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New Britain herald., 1915-12-01

Washington, D. C., Dec. 1.-"Rou- mania, continually in the public eye as possible factor in the world-war, whose resources both in men and ma terials give this little nation a mili- tary importance out of proportion to it's size and fame, is described in a study, "Rumania, the Pivotal State," preparded by James Howard Gore for the National Geographic Society. The bulletin describing the strength and organization of Roumania reads as follows:
 'The Roumanian lands-composed of the two principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia-first found freedom from the Turk in the treaty of Paris, signed in 1856. They were united in government almost from the start; and, under the rule of their second Prince, Charles of Hohenzollern, viguous spirit of nationalism was in stilled into all classes, and, after the defeat of the Turks at Plevna by their soldiers, the little principality was recognized as a kingdom. The pres ent king is a nephew of Prince Char les, and he rules over a land of 53,- 489 square miles. or one slightly great CT than England and Wales and only
 
 New York combined. Within this territory there' were, according to the last census, 7,50S,OOO inhabitants. giv- ing a density of population slightly greater than that of Maryland.
 sThe fields of Roumania are very fertile and many connnArors have uuarreled over the division of it's soil. Its system of land ownership is complicated, but, in general, it may be said that out of 3S.O00.OOO acres of arable land the small farmers have a little more than one-third, while the large proprietors have 13,0O0, ,000 and the State 6,000,O0O. The lands owned by the State. known as Crown | domains and consisting of 12 es- tates, exercise great influence as model establishments. In all de- partments, conservation of natural re- | sources is taught by precept and ex- ample, and forestry which was hob- by of the late king, found a quick response from the peasants who af- fectionate1y called the oak theil brother the elm their cousin. Lum. Der, in various forms, ranks fourth in the list of Roumania's exports.
 Progress has been steady and ra | pid in Roumania, and one may fint 1 villages of peasant farmers that car , not be surpassed for comfort. It il ] essentially an agricultural state, anC 1 the rich soil insures a good return fol 1 the peasants labor. It is said tha there are estates which, althougf i long under cultivation without a sin | gle manuring, continue to yield twen ty-five bushels of wheat while othel tracts more scientifically handled ; produce as much thirty-six bushels to the acre. It is because of this fer. tility that the Danubian states rank with Russia, Argentina, and the United States as the chief wheat growing countries on the globe
 Crop failures occasion general dis tress, as S6 per cent of the popula. | tion depend upon agriculture; and | Roumania will continue to be sub. ject to economic Impressions as long as she remains exclusively dependen 1 upon the wealth of her harvests. In l dian corn is one of the staples of he 1 peasants tables.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-01

and squareness of American business. We nave travelled far from the an- cient rule of Let the buyer beware The motto now is, Let the seller be- ware" And the seller himself, even if he is not inclined-as the great majority of our business men are to- day-to tell the truth and charge honest prices from a sense of moral obligation, has learned that there is TO business policy so profitable in the long run as honest advertising.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-01

Because a barber in Mount Holly, N J., gave a customer a nice clean shave without so much as uttering word. the man who was shaved in such fashion died and left the barber s15,OOO. Silence is really and truly etimes golden.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-01
FACTS AND FANCIES.

With Woodrow Wilson heading one ticket and Charles E. Hughes another the rank and file of the American Cit izenship would stand to win, Wh1ch- ever candidate lost.-Syracuse Jour- nal.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-01

Winston Spencer Churchill is in the trenches. Nowhere would the lime light that always shines around him be more appreciated. The brave boys can see to read, wherever he goes.- Brooklyn Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-01

Before extending condolences 10 Berlin because the price of butter IS sixty cents a pound, consult the mar ket reports on the price of eggs here at home.-Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-01
Do We Want Tariff Commission?
 (Collier's Week1y.)

