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night of the wreck. The witness call ed up the telephone operator and asked him to call up as many doctors as possible. MT. Fitzgerald asked wit ness: Did pr. Scanlon, as medical eX- aminer, leave orders at the station not to allow the removal of rhe. locomotive of 62@ train from Bradford that night?" Mr. Otis objected and the ob- jection wac sustained.
 At 1.05 the court took a recess until 145
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Rebekahs Open Season.


 Mystic Rebekah lodge opened its fall season on Thursday night with a large attendance. After the regular busi- ness session an interesting program was carried out and plans were made for the winter and fall work. Refresh mentS were served in the banquet hall and games were played.
 Outing to Lantern Hill.
 Mrs. Henry B. Moves and daughter, Ellen Moves, Misses Annie Higgs, Gladys and Dorothy Barber and Karl Travena enjoyed a picnic to Lantern Hill recently.
 Social and Personal.
 Mrs Daniel E. Gray, her daughter, Miss Sarah Gray, and son, Alton Gray, of North Stonington, were guests on Thursday of their aunt, Miss Charles Stoddard.
 Conrad KretZer has returned from a trip to New Haven.
 Henry Deneke is enjoying a vaca- tion from the office of J. w. Lathrop
 s. S. Brown Mackenzie was in Hart ford Thursday.
 Miss Carrie Chapman has returned from a visit in Providence
 Miss Lillian Hewitt has gone to South Norwalk to begin her duties as teacher of penmanship in the schools in that city.
 MT and Mrs. Andrew Paige of Bos- ton are guests of MT. Paige's parents, Mir. and Mrs. E. c. Paige
 MT. and Mrs. Edwin Fowler have returned to Westf1eld. Mass, after a visit with Mrs. Emeline Allyn.
 Chapter Meeting.
 Helen Starkey chapter of St. Marks Episcopal church held it's first meet ing Thursday afternoon in the parish house on Pearl street.
 Mrs. Alice Avery entertained the Ladies Aid society of the M E. church at her home on East Main street Thursday afternoon.
 Miss Emily Moves has returned from
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in Bayonne, N. J., and is spending few days at his home here
 Mrs. Carrie Mcdonald has been called to Providence by the serious illness of her daughter. Mrs. Roarke.
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MeClusky went, off and left witness in the station right after 623 stopped Witness said McC1usky left the station by the door leading to the tracks and ne would not cross the tracks on his way home. McClusl1y said he was go- ing to the tower, and MdManus was or, duty in the tower at that time. Me Manus had been at work in the tower for month or two. First he saw of indication of trouble was the headlight of 625 about two hundred yards away There was no indication of fire until after some people had been removed from the wreck. He and others went into the rear coach and assisted in rescue work. The engineer of 625, MT. Mansfield, tried to back out his engine, and was at his post when the fire ragged and was tryiT~ to back his engine out. He did not know whether there was a line of hose on Mansfield to keep him from burning. He re- mafned on the locomotive and finally backed out of the wreck. The 625 train was broken apart. The witness re- nained at the scene of the wreck ali of that night.
 He did not knOw what became of the locomotive of train 623, but it was not at Bradford at daylight, or rather he did not see it. The locomotive of 825 was backed out of the wreck, but was not at Bradford the next morning. The engine pulled up to the crossing and went west, towards Westerly, and without the rest of the train. He saw and talked with pr. Sc2nloa on t1AH
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All Troleys Lead To

heard a noise and jumped to the next car ahead and was thrown back into
 the rear car. The lights went out and he assisted in getting out passengers.
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STONINGTON
St. Ann's Society Elects Officers Frank H. Hinkley Determined to be Senator.

