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Connecticut western news., 1912-03-14
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Bruno Zaske Has Exciting Adventure
 With Italian Highwaymen.


 With Italian Highwaymen.
 Bruno Zaske, who lives on Reed Street in the house owned by Edward Warner, and has been working in New Milford in the construction of a plant for the New England Lime Oo., figured in a somewhat exciting episode in the latter town late Saturday night. With a friend. he was walking along one of the principal streets, when three men, ap- parently Italians, lined up alongside the road, accosted the pair, with the com mand, "Hands upl' one of the men at the same time aiming a revolver at Zas- ke. The latter, at first thinking & joke was being perpetrated, exclaimed: "What have you got there ?"
 "Me show you," replied the man with the gun, at the same time discharging the weapon. The bullet took off the top of the index finger on Zaske's right hand. Zaske saw he was in for it, and started to fight. His companion had run away when the first shot was fired. One of the assailants was knocked across the road with straight arm blow, and as the man with the gun fired 8 second shot the third man struck Zaske a blow from one side, which staggered him just enough to make him escape getting the bulletin his body. AS it was, he was shot through the left hand, the bul llet going in at the wrist and coming out be. tween the third and fourth fingers. The fight continued saEagely for some min until the men ran away without getting any booty, as it was plaln that their pur' pose was robbery.
 The fellow who had the gun was sub sequently captured and held for trial His name was Dominick Loreto and he was givenea hearing Monday and held in $1,00O bail for trial April 3.
 Zaske had his hands treated by Dr. Stubbs, of New Milford, and is now making the best of his enforced vacation It may be couple of months before he will be able to return to work.
Connecticut western news., 1912-03-14
Pomona Meeting

The regular March meeting of the Housatonic Valley Pomona Grange, No 10. P. of H., will be held with Kent Grange, No. 154. at Kent, Wednesday, March 20, at II 8. m. Dinner on the basket plan. The fifth degree will be given. Lecturers hour at p. m, open to the public. The following topics are on the program:
 "The condition of our country roads and what is needed to make them bet ter.''
 ''Good roads and thelr effect on real estate"
 "The automobile and the country road"
 "The disappointnents. pleasures, so clability and indepe ndence of farm life. "
 Music, recitations and things of lighter nature interspersed.
Connecticut western news., 1912-03-14
Boy Scouts

The fourth meeting of the Canaan Boy Scouts was held at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Turrill. Two boys, Forbes Adam and John Nelson were initiated. Dr Turrill gave talk on "Flrst aid to the in. jured," which was very interesting and instructive. He told what to do fol burns, bruises, broken limbs, cuts, ,etc. ,and what to do when anybody has swallow ed poison, or seems to be drowned. Af ter lunch was served by Mrs. Turrill the boys went home happy
 Nelson L. Parsons, Secretary.
Connecticut western news., 1912-03-14
AGAINST THE VOTE
Levi Bronson Tells Why He Opposes
 State Aid for Roads

Levi Bronson Tells Why He Opposes
 State Aid for Roads
 To the Editor of The News:
 I have usually held aloof from news paper discussions, and should now if several property taxpayers were not urging me to reply to some of the mis- statements made in regard to state roads. AS far us know. they all believe the question would not have come up at all but for the persistent efforts of one man; and that he feeds at the taxpayers crib, and that he should go to the limit of en, listing the party machine to drum out a vote in a second meeting to put this ex. pense on the town and taxpayers, shows that he does not appreciate and is surely no friend of theirss
 I am not surprised that they are alarmed; it is only short time since the board, of which he was a member took the whole tax for one year for school purposes, and now there is talk of sever al thousand more besides the annual ex. pense of about $12, ,000. If am not mis- taken, he has had four town meetings in the last two years to plunge the town taxpayers into this ten thousand dollar state road job.
 The towns part is a mere nothing only S2,500. If this plunge should prove as disastrous as the last one the town took the towns cost would be a matter of only about $25, 900, instead of $2,500. If remember rightly, this appropriation is just double anything the town has undertaken before, and I don't see any abatement in the headIong extravaganza of the past ill this, and there is none. It is by far the worst. I am simply aston ished that the most reckless person among us should ever even think Of making it even one half of BIC, ,000 at the present time. After all, the thing that surprises me most, is the length that some have gone to, and the means they have used to deceive and compel taxpay- CTS to vote for this heavy appropriation. They have harped upon the statement that the town paid s1 ,000 state tax to make state roads in other towns, and published the same in The News, and all the time must have known there was no truth in it, whatever. Another of their arguments that they lay great stress up on is that the state pays three-fourths of the entire expense, when as matter of fact every one in town knows that every contract we have ever had was on this and the connecting rod between them. With such simple construction it is ex peoted that the engine will revolution ize the field of competition in it's line,
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Connecticut western news., 1912-03-14
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Two Out-of-Town Drunks Get Taste
 of Canaan Justice.

