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New Britain herald., 1915-04-20
POLITICAL TROUBLE IN HART-
 UORD

Mayor LaWer of Hartford has his forts to fill the appointivc offices of the city, as he is required to do under the law, all his nominees made last evening being rejected by the board of aldermen, although no reason was assigned for it, and the supposition is that the trouble was due to factional differences, a most regrettable condi
 ton in any political 'organiZa ton. Hartford's politics, however. is some what similar to that which exists :n New Haven, where anything Is likely to happen and at the most unexpected times Hartford has been tinkering with it's charter, presumab bly with q view to improving it and enabling the various officials to perform their work still very lame when it docs not pro- vide that the mayor can make his appointments unhampcred by ratifica- tion. The responsibility for good gov CrnmcnI so lar dS It TCIdCeS lo Inc work of appointees rests upon him aud he should be permitted to select his cabineet without interference
 Mayor Lawler read his message last evening, which appears to be com- plete in every detail ana which con tf,ns one paragraph In particular which may well be considered by ether cities besides Hartford. He re- grets that there are some well intcn- toned people in Hartford who mako statements about the finances of the city which are not borne out by facts. He reminds the people that it costs rnore to run the city now than it used to. but he says that this is also true I; of the individual family and business, and says that the residents of Hart | fCrd have advantages and comforts now which they did not have when l the city budget was smaller. This is
New Britain herald., 1915-04-20
Insurance Money Works.
(ChiCago NeNs.l

In a recent excellent brief state ment one of the big life insurance companies tells about the work dona by the dollars paid in as premiums b,. policy holders.
 In It's home office the comparv says, is a steel safe about the siza Of a large bedroom. This safe has in 1t about $300,000, 900, represented by stocks and bonds. In other safes nearby are another $500. 900. 900 or more, represented by real estate mort gageS and titles to property. and so on.
 The dollars themselves are not in 1 these safes; they are all out at work. Each safe might be regarded as a sort of Cloakroom, where the dollars leave their hats and coats and then 20 out to work. Each of these dollars we regard as a little slave working hard every day without taking any holi- days, without taking any vacations and each one earning about 1-2 cents g year for the company"
 Policyholders send into this com pany money at the rate of $40 min ute for 300 working days of the veal nearly $5,0O0,000 a month, more than $5S,000,000 a year.
 Of actual cash the company prob ably does not keep at hand more than comes in in ten days. Very prompt ly money is put to work. At what
 As soon as il comes in," the com pany says, " the money is set to work building railroads, making locomo- tives and railruad cars, erecting of flee buildings and business houses, and performing a great service to society all over the land.
 In other words, it is immediately invested in railroad and municipal bonds and real estate mortgages"
 Of course, what this money earns adds to the fund held to pay the claims of policyholders. Last year, for instance, this company paid out SIS for every $10O received from policyholders-a record probably equaled by every sound old company, and made possible by the policy of keeping money constantly and safely employed.
 1t is we'll worth while to get and study the financial statements of the Liz insurance companies. They are among our biggest and most success ful investors.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-20
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views ou all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to HeraIh office.
Outlaw, But Brave.
(Washin gton POst.)

