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New Britain herald., 1914-05-13
TWO LIVES LOST
 FROM BLAZING LAUNCH
Oscar Stoncbtrg Saved After SWiR-
 ming for Three Hours.

New Rochelle, N. r., May 13.-Af- ter swimming two miles in Long Is- land sound yesterday afternoon Os- car- Stoneberg, shipbuilder living at 20 Main street, New Rochelle, told how his two companions, Thomas Clancy and Walter Muller of II Franklin avenue, this city, were drowned when a thirty foot power launch was burned and sank in the middle of the sound.
 The launch was owned by Fowler Ward of 32S Seventeenth street. Brooklyn, who bought it last fall of James K, Mcclure of Al Elm street, New Rochelle, formerly Mayor of Syracuse. Stoneberg had put the launch in repair and with Clancy, a mechanic, and Muller, a foreman of the Diamond Motor company. New Rochelle, went out in 1t to test the engine.
 Engine Back Fired"
 According to Stoneberg the engine back fired" when they were half way between Huckleberry Island and Execution Reef lighthouse. The launch and their clothing caught fire. The three jumped overheard to ex- tinguished the flames in their clothing ana then ACnInDeO DACk 1I1LO CRo DOaL to fight the fire. When 1t was seen that they could not save the boat Stoneberg. tore off parts of the plank ing and made small raft. The. bot tom was burned so that the engine fell through and the launch sank in a few seconds.
 The raft was too light to hold the three and as neither Clancey nor Muller could swim Stoneberg threw off his clothing, in which he says he had about $50, and started to swim to Huckleberry Island, two miles away. He had swam about 8 hundred yards when he looked back and saw the raft, but the two young men were gone. He is confident that they were drowned, because there were no other boats within hailing distance.
 Rescued By Soldiers.
 Stoneberg swam for nearly three hours and finally landed on Huckle- berry Island, where he signalled to Fort Slocum, half a male away, He was rescued by a party of soldiers in a rowboat.' He was revived in the post hospital and fitted out with clothes.
 Neither Clancey nor Muller was married. Clancey's father is a we'll to do carriage builder in New Rochelle. Muller's home Is in Pough- keepsie. Clancey was at one time in the United States navy.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-13
TRIAL DATES SET,
May Term of Windham County Su- periOr Court Opens at Willimantic.

Amanda U. Lawson of East Wood stock, will be placed on trial charged with manslaughter, on May 26 at Putnam. The May term of the su- perior court for Windham county opened here today with Judge Curtis presiding.
 The case of Edward w. Weaver of Woodstock charged with assault upon his 19 year old daughter will be also heard at Putnam. Mrs. Lawson was not in court. Jonas F. Lawson, the husband, was mysteriously slain in the barn of his place on August IA, last.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-13
OBSERVING MAY DAY
Mt. Holyoke College Students to Pre-
 sent Several Plays.

South Hadley. Mass, May 13.-The program arranged for the observance of May Day at Mt. Holyoke college to- day was made up chiefly of plays to be presented by the students. It was planned, if the weather permitted, to enact in the open air theater on Prospect Hill prologue .'The Com ing of Spring." written by Grace Hal lock, "A, of Milton on -the- Hudson. N. Y., and '.The Moon Princess" a nlasque by Constance Darcy Mackay. Pictorial dances. the crowning of the May Queen and the winding of the May pole completed the ceremonies set for the afternoon.
 This evening many students will participate in the presentation of Alfred Moves play, "Sherwood,"
New Britain herald., 1914-05-13
TOO LITTLE PARENTAL . CONTROL, SAYS TAFT
Children Of Present Agt Not
 Spanked ,Enough, He Declares.

