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FAMOUS FAIRBANKS SPANKING CASE
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Banking company not legal and for that reason the former stockholders of the Washington corporation are
 liable for the sum of $15OOO0 as provided by the constt ton of the state and also liable for the$25OOOO paid out of the deposits of the Fairbanks Banking company
 Owing to the fact that the consolidation of the banks was not legal according to the contention of the recover it will be necessary to appoint receiver to take charge of the assets of the WaShmgton-Aaska bank of Washing ton and to bring suit against the former directors and stockholders. in the name of the depOstorS.
 Mr. de Joumel whom Mr. Moves wishes to employ as attorney was the one who first advised the receiver as to the contemplated action It he who dug up" the law applicable and was he assisted by his son Robert who prepared the brief which submitted to the court. After preparing the brief he submitted it to one of the foremost firms ofatomeyS in the city of San Francesca and after careful consideration of the matter he ad- vsed that he was perfectly correct in his contentious
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When it's Summer Time in Seward, And the tired Railroad crews Come trooping into Seward, For their forty drops of Booze,
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The place that they'll all head for When they're feeling hot and dry, Is the Palace Bar in Seward, Where they keey that SHERWOOD
 RYE.
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CASE POSTPONED

The case of Martin vs. Macpherson has been postponed until next Satur- day at the request of Commissioner Conroy who was unable through press of business to hear it this morning, The case involves title to a fraction of land between the homesteads own ed by the two men about three miles from the city.
 Finch's Golden Wedding Rye at The Branch.
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QUEENSTOWN, May 15.-Twcnty eight more bodies of the victims of the Lusitania disaster have been re- covered None of them are those Of the famous Americans who went down with the ship. The work of identid- cation of the bodies now being found is very difficult owing to the distance from the relatives of the victims and the decomposition due to the length of time since death.
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of Germans applying for naturaliza- ton papers has tripIed. This is due to the desire to be regarded as Amer ican citizens in the event of war be- teween the two nations.
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 * CHIEF SEBASTIAN "' * CLEARED OF CHARGES. "'

LOS ANGELES, May l5.-Chiet of Police Sebastian was acquitted last night of the charge brought against him Mrs. Pratt the mother of the delinquent girl aagiust whom the al- legged acts of Sebastain were said to have been directed, was also acquitted and the matter is now believed to be ended with the chief of police abso- mte'y cleared.
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CATHOLIC SERVICES.

Sunday: Mass at 8:3O and 1O:3O a. m. Sunday school after Mass. instructions and Benediction at 7:3O D. m. Week day Mass at 8 a. m. William A. Shepherd, s. J.
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NO CAME TOMORROW.

Just before going to press the Gate way was informed that there will be no baseball game tomorrow.
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The best roofing paper in the world, The Gcnasco at Brown < Hawkins. Quality First"
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City Express. Phone, Main 100. Meets all boats.
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Our new stock of Wall paper just in a. Brown & Hawkins. Quality First"
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GERMANS RUSH TO
BE U. $. CITIZENS

NEW YORK, May 15,-Since the of the Lusitania the number
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Long distance telephone booth at The Branch.
 Finch's Golden Wedding Rye at The Branch.
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NORTHWESTERN AT SEATTLE.
 SEATTLE, May 15.-The North western arrived here this afternoon
Connecticut western news., 1915-02-18
An Impression of eorky.

'Once when I was singing in Nijni early in the morning." said Chaliaphlc. Russia's greatest singer. "l looked out and saw Gorky standing at q window in the same hotel. and gazing silently over the city. The sun was shining on the towers of the churches. over the silver river and turning the roofs red. You are up carly l said. Yes, he answered, Come in my rooms for d moment When reached his window l saw that he had tears in his eyes. and 1 did not understand. Look he said to me. how beautiful it is. Just the world and not q human being any where. The humanity which has made its gods and its laws, built its houses and its churches. all asleep and help less as children. powerless to change or adjust all this that 1t has made
 He spoke very softly and very sweetly. and. for the moment, he seem- ed to me the most perfect human be- ing in the world. Truly one of Rus sia's flowers of genius. s."-Craftsman.
Connecticut western news., 1915-02-18
Old Tin.

The responsiveness of pure tin ac- counts for the care with which it is handed. It is astonishing how little tin can be made to cover thousands of cans. Yet tin would be still more ex- pensive than it k had not the following process been invented for its recovery at very low cost: Great heaps of empty cans nreferably washed and dried by mechanical meansl are piled up fin an airtight room. Warm chlorine gas is forced into the room. where it reaches every nook and corner of the cans. The warm gas has tendency to unite with tin and form tin chloride, high ly volatile liquid. The mixture of gases. consisting of air. free chlorine and the vapor of tin chloride, is passed through condenser, where the tin chloride is separated from the other gases. and by n simple chemical proc ess the absolutely pure tin is preclp- itated.-New York World.
Connecticut western news., 1915-02-18
GERMANS ARE DRIVING GAR ARMIES HOME
Berlin Reports Rapid Advance
 Along WEOIG Front.

