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New Britain herald., 1915-11-20
WHERE POETRY PAID.
stanza of Eight Lines Won $15,OOO for
 Author.

Stanza of Eight Lines Won $15,OOO for
 Author.
 Perhaps the best paid author today is Kipling, but even he never got a sovereign a line, even for his poetry, says London Answers" But some time ago an unpublished lyric, with very short lines, commencing:
 Remembrest thou
 The golden hours
 pulck'd the flowers
 To wreathe your brow? bY the sage of Box Hill, George Mere dith, went for f9 los at Sothebys. It consisted only of ten lines, so that works out pretty nearly a pound a line. The average editor would not have given a pound of tea for 1t 1T the spring poet had blow in with it. But there is actually a real genuine case of a poet getting f375 a line! That's fancy price, however, and no budding poet need expect 1t for his early efforts, especially in war time. One day James Smith--he was a poet-met Strachan, the publisher, who was crippled with gout, yet as merry as ever, and full of good stories. When he got home Smith sent off this little epistle to him: tour lower nmps seemed Iar IroHi
 stout
 When last I saw you walk, The cause I presently found out When you began to talk. The power that props the body's
 length
 In due proportion spread, In you mounts upwards, and the
 strength
 Seft1eS in fhe head
 On the receipt of this little poem Strachan altered his will and left the poet f3,000.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-20
FACTS AND RANCHES.

King George, bruised and stiff put little the worse for his equestrian mis- hap, is back in London among ms loyal subjects. How much better It would have been for recruiting II a German bullet had nicked him 1nnocu- ously in the arm!-New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-20
TO MAINTAIN CLOSING HOURS.

The committee on uniform closing' hours of the Chamber of Commerce. held a meeting yesterday afternooaI and discussed the present schedula IfI is likely that a few minor changes tod the holiday schedule will be made. l but other than this the present. schedule will be continued.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-20
D. MCMILLAN
Iss-2oI-2O3 MAIN srEEEr

tion. Should he provN as valuable as ally as he did when Judge Alton B. Parker was nominated the probabil- ity of a cabinet position would be small. But what the future holds<wor the editor of The Commoner. Who can tell?
New Britain herald., 1915-11-20

Little Belgium and little Serbia are the heroic states of this war. However it ends, whether in the extingu1sh- ment of these little peoples or their restoration as distinct natsonalt1es, theirs will be the heroic story that will be blazoned on the pages of his tory.-Watertown Times
New Britain herald., 1915-11-20

While Germany is keeping up bold front, in fact several bold fronts, there are signs of tottering despera- ton here and there and of reaching the limit of resources. The sea is free, except to Germany and her allies It would be much less if the German fleet was to escape it's Imprisonment New York Journal of Commerce.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-20
Big Coat Sale s
 Saturday, Price $15 Each

Values up to $25.o0. women's Coats of Corduroy and plush plain and fur trimmed Goats this sale.
 woMEN's RAIN COATS. Four unusual values in Women's Rain Coats, prices $2.9S, $3.8S, $500 and s7.9S each.
 SERGE BLooMERs. At $1.9S pair.
 $500 MEMO CORSETs. While they last, $2.00 each.
 NEW LACE HOUSES. Fur trimmed, $1.9s each, value s3.o0.
 SILK BLOUSES. Changeable taffetas plaid silks, Georgette crepes, crepe de chimes, priced $1.9s to $3.9s each.
 WOMEN'S WASHABLE CAPE ~
 GLOVES.
 $1.OO pair. Tan Cape Gloves, Kid Gloves, Washable Doe Skin Gloves, special at $1.O0 pair. MEMS GREY FLANNEL SHIRTS. Special at SSc each, value s1.o0.
 MEMS "ONYX" SILK SOx. 25c pair All colors. New leather goods, beaded bags, mesh bags, coin holders, jewelry nov- elites for Thanksgiving. SALE OF woMEN's UMBRELLAS. At $1.49 each. Values to $2.50. Genuine sterling silver trimmed l handles, strong rib frame with good | quality, waterproofed covers Nww | is the time to buy umbrellas for | Christmas.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-20

kny (sunday excepted, at 4:15 ?. m. Eerald Building. s7 Church St
New Britain herald., 1915-11-20

lat the Post Ofiice at New Britain Second Glass Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-20