New Haven, May 13.-Prof Will ,liam H. Taft spoke to several hun- Idred people of Italian descent in the hall of the Greene street school last Eevening. The meeting was arranged |by Allen B. Lincoln, who was instru- lmental in forming the first Italian Iclub in New Haven. Professor Taft Twas greeted by everyone rising when The came into the hall shortly after 5 ko'clock.
 F. Reviews Italy's History. X He told his hearers that he had a Kindred feeling for those who were |not long in New Haven for he was a recent conner himself. He reviewed |the brilliant, history of Italy with its |nrtists and poets and soldiers and said that the past was something they all Should be proud of. He warned them. however. that such a memory would be good only if it spurred them to Efforts to make themselves worthy of 5t He declared that people of the Anglo-Saxon descent were inclined, Sometimes, to be bit provincial in Eheir way of regarding things which hid not come from their own race. but tvthat a little wider experience usually wears that feeling off.
 He also warned them to beware bf quack political remedies which were offered for the purpose of put ing or continuing people in office. Ie said that conditions would be in- eed wrong when people who worked lard and obey the laws were not to ave a better time and a better reward han those who simply go about kick ng about conditions He spoke of the Immigration bill and said that this ountry welcomed immigrants of the light sort whether they could read or rite or whether they couldn't.
 Raps Diteracy Test.
 He declared that the literacy test kould exclude many who would make bod citizens. He added that the so> (alists and anarchists of the world re able to read too much.
 He added that the children of tho resent age were not spanked enough, lat there was too little parental con ol. He declared that he was sorry
 observe that there was tendency h. the part of the children to learn nglish and forget Italian as quickly
 they could. He said that was a istake for they didn't know what icy would miss in later life in nor ping able to read in both languages.
 Not Goddess Nation.
 In spite of the fact that there was
 church connected with the state Are he asserted that anyone who lieved that this was a goddess coun- or a goddess people was mistaken. he country. he said, welcomed as any churches as would come ana i'd that all should be tolerant of one
 other.
 Tn concluding he urged all who Ire voters to make the most of the
 Int of suffrage and asked them not
 be swept off their feet by nostrums hich weren't real remedies for exist
 conditions.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-13
LEGISLATION LIMITED
 BY HOUSE DEMOCRATS
Caucus Votes to Consider Anti-
 Trust and Appropriation Bills.

Washington, May 13.-House demo- crats in caucus last night voted to limit the legislative program for the re- mainder of this session to antitrust measures and appropriation bills. Rural credits will go over until next winter. Of the 230 members who at tended the caucus not more than 20 voted against the program. Majority Leader Underwood outlined the plans of the administration. and explained that the work of the session was be- ing curtailed 'in the hope of an ad- journment of congress by July 10." President Wilson has suggested to house leaders who called upon him early in the evening that no attempt be made to pass rural credits during the present session.
 Bills to Be Considered.
 The caucus voted to have the house devote the next two weeks to consid- eration of the antitrust bills--the Covington interstate trade commission bill, the Clayton antitrust bill and the Rayburn measure for federal con- trol sof railroads are to be taken up.
 The prohibition and woman suf- frage proposed constitutional amend
 
 caucus on the ground that they were not party measures The action of the caucus, however does not pre- clude their consideration in the house if they are reached after the program as arranged has been disposed of.
 Underwood's Last Time.
 In presenting the administration plan MT. Underwood said the pres- dent had counted upon inclusion of rural credits, because of pledges in the party platform, but that with the banking and currency committee ab- solutely unable to agree it was inn practicable to make it fixed part of the program for the present session. Incidentally MT. Underwood referred with feeling to his coming removal from the house to the senate, saying that this was the last time, in all probability, that he would appear be- fore his colleagues to present a legis- lative program.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-13
McDERMorr SELECTED.

Chicago, May 13.-Michael McDer- mott, considered one of the best all- around swimmers ever developed in the middle west, will represent the Illinois Athletic club in the first in- ternational long distance swim. which will be held in New York on July 19. He was selected yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-13
AID IS DECLINED.

Washington, May 13.--The Italian Red Cross yesterday declined. with thanks. an offer of $5,0O0 rendered by the American Red Cross for relief of earthquake sufferers at Catania. The Italian organization said: Out side aid, happily not required.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-13
HOLD CEnEBRATION.
rond Anniversary of Huerta's vic-
 tory of Canejos, Observed.

Mexico City, May 13.-Thousands of rsons took part In a demonstration sterday in front of Provisional |esident Huerta's residence in cele. htion of the second anniversary of E battle of Canejos. where Huerta, [ding federal troops, defeated Pas hl Orozco's rebel forces. General Huerta appeared on the (cony of his home and shook hands &h many of the demonstrators.
 Later in the day the officers of the
 ny called on the president to ex-
 a tons and to them
 erta expressed satisfaction at the
 nonstrations. made in his honor by
 army and. the people.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-13
OFF FOR GALVESTON.