The Russians are rctreating across the East Prussian frontier, an official Berlin statement declares. and the Germans are advancing rapidly every where"
 The czar's forces are being driven north from Tilsit and east from the lake region. fighting rear guard ac- tions as they go.
 To complete Von Hindcnburgs vic. tory German detachmcnts are now marching through Kono against the body of Russians that marched north ward through Lnmza. seventy eight miles northeast of Warsaw. to re-en- force the cZar'S' armies in the lake re- zion. This Russian force must retreat danger of being surrounded. it is as serted in Berlin.
 A Petro%rad dispatch to London con firms the report of the evacuation of LodZ by the Germans and the nasty transfer of stores. commiSSuriHt. trans port trains and Headquarters to Kalisz. This indicates that the German defeat heioTe NafSilW n;lS been turned liltO 1 complete drmClC.
 Refugees who escaped from CZen Stochowa bring word that the Germans are redoubling tteir efforts in the con Struction of fortified lines before Ka lisz to withstand Il Russian drive to ward Silesia
 At the same time the Cologne cor respondent of an Amsterdam news paper wires that the military authori ties in East Prussia have ordered the population of Insterburg to leave that city.
 The Petrograd correspondent of the London Evening Star estimates that the Germans lost not less than 50.000 killed and four times that number wounded in last weeks battle along the Roriimow line.
 The conflict of the two armies before Warsaw in the Bolimov region Is go ing on under the eyes of Czar Nicholas and Emperor William
Connecticut western news., 1915-02-18
SUFFRAGE-PR0 AND CON
Pro-.

In addition to the long list of states whose legislatures are this year passing woman suffrage amendments through the first or the second stage, there are several states where bills for president
 ial and municipal suffrage similar to that granted to the women of Illinois, are being promoted. Among these states are Minnesota, Michigan, Maine and Indiana. The legislatures of Yer mont and New Hampshire have already similar bills under consideration, and the suffragists of Wisconsin are also planning to introduce presidential suffrage bill during the present session of the legislature. The suffrage meas ures in those seven states are all addi- tional to the constitutional amendments providing for woman suffrage which have been passed through their first or second stage during the few weeks since the legislature came into session after January first. The legislatures of West Virginia and New York have completed the legislative stages of such amend ments, and the amendments in these two states are ready for the popular vOte In New Jersey and Pennsyl- vania one House has taken final action and the resolutions are awaiting the decision of the. other HOuse-in each case known to be favorable. The Massachusetts legislature is also eX- pected to pass through its second stage the suffrage amendment-making five states in which popular votes will be taken this fall. The legislature of Tennessee has taken the first st p. The Tennessee Senate voted to submit suffrage amendment by 2G to 3 and the House by 74 to 14. The resolution goes over to the next session of the Legislature and after second passage it will be voted upon by the electors.
 Hartford. Conn. Press Sec.
Connecticut western news., 1915-02-18
Dramatis Personae.

The stages and theaters of the an- mensely large that the actors to be heard were obliged to have recourse to metallic masks contrived with tremen- dous mouths in order to augment the natural sound of the voice. This mask was called by the Latins persona" from personare (to sound throughl, and delineations OF such masks used in each piece were generally prefxed to it as we now prefix the names of the characters in our modern plays; hence "dramatis personae" (masks of the drama), which words, after masks ceased to be used, were understood to mean persons of the drama.
Connecticut western news., 1915-02-18
The Victoria Cross.

The recipient of the Victoria cross is "v. G." and nobody sees anything strange in that. It is curious to recall the difficulties Queen Victoria felt upon the point when the V. c. was in stituted. ''The queen thinks" she wrote to Lord Panmure, that the per sons decorated with the Victoria cross might very properly be allowed to bear some distinctive mark after their name. *"* V. c. would not do. K. c. means a Knight of the Garter, C. E. a Companion of the Bath, NJ. P. a Mem. Der of Parliament, NJ. D. doctor of medicine, etc, in all cases designating a person. No one could be called Q Victoria cross. V. C., moreover. means vice chancellor at present. D. V. c. decorated with the Victoria crossl or B. V. c. (bearer of the Victoria crossl might do. The queen thinks the last the best. ."-London Mirror.
Connecticut western news., 1915-02-18
A Hint For photooraphers.

