Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 8, 1914, Page 4

erices; In which equal credit has been demanded, and in some cases obtained, for a unit of time, whether o1 devoted to Homer or to horseshoeing.” | [/ Dartmouth can work out fthis problem and establish a better stand- ard for essentlals it is bound to ren- der a great service in this direction. 3 fs a step which many have desired to see tried out. NOT A TIME TO DALLY. The country, has reason to stop and wonder just what was the cause of the large amount of opposition, which was manifested in the lower house of con- gress, towards the appeal from the president for an appropriation of $200, 000 for the relief of the people of Sa- lem. Is there any question but what those people are homeless and in neéd of the sympathetic and charitable as- sistance of the rest of the country, far and near? If there is it ought to be made known, but umtil some good exouse can be presented the idea of congress withholding its aid can get ZERRE g { e i B i j ; BOYLE and CRAIG she was alone, fancying how he The Big F: i and wondering v‘mfl he'd say if she ‘avorite Singers should write him! “Then, maybe, she'd actually develop the courage to do what her heart dic- tated, and she would write him! “And when he got the note "way off there in his little western town, he'd sit down and picture to himself what the girl who wrote it could be like!” The little stenographer spoke dream- COLONIAL THEATRE “PERILS of PAULINE” Two reeis. Most Thrilling in the Series “THE BATTLE at ELDERBRUSH GULCH” 2 Reels, Biograph Indian ‘A MAN IN THE HOUSE” and “TANGO FLAT” Biograph Comedies Yhe Bulletin has the largest eieculation of any paper in East- eorn Connecticut anc from three ell,” obediently continued the lit- tle stenographer.. “they'd corr of course, and each other. similar to those given by that its that, their only motive is to improve|town 'of La Romana by Dominican the qQuality of their output by secur- | revolutionists was reported today te ing Proper material to work With.|the navy department. Rebels on The statement further says that the{south of the fsland have . FAMOUS TRIALS state. Professor Nicolson also gave out a 5he | statement prepared by him oL essential o:n monopoly hwmof , as | rigid 5«‘“&’""" over dispatches, m: little support. 2 TRIAL OF THE TICH Waiting for him! there can no monopol admis- | news eir activities is meagre. The attitude of the state of Massa- CLAIMANT. intle Srenleraphir sion to college in New England %o long | large force is reported to have sur- as” the entrance examination system of admission prevails and that en- to'| trance by examination is offered to all schools whose grade of echolarship does not entitled them to a certificate. chusetts has lkely had its effect in the unblased consideration of this ap- propriation, for when a commonwealth of that standing declares that it can do nothing under the circumstances it is bound to have a dampening effect upon others to whom appeals are made. Through a reversal of his opin- . by the affecting vision. rounded Bani, west of LaRomana. One of_the most remarkable trials of recent years was that of Arthur Orton, who claimed to be the long lost Roger Tichborne and heir to the Tichborne title and estate. This lasted a number of years and involved a great many rsons. paW’hel‘l Sir Edward Tichborne, the Massachusetts Governor Will Try. Washington, July 7— Governor Walsh of Massachusetts willl call on ; President Wilson tomorrow to urge avnintiontels” [Yolss, " | nih- 16 a6 lila Infigesce to Gt O Town. gress to appropriate $200,000 for the ‘Washington, July 7—Capture of the relief of the Salem fire sufferers. none of the powers of a trust eindividual colleges are not trying “to control for their own behoof a wide range of public interest.” and Dominican she have it so bad!™ . LA 1)) cssonnetis BT Have The Bulletin Follow You Readers of The Bulletin leaving the city for vacation trips can have it follow them daily and thus keep in touch with home affairs. Order through The Bulletin business office. —_— PROPER SUGGESTIONS. Those were good and ‘timely sug- gestions, which were made by Mayor Murphy to the court of common coun- cfl, relative to sidewalks and the ex- tension of the service of city depart- iments beyond the city limits. Much has been accomplished in the way of better sidewalks about the city, but there remains plenty of opportun. ities for the continuation of the good ‘work, and there should be no relaxa- tion in the Insistence upoh proper niaintenance. This is a matter in which the city must not only assume its responsibilities in the same prompt and requisite manner as the individ- ual, but should be insistent upon set- ting the example for good and safe walks wherever such obligations exist. There is nothing about neglected . walks which add to the comfort of the Dedestrain, the afiractiveness or civic pride of a municipality. ¢ As the mayor declares the city is the sole owner of the water, and the gas and electric departments. It is the .eity which assumes all obligations in connection therewith and not only pays the rates required for the sery vice but must