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New Britain herald., 1915-05-13
Eats First Meal at IS.
(St Louis Dispatch to Des Moines
 Register and Leader.)

(St. Louis Dispatch to Des Moines
 Register and Leader)
 Miss Katherine Besse, Is years old, of Union boulevard, ate the first breakfast, luncheon and dinner she ever ate in her life few days ago. For sixteen years she had not tasted completely food of any description. The channel of her throat, the eso- phagus, was in position, but was en- tirely useless until pr. Francis w, Kirsch performed an operation known as gastrotomy and brought her back to normal.
 When she was years old Miss Besse, who is the daughter of the widow of grocer, drank a solution of lye while her mother was busy at her housework.
 The lye burned away the mem branes of the childs mouth and the lining of her esophagus and caused this channel from her mouth to her stomach to become strictured and to close tightly.
 physician who was called to at tend her said she would die unless her esophagus was cut loose from her stomach and new one made from parts of the stomach fashioned into tube and sewed to the surface of her breast.
 The parents refused to permit the physician to cut away the deadened esophagus, but granted him permis- sion to bring the lining of the stom- ach to the surface of her body and made an opening pear the solar plexus, through which liquid food might be given her.
 pr. Kirsch became interested in the case. He began gentle probing with a slender pliable steel rod, which he forced down her esophagus. One afternoon the closed places in the old tissues were forced open and broken apart. A g they were broken they were left attached to the inside of the new tissue that gradually had grown around the unused tube.
 Nature then began it's process of absorption, until the new throat was clear of any stricture. Then the sur geon placed the patient under an an- estehtic, and swiftly cut away the stitches that held the lining of the stomach to the old opening in the breast, sewed this together and dropped it in place, sewed together thesmuscles. that had been severed six ten years ago, cut away the abnor- mai tissues that had grown around the wound, stitched the severed skin Together, and when Miss Bcsse awoke from the ether told her she had be- come normal again.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-13
INDEBTEDNESS.

Is that the report of the. |rer would show decrease nately s17,O0o in the city's
 read with much pleasure
 the first first place it is the
 n great many years that
 was reported. Treasurer
 in says he does not recall ecrease in the indebtedness
 was reported before. Still kood time to begin, but the
 btedness is much larger |it was a year ago.
 e treasurer's report was
 and since the fiscal year |rch s1 the city has issued |n bonds of which s170,000 Ehools and s90,0o0 for sew
 places an entirely different bn our indebtedness, still it liable for we must have ha we must have sewers. sn't much if any chance of the city indebtedness before
 1918, when sa00,0OO in come due, of which s200,- ,r the water department and for sewers. The sinking ] be able to meet these bond J sewer sinking fund having n a sum sufficient to meet btedness at present.
 ssibility of the city dept be- ased,at that time will depend on whether or not it will ary to issue more bonds be-
New Britain herald., 1915-05-13
Hungry Man Proves It. (New York Worldly
Twenty three rolls.

Twenty-three rolls.
 Eight scrambled eggs.
 Two bowls of oatmeal.
 Three cups of coffee.
 This is not the breakfast order n| the Yale football squad. It is Detcc tive. Daly's statement of what oy1 hungry man ate in a Cortland stree restaurant the other morning.
 The man, who said he was Charlel Ugcs.. 55 years old, was arrested b5 Daly for begging from stores alor1 Broadway. He said he was no ordi| nery beggar; that he had a good jvl on the Panama canal. which fever hal forced him to give up; that he ha{ just money enough to bring him New York, and that he could hardi remember when he had had his Ia meal.
 After buying him a brealxfast, tfI policeman took the man to- M Tombs court. He told Magistral Marsh he was convinced that UgeS w4 badly in need of food and rnedjcFi e tention. The magistrate commit the prisoner to the workhouse thirty days.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-13
NETT STILL AMBITIOUS.