St. Ann's society of St Mary's Ca tholic church, in annual session elect ed these officers: Miss Annie McGrath, president; Mrs. Joseph Leahy, vice president; Mrs. Thomas J. Mccormick secretary; Mrs. Mary Davvan, treas urer.
 Out to Win.
 Frank H. Hinckley, judge of the town court of Stonington, and a res ident of the Mystic section of the town, who was nominated for senator from the Shoestring district, stated at the outset that he was in the cam paign to win, and was determined that he would be the successor of his cou- sin, Senator Benjamin H. Hewitt, just as soon as that gentleman, who is the prosecutor in the town court, made the declaration that he would not be a candidate for renomiantion. He has
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ENCINEER'S TRIAL AT WESTERLY

Case Against Charles H. Mansfield of New Haven Roa9 Charged With Manslaughter on Two Counts Comes Up In Superior Court-Accused Was on Gilt Edge Express April 17h When Wreck Bradford Station Resulted in Five Deaths.
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uay) afternOOn at the home Of Mrs. Elizabeth Wilcox.
 hold goods from this village to West Mystic. He has been in New York in the interest of the Palmer shipyard.
 Rebekahs' Social.
 The Rebekahs had social hour on Thursday evening after the business meeting. A musical programme was enjoyed and supper served.
 Webster Eldredge has picked a dozen boxes of strawberries from his late vines this week.
 Mrs. William Foley is showing inn provement since her arrival from Bos- ton. She will remain with her moth CT, Mrs. William Rathbun for few days longer.
 The Modern woodmen of America held an interesting meeting last even ing.
 Home From Granite State.
 Miss Ada May Davis has returned from New Hampshire where she spent her vacation.
 Miss Millicent Kelly is spending her vacation from her duties in the Ship and Engine Co.,, of Groton at her home here.
 Mrs. William Hill, who has been suffering from grip. Is better.
 John Kelly is entertaining his brother-tn-law, John Mcdonald, of New York for a few days.
 Mrs. Charles Barrett will return to her home In Newport News, Va. Oc- tober 3, after a months visit to rela- tives here.
 James W. Rathbun is visiting his son. James T. Rathbun and family in Providence.
 Schooner Earl and Nettie, Captain Antone Henderson is in New York with a load of codish.
 Returning to College.
 Howard Hunter will leave the last of the week for New York where he attends the college of dental surgery. Henry Reed has been on an auto mobile trip to Hartford.
 The crew of the Binghamton arrived yesterday. and the boat has left for New York.
 Mrs. John Kelly has returned from a visit at Riverside.
 Captain Henry Specht left his barge
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Frederick A. Waterman. civil en- gineer, Of East Providence, submitted and explained in detail plan of the tracks and general layout of the track section in the vicinity of Bradford, showing the location of the signals, and showing their relative distances from each other from the tower house and the station. The distance from the Bradford tower to the distant sig nal is 3,23S feet, and the raise in grade is about five feet to a mile for that distance, and beyond at the rate of eight feet for a mile towards Wester- ly with the apex at Bradford, the greatest rising grade being east of the tower house. MT. Waterman was the first witness at the afternoon session.
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Returns to Alabama.

Mrs. William Dawson has returned to her home in Birmingham, Alabama, after two months visit with her sis ter, Mrs. Frank Bindloss.
 Mrs. Thomas Demahus has return ed to South Manchester after visit with MT. and Mrs. Robert Adamson.
 Mrs. Daniel Tatro of Providence is the guest of MT. and Mrs. John F. DOugheritY.
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a visit with MT. and Mrs. John Pier son in Hartford
 Miss Elizabeth Adamson has return ed from a visit in Providence.
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By Mir. FitzferaId: At the time of the wreck witness was clerk and has neen station agent at Bradford since JoIy ]. Had not previously examined the reserve water barrels Witness was ordered by the superintendent of the railroad to be in court, and had not pecn summoned to appear He was the only person present, outside of Me Clusky, the towerman, when the local train came to the station. When the 623 goes by the station is supposed to De closed. His tour of duty was from in the morning until [ at night. and o23 IS due at 6 53 D. m., and the day's work of witness Is done. On that night was preparing to close the station when the collision occurred. He did not observe that 623 was late on that night. It might take 10 or 5 minutes to close up. In the morning at he did not know whether McClusky was in the tower. He knew McCIusky was on duty on the day of the wreck. He could look out of the station window and see McClusky in the tower. When the 623 came McCluslzy was in sra- ton, and they sat around and talked Tor while. He did not expect 623 to stop at the Bradford station, but could not tell how long after the train did stop that he notice dthe fact,
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Witness said he had testified at the con1mission hearings and miuht have testified that -he Gilt Edge was trav- cling at the rate of 40 miles an hour. put ne could not say definitely. He testified before the commissioners about six days after the wreck.
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Witness believed the flasman was

