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Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
FUTURE POLICY OF
 NEW HAVEN SYSTEM
Submitted to Massachusetts Public
 Service Commission.

Boston. Feb. 16.-The directors Of Uhe New York, New Haven and Hart ford railroad. in a statement Of their future policy submitted to the public service commission, announce the in Uention of the road to sell some of its present holdings. to merge others, to acquire nc new properties and to at tend closely to the business Of trans portation.
 The statement which was authorized at a meeting in New York Feb. 2, says that in accordance with the de- cree of tn federal court for the south err district of New York the company has divested itself entirely of the stock of the Boston Railroad Holding company and Of the various subsidiary and leased lines of the Boston and Maine railroad, the Connecticut com pany, the Rhode Island company, the Danielson Railway company and the Sea View Railroad company.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
TERMITTENT MEDICAL
 EXAMINATIONS SUGGESTED
At Convention of American Medical
 Association.

Chicago Feb. 16.-Laws that will re- qEire intermittent medical examination even from practitioners of years standing were suggested in a report at today's session of the convention of the American Medical association.
 Tt is difficult to raise the standard of practitioners who have been at work for many years said Dr. Horace D. Arnold of Harvard university. who read the report. yet these doctors should be examined from time to time to see if they have forgotten every thing they knew or if they are keep ing up with the times"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
OBITUARY,
Robert LinceIn Lee.

New York, Feb. 16.-Robert Iin- coin Lee horseman, big game hunter and society man, who shot himself on February at 8 local hospital, where he was a patient, died tonight Of the wound. z
 Depressed by his illness, Mir Lee arose during the absence of his nurse, took from his travelling bag a revolver and shot himself in the head He was a son of the late William II, Lee, of Hartford. Conn. and was 5l Wears old.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
Rritish steanner RIonn un-

London. Feb. Is, 11.15 p. n-A des- patch to Lloyds from Fecamps. France says the British steamer Dulwich, Captain Dudley, bound from Hull for Bouen. was blown up yesterday even ing twenty-five miles off Cape Antifer by two successive explosions. The despatch says that seven men of the crew of the steamer arrived in Fe- camp last night. They reported that none of the men on board the steam CT had been injured and that all of them could have made their escape in the IifebOats
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
PRIZE CREW PLACED
 ABOARD THE WILHELMINA
Three Officers and Sixteen Men. at
 Falmouth, Eng.

London, Feb. 16.-A prize crew of three officers and sixteen men were placed on board the American steam CT Wilhelmina at Falmouth today. The Wnhelmina is loaded with foodstuffs bound for Germany.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
saoo, 900 for Charitable Purposes.

New York, Feb. 16.-Enli1 C. Bondy, who died February :, leaving a large estate, beqUeathed more than S2Oo. coo for public and charitable purposes. His will was filed today for probate The trustees of Columbia university are left s100,000, the income to be used primarily for cancer research work. Many hospitals in this city were left substantial bequests.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
Fire Destroys Baptist Church at Nal
 den-Loss $2cO,oOo.

Maiden, Mass, Feb. 16.-The First Baptist church, large granite struc- ture in Maiden square, was destroyed by fire tonight, causing a. loss esti- mated at between SITS, GOO and $20O,- 0O0. Sparks scattered over a. wide area started several small fires. The public library was saved after a hard fight.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
Boston Gets Cargo From Germany.

Boston. Feb 1.-The Swedish steamer Ran brought here today the first cargo received from Germany since the war began. She left Lubeo on the Baltic sea on January and after calling at Copenhagen, skirted the Norwegian coast and then headed westward, passtng between the Shet- land and Orkney Islands.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
GERMANS WINNING IN
 EAST; LOSE IN WEST
French Capture Nearly Two Miles of German Trenches
 in the Champagne Region Near Perthes
BRITISH PROGRESS TO THE SOUTH OF TYRES

Activity France Has Increased During the Past Two Days In East Prussia the Germans Carrying Successful Offensive Operations-Russians Working to Forestah Quick Changes of the Austrian and German Forces Russians Report Conditions in Carpahians Unchanged While Vienna Claims Austrian Successes.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
PLIGHT OF DIPLOMATS
 IN MEXICO CITY.
Further Indications of Friction With
 Carranza Officials.

