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The Cordova daily times., 1916-05-13
NOTICE.

All persons having fire extinguish- CTS can have the same recharged, free of charge, by bringing them to the City Hall.
 GEORGE DOOLEY, Chief.~
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-09
LINER LA PROVENCE
 SUNK; 5000 PERISH
Steamer TOTpGiaad In Medi-
 terranean; TOO Saved.

More than 5000 soldiers of France perished when the converted liner Provence went down in the Mediter- ranean on Feb. 26, according to the i'm plication of a statement issued by the ministry of marine in Paris. This in dicates that the sinking of the Prov ence, in respect to loss of life. was the greatest marine disaster in history.
 The cause of the sinking of the big vessel is unknown. as the statement Of the ministry of marine merely stated that she was sunk. Submarines of the central powers have been active recent ly in the Mediterranean, however. and it is probable that torpedo ended the career of the La Provence.
 Recently the British steamer Fastne, and Swedish steamship were sunk not far from the general position of La Provence. No mine fields were known to have been laid in the Medi terranean sea around Greece and her many islands. The sinking is said to have taken place far out in the sea.
 It is probable that the big vessei was carrying troops to Saloniki or trans. porting soldiers on sick leave or fur tough back to France.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-09
LEGAL NOTICES

ESTATE OF Charles R. Swift. late of
 Sharon in the Probate District of
 Sharon, deceased.
 At a Court of Probate holden at Sharon on the 4th day of March 1916.
 Present, Frank w. Dakin, Judge.
 William E. Swift. of Amenia, N. r., appeared in court and moved that an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of said deceased, be | admitted to probate, and that letters testamentary thereon be granted on said estate to him the said William B. Swift, the executor named in said will, as per written application on file, and it is
 ORDERED-That said application be heard and determined at the probate office, in said Sharon, on the 18th day of March 1916, at o'clock in the after noon, and that notice be given of the pendency of said application and the time and place of hearing thereon, by publishing copy of this order in some newspaper printed in this county and having circulation in said district, and by posting a copy on the public sign post in said town at least five days prior to said hearing, and return make to this court .. -.-. ,-.- ... .......
 Attest. Frank W. Dakin, Judge. x Certified from record.
 Willard Baker, Clerk.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-09
WEEKS DEVELOPMENTS
 ALONG BATTLE FRONTS

March 5.-Germans are reported to have landed 10000 cavalrymen on the Ypres front. Twelve are killed, thirty-three hurt, in Zeppe- lin raid on England.
 March 4.-The French troops re- captured Douaumont in a night at- tack. The Germans are reported to have made several drives, but failed to regain the village
 March 3.-German troops captur- ed the village of Douaumont, four miles from Verdun, after a furious struggle, taking 10000 prisoners.
 March 2.-London heard a report that the Germans are concentrating their forces at Etain for a new of fensive against Verdun. A Paris report states the kaiser's troops lost between 125,00O and 13O,OOO men in the attacks against the fortress.
 March IA Hull occurred in the German offensive in the entire re- zion around Verdun. A report given out in Paris said that Ger many was making preparations for a new drive.
 Feb. 29-The Germans kept up their onslaught, on Verdun fros1 the eastward The kaisers troops cap- tured several towns in Woevre and claimed the capture of 17,00O French prisoners in the Verdun campaign.
 Feb. 2S.-Berlin reported the cap ture of nearly a mile of French trenches and 1000 prisoners in Champagne, forty miles westward of the Verdun forts.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-09
PRESIDENT IS INDORSED.
New York Democrats Adopt Strong
 Platform at Syracuse.

