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Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-09
Jury Selected
 for ThaW Trial
TAKING OF TESTIMONY TO BE.
 GIN THIS MORNING.
A FIGHT FOR FREEDOM
His Attorneys to Endeavor to Prove
 He Escaped from Matteawan.

New York, March s.-In the same room where he had twice faced jury for the killing of Stanford White, Harry Kendall Thaw today went on trial for conSpiring to escape from the state hospital for the criminal insane at MatteaWan. With him as cO-de- fendants were five men whom the state charges with having been parties to the alleged conspiracy. The entire day was required to complete the jury. Taking of testimony will begin to- morrow morning.
 Will Try to Prove Sanity.
 From the outset of the proceedings it was eviden tthat the trial would be another fight by Thaw to gain his free dom. His attorneys plainly intimated that with the permission of the court they would offer evidence designed to prove that their client was sane when he escaped from the asylum.
 Such being the case, they said in examining talesmen, the defendant was being illegally detained at the time of his flight.
 Questions Asked Jurors.
 They asked prospective jurors whether they would be prejudiced against a man who, providing that he was of sound mind, used any means at his command to escape from a hospital for the insane. These statements were amplified later by John B. Stanchfeld, Thaw's counsel, who asid that should the jury find his client not guilty he would immediately sue out a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that his detention was illegal because the jury would have established his sanity
 Contention of State.
 On the other hand, the contention of the state as outlined while an assist ant district attorney was questioning talesmen, will be that Thaw, although insane at the time of his escape, was nevertheless competent to enter into a conspiracy and that therefore he should be punished.
 Deputy Attorney General Kennedy, in charge of the prosecution, said that in the event of Thaw being found guilty he would be immediately re- turned to Matteawan.
 Thaw Offered Suggestions to Counsel.
 Tn securing the jury each side used only three of it's five allotted peremp- tory challenges. Thaw, smiling broad in selecting the jurymen. His co-de- fendants, however, rarely offered sug- gestions. These co-defendants are Richard J. Butler, formerly state as- to have been the driver of the machine in which Thaw fled; Michael O'Keefe, Eugene D. Duffy and Thomas Flood.
 When the adjournment was taken upon the cOmpletlon or the Jury, IhaW, still smiling, was escorted to the sher- ifs office on the floor above the court room.
 Thaw Greeted His Mother. There he greeted his white haired mother, who, with Mrs. George Carne- gie, his sister, and Josiah Thaw, his half brother, had been in court all day. Thaw threw his arms around his mother and kissed her. Then the two sat down and held a brief whis- pered conference.
 Before he returned to his cell, Thaw said he was perfectly satisfied with the jury as completed.
 Thaw appeared to have taken on considerable weight since his return | from New Hampshire, His face was ruddy and he seemed to be in perfect physical condition.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-09
ANOTHER ARREST FOR
 ARSON IN NEW HAVEN,
Owner Who Carried $5o,o0o Insurance
 on Building Valued at S3e,0oO.

New Haven, Conn, March S.-An- other arrest in connection with the al legged incendiary burning of an unnc- cupied dwelling house and an attempt to burn two others on Sunday, was made today when the police arrested the owner of the buildings, Samuel Ruderman, charging him with arson. He is held in $2O,000 bonds.
 Arthur Rosen, of Jersey City, was arrested in a hospital last night after he had been severely burned at the fire and he is held in the same bonds on the same charge.
 Fire Marshal Perkins claims that the three buildings, which were sit uated in Lake Place, were saturated with oil. The buildings, which were almost completed, were valued at $3G,000. The police assert that the insurance carried was in the neighbor- hood of $50,00O.
 According to the police Ruderman was the head of a company owning nine unoccupied houses in Hamden, which were burned from incendiary origin year ago.
 Neither Ruderman nor Rosen had been able to secure bonds at a late hour tonight. The latter is being guarded by policemen at the hospi- taI
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-09
JURY SWORN IN FOR
 TRIAL OF TERRE HAUTE MEN.
Charged With Conspiring to Corrupt
 Federal Selection.

