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New Britain herald., 1915-11-19
LIGHTING RATES WILL
 BE REDUCED JANUARY 1.
U. B. l.. and w. Co. Will An nOunce New Years
 Gift Soon.

The committee of the mercantile bureau of the Chamber of Commerce on the matter of Investigating com mercial lighting rates, consisting of J. M. Halloran, chairman; J. A. An drews and w., A. House, has com pleted it's work and is prepa aring it's report which will be presented to the directors of the bureau at their next meeting. ,....
 The report will cover the work of the committee which has extended over a period of three months. 1t will give in detail the facts brought out by the investigation into lighting rates and conditions in about thirty cities similar in size to New Britain.
 Several conferences have been held with the officials of the United Elec- tric Light and Water company, and as a final result of a conference held yesterday between the officials of the company and the committee and a further conference between Superin- tendent G. F. Atwater and Secretary A. H. Andrews, today, the report will contain the announcement of a re- adjustment of rates which will mean a considerable reduction in cost to many users of electricity for lighting purposes.
 There will also be announced change in rates which will mean a re- duction in cost to residential light ing to many users. A complete analysis of the changes will be given in the report showing what the ef- feet will be on the merchants and the householders.
 Within a few days, the Lighting company will announce the new rates in detail and the conditions covering the same.
 The new rates win go into effect on January l.
 meeting of the committee on uni form closing hours, was held today to discuss plans for the coming year.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-19
DIDN'T CALh DOCTOR.

Although little Josef Balicki aged two years and five months, was crit tally i'll at his home, 16S Mrytle street, since Sunday, it is claimed that his father, Michael Balicki, neglected to call in a physician. The child died of diphtheria last night shortly after o'clock. haf an hour after Dr. Julius A. Rupert had been summoned. The funeral was held this afternoon. interment being in Sacred Heart cemetery. Several other children in the house are sick with diphtheria and the home has been placed under quarantine by the health department
New Britain herald., 1915-11-19
SPRING ST. WOMAN
 SEEKING DIVORCE
Mrs. Joseph Colon, Who Once Left Husband, Now Seeks Her
 Liberty.

Alleging fntolerable cruelty, Mrs. Helen Colon of 51 Spring street to- day brought suit against her husband, Joseph Colon, for absolute divorce. She has retained Lawyer M. D. Sake and the writ, served by Consta ble Fred Wrinkle, is returnable before the superior court on the first Tuesday in December.
 In her oompl aint Mrs. Colon sets forth that she was married on May 15, 1910, and that the alleged cruel ties of her husbands began about January l. 1914. @
 In addition to asking absolute di vorce, Mrs. Colon asks the custody of her four-years-old daughter, Frances Josephine, and the right to resume her maiden name, Helen Joseficik.
 Mrs. Golon's domestic troubles have been brought to the attention of the public on ono other occasion when, within the past year, she de- serted her husband and with her child stayed away from him for some time. Later a reconciliation was eff fected, but it was not lasting.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-19
VENICE FORWARDED

Austrian Aeroplanes Fight With Ital-
 ian Machines and Make Successful
 Raid.
 Vienna, Nov. 19, via London, 11:11 a. m.-Venice has again been bonn barded by Austrian aeroplanes. Of- f1cial announcement was made here today that an aerial squadron attack ed military establishments of that city yesterday afternoon.
 The announcement follows:
 Navy headquarters announces that on the afternoon of Nov. IS. one of our seaplane squadrons success fully dropped bombs on the forts at San Nicola and Alberoni and the ar senal, aviation, gas works, railway station and several barracks at Ven ice.
 Notwithstanding the heavy fire of anti-aircraft gunshand the attacks of three hostile aeroplanes,- our squad ron returned with complete safety"
 A1beroni and San Nicola are small points in the neighborhood of Venice.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-19
PAUL CABIN, WELL
 KNOWN MAN, DEAD
Funeral Will Be Held Sunday After
 noon at ? o'clock in MOrtuary Chapel.
Chapel.