W asningJon. Feb. l6.--Eurtner indi- cations Of friction between Carranza officials and members of the diplomatic corps in Mexico City were contained in official advices today to the state department. In Vera Cruz. the seat of the CalTanza government. several newspapers were said to have printed articles intimating that the diplomats should transfer their activities to Vera Cruz or leave the republic.
 Secretary Bryan said that he did not interpret Carranza's recent order that ali diplomatic intercourse must be transacted with him personally as pre- venting American Consul Silliman and other foreign ministers from remain ing i'll Mexico City and dealing with General ObTegon on non -diplomatic business. He added, however, that when business arose that could not be transacted with any of Carranza's sub ordinates, Consul Canada at Vera Cruz could take up the negotiations or MT Silljman could 30 10 Vera Cruz for the purpose.
 The secretary suggested that other governments might follow & similar course.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

marder of the German cruiser Blue cher who was among those rescued during the battle between British and German squadrons in the North sea Jan 25, died here tonight from pneu- monia His illness was due to eN- posture suffered when the Bluecher was sunk. Captain Erdmann was one of the greatest gunnery authorities ill the German navy.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
Civil Service Bill
 Passed by Senate
FOUR REPUBLICANS VOTED WITH
 DEMOCRATS.
DULL DAY IN HOUSE
Passed Resolution Appointing Arthur M. Brown Judge Of Town Court of Griswoid

Hartford, Feb 16.-The senate today listened to Senator Lsbells explana- tlon of the reasons why the civil ser vice went through two years ago. then heard his arguments in favor Of the majority report on the iudIciaI-- committees bill. changing the law. and finally administered d knockout blow to the enactment of two wears ago by passing the amended measure fathered by the New Haven senator Amendments offered by Senators Pur-
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Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
TO PRESENT NEW PARK
 TO CITY OF BOSTON.
The Julia Ward Howe Memorial Asso-
 ciation

Boston. Feb 16.-The Julia Ward Howe Memorial associa ion is to pre- sent the city with a park in memory of the author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic it was announced to- night. The park will be near the Shrandway in South Bosto nand vii contain l500 square feet Within it will be placed a monument to Mrs. Howe and @ statue of her husband, Dr Samuel c. Howe. The statue will be erected by Greek citizens in memory Of Dr. Howes philanthropic services to their country
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
ANTI CATHOLIC SPEAKER
 FORWARDED WITH EGGS
Assistant Arrested When He Refused
 to Obey Police at Paterson. N. j.

Paterson. \. T., Feb. 16.-The Rev. l.. J. King. of Toledo. Ohio was driven from the platform at a meeting he had called here tonight when he attempted to make an anti-Catholic address \ bombardment Of eggs was continued in the street as policemen escorted him away George Holley, one of his assistants, was arrested when he at tempted to continue the meeting con- trary to police orders.
 The Toledo man is to speak again tomorrow night and a large detach- ment of police is expected to be pres ent.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
'plmepos ul s3orA pssJs

Venice. via London. Feb. r, 3.G5 a mt is reported that bread riots have occurred in Bohemia. A despatch from Carlsbad says that at Altrohlau near there, no bread has been procUrabls e for several days and that 400 women, bringing their children, came into Carlsbad from that village to beg that the authorities send them food.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

