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New Britain herald., 1915-03-12
BOWLES SLIGHTLY IMPROVED.

Springfield, Mass, March 12.-Slight
Improvement in the condition of Sam
uel Bowler. publisher of the Spring
field Republican, who was stricken
with a cerebral shock Wednesday
morning, was reported by his physi-
sian today. He continues in q semi
comatose state, but hope is still held
out for his recovery. Messages of
sympathy have been received by the
family from all parts Of the country
including one from President Wilson
which was received yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-12
SOLD DUTCH PASSPORTS.

Rio Janeiro. March 1.-Two men
under arrest in connection with the
alleged forgery of Dutch passports
have informed the police, it Is said
that they sold the papers but did not
falsify them. They are reported to
have declared that the passports were
obtained from a German clerk in the
Netherlands consulate, who sailed for
Europe on the Dutch steamer Tuban-
tia two weeks ago. The police are
continuing their investigation.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-12
WHEAT FOR GREAT BRITAIN.
To Be Shipped From Seattle Aboard
Three Big Sailing Craft.

Seattle, Wash, March 12.-Within
the next ten days three big sailing
craft, the full-rigged French ship
Laennec, the Swedish bark Svitchood
and the British bark Alice A. Leigh,
will leave Seattle with cargoes of
wheat for the United Kingdom. All
are under charter to M. H. Houser.
who loaded the American bark Will
liam P. Frye, destroyed by the Ger
man auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel
Friedrich. and all will proceed TO
English ports FOR orders"
Officers Of all three vessels were un-
willing to discuss the route they would
follow.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-12
ARRESTED IN HOLYOKE.
Peter Nicoletta and Teresa Dnndre
Are Held on Serious Charge.


Are Held on Serious Charge.
BY means of letter mailed to her
employer in this city, the local police
have located Miss Teresa Dundrey and
Peter Nicoletta, who eloped from
this city Tuesday, at Holyoke, Mass.
AS the man Is twenty SIX years old
and married, and the girl is single
and but seventeen years old.
The Massaeh usetts authorities have
charged the man with adultery and,
the girl with fornication.
The girl sent a letter yesterday to
her employer at the H H. Corbin box
company asking that her pay be sent
to her. care Of the Holyoke general
delivery. When she called for the
mail she was followed by a detective
and last night the man and girl were
arrested in boarding house.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-12
PROPOSES BURNING BODIES.

Paris, March 12-As a measure OF
precaution against a possible cpl
demic of disease after the war, Dr.
Dumont. a member of the Chamber Of
Deputies. has presented bill in the
Chamber which provides for the
burning Of the bodies Of all enemy
soldiers killed on the battlefield, and
in addition the bodies of French and
allied soldiers which are not identified
and Of persons victims of contagious
diseases.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-12
aROOT LOGGER, ARRESTED.

Bluefield, w. Va, March 12.-Wil-
liam Hubbard, nine years old, claim ed
by the federal authorities to be the
youngest boot logger" on record, was
arrested during a raid by United
States marshars posse in the noun
tains twenty miles from Norton.
Young Hubbard according to the rev.
enue officers, was found with an eight
cen year old cousin operating a COM
plete still, which had a capacity of
thirty gallons.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-12

French Commander Thanks Mrs. Lopp
for Tobacco Sent to Soldiers.


Paris, March IL, a. m--General
Jofre, the French commander. has
sent a letter to Mrs. Clara Washing
ton Lopp of New York, thanking her
heartily for the large supply of to-
bacco she gathered for distribution
among the French soldiers. Most Of
the supply was obtained in New York.
General Joffre's letter follows
Il hasten to thank you heartily and
sincerely for the magnificent gift you
sent on behalf OF generous friends in
America to my brave soldiers. I am
deeply touched to see your great
country taking an interest in them.
Iney deserve all the gifts which are
made them because OF the courage,
energy and unalterable good humor
they bring to the defense OF noble
cause. You have helped to give them
little JOY. Once again their chief
thanks You with all his heart"
New Britain herald., 1915-03-12
GIVEN s1,3S0l
Hartford, Ma

Hartford. Ma
compensation II
390.75, Is a ward
Clarke of Thoml
filed in the sup(
Compensation q
B. Chandler too
widow of Thonl
January 25 fror'
the Bigelow-IIaz
pany's employ.
week for 31z v
rated at four y
for funeral expe
New Britain herald., 1915-03-12
Mitchell FOR SUFFRAGE.