Witness believed the fEasman was back to the home signal when the train stopped, and knew the position by the fagman's signal. A dwarf signal is located in The same direction. Gave signal to go ahead from opposite the tower, from the rear end of the train, and then saw the fagman's light down the track. After the collision the rear car of the train was moved about 40 feet. The engine was not near the
 fire, and witness did not know whether the engineer removed the engine, but he knew that at the time of collision the engine broke from the train. Had no report as to the location of 625 on the trip from Providence that night, but train of witness made slow time by reason of low steam. So far as wit ness knew, the train was in good con- dition when it left Boston. At King ston saw man get on the engine and into the cab, but of his own knowledge the witness did not know the man. He did not know whether this man was a fireman and was familiar with this particular locomotive.
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NOANK
Regular Meeting Items Chiefly Personal.

chapter, O. E. S., is to meet this (Fri- day afternoon at the home of Mrs Elizabeth Wilcox.
 MT. AIlerdice has moved his house. hold goods from this village to West Mystic. He has been in New York in the interest of the Palmer shipyard.
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R. Livingston Beeckman, the aover- nor of Rhode Island and a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order lodge in their new rooms in the Potter Langworthy building this (Friday) evening.
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Local Laconies. pr. Gardner T. Swartz. secretary of
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After collision witness did not ob- serve whether the man who got on the engine at Kingston was at Bradford. Was at Bradford tower about seven minutes before the collision. Witness knew MT: Burdick of Westerly, as he travelled on the train daily, but had not seen him since the trial com menced.
 At 4.40 the court adjourned to 1O.30 Friday morning.
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WiIIiam coehrane Mackenzie of New

William Cochrane Mackenzie Of New London, civil engineer of 12 years ex- pericnce, and employed by the New York. New Haven and Hartford Rail road company, made plan of the site of the wreck on the night of April IT, or rather from notes taken on that night and made on April IS. He explained the location of the two trains soon af- ter the collision. based upon inforna- tion that was given him, in regard to the location of engine of train No 623 He knew of his own knowledge of all other points of the plan.
 This new plan referred directly to the location and distances in relation to the tower and signals, and dSs- tances from old station to the tower, the latter being I'll feet.
 George H. French, who was con- 623, on the night of the Bradford wreck, testified that his home was in Boston and that he was at present em- ployed as ticket collector. On the day of the wreck the train arrived in Providence from Boston six minutes late and reached Kingston at 7.04, 15 minutes late, and reached Bradford at T.23, and got that time from the tow erman. Train stopped at tower on &C., count of low steam. Witness went to tower and his engineer, Wetherbee, was there filing his complaint of the condition of the engine. He went to the tower for instructions. He re- ceived orders to pull into the station, discharge passengers, to transfer to 625, and then run on to siding. Ten seconds after the stop at the station the collision occurred, and while he was notifying the passengers to trans fer. Witness was in rear car and
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pr. John Champlin of Westerly tes- :ified that he was called to Bradford md attended Miss Catherine Cottrell. saw Mrs. Walter Price and Ed. Bar per. The next day saw four burned bodies in Murphy's undertaking rooms. One body was female and three other oodles were males. There was burned fabric such as women wear near the waist, and was satisfied that the fe- male body was that of Miss Janet Clark. He was satisfied that the body was that of a young woman. as he could tell by the bones, and Miss Clark vas the only woman reported missing
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He did not see Miss Clark come out # the doorway, did not see her after he wreck, nor has not seen her since. The Gilt Edge locomotive went about ialf way through the car. or to the eat that was occupied by the Misses cottrell and Clark. He did not assist n taking any from the car after the irst crash. The baggageman went lhead to protect the train and Con- luctor French was near the train. The ars took fire and he saw no effort made to extinguish the blaze. Later
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Joseph T. Murphy, an undertaken and en5aIner ot Westerly testifieJ hat he went to Bradford and took our burned bodies from a shed and 70 his undertaking establishment. He was ordered to be careful in keeping me bodies separate and in the order mat they were received. He did not know who the bodies were. there was one female and three males. The fe nale body was that of a small woman. DTS. Scanlon and Champlin called for he purpose of Identification ana found inc fabric attached to what remained of the female body.
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Dr.. Frank M. Dunn. of New London, testified that he was called to Brad ford at about TAO on the evening of April IT, and arrived at Bradford be- fore o'clock Cars were burning when he arrived and he took charge of the New London contingent. He visited several injured persons, in- clUding Mrs. Martell, who was in a serious condition and was unconscious. He took her by special train to New London and by ambulance to Law renee hospital and she died about 20 minutes after arrival.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-12
Durango Cotton Fine Variety.

