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cussion in several languages of their problem of welfare through the win ter. The police did not interrupt the meeting, which was orderly through out. but later ordered the dispersal of marchers who apparently intended to parade to the Harlem headquarters of the League of the Unemployed. The inscription on one banner read; Homeless men, revolt Another an- nounced "To H. with charity" This banner George Druer. 9 years old, a cook by trade, was told to haul down. The police said that Druer was re- luctant to obey. Witnesses declared that the police clubbed Druer. He was arrested, charged with assault and disorderly conduct. Men and women attacked the police in an eff fort to liberate DFuer and were driven off by reserves.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
ONE-THIRD OF PALESTINE
 COULD BE BOUGHT NOW
For Home of the Jewish Race, if Funds
 Were Available.

St. Louis, Mo. Jan. 1-One-third oi Palestine could be bought now for res toration as the home of the Jewish race. if the funds were available, ac- cording to a statement by Dr. Kaplan kaplansky of The Hague. made here today before the annual convention O1 the Knights of Zion
 Heretofore the chief argument ol opponents of Zionism has been that Palestine was unpurchasable. In ac- cord with rule established at the con- vention forbidding the mentioning ot the bearing of the European war upon the Zionist movement, Dr. Kaplansky was unable to state whether the war was responsible for the condition he mentioned.
 Dr. KapIansI<y is general secretary of the Jewish National Fund bureau The fund now totals 5,OO0,00O francs, he said, three-fourths of which is invest ed in Palestine farm lands. The total Jewish population of that country, he said, is about 120,00O. though there is room for more than S,000.000 people.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
REORGANIZATION OF THE BRITISH ARMY
By Addition of Six Armies, Which
 Will Consist of Three Corps,

London Jan. l, $50 D. m.-An army order issued tonight that announced that the reorganization Of the army will be further developed by the ad- dition of six armies, which will con sist of three army corps The first army will be commanded by Lieuten- ant Sir Douglas Haig, who headed the first army corps of the expeditionary force: the second by General Sir Horace L. Smith, Dorrien: the third by Lieutenant General Sir Archibald Hunter; the fourth by General Sir Ian Hamilton; the fifsh .hy General Sir Leslie Rundle and the sixth by Gen. eral Cir Bruce M. Hamilton.
 Major General Sir Charles C. Mon TO, Lieutenant-Gen Sir Charles Ferguson and Lieutaa&Ot-Ge Geperai Sir II. c. Q. Plumer have been given com mand of the first, second and third army corps respectively.
 This reorganization follows on the absorption of Lord EHitcheneT's array into the regular army
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ly released on $7,5O0 bail by Judge Louis D. Gibbs of the Bronx court. Lineman Confessed. A confession obtained from Murray, according to the police, and backed by other evidence, it is alleged, revealed that an organization of influential law yers exists for the purpose of suing large corporations, particularly the New Haven road, for slight or imag . mary injuries in accident eases. The members of the trust" District At torney Martin said, generally have set tied these cases out of court for large damages, 50 per cent. of which invaria- ply went to the lawyers.
 The district attorney expressed the belief that when the Bronx county grand jury reconvenes next week in dictments will be handed down CharS- ing certain lawyers who have been prominent in accident cases with sub ornation of ~erjury. This jury found indictments yesterday against Murray and another man who has not yet been arrested.
 We'll Organized System.
 MT. Martin expects to prove the ex- istence of a well organized system with an agent in every town, he said. 4 member of the legal department of the New Haven road who appeared be- fore the Bronx county grand jury yes terday is said to have stated that be- fore the railroad came under it's pres ent management it was mulcted of large sums by settlements obtained through manufactured evidence and that the Westchester county grand jury recently handed in indictments in connection with the matter.
 Alleged Perjury.
 The alleged perjury in Murray's ca SC concerned his testimony at 8 coroner's
 Inquest a year ago regarding the death of James Fletcher. who had been acci- dentally electrocuted. Murray, who was F1etcher's foreman, is said to have testified that although it was his GUS tom to warn the linemen daily against ths danger of live wires, he failed to do so on the day of the accident, and that he told Fletcher that the wire which caused his death was dead, as he believed 1t was not charged at the time.
 Confessed to Detectives.
 The verdict Of the ccroner's jury de- claTeG the road had been negligent. suit TOT GaIIl2ZaS was stared in the supreme court by I'is1c&er5 estate. but the case Wes settiai out Of court by the P&yn2ent CT &a0,3&J bY the road. Since that tlEaa, it is alleged. detectives employed c;' the railroad and men Erurn 'Asr. AlaTuE'g oFtca nave obtained From Murray c confession which throws Q, different l.sht on the case end tE2DsEca-teS several lawyers Fvi- cence olcernsnE s5TUIZar cases also ms psoG STCu-5&, | 3S said IIurrav. |ASn arr=s-sI l,F detectives today. willingly ecccEcpSliSd them out 0f ,-f-1IIe~-1cuE L' t5e ETluz-
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SUSPICIOUS DEATH
 AT MANCHESTER, N. H.
Woman's Stomach Sent to Chemist for
 Examination.