NCOIloT w Weekly.)
 The present argume ent for scientific administration of tariff laws is based on sound logic; it should be based also on clear thinking. The most ob- vious general purpose of a scientific tariff policy is to preserve a balance of advantage for ones own country by shifting import taxes as conditions change. It should be noted that this method meets only part of the prob lem. A manufacturer is not helped much if foreign control of raw-ma- terial prices outweighs his protection. Germany has aided her manufactur CTS by careful attention to just this factor, and probably any tariff com mission we may have must, sooner or later, take hold of the question of ex- port duties. This means an amend ment to the Federal Constitution. Import and export duties are only two methods of affecting the prices of manufactured articles. Ocean and railway freights are also of great inn portance, and an effective commits sion would have to work in close harmony with an Interstate Com merce Commission of enlarged pow CTS and with great statistical bu- reau devoted to gathering current trade facts. This sounds like a large order, but it is only a brief list of the essential implements. The important changes would be in the centraliza- tion of our Government and in the much closer working relations be- tween government and business. The success of Germany's tariff machinery has been largely due to teamwork be- tween the great commercial associa- tions and Government officials It is impossible for any one to become an industrial multimillionaire in modern Germany without becoming the Kais- CTS friend. Scientific tariff is not an abstraction, but the practical em- ployment in everyday affairs of the | nations power for the nations econ omic gain. It has it's shoddy side in class intrigue and selfishness, but the method will be more and more | used in the trade rivalries of the next | few years.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-01
(New Haven JournaI-Courier,
 The Theater.

A we'll known amusement oo.o gives this explanatios of the rnorai depths to which it appears the thao ter has dropped: "The nrino,reI trouble with the theater today ana
New Britain herald., 1915-12-01

Great Britain has decided to recog- nize Carrange as head of the defacto government of Mexico. It is hoped that Great Britain will not hold the United States responsible for him. Buffalo ExpreSS
New Britain herald., 1915-12-01

George Sylvester Viereck accounts for the explosions and fires in Amer ican plants by declaring them acts of Providence. George is wrong. His theory might hold if the plants had been destroyed by lightning. Provi- dence does not use matches and full minating caps.-Buffalo Enquirer.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-01
McMILLAN'S, NEW BRTTAIN's BUSIEST
 BIG STORE
 ALWAYS RELIABLE"
 Warm ; Winter Coats, Children
At e-Third to One -HaIf Less Than Regular Price That'S Just What This
 Sale Means |.

and this is how it happened:
 A Broadway New York Manufacturer going out of business offered us his entire stock on hand at such a price sacrifice that we thought 1t our duty to take his stock so that we could help mothers of New Britain to save some thing on that warm, cosy win ter coat their daughter must have very cnnn
New Britain herald., 1915-12-01
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to the Herald Office.
Boys Here and There.
(BOSton Globe.)

\bOSCOu 1lODo.)
 In America we are training in our public schools an army of boys; training them to enter the marts of trade, the industrial life of a busy na- tion training them to take up the serious part of life where their fa- thers shall leave off. Sometimes we contemplate with sadness what this transition means. It seems cruel even in peace.
 In France today 100000 boys, still in their teens, boys almost too young to think of serious things, boys whose lives ought yet to be lived, are to be called upon to pay the dreadful price of war They carry a new spirit ln- to the carnage; they carry away with them also the hope of suffering na- tion, which must rely upon the new generation to build up when the de- struction is ended
 The same sad chapter comes in the war story of every nation. Always the age limit descends rapidly AL ways war comes down to the youth of the nations.
 The number of northern men in our own civil war are given at 2,77S,OOO which Is somewhat deceiving, because this total included many re-enlist- ments. Some men were counted more than once. But of this total 2,l5O,O0O were 21 years old or young CT; of that number 1,15O,OOO were Is years old or younger, and of these 66o,0OO were 16 or younger. We have no figures for the southern army, but the age ran even lower and the proportion of young men who gave up their lives was larger, so that after the war the South faced reconstruc- ton far more helpless.
 And modern machine-fought war fare consumes much faster than the warfare of former centuries. The fresh supply of boys in Europe will not last forever.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-01

