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Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
BONDING COMPANIES
 HELD LIABLE DAMAGES

OLYMPIA, Wash, March 9.-That a bonding company is liable to every passenger injured in a nickel-fare automobile for the full amount of the accident policy issued on the vehicle was decided here yesterday by the state supreme court.
 The Pacific Coast Casualty company had bonded a nickel-fare automobile for $2.50O having charged premium on only that amount. In an accident to the vehicle five passengers were injured and four of them recovered damage judgments aggregating $5,- 500. The Casualty company sought to limit it's total liability to $2.5O0, tut the supreme court upheld the lul- ing of the King county superior court that the company's liability is for $2,50O for every passenger.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
CALLER OF 4 GUN.
What the Term Means as Applied to
 Artillery and Small Arms.

What the Term Means as Applied to
 Artillery and Small Arms.
 Confusion as to the meaning of the term c,liber arises chiefly from it's use as an adjective to indicate length, us when we say "a 50 caliber six inch gun." The word caliber as applied to artillery signifies the diameter of the bore of a gun measured diametrically from face to face of the bore. of course somewhat larger.
 \ gun, then. of six inch caliber is a gun whose bore is just six inches. For convenience and because the power of gun when once its bore has been de cided upon depends so greatly upon its length artillerists are in the habit of defining the length of the gun in terms of the caliDer
 Thus the twelve inch United States naval gun, which is forty feet in length. is spoken of as 40 caliber twelve inch. the length being just for ty times the bore. The six inch rapid fire gun is d trife under twenty-five feet in length and is therefore known as 90 caliber gun.
 In the case of small arms the caliber is expressed in hundredths of an inch, as when we say 22 caliber revolver we mean>one with a bore that has a diameter of twcntytwo one-hundredths of an inch.-philadelphia Ledger.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
Needed a Sea Turn.

Captain Lane had retired from activ" pursuit of his beloved calling and had turned his attention to town affairs. Having succeeded in rousing the citi- zens to the need of a drinking fountain anu also to the need of two coats of paint on the town hall. Captain Lane felt himself valued and important person.
 One day he was asked by a sojOurn- CT in the town to give his opinion of the present administration.
 It's pretty fair" said the captain slowly. "Of course there's things that could be different and would be better so, but on the whole 'tis pretty fair. But now I'll tell ye-I'm speaking from experience, you understand things at the seat O gover ment won't be run as they could be run till the people O this country make up their minds to stop cOntining their votes to andlubbers!'- Companion.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09

THAT was quite joke the British government played upon the salmon packers of the Pacific coast last week. For months the packers have feared that President Wilson and Congress would place an embargo upo" food stuffs and have begged, pleaded, and threatened the administration wlt1 what would happen to him if he cut them out of the juicy English mar ket. Then the English parliament got bu sy and placed an embargo upon many articles of importation deemed unnecessary, and among them was canned salmon. This leaves tic big packing companies in a peculiar situ- ation as the American reoolc have nearly quit eating salmon on account of the high price and nOw the Allied market is denied them.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09

THE German retirement t?e past few days of two miles on an eleven mile front-according to London dis patches-has been the greatest since the historic battle of the Marn" For the most part it has been voluntary, and for that reason is surprise in tactics, for it is the first time the Ger mans have retired without stubbornly every inch of ground. Just what the move means is mystery, but it seems to be a conf ,ssion that the present German position is weak
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
DILLON OUTFIGHTS
 NCOY FOR ROI SDS

NEW YORK, March 9.-Jack Dil- lon, the Indianapolis light heavy weight outfought Al Mccoy of Brook lyn. middle weight champion, in sev- en rounds of a ten-round bout here last night. Mccoy had the better oi the fourth fifth and sixth rounds. Dill lon weighed 173 F pounds and Mccoy 161k. Dillon was puzzled by Mccoy style. the latter being left handed but was able to get the better Of the exchanges, causing Mccoy to hold frequently.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09

NEWS dispatches state that the new crop of potatoes, as yet nIplant- ed, has been purchased by Allied agents at a great advance over the prices at the beginning of the season last year. Whether this portends that the Allies expect the war to last an other year Or anticipate a shortage of potatoes is unknown, but it wCuli y" good time to announce that an em- bargo would be placed upon the ex- portatiOn of future crops.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
The Great Privilege of Illness.

