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Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
WOULD FURTHER
 DIVEST N. H. ROAD
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In it's steamship companies, provided the consent of the Interstate Com merce ComnSission was secured' and favored the retention also of the New Havens interest in all controlled rail- road companies except the Rutland, in Ontario and Western holdings. how ever. it was reported, might well be sold If the transaction could be ar ranged without financial loss to the road.
 Limitation of the dividends of the New Haven company to not more than 5 per cent. was recommended.
 This suggestion was made, it was explained, as means of providing against reduction in book values and actual losSe sto be incurred through sale of the several properties as ordered by the federal dissolution de- cree and recommended by the public service commission. The commission suggested that the per cent. dividend limitation be made effective until such time as the net amount of such losses had been offset by appropriations from earnings or by contributions from stockholders.
 Choice Given Company.
 "The company will have the choice of either making good the waste as soon as it can. or continuing indefin-
 
 rate" the report continued.
 The committee said that ti had not attempted to investigate such holdings of the New Haven as were ordered sold by the federal court in the recent Sherman act proceedings. Its aim, according to the report, was to de termine what the commonwealth ought to do with reference to various acts of the company not authorized by this state and to determine how a sound and effective system of public regula- tion for the future might be best ad- ministered."
 Conflict of Laws in Three States.
 Conflict of laws in the three states in which the New Haven company is incorporated, Massachusetts, Connec- ticut and Rhode Island, was said to have made doubtful the status of the company in Massachusetts. In this connection the report said: While stock indebtedness of the company, practically all of which was issued in occurred under the authority of Con- necticut and without any authority from Massachusetts. has. 1t is true, been validated, the company owns stocks and securities of other com panies, carried on it's books at a value of over $200. .000, 900, only a small DOT tion of which were ever acquired by permission of this commonwealth. It has placed its guarantee upon other securities having par value of more than $S0.000,00o, and most of these guarantees were never authorized by Massachusetts. It has purchased or leased the property and franchises of, or has merged, with, numerous rail- the consent of Massachusetts"
 "So long as a question exists as to the status of these investments and guarantees" the report continued.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
THIS WILL INTEREST
 STOMACH SUFFERERS
Says Indigestion comes from an excess of hydreehIorie
 acid.

well-known authority states that stomach trouble and indigestion is nearly always due to acidity-acid stomach-and not, as most folks be- neve, from lack of digestive juices. He states that an excess of hydrove- chloric acid in the stomach retards di- gestion and starts food fermentation, then our meals sour like garbage in a can, forming acid fluids and gases which inf1ate the stomach like a toy balloon. We then get that heavy, lumpy feeling in the chest, we eructate sour food, belch gas, or have heart burn, hatulence, water-brash. or nausea.
 He tells us to lay aside all digestive aids and instead, get from any phar- macy four ounces of lad Salts and take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast while 1t is ehervescing, and furthermore. to con tinue this for one week While relief follows the first dose, 1t is important to neutralize the acidity, remove the gas-making mass, start the liver, stim- ulate the kidneys and thus promote a Tree flow of pure digestive juices.
 lad Salts is inexpensive and is made rom the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia and sodium phosphate. This harmless salts is used by thousands of people for stomach trouble with excellent results.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
A TWICE-TOLD TALE
One of Interest to Our Readers.

Good news bears repeating, and when it is confirmed after a long lapse of time. even if we hesitated to believe it at first hearing, we feel secure in accepting its truth now. The following experience of a Nor wich man is confirmed after two years.
 D. J. Brown. 6 Summer St, Nor wich, says: 'NThe results that followed the use of Doan's Kidney Pills in my case were satisfactory. I got this medicine at N. D. Sevin & Sons Drug Store and it proved effective in strengthening my kidneys and re- lieving other symptoms of kidney trouble" Statement given August 27, 19o8)
 OVER TWO YEARS LATER MT. Brown said: Kidney trouble and I have been strangers for a long time,'
 Price soc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan's Kidney Pi1ls-the same that MT. Brown has twice publicly recom- mended. Foster-Milburn Co.,. Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
ABOUT 3OO,OOO BABIES DIE BEFORE ONE YEAR

