Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 25, 1916, Page 3

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Peppers, 5 caulifiower, 15-25 Head Lettuce, 15[Miny 10 Celery, 12-10(Parsiey, 5 Beets, 15 [Dates, i0-1e arrots— Figs, 3v Table, bu., Radishes, 4 Cabbag ocoanuts, 10 Onions: panish Onlons, Yeilow, 10 1b. 10 White, 15 [Red Bananas, * 50 Potatoes, pk., 50/ hite Squash, 15 Sweet, 5| -emons, 20 Oranges, 40-70] simes, dog, 15 Yellow Bananas, 25(Parsnips, b, 4 trapefruit, 5-10-15|Ked Cabbage, Ib., 6 Lpples, DK., 60f Savoy Cabbage, Tomatoes, ib, 20| Ib, 6 Turnips, pk.. trawberries, 42 String Beans, anberries, Casaba Melon 2 quarts 25 Garlic, 1b,, 25 Celery Knobs, Table Apples, New “Bermuda doz.,’ 40-50 Potatoes, qt, 13|farrots, Ib., 4 Lavel oranges, 60|Strawberry To- {ew Turnips, 1 |matoes, 20 Bermuda Onions, | |ipanisa’ Malagas, Egg Plant, ushrooms, 55 Spinach, 0 6! ngerines, doz., 4 Mandarins, doz., 50[Tangerines, ted Bananas, 60 35, 45, 5 Jineapples ley, 10 falaga Grapes, ckwurst, 25 fushrooms, 60px Tail, 15 Itrawberries, 40Fweetbreads, 60 ‘auliflower, 30 Pork Tenderloin, 45 Ments, Pork— 32 Spareribs, 15-20 3 2y Shoulders, 18| Veal Roast, 30-35 Smoked Hams, Hind qtrs., 35 16-30 28 Smoked Shoul- 35 ders, 1 28 Smoked Tongues—|inside Round, 28 Short Cut, Shoulder Steak, 20 Dried Beef, Lamb— Corned Beef, Shoulders, 22 Porterhouse ‘Steak | Legs, 38 33| Chops, 3o Sausage, 25 Nat. Salt Pork, 2¢ Poultry. hickens, 28 Brollers, each, 75 Fowls, 25 Purkeys, 43 Capons, 8slseer Tenderlotn, Ducks, 25| €5 Groceries. Butter— Sugar— Tub, 7|” Granulatea, Creamery, 0 15 Ibs. $1 Cheese— Brown, 16 Ibs. $1 Neufchatel, 5| Cutloaf, 13 1bs, 31 Phil. Cream, 10 Powdered, Pimento, 15| 13'Ibs. $1 Sage, Molasses— New, Porto Rico, Camembert, gal, 50 Pickles, gal. 10| New Orleans. Honeycomb, 25 gal. 55 Ergs— Maple Syrup, Native, 33 bottle, 28-50 Kerosene Oil, 12[Eng. Dairy, 27 liaple Syrup, gal., 31 75 Fish. Market Cod, 12| Round Clams, 3hore Haddock, 10| qt., 1C, 3 for 25 Steak Pollock, 12 [Tannéd $aimon, 15 Butterfish, 15 2 for 25 Am. Sardines, 8@5 8 for 52 Impt. Sardines, 25|Lobsters— Boneless Cod, Live, 35 lo@1s|steak ‘Coa, 15-18 3-1b. box. 65|dalibut, 20-25 gla?:lffl!h‘ a " lmoré‘] 25-40 . Clams, pk.. 65|.ong Clams, pk, 65 flackerel, 15-18 [\Tussels, pk. " 40 Eels, 15 limelts, 18-25 Live Stock. Cattle— Sheep— Beef Steers, $6-5| Lambs, $7.50-38 Veal Calves, Hogs, $7-38 $9-s10| Buils, $4-36 Cow: 33-36 Hides, Trimmed Green |Wool Skins, Ib., Hides— Calves— 2 Steers, 13| 911, $1.40 Cows, 13{wool 24 Bulls, 12l 12-i7 $250 Hay, Grain®and Feed. No. 1 Wheat, $2.20|Homiry, $1.65 Bran, $1.35|Cornmeal, 3175 Midditngs, $1.45/Hay, baled Breaa Flour, $8.00 cwt., $1.35 Sorn 88|Cottonseed Meal. Oats, 64 cwt., $3.10 Rye, $1.50Lin. Oil Meal, "$2.30 Children Cry FOR FLETCHER’S CASTORIA THE AETNA. BOWLING. BI MAJESTIC BUILDING. 7 Alleys. L) ALES, WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS Fresh, c vplete stock. Best Service. DAN MURPHY 11 Bath Street Most Cigars are Good— THESE ARE BETTER TOM’S 1-2-3 5¢c CIGAR. /GOOD FELLOW 10cCIGAR Try them and see, THOS. M. SHEA, Prop. Franklin St Next to Palace Cafe FIVE POINT POLICY Eastern Baseball T. H. Murnane of Boston Elected President—H. E. McCann of New London on Board of Directors—Playing Season Will Open April 28. Springfleld, Mass., Feb. 24.—The Eastern Baseball League was formally organized here today with the follow- ing officers: President, T. H. Murnane of Boston, vice president and secretary, Dan O'Neil of Holyoke; treasurer, E. B. Fraser of Lynn. These officers were elected for one year at unannounced salaries; direct- ors were E. B. Fraser, of Lynn; W. E. Carey of Springfield; J. P. Sullivan of Lawrence; H. T. Brewer of Worcester and H. E. McCann of New London, Conn. The playing season will open April 28 and close September 16. The sal- ary limit, according to class B require- ments, will be $1,800, though President Murnane was instructed to ask the na- tional board for dispensation to al- low a larger limit. The meeting was in session over six hours. N. E. INTERCOLLEGIATE WRESTLING ASSOCIATION Organizes With Five Charter Members Tournament —Championship on March 4th. Cambridge, Mass.,, TFeb. 24 —The New England intercollegiate wrestling association was organized tonight and made arrangements for a champion- ship tournment to be held here on March 4. Yale, Harvard, Brown, Massachusetts of Technology . and Springfield Y. M. C. A. College en- rolled as charter members and assur- ances from Tufts, Colby, Trinity and Bates that they would send represent- atives to the meeting. WILLARD RESUMES TRAINING Will Do No Boxing Until He Arrives In New York. Chicago, Feb. 23.