Lieut.. Harold Thompson, of the Flff II United States Cavalry, Robert E. Lee old ''Fighting Fiftn," tells a story about Henry Starr, a noted Ok iahoma outlaw and bandit, who was apfreheHded recently in a bank rob bory in one Of the southwestern bor- der towns
 Henry Starr was accused, about htteen years ago, of being implicated Ill numerous train robberics and other mlsdemeanors,' said Lieut.. Thomp- son. at the Raleigh. "United States Deputy Marshal Floyd Wilson went out on the plains of the Indian Ter rltory to get starr. The two men met in the desert. They sighted each other when about two miles apart. As they approached each took. a shot. Both fell from their horses within q distance of fifty yards, each rolling toward the other, and each man fir ing as he rolled When Starr got up to Wilson, the deputy sheriff had been shot full of holes. Starr was later captured and sentenced to twenty years in the Federal penitcntiary at Fort Smith. Ark.
 starr was put in a cell near the entrance door. Cherokee Bill, a half breed Indian and desperadO, was put in a cell at the other end of the pcni- tentiary. One day while Larry keat- ing, the turnkey, Was locking up,' Cherokee Bill, from his cell pointed a Winchester at Heating and shot him in the leg. Heating fell in such a way as to break his neck and died. The shot attracted the attention of United States Marshal Stall Stall and a lot of his deputies ran to the penitentiary, but seeing Cherokee Bill with the gun, were afraid to enter. Henry Starr, at the first cell, yelled: Let me out, and I'll get the gun from that Indian
 stall handed Henry Starr the keys to his cell Starr walked the entire length of the penitentiary, stepped into Cherokee Bills cell, and in the twinkling of an eye came back with the gun and handed it to the marshal It was for this piece of bravery that Starr was pardoned by Roosevelt from his twenty-year sentence. Cherokee Bill was afterward hanged
 There are many" concluded Lieut.. Thompson, who believe that Starr was never guilty of the willful mur- der of Wilson, but that he shot in self-defense the day they met on the desert.'
New Britain herald., 1915-04-20
\ Man Without a Flag.
New York P1ess.)

The tale is in the making of man of very considerable celebrity in two hemisphereS, but without flag. He is a fugitive from the United States, having fled the country when con victed of a serious crime. Not only had he achieved worldwide distinc- tion of certain kind, but he had amassed wealth suddenly.
 Now the distinction has been wrested from him; much of his wealth has been dissipa: ed, together with his manhood's strength. in dissolute living. Afraid to approach his native land, Jack Johnson, only the other day worlds heavyweight champion is in fact stranded. Of course, he can go whithersoever the winds of his whim blow him, but all ways at personal peril, with the pro- lection of no flag.
 In the hour of his hum bling by Jess Willard he appealed to the Amer ican Minister to Cuba for a passport, but that was denied him. He dis owned America; this country pays no heed to him unless he re-enters it. He mocked the United States; his mockery turned upon himself.
 It will be interesting and profitble to observe the future Greer of this man. 1t will be a lesson well worth learning. Stripped of hiy fame, an alien in lands no longer interested in him more than vulgar curiosity prompts. doubtless yearning yet afraid to return to his own country, and ad- vanced ir years, it is possible, that af- ter all, his punishment ir thc end will be as great as if he had paid penalty of his offenses by going to prison.
 It may be that one of these days he will come back to throw himself up- on the mercy of the court.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-20

him he was Eliminated from the courts of Georgia. It looks now as
 if his only chance to escape the death penalty for the murder is through a petition to the governor.
 The case has attracted attention all over the country first because of the heinousness of the crime and second because Frank claims he is innocent and is the victim of race persecu- tion. About every legal point has trial and the courts have all decided against him. The principal witnesses against Frank was a negro who says that Frank employed him to dispose of the body. while the lawyers for the defense have been contendlns that the negro Is the real murderer They have not been able, however to obtain any proof of that contention and unless the governor interferes the accused will be put to death.
 The south has always been very strong against crimes against women and children and while it seems as if they have shown all the proverbial dislike for the accused under the cir cumstances there has been no one able to prove that his trial was not a fair one and the sentence just TWO Of the justices of the supreme court have filed dissenting opinions in re- I gard to the habeas corpus proceedings but these do not give any help or afford Frank any hope of a new trial or show a way by which he may es- cape suffering the death penalty.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-20
.AblCSt Men Not Large.
(Popular MechanicS.)

