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Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12
THE MAINE ELECTION.

Interest has been centered for. some time in the result of the Maine cleo ton. It was the first political contest of T national importance since the opening of the campaign and both parties have been hard at work strengthening their lines in anticipa- tion of election day.
 ! Maine is normally republican state but owing to break in the re- publican party in 1912 a number of the offices from United States eo-o '~r to governor have gone to the demo- crats. It was thus a test this time not only of the policies of the respective leaders but it was depended upon to show how the progressives were lining up.
 The portended result. therefore. VI T. the state going republican for gov- ernor by 11,50O or better, or Out slightly under the claim of the re- publican leaders, with the democratic governor strongly advocating the Wiz son policies, with both republican se~- atorial cSpAidates elected by substan- tial majorities and the proba ability that all four republican candidates for congress are chosen is highly grati- flying.
 1hlS SHOWS as nOtnlnS elSe could that the progressives have returned almost en masse to the republican fold, that they stand solidly back Of Charles E. Hughes for president and that Maine is not endorsing the poli- cies which have been carried out by the present administration. Maine will show an even greater plurality for the republicans in the November election and "as Maine goes so goes the nation"
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12
CHEAT BRITAIN AND SWEDEN.

Neither Great Britain nor- Germany can look upon the situation which has developeds between the two countries over the holding up of the mails with any great degree of satisfaction. Great Britain has from the very first been determined to, prevent supplies which Germany needs from getting to it. It has recognized that much of such material was sent in round about way and that it was finding it's way to the Teutons through the trade of neutral Sweden. t-=
 ! It is realized of course that while Great Britain has no right to inter- fere with such trade as Sweden may, have with other neutral nations, it. has a right to enforce such a block ade as 1t oan which will prevent Ger many from getting supplies from Swe- den, but instead Of taking this latter step and making 1t effective it has chosen to do otherwise and the action which has followed with that course in mind has resulted in the holding up of Swedens mail and the estab- lishment of blacklist. Hra s-.
 This latter step was alzen.because Sweden considered that if Great Brit ain had right to interfere with it's mail, it had a similar right and it has been, blocking the comrnunica- tionsT between Great Britain and Rus sia. The British idea of preventing the export of almost everything to Sweden in orderto keep it from Ger many may be Y considered entirely right but the trouble comes dn- shut ting off Sweden from thettrades with neufrais, for which there appears to be no justification, and the result is that the two nations arerin the throes of note writing through a failure to get down to brass tacks Eand-under4 stand each others position.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12
POLITICAL
Hughes at His Best.

At Chicago MT Hughes got out upon affirma tive ground and won the re- sponse his candidacy was intended to win, a response that will be more en- phatic the further west he goes.
 If I had to choose between a gov crnnaent with 75 per cent. laws and 25 per cent. honest administration" :" he declared, "or a government with 25 per cent laws and 5 per cent. honest and efficient administration, would take the latter every time"
 And then he said:
 'rWe have a financial system in the United States that would not be tol- erated in any corporation in Chicago. Instead of having a, responsible budg- ct presented by the executive, we have a helter-skelter, unworthy sys- tenn of appropriation which will re- suit in waste and extravaganza just as long as 1t is continued"
 Here is where MT. Hughes gets to the strong appeal of the party in this campaign and to the strong appeal of his own candidacy. For the repub ican party is going to be reinstated not so much because the president
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12
STORIES OF THE WAR
The Zeppe!ir1 Attack.

4 correspondent of The Associated Press who was in the eastern counties of England ir the early morning watched the ombardment of the Zep- peilA which was destroyed. When ffras seen it was sailing with shrapnel buFgting all around and searchlights cef5ered on it. Suddenly the Zeppelin disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
 The sky was clear but the search lost trace of their quarry. A minute afterwards a light appeared in the sky like a brilliant comet which increased in intensity as it descended. Then the light spread out into flames falling gradually until an altitude of about
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12
INDIVIDUAL REsPoNsIRILIrY.

