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Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22
Funeral of Mayor
 Frank J. Rice
ONE OF THE LARGEST EVER
 HELD IN CONNECTICUT
IMPRESSIVE SERVICES
During the Burial, Which Was Pri- vate, the Bells of New Haven Were .ToIIed at Minute IntervaIs-AII Traffic Ceased for Five Minutes.

New Haven, Conn.,, Jan. 21.-New Haven today paid it's last respects to Mayor Frank J, Rice, who died last week. His funeral this afternoon was one of the largest ever held in Con necticut and was attended by some of the states most distinguished citizens.
 More Than 10000 Passed Bier
 More than 10000 persons, it is es- timated, filed silently past his bier in the aldermanic chamber in the black draped city hall. Over three thousand persons attended the deeply impressive services in WooIsey Hall at Yale, while hundreds were unable to gain admission. Interment was private in Evergreen cemetery and during the burial the bells of the city tolled at minute intervals while all traffic was suspended for five minutes.
 Prominent Men in Attendance.
 Among those in attendance were Former President William H. Taft, Governor Marcus H. Holcomb, Secre- etary of State Perry, President Arthur lin s. Woodruff and Simeon E. Bald win.
 Representing other cities were Mayor Colburn of Norwalk; Mayor Cooke of Meriden; Mayor Dunn of WiI1imantic; Mayor Treat of Stam- ford; Mayor Quigley of New Britain; Elk Mayor Louis R. Cheney of Hart ford; Mayor Scully and Chief of Po- lice Beach of Waterbury.
 Several Hundred Floral Offerings.
 While the body lay in state at City hall, the Governors Foot Guards act ed as a guard of honor. At Woolsey Hall, the services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Elmer A. Dent, district SUD- erintendent of the Methodist Episcopal church and Rev. John w. Laird of the First Methodist church, of which the mayor was trustee. Delegations from many fraternals orders and societies of wich the mayor was a member, had reserved seats. There were several hundred magnificent floral offerings.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22
CONNECTICUT VALLEY
 OUTBREAKS RAISING FUN
As Contribution to the Stoo,ooo Fund
 for Wagner College.

Meriden, Conn. Jan. 21.-The elev- enth meeting of the church councils of the Connecticut Valley Lutheran Conference today voted to raise s6,- 900 throughout the congregations this year as Connecticut contribution to the s100,o00 that is being raised to have Wagner College moved from Rochester, N. Y..' and erect a larger building on Staten Island.
 Tn connection with the tooth anni- versary of the Reformation it was voted that various congregations throughout the state hold public jubi- lee celebrations throughout the year. The delegates also voted to hold a large combined celebration of all the Lutheran churches of the state on Oct. 28 and 31 and November 4 in some city of the state to be desig- hated by the district conference.
 The new officers of the Connecticut conference are as follows: President, William Rettimeyer, Meriden; vice president, William Jente, New Haven; secretary, Rev. Heinrich Mette, Ter ryville.
 The next meeting will be held in Hartford June 24. About 50 delegates were present.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22
OBITUARY
Gen. Edward E. Bradley.


 New Haven, Conn, Jan. 21.-Geiera1 Edward E. Bradley, prominent retir- CT manufacturer ,ex-legislator and sol dier, died suddenly of heart disease at his home today, aged 73 years. He yas paymaster of the state from 1S76- 78 and adjutant general 1s93-97.
 While in the general assembly he in- troduced an amendment to the state constitution providing for the present biennial sessions of that body. He was former city and state commits sioner of parks and was head of the state forestry commission For sev- eral years he was president of the New Haven chamber of commerce.
 He served in the Civil War with the New Haven Grays and was later captain of that body. In 1869 he was promoted to be colonel of the Second Regiment, Connecticut National Guard After the war, General Bradley at various times was head of the New Haven Blackboard Company, the New Haven Wheel Company and New Eng land Dairy Company. He was once a candidate for mayor of New Haven, and for lieutenant governor of the state.
 He leaves two daughters, one of whom is Mrs. George Blumer, wife of the dean of the Yale Medical school
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22
MORTGAGE LOANS ON
 FARM AND CITY PROPERTY
Have SuppIsnted RaiIrosd Bonds as Investments for Insurance Compan-