Theodore Roosevelt has a
 Llted opinion of himself was
 Manifested in the Barnes suit
 y which is now on trial at
 sfJohn W. Hutchinson, a
 rk lawyer and former chair
 he speakers bureau of the re-
 state committee, said that Interview with MT. Roosevelt ].
 y, the latter said that the re- ] party had to have him as
 |d go after President Wilson
 |r him to pieces, and that the lid not have any other person
 1ld do so. He had been urging
 brogressives to stick together
 re was some evidence at least
 wanted to get from under
 and get back into the organ
 which he had deserted two before. What else could he have when he said he was the only who could tear President Wii- pieces.
 te does not seem to be any de- the fact that he still wants to he tearing without waiting for |ggestion to come from any one He would resort to extreme (res in the present crisis, but it be noticed that President Will receiving greater commenda- br his stand than Colonel Roose- for his, the press of the coun- eing practically unanimous for nd if there is any acclaim for MT. welt it must be in some out of lace which has not yet been
 from. The colonels first utter was evidently for war, but he edged somewhat since, but in n case has there been any de- Q applaud him, which may be
 as evidence that to all appear he has shot his bolt. It is rea- Ny certain, however, that he will ithin mailing distance when the republican national convention Id and if he is called he will be l with his hat and coat on wait. be escorted to the hall. Ther Progressive party will be permit, } shift for itself with the sug- ,n that the boss himself is stil Ing and seking votes.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-13
Sees Russia Weakening.
(Frankfurter Zeitung of April 2

(Frankfurter Zeitung of April 2t.)
 The Russian press is full of de- tails about the dearth of men in the country as result of the calling to the colors of all who are able to do work. In the government of Ten, bow, for example, 122 men have been called to the colors in a community consisting of 100 farms, aside from the men who were serving in the stand ing army before the war. Half of the farms, as a result, are stripped utterly of male laborers. To pump still more out of the exhausted sul- ply of human beings would be too dangerous an experiment for even the wisdom of the Russian government to undertake. Its methods heretofore have already taxed the moral reserves strongly, so that there is proba bly lit- tie left of the war enthusiasm of the early weeks.
 The fact that Russia, the greatest orn-exporting country of Europe, is experiencing an unprecedented rise in the price of it's foodstuffs and may be threatened by famine in a war that prevents it's corn eXports-that would not have been expected even by those who knew the inability of the Rus sian bureaucracy to reach prompt de- cisions with respect to organization. Russia, if the normal development is not soon checked, will soon num-
 Der 200, 100000 .inha bitants. With the armies of millions which it can form from that supply. with the un- aging plans that run counter to the most important interests of Germany. with the ruthlessness of it's policy of expansion and aggression, Russia will remain our most dangerous foe. As long as it is not reconstructed i anew from the very foundation t cannot refrain from the policy, which l is the natural consequence of it's in ternal savagery For that reason it
 is not because of political prejudices l that we see in the present system of Russian government one of the great
 est dangers of European civilization.
 Only full victory over the brutal 1 force in the east can safeguard our future. Before we have gotten that 1 far we need not bother our brains
 about our relations to Russia.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-13
Responsibility Without a Precedent.
(New York Times.)

(New York Times.)
 History records the names of many men who adopted policies or issued orders that resulted in deaths far more numerous than those that fol- lowed the sinking of the Lusitania. kings and generals beyond compute tion have thus been responsible for the slaughter of more millions than can be counted, and in a way it was a direct responsibility. It's directnesss however, was not that of the man who loosed the torpedoes against the great liner.
 That man knew that if his careful preparations for hitting his selected target were successful the immediate and practically ineyitable result would be the drowning of a large part of the men women and children on board the ship. The deaths that en- sued were the results to be expected at once from what he did with his own hand, and there does not recur to memory single instance in which one act of one man was followed within a few minutes by the destruc- ton of so many lives.
 The warships that have been blown up in the same manner carried large crews, of course, but none of them had a company on board like that of the Lusitania, either in numbers or in composition. The mines ex- ploded under trenches by the sew eraI belligerents in the present war perhaps come nearest to working a like disaster, with responsibility similarly personal, yet never even in this manner has more than a part of regiment been killed and, of course, the destruction of professional or organized fighting men. knowingly accepting the risks of war and ols- serving such few laws as 1t has. s very different matter from that of
New Britain herald., 1915-05-13

