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Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21

The four-masted schooner in dis tress off Quogue, whose identity was hidden yesterday by a mantle of fog, was lowed to sea by another vessel.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21

About 65,ooo bales of American cot ton are being loaded on eight vessels at various ports, for shipment to Ere
 men and Rotterdam.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21

George Buckingham, the original Friar Tuck Of the old Bostonians, died in Burlington, Vt, of heart failure He was 75 years old.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21

Richard c. DiEey, a prominent club man of Philadelphia, fell from third story window in his home there. He died before the arrival of a physician.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21

Since the outbreak of the war the Bank of England has added 64,O0O, 0OC pounds in bars and coin to it's stock ot gold.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21

Lieuteant General Freiherr von Omp- teda Of the German army, has been killed in the western area at the head of his brigade.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21

Mrs Frances Munds of Yavapai county, the only woman ever elected to the Arizona senate, presided over that body.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21

The cruiser Washington was ordered to leave Hampton Roads for Hayti with extra marines to land for the protection of foreign property there, should it become necessary.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21

The United States Mortgage & Re alty O., with an authorized capita of s10,000,O00 has been formed in Bal LiTnore.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21

Frederic Schulz was acquitted at White Plains, \. Y, for shooting Chas H. Wilson during the Horse Show there on September IT.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21

J. T. Monohan, manager of the New York agency of the National Bank of Cuba, was elected a member of the board of directors of the Cuban Tel epfone Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21

Fred Wolf. boarding house keep CT, at East Haddan1, Conn., commit ted suicide by shooting himself known for the act
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21

John Paul Jones, aged 2s, an actor. said to be 8. descendant of the first American Admiral, pleaded guilty in court in New York to the charge of selling heroin.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21

The interstate Commerce Conmis- sions suspended proposed increases in freight rates on lumber from southern producing points to Ohio River pro- ducing points.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21

Three inches of snow, the heaviest fall in many years, covered the ground at Shreveport, La Snow also fell in southwestern Texas for the first time. in many years.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-21

Operations at the Pennsylvania Sug- ar Co.'S plant at Philadelphia, are eX- pected to be resumed in a few days,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31
MOTHER AND HER TWO
CHILDREN DIE In FIRE
SuffOcated by Smoke in Bedroom
With Single Window
Boarded Up.

ELIZABETH. y. j., Jan 30-Mrs. Eliza
beth Miller. 50 years old. wife OF George
Miller of l13 Liberty street and her tive
children, George, three years old, and
Edgar nine months old, were suffocated
TO death tonight in A small bedroom when
their home was destroyed by fire
The mother took the children upstairs to
bed early In the evening. They were alone
In the house and there was a hot fire In
the kitchen stove. The family had not
been upstairs long when the house caught
Are. BY the time the firemen reached the
scene the place was a mass of flames. The
firemen finally succeeded in getting the
flames under control
Investigation as 10 who was IN the house
when the FIRE started led to the finding
OF the bodies The room they we're In had
only one window, which was boarded up
The house destroyed was a story and a
half frame structure. There are two other
children OF the family, Helen, II years
old. and Madeline, IL. They were not a.
! homo at the time OF the fire. The father
is employed in the Singer Sewing Ma
chine factory. A defective hue is believed
| 20 have caused the fire.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31
MYTHICAL EXHIBITORS
GOT AWARDS AT FAIR
Niagara County Society Accused
of Misusing State Funds
by Investigator.

ArpANY. Jan. 3o.-MismanaEement or
the funds donated by the state TO the
Niagara County Fair Society is alleged In
report to-day to state Conp'ro',er
Travis by Deputy Warren I. Leo VINO
recently Investigated the affairs OF the so
rietv. The practice OF awarding prenl-
una IN persons who made no exhibits and
certifying TO the Agricultural Department
that such persons had shown livestock
was followed by the society, Lee declares
Mayor John II. Earl OF Lockport rs
treasurer of the society, and he Is charged
with having paid "a roustabout OF the
fair. who was one OF his ward heelers
sI2s in 1918 for a big exhibit or live
s,ock. witnesses testified that this roust'
about never owned head OF live stock
In 1912 this man was paid $50 FOR an
exhibit of horses, bulls, pigs ana othei
animals. -,
r.. Nathaniel Roberts. postmaster OF
Iockport, and Anderson Crowforth, cnalr'
mar OF political city committee are oni
cias OF the fair society
Tho report declares that In many IN
stances no one could be found answering
| the description OF those alleged TO haV'
| been paid premiums. The city directorie
| did not contain their names and old resi-
dents had no knowledge OF some OF tn
| exhibitors" The names OF officials o
| the society were written underneath tn
| signatures on the checks paid out a
premiums.
Tho evidence was turned over 10 TIL
| District Attorney OF Niagara county AM
| the Comptroller will request Attorney
| General woodbury. 10 institute actions 4
recover the moneys alleged to have beef
/ ILLEGALLY paid
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31
JACK FROST MAKES
BREAD LINE DANCE
Hundreds Execute Jig Step i'm
Effort to Keep Warm
While Waiting.

