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Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-03

school children. but that they caar be and have been used by many other persons. who are not students enroute to and from school, but who are on these tickets have been sold without regard to the age of the purchaser.
 In due time the commission will give a hearing on this case when the com muters and the railroad company can present their respective cases through witnesses and later in oral arguments of legal character. If the commits sion should eventually find that the change proposed by the railroad is un- just and illegal It's suspension order would be made effective for two years. Judge Edward M. Burke held a reg ular session of the Westerly probate court, Tuesday afternoon, when Mer- cie A. Rogers and Melinda Bunce ben- eficiaries of the estate of Charles Gil- bert Tanner, presented release of their claims to the executrix, Alma B. Tan ner, and Mrs. Tanner release of herself individually to herself as exscutrix. The releases were received for record with the estate.
 Bertha M. Barr and Inez Steadman. executrices of the estate of Lorenzo D. Richmond, petitioned to sell articles in the inventory for cash on delivery, at not less than the inventory price. The petition was granted.
 
 A. Gayitt, executor of the estate of Harriet l.. Young, and the first and final account of Fanny A. Burdick, ex- crtrix of the estate Of Harry A. Bur dick, were received allowed and or dered recorded
 dered recorded of the estate of James N. Durham.
 The decree of the superior court for Washington county sustaining the will of Charles H. Potter was received and ordered recorded with the Potter es- tate.
 Recent transfers of real estate in the town of Westerly is as follows: Way land A. Saunders to Pasquale Fino, lot at Bradford: Pasquale Ffno to Nunziata Pucci and wife, two lots at Bradforda Washington Trust company to Franklin D. Lawson, two lots at Musicolony; Franklin D. Lawson to Dorothy B. Woersching, two lots at Musicolony; Franklin D.. Lawson to Kate Brewster Comstock, lot at Mu- sicony; Augustus I. Morse estate to Annie Goddard Morse and others, un- divided one-half interest in lot south side Of Atlantic avenue. Pleasant. View; Franklin D. Lawson to Nicholas Ri- gand, four lots at Musicolony; Betty Benson to Herbert w. Rathbun. house and lot on proposed extension of Park avenue; Franklin D. Lawson to Bella B. Ten Eyck. lot at Musicolony. Ethan Wilcox to Frank w. Coy Real Estate company lot on east side of Highland avenue; Frank w Coy Real Estate company to Milo M. Clark lot on east side of Highland avenue; Washington Trust company to Franklin D. Law son, two lots at Musicolony; William G. Cottrell and wife to Lewis B. Ray and wife, home and lot north side of Clark street; Franklin D. Lawson to Delina Miller Peckham, lot at Musi- colony: Minnie P. Smith to Oscar H. Tefft. lot near Babcock pond; Alice H. Bennett and others to Julia H. Bush, house anG lot at Watch Hill; William T. Macfarlane and wife to William Arthur Macfarlane. two acres on north side of Quonocontaug pond. R. Johnson, building in east side of Bay street, Watch Hill, and Mir John son transferred the same building to Harry A. Littlefleld.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-03
STAFFORD SPRINGS
infant Son of Mir. and Mrs. James Fitzgerald choked to Death By Rub-
 Der NippIe-New Houses on kesfs
 Pain.

Walter Richard Fitzgerald, the two and one half months old son of Mir. and Mrs. James Fitzgerald of Staff ford street was choked to death on Tuesday mosning by a rubber nip pie.
 The mother had frequently given the child the nipple without the bot tie and as it was little fidgety yes- terday morning she allowed it to have the nipple thinking that it would keep the child. quiet. She was soon attracted by the child's distressed condition It took some time before physician could be located and when one did arrive it was too late. The child died in about an hour. Officer Reeovers.
 Friends of Omcer Louis Helm were pleased to see that he was able to be on duty Monday evening
 Borough Briefs.
 Several people from the Springs at tended the chicken pie supper in the West Stafford church Tuesday even ing.
 Greayis Brothers have moved into
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-30

