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Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25
MArZENAUER DIVORCE CASE
 COMES BEFORE COURT TO-DAY

San Francisco. Oct. 24-Mme. Mar garet Matzenauer. noted opera singer. has been summoned to appear in tho superior court here tomorrow to give a deposition in the divorce action filed by her husband, Floyd Glotzbach, D,I Monte, Cal, chauffeur.
 petition by the singer that Glotz- bsch's divorce action be thrown out Of court on the ground that he was not a resident of California was denied today. Attorneys for Mime. Matbenauer au- nounced that if the action is to be fought out here they vii file q cross complaint in behalf Of their client and endeayor to have her. instead of Giotz- bach, obtain the divorce
 Tomorrow's rroceedings are expecfed 10 bring out the first statement by Mime Matzenauer of her side of the caze her counsel said. IT, after the court has obtained all of this preliminary evidence. it is decided the proper jurisdiction rests here instead Of New York, which. ar- cording 10 some claims is the home of both parties. the divorce will be tried in ! San Francisco.
 Glotzbach is not required to be pre-. | ent at tomorrow's hearing
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25
MURDER TRIAL OF MRS.
 MABEL CHAMPION DELAYED

Cleveland. Oct. 24-The murder trial of Mrs, Mabel Champion. g. charged with the fatal shooting of Thomas A. O'Connell of New Haven, Conn, in a restaurant here last July was delayed at noon today when the first venire of hfty-two prospective jurors was exhaust ed after seven women and four men had been tentatively accepted
 A call for a second venire of fifty rer- sons was issued by County Prosecutor Edward C. Stanton when court adjourned for the day. The new talesmen will re- port tomorrow morning
 Four times during the mo~ninr the jury box was filled, but one peremptory challenge exercised by the state and three by the defense left vacant seat still 10 be filled. The state has three peremptory challenges left and the de- fense thirteen.
 Throughout the morning court session Mrs. Champion sat far forward in her chair at the trial table, eagerly listening to the opinion voiced by each veniremar on the death sentence.
 Ausley Champion. her husband. wss not in the court room this morning. He is out on bail, charged with assault tc kill in connection with the sIaying ot O'Conneu.
 | Mrs Champion told newspapermen to- day that she was not a woman of man1 names and that she was not concealins her true identity. Mabel Champion is my right name she said. My home is in Texas. va, married in Brownsville, Tex, when I wa,
 1e years old"
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25

the cotton mouStry is zrm against pro tectioE
 The Asquithian election manifesto is sued today is believed b dispose of an, likelihood Of a reunion between tN opp posing sections Of the liberal party. Tho Lloyd George idea of creating a new centre party seems not to be making much progress.
 Mr- Lloyd George has taken a house close to the Asquithian liberal headquart- CTS in Abingdon street for his political heaoquarters- The former premier says farewell to Downing street tomorrow when he also is expected to issue a po- litical manifesto.
 The labor party has sent a formal re- quest to Premier Bonar Law to have the elections on Saturday. November iG | Instead Of the previous Wednesday but up to the present the plan has not been changed. There are already approxi- mately 1900 candidates in the field for SIS seats. distributing as follows: Con- servatives. 45o: laborites. goo; independ- ent liberals, 5O0' Lloyd Georgian lib- erals. I70.
 viscount Grey. former secretary for foreign affairs. in a speech at Bradford.
 devoted himself mainly to the country's $
 foreign policy. He emphasized that Inc
 important thing was to get rid Of Lloyd
 George and the coalition. whose policy
 abroad had seriously diminished British
 Influence and prestige. He pleaded for close cooperation wiIn France and res
 cue of foreign policy from the innuencs of party politics.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25
S25,OOOFOr Guardian of Baby Guy Sti||naIl
John A. Mack Awarded That Sum by Supreme Court Justice Morschauser-Oth- CT Allowances.

