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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06

tary to President Wilson; r. W. Boil
ing, a brother law of the president;
Bernard Baruch of New York, and
various brokerage houses, crediting
most of this information to a letter
received from "A. Curtis of New
York. This letter, produced later, was
written on plain paper, without the
writer's address, and up to a late hour
tonight Kenneth Romney, deputy ser
geant- -at-arms of the house. in New
York, searching for A. Curtis, had
been unable to find any trace of him
TumuIty Demanded an Apology.
Statements were issued after the
committee meeting by Secretary Tu-
nulty and Mr. Boiling fatty denying
the reports regarding them. and Mr..
Tumulty demanded that Representa-
tive Wood publicly apologize for men
tioning his name. Mr. Wood followed
with a statement pointing out that he
had desired to testify in private, but
declaring that those whose names
should court the fullest investigations
Tomorrow the committee probably
will hear Representative Gardner, who
declared on the floor of the house re-
Gently that he knew there was
'Ieak-" Monday Thomas w. Lawson
Of Boston is to appear and, if he can
be reached, Bernard Baruch will be
subpoenaed.
Lansing and TumuIty to Be Asked.
1t is understood that Secretary Lam
sing and Mr.. Tumulty will be asked
to testify before the committee
The committee adopted a resolution
asking the New York stock exchange
and local brokers to preserve their
records of transactions from Dec 10 40
date. Whether any of these records
decided later.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06

property sales to be furnished assegs-
ors for assessment purposes.
The compulsory report by banks and
other corporations to assessors OF col-
lateral held for security.
Deduction of assessed valuation OF
real estate of savings banks In COM
putting state tax instead of taxes be-
Ing paid on the same
Taxation of mutual life ireirrsv,.~.
companies on gross interest, rent ard
premiums on Connecticut business
Appraisal by the tax Commissioner
estates Of decedents
Registration Of motor boats and the
taxation of the same in towns vybers
year.
Enactment of a law providin, -.
recording with the assessors Tor tbef
confidential use in determining az
value OF property for taxation pur-
Continuance of State Tax.
Continuance of a state tax on tht
scribed by the board of equaIizatfor
Amendment of the income tax law
SO that it will apply toindividuaIs and
partnerships.
. An amendment to chose in action tax
alton law providing for the paeistfaA
tlon OF notes, bonds, etc, in the meme
or the owner, and their taxation ~
the actual value rather than al fhh
Recurring the use Of tax mans ans
held books by assessors and hoarr
or relief OF all towns in dete-r1fr ~
valuations and partnerships.
Amendment of the inheritance ta,-
law to provide for minor changes ia
administration including the require
ment that the tax commissioner Fhaff
appraise all tangible and intancibls
property for the purpose OF the inher-
itance tax.
Inclusion of assessed value Of Dro9-
erty in an affidavit required 10 be
hled under the provisions of chaDf er
23S of the public acts Of 1915 with t1e
tax commissioners
Exemption from taxation Of cash 10
the amount of $500 on hand or on de-
posit.
Most Exhaustive Ever Issued.
Commissioner Corbin's report COZ
ers 25O printed pages and is one ~
the most exhaustive ever issued from
his office. There We're 214,77g taxa
bic lists in 1915 as compared with 1gg-
4SO in 1913. In the state there are
1920 dwellings. New Haven has The
largest number of dwellings-75.2
and Marlborough the snallest-97.
Nearly $4,000 motor vehicles are Iist-
ed. The rate of taxation varies con-
siderably The smallest tax is I'm
Willington-four mills, while Harwin-
ton has the highest-22 mills. IN only
sixty-hve towns is property assessed
at its full market value.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06
NOTICE SENT MEMBERS
OF STOCK EXCHANGE
To Preserve All Records from Dec. 10
to Dec. %, 1916.

New York. Jan. George w. Ely,
secretary of the New York stock ex-
change, late today sent the following
change:
Il am instructed to notify you that
you are directed to preserve all papers
relating to stock transactions from
Dec. 10 to, Dec. %, 1916, both inclu-
sive."
This action, it was said, had been
taken by the exchange in anticipation
that the records may be called for in
the investigation now being conducted
at Washington regarding an alleged
leak in connection with President
Wilson's recent peace note.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06
RUMANIAN GOVERNMENTS
DECLARATION OF DEFIANCE.
Towns PIaearded Saying the Ruman-
ian Army is Not Conquered.

