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New Britain herald., 1915-04-26
LOCAL MEN INJURED
IN MOTOR ACCIDENTS
Henry Groth and Walter Strogi
Figure i'm Bad Weekend j..
49,. SmasI1-ups.

Henry Croth, Of Locust street, and
Walter Strogi, of Winter street, are
both in a serious condition as the re-
suit of motor vehicle accidents in
which they figured over the weekend.
The former is in the Middlesex hospi-
tai and Strogi is at the local institu-
ton. The. condition of eacn is serious
as they both have internal injuries.
Strogi was injured late Saturday af-
ternoon when a motorcycle on which
he was riding was struck by a. train
at yVheatogue, north of Plainville.
His machine was demolished and. that
the driver, escaped instantaneous
death is miraculous. At the hospital
today his condition is regarded as
grave as his internal injuries are most
serious. """.'-' "'.'
The Locust street young man was
injured near Middletown last night
when an autom obile in which he was
riding with Arthur Otterbein and five
others was overturned in Il collision
with a, car driven by Davis Valentine,
n Wesleyan student from Brooklyn.
The local man says the Students car
side-swiped his machine. Ciroth Is
injured near the spine as we'll as in
ternally.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-26
MISS SHANNAHAN'S
FIANCEE is LOCATED
Daniel F1ahcrty Knew of Dead Girls
Condition and Visited Doctor
With Her.

Interest in the now famous Shan
nahan- Mangini manslaughter case,
which has been dormant since the
trial of the local physician, was post
poned until the June term of the su-
perior court, is now revived by the
discovery of the famous Brother
Dam" to whom the unfortunate girl
referred before her death on Decem-
Der in the lonely Renaldi home in
Knsington following an illegal opera
ton alleged to have been performed
by DR.. Mangini.
The mysterious man is Daniel Flah-
erty, formerly an efficiency expert at
Poquonock, and said to have been the
fiance Of the girl. At present Flaherty
is recovering from nervous prostration
at Poughkeepsie, N. Y, sanitarium.
He has been interviewed by States
Attorney Alcorn, it is said. and is said
to have confessed all he knew of the
case. The report is that he confessed
to having spent the Tuesday night
previous to the girls death In her
company at the Dillon Court hotel IN
Hartford registered as man and wife.
He is said to have planned to marry
her. He has explained that ne did not
attend her funeral or send flowers be-
ra,1se he was advised not to by coun-
sci.
Although he knew whatever he said
might be used against him, it is said
that Flaherty has told the states at
torney that he visited DR.. Mangin1
with the girl, but did not contribute
towards the expense OF an operation or
did not pay for her board in ken
sington.
He will be one of the states most
important witnesses at the trial next
June.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-26
Items

SEurnason Of Grove Hill Is in
4 for O. few days.
arren r.. Cook, sthe new pas
s Trinity M. T.. Church. was
Tor ID. MCMILLAN yesterday.
ITO: Quality First The Eddy
nd Decorating Co.--advt.
eng OF the directors of the
81 Trust company was sched-
\ held this afternoon and 1t
tied that a subcommittee
ke a report on the selection
arer and assistant treasurer.
af meeting of the Carpen-
ID will be held this evening
elton on the death Of c. y.
ar lawn mowers sharpened.
LIZ. Tel 1279-12 or Able Hdw.
Il advt.
Anterior and Gladys Dyer
sarch street have been grant
riage license.
YER anniversary of Mr.. and
lust E. Monsees was ceie-
sterday with a family dinner
ONE on East Main street.
roline Bartlett, the new city
gave a talk at the vesper
the Y. M. G. A. yesterday
Fhist and dance. Judd's hall,
Admission 15c.-advt.
ng Of Queen Ester Circle Of
bdist church will be held at
ck tomorrow evening at the
Mrs. Hart on Kensington
pl1is church fair tonight,
and Tues. Bardeck's hall.
--adyt.
elene Clifton. of Providence,
he'd to her home after visit
! on West Main street.
was born at the hospital
fo Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Win
b Greenwood street.
Mrs. Frank Zwick are re-
the birth of. a. daughter,
he hospital yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-26
LEAN-UP MEETING.

|for the prosecution of a
campaign in this city this
Re formulated at a meeting
BeciaI committee in Mayor
office this afternoon. The
,ers intend to make New
'sspotless town" before Sat
ives, and from now until that
lentless campaign on dirt will
New Britain herald., 1915-04-26
LEN REAPPOINTED.