(Popular MechanicS.)
 We are all inclined to look up to the physically lig man not only literally out there is always q certain pre- sumption in his favor that he must be currcspondingly strong mentally. People make room for him: they at t&ch more importance usually to what he says than to the same words uttered by an undersized man. We unconsciously picture in our minds the bayonet charge and storming of the trenches as the work of large men. The boy dreams of having a football physique and little sister wor- ships her big brother.
 Other abilities being equal, the large man has a positive advantage over the small man. And yet mary, if not the majority of the great men of the world have been only of medium size, and not a few even undcrsized.
 A certain large city in this country had for years made it rule not to employ in it's fire department any but large men. The result was a small army of athletes which never failed to cause positive thrill when- ever they went on parade, They dis tinctly represented the day of physical might.
 For some years past the inventive mind has been busy, and very suc- CCSsfully. to produce apparatus which never tires, and calculated to transfer to q great extent the hard work from muscle to machine. The evidences of this evolution may be seen in even small towns everywhere, and now the ire engine drawn by volunteers and worked with hand brakes must be looked for in museums of strange mechanics of the past in it's place is the self-propcllcd gaS-rnGine ma chine, carrying it's own hose and cap able of highly effective work with only two men: and ladder trucks hy means of which one small man man. ipulating some short levers ctlp in d few seconds raise great ladders to dizzy heights, or pour detuge of water into tenth story windows while standing in the street below. Henc" it has come about that the man small | of stature but nimblc of body and | alert of mind is not only the peer. hut often the superior of the giant in { huild. There yet remains some work 1 for the big athletes. but it is growing i less each year, and the man whom nature has not endowed with great 1 physical strength is coming into his l own.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-20

Lycurguses of the west satirizing themselves?
 From Wisconsin anything may be expected in the way of law; and if the badger teachers in school, nor mai school and university are forbid den to smoke cigarettes it serves them right. We should like to know, how ever, if South Carolina act restrict ing each Palmettian to a gallon of whiskey month is not cruel and unusual punishment to the staff of our phiIosophic contemporary the Colum- bia state. Whereas Nebraska by for bidding free lunches may be the more inclined to it's high task of living on MT. Bryan's words. All friends of thin diet may rejoice at that. So far as we are informed, all this legisla- ton is in solemn earnest It is ser ious because it Is burlesuue. and it is burlesque because it Is serious.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-20
D. MCMILLAN
too-eO1-2oa MAIN STREET
Hotel Chemistry.

(Rochcster Union and Advertiser.)
 The practical application of chem istry in the administ ra Sion Of a great hostclry is the newest wrinkle in hotel management. A large hotel in a western city has lately added A fully equipped chemical laboratory and engaged q graduate chemist and two assistants.
 TT, SC chemists will apply scientific tests to all the food products which come into the hotel. It is claimed that hotel buyers. purchasing large quantities. are frequently imposed upon by dealers who will hil the orr ders in part with inferior goods The chemists will promptly detect all such practices.
 The hotel chemist makes a special study of soaps and cleansing powders These apparently insignificant items cost thosands of dollars annually in large hotel. The individual cakes of soap supplied to all guests arc hc- ginning to receive consideration. since Colorado woman has threatened suit for a skin irritation. said by her doctors tu be due tu some ingrpd- tent in tho soap furnished her at a hotel. The hotel chemist will have formula for the soap in cakes and also for tho liquid soap used i'm the public washrooms. He will anaivza specimens from each order filled in order to he sure that it complies with the proper standard.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-20
" FOR WATER COM
 MISSION IRS.

publlcan caucus has nomi- hest N. Humphrey for water hner and, as he is president Ard of public works, it seems selection will work out se consolidation of those de- k. It has been said that G.tis bne by the common council, Conclusion is hardly correct #he water department is a zrnment in itself and it does
 as. if it can be disturbed Rgislative enactment. There Considerable talk along thlS Ne past, but when an etIorI
 to consolidate the two de-
 by amending the charter Sment was in reality apan- hause of opposition. Tnere in common with these de-
 the laying of water pipes kets and the matter of street *ents being so closely allied &uld seem as if this class or zd be better handled by one Eft than by two, and with 8antage to the streets. should Aver come when the depart Alld be consolidated, it seems
 ould be necessary to have Hkept apart as is done by the sartment, which is now un- Jurisdiction of the board of &rks. because the whole task
 one of such magnitude as huire great skill and busl-
 eitv in the management.
 mphrey. is. one of the best
 men there is in the public
 V Britain, he having served < neil before being appointed
 rd of public works, so that
 proach his new duties with
 that they will present no
 in the way of accomplish
 appointment, as has been
 " tend to simplify matters
 isisless and bring the two
 gether under one head,
 been talked of for so long.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-20
Medicinal Drug Plant Farm.
(Washincton Star.D

