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Connecticut western news., 1914-01-22
LAkEvILLE

A son was born to Mir and Mrs. Wm. Evertts on Tuesday evening Jan. 6.
 Mrs. Wm. Ingalls, returned to her home in Arlington. N. l., on Saturday last, after caring for her mother for sev- eral weeks, who has been i'll.
 The ice men commenced harvesting ice from the lake last Monday.
 Accidents caused by coasting in Lake vile have been prevalent this season. two getting their arms fractured. one their rib fractured, and two running in- to the brook back of Raynsford's shop.
 K. Bartle has been confined to tho house this week with hard cold.
 Mir. H. s. Wilson is on the sick list.
 The Fourth Quarterly Conference of the M. k. Church will be held in the chapel on next Tuesday evening. Rev. Dr. Wilson, District Superintendent will preside.
 Master John Stanton, the genial ex' press deliverer has been using Freeman Pulver's steed this week, his own being laid up for repairs.
 Mir. Wm. Kane has been spending a portion of their week in New York city.
 MT. Owen McOue, an old resident of Lakeville, died Tuesday afternoon.
 Mrs. Walter Owens and children re- turned to New York last Monday. MT. Owens will remain for n time yet, to complete some contracts he has now un- der way.
 Mrs. J. K. Wilson who was taken sud- denly ill last week is improving.
 Miss Gertrude Walsh made a trip to Canaan on Wednesday of this week.
 The w. o. W. gave an oyster supper and smoker at their regular merting and installation of officers on Tuesday night of this week.
 Mrs. Arthur c. Lord is confued te the house this week with severe cold.
 Mir. Fred Chapman. of Pawling was a guest of bls brother Bert, at the Wo- nonsco house last week
 Miss Margaret Norton who was injur. ed while coastlng Inst week by rnnulug into tree, is able 10 be about again.
 Tue Girls Friendly Club will hold a coffee and cake sale nt the hoe of Miss Mae Blssell this attIrnoon.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-22

Bailey; O., o. N. Fitch T., O. L. Gold ; Sec'y.. Adele P Brush c. K., s. w. Lane; P, Millie B. Miner: F., Florence A. Benedict O.. Ida o. Cote; L. A. S., Mildred B. Whitcomb. After the in- stallat1on refreshments were served and all enjoyed social time.
 People in the village are busy getting ,ce from the rlver. So far only one man got ill, but h. was not seriously hurt. It is always relief to many when the ice- crop Is harvested. especially when they are getting It from the river.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-22