Two Out-of- Town Drunks Get Taste
 of Canaan Justice.
 Cornelius Brazte, of Shefisld, aud Richard Williams, giving his address as Cornwall, came to town Monday fore. noon, ingloriously drunk, with a couple of other coavivial gentlemen who were wise enough to migrate before the real trouble commenced, aud proceeded to make their presence known in sundry offensive ways. At the Garfield they were refused admittance, and foun their way to Fairbanks livery stable in the rear, where they indulged in ob- noxious behavior culminating in fight in which Williams received beautiful black eye. Mir. Fairbanks sent word to Deputy Sheriff Rhoades, who quickly arrived on the sceue. He collared both pugnacious gentlemen at once-one with each hand-whereupon all the fight oozed out of them and they were marched to the lookup in tue basement of the Town Hall.
 In the evening they were brought be- fore Judge Ford for trial on charges of breach of the peace and intoxication, and being found guilty were given if. teen days in jAil each with fines, and costs amounting to $22. .65 each. which will keep them in jail for about thirty days. Deputy Sheriff Rhoades, with A. H. Herriman as assistant, took the pair to Litchfield Tuesday afternoon.
Connecticut western news., 1912-03-14
NEW ENGINE A WONDER

New Haven Inventor Produces Ma
 chine May Revolutionize Power.
 After several tests, bota ,privats all public, made by competent and expert engineers, the new intern Il combustiOn gasoline eugine, ill the building oi which during the past ten month> Joseph E. Hubinger, Presid5nt of th- Peoples Bank aud Trust O., aud one of Hubinger Brothers. the we'll known starch manufacturers, and J. J. Hogan l of New Haven, who was for several years connected with the Psychological department of Yale UAive 'sitv. have been associated, has been declared to be one of the most, if not the most, power full engine of its size ever constructed,
 The last public test of the engine was made at the testing plant within the past three weeks of one of the largest and most reliable firms in the east. It was conducted ill the presenca of a number of the foremost automobile engineers and expert mechanics Of Con- necticut. As result of thls' test q cer- tificate of the performances of the engine was given by the members of the former firm and by it's head engineer to the effect that the new engine had exceeded the power of any known gas engine of the same size 3bore 7 and stroke. AL though this test showed the power of the engine co sixty nine horse power yet the company's testing apparatus was such that any horse power aboV1 that figure could not be registered. How ever, Mr. Hogan, the inventor, aided by William H. Gates, Superintendent of the Eastern Machine Screw Corporation fatcory in New Haven. on different occasions during many hours of testing and while many persons familiar with gas engines were present, has bsen able to show over ninety horse power on thu engine. This may appear to be re- markable statement but the builders of the engine say they have reason to b.. lieve the engine, under a fair aud true test, will show even greater horse power than the latter figure.
 The principle incorporated in the new invention is admitted by leading gas engine builders to be far in advance of ideas of the present time relating to motor power, nor even excepting the latest mechanically operated sleeve type of motore So distinctively different is it's working principle from that employ ed in the ordinary gas engine, with it's intricate mechanism and it's many com plicated parts, that new epoch in the history of gas engine building is certain to be inaugurated. The invention is long stride forward in the simplifi- cation of gas enginery and is looked upon as paragon of design and con struction, Without doubt, the an nouncement of this achievement will be received by the automobile public with no little surprise, and with much antici- patton.
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Connecticut western news., 1912-03-14
Foot Crushed

