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New Britain herald., 1915-01-27
Worse Than Death.
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.

Last week there died at North Weymouth, Mass, & broken old woman. She was Mrs Ruth A. Pomeroy, mother of Jesse Pomeroy, the famous prisoner of Charlestown. She was A years old. The last forty years of her life had been devoted almost exclusively to endeavoring to procure either a pardon or a mitiga ton of sentence for her son.
 It was in 1874 that Jesse Pomeroy, then IA years old, was sentenced to solitary confinement for life. Until last year the sentence was literally and vigorously carried out For forty years Pomeroy has lived in solitude. Perhaps his brain was not just right from the start. Whether 1t was or not, one can only wonder that the perpetual prisoner has not long ago become a raving maniac.
 Last year, the last year of her life, Mrs Pomeroy prevailed upon Gov. Walsh to modify Jesse's punishment very slightly. The solitary prisoner was given the privilege of attending the prison religious services on Sum- days. This was the sole fruit of the mothers forty years of patient cease
 
 Mrs Pomeroy was 20 years old when Jesse was born. She was 34 when he was sent to prison. From that time on her life was one oD- pressive sorrow. Year after year she strove, till even hope must at last have vanished.
 Nowadays Boston would not i'm pose such a sentence on a 14-year- old boy. no matter what his crime {; and the wonder Is that Massachusetts has not long ago mitigated the cruelty of the punishment of both son and mother. Now it is too late to heal the broken heart of the mother. As for Pomeroy, he mig It, as we'll remain in prison. A man of 54 who has not known the mean ing of liberty since ne was a child would be lost and useless in the outer world.
 If life, Imprisonment always meant what 1t has meant in the case of Jesse Pomeroy there would be few to claim it an easy means of escape from the hangman.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27
HAS MET ENGAGEMENTS.

Paris, Jan. 27. 5:05 A. M.-One of the highest personalities in the Bel gian government, according to
 Havre despatch to the Havas Agency, speaking in reference to German news agency's statement that Belgian finances are in a pitiable condition, says: It is evidently difficult for the government tc dispose of it's re- sources. since the Germans. have laid hands on everything. Nevertheless, up to the present time, 1t has met all its engagements. When the Germans evacuate the country its situation naturally will not be brilliant, for ev- ervthing will have to be built up again, notably the factories. which constitute one of the principal re- sources of the country"
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27
p. F. R. ASSOCIATION
 IS GUEST OF 1857"
EIks From all Over the State
 Gather for Annual Meeting.

Over 100 members of the Past Ex- alted Rulers association of the state gathered at the clubhouse of New Britain lodge, No. 957, B. r. O. E., for tn heir annual meeting.
 At the election of officers Harry C. Brown of this city was reelected sec retary, which office he has filled with great satisfaction to the association and honor to himself. Other officers elected were as follows:
 President-W C. Twombley of Stamford.
 Vice Presidential B. Reidy of Naugatuck.
 Treasurer-Louis Brock of Bridge port.
 P. J. Murray of this city, retiring president of the association presided at the business meeting.
 The reports of the officers showed the association to be in excellent con- dition. There is membership or 25O and the deaths during the year numbered four, M. J. Hafey of Hart ford, J. H. McMahon of Derby, Pro- lessor Madigan of Waterbury and J. H. Weaver of Naugatuck.
 Grief was expressed at the death Of MT. Hafey, who passed away this week and resolutions committee was appointed consisting of James T. Smith of Ansonia, Martin Cunningham of Danbury and James l.. McGovern.
 Immedia tely after the business m eeting an excellent turkey dinner was served under the efficient direction of Fred Eppler, the club cook. This spread left nothing to be desired. President Twombley was toastmaster and there were various entertainment numbers, including a cornet solo by F.. J. Lynch. Music was furnished during the dinner by Lynch's orches- tra.
 Exalted ruler A. J. Hart delivered an address of welcome and assured the visitors that New Britain lodge felt proud to have them as its guests. Speeches were made by eX-Mayor Jos eph M. Halloran, Senator Archibald McNeil of Bridgeport, Collector of Customs James l.. McGovern of Bridgeport and others.
 The dinner and entertainment was in charge of the house committee Of which E. N. Humphrey Is chairman.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27
The British Raj Expands.
(Minneapolis Journal.)