tinguishes the community, and paid splendid tribute to his fellow clergymen in Canaan, characterizing them as the finest set of men with whom he had ever come into contact.
 Charles E. Dickerson. Of Bridgeport. the entertainer and recitatiouist. whose services were procured and donated by Geo. Q. Peet, interspersed the speeches with number of humorous recitations. in an irresistible manner, which pro- voked much hearty laughter and was a distinct feature of the affair.
 At the close of the speaking the entire company sang America" and dis persed, and the fourth annual banquet of the Canaan B. Nj. A.-the most suc. cessful aud enjoyable in its history was over.
 Those present were as follows:
 Table No. 1. Speakers tablel Gov. L. T. Tingier, Supreme Court Jus tice A. T. Roraback, State Treasurer k. s. Roberts, President State B. Nj. A., Frank H. Johnstoni Secretary State k. M. A, F. :. Valentine; Vice. President State B. M. A., k. P. Jones; Hon. T. l.. Norton, President A. w. Holsapple. Key. L. E. Travis, Rev. W. Howard Mills, k. A. Ekern, and John Rode. meyer, toastmaster.
 Table No. 2-H.C. Barnes, John Hall. O. J. Decker, F. Miller, Y. A. Coous, James Graney. Fred Laffargue. P. F. Beals, E R. Atwood. F. N. Brown, E.C. Finney, John W. Cuineen, O. P. Oil. lette, George W. Hall. K. P. Smith, Thomas Bartle.
 Table No. 3-Freeman Dempsey, Da- vid Dempsey. George P. Hardenbergh, Dr. F. H. Lee. w. A. Wright, H. w. strayer. Allyn Fuller, Frank Whiting, Dr. Il. l.. Ross, George H. Blodgett, 0. $. Adam, Eugene Williams, k. V. Nes. tell, Joseph L. Parsons, W. T. Wallace, pr, c. k. Corwin, w. J. Reel.
 Table No. All. k. Lyles, Dr. 0. W. Camp, J. 0. Roraback. c. w. Parsons. F. R. Collin, Rev. K. 0. Gillette, Rev. W. F. Maylott. George s. Fuller. A. A. Hubbard. 0. c. Smith. Samuel c Camp, J. k. Rhoades.
 Table No. 5-Hon. L. ]. Niokerson H. B. Ives. W. 0. Hamilton, K. l.. Rob. erts, l. 0. Rhoades, George Simpson, B. A. Peirce, o. K. Dickerson. George Roger. c. M. Lasher.
 Table No. tGlee Club table) )-R. D. Peirce, George J. Vogel. Howard La- throp. Ivanhoe Scott. H. II. Scutt, John Armstrong, John Bianshi. Bert Brewer. Leonard Caldwell, Norman Lawton, c. E, De Hart, George Mather, Frank Blass, J. V, Adam, N. w, Hardenbergh, Geo. Hall.
 Table No, 7-Pmlip Orben. Geo. lief fernan, F. D. Case, H. k. Weaver, John Graves, George Kane, George Leihug- we'll, A. L. Higgins,
 Table No. s-George w. Ford, D, B. Cornell. D. D. Walter. Joseph Blair. Clayton Benjamin, 0. T. Vosburgh, Jerome c. Root, o. H. Sage.
 Table No 9-Wilham O'Connor. Miles Blodgett, M. c. Marcy, Geo. T. John. son, W. H. Thompson, P. 0. Holerau. c. O. Scoville, M. Mulville, ]. Edmund Brown.
 Table No. 10-Cornish Hitchcock, R T. Farnum, William Torrant, John Madigan. Norman Moore, A. c. Lord.
 Table No. lI-N. A. McNeil, Charles H. Wiesing, H. Lawrence, A. F. Rob- erts, William Kane.
Connecticut western news., 1914-01-22
EAST CANAAN

Rev. William F. Stearns, of Norfolk, preached Sunday morning in exchange with the pastor. His discourse was en- joyed by large audience. The choir of sixteen voices added much to the ser vices. Next Sunday Rev. w. F. May lott will take for his subject "The Beth any Home."
 The Brotherhood will observe Ladies Night Friday and plan to make it the social event of the winter. Music will be feature and the old familiar songs of the Southland will be sung and the pastor will speak on "Stories of the
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08

The result OF the findings of the board
we're that the United States navy had
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
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never used nitro-giyeerin snokeless
powder, as assumed by Sir Hiram Max
i'm. and further that our ulti-perforated
nitro-gIycerin smokeless powder is not
only perfectly safe and absolutely free
from the faults and dangers claimed by
Sir Hiram Maxim, but also, on the con-
trary, II is the most stable and Alto
gether the best smokeless powder made
in any country In the world, and pro-
duces the best ballistic results, and that
II is much less erosive than other smoke
less powders, for which reason our guns
wear much longer than were We to use
the nltro-giycerin powders used abroad.
The findings Of the board thoroughly
discredlted the article in London Engi-
neering above referred to, and also Sir
Hiram's letter to President Taft.
In signing his report to the Secretary
OF the Navy, Admiral Mason, then Chief
.of Ordnance Of the United States navy,
made the following statement:
In regard to the statement Of Sir
Hiram Maxim that he has had great eX-
perience and knows what he is talking
about. Il has been shcVn that he is ig-
norant of the type OF f'smokeless powder
used by the United States government.
and il Is quite probable that he has had
very little or no experience with II. how
ever familiar he may be with nitro-gly-
cerin or cordite powders. "s' II Is con-
sidered, therefore, unwarranted to carry
out further experiments desired by Sir
Hiram Maxim. and that his statements
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08

