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Connecticut western news., 1914-02-12
EAST CANAAN

The committee of the local Brother hood have arrangements we'll in hand hand for the Union banquet this. Thurs day, evening and the Lincoln Day cele- bration. The church has been decorst- ed with patriotic flags and bunting and will present an attractive appearance. Governor Simeon E. Baldwin will be the principal speaker. being accompa- nied by Attorney General John H. Light and Executive Secretary Wynne. State Treasurer E s. Roberts will pre- side during the evening. The music will be provided by the Union Brother hood Glee Club and solos by Miss Gladys De Hart and MT, Bianchi. Miss Ruth Gaylord, organist at the church. will accompany the singers. The distin. guished visitors are expected to arrive on the 6.35 train from Hartford and will be met by the reception committee and sn informal reception will be held at the church, giving all an opportunity to be presented to the visitors. The public exercises are expected to begin at 8 p. m and the banquet will be served at 7.30 sharp. The ladies of the Church have made ample preparation for the com- fort of the guests and an attractive menu prepared. The banquet is for the Unlon Brotherhoods of Canaan. and a nominal fee is charged, as the advance sale of tickets has been large. This will be the first union gathering to which the ladies have been invited and this historic church will be crowded this evening. Those who have hot banquet tickets can get them at church.
 Rev. Samuel A. Adam, a native of this village, recently a missionary to Porto Rico, gave a very helpful and in- structive address Sunday night upon Life in Porto Rico" Stereopticon slides were shown of various cities and places of interest and some fine views of the famous military road, There was q large attendance and many old friends were pleased to welcome him home again.
 Rev. W. F. Maylott and A. A. Law rence represented the Church at the Litchfield Northwest Association meet ing in Canaan Tuesday afternoon.
 The JunIor Y. P. s. O. k. is planning TOT a valentine social Saturday after noon.
 The Church services were unusually we'll attended last Sunday and 76 were present at Sunday school. The pastor preached from Luke vi, 48, the theme being "The Function of Character. ," Sunday the theme will be "The Con- quest of Fear" Sunday. February 22, will be observed as " Patriotic Sunday and the Chorus Choir and children will render special music.
 All roads lead to East Canaan on Thursday, the 18th.
 Mrs. W. E. Webster has been at her fathers, E. s. Roberts, for two weeks.
 Mrs. S. Kimball and children have been at MT. Homan's fer couple of weeks. Mrs. Kimball has been quite i'll.
 Miss M. E. Briggs was in Wethers field few days last week.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-12

Hospital in .fontclair she died from the effects of eight bichloriGe of mercury tablets.
 Before dying Miss Herdman made this confession:
 Yes, 1t Is true that Killed Mrs. Man ufng It was the only way. I loved Char ne, and he promised to marry me if he sould get free. But she wouldn't let him 70, and I couldn't wait So I killed her.
 1t wasn't easy, but I thought I could do 1t and live. I found I couldn't. l took schloride of mercury after a night of horror, and before long I will be beyond the reach of the law. I'm sorry 1 did it., hut I am more so~ry that Charlie and l weren't married before I die He has been my husband in all but name for two years.
 1t was a terrible thing to do, but 1t didn't seem that way at first He had told me that he couldn't get divorce, that she refused to let him go, and made up my mind that If she was the only ob- stacle would remove that one
 With a revolver ready I went to her house. None of them knew me there, al- though they had seen me before. When she started to light the gas to talk to me shot her. When she fell I shot her again, and then when her mother and sister rushed in I was frightened and shot at them to keep them away.
 got away without being seen and went I'D my home with my aunt
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-12
FALLS VILLAGE