Batista Marihioti, an Italian laborer at the lime quarries, had hls right foot badly crushed by large rock falling on it. last week, and it was found neces- sary by Dr. Turrill, who attended him, to take the man to the House of Mercy in Pittsfeld, for treatment. He was taken to Pittsfield on the Sunday morn ing train.
Connecticut western news., 1912-03-14
FARMERS INSTITUTE AND BARGAIN DAY

Farmers Institute will be held Canaan under the of the  the farmers all this of the invited The tion especially invites the East Canaan Grange  at at of
 
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Connecticut western news., 1912-03-14
New TeIenhonas

7s-4- Bianchi & Graves, Canaan. 59 24-H. B. Chamberlain, Cornwall 73,2-G. W. Hall, real estate office Canaan.
 128-2-Harmon Schamerhorn, Canaan 46.2-Nat Storm, Canaan.
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The Washington herald., 1912-01-07
RIVAL OF TRUST
GIVBS up GHOST
Federal Biscuit, SSO,OOO,OOO
Corporation, Quits.

New York, Jan. 6-The Federal Bis
cult Company, 10000. 900 corporation.
which was organized a year and a half
ago for the purpose OF fighting the
cracker trust. was thrown into bank
against the company by a number OF
small creditors who sought in vain to
collect money due them.
Cornelius W. wIckersl am was appoint
ed receiver Of the assets by Judge
Hough The receiver was given the power
TO carry ON the business for thirty days.
The company was organized on August
/, 1910 under the laws OF Delaware,
and had a capital stock OF s50.oOO, 600, OF
which $1,000 900 was preferred and the re-
mainder common stock. The purpose OF
the organization was TO merge seventy
eight OF the Independent biscuit plants
scattered throughout the country. Its
control stretched from Oregon 10 Maine.
The president of the concern Is Charles
Royce Boss. The Leading promoter and
Organizer of the comRany was HartweIl
B. Grubbs. who was president Of the
Consumers Biscuit and Manufacturing
Company. OF this city. Mr.. Grubbs is now
secretary OF the Federal Company.
In the application filed to-day, Il Is
stated that the Federal Biscuit Company
has branches In wilmington, Del; Law
renee. Mass; New London, Bridgeport
Providence, Detroit South Bend, Ind;
Philadelphia. and Montgomery. Ala
The acquisition OF the plants through
out the country required considerable
cash capital and II is said enough avail
able money could not be had.
In a statement recently Issued by the
company from an inventory made four
months ago, liabilities amounting to
S155,s62 were shown, OF which $4,000 was
real estate mortgages, and assets amount
ing 10 S5s7 SIS
The Washington herald., 1912-01-07
RECORD SOCIALIST
VOTE IS EXPECTED
Germany May Undergo Rad
ical Change Soon.

Berlin. Jan. 6.-That a record Socialist
vote viii be polled in the general cleo
lions throughout Germany next Friday
was the prediction made here to-day by
leaders who have just completed can
vass OF the situation. The Socialist
heads claim that their present represen-
tation of ifty-four in the Reichstag WIN
be Increased to 100
Pan-Germans and Conservatives have
been unsuccessfully trying 70 have the
in an attempt to roll back the Sociahstic
flood. but the government has maintained
passive attitude.
Members Of the Radical wing Of the
"Jingo' party, with which Crown Prince
Frederick William recently openly align
ed himself, recognizing the intolerance
Of the Socialists toward war, have been
making a bitter attack~upon the growth
Of SociaIistic power.
However, no political party has been
so active as the Socialists themselves.
They are holding thousands Of meetings
daily and nightly throughout the empire,
and Monday will see a whlrlwind finish
of the campaign inaugurated. Fiery
speeches, impassioned pleas directed TO
wealth and war will mark the hnal
IdecIamations in the campaign!
Newspapers friendy to the Socialistic
cause are vigorously pushing II. Never
before in the history OF Germany have
the newspapers been so active in ad-
vancing the cause.
II is said that Emperor William Is
taking a keener personal interest in the
present election than in any other for
long time. He is making a special study
of conditions to ascertain the cause OF
the enormous growth OF Socialistic In
iuence. II is generally believed that II
the Socialistic party lives up to the
present convictions II viii result in a
marked change Of government policies
The Washington herald., 1912-01-07
HOW ENGLAND PENSIONS
HER CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES
Relief from SuperannuatiOn Provided by System Gen
eraI Throughout Great Britain.