in relation TO our smokeless powder are
unworthy of serious consideration, except
as to their INTERPRETATIONS and to the
evil effects OF their wide publicity on
those unacouainted with this subject"
(Signe6 IN. z. MASON,
"Chief OF Bureau Of Ordnance"
The z. l. du Pont de Nemours Powder
Company, in a booklet issued upon the
subject. made re following statements
concerning the .-.icle in Engineering
and Sir Hiram s. Me-.Im's claims and as
sumptions:
1T must be evident to any one reading
the article in Engineering and Sir
Hiram's letter, that they are the products
OF the same pen, ana. while the vanity
displayed by the author may be par
doned. yet IL Is due TO those who become
interested in this discussion to know that
Sir Hiram Maxim's worldwide re7UtA-
tion was won by the invention OF an au-
tomato gun and not by any triumphs IN
the domain OF powder. Candor and truth
compel the statement that he never had
anything to 90 with the manufacture Of
explosives Of any character on a ccm-
mercial scale, and nothing invented by
him In explosives has been adopted Ly
or employed in the seTvlce of any gov
eminent on earth 80"
In view OF this overwhelming refuta-
ton of charges made, II would be inter
esting to know the names OF the COM
manding officers who have consulted
and interviewed Sir Hiram personally
and BY letter: Is 1t not possible he i'm
I'VE insist that we are justified in as
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08

the mind 70 accuracy and the hand to
technical proficiency; it frees the mer-
chant from doubt and worry as to the
exact standing of his business, by giving
him a precise knowledge as to how to
ascertain its condition: Il prevents the
clerk from sinking into mediocrity. by
furnishing him with a stepping-stone to
success that leads through the office OF
the proprietor himself: IL gives confidence
to the inexperienced applicant by furnish
ing him with a knowledge Of AFFAIRS that
Is possessed only by the fortunate few:
and, throughout life, II gives a poise and
balance that is impossible to him who
knows nothing of the fixed laws by which
his business is controlled.
Education doubles a mans value many
times in many ways. Booker T. Wash
lngton says: The colored graduates OF
Tuskegee have raised over go bushels OF
sweet potatoes on an acre OF ground In
the same location where an uneducared
colored man raises less than ffty bushels
to the acre.
The highest service a young man can
render to himself and to the world Is to
make the most possible out of the stun
that Is in him. to develop himself, not
partially, not narrowly. not in a one
sided manner. but systematically, in a
large way.
He who would stand on that high plane of
spiritual, mental, and physical manhood
for which he was created must keep
pace with enlightened progress, read.
study. think. observe. and develop soul
and body to their highest powers. None
can be ignored or cultivated at the ex-
pense Of any other without working in
jury to the complete man. They are inde-
pendent in Gods plan.
DR.. Marden's Upiift Talks will appear
in the Magazine pages Of this paper every
Tuesday, Thursday. and Saturday.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
DR.. Marden's Uplift Talks.
By ORIsON SWEET MARDEN.
Author Of Pushing to the Front. etc
viii q Business Education Pay?

