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New Britain herald., 1915-12-11
CHINA TO RETURN 1
 MONARCHIAL RU'

(Cotinued from First E'age.) had gained such a control of the aTj was dismissed in disgrace, althoj nominaIly on pretext of curing sore leg"
 Joins Rebel Move.
 When the anti- -Manchu rebell broke out in October 1911, the M, chu regency, in despair, urged " to return. The latter replied that leg was not yet will, but when gil authority as supreme commander all forces of the north, he accept He also became the first premier the responsible cabinet" which { regency offered the rebels as a ct cession of peace. But neither { rebels nor Yuan were satisfied. T abdication of Yuan Shi-kai auth, ized the premier to organize with [ rebel leaders at Ranking a republic form of government.
 Sun Yat-sen, the provisional pre- dent of the southern rebels was fore to retire and Yuan Shi-kai was elei ed provisional president of { Chinese Republic at Ranking on Ice ruary IS, 1912. He took the oath office at Picking the following montt
New Britain herald., 1915-12-11

last night. The artists, Mr| Damon Shaw and Mrs. Nellf Reynolds, were the recipi, much applause for their clev,
 The next meeting of the M ceum of Kensington will be he day, December 20.
 The Berlin Basketball tea its first practice of the seasoi town hall last night. TweIv, dates appeared at the tryout prospects are good for a fast
 The Ladies' society of tn, Congregational church held successful candy ana apron !, a neat sum was realized on ture.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-11
CONFER ON TROLLEY LINE. Delegates From Meriden, Kensington and New Britain Here Today.

A meeting of parties interested in building the new storage battery troll ley line between Meriden and this city through Kensington, was held this afternoon at the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce. Those in at- tendance were H. Wales Lines and Henry Dryhurst of Meriden, c. F. Lewis and Judge Willard I. filling of Kensington and Edward F. Hall and H. L. Platt of this city. The com mittees discussed tentative plans that have been made for the establishing of the proposed new line, but noth- ing definite was completed.
 Believing that the local merchants should have every benefit and the pur- chasing public every available source of service, the mercantile bureau of the Chamber has completed arrange ments with c. A. Bence, whereby a parcel delivery service will be inaugu- rated on next Monday, continuing un- til after the holidays. One delivery will be made in the morning directly after g o'clock and another after 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The mer- chants are privileged to make any restrictions they see fit in regard to tho amount of purchase they may de- liver free. Several will deliver pur- chases of $1 or more free. Prompt and careful handling of the business is assured. and the Chamber of Com merce will be pleased to give any in- formation in regard to the system.
 A meeting of the Federation of Charities will be held Monday after noon at o'clock and the directors Of the civic bureau will meet in the eve- ming at o'clock
New Britain herald., 1915-12-11
CARD OF THANKS.

We desire to express our most heartfelt thanks to kind friends and neighbors for the expressions of sym pathy extended to us at the time of the death of our beloved husband and brother, Edward Whitman. We are particularly grateful to the members of the Sons of Veterans, Court Pro gress F. of A., and the employees of the New Britain Gas company.
 MRS. EDWARD WHITMAN,
 MRS JOHN KOVERMAN.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-11
STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE.

Bridgeport, Dec. 11.-Hope is held out for the recovery of Mrs James Kearns, widow of former fire com missioner who was struck by an auto mobile in Stratford last night. Mrs. Kearns is at the Bridgeport hospital. Both her legs were broken, her scalp cut and body bruised. An operation showed that her skull was not frac- tured. The driver of the autom obile ls unknown. He did not stop.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-11
BANS LIQUORS ON TRAINS.

Charleston, w. Va, Dec. 11.-In- junctions restraining the Baltimore x Ohio, and the Western Maryland Railroads from allowing passengers in this state to carry intoxicating liquors in their personal baggage when 1a- beled as such, were granted here yes terday on petition of Fred o. Blue. state prohibition commission. A similar injunction was granted We'd nesday against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-11
NO WAR OF AGGRESSION.

Washington, Dec. l1.-Senator Owen of Oklahoma will press a resolution providing for the following amendment to the constitution: No war of aggression shall be waged by the army or navy of the United States, except upon a declaration of war by congress, ratified and approved by a majority of votes cast in a majority of the congressional districts of the United States"
New Britain herald., 1915-12-11
DROP ELECTION FRAUD CASES.

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 11-Charges against 1O5 of the remaining 11S de- fendants in the Marion county election conspiracy cases were dismissed to- day. The prosecutor said that in view of the failure to convict Mayor Joseph E. Bell, on the conspiracy charges he did not believe the state had sufficient evidence to warrant going to trial with the 105 cases.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-11
BRITISH STEAMER ASHORE.