The Census Bureau estimates that 3oo,ooo babies died in this country last year before the age of one year, and 1t is stated that one-half of these deaths were needless if all mothers wese strong and infants were breast-fed.
 Expectant mothers should strive toin- crease their strength with the strength building fats in Scott's Emulsion which improves the blood, suppresses ner- vousness, aids the quality of milk, and feeds the very life cells.
 Physicians prescribe Scott's Emul- sion; it is doubly important during nursing. No alcohol. Everydruggist has it. Insist on Scott's-the white food medicine. No advanced prices.
 Scott & Eowne. Bloomfield. N ] 1s-@
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mistress at Westbrook, was charged with embedding $35S.O7, although the shortage had been made good. Bonds men sent a letter in her behalf. sug- gesting that if there was a shortage it grew out of clerical errors. MT: Spellacy said the postmistress was of excellent standing. A fine of $75 without costs was given.
 Linus Hill a clerk in the Walling- ford post office who "to jolly friend" sent a letter in a franked envelope, was fined $10.
 The grand jury had two cases be- fore it. C. L. Perry of Deep River was foreman
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
S1OO-REWARD-s1oO

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all Its stages and that is catarrh. Catarrh, being greatly influenced by constitutional conditions, requires constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and acts through the blood on the mu- cous surfaces of the system thereby destroying the foundation of the dis ease. giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and as- sisting nature in doing Its work. The proprietors have so much faith In the curative powers of Halls Catarrh Cure that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials
 Address F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo Ohio. Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
there can be no efficient supervision over the affairs of the company"
 Power to Engage in Any Business.

Power to Engage in Any Business.
 After detailing the course of its in vestigation the commission announced its conclusion that the great majority of the unauthorized acts were beyond any power which Connecticut alone could give the New Haven company through certain of these acts, the re- port declared, "the New Haven has come into possession of power to en- gage, either directly or indirectly through subsidiary companies, in practically any known kind of busi- banking and that it has @ engaged ed apart from railroad operation, in the street railway business, in various forms of transportation by water, in the express business, in the manufac- ture and supply of gas and electricity, struction business, in the real estate business and in the mining and sale of coal"
 Unauthorized Acts.
 The commission further reached the conclusion that Massachusetts has in no way sanctioned these unauthorized acts or lost any of it's powers with respect to them through delay or neg lect
 Question of Federal Incorporation.
 The question of federal incorpora- tion of the New Haven company was suggested by the commission as de- serving of serious study. "A system under which single undivided cor poration is in the same time three separate corporations Is wholly illogi- cal and seems contrary to good order and reason. It would tend to sim plification if the New Haven company could cast loose from it's three incon- sistent and inharmonious state char ters and reorganization under one sin gle charter granted by the federal government. carefully limited and containing the necessary safeguards in the public interest. Whether the advantages would outweigh the dis advantages is open to doubt but at least the question deserves most seri- ous study"
 Four Possible Courses.
 Pointing out, however, that action
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
Don't ScoId FretfuI Children.

lessness is no doubt caused by worms or constipation. Instead of whipping or scolding, give your children a treatment of Kickapoo Worm Killer Nice candy confections that kill the worms and are laxative enough to move the bowels and .expel not only the worms but accumulated poisons These poisons and worms bring on fever make children nervous and ir- ritable, reduce their vitality and make them victims of sickness. Get a box of kickapoo Worm Killer today at your Druggist. only 25c.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
BITUMINOUS COAL OPERATORS
 AND MINERS TO MEET
In New York Today in an Attempt to
 Adjust New Wage Scale.

