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The chronicle=news., 1914-11-17

/: London, Nov. 17.-Germany's re-
markable persistent offensive in bliz-
zarGSwept Flanders and stability
after her hasty defense along her
eastern frontier, were issues, the out
come of which still was undecided
today in the great European war.
In Flanders, the allied line refuses
to yield. while in the east the Rus
SLAMS continue to push forward. The
battle line in France seems for the
time being forgotten and the actions
there probably will continue to be Of
sperodic nature until the allies in
Flanders prove conclusively that
they cannot be battered in or until
the Germans prove that they can.
A month of futile fighting entail
ing losses, the extent of which per-
haps never will be fully known no
convinced German leaders that
France coast towns are unattainable
while snow, rain, wind and cold have
tried the troops severely.
How valiently the Germans have
been meeting death in what to date
has been a hopeless task is recounted
by the British armies official eye
witness at the front. Colonel Swim
ton, who. describing the recent fight
ing around Ypres said:
Their dogged perseverance claims
our whole h earted admiration"
This tribute was not qualified, as
heretofore, by the query whether dis
|cipline or sheer bravery prompted
the men so to die, for the troops re-
lferred to were the guard corps. the
pick OF the German army which has.
according to Colonel Swinton, re
ltained their contempt for death"
Reports that Cracow was in flames
after a Russian onslaught that the
lpopulace of both east Prussia and
.Stleda was fleeing and that the
The chronicle=news., 1914-11-17
Trooper Dies from,
Injury Sustained
in Auto Wreck

Sergeant Harsld Howard of Troop
*, Eleventh U. S. cavalry, stationed
at Delagua, who was injured one
week ago this morning when the au-
tomobile owned and driven by Bert
Figgs plunged off the 27-fOot en-
bankment on Linden avenue. killing
Corporal Philip Maasor and injuring
Figgs. died this morning shortly
after s o'clock at San Rafael hos
pital.
Since the accident Howard has
been confined in the hospital and has
been in a very low condition for the
past four days. When the automo-
bile was preetpitated off the cliff
Howard was thrown from the car and
besides being crushed internally was
badly shaken up and bruised and suf-
fered bad fracture of the arm,
OF the other two occupants of the
car Corporal Maasor was killed out
right and Figgs was badly cut and
cruised and is now in the hospital,
although 1t is now thought that he
will be the only one of the trio to
survive the accident. AT the inquest
held over the body of the late Corpo-
raj Maasor the jury rendered ver-
dict that death was due to an acci-
dent and no parties were held re-
sponsible for his death.
The body of the late Maasor was
sent to Fort Logan Thursday of last
week for burial
The accident in which the two
soldiers were killed and the civilian
was injured occurred about $50
o'clock Tuesday morning of last
week. The three men had spent the
night in Trinidad and Figgs. who is
employed as a machinist at the Ken
meth mine near Tabasco. was taking
the soldiers to their camp at Delagua.
At Kit Carson Park the automobile
was stalled and after getting 1t
started Figgs lost control of the ma
chine and instead of turning off OF
Topeka avenue continued down the
street and ran off the embankment
at Linden and Topeka avenues
where grading has recently taken
place. Maasor was instantly killed
and Howard lived Just week. while
FIggs was badly injured. Tho car
caught fire a few minutes after the
The chronicle=news., 1914-11-17
GREAT ARMIES CONTINUE
FIGHT On FLOOD SWEPT
BATTLE AREA

