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New Britain herald., 1915-05-04

tree turned upside down. All the ex~ plantations of the coat of nails and the paddock are mere conjectures, but among the people there lives the tra- dition that the imperial city will thrive and flourish as long as the trunk in iron will stand upright.
 On March II, 1915, at 1 a. n.. the first three golden nails were driven into the breast of the knight, the first by his Imperial Highness, Arch duke Leopold Salvador, in the na11.e of the Austrian Emperor; the second by the German ambassador, in the name of the German emperor, and the third by the Turkish ambassador, in the name of the sultan. When I came there at D. m., I found hum dreds of iron nails in the body of the statue, and many women and men busy driving in new ones, impatient ly watched by hundreds of other per 'ns>whc wished to do the same thing. There has not been such an enthu- siasm of the 'Viennese since the year 1875, when they received Karl Wey- precht, the famous Austrian explorer of the polar sea, on his return from the first Austrian Hungarian expedi- ton to the North Pole, to which we owe the discovery of Franz Joscf Land.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-04
Swore Not to "Snitch. ;
(New York Times.o

Ten-year-old James Healy, of 1891 First avenue, and Tony Labia. eleven years old, of 401 East Ninetieth street. were highly indignant when Detec- tives Ryan, Meyers and Tully arrest ed them as they left public school 30, Second avenue and Eighty-sixth street, the other afternoon chsreing them with having taken part with other small boys in the theft of $500 worth of pipes from an old organ in the First Union Presbyterian church. 147 East Eighty-sixth street.
 Who stitched on us?" demanded Jcmes. "I'll be it was that guy Craw- ley. He's got no respect for solemn oath. Just wait till get him. I'll fix him. Why, when the four of us bust ed into that church the first thing we did was to go up to the pulpit, put our hands on the Bible and swear we wouldn't snitch if any of us got caught. And now Crawley's gone and snitehed. I knew that guy wouldn't stick" se
 Whether or not young Jeremiah Crawley, whose home is at 246 East Ninetieth street, ''snitched," the detee- tives would not say. He might have, InOGSH, TOT ne was caught. t6
 Healy and Labia were taken to the third branch detective bureau and their mothers were sent for. While awaiting their arrival the boys told of breaking into the church, which had not been used for some time, and stealing about forty caps, uniforms and guns belonging to cadet corps ocsthe church. They intended to or ganize military company among their playmates, they said
New Britain herald., 1915-05-04
GAS ON THE STOMACH

When colicky pains accompany the presence of gas on the stomach the need of gentle laxative to clear away the offending food residue is imperative. the condition of constipation is not quickly corrected coated tongue, erup- tions on the skin, headaches and back. aches soon show that the poisons have found their way into the circulation,
 The use of the gentle, laxative pills, Pinklets, will not only banish these uh-' pleasant symptoms quickly but, if used regularly for a reasonable time, will really correct chronic constipation.
 pintlets contain no poisons or hhrm- ful drugs.
 get full-size, 25-cent bottle of Pinklets from your own druggist.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-04
A Red Cross Temple.
(Buffalo Express.

The Red Cross is always a welcome guest in the house of every vicn-
 nese, but with it's latest idea it has
 hit the nail on the head and made it's
 master stroke. On one of the finest
 squares of Vienna, rhe Schwartzen- berg Platz, the Red Cross erected q nice little temple. In the interior
 we see the figure of a knight, carved
 out of linden wood, more than three meters high. He who wants to help
 the Red Cross in amassing the fund
 necessary for the purpose mentioned
 enters a little office near the temple, I'where he gets a nail for one crown, in order to drive it or have it driven into the body of the knight.
 When 500,000 nails are driven in and 500,00O crowns are in the treasury of the Red Cross, the man in iron will be transferred to the town hall or some public park. where the gouty old grandfather can take his grand children in order to show them the
 nail driven in by him forty years ago, and to tell them of the great iron year. And when grandfather has gone to the land without return" his great will still find his name in the lists of the sivers, which will be exhibited in the Historical ltMuseum of Vienna
 The man in iron did not come to Vienna as a stranger. Iron streams through the veins of all his ancestors. The most prominent of these are the Stock i'm Eisen Gree in iron) and the iron man on the top of the tower of the city hall. As for the former, every visitor to the Austrian can will remember to have seen in a niche l on the outer side of the office build ing of the Equitable, corner of Steph- anplatz and Kaertner Strasse, the | trunk of a tree, covered over and over with nails, surrounded by an iron hoop with a paddock and the legend, .1575, H. 13." The botanist, Franz Unger, has given this old city emblem l thorough examination and states that 1t consists of the trunk of larch
New Britain herald., 1915-05-04
England Storing Up Wine.
Manchester Guardian.)