New York, March 12.-Mayor Nit
chel promised in an address he de-
livered at meeting under the aus
pices of the Woman Suffrage party
in Brooklyn last night that he would
vote for woman suffrage in Novem-
ber The mayor said he was con-
vinced that 1t was only a matter of
time before women would vote in this
state.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-12
TIN PLATE PRICES ADVANCED.

Ptttsburg, March 12-Independent
tin plate manufacturers in the Pitts
burg district yesterday announced an
advance in the price of tin plate equal
to So ton. The advance is effective
at once. Tin plate mills in this dis
trict. it is estimated, are operating at
fully 80 per cent, of capacity
New Britain herald., 1915-03-12
BILL FOR PROHIBITION.

Juneau, Alaska, March ia bill
providing for prohibition throughout
the territory of Alaska was introduced
in the lower house of the territorial
Legislature yesterday. 1t WAS re-
ferred to the committee on education,
public health, quarantine and NOR
ais.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-12
SCHOONER FJOATED.

New York, March 1.-THE three
masted schooner l.. A. Plummer
which went ashore yesterday on the
New Jersey coast opposite Little Egg
Harbor Life Saving Station, was
foated with the rising tide today and
proceeded to New York.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-12
SECURE NEW UNIFORMS.

Havre, France, March 12.-The Bel
gian army is to be equipped through
out with new uniforms OF khaki of
greenish- Thrown shade. The Belgian
minister of war announced yesterday
that King Albert has sanctioned ar
rangements for providing comfort
able and sanitary clothing for his SOL
diers.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-12
GERMAN RANKS NOT DEPLETED.
BRUSH Observer Denies Reports Re-
garding Western Front.
London. March 1.-The official

SAfulng western front.
London, March 1.-THE official
military observers at the British
headquarters in the field says, in a
report given out here yesterday, that
there is no truth in statements to the
effect that the German ranks In the
west have been depleted generally and
to marked extent. "The plain truth
is that although the enemy's effective
ness in the west is much reduced
and ours increased heis still holding
an enormous extent of front as we'll
as carrying out operations on g. huge
scale in the east" The report con-
tinues:
mo signs Of weakening are yet
visible in the morale or the German
troops as a whole. There is as yet
no reason why an intensely brave
determined and we'll organized army
Like that of the Germans should feel
discouraged
New Britain herald., 1915-03-12
NINE. CURIE NEAR FRONT.

Paris, March 12.-Mme. Sklodow-
ska Curie. the scientist who with her
husband, the late Professor Curie OF
the University of Paris, discovered
radium, is working in hospitals near
the front with a complete radio
graphic equipment. She is describea
as intensely Interested In her work.
and is being employed busily by the
military surgeons.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-12
FOUND STRANGLED.
Abdul Hamfd's Son Killed by Political
Enemies.

Paris, March II, Hos p. m.-The
Balkan agency has received the fol-
lowing despatch from Sofia. Bulgaria:
"Advices received here from Con-
stantinople say that Mehemmed
Burnhan- Eddin EffendI, ravorite son
Of the former Sultan Abdul Hamid,
has been found strangled In his bed
room.
Despite the reserve of the Turkish
police, it has been confirmed that the
Prince Was killed by political enemies.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-12
HORSE RACING BILL PASSED.