Manchester, N. H., Jan. f-The po- lice are Investigating the recent death Of Mrs. Bertha Comery on a suspicion that she may have been murdered Her husband, Oscar J. Comery, is under ar rest on 2 technical charge State Chemist Howard to whom the won- ans stomach was sent for examination, tonight declined to disclose his find ings and said he had not yet made a formal report. Officers today examined the records of sales of poison in every drug store in the city.
 Mrs. Comery, who formerly lived in Clinton, Mass. died suddenly on Nov. z9 last Rev. F. J. Palisoul. who off, ciated at the funeral recently reported to the police that he had reason to eus- pect that the womans' death had not been due to natural causes. As a, re- suit Of this information, the body was eXlumed
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
WELLESLEY HAS OBTAINED
 $24so.ooo IN A MoATHs
Includes Pledge from the RocEefeS-
 Ter Foundation for s75o.oo0.

GOO was obtained for Wellesley i:oi< lege in the fourteen months just end- ed according to a statement given j0ut by the treasurer, Lewis K Morse, alter a meeting of the trustees today. Of this amount $430,00 including a c0n- ditionaI pledge of $200,O00 from 1ns General Educational board was raised before the fire of March IT, when Col lege hall was burned. The remaining $2,00o, GOO includes a pledge from the Rockefeller Foundation of $75O, ,000
 Since last August says the state ment, ''onIy three gifts of oyer $10. .0e0 have been received. One of these was made but ten days ago and was the very generous gift from MT. Carnegie of $95,00o for the enlargement of the library
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
PANAMA -cALIFoRNI
 EXPOSITION DEDICATED
By Secretary MeAdoo As President
 Wilson's Representative.

San Diego, Calif., Jan 1-The Pan- ama-C California exposition. opened 10 the world at midnight by the touch ing of an electric button by the pres fdent in Washington, was formally dedicated today by tine presidents per- sonal representative, Secretary Of the Treasury McAdoo.
 Lyman J. Gage. former secretary of the treasury, presided at the cere- monies and the list of speakers in cluded Mir. McAdoo President David son of the exposltion; Count Del ValIe De Salazar, representing the king of Spain; John Barrett of the Panama Union and Charles c. Moore. presi- dent of the Panama-Pacffc exposition of San Francisco. The governors of nine states were present.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
PRISONERS TRANSFERRED
 WITHOUT st4AcKLEs
From Sing Sing to Auhurn-First
 Time in Prison History.

Auburn. N r, Jan. For the first time in the prison history of New York a draft of prisoners from Sing Sing to Auburn has been made with out the use of shackles. Seventy three between Albany and Syracuse even the handcuffs were removed. No e4- tempt was made to escape and the entire draft arrived at Auburn eafeIy. At Syracuse arrangements had been made by telegraph for coffee and exts1- lers, also an innovation.
 Thomas M. Osborne, the new warden of Sing Sing. was thanked by the pFts- oners in a round robin statement.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02

New York. Jan. 1.-F'rancis II. Grif- fin, an attorney. and his wife. Clara H. Griffin, who are under federal in frauded acquaintances of high social standing out of between $500, ,0G0 and s40O,000, were brought back from Col Orado Springs today, whence they fled about month ago, forfeiting bail bonds of s37,500. They were locked up in the TOmbs.
 The pair were at first thought to have fled to Canada, but they were located through country wide search
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
AUSTRIAN MONITORS,
 LOMBARD BELGRADE.
Their Fire Did Slight Damase-No
 Conflict With Bulgarian Guards.