and floods the loss of life and the strain of
opposing facing other death
srsse Belgium and northern France An0,er n has come IN
desperate effort oas reports from the front indicate that
for and that only the artillery eontin
ing operations with vigor undmnsled GALL. r,
Russian invasion of Turkish territory from Caucasus has
les proceeds with varying fortunes in different localities with chief
now ecnters on the new German offensive against the Rus
In servia the Austrian advance is being carried Oh" according to
of fighting Belgium official and otherwise dwell
the frgtfu adshps which the in the w"Grsoaked
sarl"v this latter phase oniei" reports
eeptea w h reserve is evident that both the Germans an" their
foes have suffered srea One such report comes from British @
SSas!"sG "ys % ScGoo VINO estimates "F F'"" f"'S % m "
that less terrible written by Ga'ieian
priest on grave more than four miles Long, in IT says 'ne
buried
The that being accomplished the this sort of
warfare the latest British Indicate ht the al
lies have been able hold their lines the main with here and there
" rns rt;s f ssef the German assaults I ~ M
tn s @ sys n today pay" a" "
The French official communication of today after emphasizing
few locaes Belgium along the Ans where German infan,rs
The fighting along she boundary "s e" of a
There is nothing there correspond with the end
mobile and the main line shifting constantly In
they measure e" Me~e"" by by ",s of ." m """ an"
Little news Of official character received from the Russian
r'he from fetroglud however dispute
German claims to Poland asserting Ccrmpn of
esve movement has failed The Russian squadron
Finland with the supposed engaging
German Baltic fleet. - 7 ~
'ss; admits the truth of Turkish
vaders from the north had been driven back
guard 1t announced officially has
rzerin the Turkish town the
on tbs nf Psan sas m !" w m fighting M with Turks at Fac town
eay announced that the English reuIscd of LOCO
The latest Austrian the lighting in
that the being
and that 5000 prisoners taken in battle
South Africa reported TO have been wounded the
lowers it is said, lack and lispiritcd.
The chronicle=news., 1914-11-17

London, Nov. 17.-Referring to
mines. the premier said the Germans
had resorted to indiscriminatc mine
laying in the North sea without re-
gard to peaceful shipping and with
out warning. The purpose clearly
was the furtherance of no definite
military operations. but to endanger
British trade. These mines unqucs-
tionabIy had been laid by fishing ves-
sci disguised as neutral. the premier
said. These mines were not SO con-
structcd as 10 become harmless when
loosed from their moorings. neither
were they kept under observation. No
full shipping of this danger. Conse-
qucntly the terms of The Hague con-
ventIon of 1907 have been violated.
After a number of neutral fishing
and merchant vessels and many lives
had been destroyed by these German
ment had been forced to adopt
counter measures to cope with this
German policy of mine laying COM
bined with submarine activities.
"a mine field was therefore laid
across the southern portion of the
North sea- said Mr.. 'Asquith, '.in
such way as to guard the approach
to the English channel. Due pub
lie warning was given In accordance
with The Hague convention. The
last week OF October the Germans
succeeded in laying mine field off
the north coast of Ireland, on the
main trade route from America to
Liverpool. via the norta of ireland.
More peaceful merchant ships were
blown up and more lives were lost.
These mines could not have been
laid by any German ship of war or by
any vessel flying the German flag.
They could only have been laid by
some merchant vessel under neu-
trail flag. which must have come
along the trade route as if for the
purpose of peaceful commerce.
The menace to peaceful shipping
presented by these wholly illegal
methods OF waging war is SO great
that the government has been COM
PEELED to adopt the only pcssible
means Of protection. namely to de-
SlNwt1nueA - naHe n
The chronicle=news., 1914-11-17

A total comfy tax levy Of 5.44
mills on an assessed valuation Of
.$38, ,403, $50 was announced today by
the board Of county commissioners.
This levy together with the levy for
the city purposes adopted by the city
council l0.17 mills, a state levy Of
l.39 mills, a levy of .6S for general
schools and 1880 for school district
No. i makes a total of 1928 mills.
Whereas the total assessed valua-
ton Of all property in the county
one wear ago was $40, 900 900. it is
this year one million less. owing to
the drop in values, the result Of the
industrial trouble Of the past ~
month period. One Of the i'll effects
Of the strike has been to decrease
the value Of property a. the figures
submitted BY the assessor plainly
shows.
The chronicle=news., 1914-11-17

1t will be noted that the state levy
this year is 1.39 as compared with
100 last year and that the levy for
school district No. l is 1890 this
year as compared with 1890 mills
last year. The city levy for this year
is 10.17 as compared with 6.84 mills
last year. but here again unfortunate
conditions have had the effect Of
forcing the city to make up its neces-
sary revenues by direct and i'll
creased taxation.
The chronicle=news., 1914-11-17
WASHINGTON PLACED
UNDER QUARANTINE

.NteA2eR An = -NnN--l Ie'--f He seHto
OF, Washington probably Will be
placed under quarantine today be-
cause Of the discovery OF cases OF the
foot and mouth disease near Spokane.
An iuspector there reported that he
believed the infected cattle had been
shipped west from the Chicago STOCK
yards.
The chronicle=news., 1914-11-17