Jassy, Rumania, Jan. 5, via Lon
con, 4.05 p. MN response to a unan-
iD1ous vote of the chamber of deputies
the Rumanian government has ordered
that a declaration of defiance" be
placarded in every town. The declara-
tion which was read in the chamber
by Deputy Jorga, is in part as fol-
lows:
ITO indulge at this moment in petty
recriminations and personalities would
be to fail to comprehend the great and
tragic majesty of the time. This war
will cause to arise here as elsewhere
q new moral harvest in the soul of
everyone who aspires to serve the in
tcreStS of the country. We see close
at hand the grimacing spectre of the
invader. greedy for the suffering of
those whom he hopes to make his vic
Tins. But the rallying of our moral
forces will show the world all the in
telligence, energy and devotion that
the nation possesses
I'VE are no longer party against
party or personality against PERSONAL
ity. The country absorbs US in its
sorrows and hopes. Two figures
hitherto have been dominant in Ru-
manian history-Stephen the Great
and Michael the Brave Now is added
the great figure Of Ferdinand. who,
before conquering the enemy con-
quered himself by sacrificing, in order
to become really king Of Rumania, all
tie ties which attached him to his
first fatherland, to the years of his
youth and to his race for those among
whom he had come to live, so as to
become one of u.s. g
THE Rumanian army is not con-
quered. That is, uneonquered in that
which constitutes the sole value of an
army even in this age of cowardly
sterile technique, namely, in the con-
sciousness of having generously offered
itself in order to save the country and
to secure the triumph of it's race. It's
long resistance does honor to it's flag.
The spirit of thousands who have per-
ished has passed, with the heroic
power of that supreme moment to
those who survived and who carry
with them the spirit of their lost
comrades"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06
SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF SOFT
COAL IN BRIDGEPORT.
Only 1000 Tons Alphabetically
Needs 4,o0o-$fo Ton.

Bridgeport, Conn, Jan. 5.3The most
serious condition tfa this city has
ever known in regard to the supply of
biturninous coal was saidjto exist to-
day. Local dealers asserted that the
total supply OF soft coa1 in the city
available for Sale was 1000 tons. and
that the daily needs Of factories and
pther industries was 1000 tons.
The price of bitun14nous coal today
was SO a ton, nearly a dollar more
than that of anthracite, while soft coal
under normal conditions sells at from
$3.50 to SO a ton under the price of
the hard variety. The price is higher
and the supply is smaller, dealers said,
than during the big coal strike of 1902.
Embargoes on freight movements,
shortages of cars and more particu-
larly bad weather for a continued pc
riod recently that reduced barge tow
ing on Long island sound almost to a
minimum are given as causes for the
unusual shortage. No immediate hope
was held out for an early renewal of
the supply.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06

troops gained additional ground and
have captured several hundred pris-
oners. Between Rimnik Sarat and
Kokshani, Won MackenSen's men con-
tinue to progress and have occupied
the towns of Slobozia and Rotesti.
The Russians and Rumanians, Pc
trograd announces, repulsed attacks
at some of the points on the Moldav-
ian and near Toposchik and Noruchia
the Austro Germans gained ground.
Austro- German troops have taken
an island in the Dvina Island region,
north of Dvinsk, from the ussians.
Attacks by the ussians, Berlin states,
in attempts to regain the island, were
repu1sed with heavy losses
Small raids and isolated attacks
have taken place at various points on
the western front. Ner Loos, Berlin
announces, the Germans carried out a
raid successfully. London states the
raiders were driven out after heavy
fighting.
A German attack against a small
French post near Hill 304, east of the
Meuse in the Verdunregion, was re-
pulsed. Elsewhere there has been
artillery activity and trench lombard
ments. Both Paris and London re-
port considerable aerial activity on
the front in France.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06
FIVE DECISIONS BY THE
SUPREME COURT OF ERRORS
No Error Was Found in Any of the
Cases-AdVice in Another Case.

Hartford, Conn, Jan. 5.-The su-
preme court of errors today handed
down five devisions and Chief Justice
Prentice rendered advice in another
case. The decisions follow:
Hartford county: Harris, Cohn and
Harris VS.. DR.. Angelo Sissa. Opinion
by Justice Beach.
Fairfield county: First National
Bank of Peru. Indiana VS.. Fairfield
Automobile Supply company of
Bridge. Opinion by Justice Roraback.
Herbert H. Dreeland. Jr. VS.. Jacob G..
Irving, ct al. Opinion by Justice Ror-
aback- Appeal of George w. Jark-
hoe, ct al, from probating of will of
Alexander Mackey of Darien. Opinion
by Justice Beach
New Haven county: City of Water
bury vs. George B. Clark Superior
court upheld in opinion by Justice
Roraback. Chief Justice Prentice de-
cided that the wills of William c.
Stratton and his wife of Litchf1eld
were valid and ordered the provisions
set forth in the documents carried
out.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06