Carbonate of soda is an accelerntor for the reducing agent. With most developers. when they are dissolved alone in water. the image will ulti- mately appear. but it will come very slowly. Add strong solution of car bonate of soda to the reducing agent and water and the image will fairly leap at you. The reduction of the bromide of silver has been tremendous ly hastened, and it is also more thor ough and complete, the negative hav- ing much greater density. This is the safe mission of carbonate of soda In the developer. It is to speed things up and complete the action.-outing.
Connecticut western news., 1915-02-18
Mhai'k In A fIamn7

One summer a di*tin@uishel member Of the French academy rented Il cOt- tage in Savoy. and wh,n the ti.le came for his return tu Paris he went to say farewell tu the owner or the cottage. prosperous farmers wife.
 ''I hope you will write your name in my album before you yn." she said.
 With pleasure" he replied. and. talk. ing n pen, he wrote his name in the book
 Thanks" she said. "but won't you please tell Ire your profession. SD that can write 1t after your unmry"
 "Oh. put down landowner" he an- swered.
 But that isn't n profcsslon." she said.
 Well, then. put down 'academl- cian, was his answer.
 This word seemed to puzzle her. and therefore he asked. with n smile. Don't you know what m academician is?'
 Not quite" she answered. but It's such long word that the profession must be splendid one"
Connecticut western news., 1915-02-18
BECKER WITNESS SWITCHES
PoIiceman's Counsel and Prosecution Hold Different Views In Connection
 With Affidavit Made by Negro.

Doubt was expressed in the New York city district attorneys office that the affidavit made in Philadelphia by James Marshall, the negro whose tes- timOny at the second trial of Charles Becker did so much to convict the former police lieutenant, would be used either in the Becker appeal before the court of appeals or as a basis for q motion for a new trial. The opinion in the district attorneys office was that the Marshall incident was staged" for the purpose of creating a certain at mosphere of doubt which might affect the court of appeals in reviewing the case.
 On the other hand, John R. Johnson. associate of Martin T. Manton, Beck CTS counsel, stated that the affidavit would be used in an effort to obtain a new trial for Becker
 Marshall repudiated his Becker trial testimony, kut reaffirmed it as soon as he arrived in New York and saw the district attorney. Later he made two affidayits stating that his testimony against Becker was false. This was done at the office in New York of Beckers counsel, Martin T. Manton.
Connecticut western news., 1915-02-18
COM PROMISE SHIP
 BILL IN THE HOUSE
Republicans Warn Against Pur- chase of BeIIigerents' Ships.

Republican leaders privately advised those in charge of the administration ship purchase bill that unless it con- tained an absolute prohibition against the purchase of the vessels of any bel ligerents no vote would be permitted on the measure in the senate and that the filibuster against this bill and the proposed cloture rule will continue un- til March f.
 Administration leaders completed preparations for the consideration of a compromise measure in the house of representatives. for the good moral effect''
 The compromise. which consists of consolidation of the Weeks naval auxiliary bill. the Gore substitute with a two years termination clause and which received the administra- tion's 70. K.," was introduced by Chairman Padgett of the house naval committee in the guise of a resolution
 The resolution calling up the bill and fixing debate will be put before the house this week The rule as provided for in MT. Padgett's reso. lution allows only six hours for de bate and prohibits amendments It proposes to discharge the naval affairs committee from the consideration of the Weeks naval auxiliary bill,' as passed last August by the senate. and to make that measure immediately in order with the Gore bill appended as an amendment.
 Senators Kenyon of Iowa and Norris of Sebraska. who had been standing with the president in the fight. desert ed him.
 The result of this development was that President Wilson again lost con- trol of the senate. and an adjournment was forced by a vote of AS to 46 This adjournment brought to an end a session of the senate that had run continuously for f1fty-two hours and ten minutes. which is said to be rec ord
Connecticut western news., 1915-02-18
A Chinese Proverbs orioi,

Hell steal your shoes" iS an cNpr, .. sion which in China k used to describe an nrrant knuvc anal pilfcrcr. The cx- presSion k hundreds of years old. X wealthy Chinamum. whose gorgcuus'v embroidered shOvS were the envy nf the community. was. according tu the legend. deSpoilcd of his pt,dr in the following manner: X rascal one day rushed up, gave the rich man u hearty blow on the back and. srizip the ns- tOnishcd gentleman's hat. pitched 1t upon a high wall. The next moment the fellow seemed t0 discover that 1t was not am old friend he was greeting so enthusiastically and apologized pro- fuscly.
 How shall get my hat?' Inquired the man with the beautiful shoes.
 Jump on my back. and you can reach it." replied the schooner.
 The suggestion was carried out, but while the hatless man was reaching for his head covering the rascal slipped off the handsome shoes and made away. leaving the simple minded millionaire clutching the wall.
Connecticut western news., 1915-02-18
A Matter of Distances.