Washington. Nov. l7.-Later re-
ports to the department form held
agents in the state of Washington
reported that the outbreak there was
confined to one case In one yard ana
officials said 1t might not be nee
essary to quarantine the state.
The chronicle=news., 1914-11-17

Scrvians had been driven farther
into their own country by the Aus
trians. figured in the dispatches re-
ceiyed in London today from the
east and though what really hap
.pencd at Cracow is not known here.
the trend of the news would seem to
indicate that the Germans and the
Austrians are for the moment at the
bottom. Berlin is Interpreting the
retreat of the German forces from
Warsaw as a strategic masterpiece.
much the same as the allied govern
mont hailed General Joffres' retreat
in the early stages Of the German
Invasion in France, but the German
people. according to travellers reach
ing here. are expecting widespread
chagrin at the retreat.
1t will be recalled that similar
criticism was voiced when the
French and English armies continued
to fall back. That this was strate-
giCally proper move subsequently
was proved and according to those
who recently have been at the Ger
man capital the Germany army in the
east must similarly Justify its action
if it's retreat from Warsaw IS not to
go down in history as defeat.
Paris, Nov. 1I.-There was given
out in Paris this afternoon the fol-
lowing official communication:
From Nieuport to DiXmude and
in the region of NDreS, the canuonad-
The chronicle=news., 1914-11-17

Tonight and Tuesday
generally fair; colder to-
night; rising temperature
Tuesday.
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The chronicle=news., 1914-11-17

Buy at home. Help the
local merchant who helps
the town to grow. First
read the C.-N. ad columns.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-28

world to set out for actual service at the front left Pensacola, Fla, on board the United States steamship Missis- sfppi. People who remember the Spanish American war will recall a living squadron under command of Admiral
 Schley. which used to get into print quite frequently. That squadron was composed of two fast light protected cruisers, the Minneapolis and Colum- bia; the finest armored cruiser at that time in existence, the Brooklyn. and the two old slow heavy battleships. the Texas and Massachusetts, one of | which has been resting on the mud at the bottom of Chesapeake bay. and the other has even longer been retired from the first line of battle.
 That squadron flew" over the water at about ten knots-if it was lucky. The new flying squadron is quite diff ferent. Instead of big ships we have nearly a dozen of little. torpedo-like flying boats which dart over the sur face of the water or rise to speed through the upper air on their snowy planes with equal grace and precision. Instead of the thousands of officers and men.that manned the old flying. squadron" the new is manned only by some thirty odd alert. clean limbed young men, some of them in the uni- form of officers, some enlisted men, but all bearing that something of keen ness. of quiet, poised alertness. that already distinctly stamps the man of the air. ' te ...... s''
 Tn Tripoli the Italians used aero planes. one or two, flying singly at random above the Turkish forces, oc- casionally, as opportunity served. dropping a casual bomb or so. In the Balkan war the allies employed some three or four aeroplanes, but again singly and always and only for scout ing purposes, with the single exception of the few attempts at bomb dropping at the siege of Adrianople.
 But for over a year the navy flying squadron has been drilling. first at Guantanamo, later at Pensacola, prac- Using flying in squadron formation through the upper air. They have learned to maneuver in the sky above a hostile fleet or fort with the same precision as a squadron of battleships on the surface of the sea and in pre- cisely the same manner to wheel and turn at the will of a single directing mind in the fiagboat by signals trans mitted from boat to boat by tiny strings of flags.
 They have maneuvered in squadrons of four and six. have fired bombs, while in formation, in succession, in volleys or at will. and they have scored hits by all three methods. And every one of them on the way to Vera Cruz was full of all the enthusiasm of the pioneer, of the man who was going to have the chance to give before the world the first actual service test of new idea. It was all to learn, and ev- cry man was eager to try it.
 WALTON WILLIAMS.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-28
DOMESTIC SCIENCE COURSE
Thirty Pittsburg Housemaids to T
 ceive Education. %

