Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 5, 1916, Page 6

D Y 0 O N P D o 3 I Rheumatism! How is rheymatism recognized? Some have uii-— Rheumatism is a dull pain. . Rheumatism is g sharp pain, Rhbeumatism is sore muscles. Rheumatism is stiff joints. Rheumatism is a shifting pain. All have declarcd—Rheamatism fs Patn. Sloan’s Liniment applied :— The blood begins to flow freely—the body’s warmth is renewed—the congestion disap~ pears—the pain is gone. Sloan’s Liniment KILLS PAIN (GUARANTEED) Rheumatism and allied pains yield to the pmemt— ing qualities of this warming liniment. lllllllllllllllllllm; 50 P O S D NO SELECTION OF SUCCESSOR TO.ASSOCIATE JUSTICE LAMAR List of Men Discussed as Eligible Continues to Grow. ‘Washington, Jan. 4—President Wil- son was so engrossed today with con- sideration of the international situa- tion that he found no time to take up the selection of a successor to the late Associate Justice Lamar of the su- ; preme court, The list of men dis- cussed as eligible in congressional and official circles continued to grow. The fact that Chief Justice White and Jul- tices McKenna and Holmes are eli- gible for retirement has added to the ! list of possible candidates, although none of the three has indicated an in- ! tention to retire. ATLANTA TO VOTE ON RECALL POLICE COMMISSIONER Result of Reducing Police Chief Bea- vers to a Captaincy. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 4—Atlanta tomor- row will vote at a special election to decide whether Mayor James G. Wood- ward and five members of the board of police commissioners shall be re- called. More than 12,000 voters have registered. The campaign for recad was started as a result of the police board reducing Chief of Police James L. Beavers to a captaincy, because the commissioners said he was following the orders of so-called reformers in- stead of the instructions issued by the board. MEN OF MILITARY AGE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES Earl of Derby's Roport Shows a Total of 5,011,441 8tili Available. London, Jan, 4.—The Earl of Derby’s report shows that the total men of military age in England, Scotland and w-.lau, who were not enlisted when 'vass began, were: Single men, 2.1"9 231, and matried men, 2,832,210— e total of 5,011,441, The tom_l of ‘attested enlisted and rejected men having been 2&29 2@8 men 5,011,441, shows that there are zuz- %;M men who did not offer their ser- ces. California’s mining properties last year numbered 658, of which 277 are gold mines. “HOUSEBASEDUPON WOMAN" “A house is not besed upon the ound, but upon woman, tenegro proverb. To her falls the hard work of the household. They use the sickle, tend the flocks, as weijl as the spinning whcol, and have the vitality and health to enjoy it. American ‘women should take more care to P!’eserve health and vitality by avoiding nervous, run-down con- ditions, and for this purpose our local Druggist, G. G. Engler, Propfletor of the Broadway Pharmacy, has a most ‘valuable combination of the three old- est tonics known in Vinol. If you are x‘eu.k, run-down, over-worked, just try Dr. J. M. KING DENTIST janiTu WP Nev'l Styles Ball Millinery, MRS. G. P. STANTON 62 Shetucket Street ARIZONA WANTS TO ANNEX PART OF MEXICO To Extend Boundary of Arizona and California to the Qulf of California. Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 4—A movement launched by various commercial or- ganizations of the state to secure the annexation virtually by purchase of sufficient Jand from Mexico to extend the boundary of Arizona and Califor- nia to the Guif of California, has been furthered by Governor George W. P. Hunt, who announced today that he had written to Governor H. W, John- son of California, asking: “An offer on the part of the United States to cance! all indemnity claims of loss of life and damage to property during the Mexican revolution in re- turn for -this land would straighten the southern boundary line of Arizona and give California a strip of Lower California, is the plan of leaders of the movement. It has been pointed out by those interested in the plan that such an annexation of territory would give Arizona a port on the Guilf of <California and also under American control the mouth of the Colorado river and the entire Imperial valley irrigation system, with many thousands of acres of agricultural lmd in the Mexican territory of Lower California.” MOVEMENT TO OVERTHROW BRITISH LABOR LEADERS Amendments in Commons to Suppress Alleged Labor Revolt. London, Jan. 4, 6 p. m—Supporting in the house of eommons today amend- ments suggested by the ted Society of Engineers to the munitions bill, David Lioyd George, minister of munitions, characterized this-aect as tlllle only alternative to military disci- pline, “The alleged labor revolt,” he said, “is far more a revolt lgll.nlt the offi- cial leaders' of trade unifonism ‘than against the govcmmmt. For months on the Clyde, for instance, there has