fThis is the hrst Of a series of articles de-
scribnE civil pension systems in operation In
viii be followed by articles descriptive q pensir n
systsms maintained by cities, railroads. and indus
trial corporations. and other employers Of labor in
the United States. These articles have been pre-
pared by direction Ct the Committee of One Hun
dred. and are the result Of the committees nj
Testigation Of the ertire field of cvil pensions.
They offered for the purpose a information
and to awaken interest in TIE effort being made
to provide relief from superannuation in the Fed
ersl civil service. CHARLES DICK, Directorl
Great Britain has had a general 'sys-
TEN for the retirement on pension OF her
civil service employees for over one hun
dred years, and her experience must be
very valuable TO any other country con-
templating similar legislation. and espec-
tally so for obvious reasons to the United
States. Her last statute on the subject
is less than two years old, which fact,
coupled with the numerous statutory
changes that have occurred in the past
century, shows the difficulties inherent in
the attempt to evolve a cIvfl pension sys-
tenn which will be generally satisfactory.
As early as the latter part or the eigh-
teenth century British cabinet ministers
had recommended that adequate pro-
vision be made from the general treas
ury IL necessary for the support OF pub
lie officers who had grown old or be-
come infrm in the pubic service. Long
before that time, however. provision had
been made for the support of employees
in certain branches OF the service. AS
early as 1856 a fund cafled a superannua-
ton fund was created in the excise de-
partment, corresponding roughly TO our
Internal Revenue Bureau. by deducting
threepence per pound from the salaries
OF the employees. similar FUND was
created in the customs service in l7US
The pensions paid ranged from S75 TO
SI45 One Of the rules laid down was
that mo officer who had not served
seven years was to receive any sum OF
money or pension unless disabled by ac-
cfdent.''
The FIRST general pension act was passed
in 1910 and provided a pension equal to
one-third the salary for incapacity. after
ten years service. one-half after ten to
twenty years service, two-thirds after
twenty years service TO employees retiring
after reaching ythe age OF sixty: three
fourths to officers over sixty-five years
of age after forty years service, and
the whole salary after fifty years serv-
Ice. The terms of this Statute were
SO liberal that the sums paid out for civil
pensions trebled In ten years. No contrfbu-
tions were required from the employees In
1872 an act was passed compelling EN-
ployes to pay toward pensions from 21-2
10 10 per cent Of their salaries. This law
was in force less than two years, and was
repealed because such compulsory con-
tributions were considered a violation OF
contract on the part Of the government
The Washington herald., 1912-01-07
ARMY ORDERS.