Indianapolis, Ind, March S.-Twelve men were sworn late today in the United States district court to try Dom M. Roberts, mayor of Terre Haute, and 27 others who are charged with conspiring to defraud the federal government through corrupting the election of November 3rd 1914 in Ter re Haute. After the jury was em- panelled, United States District At torney Frank c. Daley read to the jury the law on which the indictment is based and had begun the reading of the indictment when court ad- journed until tomorrow morning.
 Before the jury was completed, 29 veniremen were examined. MT. Daley questioned the veniremen in a manner to indicate he had information that ap attempt had been made to tamper with the men summoned for jury duty. All, however, declared they had not talked to anyone or received any mail" tending to influence their judg- ment in the case.
 Both Former Senator A. O. Stanley chief counsel for the defence, and the district attorney questioned the affiliations. The jury as sworn con- tains nine democrats, two republi- veniremen closely on their political cans and one progressive. Ten of them are farmers, one is an insurance man and one is a druggist.
 MT. Daley before starting to read the indictment, explained ti the jury that 126 men had been indicted. He said 116 had been arrested and of these 8S had entered pleas of guilty and 28 not guilty.
 The 26 defendants were in court and Mayor Roberts was accompanied by his wife.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-09
HEARING ON INCREASED
 FREIGHT RATES IN WEST Roads Unable to Maintain Standard and Get Adequate Returns.

Chicago, March 8.-The hearing to- day of the petition of Al westerN rail- roads to the Interstate Commerce Com mission for increased freight rateA on certain commodities was devoted t>a tirely to the presentation of statis tics purporting to show that because Of higher wages and taxes, more require tions in rates, they were unable to keep the roads up to the standard demanded by the public and still pay adequate returns for investment.
 The statistics were submitted by L. E. Wettling, an expert for the rail- roads. The figures were largely a com pilation taken from Interstate Com merce Commission reports. Clifford Thorne, chairman of the Iowa rail- road commission and acting on be- half of all the shippers, objected to the admission of the figures on the ground that they failed to show cer- tain facts asked for by the attorneys. Later the railroad attorneys agreed to turn over to the shippers all the orig inal documents from which the com pilation was made.
 seven years the western railroads would be required to raise money to meet $425, ,000000 in maturing obliga- tionS. A. E Helm of Kansas, rep resenting the shippers, brought out in cross examination that in the last seven years the roads had met obli gations equal to twice that much. The witness said that part of these obli- gationS were paid out of surplus.
 Today's hearing concluded the gen. eral argument offered by the roads. Tomorrow the various cktnmoditieE upon which increases are asked are to be taken up in detail.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-09
SENATOR PHELAN READY TO REPORT ON MINISTER SULLIVAN Has Returned to Washington from
 Trip to Dominican Republic.

Washington, March 8. - Senator James D. Phelan of California re- turned to Washington today from his trip to the Dominican republic as special commissioner of the state de- par tment to investigate the fitness and conduct in office of American Ambas- sador James M. Sullivan. He an aounced thnt no further formal hear ings would be held and that he would make his report probably within the next two weeks, or as soon as possible after receipt of a brief to be filed by MT. Sullivan.
 Senator Phelan came back with an optimistic report on conditions in the island republic and predicting an era of. peace and prosperity there as a re- suit of recent developments.
 ''The Jinlinez government, now in control" he said, 'has a proper un- derstanding and appreciation of the at ment toward the republic and is CO., operating in the fiscal reforms which have been successfully inaugurated and maintained.'
 Secretary Bryan's note warning the Dominican government that the United States would not permit any govern ment established by revolutionary methods to control the finances or fill federal offices, MT. Phelan said, had produced ''the wholesome effect of dis ccuraging revolutionaries."
 This is so well understood" he added "that the people of all classes accept the situation, not as an unwar- ranted interference by tho United States, but as a measure for their own safety and protection"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-09
TRIPLE ENTENTE FURNISHING
 FUNDS FOR SMALL NATIONS.
Total Allowances Up to the Present
 Total $27o,oo0, 900.