-
 The New Haven reporters were shut cut from a recent board meeting and complained of it. Mayor Rice was asked why it was necessary to trans act business in secret. He is reported to have answered.: "If you news paper people would be decent and not publish these things we'd let you in, but you won't There are reporters and reporters and newspapers and newspapers. Some can be trusted and some cannot; most can. If those who cannot are disciplined in the right temper they quickly learn the lesson Here in Waterbury the newspapers are understood to represent the people, to see that everything reaches their ears and minds ultimately. at the proper time. If they are asked for reasons of business policy. to with hold publication of anything for the time being they. always do so.-Wa- terbury American.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-13
tax question is being given spe-

baA tax question is being given spe- attention in many places this
 There were 1000 pieces of berty sold in Boston yesterday be- |se the owners had neglected to
 their taxes There were $500 ecs Of property on the list but be-
 tho auctioneer had begun the 1900 paid up. It was impossi- to induce the remainder to pay ! the property was sold under the inner. This was the largest sale of Ip erty under such circumstances
 history of the city.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-13
Shadow Lace F7cuncings

Sale prices 29c and S9c yard. Values up to 75c yard.
 Beautiful Shadow Laces of the finer qualities, fiouncings from fifteen to twenty-seven inches wioe, in white and cream.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-13

from consideration. and sigh of re- lief has arisen in some quarters, for even if MT. Hughes were elected pres ident it has not been considered cer- tain that the milk and honey and the loaves and fishes would have been dis pensed under his administration with the freedom and liberality desirable.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-13

as free from disease germs. will the time come when guests may expect to be subjected to similar tests? With
 eating or, a. eugenics basis, will it n ,t
 be logical to require the patrons te be vaccinated and to exhibit clean bill of hea1th2
New Britain herald., 1915-05-13

blowing up crowded passengsII steamer
 Hitherto, one would have denieo} that in any country calling itself cfv1 ilized a man could be found in o4 out of the criminal class, who woulq obey an order to perform such a deed> whatever the orders source. Now W know better.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-13
Embroidery Flouncings

z Sale prices 39c and 5sc yard. Values up to s1.0O yard.
 Fine St. Gall Baby Flouncings with hemstitched, scalloped and ruffiedi edges. Eyelet and Hand Loom Flouncings, organdie and voiis, Flouncings.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-13
Organdie Edgiylgs

to inches wide. f6r collars. Sale price f5c yard.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-13
Hand Loom Edgings

Embroidered on Long Cloth. Sale prices f5c and 1gc 8 yard.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-13
Finished Edge Bandings

for trimming dresses. Sale prices 19c and :5c yard.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-13

q
 With all due deference to the wis dom of the general assembly is it in order to submit that if the state cam not afford to spend money for a re- formatory for women it shuld not have wasted upwards of S30,000 in a revision of the statutes that could as we'll have been obtained for a quarter of the sum set aside for that pur pose. The reformatory for women is capable of accomplishing lasting good for a great number of unfortunates. The rivision of the statutes will di- rectly afford comfortable sustenance for a year or two to six eminent law yers and will give aid and comfort indirectly to many other legal gentle- men, who now have to exert them selves to look over the laws of the general assembly diied.-Ansonia Sentinel.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-13
|HERAI.D

1sHINo COMPANY.
 koprietora
 sxcepted, at 4:ls ?. m.
 Hnilding. s7 Church s'-
 post office at New Britain nd Class Mail l1atter. arr1sr 10 any part of tne city q Week. 65 Cents Month. :. Flor paper to be sent by mall |an advance. 50 Cents 2 huh. $7.00 a year. a kntable advertising medium in. Circulation books and press Eways open to advertisers. Fiil De round on sale at HotA- stand, And St. and Broad York City; Board Walk. City and Hartford depot
New Britain herald., 1915-05-13
McMILLAN'S Big Sale of
 F|ouncings 1900 Yards Now on Sale

of Fine Embroidery Flouncings. shsd' ow Lace F1ouncings, tLc greatesf values we have ever csfered. Those
 familiar with our sales know what this means
New Britain herald., 1915-05-13
FACTS AND RANCHES.

