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New Britain herald., 1914-06-01
OFFICE SHOWS INCREASE.

From the figures in the city clerks hnlce it appears that there was kotal sof s63s.7o taken in during the Enonth of May, as against $432.4o for
 sile same time last year. Of the |amount taken in last month $339.7o |wAs from fees and $500 from dog licenses.
New Britain herald., 1914-06-01
Stella Rebekah Lodge,

The winners at the Stella Rebekah whist held at the home of Mrs. Charles E. Sharpe of Kensington Friday were Mrs. George Fritz, Mrs. E. A. Kent, Mrs. Harry Capman and Mrs. Carles Tomlin, The lodge will hold it's regular meeting Friday evening at s o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1914-06-01
WILL ACT TOMORROW.

Definite action on the application of Harry O'Dell, of Park street, for a liquor license on that street, will be taken by the commissioners to- morrow, according to a statement is- sued from their office this afternoon.
New Britain herald., 1914-06-01
srnRK AT HOSPITAL.

At the hospital today a son was born lo Mir. and Mrs. Harry Miles of IT Highland street; a daughter to Mir hnd Mrs. David Yoaman of 72 Broad ftreet and a daughter to MT. and Mrs. aeorge Aubin of 96 Whiting street.
New Britain herald., 1914-06-01
Troops Arriving.

Mexico City, June 1.-Many trains conveying the division of federal troops which formed the garrison of Saltillo were arriving all day yester- day at San Luis Potosi. according to, despatches from that city today.
New Britain herald., 1914-06-01
Mrs. Amy l.. Smith.

Funeral services for Mrs. Amy l.. Smith were held at 1 o'clock today, after which the body was taken to Suffleld for interment. It was an au- tomobile funeral, an automobile hearse and three cars being used. Rev. T. Edwin Brown, D. D., off1ciated at the services.
New Britain herald., 1914-06-01
Winthrop Council.

winthrop council, No. z, D. of L.. sWill meet for regular business Wed- Inesday, June 3.
 The council will decorate the graves of deceased members on the after moon of June IT. ..r.
New Britain herald., 1914-06-01
SUFFoCATED BY GAS.
First officer and Five Members of British Tank Steamship Crew Perish.

Galveston, Tex, June 1.-Leavins behind her in a single grave on the coast of Mexico near the Tuxpan oil fields the bodies of First Officer F. F. Elliott and five members of the crew, suffocated by gas in her fore peak, the British tank steamship Sam Valerie yesterday arrived here from Tuxpan. Mex -Ef
 The accident occurred May 2s. five men dying in an attempt to rescue H. Cousins, the ships carpenter, who was overcome while attempting to make repairs on bilge pump.
New Britain herald., 1914-06-01
Foresters of America.

The prize winners at the Foresters' Saturday night whist are as follows: First Ladies, Miss Irene Mason; sec
 |ond ladies, Mrs. Beckett. First |xentleman's, Merrill Berry; second, sR. ". Peer.
New Britain herald., 1914-06-01
Daughters of America.

Martha Washington council, D. of A, will initiate 5. several candidates |this evening. Members of the degree
 kAam urged to be present.
New Britain herald., 1914-06-01
Mrs. Bertha Winter.

The funeral of Mrs. Bertha Winter, wife of George Winter, was held this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Erwin Mortuary chapel with the Rev. A. c. Theodore Steege officiating. Inter- ment was in Fairview cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1914-06-01
Clara Camp Whist.

Grand public whist and box party given by Clara camp, R. N. A. and New Britain camp, M. w. of A. June 'at S4 Church street Special whist sprixes. Admission free
New Britain herald., 1914-06-01

Combination dining room suite ana rug, total value ss3.50. all for $64.23. at Wise, Smith & Co.'S. Hartford advt.
New Britain herald., 1914-06-01
GOVERNMENTS WILL
 PROBE DISASTER
(Continued From First Page.)

waiting for the bodies of some of the victims to come to the surface of the water.
 Two of the lost liners lifeboats were found Heating down stream to- day. They were empty.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04
Scarsdale Golf Club.