Paul Cabin of 13o Cherry street, a well known German resident and for merly prominent as the proprietor of the Germania House on Center street died at his home this morning at 9:30 o'clock, following an illness which dates from last January. The funeral will be held from the Erwin Mortuary chapel at o'clock Sunday afternoon Rev. M w. Gaudian, pastor of St Johns German Lutheran church, will officiate and interment will be in Fair view cemetery.
 MT. Cabin passed his fifty-second birthday on September 12. He was a native of Germany but came to this country when a young man and had lived in New Britain for thirty-two years. He was prominently identified iii several fraternal orders, having been a member of the Foresters, the Odd Fellows, Concordia lodge, the New Britain Turner society and the Teutonia Maennerchor.
 Since the death of his wife about six years ago MT. Cabin has lived alone at his house on Cherry street. After managing the Germania House on Center street for many years MT. Cabin sold out and went into the cigar manufacturing business on Cherry street. After giving up that business he conducted a repair shop.
 MT Cabins nearest living relative is said to be brother, Robert Cabin, who lives in Michigan.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-19
WOMAN NOVELISTLOSES
 SUIT, ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Miss Kenealy Dramatically Addresses London Judge
 As She Takes Poison.

London. Nov. 19, 11:58 a. m.-"My Lord, I told you you were trying n woman for her life; I have taken enough poison to kill five people" was the dramatic exclamation made by the well known novelist Miss Annesley Kenealy, as she threw upon the floor a bottle, the contents of which she had just swallowed on hearing the court pronounce judgment against her.
 Miss Kenealy immediately col lapsed and was carried unconscious to the emergency ward of the court house. Later she was removed to the hospital, where, this afternoon she was said to be out of danger.
 Miss Kenealy's suit, which had been before the court for some days, was ] claim for damages against whole sale book distributing firm for al- leged false and malicious statements defamatory of her, book. The de- fendants refused to circulate the book, as they alleged it contained a libel on a fashionable West End dressmaker whose premises were described as a gambling den. Miss Kenealy averred that the action of the defendants de- prived her of a livelihood, as publish CTS now would refuse to accept her book.
 Miss Kenealy, who is the sister of Arabella also we'll known as a writer, is a daughter of the late Edward V. H. Kenealy, who in 1873 was the leading counsel for the claimant in the mo- torious Tichborne trial
New Britain herald., 1915-11-19
MORE ARRESTS FOR 2
 PASSPORT FRAUDS
Department of Justice Receives In- formation Which Will Lead to
 Further Indictments.

Washington. Nov. 9-The depart ment of justice was today making fur ther inquiry into the activities of Aus trian Consul General Won Nuber and his associates. In an announcement the department said that information had been obtained which proba bly, would lead to further indictments for passport frauds.
 Won Nuber and German Ambas- sador Won Bernstorff were recently charged publicly by Dr. Joseph Gor!- car, former Austrian consul, with hav- ing directed propaganda carried on by the Austro Hungarian consular service in the United States for fo- menting strikes in munition plants. :
 These allegations have already been formally denied by the Austrian em bassy here and through the em mbassy by the Austrian foreign minister.
 Tho investigation is the outcome Of a conference in New York on Wednes- day between A. Bruce Bielaski, chief Of the bureau of Investigations of the department of justice and Dr. Goricar.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-19
PARISIAN DRESSMAkERS
 BLACKLIST AMERICANS
Kurzmann, of German Blood, Cannot Get Gowns for
 Mrs. Galt's Wedding.