Paris, March 8, 5.20 p. m.-The Temps today gives the details of the advances already made or about to be made by France, Great Britain and Russia othe small allied countries, as agreed upon by the finance ministers of the three powers during their recent conference in Paris.
 The total advance for the presnt, according to the newspapers are to be 1850, 000, ,00G francs ($270, ,0000, ,000) which amount is to be borne equally by the three powers. These powers already have advanced to Belgium 250.00O, 900 francs ($50,000, ,000), to Serbia 1S5, 5,000,00O francs ($37,O00,000), to Greece 20,o00,000 francs ($4,O0O, ,0O0j, and to Montenegro 500,O00 francs t$100,000). There remains to be ad- vanced S94,000,00O francs ($17S, ,000,- oO0), which will be divided between Serbia and Belgium.
 France the Temps says, will take care of Russia's share for the present by placing sums against grain to be bought in Russia for French account. A bill now before the French parlia- rnent authorizes this arrangement.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-09

While fighting continues on nearly all the battle fronts, no engagements which would indicate the approach of a decisive victory for either of the contending parties has been reported. The Russians still report progress against the Germans in north Poland and assert that an offensive movement begun by the Germans farther South in the Pilica river region, has been re- pulsed and that the Russians them selves have taken up the attack.
 In the west, where snow again is falling heavily, both the allies and the Germans make claims to positions won and the capture of officers. men and guns. Near PertheS, the French de- clare that their forces have taken an additional line of trenches, about 1,6OO feet in length.
 In the Dardanel1es the smelling of the forts guarding the waterways contin- ues, with the allies claiming that great damage is being done to the Notifications, and the Turks asserting that the injury wrought thus far 4s immaterial.
 The British admiralty says that it's East Indian fleet has silenced all the hostile forts and batteries of the Turks in the vicinity of Smyrna, while Petro- grad tells of the destruction by Rus sian warships of Zunguldiak, Kozlon ard Kilimili, Turkish ports on the Black sea.
 The Greek crisis continues. M zai- mis, who had been asked to form a ministry to succeed that of M. Veni- zelos, has declined to accept the task, and M. Gournaris has been requested by. King Constantine to assume it.
 A Berlin despatch asserts that since tEe opening of direct negotiations be- tween Italy and Austria a decided re- taxation in the tension of Austro- Italian relations is noticeable.
 Four British aeroplanes have dropped bombs on the German submarine base and officers quarters in Ostend.
 Great Britain has decided not to treat captured crews of GermaN sub- marines as ordinary prisoners of war, but will intern them with a view to their possible conviction at the end of the war"
 The president of the British admir- alty court has decided that no bellig- erent government has right to requi- sition a captured cargo belonging to a 4eutral government.
 An Amsterdam newspaper declares
 at Zeppelin airship L-S has been wrecked at Ttrlemont, Belgium, and that IT men of a crew of Al were killed.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-09
Power of States
 Over Railroads
FINDING OF SUPREME COURT
 MADE PUBLIC
ALLOW COMPENSATION
State Has No Right to Establish a Low Passenger Rate by Placing Burden Upon Shippers of Goods.

Washington, March 8.-The supreme court today laid down the principle that it is beyond the power of the states to require a railroad to carry loss, or only nominal profit, even though an adequate profit is obtained rom it's business as a whole within tte state.
 Rates AnnuIed by Court.
 Under. this principle the court an nulled the North Dakota Ignite coal rate as to the Northern Pacific and the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Stc Marie railroads and the West yir- ginia two-cent passenger rate law as to the Norfolk and Western. Justice Hughes announced the decisions. Jus tlce Pitney alone dissented
 In arriving at it's general conclusion, the court held that when a state se- lects one commodity or class of traffic for regulation it must apportion to it a proper part of all general expenses ard then allow substantial compensa- tiol.
 Expense Must Be Borne Equally.
 ''The state cannot estimate the cost of carrying coaI,'' said Justice Hughes IT. the North Dakota case, 'tby throwing the expense incident to the mainte- nance of the roadbed and the general expenses upon the carriage of wheat, or the cost of carrying wheat by throwing the burden of the upkeep of tEe property upon coal and other com modities."
 Shippers Should Not Be Burdened.
 In the West Virginia case he said: Tt would appear to be outside the field of reasonable argument that the state should demand the carriage of passengers at rate so low that it could be justified only by placing upon shippers of goods a burden of excessive charges in order to supply an adequate return for the entire service" Fur thermore, the justice declared, such action could not be Justified as a declaration of public policy to de- velop an infant industry or to make one community independent of another.
 Not to Build Up Local Interests.
 While local interests serve as a mo- tive for enforcing reasonable rates,' he added, it would be a very different matter to say that the state may com than reasonable to build up a local enterprise. That would be to go out side the carriers undertaking and would be equivalent to an appropria- tion of it's property to public uses un- der terms to which the carrier had in no way agreed. It does not aid the argument to urge that the state may permit the carrier to make good it's loss by charges for other transporta- tion. If other rates are eXorbitant, they may be reduced"
 The court left undetermined the ex- act elements to be considered in fix ing a value for railroad property for findings of the states in each case as showing substantial compensation had not been allowed for the service en- braced within their laws.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-09
FLEETS BATTERENG THEIR
 WAY TO CoNSTANTikOPLE E
Greatest Naval Undertaking in His tory-In Number of Ships and Guns.