why should it be questioned that II
pays to develop to its fullest exterk all
that is best in a man and to equip him
tions have worked to discover and make
available?
We might as well ask: VIII it pay a
rosebud to unfold its petals and fling out
Its fragrance and beauty to gladden. the
world? VIII 1t pay an acorn to become
an oak?
Speaking especially Of business educa-
ton. Lyman ]. Gage. ex-Secretary of the
Treasury once said: 'Tt gave me the
power to analyze financial propositions; II
taught me how to keep accounts myself.
and when I passed away from the period
Of apprenticeship or clerkship to higher
duties I was enabled to determine the
quality OF those dlscharsing similar func-
tons over whom had charge" Presi-
dent James A. Garfield, speaking on the
same subject, said: Business colleges
furnish their graduates better educa-
tlon for practical purposes than ehher
Henry Ward Beecher declared: What
ever vocation you may choose as your
life work, there can be no question that
the first step is to obtain a practical busi-
ness education
The radical evolution in business meth
DDS. the long strides in civilization, the
multiplication OF inventions and discov-
cries along all lines which the past half
century has witnessed necessltate an in
hnitely broader and better training for
men and women in every walk OF life
than was requisite twenty-five or even
ten years ago.
II Is true that the opportunities open to
young men are greater today than they
ever were before; but, on the other hand,
there never was a period In the worlds
history when the qualifications requisite
for success in any line of worthy en-
deavor were OF higher character.
The artist, the farmer, the business
man. the clergyman. the physician. the
lawyer, the scientist, each in his various
rank must prepare to reach up to the
ever-enlarging ideals, II he would attain
his full height.
A good business education opens up any
young persons mind to the possibilities
That lie In the proper handling Of money:
II teaches the fundamental principles
upon which AL trade is based; it trains
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08

wrote letter to President Taft about ouI
United States multi-perforated smokeless
powder, wherein he claimed to be its in
ventor. and the first and original invent
or OF all multi-perforated smOkeless pow
ders containing nitro-glycerin, like that
which he said was used by the United
States navy; but that. however, such a
multi-perforated powder was inherently
dangerous in the extreme and was re-
sponsibie for the exploding OF certain
guns on our battleships. and he referred
to an article In London Engineering un-
der date Of October q, 1910, to substan-
tiate his statements and claims.
So astounding were Sir Hlram's state
ments that President Taft appointed a
joint board of the army and navy to
make experiments and Investigations and
thoroughly inquire into the truth or false
hood Of the assertions and claims made
by Sir Hiram s. Maxim in his letter to
President Taft and in the articles pub
lished in London Engineering.
The E L du Pont de Nemours Powder
Company. being the largest manufac-
turers of the United States smokeless
powder condemned by Sir Hiram S. Max
i'm. which he claimed to have invented,
looked into the matter on its own ac-
count
Findings of Government Board.
The result OF the findings Of the board
were that the United States navy had
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
Fires Broadside at His Claim as the Real In
ventor Of Smokeless Powder.
.FEUD OF BROTHERS AN OLD ONE
Interesting History Of Discoveries and Expert
ments Leading to Development
of High Explosives.
Bv HUDSON MAXIM.

appeared the leading the United
Maxim London England which
with the object diedtng and
gaining credit for himself
Hiram periodically attacked
of these and claim made by
utterly but
ingh h sam
President Taft the Secretary of the
powder he has remained quiet He
unenvable booklet published Pont
Company Waterloo would be
played by the Maxim automatic the
present naturally led the public take interest its
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08

Last year the reported sales from Sss
commercial springs in the United States
were more than 57,oO0.uo0 gallons, having
total value OF S, 10000.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-06
BODY OF MISSING
HUNTER Is FOUND
Mystery Surrounding Disappear
ance of George Edwards in
1912 is Solved

ALPENA, Mich, May (Specian
The body OF George Edwards mis-.
sing since 1912, was found Tuesday
in the woods two miles west OF Hub
bard Lake Only the skeleton re-
NAMED and Identification was made
by the mans gun and pocket knife
inscribed with his initials.
Edwards was last seen alive De.
cember %, 1912, when he left The
home OF Stewart Clark. whore he had
stopped for the night
Il is believed that he was stricken
with heart failure and died alone In
the woods
II was reported several months ago
that he had been seen in a western
state, but Investigation proved the
story TO be without foundation
Edwards had $3.50 In bills in his
pockets when last seen, bat this was
probably destroyed in a forest fire
which swept over the place where the
body lay last summer.
Edwards was an eccentric charac-
ter and lived alone. making his living
by hunting and trapping
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-06