What knows that MT. Ford and his pacifical friends, thought they do nothing else, will not acquire the knowledge, evidently so much needed by them all, of what this war is about and for? They may come to see that it has two sides, one right and one wrong-that there is more to it than carnage and destruction-that imme- diate peace, enormously desirab ble as it is in some respects, might be attained at costs in comparison to which those of continuing the struggle would be negligible. Nearness to the scene of combat may give that information to these worthy folk, just as it has to many others who approached it un- der the same misapprehensio as theirs.-New York Times.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-01

Before Carranza starts to build a Union Station in Mexico City he should give travellers some assurance that they will be able to get into and out of Mexico City alive. Carranza will make no hit by grandstand plays. The Union Station buncombe looks very much like Cne.-St Louis Times
New Britain herald., 1915-12-01

Sizes for the tots 2 to c6 years and for the bigger girls 6 to 14 years sizes.
 Come to this sale expecting Bargains and you'll not go away disappointed.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-01

Public indignation will not be easily aroused against a captain who sells his cargo at sea to a Warshlp. Carrying supplies to belligerents on ships that have cleared for some definite port is a ruse of war that mas been resorted to ever since Warshlps have made long voyages, and. the
 English have done their snare or It:
 From the standpoint of international
 relations. however. the practice of the gentle art of sailing under false man ifests is dangerous The United States created some hard and fast prece- 1 dents in the Alabama award case that | may be used against us and the gov l ernment cannot afford to close it's | eyes to such breaches of the naviga- l ton laws.-New York Commercial.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-01

The Liberty Bell has finished it's journey and the fears of Philadelphia that it would be damaged are at an end. Probably this has been it's last trip. In it's journey across the con- tinent and back it has been greeted with patriotic fervor by millions of people and it has left in it's wake an inspiration of loyalty to America and her institutions. The trip has been worth great deal more than it cost. Record.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-01
BNlAlN HERALD

BALD PuBLrsHINC4 s51MPANY.
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New Britain herald., 1915-12-01

daily Sunday exceptedl; at 4:1s ?. m. Herald Building, S7 Church St.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-01

| at the Post Office at New Britaii
 as Second Cla3s Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-01

hly profitable advertising medium Tn city. Circulation books and press
 room always open to advertisers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-23
MORE MURDERS
STIR WESTCHESTER
Man Stabbed in Vendetta at
Harrison-Another Is Shot
Dead In Dobbs Ferry.

Sheriff Ulrich Wiesendanger, OF
Westchester County, was called upon
Yesterday TO investigate two murders
which, il is believed, were committed
by Black Handlers.
The body of a well-dressed Italian,
with ten stab wounds, was found in
the William Macy Park at Harrison-on-
the-Sound. A belt, which apparently
had contained his money, had been torn
from his waist and lay near by, together
with a stilleto with gold-plated
handle.
The victim had received a thrust
through the heart and a crescent cash
on his right cheek. The jugular vein
was severed. The murder was COM
mitted but a short distance from the
Heathcote School for Girls.
On the little finger of the mans left
hand was a gold signet ring, which may
lead to his Identification. His pockets
had been emptied.
The other victim was John BARBER,
who was shot through the head as ne
was leaving Denatto's saloon, on Main
Street, Dobbs Ferry. The murderer
eScaDed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-23
SmartLy Attred Crowds on
Fifth Avenae Reflect Bril-
Han0 of Sunsbine-HoH-
day Tfrongs Enjoy Genial
Weather at Country and
Beach.