|
 A medicinal drug plant farm on a
 large scale, thing unique in the annals of horticulture in this coun- try and abroad, has been tablished by American scientists on the Virginia hills just opposite the national cap
 ital. It is contended by those in charge of the farm that it will go far
 toward revolutionizing the trade in medicinal drug plants and the chan nels of supply of these plants.
 The whole operation has been un- dertaken after conference with the
 experts of the department of agricul- ture, who for some years have con ducted experiments in the cultivation
 of medicinal drug plants at the Ar lington farm, owned by the depart.
 ment just across the Potomac river. The new drug plant farm is esta b. lished on the property of John B. Henderson, Jr., who has taken a sci
 entitic interest in the matter and has turned over his land to those in charge
 for long period of years.
 Although attempts have been made before to establish farms for the cul- tivation of some of the medicinal drug plants, no attempt has been
 made heretofore to plant and har- vest all the medicinal plants which have been found growing in the tenn perate zones of the world. 1t is planned to develop at the farm the
 best and sturdiest of drug plants,
 through careful cultivation and selec-
 tion, making it possible to provide the medicinal drug trade with plants of standard value, which is impossible at this time.
 For the drug plants used are al
 most entirely collected by peasants and countrymen abroad and here and sent to the markets. These plants necessarily vary in strength and value, and according to the government of ticials in New York great quantities
 of spurious drug plants are shipped
 to this country. annually.
 Just at present, with q war raging in practically all of Europe, the sup ply of drug plants for use in the United States has become more pre- curious than ever. In the first place, the persons who have gathered these plants in the past are either at war or unable to gather the wild plants because of war. In the second place, the fact that thousands of men are being wounded in the war each month makes it necessary for the military authorities to take over tho great part of the drug supplies for their own use.
 At the drug farm in Virginia about forty-five acres of land are being planted with drug plants this year. and it is planned to very much in crease this acreage next year. Ali ready enough selected belladnnna plants for five acres have been brought up under glass. Big beds contain
 ing 1OO.U GOO ginseng roots have he,n set out in the woodlands. Other plants which are being grown in- clude cannabis, larkspur, golden seal | or hydrastis, Japanese peppermint. | senega, colchium and sprigelia.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-20

point which is not understood as it should be in every community. and as result there is dissatisfaction when ment instead. It is q good idea to call attention to this matter, and a public benefit would be obtained if the mayor of every city in the state sngcs The pubii" would soon become interested and in time there would be an improved iica of public matters unl the cities and their officials would be the better for it.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-20
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 CURTAIN SCRIsIS. sH Drawn work and colored border af- fects. Two extra special lots at t0c | and t5c yard. 1 NOVELTY SCRIMs AND NARQUISETTEs.
 17c, 19c. 22c. 25c to 39c yard. M FIGURED MADRAS. f9c, 25c, 2sc yard. Others with dainty colored effects. at 25c yard.
 READY MADE CURTAINS. Lace curtains. soc up to S2.0s pair. Madras curtains, special $1 ,25 and St.5O pair.
 scrim and Marquisette curtains. soc l to S4.9S pair. All our curtains are cinveniently displayed on swinging racks WINDOW SHADES.
 All kinds, 25c and better.
 Any special size shade made to or der.
 NEW DRAPERY MATERIALS.
 All the new designs and colorings in silkolines, cretonnes. burlaps, denims, tapestries, and monks cloth. PILLOW TOPS.
 25c and soc each.
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 Size 14x26 inch at 30c each. VELVET RUGS.
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New Britain herald., 1915-04-20
SPEAKs OF TOM BURNS.