As a matter of law, the seizure off this coast by a British cruiser Of the American ship Hooking presents an open question. The ship is one of eleven of Danish and German over ship recently admitted to American registry on their alleged purchase by the American trans Atlantic company. As a matter of policy, however, the British seizure appears to be indefen- sible.-New York World.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-20
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New Britain herald., 1915-11-20

What the future lays before the German financier is long vsta or fiscal struggles, gaining in intensity as the enthusiasm of victory or the mu- tuaI sympathy of defeat dies away ln- to history The Junkers will be com pelled to pay, in land and income taxes, and will cry out that the blood is being sucked out of them. Industry and commerce will be com pelled to pay, through taxes direct and indirect, increasing railway rates and whatever other devices may yield returns Great will be the out cry. It will be urged that Germany cannot afford to handicap German in- dustry in it's competition with foreign countries. Labor will be compelled to pay through consumption taxes in creasing the cost of living, and the social democracy will enter upon a new phase of growth. The necessity of payment is inevitable; the govern ment can only mitigate the resultant bitterness through granting the re- spective classes fair share in deter mining the distribution of burdens But this means constitutional reform Barring the miracle of colossal mln- i tary indemnities, autocratic govern
 ment is Germany is doomed US l downfall is written in the sl<ies.-Ihe ! New Republic.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-20

E profitable advertising medium In F1ty. Circulation books and press
 pm always open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-20

The most serious weaknesses which the suffrage argument developed was the general tendency to base it upon the supposed advantage to the indlvld- ual and to ignore the more general question of advantage to the state. The events of the year in Europe have forced many to give thought to the general welfare and to insist on It's superiority over the wishes or inter- ests of any individual or class Of 1n- diyidua1s-Buffalo Express. a-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-30

with great care and after much work
by the extension department of the
university
X W King of G. G. Emerson &
Co. enc of the best potato men in
the Northwest, agree with the state
and federal government officials that
the outlook for a big crop of tubcrs
in Minnesota is good.
The item other farm products in
cludcs honey. buckwheat and the like.
When the federal figures for the
year arc compiled the estimate Of
$4l0.G35.o0c is likely to prove conserva
tive
Use the Corn Cutter
st. Cloud. Mimi. July PAP. c.
Reschkc. who lives near st. Cloud.
said today that his oat crop was so
heavy and the straw so tall that the
grain binders cannot handle it, and
the only solution this year is to use
his corn cutting machine.
This is tho first time in this part OF
the northwest that small grain was so
large.
G.. s. Bunnel. who started cutting
rye today. predicts there will be two
thirds to three -fourths of an average
crop. The outlook for barley. oats and
wheat is the best in years.
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its voyage when it capsized at the foot
of Lake street
PEOPLE PINNED UNDER BOAT.
Chicago, July 24-Five hundred
persons, mostly women and children,
are pinned under the side of the steam
ship Eastland beyond hope of rescue.
This is the opinion of the rivermen
who rushed to the rescue when the big
ship listed and turned over. The boat
was crowded to capacity with pleas
ure seekers. AS they filed aboard at
seven o clock they naturally took their
places on the river side of the three
decks, better viewpoint than the
other side. The weight on the upper
decks became too great for the equi-
librium of the shallow bottomed liner.
1t listed slowly. Shouts from the crew
that passengers should take to the OPP
posite side of the decks were UNDECIDED
as the mothers, forgetting their chill
dren, and husbands, forgetting their
wives, became tangled in hopeless
panic on the danger side of the ship.
Then the boat lunged over, hurting the
passengers into the water and settling
down on top of them as they struggled
to swim away The tugs Kenosha and
Racine which were near swung about
instantly and began the work Of res
CHE
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Chicago, July 24.-From 500 to 1000
men, women and children were drown
ed in full view of thousands on the
bridges and shore when the big steel
steamer Eastland, loaded with $500
employees of the Western Electric COM
pany and their families and friends on
their annual holiday, turned turtle at
her dock at the Clark street bridge in
the Chicago river shortly before eight
clock this morning. For some rea-
son not clearly explained by the own
ers of the Eastland the heavily loaded
lake liner began to list while still tied
to the dock
AS the hawsers loosened, the craft
rolled over on her side and foated
toward the middle of the river. The
officers and crew shouted warnings,
but it was too late. A moment later,
amid the shrieks and screams of WON
en- and children, the shouting and
cursing of men, the Eastland turned
over on her side. rolling heavily Then,
in the middle of the Chicago river,
there was enacted catastrophe that
promises to exceed the Iroquois thea
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or more. It is estimated that between
1000 and 5000 people were on the
boat, fully sixty per cent of them wom-
en- and girls, and the accident is
thought to be due to crowding the boat
on one side. The crowd was made up
of workers in the Western Electric
works and was to be an excursion
across the lake. The excursion was to
leave at an early hour and the three
upper decks of the boat were crowded.
Rescues from the water were begun
immediately by individuals and by the
fire boat Graham Stewart whose dock
was block away All the ambulances
Of the city have beeen called into serv-
ice. Special emergency details of po-
lice are also on duty. The work of get
ting out the bodies of victims is get
ting organized now and will go for
ward rapidly.
NUMBER OF BODIES RESCUED.
Chicago, 10 A. M, July 24.-Seven-
ty-five bodies have been recovered
from the sunken Eastland. The total
loss of life is now estimated 400. Prac-
tically all the victims were trapped in
the saloons when the vessel turned
turtle. Many were scalded by steam
and killed by the explosion of the boil
ers. A survivor of the Eastland wreck
says the boat had just left its dock at
the Wells street bridge and started on
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH.

