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Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01
NERALS.
Mrs. Edwin A. Gay.

MTSs EoNstU As way
 The funeral of Adeline J. Whipple, wife of Edwin A. Gay, was held at the Massapeag chapel Tuesday afternoon at l o'clock, with Rev. Mir. Tibbfts, the new pastor at the Uncasville Methodist church, officiating. The bearers were Frank Rogers, Milton Ethridge, Robert Chappell and Mir. Allen, and burial took place in Comstock cemetery. The attendance was large and there were number of beautiful floral remem- brances.
 Undertakers Church & Allen had charge of the arrangements.
 Mrs. John Callahan.
 The funeral of Bridget Merrigan, wife of John Callahan, was held from her home, No. 57 North street, Tues day morning at s.10 o'clock, with a requiem mass in St. Patrick's church at g o'clock, Rev. J. H, Frederick. of ficiating. Some Sweet Day, and Near CT, My God. to Thee were rendered by Mrs. Frank L. Farrell. The bearers were John, Joseph and Frank Callahan, William, Harold and John Council, and burial took place in St Mary's cem- etery. The floral remembrances were many and beautiful.
 Undertaken M. Hourigan had charge of the funeral arrangements.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01
NO ONE OPPOSES
 TAKING SToNINGToN LAND
For Railroad Purposes-Utilities con1-
 mission Held Hearing.

Hartford. Conn. Nov. 30.-There was no opposition to the petition of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company for permission to take land for railroad purposes at the hearing before the public utilities commission in the capitol today. The land in question is located in Stoning- ton and owned by Mrs. Mary P. Hyde. While there was no formal opposition. a letter was read from Fred S. and w. A. Pendleton of Brooklyn, N r., broth ors. of Mrs. Hyde. in which they called attention to the annoyance from which their sister would suffer by the layine of tracks on the land. It Is the inten- tion of the company to use it for a siding for freight cars.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01

An important new extension in the field of activity of the United Workers was very instructively described at a public meeting in the town hall on Tuesday evening, where an audience of about 200 listened attentively to a de- scription of what the work of a visit ing nurse Is and heard endorsements of it's value and suggestions as to now it may be carried out.
 Now that the matter has been given a public hearing and public interest has been aroused, the conlr&attee in charge, of which Mrs. R. R. Graham Is chairman, is to put the plan. into op- eration as soon as possible by securing someone properly qualified TOT the work. The financial part of the, plan has already practically. been provided for.
 Mrs. George D. Colt, president of the United Workers, called the meeting to order at o'clock and said that before introducing the chairman of the even ing, His Honor, Mayor. T. c. Murphy, she wanted to say few words about the department in whose interests the meeting was called.
 The work of the district nurse Is not new branch for the United Workers to undertake, she said. Through the generosity of many friends and the state hospital, who have for the past eight years furnished nurse, we have had those who have done good and faithful work and been blessing In this community. Times have changed and methods also, and we are to hear this evening of the many ways in which a graduate nurse and social | worker can come into the homes of this
 city and bring help and comfort Mayor Murphy Presides.
 l She presented Mayor Murphy as chairman of the evening, and as His
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01

president. Joseph wooley: vice presi- dent Edward Coon; invocator. Ashley T. Boon; recording secretary, Warren Andrews: financial secretary. William R. Balcom; treasurer, Joseph A. George; warden, Arthur Alquist; sen- tinel, Fred r. Nowatsky; picket, Henry N. Percy; physicians, Drs. James J. Donohue, Louis T. Cassidy and J. H. McLaughlin; musician Frank E. R. Leete: druggists, George c. Engler. George M. Rathbun and John P. Cor man; trustees for one year (term ex- pires in January) Ashley T. Boon and Edward Cook
 t The entertainment committee com prising Louis Oat. chairman, Arthur AIquist, John Waltz, Leroy Johnson Fred NowatsIzy and Herman Johnson had charge of the anniversary arrange ments.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01
PUBLIC HEALTH \ PUBLIC ASSET
Would be Conserved by Work of Visiting Nurse Which
 New Branch of United Workers' Activies-vaue of the Visiting Nurse Described to Norwich Audience by Three Authorities the Subject.