First Lieut. GEORGE RUHLES. IT., Coast Ar
tillery Corps. Is relieved from assignment To the
tventy-eighth Company and PLACED on the unas-
signed list.
Capt ARTHUR l.. FULLER. Coast ARTILLERY Co-ps.
is relieved frun assignment TO the Fffth Com
psny and placid the unassigned liz.
The following transfers at the request Of officers
eDncvrned ordered:
First Lieut.. PHILIP POWERS. from the Twenty
hrst Infantry to the Eighth Infantry.
First Lieut.. BERNARD LENTz from the EIGHTH
Infantry to the Twenty-hrst Infantry.
First Lieut.. EPHRAIM y. GRAHAM. Fifteenth
Cavalry. "a relieved from duty at Fort Riley.
Hans.. and will proceed to Fort Myer. Va. and
report IN person TO the commanding oc5cer Of the
latter post for assignment TO duty In command
Of the War College detachment.
The following promotions ot officers OF the Coast
ARTILLERY CorTs 10 the I'D Company are ordered:
JOHN c. W. BROOKS and GEORGE 7. BART
LETT, from lieutenant colonel. December 5. 1911
CHARLES A BENNEfTE and HENRY G.
DAVIS. from lieutenant colonel to colonel, De
csmbeF g. 1911: EUGENE T.wILSON and ED
MUND NJ BLAKE. from major to lieutenant
colonel December s. 1911; WILLIAM g.. HAAN
and SIDNEY \. JORDAN. from major to lieu
traant colcnel December 6 1911. SAM r. BOT
TOMS and HAROLD T. CLOkE: trun oaptain
TO major DecembeT s f9ll; SAMUEL @. NES-
TAI and PHILIP n. WARD, from captain to
MAYOR. December 6. 1911; LOUIS n. DICE.
from hrst lieutenant to captain, Decrmbo- j.
1911
WILLIAM NJ COLvIN from hrss lieutenant 10
captain December ; isi1; FRANCIS NJ. HIN
KLE and HENRY W. BUM, from first leu
tenant 20 oOptain. DecembeT s. 1911, latter 10
SeTenty-sscond Company.
FURNAN Z. MccAAIMoN. from seeoud lieutenant
TO art lieutenant. December 5 ISL, Fffteenth
Company
JAMES r. Campbell, from second lieutenant TO
first lieutenant. December 5. lsii. Thirty-nrst
Company.
RAYMOND L. LEE, from second lieutenant to first
lieutenant December g. 1911. siKty-seTenth Com
pany.
LOUIS r. RENDER. from second lieutenant to hrst
Lieutenant December 6. iqll.to l5lSt Company.
Cola BROOKS. BENNETT. and DAVIS viii ~
main On duty at their present. stations
Col. BARTLETT upon the expiration OF his pres
eut leare Of absence. will proceed to Fort Han
cock n J.. for duty.
Lieut. Col. WILSON viii remain his present
duty.
Lieut. Cols. BLAKE and HAAN will reulain
duty at their present stations
Lieut.. Col. JORDAN will p0ooeed to Fort Terry,
" Y. for duty al that post
Mai BOTTOMS will proceed TO Fort flagief,
Wash. for duty At that post.
Majs CLOKE VESTAI.. and WARD viii remain
on duty At their present stations.
Capts COLVIN and HINKLE viii remain on their
pFeseut duties.
Capt. BUM and Flint Iisuts. CAMPBELL and
BENDER wiz Join the companies TO which
they are assigned.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-07

. After a FIVE years period Of free pen
sions QS24 to ls2s), the treasury depart
ment made an order that all persons
thereafter entering the public service
should contribute to the pension fund, by
deductions made from their salaries. This
action was confirmed by an act of ParlIa-
ment Of 1884 which remained in force
twenty-three years. The charge made
against employees by this act was great
er than under the law of 1S22, and the
scale OF pensions paid was lower. The
fact that clerks who entered the civil
service before 1873 were pensiOned with
out any deduction against their pay, and
the further fact that no refund was made
to clerks who resigned or died before
they reached the age OF retirement made
the act Of 1Sq very unpopular. and the
volume Of dissatisfsction streadily grew.
Though not more than one in six or
seven who contributed TO the fund re-
manned in office long enough to secure
any return Of what he had paid in.
which led the clerks to thinlS they were
paying in much more than was ever
returned to them, as matter Of fact
the scheme was actuarily unEound be-
cause the clerks who entered service after
1879 were paying the pensions of those
who had entered before that year
In 1851 Parliament repealed the pro-
vision requiring deductions to be made
from the salaries OF clerks against the
opporition Of the government, which dep-
recated burdening the treasury with such
additional expense. The entire act os
1884 was practically repealed IN lS9
and the new law provided free and uni
versal pensions for all employees in the
permanent civil service equal to one
sixtieth Of the salary at time OF retire
ment for each year of service not to ex-
ceed forty-sixtieths. Retirement was not
made compulsory at any age. and no
provision was made for dependent mem-
bers Of a clerks family. This law he
came very unpopular in time, because the
employees felt their pensions were taken
out of their pay and that their salaries
were thereby kept at a lower point than
would otherwise have been the case
Another approximation act was passed
in 1851, extending and supplementIne the
act OF 1883. The contention Of employees
that the pension system was, in fact
contributory system. was admitted bv
the last law on the subject the act of
1903. which extended the benefits Of the
pension system TO all persons In .tbs
civil service instead OF. limiting the
benefits. as did the former law. to tbosa
who lived to reach the pensionable ACE
OF sixty years. Benefits are now pald
to those who resign or die before arriv-
ing at the pensionable age
The conclusion which stands out Yno.,
clearly as the result of Great Fritain's
century and more OF experience Is that a
proper, contributory system is bound To
prove more satisfactory to the employees
in the civil service than a straight gov
crument pension.