passengers perched on her upturned
side, surrounded by flotilla of city
fire boats, police boats, lifeboats and
motorbOats. The steamer Theodore
Roosevelt, hastily cleared of its big
crowd of passengers, was turned into
a temporary morgue. Hundreds of
women, cut and bleeding from bruises
with their clothing partly gone, were
dragged from the river and driven 10
hospitals, with men from the Lake
Shore Drive and other North Side resi-
dence districts using their automobiles
for ambulances
ANOTHER STORY OF ACCIDENT.
Chicago, July 24-The steamer East
land, lying AZ the dock at the foot of
Clark street and taking aboard large
excursion party composed of Western
Electric employees, turned turtle about
7:30 this morning and now lies on its
side in about thirty feet of water 1t
is generally believed that perhaps 1000
people had already gone aboard. AS
yet it is impossible to get an accurate
estimate as to the fatalities but several
hundred undoubtedly were drowned as
the steamer tipped away from the dock
in sinking, affording little opportun-
ity for escape.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE.
Chicago, July 24.-Late reports put
the loss of life on the Eastland at 800
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Kasota
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Mrs. August Peterson and son Ray
mOnd returned Tuesday from ROches-
ter where the latter underwent an
operation.
Mrs r. T.. Malmo of Duluth was a
guest at the Peter Herman home last
Wednesday.
Mrs. Henry Matthes and little
daughter OF Graceville are here for an
indefinite visit with her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. o. p. Buell.
Mrs Thompson, matron of the Or
phans Home at Minneapolis. was in
the village on business last Thursday.
Miss Leona Moulton returned home
from the cities the latter part of the
week. after two weeks visit with
friends
Miss Ruth Buell. was a Mankato
caller last Friday.
Mrs. Adolph Swenson visited at the
Harry Kirby home in the country sew
eral days this week
Peter Norman. Jr., and John An
derson, are working at Lamberton.
C. Amsbaugh left Wednesday for
his home in Whtefish. Mont. after a
visit with his sister. Mrs j. T.. Da-
vies
Mrs Henry OfcnlOck entertained a
party of friends last Friday afternoon
in honor of Mrs c. +. Texter of Gran
lite Falls
Mrs. Ida Monsoon returned home
Thursday afternoon from Emmanuel
hospital, where she received medical
treatment the past two months. She is
still in very weak condition.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Lamberton enter
tanned party OF friends at cards
Friday evening.
Mrs. Albert Allen left Wednesday
for Rochester. where she will submit
to an operation for tumor.
Mrs. J. e. Davies entertained a
party of little folks on Wednesday aft
ernoon. the guest of honor being her
niece, Elaine Amsbaugh of Whitef,sh
Mont
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Chicago, July "a Deputy
Coroner David Jones and
Sheriff John E. Traeger of
Cook county, who are direct
ing the work of removing the
bodies from the hull of the
Eastland, state that from re-
ports of the bodies still with
in the hull they feared the list
of dead reached from / 200 to
1900. Shortly after noon,
more than 600 bodies have
been recovered and more are
rapidly being taken from the
hull, while others are being
picked from various places
along the river.
The crowding of passengers
to one side of the boat is sup
posed to have caused the trag-
edy. but the authorities are not
satisfied with this explanation
and have ordered the arrest of
the officers of the boat. Cap
tain Harry Petersen and Dell
Fisher, first mate, were taken
to police headquarters. A panic
of the worst kind struck the
passengers when the boat be-
gan to turn over.
Chicago, July "a Shortly
before two o'clock more than
500 bodies had been taken
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Docu ment Is Sent to Berlin
Does Not Equivocaie
MUST OBSERVE RIGHTS
These United States Is Prepared
To Insist Upon Its
Demands