With New York's police force given Ilenty to do by the conditions brought Tabout by the strike on the railway lines. it Is an interesting appeal which is made by Police Commissioner Woods to the drivers of vehicles, and particularly to those who guide the automobiles in that city to do their utmost to observe the traffic regula- tions, even though the full number of traffic officers are not in their accus- toned places.
 Just how this works out will be in- teresting to note. It las seemed best that the traffic police should be re- lieved of that work for the time being and given other duties which will aid in maintaining a. proper observance of law and order. They are being used for strike. duty and the police depart ment has unquestionably a big job on it's hands to attend to that alone, but whether those who figure in the street traffic are going to assume the re- sponsibility which rests upon them at all times and do what they ought in the observance of the law, when 1t is known that those who are usually sta t1oned at certain points to enforce it are away, or whether they are going to CahS duNaI1LdSe or the situation and add to the confusion and danger by doing as they please remains to be seen.
 It means a test of what can be ex- pected of that portion of vehicle driv- CTS who are inclined to negligence and sthe do-as-I-please spirit when they know the cat is away. and for that reason the experiment is going.'to be followed with close attention. It is fully believed that all know what ought to be done but the question is. Will they do it?
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12

has done this or that in Mexico as be- cause we are coming upon a period of business uncertainty and the peo- pie do not trust the sagacity of the southern leaders who shape the presi- dents business policies.
 It is not a mere matter of promise with MT. Hughes. He has a record of performance behind him. Every body knows that he will be as good as his word, when 1t comes to a budget system Of appropriation, and to the appointment of men to ad- minister the governnlent.--Des Moinea Register and Leader.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12

travel many miles to attend them. The phrase that "Blood is thicker than water is not wholly meaningless. The fact that families have com mon ancestor ought to mean some community of feeling and congeniality of sentiment. The family reunions are at least partly to gather together both rich and poor the prominent and the obscure. People seem at these occasions to forget the artificial lines created by money and society and to meet on the basis of Q more natural and friendly sentiment. -- NIeriden Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12
REMOVING ALAsKA's sHAckLEs.

F- Alaska has long been known as the land of much hidden treasure. Itp21as
 been undergoingsmuch development in recent years but 1t has been handi-
 capped by lack of facilities. In 4spite of the millions which 1t sends to this country every year in, one form or another it is fully understood that such would be greatly increased were
 1t possible to have the transportation accommodations which are available
 in other sections of < the country.
 ss It can thereforesbey apprecaatedS Sjust is=szs=.se ,,sszt ofssa waVe sof e;1tffnsiashnsit
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12

the candidates has already done. The normal and established presumption IS that the voter approves of the meth eds which the candidate has hither- to employed, mistakes and all. The idea of voting for a candidate on the ground that hes going to be different fro mwhat he has been is nonsensical to the point Of being without natural sense. 1t is one Of those shallow dreams that might come to a man in the seclusion of his library, but which would be knocked out of him as soon as he got into the active world where men ahve common sense motives and act accordingly" - Stamford Advo- cate.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12

"All the wonders of the world are not yet known" insisted the girl who likes to talk Every once in while T discover a new one. I found four Of them the other night at a roof gar den. but I doubt whether they are still in existence. The human frame may be made bulletproof, but 1t does not seem possible that it could sur- vtve what it got up there!
 They. sat at the next table and we knew right away that they hailed from the Pink Milk Marshes or Three Corners. Kan, and were here to have g. wild and glorious time. That was easy to deduce. because, while it was the kind Of night when anything more disturbing than iced melon would be a deadly insult, they were just getting away with 6, huge broiled steak and lobster salad and French fried potatoes as we came in.
 "We sat down and surveyed each other in horror and amazement. It was question whether we could stand being even so close as that to steak and lobster. So we rnopped our seething brows and curiosity gave us courage. Secretly I think we expect ed that something weird and frIghtful would happen if they persisted .n de- vouring the stuff, but they ate placidly on. They were almost middle aged and you know right away all about them.
 'fBoth women were fat. One had on coquettish straw hat tied under her chin with a mess of pink bows and roses and buds all over it and there were bows all over the rest of her attire and she still simpered. At 16 she had been the village belle and nobody had ever told her to outgrow it. The other woman put up the best raspberry jam in the county and was an active worker in the Ladies' Aid and had never read anything but the weekly paper since the days when she had davoured the Duchess novel. The best dressnaker in town at a dollar and a quarter day had made her gray voile dress and the shoulder seams were two inches out of place,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12