Litle Rock, Feb. 11.-During the spring Of 1914 Commissioner John II. Page distributed about 4,000 pack ages of c2tton seed which he obtained from the government through the as sistance of Senator James P. Clarke. Th9se packages contained about one pound each. and were distributed among farmers who requested it. A great many favorable reports have been received. w. T. Fine of Newport reports that he planted the one-pound package separate from other seed in 1914, and from it gathered 115 pounds, yielding 66 pounds of seed, which he planted in the spring of 1915, making two acres. From this he raised two bales, gathered last fall and ginned and yislding 2,0O0 pounds of seed, sufficient amount to plant this years crop. The two bales of lint cotton he sold at IT cents per pound. The cotton is the Durango variety.
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Congressman Martin Dies of the Second Texas district is opposed 70 President Wilson's plan for prepared ness. More than 600 voters of the district sent a telegram to Dies ask ing him to withdraw his opposition, exmessing the Spinion that Dies is wrong and the president right. The congressman rstorted that he would not support preparedness. and if con vinced that the majority of his con- stitutents favor preparedness he would resign. A movement has been started to pcll the voters of Dies dis trict. It begins to appear he may have to resign or "back up," for the Doll thus far shows about twenty to.one majority for the presidents policy.
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M. SCHNABLE OUT
 FOR COUNCIL SEAT