Illness is the great privilege of life. Love only is comparable to 1t. They are twin privileges. Both deny the common value of things; both assert that mans destiny is bound up with transcendental powers. Of this theirs is the only testimony we have. for the body's evidence is a denial-a mega tive assertion that the sparkle of con. sciousness is random striking of sub stance on substance. like steel on flint Illness pares and lOps off the outer parts of life and leaves Us with the essence of it.-Henry Dwight Sedg wick in Atlantic.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
WEATHER AND APPETITE.
People Eat More on Stormy Days Than They Do on Fine Days.

Watch what you eat the next time it rains or snows. Perhaps you think the weather takes away your appetite 1t doesn't. It makes you eat more The American Magazine explains what weather does to the restaurant busi. ness The writer says:
 "A study of weather and business has it's surprises. For instance, res taurant men know that appetites are not the same on dark, gloomy day as on Il day that is bright and cheerful Natural enough! The surprising fact is that people eat most OF the day that is dark and dismal
 "'On cloudy day. an old restau. rant map tells me. people just sit and eat. There is nothing else to do On nice day they eat less and hasten out into the open. But the less they eat the more particular they are about the quality
 Not so long ago a young woman opened good little restaurant near the department of agriculture in Washington. Most of her customers are employees of that department. She does a big business every day. but the rush is greatest when the day is the stormiest On fine day the men from nearby buildings walk to restaurants farther away. just for the exercise. Those who do not go to other restau- rants cut down their eating in order to spend all the time possible in the open air."
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
FRIDAY. MARCH 9. 1917
CLOSURE PRECIPTITATE CRISIS.

JUST how much authority should Congress grant to President Wilson in response to his request fOI armed neutrality" is a question about which thoughtful persons may disagree. Shall the President be given carte blanche or restricted in the possible employment of the American army and navy ito protect" our ships in foreign waters and our pc cople in their Legitimate and peaceful pursuits on the seas?"
 The President says that mo doubt" he possesses the power he seeks from Congress without warrant of war by the plain implication of hi" con- stitutional duties" but he wants Con- gress to sanction it by formal vote.
 During the past few weeks there has been growing in Congress a situation which the President has probably viewed with concern. It is bipartisan in it's nature. The Republicans did not want to adjourn and graI- him blanket powers to deal with the Ger man menace, and their opposition was shared by a large element OI the Dor = 0cratic majority, which is frankly pacificist in character. It is hard to say how far this dual oppositioi ad- vanced, but it seriously handicapped administrative legislation. By hlibns- tering upon the floor of the Senate LaFOllette, Stone and a few other prominent party leaders forced Con gress to adjourn sine die. March 4. without having passed any oi the leg islative bills giving the President the unbridled power he so strongly de- sired. To check this tilipuster the President lobbied with members of the Senate and succeeded in having a closure bill passed to prevent unlimt- ed debate upon the floor of the Sen- ate. This closure is a British meas ure, introduced in the House oi Com mons in 1882 by MT. Gladstone to prevent dilatory or obstructive tactics on the part of the minority, the Speak CT being empowered under it to close the debate. The rules of the debate are further modified by the r:peal of the standing order of 1882. the rule now being that if, on a division, 100 affirmative votes be declared from the chair the debate shall end.
 Under the Constitution the Presi- dent is commander-in-ch of the army and navy and possesses broad implied power, but no formal decla- ration of war can be made except by vote of Congress. This is the only check the Nation has upon Prest- dent, who can bring the cnu ltry to the verge of war at any time by un- wise actions. There is kind Of un- defined twilight zone of authority which is, in fact, in the Presidents favor. For instance when he handed the German ambassador his passports he took a step which while not actu- ally being a declaration of war might easily lead to war.
 There has been little disposition in the Sixty Fourth Congress to hanli- cap President Wilson in dealing with the submarine menace. and the vote of the Senate yesterday gives hin: all the authority he should desire; pro- vided he can get the necessary votes from the Republicans, which is highly probable. An extra session of Con- gress will undoubtedly be called with in the next day or two, and this will take the possibility of the Presidents declaring war on his own initiative
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
Woman Suffrage Defeated.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. March g. Legislation granting limited suffrage was killed yesterday so far as the present session of the legislature is concerned when the state senate vot- ed IS to 10 to table motion 10 re- consider a bill for that purpose.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
Kills Children; Ends Life.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March g. Frank Stader, 38, a laborer, shot and instantly killed his three children carly today and later shot himself in the head. He died in local hospital later. Brooding over failure to find work is said to have been the cause of his act.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
out of his hands.