Paris, Nov. 19, 10 a. m.-The Paris dressmaker's syndicate has blacklist ed two American customers of Ger man origin, one of them a man named Kurzmann, reputed to have been commissioned to buy gowns for Mrs. Norman Gait, who is to be the bride of President Wilson according to Gustave Terys newspaper L'Oeuvre.
 The newspaper ayers that Kurz- mann has threatened to raise diplo- matic question because of the mod istes' refusal to accept orders from him. LOeuvre declares, however, that each house from which he or dered gowns has offered to supply Gait without having them pass through the hands of an interme- diary. f
 Paul Poiret, president of the dress makers syndicate, is absent from Paris. His confidential secretary, however, confirmed the statement that Kurzmann has threatened to raise diplomatic question over the de- clination of the modistes to fill his or ders for gowns which he asserts are intended for Mrs. Gait.
 You may declare that no member of our syndicate will deliver goods to Kurzmann, or through Kurzmann or any other German house." said the secretary. 'At the same time, each or every member of the syndi- cate would be proud to be honored with a commission to make gown for President Wilson's fiancee, and would be most happy if permitted to present it with it's compliments"
 Rue de La Paix and other leading houses refuse to state whether or not they have had orders for gowns for the Presidents fiancee. Some of them say, however, that they have had orders from Kurzmann which they are unable to fill in consequence of the decision of the syndicate. All express regret that such an incident has come up and state that they hope it will cause no annoyance to Presi- dent Wilson. They are endeavoring to dispose of the matter without too much publicity but declare that they cannot overturn the decision of their representative body.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-19
MISS CANNON HELD.
Woman Charged With Murdering Her
 Ward Gets No Bail.

Westfield, Mass, Nov. 19.-Miss Elizabeth Cannon, charged with the murder of her ward, Lucille Thomas. at Russell, on Nov. 8, was held for the grand jury without bail in the district court today
 At hearing on Nov. g she pleaded not guilty. Miss Cannon was brought here from the county jail at Spring. field and was taken there again by deputies.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-19
Germany Sends Out Alleged Ad-
 miralty Orders to Shipping
SERVE AS PROTECTION
American, Italian, Scandinavian and <
 Dutch Colors Supposed to Have
 Ss Served; British Shipping as sub- marine Shields.

Berlin, via London, Nov. 19, 5:12 a. m.-What purport to be the fre- quently mentioned but never pub l1shed British admiralty instructions to the masters of merchant ships re- gardlng the use of neutral flags to es- cape the submarine menace are print ed by Capt. Kuehlwetter in the Lokal Anzeiger today. The German admir- atty referred to these instructions at the outset of the submarine campaign and in the diplomatic correspondence regarding the sinking of the Lusi- tania
 The first of the regulations as printed by the Lokal Anzeiger is un- dated but apparently was issued at the beginning of the submarine campaign. It takes the form of a telegram from the British admiralty communicable to all ships and is given as follows:
 Show Neutral Flag.
 British shipping is instructed to maintain a sharp watch for subma- rines and show either the flag of a neutral country or none at all so long as the ship is in the vicinity of the British Isles. The British flag must be shown on meeting British or allied warships. House flags must not be carried and marks, such as name and home port, must be ef- faced.
 Flags which should be used ac- cording to the above are the follow ing: American, Italian, Scandinavian, and Holland"
 Confidential.
 The second document is decree of 'onr oHn in iof of British Naval Station dated March 15, which reads:
 "Confidential
 names.
 Neutral flags: Ships upon long voyages and upon regular voyages about the United Kingdom shall be equipped with neutral flags if they carry a valuable cargo The neutral flags shall be carried, according to route as follows:
 Route Bristol channel and south ern part of the Irish channel, Nor wegian, Greek or Italian flag
 Route Liverpool Glasgow and northern part of Irish channel, Span ish or Norwegian flag.
 Route eastern coasts of the King com, some Scandinavian flag, or south of Hartlepool the flag of Holland or Spain.
 Crossing the channel no flag shall be shown"
 Other documents explaining the in- ternationa1 propriety of using neutral flags or otherwise disgusting ships and using the shelter of the neutral three mile zone bear less directly upon the subject, except paragraph of so- called confidential instructions from the British admiralty, also issued in March, 1915, directing British ships to make every effort to escape because they would be sunk in any case and the crew, even if the vessel were tor redoed, would have time to take to the boats under most circumstances. These instructions are reported to contain this order: If a submarine comes to the surface ahead and in the vicinity with openly hostile inten- tions, steer directly at it with the highest speed, and keep changing the course So that the submarine always is dead ahead"
New Britain herald., 1915-11-19
OUARRIES co. SUED.

Through Lawyer E. M. Yoemans of Hartford the Standard Oil company of New York, with offices in Hart ford, today brought suit against the New Britain Trap Rock company on Stanley street. Constable Fred Win kle has garnished $20O and the plain tiff claims $15O damages on a bill of $107.70. The writ is returnable before the court of common pleas on the first Tuesday in December.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-19
TROLLEYS TIED UP.