George A. Quigley has re-
John w. Allen a member
board of compensation and
pit. Mr.. Allen has been
of the board since the town
governments We're CONSOLE
u he was q member of the
board for a number of years
lat.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-26
lpl1is church u fair tonight
|. and Tues. Bardeck'S hall.
80

lest butter in the land, fresh
heet and delicious, SAC h.,
S1.0O. Russell Bros.-advt.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-26

Best Butter SAC Id. Russell Bros
advt.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-26

utter sac lib. Russell Bros
Imperial Valley press., 1915-07-24

Wild panic prevented the identifi-
cation of the dead and men. women
and children ran through the streets
The dead were taken by the steamer
Theodore Roosevelt, nearby, which be-
came an improvised morgue, with the
dead lying on decks.
Captain Peterson and First Mate
Fisher were arrested at the request
of w. Burkhardt, commissioner of pub
lie works.
A mob of 10000 attacked 90 police
men guarding Captain Peterson and
Mate Fisher, broke the Gordon and
smashed the prisoners faces. The po-
lice dubbed the rioters and saved the
men.
Three huge dredgers attempted to
right the Eastland and six divers are
recovering the corpses.
The death list will exceed 500 and
may total a thousand.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-07-24

Following is the report of c. n
Perry on the condition of the canal:
FL Centre, July %, 1915.
The Board OF Directors, Imperial Ir
rigation District, FL Centre, Cal:
Gentlemen-In accordance with The
instructions received from you July
18th |, in company with Mr.. John d
Bennett, made a trip of inspection OF
the Alamo River from the Hanlon Gate
to the Eastside Heading.
At the heading we first called on
Mr. Rouse, Superintendent at that
point, who through the courtesy of Mr.
Allison, had that morning taken for me
soundiIfgs in the canal from the river
10 "A point below the international line.
~ profile showing these soundings also
soundings take by Mr. Rouse today
will be found attached.
| went with him to the intake at
the river, where he showed me what
he was doing to increase the flow OF
water into the canal. 1t consisted of
cable stretched obliquely across the
Colorado channel from a point ON the
Arizona side, some six or eight hun
dred feet above the intake to a small
bar or island of rock, originally a part
of the Clark jetty of 1910. The inten-
- 10 a n1tt
green willows and float them down
against this cable and by this means
create an obstruction which will swing
the channel over to the California side
and thereby increase the flow into the
canal. OF the success of this plan |
am somewhat skeptical, but it is well
worth the trial.
As you will see from an inspection
of the profile the canal above the gate
is practically clear to the level of the
sill of the taintor or radia gates. The
Gredger Imperial, which | am told is
working % hours a day, has succeeded
drop down at least to the r. X. bridge,
file below the sump or hole where the
Imperial is pumping does not show as
favorable a condition. There are, as
you will notice, two small humps just
above the international line. These
will no doubt be removed in a few
days by the dredger Omega which is
working on them. Following the pro-
file along, you will notice at Stations
rs, 143 and 220 large humps which
are the serious factors in this whole
condition. The Imperial, working "A
hours a day can do only just so much
work and the proper conditions at the
heading can never be maintained by
her alone unless the canal is dredged
at least as far as the distance COW
cred by this profile. The Omega should
lie put to work at once. She should
in maintaining this condition. The pro-
Imperial Valley press., 1915-07-24
Condition of the Canal
AS Seen by c.. N. Perry

if not beyond it, cutting only what is
necessary to float herself and should
then turn around and dig up the canal
to the international line, repeating the
operation until it is down to grade.
From the railroad bridge west found
everything "ajpparently' the same
as on my last two trips. AS | stated
to you when you instructed me to make
this trip | could, without definitely To-
Gated points Of known elevation, only
give you a very approximate idea as
to how much the bed of the canal was
rising. There is nothing to indicate
any material change in conditions dur
ing the past year. Wherever we find
a straight reach, with a width of from
$50 to 200 feet we find a depth of
from to II feet. On the other hand,
at the sharp bends, of which there are
many, where the channel has spread
out, sometimes to width of 800 feet,
we find a depth of but 3 to 31a feet.
This was with a flow of $500 second
feet, which would mean that with the
winter or minimum flow we could en-
counter dry sand bars at these bends.
1t is in these wide places that the
damage is being done. The channel
gave evidence of having, in many
places, shifted to one side or the other
since my last trip IA months ago. This
means erosion of banks and conse-
quent deposition Of sand and silt in the
canal. Above the Bowen gate, which
is shown on the attached map, the
high water mark of last month was
about one foot above the water sur
face today. Below the Cudahy check
there was a difference of about nine
inches. The fact that there is less
drop below the Cudahy check is, |
think, explained by the fact that all
the ponds between the mesa and the
Alamo are now draining back into the
Alamo thereby holding the river today
more nearly to its height when it was
carrying its peak load
Conditions below the Cudahy check
require little mention. FROM this point
to the EaStside heading there is CON
tinuous levee On the south side also
levee on the north side from the East
side heading to the point of the mesa.
1t might not, however, be amiss to
mention that in this section of the
canal an unusual number of green will
lows seem to have been undermined
by the water and tumbled into the
stream. Naturally each will act as
a nucleus for a sand bar.
Before another high water the levee
on the north side from the Eastside
heading to the point of the mesa must
be built up, both raised and strength
ened. This year, at the peak flow, we
had in some places less than 8 inches
Imperial Valley press., 1915-07-24
Hundreds Perish On
Excursion Steamer