out of his hands.
 But a show down is at hand. Con- gress has signed away one after an other of its vested rights We are nearer today than ever to thr time when there must be an accou:.ting.
 The future of the Nation is now un- reservedly in the hands of the Prcsi- dent.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09

J. Byron Wilson, superintendent of the Alaska Mines Corporation mine at Fidalgo bay, is a passenger on the Alaska after visit to the States. Dur ing his absence MT. Wilson has taken urto himself a bride.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
Lar "sstal of Beryl.

Lar TstaI or 6eryI.
 1t renla, Turk, wandering far from l.; >e land, to find the largest cryst, ... beryl (aquamarinel ever discovered. long distance inland in Brazil It was dug out at shallow depth. transported by canoe to the coast and finally sold at Bahia. bring ing the finder it is said. $25,0OO. Ac- cording to estimates, this crystal would furnish fully 100000 carats of aqua marines of various sizes.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
HOG PRICES BEYOND
 CIVIL WAR RECORD

CHICAGO, March 9.-The high price of live hogs, which passed the
 Civil war level several days ago, con i, tinued to mount today. Early sales
 included choice heavy hogs at $l3.55,
 an advance of 20 cents over yester- day.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09

Frank Short, formerly of this city but for several months past at La touche. has left there and iF now III Seward on his way to Marshall City where he intends to spend the sum- nler.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
INDEMNITY WANTED
 BY STANDARD OIL

NEW YORK, March 9.-The Stan dard Oil Company will seek :ndem- nity for the destruction of Its oil properties in Rumania at the time Of the German invasion of that country.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
Located the Time.

Do you know what time your sis ter's young man left last night?"
 "I think 1t was about 1, dad. because when he was going heard him say Just one. only one. dearr "-Pearson's Weekly
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
Costly Pleasure.

"Some folks" said Uncle Eben. tries so hard to have good time dat de effort worries 'em most tc dcath."- Washington Star
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09

Meyer Blum is returning pas senger on the Alaska from a buslness trip to the States.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09

George Reinke returned on the 40 miral Watson from a business trip to LatOuche.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09
These Careless Men.

''metimes l wish I had married a
 rional jail keeper"
 ;. mother. what makes you say Ii suppose could trust him to lock up the house. St Louis POst-Dis' patch.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09

J. l.. Galen was passenger on the Watson for a business trip to Cordova.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-03-09

Charles Nordland of the Cliff urine is a visitor in town.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-18
WRITE FROM HALIFAX
Nieees of Dr.. J. B. Kent Describe
 Narrowing Experiences:

Two nieces of pr. J. B. Kent of this.
 city who were at Halifax during the
 terrible catastrophe, escaped with
 their lives. Letters from them to the doctor relate the terrible experience
 through which they passed.
 One of the nieceS was student a Ga1housie college and was sitting in
 her room reading when the explosion came, causing the great structure to sway on it's foundations, while gla ss
 fro mthe windows and plaster from
 tEe walls rained down about the stu dents &
 The other niece, teacher in a school at Dartmouth, was isl her class room at the time the explosion came
 and was severely injured by flying glass. receiving a gash on one arm, as many as dozen cuts in the neck from flying splinters of glass and oth- CT cuts on the head. Notwithstand- ing her own wounds, which were painful in a degree, she remained in the stricken city and worked without rest tor aid those more sorely stricken than herself
 The girls letters tell of the horrors through which they passed and re- cord the statement that they never want to witness such a disaster again. Dr. Rents brother, who is phy- sician at Truro and a major of the 76th Highlanders, Canadian forces, has worked day and night since the disaster, treating the wounded and re- lieving other sufferers. Q
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-18
NEW ROCHELLE HOSPITALITY
 ;.; TO. SOLDIER BOYS
John R. Marfand Writes Home of En-
 listed Men's Experiences.