New York, Jan. 21.-Eeal estate mortgage leans nfarra and city pro- perty have suppIanted railroad bonds as the largest single clas of invest nents held by life insurance compan- les, according to a report made pub ic here tonight by the Association of life Insurance Presidents.
 The report. prepared by Orlow H. Boies, the associations statistician, shows that in the ten year period from 1904 to 1914, real estate mort gage loans increased from 27.37 per cent. of the assets of American com panies to BAG per cent.
 The amount of these loans at the end of 1914" the report says, was s1, ,660. .009.0 out of a total assets Of s4, S30, ,0OO. .0o0. In 1904 these loans amounted to 6S0,00e, 900. Railroad bonds have decreased fro m20.16 per cent. of the life insurance assets in 1904, to 26 per cent. in 1914. In act ual amount however, the holders or life insurance companies. in railroad bonds increased during the decade from S75O, O,000,0 900 to $1,250.090,000 or 57.32 per cent
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22

The British and Turks in Mesopota- mia have been engaged in vigorous fighting along the Tigris river in the Eicinit yof Kut-el-Amara. The Lon don and Constantinople war offices both claim successes for their troops in this region. The British official communication announces that north east of Kut the British troops have driven the Turks from small strip of land they were holding on the right bank of the Tigris and that King Georges men are now in control of an entire trench section on a front of 2,5eO yards to a depth of HOO yards. It adds that the right bank of the river also has been cleared of Turks down stream from Kut-el-AInara and that southwest of the town further progress has been made
 Constantinople, on the other hand, says that east of kut-el-Amara the
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22
LIEUT.. COL. HARRY G.
 BISHOP WILL RECOVER
Aviator Who Was Found in Exhaust
 ed Condition in Mexican Desert.

Wellton, Ariz.. Jan. 21.-Lieutenant rolonel Harry G. Bishop, second of the army aviators to be rescued from the sonora desert, who was brought from the foot of the Gila- Mountains, 60 miles south of Wellton, will re- cover unless complications set in, ac- eording to Surgeon Major Orvilie G. ment's relief expedition. Colonel Bishop was taken to Yuma, Ariz. and placed in a hospital
 Colonel Bishop and Lieutenant w A. Robertson were lost following an attempted aeroplane flight from San Diego to Ca1exico, Calif, January 10. After nine day search by Mexican troops, American army aviators and hundreds yof civilians, Robertson found party of searchers and direct ed them to where Bishop had fallen exhausted on January Is.
 Robertson has returned to his sta- tion.
 Bishops condition was such it was impossible for him to detail his ex- periences. It was necessary to carry Bishop on a stretcher for fifteen miles over the sand dunes and to the ann bulance.
 Winn Proebstel, who was the first or the searchers to find Colonel Bish- op, gave a detailed story here today of the finding of the officer
 "I found Colonel Bishop about seven o'clock Thursday evening"" he said
 He was half-sitting, half reclining under bush in an arroyo, wet to the bone and almost speeches.. The first thing he did was to ask me who was and what I was doing out there Then he asked me to make him a ci- garette.
 Colonel Bishop had spread his coat in a depression to catch rain wa ter
 '-IIe said that after Lieutenant Rob- ertson had left him last Wednesday morning to press on for help, he had not moved three hundred yards. A fire he built was extinguished by the heavy rain. He felt sure, he said that Robertson would find aid-'
 Proebstel said that he and his com paniOnS built a fire on each side of the rescued man, wrapped him in sweaters and gave light nourishment The rescuers were supplied with con- densed milk and on this, a little coffee and teast and beef broth, made from fresh meat, he subsisted from the time he was found until the arrival of Surgeon Major Brows and his sol- diers Saturday morning.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22
AUTOMOBILE STRUCK BY
 BY B. 6 M. TRAIN
Three Persons Were Killed Outright
 Another Died of Injuries.

Harvard, Mass, Jan. 21-Three persons were killed outright. another died of injuries and one other was probably fatally injured when their automobile was struck by a freight train at the Still River Station cross ing of the Boston and Maine railroad today.
 The dead are: Dr. James F. Ferry of Cambridge, his son Richard and his daughter Ethel and George Howard of this town.
 Another daughter, Miss Esther Fer ry, who had been picked up on the road as a guide, was removed to the Clinton hospital, where it was said that she had received fractured skull and multiple injuries
 The automobile was struck as it came down a steep hill on to the crossing where a view of the railroad tracks is obStructed
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22

British launched three attacks against the Ottoman positions, but that none of them were successful and that the attackers suffered heavy casualties.
 In the capture of Nanesti, on the Sereth river in Rumania, hard hand to-hand fighting took place in the streets In withdrawing from the village German batteries raked the Russians as they crossed the bridges over the Sereth, inf1icting heavy losses on them. With the fall of Nanesti, one officer and 555 men were captured by the Germans
 On the other battle fronts only minr operations have been carried out. The big guns are everywhere active. On the line in France near Loos the Brit ish in a daylight raid blew up Ger man dugouts, causing many casualties among the occupants The artillery duels have again become violent in the Verdun sector.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22
BELLY" SUNDAY CLOSES
 CAMPAIGN IN BOSTON
A Total of 1,5ss,5oo Persons Heard
 Him-46,s3s Signed Cards.