White Plains, N. Y, Oct. 24.-Supreme Court Justice Merschauser today award ed John E. Mack, guardian of Baby Guy Stillman, s25,000 for his services in de- lending the infant against the charge of illegitimacy brought by James A. Still man, millionaire banker, in his suit for divorce from Mrs. Anne U. Stillman. He also allowed MT. Mack $4,9o1.14 which the guardian reported he had expended in Guys behalf
 The court also allowed Referee Daniel J. Gleason, who heard evidence in the case, compensation at the rate of $50 a total of s22,200.
 Justice Morschauser also signed today the final order in Stillman's divorce suit, denying him a divorce and affirming the legitimacy of Baby uy. who Stillman had alleged to be the son of Fred K. Beauvais. Indian guide, who was named as correspondent. The order held that Stillman had failed to prove Mrs. Still ] man guilty of adultery. but that Stillman himself had been proven guilty of adul- tery with Florence Leeds. former show girl.
 Counsel for Stillnan had fought the i granting of compensation to Guardian 1 Mack, contending that he was entitled only to his taxable costs in the case They also had contended Referee Glea. sons fees as "exorbitant"
 l In disposng of these objections Jus. i tice Morschauser recalled that it had been shown Stillman was willing tC | spend money to purchase evidence" re.
 ferring to letters alleged to have beeI written to Beauvais by Mrs Stillman
 for which the banker paid s15,OO0.
 ITO meet these sinister attacks on tn, infants name, unusual diligence, abilit, and industry were required of the guard
 ian. How we'll he met these requirement.
 is attested by the results"
 In view of the exceptional service l rendered, and taking into consideration 1 Mir. Mack's standing at the bar, tn
 court said, he felt that S25,0OO was
 moderate fee for his services, extendin
 over two years.
 He also commended Mir Mack for hi
 attitude in setting no value on his SCI
 vices but leaving it to the court to de
 eide what they were worth. and declare
 that throughout the case Mir Mack ha
 thought more of his duty as an officer ( the court than about the fees he wa 1 going to get"
 The only matter he had to decide wit
 'NSpcSe Co Ieelefee GleaSOf ices Wa whether 148 days was too long for hi1 to have spent on the case Stillman lawyers conceded it had been agreed | was to have $50 a day. But they poin
 ed out that actual trial of the case Ina consumed only thirty days, and contend ed that sity more days should h&e bee : sufficient to study ths evidence and tf law and to write the report The court held 14S days was not a unreasonable time 10 use in hearing ar ! digesting the case-the record of whit consumed about 27O0 pages Besides his fees as referee, MT. Gleasf , was allowed Sl.7OO to pay the stenogr : phers who made the rernrd
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25
I. ". W. PLANNED TO SEND
 POISONED GOODS TO SOLDIERS

Sacramento. Cal. Oct. 2I.-W. E. Townsend, who said he formerly was the right hand man" of William D. Hay wood. head of the Industrial Workers of the World. testified al the trial of ten members of that organization here to- day that he and other members of the l. W. ". conspired to send poisoned canned goods 10 the American soldiers in France during the World war.
 Townsend. who was a surprise witness for the prosecution against the ten men who are charged with violation of the state criminal syndicalism law. testified that in one of the big packing houses in Chicago 300 or 400 Industrial Workers were at work during the war and that part Of their task was to test canned goods before shipment. Instead of con- demning the cans he said. the Industrial Workers would let them pass.
 we wanted to cripple the packers, and also we were opposed to the war. {" Townsend testified. We used 10 gay: Let them poison Uncle Sam's damned gunners.'
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25
SHIPS COMPELLED TO CARRY
 FIVE GALLONS OF BRANDY

New York. Oct 24.-The President Harding of the U. S. Line arrived today from England, bringing under lock and seal five gallons of brandy which the captain had to take on board in Tiu- bury docks. London. in order to comply with British laws covering the granting of clearance papers.
 Captain Pendlebury of the President Harding said that. after he had unload- ed the ships supply of liquor in London in compliance with wireless orders from the shipping board. he was refused clear anee papers by the British Board of Trade which insisted that he comply with the law requiring ships to carry gallon of brandy for each one hundred steerage passengers carried. There was sicknes on board dur ing the trip so that the brandy remained under seal throughout the voyage the captai nsaid.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25
WOMEN ARE PRINCIPALS IN
 SERIES OF MURDER TRIALS

Varied Testimony Mrs. Catherine Rosters Motive for Killing Her Husband and His Stenographer-George Cline, Trial for Staying Motion Picture Actor Bergen Testified That He Became Infuriated When Bergen Charged That Mrs. Cline Was "Bum''-DeIay in Trial in Cleveland of Mrs. Mabel Champion, Charged With Shooting Former New Haven Man-State Investigators Silent About the Hal-MIls Probe-Jry Completed in Los Angeles for Trial of Mrs. Clara PhilIps-George A. Harlow, Who CIubbed Wife to Death in Fresno is Charged With Murder.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW
 PASSENGER SHIP LINE