—Jess Willard, heavyweight champion, resumed train- ing today for his coming bout with Frank Moran on March 25. His ex- ercise consisted of road work. It was said he would do no boxing until after his arrival at New York. Willard is expected to leave for the east tomor- row night. League (Organizes SIX CLUBS FORM X ATLANTIC BALL LEAGUE Two Other s Will be Added to Circuit—Application Made to Na tional Association for Membershi Philadelphia. Feb. 24—The Atlantic Baseball League was organized here today at a meeting of club owners from cities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Representatives of six clubs, Easton, Lancaster, Pottsville, Reading, Pa., Patterson and Perth Amboy, N. J., qualified for membership in the new league and it was announced that two other cities will be added to the cir- cuit at another meeting to be held in the near future. M. Neagle Rawlins, a Philadelplia newspaper man, was elected president and secretary tresurer of the organi- zation and a tentative playing sched- ule consisting of 106 games was adopt- ed. It is proposed to open the season May 10 and close September 4. Ap- plication for membership in the Na- tional Association of Baseball Clubs will be made. Should this be refused, it was stated, the league would operate independently. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ADOPTS SCHEDULE Season Open April 18 and Closes Oc- tober 1—Toledo Club Left Out. Columbus, O., Feb. 24.—Club owners of the American Association baseball League in session here tonight adopt- ed a playing schedule of 168 games for the coming season, naming April 18 as the opening date. The last games of the season will be played October 1st. Toledo, O., was listed as one of the league cities, but no -an- announcement of details for the reorg- anization of the league was made. Boxing Qouts Must Stare Before 11.15 p. m. New York, Feb. 24—The state ath- ietic commission announced today that there had heen added to the newly adopted boxing rules a clause pro- viding that no bout shall be started FINANGIAL AND COMMERGIAL MARKET WAS UNSETTLED. Liquidation, Mostly From Out of Town Sources, Was a Primary Factor. New York, Feb. 24.—The one absorb- ing and overshadowing feature of to- day's feverishly weak market was the fear of a rupture between the execu- tive branches of the federal govern- ment, resulting from Germany’s pro- posed extension of its submarine poli- cy. All other considerations and de- velopments, some of them highly fa- vorable, were ignored in the wide- spread apprehension arising from tnis tense situation. Unsettlement was manifested at the very outset and became more pro- nounced -¢ith the progress of the ses- sion. Liquidation, largely from out-of- town sources, was a primary factor and the short interest abetted the de- clining movement by extending _ its commitments in those specialties which hgve proved most susceptible to pressure in the past. All classes of stocks were affected in ereater or less degree but the shrink- age was more severe in the muniti- tions and oil groups, although high class issues recorded declines of one to two points. Some slight improve- ment was shown in the final hour, when more encouraging advices from Washington caused the shorts to cov- er their contracts in part. Total sales amounted to 590,000 shares. Further causc for unsettlement was furnished by the very heavy offerings of Anglo-French war bonds, sales of this particular issue completely dom- inating that branch of the securities market. The minimum quotation of 94 registered by this representative is- sue marked a decline of 1 7-8 from its best price of the early part of the year, though a fraction above its min- imum figure in the latter part of 191 For want of more definite reason, to- day's extensive sellings of this war issue was attributed to the action of the Du Pont Powder Company direc- tors, who yesterday declared an extra dividend of 22 1-2 pas cent, payable largely in these bonds. . Factors of favorable import includ- ed Union Pacific’s net increase of $795,000 for January, indications of an amicable setilement of existing dif- ferences betwegp the coal miners and operators and ‘the improved exhibits of the leading financial institutions of the allies. Bonds as a whole reflected the heavy tone of the international issue. Total sales, par value, aggregated $4,075,- 000. U. S. registered 4's advanced 1-2 per cent: and coupon 4's 1- per cent. on cal. STOCKS, Sales. 