New York. May 13.-The steamer City of Macon, under charter by the government, left New York for Gall weston today. bearing supplies and ammunition. About the time the vessel left the supply ship Celtic passed in quarantine. returning from the south.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-13
SCOTTISH NOVELIST DEAD.

London, May 13.-Mrs. Isabella Fee Mayo. the scottiM novelist died lay at the age of Fl. She also pte under the name of Edward rrett and was contributor to
 leading girls papers and Sunday 'gazines.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21
CHILDREN LOVE
SYRUP OF FIGS
II is cruel to force nauseatinu,
harsh physic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood dayA
Remember the dose" mother tnstated
on-castor oil. calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them. how you fought
against taking them.
With our children its different.
Mothers who cling to the old form Of
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt Is wellfound-
ed. Their tender little 'insides" are
injured by them.
II your childs stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing. give only deli
cious California Syrup of Figs" Its
action Is positive. but gentle. Millions
OF mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that 1t never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that teaspoonfuI
given today saves a sick child tomor-
row.
Ask at the store for a 5O-cent bottle
OF California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies. children
Of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21
Wyoming.

A number of Pennsylvania and Ohio
oil men have been recent visitors >tc
the Salt Creek fields. These men say
that the strike of oil in this state and
the magnitude of the fields will have
the tendency to attract many of the
old-time Eastern oil operators to the
West.
No arrangements for a consolida-
ton of the Midwest Oil Company and
the Franco Petroleum Company were
made at a conference of officials and
principal stockholders OF the compa-
nies held recently in Paris, according
to Henry NJ. Blackmer of the Franco
company, who returned to Denver.
Samples of gold ore brought to Cen
tennial from the Snowy Range mining
district have proven to be fabulously
rich. 1t was not thought until very
recently that the ore was above the
ordinary but upon having a number
of samples tested by conceneration,
it was found to contain gold in guam.
tity far beyond all expectations One
sample in which no gold was visible
gave returns of $1S,141.20 per ton.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21

In a fold of the kentish hills surrounded by
apple orchards and hop gardens there stands
humble building whose walls eloquent OF the
past a writer in the London Globe says 1t Is
almost the only of its kind left stan1ing-so
far the exterior is concerned-in its entirety
The adjoining land granted to one of his
knights by Edward l. in 1872 and the most reli
able antiquarian opinion is in favor OF the house
having been Quilt shortly after. Our knight, in
the matter of building did not despise the record
of the past, for he adopted the Norman method,
then dying out, of placing his living rooms on the
second floor. This made for safety and the ground
floor apartments were simply ~ndowless dun
geons and storerooms.
In those days they built for strength. and the
walls of Kentish of great thickness, cal
culated to withstand the assaults of any quarrel.
neighbors, while the tuyret which gives ad-
mittance by stone spiral staircase to the living
rooms above. is guarded top and bottom by mas
sive oaken DOORS and is lighted by oylets through
which rain OF arrows could be poured upon in.
truders below. The main style of the building is
that OF the transition from early English to dec
GRATED. Oblong in form, it has gables north and
south and either end of the long east wall is
square projection.
Ascending the stairs find ourselves in a
of truly noble proportions. occupying the
length and breadth of the building. 2S feet by
1S12, and lighted by windows east west north
and south. 1t is open to the roof. which contains
nearly. If not quite its original form. and has
fireplace and "ambrey' cupboard in which
cooking and table requisites and aims for the
poor were kept. In this "aire' or attire" the fam
iy lived and worked. and here visitors and better
class retaners slept. Here, perhaps from the
beams supporting the roof hung the store of dried
provisions for winter and the herbs collected
by the squire's dame
1t here in the "aire" that, at even the
family rathered round the freight tcandles were
expensive luXuries in those days. to listen to
story of battle chase. The windows we're un-
glazed. but glass might be fixed in the shutters
the iron hook for which still remains. Oaken Sc,
ties did duty seats by day and resting places
at night and meals served on a board placed
on trestles-hence. perhaps the phrase the fes.
tive board
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21
ENGLISH HOME OF 1872