The severe punishment meted out yesterday by Judge Mccarthy to an Italian, who jauntily carried re- yolver in his coat pocket and a pug nacious disposition somewhere else on Saturday night was fully Justified. Bearers of concealed weapons deserve no mercy in Ansonia. They are trif- ling with horrible possibilities as vio- lators of the law. They are responsi- bic for the greater part or the casual homioides that disgrace the police court records of this country! Jail for every one of them every time they are caught will meet with ravor among the decent citizens of this section of the community.-Anson Sentinel.
 Every pile of dirt left in the back yard now means flies galore later. Flies mean filth and disease. Many sraces in the back yards that now hold this dirt might produce full supply of green vegetables so essential to health during the hot weathter. Many lawn that will be weedy might be plots of emereld velvet as soon as the sun has done it's work instead if and little care bestowed While streets that look cheap and mean now
 might be wonderfully improved if home owners would start a painting contest among their neighbors. In fact, there is no limit to the improve rnent if all would take the same in terest in this matter as the few-Nor- wich Record.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-13
Fine Baby Edgings

Sale prices Sc to iatac yard.
New Britain herald., 1915-05-13
ELEpHoNn CALLS.

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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-15
Com MISSION ORGANIZES;
PORT FUNDS LACKING
G. M. Annis is Chosen President and
w. r. Weisel Secretary of
the New Board

The Kennewick Port Commission
organized last week by electing G.. M
Annis president; w. R. Weisel, secre-
tary and M. H. Church, manager. Al
though the commissioners have re-
ceived their certificates of office from
the county auditor, there is little for
them to do at the present time as no
funds can be raised in the district un-
til after next years tax levy has been
made.
The commission met Monday with
H. w. Lolgren, traffic agent for The
Dalles-C Columbia Line steamers and
discussed with him some needed i'm
provements at the docks. He sug-
gested that a small movable warehouse
be built on the dock so that cargoes
might be protected after unloading,
also that tenders be suspended from
the sides Of the dock to prevent the
permanent constructions being jam
med by the steamers.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-15
TWO STEAMERS TO
RUN AFTER FIRST
Beginning May 1 Inland Empire
and Twin Cities will Make
Run thru to Portland

While in the city the first of the
week, H. w. Lofgren, traffic agent for
The Dalles- Columbia Line steamers,
said that beginning May 1 his COM
pany would put two steamers on reg
ular schedule between Portland and
Kennewick and Pasco. The two
steamers chosen for this run will be
the Inland Empire and the Twin Cities
each Of which will make two round
trips each week. Until the Cello can
al is open to regular traffic the Inland
Empire will continue to run on her
present schedule, leaving Cello for
Kennewick every Thursday.
In speaking of the rates, Mr.. Lof-
gren said that the present tariffs pub
lished by his company are only tenta-
tive and will be used as basis for
working out a tariff schedule which
will meet every demand of rail COM
petition.
Mr.. Lofgren reiterated that his
company is not in the business for
sentimental reasons and that it intends
to make the river line permanent
and profitable business. AS soon as
the business is a little better estab-
lished the company expects to main
tain an Office in Kennewick with a
local agent in charge.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-15
"THE DRUM MAJOR"

The operetta, "The Drum Major"
will be given in the high school gym
nasium Friday and Saturday evenings,
April 30 and May 1, under the aus
pices of the Civics department of the
Woman's club. The operetta is re-
plete with sparkling comedy and is es-
pecially popular because of its catchy,
tuneful music. There will be a cast
of IA characters and chorus of 40
voices which has been carefully train
ed by Miss Shier. The proceeds of the
two evenings are to be turned over to
the Civics department and will be ap-
piled as part payment for the storm
sheds which were recently erected by
the department.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-15
THREE-IN-ONE" SHOW