Traffic on the Hartford trolley line was demoralized this afternoon by the blowing down of a tree in New ington near the crossover. The tree lay in such a position across the wires that it was impossible to pass, and l1nemen were sent to the scene and made repairs.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-19
FREEM.AN-HUNT.

New London, Nov. 19.-Announce- ment was made here today of the en- gagement of Congressman Richard P. Freeman of this city and Mrs Fred ricca R. Hunt, of Scarsdale, N. Y. Wedding will be solemnized Nov "A at Scarsdale.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-19
KITCHENER AT SALONIKI.

Saloniki, Nov. IS, via Pars, Nov. 19, D. m Field Marshal Earl Kitchen CT, the British secretary of war, to- day conferred with General SarraiI, commander in chief of the French army of the Orient, and left imme- oiately without debarking
New Britain herald., 1915-11-19
INSTALL FIRE ESCAPES.

Complying with instructions from Building Inspector Rutherford, own CTS of six tenement blocks installed fire escapes on their properties yes- terday. The blocks are located on Grove. High, North and Orange streets.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-19
WEATHER.

Hartford. Nov. 19.-For Hartford and vicinity: Rain and warmer, with strong east wind tonight. Saturday clear ing and colder, with strong west winds.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-19
GUNBOATS SUNK
German submarine Sends Two British
 Fighters to Bottom Of Egyptian

Berlin, Nov. 19, via London, D. m.-Two British gunboats have been sunk in the Mediterranean, off the Egyptian coast, by a German sub marine Official announcement to this effect was made by the admiralty today.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-19
|. w. w. Not Present.

None of Hillstrom's | w. V friends were present. The law pr vides that not more than five frien of condemned man may be prese if their presence be requested by hi
 Hillstrom declared last night th he did not wish any of his friends
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New Britain herald., 1915-11-19

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The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-05-28
The Exercise of Choice.

The human faculties of perception.
Judgment, discriminative feeling, NEIL
tai activity. and even moral preference,
are exercised only i'll making choice.
He who does anything because it IS
the custom makes no choice. He gains
no practice either in discerning or de-
string what is best The mental and
moral. like the muscular powers. are
improved only by being used. The
faculties are called into no exercise by
doing Il thing merely because others DO
it, no more than by believing. thing
only because others believe ii.
He who lets the world, or his own
portion of it. choose his plan OF ire
for him has no need of any other
faculty than the apeIiIie one of imita-
ton. He who chooses his plan for him
self employs all his faculties.-John
Stuart Mill.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-05-28
Names Usurped ny Women.

Mary IS @nt IVY any MEATS "a on'q
name tnat has been purne ny men ahd
women alike. writes il correspondent
of the LOn.um Chronicle. who has dlp-
ped into o.A parish and other registers.
Sir patipnrr Ward was lord mayor OF
London in 1850. Eve Slitfhton is men
Toned in will of the sixteenth cen
fury. and Grace Ilardwin was an old
landowner III America.
As tu male names uSurprd by the Ia
dies. instances occur of feminine Phil
ipS and GeorleE and in one case Il
daughter was duly baptized Noah. A
goddaughter of the Duke Of WeIlin=
ton was named Arthur in his honor
and in Ehingham church there is d
monument to Timothy. wife of Richard
Mabanke.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-05-28
BROOKLYN BRIDGE.
Painting the Great Structure Is Long
and Costly Job.


