Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 18, 1916, Page 1

Ingianapolls, Tnd. - Jon. A1~ Prob 10r un /Anterstate mn GIFT OF uw FOR “RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION Vet it 2 Ve' York, Jan, 17.—A gift of $100,- .‘2 to be known as the Talcott fou h a flldon. and to be uséd for religious has been received by the Barnard college . from Jymes Talcott. .The money will - be in the Qn-.rl.er Century t\lml. It unced that $300,000 is still need- el to compléte the mlluorn dol!.r en~ dewment the college is endeavoring to raise ‘in connection with its quarter é&'hfiy celebration. The college re- { “received a gift of ng 900 rom Schiff for a students' hall o i st g vl | TO ABANDON- HARBOR OF & n REFUGE AT PORTAGE LAKE its results| _ R T q:a.n uwl““m 5m Sailing Vessels Have Almost m\w Dfupmnd from the Lake. n' i Wasnington, 2, must 7 Jan, 17.-Atter haying. - yolaa; tailitarism g-;m: 520 for the hi -wllle in" ‘to the -nldiers. ‘rather | ¥c 2] Msi. e ruction, - o! e Xn.hna.l ivie e deaiy -9(:‘“_ mmee- of laration v"hlm: brother to mur- ‘with the plans his ler parents. - they were ‘their Both [SelE e s iR TS 5 ‘.‘op-!fi;nw e+ months to test the sul Supplied .in nu at f.b New York Navy-yard, d whlch time .~ a thorough Invuun was made of lll’(h' features of the. battery, vmnaj rchased: installation in v- pu for ibmarine boat in service, the Mimn battery if it had been deemeq the least. hit gangerous.” . Dr. Hutl:hhmn said Mr. Edl.lon had spent five years in experimental work | on the battery and he would not have asked the government to use the bat- lcrv lt he “had not !hon:ht it entire- Battsfleu similar to lhlt on the E- 2 .are in use in Europe, and one sub- marine equipped with Edison bat- tery, Dr. Hutchinson said, had flm sunk 17 ‘vessels. He said rail L transportation and ulsmz com- panies were using the < teries and no h.nlt had heen found ‘with them. ‘The civil and nnva.l inquiries into the accident continued throughout the| iay and were uncompleted tonight. All the injured men ‘were reported to b. tmproflnx‘ SUPHEHE COURT DISQUALIFIED TO HEAR GOVERNMENT CASES Because Only Five M.mhf- Present ch Ellflbh-l.uw Requires Six. a:h!nxt.ou, Jan. IT—FDT the first time in a decade.or more, the supreme court was ' disqualified today HAN 'STRUCK BY CONDUCTOR GETS $100 JUDGMENT Against New Haven Read in G‘mm E Pleas Court at Hartford. E:‘""‘"‘” : is a contractor, w#3 at business. ‘were &mmuo hen his wife and daughter MIDDLETOWN REPUBLICANS MADE'A CLEAN SWEEP Harold M. Meech Chosen Mayor by a Majority of 98 Votes. iddletown, Conn., Jan, 17—The re- | pubflcm made a ele-.n sweep at the city election today. Harold M. Meech, républican, was chosen ~mayor over James F. Connmery, democrat, by a majority of 98 votes, the tuhl vote being: Meech, 744; Connery, . The vote was somewhat below nor- mal. The republicans now have all the sixteen members of the commaon council. Mr. Meech is a young business man, a Yale graduate and has been an al- derman. CALL FOR STATEMENT OF ,EXPOR‘TB AND IMPORTS. Preparatory to Considering the Pres- ent Revenue Wuhlnmn, J-n. 11— ‘Preparatory. resent revenue prob lenu. the smte today -adouted a res isting law up to- the, European war, together with wages m:-xm FATTLE!H"’ OKLAHOMA ‘PASSES FIRST TEST. Twelve Hour Run For Endurance and Speed. r put in here ing flnllhell the first of her hours’ run for endurance and s| n -|lishing a scurrilous poem tables! paid in America for Nv"l’oft !or A.ntflh. !M!btcxrlwdfl-dlfi- tio!fl- mmmtm mn.b- lnnve mt month for France to ‘the American Ambulance Corps as a chauffeur. Reports received by the Demnm-nt agent Indi the recent explosion in the - maar plant near Wilmington, Del, were due to accidents. 3 Dr. Henry Van Dyke; American Min- ister to Holland, -fld from Rotter- dam for America on | steamship erdun to eontqr m officials in Edwlrd 1. Timgvmunw o!‘t'hifi Join The Sutan of Toriny g0 sont on %I.l“ hed it if to essor Israel of Berlin, who Tecent- performed a successful operation on tho monarch. '(d-l losses of lrifi-h officers from e beginning of the war until the end o; Doocnm. 1915, amounted to 6,847 killed, 18489 wounded, and 1,745 miss- ing, a mm ox R.ML S Coh S W e o Y bursting Q‘ the Zuider ZOO dike. The m Rntt-rdun Dordrecht was partly dm Sa Fnul Bar_Association enE:‘l“wd S'nnk .K"l:.nnorm of et (cmmu-i'.',. Page Efght) mufll Wlfll ROYED AT BERGEN. — Lost and But a Evansville, mn-nrn' FEDERAL CENSORSHIP OVER MOVING P‘K:TUR- Opposed by Samuel Gompers, Presi- dent of A. F. of L. ~ Washington, Jan. 17.—In a letter and a statément read to the house educa- tlon committee tonight, Samuel Go: nre-ld‘ lent of the Amermlea.nn El?d eration of Labor, opposed the Hughes Smith bill, which would estab) % federal censorship over motion pic- tures. He deela.red that the existing national board of censors was doing lood ‘work and should not be disturb- P CALIFORNIA TOWNS INUNDATED BY FLOODS. Bridges Damaged d Power Plants " ~Forced to Shut Down. San Bernardino, Calif., Jan, 17.— Several towns in the San Bernardino valley are- md.tly inundated by flood bridges have been damaged pmnr plants of the electric cor- tions were forced to shut down by the worst storm in this section in several years. Street car and rail- way traffic was at a standstill. OBITUARY. Brigadier - General William Graham, CECS A