been a strong syndicatism movement trying to overthrow the official lead- ers of trade unionism. The difficulty of the ministry of munitions on the Clyde arose from the fact that there is a werful organization working with great skill to overthrow the rec- ognized leaders of osganized labor there. This movement does not rep- resent a majority of labor; it com- sists only of a powerful minority.” TRICKS FOR BEATING PANAMA CANAL TOLLS New System Being Worked Out by the War Department. ‘Washington, Jan. 4—Tricks mmerce committee, in in- troducing a bill to authorize & new present system only ebout one-third of the tolls to which it was entitled. One of the most effective schemes for beating the system, he explained, in- volved the use of unhinged doors on deck compartments to take advantage of the provigion that no charge shall be made for open tp..ca on deck. “TMYSTIC et Hoxie Fire Co. Officers. The election of officers at B. Hoxle fire company, Engine No. 1, sulted as follows: Foreman, Edward McKone; first assistant, Leonard J. Hermes; second assistant, Robert Gl.y, Secretary, Herbect Glednill; treasurer, gineer, vhl st John Indohl; janitor, Thomas trustee for three years, Henry Ia.nku. ro- | bave bDeen granted the pupils of the ‘The body of John H. Miner of Moosup, who died Friday night in Newton Center, at the home of his son, arrived in ‘Westerly Tuesday afternoon and was taken. to Christ Kpiscopal ghurch, where the funeral service was a wordy quarrel between the ductors as to which had the right of way. Under the rules, although the fast mail should run ahead of the boat train, the time the Thames and: Si to cancel its ts g‘-u‘ There was a large number of |y, the honorary bearers were m""“‘p 2 Bawerd AL Dodge, Wil and Hdw: ge, e 5— B. Pendleton and Burial was in the fam- fly plot -t fim Bend. Jud.. Edwlrd M. Burke held a ng; session of the Westerly probat uvrt Tuesday afternoon. Horace E. Burdick presented his first and final account as administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Heloise Cenas. The account was accepted and ap- proved for record. J. Morton Hiscox, as administrator of the estate of Catherine H. Randall, filed his first and final account, which was accepted, approved and ordered recorded. The releases of Cella Hiscox to the administrator and of Mr. Hiscox personally to himself as administrator were received and ordered recorded under the estate of Catherine H. Ran- 1, Attorney Clarence E. Roche, admin- istrator of the estate of Joseph Giorno. petitioned for an allowance of $25 a month for the support of the widow, which was granted for a period of six months, during the settlement of the estate. The pnvllc?o of the gymnasium in the Memorial and Library building Westerly High school, free of charge, at regular specified times during the winter session. The girls will have two periods of two hours each, begin- | ning at 2,15 and 4.15 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and the boys will have like perlods on Thupsdays. The gym- nasium classes will be In charge of compatent Instructors and the exercises were commenced on Tuesday noon, At the sem -nnul! meeting of Loyal Pride of Ne England, Independent Order Odd Fellows, M;nch ster Unity, these officers were installed by Deputy John Simister of Providence: Peter J. Comi, grand master; James D. Burnie, noble grand; Ernest Sharp, vice gran ‘William G. Spargo, pe®manent secre tary; Nathan Percy, treasurer; Jobn McShane, elective secretary; Charles Bridgeman, warder; Edgar Matthews, eonductor; George Thomas, inside guard; Caleb Clark, lecture master; Thomas Platt, left supporter to noble grand; Robert Hutchins, right sup- rter to noble grand; Alexander oung, right supporter to vice grand: Charles Tetlow, left supporter to vice Irving Cox, first scene sup- ‘William On & sunny siope, near the western of the North burial ground, valdencn. there stands a somewhat unusual monument, erected several years ago for the dual purpose of per. m‘:tm‘ the memory of the old Prov- e and New London locomotive ‘Westerly, and to mark the final resting place of m old driver, John N. Shay, whose affection for the old “hay burn- er” is considerably stronger than that goue-nd by the average human being inanimate things. Well up on the marble shaft is an illustration of the old locomotive cut in bas-relief, and just beneath is a brief epitaph bf the man who a quarter of a century ago was known as ome of the most daring and most careful engine drivers in this section of the country. The old Westerly, whose fame has been commemorated in this unusual manner, has long Junk, but if one is to judge by ap- pclrgnee: it will be many a day be- final ‘words are added to the lnmmplete eplt&ph of the old engineer "hn hale and hearty at four score and years, is spending the twilight of hll life in his lime home in Auburn. On a stormy night in April, 1878, John N. Shay, or Shea as he then spelled his name, was a prominent en- gineer on the Providence and Stoning- ton railroad. A. engine driver of the fast mail train he left Providence about mid- night, ran as far as the ferry at the a’hu.meg river and returned to Provi- ence.. John Shay followed the usual routine: Carefully compared his watch with the cloek in the old Stenington railroad depot and then disappeared into the da.