Phoenix, Ariz., March IA bill
permitting horse racing and the use
Of pari- mutual machines passed the
house last night just before final ad-
tournment Of the legislature. 1t
passed the senate several weeks ago
and now goes to the governor. Gov
ernor Hunt said he would make no
statement regarding his action on the
bill for some days.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-12
HEARING ON Donkey BILL.

much local interest has been mani
rested In Senator Klett's bill Whlch
provides for the running OF all dinkey
trains with the locomotive first. RMS
Dill VIII be brought up before the
raliroad committee at $50 o'clock on
March 49,
New Britain herald., 1915-03-12
TO CLOSE UP CABARET.

Believing that the police and the
press have been prosecuting him TOO
much, Isidore Simons. proprietor OF
the Hotel Grand and its accompanying
cabaret, has signified his intention or
closing up the show. He has placed
the hotel on the market, he says.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-12
SERVED ON FLAGSHIP.

New Haven, March 12.-Bernard
Shanley, who died in New Haven
afospltal yesterday IL pneumonia
served on the flagship OF Admiral
farrasut during the Civil war.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-12
THE cURRAN co.
new MODELS
IN SPRING
SUITS AND
COATS

that we are showing attracts
much attention, being reason
able in price,. but up-to-the-
minute in style, and in all the
latest materials.
We are showing a snappy
line of Trimmed Hats at a
most moderate price.
Here are a few of our many
Extra Specials for Saturday:
Women's Silk Boot Hose,
double soles and high
spliced heels, worth 29c a
pair. Special TO-
at AoS
Women's Cotton Hose in
black, seamless, regular
12Hc value. Special o.
CIV
Chlldren'S School Hose, all
sizes, 121zc kind o.
Special at ~
Women's Silk Hose, in black,
white and tan, SOC values.
s ST SOC
Mems Negligee Shirts, in
neat patterns, $1.0O shirts.
Special EOc
W0men's Fine Neckwear,
new designs, worth Csc.
Special TO-
Women's Kid Gloves in
black, tan and white. That
you pay $1.00 for elsewhere
81 Special 79cI
Wv
Silk Waistings in new pat
terms, 40-inch wide, worth
SOC yard. Special QOoI
at, yard wv
38-inch Wool Dress Goods in
a good line of colors, SOC
values. Special QOo
at, yard ~
36-inch Silk Poplin, in all the
new shades, $1.00 value.
Special TO-
dI
Women's Shirt Waists, in
new models, fine materials,
values up to $1.00. EOc
Special at Nv
Red Seal Dress Ginghams,
neat patterns, 12Hc value.
Special 81
at . $500. ...... w
HORSE RACING BILL PASSED.
Phoenix, Ariz March ia bill
nermitting horse racing and the use
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-14
ZeppelinS Kill 8, Main "a
in War-Darkened London
Incendiary Bombs Start Fires, but Public Buildings
Escape-Screening of Lights Hampers
Work Of Frightfulness

eigner. In vain one looks for the
blaze of light which used to food
Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square,
and only an adept can find his way
around the city at night, when the OBJ
scurity is as complete and battling as
that of the traditional London fog.
Into this shroud of darkness the Ger
man machines OF frightfulness made
their way, but fortunately seemed to
have little TO guide them in their
search for victims.
This same blotting out of landmarks
was a check 10 any visiting OF the
stricken area before dawn.
Well known streets have lost their
principal features. They begin and
end in darkness, and their fantastic
aspect is increased by dim statues and
monuments and once familiar arcades
which have lost their identities.
, The appearance of the buses with
red lights under the stairs, shining on
the passengers as they pass in and out,
is another detail which makes the scene
weird and unreal
The stricter regulations recently is
sued are now in effect over an area
which comprises nearly 700 square
miles. with a population Of about T.
100000 persons. According 70 the mo-
tice, bright lights in premises of all
descriptions must be shaded or win
dows must be screened. No bright
light may be cast in "in any direction"
In railway carriages blinds must be
lowered except when the train is at a
standstill in station. Only a few
small blue shaded lamps remain 70 in
dicate where a theatre may be found.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-14