1OnOr roll or OhDaau SCHOOLS TOT Janu- ary: Canaan Mountaip-Helen Passini, Mollie Passini. Huntsville - Azeline Boibaux. Etta Bushey, Malcolm Nich- ols. Rollin Nichols, Louise Passinl. Note D. M. Hunt and Beebe Hill schools were closed for two weeks, hence no report of perfect attendance in those schools is made.
 Emil Choulet. war veteran and pen- sioner. aged about 80 died Thursday of the infirmities of age and was buried in Grassy Hill Cemetery on Saturday. He came to Falls Village from Norfolk about four years ago. He leaves widow.
 John Hall, brother-in-law of Select man H. E. Howe, who suffered shock few weeks ago. is in about the same condition as last reported. His home is i in Waterbury.
 Frank Reed, of Hartford, is improving at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Clarence Gillette.
 M. G. Marcy is recovered from a severe attack of grip.
 MT. and Mrs. W. T. Pulver, of Hart ford, were at O. Fl. Gillette's over Sun day.
 Richard Smith was in New York last week.
 Landlord Langs is having extensive improvements made in the Inn. The dining room is being repapered and painted and will be made most attract i've. Upstairs practically all the rooms are undergoing the same process, and when completed the Inn will be one of the pleasantest hotels along the Housa- tonic valley.
 The churches are arranging for a Com munity Sunday every body-go -to-church on February 22. The pastors of the Congregational and Methodist Churches Revs. E A. Hazeltine and J. A. Hurn. with Laymen A. s. Davis and Richard Smith, are planning the preliminary work, which will be thorough and ef- fectiye, and will fill the churches on the 22d. Committees will be appointed who will make a thorough canvass of the neighborhood and by various devices advertise the event, and it is confident ly expected that the local churches will experience in large proportion the in- crease of church attendance that is re- ported i'll other towns.
 The Village Improvement Association are becoming inpatient over the delay in getting electric street lights. The money-about $300-has been subscribed for installing the lights, and the old oil lamps have been practically abandoned. But the lighting company, for some un known reason, is delaying the work of lighting-and the people don't like it.
 Lee Kellogg and Richard Smith started for Great Harrington Sunday afternoon for pleasure ride. Mir. Smith stopped at Canaan and MT. Kellogg went to Great Burlington, where he remained for the last car south at II o'clock. When the car came along he started to board it, at point above the village, but just as he reached 1t he slipped on the icy street and was thrown violently against the forward end of the car. His right leg was broken and he was severe. ly cut and bruised about the body and face. He was taken to the House of Mercy in Pittsfeld. where he is at pres ent getting along comfortably.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-12
Strain Too Great
Hundreds of Canaan Readers Find
 Daily Foil Burden.


 Daily Foil a Burden. The hustle and worry of business men,
 The hard work and stepping of work men.
 The Woman's household cares, Often weaken the kidneys. Baokache, headache. dizziness, Kidney troubles, urinary troubles frequently follow.
 A Canaan citizen tells you what to do.
 Mrs. John Devine, Bragg street, Can- aan, Conn. says: We have used Doan's Kidney Pulls in our family with good results aud don't hesitate to recommend them. Que of the family was troubled by backache aud other symptoms of dis ordered kidneys. Nothing proved of benefit until Doan's Kidney Pills, pro- cured at Thurloughs Drug Store, now Farnum & Co.'S Drug Store. were used. They restored the kidneys to a normal condition and relieved the baokache." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name - Doau's- and take no other.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-12
PRIEST GUILTY OF MURDER,

ssans Schmidt to Die In Chair For
 Staying Anna AumuIler.
 Hans Schmidt, the priest murderer sf Anna Aumuller, was convicted of murder in the first degree by a jury n the supreme court criminal term in New York, and Justice Davis will sentence him this week to die in the electric chair.
 Schmidt later said he would not aid Bis counsel in any appeal in his behalf and said he would like to die today and not delay 1t.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-12
BANKER SHORT S7OO, 900.
President of Memphis Institution Is Charged With EmbezzIement-B
 ing Officials Order 1t Closed.

c. H. Raine, president of the Mercan- ale bank, one of the leading financial Institutions of Memphis, Tenn, was charged with embezzlement in a war Eant swore out by z. N. Estes, county attorney general.
 The accounts of the bank, which is a state institution, are alleged to be short Between $7oO,OOO and $1,OOOOOO State Banking officials ordered the institution closed after the reputed shortage be- came known.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-12
Wrong Preposition,

People are so careless about the proper use of propositions.
 ''Yes, know they are. Fred told me he and his bride were going to live with the old man when he really meant on the old man."-Baltimora American
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-12
CASSIDY GETS 18 MONTHS.