At noon yesterday 200 men were doing
q Sig step in First street just Off the
Bowery. Al o'clock 1000 men were
doing a Jig step in the same place. Al
. O'clock, when the doors OF THE SUNS
free bread station we're opened, there we're
1.7sf men executing the bread line jig
step and sis women were doing hesita-
ton step--all in futile effort to keep
warm until 1t came their turn to enter
the little store to get free loaf Of bread
whether the temperature was ~ de-
grees. the minimum recorded by the Their
mometer. or whether It was 81. as the
thermometers maximum established the
weather. II was e day. at any rate. which
no one but a starving man or woman
would pick out to stand in line for a Loaf
OF bread.
Men in tattered clothes which furnished
ready spots for the frlgid airs ventlla.
tion, men In shoes which had a tissue
paper protection between feet and cobble'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31
DEMOCRATS TO
OPEN THE 1916
FIGHT MARCH 4
Chairman McCombs Plans a
Party "Love Feast" in
Washington.
WILSON INDORSES 1T
after 4 CONFERENCE

ur,.utyerox. Ian. 30--with the APP
-..,.l NJ President Wilson, Nauonal
,......-p,n william McCombs has under
cabot. 10 arrange for n big Democratic
,,..r.o,, celebration here March as the
,o-,r . opening OF the national campaign
n -c Democracy.
Mr. ,Ir,'anbs conferred with President
u,,..r This afternoon on political matters
~, .oysht the Presidents approval FOR
~, .'oy. feast ne had in mind. and II Is
,,,a.rstond tnat tho President heartily
,,,-,,,,.ndad the suggestion. Mr. Nc
Combs is TO confer with Democratic lead
,r, OF all parts OF the country IN the I'M
mediate future with view to giving
,-rpetls to the movement which he has
started
The March celebration will be the frst
oN,ir Of It's kind which the Democratic
leaders, have held since the memorable
t,rlsor day banquet here In 1919, at
which President Wilson made an address.
There will be one important point OF
a,gcrerre between the celebrations ac-
.o-ding 10 Mr. McCombs. The jackson
d,v b,nauet marked the girdirg OF the
,oi,. Of the Democracy for the contest
,hor about 10 be waged against the Re
publican party.
The coming celebration, however. will
ne intended urst of all to express the
qualification Of the party leaders at me
,uo wears Of constructive work which
all have been completed by the Demo
c-4tc administration.
President Wilson viii deliver speech
20 his parry colleagues, and THIS Is
expected. will sound the keynote OF inc
Democratic celebration.
The national committee will attend the
celebration and arrangements Will be
made TO have party LEADERS from every
s.ction present While the celebration
will be doomed primarily rs a slo-ihca-
ton Of the record OF the present Admins
r-atInn it will serve also as an opportu-
nifty TO smooth out the fractional SQUAD
bios in various state organizations.
states where strife has been somewhat
painfulIy brought to the attention OF the
marty leaders are New York Pennsyl-
yona and Illinois. II IL understood that
special attention will be given TO an ef'
fort to heal the wounds in these organiza'
tious and furnish a united front in 1915
Mr. NcCombs had conferences to-day
and Yesterday with Majority Leader I'm
derwood. Chairman Fitzgerald of the
House Committee on Appropriations and
other PARTY leaders in Congress on the
subject Of economy In Government ex'
panditures.
NJ McComhs and these leaders are
convinced that tho Democratic party from
this time on should make Jealous ef'
iorr to impress lie country w';i rs Tc5o
luton to maintain the strictest economy
~ operating the Government.
The outcome Of the conferences ha:
oNeu the conclusion on the part OF tn
'saders that a reduction OF S57,000.O0C
can be made in the appropriations for tn
next fiscal year
Mr.. McComhs laid much stress upoi
his policy in his conference with tn
President to-day. as he is strongly of tn
opinion that II should be adopted by tn
Administration.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31
HEAVY SNOW T0.DAY-MAYBE.
storm Headed This Way May side
wipe New York.