Great Britain has made a strategic stroke by seizing the head of the Per sian gulf and the port up the river outlet of both the Eupnrates and I1gr1s The movement proceeded from India and the force that execut- ed it is part of the military forces of the British raj. Whatever was the unpreparednes of the British Isles the preparedness of the British h. dian raj is demonstrated by the suc- cess of it's expedition by sea and land within fortnight after the declara- tion of war by Turkey.
 The lower delta of MesOp pOtamia is indeed strategic territory. It com mands the access to the sea of all that potentially rich river plain. which is being irrigated in accord anco with the system devised by Sir William Willcocks, the builder of the Assuan dam in upper Egypt. The region was one on which Germany had her eye one she planned to tap by the Bagdad railway
 The British empire thus becomes mistress of the land route between the Mediterranean and India, route utilized by Alexander of MacedOn in his invasion of India, the route that once made ancient Antioch and more modern Aleppo rich and populous. The route comm ences upon the Syrian coast and extends across the desert to the EuphrateS, thence down to the Persian gulf, whence it takes ship follows the coast eastward to karachi, the new WesternmOst port of Hindu stan. Some day, of course, a rail- way from Damascus or Port Said, or both, will be laid over that route, and it is indispensa ble to British in terests that the railway he in British hands
 The British Indian raj grows by ac- cretions. In our time it has annexed Burma, Cnitral, Kashmlr, Beluchis- tan, Malaysia, and recently has de- fined a sphere of influence in southern Persia along the gulf. Alden is an ad- ministration of the raj and Alden is Arabia.
 It looks as if all the Persian gulf littoral and all Arabia would come into the sphere of the raj eventually. The British already have nibhled off the four corners of the vast peninsula, at Sinai, Alden. Muscat. and now the Persian gulfs head. 1t looks as if the raj will at some day not distant stretch from the Red sea to the South China sea and include within it's bounds the most populOus empire the world has ever known. Disraeli had more than the oriental imagination with which ne was charged: he had the statesman's foresight when he proclaimed Victoria empress of India.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27

sucn fires start and what means may pe employed to prevent them in future.
 u must De apparent to all that the fires about which no one appears to hHoW the cause are altogether too ire eQuent In this city and so long as no special effort is made to ascertain the cause just so long will they continue until something happens which will call for severe measures. It won't do to say that fire looks suspicious, be- and while there is no disposition to criticise the chief of the fire depart ment for his manner of investigation, he having much other work to attend to, it would seem as if this work might be better handled by the police department for the reason that if of apprehension it is this department that will be obliged to act It is in reality a policeman's job, and accord ing to reports heard from time to time this department might be able to accomplish results difficult, if not impossible. for any other department to accomplish Arson is a very trou- hlesome crime to prove. but while it would be unjust to say that any of the fires in New Britain were of in cendiary origin, the authorities are astonished at the ignorance sometimes displayed by those who ought to know how a fire started but who are unable or unwilling to tell about 1t.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27

The vote in the commission was fifty eight to forty-tWo and the minority is bound by the vote to make no an ta8onistic report. The vote was taken by mail, giving every member a chance to think it over and vote in the presence of his conscience and Judgment only. We should like 70 see strong. intelligent, progressive and yet conservative city like Spring. field try out government as q business managed by competent man with power and responsibility. Many cities need some sort of a change and this may be the very thing for them. Good management means economy and Cf- hclency, and that is the most inn portant in municipal business as well as in private business.-Waterbu American,
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27
lliitcracy Declining.

If there ever were any doubt among persons who aim to be fair minded as to the injustice of the literacy test i'm posed by the immigration bill passed recently by congress and now awaiting disposition at the hands of President Wilson, it must be removed by the of- ficial figures relating to illteracy in the United States just made public by the federal bureau of educa tion These statistics show that, whereas in 1900 there were forty-tWO out of every 1000 children between the ages of ten and fourteen years who were unable to read and write. in 1910 they had been decreased to twenty-two and in 1914 to fifteen. When Contrasted with the censusos of 1880, 1890 and 1900, a steady decline of illiterates. ten years of age and over is shown by percentages of 17, 13.3, 10.7 and - per i ,000 population, thus demon Stratlng clearly the net outcome of the vast machinery of instruction which the nation maintains by a lav- ish scale of public and private OK pendiuture. The hugh sums paid glad ly by taxpayers are bringing in good investment returns. The electorate is rising in capacity to know for it. self who are the men that would lead
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27
AT ONCEi STOPS
 STOMACH MISERY
 AND INDIGESTION
Tapes Diapcpsin' makes sick, sour,
 gassy Stomachs feel

Do some foods you eat hit back taste good, but work badly ferment into stubborn Jumps and cause a sick. sour, gassy stomach? Now, Mir. or Mrs. Dyspeptic, jot this down: Papc's Diapepsin digests everything, leaving nothing to sour or upset you. There never was anything so safely quick, so certainly effective. No difference how badly your stomach is disordercd you will get happy relief in five minutes. but what pleases you most is that it- strengthens and regulates your stor- ach so you can cat your favorite foods without fear.
 Most remedies give you relief some times-they are slow, but not sure, "Pape's Diapepsin" is quick, positive and puts your stomach in a healthy condition SO the misery won't come back.
 You feel different as soon as "Pape's Diapcpsin'' comes in contact with tho stomach--distress just vanishcs-your stomach gets sweet, TO gases, no belching, no eructations of undigestcd food. your head clears and you reei fine.
 Go now. mako tho best investment you ever made, by getting a large fiftv-cent case of Pape's diapepsin from any drug store. You realize in five minutes how needless it is to suf- fer from indigestion, dyspepsia or any stomach disorder.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27
TRACTION COMPETITION.