Washington. Oct. 24-Chairman Las ker of the shipping board announced to- day following meeting of the board the establishment of new passenger ship line connecting the west coast of the United States and the eastern coast of South America via the Panama canal. The ships will be operated out of Seattle by Swain & Hoyt as managing agents over the same route which is now coy cred by the cargo steamers under the same management.
 Three of the present cargo ships on the route will be retained in service, while three combination passenger, car go and refrigerator steamers-the Presi- dent Harrison. President Hayes and Sus- quehanna-will be put on to provide pas senger accommodations. On the down trip the snips will touch at Portland Ore, San Francisco. Panama canal ports a port in Porto Rico yet to be selected Montevideo. and Buenos Aires. On the | return trin they will pick up coffee car. goes at various South and Sentral Amer. ican points not on the South-bound route
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25
FUNERALS OF ELEVEN VICTIMS
 OF TENEMENT HOUSE FIRE

New York, Oct '24.-The East Side re- sounded this afternoon with wailing and lamentations during funeral services held for eleven of the sixteen vistims of the fire which swept a tenement house at Lexington avenue and 10th street last Sunday.
 So dense was the crowd of mourners that police reserves had to be called for one service uptown and another down town, to clear the way for the corteges. Long after the two lines of hearses had crossed East river spans on their way to the cemeteries, cries and sounds of mourning could be heard.
 Another tragedy was narrowly averted at one of the funerals, held on Fifth street Just as the hearses were arriving and the crowd of mourners assembling, a heavy iron ladder, from no apparent cause, fell from fire escape on a spot which soon afterwards was filled with weeping humanity. No one was injured
 The Fifth street service was held for six members of the family of Abraham Sugarman. Both Sugarman and his wife escaped
 Sugarman had to be supported by rela tives as he stepped from a carriage tc attend the outdoor service Mrs. Sugarmsn was too i'll to attend She lay on couch in the apartment ot a relative living in Harlem. Hesrse; ! bearing the bodies of her five childrer and a son-in-iaw Journeyed six mile: uptown in order that she might gaze upol
 the procession.
 l More thousands attended the uptow1 | service, held at a synagogue on 11Stl street. There Mrs. Nathan Silver burie,
 her entire family-husband and fou 1 children.
 1 After Mrs. Silver, grief-torn and shak | ing, had sobbed out a prayer for he
 dead, the caskets were closed and a rabt began the services for the departed l On the way to the cemetery, this pro
 cession passed the burned tenement. Tn
 wailing broke out afresh at the sight c
 the smoke-stained structure.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25
CLuE CLAIMS DUEL
 N DEFENSE OF sLAYING


 E1ackensacS, N. J., Oct 24.--The charge that his wife was a bum" and not the knowledge that she had been crimlnally assaulted infuriated him 10 a proposal Of a duel George Cline, mo- tion picture location finder who is on trizl with hls brother-in-law, Charles scnrlinn. and Alice Thornton for tho murder ot John Bergen, motion picture actor. admitted on cross examination today.
 cline told on direct examination that vhen. after months of half-suspicion, na finally learned that his wife had Jeen aEsaultsd he had asked Bergen, Ehoyn he sad he had befriended. to ,one to Is home .n Edgewter and ex- plain certain kissing parties" and kst Bergen was accidentally shot in a struggle fer the possession of a gun which he had given him.
 what was your state of mind just p-ior to- and after the shooting?" Pr6s. -cuhor Hart asked Cline on cross ex- animation.
 Inc question and was sustained by thc -ourt.
 rskinE another tack. the prosecutor asksd Cline why he had armed himself Tn self-defense. Cline answered. He denied that he had represented himselt ss -Sfr. Ryan" when he teiephoned the actor tn come 10 his home. He sait mat when he confronted his wife witt BcrErn she broke down and confessed that he had dragged her in a Sarana, Lake hotel and then assaulted her.
 Cine said that Bergen then admitted tse charge and said. I'm a dirty dog Enoot me" and he ordered Bergen ou of the hoIxe.
 T had nc idea Of shooting him, Cine testified.
 He zzSd that it vS a remark of tn, actors as he was about to leave tn houre which iufurlated him.
 'sBrrEen said. George, you know al women are bad" Cline testified. an, Mamie is a bum"
 10 was thea, Cline declared. that h invised Bergen 10 go upstairs where th shooting occurred.
 Cine. in hts direct examination. re rroduced his movements during the al legcd struggle in the second floor roou v his hene. He denied that the light hsd bom turned out Hs said that ther lad beeu an agreement. but that as h f-ached for Ghe switch. be saw Berge lsoeiimg tho patol he hAS given hn
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25