maintain adequate plants and meet the bonded indebtedness. ‘The city is therefore entitled to full service first, and is not only entitled to it but should have it. How far the city wants are from being supplied in this regard is not indicated by the statement, but the inference is that they are, while those who are not con- cerned with city expenses are getting the benefit. Whenever such exists it is an injustice to the taxpayer. LITTLE REGARD FOR MERIT. In no way has the administration opened itself to criticism more than thfough the manifest preference for &poils over éivil service requirements. This has been indicated from the very start despite the statement in party platform that “merit and ability shall be the standard of appointment and promotion, rather than service render- ed +5 a nelitical party.” The idea that such campalgn prom- ! ises or platforms are made to forget rather tnan to keep. is given muich support from the course -which has beenn pursued in Washington during the past two years. In several in- stances has civil service been disre- ®arded for the, method which would place party workers in office and the latest i= the action of the president in nullifying by executive ‘order the action of congress relative to the four- teen commercial attaches which are provided for in the legisiative, Judieial and executive appropriation act. From the first it was desired that these ap- Pointments should come under the #poils system. Congress in its consid- eration of the matter felt that civil service examinations should. determine the appointees and it was in that form that it passed the act. Now an executive order has stricken out that requirement and spoils prevail, In previous instances the president has failed to exercise his right eon- cerning civil service when it would have insured its retention, but in this instance he has by his own act strick- en olit what he had been credited with beinz in favor’of. It is one of the things which the administration has playéd. unwisely with and greatly to its discredit, ———— iy DARTMOUTH’S ACTION. i#s a bold step which has been # %en by Dartmouth college in with- "+ = nz from the New England college roe certificate board and deciding “7ke and maintain its own en- reguirements. The action is “ ©«i0 create much-.interest in the *atlon of the programme which ‘& folowed but which has not been ced. When it is declared that it 1 mind its responsibility to the ‘e of-New Hampshire there is in- @’'cated one worthy reason for a change which it is belleved will better. meet the requirements. The requirements for ddmission to college have ever been under attack i good 'may’result from this nt - activn . which Dartmouth through jon the attorney general has now held that the state can make a contribu- tion and $100,000 will be provided for the relief fund, but such cannot en- tirely wipe out the impression which was made by the first announcement. Like any other disaster stricken ci Salem’s need js genuine and the great- est good is“to be dome by the ear! ald which is contributed and it is cer- talnly an instance where government ald should be forthcoming as well as in the many other fmstances where it has been required and freely given, and he who gives early gives double. BREAKING THE SOLID SOUTH When it is announced that Roose- velt is going to New Orleans to break up the solid south, it of course means that he is going to try to get back of that feeling which Is prevading TLouisiana just now over the removal of the tariff off sugar. This is a subject upon which that state is particularly sore just at the present time but when the events of 1912 are recalled it is difficult to understand how a. very warm reception can be accorded him. That isn't so long ago that even the soltd south can have forgotten the vast amount of aid which was contri- Buted to the success of the present democratic administration through the leadership of Col. Rooseveit. But for the splitting of the republican -party and the throwing of the indirect in- fluence of the progressives to the sup- port of the democratic candidates, there would have been no such up- heaval in the matter of the tariff and it is safe to say that there would be no section of the country trembling today from the anticipated -oblitera- tion of thefr industries. As a factor in bringing about the situation which made possible condi- tions as they exist today In Louisiana, as well as elsewhere about the coun- try, full credit must be given to the progre: but Louisiana’s experi- efice with the 1912 efforts in “breaking the solid south” are not-likely to lead it still deeper into contributing to the maintenance of existing democratic principles. ’ EDITORIAL NOTES, Mediation has made some progress but not to the point where our troops can be withdrawn from Vera Cruz. Despite what its name suggests, Vanitie seems to be able to get her sails well adjusted without a mirror. The stay at home voter has a geod chance to observe in the Mexican elec- tion just where the balance of control is. It is a curious license for ‘the use of firearms which some individual is associating with the town of Free- port, If