Members Of rbe Scarsdale Goif and
CourIr Club yesterday, In addition 90
taking part in the regular medal handi-
cap. also obtained close TO 500 for ths
Belgians. There was lie for the
Me.ropolitan medal between Z. c. Hol-
ston and T. !. Alien. with respective
scors Of s4-l3 fl and oj-i4-71. In
fact. ties were :he rule in most OF the
other competitions. In the handicap.
Holston and Allen. each with similar
scores. and y Mcconnell, with 81
Pol. finished on even terms. +. J.
REYNOLDS won the handicap against
par finishing down.
Sweepstakes were run off both morn
ing and afternoon. Early In the day
Allen and Holston tied, with the same
scores rs mentioned above, for the
Glass \ prize, while in the second
flight +. l.. Hodgson won With 90
$50 In The afternoon ". {. Nor
rell led Glass 4 with 50 6 70. and
in the second division. Henry Melville
won with l06 21-8J.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04
CADETS IN HARD PRACTICE
0lipbant in Football Togs for
First Time in Weeks.

West Point, y. J.. Nov. 3.-The feat
ure Of to-day's workout was the return
of Oliphant 20 the squad after an alb
sehce Of three weeks. "Ollie' signal
lied his temperance by a rather poor
exhibition OF backfeld play behind the
scrub line His position on the var
sity was filed by Hoge, who did good
work again to-day.
McEwan is not in condition TO scrlm-
mage and did only the lghtest kind
of work. Bradley filed his position Mt
centre for q time and was later re-
placed by Weems Timbcrlake showed
lots OF pep" on the varsity line after
Meachem's S withdrawal had given the bie
"plebe" n chance TO get back on the
regulars Herrick's work at the other
guard position was only mediocre and
he was subjected to some severe criti-
cism from Graves. the line coach. The
'varsity's only score came near the end
Of forty-minute scrimmage, when
Hodgson dashed around the scrub end
and ran forty yards to touchdown.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04
SIX TOUCHDOWNS
FOR RUTHERFORD
mountaineering Eleven
an Easy Victim in One
Sided Game.

Outplayed at the old style Of football
as well as the new. Mount Vernon High
School was an easy victim for the
Rutherford High School eleven at
Rutherford yesterday afternoon. Six
touchdowns that resulted from clever
forward passing or straight football
were Tailed by the New Jersey team.
The final score was 81 TO q.
Rutherford's first score came after
three minutes OF play Kicking off to
Mount Vernon. they held the West
chester players for downs. forcing
them 10 punt. Black, who played
star game at centre for Rutherford,
slipped through the opposing line and
blocked Jenkins's kick. Rutherford re-
covered the ball on Mount Nernon's
1-yard line and sent HillhOuse, the big
fullback, over for tally. WhltehiI
failed at the attempt for goal.
Two more touchdowns were regis
tered iu the first quarter. After kick
ing of to Mount Vernon the ball
changed hands ON punt, and two long
forwards pat the Jersey team again
within striking distance. \ WIDE Tor
ward pass to Thornton. the quarter
back, doubled Rutberford's score. The
third tally Of the period was made by
Whitehill after series of line plunges
covering three quarters Of the length
of the field.
No scoring was done in the last part
of the first half, but Rutherford came
back early i'm the third quarter and by
old-fashioued tactics, sent Hillhouse
over the line again. Whitehill kicked
the goal and in the last quarter dupll-
Gated the feat after carrying the ball
over Mount Nernon's line.
Myers. at quarterback. and jenkins,
the Noun. Vernon fuilback. played
br.ii-.n. football For Rutherford,
Wlte4ilL HHlhouse and Black distin-
guishco themselves. Thornton, sec
ond atring maL. directed the team
cieditsbly in place of Wallace, the in
jured quarterback.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04
Peace Talk by Western
MagnateS GrowS Apace