New York Democrats Adopt Strong
 Platform at Syracuse.
 We heartily indorse Woodrow Will, son as a president who has caused to be fulfilled the promises of his party. He has asserted the rights of our citi- zens and preserved the honor and dig. nifty of our country. and we believe that the best interests of all the people demand his continuance in his high office.''
 That was the opening paragraph of the platform submitted to the New York Democratic state convention at Syracuse.
 After reviewing the achievements of the Wilson administration under the five heads of Banking and Currency" Tariff Reform America First, !" Mexico" and Preparedness" the plat form concluded
 with these views of achievement, of present conditions and of future possi- bilities we unhesitatingly recommend the renomination of Woodrow Wilson for president of the United States as the best assurance of the maintenance of the principles upon which our gov ernment was founded. of future busi- ness prosperity, of peace with the full est protection of the rights of Ameri- can citizens and the dignity of our country and with ample preparedness to protect and enforce those rights and that honor both at home and abroad '
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-09
EAST CANAAN

The Brotherhood banquet was we'll attended and the speeches were fine, much enjoyed by everyone. MT. Hig- gins was entertained at Stevens Farm, Mr. and Mrs. Maylott at Mrs. Irene Cowdrey's. MT. and Mrs. Maylott were Saturday and Sunday guests of Miss Briggs and Mrs. Roberts.
 The ladies will hold an all-day meet ing at the conference room Thursday for work.
 The Cheerful Workers will meet with Marguerite Gaylord, Friday afternoon.
 Marcia and Melville Fuller have had an attack of grip.
 MT. and Mrs. G. Goodwin spent Sat urday at F. Goodwin's in Sodom.
 The Surgical Dressings Committee met with Mrs. Prescott, Wednesday evening.
 The ladies will hold their first mis- sionary meeting of the year at the church next Wednesday evening, March 15. Miss Hartig has been engaged to give talk which will be interesting. Everyone is invited. Supper will be served at 6:30, the meeting will be at 7:30.
 Mrs. Joseph Rix visited friends in Salisbury over Sunday.
 H. F. Lawrence is on the sick list this week.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-09
F KILLED IN AERIAL
 ATTACK ON BRITAIN
Germans MasSing Troops on
 Ypras Front. |.

Twelve persons were killed and thir- ty-three injured in a Zeppelin raid on England. Three Zeppelins took part i'll the attack.
 Whether more than three ZeppelinS took part in the raid is still unknown. Unofficial reports related that two of the dirigibles were seen passing over Lincolnshire from inland toward the coast. They dropped bombs, but it is believed they did little damage.
 It is also reported that bombs were shire, the only damage being the break age of number of windows. In view of the large areas visited, it is thought there may have been more than three Zeppelins.
 Important movements of German troops were reported in Central News dispatch from The Hague in London. It is said information has reached The Hague from Maestricht. Holland that 10000 German cavalrymen of the land strum are on their way to the front near Ypres.
 German troops captured the village of Douaumont. northwest of Fort Dou- aumont, taking 1000 prisoners. it was officially announced in Berlin. They are advancing westward and south westward of the village.
 The official statement said German airmen dropped bombs in the vicinity of the main Verdun fort and. that to the east of Douai Lieutenant Immel- mann shot down a British biplane the ninth aeroplane accounted for by him. British gains southeast of Ypres are admitted
 Renewal of the severe fighting around Verdun convinced French military sex perts the present German offensive is the "real thing" said Paris dispatch.
 German dead are strewn about the Verdun woods and hills until the fields from a distance seem to be covered with a strange gray green growth. Not alone because the Teutons have suffered enormous losses, but for other reasons Paris critics do not believe the Verdun attack a feint
 French leaders certainly are not un- mindful of the possibility of a sudden German thrust in the Champagne, or nearer Paris along the Aisne. The massing of artillery and infantry around Verdun, however, leads the critics to expect heavy onslaughts against the French citadel from the east or south.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-09
LINER HITS ROCkS;
 445 ARE MISSING
Spanish Steamship Meets Dis-
 aster Off Brazil Coast.