Honor took the chair he said that it was a pleasure to preside at a meet ing of an organization that had been at work for 35 years with success and he felt that the city was indebted to N for all that 1t had accomplished in that time. He felt sure that the city would be glad to render 1t all possible help. as he knew he would do so, and he felt that that would be the feeling of his successors in office.
 Miss Ella p. crandaII.
 He introduced as the first speaker Miss Ella P. Crandall of New York, executive secretary of the national orr
 In clear and convincing way Miss Crandall spoke atNlength on what the work of a visiting nurse consists of saying at first that she felt like con- graduating the city that 1t was to be undertaken by the United Workers.
 In the first place. she mentioned how the idea of a visiting nurse had it's in- ception in England through the thought of a gentleman who out o1 gratitude for the skilful nursing that had restored his wife to health wanted to see if some of the service that she enjoyed could not be extended to oth- CTS. He asked Florence Nightingale tc formulate plan which she did suc- .cessfully and 1t had remarkably rap- i'd growth. In America the experience udS hOl OCSn IHG SdulS, anu IL IS sur prising that America has been so slow to provide skilled nursing for those unable or unwilling for various req. sons to go to a hospital. The statistfcl show that 90 per cent of the sick peo. pie have no nursing care.
 Public Health Campaign. A few years ago we began to heal of the public health campaign with tn! (continued on Page Eisht)
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01
BRITISH AERoPLANE SINKS
 GERMAN SUBMARINE
Dropped Bomb and Broke the Back
 of the Undersea Boat.

London, Nov 30. sos D. m.-The admiralty this evening gave out addi- tional details concerning the sinking of a German submarine off Middel- kerke last Sunday by a bomb dropped from a British aeroplane and also made announcement that a German seaplane had been brought down off Ostend. The admiralty statement says:
 No November 2S, Flight Sub-Lieu- tenant Whey, accompanied by a French officer, while patrolling off the Belgian coast, dropped a bomb on a German submarine. The submarine was observed to have had her back broken. She sank in a few minutes.
 During the same day Flight Lieu tenant Ferrand, with Air Mechanic Oldfield, in a seaplane, shot down a German albatross seaplane off Ostend. The albatross dived nose first into the sea and sank"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01
FEMALE LABOR LEADER
 FOUND NOT GUILTY
Miss Flynn Denied She Had Used
 Language Attributed to Her.

Paterson, N J.. Nov. 30-Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. Q labor leader, late to- day was found not guilty of a charge of 'inciting to personal assault" in the silk mill strike in Paterson in Feb ruary, 1913. The jury was out one hour and seven minutes.
 Miss Flynn was charged with hav- ing made speeches to strikers to in duce them to riot. Taking the stand In her own behalf just before the case was given to the jury, Miss Flynn de- nied that she had used language at tributed to her in the indictment She admitted that she had been known as Mrs. Jones. but declared that in her speaking tours during the last five years she was known as Miss Flynn. She said she had been in Paterson Q number of times prior to the silk workers strike. but she was induced to speak to the strikers by officials of the Industrial Workers of the World She said she is still connect ed with that organization
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01
DREADs THOUGHT oFoLDAGE

Almost every person dreads the thought of old age, yet 1t ought to cause of ripened judgment and ex- perfence. Years of happiness may be added to ones life by avoiding worry. a simple diet, light exercise. and If the vitality gets low. our local drug gist, G. G. Engler Proprietor of the Broadway Pharmacy, guarantees Vinol to restore strength and vitality. It Is a non-secret remedy in which are combined cod liver extractives. pep tomato of iron and beef peptone, in a mild tonic wine. Feeble old people quickly regain strength and vitality by its use.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01
ORGANIZATION OF STATE
 BOARD OF MEDIATION
Gov. Hoieomb Has Directed Senator
 Whiton to Proceed.

Hartford, Conn.,. Nov. Ex-Governor Holcomb sent. today. a letter to Sem ator Lucius E. Whiton. of New Lon don, chairman of the board of media ton and arbitration, directing him to call meeting of the members of the board for the purpose of organizing and work under the statutes for the purpose of settling strikes in the state.
 The letter of the governor was in reply to one received by him from Senator Whiton in which the senator stated that it was not customary for the board to meet for the purpose of organization until called together by the governor. The senator said Gov ernor Baldwin and Governor Weeks had issued a call to the members of the board to organize. Governor Hol- comb directed Mr. Whiton's attention to a letter from MT. O'Meara of New Haven and the senator replied that at one time he did not think the statute gave the board power to interfere. but that he found he was mistaken in that opinion.
 Governor Holcomb said today that he did not care to say what the duties of the board were in the premises, but he wanted 1t to do whatever 1t has power to do under the statute
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01