London, March 8. 1855 p. m.-The British and French fleets have bat tered their way a step nearer to Con stantinop1e, not, however. without damage to the ships engaged and the battle royal for the Dardanelles con- tinues. More Turkish forts on the Asiatic side have been silenced, ac- cording to a statement by the British admiralty, but the Turks are making a terrific resistance and the shells from their German made guns have found more than one mark on the be- sieging craft.
 This struggle for the gateway of the Ottoman capital is at present the big feature of the war news and closely linked with this is the sus- tained excitement in Greece incident to the resignation of the cabinet of entry into the hostilities on the side of the triple entente imperative, could not agree with his king and resigned. The retiring premier according to Athens despatches, plans to leave for a rest and M. Zaimis has been en- lecting a new cabinet, the complexion of which had not even been tentative ly announced tonight.
 From the number of ships engaged and the size and range of the guns, the battle of the Dardanelles is unlike anything in history. according to naval experts. At 21,000 yards the huge battleship Queen Elizabeth of the Brit ish squadron, assisted by smaller ships, is still hurling shells across the Gal lipoli peninsula into the Turkish strongholds on the Asiatic shore.
 The admiralty statement carries the operations through Sunday and ad- rnits that the Turks not only scored three minor hits on the Queen Eliza beth, but that the majority of the ships inside the straits, both French and British. were struck. None was struck and there were no casualties
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-09
NO INDICTMENTS FOR
 PALM BEACH GAMBLING,
But Witnesses Summoned Were Fned
 For Failing to Appear.

Palm Beach, Fla, March s.-A grand jury which had summoned as witness es number of prominent men from various parts of the country, failed to return indictments today against John R. Bradley and Edward Bradley, pre- prietors of the Beach club, charged with conducting a gambling establish ment. It was said no gambling de- vices were found in the place. Fines of $25 each were imposed upon James Pittsburgh and Lake Erie railroad anT H. G. Nelson of New York, who did not appear at the inquiry after they had been subponaed.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-09
PRESIDENT WILSON AT
 WORK ON BUDGET SYSTEM
or Government Expenditures, to Be
 Submitted to Congress.

Washington, March s.-President Wilson is taking active steps to work out budget system of government expenditures for submission to the next congress. Today he conferred with Representative Sherley, chair man of the special budget commit tee of the democratic caucus which will begin framing a programme in October. Meanwhile the cabinet will work on plans of ordinating finances Of the various departments. A bud get system is expected by it's sup porters to be an economy measure and is regarded as doubly desirable at this time because of the effect of the war upon the governments revenue
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-09
AIRCRAFT ATTACK GERMAN
 SUBMARINE REPAIR BASE.
Six Aeroplanes Dropped Eleven Bombs
 on Basin at Ostend.

London, March 8, 10 p. m.-The ad- niralty tonight issued the following statement:
 Wing Commodore Longmore re- ports that an air attack on Ostend was carried out yesterday afternoon by six aeroplanes of the naval wing Of these, two had to return owing to their petrol freezing. The remainder reached Ostend and dropped eleven bombs on the submarine repair base and four bombs on the Kursaal, the headquarters of the military
 All the machines and pilots return ed. It is probable that considerable damage was done No submarines were seen in the basin. The attack was carried out in a fresh, northwest wind"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-09
Movements of Steamships.