wrote yesterday on the un- naralled clearances of spirits out of bond that have been going on for over a month. There has also been a biz trade stocking of wine, but in this case there is distinct Justification ill the retail demand Wine merchants have never within memory been so busy. One of the big West End
 stores will not undertake to deliver wine within three days of the order. and in many cases the shops have been enlptied A huge number of customers evidently believe that either prohibition or big increase in duty Is coming. The year will probably be familiar one in time to come among those who have wine cellars, and "1915 claret' will figure like 1915 port in wine sales.
 It is quite unlikely that wine will be touched. Apart from the blow that it would mean to the prosperity Of our chief ally Ca blow, however, which France would doubtless bear without wincing if she believed that 1t made us stronger), the danger, from wine has almost passed. We have now learned how to-use wine A cen- tury ago wine was the chief intoxi- cant of the richer classes, and the drunkenness in parliament was main ly due to it. Today there is hardly any fuddling with wine. The middle classes drink claret with their meals of Sauterne or Chablis. There is now French Moselle and hook to take the place of Hockheimer! At any rate, the drinking of wine differs greatly ir character today from what it was even ten years ago, and people are be- ginning to see that, whatever hap pens to spirits or beer, not much is likely to happen to wines.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-04

in such cases there is much interest in the proceedings, women crowding into the court room to hear the evidence. This is Mrs Carman's second trial, the jury disagreeing at the first one and she has been out on bonds ever since The prosecution is practically compelled to rely for conviction on the testimony of colored domestic in the Carman home, who has told con fiicting stories concerning the shoot Ing.
 Mrs. Carman was jealous of her husband, who is physician, and she had dictagraph installed in her room so that she could hear what was said in the conversation which took place between her husband and his woman patients. It was this lnstru- ment that had much to do with fasten- ing suspicion on her. She denies the murder and does not attempt to make any explanation as to how 1t might have occurred The shot was fired through a window from the lawn, Mrs. Bailey being killed instantly in the doctors office. There can be no compromise verdict, 1t must be nlur- der in the first degree or acquittai. The prosecution is evidently satisfied that Mrs. Carman is guilty or it would not go to trial again with what is supposed to be the same evidence. The negro girl has been sort of a mystery, because she has changed her testimony so often that 1t seems diff ficult to pin any faith to anything she may say. She has Mrs. Carman against her and it looks as if the jury will have to judge between her testi- n.ony and that of the colored servant in order to reach decision. The jury found it impossible to reach a verdict before and unless there are some new developments it is difficult to see how there can be much if any change this time.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-04
Just Like a Woman.
iKansas City Journal. )

A girl in town had a proposal of marriage Sunday night, and asked . week to consider it, before filing her answer testified T. A. Sawhill She then organized herself into an inves- tigating committee and commenced taking testimony from the married ladies of her acquaintance. The first one she visited used to be belle and the most admired girl in the town be- before she was married six years ago. The cross-examination brought out the fact that she had three children, did all her own work, including her washing and ironing, and hadn't been downtown for four weeks, that her husband had given her but two dol- lars since she was married and that he, had borrowed and forgot to pay back ten dollars which her brother ofce gave her for Christmas pres ent . He bought a new over-coat with the money while she wore the same plush coat that she wore when he was courting her.
 Another woman whom she visited quit teaching school three years ago to marry "the handsomegt and best dressed man in town," and she is now supporting him.
 A third didn't dare say her soul was her own when her husband was around, though she used to write some lovely essays when she was at school on the emancipation of women" and the fourth woman she. visited was di- vorced.
 After visiting them and summing up the evidence, she went home anI wrote to the young man. She will be married to him next month.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-04
Ship Used Wood Funnel.
(New York Times.)