London, Jan. 2, 2.20 a. m.-A des- patch to Reuters Telegram company from Belgrade says:
 -Four Austrian monitors bombarded Belgrade Thursday. Their fire did
 slight damage
 Reports received from Sofia, Bull garia, Of a serious clash between Ser vian and Bulgarian frontier guards are officially denied here. The truth is says the official statement, that Servi- an guards arreste d number of in- habitants of Baganwzawz who were trying to leave the country to avoid military service. There were no cas.
 ualties and there was no conflict with Bulgarian guards'''
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600 GO DOWN WITH
 BRITISH BATTLESHIP
Formidable When She Sank in the English Channel--
 15O of Crew Were Rescued
SHIP WAS EITHER T0RPEDOED OR STRUCK MINE

Thrilling Rescue Work Done by Trawler-Men Were Adrift in an Open Boat in Mountainous Sea, Benumb- ed and Exhausted From ExposHe-Plight of the Sur vivors Almost Indescrbable-On the Entrenched Lines in Flanders and France Artillery Duels Continue-In Poland the Russians Blocking Efforts of Germans to Reach Warsaw-In Gaca and the Carpathians the Rus sans and Austrians Battling for Supremacy-FoW Austrian Monitors Bon1barded Belgrade Thursday With But Little Damage.
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70 or CREW or BRITISH
 WRRSHIP FoRMIDABLE SAVED.
Rescue Work Conducted Under Dan serous ConditioHs-sattiesh Either Struck Mine or Was Torpedoed-


 London, Jan. l, 10.20 P. n.-The de- struction of the British battleship Formidable in the English channel to- day by a mine or a submarine boat, which, although it is one of those events Englishmen now realize must be expected. so long as the British navy is compelled to keep to the seas, has caused widespread grief.
 This is due not so much to the loss uf the ship which was I5 years old and cost about s5,G00 0O0, as it is to the deaths Of the men-600 in number who are believed to have gone down with her Thus far only 150 men of ;he Formidable's crew of 150 are known to have been rescued. \ light cruiser picked up so and a Tor Bay twarler 70. Among the rescued are eight officer and six midshipmen.
 Rescue Work Dangerous.
 The rescue was effected under dan gerOus circumstances. The crew of the rrawler were amazed while running before the gale for shelter to find a small open boat driving under their lee through mountainous seas with an oar hOisted, bearing a sailors scarf. After strenuous efforts, those on the trawler succeeded in getting a rope to tho cutter and brought her with great skill to berth at their stern.
 Seas Thirty Feet High.
 The naval men began to jumT aboard, but even then there was danger of losing men, as the seas were rising go feet high After half an hours labor. however, all were safely res CUed.
 One lad of 19 was so exhausted by exposure that he required immediate treatment to save his life. When all had left the cutter her rope was cut, as she was full of water, having a hole under her hull which had been stuffed with a pair of trousers. of which one man had divested himself for the purpose.
 Sailors Were 5enumbed.
 Some of the rescued men had no trousers. and these were cared for in the warm engine room. The naval men had been in the cutter for nearly F hours. The crew of the travler dis trfbuted hot coffee. food and tobacco among the benunbed sailors, When they landed the residents brought blankets. clothing and boots for the survivors and housed them in comfort able quarters.
 The plight of these survivors from the Formidable is almost indescribable. For hours before being rescued they had been battling against the storm, hoping against hope, until the brown sails of the Providence hove in sight During the height of the storm they were almost continually engulfed in great waves.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
Start the New Year Right

start is being made by get of the a idea in 
 amount of attention to the serv of
 
 would stimulated publicity tenptng to a goalre signboards.
 business to advertising of of the greatest delay Bulletin that adv pays
 the
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
NEWSPAPERS ARE NOT
 ESSENTIAL TO LIBRARIES
According to Opinion of Members of
 Library Commission.

Chicago, Jan. 1.--Newspapers are So accessible to all that they are not es- opinion of members of the T,eaeI,a of Library Commissioners. meeting here today. pr. Frank F. Hill G6rarian n of the Brooklyn public library, sug- gested that the cost to the public for newspapers was so low that to main tain free reading room of daily papers would be a burden to inc ii- brary and not of sufficient benefit to the patrons
 Action may be taken next June look ing toward the diScontinuance of cur rent newspapers in libraries, it was said,
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vessel was torpedoed both fore and aft early Friday morning and sank almost immediately, giving the crew hardly time to escape.
 The Chronicles Brixhan correspond : enL who is authority for the above, says that the captain of the trawler Providence, which rescued TO survivors who had escaped from the battIeship in a cutter. states that other fishing boats were close at hand. The capatin ex- presses the belief that other survivors have been rescued and taken to Dart mouth. He saw no other boats be- l1Trging to the Formidable, however.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
sssnsr hia.es Hiahwaxmsn Bun.

-sEa1GlaG2, Mass. Jan. IA bag o5 black pepner, broken open hy Miss Edith Hatch, . high school girl, when r.ye men attempted to sraech her handbag tonight, produced such dis agreeable results that the men ran away. Half an hour before, two men supposed to have been the same ones had robbed Mrs. Clifford Weston at the point of reTQiXe CTS.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
Hot Springs Only "Wet" Spot ir
 Arkansas.