To most people ties of kinshiH mean little. They see no reason whA second cousins should be anything to each other. A reunion of such dis tant relatives would seem to them as illogical as for all the people whose names begin with the same letter to form an association. Yet there are stil a, great many people who do feel the strength of these ties of clanship. Not as many as formerly, as families are scattered nowadays all over the country. Still one sees in the news papers constant reports of family gatherings, large and small. People
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12

! If they haven't gained anything else
 thereby, those rockies who took part
 in the naval cruise during the past month will have plenty to talk about during the winter.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12

News that the football season is about to open doesn't indicate that there is to be. any abandonment Of the game in the interest of fewer casual ties.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12

One hundred years ago New York
 put a stop to the crying of chimney sweeps in the street. Today that city is hollering because more street cars are not rumbling.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12

With the promised advance in the price of bread. it begins to look as if the time was coming when the good old home made product would be ob- tainahle.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12

Even before it was announced that it was costing $30oo0.00O daily, the general opinion prevailed that the bat tie of the Somme was some battle.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12

.H What Gwere the democrats called
 into power to do ?" asks the president, and yet everyone realizes that they
 were not called in but slipped through a hole in the fence. < r. 5f
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12

7 The ordering of certain of the state
 militia home from the border means the replacing of '"rhe Girl ! Left Be- hind Me" by When :? Johnny Comes Marching Home Again. s, .-:
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12

There are reasons to believe that there are very few countries left in Europe which can be expected to de- eide that there is nowhere to go but
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12

The democratic congress instead of decreasing the cost of living as prom ised has been steadily, at work in the other direction.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12

When ! it comes to sidewaIEj dm- provements !. and compliance with the new orders, Norwich expects every taxpayer %do his duty. and greater credit will go to those who do not have to be urged.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The man on the corner says: Come to think about it common sense fisn't so very common after all.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12

r He, might not have looked upon it as
 an acceptable substitute for a tip,
 when : Billy { Sunday advised a New
 York lift operator to "save your money and serve the. Lord but he will have to, admit that tsitswass an4 elevating-- bit of Sca,1rsel ss,-- =4s2- ----a-- <
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-12
OTHER VIEW POINTS

It is a source of much satisfaction, and properly so, that the party rule which forbade the renomination of Republicans nominated and elected Governor Buckingham eight times the terms were one year,-they show ed a proper regard for ability and merit and the best interests Of all the people of the state. The chance TO do 1t again, upon proper occasion, should not be cut o1f.-Baptfst Standard.
 Those who labor under the impress sion that colonels are only to be found in Kentucky should have attended the district convention at the Springs House in Stafford more than week ago. We counted four colonels about six ex-senators and about three or four Judges. We did rot try to keep track of the ex-representatives they were too common to bother with One of the colone1s brought us home in his touring car while another paid for dinner. Down. in the Blue Grass country colonel may be the proper thing but the Connecticut brand, if we are to judge it by it's hospitality, is worthy of the title of general.-Rock- vile Journal.
 Prof. Fishers amazing reasoning to the effect that Nr. Wilson should be reelected because his extraordinary output of mistakes in his first term strongly suggests the idea that he would begin a second term with a system well purged of these undes1r- able things, is naturally attracting some public attention for it's original ity if not for it's convincingness. The Hartford Courant takes issue with Fishers logic, renarking that When a man comes up for election to the sSn1e office that he has once held or now holds, the man who casts a bal lot for him thereby approves of what
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-02-21
Fifty Are Poisoned at
Church Banquet