because of Monday evenings heavy
.nrh .su only small house attended the
n nee-ln-One" show given at the
lncess under the auspices of the
!. aules Guild of st. Pauls Episcopal
s.urcn. The entertainment consisted
= .nree short one-act comedies pre-
s,. n.eu oy local talent casts. The small
.S Sulenee was very appreciative and
,aiiy applauded the efforts of the
90 "a actors and actresses. The sue
ths bss Q. the show was largely due to
ny s enorts of Mrs. R. @. Macmahon;
VINO directed the performance.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-15
O.W. R. 8 \. WANTS 2
SPUR FRANCHISE
Ask City's Permission to Build
Side Track Down Front st.
to Fruit Exchange Bldg.

The O-W. r. & N. is once more ask
ing permission from the city council
to build a spur track down Front
street to serve the warehouse of The
Fruit Exchange. Former requests for
this franchise were de.ied by the
council. At an adjourned meeting of
the council Tuesday evening the fran
chise ordinance was given it's first and
second readings and will be taken up
for final passage at the next regular
meeting.
The ordinance was advanced to its
second reading without objection or
comment from the several councilmen,
in order to hasten final action on the
question. It is probable, however, that
some objections will be raised before
the final vote is taken.
The ordinance provides for building
the spur in the street just outside the
property line along the south side.
Some of the councilmen hold to the
view that inasmuch as the building
of the spur would make the property
suitable for warehouse purposes, the
property owners should be willing to
donate a right-of-way for the track,
and it is not improbable that the coun-
Gil will ask that the railroad company
make an effort to secure this right-of-
way before permission is given to use
the street.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-15
BARRIERS CONSOLIDATE

The barber shops of J. o. Short and
A. w. Graham were merged into one
Monday morning, Mr.. Short having
vacated his former quarters and NOV
ed his equipment into the Graham
shop. The business will be conducted
in the future by the two men under
the firm name of Short & Graham.
The consolidation gives the proprie-
tors a thoroughly equipped and well
appointed four-chair shop.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-15
BUNCH ATTEND
COMMERCIAL CLUB LUNCH
Members Wear Cello Celebration Caps
and Discuss the Plans for
May Fourth

1t was a red-headed, red-bloodec
bunch of men who assembled at Hotel
Kennewick Wednesday noon for the
regular weekly Commercial club lun-
cheon-red-headed because they wore
the red caps which will be featured
by Kennewick on May Fourth and red
blooded because they Were all good.
live Kennewick boosters. Every seat
at the long table was occupied and ev-
cry man wore his cap throughout the
luncheon.
The caps, canes and pennants, the
sale of which is being handled by the
Commercial club, have been distribut-
ed among the local business houses for
distribution. The advance sale of pen
nants has been so brisk that the cele-
bration committee yesterday placed
an order for an additional $50.
The luncheon was devoted to the
discussion of plans for the celebration.
The committee named last week to Sc
cure an agreement from the business
houses to close at sundown the eve
ming of May 4, was further instructed
to secure an agreement from all busi-
ness houses to close from 10 a. m. un-
til p. m.
The club voted to furnish Miss Kate
Williams with a suitable gown for the
wedding of the Columbia
and Snake rivers and placed the mat
ter in the hands of Chairman w. r.
Crawford.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-15

When in the city Tuesday on his
regular weekly trip, Professor Kenne-
dy, director of the choral society, said
he was greatly pleased with the pro-
gress which the chorus is making and
with the prospects for the success of
the cantata "The Prodigal Son" which
will be given in Kennewick April 27
by the combined Kennewick and Pasco
choruses. Prof. Kennedy has selected
the artists who will take the solo parts
and who will also probably give addi-
tional solo numbers.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-15

C. Tillery, who is widely known in
the valley as Kennewick's bee man,
arrived Sunday from an extended Wis
it to his old home in Texas. Mr.. Til
lery brought with him his bride, who
was formerly Miss Georgia Wilson.
They were married January 27 at Po-
loci, Tex. They have taken rooms at
Mrs. j. H. Boyer's, where they will
make their home temporarily.