The New London Day says there is the New York problem of notorious and traction competition. Very little has been said about this matter dur ing recent years in this state, yet at one time there was some serious talk of establishing such a line between New Britain and Hartford, not so much in competition with the trolley or railroad companies, but as a busi- ness proposition in which it was felt at the time would be very remunera- tive, especially during the summer be much more enjoyed than ride in a crowded trolley car. There are such lines in many of the Massachu- setts cities, the patronage is heavy and presumably the financial returns are satisfactory.
 When the New Britain Hartford travel over the north part of East street out by the brick yard and over what has been called ''under the mountain" road and thence out by Charter Oak. It was felt that such a route would pay better because it is not used as much by autOists. This venture was seriously considered at one time and there is hardly any doubt but that if esta blshed it could be made to pay. The sights between the two cities are not particularly at tractive, but the route could be ex- tended and in these days of rapid travel a long trip in the open by auto bus would have pleasures not to be gained in any other way. Connecticut seems to have been pretty slow in this respect, although motoring is increas- ing in popularity throughout the state. The Day can see advantages for such a line in it's own section and there is scarcely any doubt but that 1t would prove popular in this section as we'll People as a rule do not get out into the open air enough for their own good and motoring for this purpose is in a class by itself
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27

Mulholland's assertion that ne (Davis) had paid Beer $1,00O In the expectation of getting contracts on the island. He also reiterated ms charge that a contractor named Call had paid Beer s5,000 for this pur- pose. He said that he saw the check passed in the Union League club Tn this city. .
 Beer had been summ oned to testify yesterday, but failed to appear. physician reported that Beer was III.
 Frank J. R. Mitchell, president oi the Banco Nacional, entered further denials of the charges that 1t was an untrustworthy institution, as set forth in evidence produced by Walker w. Wick
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27
HEADACHE STOPS. NEURALGIA GONE Dr. ? James Headache Powders give instant relief-Cost
 dime 8 package

Nerve racking, splitting or dull, throbblng headaches yield in just few moments to Dr. James Headache Pow ders which cost only 10 cents a pack age at any drug store. It's the quick est, surest headache relief in the whole world. Don't suffer- Relieve the agony and distress now! You can. Millions of men and women have found that headache and neuralgia misery is needless. Get what you ask for.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27
INTRODUCES SCHOOL BILL.
Senator Elctt Takes Action tn Senate
 Fayoring Normal School.

Senator George w. Klett has in- troduced bill in the senate which provides for an appropriation to build an addition to the State Normal school in this city.
 According to Senator Klett's bill the state would appropriate 5000 towards this addition and the city would donate s35,000 more. With this amount $70,O00 addition would be erected, making the Normal school in this city one of the best in the country.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27
FACTS AND RANCHES.
m sava reS have been asking

African savages have been asking a missionary why Christians go to war with each other. They find nothing in Christs doctrine to hint that he would tolerate such a thought. To date the missionary has not an- swered the questions satisfa ctorily. New Haven Union. ="
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27
THREE YEARS IN PRISON.

Amsterdam, Via London. Jan. 27. 1O:17 A. MA message from Liege, Belgium, states that the wife of Greek consul Galwaert, who was charged with aiding Belgians to escape, has been sentenced to three years inn prisonment.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27

If the oldest inha bitant can recall drearier January this is the time 1ort him to come forward and make his exhibit The garden variety of citizen cannot look back and find any such choice collection of rain and sleet and slush and fog and lack of sunshine for many years.-Ansonia Sentinel.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27

Meriden is a punk town. Either there is enough work in the shops or the workingman is slaving too many hours and the employers are rolling in riches. The stores are un- satisfactory. the schools cost too much money, the city officials are this and that, the amusem ents areh' t right, the neWspa pers print too much news of this or that kind, the rail
 way managers ought to be hanged and so forth and so on. Fine, healtAy spirit to advance the interests of a place, it is not ?-Meridcn Journal.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27
TRY TO DISCRFD|T
 TESTIMONY OF FORT
Vance, in Letter, Said He Was Sat- iSfitd Sullivan Was No Diplomat.