About 445 passengers and crew of the Spanish steamship Principe de As turias are missing and believed lost following the wrecking of the liner on a rock while en route to Buenos Aires from Barcelona, according to London cable.
 The dispatches said the missing in- cluded 33s passengers and 107 of her crew.
 The information was contained in Lloyd's dispatches from Santos.
 The fact that Lloyd's dispatch came from Santos, Brazil, leads to the belief that the liner went down of the Bra gillian coast. Santos lies about 240 miles southeast of Rio de Janeiro.
 The ship left Buenos Aires, Argen- tina, Jan. IT for Barcelona. She was reported passing Gibraltar on Feb. 4.
 She was owned by Pinillos, Isquierdo & Go. of Cadiz, was built in 1914 and had been in use few months, plying between Spanish and South American ports. She was a twin screw steamer, displacing S.1T0 tons gross. and was 459 feet long with 5S foot beam.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-09
BURNING BRIDGE TRAPS TRAIN
Two Die When Engineer, Unable to
 Stop, Speeds Ahead.

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 Two men were killed near Water town, s. D., in a railroad accident in which long, passenger train was sent at full speed across a burning trestle. Had it not been for the action of the engineer, Robert Maxwell. in going ahead at top speed it is likely that the death roll would have been much longer.
 Maxwell, in charge of a South Da- kota Central passenger train, was run ming at thirty miles an hour. There is a long trestle near Watertown. When his train got almost upon it he saw that the trestle was afire and too weak to hold up the weight of the train.
 There was not time enough for him to stop, so he sent his engine ahead, hoping that the momentum would carry the train across. His engine and most of the cars got safely past the blrning part of the bridge, but the timbers were too weak to stand the strain and the last two cars plunged down a forty foot gully as the structure fell beneath the weight.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-09
NO PLACE FOR A BACHELOR
Domestic Relations Court Judge, Sim ale, Asks Transfer.

Judge Jacob H. Hopkins of Chicago. handsome, wealthy bachelor. asked to be transferred from the court of domestic relations to another bench.
 "For six months have heard stories of domestic infidelity and unhappi- ness," he said. "I took my ideals of marriage and love to the court with me. I have sat there day after day listening to tales of sorrow and trage- dies of married couples. My illusions have died one by one.
 My court is no place for bachelor judge"
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-09
CARMEN SILVA DEAD.
Roumanian Queen Mother Is Victim of
 Pneumonia.

Queen Mother Elizabeth of Rou- mania. widely known by her pen name. Carmen Sylva, died of pneumonia.
 The queen mother had been in poor health for some time, and her adyanc- ed age. seventy-three years. made her recovery doubtful to physicians from the first. During her long life she suf. fered from many illnesses and within recent years had trouble with her eyes Within the last five years she under went three operations for cataracts. Much of her time of late years was de- voted to efforts to make life pleasant for the blind of Roumania. She found ed and financed a ''city for the blind" 7" calling 1t the Vatra Lurdnosa.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-09
HAY AND STRAW.
LIVE STOCK MARKET

CATTLE-Supply, 700 carloads; market active and prices 10al5c. higher; choice. $S.601S.T .T5; prime, $S.25Msb0; good, SIH0fI SIS: tidy butchers s7.75dS; fair, s6.55af f35; common. $5.75@650; choice heifors s7 6D7.75; common to fair heifers, S.50dfH. common to good fat bulls, s4.b01750; com mon to good fat cows, S3.50a7: fresh cows and springers S35@7b.
 SHEEP AND LAMBS-Supply light and market steady on lambs, strong on sheen prime wethers, $S.S5@9.15; good mixed, S. % DS.75 fresh mixed, SmS: culls and com mon, S4G5.50; lambs, $Mli.6O: veal calves, $11@11. 50; heavy and thin calves, s7mS
 HOGS-Receipts, 35 double declxs: mar ket steady; prime heavy hogs, s9.55Gc9.G0: heavy mixed, mediums and heavy York; CTS, s9.500955. light Workers. SS.DaqI6: pigs ss&dS.5O; roughs $saS,5o: stags ss.b0 Q6.75.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-09
VILLA MEN SHAY 2 AMERICANS
Grover c. Warn and Edward Harris
 Killed, W Washington Hears.

The murder of Grover C.. Yarn, an American. by Villa men at his home and Edward Harris, an American hotel keeper at Sombrerete was reported of ficially to the state department.
 Harris was hanged to fore him to tell where hiS money was So reted. and after he had told the bandits neg .ected to cu; him down
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-09
WOMAN PRISONER HANGS SELF
Murderess of Son Had Been Punished After Quarrel.