Washington. July Following is
the text OF the latest American note
TO Germany regarding submarine war
fare. which was delivered to the for
eisn office at Berlin by Ambassador
Gerard
The note of the imperial German
government. dated the Sth of July,
1915. has received the careful CON
sideration of the government of the
United States and it regrets to he
obliged to say that il has found il
very unsatisfactory, because it fails
TO meet the real differences between
the two governments, and indicates
no way in which the accepted princi-
plies Of law and humanity may be ap-
piled in the grave matter in contro-
versy, but proposes. on the contrary,
arrangements for a partial suspension
of those principles which virtually set
them aside
The government of the United
States notes with satisfaction that
the imperial German government rec
ognizes without reservation the va
lidity of the principles insisted in the
several communications which this
government had addressed to the i'm
perial German government with re-
gard to its announcement of war
zone and the use of submarines
against merchantmen on the high
seas-the principle that the high seas
are free; that the character and cargo
of merchantmen must first be ascer-
tanned before she can lawfully be
seized or destroyed. and that the
lives Of noncombatants may in no
case be put in jeopardy unless the
vessel resists or seeks to escape after
being summoned TO submit to exami-
nation; for a belligerent act of re-
taliation Is, per Sc. an act beyond the
law, and the defense of an act as re-
taliatory is an admission that it is
illegal.
Shows Keen Disappointment.
The government of the United
States Is, however. keenly disappoint-
ed to find that the imperial German
government regards itself as in large
degree exempt from the obligation to
obser.s these principles, even where
mcsj Dlora ~ sniyst sl.dH
Jsdi .oziG J9Eii sd ,-rffa s..4
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naval commander i'm sinking the l.usl
tania or from offerin. rcparation foT
ration can be mace for a needless dc
struction OF human life by an illegal
act.
Cannot Accept Suggestion.
The government OF the United
States. while not indifferent to the
friendly spirit in which il is made
cannot accept the suggestion Of the
imperial German government that Ger
tain vessels be designated and agreed
Upon which shall be free on the seas
now illegally prescribed. The very
agreement would. by implication. sub
iect other vessels to illegal attack
and would be curtailment and there
fore an abandonment OF the principles
Tor which this government contends
and which in times of calmer counsels
every nation would concede as o.
course.
The government of the United
States and the imperial German gov
eminent are Contending for the same
great object. have long stood together
in urging the very principles upon
which the government of the United
States now so solemnly insists. They
are both contending for the freedom
of the seas. The government of the
United States will continue to contend
for that freedom. from whatever quar-
ter violated. without compromise and
at any cost. II invites the practical
cooperation Of the imperial German
government at this time when cooper
alton may accomplish most and this
great common object be most strik
ingly and effectively achieved.
Ready to Act as Friend.
THE imperial German government
expresses the hope that this object
may be in some measure accomplish
cd even before the present war ends
1t can be. The government of the
United States not only feels Obliged
to insist upon it. by whomsoever VIC
lated or ignored. in the protection OF
its own citizens. but is also deeply
interested in seeing it made practi
cable between the belligerents them
selves. and holds itself ready at any
time to act as the common friend who
may be privileged TO suggest way.
In the meantime the very value
which this government sets upon the
long and unbroken friendship between
the people and government of the
United States and the people and gov
eminent of the German nation impels
it to press very solemnly upon tho
imperial German government the nee
essity for a scrupulous observance
of neutral rights in this critical mat
ter. Friendship itself prompts it tc
say to the imperial government that
repetition by the commanders of Ger
man naval vessels of acts in contra
vention Of those rights must be re
garded by the government of the
United States. when they affect Amer
lean citizens. as deliberately unfriend
w. LANSING"
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~. faul lfSpaicn. y score OF eN-
perts estimate the farms of Mime
sofa this year will produce in new
wealth $40 $4,000 While more than
half the world wages a devastating
war Minnesota ahounds in the great
est peace and prosperity it has ever
known
Almost unbelievable progress in the
raising of cattle and hogs. the de-
velopment of dairy products. the
richness Of poultry farms and the
grain crop is set forth by the best
known experts in their lines
Hogs Valued At $4,000 600.
William Magivny. president of tho
! Unicn stockyards al South st. Paul.
and his assistants. estimate that dur
ing 1915 hogs valued at S32, 900, 900
will come in The greatest Part Of
these come from Minnesota
The figures from South St Paul
are based on an estimate of 2.250.000
hogs. Last year record was made
with 100000 Mr.. Magivny's figures
show that for the first six months of
this year a gain OF 100000 hogs has
hccn made At this time last year the
estimate was for $4,000. 900. so a gain
of $14.0o0000. or almost double is ex-
pected A gain of S11 100000 in cat
tie and calves is estimated.
Wheat To Bring $63,oo0,000.
There seems little doubt in the
minds OF Professor G.. p Bull OF the
State University. George H. Prince.
chairman o: the Merchants National
bank. and others that the greatest
wheat crop. worth $63 .OOC 900. will be
raised. Oats are placed at the same as
last year while barley. rye and hay
are not expected to show any in
crease. The increased wheat acreage
is the chief reason for other crops
being held down. Owing to wet
weather 10 per cent loss on corn is
locked for in Minnesota The loss
will be about s5,000.900 from last
yelr
State Among Dairy Leaders.
Seine idea of the accuracy of the
estimates is seen in that given by
Professor r. l.. Hacker of the state
farm school Professor Hacker based
his figures on the fact that in Mime
sofa there are 1.1S6.000 mich cows.
During the past year an increase of
26Q00 mich cows was made Although
there will be large increase in dairy
products the value will move mp only
about $1.000,000 on account OF lower
prices this year. The fact that Mime
sofa will produce s7O.000,0 900 in dairy
products put this state in the front
rank.
Poultry Worth 37.soo,ooo.
Professor A. p. Smith and n. E.
chapman at the state farm school
place the high total of S37.5O0.O0 on
the poultry and eggs of the state.
These n6suresa havei sheenoh compiled
gsr 9 lnsioia ssw snid1oZ bssssisI ~
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From Saturdays Daily.
Pleasant Social.