St. Johns, N. F., Dec. 1.-The British steamer St. Kilda, bound from Sydney, c. B., to Lewisport, N F., with coal, ran ashore on St. Pierre Island today. The crew of thirty, with the exception of cabin boy, were rescued. The St. Kilda was 2,469 .lons net burden.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-11
U, s. NOTE IN VIENNA

Washington, Dec. 1.-The Ameri- can note to Austria Hungary demand ing disavowal of the sinking of the Italian steamer Ancona and repara- tion for American lives lost on that vessel, reached the Austrian foreign office at Vienna yesterday. The text will be given out by the state depart ment here for publication in Monday moraing newspapers.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-11
COAL BREAKER BURNED.

Scranton, Pa., Dec. 1.-The Do1ph Coal Company's anthracite breaker at Jessup, one of the best equipped in the Lackawanna Valley, burned today causing loss of $150,000 and throw ing 800 men and boys out of work.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-11
PROBING ARNoLD.s CONDUCT.

Washington, Dec. 11.-Investigation Is being made of the conduct of Olney Arnold of Rhode Island. American diplomatic agent and consul general It Cairo, Egypt, on charges by Amer lean residents, which include unneu- tral utterances N. B. Stewart, one of state departments inspectors and a consul general at large, who had been working in Africa, has been sent to Cairo to investigate.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-11
GREECEPREPAREDT TO
 DEMObILIzE ARMY
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corroborated by Austrian and German
 prisoners. It also is said by prisoners that the approaches to Lemberg have not been. fortified with the exception of repairs which have been made to the old trenches. On the other hand, the Grodek Lakes and the line of the liver San are being fortified strongly.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-11
$15,OOO HOTEL FIRE.

Northampton, Mass, Dec. Ill., Twenty persons were driven from their rooms early today by a fire which partly destroyed the City Hotel and caused loss of s15,OO0. The hotel, a wooden structure. was built more than one hundred years ago.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-11
INVENTORIES FILED.

An inventory of the estate of Frank A. Stevens of Berlin was filed in the court of probate today. It consists of cash in the Berlin Savings bank amounting to s542.52. The estate of Lewis W. Robbins is valued at $1S1.01, acording to the report of John K. Woodford, administrator
New Britain herald., 1915-12-11
TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION

WANTED-Small modern tenement or house, married couple; electric light, gas, bath, hot water, set tubs,
 steam heat preferred Box 12L,
 Herald. 12-11-1dx
New Britain herald., 1915-12-11
Japan May Send Note.

Tokio, Dec. II, S:56 D. mt considered probable here that Japall in the name of herself and her allies will send another friendly note u China with regard to the propose, change of China's form of governmen to a monarchy, which the entent powers have indicated they do no wish to have take place during tn course of the war because of dis turbances of the peace which it migh entail.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-11
BRITISH STEAMER SUNK.

London, Dec. II, 12:15 D. m.-The British steamship Busiris, 2,72O tons
 kross, has been sunk. Her crew was
 landed.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-11
MUNITIONS PLANT BLOWN UP

HaVre, France, Dec. IT, 2:35 D. m.- Munitions factories of the Belgian government here were destroyed today ny an explosion. Extensive damage was done, and many persons were injured
New Britain herald., 1915-12-11
Drops Bombs on Ancona

Ancona, Italy, Dec. 10, Via Paris, Dec. II, 2 a. m.-Austrian aeroplanes flew over this city this afternoon and dropped bombs, which killed two people and injured several others No material damage was done.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-11
Teutons Leaving Lemberg.

PetrOgrad, Dec. Ii, via London, 1 D. m.-A report that the Austrians and Germans are evacuating Lemberg, capital of Galicia, was received here today from Kiev.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-11

Superintendent Towers of the water department has returned from trip to New York.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-11

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New Britain herald., 1915-12-11

A fair sized crowd attended the con- cert for the benefit of the organ motor at the Berlin Congregational church
Evening star., 1915-01-10
HONOR MEMORY OF BUNDY.
Resolutions Passed by Mu-So-Lit
Club at Colored Y. HI. C. A.

