
happen IL the Comptroller Of the Cur.
rency unearths national bank trans
actions IN this city involving securi-
ties of the Hudson and Manhattan
Railroad Company, Familiarity known
as the McAdoo tube company. Would
Comptroller WILLIAMS regard IL "a
unfortunate If he discovered in the
accounts of banks here evidence of
losing transactions resulting from the
enterprise with which the name OF
his chief Is associated?
No doubt IL he should do so he
would press demands for restitution
similar to those which he has urged
or now contemplates in respect To
other losses in securities. hut it would
he Il rather regrettable and awkward
circumstance, would it not?
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Purely Academic.

In his own defence against the as.
Saults Of his fellow Democrats Sena-
tor OGoRMAN put to his colleagues
on Tuesday this question;
How long do you think the people
of that State New York; will attach
Itself to the Democratic party II It
ayows its belief in such principles
[caucus rulel?"
Not long, surely hut after all the
Interrogation Is purely academic. The
people Of New York showed at thu
polls last November as convincingIy
as anybody should require that it
was not at that time attached to the
Democratic party. Pluralltles of 145,-
I32 for the Republican candidate for
Governor and Of % 603 for that par
tvs nominee for United States Scna-
tor might almost be called sympto-
matte OF a sentiment Of aversion.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-11

In command Of any registered Amer.
lean ship. There should therefore
be little danger Of an American or
any other neutral ship being sunk
In the Channel, the Atlantic, the irish
or the North Sea by German submu.
rine, destroyer or cruiser, IL the com.
mnnder understood the rules of war
fare and the requirements of inter.
national law In this respect the
training of German naval officers -
thorough. There Is to be noted
peculiar passage in Herr Won JAGoY VS.
statement:
German warships heretofore have de-
stroyed merchant ships belonging to the
enemy only when there was every GER
tainty that their passengers and crews
could get away safely. But in future
this forDearance must be subordinated
to military considerations, now that
England, by measures inadmissiblc
under international law, has paralyzed
neutral commerce with Germany in an
attempt to force upon the German
civilian population death by starvation"
What is TO be understood by this
declaration by the authorized repre-
sentative Of belligerent nation that
possesses a powerful navy but vii,
not risk 1t in a sea fighty Does il
mean that German submarines, D-
other warships, will in future sink
enemy merchant ships without wacn.
ing TO their crews, destroying all on
board as well as the hull? We be-
lieve nothing Of the sort We believe
that German naval officers will fol-
low the example of the command.
err of Ito, who before sinking the
British steamship Durward in the
North Sea ON January n gave the
crew time to get into their boat and
afterward towed them to safety nea-
the Mas lightship
Herr Won JAGow knows of course
that England did not give notice thar
foods would be treated as contrahand
until the German Government had
announced that il would take over
grains, -four, and certain other sup
plies; and in speaking of IAN attempt
10 force upon the German civilian
population death by starvation" he
not only exaggerates conditions in
Germany but Ignores Continental
neutral countries as sources Of sup.
ply. We read in the Foreign Score.
tary's language a threat which the
German Admiralty has no intention
of following up with deeds yiolatlve
of international law and contrary to
the rules of civilized warfare. The
war zone warning to neutrals IS
designed, we have no doubt. 70
Brighten their ships away from Brit.
lSh waters.
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Fish and Flesh.

When there Is financial storm
brewing 1t is always to the bankers
at the financial centres that the coun-
try turns for leadership and action.
The way In which last years panic
was weathered is practical proof
enough OF the sOundness OF metro.
pOlitan banking institutions and the
integrity with which they are man
aged. Taking business In the whole,
It Is on big business that the heavl.
like the present, and big business Is
the country's mainstay and reliance
when 1t comes to initiative and effort
which minimize depression and over
come 1t.
This Is why there Is such a slow
recovery to-day from the paralysis
of business confidence 1t Is precisely
the point Of economic support which
has been weakened by political At
tsIck. for the target OF political activ.
l.! IN recent years especially in the
last two years, has been the big bank.
ers ana the big business men Of the
land. An excellent Illustration IT
how not to inspire confidence is beln,
currently afforded by the Comptroller
of the Currency.
Just lately Comptroller WILLIAMS
has broken out anew with fresh Ell.
deayors Of reformatory zeal, appar-
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year to six months is favored by the
man-electcd lawmakers, and the task
of aligning the new voters Is now
under way.
When the Nevada Equal Franchise
League meets on February 1S to wind
up its affairs its members will form
II Womens Civic League, taking over
the effective organization which con
trlbuted largely to the successful
campaign for the ballot, and through
1t they will work diligently against
any relaxation of the divorce laws.
The new league will be non-partl-
san, and by means OF 1t the women
intend to "render good account OF
their stewardship" and do what they
may ito secure for the state and the
country better government"
The divorce issue is one on which
the feminine conscience is held to be
especially sensitive. and II falls with.
In the category OF domestic and
moral problems as to which woman's
Judgment Is asserted to he finer than
mans. For these reasons and be
cause II Is presented in concrete form
for determination early in their ca
reer as voters the attitude of the
Nevada women on the subject will
he of unusual interest.