New York, Jan. 27.-Evidence in tended to discredit the testimony of former Governor J. Franklin Fort, of New Jersey, who defended the fitness of James M. Sullivan as minister to Santo Domingo, was introduced yes- terday at the investigation of the charges against Sullivan, which is be- ing conducted by Senator-ele2t Phelan as commissioner.
 To show that MT. Fort. at the time of his official visit to Santo Domingo last summer to adjust the revolution ary troubles there, did not hold good opinion of Sullivan, Walker w. Wick. instigator of the investigation, read a letter from John T. Vance, deputy receiver-general at Santo Do mingo. dated October 17, 1914. In this Vance said he "vas surprised to see that Governor Fort is going to whitewash Sullivan's record"
 Sullivan No Diplomat
 "As a matter of fact" Vance wrote, "GovernOr Fort was about the strong est man I have heard speak on the subject of Sullivan and his career in Santo Domingo, although he did not go into the question of his actions being correct or not. lie gave nlS impressions of Sullivan as a diplo- matic representative in Santo DO- mingO. and to me he stated that, be- ing with nim on the boat and seeing him deport himself at the dinner table, was enough for him to know what kind of a man he was, and that he was not the kind of a minister that should represent the United States in Santo Domingo. He also said that since he had seen him in contact with the Dominican politicians in their endeaVors to bring about ab dication of Bordas and the appoint ment of a provisional president, he was thoroughly satisfied that Sullivan was no diplomat, and that the anti pathy of the Dominicans toward him was probably justified.''
 That w. G. Beer, attorney for the Banco' Nacional of Santo Domingo, had said that he expected to share with Secretary of State Bryan, for mer Governor Glynn and Representa- tive James A. Hamill, of New Jersey the profits of any business obtained oD the island for Contrac ctors, was re- iterated yesterday by Nj. F. Davis, supply contractor.
 Davis Appears Voluntarily.
 Davis appeared voluntarily to an swer the charge made Monday by Joseph P. Mulnolland that Davis had made the statement in fulfllment of a promise ito get square with every body, from Bryan down. Davis dc nied yesterday that he had ever made i any such promise. He denied also
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27

Dr. Harvey W. Wiley advocates loW-necked gowns and abbreviated skirts, hopes the time will come when men will discard collars and hats, urges parents to let their children go barefoot all the year round, and is otherwise arranging to mako himself unpopular with clothing trades.- Norwich Record.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27
FIRES.

a few fires re- ire appears to hen there has but a number only recently k. It has al-
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New Britain herald., 1915-01-27
AT 10 O'Clock. A. NJ.
 MnndaN. Feb. |. InIa

V
 AT 10 O'Clock, A. NJ.
 Monday. Feb. 1, 1915 to attend to the duties pertaining to said appointment Meetings will be held on Wednesday, the 3rd; Friday, the 5th; Wednesday, the 10th; and Friday, the 18th days of February 1915, from 2 P M. to 5 P M, and from 7:30 F. NJ. to 9 F. M, and ey- cry evening from Feb. 1st to Feb. 18th, except Sundays. from 7:3O r. M to Q P. M, also on the evening of Feb. 22nd. from 7:30 to o'clock. which is the last day on which appli- cation for relief can be made and to make such transfers, deductions and abatements as the law directs.
 WILLIAM SCHAEFER.
 WILLIAM MIDDLEMASS.
 DENNIS J. FARRELL.
 Board of Relief
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27
HILL.

but which there 5 publicity in casure ori s'inat- the legislature bt differ from med to operate The bill pro- h of a town, tho or mayor of a or more plac- wful to engage or games cn urna1ent CT admission fec md 6 o'clock in t sh all be law ture shows be- in the evening awful to sell pared tobacco, hpers, and food mises.
 baseball is al-
 
 day with the commissioners,
 present bill aying of the hamonds. l The heasure, how 1t will legalize pms on Sunday people are very ]. The bill was tances which Popularity that
 had before ble ground for a good chance been an in is kind of leg If years and Opposition to q Eunday is dis hve of popular
 ripe for a
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27

The commission of 100. which has been considering a new charter for Springfield long and carefully, now recommends the city manager plan.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27

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New Britain herald., 1915-01-27
CITY ADVERTISEMENT
BOARD OF RELIEF.

The Board of Relief of the City of New Britain hereby gives notice that they will meet at their office, in the City Hall.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27

It s:15 p. m.
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 It New Britain III Matter.
 y part of the city Cents a Month. o be sent by mail 80 Cents a A year.
 Artising medium in n books and press to advertisers. Ind on sale at Hota- knd St. and Broad 3ty: Board Walk, Hartford depot. HE CALLS. k
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27
fE CALLS.

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New Britain herald., 1915-01-27

for the next three days, value f5c to 45c yard. Sale prices 10c to 2Sc.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-27
OMISSION.

n charter revision Eplan commission, Eamnears to be to
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