New York, Feb. 23.-Operators and organized miners of the central com petitive fields, comprising the soft coal regions of western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, will meet here tomorrow to make another at tempt to reach an agreement on a new wage scale to take the place of the contracts that expire in those states March 31. The miners and operators were recently in session in Mobile, Ala, for about ten days and did not reach an agreement on any one of the II demands formulated by the Indianapolis convention of the miners.
 The demand of the union men which calls for the weighing of all coal be- fore it is screened and for the pay ment of wages on the mine run basis IS one of the two important questions to be settled. The other is the wage increase asked for-ten per cent per ton for miners, ten per cent. for all dead work and yardage and twenty per cent for all men paid by the day.
 When the joint conference recessed at Mobile the mine workers and op- orators were deadIocked over the mine run proposition, the most seri- ous opposition coming from the west ern Pennsylvania employers. The Ohio miners are now working under the mine run system, with certain notifications. In Indiana there is a double standard while in Illinois the men have the mine run basis, western PennsylVania operators are opposed to mine run, they say, because it places them at a disadvantage with competitors in unorganized fields.
 John P, White, president of the United Mine Workers of America, in statement given out tonight, said he felt a satisfactory agreement would be reached before the soft coal men left New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
ARRESTED FOR MURDER
 OF MRS. JULIA HEILNER
Joseph F. HaneI Brought to New
 York From Baltimore.

New York, Feb. 23.-Joseph F. Ha- mel, arrested in Baltimore yesterday in connection with the police inquiry into the murder of Mrs. Julia Heilner in Brooklyn last April, was brought here late today, having waived ex- tradition in Maryland. He will be arraigned in a Brooklyn court tomor- row.
 According to his story to a detec- tive, Hanel, who was Mrs. Heilner's butler, worked in an orchard on the ing Brooklyn, until his recent trip to Baltimore. Finger prints are in cluded in the evidence which the po- lice say they will use in an effort to convict the prisoner of the murder.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
PLANFELD
Youth of 19 Put on Probation After Sentence for Intoxication Selling Liquor to Minors to Be Stopped.

Leander De Forge of Moosup, 19 years old, was arrested Monday even ing by Officer George Bliven on a charge of intoxication. He was ar raigned before Justice Benjamin R. Briggs Tuesday morning at Central Village and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. Owing to his youth and his promises never to be held on this charge again, De Forges sentence was suspended for six months
 Liquor Sold to Minors.
 The matter of giving intoxicating hquonr to minors is now under inves tigation and the authorities will en- deaVor to find out where these minors are obtaining their liquor, and it is be- Ieved that immediate action will take place. It is no unusual sight to see young fellows apparently IS or 19 years of age, and under, intoxicated on Saturday night. The conduct of these young men is outrageous and the authorities of the town are deter mined to put an end to it at once
 The town of PlainfieId may be a license town, but that does not allow boys under age to buy intoxicating liquor.
 Benefit Club Meets.
 There was a meeting of the Benefit club in the vestry of the Congrega- tional church Tuesday evening which was well aCCenQeQ. Alter the DuSln eSS meeting the following programme was rendered: Piano solo, Miss Florence Butterworth; solo, Mrs. Philips, and an interesting reading by Miss Mary Kingsley which concluded the evenings entertainment.
 Colonel Cody Coming Today.
 Col William Cody and party will arrive in town from Hartford this af- ternoon on the train due here at 4 o'clock and will be met at the station by number of prominent men of this place. Colonel Cody and party will be accompanied to the Junction house and in the evening they will proceed to the Lily theatre, headed by the Plain field Military band under the leader Ship of Lawrence Krauss. Colonel Cody and party will stay at the June tion house Thursday evening and will proceed to Providence on Friday morn ing.
 Arthur Frechette of the U. $. s. New Hampshire was a visitor in town yes- terday with his brother, Israel Frechette.
 Edmund Lebeau of Taftville was a Plainfield visitor yesterday.
 The teachers of the schools of the town of Plainfield held meeting in the high school building at Central Vil- lage yesterday afternoon.
 George Garreaux of Webster, Mass, was business caller here yesterday.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
PACK TRAIN ATTACKED
 BY YAQUl INDIANS Three Men Killed 270 Miles South of the International Border.