waving farewell to friends ashore
caused the capsizing.
The disaster occurred at 9 o'clock
this molning, an hour later 70 bodies
had been recovered, including many
women ana babies. Dozens of small
vessels in the harbor and the police
boats rescued from drowning scores.
The water was sWarminr with
screaming victims. Husbands attempt
ing to keep wives heads above the
waves, were drowned when others
tranticalIy clutched them.
All was in plain sight Of the hor-
rlfied crowd ashore and hours after the
disaster scores were still imprisoned
in staterooms and ON the lower decks.
The water was so shallow the right
side of the vessel remained above the
surface and rescuers chopping holes
IN the ships side to rescue the i'm
prisoned heard frantic screams inside
the vessel. Terrible scenes were en-
acted at arms length.
Every puImoter in the city was
rushed to the scene. Many persons
died after being carried to the docks
and business was suspended. All wag-
ons were sent to the waterfront to
convey the injured to the hospitals.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-07-24
Girl Despondent Over
Ill Health Hangs Self

Despondent over the death of her
mother who was buried just A weeks
ago and disheartened over her own
i'll health, Sarah Parker of Imperial
yesterday afternoon fastened one end
of "a sheet about her neck and the other
end to a rafter in the house in which
her mother had died and plunged into
eternity. She was 20 years old.
When the body was found, shortly
after o'clock, physicians who at
tempted to resusitate her, said that a
faint heart action was discernable al
though they failed in their efforts to
restore life.
A coroner's jury presided over by
City Clerk Lee of Imperial, officiating
in the absence of Justice of the Peace
Smith, returned a verdict that she
came to her death through suicide by
Hanging.
The Respondent woman left her
home yesterday morning and went to
the now vacant house near where she
had spent so many happy hours with
her mother. The suicidal intent was
apparently clearly defined in her mind
before she left her home that morning
for she carried with her a sheet and
a bit of rope with which she fastened
her body to a rafter before taking
the death plunge.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-07-24

Chicago, July 24-The police cen
sas late this afternoon showed COO
known dead in the Eastland disaster.
Deputy Chief Schaettlcl declared 1900
rerished, he believed. He SAYS 700
were trapped in the hull of the wreck.
Three hundred and fifty-three bodies
ale in the Reid Murdock warehouse.
George Hooper, assistant federal
ship inspector, has appointed experts
to probe the affair DR.. I. A. Carper
declared he found 400 dead among the
supposedly injured.
Chicago, July 24.-One hundred and
fifty men, women and children are
known to be dead, and it is estimated
300 probably perished when the lake
steamer Eastand Of the Saint Joe line
suddenly capsized ON leaving dock. She
sank in 20 feet Of water and carried
200O eXcursionists, en- route to the
Western Electric picnic at Michigan
City. The cause of the disaster is un-
settled.
Captain Peterson said: "1he air
chute broke, admitting tons Of water
to the left side of the vessel"
This believed possible hundreds of
passengers crowding to the left rail
Imperial Valley press., 1915-07-24

