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New Britain herald., 1914-07-25

mfral and Mrs. Dewey. Immediately after their marriage some years ago they were the particular objects of the camera squad. ..
 The wife of the admiral of the navy Is noted for her brightness at repartee. At the time of her engagement to the hero of Manila bay she was much an- noyed at the publicity given to her every movement and very sensitive to criticism. An editor of one of the Washington papers called to her over the telephone one day in regard to a photograph that had been sent to him to use in a descriptive article.
 'It is so poor" explained the editor. who was an old friend of Mrs. Dewey's, that I dislike to use 1t. Are you sure you know which one refer to-
 "Oh, yes,' said Mrs. Dewey. That's all right"
 But I don't think it is all right" said the editor. Don't you want jus tice done you?"
 "No" replied Mrs. Dewey. T only hope for mercy"
 How Admiral Dewey gave the Ger mans plainly to understand that they could have war if they wanted it is frankly set forth in Admiral von Die derichs vigorous rejoinder to the Ger man chapter in Dewey's autobiography. The German officers statement fills twenty-six pages of the March num- Der of the Marine Rundschau, the of ficial organ of the German navy de- partment.
 Admiral von Diederichs says he had sent his flag lieutenant, Commander von Hintze, now German minister to Mexico to Admiral Dewey with a memorandum of grievances" He quotes the flag lieutenant's account of | his interview with Dewey, whom Hintze described as having gradually come to speak with heat" The American admiral said the sit uation must be cleared up forthwith. | The blockade law was as clear as the | A E c. He had been studying it daily | because he could not afford to make mistakes. He knew exactly what his rights were. He had the right to board any ship, man. -of-war or mer- chantman and make inquiries neces- sary to establish it's identity. why" continued Admiral Dewey, l T shall stop each vessel, whatever may be her colors, and if she doesn't stop I shall fire at her, and that means war. do you know, sir?" l When Dewey repeated the phrase, 'If Germany wants war;" etc.. Hintze says he took his leave of the admiral.
 Commander von Hintze's report added:
 | "I had the impression that on this occasion. which was trif1ing in itself. a mass of inflammable material con sistiEg Of suspicion. rumors and news 1 paper articles which had been smol- dering in Dewey's mind for a long time l had simply exploded"
 ARTHUR J. BRINTON.-
New Britain herald., 1914-07-25
FRANCE AROUSED BY LIVES OF HER PUBLIC MEN

@UT of the furious agitation over the murder of Editor
 Gaston Calmette of the Paris Figaro by Mime. Caillaux, wife of the minister of finance. the religious movement for a moral standard in politics has gathered many recruits from both Protestants and Catholics in Paris. The Paris press is fore shadowing approaching exposures in the private lives of some of the most powerful statesmen in France which may cause a revolution in the matri- monial standard demanded for high officials of the government, hitherto elected to office regardless of the most fragrant violations of private morality.
 The Caillaux trial again drew the at- tention of the whole world to the shocking condition of morality in the private lives of French statesmen and the dangers to the life of the republic arising from these conditions. Cail- laux, 1t will be recalled, discussed in- timate state secrets in correspondence with a woman not then his wife. As this has also occurred with other statesmen equally prominent, the question is asked, If these men di- vorce and remarry every few years
 
 broadcast in their feminine circle as they go from one woman to another, how many years will the republic con- tinue to exist?"
 One of the reformers has said, Things are as bad today in Paris when liberty, equality and fraternity are supposed to be enthroned instead of the divine right of kings, as they ever were when Mime. du Pompadour and the Du Barry were the actual ar biters of the nations welfare
 The American republic, whose po- litical corruption is a time worn sub ject of discussion in Europe, is now brought forward in France as a model in that it makes mans private mo- rality a part of his public record to be subjected to the strictest scrutiny by the people. The history is given of Washington. Adams, Monroe and Lin coin to show that they could not have been elected if their private lives had not been free from scandal.
 Few men in French public life are spared It is declared that it would take a Diogenes to discover q French statesman who could hold high office in the United States under the stand ards there. Clemenceau's well known history of his divorce from his Amer ican wife has been dragged to light to prove that this was not the slightest detriment to his becoming prime min- ister The scandal of President Faure's death in the presence of his mistress at the Elysee while his wife and daughter, in another part of the palace, were kept in ignorance of 1t for several hours is story which is be- ing retold with all its unsayory details
New Britain herald., 1914-07-25