London, Oct. h-Zeppelin airships
have made another raid over London
dropping bombs. Eight persons arc
said to have been killed and about
thirty-four injured The material dam
age done is said 70 have been small.
The Home Office soon after midnight.
made the following report on the raid;
"a Zeppelin raid was made yesterday
evening over a portion of the London
area. when a certain number of in
cendiary and explosive bombs were
dropped. The material damage done
wes small. A few fires resulted. but
they were quickly put out by the fire
brigade. The Admiralty will issue a
statement to-day when particulars are
available.
AT present it is only possible to say
that no public buildings were injured,
and that the casualties so far reported
number two women and six men killed
and about thirty-four injured. WITH
the exception Of a soldier killed, all
these were civilians"
London's new lighting regulations
we're in full force, and the city Of
blinded windows, screened skylights,
shrouded street lamps and generally
subdued and smothered appearance had
become even darker.
Londoners have grown accustomed TO
the funereal aspect, but it is none the
less strange and disquieting to the for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-14
"HANTELL'S SON" GULPS
POISON IN STREET
Stomach Pump Saves Him and
He Goes to Cell.

Buffalo. Oct. 13.-Robert Mantell' ir.'
tbirtv-four years old. who says he IS
the son Of Robert Mantell. the actor.
drank part Of the contents of bottle
Of iodine as he stood in front Of 43G
Pearl Street this afternoon. Mantell
had a room a few doors away.
At Columbus Hospital the stemacn
pump was used. and in a few hours
Nantell was sent 20 police station.
He will have a hearing in the morniny
in CITY Court on the charge OF at
tempted suicide.
Mantell appeared at the Office OF the
State Employment Bureau last week
and said he was unable 20 obtain Work.
He asked for job on a farm. A
farmer liked his story Of being the
actors son and hired him.
Apparently Mantell did not like the the
farm for he has been in the city for
seyeral davs. All he would say az the
station tonight was:
81 am right up against IL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-14
HEEPESS EL0pES
IN NIGHT DRESS
Slides Down Ladder and
Dashes to Friends House
for Some Clothes.

A real old fashioned ladder elope-
ment. with movie rights barred, oc-
Cured in White Plains early Tuesday
morning. The whole plot leaked out
Yesterday, when friends Of the bride
Miss Florence Jones. missed her and
began TO make inquiries. It was a clear
case of the young people putting one
over on the old folks.
Robert G. Jones, wealthy farmer
objected 10 the attentions paid his
daughter by Clifford Schnell. twenty
year-old son of DR.. Edward A. Schnell,
prominent physician Of Round Hill,
Greenwich. Conn. As Florence was the
same age as Clifford, her father con
sidered both OF them too young to
marry. The pair thereupon met fire.
ouently and unbeknown to the elder
At midnight Monday Schnell arrived
AT the Jones farm in a taXicab. he
raised a twenty-foot ladder against tne
aide of the house and climbed up 10
the bedroom window of his sweetheart.
Gently he tapped on the window pane
until his lady love appeared.
"Hurry, we are going TO get mar
ried." he whispered.
Miss Jones did not linger. She
didn't even stop 70 put on her street
clothes. Fearing any unnecessary,
preparations might disturb father
She wrapped shawl around her nlgnt
dress. put on a pair Of slippers ana an.
was down,the ladder and IN Schnell
arms in a minute.
The chauffeur got instructions 70
put on double speed for the home OF
John A. Hustled, grandfather oil tne
midnight bride. There Miss Jones Dof-
rowed a street costume from het
friend, Miss Roberts. Accompanied oy
Harry II. Rowland and Elizabeth A.
Robinson. who were TO act at VIII,
nesses at the ceremony, the bridal
party made record run TO Whlte
Plains, where they aroused George A.
Cox, the Town Clerk, and got mar
riage license.
the home Of Judge Alton s. Ralph. The
hands of the town clock pointed IN the
clare Of the electric lights TO l:2O a. m.
when they drove up TO the judges door.
TWO young utdi - Pe- EtN''N
for a moment that the judge might
demur. But he didn't.
Like a good judge, he realized, TOO
that time upon such occasions was
precious. The bridal party were not
kent waiting long. Donning his bath
robe the Judge hastily descended to the
living room and proceeded to make
the Young couple one.
The honeymoon started Immediately
after that. The bride and bridegroom
left for an automobile tour Of West
chester County and Connecticut. The
bride. who is heiress 10 large. es-
tate. attended until recently the fash
ionable Glen Eden School for young
ladies, at Poughkeepsie.
The story might end here with the
proverbial prophecy, that they lived
happily ever afterward," if it weren't
for Father Jones. lie may make
trouble. His friends failed TO comfort
him yesterday. To several OF them ne
said: 81,
"a will take her back, but | Will
never forgive him"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-14
FIGHTING PRIEST WHIPS TWO
Father McGrath, Out for a Stroll A'os
Waterfront Wayfarer.