OF his hired men as "Mr. Otto Miller
The rumor league is off 20 fine
start Already Eddie Collins has been
signed to manage the Yankees. Connie
Mack has bought out Frank Farrell.
and the next Worlds Series viii be
played in the Yale Bowl.
Early election returns from Masss-
chusetts fail 20 indicate whether Ken
meth Nash is still legislator in good
standing or merely utility infelder
Of the Cardinals.
Mike Menosky. of the Pittsburgh
Federal League team, must be added
20 trat vast army OF baseball men
who are said to be able TO run 100
yards in ten seconds or less.
Henry Fabian, groundkeeper of the
Polo Grounds, simply cannot sit
around and watch the cleats Of school
boy football players mar his diamond.
He has decided to spend the winter in
Texas
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04
COMMERCIAL SHUTS
OUT BROOKLYN PREP
Outplays OppOner Through
Out-Becker 0.o Factor
in the Scoring.

The winning streak of the BrooElyn
Preparatory School eleven was bro
ken Yesterday by Commercial ligA
school in their annual game on the
latter's field. The score was Is 90 O..
Brooklyn Prep. was ouJplayed through
.our the contest. II had one oppor-
tunity TO score in the third period;
but. recovering the ball Commerciai
soon had it out of danger.
Frank Becker, the star punter and
Quarterback Of the Commercial eleven,
was responsible for the two touch
downs through brilliant runs through
a broken field of players. On the de-
fence, Williams, the big lett tackle
played strong game.
Mcmahon prevented Commercial
from scoring a third touchdown. when
he fell on the ball behind his own
goal line for safety. peghuee' the inc
,,i're5 well for the PREP. cam.
-tL. liro-un follows:
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04
Ksyrmann Asserts Owner of
Chicago Feds Has Op-
ton on Cubs
Rumor Busy.

Peace talk from the West grows
apace. Wceghman las set himself on
record as opposed to the huge salaries
that are being paid 10 baseball play
ers. which .s equivalent 70 saying that
he. for one. is anxious 10 have baseball
peace attained. August Hermann is,
without doubt. Of the same opinion,
Judging from the conferences which
he mas been holding with Weeghman.
a still more definite aspect was put
upon the situation by Mr.. Hermann
YESTERDAY He made the positive as
sertion that he knew Weeghman had
obtained on option on the Chicago Ma
tional League club.
This may mean a compromise all
along the line, and II may mean tnat
Mr. Weeghman is about 90 part conf
panv with mis- Federal League asSo-
ciates. Il is only 'air 20 say that the
Chicago owner has peatedly insisted
that he would make no agreement with
organized baseball unless something
was done for the other men IN the In
dependent organization.
The sudden silence which has fallen
on the Federal League promoters Of
st Louis would seem to indicate that
the move 20 get Walter Johnson has
failed. IL is rumored that Johnson not
only asked for huge salary for three
years, but insisted that he get the
entire amount in advance.
Now that the claiming season is on.
"Rebel" 0akes. the former Cardinal, is
predicting pennant for Pittsburgh
IN the Federal League next year. Berg
hammer and konetcAy are che new
comers who ere expected 90 bolster up
the inheld. Poll Perritt. bunny
Hearne and Frank Allen are the men
picked 20 rejuvcnate the pitching stgif.
The improved position OF the base
ball PLAYER is shown by the Increased
salasy which he receives, but even
more eloquent testimony was offered
yesterday in press notice sent out
by c. II. Ebbets, owner Of the Su-
perbas. Mr.. Ebbets referred to one
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04
MOntcLdir Golfers Out
to Aid the Belgians

hou o heading the list. with % % - 80.
The Glass A sweepstakes was won by
T. J. simmons with 7S 6 -, and c.
b. Alling won in the u class with -
lS-7l. ". " Hubbard won in tho {
set, his card reading 95-2S-G9.
Later in the day the members took
part in Sweeps m the various classes.
resulting as follows: Glass A--W. y.
Bremner. r. . 70; Class B C. +.
Merrill. s3 Is So; Class G. e6 2s
IS. In the putting competition for
women Mrs H. G. Plmpton won first
rrize and Miss Allen the second.
The leading scores in the Belgian
Eund compelItlon wore as follows:
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04
Morris County Golf Club.

