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New Britain herald., 1915-10-18

A Paris despatch sent early Sun- day morning said that the steamer Ispahan had arrived at Marseilles from Madagascar having on board Capt, Guibert and the crew of the steamship "AdmiraI' which was re- gently sunk by a submarine. Prob ably this is the same vessel referred to in the most recent despatch from Marseilles. It is not stated Wh < or where the steamer was sunk.
 The Amiral-Hamelin was vessel of 5,037 tons gross built in 1902. She was 387 feet long and 49 fet beam. Her owners were Chargeurs Reunis A. Paris of Havre.
 Arrives With Survivors.
 Paris, Oct. IS, 5:3O a. m.-The Mar seilles correspondent of the Petit Journal telegraphs that the mail boat Eugene Pereire has arrived there with thirty-three members of he crew of the French steamship Amiral- Hamelin, which was sunk by sub- marine. A previous report from tho Havas correspondent said that seven lost their lives.
 
 government requisition. According to the Petit Journals correspondent she was torpedoed by an Austrian n submarine without notice, and while passengers and crew were being trans ferred to the boats the submarine e bombarded the steamer, which was struck by forty shells. The caI< in of the submarine asserted as justifl- cation of his attack that the steamer was armed; but this is denied by the correspondent. Six of the crew were wounded by the bonn bardment.
 Rescue Steamers Survivors.
 The sound of firing drew a French torpedo boat and an English hospital ship to the spot and the wounded and many of the survivors were taken aboard by these vessels. The sub- marine fled at their approach after firing two torpedoes into the Amiral and sinking her.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-18
MAY CALL OUT CARPENTERS.

It is said that the striking union stagehands at the Lyceum theater in- tend to try to make trouble for Man ager Thomas J. Lynch tomorrow night when To-day" will be presented. A meeting of the strikers was said to be scheduled for this afternoon at which plans would be made. The strikers intend. it is claimed, to try to enlist the sympathies of the union stage carpenters who are travelling with Today" e.s.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-18
CARRANzA RECOGNITION.

Washington, Oct 1S.-Determina- tion of the form in which recognition of the Carranza government in Mex ico shall be extended was the object of a conference here today of the Pan- American diplomats. The conference had been called by Secretary Lansing and meeting with him were the diplo- matic representatives here of Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay and Guatemala.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-18
FIRE ACROSS BORDER.

Brownsville, Tex, Oct. 18.-The first firing across the Rio Grande in more than three weeks occurred at o'clock Sunday morning near the Mercedes pumping plant, thirty five miles above here, when MeXicans fired from thirty five to forty shots. The American sol hurt
New Britain herald., 1915-10-18
GERMAN TORPEDO BOAT SUNK.

London, Oct. IS, 4:15 a. m.-A large German torpedo boat was run down and cut in two by a German steam ferry which left Trelleborg, Sweden, at 6 o'clock Friday night with all lights out, says Reuter- des- patch from Malmo, Sweden. Only five of the torpedo boats crew of forty five were saved.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-18
HOST TO McADOOS.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 1S.- Prominent citizens of Salt Lake City were hosts last night at an informal dinner to Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, who with Mrs. McAdoo ar rived yesterday. The party will re- main until this afternoon when they will continue their journey to San Francisco. 4. ..-...
New Britain herald., 1915-10-18
WEDDED TWENTY FIVE YEARS.

MT and Mrs Alfred Roy of hCurch street have sent out large number of invitations to their twenty-ffth wedding anniversary to be observed in St Jean de Baptiste hall on Church street on the evening of October 27.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-18