Broom handles are needed In Gsssov'
Scotland. which formerly got It's supplies
from northern Europe.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-30

product is deliciously fresh and pure. An
absorbent cloth In the bottom Of the
churn is covered by a specially prepared
separating pad and gallons OF fresh
cream poured in. The electric motor does
the rest.
The laundry Of the modern hotel has
electrically operated washing. drying and
ironing machines capable of turning out
more than 5000 pieces of flat work each
day.
Into the newest hotels as much as
$4,000 cubic feet Of air is introduced
every hour for ventIlating purposes.
Large electricsl-driven ventilating fans
force the air through electric air wash
ers. 1t Is then drawn through a heavy
mist or fine spray and through series
of narrow. zigzag passages, in which
dust, gases and other undesirable ele-
ments are absorbed by the spray and de-
posted with the latter. 1t is said that
IS per cent Of all foreign matter in the
air is thus removed.
To facilitate service between kitchens,
pantries and dining-rooms the modern
hotel manager has installed electric
dumbwaiters. A silver plating and re-
pairing department is maintained in al
most every modern hotel The electrical
plating process saves many thousands Of
dollars each year.
Electricity is the ever-present, the writ
ten intelligence record of the modern
hotel. 1t does everything but think
who knows. It may even do that some
day!
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-30
THE MEANINGOF
ELECTRIC Week
To Inspire Optimism, to Put
Pep" Into American
Trade.
MOVE Is NATIONWIDE
To Be Vast Celebration of the Part
ELECTRICITY is Playing in Our
Prosperity. II
MOVE Is NATIONWIDE
By JOHN TYRONE KELLY.


Prosperity and electricity go hand in
hand. United. they circulate optimism.
confidence. health through the heart
and veins Of nation. They cannot be
divided and a nation yet retains its
vigor and power in the worlds AFFAIRS.
A countrywide celebration of the
vital part electricity is playing in our
unprecedented national achievement of
4 one and one-half billion dollar trade
balance takes place in every city and
town OF the United States during cleo
trical prosperity week.
The week was born last spring of q
resolve by the great electrical institu-
lions of America to inject a national
spirit OF optimism into business in
general-to head an unprejudiced. non
partisan, cooperative campaign
throughout the country to stimulate
trade everywhere.
Two Continents Interested.
Industrial leaders promoting South
American business will be interested
In the spirit animating this movement.
particularly because:
~ The war has necessarily brought
business men of the two Americas into
intimate industrial touch, thereby
stimulating a desire to better. under
stand each others trade methods and
sales campaigns
(2) The electrical industry which
has driven ahead with such tremend-
Gus force, although yet in its infancy,
has in recent years widely extended
its products into foreign markets and
now. particularly seeks the good will
and patronage of the progressive peo-
pie and growing industries OF South
America.
(3) This countrywide campaign
which has so carly and so effective
ly won the cooperation OF all the al
lied electrical industries, aims to
strike down the calamity bowler,
whether he be found in North or South
America and to breathe into the word
prosperity the realities of optimism,
opportunity. trade xpansion-national
destiny.
Linking the Two America.
90 The age honored routes of in
ternational commerce thrown out of
killer BY the opening OF the Panama
Canal. were entirely paralyzed by the
European war. With the reciprocal
commercial relations of the Americas
firmly founded on friendship and mu-
tual understandings. the two Americas
are sure TO be intimately linked when
the ocean lanes of the worlds COM
merce are re-established
1t is certainly to the credit Of the
electrical industry that II took the
lead months SEo when depression sat
heavily over the land. in what as
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-30
Light Nemesis Of Burglars;
Few Gangs Of Crooks Remain
Chief of New York Detectives Faurot Says Women Are
Safer on Streets Nowadays and Conditions Are
Made Much Better for Everybody.