Mrs. Edith J. Melber, sentenced to serve from twenty years to life i'm prisonment in Auburn for murdering her baby, committed suicide, accord ing to an official notification received by the state prison department. Mrs Melber, an inmate of the womep's prison, had a quarrel with another in- mate, for which she was punished The matron found her strangled to death. She had torn a bedspread into strips and hanged herself to the cell gate.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-09
Potatoes From Canada.

An order authorizing per''''S fo 70 impo rtution of potatoes fr" a' , Subiect to new regulations h iir been ac' eptea by the Can a" ment. was announced ment of agriculture. agreed that al .N'at"a. port to the United Sa %. from disras~..
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-09
CORNWALL HOLLOW

MT. and Mrs. Walter Johnson, of Hartford, spent two days with his brother Wilbur Johnson at the old homestead last week.
 Whitford brothers are drawing logs to Colds mills, West Cornwall.
 Angelo Katsuranis was in West Corn wall last week.
 Wilbur Johnson has recovered from an attack of grip.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-09
BLAME ENGINEER FOR WRECK
New Haven Disaster Due to Careless
 ness, Verdict.

The failure of William R. Curtis, en. gineer of extra passenger train No. 5. to observe the signals set against him and to obey them was responsible for the running of that train into the rear of the Connecticut River special on the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad at Milford, according to the finding of Coroner Eli Mix. In the wreck ten persons lost their lives and more than two score were injured The verdict declared Curtis was negli. gent and careless
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-09
HEIRS GET DIAZ'S HOME.

House In Mexico City Had Been Con-
 fiscated by Administration.
 The Carranza authorities have re turned to the heirs of Porfirio Diaz the house in the Calle de Ia Cadena, used by him as winter residence. says a Mexico City dispatch. The house was recently confiscated by the administra- ton.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-09
.OIney Arnold Dead.

Olney Arnold. fifty-tive years old. United States diplomatic agent and consul general in Egypt, died in the hospital in Lisbon, Portugal. He was about to return to the United States.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-09
2 MORE BRITISH SHIPS SUNK
Victims of New Sea Law, 1t Ia Be-
 Iieved

Germany's new submarine war against British shipping. as threatened in the warning notice to the United States government. was opened on scheduled time.
 London quickly received news of the torpedoing of two merchantmen. They are the Thornaby, 1,7S2 tons. and the Malvina. 1.244 tons. It is announced that all the members of the crew of the Thornaby were killed by the attack or drowned
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-09
MONTREAL STATION BURNED.
Bonaventure Depot Destroyed-Blamed
 Upon Foreign Enemies.

The Bonaventure station of the Grand Trunk railroad in Montreal was destroyed by fire at loss estimated ar S30O.O00. Fire department officials said they had reason to believe the build. ing was destroyed as q result of an en emy plot
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-09
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Connecticut western news., 1916-03-09

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-07
FOR RECORD VOTE
Names of 100000 Illinoians
on Register Books.
But Women Can't Vote for
State or County Officials.