against the builder. It was held that while the owner had not committed the violation of law which caused the fire he had been negligent in not dis covering and correcting it, and for this reason he should pay for his own re- pairs."
 Perhaps the average American would howl at a system like this; but. as Chief Croker says, it has it's advan- tages. It may seem a hardship to start out to convict some one of start ing a fire, to legislate that having fire on ones own premises is a crime and to make the householder prove himself innocent or else to adjudge him guilty. Yet that plan has worked we'll. What
New Britain herald., 1914-07-25

responsible for the setting of the stove as the police had found 1t and that he had violated the law in neglecting to provide @ suitable metallic hearth of the required kind and dimensions be- tween 1t and the floor.
 "The assessment against him began with the estimated cost to the city for responding td the alarm and extin- gushing the fire. including the damage to the furniture and property of ten ants, and was rounded by an exemplary fine of 500 marks as a reminder that laws are enacted for a purpose and carry substantial penalties for their violation. The damage to the building was not included in the assessment
New Britain herald., 1914-07-25

cause of the terrible disaster. Out Of that thoughtless action has grown the law against smoking in factories.
 Despite all the efforts of the New York city department, however. there is a vast amount of public disregard of simple precautions against fire. as is shown by an analysis of the reports of fires for last year. For instance, glanc- ing down the list of the principal. causes of fire, 1t appears that cigars. cigarettes and their careless handling caused no less than 11,07s fires last year. with an estimated loss Of sooo,- 335. The careless handling of matches caused a property loss in Greater New York of s131,ssS, the total number or such fires being 1.175. While on the subject of matches and their careless handling it might be mentioned that children playing with matches causen 5ss fires last year. with a loss of sS2.- 245 which must be added to the match damage, making total from this cause of $164,133.
 Experts now admit that spontane- ous combustion does take place, and fire investigators have too often wit messed its depredations to doubt its ex- istence. Fires from this cause could be readily prevented by simply having metal receptacles, with lids. in which such waste materials could be de- posted after use. And yet in hundreds of machine shops and in other places highly combustible waste is left to lie about in odd corners. When fires oc- cur in these places no one seems to know the cause.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-25

has happened is that the fire loss in Europe is only about one-seventh of what it is in the United States This seemingly harsh system is in vogue fairly well throughout Europe and very definitely in Germany. ... Fires Due to Carelessness. fa
 Fire Commissioner Robert Adamson of New York city declares that inves- tigation immediately following the great Triangle factory fire in New York city brought out the fact that careless habits both in factories and in homes were the main causes of most fires. A match or cigarette thrown among some waste clippings on the Triangle factory floor was the probable
New Britain herald., 1914-07-25

1t was neither his duty nor his priv ilege to change 1t.
 Then the landlord was called. He showed that he had recently purchased the building under the usual guaranty that all laws and ordinances had been compiled with in construction and ap- pointments, that he had neither set nor moved the stove in question and that his attention had not been called to any condition involving a fire risk. This was not considered quite satis- factory and he was told to await further instructions.
 Then the builder from whom the landlord purchased was called. He had to admit that he, as the builder. was
New Britain herald., 1914-07-25

bers of the cabinet control those in- stitutions, and it is asserted that no woman can hope for success at any of them except through the protection" of some statesman.
 WALTON WILLIAMS.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-25

of the notorious criminal case The corruption we'll known to exist at the grand opera, the Theatre Fran caise and the other institutions sub
 sidized by the government is coming in for a full share of criticism. Mem-
New Britain herald., 1914-07-25

and seldom has sat for any photo graph.
 His aversion to photographs and photographers has been shared by Mrs. Dewey. Therefore when the admiral recently at Long Island City graciously
New Britain herald., 1914-07-25

an event. The admiral and Mrs. Dewey were on their way to Manhattan Beach. where the admiral was seeking the re- cuperation that his physicians said he needed.
 attempts to Ket QhotoEraQhs ot 'Ad-
New Britain herald., 1914-07-25

~HERE are probably fewer pie
 lures in circulation of Ad-
 miral George Dewey, the hero A of Manila bay, than of any other public man. Ever since he Jumped into fame Admiral Dewey has A~d nASSeck horror Of camera men
New Britain herald., 1914-07-25
By JOHN J. BREEN.