term dilu ilaue not euSlble TOT re- election.
 An auto truck com npany of Lima. O.. received an order for 2,O0O trucks of the three and four-ton variety The majority will go to the Russian Gov ernment.
 Secretary Of the interior Lane left Washington for San Francisco. where he will attend the opening of the Pan anna exposition as President Wilson's personal representative.
 Streams and rivers throughout Italy are out of their banks and rising, due to heavy rainstorms. At Rome, the River TibeT is more than fifty feet out of it's normal banks.
 Russian will not give piIotase to American ships through the mine to d cable received from the American ambassador at Petrograd.
 Two masked bandits rafded one Of the principal trolley terminals near Washington, held cashiers at bay with erIooking S5,0o0 more in their haste.
 The complaint against the New Haven Railroad of overcrowdinE the LIdinB between N6W hOCneH5 ana the Grand Central terminal has been withdrawn by F. A. MoIitor of 8 Mas sau street.
 Observations of the Meiish comet were made on February IS and 14 by Professor AitSen of the Kick Observ- atory, California according to a des- patch received ata the Harvard Ob- servatory-
 The State Conservation Commission will hold d public hearing relative to the sanitary condition of the various shell fish grounds in the waters of New York State at the commissions New Y Yorz city office February 19.
 Inventories oF all stocks of drugs held by wholesale and retail druggists cred to be made and completed by March l by Internal Revenue Comnis- Sioner Osborn, at Washington.
 4 sheriff's posse of fifty men, trav- cling in automobiles and aided by couriers on motorcycles, secured the hills west of Walsenburg. Col, for the two men who on Saturday shot and killed William Dick, a mine operator.
 Six British steamers which sailed from Boston during the past fortnight are not due to reach their destinations in England or Scotland before Feb ruary IS. the day the war zone around the British Isles will be established by Germany.
 Fifty-four thousand railroad en1-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
Expelled Spanish Minister Sails for
 Havana.

Vera Cruz. Feb. 16.--Jose CaYc. the Spanish minister who left Mexico City several days ago by order of General Carranza. was transferred from the United States battleship Delaware to the steamer Maria Cristina today and departed for Havana. The transfer was made outside the harbor.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
tiesrinas en panhury Hatters, Petftion

Washington, Feb. 16.-Hearings WilI be held soon by the house appropriA- uops committee on the petition from Connecticut members of the house ask ing that congress pay the fines i'm posed upon union worknen in the Dan bury hatters' injunction case Chair man Fitzgerald of the committee today agreed to grant the hearings. No date
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
To Fight subonic Plague at Havana.

Washington. Feb 16.-Surgeon Gen eraI Blue of the public health service today approved measures for fighting @ bubonic plague outbreak in Havana, suggested by cable by Surgeon Gie- e-orio Guiteras, who was sent from Key West to investigate. There have been three human cases of the plague reported all of them ending fatally, according to the despatch from Sur geon Guiteras.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

Thomas Kelly Cheyne. who was born in 1S4l. was for many years Oriel pro- lessor of interpretation of scriptures at Oxford. He was canon of Roches- ter from 1885 to 1908. He was the grandson of the Roy. T. H. Horne, author of the once popular theological textbook on the Introduction to the Holy Scriptures. lie was a member of the Old Testament Revision com pany in 1884 and was the author of many theological works.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

The American Steel & Wire Co., in creased the working force at both the Rockdale and the Joliet, H., mills by between 300 and 400 men.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

The Bank of England bought 125,' 900 pounds sterling bar gold.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

Boston, Feb. 16.-Legislation to vali- date the stock of the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad company outstanding on June 90, 1914. including 8 portion declared to have been issued without authority of Massachusetts laws since 1910, Is recommended by the public service commission in a. report filed today. It is further recommended that the funding of all the floating debt outstanding be authorized
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
NapoIeon's cirtb 41 4.2 Inches.

Paris Feb Is, 450 D. m.-The belt worn by Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo, which shows that his girth then was 4 1-2 inches has been pre- scented to the National Museum by Madame Ponpot, widow of the military painter.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
Movements of Steamships.

Liverpool, Feb. 16.-Arrived, steamer Dominion. Philadelphia via St. Johns, N. F.
 New York Feb. 16.-Sailed, steamer Cretic, Naples for Boston.
 Rotterdam Feb. 14-Arrived: steamer Hyndasm. New York
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
No Ma, crss in France.

cial order Mardi GraS was celebrated publicly nowhere in France today In most of the households the day was celebrated, but less pretentiously than usual
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
Has earman submarins Met nisast.r

London. Feb. IT, 4.05 a. m.-A Dun- kirk despatch to the Daily Mail says that a life buoy inscribed U-12 has been found on the shore at Zuydcote, near Dunkirk It is thought to have belonged to a German submarine which possibly met wit hdisaster,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
Cab!ed Paragraphs
Nn,AfnuncIIand,s War O.