Chicago, Nov by far the largest
vote in the history of Illinois elections
is expected to be cast today by reason
of the fact that women for the first
time voted for president and vice pres
ident. Promise of fair weather thru
out the state also was counted on by
party managers to aid in bringing
about this result.
Approximately 100000 voters have
registered in the state and party lead
ers estimated that close to 10000
votes will be recorded, of which num-
Der between 100000 and 100000
would be cast by women. The women.
however, enjoy only partial suffrage
being permitted to vote for president
and vice president but not for state Of
ficers, except trustees of the state uni
versity.
Hot Fight on District Attorney.
Chicago, with it's more than 500, 900
voters+men and women-started the
voting in the state, the polls here
opening at a. m. and closing at 4
O'Clock this afternoon. Down state the
polls opened at a. m, and will re-
main open until p. m. To guard
fraudulent voting in Chicago and 9TH
er populous centers of the city civic
organizations were prepared to aid the
party and election managers by send
| ing watchers and detectives into sus-
pected wards and precincts.
In Chicago, principal interests. aside
from the presidential race centered in
| the three cornered contest for state at
| torney between Maclay Hoyne, Demo-
| crat incumbent; Harry Miller, Repub-
lican and w. A. Guinea, Socialist.
Gov. E. F. Dunno, Democrat incum-
bent, and Frank o. Lowden, Republi-
| can, candidate for the governorship,
| claimed most attention, aside from the
presidential test thruout the state.
Chicago Has Five Bond Proposition.
| Election board experts estimated
! early today that ninety per cent of
| the registered vote, which is sos, 119,
would be cast here.
| Voting is slow because of the long
| ballot and the extra little vote" con-
| tanning five bonding and tax PROPOSE
TONS Long lines of laborers were
at the polling places when they opened
| at a. m. Women were not in evil
| dence early today, but are expected to
turn out heavily later.
| Heaviest in History for N. Y.
| New York-The Republican and
Democratic state chairmen both pre-
| dicted early today that New York
would probably cast the heaviest vote
| in its history. The reports from up
state were that the weather was every
| where fine.
At both headquarters these circum-
stances were pointed to as favorable
| to the success of their respective
tickets. New York state in the last
national election cast 1,5S7,9S3 ballots
| for the presidential candidates. The
| belief was expressed that these figures
would be exceeded today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-07
Law AWARDS IT
Election Results Can Be An.
nOunced as Vote Progresses.
Attorney General Makes a RuI-
ing to That Effect.

Results of the statewide election to-
day may be announced as the count OF
double election boards progresses.
That is the ruling by S. M. Brewster
attorney general. who holds nothing in
the double election board law prevents
announcement of the vote before the
polls close.
Telephone calls from election Off
Gals, in various sections of the state
were received today by the attorney
generals office. In many instances
the queries concerned the rights of
election boards to give out results be-
fore the polls close this evening. In
every instance the report to election
officials has been to the effect that
while the law unquestionably needs
safeguarding. there is nothing to pre-
vent making public announcement of
results while the voting is in progress
| Both political parties may send rem
resentatives to the polls to watch the
count In various precincts, Brewster
holds. The ballots counted during the
| day must be counted in a room SEN
arate or partitioned from the room in
which voting is in progress. In no
event, Brewster holds, shall the ballots
be taken from one building to another
to be counted or inspected Only ma
tional and state ballots will be counted
| by the boards today. No effort the
| attorney general rules, shall be made
to count county and district ballots
until the count of state and national
ballots shall have been completed.
| There is nothing in the law to pre-
vent announcement of results of the
count as the work progresses" Brew
ster told a Kansas election official
| There is no doubt as to the need of
safeguarding the law But the legisla-
ture didn't do it so far providing
against announcement of votes before
the polls close. There is nothing in
the law governing that matter. Both
parties may send representatives to the
lpolls to watch progress of the count.
The votes must be counted by the dou-
BILE election boards in a room separate
or partitioned from the room in which
votes are cast. But the counting of
the votes must be in the same build
ling"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-07
JAIL 289 l. W. W. GALA old GOTHAM HOW 7. R. VOTED!
Unable to Identify Any Who
Fired on Everett Men.
Free Speech Patriots Pass Hat
for Defense Fund.

Seattle, Nov. THE Snohomish
county authorities, assisted by the
Seattle police in whose custody 2S9
persons are held in connection with
Sundays fatal clash between members
of Industrial Workers of the World
and a posse of Everett, Wash, citizens,
continued the efforts to identify from
among the prisoners the men who
actually engaged in the shooting. Wit
nesses thus far brought to Everett
have been unable to pick out any men
who were seen to fire at the citizens
on the Everett city dock.
Meanwhile, the local headquarters
of the Industrial Workers of the World
is gathering funds and arranging for
the defense of the men under arrest.
William Haywood, general secretary
treasurer, is expected to come here
Immediately after the general conven-
ton at Chicago, November 8, and the
matter of engaging chief counsel will
be left in his hands.