wiring of dwellings and new alarm
devices.
'of course. the midnight prowler
in the outlying district studies the
object of his visit for days before he
decides to call" he answered
IL the house IL wired. and of the place
ment of indoor Lights and outdoor
lamps
ct could cite numerous incidents In
which electric burglar alarms pre-
vented big hauls." continued the chief,
zone of the cleverest pickpockets In
the business. finding himself without
funds and unable to make living In
New York. turned second story man
This man Is now serving q long SEN
tence in Sing Sing prison. When we
had him here last time he told one
of my men he was almost frightened
to death In a house in Philadelphia he
had entered to loot. He said:
"T didn't know the house was sep
arately wired with a system by which
a person in the bedroom could tell at
once whether you got In by the door
or the window. I now believe he
could almost get you when you touch
ed the side of the house
jumped Into Closet.
'I managed to slip into the place
while the lady was to market and I
just got ready to work when she re-
turned. I jumped into a clothes
closet. / didn't know / stepped on
one of these wire detectives. When she
got TO her room she knew from a bell
attachment that sounded every two
minutes that somebody was in the
place. 1 heard her making some aw-
full yells, then suddenly a lamp flashed
over my head. was certainly scared.
got out somehow or other through
a window just as a small army OF
harness bulls came around the cor
ner. You can lay a bet that j tipped
of the mob to pass up that house.
1t was enough TO make a fellow sore,
because I have never touched a place
since where there was more good
stuff to get"
According to the inspector the yegg-
man has sufficient cause for complaint
and approval in the development Of
electricity The electric fash lamp
and electric drill for vault work, the
chief relates, have made the yegg-
mans work easier. But his opportunity
to use these implements has been
made nil by the great electric lights. The
inspector pointed out that these lights
the only way he can avoird their lights is
locate, or to shoot them out, with the
chance of attracting attention.
Electricity is diminishing crime IN
all American cities.'' said Inspector
Faurot, "or, as Theodore Roosevelt
said when police commissioner OF New
York, an electric light is nearly as
good as a policeman'"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-30

'swhen you leave your apartment or
house unoccupied at night, always keep
the electric lights burning, because the
hardened criminal becomes q gibbering,
crawling coward when caught under the
electric light"
This is the message Inspector Joseph
A Faurot, chief OF detectives Of New
York's police department, sends to the
women Of the country.
Continuing the Inspector said! "A nat
worker seldom, IL ever, enters an
apartment in which he sees an cleo
trio light burning. so It will prove a
profitable investment for the house
wife TO follow this suggestion.
Few Crook Gangs Left.
The rapid development OF electricity
has proved to be the burglars nemesis.
II holds more terrors for him than the
householder guns. He will take q
chance for his liberty by engaging In a
struggle in the dark, but he Will resort
to all the engenuity of his fertile brain
to avoid being discovered in a light
flooded room where his features are ex-
posed to view. Through the aid Of our
Identification bureau here at headquar-
tiers, being seen means almost certain
conviction.
In discussing darkness and crime and
the value OF light as a protection against
the midnight marauder. the noted de-
tective chief has some interesting things
to say.
"Crirne has greatly changed in New
York during the last few years" he said,
there are few, II any. gangs left. for
New Yrok has few dark spots. Pick
pockets don't care TO operate In the old
way, for not only are the streets excel
lently lighted but the cars, particularly
those underground, are brilliantly IL
Illuminated all the time"
Women are more safe on the streets
of large cities than every before" the
inspector continued. Years ago IT was
the custom OF the street rowdy and
the gangster to loiter under the cor
ner gas lamp or in front of the cor
ner saloon, with its dim window
lights. Electricity has taken the
place of obscure lights and the po-
liceman's post today sparkles with
has a clear view of blocks of city
streets. The gangster can hide In
darkness, but not in light.
Ligts Brighten Them.
The fact that night holdups have
decreased in such a remarkable de-
gree in large cities is due in a great
part to the city governments in in
stalling modern electric lights to illu-
inmate the streets. The vicious hold
up man who made travel at night an
actual peril for the citizen who hap
pened in unfrequented avenues has
been eliminated.
The inspector was asked IL the
average professional house thief made
a study of modern lighting appliances.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-30
HAMLINE STARTS JUBILEE.
N. r. Church Commences Semi
Centennial Celebration.