The Rumanian province of the
Dobrudja now is in the hands OF the
central powers, whose armies continue
to advance through Great Wallachia
into Moldayia-
Braila an important commercial
city in Great Wallachia, and on the
west bank of the Danube below Galatz,
has been captured by German and
and Bulgarian troops. Several vii
lagos on the outskirts of Braila also
have been occupied and Field Marshal
Won Mackensen's troops have taken
1,400 prisoners in their latest success.
Virtually all of the River Danube,
from its source to it's mouth, is now
in the hands OF the Teutonic forces,
who control all of the eastern bank
and all but a few miles of the western
bank. Galatz, II miles north of Braila,
is the only important Rumanian town
on the Danube still in Rumanian hads.
The clearing of the Dobrudja by the
combined Bulgarian, Turkish and
German forces, it is reported semi-of-
fciaIIy from Berlin, leaves a larger
part of those forces ready for their
employment and closes the Dobrudja
pathway to Constantinop1e and Russia
Advancing through the mountains
in western Moldavia, Austro Gernaan
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06
DEUTSCHLAND sTEVEDoREs
RETURN TO NEW LONDON.
Cause Reports of Another Trip Of Ger
man Undersea Merchantmen.

New London, Conn, Jan. 5.-The ar
rival of twenty five negro stevedores
from Baltimore at the docks OF the
during the week has given rise to re-
ports that the German submarine
Deutschland would make another triu
to this port soon. Ohicers Of the
eastern Forwarding company said late
tonight, however, that no submarine
was expected until the early spring.
The stevedores were employed at
Baltimore when the Deutschland made
her trip there last summer and were
brought to New London last November
70 unload and reload the undersea
boats cargo.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06
SAYS SUFFRAGE CAUSE
WAS WILFULLY CHEATED
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait Urges More
Stringent Corrupt Practices Act.

Washington, Jan. "a charge that
the suffrage cause had been "cheated
of five, and perhaps more, states by
Wlltul graud or fraud perpetrafed
within the law" was made by Mr.
Carrie Chapman Gait, president of
the National American Suffrage asso-
citation, in an address advocating more
stringent corrupt practices laws deliv-
cred tonight before the National Fopu-
lar Government league.
In twenty five states" said Mrs
Cstt, mo provision has been made bv
the election law for any form of CON
test or recount on a referendum. Po-
lltical corrupters may, in these states
oribe voters, colonize voters and re-
peat them to their hearts content. and
redress of any kind is practically inn
possible. A case might be brought to
the courts and the guilty parties pun
ished, but the election would stand"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06

Hartford, Conn, Jan. 5.-Many i'm
portant recommendations are contain
ed in the biennial report of Tax Com
missioner William H. Corbin, made
public here today. He recommends
to the general assembly the follow
ing:
Periodical Retaliation.
RevaIuation of all taxable property
on statutory basis at definite periods
of five to ten years.
Abolition of the custom of hapin 9,
one assessor in a town subdivision.
Publication of assessment lists of
cities and boroughs.
The laying of the tax rate after the
determination of the grand list
Changing the general property as
sessment date from October l to April
The legislation of chooses in action in
name of the owner with the distribu-
different towns
That motor vehicles be taxed on
basis of the manufacturers selling
price with certain deductions each
year for use at uniform rate of l12
mills, said tax to be paid to the sec
rotary of state at the time of TAX
ing out the license and returned to the
town in which the owner resides; the
payment of such a tax in lieu of all
local taxes.
That all land leased for a period of
9S9 years be taxed in the name of the
lessee.
Longer Term For Tax Collectors.
That tax collectors of all towns and
cities shall be either appointed by the
selectmen or the mayor or elected for
term of not less than four years
That the taxing officials of all the
towns be required to conform to the
opinion of the attorney general of the
state in administering general laws
concerning taxation, in the absence of
court decision on the same
That all bills for inheritance taxes
on the estate of residents nonresident
decedents he determined by the tax
commissioner after proper information
from the judges of probate which shall
give the appraisal value of real estate
and tangible property and a detailed
list of the intangible personal property,
together with the amount to be de-
Quoted for debts and the expenses of
administration.
Appointment of Assessors.
That all assessors of towns con-
tanning cHies within their limits shall
be appointed by the mayor and by the
selectmen in other towns for terms not
less in years than the number of as
SCISSORS.
The discontinuance of the validitat-
ing act in its general absoIution.
The scientific assessment of manu-
featuring property.
True consideration received for
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06
BARUscH DECLINED TO
COMMENT ON "LEAk'
States That He Has Sent Full State
ment to Chairman Henry.