FOSlLIOnS HI SOucneZ ItepuISed-VOn Hindenburg's Army Captures Rus
 sian Positions West of IIloul1st-
 BeIgians Foil German Attempt to
 Break Their Lines on Ypres Front
 While Bulgarian and Serbo-French forces are clashing for possession of the Saloniki-Nish road in southern Serbia the Austro-German invaders afe continuing their advance from the north. Berlin today reported further progress for the Teutonic armies south of Belgrade and in the Pozar- eac region.
 In the Macva district, on the Save Drina front, where the Serbians have apparently hardly budged since the beginning of the invasion, they arc now beginning to retreat, Berlin re- ports.
 According to a special despatch to a Paris newspaper from Saloniki ru- mors are current there that the Bull garians have already cut the Nish- Sa1oniki line at Vranje, about 20 miles west of the Bulgarian border.
 Following up their blockade of the Bulgarian coast, operations by land and sea against Bulgaria along the Aegean shores are to be prosecuted by the entente allies, including Italy, an Athens despatch states.
 Two thirds of the Serbian army is said in Athens advices to have bent sent against the Bulgarians, while the remaining third is resisting Field Marshal Won Mackensen's big army iQ the north.
 Allies Take Strumitsa.
 A rapid thrust at Bulgaria by allied troops in conjunction with Serbian forces has resulted in the capture of the Bulgarian town of Strumitsa, fifty miles northwest of Saloniki, ac- cording to Athens advices. .. ..
 Hard fighting has been in progress in several sections of the western front Berlin chronicles the repulse of repeated attacks by the British with strong forces in the vicinity of Vermelles and the breaking up Of Frech advances at Tahure, in the X Champagne.
 Germans Defeat French. Defeat for the French in attempts to retake lost positions south of eLin- ! trey and on Schratzmannele in the Vosges is also reported by the German war once.
 In the official report from Paris the only infantry clash of moment noted was in the neighborhood of Souchez, where it is declared three ! German attacks against positions at Bois-En-Hache were completely checked.
 Germans Drop Bombs.
 German airmen dropped eight Tbombs on the French fortress of Bel fort, Berlin announces, the aviators noting that a number of fires fol- lowed the explosions.
 Tn Russia, Field Marshal Won Hind enburg reports good progress in his attacks south of Riga. Russia at tacks west of Jacobstadt and in the $ Smorgon region were repulsed, while the Germans claim to have captured Russian positions on front of near ly two miles, west of I1loukst
 A despatch from Panne, Bel giurn, says a German attempt to break the Belgian lines on the Yse1 %front Saturday and Sunday night was foiled by the Belgians. The German # effort, preceded by fierce lombard ment was launched at a point known as Deaths Highway" in the Dix nude region. Belgian artillery broke up the advancing columns.
 SerbianS Tn Retreat
New Britain herald., 1915-10-18
SerbianS In Retreat,

Berlin, Oct. IS, via London, 3:44 Dc. m.-The Serbian forces in the Macva district on the Save-Drina front in northwestern Serbia, where strong resistance has been offered to $fhe Teutonic invaders are now begin nhg to retreat, it was officially an- nounced today by German army head quarters.
 The Teutonic advance south of Belgrade continues, and progress is 8a19o being made in the Pozaravac sec Additional successes also are re- 8ported for the Bulgarians on the east ern border of Serbia.
 TeutOnic Troops Advancing.
 .In recording the progress of opera tions in the Bankan theater of war ktodays announcement says: IT In the Mavca district the enemy is Beginning to retreat.
 "Our troops are advancing south of #BeIgrade against Cietk koVGroband the #viilage of Vroin. Southeast of Poz- aravec we took Crhice and Bozevac.
 "The Bulga.rians have occupied the heights of Muslin Percin and Badin Eub.'
New Britain herald., 1915-10-18
SeVenty-0ne Persons Lose Lives in
 Attack By Austrian Craft
TORPEDOED WITHOUT NOTICE
Thirty three Survivors of IH-Fated Vessel Brought to Marseilles by tho Mail Boat Eugene Pereire-Ship Under Government Acquisition.

Paris, Oct. IS, a. m.-Seventy-o one persons lost their lives when the French steamship Amiral-Hamelin was torpedoed and sunk by a subma- rine A despatch to the Havas Agency from Marseilles which brings this news does not specify whether the victims were passengers or members of the crew.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-18
BUILDING REVIEW.
The following are the values repre- sented by building permits issued last
WEATHER.