Perhaps tho weather man will issue
heavy snow warning for Commissioner
fetherston this morning. lie was think
ng seriously about It last night. but de-
'tded 1t was little too soon for the warn
mg
There was snow or rain almost every
where in the United States yesterday OK
ccpt in New York. 4 big storm that was
recently brewed on the Pacific coast has
broken in two. The centre of the largest
nart was Just north of Dodge City, Kan,
''st night and was coming this way fast
Il viii sldewipe New York the weather
man believes, and that means that this
fly viii GO, warmer weather and plenty
n snow, There was snow last night as
near As Elkins w Va, and at Columbus,
Ohio Chicago got almost three inches.
II was raining hard throughout the Mis-
sssppi Valley
The official forecast promises snow and
'arner weather for to-day followed on
'loudiy by snow or rain, with winds be-
coming soulheasterly and increasing.
Tho mercury began to rise yesterday
morning, reaching 20 degrees above at
IS r. VI. The temperature at A. M
toe lowest yesterday. was 10 above The
",nh rurcs yesterday averaged twenty
niles.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31
PINNED UNDER AUTO IN WATER
Two Trenton Doctors Saved From
Drowning by Railroad Employees.

TRENTON, y. j.. Jan, 30.-Dr. c. II.
Read and DR.. Samuel Freeman were
were riding when 1t plunged over a fifteen
foot embankment this afternoon and
landed at the bottom OF the Delaware and
Raritan Canal at the MONTGOMERY street
cross ng In this city.
Both men were rescued by Pennsyl-
vania Railroad employees. DIR. Read was
taken to hospital with a broken leg
and his lungs filled with water. Dr.
Freeman was badly bruised.
Or. Freeman. who was driving, lost
control OF the car al II was descending
the steep grade OF MONTGOMERY street
where the canal runs through a cut In the
hill. Most OF the water was out OF the
canal. but there was enough remaining
to have drowned both physicians had
they not been promptly rescued.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31
SHE CANT HELP STEALING.
Granddaughter Of "Mother Mandel-
baum" BIames Heredity for Plight.

Dorothy Blower. married three times
md twice divorced. daughter OF Sam
Nohler. notorious swind.er. and grand
daughter of Mother Mandelbaum, well
known 70 tho police as Fence" was
ken 10 Police Iheadquartcrs Yesterday
charged with grand larceny,
Is Il any wonder I am a thief with
such blood In ny veins" she said yester-
day TO reporters and detectives. 81 am
epless 10 restrain my criminal instincts.
Ny heritage of tainted blood forces me
20 steal whenever 7 take anything TO
drink"
on Christmas Day Harry Russell. East
crn representative Of the Armour COM
Dany. and his wife met Mrs Blower AT
= cabaret on l25th street, and becoming
Interested IN her. for she is well edu-
Gated and charming In manner, Invited
her TO have dinner with them. When she
left Mrs. Russell missed Il set OF furs
worth $500. The girl was traced by de-
'ectves and finally caught on Friday
t'ght IN Seventh avenue cabaret.
Magistrate Ten Eyck held her IN $1,000
hail for the Grand jury on the larceny
ah1rge IN tho Harlem Court
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31

stones. and men whole stonachs were
empty. Women bareheadSd or with
tawdry shawls over their heads. All
chilled to the bone and harry with hands
shaking and trembling with the cold. For
an hour and a half they hled in;o the
bread depot for bread; untn the 2,1oo
loaves Of the days supply had peen gwen
away.
Then the men formed into another line
which followed a tortuous path up to the
Bowery and around under tue r;svE--d
structure TO the Hadiey Rescue Hail.
where 1886 cups OF hotAcoffke we're given
TO them. Bishop OF the eowery John
Callahan and his wife &upsrintended the
giving away OF the coffee, $50 ga Ions of
which were consumed In the process.
Tom Merry and Dick Brtsh, the d,~
had noticed + W kxi+srns ," ~
ing about the bread line. dufi.s I..e
week with hsndbills. announcing a
mass meeting In Union Square at
2 o'clock yesterday after1oon. Merry
and Bright felt this metdinS was In COM
petition with the bread line. over which
they preside and they waited for 9 =. NJ
TO come around to see whether the
asitators had lured away the army OF
poor and hungry which comes at that
hour every day for breadt Merry and
Bright said afterward thsy didnt lose a
recruit.
Instead they gained a tnerr5er for the
bread club contributors. She was an
| elderly woman, who said her name was
bread shop and gave Merry III toward the
fund which furnishes the bread Other
contributions were: IS. Phillpse Manor
81, r. c. NJ. SO. Friend; 81. IS. II. W.
/ and 81. r. l.. Il.
Checks for bread fund sh9ulds be mad,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31
Bread Line Near Broadway Attracts
Passcrs' Attention.