Services commemorating the semi
centennial OF Hamline NJ. z. Church.
Ninth and p streets northwest. were
opened Sunday with Rev. J. NJ. NJ. Gray.
pastor OF the church, from 1910 to 1913.
and now pastor Of the Grand Avenue NJ.
e. Church. of Kansas City. in the pulpit.
At the morning service. DR.. Gray
sketched the history OF the church dur
ing the past fifty years. told OF It's in
ception and rapid growth. and something
of the hopes It holds for the future.
Sunday night DR.. Gray's text was THE
Lord Spike to Me with a Strong Hand. "
He said that love and friendship arc
more often expressed by deeds and warm
handshakes than by spoken words and
that 1t is the strong unseen hand of God
which gives one the strength to bear
the trials OF everyday life.
Last evening Jefferson w. Davis pre-
sided at historical night services
Rev. Henry s. France, president OF the
Lucy Webb Hayes School, offered prayer,
and addresses were delivered by Rev.
Luther T. Waterman, pastor of Harnlint
from 1859 to 1872, and by Rev. William l.
McKenney. pastor from 1873 to 1851. Mrs
Kirk L. Russell presided at the organ.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-30

A curious testimony to the importaneo
formerly attached to the apple may Do
found In the coronation service Of our
Angio-saxon kings. The corouatior ben
ediction runs: May the Almighty bless
thee with the blessing Of grapes and an
pies . by His blessing may this land
be filed with apples. with the fruit ana
dew of heaven. from the top Of the
ancient mountains. from the apples OF
the eternal hills s.-London Chronicle.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-30

to ocean. may bask In the briIiiancy Of
unieed electrical effort II was plann-
ed TO Illuminate every store, club.
hotel. business place. public building.
and even the homes In the cities
where celebrations are being held TO
hold electric shows, run electric We
hicle parades. In fact, to electrtfy the
nation for at least one week.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-30
viii Plan aocksler Dinner.

A meeting OF the committee arranging
for dinner to be given saturday atrthe
Willard In honor Of c. ,. Gockeler. for
mer secretary Of the Board of Trade
viii be held tomorrow afternoon, when
final details win be completed Sub
scriptions for the dinner should be turn
ed over to the treasurer OF the commit
tee. cuno II. Rudolph. today. as the hsr
closes tonight
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-30

suredly h the greatest trade-making
campaign In Americas industrial his
tory.
Three Millions Back Movement.
The electrical industry backing this
movement stands for Investments OF
nearly three billion doliars-an amaz-
that the hrSt electric light. heat ana
power plant was built In American
only thirty-four years ago. Now we
have 4,ss3 such plants.
There doesn't seem to be any limitD
70 which the uses Of electricity may
be applied. A wonderful transforms
ton In the way Of living has been
wrought in the lifetime Of single in
In the United States electricity Is
the herald and agency Of invention.
development. progress. and peaceful
pursuit. II II such an essential fac
tor In the nations life that we may
consider time prosperous only when
we see the electrical industry thrtv-
ing. It 10 q fact that per cent OF all
our wage Gamers derive their living.
directly or indirectly. from the cleo
trical industry. while more than 70 per
cent OF all our people come In contact
with electricity In some form or other
every day.
Home Of the Society.
This campaign. which herslds broad
cast electricity's factor in the worlds
war, has been entrusted to the So
ciety for Electrical Development or
New York City. the foremost organiza-
ton of this character In the world Its
general manager Is James M. Wake
man, the genius back of the DO IL
Electrically" dictum. To bring into
every town and city in the United
states the benefits of the movement.
the Society divided the country into
electrical States In which special
committees of leading business men
are directing electrical programs for
the week
throughout the country. on ten
thousand great bill boards. In the
newspapers. magazines. trade papers.
by letters. posters, pamphlets. books
and lectures, the doctrine OF think
we'll of your country and the blessings
she enjoys" has been spread in Ian
guage so clear that all will under
stand.
80 that the United States. from ocean
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-30
Msxicans Visit Normal School.

Eighty-one educators from Mexico VS.
tied the Wilson Normal School yesterday
to study its method OF operation. The
visitors were conducted by r. L. Hay
cock, supervising principal OF the third
school division of the District The MEM
bers OF the party lunched in the schools
Iunchroom and In the afternoon visited
at Mount Vernon They will spend today
at the Mckinley Manual Training School.
will visit grade schools Of the District
and leave tonight for Philadelphia
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-30

The German government now pays from
s2I3, 800 to Si3S,oo0 for Zeppelin dirigible,
while the average price paid few years
ago was only s121. 700.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-30

The United States Geological Survey
last year carried on investigations in
forty-seven States. Alaska, Hawaii and
the Canal Zone.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-30

Colorado now has s4.sss pupils enrolled
In 1,75 school districts.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-05
ls There a "Born Criminal?"