TO 90 on levee which had a crest
width of but feet and this in a district
where the water in the canal was ap-
proximately feet above the level of
the country.
| think NE problem of the Alamo
can be divided into two parts. First,
how to divert from the Colorado a suf-
ficient amount of water for our needs,
and second, how to carry it in banks
to its destination.
The second part of the problem is
to my mind the more easily solved. 1t
involves only an intelligent eXpendi-
ture of a sum sufficient to maintain
banks at a height above the water
surface which will make the transpor-
tation of this water safe proposition,
also to so plan that these banks, once
built, shall not be left to the vagaries
of the river to be cut out by erosion,
whirlpools or shifting of the channel.
There is doubtless roo mfor a diff
ference of opinion, but my idea is and
always has been, that the only solu
tion of this problem is to construct
an artificial canal which shall have a
good alignment and with its grade laid
so as to give it velocity which will
be sufficient at all times to carry the
silt. To provide such canal with the
necessary checks so that when carry
ing its maximum oad the velocity will
not be increased to the point Of erosion.
BY retaining the present cutoffs and
connecting them with new cutoffs to
the extent of approximately "a miles,
We can have a canal which will have a
total length from the Hanlon gate to
Eastside heading of AZ miles against
the present length Of So miles. What
the difference in the annual mainte-
nance charges will be think you can
well imagine.
To satisfactorily divert the water
required from the Colorado, one of
two methods must be adopted Either
the water surface in the Colorado must
be maintained at the height necessary
to turn at all times the amount re-
ouired into our canal, or the canal it
self must be lowered and maintained
at such a depth that it will draw from
the Colorado by gravity what We need.
1t means that we must maintain
the floor of our canal down to grade
line which starts from the sill of the
Stoney gate and falls at rate suf-
ficient to generate a non-silting veloc-
itv. II is of course doubtful if the
consent of the War Department could
be obtained for the construction of a
weir across the Colorado. They might
however, be willing to allow the con-
struction of a weir with collapsible
shutters which could be dropped when
ever the river rose above a certain
height. BY this means we could keep
out of the canal large share of the
havy sand and gravel which we are
now getting and which would increase
should we place our sole dependence
on maintaining the canal on a grade
from the sill of the Stoney gate as
above.
Respectfully submitted,
c. N. PERRY.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-07-24
BY Kenneth w. Payne.

Pennsgrove, N. j., July PA dinky
dot on the banks of the Delaware yes
terday. Today a roaring, marvellous
mushroom city perched perilously on
the verge of three million pounds of
guncotton and raising reckless riot
therel
Tomorrow will there be no more of
Pennsgrove than a powder -blackened
skeleton?
Thus the history of the strangest
boom town in America may be summed
up in a simple assertion, a wild ex-
clamation, and a dubious query!
A few months ago Pennsgrove, a
dreamy village situated opposite Will
mington, Del, and mile and a half
above the DUPONT powder factory at
Carney's point, boasted only $500 sim
pie souls, a soda water fountain and
a tin type shop.
Harken to what Pennsgrove boasts
today:
A housed population of fully 5000!
Probably as many as $4,000 humans
hustling through the streets in the
daytime!
Carpenters hammers rushing to
completion FIVE HUNDRED new
honest
A 100000 increase in bank deposits
in one MONTH
Two blazing movie theaters, the
Imperial Valley press., 1915-07-24

She spent the day in the vacant
house, evidently living over the times
that had passed.
At 2 o'clock she was seen by her
15-year-old sister who passed the
house and spoke to the Respondent
girl That was the last time she was
seen alive.
At when the girl and her compan-
ions returned to the house they were
Mortified to find the body suspended
from a rafter.
The body was removed and the in
quest was held short time later by
City Clerk Lee acting as coroner in
the absence of the justice of the peace.
The suicide was accomplished with
in stones throw of the city hall of
Imperial and only a short distance
from the Parker home.
The Parker family have been in I'M
perial for some time and the death
yesterday is the second that has oc-
Cured in the family in less than a
month. The deceased is survived by a
father, 2 sisters and a brother.
Funeral services will be held at 10
tomorrow morning from the chapel of
d. ID. Mulligan & Son of this city.
Interment will be in Imperial ceme-
terry. 4. ssA1s
Imperial Valley press., 1915-07-24
For National Defense.