Boston, an. 21.-Rev. w. A. Sunday tonight closed the evangelical cam paign which he has been conducting here sir9, November 12. Published figures the attendance show that a total of ,529, 800 persons have heard him in the tabernacle built for the meetings and that 46,S38 of these signed eaT5s as an expression of their purpose to take fresh interest in their religion. A free will offering to MT. Sunday, gathered at four meetings today and from other sources during the past week, amounted to $50, ,S26, exclusive of collections taken at many churches. Previously the collections toward the expenses of the nneetinga had aggregated $s0.A4S.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22
SWITZERLAND ALARMED
 BY GERMANY'S ACTION
Tn Prohibiting Importations = Upset
 Economic System of Country.

Berne, Jan. 21. via Paris, 235 D. m- The German measure prohibiting all importations, news of which was re- ceived here unexpectedly, caused con siderable excitement throughout Switzerland. The government will make remonstrances to Berlin as the entire economic system of the country is affected by this species of bloak- ade.
 A Berlin despatch by way of Lon don, January IT, said the Bunders- rath had adopted measure prohibit ing the importation of all commo- .dfties except by permission of the inn perier chancellor. The purpose. the despatch said. was to restrict imports to indispensable commodities, thus re- ducing the unfavorf b1e trade balance and preventing a further rise in ex- change rates. There previously had been prohibition of importations of various articles caassed as luxuries.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22
A CRUDE BOMB
 MADE OF A TIN CAN Found Under Stairway Leading to Subway Station in New York.

New York, Jan. 21.-A crude bomb made of tin can containing several pounds of powder bolts and slugs was found today under the stairway lead ing to the Manhattan Street station of the subway. The fuse was burning when Francis Jones, a subway porter, saw it and quickly put it out with a pail of water. In his haste to escape after throwing water on the bomb, the porter fell down the stairway, injur- ing himself, so severely he had to be taken to a hospital
 The subway station is an elevated structure reached by two stairways. A moving stairway from the street connects with an ordinary stairway to the platform. The bomb was found under the upper stairway.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22
TueBoAT AGROUND ON s. E.
 END OF PLUM ISLAND
Scott Wrecking Company Has Sent
 Boat to Pull Her Off, 5,pf

New London, Conn.,, an. 21.-The T.. city expected to pull towboat, own ed by the Dazel Line of New York, which grounded on the southeast end of Plum Island, N. r., Saturday night, into deep water at high tide tonight. Nothing was heard from the wrecl1ing fleet up to midnight and at the office here the return was not expected un- til tomorrow. A heavy snowstorm is the fleet.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22
INCREASE OF RAILWAY
 RATES IN FRANCE
To Pay Increased Wages Because of
 High Cost of Living.

Paris, Jan. 21.-Proposa1 for gen eral increase of 15 per cent. in railway passenger and freight rates have been submitter to the finance committee of the chamber of deputies by Minister of Minister of Subsistence and Labor Herriot. The additional revenue pro- yided will be Vidided among railroad companies to pay increased wages caused by the high cost of living.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22
MISS BETTY DE LONG,
 PAINTER, COMMITS SUICIDE
A Prominent Physician of Oakland,
 Gal, Was in Room With Her.

San Francisco. Calif., Jan. 21.-Miss Betty De Jong, painter of wide reputation, died today from self inflicted bullet wound in the head. The police said tonight they virtually completed their investigation of the case and examination of pr. w. S. Porter, prominent physician of Oak land, who was in Miss De Jong's stu dio when she shot herself After sev- eral hours of questioning he was per- mitted to go to his home. An inquest will be held tomorrow.
 Dr. Porter met Miss De Jons, he said. last year during the Panama Pacific exposition at which she had several exhibits.
 Dr. Porter said he was to sit for his portrait yesterday but was unable to keep the engagement and called at the studio to inform the artist to that effect. Soon after the arrival the physical declared. Miss De Jong hecan discussing suicide, all the while holding small revolver For three hours, the physician, said he tried to nerslade the young womas not to ttl-nk of such a thing. Finally when he vas about to leave, he said, Miss De J5ng shot herself in the temple.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22
LIGHT ENGINE BACKED
 INTO TROOP TRAIN
At Toronto A Colonel Killed -
 Score of Others Injured.