PITTSBURGH. Feb. H.--Residents OF
Carnegie are alarmed over two church
poisonings within a week, the latest VIC
Tins being persons who attended a sup
per in the Methodist Episcopal Church
Friday night.
One week earlier patrons of q supper
at the Protestant Episcopal Church
were stricken similarly. None who at
tended the Methodist supper felt III at
the time, but Saturday physicians were
kept busy attending to calls. Victims
complained OF violent nausea and wea%
ness. A few OF the cases are serious,
but all are expected TO recover.
DR.. J. A. HANNA said the symptoms
pointed TO arsenical poisoning Follow
ing closely upon the Episcopal Church
case, and with stories of the Chicago
soup plot fresh In their minds, the
stricken patrons OF the supper were ter
rihed. Physicians of the borough diner
as 70 the probable cause of the illness.
While a quiet investigation IL being
made, there is no open suspicion of foul
The Rev. DR.. John r. Jose. pastor Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Car
negie. attended the dinner, but ate only
few Of the dishes served, and was moi
among the victims.
One phase Of the case that In puzziina
the physicians IN that while about nfty
persons fell Ill. hundreds were only
slightly affected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-02-21
TO COMMEMORATE
|. TELEPHONE MAREVLS
Geographic Society Arranges
Banquet to Seat One Thou
sand Guests.

- A banquet OF 1000 covers to COM
mefhorate the recent accomplishments
OF transoceanic wireless telephony and
the completion OF the direct connection
transcontinental telephone line will be
given by the National Geographic So
ciety on March 2, at the New Willard.
Theodore Vail, president Of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company. and John ]. Carly, chief OF
the engineering stan, will be a<none
the uests.
In addition to the members OF the
society there will be present Cabinet
officers. members of the Diplomatic
Corps. and members OF Congress.
&. II. Tittman will preside, anc
Franklin X. Lane. Secretary OF tins
Interior, will be toastmaster.
The principal addresses win be de.
llvered by DR.. Alexander Graham Bell
Mr.. Vail, Mr.. Carly. and u. NJ. Bethel
senior vice president OF the company
One OF the features will be long-dis.
tance telegraph communication by the
diners with Florida, California, Wash.
fngton, or Intervening States.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-02-21
Real Estate Transfers.

A street northeast, between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth streets and Thirty-ssycnth
and M streets northwest-John d. Coughlan
and George @. McElwee, trustees, TO Her
man w Van Sender, lots 81 20 So O. TO 90,
square 1904. and lot 20, square 1909. IS, OjO
G street northeast, between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets-William A. Jack 10
Helen c. Evans, lot ll6. square 1901, $40;
stamps, so cents.
Sixteenth Street Notwithstanding Invest
ment Corporation to Philip e. Gaskins, part
lots IS and q, square 2T7S. so: stamps. 60
cents. Same to Elmer A. Browne, part
lots IS and 20, square 277S, $40; stamps, &c
cents.
Pleasant Plains-Samuel II. Pollock ct NIX. TO
John IL. CLANCY, lot 90, square 3OiO, $40;
stamps, 81.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-02-21
Wife Slayer Indicted
By District Grand Jury

The grand jury. before Justice Cow
ington, in Criminal Court No. l, today
returned an indictment charging first
degree murder against John l.. Saun-
ders. colored.
The crime is alleged to have been
committed In Twenty-fouTth street, be-
tween and III streets northwest, jan
uarv g. last. when. after a quarrel.
Saunders killed his wife. Rebecca Saun-
ders. with pistol.
Henry V. Plummer. colored lawyer,
was indicted for embeZzlement, the true
bill charging that while executor of the
estate of America V. Johnson. he con-
Vorted SN2.42 to his own use,
PeRchie Cooper also colored. was in
dicted for receiving stolen property
communion cups and plates Of the Zion
Baptist Church.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-02-21
LOCAL AND NEW YORK FINANCIAL NEWS
WALL STREET SHOWS
MODERATE ACTIVITY
lrreguIarity at Opening, With
Crucible Stell Showing
Strength.