les many days TO Easter. but yester-
dav was a day such IS New Workers
wish Easter 10 be. The celebrated Dow
ager Nature reached down into her sack
of days and pulled out one Of her very
best spring samples. It's true the
leaves were not bursting from the
trees, and very wisely, too, for the
chances are that they would have been
slapped rudely back again by snow
storm Of next week or the week after
But there was something of the sweet
breath Of spring in the air and a sun
that was mellow and kindly.
Tailor made frocks and covert cloth
denied the word, and instead of being
covert looked more bold and interesting
than usual. Silk hats genially reflected
the sunshine on Fifth Avenue. Atop
the buses men. women and children
baskod and looked happy.
Il was not entirely a Fifth Avenue
day by any means, however. The more
discriminating entirely as you
look at it-went out into the country,
and Van Cortlandt and Bronx parks
had their full quota. Polar bears and
other bathers, who glory in what some
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-23
KIDNAPPING PLAN FAILS
Alleged Auto Thieves Try in
Vain to Take Patrolman Along

Five men thought they could steal a
Jersey City patrolman, as well as an
automobile, Sunday night. All five
were held in Newark yesterday on a
charge of having stolen the machine.
If Patrolman Schaefer had not been
able to blow his whistle while being
carried off the bold coup might have
succeeded.
Harry s. Kreuger, of Irvington, owns
the car. After the five took it, the
gasolene gave out in West Side Ave-
nue., Jersey City. Two of the men were
arrested at a gssolene station by Pa
trolman Bracken, and when Patrolman
Schaefer entered the car with the re-
naming three and ordered Hornise to
drive to the station the man started
the car at top speed for the Lincoln
Highway.
DR.. P. c. Harria, of 80 Tonnelle Ave
nue., Jersey City, who was driving past,
heard the whistle for help, picked up
Patrolman Sweden and soon overlook
the slower car.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-23
.S1.5OO,0O0 PHONE
CUT OFFERED CITY
Property Valuation Set by
Committee of Appraisal
Affects Rates.

New York was offered in effect re-
duction of $780, 900 in telephone rates
yesterday. The offer consists of the
New York Telephone Company's report
fixing the value of its plant at &c.,,
926,934. The report was submitted by
the telephone company's appraisal com
mittee at the hearing of the joint leg
islative committee investigating tele-
phone rates.
The Investigators have decided to al
low the company return Of Z or 3
per cent upon its investment. The
books of the corporation show that
last years net profit was S9,381 900. At
per cent on the companys own valu-
alton of its property the profits would
be reduced to less than 100000.
If the valuation submitted TO the
committee by Professor Edward Bemis,
its own appraiser, is accepted, rates
will be even lower. Professor Bemis's
estimate of the property's value was
lower by S34,925,934 than the figures
offered by the telephone company's
committee. Professor Bemis, recalled
as a witness yesterday, declared that
Albert P. Gillette, member of the tel
ephone com pany's appraisal committee,
included in his estimate property still
after hastily examining the Gillette
statement of the case" said Professor
Bemis, (which purports to be a dis
cussion of the rate-making system of
the company and the cost Of reproduc-
tion of TIA plant, minus depreciation
charges, am prepared to say that, in
my opinion, the conclusions arrived at
in the report are, in fact, the prelim-
mary estimate of a work not yet com
pleted, and include much property in
course of construction"
Professor Bemis was advised by
Judge Robert l.. Luce, counsel to the
committee, that the telephone com
pany challenged his estimate because
il was based on an examination OF the
books, rather than on a physical eX-
animation. The witness replied that
when so detailed an account of the
expenses were obtainable as had been
laid before the committee he did not
! think physical examination necessary.
Hotel men and apartment house own
crs had it out yesterday on the phone
/ question. Some wanted five-cent rate,
others claimed they barely met eX-
penses by charging ten. Nearly all II
! Yesterdays hearing by the joint legis-
] lhNlNt COINIHlkNte lnNO NHt -NtN VI n
! Telephone Company's city rates was
taken up by the discussion.
Albert (. Weslau, chairman of the
telephone committee of the Washing
ton Heights Taxpayers Association,
and owner Of various apartment houses,
was not only in favor Of reducing the
rates, but also wanted TO eliminate the
present extension system in vogue in
apartment houses. He would like to
see a hve-cent rate put into effect. so
! that each tenant could have his own
/ telephone.
Frederick A. Muschenheim. vice
president of the Hotel Astor Corpora
ton, testified that the profit from the
| phones in his hotel was turned TO a
loss by rent and bad debts. lie was in
| favor Of cent rate, he said, but il
I would cut his receipts by $4,000 q
! year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-23
ONE MINUTEA
a. .f7lkN !
-A@apffEASE!