The attention OF persons passing IN
Broadway yesterday afternoon was at
tracted to 1000 hungry and shiverinR souls
waiting in the bread line at the Forty-f-ss
street entrance of the Hotel Knickerbocker.
James Il. Regain. proprietor OF the hotel.
who started the bread line several days
ago, is inclined to believe that prosperous
citizens who saw the picture OF suffering
and want may be moved to respond with
assistance.
In the course of the afternoon 2.5is
rous13es four gallons OF mustard, 800
ioaves OF bread. 200 gallons Of coff.~ 90
gallons OF milk and l5O pounds OF sugar
were given to the hungry Dimes and
niCkels were distributed to the more
needy. including sixty-one women, by
several OF the hotel guests and one man
who drove up to the line in a touring
car gave to six men who were almost
shoeless orders for new shoes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31
NEWARK LAWYER ACCUSED.
simon Hahn Must show Cause why
He should've he Disbarred.

TRENTON, n. J.. Jan. 30.-Under an
order signed by Chancellor Walker to-
day former Police Judge simon Hahn OF
Newark is cited 10 appear before the
Chancellor here on February TO show
cause why he should not be debarred
from practising as a solicitor OF the Court
OF Chancery.
The order. drafted by Halsey NJ. Bar.
rett at the instance OF the court, alleges
unprofessional conduct on the part Of
Mr.. Hahn In connection with the pay
mont to him Of $4,000 by Newark
man who was Threatened with heing
named AZ correspondent in a divorce
action. limitations of blackmall are in
volved in the charges
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31
WORK FOR NEW YoRK'S J0BLESS
city 10 Fay Out About 100000 TO
Lsborers before May I.

The CITY will complete 100000 worth
" public work within the first four months
~ this year, TO be begun at once. Only n
.msl percentage OF this amount--about
$500, ooO---will be used for wages between
now and May /. This does not include the
wages paid on subway work.
Mayor Mitchell said yesterday regarding
ne report of the Corporate Stock Budget
committee of the Board of Estimate. sub
nlued on Friday: 81 have urged from
mo start that the city set an example 10
prva'e employers hy speeding cp or all
the work II can do. and I think an honest
suort has been made 10 find Just what can
oe tchIATsS u ~ .isAsaaaaiats future"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31

Are the wages paid by the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company good?'
They are lower than in Wyoming.
Montana and Washington. dc not con-
cede that they are good and ! want to say
OF whnt a man earns. but of what he
gets after the company is through with
him
Lawson reiterated the charges fire.
luently testified 20 before the commissic II.
that men favored by the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company are kept in office. and
that IL Is done 10y voting sheep, mules
and even box cars at elections. He
charged also :5a: :; miner So.51s 80 I'D
post flee for a United states money
order Is frequently given company orders.
Amos Pinchot took the stand AT ~ 80
o'clock and AZ ~ the hearing was ad-
journed while nc was still reading "A pre-
pared statement IN answer 10 "A ques.
tionaire submitted to him. In his opinion
Industrial unrest Is due to uuempl yment
resulting from under production and flood ms
OF the labor market by greedy employers
He denounced the Rockefeller Foundation
as a menace to liberty and assailed the
| Associated Press and the United Press
for their failure TO print the news whert
corporate interests are concerned,
He will continue his testimony when the
| hearing il resumed on Monday morn ne
| in the Metropolitan Building. Other wit
nesses will be J. p. Morgan and James
Mackaye, the latter Boston sociologist
wko has evolved new scheme of scien
tifc ethics.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31
Bayonnc Women VIII Open Kitche.
for Needy Poor.