Ncnfoundland's War Que' ,uoo St. Johns, N. F., Feb. 16- .aHS d. land. with a population .&6sA 250,- 600, plans to bring it~ sssaN men for the British army up to D. 900 if the war .ner year.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
Taft Leads Freshman Class at Yale

New Haven, Conn.,, Feb. 16--Charies P. Taft, 2d, nephew of former Presi- dent Taft, leads the honor students of the freshman academic class as Yale, according to a list made public to- night N. D. FendaH of New Britain is Second on the Iisa
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

Fifty-fou thousand railroad enl- pIoyes signed petitions to the Missouri Legislature, now in session, asking taht railroads of the State be allowed to increase freight and passenger rates the increase to give employment to several thousand additional men.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

The coast guard cutter Seneca left New York for the Grand Banks where sine will patrol the ice fields and report by the wireless the position of the ice efilds
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

Mrs. Reuben F. McBroom, who shot and killed her husband was indicted at Mobile, Ala, for first degree murder.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
Noted scriptural Authority Dead.

London, Feb. IT. | .5O a. rn.-The Rev. Thomas Kelly Cheyne. q. noted author ity on scriptural writings, died last night
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

Delirius following an operation for appendicitis. William B. Baker, jump ed from the third story window of the Brooklyn Hospital, killing himself.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

Indignation was expressed by Phil adeiphia Presbyterian ministers at the claim Of the Unitarians that Abraham Lincoln was member of the sect
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
Paper Largest
cut in Proportion to the Citys Population
Condensed TeIegrams

The Bank of England bought 125,- 900 pounds sterling bar gold.
 The Reading Railway will shortly be in the market for 15 steel coaches.
 Passports are again required before d person can leave Vera Cruz by sea.
 A railroad blockade is feared from the effects of a blizzard in northern Iowa.
 The Du Pont Powder Go. is spending S5 900 900 enlarging its plant at City Point, Ca.
 No bids were received for the s2oo.- 900, 1 per cent school bonds of Terre Haute, Ind.
 The Standard Oil Co.,. of New Jersey declared it's regular quarterly dividend of $ 5a share.
 : The H. c. Prick Coke Co.,, fired 515 additional coke over in the Councils vile, Pa, district.
 The Newark Factory Site Co.,, Inc. with q capital of s1,000,000 was in corporated at Trenton, \. J.
 The Tonopah- Belmont Mining Co.'s
  against $117,604 for December.
 Two hundred young men availed themselves of the first opportunity to call Sundays at Nassar College.
 third Youngstown, O., Sheet & Tube furnace will be reIighted this week, leaving only one idle stack.
 The town hall and three other build ings at Hammond, N- T., were de- stroyed by fire at a loss of S40,000.
 Grain receipts at Chicago last week were 5,907 900 bushels, d decrease of 983000 bushels from the preceding week.
 The California Railroad Commission made permanent it's temporary order, issued a year ago, reducing express rates.
 Fifteen hundred of the most needy among the unemployed of Greater New York are on the temporary payroll of the Salvation Army. Monday was the warn1est February l3 in New York that the Weather Bu- reau has ever recorded. The tempera- ] tuTe was 61 degrees.
 The American Steel & Wire Co., in- creased the working force at both the l Rockdale and the Joliet H., mills by l between 300 and 400 men. | Eight of the men charged with par ] ticipation in the uprising in the sub- l uTbs of Manila on the night of De i cenber g pleaded not guilty. The annual meeting of the Main ] State grange will be held in Portlanr 1 on December 18, 1S, and 15, accord ] ing 10 an announcement made. ! Thomas Casgrain, Postu1a ster-C Gen. ] eral of Canada, married Marie Louis, l Mason, of Paris, in St. Patrick's Co. ! thedraI in New York yesterday.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

During an address in Utica N. l.. former President Taft urged that President should be elected for a long term and made not eligible for re- election.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
Drafts of Three General Bills.