Foot and mouth disease has been
discovered in the herd of Peter Stem
berg, dairyman of Linden, y. j.
Charles Meisner, seventy-six. vet
eran of the Confederate army, fell
from the fire escape Of his home at
405 East Twenty-second Street, and
was impaled on an iron fence.
Two passengers, Abraham Gornova
and Ernest Flesher, were bruised when
a Grand Street car was struck by a
Sixth Avenue car at West Broadway
and Grand Street.
Patrolman Michael Sherry shot him
self in the left hand while pursuing a
thief in Thirty-sixth Street. The ham
mer of his revolver caught in his coat,
The thief escaped.
Miss Catherine Phillips fell down
stairs az the Dog Show, in Madison
Square Garden, and broke her left leg.
In delirium. John Rafferty,, Of 1893
Tenth Avenue, employe OF the Street
Cleaning Department, jumped into the
North River His body was recovered.
The burglar shot and killed by
Mounted Patrolman Dsnnhauser IN
Queens has been identified by finger
prints as Carl Lang, alias Billy Bicycle.
While adjusting the harness of his
team, Frank Rauer, brewery wagon
driver. grabbed the tail of the right
horse as an automobile caused the ami
mails 70 bolt. After being dragged four
blocks he slipped under the wheels
and was killed at Amsterdam Avenue
and 10th Street.
An attempt 10 collect $50 from a
hotelkceper's trousers pocket at mid
night landed Angelo Reageli, a youth
OF Hunters Point, in Jail lie contended
that he would have taken only what
was owed him out Of the slo3 in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-23
Trustees Send Full Report
TO Industrial Relations
Commission.
DISCLOSE FOUNDERS
PERSONAL CHARITIES
Expenditures Given In Detail
and Use for Which They
Were Intended.

There are no secrets in the admins
tration Of the Rockefeller Foundation
Frank ?. Walsh. chairman OF the
United States Commission on Indus
trial Relations. received yesterday
complete report Of the gifts, pledges
snd disbursements Of the INSTITUTION
from the date Of establishment to Jan
uary |. 1915.
Not only are the amounts Of the va;
rious expenditures set forth but fuII
particulars are given as TO the use lot
which the gift was intended. II Is
stated that Mr.. Rockefeller took a
keen personal interest in many forms
OF charity. and for that reason II was
deemed that he should supervise the
distribution Of 100000 annually;
The report shows the following g'i's'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-23

about 2 a. m. on Woodhaven Avenue,
near Old South Road, Richmond Hill.
He was soon joined by the proprietor
of the greenhouse, Henry Brockman,
and his son, Henry Brockman, jr. The
three entered the greenhouse and a
slight noise attracted their attention
to a bench, from beneath which mans
feet protruded. When he saw he had
been detected the burglar took to fight
down one of the narrow aisles.
"Stop, or I'll fre!" shouted the pa
trolman.
The man ran on, the policeman fired
twice, and the burglar fell and lay still.
Dannhauser had intended TO fire over
his head, but the second shot pene-
trated the brain, causing instant death,
according to DR.. J. w. Buxbaum, of st.
Mary's Hospital, Jamaica.
BILLY Bicycle" is believed to have
entered two greenhouses during the
morning, for, besides the 100 or so
carnations he had cut in the Brock
man place, there was another bunch OF
$50 carnations. Later it was learned
that the greenhouse of F. Brumbach
of Old South Road, Aqueduct, two
miles from Brockman's place, had been
entered.