WiIIett Given Same Term-Walter
 Sentenced to Three Months.
 Curly Joe'' Cassidy. old Democratic boss of Queens county, and exCon- gressman William Willett, IT,, who bought a nomination to the supreme court bench from him, were each sen tenced to serve a term of one year and six months in Sing Sing and pay a fine of $1,000 by Justice Jaycox in the Brooklyn (N. Y) supreme court
 Louis T. Walter, who was convicted as the go-between, was sentenced to serve three months in the penitentiary and pay fine of $1.OOO
 Good behavior will let Cassidy and Willett out in year, as the sentence is indeterminate.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-12
FOR NEW HAGUE CONFERENCE
United States Sends Suggestion to
 Queen WiIhemna.

The first move looking to new Hague peace conference has been taken by the United States according to per sons who talked with President Vii son.
 1t was stated that this government has written to Queen Wilhelmina re xarding the matter and that United States Minister Van Dyke has been Instructed to present the communica aaOn.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-12
WILLIAM MARCONI.

electrical plant, according to an an nouncement in London.
 A 100 horse power dynamo sent the power through the air to an aerial re- ceiver. To the receiver was linked an electrical bulb. When the power was turned on the bulb was lighted, and 1t remained lighted until the power was turned off.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-12
The New Nurse.

'Now, nurse, please do not say any thing to the child about bugaboos."
 Certainly not, madam. And one question, please"
 "Well?'
 Do you wish the infant to have any instruction at this time on the subject of germs s?''-Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-12
FIFTEEN MINERS ARRESTED.

copper StrIkerS Accused or Interfer-
 ence With Nonunion Men.
 Fifteen Calumet (Mich.) striking miners were arrested on the charge ot rioting in connection with a recent at, tempt to prevent nonunion men from going to work at Ahmeek. The arrests were made under q blanket warrant issued by Jdst."e MeGlyn,
 1t was charged that the strikers re fused tC disperse when ordered to do so by mounted guards and that the attacked the police, beating one police man severely.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-12
Just Lookinq.

When a man looks at woman it is because he wants to look at her: when a woman looks at man it is because she wants him to look at her.-London Tatler.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-12
Sometimes. s.

Tommy-.Pop. d man and his wife are one, 0r"n't they? Toumy's Pop Yes, my sof; s0::HtimeS one too many. - Philadelphia Record.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-12

X few minced dates added to fudge as it comes from the stove will make d dainty confection.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-12

AIS to he feared where alTs to be gained.-ByrOn.
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-12
Murder Charge Not to Bs
 PIaCedr Against Him.
POLICE INVESTIGATION ENDS
0iri Slayer of Woman Cofesses Crime and Hour Later Dies From Effects of Bichloride Tablets-Hop6d to Clear Way. For Marriage With Man She Loved.

Chief of Police Long of Newark. N. r. said Charles s. Manning will not be charged with murder in connection with the staying of Ais wife by Hazel Herdman in her home recently.
 "The police investigation is ended, said the chief. land no other charges will be brought against Manning or his sister, Mrs. Garrabrant." Manning was released in $5,OOOS bail. 1 r
 An hour after Hazel Herdman con- fessed to the police in Mountainside
Connecticut western news., 1914-02-12
Cold
 Weather COning!

Have your bin full of CLEAN COAL when it arrives.
 We have all kinds of good coal-have you tried our Jumbo Peaf It's hot stuff.
 Send in your order for coal and heavy trucking do the rest.
 Office. 20.2 TELEPHONES Goal Sheds, 2o-a
 House, 65.3 WILLIAM J.REEL, Successor to George NJ. Bullock & Go.
 CANAAN. CONN. .~-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

Of 500 passengers-was lodged by putting them ashore
at Port SAID and sending them to Cairo by train from
Cairo they went by train Suez at the other end OF
the canal and so evaded the head tax.
A SHIP entering the Panama Canal from the Carib-
bean and having occasion to stop at Colon to
land passengers take coal or OIL passes between
the TWO breakwaters and enters the seaevel channel
which is 500 feet wide and forty-one feet deep. 1t
stcams steadily ahead with Colon shining in the
light three-quarers Of a mile distant, on the lett the
pathetic graves Of Mount Hope a little farther away,
and with the peaceful Of Limon Bay the right
Throughout most Of this approach channel only the
navigating officer will recognize it as a channel to the
pas enger it will be just ike sailing across New York
Bay through the Ambrose Channel which is invisible
except the chart. But the ship draws nearer to
Gatun the distant land the right closes in toward
the land on the left and the channel becomes real with
banks instead Of buoys
As the massive gates Of the Gatun Locks loom up in
front here your first surprise. You have always
imagined that the big steel leaves would swing silently
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