H Mass. in which property val
 ued at S15,o0O,000 was destroy
 "A ed thousands made homeless and several lost their lives, again has demonstrated the helplessness of the most modern of fire apparatuses and has emphasized the old saying that .an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" Experts on fire meth ods all over this country are bending their energies in an effort to reduce to minimum the danger of fire start ing.
 At the last convention of the Nation al Fire Prevention society 1t was shown that the annual loss through fires in this country is $450,000,000 year or S450 year for every man, woman and child in the country.
 If were to be asked to name the one great need, the one vital problem of the United States today" says Ex- Chief Croker the former head of the New York fire department. T should answer without hesitation fire preven- tion We are yearly burning up mil- lions of dollars worth of property quite unnecessarily and foolishly. It Is dis graceful. Our progress as a nation is being kept back by this terrible drain on our resources by fire"
 In his book on ire prevention ror- mer Chief Croker says that nowhere else in the world has fire fighting be- come the beautiful effective science it is in America, but what is the use of it all when in the science, if 1t may be called that, of not having fires, or only a few fires, America is far behind all other countries. In every large Amer ican city great fires come. There is br;1 iay y,t in, honI1in~ fhern-a nd no one is blamed for causing them. Germany's Law Drastic.
 Tn Germany, to take just one coun- try from Chief Croker's records, it is different. A fire occurs. At once there is the mischief to pay. Somebody has to be saddled with the responsibility.
New Britain herald., 1914-07-25

Photos by American Press Association. 1.-The last word in auto water towers. 2 and 6.-Latest types auto fire en- zines. 3.-Scene showing devastation by recent big fire at Salem, Mass. 4.-Made homeless by Salem fire. 5.-New York city fire tugs throwing powerful streams. 7.-Striking pho toeraph taken at Salem fire. S.-Fire engine tender getting water from river.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-10
SOUND UNDER WATER.
1t May Be Used In the Future to
Measure Ocean Depths.

Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor,
told class of young students at Wash
ington recently about putting his head
under water and striking two stones
together beneath the surface. 1T
sounded as if a man were hammering
for all he was worth at my very ear"
Next he sent a boy a mile away to
strike the stones, and 'the signals
came perfectly clear and distinct
In these little facts, and the other
fact that sound goes over 5000 feet a
second through water to its 1000 feet
through air, lay for somebody the germ
of the submarine bell signals used on
ships.
Now, In exploring the earth's sur
face as it lies under deep waters, a
| great deal of time and labor is expend-
ed merely in ascertaining the depth
why" asks Professor Bell. rs re-
ported in the National Geographic Mag
| aZine. should We not send down a
| sound instead and listen for an echo
| from the bottom 2"-thus accomplish
! ing in four seconds a work now taking
| sometimes more than four hours.
And We should learn by the shorter
method something of the nature OF
things below. "A fiat bottom should
yield single sharp return. whereas an
undulating bottom should yield u null
tiple echo, like that heard when you
fire a pistol among hills"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-10
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

w. G. Doolittle will begin lumber
ing ou his lot in Bernardston this fall,
after year S suspension Of business
on account Of ill health.
The West Brattlcboro baseball team
defeated a team from the Durham
Brothers Co. Saturday in West Brattle-
boro by score of - to /
Nj. d. Fisher of Spruce street fell
down a long light Of stairs in the
dark Saturday night and received sew
eral bruises besides u general shaking
up.
Mrs. John A. stafford Of West Brat
tleboro had night blooming cereus in
bloom Sunday night which had two
blossoms, each Of which measured nine
inches across About 80 fncno, and
ueiehbors came to see the plant.
Mrs. Harriet l.. Budd, widow of TN
derhill A. Budd Of New York city,
died in New York Friday. She was
"a daughter of the late Hon. Hanp-
den Cults of Brattleboro. The burial
will take place in Prospect Hill Gem
etcry tomorrow forenoon at IL clock
The First Regiment band of q
pieces, +. G.. Leitsinger leader, has been
engaged to play ut the annual hcid dag
and water carnival at Pine Grove
Springs, Spolford lake, Saturday, Aug
IS. Leitsinger'' orchestra win play fol
a concert and bali in Memorial hall il
Wilmington the following Monday
night in connection with the Old Hon,
week festivities.
Harry w. Buzby and Miss France,
r. Clune were married Saturday even
ing by Justice Carl $. Hopkins. They
left by automobile for Greenfield, an,
from there they viii 90 to Spring
field and Pittsfeld. Mrs. Buzby j
next to the Youngest daughter of Mrs
James Clune of Brannou street an,
has been employed for some time il
Buell. 5 restaurant. Mr.. Buzby
home is in Philadelphia, but he ha
lived here the past few years, bcin
employed by William Cushman. The,
will make their home for the presen
with Mrs. Buzby s mother.
Rev Dr. John S. Lyon, for II year
pastor of the Second Baptist cureh O
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-10
London Now Eats Flowers.