100 Adams Express 800 Alaska Gold M 400 Alaska Juneau 3200 Alls Chalmers 900 Allls Chalmers pr 100 Am. Ag Chem . 5200 Am. Beet Sugar . 100A B'S & F ctfs pr . 31800 Am. 100 Am. 2800 Am. &F 200 Am. Coal Prod 300 A & L. 200 As L 1000 A = 900 Am. 100 Am. 7800 Am. 200 ‘Am. 200 Am. 200 Am. 1000 Am. 900 Am. 100 Am. 17800 Am. 300 Am. 100 Am. 13800 Am. 100 Am. 250 Am. 500 Am. Sugar 100 Am. Sugar pr 700 Am. Tel &Tel . 400 Am. Tobacco . 12100 Am. Wool ctf *J 400 Am. W ctfs pr . 11000 Amer zinc 26700 Anaconta. 3700 Asso OfL 2400 Atchison 100 Atchison pr 21700 Balt Loco 1550 Balt ~&Ohlo 800 Balt _&0Ohlo pr . 300 Beth Steel .- 300 Brooklyn R T . 200 Burns Bros 200 Rush Termin: 2000 Cal Petrol 1200 Cal Petrol pr 2400 Can Pacific . 100 Case J L pr 4800 Cent Leather 200 Cent Teather pr .. 1000 Chandler Mot'r 200 Chic Gt W_pr 1400 Chic M & St P . N W . Col Fuel & Tron . Comn Products Com Prod pr Crucible Steel . ¢ Decre pr . Den &Ric G Domo Mines Dist Securitles Erie = Motors Motors pr Ins Copper Interboro Con © Con pr Har of N MO afs Int M M pr Ine Paper Int Nickel Kan “City So Rennceott Lack Steel .l Lee Rub & Tire Lehigh Valey Lig — &Meyers pr Maxwell M Co Maxwell M 1 pr . Maxwell M 2 pr . May ept Store . Mex Petrol Miami Copper Min & St L pr . Mo., Kan &T Mo K & T pr Nat' € & € pr | Nat Enam & S Lead R R ot M1 pr Nes € Copper - N Y Air Brake N X Central .. X Y Central & 8 NYNH&H XY 0 &West . Nort & West Notf & W pr . North Amer North Pac Ontario Stiver Pacific Mall . Pen R R . Peoples G Phil Co Pius Coal . Pull Pal Car Pres Steel Car .. t Sp . Ray Con' Cop teading Eep I & Steel Rep I & S pr Rock Island Island 1069 100 100 1100 1000 100 670 500 7900 4100 6200 100 00 300 5000 South Ry pi Studebaker Tenn Copper ~"] Texas & Pacfic Texas Co Third Ave . Tobacco Pr pr | Union Bag &P Unlon Pacific 2100 1000 1800 100 100 100 3800 100 500 1006 1! 100 200 100 7800 100 100 2160 41800 900 13100 100 600 Vi 500 300 1300 100 &0 900 13400 . S. Rubber . Steel Westinghouse 100 800 100 100 370 West Mrg st Woolworth Woolworth pr’ . Wh & L E-1 pr Willys Over 600 Willys 0’lad pr f p Total sales 582,310 shares. MONEY. Feb. 24.—Call New York, money steady; high 2; low 1 3-4; ruling rate 1 3-4; last loan 2; closing bid 2 3-4; offered at 2. —_— COTTON. New York, Feb. 24. — Cotton futures closed easy. 'March 11.20; May 11.40; July 11.50; - October 11.81; ‘December 11.93. Spot quiet; middling 11.30. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. WHEAT Open. High. Low. Closs May K ur 173% Tuly 120% 14K 14% conN: 78 13-15 78 78 1 8% 786816 76 46.13-16 43% 4% “% 0% 2% BULLETIN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1616 after 1115 p. m. This action is the outcome of recent complaints that many meets have not been completed until after midnight. BIBEAULT ESTABLISHES NEW BOWLING RECORD In Fraternal Duckpin Tourney—Aldi Rolled a Single of 125 ‘The high total score record in the Fraternal Bowling tourney at the Aet- na alleys toppled Thursday evening, shen Bibeault rolled 348. The Elks won two out of three strings from the Moose and the K. of C. defeated the Owls twice. Aldi rolled the high in- dividual score of the evening. 125, The scores: Elks Frost . 93 84 86— 263 ‘Tuttle 98 88 99 — 285 Bliven . 9 102 108 — 306 J. Young .. 88 103 96 — 287 Combies ....0 108 95 88 — 291 Totals ..... 4838 472 477 1432 Moose Andrews ...... 84 87 —_——1T1 Pardy ........ 103 91 99 — 293 Follenius ..... 87 91 96 — 274 Kennedy ...... 92 81 91 — 264 Bibeault . 115 109 124 — 348 Capt. Omey ... — — 81— 81 Totals ..... 481 459 497 1437 owls Bruckner 87 103 85 — 275 Dougherty 90 85 100 — 275 Bush 92 87 18 — 257 Harvey 1108 79 90— 272 Aldi .. 120 125 95 — 339 Totals . 492 ‘7; ;::’ ‘141§ Kights of Columbus Sylvia . 89 . a 94 — 280 H. Desmond 85 92 108 — 285 Riordan .. 87 103 100 — 290 J. Desmond 97 84 — 269 D. Young . 102 106 — 503 Totals ..... 