Resolutions honori1g the memory Of
the late James +. Bundy were adopt
ed at the annual meeting of the Mu-so-
lit Club of this city at the colored \. NJ.
{. A. Friday evening. The resolutions
also expressed appreciation OF the fact
that The Supreme Court of the District
had adjourned as :, tribute to Mr..
Bundy.
The committee resolutions COM
prised Kelly Miller. chairman; Roscoe
{. Bruce, secretary; james A Cobb.
Shelby j. Davidson, Walter j. Single
ton, George W. Cook. l.. NJ. Hershaw.
Officers OF the club were chosen as
follows: NJ Grant Lucas president; Il.
A. Byron, vice president; J. LeCount
Chestnut, recording secretary; II. w.
Thompson, corresponding secretary; A.
Mercer Daniels, financial secretary; j.
W. Clifford. treasurer; executive com
.rittee, t.. II. Lawson. A. &. Newman,
| Kelly Miller Robert FL. Terrell, X. A.
Pelham, G. Luther Sadg"lr and Haley
y. Douglass.
The club decided TO arrange for Il
celebration of Frederick Douglass
birthday next month and to celebrate
it's deccnnial anniversary with Il social
function later i'll the year.
Evening star., 1915-01-10
YOUNG COUPLE REVEAL
MARRIAGE LAST JULY
Parents of Bride Give Entertain
ment for Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. A. Smith.

Friends and acquaintances Of Miss
Emily Almira Shipley, daughter Of DR..
and Mrs. Henry c. Shipiey. and of Louis
Allan Smith, who is an e,nploye of the
Southern railway and a member Of a
well known Prince Georges county, Md,
family, were surprised last week to learn
that they have been married since July
4, 1914
This announcement was made by DR..
and Mrs. Shipley, at their home, 1885
Summit place northeast. The ceremony
took place at Annapolis, Nd, the young
couple having slipped quietly off by them
selves and keeping the event secret un-
til q few days ago.
In honor of the announcement Mrs
Ada Mills Payne entertained the young
couple and a number of their friends at
a supper at her home on Rhode Island
avenue. Among those present were Miss
Jeanette Campbell, Miss Cora Kelley,
Miss Mabel WiaeeIocl1, Mrs. Elizabeth
Fowler. Mir. and Mrs John s. Mills, Mr..
Lorenzo p. Fowler, Mr.. Charles L.
Proudley, Mr.. Mckinley Kreish. Mr..
Milo Lang, MIR. Edwin Mess, Mr. Walter
c. Mills and Miss Thelma Mills Payne.
Evening star., 1915-01-10
AMBROSE TIMBERLAKE DEAD.
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Worker Succumbs to Pneumonia.

Ambrose TimberlaEe, siSty-tWo years
old, an employe of the bureau of en-
craving and printing for ten years
died yesterday morning at his home at
Ule Evanston apartment, 18th and
Monroe streets northwest. Death was
due to pneumonia. Funeral services
are to be held at the home tomorrow,
and interment viii be at Winchester,
Va.
Mr. Timberlake was born in Jefferson
county, Va. He had lived in this city
for about fourteen years, 4 few years
employed in the War Department, and
the past ten years employed in the di-
vision of textiles OF the bureal of en-
craving and printing.
Besides his wife, Mrs Carrie r. Tim
berlake, four sisters survive him.
Evening star., 1915-01-10

Geodge Bernard Shaw has contributed
this article on the need of relief Tor
BelgiUrn. to the Commission for Relief
in Belgium. Il Broadway, New York.
Il ! were to say To a Belgian that fine
words butter no parsnipS. he would Won
der what on earth ] meant. That is
PERHAPS fortunate: for if ever Il nation
had reason TO remind the world of that
ya sing. IL is the Belgian nation at the
present crisis.
I an afraid many Of US have Il rati4-
er Complacent impression tat France
and Britain came in a very handsome
way 20 the rescue of brave little Be-
Sium. and that Il is Il noble trait i'll
their character that they have upheld the
treaty of London Gs29 these seventy
five years for BelgiuIns benefit.
Now the king Of tie Belgians is far
too ChiVGlrous to let fall one word in
criticism Of that attitude Therefore. as
gentlemen we who are on the Fraco-
British side must criticize it ourselves.
We must confess that though Belgium
has saved us, we have not saved Bel
GUM.
Battle OF Waterloo.
At the battle Of Waterloo the British
LAY down srlagly behind the ridge, and
placed the Belgian brigade on the eN-
posed forward slope OF il to be hammer
Cd to pieces by The terrible cannona lie
and then cut 10 ribbons by the charges
that routed our own artillery. And some
English writers were not ashamed 20 dis
Irlrage Belgian va!or because the BrIt-
ish squares stood up to the charges az
tho top Of the hin when the uncovered
Belgian brigade fell before u hail of can
non balls. No Belgian then complained
Of being allotted the post o. danger; II
was MS right On his own soil 10 claim il.
History repeated itself at Liege
There, too. Belgium was at the post of
danger. There she held the bridge for
the whole west of Europe against Prus-
sia and never once looked back to ask.
Where are the French and British
Where indeed? Alas! il was Il long
Evening star., 1915-01-10