Hartford, Oct. 1S.-For Hartford and vicinity: Be- coming unsettled and warmer tonight. Tuesday rain.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-18
Serbians RepuIse BuIgarians.

ssondon, Oct IS, 12:09 p. m.-Ser- .bian and Anglo-French troops have
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TEUTONS AND BULGARIANS GAIN GROUND IN SERBIA;
 ALLIES TAKE STRUMITSA
SerbianS in Macva District Begin to Retreat
 King Ferdinand's Forces Cut Saloniki-Nish Line--Alies on Aegean Shores.
FRENCH ADVANCES IN CHAMPAGNE
 BROKEN UP BY KAISER'S TROOPS

Three German Attacks Against Allied Positions in Souchez Repulsed-Von Hindenburg's Army Captures Rus sian Positions West of IIloukst- Belgians Foil German Attempt to Break Their Lines on Ypres Front
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-01-21

face the enemy in the open, but fights
behind pen and paper. This is the let
Ter Harry wrote:
Dear Jennie Permit me to expires my
hart felt thanks for the valuable assist
ance you have SO long given me in my
studys. l am confident that had all the
work been written eNersizvs YOU could
have pulled me threw. 1t was the erals
that downed me, l am going to work.
If you could have got me a diploma |
mite have been a lawyer or d doctor or
something Of that sort. AS it is l can only
grub in the durt. Gny way I shall try to
make monny SO ! may some day be of
benefit to YOU. Yours cinserely,
HENRY BEALE.
Jcnnie,s eyes moistencd on reading
his letter. She had hoped for Harry's
sake that she might pull him along
far enough to get him into college and
that there he might scrape through by
himself. Now. as he had put it, he
must grub i'll the dirt. She put his let
ter in Il little Japanese box some one
had given I:eH for Christmas and went
about her own work With her usual
steadiness of purpose.
Having graduated at the high school,
Jennie, being expected to make her own
living, entered upon a career of teach
ing. She could not afford to 90 to col
lege, but While she taught the lower
grades prepared herself by home study
for the higher ones Being naturally
bright, She made good progress and,
being gifted i'll imparting knowledge,
advanced steadily. Nevertheless the
pay Of most teachers is not great, and
$500 is as high a salary as Jennie ever
received.
Harry obtained a position in Il feed
store, with the prospect of lifting
bags, thereby getting his clothes COW
cred with a white dust instead of
wearing the neat apparel of a doctor
or a lawyer. One day Jennie went
past the store where he was employed
and, seeing him roll Il barrel across
the floor, sighed at the failure Of her
efforts to lift him to something better.
But Harry, if not gifted to learn from
books, had a natural faculty for max
ing a bargain. AS a boy he had a
faculty, as has been mentioned, for
gathering unto himself all the tops and
marbles Of the other boys. and as q
youth he continued to show the same
trait in making a profit out Of every.
thing he touched. He soon left the
feed store and bought out with o
handful of cash and a bushel Of credit
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-01-21
A Great
Service
1t Was Rendered by
a Typist
BY F. A. Mitchell

Harry Beale and Jennie Macarthur
had the same advantage US to educa-
tiOn-that is, they both went to the
same public school. Harry was Il poor
scholar, and Jenny was a good one.
Harry would be out with the boys,
playing marbles for keeps or plugging
tops, winning all the marbles and the
tops, while Jennie was getting her les
SONS and Harry'S too. She wrote his
compositions for him, made his gram
mar diagrams-indeed filled the gap OF
his Deficiencies so far as those def
ciencies could be filled by another.
In this way she dragged her boy low
er through the grammar school. He
was considered by his teachers weak in
spots, they not knowing that the spots
were parts of his school work in which
Jennie could not do for him. The two
children went to the high school to-
gether, and there it was the same, only,
the work being more difficult, Jennie
failed to get him on as before, and he
had a harder time of it every year till
the fourth and last. when his record
was so bad that it was decided by his
parents to take him out of school.
BY this time both he and his sweet
heart had outgrown childhood, and
something Of Formally had come be-
tween them. On dropping out of school
Harry considered that it behooved him
to thank his coach for the assistance
she had given him, but how to do this
was a question. lie was neither apt as
a speaker nor as a writer. He chose
the latter course, however, because he
shrank from the ordeal. Many Il letter
makes a breach wider because the writ
er has not the courage to stand up and
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-01-21
All Around
The Farm
SHADE FOR THE FARMHOUSE.
Trees Are Necessary Both For Beauty
and Comforts Sake.