444 491 492 1427 Harvrd 1915 Ball Club Celebrates. Boston, Feb. ‘The sucesses of the Harvard baseball team last sea- son were celebrated at the Harvard Club tonight at a banquet tendered the members of that nine. Gold baseballs ‘were presented to fifteen members of the team and to Lawrence Cunning- him, the manager. BEVERAL MINOR E:ANGES IN FOOTBALL PLAYING RULES. Will Be Considered By Rules Commit- tee in New York Today and Tomor- row. New York, Feb. 24 —When the mem- bers of the football rules committee meet for their annual session here to- morrow and Saturday several minor changes and suggestions for others in the playing rules governing the game 11 be discussed, but none of them promises to cause as much genuine terest as the effort to make the aumbering of players a matter of com- pulsion. Numbering of Players. Last season several of the collegiate elevers adopted this mode of enabling the spectators to distinguish individ- val players during the gridiron con- tests. There are many colleges, how- ever, particularly Harvard and Yale, where the placing of numbers on the backs, of the competing players does not find favor and strenuous objection is likely to be made against having such a rule become mandatory. No Radical Changes Looked For. While several of the rules may be altered in order to make them clearer and easier to interpret, no radical changes are looked for as it is gen- erally conceded that as they now stand the rules are the best that have ver governed the great college game. It has been suggested that to se- cure a touchdown the ball should be actually touched behind the goal line. Disputes have frequently arisen, par- ticularly among spectators, as to whether the ball actually crossed the line, notwitl*anding the decision of the officials. Abolishment of Goal Touchdown, The abolishment of the goal follow- ing a touchdown, which has been ad- vocated at previous meetings, is not likely to be adopted. In past years the majority of members have ruled that it shculd be retained if for no better reasons than it is an attractive playing featuge and its elimination would rob the game of a good bit of historical in- terest. To Prohibit Violent Body Blocking. According to keen judges of play a hard and fast measure should ~be adopted to prohibit violent body block- ing by players on defense who ignore the flight of the ball on a forward pass and deliberately put the plaver, who tries to recover the ball out of com- missicn. A ten yard penalty for this offerse is considered by many to be insufficient. The Rules Committee. The rules committee consists of the Following a following: E. K. Hall, Dartmouth, chairman; Walter Camp, Yale, secretary Dr. James A. Babbitt, Haverford; Dr. Cari Williams, Pennsylvania: Percy D. Haughton, Harvard: Paul J. Dashiel, Annapolis; W. A. Nambeth, Virginia: Parke H. Davis, Princeton: Lieutenant Philip Haves, West Point: C. W. Sav- age, Oberlin; Clyde Williams. Towa State College; A. A. Stagg, Chicago; Dr. H. L. Williams. Minnesota and Ed- Hund W. Butler, Cornel. HOME RUN BAKER BOOSTS NEW YORK'S' STOCK. Yanks Will Be Wild B ‘Wild Bill Donovan of the Yanks ad- mits that the coming of Home Run Baker boosts the stock of his team a hundred per cent. Yank’s Chances. “The purchase of Baker is the best ken Seriously Says Donovan. thing that has been done for the Yankees so far,” said Donovan the other day. “I don’t want to be quoted as claiming a pennant. strength of it I do know that the Yankees will now be taken seriously by every club in the league. The of- fensive strength of the club has been imprcved 50 per cent, and, that means that we should win many of those ball games we .lost by one run through inability to hit in the pinches. We Iost something like twenty games that way last season. If we had won fifteen of them we would have been in the pennant fight until September. Can you see what a difference a little hitting sthength makes to a club.” “Ever since I took charge of the Yankees I have wanted a man like Baker. The Yankees needed more than anything else a clean up hitter, Daker fills the bill. He will not onl¥ drive in many runs for the Yankees in the ‘pinches, but he will command the respect of _all the opposing pitchers. To Recast Infield. “It will be necessary now to recast the ‘whole infield. ‘With Baker at third, T will use Maisel either at sec- ord or in the outfleld. That will de- pend on how Fritz shows up as a second baseman this spring. I think he ehould make a great second base- man. He is a good fielder and a smart ball player. Second base is the place for your smart player, and if he can play the bag he will be the ideal man for the place. But I have Gedecn in case Maisel does not show up well there. Then I can shift But on