felt that when the heavy masses OF ice
about her start out the yacht may he
dragged with ii.
The drift ice in the river is responsible
for the breaking Of fourteen buckets out
of the paddle wheels of the steamer Fred
erick de Barry. which left yesterday MORN
ing for Nattawoman creek. The DAM
age was done between this city and Alex
andria The steamer Wakefield succeed
ed in getting through the ice without
damage. except to parts of. her wheel
houses.
one Of the big navy yard tugs. OH her
way up the river, found the ice off Alex
andria difficult to get through. and IL is
stated she was an hour or longer in going
about mile with three lighters in tow.
RiNermen are % the opinion that the
worst of the downrush of ice is over, and
that the current will run itself Off within
the next day or two.
Evening star., 1915-01-10
LAUNDRY SUIT DECISION
CREATES PRECEDENT HERE
Officers Of Elite Company Required
to Refund $32, 1928 Voted
Themselves for Services.

! Justice Mccoy in the equity division
of the Supreme Court of the District
has handed down a judgment re-
quiring George A. klinefelter, Frank Z.
Wilcox and Frank p. Avalear, officers
| Of the Elite Laundry Company, to re-
fund to that company the sum Of S32,-
1928, being moneys belonging to the
company which, the decree says, they
wrongfully voted to themselves for
services from January l, 1912, to No
vember 21,1914.
The judgment requires the persons
named to pay interest on the money
they received from the Elite Laundry
Company.
|, The action of the court follows the
fling of a suit by John W. Lowe, for
the benefit of the Elite Laundry Com
pany, against Klinefelter, Wilcox and
Avalear.
Important Question Involved.
The case involved the question of the
directors in a corporation to decide for
themselves how much should be paid
as salaries, and Justice Mccoy decided
that the rights of minority stock
holder to share in the earnings of the
corporation could not be taken from
him by excessive amounts paid to otfi-
GERS under the guise of salaries"
1t is said that this decision creates a
precedent in the District. An appeal
was noted by the defendants to the
Court of Appeals. for which forty
thousand dollar aupersedeaS bond was
required by the court.
The decree rendered yesterday was the
result of a trial in the Equity Court last
November, at which the defendants
tod NV tnr
w orthington, Charles L. FTailey and
Ralston & richardson: the plaintiff
yas represented by Attorneys Frank
j. Hogan and julius !. Peyser.
Evening star., 1915-01-10
No Chance for Belgium.

on .. previous occasion (is10) Britain
had offered her own neutrality as the
price of Eelgium's; and Belgium was
spared at that price. This time such a.
price vas out of the question. All the
powers proceeded with strict correct
ness. France and Britain readily un-
dertook to respect Belgian neutrality
if Germany respected it, very prop
er pledge, but of little comfort to Bel
GUM when all the parties knew that
Germany would not respect it. Ger
many with equal readiness declared
her determination to respect intsrna-
tional conventions and not to lose sight
OF the fact that Belgian neutrality was
guaranteed by International treaties.
But there is a hole in all neutrality
treaties through which any state can
drive q ach-and-six. Germany drove
i whole army through ii. She asked
for right of way for her army, under
taking TO pay all expenses and To
make good all unavoidable damages
and she added that refusal would
place her at such a disadvantage th2t
she would interpret it as an act of war
on the part of Belgium,
Evening star., 1915-01-10
British Note to Belgium.

Britain then informed the Belgian
government that she expected Belgium
to resist the passage of Germany by
every means in her power: and the
terms of this communication We're suf-
ficiently perenptory to suggest th;-t
compliance with Gcrmany's demand
might be taken as an act of war on the
, allies.
Thus Belgium was between the devil
| and the deep sea. She was forced to
! make her soil the field of battle for the
| most destructive warfare ever waged
| in the worlds history.
| Can it be denied that there is here
no question of the romantic rescue Of :.
distressed nation by British and French
knights errant, but d deliberate inliic-
! tion upon her of 81 frightful calamity
| by those who professed 10 defend her
no less than by those who made war on
Evening star., 1915-01-10
CITIZENS TO MEET.
Mid-City Association to Hear Ad.
dresses Tomorrow Evening.