\‘knell to inspect the engine West- erly accordance with firmly fixed h:.‘bltl. If the mail train was late in pulling away from Providence, as was sometimes the the incident has bnn forgotten, but the old engineer has a distinct recollection that the old Westerly seldom responded to the throttle better than she did that night on the western-bound trip. After arriving at Groton, the engine was turped around and the eastbound traln was made up. AH told, there were 110 passengers on board, includ- ing an opera troupe en route ot Bos: ton, The mail train was an institution ?x the old Stonington road of which watch in Groton noted that he got the to go ahead from Conductor omas Sprague promptly on time. As locomotive got under way he no- ticed that she was noi responding to the steam as imm tly as ehe should seemed to be an extra dn‘ upon the train, He whistled for nlolud ‘brakes. The lMlmluamedtoflnx The finger ot O.ho steam gauge polnun: to the \unb-r of pounds of pressure his fireman of my lingering Mon in the mind of the perplexed “Th firomo ‘was pulled out to the nn!.ncbna # pace soon after leaving the Stonington {ud and bowled along with her heavy t;;.dhu friskily as if she was running “light In those days ths station now known as Wood River Junction was called the Richmond switch. was a small bridge 16 feet long over little Meadow brook, and just of the railroad was a dam holding back the water used as er In a grist mill, As the fast mail sped on through Niantic and rounded the curves to the eastward, Engineer Shay noted a ruddy hue in the sky directly ghead. On the bridge over the Pawcatuck, a quarter of a mile west of Richmond switch, he picked up a flagman of the boat train, who breathlessly told him that the Meadow brook bridge had been washed away and as far as he knew all of the boat train that was not submerged in the torrent was burning up. Proceeding cautiously to the site of the accident, Engineer Shay found that during the night, probably within a few minutes of the arrival of the boat train, the dam at the grist mill pond had broken away, letting the spring flood into the little valley below in a raging torrent. The stone abutments on both sides of the bridge had been washed away, carrying with them the railroad embankments for a distance of 40 feet. Ovyer this chasm the fish- plates, joining the rails together, had held the track in place, forming a veri- table death trap. When the boat train struck the flimsy rails dangling in the air the locomotive, the N. H. Dixon, leaped across the chasm. It was fol- lowed by the tender and some of the three fiat cars that made up a part of the train. Directly back of these was a second class passenger coach, follow- ed by three first class coaches and a smoking car. The second-class coach that rested upon the edge of the chasm was tel- escoped by the succeeding first-class coach, all of which left the rails and almost immediately took fire. In the accident seven persons were kiifad outright and more tHan a score were seriously injured. Among the dead were Engineer Guile and his fireman, both burned to a crisp while they were heroically performing their duties. After aiding in assisting the injured from the burn- ing wreck and helping to dig out of the debris some of the bodies Engi- neer Shay returned to his logomotive and hastened to Stonington for Supt. A. 8. Mathews and medical assist- ance. On the way back he picked up several surgeons at Westerly and re- turned to Richmond Switch. Under the direction of Superinten- dent Mathews tempmry piers of rail- road ties were placed in the washed- out roadbed. On the tops of these beavy stringers were installed and within a couple of hours after the principal parts of tha wreck had been cleared away a temporary track had been laid, and Su intendent Mathews asked Engineer Shay if he was will- ing to take the train across. Climb- ing into the cab, the e rt engineer cautiously opened the throttle. The old Westerly responded gingerly. Glancing around, he noticed his fire- man jumping from the cab. Not a tremor was felt as the train pulled slowly across and when the engineer jumped lightly to the ground on the other side Superintendent Mathews, greeting him with a warm handshake, “John, did you know you were the only one on the train when it came across?’ “I thought s0,” re- plied the engineman, “when I saw my flremu.n getting out before I came across.” The old Westerly was attached to the train bringing the injured to Prov- idence, where news of the accident had created a sensation and where it seemed to Engineer Shay that all the people in Providence had gathered in Exchange place to await the amm of his train. A close examination of its mechanism in the roundhouse fail- ed to disclose any defect that could have caused its balky behavior on the run between Groton and Stonington. Just why the locomotive became a laggard on that single occasion has never been satisfactorily explained to Engineer Shay. That its cantankerous mood prevting him from reaching Stonington on time, was the means of saving his life, he firmly believes. He is also convinced that the failure of the engine to make time was due to an act of Providence rather than to any mechanical defect. Early Tuesday evening a fire alarm was sent in from Box in the Paw- catuck distriot, just over the boundary line for a fire in a two story frame workshop occupied by Albert S. Baker, blacksmith end carriage.repairer, lo- cated off Coggswell strest and owned by George L. Stillman. The fire start- ed on the second floor and had made considerable h before the alarm was sounded, but the prompt re- sponse of auto fire apparatus of Peleg 8. Barber Hose company and the effi- clent work of the firemen, kept the blaze well confined and when com- pletely exuusuhhefl the loss did not exceed 81, ‘The bulldl‘n‘ is located close to the big grain elevator of the Campbeil compeny and is closely surrounded by other wooden structures, and the fire- men did great work in preventing the spread of the fire. Fortunately there was very little wind at the time. —_— Local Laconics. Mr. md Mrs. Willlam A. Wileox are in New ¥: ‘The ‘Wuurly mnlnc schools opened Tuesday evening. A number are attend- ing the nuwmobflg show Ncw York. A delegation from Ocean View com- mandery, United Golden Cross, esterly emnam Tuesday T visited 1 ® A mmw-m:.chu t of e!nn‘l mthm. was Mary’s cemetery. ues offered in our great COATS $ 8.75 COATS $11.75 COATS $16.75 January Clearance. SUITS $10.50 SUITS $14.50 wgre to $35.00 SUITS $l7.50 DRESSES $ 5.75 were to $10.50 || WAISTS $1.75 DRESSES $ 9.50 were to $20.00 DRESSES $15.50 were to $35.00 Again yesterday the store was the buying center of the people of this vicinity —large crowds were attracted here by sheer force of the exceptianal val- Certain it is that hetter bar- gains in equally good merchandise can not be found hereabouts. You should be taking fullest advantage of these Olnaraac.n oflmugs if you place any valuation upon highest economy! were to $15.00 were to $22.00 were to $19.50 were to $25.00 were fo $35.00° were fo $3.00 WAISTS $250 were to $450 WAISTS $3.95 were to $6.00 All Furs and Fur Coats at 1-3 Off Former Low Prices @he Marrch sttt 121-125 MAIN STREET 4 Agnos Washburn, of Jersey City, left for Forest Glen, Maryland, Tuesday afternoon to resume their studies at the National Park seminary, STONINGTON Investigator of Inferstate Commission to Inquire Into Trolley Fees Mater. In response to the complaints of State Senator Benjamin H. Hewitt of the Shoestring district, Representative Charles T. Crandall of Groton, the selectmen of the town of Stonington by direction of a town meeting, and a mass meeting of the town of Groton held in Mystic, flled with the interstate commerce commission, Investigator Stevens has been detailed to investi- gate the conditions. He arrived in Mystic Monday and will make a thor- ough examination, from the standpoint of the company, as well as those who protested against the change in the rate of fare. He will report his findings to the in- terstate commerce commission, when the whole matter will be definitely set- ued The protest is against any raise in fare. and effort is being made to give to adult teachers the same rates given to school children. Those on the outside proclaim that the raise is fare is unjustifiable and unwarranted, as the receipts prior to the raise was ample to meet all expenses, including interest, and left a large margin of profit for the stockholders. An oppo- site claim is made by the officers of the trolley, who ought to know the actyal conditions. These points will receive the attention of Investigator Stbvens. 8eeking Possession of Child. In the probate court Judge Elias B. Hinckley gave a hearing in relation to the disposition of a child 6 years old, known as Raymond Welch. it appears that Mrs. J. E. Welch, formerly Mrs. Owen Bogue, of Mystic, was taken from the infants’ home in Cleveland, O., for adoption, but <before the legal formalities were completed Mrs. Weilch left Cleveland, takh the child with her. The superintendent of the home seeks to obtain session of the child, claiming alleged cruelty. The home was represented by request by Miss Lally, secretary of the Connecticut Humane society. The charges made against Mrs. Welch were not sustained and she retains possession of the child, for the present, at least. 