The Bayonne City Betterment Club. Of
which Mrs II. e. Colvile is president
arranged yesterday to open kitchen to
supply needy persons with meals at
minimum cost. The club will work In
conjunction with the Salvation Army and
will support the project until II Is self
supporting. Potatoes will be sold at one
cent a pound and other necessities will he
furnished equally cheap.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31

payable TO THE SUN. Checks and money
should be sent TO the main Office In the
Sun Building.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31

yet YOU have, In addition to the ordinary
agencies, the initiative. the referendum
and the recall Now II I'm spite OF these
excellent arrangements you can't get jus
tice Is not democracy a failure?"
Democracy has been a miserable fail
ure in Colorado"
But II II is so does II not result from
the fault of the people OF the state them.
selves
Yes. II does
Then what would you do
%; would insist that every man at the
head of a corporation or in /; comply with
the law and give the people social and
Industrial Justice"
But what II the people do not avail
themselves of the machinery that has been
provided for them to obtain these things 90
"IIow can they avail themselves of them
N the corporations control the officials
through whom those things must be OBJ
tained' | believe our only hope hes in
men oheylng the law without the neces-
.sity of being forced to do so and penal
ICED II they do not
but when law makes II possible isn't
II reiet ton on the intelligence and civic
spirit o: the wage earners who constitute
;he greater part Of the population"
YES. but there Is q greater reflection
on th1sr who know the law and under
stand what 3; means ! am not defending
the wage earners, hut ! am criticising
the officials for not obeying the law. It
takes time for the wage Gamers to learn
how to weld tho ballot effectively. but
they are learning"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31
LAWS REMEDY SOLELY FOR
CAPITAL, ASSERTS WSON
Miners Official Excuses Violence by Attack Colorado
Justce-Admits Conditions for Which He
Criticised Rockefeller Have Changed

I must decline to go into the details OF
tho arming OF the men"
Commissioner weinstock and Commits
soner Lehman both cited instances OF the
violation OF contracts by miners. Com
missioner Weinstock then read a state
ment by a union official. In which he
justified such action by the union, and
wanted to know whether as an abstract
proposition Lawson approved OF that
statement.
Until l could know all the facts l AM
not In a position" replied Lawson. to
answer your question"
This was almost verbatim the kind OF
answer Mr.. Rockefeller made when he
was asked II he approved the action oi
his representatives In Colorado.
Lawson said that there are now nine
teen indictments pending against him
fourteen of which are for murder. Nc
operator has been indicted, he said. fol
the outrages committed by their hire
linRs during the strike and was not likely
to be because OF the control over Govern
mental agencies exercised by the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31

NiehtgOwns
In pink or white crepe de chine silk;
tailored model; v neck; hem
stitched neck and sleeves.
Value $4.9S
Nightgowns
In pink or white crepe de chine silk;
V-cuf shape model; buttonhole eye
LEI, with ribbon drawn through
Value $6.95
Envelope Chemises
In pink or white crepe de chine silk;
tailored model hemsttched band
and shoulder straps.
Value SECS
Envelope Chemises
In pink or white crepe de chine silk;
tailored model; buttonhole eyelet,
with ribbon drawn through,
..- ,~-- Value S4.95
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-09-16

have not given them a more
hearty cooperation in the past,
and promise here and now that
they shall have it in the future,
and when We as citizens arecall-
cd upon as jurors, We pledge our
selves TO give them unqualified
support for stamping out of any
and all violations of law, regard
less Of criticism and any loss of
business wich might result.
6. That, inasmuch an this ia
Local Option Territory, any effort
by any wholesale firm, 10 furnisn
dealers intoxicants in any form is
unappreciated and undesired, and
We do respectfully request that
they refrain from 80 doing in the
future.
Z. And we ask the Elks Lodge
being composed of some of the
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-09-16
STRONG RESOLUTIONS
ADOPTED AT MASS MEETING

At two mass meetings held here
Friday and Saturday TO map out
a plan of concerted action against
lawlessness and liquor, the follow.
ing resolutions were drawn and
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, the lawless conduct
Hickman and county of Fulton in
violating the local option law, has
become intolerable TO the citizens
OF said town and county ana re-
suited in more than one tragedy,
particularly the death of our late
Deputy Sheriff, w. A. Naylor
Whereas, il is desired that the
price paid in his death as re.
suit of this lawlessness shall moi
have been in vain, therefore b,
il resolved;