aiar at your approach and your ship would slide maIesti
cally into the lower lock- with you making snapshots 81
the man behind the lever Nothing Of the sort happens
The ship comes full stop in the fore bay, no matter
how great its hurry Not Admiral Dewey. nor the
First Sea Lord Of the British Admiralty, nor Captain
Bartlett would be allowed 20 take q ship into one Of
these locks under its own steam Rank and seaman
ship must give way the electric mule. as the towing
locomotives are called The reason Is very simple: a
vessel under its own steam might have too much mo-
mcntum or might lose control Of its steering gear ana
crash into the outer gate have seen big liner ram
battcship for instance just it was beng warped
into its dock because the veteran pilot dropped dead
on the bridge at the crucial moment
The Gaun Locks like all the other locksit VIII ne re-
membered) are made in pairs that southDound YES
sells may be lifted while northbound vessels are using
the same ocks-and not have 10 sdetrack as they 90
in the Suez Canal Between each set Of these twin locks
is concrete center wall When the entering snip mas
tied up at the approach wall the canal authorities
send one Of their trained men to the bridge 70 take
command Of the ship, while another OF their own men
takes command in the engine room The Captain Of me
ship and its chief engineer may run out to play until the
boat has passed the canal.
signal is given, and two Of the electric mules run
back to the after end Of the ship lone each side ana
are connected to the by hawsers These two loco
motives are steady the vessel and keep 1t from bump
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

ing into the side walls Another pair Of mules zone on
each side is hched in front to do the pulling. They
are supposed to pull the ship along and into the lock
chamber at a speed Of only miles an hour but no
mule is to be trusted. Before entering any lock the
ship must pass a chain-the biggest ever for it weighs
24O9S pounds If the ship is moving ahead in perfect
accord with the etiquette Of the canal this chain drops
into its place at the bottom Of the lock- and the vessel
passes far above it. But if a watchfu eye sees that the
ship is coming fast or wabbling, the chain does
drop: it catches the ship the nose and slowly
yields. In all ordinary circumstances any ship would
be stopped long before it reached the outer gate.
RUT let Us accelerate imagination and picture an
- innocent looking tramp steamer approaching the
Gatun Locks with the sinister design Of wreckng our
expensive waterway Just at the moment when it might
be needed for the passage OF naval squadron from one
ocean TO another After the towing engines had been
attached suppose the ships officer should ignore the
canal men on board and rush the ship at full steam
ahcad-what would happen
A'uch-especally to the tramp. In the first place,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

finding and electric control is perfect that an evil
intcntioncd drcadnought anywhere within range OF
twelve miles is at the mercy Of these iouriocninch
GUNS. while the mortars can hur tons Of screaming
proiccties high into the air. though they were shoot
ins at the noon and drop them with precision PUNK
ON ship fourteen miles away-bcorc even the tunnels
Of the ship can be seen from the battery This Is not
theoretical: the fact was Enthusiastically demonstrated
not long ago by the big mortar basbng in the sun be-
hind the crest Of Diamond Head the sentinel Of fio-
noulu Harbor.
But Of all this hidden peril the passenger aboard
pcaccfu ship will be unconscious, the batteries being
about two miles from the entrance channel There VIII
be nothing in sight dangerous than the two break
waters between which ne is TO pass Some day. perhaps
on one or the other Of these brcakwaers which PROJECT
into the Caribbean the passenger will see from the deck
the heroic statue Of Brgadcr General Gocthas, L. > A.
the greatest canal builder Of any age; but we must rSt
wait until he is dead, Of coursc-that Is our way
One Of the first things to catch your eye at Port sad
as YOU approach the Suez Canal IS the figure OF DE
Lessons on the brcakwatcr. In one hand ne holds a
map Of his canal and the other is apparently gracefully
waving YOU to enter and make yourself at home. 10
the officers Of an entering ship the graceful gesture IS IN
terprecd as an invitation to drop anchor near the canal
offices and approach the cashier window II cost the
ship was on $4,000 to cross the lsthmu Of Suez An
additional charge Of 81 OOO-bcng two dollars for each
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