Toronto, Ont, Jan. 21.-Colonel William Campbell Mcdonald was instantly killed and a score of others injured tonight when a light engine backed into troop train car rying 500 soldiers as it was leaving union station here.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22
BRITISH AND TURKS IN VIGOROUS BATTLE
Aonu the Tigris River and in the Vicinity of kut-el-
 Amara, in Mesopotamia
BRITISH CLAIM TO HAVE DRIVEN TURKS BACK

coannopIe Reports That Three Attacks of the British Were RepuIsed- -Nanesti, the Sereth River in ku- mania Has Been Captured by the AustroG in a Hand-to-Hand Battle-n Daylight Raid the British m France Have Blown Up German Dugouts-Artillery Active at Other Fronts.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22

President Wilson selected the Sec- ond cavalry at Fort Meyer, Va, for his personal escort.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22
Renoval of Greek Troops Continues

Athens, Greece, Jan. 21, via Lon Greek troops and war material to the PeIonnonnesus continues. It is be- .ieved transportation of the artillery will be completed next week when the blockade can be lifted. The en- tire transfer will be finished in a fortnight, according to present indi-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22
Amedee BoIIee. ST. Dead.

Amedee BoIiee, Sr., Dead.
 Paris. Jan. 21, 3.30 a. m.-Amedee Bollee. ST. the inventor, known in France as the Father of AutomoboI- isn, is dead. MT. Bollee was the builder of a steam car which he first operated in 1SS.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22

Gold coin to the amount of $76o, 900 was withdrawn from the Sub-Treas- ury for shipment to South America.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22

Victor Alexander Bruce, earl of FL gin and Kincardine, is dead.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22
Csh' Paragraphs

s.n Steamer vauban Safe. Janeiro, Brazil, Jan u-The ash steamer Vauban has arrived -Iely at Bahia.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22

The exports of copper for the weel ended Jan. IS, were 10,246 tons.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22

John Bailer, of New York, commit ted suicide by hanging.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22

Condensed TeIeqrams

G. Louis Hester, Austrian consul . Baltimore, is dead.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22

Fourteen men were fined $1 each by Magistrate Cornell in Harlem court in the crusade against splitting.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22

Shortoge of sugar in Denmark ha forced the Goyernpent to adopt car system of purchase.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22

Five hundred and ten thousand peo- pie have died ofs starvation in Syria
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22

Fire destroyed the West End Hote at Portland, Me, at a loss of $100, ,000.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22

The offices and printing plant of the Clean Evening Herald at Clean, N. Y., was destroyed by fire at a loss of $60,- 900.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22

James E. Carrado, a convict serving a term for forgery in the state prison at Trenton, N. J., escaped.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22

The French Government is consid ering the question of advancing tn legal time by one hour.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22

Three hundred silk weavers em- ployed at the Summit, N. J., silk mills, went on strike.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22

Premier Clam -Martino of Austria and Gen. Iofer, heod of the Austrian war feeding department, held a con- ference on the food problem with Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg Foreign Secretary Zimmerman and AdoIph Batocki, German food con- troller.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-22

Robert Lyon Batts, of Austin, Tex, was nominated by President Wilson as United States Judge for the Fifth Circuit
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-08-14
SOCIETY
EXCELLENT MEETING OF
CHRISTIAN ENDEANOR

The Christian Endeayor Society OF
he First Christian Church held its
very best meeting sunday evening
There were 33 present and a most
Enjoyable program The interest was
so great that Miss McOscar the lead
r. found IL difficult To close on time.
Nr Met,alf, the district superintend-
mt, was present and gave an en-
'ouraging talk Mr. Scott OF Hutch
son Kansas had fine message G..
, stuart will begin q class OF twelve
text sunday evening in that mastery
title book Expert Endeayor' by
AMOS r. Wells editor the Christian
.udeayor World This class will
meet for twenty minutes each sun
lay evening just before the regular
f,ndeayor The following officers
we're elected 20 serve for six months
resident. Hicks Daniel: yice-presi-
lent clyde Roper. recording secre-
airy. Miss Turner. corresponding
secretary. Miss Ethel Giltner; song
eader. Miss RoNie Benton. organist,
Hiss Goneyie Stiyers. This commit
ec holds business meeting Monday
light with Miss Stiyers To select all
ommittees. The slogan is 80 pres
mt by first sunday in September.
rhey voted 10 gather magazines Tor
he soldiers al Camp Bloor.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-08-14
BOY SCOUTS LEARNING
ART Of craftsmanship