Fbiiadslphia. Oc. 24-varied testi- ! nony as to Mrs. Catherine Rosters ] motive for killing her husband. Oscar Roster. and his young stenographer, was given today when the trial reached it's mos. sensational development thus far. Mrs. Roster. who is under indictment for the killing of both is being tried first for the murder of Miss Mildred Geraldine Reckitt. the stenographer. T did it-I must have been crazy" ,ne witness testified she had told him immediately after the shooting, which ,orurred In tho office of Rosters adver- ginE agency.
 Tn stil another she is said to have made the statement that she would not havr committed the crime if she had not been into1 cated. Testimony was intro- duced yesterday to show that Arthur FoFler. brother of the slain man and the defs1daut had been in an Italian res ,su-ant shortly before the shooting and had drunk wine.
 Michael J Toner, q policeman. told of A scene in the hospital where the girl Mildred, smiled forEivingly on Mrs. EnFier from her desthbed. Toner re- iated how tho dying girl, supported by ;7ro officers. was besought 10 say some hing to incriminate her slayer.
 NO. ! nNu ' Lli0k SuN ihIdhN AN SitO'N ma she said. "I know she d'r1n [ mean Co shoot me-
 Thfreupon Mrs Roster bent and kiss sd the hand of tho girl said the wit re-q. Mrs Rosier shaking with soos, bBrled hc~ face in her hands as this la=tirnou7 was given.
 AH-ed Layton, of Pittshurgh. former iv A ncwzpapsr reporter, testified that iistaklnr him for a physician, she fell on her knees before him, clasped her hands. an6 begged him 10 save her husband
 me witness stated that Mrs. Roster had told of finding a diary containing romantic writings in Miss Reckitt dssE and 10 her husbands handwri-
 Paul N. Go,tleb. another reporter testihed that Mrs. Roster was hysteri'
 ashe told me" no added that sh' ,~o5k-'t have done it 1T she hadn't beer d-sufinr- Gottueb also said she tol' hi1 that three months before, at tn t.ne her baby vas born and she wa n a hospital. they were running aFounf together.
 Norman Mcleod. a-o a reporter. re counted how the defendant knelt be sid. Roster and cried:
 paddy. dear, ] didn't mean to do it Ro-ier. he said, then lifted up hls ham and pushed her away
 william Miller, tailor. said that b heard the shots and then saw woma -un out on the steps and shout. T d It. did G. I am jealous. l had to d lt loved him"
 1ahn J. Burlington a policeman. sal that Mrs. Rosier stumbled across th room Co where her husband lay. an exclaimed:
 'Daddy. daddy, why did you die IT sorry. Oh. I'm sorry"
 Arthur Roster, who was on the stan vestsrday. was recalled. John R. E seott renewed his attempt 10 clio stateFncnts from Roster that woul rrcvs he had "poisoned" Mrs. Roster mind against her husband. Judge Bal ratt sustained the commonwealth many object ious 10 this line Of question ing.
 william B Freiler, the man who sol Mrz. Rn-Tiar the pistol testified that $! -aid she wanted it f9F protection
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25

and who committed the crime The de- gree of the crime is up to the jury in the case, and may possibly be a reflection of the coroner's jury verdict, which de- clared it justihcable himicide,T Bailey declared.
 Harlow's attorneys said they will prob ably enter a plea of temporary insan- ity.
 Harlow, who was reported to be cheer full yesterday, was non-committal to- day.
 Blanchard today began his ninety-day jal sentence for misdeanor.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25
DROPPED DEAD AT SIGHT
 OF UNCOSSCJ0T-S uUsp4Nr

Southbury, Oct 24.-startIed by the sight of neighbors carrying the uncon- scious form of her husband into their home, Mrs. Theodore F. Wheeler, 75 years old, dropped dead today Her hus- band, who is SS years old. was not ex- ed to live through the night.
 MT. Wheeler, formerly state repre- sentative and for more than 30 years selectman in this town, was stricken while driving buggy about three miles from his home. The horse, however, kept on for some distance until he was stop- ed by neighbors who saw MT. Wheeler slumped in the seat They carried him into his home and met Mrs. Wheeler at the door. The latter had been i'll for some time and it is believed that the shock caused her death.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25
HARLOW IS CHARGED
 WOTH WIFE MURDER

Fresno, Calf, Oct 24-George A. Harlow, held in jail at Madeira following his reported confession of clubbing his girl wife to death Sunday morning at North Folk after finding her with H. c. Blanchard, 1s, an alleged affinity, was today formally charged with murder Mason Bailey, district attorney announc- ed tonight.
 Harlow, who has retained legal coun- sel, will appear before T. o. Short, jus tice of the fifth township, at OsNeils on Thursday morning for his preliminary hearing. Bailey will appear against him, he declared today.
 '~The verdict of the cc-oners jury in this case. which was rendered under ex- citing circumstances, does not concern me legally" the distric tattorney said this afternoon. "A crime has been commit ted and my duty is plainly to prose eute.''
 I believe we can establish the staying
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25
OBITUARY
 Lnsenh. Flint