Little Rock, Ark, Jan. Hot Springs saloons were reopened at noon today. and that city now is the only wet spot in the state. Saloons in all other cities were closed at mid night and, under the statutes, peti- tions containing 8 majority of the names of white adult citizens must be presented to the county court before they can procure licenses.
 The Hot Sprjugs license was reis- sued without ccDteE+ from the anti liquor forces Little Rock is expected to remain 6rg seHeral weeks.
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instituted by the federal authorities. The GriffinS were arrested last May in Groton, Mass. Mrs. Griffin operated city and it WAS charged that, throngf representations that the bureau ha6 obtained large contracts for govern ment stenographic work the coupL obtained large sums from lawyerE judges, members of clubs to WIlicJ Griffin belonged, and several women giving their notes therefor.
 They failed to appear when that case was called for trial Dec A.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
Kalss- May Undergo cirerst;oo.

sterdarn ccrres2GEd Gent Of tE;a Fx9rass says he learns Guat the cofstitiGl of Emperor William Of Germany, vy:.o re- cently was reported as having recoy- cred from ar ilinegs, is worssa t7is1; is genera1l5 supposed. Tho correspond ent says he zs informed tha4 sooner or later tne eTnp8For must return to Fer lin for au operation or lis tfiYcs7 mt IS oefeTring the trip because he is anxious to return caiy after T,2S-;1e. secured 8 crushing Elets.u-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
PRISON SENTENCE FOR BRISTOL. VT- DRUGGIST
Who Sold Liquor Containing Dena-
 tursd Alcohol.

Middlebury Vt. Jan. IA prison sentence of from 12 to 15 years was imposed today uPon Dr. Don A. Bis bee. the Bristol druggist convicted yes terday of manslaughtef in causing the death of several persons by selling them liquor containing denatured al- coho1 Bisbee admitted a violation of the law in selling spirits as g. bev- craze but said he was ibnorant of the presence of the poison.
 He was tried on four charges of mansiaughter. although it was alleged that Is persons died after drinking spirits purchased at his pharmacy.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
Demonstration
 of Unemployed
CULTIVATED IN FIGHT WITH 20.
 LICE IN NEW YORK
OBJECTIONABLE FLAGS
Men and Women Attacked Police in an Effort to Release a Man Whom They Had Placed Under Arrest.

New York, Jan. 1.-Unemployed men and women in this city began the new year with an outdoor demonstra- ton, which eliminated in a fight with policemen who interfered when an at tempt was made to hold parade with objectionably worded banners flung aIoft.
 About 700 idle men and women gath cred in Union square to listen to dis
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
TORSO OF A HUMAN
 BEING IN 5URLAP BAG
Found in a Marsh in Suburban Sec
 ton of Brooklyn,

New York, Jan. 1.-Two b,,r7an n Ina vs were discovered tonight inbedded in ice in marsh in a suburban section of Brooklyn, and when examined in a, po- lice station one was found to contain the torso. of human being and the sheet, believed to contain the arms and legs. ---'7 ''4 U
 Wrapped about the torso was a newspaper of date of Dec. 21, a petit coat, Q skoirt and other clothing Tn the second bag was newspaper pub ished in Italian.
 Detectives were set to work at once in the hope of developing clues which might lead to the solution of what inc police accepted as a murder rnTster1r
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
Damage by yaoui R;ve~ Elect

Douglas, Ariz-. Jan 1.-Tne Yaoui river in southern Sonora Is ir flood Stock has been drowned, aridges washed out and crops. farraing in, proVements and irrigation ditches des troyed, according 70 men arriving here today. Ths inhabitants have sought safety ic tke hills and 1t IS r,unored some have been drowned
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
BANK OF ENGLAND SELLS
 1,o14ooo POUNDS STERLING.
Destination of the Coin Has Not Been
 Disclosed.

London. Jan. l, 5.05 D. n1.--The Bank of England announced today that a consignment of 1,01+,00o pounds ster- ling <S5.G70 000l. foreign coin, had been fcld The destination of the coin was not disclosed and 1t was at first be- lieved that the money was for France. ir was. stated tonight in banking cir clas. however, that the coin was not to 5e exported ar that the transa ction vas in effect a transfer on behalf of the 6gnl1 of Ottawa to New York ac- rrfIDf
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
First VioIati7n e Arizona Prohibition

Tucson, Ark, 5s.a. <.-For seJNne a pint of E7El2slzey carly rodly after Ari- zona's prohibition had go,s into ef- feet, Louis GheTre, TV6s arrested His violation of the law ana irgneE eEia te arrest was by previous arrEr cement. for the purpose of testing She self executing feature of the prohibition law that the constitutional a7ro10- ment should so into effect yoda-.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
Wreckins Tug Saves Steamer Falk.