Every three or four years it becomes
necessary to.paint the brooklyn bridge
in order to prevent the cOrrOSion ana
deterioration of its structural members.
says Popular Mechanics Magazine.
This is task which requires the Scl'V'
ices of small army Of "hnmnn Spid
prs." who climb about over the web
of cables and S;rE@crS with almost as
mnch compOsure and agility nS if they
were lu>cctS instead oI men
With buckles and brushes. they cling
in the nrlWorN. NwA@in% in th' wind
as the constant stream vi traffic SurgeS
across the Last river Between them
and lie river brneath there are more
than -iI "t o. >pu'1 ANA me cables.
Every cH. ..o&rd strand and spot Of the
Whnlr S,.L ,G.r r!i.>, hr painted. 80
the men scramble over the cables until
they reach lnt to.iI">i point OF the
great lUWnls. VIII. u rA.r"d 2I2 feet
above the water, oUd tinH a end up on
tle scH!IollS Suspended eneath the
structure. where tAe ulaSthcnds OF pass
lug Ve,SplS scrap" under tne pIAnKlnES,
sometimes missing them 10y margin
of only Il few inches This work con,
tinueS usually for six Ur eight months
before it Is completed . costs APP
oroximatrly S5O,OO0. 90 Exchange.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-05-28
SAYING A FEW WORDS.
When Your Turn Comes Remember
That Short Speeches Never Bore.

When Your Turn Comes Remember
That Short Speeches Never Bore.
If You are called upon 10 say few
words after dinner or at meeting,
don't be backward. Get right up and
go Nl ii.
The chances are that what you say
on Snch an occasion. without prepara-
ton. will be of no Importance ana
probably wouldn't have been OF I'M
portance if it had been prepared in ad-
vance. but that isn't the point.
The point is that the minds of your
hearers will be quite rs blank and
amurphouS as your own. and con-
srqurntly the few who actually listen
to you will have no means Of Judging
whether what you say is rational or
not. The majority. out of politeness,
will assume that you did well. or If
they do not wish to commit themselves
too irrctrievably they will say you did
well "under the circumstances"
The whole secret i'll "saying Il few
words" lies in making it few If you
20 Oh and on and ON. your audience
will not heed or remember thing you
said. They will only remember that
YOU talked long enough to bore them.
Short speeches never bore.-E. .. }. in
Life.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-05-28
Smoke as They Passed.

II hope You don't associate with that
man saw You speak tu in the street
just now
"Associatr with him: What do you
take me for: Tmt'mau sir is one of
the most raScaIIy. corrupt sneakinE
uudrrhand. low down. viIlainous and
deuravpd Sroumdr,IS that ever man
AGED t. Keep ont Of Jail
Il know it But why are you on
Sppa;iny terms with him ut aIl:'
"Whv. pm-er-his lawyer. er."-Lon
don Mail.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-05-28
WhoOping Cough.

"About year ago my three boys
had whooping cough and l found
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the on
ly one that would relieve their cough
ing and whooping spells. l contin-
ued this treatment and was surprised
to find that it cured the disease in a
verv short time," writes Mrs. Archie
Dalrymple, Crooksville, Ohio. For
sale by all dealers.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-05-28
No Line Between Moderation and Ex-


But why talk of the moderate use
of alcoholic drinks? There is no fixed
line at which drinking ceases to be
moderate and becomes excessive.
Every victim of the habit has sought
for this line, but he has sought in
vain; like the horizon, it recedes from
him as he advances until it finally
disappears in the starless night of
drunkenness No one begins to drink
with the expectation of yielding to
the appetite; most of the men who
have been wrecked by alcohol have
had their period of boasting when
they proclaimed their ability to drink
or leave it alone at will. 1t is not
safe to trife with disease, and drink
ing becomes a disease as soon as the
Iuse of it has caused craving for 1t,
No age is immune from the appetite
for alcohol. 1t fastens itself as
readily upon those of advanced years
as upon those in youth or in middle
life. A physician recently told me
of a case in which a man took his
first taste of whiskey when he was
Iabove seventy, and was never sober
again during the remaining four years
of his life. Who can defend the tax.
ing of such risks as those involved
in the use of Intoxicating liquor? AL
history, sacred and profane, warns u;
against the worship of the bleer-eyeC
god.
"Look not thou upon the wine whe
lit is red, when it giveth its color IL
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-05-28
Number 40 For The Blood.

Cures Rheumatism. Scrofula Con-
stipation Malaria, Liver and Kidney
troubles, and eXpels all poisons from
the blood. Sold by j. H. Haughton
leading druggist.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1915-05-28

A somewhat weather beaten tramp,
being asked what was the matter with
his coat. replied, 'Insomnia: it hasn't
had nap in ten years. Christian
Register.