Douglas, Ariz., Feb. 23-A pack train en route to a mine near To- niche. Sonora, 27O miles south of the international border, was attacked two weeks ago by 30 Yaqui Indians and three men guarding the train were killed, according to persons ar irving here today from Toniche.
 Residents of Toniche and San An tonic, a nearby mining camp, later drove the Indians from the district after days fighting. One Indian and five townspeople were killed
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
CONFERENCE OF MAYORS
 ON NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS
41 Have Sienifed Their Intention to Attend at St. Louis March 3-4.

New York Feb. 23.-Mayors of fl cities throughout the country have signified their intention of attending or sending representatives to the mayors conference on national pre- paredness at St. Louis March and 1, it was announced tonight Mayor Mitchell will head the New York dele gation which is expected to number several hundred.
 or Mitchell and Mayor Kiel of St. Louis when the National Security Congress met at Washington last month. Among the cities which will be represented is Waterbury, Conn.
 Hartford.-The American Institute of Banking will hold it's fourteenth an- nual banquet in the ballromm of the Hartford club Saturday night.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
ANTHRACITE COAL MINERS
 STRIKE AT LYKENS, PA, Because Officials Refused to Reinstate
 Discharged Fireman.

Harrisburg, Pa, Feb. 23.-Twelve hundred anthracite coal miners struck today at Lykens, because of the re- tusal of officials of the Susquehanna Coal company to reinstate a fireman, who, it is alleged, was discharged be- cause of refusal to load mine cars as directed by officials, a subject which has been in controversy at the mine for some time. Williamstown miners have threatened to go out in sympa- thy
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
TO OPERATE STEAMSHIPS
 FLYING AMERICAN cOLoRS.
An Importing and Exporting Firm of New York Forms $5,0oo, 900 Company.

New York. Feb. 23-The importing and exporting firm of Gaston, Will jams and Wigmore, Inc announced today the incorporation of a $5,000,- 900 company to operate a fleet of steamships flying the American flag. The company will be known as the Gaston, Williams and Wigmore Steam ship company and will operate boats between New York and Far Eastern ports. Six vessels have already been purchased, it was announced, two are building for the company and negotia- tions are pending for the purchase of others,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
Liven Up Your Torpid Liver.

To keep your liver active use Dr. Kings New Life Pills. They insure good digestion, relieve constipation, and tone up the whole system, keep your eye clear and your skin fresh and healthy looking. Only 25c at your Druggists.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24

Hartford.-Walter s. Garde, presi- dent of the board of water commits sioners, returned Tuesday from South ern Pines, N. c. Mrs. Garde and daughter remained for a few days in Washington.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
MRS. JOHN F. ARCHBOLD
 BITTEN BY A RATTLESNAkE Wound Not Fatal-Shot the Snake
 After She Had Been Bitten.

Thomasville, Ga, Eco. 23.-Mrs. John F. Archbold, daughter -in-law of John D. Archbold of the Standard Oil company, was bitten by a rattlesnake while hunting on the Archbold estates near here today. Physicians said a heavy leather boot prevented complete poisoning and her wound would not prove fatal. Mrs. Archbold shot the snake after she had been bitten.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
Dead Engineer Had Westerly Relatives
Married Daughter of Patrolman LamPhere -Pawcatuck
 Represented at Christian Endeavor Convention.

Officers were elected as follows: Presi- dent, Rev. c. o. Parker, Statewide; first vice president, Miss Muriel E. Mo Fee, Woonsocket; second vice presi- dent, Martin Kaufer Providence; re- cording secretary, Miss Ida I. Stone, Auburn; auditor A. B. Welles, Kings ton; corresponding secretary, Frank O. Bishop, Providence (elected for the 30th consecutive time); treasurer, Err nest A. Chase. Providence; junior su- perintendent, Miss Mary B. Tingley, Pawtucket.
 Tuesday afternoon the funeral of Mrs. Addie Carman was held from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frederick Rogers, No. 25 Williams street, where she died last Sunday at the age of Il. The burial was in River Bend ceme- tery,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24
Differs from Individual Offender.