Colon, Jen. 1.-The Norweg. ian steamer Falk, which ran ashore recent ly on the San Bias coast, near Diablo,
 arrived here today in company with the wrecking tug Namesis. The F'alk.
 which sustained only slight damage
 when she grounded, will be repaired here.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
PRESIDENT PoTNcAlRE BELIEVES WAR WILL END THIS YEAR
Statement Made at a New Years
 Gathering at Palace of EIysee.

Paris, Jan. l. 3.01 D. m.-The belief that the year now beginning will see the end of the war was expressed by President Potncaire in an address to- day 10 members of the diplomatic corps who went to the palace of the Elysee to present New Years con- gratulatfons to the president.
 T do not doubt that next year, at this traditional reception. we shall eel ebrate together the establishment of 8 benefcent peace which, solidly based on rect'tude and respect for interna- tfonaI treaties. will give necessary se- curity to the nations," said the presi- dent.
 The British ambassador, Sir Francis Bertie as dean of the diplomatic corps, presented the congratulations Of his colleagues and himself. In his address Sir Francis remarked that the diplo- mats present at the reception com prised representatives of the nations fighting at the side of France and of other nations where on neutrality inn poses special duties in the grave crisis which Europe is traversing"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
Hanged Himself in Cell at New gz,,s,

New Haven, Conn. Jan. IA few hours after he had been arrested for begging today. John E. Harris 50 wears old, committed suicide in a cell at Do- lice headquarters by hanging. He had made a moose of his underclothing, tied the improvised rope to a bar and then jumped from a bench. His neck was broken. death probably being in
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
Turks Enter Russian Territery,

Petrograd. via London. Jan. 2, SIS a. In.-The Novoe VreD1ya states that e strong Turkish force has succeeded in entering Russian territory in the Cau- casus near Kars and Ardahan. The paper adds that the plan to envelop the Russian rear however, was upset by the Turkish artillery
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02

Frank L. Staples, former judge of the Bath, Me. Municipal Court and prominent in legal circles throughout the state, is dead. He was born at Topsham 48 years ago.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
The Ambulance
 Chasers' Trust CONSPIRACY uNEARTHED BY AR REST OF BRIDGEPORT LINEMAN LAWYERS ARE INVOLVED
Organized Method of Muictinq Cor porations for Slight or Imaginary Injuries in Accident Cases.

New York, Jan. IA campaign against ''the ambulance chasers' trust. so called by District Attorney Martin of the Bronx, was begun today by the arrest of Dennis Murray, foreman ot lineman for the New York New Ha- ven and Hartford railroad, at his home in Bridgeport, Conn, on a warrant charging erjury. He was subsequent
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JUMPED $37,5OO BOND, RECAPT I
Francis H. Griffin, a New York Attorney, aau
 Wife Brought Back From Colorado Springs
DEFRAUDED ACQUAINTANcES OUT OF $sOOOOo

Pair Were Located Through Countrywide Search Made by Federal Authorities Griffin Had Operated Stem
 ograPhc Bureau in New York City, and Through Repre-
 sentations That the Bureau Had Obtained Large Cons tracts, the Couple Got Large Sums from Lavyers
 Judges and Several Women, Giving Their Note Therefor
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02

The biennial American chimpionship ! checker tournament will be held in l Chicago, opening January il. Sixty | contenders from all parts of the coun-
 l try are expected to compete.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
Cargo of Copper Seized by Danish
 Authorities,

Copenhagen. Denmark, Jan. (yia London, 9.2a p. n1.)-A large cargo Of copper which is said to have been shipped to Denmark by a German American, in an attempt to smuggle it through this country to Germany by means of a false bill of 1ading, was seized today by Danish authorities.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-02
Says Emperor Francis Joseph Looks
 WeI

Geneva Switzerland, via London, Jan. 1. 1I.05 d. m.-A Swiss diplomat who returned here from Vienna, where he say Emperor Francis Joseph Christ mas day, says the monarch looked physically well. but seemed .sadder and mnre anxious than usual,
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Pacific Railroad shops Reopen.

Ogden, Utah. Jan. 1-After beanE closed down for six weeks, excepting for few days early in December, Pa- cific railroad shops In Ogden arc te be opened again Jan. {. IL YVES an- nounced here today. Five hundred men are employed In the shops that have been closed down,