The most up to date hostesses now
provide not only the ordinary buffet or
hot supper for those who grace their
bathrooms and reception rooms, but
vegetarian tables and nutriment for
the yotaries of the latest craze-fiower
eating. at a recent ball in Belgrave
square supper consisted of a plate of
specially forced chrysanthemum petals
with a sauce piquante. a salad of lily
Of the valley blooms with mayonnaise,
roses a Torientale arranged with a
delicious sirup) and violets in mar
aschino. The latter was really an in
novation and a trifie too strong for the
strict flower eater.-London Dispatch.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-10
Stupidity and a Balloon,

The real cause Of the destruction Of
the Forlanini airship Citta oil Milano
is attributed by the London Engineer
to the stupidity of the country folk
who rushed to the spot at which the
airship descended to repair leaky
valve. The soldiers who manned the
vessel could neither drive the crowd
back nor induce its members to stop
smoking. 1t was necessary to debate
the balloon. AS the great bag fell
over toward the crowd a series of ex-
plosions took place, and in n few sec
onds great blast of fame shot sky
ward Thus persisted most SUCCESS
full dirigible airship. which had cost
about $4,000. the money being raised
by public subscription in Milan.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-10
N0RTHMEN IN AMERICA.
Scandinavian Blood Mixes Freely In
Our Melting Pot.


Scandinavian immigrants in America
natives of Sweden, Norway and Den
mark-now number a million and
quarter. Yet it is only sixty-four years
since the first of these newcomers,
struggling in after the visit of their
Swedish nightingale, We're known as
Jenny Lind men,"
Edward Aylsworth Ross, in the Gen.
fury, estimates that, counting direct
immigrants and their immediate de-
scendants, America now holds quar-
ter of all the Scandinavian blood in
the world.
He quotes a Norwegian economist
who says his compatriots own in this
country property corresponding in val
ue to the entire national economy of
Norway.
Today two-f1fths Of the people of
Minnesota are of Scandinavian strain,
northern Iowa and the Dakotas are
deeply tinged, but Washington and Or
egon have as much of the blood as the
Dakotas. Noisy industry has called
many northmen to Pittsburgh. but
| four-fifths of our Norwegians were in
| 1900 still outside the cities, most of
them clinging to the soil.
Our Danes are courteous, pleasure
loving, though moody, running to mod
GRAFTON in virtues as in vices. The
Swedes are more polished than the
Norwegians, and have a notable love
of letters. The Norwegians bear the
| stamp of a more primitive life, but
have more pride of nationality than the
Swedes and get into politics sooner
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-10
PERSONAL.