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 The attention of pilots in the 1ar-' Dor was attracted to the Dutch freighter Woudrichem, which arrived from Rotterdam with big square wooden smokestack instead of the Customary iron funnel Captain K Wegener. said he had been twenty nine days on the voyage, during which hey had been forced twice to but into R9nta pelgado, in the Azores.
 We had strong head winds and head seas,'' he said, from the time We left the English channel, and could make so little headway, that I had to put into Ponta Delgado on April A for coal After leaving on April IT we ran into a northwest gale, V hich increased to hurricane force, followed by seas that swept every thing off the decks. The funnel was
New Britain herald., 1915-05-04
War As a Plague.
(New York Tim es.

The young sculptors who are show. Ing their conceptions of War in .ne competition arranged by the So, clety or Friends of Young Artists S dwell upon the physical results of sucl, an e1perlence as Europe is going through. Gaunt mothers with gaunt children In their arms, the horrors of the corpse-strewn battlefields, sol d1ers binding up the wounds of their comrades, woman crucified, all the depressing and none of the inspiring aspects of war are seen in the exhibit tlon rooms, which bear curious resemblance to the crowded alleys or Pere Laohaise without the tin Wreaths. Two or three of the compc- t1tors present the spirit of battles in the sulse of cave man. Several nave been pitiful toward the innocent beasts slaughtered on the field. Once or twice skeleton is shown in the pose of winged Victory. Again his satanic majesty bundles up the debris or the battle grounds and carries off the dead world on his back.
 AS art the exhibition is weak, but it shows clearly enough the turning of public opinion toward pessimistic view of war. It is no longer an af- fair for trumpet-blowing angels and 'Triumphs'' with victory on her chariot crowning heroes. When Con- stantin Meunier undertook to sym belize labor he betrayed in a similar way tho modern feeling toward labor as a curse. Twisted muscles and bent shoulders showed bodies oppressed by tasks too heavWfor them. There were to strong mens rejoicing to run their race in the recent exhibition of his works. Perhaps if is a good thing that we no longer idealize killing and physical hardship, but it would be in terestilg to know what subject would inspire the modern artist to cheerful statement. It would be interesting for example, to see, what these young people think of when the subjects of peace and industry are suggested to their minds.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-04
Mir. Wilson and His Party.
(New York World.

To date, at least, Senator Borah is mistaken in his assertion that Presie dent Wilson is greater than his party. The president owes as much to his party as his party owes to him. Witl1~ out the loyal support of his party he would have been failure Without his leadership his party might be to- day, as it wassfor many years, futile and faction-ridden affair
 In republic there can be few doc- trines more dangerous than that which ascrbes solely to an individual the merits that he shares with the people ;. There was an American democracy. long before there was a Woodrov Wilson. If he has made that great force effective in behalf of good gov ernment, it, must be said that in his faithfulness it has shown a devotional equal to his. own. No man is greater tLan his party unless in a supreme test of principle his party abandons him.
 What Senator Borah probably means is that President Wilson's fol- lowing is stronger than his party, and that, no doubt is true. To great extent the popular confidence that the president enjoys has been due to Nts own character and ability, but even his -pre-eminence in these respects would not be conclusive if if were Hot known that he had behind him d pos. liticaI organization pledged to every idea and policy that Ec personifies. .
 Men may be great without party, but in self-govcrning- countries it is usually necessary for great men and great parties to cooperate. There Is time enough to balance the books as to the greatness of leaders and parties when by dissensions they invite con fusion and disaster
New Britain herald., 1915-05-04
Steaming Up the Columbia
(Philadelphia Record.)

While the Columbia river is a mighty stream, it. has hitherto been ravigable for distance of only q lit tie over 100 miles from it's mouth. I he opening of the Dalles-Celilo ca nal on Wednesday last, around the rapids at Big Eddy, Or, will permit steamboat traffic up the main river to Priest Rapids, in the center of the state of Washington, distance of t50 miles from the Pacific. The Snake river, which enters the Colum- bia few miles north of the Walla- W ala. affords navi~able channel rp 10 Lewiston, Idaho. wh-eh IS 4to miles from the coast.
 Who would ever have thought It possible to trade with China or Aus tralia by an all water route from
New Britain herald., 1915-05-04