8tonington Pointers. The selectmen transacted only rou- tine b\ul&au fl:; Lhr: regular monthly eetl: on( afternoon. m.!ua‘-“ Elias B. Hinckley of the pro- bate court was in Pawcatuck Tuedray was_before Deputy .l"ndsa anwr ln nvurt cation. pleaded ty lad in defl.ult of m- Dlvmantu,of S‘lflfl'r: g‘o gu committed to the jail in New ndon. GERMAN SUBMARINE CONVEYED IN SECTIONS TENSION OVER NEW SUBMARINE CRISIS (Continued from Page One) ican government believed that Aus- wria’s assurances in the last Aancona note were given in good faith, Two Points to Clear Up. Two points, it was emph: must be cleared up before the next move is made. It must be establish- ed whether the British liner Persia was actually torpedoed and if 80 what was the nationality of the sub- marine. President Wilson's first act on his return was to issue a statement through Secretary Tumulty Dmmnns the couniry action just as soon the full facts in the Persia dlflltfl can be learned. “The president and the secretary of state are taking every means possi- ble to obtain the full facts in this grave matter and will act just as soon as the information is obtained,” said the official statement. Ordered Information Gathered. The president’s second step was to direct Secretary Lansing to gather more information from the Persia survivors. The secretary ordered the consule at Alexandria, Malita - and Cairo to obtain affidavits and at once cable summaries of their contents. Until that information is received or Ambassador Penfleld reports some re- sult from his inquiry to the Austrian government, the situation so far as can be seen tonight will be at a stand- stoll. Meanwhile, however, there is dis. cussion of what steps the United States may take to make clear to the central power belligerents as allles the extent to which it expects to hold them responsible for submarine op- erations -in violation of internationa law, be they conducted by Germans, Austrians, Turks or Bulgarians. Austria’s Plea of Ignorance. Austria’s plea that she knew noth- ing official of the outc:u:agfl: the Il.bh marine controversy witl recalled by one set of olflcwm favor taking action which might fore- stall a similar plea by the other allies when the United States has finished with Austria. Saml.hlnl definite along that line probably will be de- veloped soon. It was disclosed today that United States already hnd dnllv.'d to the American diplomatic repre- sentatives in Turkey and Bulgaria and to the Turkish and Bulgarian diplo- mats here copies of the submarine correspondence with Germany. This is taken as an Indication that they will be kept informed of future devel- opments. Latest Developments of Crisls. The latest developments of crisis, for the first time b president into conference heads of the which deal with foreign relations .I ?'”’3'«":“5’ th-ymneum ti’ ‘ormed of the coming steps. pre- clation of this course was th t the the To Bs Asssmbled for Operation in the | president’ Eastern Mediterranean. ministration feared might further in flame the public mind. An indication of the administration's intention to proceed cautiously was seen in the indefinite postponement of tomorrow’s meeting of the senate for- re! committee, where the situation would have been discussed. To Act Firmly and Promptly. Back of the determination to be deliberate, however, officials say there is mo intention of acting any the less firmy and promptly if the faets war- rant it. The president and all his ad- visors are represented as realizing to its full extent that the submarine con- troversy, drawn over mearly a year with perplexing and eritical neégotia- tions, oftem brought to the breaking potnt. now is at the most critical stage it ever assumed, and their inten- tion is that the next step shall place the government in a position where it will be able to maintain the principles of international law and b nur. They are represented as iut-ndln: all, facts shall ‘be so fully de\‘eloped that when a move s made it will withstand whatever eventualities are expected to foilow. The possibility that any action taken will affect the relations of the United States, not only with Aunrh. but with all the central power lligerents as auu-. is not being left oul. of consid- the background the possibility th..t the Persia was not torpedoed, or if she was torpedoed, that the aet cannot be proved and the assurances of Baron Zweidinek, the Austrian charge, that should one of his fountry’s submarines b2 found re- sponsible, reparation and satisfaction would be given, is a belieying factor. But in the nd of the whole case also lies the continued destruc- of ships with loss of life, after both Germany and Austria have given the United States assurances that pas- senger ships would not br‘i ;}tuck‘ed without warning or opportunity for their nnn-e‘!oll:bnhnts to find pla ces Persia Had a Gun Abeard. It was indicated today at the state department that the fact that the Per- cia had a gup aboard when she went | down might be an important feature in the case and that future develop- | ments ‘warrant e | United States in advising American citizens not to travel aboard armed : A