Danielson' boys, who enlisted during the past few days have been in the midst of the events that have been making New Rochelle; the field of nu- merous news stories of lively interest. Among the men from hereabouts who are there are. C. E. Franklin. Ar thur Lamoureaux, Francis Tetreauit, John R. Marland,. Walter Adams, An tonic Talnose. William .Nuttall. ana George Nuttall. <
 In a letter written Sunday after noon and received here Monday morn ing Mir. Marland writes:
 Thursday night and we marched to K. of c. hall: A sergeant told us that the accommodations at Fort Slocum were for <4500 men and that they all ready had 10000 there.
 After a while we were marched to and 80 of us made ready to spend the night there. There were 80 men and 90 cots for us to use. Another lad and myself occupied one cot; he had the center, each side.
 But before we went to bed the la dies of the church prepared 6 hot SUD- Fer for us and afterwards furnished us with writing materials and stamps.
 We whiled away, the evening until II o'clock and then went to "bed," some of us on the cots. the others go- ing up into the auditorium of the church to bunk in the pews.-
 -We O1un L+ get d SIGdL QGdJ Ol StcCp and were up and stirring things around and lively by 5. a. m. At ' a. m. the ladies came back and furnished us breakfast t~s4s
 After breakfast we were marched back to K. of c. hall and the sergeant in charge told us we were going out to Fort Slocum. but instead we were marched to the New Rochelle High school building, and there we have been ever since. We exfA,ct to go out to Fort Slocum. Monday afternoon.
 During our stay here ladies have given an entertainment for us and tried in every way to make us com fortable. The musical programme presented was splendid but it didn't have the pep that some of the boys like. So we staged a show of our own this afternoon and it, made a hit; in fact, one of our actors was hit in the face by piece of custard pie |.
 Today being Sunday we are going to have the afternoon off. It's aw- fully good of them, We must be going to have meat for dinner. for it has been just reported that there is a man down in the basement sharpening a knife with a file.
 We do not criticise anything here, for= we realize that the good citizens or New Rochelle are being taxed to the utmost limit in providing us with shelter and food and bedding and they are wonderfully good to us.
 With best wishes to all;' am,
 Sincerely yours,
 J. R. MARYLAND. Q
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-18

here were requesting Monday pub- iicity of the governments requirement. that all questionnaires that are being sent out to registrants must be re- turned to the board within seven days after the date is stamped on the form.
 Attention to this matter is of prime importance to registrants. As the fill ing out of a questionnaire is lengthy proceeding and one that will require the assistance of a member of the le- gal advisory board, all registrants are being urged to take up the matter of having them completed at once. The legal advisory board members cannot fill out only a limited number a day, and 100 forms are being sent out by the board each day it is incumbent upon every resistrant to protect his rights at the earliest possible mo- r1ent-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-18
GENERAL MANAGER
New Appointment for John M. MeIlor to Hartford Springfield Railway - Parents Live in Norwich.