VERA CRUZ, May 6.-United
states navy birdmen--a dozen OF
them--haye touched Mexican soil
They. with their flying machines, are
ready for aerial scout duty, for signal
service, and for deadly battle
n A dozen well-dIrected bombs
dropped from high, speeding aero
planes OF hydroaeroplanes can wipe
out Vera Cruz or Mexico City in an
Instant!
Cities. no matter how large or small,
are alike 10 air-water craft, The big.
fest OF 'em or the smallest can be
blown To splinters. Dattleships can be
sent TO the bottom-just by web
directed bomb or two!
Can you imagine the slaughter pos.
nible By these tiny, whirring air-water
machines?
A feet OF aeroplanes would leave
Vera Cruz In the morning, drop few
bombs on Huerta's head during the
lunch hour and be back 20 the battle.
shfp I'm time for dinner. An invading
army OF 100000 men, even AZ great
loss OF life, perhaps would not accom-
pIish as much In month.
The army has In SIS service some
4 ~ iuutHiuchT bhANt VI "hiAh AhtehN
foegbly be used I'm warfare. The
navy owns 10 crafts half Of which
are seryiceable
They can do as much damage In a
bAtileships OF the feet OF Uncle Sam
M half an hour.
Possibly the most valuable men Ia
The present crisis would be Didier
Mason. who has acted as an aero
nattic scout for the rebels In north
<rn Mexico. and Hector Worden, who
acted IN a similar capacity Tor the
ft1crals.
The worst drawback 20 the indepen,
dent aviator serving IN war Tine Is
had his machine IL net lifted for this
@1ff a war aeroplane should be
<.I1 % carry three men, the aviator,
military man 70 make notes and .
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-06
SEARCH FOR CHILD-SLAYER
is NOW STATEWIDE

PITTSBURGH, Pa, May 6.-Search
for the short, stout man who
butchered eightyear-old Florence
Dove and brutally assaulted Eliza
beth Klimek, her little playmate, on
a hillside at North Braddock on Mon.
day, became statewide today. State
constabulary and railway police we're
both under instructions to scrutinize
carefully every suspicious person and
to arrest at their own discretion wan.
derers and bumper-riders.
Eight men have been taken into
custody by the posses securing the
hillsides about North Braddock, and
one by railroad men in the yards at
Homestead Seven OF them were
taken before the Klimek girl, and.
one by one, dismissed when she said
they were guiltless. The two still
held, one of them the man arrested
at Homestead, were to be taken be-
fore the child today. The Homestead
suspect was said TO have put up a
stiff fight with a dirk when cornered
between two box cars.
It has developed that the man who
attacked the two girls, played with
them for half hour before he
pounced upon the Love girl and
hacked her to pieces. This, the po-
lice said. made II certain that the
Klimek girl got an accurate mental
picture OF him, and would make no
mistake in Identification.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-06
PATENT OFFICE EMPLOYE,
DENOTED, TAKES OWN LIFE

WASHINGTON, d. C., May 6-Spe-
cial Walter Johnson, OF Jackson,
Mich, former chief OF the division OF
patents on furniture In the United
States patent Office walked into the
crematoFial room OF Washington un-
dertaking establishment, Tuesday az
ternoon, and ended his life by firing a
bullet through his brain Johnson was
'demated shortly after the Inaugural
ton o. President Wilson. and IL is be-
lieved that his loss OF position preyed
upon his mind
II IS said that. johnson frequently
attended funerals in the establishment
although he gas not acquainted with
anyone connected with the place.
H. he. vas. tksa s@1. ~ Judge pa VIC
Johnson. one. al The pioneer lawyers
or Michigan, and Was prominent so
cialIy In Jackson for many years. Al
ter the death OF his father he never
returned TO Jackson. He vas 81 years
old.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-06
CRIME In ENGLAND
SHOWS A DECREASE
But in London it is Greater, De-
spite Prosperity and Proba-
ton system b..