Chief Joseph's hurting grounds? Yet Lewiston is on the edge of the old Neg Perccs, reservation, and hardly more than a days march from the Occur d'Alene. Provided with a good map and . lively imagination, one might float up the Columbia river into Canada. and follow the sjnuosities of the Snake to the Yell lowstone park and nearly to Greet Salt Lake. But the falls and gorges
 of the upper Columbia will never be
 negotiable by anything that swilps except salmon; and the upper Snake river in summer time has often scarcely enough water to raise a bub-
 ble or make rings when a stone is thrown in
 For all that+ what has @been gainSl by the canalization just completed is noteworthy A total of 535 miles of river navigation into the heart of the Great Northwest and almost to the foot of the Rocky Mountains may be accounted we'll worth the decade of labor and the nearly s5,0O0,00O of xnendoG in obtaining the iul- provement. eSs
New Britain herald., 1915-05-04
Relief for Horses in the War.
(Army and Navy Journal.)


 The horse will have to thank this war anyway for having given him the first official recognition by warning nations of his right to organized re- lief First Lieut.. J. G. Quekemeyer, 18th United States cavalry, explains in the April Cavalry Journal with illus trations and reprints the appeals in the countries at war for aid for horses in service. \ Never before has such voluntary help been given to the beasts as has been extended in this conflict The Blue Cross society is a branch organization of our dumb friends league of London. The sup port of the British war office has given only such sanction as enables the so- ciety to furnish hospital requisites for sick and wounded horses. In France the society was more successful, ob- taining the full authority of the 1 French minister .of. war to install in- mediately. eight base snosnitals for sick and wounded horses at tbe front The 1 outfit for q base hospital costs about $15e. These base hospitals have al- l ready been established and will ham ]. cile in emergencies 1000 horses at a time. All the stations are equipped with humane killers,'' noiseless ! weapons killing instantly and prevent l ing much unnecessary suffering.
 The president of the Blue Cross so- ciety is Lady Smifh-D -Dorrien, wife of l Gen. Smith-Dorrien. Lieut. Queke- meyer says: Notwithstanding the good feeling existing between most soldiers and theirsmounts, war neces- l sarily inflicts many hardships and much horrible suffering on our faith l ful friends. Human life is and should l be the first consideration, and if 1t comes to choice between saving the I life of horse or that of man, the l man must be saved and the horse left. At the same time horses have a. spe- l a1sc1aim to all the protection against l suffering in war that can be provided, and it is gratifying to know that sucn I efficient efforts are being made to re- duce these sufferings as much as pos- 5 sibless The work Of the Blue Cross i society naturally appeals to every lover of the horse.s as we'll as to all those who recognize the great value of
 horses in all the various operations of J Xar,"
New Britain herald., 1915-05-04
BETTING ON POST.

Egs Considered the penalty 6pon the policeman who ling up as required by the he police department is not
 was, however, his first of
 was not a serious accusa- Pugh it might have been'
 might have resulted is not tdered in judging such cases |er+ is it something to be. |ith view to palliation. The
 not deny the accusation
 r did he try to offer what
 6 been regarded 8 defense lion. There is no denying Ee because if an officer neg Ihg up. the tape in the police Ia tell the story. Every
 Ia1ecr rings up, a record IS
 elnatieally at the desk in n and the official on duty
 Mse whose ring. it is and
 box is located, so that if
 nap.lnrte if there will be and the man at the desk kt solnthing is the matter.
 Demo getting around that
 for the sole reason of hav- |1nen on duty at all hours time they begin to patrol
 until going off duty that
 system was installed.
 sirable that officers be alert hful at all times and it is bf those in authority to see hone, otherwise there would |cipline and the city would the service for which it |bping on post is not as seri-
 liking an error in judgment, |he former is inexcusable
 latter may be explained loss satisfactorily. A police 5 often compelled to make
 prove to be an important hat it has always appeared bat more mistakes are not |ply because the officer has lime to give a moments 5 what. under ordinary cor es should require considera- kping is an entirely another
New Britain herald., 1915-05-04
MINT JULEP.