4 meeting Of the Mid-City Citizens
Association is to he held at Freund's =
cafe. SIS 10th street northwest, to-
morrow evening at O'Clock. Rev. Il.
y. Page, chairman of subcommittee on
appropriation for the District of Co.
lumbia in the House of Representa-
tivcs, and Otto i'raeser. postmaster OF
this city. are scheduled 10 address the
meeting.
\ buffet luncheon viii be served \.
J. Drisccll, president of the assocta-
ton, will have charge of the meeting.
Evening star., 1915-01-10
BOYS to Give Play for Relief Fund.

For the benefit Of the Belgian relief
fund, under the auspices of the District
committee, OF which Mrs John A. Logan
is chairman, an entertainment is to be
given at Polls Iheater tonight by tie
boys Of the Lake Forest summer schools.
These camps are located at Mattawam-
keag, Me The farce TO be presented Is
I'm the Other Fellows Shoes" 1t is
being staged under the direction OF W.
IN. Lynch, who is director of the camps
Evening star., 1915-01-10
GEORGETOWN CHANNEL
IS NOW FREE OF ICE
River in Vicinity of Alexandria
However. Is Still Full of
Floating Mass.

Late yesterday afternoon the ice from
Georgetown channel, but the river in the
vicinity of Alexandria and below was still
full of the floating masses, and the tugs
with tows and the sidcwheei steamers
were having difficulty in getting through.
Tugboat masters report the ice packed
and to extend as far down the river from
Indian Head as could be seen. Yester
day afternoon the ice about Fort Wash
ington had thiuned somewhat, and it is
expected by this afternoon the current
will have carried it to the wide reaches
of the lower river, where it can spread
out and not give steamers much trouble
\ remarkable drift oi cae OF the light
ers of the Columbia Granite and Dredging
Company. which Went twenty-five miles
in the ice and Was found undamaged, is
reported. The lighter was brought out
from Georgetown Friday afternoon and
anchored near Anaiostan island. the in
tention being to take ii down the river
yesterday. Yesterday morning it was
missing from its nooring. and the tug
Walter +. Meade was sent in search of il.
1t was found uniniured, though still sur
rounded by heavy masses of broken ice, in
the cove on the Maryland side of the
river between Glyncnt and Indian Head.
While the ice is all out of Georgetown
channel. except where It is packed in the
cove at the Corinthan Yacht Club and
elsewhere, the current is still racing
down, bringing with it quantities of logs
and other debris
Evening star., 1915-01-10

! way to Tipperary; and what were Ma
poleon's twelve Founders and twenty
| four-pounders to the kaisers howitZers
! that from impossible distances could
blow whole forts into the SIX?
/ None Can Claim Laurel.
! Well, all the generals Of Britain and
! France have since come il 10 the field ::
! but none of them can yet claim the
! laurel of the mathematician of Liege
/ who called his adEliriug captors to wit
! ness that he had been taken alive only
because he had been taken insensible.
! To his magnificent warriorship even
| the Prussians took off their hats. Moth
ing that We can say about it can pay
I our debt to it.
| For, l repeat. France and Britain did
not save Belgium. L!ege fell. Brus-
| sells has fallen. ana Antwerp, and
| Ghent. and Sruges, and Ostend. Lou
! vain mas been sacked more scicntihcai-
| ly than Ismail by Suwarrow: towns
| like Termonde have had the fiery
| chariot of war driven to and fro over
| their corpses until they are thrice
I slain. like the dead in a liar $ story: =:
/ and the Belgian government has been
| driven out into 4 foreign land. What
worse could nave happened to Belgium
! had she stood alone against the world?
! Well may her enemy laugh to scorn
/ the scrap of paper" that guaranteed
| her integrity. 1t will be time enough
! for Eelg;um's friends to revile Ger
many for that when they have made
/ the scrap OF paper good.
Must make Paper Good.
For they must make it good. IL they
do not drive the Germans out of Bel
gtum and offer their armies as the
guard of honor to the most popular
monarch in Europe on the day when he
takes his seat again on his throne III
Brussels, ti:ey will be either dishon-
ored or beaten. If they sign treaty
leaving the kaiser one square inch of
Belgian soil except under such conpul-
sion as would worce them to give him
Portsmouth, Belfort and Verdun as
well. they may as well team up their
flags and live by letting lodgings to
Evening star., 1915-01-10
To Discuss Fire Insurance Rates.

Fire insurance rates for the District
of Columbia are to he discussed at the
regular meeting of the Northeast
washington Citizens Association, to
be held in Northeast Temple. 18th and
II streets northeast, at o'clock to-
morrow night.
Evening star., 1915-01-10
Evades Insanity by Suicide.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-. January 9.-Dr Val
demar L. Fischer. a we'll known physi-
clan of st. Louis, committed suicide
here today. The fear that he was
losing his mind is believed to have
prompted the deed.