Formal announcement is made in today's Graphic, of M Schnable as a candidate for alderman, from the Third ward.
 Since Representative-elect and AL derman D. B. Niven announced that he would not be candidate to suc- ceed himself in that office because he would be able to serve only until the next legislature convened, prOmi- nent residents of the ward have been casting about for representative. conservative man to accept the tender of the office, subject to the action of the voters at the Democratic pri- may election, and MT. Schnable was finally prevailed upon to make, the race.
 MT. Schnable is one of the best known business men in the city. He is proprietor of the Pine Bluff Iron Works, one of Pine Bluffs important industries, and this plant has been built up to its present importance from a small machine shop through the hard work and good business management of Mir. Schnable. He has oeen resident of Pine Bluff since 1891 and was employed at the Cotton Belt railway shops for ten years be- fore he took charge of the Pine Bluff Iron works. He has worked his way from the bottom by hard labor and is a safe, conservative buYiness man: Since it became rumoref that he had been mentioned as candidate for alderman many expressions have been heard from good citizens commenda- tory of him. At the mass meeting at the chamber of commerce Tuesday night he was unanimously elected chairman of the permanent organiza- tion of citizens for making much needed and important Improvements in Pine Bluff and he has been doing excellent work in efforts to secure re- lief from Washington in behalf of Pine Bluff people and Pine Bluff prop erty.
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(Morse's Abraham Lincoln" Vol. 2, pages 114,115). "The constitution in- vests it's commander in chief with all
 the law Of war in time of war" was his justification for his course. Even
 in republic, there is no room for argument-no time under some circumstances. It is evident that Lincoln construed the constitution without aid from the courts at this point: yet few people Lave thought '' worth while to decry hiny for class1- lying the emancipation proclamation as rule Of war" which it was not.
 The war was fought primarily to pre- in such sumptuary manner. But when the opportunity came, Lincoln went step farther and, standing head and shoulders above the cabi- net, above congress, above the peo- pie, above the courts, above the con stitution itself, Lincoln with one fell .swoop made good his oath at New Orleans in his young manhood. There, in his early days, he had seen blacks bought and sold in the slave markets, and, looking toward the sky, he is said to have uttered, "By God, if Fl ever get a chance to hit that thing, am going to hit it hard"
 No ones doubts the vigor of his blow when he got his chance! No one held him back, or tried to. NO one cared for the. technicalities of judicial procedure, for the loud words and windy phrases of con- gressional dignitaries. The people of the North were against slavery, so that when Lincoln brushed aside cabinet, congress and the courts, he was in reality incarnating govern ment by the people-through him. self.
 Those days and deeds are fittingly inscribed in the scrolls of history. The travail of renewed birth is memory. The result has been q powerful nation, greater destiny The bloody shirt is no longer waved. The remaining soldiers of the South and North are brothers, friends and neighbors.
 This result justifies Lincoln's life and course in solving the untoward problems that confronted him.
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Guard in Good shape.

Little Reck, Feb. 11.-Capt. H. F. Freedman, making an inspection of the Arkansas National guard con panies week ahead of the federal inspectors, says that he finds every where marked improvement in the morale of the guard. This is true or its general efficiency and care of government property. He has already Inspected the companies a. Dardan- elle, Russellville, Ozark. Fort Smith. Sprngdale, Bentonvill., Harrison and Beebe. Next Monday he will start in at Ola. and work the southwestern section.
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RESTS CASE WITH THE PEtsr.. F

In Chicago President wilson said: eff l were a member of congress, which I don't happen to be, I'd be Willing to go before my constituency confident that it would be willing to pay tho price of national defense, The American people are neither niggardly nor parsimonious when 1t comes to buying protection of their homes and ideals"
 The worst opposition the president has is among the members of con sress and among the members of his own party numbered therein, says the Beauront (TeXas) Enterprise. It was fer that reason, no doubt, that lie has tried to make it clsar that he was unwilling to rest his case with the people themselves, without re- gard to their representatives. TO quote the Pittsbul 8 Dispatch: "If he can convince the people that danger threatens and that his policy spells safsty, he need have little worry about tho statesmen seeing new light all of a sudden. Meanwhile he will lose ncthing in the general esti- nation if he makes the fight the con gressmea started fight to the finish, ever mindful that moiety Of rhetoric will be plenty and that the people won't worry greatly how mucr he hurts his opponents feelings"
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Supress College Parailes,

Macon, Ga. Feb. 11.-Gloom, dark as the prospects of Latin exam settled oyer Mercer university and Wesleyan Female college today as the result of an edict issued by both institutions repeating the most an cient and highly prized privilege of the student. Henceforth the daily parade of Mercer swains before tLe college damsels must cease. Arrest faces the youth who violates the edict.
 The daily parade of the Mercerites by the girls college is as old as the institution and the students are bit ter against the infringement upon their privileges.
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None of us believe in war;" writes Frederic Coudet. a noted authority on international law, flor the sake of war, and most of Us are more or less acquainted with it's horrors. What little l saw of war personally with our forces, both here and in the West Indies. certainly did not encourage me to love it. Our sad lack of prepa- ration in the insignificant spanish var cost us many lives, for disease end disorder were far more danger. ous than the bullets"