Fairfield, Oct. 24-Joseph Flint. town clerk for nearly twenty years. died to- day after three weeks illness. He was 42 years of age, past exalted ruler of Bridgeport lodge. of Elks, active in Free Masonry and in republican politics His personal popularity was such that fre- quently he had been endorsed for town clerk by the democrats. His wife and one daughter survive.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25
TO QUIZ JANITOB ABOUT
 TENEMENT HOUSE FIRE

New York, ot. 24.-Police Inspector Lahey today ordered the detention of John Crock, janitor in the East Side tenement swept by flames Sunday with loss of 16 lives.
 Turning from their theory that fire bug set the blaze, the police announced they intended to quiz Crock to deter mine if still had exploded in his apartment.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25
WOODROW WILSON ENTITLED
 TO VOTE IN NEW JERSEY

Trenton x. J.. Oct 24.-The ruling made several days ago by the Mercer county board of elections which deprived former President Woodrow Wilson from voting in the state of New Jersey under the absentee voters law, was reversed tonight by State Attorney General Mo- Gran. The decision of the attorney gen. eral is based on supreme court ruling which holds that q voters re1ldence Id determined by his intention Under the decision, Mir. and Mrs. WIlson may yoti as citizens of Princrtpu. M !.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25
PRINCIPAL MEMBERS IF
 BRITISH MINISTRY NAMED

Announced Last Night by Premier Bonar Law-Ihere Arr Still Number of Appointments to be Made IncIudin, the Office Held by Austen Chamberlain Under Loys George Marquis Curzon Retains His Post Secretary for Foreign AHars-Lord Carson's Name Does Not Ap pear in the Appointments, Vscount Cave Becoming Lorc High ChanceIlor-Election Campaigning Continues ir Full Swing
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25

and that as he struggled to wrest the wepon from him, it exploded
 After Mrs. Cline's testimony, which corroborated that given by her hus- band, had been taken, the jury, which is headed by twenty y-five-year old girl stenographer, went to Edgewater for an examination of the Cline home
 The trial, which has moved with re- markable raPidity, is expected to be fin- ished tomorrow. The defense, it was said will rest in the morning, and the jury will be charged immediately.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25
CABINET MEMBERS HAVE
 NOT BEEN sFSCIFTEa

London. Oct. 24.-The official an- nouncement of the new ministers does not specify which among them Will be members of the cabinet. There is na fixed rule governing the number of cab met members. or which ministries shall be included. the selection being at the discretion of the prime minister, Mir Benar Law is credited with pickering a small cabinet. but a majority ot those announced will certainly be members.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25
EARrHoUAKE- REGISTERED AT
 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

Washington, Oct 24.-An earthquake of moderate intensity estimated to be about 5,200 miles south of Washington was recorded this afternoon on the seis- mograph at Georgetown university Fa- ther Tondorf director of the observa- tory, stated that the tremors began at 5.sO
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25
CALLED .AGRAPHS
Effort to 1ine the Mark.

~ 'Ho 1A
 London, Oct. -The Times Berlin correspondent says that the experts in vited by the German government come to Behlin for a conference looking to the stabilization of the mark, include Pro- lessor John Maynard Keynes, of Eng land, Professor Cassel of Sweden, and Dr. c. Vissering and Dr. J. Ter-Meul- en, of Holland
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25
BRIEF TELEGRAAS

Peter Rossi. es, was found dead in bed by his wife in Derby. having been accidentally asphyxiated by gas.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25
JURY READY FOR TRIAL
 OF MRS. CLARA PHILLIPS

Los Angeles, Oct. 24-A jury of three women and nine men was completed late today for the trial of Mrs. Clara Phil lips for the murder of Mrs. Alberta Meadows
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25

The death of Professor Arthur L. Kim. ball, 66 years old, Rufus Tyler Lincoln professor of physics at Amherst college was announced.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25

The Connecticut Society Daughters of 1872. yesterday held it's annual meeting at the Hartford club with delegates from the many chapters in the state.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25

The supreme court has entered upon an unusual recess of three weeks instead of the customary two weeks and will not sit again until November 15.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25

The directors of tue Sorfon and West ern railroad yesterday declared the reg ular quarterly dividend of s1.75 share and an extra dividend of Sl share.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-25

Fires In East Baltimore caused S4O0,- 900 damage to the plant of the Procelain Enameling Manufacturing company and ,000 loss to Steuart Son and Company.