Pittsburg, May 2S.-Thirty house maids now working in Pittsburg
 houses will on July begin course
 in domestic science at public expense
 according to plans completed last
 night by the board of education. Tn
 addition to household work the pupils
 will be taught sanitation. The course will last eight weeks. The club women back of the movement hope to attract to domestic science store workers swho would be able to com mand good wages as domestics and who would be gladly received by heads of households in search of workers.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-28
IMEXICANS DREAD TEXAS RANGERS

had a shot left in his rife. A ranger
 named Gillespie replied that he had
 reserved his rife.
 "Dismount." then said Hayes sand
 make sure work of that chief"
 Although speared through the hip
 with an arrow and with bad flesh
 wound in the arm. the gallant Gillespie dismounted. worked his way slowly around the circle until he could get the rife in range. and at the crack of his. rifle the Comanche leader fell headlonal from his horse. a..
 Hayes wheeled suddenly as Gillespie limped to his horse again. assisted him into the saddle and gave the order tor chagEe. The stratagem which he had wofebd before and did afterward with success turned a desperate situation into a thrilling victory. for the Indians. when they saw their chief fall and those death defyipg whites beating down on them with drawn bowie knives, broke for coRer. On this bat tleheld of Pierdenales lay over fifty dead Comanche warriors. a bloody tribute to the deadly ain, and the dare~ devil spirit of these Texas rangers.
 A man without high character haa no chance to get in the Texas rangers.
 T can look in a mans eyes and ten whether he has the right stun in him Ito make a good ranger" declared W. !. Macdonald. captain of the rangers a few years ago.
 John R. Hughes. another ranger captain, has been an ardent Sunday school worker for thirty years. but fl didn't interfere in the lsasf with his fighting prowess.
 Hughes was pursuing e band of - Der of years ago in a part of the c6tn. try known as the Big Bend. a loon d the Rio Grande ninety miles from s railroad. He had pitched camp inf thicket of scrubby trees when d lone horseman appeared. bringing word that a Southern Pacific train had been rob- bed near Dryden. In ten minutes the ranger party had saddIed it's horses and headed toward Dryden. l50 r11slea away. They made sixty miles of the journey by daylight next mornsnr changed horses and pressed on. Twen- ty miles out of Dryden they picked in the trail of the outlaws, headed north A posse of deputy United States mar shals was on the traiL but the rnnrera made detour and hit the trail ahwaa s of them. On the fourth day. after . 800 mile chase. they came within slehe of the two outlaws. One of them waM slain in the exchange of shots which at once began. and the other deaperaaa perching on rock. blew his hrasre out in sight of his pursuers. Thr-< days later Hughes and his band vs@~~ back in the big country.
 A general cleanup of the border w.. achieved by L. IL McNaiiy. cantse- of rangers in 1875.
 ARTHUR J. BRINroM
New Britain herald., 1914-05-28
MAY NOW PRODUCE
 RELIGIOUS PLAYS
Missionary Education Movement Is
 Ready to offer Productions For Churches of United States.

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 Churches of United States.
 New York, May 2S.-Churches throughout the country and societies affiliated with them are now able to produce religious plays written in proper dramatic form, with stage di- rections and properties, through the establishment in this city of the ex- position department of Missionary Education movement
 This new department. which is one of the most interesting departments of modern church work, was organ ized last January.
 Announcement is made today that it is now able to offer a play. with scen- cry for its production, to churches for use in illustrating, in dramatic form, its home and foreign missionary work. 4 store house here is now full ly equipped with scenery and proper ties, together with costumes, house. hold and other implements and ev- erything needed to set church play. The properties may all be rented for a nominal sum by the religious orgaAr, izations for which they are intende& They can not be had for secular purk poses at. any price. The scenery and larger properties are made afteE pho tographs and with the advice & mis- sionaries who have been for years In the different missionary fields and who know thoroughiSF the countries -s-. E"
New Britain herald., 1914-05-28

TIT Is doubtful f~any body of men
 awaited with, more delight and
 anticipation a declaration of war against Mexico than the Texas rangers. A Texan who was in Chicago recently was asked to describe a ran- ger and replied, "He is the fightihgest man on earth.'' None will deny that Mexicans Tn the border towns have more fear of half dozen Texas ran gers than they have of regiment.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-28