Father Philip McGrath' OF .ne rent
mems Mission, in West stree, street. ,s last
Tor s stroll along the waterilon.. i.arteS -n
night. A few minutes at'eI n Charles
fatrol'"~, r.idot station, heard loud cries Tor
help from the direction .hn scene ne % of battle,
When he arrived on the nd s,eTV The priest
two blocks away. he ioumu Sow 1"' he had
sitting upon one mhsri' n.isIie The other was
nhoe1re Si""d;nr with the clergyman not TO MT
him again. -;ah. court Father Nc
IN 'ne "a a. he saw the two set upon
Gr@'n Graz as s',T If 70 % rob him and he went 10 %
the strhns.' urn sent the two badly battered
MeQu@u,b .e "a The workhouse for ten days
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-14

Sunday school" which she says she at
tends each Sabbath, and in tone she
might have used for repeating the
Golden Text told of her killing.
"She can't understand men whis-
pered TO each other, shocked out Of
their own composure by her serene be-
havior She was not stunned or dazed
Dy the fearful ordeal through which
she had passed. She looked healthy
and intelligent and almost happy.
There was a hint Of color in her brown,
chubby checks, and her manner was al
ways attentive and eager. Yet she may
not have understood. Or perhaps she
felt that a father who spends most OF
his wages for drink, while his wife
slaves over the washtubs; who threat
ens 10 shoot ones brothers ard sisters
and cne's mother, and then tries to
strangle her because his supper is not
ready. was not q person on whom
childish tears should be wasted. When
n girl of thirteen shares with her
mother the responsibility Of feeding
housing and clothing five other chill
dren on an income of Sl2 week. there
is not much time for sentiment.
Found Father Quarrelling.
"Try to think, now, Eva" Coroner
Forshay had told her kindly, after she
had entered the room and had bowed
and murmured a polite How do you
do?" to the company assembled there.
Tell us what you did on the morning
before, before-it happened to your
father
81 washed the breakfast things" she
said in a level voice, "and then ! went
upstairs and made the beds; Then
got a broom and swept the bedrooms
and then busted them"
The stenographer interrupted here to
ask her to speak little more Slowly.
The child smiled at him in friendly
fashion, and looked astonished when
,he Coroner explained that he was tax
ing down what she said. This was S. ner 2, !,
one display Of anything approaching
emotion during her testimony. :,
"Then | came downstairs again, she
continued, slowly and precisely, and IL l
swept the front room ana 'ioieu up !"
Continued on page 4, column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-14
LONG BEACH POLICE
LECTURE HARRY THAW
Then Free Him from Charge OF
Breaking Traffic Laws.
IBy Telegraph 70 the Tnbune.l