A. the Morris County Golf Club yes
terday several competitions were in
order IN Observance OF the holiday
There was tombstone event, vita
each competitor wearing Belgian flag,
and II was won by Arch bald Forbes.
who planted his standard on the
twentieth green.
r. $. Watson won the medal handi-
cap. with card of e7--l5- y, while
in the handicap against par there was
quadruplc tie between Frederick r.
Thomas. secretary cf .hc Metropolitan
Golf Association: u. Lyttio, G. ".
darkness and Y. W. Stevens. each in.
shing z down.
T. g. Watson Von the metropolitan
medal for tho Belgian fund compe-
titiou a. Morris County, q total Of $40
being collected. Watson card was
S7-l5-72. {. ". Hardness, with sI-
1916. and Il. d. Foot, with s5-20--
70, tied for second.
The scores follow:
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04
PRANKARD WINS SHOOT
Handicap of 16 Proves Aid to
the Victor.

T.. V. Prsnkard. OF the Port Wash
ington Club. carried Of the honors
yesterday in the first shoot Of the sea-
son for that organization. il was a
lOO-"brd" handicap match. and OF the
five men who faced the traps Pranksrd.
with a handicap Of 16. broke ~ clay
birds, giving him total of % out Of
the possible 100.
l.. Y. Smull WIS the runucr-up. with
30 as his total on handicap OF 10. D.
f. Smith broke 81. which. with his
handicap OF 6. gave him total OF 81
and c. L. Thompson returned card Ct
50 on a handicap Of II. II. H. shan
mons score was 7s and his handicap 9
The conditions were ideal for the sport
and several full scores were made.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04
Almost $50 Are on Links
in Special Tourney
for Relief
Fund.

The second largest crowd OF tn1 sea
son gathered on the links Of the Mont
clair Golf Club yesterday, and Of the
i5O-odd players. nearly half entered
the contest for the Belgian Relief
Fund. the exact amount Of money be
ing SIT. ". ~. Hubbard won the
bronze medal, with a card Of 97-2S
60.
There was best bail competition,
conditions stipulating that each pair
should receive an allowance equal 10
the handicap OF the lowest rated man.
This was won by W. b. Bremner and
W. +. Marcus, jr., with a card Of 70 8
81. In the thirty-six hole competi-
ton. selected ls to count, W. NJ. Pam
sey won. with a card Of n 6 IS. This
was for Class 4 players. In the b
division c. r.. Merrill led. with -
-, while the group saw c. Letter
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04
Upper Montclair Country Club.

The bronze medal which went to the
winner OF the Belgian Relief Fund
competition, on the links Of the Upper
Montclair Country Club, was carried
of by Cornelius Berrian, whose card
read $3.50. \ large field started
and $l0I was collected.
The programme also called for best
ball handicaps versus par, both morn
ing and afternoon The first was won
by +. A. Clapp and A. ". Busby. fin
ishing 2 up, while in the afternoon, j..
T. Lyman and ]. J. Carlson also fin
ished , up.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04
Knollwood Country Club.

For the second year in succession
Ralph {. Carroll was beaten in the final
match for the championship Of the
Knollwood Country Club, being de-
feated yesterday in the decisive test
by Theodore F. Wilcox, up IN SO
holes. In the Belgian Relief Fund,
selected lS-hole score 70 count, J. h.
Cockburn. with S4-l3-7l. was the
winner. About SlO0 was obtained,
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04
Ridgewood Country Club.

A. the Eidgcwood Country Club
George r.. .Borheam strovc so hard 10
head me Let 30 the competition for
the Belgian suferers that he turned
In card OF &. -2S-63. which was 1--WE
strokes better than the next man. W
A. Dunn. with s0-l2-5S. The total
collected was S52.
,ed-fsdyRc Tim ARR oDw lily
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04
FOX HILLS GOLF CLUB.