the Maieel to the outfield. He used to be an outfielder and he has long wished to get back there. Ty Cobb has ad- vised Maisel that he would be a great- er player in the outfield and also last longer. He could make better use of his speed. In the outfleld Maisel would probably steal twenty more bases than while playing in the in- fleld. Baker et “It is not Baker alone that is mak- ing the Yankees a formidable club. It is Baker along with such men as Magee, Gilhooley, Gedeon and the new pitchers we have. The other players had strengthened the Yanks so they were a strong first division pos- ability. Baker makes them a con- tender, in my opinion.” One man does not usually make a ball club. But occasionally the right man_does. Clark Griffith got Chic Gandil in 1912, Previously the Cena- tors kad not been able to get their heads up above sigth place. Gandil zave them just encugh to become a contender. Most baseball men think Baker will do the same for the Yan- kees BASEBALL SCHEDULE OF WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY. Trinity Dropped Because of Dispute Over Eligibility Rules. Middletown, Conn., Feb. 24 —The schedule of the Wesleyan University baseball team, announced today, dis- closes that its old rival, Trinity, has been dropped, on account of the dis- pute over the eligibility rules of the Hartford college. Columbia. Lafayette and Boston College will fill the three dates allotted usually to Trinity. The schedule: April 13 Bowdoin at Middletown:; April 15 Connecticut Ag- ricultural College at Middletown! April 19 Worcester Poly Institute at Worces- ter, Mass.; April 26 Stevens Institute at Middletown: April 29 Amherst at Middletown; May5 open; May 6, Co- lumbia at New York; May 9 Dart- mouth at Middletown: May 13 Boston College at Boston: May 16 New York University at Middletown! May 19, Dartmouth at Hanover; May 20 Am- herst at Amherst: May 23 Lafayette at Middletown; May 26 Union at Schenectady, N. Y.; May 27 Willlams at Williamstow: May 30 Boston Col- lege at_Middletown; June 17 Colum- bia at Middletown. CONGRESS IN CALMER MOOD ABOUT ARMED MERCHANTMEN Awaiting to Be Fully Informed of Ad- ministration Plan. Washington, Feb. 24" — Congress found itself in a calmer mood today after yesterday's flurry of agitation for action to warn Americans off arm- ed ships. Leaders in both the senate and the house saw to it that none of the various proposals found their way into the oren and their attitude had a quieting effect. Advocates of action insisted, however, that they had not retreated from their position, but merely had agreed to wait until they could be more fully informed about the status of the administration’s diplo- matic negotiations. Gore Unable to Introduce Resolution. In the senate, Senator Gore made an unsuccessful effort to introduce a con- current resolution expressing the sen- timent of congress that Americans should keep off armed ships and also a bill requiring Americans in procuring passports to take oath that they would not travel on such ships. For him te introduce these measured required unanimous consent and objection was immediately made by Senator Brande- gee, republican, a member of the for- eign relations committee. Tonight Senator Gore said that he would ask tomorrow that the concurrent resolu- tion lie on the table for a day. He had no disposition to discuss it at this time, he said, unless a motion should be made to refer it to the foreign re- lations committee. Referred to Committee in House. On the house side Representative Mondell of Wyoming, the first repub- lican to appear as a supporter of arning legislation introduced a bill similar to the Gore passport measure, which was referred to the committee on foreign affairs. Representative Hillard, democrat, of Colorado, also introduced a resolution. These will be considered by the committee to- gether with the McLemore resolution which is being urged by many cham- pions of legislative action on the sub- Ject. Kitchin as a “Spectator.” Majority Leader Kitchin of the house, who is known to favor the res- olution of its passage alone would pre- vent the United States from going to war, maintained what he termed the attitude cf “a spectator” during the day's activities, BRANDEIS’ ACTIVITIES IN BALLINGER-PINCHOT PROBE Aired Before the Senate Sub-judiciary Committee Yesterday. ‘Washington, Feb. 24.