Pleasant Social.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jones. popu-
lar and well-to do farmers residing
at Spring Island, were pleasantly sur
prised yesterday afternoon by par
ty OF relatives and friends. who gath !
cred at their home to celebrate their
silver wedding anniversary. Relatives
from Lake Crystal and Judson ar
rived during the early afternoon. and
to the establishment of their surpris-
ed host and hostess, took possession
lof the home to make ready for the
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ire horror for tragic details and bi
zarre setting.
CROWDS SAW CATASTROPHE.

tire horror for tragic details and BIZ
zarre setting.
CROWDS SAW CATASTROPHE.
For, in addition to the thousands of
Chicago eight clock business crowds
streaming from North Side across the
Rush street. Clark street and Wells
street bridges on foot, the surface cars,
elevated trains and automobiles, there
were grouped along both sides of the
river close to 10000 vitality interested
spectators, most of them relatives.
friends and acquaintance Of the vic
TINS, who had come down either to see
the people off on the big annual junket
to Michigan City, or to go to one of
four other big lake steamers chartered
by the Western Electric company EN-
ployes. For, aboard the steamers Pc.
toskey, Theodore Roosevelt, Racine
and haywood were thousands of the
Western Electric crowd waiting for
the big Eastland to move, as the East
land was scheduled to head the pro
cession of the five steamers across the
lake to Michigan City
FASTENING TO THE RESCUE.
The United States lifesavers, Chica-
go police. firemen and crews of lake
boats and hundreds of volunteers with
motorboats and launches Joined in the.
rescue work Within a few minutes
the Eastland, with her hundreds of