Huerta can strike up a friendship with- Zapata it ought not to be difi- cult for Carranza and Villa to patch up their differences. Probably the most surprised person, on the outcome of the Albanian dis- closure by our Grecian minister, Is George Fred Williams. The blackeye which the 1. W. W. has received through the bomb ex- plosion, shows this dangerous organi= zation up in its true color. The man on the corner says: Many of the mean things a person he: stick in his memory like a burr to a sheep's back while the decent things slip away. The city of Des Moines is consider- ing the purchase of an elephant. Most cities get enough such things on their hands through politics without delib- erately investing. While English suffragettes claim they can tell enough to drive a prom- inent official to the shelves, such is also the claim of Penrose about a cer- tain leader in this country. After he has declared that there is to be the greatest period of prosperity ever the president has begun to feel the pulse of business. Thus will he find there is need of a tremendous ‘boom. Disputing a raiiroad crossing with a locomotive has been tried by enough auto drivers to make it an established fact that there is no chance for an argument. It is worse’ than a shell game. ‘With the double assassinatiom, ‘the unrest among the Serbs and the seek- ing of sympathy for Hungary by a rebresentative in this country, Austria hasn't a peaceful period to look for- ward to. From a few directions there come complaints that the Fourth was guiet and’ uninteresting. It looks as if the suiting of all the people in. the celebration of this holiday might be- ihe Weatherman's Job, ninth baron of that name died, he left an estate that netted about $100,000 a year. He had no son, and his nephew James Tichborne, was his heir.' James had two soms, Roger and Alfred. Roger naturally, being the elder, would have been the heir of James, but when the father died all trace of him had been lost. He had started for New York by sea:; but the fate of his ship was never know. He was officially de- clared dead and the Tichborne fortune fell to the younger brother, Alfred. All this happened in 1852. The mother never gave up hope of finding her first born, and in 1866 she offered a reward for any information that would be forthcoming regarding Roger. In response to this offer an Australian detective agency produced a man, known as Thomas Castro, whose real name was Orton, and announced he ‘was the missing heir. Orton left Australia for England, where he gatherd all the information he could regarding Roger@ early life, and then proceeded to Paris, where Lady Tichborne was living, and he was able fully to convince her that she accepted him as her son. The mother claimed to recognize him, and officers of his old regiment were sure it was Roger Tichborne. He was able easily to answer all questions, and in 1871—Lady Tichborne having dled three years previousiy—he brought a formal suit for his rights. The Tichborne estate defended the case flercely, asserting that the claim- ant was Orton, the son of a don butcher, and backed this charge with powerful testimony. The claimant, on the other hand, brought forward sall- ors who swore that they had taken him from the wreck of the ill fated Bella, and Orton called as witnesses the dozens of old acquaintances who rceognized gim. He proved he had a wound on the head and a brown mark ondlha side, both of which Roger had had. For months the legal battle waged. A number of ‘Tichborne bonds” to de- fray the expenses of litigation were taken up by the dupes of the :mpos- ture, and an ejectment action against the trustees of the Tichborne estates finally came before Chief Justice Bo- vill and a special jury at the Court of Common Pleas on the 11th day of May 1871, For 103 days the -trial went on, and it was not until Sir John Coleridge, in 4 s ch of length, laid bare the Wwhole “conspiracy from its inception, that the result seemed to be doubtful. The evidence of the Tichberne family convinced the jury, who declared that they wanted no further evidence, and on the 5th of March, 1872, Sergeant Ballantine, who led for the claimant, declared that the case was nonsuited. ‘When Orton had lost his suit the defense at once arrested him and placed him on trial for perjury, as well as several of bis witnesses. The sec- ond trial dragged on for 188 days, and large sums of money- were subscribed by the indignant British populace to help the accused man. This second suit was begun in 1878 before Chief justice Cochran. The de- fendant showed his old qualities of impudence and endurance, but the in- discretion of his couneel, Bdward Ken- nealy, the testimony of his former sweetheart, and Kennealy’s refusal to put the Orton sisters on the stand proved conclusive to the jury. who after a half hour's deliberation, found that the claimant was Arthur Orton. Orton was found guilty of perjury on two counts and was sentenced on the 28th of February, 1874, to fourteen years’ penal servitude. The cost of the two trials was estimated at some- thing not far short of $1,000,000, and of this the Tichborne estate was mulcted of fully $450,000. The claimants’ better dlass sup- porters had deserted him before the second trial, but the ople who had subscribed for his defenese were con- vinced that he was a persecuted man. There were symptoms of a riot in Lon- don ,in April, 1875, when parliament unamimously rejected a motion’ by Kennealy for referring the Tichborne case to a royal commission, and the military had to be held in readiness. But the agitation subsided and when Orton emerged from jail in 1884 the fickle public took no interest in him. Orton came to America on a lecturing tour, and resided for a time in New York city. He finally returned to Eng- land, where he sank into poverty and oblivion, dying in obscure lodgings in Marylebone on the 2d of April, 1898. l OTHER VIEW POINTS the state with a for Charlie ! Comstock for governor. Judge Bald- win, Professor Fisher and Bryan! “Well, why didn't ‘Tommy' He lifted the carg until it was at a level with-her eyes, but she shook her head. “No,” she sighed. “It cannot be. You see, I'm just sorting out the cards of the down-and-outs—those who can’t pay their bills even if we go to law. This name Carlyle heads the list! This romance P've been &pinning ‘wouldn't do for me, because I know all about the names. I'll have to get mlg: some other way Sighing, sHe | shuffled the cards.—Chicago News. P EVERY DAY REFLECTONS Gossip, “One of the meanest classes of peo- ple are those who serve as talebearers and gossips.” Whoever gald that was indeed right. Still more inspired was he who sometime ago suggested an antigossip law. A law which would prevent the ueeless waggling of ton- gues—female tongues especlally—would obliterate a goodly portion of this world’s misery. Women, and men too, who have nothing to do and yet man- age to get a living in this world are, usually the gossips. A law which might prevent gossip- ing should also provide a sort of mun- icipal workshop where all who have been found gulity of the high crime of useless talking ehould be;, forced to earn their living in this world instead | of acting so admirably the part of human sponges or parasites. Instead of bleeding the wolrd the persons with no visible means of suppert should be forced to earn their daily bread by | honest toil. This world is easy only for the devil's emissaries. People ‘should be- ware of the idle gossip, who has neth- ing to do. Norwich Democrats are circularizing Mahan should have been consulted first.—Merideh Journal. 1 ‘When it comes to mysterious kill- ings Connecticut bids fair to hold her record. Somehow or other the mys- teries now seem to be one of the male type, le in years gone by commenc- ing with the Mary Stannard and Jen- nie Cramer mysteries, of late men seem to have been the victims and all due to jealousy.—Middletown Press. i The department has been called out several times in years past to extin. guish incipient fires when the anly object of the disturbers was to bring out the firemen. That kind of thing is against the law and those who may | feel inclined to commit such an of- | fense this year may well keep this| fact in mind. It may be the means of saving them eome money.—New Britain Herald. ‘Why shouldn't the government wu: dergo an investigation? Why shouldn't the active and inexorable Attorney General McReynolds turn his guns on to Uncle Sam and compel him to answer for the glaring injustice he is doing the railroad in requiring them to carry an immensely increased bur- den of mail metter without any in- crease in compensation whatsoever’— New Haven Journal-Courter, i The automobile, the rocked boat | and the unsuspected deep spot in, the swimming hole now supply the Fourth of July fatalities formerly | provided by the giant cracker and ! the canno But in starting of con- ! flagrations and destroying of property | the fire balloon mnnfll:’y preserves | its standing as an instrument for show- ing how glad we are we declared our- and independent of the British—Hartford Times. come as hard a task as holding down | Monders, W, WATCH HILL 4% 50¢1 Children 25e. STEAMER BLOCK ISLAND 2585005 WATGH HILL aNp BLOCK SPECIAL EXCURSION TICKETS édnesduys and Fridays, July 6 to September 4 ISLAND = BEGINNING THIS MORNING July Clearance Sale —OF— Women’s and Misses™ Apparel AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES Nowattheheigh!ofthammm«shnppingsfmweofler complete stocks of Fashionable Apparel for vacation, outing and general summer wear at decisive price reductions. We never carry styles from one season to another, therefore we have marked every garment in our entire stock for im-: mediate and speedy clearance. This is our time to sell and | your time to buy for the reductions are the greatest we have - ever made. Every garment is from our regular stock which insures you that the quality and finish are of the very best. ~ Flowued.&eotletto C re stock of Silk Dresses. The unusual. SR 4 ’ . SUMMER Flowered Ll/wnl, DRESSES Our entire stock comprising the smartest models of the season in the most favored materials. French Linens, Rice Cloths, Washable Crepes, Dimities, Striped Voiles DRESSES $3.95-were to $ 6.50 DRESSES $5.50-were to $ 9.75 DRESSES $6.50~were to $12.50