Waterbury. - A lecture on the European war was given Sunday even ing in the hall of St. Anne's parish by Father Gauthier. a member of the Red Cross service, who has just re- turned from the war gene after duty in France. Father Gauthier is now in this country on furlough and left Wa terbury Monday to visit friends in New York
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24

There is added interest here in the railroad wreck at Milford, Conn.,, from the fact that Engineer w. R. Curtis of the local passenger train, which col lided with the express, was a son-in- law of Albert c. Lamphere. the Watch Hill patrolman. MT. Lamphere, with MT. and Mrs. c. H. Lamphere, left Wednesday for Stamford, where the dead engineer made his home. Mrs. Curtis was Miss Flora Lamphere and the deceased was therefore well known here.
 The Pawcatuck Congregational church was represented at the state convention of the Christian Endeavor society at Pawtucket by Elizabeth Bissett, Agnes Broadfoot, Clara Black, Mabel Strong and William Senior.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-24

THERE n no neSertiafnw medium O Eastern Connecticut equal 10 inc BuE letin fof o~slne9s reaulfa-
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by this state was necessary, the com mission suggested four possible courses to be pursued:
 0-A suit to restrain the unau- thorized acts such as was brought in the case of those trolley companies,
 (2)-Revocation Of the charter of the company by the general court.
 (3)-Forfeiture of the charter of the company by legal proceedings.
 (D-Peaceful adjustment of differ ences by mutual agreement.
 The last was advocated as the course which should first be tried. In outlining in general terms the basis upon which such an adjustment should be made, the commission stated:
 Differs from Individual Offender,
 The New Haven company differs from an individual offender. It is part, and a very vital part of the structure of the community. No inn portant public interests should be sur rendered, but every effort should be made to reach an adjustment which will not cripple this agency of public transportation or hinder 1t from se- curing the funds which are necessary to its continued development"
Milford chronicle., 1916-06-30
The STATE BOARD OF
EDUCATION TO The PUBLIC
'. Standard Schools.

The improvement of public schools
according to tables or lists of stand
ard requirements has made mucl
headway in some states. Imminenc.
of consolidation is not a sufficient
reason for not making one teacher
schools as good as they may be dur
/ ing such years as must elapse before
we can consolidate. Therefore. lists
of requirements as to sanitary equip
ment and conditions, as to lighting
heating and ventilating. as to attend
ance, teachers salaries and other
matters, will be prepared, and the
conditions of each school will be
measured according to this list of
standard requirements.
Schools where conditions satisfy
the requirements will be dominated
Standard, and will be put into a class
to receive extra or additional State
appropriations, and will continue to
receive such extra appropriation as
long as conditions are kept up to the
Standard. Schools not admitted to
the Standard list on the first compar-
ison will be given a chance to change
conditions so as to meet the require
ments and also to get into the class
to receive the extra appropriation
VI Applying the State Dividends to
Encourage Attendance.
The State School Dividend is at
present given to a School District if
it employs a teacher. has a school
room approved by the County School
Commission, keeps the school open
140 days in the term, and raises at
least $100 by taxation In many
cases the states dividend is larger
than the amount raised by the school.
This shows the States anxiety to give
the child a good chance to get an ed
ucatiOn. In many districts, however,
the children get to school but little
more than half the time. Thus the
do not get what the state
and community are paying for. There
fore, part of the states dividend /
should be based on a percentage of /
he attendance of the children. Sup I
pose the States dividend were ap- /
Dortioned, one half for the purposes /
named above, and the other half on \
of attendance made BY the 4
children of the school, so that the
school should receive of this half of !
he appropriation such a proportion
II percentage as was its percentage
II attendance the previous term. Then
t a school made but so per cent. of
it would receive but so
YER cent of that half of the dividend.
Thus, every day child is out Of
chool the district is losing what the
tate is paying toward its education.
This would make every resident and
axpayer of a district take an interest
d the attendance Of fhp ohiIdran and
very time a child was seen out of
chool it would be realized that every
axpayer is suffering a money loss for
ext year A number of states ap-
ortion their state appropriation on
his basis If men are justified in de-
handing what they pay for at the
tore and in the mill, why shall not
be- state stand on the same principal?
CHARLES A. WAGNER,
ecretary State Board Of Education