Nearly 800 was collected for the
Belgians at the Fox Hills Coli Club
yesterday, and as result of the com
petition Thomas W. Pennock won the
Metropolitan medal. with card Of
s3-l5 Ga. A special gross prize was
offered for the whole days play, and
this was taken by August +. Hammer,
Staten Island champion. with rounds
of II 1915.
In the qualifying round for the
Brooklyn Cup. sixteen TO qualify
James G.. Patterson led the field. with
card of IS Sc.
Tho varioue scores follow.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04

Gunners at Gravesend.

rfan- roiiug sfsftel or trr 1faus,Hl D.Y -rsli
of ,L. Reu,lnlurs Nacnr OIII iesfefuay Tie 1fsI
vas shoot ~ ffiy targets. rLlUu Hss rtGtufea
b. ~ g. l. Afsinsnr. Fifl iniai ~ q hueru'ss
b. A. rredn The Take Homo Trophy was rou hf
Or Hunter with a straight score oi sj targets. The
doctor also won the Msgnu- cup Tor thc ttst cul-
,lnu0us fun o. the dsy. He htcke a targets ~iih-
out q niss.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04
Sleepy Hollow Country Club.

At the Sleepy Hollow Country Club
sl03 was collected among the golfers
who took part in the handicap for the
Belgian sufferers. II. T.. Ling, with
net score Of 73. was the fortunate
golfer 10 head the list.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04
Yountakah Country Club.

At the Yountakah Country Club the
main competition consisted of an
medal play handicap, the
nroeeeds of the entries to be turned
pxer pe 10 the Belgian relief fund. This
osair netted S77, and the winner Of the
bronze medal proved 90 be J. B. Ed
wards. with 10 net.
W some of the leading scores were as
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04

.,-'} srcc, fouchaown. Williams substitutes
DT,' R o'Pr,an Tor Baldwin; baldwin for a.
O'Prlcn. bennington for Robinson sles9a ',s,,. I.
Nv, ~ eviitsan. sullivan for Connolly farks
,or Ea,lv' Kelly for Parks; Mcmahon, ior
i9l -. il.trel for Mcmahon. Referce-lart'
ng p-inceton Umpire-NcElroy. 81 cornell
Md diiresmsn--McCanrty. of foiihtn- +lNl'
s '''-,,t.tt.re-Ten minutes each.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04

In the special competition for Tho
Belgian Fund nearly 500 vas collect.
ed. +. II. Swartwout won the Metro
politan Golf Association medal. with
card Of 90 27-6S.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04
Ardsley Club.

Chief among the club competitions
at the Ardsley Club yesterday was the
Election Day handicap in two classes,
the respective winners being A. +.
Greer. with 81 - p. and Il. II.
Swartwout. with % 27 IS.
The scores follow:
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04
The lineup follows:

Touchd0yu l--Schnoiier. krvig. yoa' ron
tOuchdoWn. G6iiisan. substltytes-Comrle're
Harshad fog Wiftnsr. Wittnor for barhsf
Fr.cdman for Miller, rsliman to- FRIEDMAN
collins for Kos,ow; Fcsiow tor Collins. psve
Schneider for worth Morris. Appel n
Rosenhorssr; Schoneld for larsen Referee
Hastings. ~ Cornell Umpire -MCElroy, o.
Cornell Linesman-Fishst obcrlin Time ~,
periods Twelve ana one.half minItes sscA.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04

Fibstitutcs-rriuity. Churchill for Bradley
, b e.. House for lisEcmeycr. Sulzer Tor
.aeChbaum; Hagemeycr FOR House. Referee
Ired murphy OF Brown. Umpire-Iom
lorpe. o. Columbia Head linesman-Leon
sanders. Time OF periods-Eloven minutes
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04
Play Causes Discussion.