Charleston, S. c., Jan. 5.-Bernard
Barusch stated today over the tele-
phone that he had sent a full state
ment to Chairman Henry of the house
rules committee. Further than that
he declined to comment.
Mr. Barusch refused to say anything
regarding developments in Washington
today but it is understood the state
nent sent to Mr.. Henry goes in length
to the charges of Mr.. Lawson.
Mr. Barusch spends the winters at
his estate, Hobcaw Manor near
Georgetown, s. C.. He is expected to
leave tomorrow afternoon for New
York.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06
ANONYMOUS LETTERS
ON DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
Asserting Responsibility Therefor, Re-
ceived by Bopp and Prosecuting At
torneY.

San Francisco, Jan. 5.-Anonymous
letters asserting responsibility for vx-
plosion of barge of dynamite figur-
ing in the trial of German Consul
Franz Bopp, accused with others of
American neutrality violations, We're
received today by Bopp and the Unit
ed States attorney prosecuting the
case. The barge was destroyed in Sc
attic harbor in May, 1915, the cargo
was consigned to Russia.
Destruction of the barge, asserts the
government. was part of a plot by
Bopp and his associates to destroy
munition shipments to the entente al
lies. The letters were signed III. Pr
the writer saying he would appear at
the trial next Monday or Tuesday,
"and perhaps surrender.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06
TEACHER TELLS OF
TORNADO IN OKLAHOMA.
Seemed as if the End of the World
Had Come-Roar and Confusion.


McAfester, Okla, Jan. .5-How the
little rural schoolhouse at Vireton,
Okla, was torn from its foundations
whirled through the air and ripped to
pieces by tornado, causing the death
or fifteen children, was described to-
day by Miss Vera Carter, the teacher,
as she lay on cot in hospital here,
where she is under treatment for in
Jur1es received in the storm
I was hearing primary class when
the storm broke" Miss Carter said tTt
had been raining and above the noise
of the patter on the roof we heard a
peculiar long drawn hiss. I went to
the door and looked out. A big black
valley, enveloped the Baptist Indian
mission and threw pieces of it high in
the air. Away to the south the sky
was CHASTITY green which lighted
everything with an unearthly glow
THE cloud twisted and hurled
straight toward the schoolhouse I
closed the door and placed my back
against it. There was nothing we
could do. When the storm struck if
seemed as if the end of the world had
come, so great was the roar and con-
fusion, as the school lifted into the
air twisted dizzily and then went all
to pieces was battered against
pieces of flying timbers, sucked for
took away my breath and left me al
most unconscious. 1t was awful. aw-
full! 1t seemed as if 1 were being
Drawn into mighty whirlpool. Dark
objects whirled around me- Some of
them were my pupils, my poor little
children.
After a time found myself lying
on hillside, many children stretched
near me, some of them rnotionless.
some of them moaning in pain Their
Clothes were covered with blood
Through the clouds the sun was
breaking and a rain was falling
gently
Miss Carter will recover, despite a
broken right arm, a fractured jaw and
Eer serious bruises.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06
ADJUSTMENT OF DIFFERENCES
Is EXPECTED
BOTH HOURS AND PAY
After an All Day Session of Union
Leaders and Representatives of the
Road, a Telegram Was Sent to
Washington Asking for the Services
of Federal Mediator-AIso Ask for
Vacation With Pay.

New York. Jan. 5-Prospects for
an early and satisfactory adjustment
of the differences relating to hours and
wages between the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad and its
signal men and telegraphers, members
of the Order Of Railroad Te1egraphers,
were held out here late today. After
an al1-day session between representa- :
tives of the union and of the railroad
a telegram was sent to Washington
asking for the services of a federal
mediator.
Prospects of Settlement Good.
According to H. B. Perham, preSi-
dent of the Order of Railroad Teleg-
raphers, who, since January 9, has
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06
BIENNIAL REPORT TAX COM'R CORBIN
Many important Changes Are Recommended in Re-
port Made Public Yesterday
EXHAUSTIVE REPORT COVERS ESQ PAGES