Long Beach, Cal, Oct. 13.-Backing
their machine against fire hydrant
at the foot of Pine Avenue tonight
cost Harry X. Thaw and j. 5. Rigiey'
his chauffeur. lecture from the po-
lico sn hour later When Thaw prom
;sed 70 be more careful where ne ne
naked his automobile the men were
pa Pa "a leave the police station
Without Without having their names on the
blotter. ,- a.cbfrl eve
snotted the big Thaw machine agaihs'
sPc .e curb square in front of the hy-
5Ps 5psnt. tD The automobile was was unScSo, aScroo
pied and the ocsr attached ;os Tsaw CGmd anS
70 'ne eoRRSenr RS fastened to comply with
NJ ~ rsouest when they returned, anu
they explained to Sergeant int Wft' t4ae la%s 'H%'
Seys Sn and were guilty tonight OF 'nG1a .ha
Ggst Grst violation Of such laws on the
Coast
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-14
RULCARIANS STRIKE
AT ORIENT LINE
Invade Serbia Near Pirot and
Battle Still Rages.

Geneva. Oct. 13 dispatch to "The
London Daily Express~.-Telegrams
from Innsbruck state that the Buiga-
rians forced the Serbian frontier on
the River Nishava, but were driven
hack sanguinary fighting here still
continues. On the Belgrade-semendia
front the Serbians are resisting strong
lv. hut in Bosnia and Herzegovina they
are greatly outnumbered and have been
forced back. e,,o
Coincident with the attack on Serbia
,bo enemv has entered Montenegro at
Wokrino and Perasto. The Montene-
grins are lighting like lions.
The Nishava River enters serbia
near PROT and in its valley runs the
n,ain line of the Orient Railway from
Tish to Sofia and Constantinople. |;
il along this line that Germans and
Bulgarians must advance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-14
COUNT LOUDON TAKEN
ON CHARGE OF BIGAhY
Patrolman's Widow Causes Ar
rest of BernstOrff'S Friend.

Charged with bigamy, Count MaS
I.vnar Loudon was taken from his resi-
dence, 128 Convent Avenue, The
Bronx. shortly after midnight TINS
morning. and locked up in Headquar-
tiers. He was arrested by Detective
Russell, of the District Attorneys Of
fee, and will be arraigned to-day. The
complainant is Mrs. Rose O'Brlen'
widow of a patrolman, of Albion, n. Y:
Count Lynar, who is friend OF
Count Won Bernstorff and Captain Won
Papen, military attache at Washing
ton, is accused Of having wives IN
Buffalo and Rochester in addition to
Mrs. Lynar, who was with him at his
apartment when he was taken into
custody.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-14
WANTS WOMEN TO WED
MANNED WAR HEROES

London. Oct. l3.-The Rev. Ernest
Houghton, a Bristol rector, has
started an appeal to patriotic women
of the nation to ameliorate the con-
dition of MANNED heroes of the war
by marrying them. He has launched
n League for the Marrying of
Broken Heroes"
The rector contends that the ex-
ample of France shows that unions
thus arranged promise a greater
percentage of happiness than is GUS
tomary from the methods in Eng
land, because they are based on
high degree Of unseliishness.
Strict secrecy is promised as to the
identity of women until the arrange
ments for their marriage are COM
plete.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-14
TEACHES HARVARD AT 10
Norbert Wiener Appointed Assistant
Professor of Philosophy.

Cambridge, Mass. Oct. i5-Norbeft
Wiener. nineteen years old, was ap-
pointed an assistant professor Of phil
osophy in Harvard College to-day.
Wiener received the degree of baehe-
lor of arts from Tufts College when
thirteen wears old. He was awarded
~ degree of doctor Of philosophy ~
Harvard in 1918 and for the last two
Years has been a travelling fellow of
Harvard at Cambridge University Eng
land
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-14
CARSON NOT TO RESIGN
British Attorney General Denies Re
mort of Differences in Cabinet.

London. Oct. l3.-Because OF a re-
port to-day that Sir Edward carson
Attorney General in the British Cabi,,
NJ. had resigned, Sir Edward issued
a denial this evening.
The report. which was circulated IN
the lobby Of the House Of Commons
attributed the Attorney Generals sup
nosed action TO a divergence Of opinion
with the Cabinet in respect to It's Bal
Lou nOlicv