Washington, July 24.AAt the White
House it was announced today that
President Wilson plans to outline
"Fair, Reasonable and Practical" pro-
gram for national defense upon his re-
turn from Cornish. The announcement
is regarded as deeply significant. Will
son intends to devote much time while
at Cornish considering the situation on
land and sea. He plans conferences
with daniels and Garrison.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-07-24
l5eowEvery body rushing
Main Street all day until fills
town

LOOKUP FULL to overflowing every
night, a monumental real estate boom,
room rentals from $5 week UP, a
hurly-burly service of jitneys-in fact.
a full-fledged boom rivaling the wild
West in its palmiest gold rush days!
And what's the reason for this fren-
zied furry in Jersey geography?
War orders! Powder for the allies
and powder for the Germans, too, be-
cause the DuPonts do manage easily
to get ammunition through to Ger
many. 1t goes to South America, very,
very quietly, and thence very quietly
to neutral countries, like Denmark
Norway, Sweden and Holland, through
which it is shipped to its destination
The Dupont powder people now
have an order for 100,000,000 pounds
of powder for the allies, it is said, and
at 81 pound it is generally believed
here that they are making so per
cent profit on the order! And co.
100000 pound order from Russia on
which an added premium of $20,000,-
600 may be made has just been ad-
mttedl Nobody knows how much the
German order is, but it is fact that
great quantities of guncottton are be.
ing shipped to South America.
There are 1000 of the most carefully
picked men at work at the plant now.
A new plant has just been completed,
which will take 5000 more men, and
another plant is being built. Hundreds
of the workers are college men, and
the company sappealng to the Y.
NJ. C. A. in New York and other cities
for still more reliable people.
The powder works are situated on
1900 acres Of river front, isolated by
a regular Mazurian maS--I-and and
surrounded by a high fence topped
with barbed wire. At least 200 armed
guards patrol the grounds!
TO get into the plant one must be
an employe and have pass. The en-
ployes are sometimes called on to show
their passes several times a day as
they move from one of the great gray
in the grounds to another.
The first 1900 carloads of nice,
harmless, fluffy white cotton are now
arriving at the works. That cotton
will be broken up with ether and al
eohol, and when converted into a cot
ton jelly, will be treated with nitrate.
The result of this simple process is
the most terrific of known explosives
which is nodded into cylindrical sticks
whose diameter varies according to
the size of the gun in which they will
be used, and which are turned out at
the rate of so tons a day! The de-
tailed process of manufacture was
evolved in the DUPONT plant and is
carefully guarded secret.
On a railroad track which is vigil
antly patroled and fenced in with
barbed wire for long distance out
side the works, there are run out from
Imperial Valley press., 1915-07-24

the factory secretly every night be.
tween twelve and twenty-five carloads
of this powder. And at least three
floats, each carrying three carloads,
are shipped daily from the company's
private wharf across the river to be
loaded on the vessels which we see
waiting in mid-stream with DANGER
FLAGS FLYING. THE TRAINS ARE
GUARDED BY ARMED MEN AND
LABELED WITH BLAZING RED
DANGER SIGNALS.
The danger to Pennsgrove itself
from the manufacture near-at-hand
of such tremendous amounts of high
explosive is considered by the citizens
as wholly imaginary. The plant is so
completely isolated that extensive
smashing of windows and of bric-a-
brac is the most that is to be feared,
they say.
The ultimate blowing up of this
wonderful boom town of Pennsgrove
will come from a cessation of the war
orders, Mayor X. +. Willis predicts.
But military authorities point out that
now, because of these unprecedented
developments of the DUPONT works,
the United States has for the first
time within its own borders unexam-
pied facilities for manufacturing all
the powder and high explosives which
Imperial Valley press., 1915-07-24

a larger navy and perfect preparedness
for war could require.
At tOp-Part of the great rush
o America S most marvellous mushroom
town, Pennsgrove, the boomingest wa
order city in the world! This scene
is repeated EVERY HOUR throughou
the day, when the ferry from Will
mington lands its burden of newcomer
at the wharf!
Imperial Valley press., 1915-07-24
Germans Checked.

Berlin, July 24.-The war office ad-
mited today that the Russians have
checked the Germans along the 30
mile Warsaw front in the region of
Blonie.
On the Southeast front, Won Macken-
zen is near the Lubin-Cholm railway.
Germany artillery is battering the
Narew river front, but the Russians
are standing firm.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-07-24
Italians Take GOritza.

London, July 24.-Milan News
Agency dispatch declares the Italians
have captured Goritza, an important
victory.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-07-24
Standard Oil Strike.

Bayonne, July 24.-Sheriff Kinkead
fighting the Standard Oil strikers, said
he is at the limit of his resources un-
less the governor rushes troops. Dep
uties raided the strikers arsenal and
captured 80 rifles and munitions.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-07-24

London, July 24.-British news
papers regard the American note as
exceedingly firm. The Star says:
"The note is couched in plain, unmis-
taxable language and will be little rel
ished in Berlin"
The News says: "The note makes
unpleasant reading for the Kaiser and
his henehmen and for other exponents
of frightfulness."