There Were 214778 Taxable Lists in 1915-19723O Dwell
ings in the State-Nevv Haven Had the Largest Number
1882, Marlborough the Smallest 97-A Few Of the
Many Recommendations: Revaluation of All Taxable
Property Statutory Basis Definite Periods Of Five
to Ten Years; That Tax Collectors of All Towns and
Cities be Either Appointed by the Seectmen Elected
for Term of Not Less Than Four Years; Continuance
of State Tax Towns be Prescribed by the Board
Equalization; Exemption of Cash the Amount $500
Hand or On Deposit.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06
BITE FROM PRISONER CAUSED
NEW YORK PoLIcEMAN's DEATH
Man Who Did the Biting is Charged
With MansIauqhter.

New York, Jan. 5.-A bite received
In the arm from a prisoner he arrested
last July caused the death today of
Hugh McKiernan, policeman, accord
ing to the findings of a coroner's in
quest. Testimony before the coroner
showed that an infection set in after
the officer was bitten, but the wound
healed. Yesterday the injection sud-
denly reappeared. McKiernan became
celirious and in twelve hours was
dead. The police department ordered
the arrest on manslaughter charge
of the man who bit McKiernan
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06
Rumors Thick and Fast.
NO BETTER MEDIUM FOR ORGANIZED PUBLICITY


that
of
haveg
is people In
Thoroughly medium
ness greatest publicity.
sistanc
week.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06
TEIPER'S APPLICATION
FOR A RETRIAL DENIED
His Counsel Will Seek Certificate of
Reasonable Doubt.

Buffalo, n. Y, Jan. 5.-John Edward
Teiper's application for a re-trial on
the charge of numbering his mother,
was denied today in the supreme court.
Teiper was conviSted of second degree
murder and the court today imposed
the sentence of twenty years to life.
Teiper's sentence will date from a
week from Monday and in the mean
time it is understood. his counsel will
seek a certificate of reasonable doubt
which will act as a stay Of execu-
ton s
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06
Britain Awaiting Advices From France

London, Jan. s. SIG p. m.-The Brit
ish government still is awaiting ad-
vices from the French government con-
cerning the publication of the entente
reply to President wilson's peace note.
The Associated Press learned at the
foreign office today. It is now be-
lleved the reply will not be made pub
Tic before Monday.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06
25 PERSONS KILLED IN TRAIN
WRECK NEAR SAN JUAN DEL RIO
According to Mexican Newspapers
Reaching the Border.

Laredo, Tex. Jan. 5-Twenty-five
persons were killed and nifety injured
ir a train wreck near San Juan Del
Rio, Jan. 1, according to Mexican
newspapers reaching the border today.
A northbound stock train crashed into
a passenger train en- route from Quere-
tar to Mexico City bearing many
Prominent Mexicans on their way to
the capital to celebrate the holiday
The passenger train was standing still
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06
MEMBERS OF BRITISH
WAR COUNCIL IN ROME
TO Participate With French and Ital-
ian Governments in an Exchange of
Views.

London, Jan. 5, 10.15 o. m.-Premier
Lloyd George and Viscount Miner, a
member of the British war council,
with three advisors, have arrived in
Rome, says an official statement is
Ptied tonight, to participate with the
French and Italian governments in an
exchange Of views upon the general
situation.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06
BRAILA IN HANDS OF
INVADING TEUTONS
Entire Rumanian Province of Dobruda Now is in the
Hands of the Central Powers
ADVANCE THROUGH WALLACHIA INTO MOLDAvIA

Virtually All of the Danube River Now In the Hands of the
Teutonic Forces-Galatz is the Only Runanian Town
on River Still n Rumanian Possession - Austro-
German Troops Have Taken an Island In the Dvina Is
land Region From the Russians Raids and solat
ed Attacks Have Taken Place at Various Points the
Western Front
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06
z. n. soTHERN's CONDITION
is CAUSING CONCERN
Attended by Wife and Physician On
His Return Trip From CHICAGO

Chicago, Jan. 5.-E. H Sothern, the
actor, who has been i'll here, left for
New York tonight, accompanied by his
wife, formerly Julia Marlowe and his
physician. His condition is a matter
of concern among his friends.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-06
oRITuARY.
George s. Miller.

Hartford. Conn, Jan. 5.-Georgs 8.
Miller, who was Connecticuts second
insurance commissioner, died al his
home here tonight after an Illness 0f
ten days. He was SO years 81 ara
Since 1875 he had been superintend-
ent Of agencies OF the Phoenix Mutual
Insurance company of this city