Trees Are Necessary Both For Beauty
and Comforts Sake.
prepared by United States department of
agriculture
The Importance of shade trees
around the farmhouse is much too
generally overlooked in the opinion Of
specialists in the United States depart
ment of agriculture. In selecting the
site for q farmhouse, they say. it is
always we'll when possible to choose
one where shade is already to be had.
If this is not possible, with the eXpen-
diture OF a little time and trouble, the
farmer can plant trees which in a few
years will add greatly to the comfort
and appearance of his home. No mat
ter how well designed and built a
house may be, if it is left entirely ex-
posed to the sun and devoid of any
setting of Foliage it will not be really
attractive.
There are, moreover, sound, practi-
cal reasons for planting shade trees.
Two or three elms or naples. for in
stance, j~udiciously placed will lower
the temperature of the house many de-
grees and add greatly to the comfort
of the housewife. Today the progress
sive farmer is thoroughly aware Of the
financial benefit he derives from seeing
to the physical comfort of his live
stock. 1t is equally true that if hu-
man beings are comfortable they will
do more work and do it better. A hot
summer day spent in the kitchen is at
best an ordeal for the woman who
must wash. iron and cook for Il large
household. If the kitchen is thorough
ly screened from the suns rays her
discomfort can be very materially les
sened.
There are, moreover, many household
tasks which could be performed with
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-01-21

equal convenience and much less ia
tigue in the fresh air if u cool, shady
spot We're readily accessible. Children
are. of course, much better off out of
doors THAI in. and the mother will find
it much easier to keep them under her
eye if it is possible for her to be her
self. Il part of the day at least. out of
the house.
From Il purely financial point Of
view it will be found that Il Well shid-
ed property invariably brings Il better
price than one bare of all trees and
shrubs. From this point Of view the
planting of trees may be regarded as
Il sound business investment and ~
which few property IAN afford
to neglect. Men experienced in farm
sales know that an attractive setting
Of foliage will frequently sells il farm
house when such obvious advantages
as good land and water fail to secure
II purchaser.
In building Il farmhouse it is. of
course. desirable wherever possible to
take advantage of what trees there
may be already on the property. When
this is not possible. however, young
ones slould be planted at the EARL
est possible moment. In most seq
tons OF the country poplars and ma
pies will bring the quickest results
1t is therefore a good idea TO plant
these first and to follow them with
nther and more enduring kinds. such
rs the elm or oak. In general it may
be said that the faster Il tree grows
the shorter is its life. and the property
owner who confines himself to quick
growing trees may we'll find that he
has outliyed his shade. Fruit trees
should, Of course. be planted too, but
these do not answer the purpose of
shading the house, since it is desirable
to keep them trimmed low in order
to facilitate spraying and gathering
Of the fruit.
The choice of trees to be planted de-
Ponds in Il great measure upon the
section of the country. Where native
trees are abundant it is perhaps best
to select those which can be most
readily obtained from the surrounding
country. On the other hand. in the
sections where young trees are not to
be had it is we'll for the property own
er to consider carefully what kinds
are most likely to thrive. The red oak
Is a very satisfactory tree and does
we'll over a large area. 1t is compare
lively rapid in growth, but. on the
other hand. is much longer lived than
many others which share this advan.
tage. Evergreens do not. Of course,
give as much shade as deciduous trees,
whose foliage is confined to the sum
mer. On the other hand. Il grove OF
evergreens is distinctly ornamental
and Is most useful in the water as a
wind screen. The value IF wind
screens in practical agriculture has re.
Gently attracted considerable scientific
attention. but it does not need a sci
enlist to appreciate the usefulness OF
such q screen in promotin" the comfort
" q household.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-01-21
RATE INCREASE
NECESSARY
FARMERS UNION OFFICIALS
THINK RAILROADS ARE EN-
TITLED TO MORE REVENUE.
Products of PIoW and Farmer Whc
Lives at Home Should Be
Exempt From Increase.
BY Peter Radford.
Lecturer National Farmers Union.