=. LoNpoN, May Ts.Tiougus London
Is growing worse. crime IN general
throughout England and Wales is de-
creasing, IT is reported By the commits
sioners Of prisons and the directors OF
convict prisons, OF whom Sir l.. Rug
gles-Brise is chairman The prisoners
of 1928 numbered IN all 10000,
decrease OF over $500 from the pre-
vious year Half OF the commitments
were ia default of fines.
The average daily prison population
was more than 10000 The proportion
OF persons received in prison on con
viction was 4l3 per 100000 OF the pop
uIation, as against 439 for the year
before. Since 1851 there has been
fall OF no fewer than 3S,924 In the
number OF persons received into pris
on on conviction. OF the decrease In
1928 over one-half occurred in the
number received on summary conylc-
ton for begging or vagrancy.
Good times, probation, and the new
plan OF paying fines on installments,
are credited with causing the decrease
in arrests. The children's act has re-
duced the number OF Juveniles com.
mitted TO prison from 1913 10 2l.
During the year 3,12S male prison
ers between the ages OF 10 and 81, or
about one-third OF the total for the
whole country. were committed TO
metropolitan prisons. OF these 1,455
were sentenced to month or less. Al
together 1925 male and l,05l female
youthful offenders appeared before the
London courts, OF whom S3S only
were disposed OF on probation
or the $4,000 women OF all ages
that pass in year through the pris-
ons OF England and Wales, $4,000
have been convicted over six times
and more than 5000 have been CON
victed 20 times II is hoped 10 ex'
tend to women the Borstal system or
prison reform over 81 per cent or
prisoners brought under this system
have been reformed 1t is asserted.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-06
PrOqressiues Endorse NetU
Wilson Anti Trust Measure

Is so long that II takes hours TO read
II through once, and when II first
game ZIP, the usual first roadipg, I.
which Is always dispensed with in or.
binary cases, was insisted on by the
chairman Va $40 atSAiinittse. The
southern Democratic machine is using
this bill to prevent the consideration
OF a bill reported last September
which deals with campaign expend-
itures and contributions. This bill
contains a drastic provision prohibit
ing the bringing into state or cam
paign contributions collected outside
the state Ii would end the practice
OF a national party committee send:
ing large sums into pivotal state
TO swing" an election. The signiii-
cant thing about this filibuster is that
it is occurring just when political
campaign is about to start.
The house has turned down a prop
osition TO save $3,000000 year
Rep. Clyde II. Tavenner, of Illinois.
offered an amendment TO the naval
appropriation bill. providing that the
government should manufacture It's
own armor plate in government
plant, and showed how the govern
ment would save thereby $3.00v.OU
annually which now goes in extra
profits TO the steel trust. lis the
gentleman's purpose in this effort,
asked Rep. Hensley Of Missouri, to
take the profit out OF war;"
That is exactly what | desire to
accomplish" replied Havenner. The
house promptly voted down the propo-
sition with patriotic feryor.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-05-06
POLICE CAN FIND NO
TRACE OF KIDNAPPED BOY

Detectives Bandemer and Tremon-
tie. whe have been investigating the
kidnapping OF Johnnie" Yiviano, three
year-old son OF Sam Viviano, OF No.
l66 Hastings-st.. last Saturday, have
been unable TO obtain any trace OF
the missing boy, and the lads father
insists that he has received no let
tiers from the supposed kidnapers.
But the elder Vivianos calm accept.
ance OF the boys fate, leads the de-
tectives TO believe that he is not wor-
rying much about Johnnie, and may
be negotiating TO pay ransom.
The boys mother. however, is
nearly distracted over the little fell
lows disappearance. and weeps con-
stantly.