Is it to be wondered that most au- thorities are inclining more and more to find in faulty environment rather than in bad heredity the explanation of the boy who goes wrong: Not that it is as yet possible and perhaps it never will be possible to rule out entirely the idea of the born criminal" \ small proportion of delinquents un4ueStlonu- bly, do show almost from infancy an irresistible and seemingly instinctive impulse to evil, but to just what eX- tent this is actually due to inherited and irremediable conditions remains to be ascertained. Medical progress, in fact. is constantly making it clearer that many supposed instances of ''in- nate depravity" are in reality the re- suit of curable physical defects and sometimes of defects that are compar- atively slight.--H. Addington Bruce i'll Century.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-05
FLAG ONLY:.FOR
 AN EMERGENCY

LONDON, March 5.-The British foreign office is preparing reply to the American note concerning the use of the American flag on the steamer Lusitania. The reply will be for warded to Washington in a few days. probably before March IS.
 The British officials have never ad' mitted the German charge that a general order was issued by the Brit ish government that British ships should use the flags of neutral states Neither has the admiralty confirmed the rumor that the Lusitania was or dered to use the neutral flag.
 The position of the British govern ment, as will be set forth in the re- ply, probably will be that the cap tains of British merchant vessels have been advised to use neutral flags should an emergency demand such ac tion to save the lives of those on the ships. The note will probably make it clear that no general use of neu tral flags has been contemplated ol advised.
 The feeling among officials ant Englishmen generally is that the American note is entirely friendly The response will be wholly in the same spirit. Englishmen of all class es regret that British ships must use strategy.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-05
3. s;. .sssss7sssss-,
 LINUSHI , sgiiIEGEoS.
A Scotch Genius Who Anticipated the
 Work of Marconi.

James Bowman Lindsay. Scotch man. began experimenting with cleo tricity in 1920. In few years he pro- duced "constant stream of light" which was the admiration of scientists. He sent messages over wires and de- livered many lectures on an electric telegraph. Then ill 1852 he invented system of wireless telegraphy and submitted it to a public test. regarding which Dundee paper of April 12, 1853, said: "The experiment removes all doubt of the practicability of MT. Lindsay's invention, and there is every reason to think that it will soon con- meet continent with continent, and is- land with island. in one unbroken line of communication
 LndSay'S lectures were advertised under the tilte of "Telegraphing With out Wires,' so that the familiar wire less' itself was anticipated. But he was more than a scientific experiment. alist He projected dictionary in fifty languages and labored on it for a quarter of q century. It was too huge a task, and the Pentecontaglossal Die tiOnary exists in an unfinished state only in manuscript. He also compiled with more success Il set of astrOnOmi- cal tables for the use of chronologsts.
 Yet this astonishing man never en- joyed more than an income of S25O a year as a teacher until the eve of his death. when the prime minister grant ed him a pension of $500 "in recogni- ton of his great learning and eX- traordinary attachments. ."-EXchange.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-05
Notice To Creditors.

In the Commissioners Court for the
 Territory of Alaska. Third Divis-
 ion. At Valdez. In Probate.
 In the matter of the estate of w. H. Blackwell, deceased.-Notice to Creditors.
 Notice is hereby given that the un- dersigned has been regularly appoint ed as the executrix of the estate of w. H. Blackwell, deceased, and cred. itors and all other persons, having claims against said estate, are here by notified to exhibit the same to me together with the necessary proof thereof, at my place of business a! Valdez, Alaska, within six months af ter the first publication of this no tice, the same being the place for the transaction of all business in connec tion with said estate. Dated at Val deg, Alaska, this 18th day of Febru ary, 1915.
 MRS, w. H. BLACKWELL, Executrix of the estate of w. H Blackwell, deceased. Date of first publication Feb. 16, 1915 Date of last publication March 16
 1915.