John Martin Mellor. formerly mas ter mechanic at Dayville for the Shore Line Electric Railway company, has been appointed general manage of the Hartford and Springfield Railway company, road operating more than "a miles of line between the cities named in it's title and other points in Connecticut and Massachusetts. sponsib1e position will be hailed as very good news by his many Daniel son friends. He is but 28 years of age.
 While master mechanic at Dayville MT. .Mellor made his home in Daniel son, where he married Miss Ethel Pill ling, daughter of Postmaster and Mrs. George M. Filling. Later he be- came master mechanic of an electric line in Maine and had his headquar- ters at Kennebunkport, and from that place went to Gardner, Mass, as mas ter mechanic.
 In August of this year Mir MelIor went to Warehouse Point. Conn, as master mechanic for the Hartford and Springfield Railway company and the successful manner in which he has discharged his duties led to his, selec- tion for the important post that he is to fill after the first of the year, suc- ceeding general manager who is coming to a line in Connecticut.
 MT. Mellor is a son of Mir and Mrs. John Me1lor Of Norwich his father being master mechanic for the Shore Line Electric Railway company in shat city.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-18

Tripp's. H. C. Webster decorated the headquarters, assisted by Richmond Gardner, and put together the booths. These booths and literature were taken to their places by G. A. Haskell and D. L. Phillips. Mrs. Earl Montgomery and Earl s. Hiscox will be at the head quarters during the day and Miss Lur rile Stetson in the evening.
 First to Heed Questionnaire.
 The questionnaires have been mailed to the registrantS. The first man to appear in answer was Charles Barber, who came to A. M. Brown Monday for instruction.
 Mrs. Edmond Jodoin has been called to Brooklyn, N. Y, by the death of her brother, Edward DaVan.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-18
QUINEBAUG POMONA
To Meet at Norwich, in Grange Hall
 December S0th.

Quinebaug Pomona has accepted the invitation to visit New london Coun- ty Pomona and will meet at Norwich in Grange hall, Chamber of Commerce building; Thursday Dec. 20.
 Morning session in fifth degree at 1o.3O a. m, at which time ouinebaug Pomona officers will confer the fifth degree. Dinner will be served at noon. The lecturer has prepared the follow ing programme for the afternoon ses- fourth degree: Violin solo, Miss Isa bel Monteith, Storrs; essay, The Lords of Misrule, Mrs. Elizabeth Jew cit Brown, Wolf Den: A Talk on the War, Rev. Marshall Dawson. Storrs; Den; reading. Mrs. Glenn H. Camp bell. Storrs: address. What Can the Farmers Do to Relieve the Shortage of Food, Hon. l.. H. Healey, North Woodstock: violin solo, Miss Mon teith; reading, George Hamilton, Sen exet; address. Good and the War. C.. H. Campbell4 StorrS; vocal solo, MT. Roberts; reading, Mrs. Campbell; vio- lin solo, Miss Monteith. stormy many attended the meeting at Plainfield where the programme given by New London county was most interesting.
 Fur Coat Stolen.
 Dr. William Saretzki had a fur coat stolen from him while he was eating lunch at one of the places in the city. All effort to locate. the coat has failed.
 Tourtelfotte vs. p. H. S.
 Tourtellotte High schools basket ball team will be here this evening to play a league game with Putnam High school.
 Pomfret Term Closes Wednesday
 Pomfret school closes Wednesday for the Christmas holidays.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-18
DANlELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

Ellsworth Back. Of North Woodstock,
 Registered Man Who Failed to Re-
 port, Taken to Camp Devens-Rob-
 . ert Rust Found Dead in His Gar
 aas-Death of Mrs. JuIius Cordier-
 ouinebaus Pomona to Meet at Nor wieh. .. :
 In the custody of a federal officer who arrested him at his home in North Woodstock, Ellsworth Back, registered man who failed to report for army service October last, in exemption board, was taken to Camp DeVeps, Monday. morning, and turned over to the officers in charge of tho cantonment.
 Back is unmarried and 2s years of age. He passed the physical examina- ton before the local exemption board claimed exemption on the ground of claim was denied by the board and Back certified for service. ]
 In due time he received his notice to report here on October 4 and pro- ceed to Camp Devens with 40 per cent. quota that was being sent out at that time, but instead of reporting he wrote a letter to the exemption board, stating that he was ill and
 In acc accordance With the selective draft act, this fact was reported to the adjutant generals office at Hart ford and his long delayed arrest took place in Woodstock Monday. It was resistance. Back has been living alone on a little farm place not distant from where relatives of his occupy another farm