& Hughes Co. Porteous & Mitchelrs, Cranston & Co.'s and George A. Davis, or they may be procured through Francis J. Leavens, president of the local branch, or Mrs. Robert w. Per kins, treasurer and secretary.
 The sale of Red Cross Christmas seals has grown to such immense pro- portions that 22A000,00 have been printed for distribution and sale in every state of the union, as we'll as Alaska, the canal zone, Porto Rico and Hawaii.
 Every effort this year is being made to sell at least 75,000,000 seals, which is less than C~e for every man, woman Is accomplished by the army of about 500, 900 workers, most of them volup- teers, it will mean S75O, ,0O0 for the anti tuberculosis campaign in the United States.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01
PROMINENT SAN FRANCISCO
 MAN COMMITS SUICIDE
Frederick s. Stratton, a Former Col
 iector of the Port.

Oakland, Calif., Nov. 30.-Frederick s. Stratton, former collector of port for San Francisco and a well known attorney and club man of this city and San Francisco, shot and killed himself today near Pleasanton. Calif. His body, with a revolver beside 1t, was found by an automobile party. MT. Strat- sanitariurn near this city for ner- vous breakdown. He was 56 years old and a widower.
 Mr.. Stratton served as attorney for the United States in the Alabama claims commission cases, the French spoliat1on claims cases and. the Ben- son land fraud cases in California.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01
Real Estate Bureau Organizes.

Organization of the real estate bu- reau of the Norwich Chamber of Com- merce was effected on Tuesday evening at meeting held at the Transports tion building by, the election of VII liam w. Beckwith as chairman and A. E. Cherry secretary.
 The other members Of the bureau are F. D. Donohue. John E. Tanning, James. F. Fenton, George w. Carroll Harold Gillespie, William F. Hill. w, F, Lester. James L. Case, Robert Mo Neely, Arthur F. Jenkins, Nelson, " Porter, John A Moran, c. H. Pres
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01
Walked to This City.

Miss Ruth Dutton and Miss Florence Staab of New London find walking a pleasant exercise and manage to make at least one long hike each week. Sum day afternoon the two young women set out from their homes at 1.45 o'clock and a little more than three hours later they entered Norwich. This is the sec ond time the two have walked to the Rose City. their time for the first walk being four hours.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01
ELks, LADIES NIGHT.
Norwich Lodge Conducted First Social
 Affair of the Season.

Their first ladies' night of the season was conducted with great success on Tuesday evening by Norwich lodge of Elks at the E1ks' home where from 8 o'clock until midnight the programme that was furnished was thoroughly en- joyed by the large attendance of out the evening the entire building was thrown open and the members of the
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01
M;ddIet,1.n -w,hi,. r,,sy,ng

Middletewn.-while playing Indian with a number of companions, Herbert Achtmeyer. Ii year old son of Mir. and Mrs. William Achtmeyer of Wall street. South Farms, was shot in the. left eye by an arrow let fly at him. He turned suddenly, the arrow striking him a glancing blow. but it is thought he will lose the sight of the eye.r <.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01
MT. Lorinq Made President. t.

Augustus P. Loring of Boston, who is one of the directors and chairman of the finance committee of the Hop kins & Allen Arms company, has been
 named as president of the Massaehu- setts mills,s succeeding the late Arthur T. Lyman, according to an announce ment made in Boston on Tuesday.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01
NORWICH OWLS CELEBRATE
 THEIR FIFTH ANNIVERSARY.
Roast Pig Supper With, Music and
 Speeches.

Norwich Nest of Owls, No. 1896, has in the history of It's organization and as A fitting celebration of the anni- versary the entertainment committee provided roast pig supper with all the "dxens" for the members in Owls hall Tuesday evening.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01
Grace Marshall in Johns Hopkins.