3nday was at the Polo 'a New York yesterday and 1Giants and Philadelphias while he gave the Giants \ being a great team, he said NJ the old Chicago White could beat either of them, &numerating the players ne
 the late Tom Burns of Min, whom he characterized the great infield of that fla The team he would pit liner was composed of either &kson or Jim Mccormick, Hike Kelly, catcher; Anson,
 Pfeffer, second base; Tom krd base; Williamson, short l himself, Gore and Dalrym-
 field.
 reat many years since Sun, 4 q ball, but, like all good e will always retain an in he game, and in his story lays contest which he wrote
 York newspaper he showed Judgment was not at fault
 an estimate of the play ugh there will be differ pinion as to what the out 2ld have been could the fla Bite Stockings rise up from with all their speed and and engage in Q game with
 Giants or the Philadel- hev surely were an able lot
 and won the champion
 several seasons. Billy's to the New Britain ball
 recall for many the latter S { before he entered the na~ ] when he played with the rs" which were more or less
 Connecticut aggregation,
 of whom are still in the e living.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-20
HING AGAINST FRANK.

Fourts one after another dis le various points brought Up
 Fe of Leo Frank, convicted
 ring a young girl in Atlan- Ia, 1t Is difficult to reconcile To a belief in the stories that
 pt have a fair trial. The |ates court decided against flor q writ of habeas corpus
 lon the ground that mob vio- Fed in his case and that as
 lot in the court room when |returned a verdict against
New Britain herald., 1915-04-20

There is some prospect that the state can get along without a state tax during the next twenty years. At the most it will not be much more than one-half mill, which is a big reduction from the two mills roCon- h.ended by Governor Baldwin In hl5 last message.=Bridgepo Post.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-20
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Unless Billy Sunday consents to go tu England to fight the Demon Rum 1t is not unlikely that the "brewers' big horses will continue to run over the tight little island.-New Haven Union
New Britain herald., 1915-04-20
McMTLLAN'S

New Store Closing Hours, Mondny at D. m., Saturday at 9:30 D. ni.i other days at D. m.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-20
Some of the state papers are offer.

some or the state papers are offer ing rules for drivers of automobiles. Suggestion is all right, but with the increase of autimobiles and the de sire to get into the most crowded places of traffic, it is only natural to presume tha tsome drivers, like some individuals in a crowded passageWaY, will stop to talk turn to the wrong side, or do something to impede traf- fic If they did not many would be out of an official ljob.-Middletovn Penny Press.
 That "the movies" have come to stay every one now acknowledges. That they are very popular with chil- oren, and that what they teach IS very easily and quickly assimilated by the growing mind, is also an obvious fact. Much of this. teaching is un- desirable, though there is also much that is useful and helpful in a high degree The chldren's theater, in which plays have been produced for the especial delectation of the little people on certain days of the year, has proved a real success in some of the large cities, and now this is sup llemented by the chidren's moVies.- Waterbury American.
 There is one thing for which Jack Johnson deserves credit, and that is the way he has taken the trimming he received at the hands of Willard. He has done no Squealng nor has he undertaking to excuse or explain his Gef feat except to frankly acknowledge that he was licked because he was unable to deliver the goods. He is thus giving evidence that he is more Cf a game sport than any white pugilists who under similar circum- stances have shown an indisposition to admit their inferiority to the man who has vanquished them, or tn take their medicine, bitterethough it may be, raciously.-Norwich Record. According to Irving Fisher pro- lessor of Economies at Yale, wages are not the cause of the cost of living as popuarly supposed. but are one of the effects of the coSt-changeS in the scale of wages follow, rather than ;.recede, changes in the scale of the cost of living. One of the commonest fallacies in this respect is the belief that prices are high to-day because wages and salaries have been raised in so many lines of work. The exact opposite is the truth according to Pro lessor Fisher, who monstrates that it is a historical fact that prices have gone up first. and that Wages have risen afterward-when the pinch of higher prices made higher wage schedule imper2 tive. ve.--BridgcpOrt Tt telegram.
New Britain herald., 1915-04-20

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