Prawle Point, March 8-Passed, steamer Rotterdam, New York for Rotterdam
 Minnehaha, New York.
 Liverpool, March 7.-Arrived, steam CT St. Paul. New York. Sailed, steam CT Adriatic, New York.
 Christiansand, March S-Arrived steamer Frederik VII, New York.
 Havre, March T.-Sailed, steamer Rochambeau, New York.
 New York, March S.-Sailed, steamer MGntevideo Cadiz. New York. March S.-Steamer Car pathia, Naples for New York, signalled 193 miles east of Sandy Hook at Il a, m. Dock 8.30 a. m. Tuesday.
 Havre, March s.-Arrived, steamer La Touraine, New York.
 New York, March S.-Arrived. steamer Carpathia, Naples
 Liverpool, March S.-Sailed, steam CT Philadelphia, New Yrk.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-09
SNOW INTERFERES WITH
 FIGHTING IN FRANCE
Neither Army Has Made Any Notable
 Advance.

Paris, via London, March 8, 11.52 D. m-The following official comnuni- cation was issued by the French war office tonight:
 '1n Champagne snow storms have interfered with our operations. This morning the enemy tried to retake a wood captured by us on Sunday west of Perthes. He was repu1sed and our counter offensive enabled us to gain ground to the north and east and to take some prisoners. The advance continued and increased during the afternoon,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-09
PARIS APPREcEATVE
 OF AMERICAN ARTISTS
Who Contributed Works of Art to Be
 Sold for Benefit of Poor.

Paris, March 8, 5.45 p. m.-There was a sympathetic manifestation in favor of Americans today at the French artists day at the exposition of photographs and works of art con trfbuted by American artists to be sold for the benefit of the families of French artists at the front Leon Bon nat, head of the National School of Fine Arts, declared that the photo graphs on exhibition had not been spoiled by innovations, but followed the traditions of the French school
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-09
State oraanists Officers.

Meriden, Conn.,. March s.-At the an- nual meeting of the Connecticut Coun1 Gil of the National Association of Or ganists held here this evening the following officers were elected: Presi- dent, Edward Laubin of Hartford;
 vice president, Professor Karl P. liar r:nston of Wesleyan; treasurer, George G. Martin of Meriden; secre- tary, Frank Treat Southwick of Mer- iden; chairman of membership com ruittee, Howard B. Brewer of Hart ford.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-09

more than 500 metres Cover 1900 feet) of trenches.
 Between Le Mesnil and Beause- jour we lost some trenches we had taken yesterday but gained 100 metres (about 300 feeD on the ridge north of Mesnil
 ''In the region of St. Mihiel and in the Bois of Brule (forest of Apre- mont) we gained a footing in a Ger man trench and captured therein a great quantity of materials.
 Northwest of Pont-a-Mousson the Germans attempted to deliver an at tack, which however, broke down. Our progress continued north of Badon- viller.
 ''In Alsace- at Reich Ackerkopf, we repulsed counter-attack.'
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-09
Vale Senior Takes. His Life.

Ripley, Ohio March S-Richard Stivers, a senior at Yale university, committed suicide on an Ohio River ferryboat late today by shooting him self through the heart with a revolver. while on his way to his home here. nj health is believed to have been the cause of his act He was 23 wears old and the son of Frank A. Stivers. a banker.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-09
Great Britain to Hold as Prisoners
 Crews of Submarines,

London, March 8, 10.01 p. m.-The admiralty announces that it is not justified in extending honors to the captured crews of German submarine boats. owing to their methods and that it is intended to segregate them under special restrictions pending their possible conviction at the conclusion of peace. The admiralty states that this ruling applies to the 29 officers ana men Of German submarine us, which was sunk recently off Dover.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-09
Destruction of Zeppelin Confirmed.

Amsterdam, via London, March s, 11.S5 p. m--The Telegraafs Tirlemont Belgium correspondent in a despatch confirms the report of the destruction there last Thursday of Zeppelin airship L-S, which was forced to make a hur- ried descent owing to a derang gement of it's motors. The correspondent says the airship collided with some trees and smashed it's cars and that seven teen of it's crew of fl men were killed.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-09
RUSSIANS MAINTAIN
 AGGRESSIVE ACTION
But There Are No Reports Which Would Indicate the
 Approach of Decisive Victory
FALLING SNOW HAMPERS OPERATION IN FRANCE

Both the Germans and the Allies Make Claims to Positions Won-In the DardanelIes the Smelling of the Forts Guarding the Waterways Contnues-The Turks Claim Injury Wrought Thus Far is of Little Consequence The Crisis in Greece Continues, M Zanias Having De
 clined to Form Ministry-British Aeropanes Have Dropped Bombs on German Submarine Base at Ostend