bs new mayor has gone on
 wagon but Chicago's old snt out telling the reporters makes his own mint juleps. |e repulgiye recipe.
 kou take a large, clean glass.
 teaspoonful of sugar and a Ter not much water! Then H life size jigger of genuine 'lia .appleiack brandy. It
 Eirginia applejack. Add ea. of French brandy. Fill |rge, clean glass with ice and f q large shaker. You shake Erost gathers on the outside |alser. Now you come to one Ee points in making a perfect Ht's the mint. Select a nice |of fresh mint, grown by In your own garden. Wash Ind as you put it in the drink E give it a half turn. not ef squeeze to start the oil. ] you put your face down in Euet Of mint and thengo to
 Boston Globe.s
 son for Garter Harrison's
 now made known. Who kIe for a man who put water lep or who would mix apple n French brandN? He had
 Idea, but his formula was
 Tn nufacturing a julep
 est7 care shbuld be exercised |acIng of the mint. It should 8 1n the glass first, the larger
 the bigger the drink and the
 f3p ortafIfity for dexterity .of n t11e distilling of the plant. nufactt1rers use apostle such tlized by the skilled apothe-
 crush the mint. beginning
 snt1e rotary motion and in
 n speed until the juice has hpleteIy extracted. Then fnix a |teaspoonful of frosting sugar, 1t Into the plant, lining the Eh pictures of Jack Frost, then f1aa hraudv some Seltzer, he contents thoroughly with Lice and strain. Then cut the b allow the balloon to ascend
New Britain herald., 1915-05-04
IS. CHAPMAN AT BAR.

|ugh the lawyers spent all day
 fv in trying to obtain a jury to
 Eencc c. carman for the mur-.
 tIrs. Louise Bailey at Freeport, |nbout "a year ago, only i've |were chosen, so careful are |des in the case. The trial is held at Mineola and as usual
New Britain herald., 1915-05-04

Take away Waterbury's trees and the city would be sl1orn or fully half it's attractiveness. Mayor Scully, after a tour of the city with the board of public works, has some interest ing and significant things to say con corning the lack of trees in certain sections. He even goes so far as to predict a treeless city before many years unless more attention is paid to the matter No one wants to see Waterbury become a shadeless town and although Arbor Day mas passed there is still brief time left in which trees may be planted. But the city must organize a system of plant ing trees on new streets and having them laid out to accomn odate them where possible. But above all encoura cement for private land own
 CTS to plant trees ana assistance in dcing so, provided by a public official who knows his business and is a friendly person with a love of natural beauty. Mayor Scully has another great opportunity here for leaving his mark on the city.-Waterbury Amer ican. s
New Britain herald., 1915-05-04
McNIILLA ANS

Don't forget the New Hours for Store Closing-Monday at g F. M., Saturday at 9:3O F. M., Other Days at 6 F. M. Es3st a.ss
New Britain herald., 1915-05-04

Senator Rree. who has opposed tl1h peresent plan for the revision of the statutes and the amount which is ap- propriated for that purpose, supports the fight against extravaganza which has been maintained from the start by declaring that the work can be prop erly done for one-quarter of the $42,- GOO, which it is proposed to pay for it. Of this there is not the least doubt for while he refers to firms which
 make a speciality of revising the stat utes- of a state and codifying them and in making business of it have developed a system which not only does it thoroughly. efficiently and cheaply, since. as. he declares, they would be glad to get the job for $140,- 900, there is just as good reason to be- lieve that there are many men in Con- necticut, and two or three of whom would be glad to undertake the task for a similar sum and guarantee the results.-Norwich Bulletin. i
New Britain herald., 1915-05-04
The DANSANT' and Exhibition. of BALL ROOM and PROFESSIONAL
 DANCING

1.-The 1.-THE DANsANT" we in- troduced a year ago proved such an enjoyable feature that We decided to give another ex- hibition.
 We take pleasure in an- nouncing the special engage ment of Miss Jeanette Warner (craator of the Fox Trot and formerly star in High Jinks') accompanied by MT. J. F. Rich mond. They will give profess sional exhibitions, also instruc- tions in modern dancing, daily from p. m. to D. m., com mencing Monday, May 8, until Saturday, May 8. inclusive, at our restaurant, ninth floor
 The exhibition is free, but seats at tables may be reserved, : which will be inclusive of a dainty tea service at Fifty Gents.
 After each exhibition, hold CTS of seat tickets will have the privilege of the floor for danc- ing and instruction and an or- chestra will provide the newest in dance music.
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