Drafts of three general bills accom- pany the report. The first is a per fecting redraft of the acts of 1913 rel alive to the issue by railroad corpora tions of stock, bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness. Another would allow any railroad corporation to issue preferred stock of one or more different classes, and a third would prohibit the issue by railroad corporations of fractional shares.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

An auto truck com pany of Lima. O.. received an order for 2,O00 trucks of the three and four-ton variety. The majority will go to the Russian Gov ernment.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

Thomas Cassrain, Postma ster- Gen eral of Canada. married Marie Louise Mason, of Paris, in St. Patrick's Co., thedraI in New York yesterday.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

Secretary Of the interior Lane left Washington for San Francisco. where he will attend the opening of the Pan anna exposition as President Wilson's personal representative.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

Streams and rivers throughout Italy are out of their banks and rising. due to heavy rainstoTms At Rome, the River Tiber is more than fifty feet out of it's normal banks.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17
Captain of sIpeeher Dead.

Edinburgh, Feb. 16 via London Feb T. 255 6 m.-Captaiu Erdmann, com
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

The State Conservation Commission will hold public hearing relative to the sanitary condition of the various shell fish grounds in the waters of New York State at the commissions New York city office February 19.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

The annual meeting of the Maine State grange will be held in Portland on December 1S, 1S. and 15, accord ing to an announcement made,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

Observations of the Meliish comet were made on February IS and 14 by Professor Aitl<en of the Kick Observ- atory, California according to a des- patch received ata the Harvard Ob- Seryatcry-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

Russian will not give pilotaee to American ships through the mine fields at Libau. Revel or Riga acording to a, cable received from the American ambassador at Petrograd.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

Six British steamers which sailed from Boston during the past fortnight are not due to reach their destinations in England or Scotland before Feb ruary IS. the day the war zone around the British Isles will be established ov Germany.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

The complaint against the New Haven Railroad of overcrowding the trains between New Rochelle and the Grand Central terminal has been withdrawn by F. A. MoIitor of 8 Mas Sau street.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

Inventories Of all stocks of drugs held by wholesale and retail druggists and prodcers and importers were ord cred to be made and completed by March l by Internal Revenue Comnais- sioner Osborn at Washington.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

4 sheriff's posse of fifty men, trav- cling in automobiles and aided by couriers on motorcycles, secured the hills west of Walsenburg, Col, for the two men who on Saturday shot and killed William Dick. a mine operator.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

Two masked bandits rafded one Of the principal trolley terminals near Washington, held cashiers at bay with revolvers, and escaped with 2,o00, ov- erIooking $5,000 more in their haste.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-17

Eight of the men charged with par ticipation in the uprising in the sub urbs of Manila. on the night of De cember g pleaded not guilty.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-04
DEMOCRATS DIVIDED.

How pleasant IL is for brethren to
dwell together in unity. Mark the per-
feet harmony that characterized the
proceedings OF the conference OF the
Republican members of the House Of
Representatives compared with the
secret conclaves OF the Democrats OF
the Senate and House, and whose coun-
ellis were troubled and inharmonious.
The concord OF the Republican forces
is significant of the reuniting Of the
party that has been going on through
out the country Tho divisions in the
Democratic ranks are ominous Of the
future integrity OF that organization.
There are 1876 Republicans in the
House Of the SiNty-fourth Congress.
and they are sure 20 make some noise
as the session proceeds. The Demo-
Gratis have bare majority Of %.
II will take masterful leadership
10 hold that majority intact on
all occasions Owing to present dis
agreements with administration meas.
"A'N N|'f D i'."INfNN mas ItallEeQ Inat
this majority will disappear. and tx.
poets Republican help on. at least. one
important matter. that OF prepared
ness. II this scheme can be whipped
into a shape acceptable 10 the Repub,
lican membership II will be supported
by them. not TO help "a Democratic
President particularly. but in yindica.
lion Of the original national defense
policy Of thu Republican party.
The Senate Democrats are as hope.
lessly split on the question of cIoture
as the House membership is divided on
the Administrations defense plan.
There does no- seem To- Dee any pros.
pect Of united arty action on some
other questions. such as the ship pur-
chase bin and proposed methods OF
raising revenue Under ,hese circum.
stances "watchful waiting" would be
a commendable policy for the Republi
cans 10 pursue.