. Colonel John Coffee Hayes organized the Texas rangers during the last Mexican war to aid General Zachary Taylor They rendered great service at the battle of Monterey. Colonel Hayes was one of the most daredevil fighters. There is a story of his battle with the Comanche Indians. He and his men fought until their ammunition was exhausted. all but one shot Hayes quickly called out to ask if any man
New Britain herald., 1914-05-28

An event of this nature is usually advertised after Decoration day but we believe. in telling good news as soon as we know about it and when we say that our entire stock of fine suits has been reduced to prices as told above it will mean the irnme- diate buying by patrons who know our fine stock.
 Many imported models included and every one the exact duplicate of the highest priced metropolitan crea- tions. @
 Workmanship and styles are excep- brocades. ...I
New Britain herald., 1914-05-28
FIFTY FTREMEN OVERCOME.
Ten Partly Conscious Foreigners . Dragged to Safety at Detroit Fire.

E , Dragged to Safety. at Detroit Fire. : Detroit, Mich. May 2S.-More than
 fifty f1remen were overcome by smoke
 and ten partly conscious foreigners were draggsA to safety from the
 flames whi Swept the basement of
 the Unioff Station here last nightl The fire. one Of the most stubborn in the history ofs Rstroit, was not conn pletely extingulRhsd until early today It started in room in the basement where records werefkept. The loss is estimated at s30,0eO. The fremen confined the flames to the basement. The station is used by the Wabash, Pere Marquette and Canadian Pacific Railroads. The old Michigan Central Station, a short distance aways ret gently was destroyed by fire. Rf
New Britain herald., 1914-05-28

For the whole family-oxfords ana high shoes. Tan and black lace or button we are filters for the whole family and the kind of shoes We sell are the best makes.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-28

Hill was entered and robbed during the night, about $75 in cash being taken. >.-.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-28
FIRE IN CAR.

Engine company No. 2 was called out last night for a fire in Hartford
New Britain herald., 1914-05-28

A guaranteed all wool true blue serge for the 'nan--Decoration day. and 9 blue serge suit go hand in hand and when 1t is called to your atten- tion that the finest of serges are of fered to you at. from $16.75 it only goes to show the economy of prices featured in our mems suit depart ment. Quality unsurpassed consider ing the price-others at s20 and $25.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-28
RECOGNIZE BENAVIDEs.

Santiago, Chile, May 2s.-The Chilean government today officially
New Britain herald., 1914-05-28

recognized the new Peruvian admin istration under the presidency of Colonel Oscar Benavides.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-28
SIS SECURED.

Rockville, Conn. May 2S.-The paint and oil store of George w.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-28

bound trolley car at the chesfn street crossing. When the chemie arrived the fire was ott.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-31
CAN PARIS HOLD OUT AGAINST YEAR-LONG
GERMAN SIEGE? WONDERFULLY FORTIFIED !
81 w. S. ZIMMERMAN.

How long can. Paris hold back
food of victorious Germans dashng
at its gates?
IL 1879 the city resisted the rus
SLAMS for four months, although II
was not prepared for siege. Today
tons Of provisions and hundreds OF
cattle are being rushed within the
city's safety zone, for Frenchmen are
getting ready to make last desper-
ate stand behind it's massive fortlfica-
tious.
TIE kaiser will have hard nut to
crack before he dictates terms OF
peace within the worlds gayest capt.
tai. German military textbooks con-
cede that Paris is the, greatest fort1-
fed city. Frenchmen believe 1t I'M
pregnable. American military men
say it ought to hold out at least one
year against besieging army OF 5oo,-
900 men.
Everything that the human mind
can conceive in the way of defensive
warfare is on hand in Paris. Thirty
six huge turreted forts-each COZ
tanning from "a to 60 guns garrison
ed by TO; 900 men, form the basis of
the defenses. The ground has been
mined, or made impossible by traps
and entanglements, for miles and
niles. Aeroplanes and the latest types
of bombs and aerial guns are ready
to beat off Zeppelins if they appear.
In addition to the permanent garTi-
sons the plans of defense call for
2OO,O 900 men as secondary defense.
These men placed in trenches, behind
breastworks and in small cupola forts
and armed with quick-fire and ma
chine guns, will be depended upon to
beat off in the invaders who survive
the terrific cross-fire poured into their
ranks.
Look at the bird's-eye map mo-
ment and you will see why Paris can
be so stubbornly defended. The city,
built in valley, is surrounded by low
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