Tho ministers ana BOY Scout Mas
lcrs throughout West Texas and the
rc.os Valley at New Mexico are Civ
wf much of their time 20 teaching
young Americans 90 become good
rifle shots. according Co Nh Fisher
az the Winchester Rifle Association.
Who Be- in the city on business
Cold and silver medals are being
i"pod os reward for markham
ship to boys and girls under sixteen
years uf age bee stated Monday.
Ihia movement o. another step lead
iur u the direction ct national de-
Tense and should have The endorse
m"ut of all good American fathers. %
Mr. Fisher .as iu the city several
weeks ago aui got the hardware
stores 90 create am interest among
who lads with ihc result That much
good Doc. Husn done The govern.
mont d. ln.uYuur me work of tho
/ Nu.be.ior people iu that % produces
unni shula for The army when they
|ufr Hi uF" iu enter
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-08-14
TEXAS MAN HAS
GAINED 25 LBS.
AND FEELS me
HAD RHEUMATISM So RAD III
COULDN'T pIT HIS
SHOES on.

When tell YOU / have been re-
lieved OF three years awful suffering
and have actually gained twenty-five
pounds In weight besides you can
readily understand why IN so strong
for TanlaC. WAS the remarkable
statement made by Tom McClennon
of 1873 Grama street. ~ paso, Tex
as. recently.
~ had a number Ut troubles. he
continued, and IFS the first time In
several years ! have been rid of
rheumatism Before ! segan taking
this Tanlac nay legs and feet were
swollen an the time and sometimes
couldn't get my shoes on The
pain was something awful and ) Vas
$50 nervous and miserable | didn't
know what 10 was 90 get a good
nights sleep had no appetite and
nearly everything ] wuul deaf disa
greed with me-. My food wouud sour
and the gas would press my heart so
could scarcely breathe Besides
my terrible suffering ! had an awful
tired feeling and would wake mp in
the mornings feeling so no account
! could hardly get out OF bed
q tried every Kind OF treatment
and medicine ! heard of but got no
relief until ! began taking Tanlac
but three bottles of the mcdicin,
have made me feel like q brand new
man through and through have
never in all my life had such q raven.
Gus appetite ami you may know e,
lcrvthing agrees with me or could
never have gained So much iu weight
sleep all night long without watkins
and my nerves are as steady as q
clock All the swelling and pain
ha. left my feet and legs entirely anD
lm never bothered any more viii
gas ON nay stomach. shortncss o
breath on other igns OF Indigestion
Won may count mo among the MANI
Ianlac boosters and you are WELDON,
10 this statement. which ! hope wil
Do the cause of others finding relief
Tanlac Is sold In Amarillo by Oh,
H. vs.. Collins Drug co.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-08-14
FINAL WEED NOTICE
IS GIVEN BY CITY

The last notice 10 property ovuora
90 cut their weeds wag issued Mon
day morning according 20 Cily Man
aror a % Armstrong Hereafter
'ho Inspector who finds weeds grow
iag about the place, vacant lots aud
u large squares will report the same
Co the city management. who viii ar
range 60 have the weeds ,ut and as
sosg the proper amount against tho
owner Where owners OF vacant lots
are uu uoWu the weeds will be- chop.
ped down and levy made against
the lot Ia o." final costs ot the city.
city Manager Armstrong stated
Monday that action has been defer
red against property owners who have
been delinquent On this respect $50
Inconvenience or discomfort is I'M
tended hui the weed. must D., oIi.
minated Notices huy" brou given
90 great number of people and the
press has carried "a, information. but
property owners paF un attention Goo
the .'tt ordinance which Bfrios q
penalty $50 further notices Vill boz
ISSUED. Hu' the lots WiIl hr run" over
o. Nas pointed uH' tHHi .ooIa VIII
now begin Zoo grow very rank follow.
INK 'Nn rains % is % hard task 90
keep them down bu' rho health of
fHo .lfF must boz conserved ~ lg hc.
Irt'I 'HH' much uf the hay fever