—Charges aris- ing from the legal activities of Lolis D. Brandeis in the Ballinger-Pinchot investigation, the fight between E. H. Harriman and Stuyvesant Fish a de- cade ago for control of the Illinois Central railroad and the Gillette Safe- ty Razor company litigation occupled the attention today of the senate ju- diciary sub-committee investigating Mr. Brandeis’ nomination to the su- preme court. Four witnesses testified. The first, Mark Suliivan, editor of Collier's Weekly, told the committee that Mr. Brandeis had been employed by Col- lier's to protect its interests and those of the public during the Ballinger-Pin- chot investigation and that no con- cealment had been made of the em- ployment. Austin G. Fox, counsel for those opposing Mr. Brandeis, charged that Mr. Brandeis was on the record as appearing for L. R. Glavis, a former land office official and a central figure in_the investigation. Waddell Catchings, formerly with the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell of New York, testified that he sought to employ the firm of Brandeis, Dun- bar ana Nutlock to get proxies for Mr. Harriman in the fight over the Illi- nois Central. Mr. Nutlock told him the firm would not take the commis- sion unless Mr. Brandeis were con- vinced of the justice of the fight, whereupon Catchings had seen Mr. Brandeis. For an hour or two, Mr. Catchings said, he bad the hardest interview of his life—an interview with Mr. Bran- deis—in which the case was outlined. The result was that the Brandeis firm undertook the wprk, but “Mr. Brandeis was to do nothing and did do nothing.” On cross-examinations Mr. Catchings saia that in 1908 Mr. Brandeis sent to the firm of Sullivan & Cromwell a copy of a letter he had written to a Massachusetts legislative committee, saying that he personally never had been employed to get proxies for Mr. Harriman and that Sullivan and Cromwell reported that this statement was_correct. Mr. Fox's charges of unprofessional conduct were based on this letter. Henry T. Richardson and Henry M. Willlams, lawyers, testified as to the Gillette Safety Razor company litiga- tion. The former told of a long list of suits for control of the company in which Mr. Brandeis had represent- ed litigants on both sides, but said he dia not care to go so far as to charge Mr. Brandeis with bad faith. Meriden.—A large party of Meriden people left Wednesday on the 9.03 train for Augusta, Georgia, ‘where where they will stay for about two week. (Contindied from Page” One) Absolutely Removes : % digestion. One package sum s e mn e e | I O e atailbenguists men, one sitting in the fireman's seat and the other standing beside him.” Nothing to Obstruct View. The air, Mr. Heath said, was clear and there was nothing to obstruct a view of the nlmx!‘. hso('n: lfler|(ha train passed him he heard one long shriek of an engine whistle and three short ones—then the crash. During a pause in the questioning, the witness declared “This matter of trains running by yellow boards (cau- tion signals) at a high rate of speed is a common occurence.” Trains Were Three Minutes Apart. Then he added the engineers have a mile or more to get ready for the next eignal. The wrecked trains passed the signal near which he stood, about three minutes apart. He added: “Trains frequently go that way. Two went by that way today. George S. Clark of Milford, who saw the collision from a nearby field, testi- fied to seeing the express come to a sudden stop and the extra train shrieking around a sharp curve. It did not appear to slow down, he sald. An instant later the crash came. W. M. Spalding, engineer of freight in- volved in the wreck, said that he no- ticed as he went by the distant signal on the passenger tracks that it was set against the extra. At this point C. C. Elwell of the state public utilities commission, put to the witness a bypothetical question. “Taking into consideration all the conditions on the day of the wreck what would you have donme had you been engineer of Train 57" Would Have Shut Off Power. “I would have shut off power at the distant signal” was the reply. Much attention was given by the investigators to a short length of air hose, the bursting of which stopped the express and paved the way for the wreck. At one end of the hose there was a jasged hole and the iron nipple showed evidence of having been scraped. J. E. Sheehan, general car inspector of the company, one of the witnesses, was unable to say how it could have happened. Interpretation of Rule Sought. Interpretation