Lecturer NdIlOudl r dT1llGlS CLlOI.
The recent action of the Interstate
Commerce Commission in granting an
increase in freight rates in the eastern
classification of territory; the applica
ton of the roads to state and inter.
state commissions for an increase in
rates, and the utterances of President
Wilson on the subject bring the farm
ers of this nation face to face with the
problem of an increase in freight
rates. 1t is the policy of the Farmers
Union to meet the issues affecting the
welfare of the farmers squarely an6
we will do so in this instance.
The transportation facilities of the
United States are inadequate to eff
fectively meet the demands of com
merce and particularly in the South
and West additional railway mileage
is needed to accommodate the move
ment of farm products. If in the wis
dom of our Railroad Commissions an
increase in freight rates is necessary
to bring about an improvement in oul
transportation service, and an extern
sion of our mileage, then an increase
should be granted, and the farmer is
willing to share such proportion OF
the increase as justly belongs to him,
but we have some suggestions to make
as to the manner in which this in
crease shall be levied.
Rates Follow Lines of Least Resist
ance.
The freight rates of the nation have
been built up along lines of least re.
sistance. The merchant, the manu-,
facturer, the miner, the miller, the
lumberman and the cattleman have
had their traffic bureaus thoroughly
organized and in many instances they
have pursued the railroad without
mercy and with the power Of organ
lied tonnage they have hammered the
life out Of the rates and with unre-
strained greed they have eaten the
vitals out Of our transportation system
and since We have had railroad com
missions, these interests, with skill
and cunning, are represented at every
hearing in which their business is
involved.
The farmer is seldom represented
at rate hearings, as his organizations
have never had the finances to EN-,
ploy counsel to develop his side OF
the case and, as a result, the products
of the plow bear an unequal burden
of the freight expense. A glance al
the freight tariffs abundantly proves
this assertion. Cotton, the leading
agricultural product of the South, al
ready bears the highest freight rate OF
any necessary commodity in com
merce, and the rate on agricultural!
products as a whole is out of pro
portion with that of the products o.!
the factory and the mine.
We offer no schedule of rates, but
hope the commission will be able tc
give the railroad such an increase il
rates as is necessary without levyinG
a further toll Upon the products OF
the pillow. The instance seems to pre-.
sent an opportunity to the Railroad
Commissions to equaliZe the rates az
between agricultural and other classes
of freight without disturbing the rates
on staple farm products.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-01-21
THE CHURCH As
AS0C|ALC CENTER
A Broader Sphere for ReIigion-New
Field for the Rural Church.
BY Peter Radford
Lecturer National Farmers Union

Lecturer National Farmers Union
The social duty of the rural church
Is as much a part of its obligations
as it's spiritual side. In expressing it's
social interest, the modern rural
church does not hesitate to claim that
it is expressing a true religious in
stinct and the old-time idea that the
social instincts should be starved
while the spiritual nature was over
fed with solid theological food. is fast
giving way to a broader interpreta-
ton of the functions of true religion.
We take u place in the succession
of those who have sought to make the
world a fit %habitation for the children
of man when we seek to study and
understand the social duty of the
rural church. The true christian re-
.igion is essentially social-its tenets
Of faith being love and brotherhood
and fellowship. While following after
righteousness, the church must chal-
lenge and seek to reform that social
order in which moral life is ex-
pressed. While cherishing ideals Of
y S1SC, IL 1 CAu1Su Wu1CA ~
tains the fullest measure of success
is that which enriches as many lives
as it can touch, and in no way can
the church come in as close contact
with its members as through the
venue of social functions.
The country town and the rural
community need a social center. The
church need offer no apology for it's
ambition to fill this need in the com
munity, if an understanding of it's
mission brings this purpose into clear
consciousness. The structure of a
rural community is exceedingly com.
pick; it contains many social groups,
each of which has it's own center, but
there are many localities which have
but n church and although such
a church cannot command the inter.
est of all the people, it is relieved
from the embarrassment of religiously
divided communities.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-01-21
Universal Instinct for Play.

in providing for enjoyment tho
church uses one of the greatest meth
eds by which human society has de-
veloped. Association is never secure
until it is pleasurable; in play the in
stinctive aversion Of one person for
another is overcome and the social
mood is fostered Play is the chief
educational agency in rural commun-
tiles and in the play-day Of human
childhood social sympathy and social
habits are evolved. AS individuals
come together in social gatherings,
their viewpoint is ~broadened, their
ideals are lifted snd finally they con-
stitute a cultured and refined society.
1t is plain, therefore, that the
church which aims at a perfected So
ciety must S in a refined and ex-
allied way the essential factors in
social evolution and must avail itself
of the universal instinct for play.
II the church surrounds itself with
social functions which appeal to the
young among its membership, it will
fill a large part of the lamentable
gap in rural pleasures and will reap
the richest reward by promoting a
higher and better type of manhood
and womanhood.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-01-21

All the labor saving devices " in
vented have failed to make the loafer
popular.