From the hall doorway gives admittance tc
of those square chambers already noticed as
built on the ends of the east wall. 1t is the
lords chamber the sleeping room of the
en- and children. The walls thick and lancet
Sits high above reach. let in dim light by day,
while the shutter hooks, still tightly wedged in
the wall. show now jealousy the retreat was
guarded by night. 1t the inner sanctum, the
protected part of the house. where those
dearest to the knight found refuge in troublous
days and children obtained privacy from the
more public life of the hall.
The other projecting room throws further light
on the dispositions OF knight. soldier q
domestic man, man OF taste. he was also a man
of religion. For this room, a little larger than
the lords chamber, is the chapel 1t has long.
narrow, early English window, and two smaller
ones and retains window arch and piscns
tracery OF much architectural beauty.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21
INDIGESTION, GAS
OR BAD STOMACH
Time it! Pape's Diapepsin ends
all Stomach misery in five
minutes.

Do some foods you eat hit back
taste good, but work badly; ferment
into stubborn Jumps and cause sick.
sour, gassy stomach? Now, Mr. or
Mrs. Dyspeptic, jot this down: Pape's
Diapepsin digests everything. leaving
nothing to soLr and upset you. There
never was anything SO safely quick. SO
certainly effective. No difference how
badly your stomach is disordered you
will get happy relief in five minutes.
but what pleases you most is that 1t
strengthens and regulates your stom-
ach SO you can eat your favorite foods
without fear.
You feel different az soon as "Pape's
Diapepsin" comes in contact with tho
stomach-distress just vanishes-your
stomach gets sweet. no gases, no belch-
Ing, no eructations Of undigested food.
Go now, make the best Investment
you ever made, by getting large fifty.
cent case of Pape's Die pepsin from any
store. You realize in five minutes how
needless it is to suffer from indiges-
ton. dyspepsia or bad stomach. Adv.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21

dweller may come down to breakfast and hnd a
couple of feet OF snow outside his windows While
he is breakfasting. the rushes out from De-
hind neighboring ridge and in an hour or two
there is no more snow That same afternoon
roads and meadows will be dry and flowers once
more firm and upright. Soon it becomes too hot
to sit in the sun. That is the end of the winter
season.
For those who have become weary of the noise
and hurry and dirt OF town life, what greater
change could be imagined? 1t may be that there
will come moment to the chalet dweer when
he will feel mingled with reluctance at leaving
the calm life of the mountains certain antici-
patory Joy at the thought of returning more
the crowded days of city life. But what Of
that? 1t only means that the spell has worked
that the is complete.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21

tIsIHB yOuI ptiIS, anu
resolved to try them. did. and took
only two boxes. and l am now sound
and well. regard my cure as remark
able. l can recommend Dodd's Kidney
Pills to any one who is suffering from
Kidney Trouble as was" Write to Mr..
F1eenor about this wonderful remedy.
Dodd's Kidney Pills. 50c per box at
your dealer or oodd's Medicine Co..
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints. also music Of National Anthem
English and German words) and reci-
pes for dainty dishes. All sent free.
Adv
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21
Face and Eioht Worry,

Realize your worries for what they
are worth-for what they really are
Face them-stare them in 'the face.
Leave the future to the future, and all
your worrying and anxious wondering
viii not alter it an atom. All you do
Is to burden yourself with your exag-
gerated conception of your worry and
to carry it with you upon your back
into your future. Face it. realize it's
limits and fight it.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21
New Mexico.

new mining company is the Ele.
phant Butter, a copper concern, cap
it,ilized at s3,000,00O with main office
at Santa Fe.
offered for the Caribel mine at REQ
River, which was refused, the owners
believing they have that amount OF
ore exposed in the workings Of the
mine. Forty thousand dollars has
been expended, covering a period oi
four years. A mill on the property
will be enlarged.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21

the Snow, and almost instantly few stray prm-
roses and gentians-the forerunners of spring
viii burst into flower. Even in December, il the
season be u.iid one they may be found. A lit
tie later. fields of delicate snow lakes common
locally With the lengthenng days of February
and March. when the sun. rising higher in the
heavens, disperses the snow. every meadow and
pasture teens with the loveliest of flowers. There
seems to be end to Natures prodgality. Acres
and acres OF cowslips. of a size and richness not
known TO England, boom uninterruptedly for
than six weeks. Anemones, white and vel.
low large and small, thrive in the widest pro-
fusion; while in the woods. fragrant daphne is
followed by the wild lily of the valley. In many
places the pheasant eye narcissus grows thick
grass, and scents the while neighborhood In
deed, from distance of ten miles. the mountain
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21