of the rule requiring engineers to prepare at a distant sig- nal, when set against them, to stop at the’ home signal, was sought of many of the witnesses. All agreed that whether the engineer should shut off power at once or slow down was a matter of judgment, dependent on con- ditions at the time, including the speed of the train, its makeup, weather conditions ang the distance to the home signal. Hearing Will be Continued Today. The hearing lasted until late in the day and will be continued tomorrow, wheu it is expected some of the com- pany may be expected to testify. H. W. Belnap, chief of the division of safety of the Interstate Commerce Commission, who did most of the questioning of witnesses, said after adjournment that it was the intention to make a complete investigation of all phases of the wreck. Asked if they intended tc inquire into the matter of train_dispatching, Mr. Belnap replied that he had not a word to say beyond the fact that a complete investigation would be made. Tests Will be Made. At the conclusion of the taking of testimony, tests will be made of the signalling apparatus by experts of the commissions, to determine its efficien- cy and the results will be embodied in the reports. Coroner Eli Mix devoted much of his secret inquiry today into the rea- sons why Harry Sweeney of Stamford was in _the engine cab of the extra train. Sweeney was emploved in_the clectrical department of the road at Stamford in coupling trains. On the day of the wreck, he resizned his job about three hours before the accident occurred in which he was killed. The coroner said tonight that railroad offi- cials @id not give Sweeney permission to_be in the cab. Mr. Mix declared that his investiga- tion showed that the air brakes of the extra engine had been set. It was highly improbable, in his opinion, that Engineer Curtis was dead at his throt- tle before the crash. The coroner will examine two more witnesses tomorrow and he indicated that his report might be made public next Tuesday. WILSON STRONG FOR AMERICANS' RIGHT (Continued from Page One) Representative Kitchin, majority lead- er, and Representative Flood, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, who late today asked for an engage- ment in order to explain the position in which the house found itself and ask the president for a statement of the administration’s views. The letter follow: President Wilson's Letter. Iy Dear Senator: I very warmly appreciate your kind and frank letter of today and feei that it calls for an equally frank reply. ou are right in assuming that I shall do everything in my power to keep the United States out of war. I think the country will feel no un- easiness about my course in that re- spect. Through many anxious months I have striven for that object, amidst difficulties more manifold than have been apparent on the surface, and so far I have succeeded. I do not doubt 1 shall continue to succeed. The course that the central European powers have announced their intention of following in the future with regard to undersea warfare seems for the moment to threaten insuperable obstacles, but its apparent meaning is so manifestly in- consistent with explicit assurances re- cently given us by those powers with regard to their treatment of merchant vessels on the high seas that I must believe that explanations will presently ensue which will put a different aspect upon it. We have had no reason to question their good faith or thelir fidel- ity to thelr promises in the past, and I, for one, feel confident that we shall have none in the future. Our Duty is Clear. “But in any event our duty is clear. No nation, no group of nations, has the right, while war is in progress, to alter or disregard the principles which all nations have agreed upon in miti- gation of the horrors and sufferings of war; and if the clear rights of Ameri- can ‘citizens should ever unhappily be abridged or denied by any such ac- tion, we should, it seems to me, have in honor no choice as to what our own course should be. Covets Peace, But Not at Cost of Honor “For my own part, I cannot con- sent to any abridgement of the rights of American citizens in any respect. The honor and self-respect of the na- tion is involved. We covet peace and shall preserve it at any cost but the loss of honor. To forbid our people to exercise their rights for fear we might be called upon to vindicate them would be a deep