dust-colored paper with trucking stream Of water run
ming across it. along crease made for that purpose.
At Panama it is otherwise for the beautiful green Of
tropc vegetation replaces the yellow sands Of the Egyp
tan desert While the Gatun Lake is a vast body OF
water covering l65 square miles Of once-was land your
ship does not pillow across it willy nilly: it follows the
track that is carefully marked out with buoys.-a
winding channel which offers much that is picturesque
to the passengers eye
To those who visited Panama before the water was
turned in there will be some surprises here. Where
dense forests and matched villages stood each
hand now there is only vast sheet OF water the de-
populated villages have vanished from the map. On
the southern bank Of the Chagres, for instance. The
little town Of Cruces broilod in the burning sun up %
few months ago Once under the name OF Nenta CRUZ
it was Of greater commercial Importance than The port
Of New York 1t was the halfway house Of the isthnan
route in the romantic days when the pack mules loaded
with Peruvian silver came tinklng along the paved
highway that led from Panama on the Pacific 70 Nombre
de Dios on the Caribbean. Pizarro knew It well, and
Confined page 70
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR FEBRUARY H. 1914

II would have % break that 2409Spound chain, which
might be classed "some job Next, 1t would plump
into set Of steel gates that would stop anything afoat
they weigh from 800 10 73O tons according 20 location
If. by any unthnkabe chance, the bulwark Of steel
should be smashed we need not worry. Just fifty feet
farther is second gate and a ship could not possibly
acquire speed enough TO put that out Of business But
even if it was possible % ram that gate also the canal
is still on the map There emergency dams that can
be quickly swung across lock, and the mere swing Of
lever will drop tier after tier Of steel leaves across the
lock until the new dam higher than the surface Of The
water This is but one illustration Of the completely
Of the canal as well as Of its precision
All these precautions against the improbable are Ws-
BILE to the passengers eye his vessel IS towed slow
into the lower lock chamber which IS al sea level, Of
course The huge inter gates close silently behind and
the shin is pcnned up in a cster 900 feet long TO
feet vide and eighty feet high Then the signal man
oDens the valves Of some eghteenoot cuverts IN The
lock floor and the water underneath rushes IN 50 fast
that it lifts the ship 70 the level Of the next lock m m
teen minutes But the electric engines being On me
walls instead Of in the water are not lifted with TIE
ship they must climb the steep ascent leading 70 the
next lock; but the climb is made easy by a system o.
racks or cogs At the proper moment the gate Of ne
second lock swings aar and the ship is towed slowly so
Again the gates close again the valves open; and in
another fifteen minutes the ship at the level II %,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

upper lock. AND Wncn II passes Oh.
from the third lock it IS in Gatun Lake
and may proceed under It's own steam
but with a canal pilot for at ieas
twenty miles.
During the passage Of ship throu..
the locks an obscure man behind ...
switch is the big man Of the canal. lIc
is posted high up on the center sail.
and has full view Of the vessel from
the moment it enters until 1t pa IS
safely out. This Gatun switchman
before him a complete model ot ...
system Of locks, model sixty-four ,ee
long. with switches and indicators ar
ranged on it just as they really aye 90
the locks themselves When the ship
swings into the lower lock It is no.
necessary for this man TO see the bis
chain fall before II az the right r0-
ment: if the chain falls before the al.
vancing ship, it falls also on the mode.
in the switchmans office. When ,.e
outer gate begins TO move slowly alar
a gate on the model opens with thc
same precision; and the operator can
watch the inrushing water rise higher
and higher, just as it is rising IN the
lock chamber far below him. Il is O.
wonderful piece Of mechanism, and Is
great tribute 20 the ingenuity Of the
engineers who have had % create MAJ
chinery at Panama that had never be-
fore been called for in any Of the world
great engineering enterprises.
THOSE who have gone through the
Suez Canal will recall how OPP
pressive and monotonous o transit thar
is. especially after the novelty Of the
first hour is over. Aside from the thrill
Of a possible mirage on the Bitter Lakes.
there is little 20 relieve the eternal
sameness Of the yellow landscape and
the pitiess sky. The Suez waterway
has been we'll described as a sheet OF
per with a trickling stream Of water run
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-09-07
The WOman's Parliament
By Mrs esley stoner

By Mrs. Wesley Martin Stoner