NEW YORK, Feb. H.--The stock mar
let opened irregular today and Oily
moderately active.
United States Steel was down a
Crucible was unchanged at the start
but soon sold up. Pacific Mail was up
/ at 20. and Marine preferred sold up rs
at u soon after 10 o'clock.
A reactionary movement carried cop
pers and industrials down during the
first hour. Marine preferred ana com
mon both were strong.
During the second hour but s.VVO
shares shares were sold and price
changes were unimportant. Continental
Can sold UP ~ to 50 shortly after noon
Southern Porto Rican Sugar was a spec"
tacular figure advancing 81 to l72N' .
new high record.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-02-21
Monument Body to Hold
Eighty-Second Meeting

The Washington National Monument
Society will hold It's eighty-second an
nual meeting tomorrow afternoon at the
home of Theodore W. Noyes. 17S0 New
Hampshire avenue.
In addition to the exercises in COM
memoration of the birth of Washington,
a successor to the late Justice Joseph r.
Lamar, first vice president. will be
chosen. Judge william A. Maury, Sec
ond vice president, will preside.
The President OF the United States is
president ex-officio OF the society
Following the meeting Mr.. Noyes will
entertain the members at luncheon. and
later there will be a reception.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-02-21
TRADING LIGHT ON
LOCAL EXCHANGE
Active Issues Become Slightly
Irregular-Adiourn Is
Taken UtniI Wednesday.

Active issues became slightly irregu-
lar In the light market that prevailed
on the Washington Stock Exchange to-
day. Stocks Of the Washington Railway
and Electric Company and Lanston
Monotype enjoyed fractional advances.
Capital Traction stock and bonds. on the
other hand. eased of.
After Ave shares OF washington Rail-
way and Electric common stock had
sold at S6k, the bid price was advanced
u a point to 80. Odd lots Of the pre-
ferred stock Of the same company, to-
falling thirty-five shares, were traded In
an an advancing scale that ranged
from Sik to Hh.
Lanston, likewise, sold on a fractional
advance, thirty-one shares changing
hands at 67h to IS. The bid for quota
lions was raised q OF a point TO 6i}..
The only other sales consisted of five
shares of Washington Gas stock at 71Is
and a $500 Capital Traction 5 per cent
bond at 106A.
The exchange adjourned until wednes-
day In observance OF Washington's
Birthday.
James A. Cahill. vice president Of .he
Commercial National Bank. is at Attain
Ito (,tty 20 anand the waahinGfnp hIrNa,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-02-21
Wholesale Produce Market.

EdGs-Nearby fresh, lie per doE.; south
ern Oc per doz.
CHEEsE-New York. new. 1Sc per h.: fat.
1S6Il9c per ID.
BUTTER-Elgin print. 36hc per h.; tub,
35hc per h.. process &c per ID.
LIVE POULTRY-Hens pc per H.. roost-
ers. lie per h.: live turkeys, 2ia25c per
ID. spring chickens, 226i23c per h.
LIVE STOCK-Veal calves, best, udI2c per
h.. heavy. 1odIl0hc per h.; fat sheep, 5fI64c
per h.: lambs. &c per h.
KREY. PRICE & co.
VBGETABLES-(Quota furnished by
Taylor Wade)-Potatoes, 500 per barrel:
onions t.T5 per bu.; t2.75 per sack: cabbage
100 per barrel; turnips N.b barrel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-02-21

James A. Cahill. vice president of .he
Commercial National Bank, is at Allan
tic City to spend the Washington BIRTH
day holiday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-02-21
Society of Washington
To Banquet Tomorrow

The annual banquet OF the Society OF
Washington will be held tomorrow even
ing at 8 o'clock at the Army md Navy
Club.
Franklin ID. Roosevelt, Assistant Sec
rotary of the Navy, and the Rev. George
Livingston Bayard, navy chaplain, will
be the principal speakers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-02-21
Stuff Makes Threat.

That the Democratic party will be
held responsible by members OF the Con.
gressional Union for Woman Suffrage II
II fails to pass the Susan u. Anthony
suffrage amendment during the present
session was the statement made by Mrs
r.. ]. Weed before a meeting OF the So
cialist party of the District at 81 z
street northwest last night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-02-21
Oil Up Five Cents.

PITTSBURGH. Feb. N.-The Seip
agency announced today an increase OF
s cents In oil prices. Pennsylvania went
up s2.35 TO $40 per barrel. Other ad-
vances were: Mercer. from yl.S to $3.50;
Corning from $.s5 to $3.50; Newcastle.
from Sl.S5 to $3.50; Wooster, from 81 IS
to $l.95: Somerset. from Sl.73 to $l.7S
and Ragland, from $3.50 to 81