humiliation indeed. It would be an implicit, all but an explicit, acquiescence in the violation of the rights of mankind everywhere and of whatever nation or _allegiance. It would be a deliberate abdication of our hitherto proud position as spokesmen even amidst the turmoil of war for the law and the right. It would make everything this government has at- A it has achieved during this terrible struggle of nations meaningless and futile. International Law Might Crumble. “It is important to reflect that if in this instance we allowed expediency to take the place of principle, the door tempted and everything that would inevitably be opened to still further concessions. Once accept & single abatement of right and many other humiliations would certainly fol- low, and the whole fine fabric of in- ternational law might crumble under our hands piece to piece. What we are contending for in this matter is the very essence of the things that have made America. a sovereign na- tion. She cannot yield to them with- out considering her own impotency as a nation and making virtual surrender of her important position among the nations of the world. “I am speaking, my dear senator, in deep solemnity, without heat, with a clear consciousness of the high respon- sibilities of my office and as your sin- cere and devoted friend. If we should uphappily differ, we shall differ as friends; but where issues so momen- tous as these are involved we must, just because we are friends, speak our minds without reservation. “Faithfully yours, “WOODROW WILSON." Decision to End Speculation. The president wrote his letter dur- ing the afternoon shutting himself up in his study while congressional lead- ers vainly attempted to get him on the telephone to tell him of developments at the capitol and to arrange for the call of the house leaders. He began to write after telephone _conferences with cabinet mambers and other close advisors. His decision was to end all speculation over what the position of the goverfiment was to let congress and the country know that the admin- istration believed the United States could do nothing but stand behind the right of its citizens to the freedom of the seas. No Change in- Situation. At the state department torla:[, " was stated that in its internati aspects the situation had not chany in the slightest degree for three or four days. Officials said nothing had been heard from Germany in response to the request of the United States for assurances that previous pledges given in the Lusitania and Arabic negotia- tions would not be nullified by the new campaign against armed ships. Count Von Bernstorff, the German am- bassador, through whom the request was made, also said to be without in- formation as to when a response would" be forthcoming. Berlin to Propose Discussion. Confidential advices from Berlin, however, have indicated that Germany would reply that :il assurances previ- ously sziven would be observed, bnt that they applied only to unarmed vessels and would propose discus: of what &fensive armament properly may be and how far such a proposal would go toward altering the sitgation is said to depend largely upon add{j tional information as to how armed Britlsh merchantment are said to have warred on German submersibles, which now is un the way to Washington by mail. Administration officials reiterated to- day the declaration that the United States had departed since the begin- ning of the submarine controversy from its firm stand for the observance o finternational law. They also point- ed out that throughout history _the right of a merchantman to carry Um- ited armament solely for defense never had been questioned. ‘Today’s developments in congress showed the administration leaders holding their lines against any Such action as the president opposes. A canvass of the senate disclosed senti- ment in favor of President Wilson's position dominating. In the house the administration positich was less cer- tain, but the leaders were confident that a vote would show an overwhelm- ing majority for upholding the presi- dent. Middletown.—The military enroll- ment for Middletown has been com- pleted by the selectmen and forwarded to the state authorities. It shows a total of 2,437 on the list, of whom 2,469 are liable for military duty. COAL AND LUMBER GOAL Free Burning Kinds and Lehigh ALWAYS IN STOCK A. D. LATHROP Office—cor. 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