Francis Blake of Bellows Falls visit
ed yesterday in town with friends.
Harold Northgraves of Vergennes,
formerly Of this town, is visiting in
town.
Robert Thayer and Dennis Leahev
are camping at Swansey lake two
weeks
Robert Bcag of Greenfield spent the
weekend at J. Sutherland 5 on Pine
street.
Mrs. Emma Brooks of Boston is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. f. j. Rolir Of
Forest street.
Miss Edith Cleveland. nurse. went to
her home in Dalton, Mass, Saturday
for vacation.
Fred Minis returned 10 his work at
L. j. Fenton' 5 today, after a two
weeks vacation.
Charles II. Allen has been appointed
keeper of Charles H. Grout : store in
West Townshcnd.
Mrs. NJ. G. r. Greenwood is spending
a two-weeks vacation in Norwich and
New London, Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luke Ferriter were
visitors Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs
James Ferriter at SpoGord lake.
Mrs. Hugh Harwood returned .Satur
| day to her work in J Il. Mann S stof,
after a vacation of three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Fellows q
Providence, II. L., are visiting Mrs. G
II. Welcome on Orchard street
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Palmer spen
Sunday in Williamsville with Mrs
Palmer 5 mother, Mrs II. NJ. Adams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Crane and NV,
children of Wakefield, Mass. visite,
| Saturday and Sunday with Mrs. IIarr
Stone, Elliot street
Miss Regina Heaphey began a two
weeks vacation this morning. Sh
will go 90 Montpelier to spend a par
Of it with her brother, T. J. Heaphy
Miss Ruth johnson, cashier a
Houghton 4 Simonds 5, returned t
work today, after a two-woeks vaea
ton spent with Mrs NJ. c. Houohto
a. SpofIord lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Kezer of Mort
Adams, who were enjoying a carriae
drive, returned home Sunday, after ii.
iting Mr.. kezer S sister, Mrs. job
Moore, and brother, Andrew Keze
They also visited a brother in Keene.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Knight an
daughter, Dorothy, who had been yisi
ing his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthr
knight, returned to their nome
| Montpelier Saturday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-10
NOT LIKE OTHER GIRLS.

The mermaid is funny girl.
Now this we know is true:
She's never heard to ask a man
To please tie up her shoe.
-Yonkers Statesman.
although she's truly in the swim,
The mermaid never fiirts.
She has no pesky corns TO trim
And no divided skirts.
youngstown Telegram.
And when the mermaids dressing she
Is never so incased
In steel that she must ask some one
To button up her waist
-Johnstown Democrat.
Another of the mermaids traits
She never frets or blubbers
When it has rained and things are damp
Because she's lost her rubbers
New York Globe.
Oh. who would not a mermaid be?
She never means or walls.
For even though she takes on flesh
She's not afraid of scales.
Washington Post
And when you bid her to the show
She doesn't make you wait
For hours and hours that she may know
For sure her hats on straight.
Nashville Tennesseean.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-10
A BelIini Museum.

The city council of Catania, at the
foot of Mount Etna, Sicily, is making
efforts to acquire for the sum of II 600
lire a number of Bellini relics now
the property of member of the Aston
family to serve as a nucleus for a
Bellini museum. The municipality is
Rlso endeavoring to get possession of
the composers house. which is today
inhabited by tailor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-10
The PASSING Years,

Richard Cleveland.sason of Grover
Cleveland, is one q the American
delegates to the. international educa-
tional conference at The Hague. Does
it make you feel old? Some of us who
do not know we are very far advanc-
ed in years can remember when Baby
Ruth was national figure. And there
was no Richard Cleveland then.-Hart-
ford Times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-10
HWake Up" by TeIephone.

awakened at a certain time can call
up central on the telephone and leave
his number and the hour. At the pre-
else moment his telephone bell will
ring, and 1T will keep on ringing until
he answers. The charge for such &
call Is cents.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-10
Intricate Mechanism,

sT don't know how to take this chick
en- apart" declared the bride.
"Well, we tackled an automobile
successfully" said the young husband
s.We ought to be able to handle a
small job like this. Where's the book
OF instructions ?'-Kansas City Journal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-10
-he Justice and the Bill.

The justice had fined the auto owner
81 for speeding.
The victim pulled out ten dollar
bill.
The justice stared at it.
"It's tn smallest you've gotY'
"Yes."
"Ain't q chumpv' said the Justice
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-10

Suez canal authorities announce that
the maximum draft of water author
! lied has been increased by one foot,
making IT % feet. Six years ago the
| depth was increased to 2S feet
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-10

Candidate hope you don't believe
what the other side is saying about
me.
Pat-Not a bit! All / behave about
you is phat you are sayin' about the
other sfde.-Chicago News.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-10

When the wolf comes to the door he
doesn t mother US with a letter of in
PRODUCTION
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-10

Pumps are used very little in China
The natives dig their own wells where
water is found at the depth of a few
feet.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-10

German youths are now adopting the
American game of football