Baltimore, Md, Nov. 30.-Grace Marshall, whose father is alleged to have kept her imprisoned Tn the Mar shall home for F years, was brought here today from Easton, Md. She was taken to Johns Hopkins hospital for treatment in the hope of restoring her mental and physical health.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01

While awaiting the supper call the members enjoyed a social hour during which there were plano solos and popu- lar songs. About 9.20 word was passed along the line that the ta- bles were ready and there was a gen. era1 rush for the dining room. Three tables. two large and one small pro- vided ample accommodations for the so or more hungry Owls and the roast pig supper disappeared in less than no time. One oS the diners. who is of an observing turn of mind asserted that it was a fraction less than ten minutes from the time the three-scoFe Owls took seats at the tables until the after dinner speeches started.
 Tho menu which was prepared un- der the able direction of Clinton Eld- redge, was as follows:
 Roast Pig
 Mashed Potatoes Mashed Turnips
 Dressing Gravy
 Celery Coffee
 Past President Ashley T. Boon, the nests first head, started the ball roll ing after the supper. Many of you remember the night that we swore al- legiance to the order. said Past PreSt- dent Boon. You well remember the remarks of some of our friends who gave us six months, some even thres months, to live. They kept it up until the six months were up and then they said they guessed we would live a year. : Past President Boon said that he be- lieved that the order is among the best in the city and he feels proud of the fact that he was elected as the first president. five years ago.
 Bend to the wc-.S and bring some new names, he said. I want to see this nest grow to the 300 mark. In closing he said God speed to you all: let us hope everyone of us will meet at our next anniversary
 Assets of $25oo.
 President Joseph Wooley then an- ' nounced that the treasurer, Joseph A i George. would read the report of the ! financeO of the nest which are eX- | cellent as the total assets are s2,500. 1 Tn closing Treasurer George said that
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01
BEGINNING THE SALE
 OF CHRISTMAS SEALS.
Red Cross Work in Anti Tuberculosis
 Campaign Has Started.

. The annual sale of the Red Cross Christmas seals, whose proceeds are devoted to the anti-tuberculosis cam
 paign, has been begun all over the United States, and in Norwich it Is hoped to sell 10000. which will be an increase of about 15,000 over the sales of last year. They have been placed O., xarn q tta ,..,lol aennts tEa Reid
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01
Twenty Nen4 poetars.

of the state hoard of health. announc- ed Monday the names of those who passed the recent examinations ron licenses to practice medicine In this state. There were 20. Eight failed.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01
ADDRESS OF WELCOME AT OPENING OF REIcHSTAG
Or. kampf Compliments Germany on
 the Military Situation.

Berlin. Nov. 30, via London, Dec. 1, 2.37 a. m.-The openinjg of the reich stag today was marked by an address of welcome by the president, Dr. Kampf. in which he complimented Ger many on the highly satisfactory mili- tary situation in the west and east and the successful conclusion of the Ser hfan campaign and a speech by the secretary of the imperial treasury. Dr. Karl Helfferich, in introducing a bin arranging the preliminaries for the taxation of war profits.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01
HOUSING co. DIRECTORS CONSIDERED BIDS
Had Four for Building Houses
 Award Expected Today.

The directors of the Norwich Hous- ing company had. a meeting on Tues day afternoon at which President Wal ter F. Lester presided and there was under consideration the four bids which had been made for the construc- tion of the houses which the company proposes to build.
 No award was made, but the meet ing was adjourned until the next morning when it is expected that the award will be made.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01

t Nicaragua's chief industry is banana
 growing.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-01

We advertise exactly
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-22
PEOPLES FORUM.
The Cost of Vengeance.


Editor of The Virginian:
Sir.-The hideous atrocity of the
Georgian outrage upon law and or
der icbars itself from any semblance
of excuse or palliation. 1t Is refiec-
ton upon civilization and common
decency, and well meriting your con-
demnatory editorial. A moments
sweet revenge for the brutal murder
OF the defenseless little girl pays the
awful price OF a public exhibition of
gloatings over brutal retribution and
the seed sowings OF Observation-Disclosures.
cruelty and revenge in the minds AMI
hearts OF the boys and girls who sold
photographs OF the murdered man and
crowded each other for vantage
ground views of the orey's aftermath.
Let us dismiss the idea that the In
ception or controlling motive of the
crime was race prejudice or sectional
degeneracy. The incident might have
happened elsewhere and would have
been equally as revolving anywhere.
Reverence for the majesty OF tine
law lis the prime protection Of our
civilization. II is at once absurd an ]
anomalous TO assume that law and
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-22