lilies of many kinds and
colors vie with each
other in brilliancy A
little higher up at the
melting of the SHOWS
may be found the deli
cate soldaneIfa. most
modest of flowers; but
perha ps more gorgeous
than any other, at least
when seen in masses, is
the gentiana vern n a.
whose intense azure
blue. spread on the vivid
green of the young
grass shoots. forms a
natural carpet of unsur-
pass a bl loveliness.
Amid such a Paradise
of flowers the idea of an
artificial garden is un-
thinkable'
1t will sometimes hap
pen that a late snowfall
will occur even in April
or May. The caiet
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21
a frozen Cascade in tie CHa1ef Grounds

Alps" appear il sprinkled with snow. but or a
closer approach they to be covered with
narcssi. So profuse are they that the hosts OF
visitors who carry away armfuls every day make
no noticeable impression. Most people have at
least heard of the fields of wild narcissi that e1
tend from Les Ayants all the way into the
Gruyeres country, and many have seen them; but
not many aware that they may be seen IN
numerous other districts OF the Alps. In every
valley golden globe flowers grow in masses that
catch and reflect the sunlight while orchids and
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21

TO quit WOrk, ana
doctors failed to do
me any good. l kept
getting worse all the
time, and it at last
turned to inhamma-
ton of the Bladder.
and l had given up
all hope. when one
day l received your
little booklet advef-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21
A HOPELESS MINORITY,

The trouble with Tibble is that he takes him.
self too seriously"
You mustn't blame Tibble for that. His At
ttude is i'll the nature Of protest"
L don't understand"
Everybody else takes him for a fool
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21
THE POWER OF MELODY.

"Do you think that music exercises an eevat.
ing infuence?"
Not always" replied Senator Sorghum, Il
have known some mighty good men to be de-
feated because they couldn't afford to hire
enough brass bands" Star
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21
The Alternative.

Mrs. Casey (sitting up in bed)-
Moike. did yez put out the cat?
Mr. Casey-Oi did.
Mrs. Casey-Oi don't behave it,
Mr.. Casey-Well, if yez think Oim
liar get up and put 'er out yerself.-
London Sketch.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21
SUFFERED FOR rs YEARS.

Mr.. R. NJ F1eenor. R. F. d. 80, Otter.
bein, Ind. writes: 81 had been a suffer
er from Kidney Trouble for about 25
years. finally got so bad that had
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21
THEIR WAY.

The high cost of living ought not to anec
prima donnas"
Why not?'
Can't they get everything for a song"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21
Mean Hint.

His wife made him"
Good heavens! Where did she ever
get the PATTERN"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21

1t has been said that women never
love as deeply as men-probably be-
cause there is SO little to furnish the
inspiration.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21

Deans Mentholated Cough Drops work
wonders in overcoming serious coughs
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21

Constipation causes and seriously aggra-
Yates many diseases, 1t is thoroughly cured
by DR.. Pierce's Pellets. Tiny sugar-coated
granules Adv
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21

daily sunshine This period
gave way In turn to time
when snow and frost trans
formed the whole countryside
into perfect fairyland.
The snow is crisp but not
wet. the air keen yet not
raw. and everyone comes in
with the glow OF health on
his counteuance Though i;
is possible to feel pleasantly
tired in such air after d long
tramp or a big skiing eXpe.
dition, there is never sen
sation OF WEAKNESS. Here
and there in a sheltered cor.
uer the sun will chase away
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21
SEEMS LIKE 1T.

Don't schools sometimes commit practical
buls?'
How so?"
Why, they finish their scholars with 4 com
mencement"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21

It doesn't always take . sweeping
assertion to throw dust in the other
fellows eyes
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-02-21
Hetyshb01'a9 cHS|etes

lat happiness is 10 be found some
where outside himself seems to be
an almost universal feeling among
mankind bort wo du NIGHT bist,
dort is das Gluck." AS the years
pass by, the fallacy in it begins to
make itself felt. but each Individual
has to find it out for himself in the
school Of experience. nor must he
hope by any argument to convince