Before play was resumed an anima'-
cd discussion took place on the field as
to the ruling by Captain George
Beavers. the famous West Point play
or Of bygonc days, who was acting as
referee. Beavers held firm, however
and the touchdown and goal were al
lowed.
The Erasmus men went back INTO the
game with a savage attack, determined
10 avenre the misplay that had al
lowed their opponents to tie the score.
Fgan, who went in for Hinch at right
guard i'm the Manual line, electrihed
tbe crowd by sending a beautiful for
ward pass for fifteen yards to Captain
Weller. on the 3-yard line. with
score for Manual imminent there was
fumbline between the quarterback and
the left half and Tomkins. of Erasmus,
catapulted through the line and fell
on the ball.
The first quarter ended soon after
this critical stage Of the struggle. ana
Erasmus. playing savagely in the last
quarter. walked down the field in short
rushes through the line and around the
ends. Tomkins finally went over the
line for the last score OF tho day, ana
Olson failed to kick thc goal, Leaving
tho score. Erasmus. IS; Manual, Z.
ri - 1:,o-,,,, follo1ys.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-04
ERASMUS GAINS
CRIDIR0N REVENGE
Defeats Manual Training.
Its Ancient Rival, at
EbbetS Field.
TIE BROKEN IN
THE SECOND HALF
Canine Scores 4 Touchdown
by Falling on the Bail
After KicksOff.

The football eleven Of Erasmus Hall
High School, Of Brooklyn. got sweet re-
vcnge for last years defeat 40 the
hands Of Manual Training High School
by defeating It's ancient rivals on
Ebbets Field. Brooklyn, Yesterday
afternoon by score of Il to :. Eras-
mus scored its first touchdown in three
minutes by straight rushing. Tho sec
ond score was made by Manual, the
ball rolling over the goal line ON the
kickoff. where q Manual man fell on It,.
The tie was not broken until the sec
ond half. when after the Manual backs
had fumbled the ball within three feet
Of q Touchdown. Tomkins, for Erasmus.
grabbed the piEskin and saved the day.
Soon after he scored touchdown.
After that the ball remained about in
the centre of the field with Manual
desperately trying 20 stem the tide and
pull out q victory. The game ended
with the ball in possession OF Erasmus
on Manuals 45-yard line.
A perfect football day brought out
crowd Of more than 5000 persons,
large percentage of whom were girls,
an arraypd in the colors OF the rival
schools. Brass bands aud ardent
cheering further enlivened the proceed
ings, and when two Erasmus students
led forth travel-staincd mule as The
team mascot and stalked along Che side
lines pandemonium broke loose.
Erasmus Begins Attack
A. the start Of the game. with
Manual kicking off, Erasmus began
march down the field that met with
few interruptions. Captain Olson Of
Erasmus took the bail from the %
yard line TO the 3-yard mark by dashes
Just outside of tackle. The Manual
line held on the next down, but on
the second try Olson scored touch
down by smashing through left tackle.
He kicked q pretty goal, and the score
was Erasmus. 7: Manual. o.
No more scoring was done IN TINS
half Manual had the ball several
times iu dangerous proximity 20 the
Erasmus goal. but each time costly
tumble or of-sidc play would spoil all
chances Of scoring.
Captain Weller Of Manual kicked
off at-the beginning Of the second hall
and the bali landed on the 45-yard lne'
with three OF four Erasmus men III the
Immediate vicinity. For some uneX-
plained reason Tomkins. let haifbaci
on the Erasmus team did not fall ON
tie ball. evideatiy thinking The referee
would rule it was a touchback s. it
rolled over the line
Suddenly. however. Canine, the
Manual right halfback, came dashing
down the field, dodrinG Ike a scared
rabbit. ana fell on the ball just before
II reached the 2-yard line, his own
momentum carrying him over for
touchdown. The Manual cohorts in the
stands broke forth into q storm Of
cheers. When Captain Weller kicked
the goal tieing the score, the uproar
was deafening.