order can be conserved by an occa-
sional outbreak of lawlessness as an
example to evii-doers. Probably some
persons will lay the blame for this
Georgia outrage at the door or the
Governor who commuted the sentence
of the prisoner and those who pet.-
toned him for clemency, but this Is
absurd and would virtually be an ar
gument for the notification of wise
and just constitutional provision. me
Governors action was clearly accord
ing to law and order, and IN the
- MON % a large y inI:''r OF sane.
c, Oservative and dlsln.crcs. d c:tizeSr
q. this land -infiue,i II by an innatc
sense OF justice rather tl.ar mau4lin
sympathy--this action was both wise
and Just.
OF course. all the world must know
that nothing so infiames the Southern
heart with resentment and iniigna-
ton as ill-treatment OF womankind.
All true. manly hearts unite in giving
first place to the purpose to protect
our women. But this end is not con-
served. but hindered when blow is
dealt Mt the majesty of the law and
a carnival is held over the body of a
criminal. however vile, who has been
foully murdered while serving a life
sentence for compounded crime al
legged To have been committed by him.
II so be his life sentence was made
quate punishment. it is fearful price
TO pay for its increase that other souls
be stained with murder and mischiev-
Gus seeds of anarchy and revenge
scattered In the virgin soil of the
Southland's young heart.
In the great horror with which the
atrocious murder Of the little Phagan
girl fills the breasts of all who con-
template its Nervousness and the
earnest desire to prevent such crimes,
may IL not be well 10 consider il there
is not something wrong with our So
cial system which permits or necessi-
tates girls of very tender years being
employed in factories, or If additional
safeguards should not be provided to
protect these innocents from the hu-
man sucker that sometimes Turk in
their path. IAN ounce of prevention
is worth pound of cure and the
salvation Of one child is worth more
than the punishment of many Crimi-
nails. albeit the crime of seduCing a
girl should be ever a capital offense.
for nothing can extenuate so base a
rhine.
w. NJ RICKERS.
Richmond, Va, Aug l9, 1915.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-22
Cannot Ship Liquor From Alabama.

Montgomery, Ala. Aug. 21.-A few
of the former large liquor industries
of Alabama regard as unwelcome
news an adverse report returned by
the Senate Temperance Committee on
the bill allowing the shipment from
Alabama to wet" States of bonded
liquors in warehouses The commit
tee was unanimous in advertising the
bill
The measure was introduced chiefly
to relieve a certain large distilline
company. which has 5000 barrels of
liquor on hand IN government bond
ed warehouse of the Magic City. This
concern desires to ship the spirits from
the State without the danger of be-
ling stopped by the State authorities
They claim that they would be pro-
tected by the Federal laws, but In
order to avoid complications. sought
the enactment of the bill which the
Temperance Committee has turned
down.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-22
ATLANTA. WILL. HAVE
PROHIBITION PAPER
Alabama Law Forbids shipment of
Liquor Out of State by
Breweries.

Atlanta. Ca, Aug. 21.-To build up
in Atlanta one of the strongest pro-
hibition papers in the country. the
necessary capital to publish The
commonwealth" was raised at meet
ing of the headquarters committee of
the Anti-SalooE League, and a num-
Der OF business and professional men
yesterday. This paper, which here
tofore has been a bi-weekly. will be
established now as weekly. DR..
George w. Eichelberger. superintend-
ent of the Georgia Anti-Saloon League,
will continue as editor, and states that
he has great hopes for the work to
be accomplished by this publication on
its new basis in it's advocacy of abso-
lutte prohibition.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-22
Spy Trial Postponed.

preliminary hearing here of Walber
Ortolph. charged with entering mill
tary reservations along the Florida
coast to secure information to which
he was not entitled was postponed
again to-day TO September I'd.
No reason was given by Federal
Commissioner McCord other than 1t
was by mutual consent of counsel.
Ortolph's preliminary trial. first set
for August 18th. has been twice post
poned before to-day He is alleged
to be a German
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-22

believe that the law is not good
one, they take the position that SO
long as IL remains on the statute
books Il must be enforced"
1t appears that this law has been on
me statute books for some years with
out the consciences of the administra-
tive officials being greatly troubled
thereby. 1t is to he hoped that the
City Council will at the first oppor-
tunity repeal the ordinance.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-22
REPEAL GARNIsHEE ACT.

taken with a sudden spasm of law en-
forcement in regard 10 the act re-
curing the disciplining or dismissal OF
an employe whose wages are garni-
sheed for debt. We read in the public
press that;
This ordinance was approved
in May, 1903, and has been the
cause OF much discussion and COM
plant since t.ae recent suspensions
While some members Of the board