Why did Homer call the Dardanelles broad or "boundless," although at the point where Leander and Byron swam it the breadth Is barely a mile? Byron's comment is very neat: The wrangling about the epithet, the broad Hellespont.' or the 'boundless Helles- pont,' whether 1t means one or the other, or what 1t means at all. has been beyond all possibility of detail. l have even heard 1t disputed on the spot and, not foreseeing a speedy conclusion to the controversy, amused myself with swimming across it in the meantime and probably may again before the point Is settled. Probably Ho- mer had the same notion of distance that coquette has of time, and when he talks of boundless means half Il mile. as the latter. by a like figure, when she says eternal attachment, simply specifies three eeks."-London Spectator.
Connecticut western news., 1915-02-18
A Huqe Book.

The Kah-gyur, or Tibetan Bible, con- sists of 10S volumes of 1000 pages each, containing 1,O83 separate books. Each of the volumes weighs ten pounds and forms package twenty-six inches long, eight inches broad and eight inches deep. This Bible requires a dozen yaks for it's support, and the carved wooden blocks from which it is printed need rows of houses, like a city, for their storage. A tribe of Mongols paid 1000 oxen for a copy of this Bible. In addition to the Bible there are 225 volumes of commenta- ries, which are necessary for it's un- derstanding. There is also large col lection of revelations, which supple ment the Bible.-London Mail.
Connecticut western news., 1915-02-18

It is unreasonable for the suffragists of Connecticut to ask for further exten. sion of the suffrage to women when they make so little use of the privilege already granted them. For forty years the women of Connecticut have been allowed to vote on schools and what use have they made of this opportunity About two years ago an inquiry into this matter resulted i'll the following figures which are now on file with the signatures of the various town clerks from which they were obtained. In Berlin 725 men registered but only 52 women, none of whom voted. In Bran ford 1, 1888 men registered, no women :; in Ansonia 2,833 men registered, no women; in Derby 1, ,705 men registered, no women; in New Haven 26, 198 men were registered and 20 women; in Red ding 379 men, no women; in Lyme 191 men, Il women; in Old Lyme 332 men registered, but no women ; in Burling- ton it was reported that 217 men were registered and 8 women, but that no women had voted for 16 years. In Granby 354 men registered, but no women; in Canaan 185 men and no women; in New Milford 1,248 men registered, but no women; in Bloom field 402 .men registered, no women :; Torrington 3,175 men, no women; Say brook 470 men, women; Old Say brook 394 men, no women; Portland 825 men, no women; Simsbury 578 men and no women; West Hartford 1 ,037 men registered and women.
 So one might go on through the long list of Connecticut towns. The women of this state don't want to vote. They have proved it by their failure to use the school franchise.
 Hartford, Conn. Press Chairman.
Connecticut western news., 1915-02-18
NO ACTION YET IN MORS' CASE
May Be Two Weeks Before Any Defi-
 nite Steps Can Be Taken.

It may be two weeks before there is definite action on Frederic Mors' story that he killed eight people in the Ger man Odd Fellows home at Yonkers, N. Y. Mors, three other porters in the home and the superintendent have been in the White Plains (N. Y.) jail as material witnesses over a week, but neither the officials of Westchester county nor the district attorney of the Bronx consider that they have enough testimony yet to warrant exhuming any of the bodies of the supposed vic tins or proceeding more rapidly to a conclusion as to the truth of Mors' confession first made to Assistant District Attorney Deacon Murphy of New York city.
 Dr. Menas Gregory, alienist of the Bellevue hospital in New York city, who had Mors under observation for ten days. contented himself with an observation that he considered Mors mot we'll mentally"
Connecticut western news., 1915-02-18
The Sleepy Eqyptian.

Egyptians can lie down and go to sleep anywhere. They look around lin: til they find particularly busy place in the street where there k a patch of shade. wrap Il dusty cloth around their faces. curl up and peacefully glide off into q drcamlcSs sleep. In walking along the street one has to be careful of every splotch of shadow that hc comes 10 for fear of stepping on Il ma. tive's face. Even when you do step on this usually sensitive part of the anat- omy they merely sit up. yawn thank fully that you are u medium sized man and lazily turn over on the other side. As soon as an Egyptian finds out that person is an American his first breath less question is. Will there be many Americans coming over this winter?' High and low, merchants and donkey boys. they ask the same question. for half of Egypt lives on the tourists, and the greatest number of these are from the United States. - Homer Croy in Leslie's.
Connecticut western news., 1915-02-18
Why Lead Ia So Heavy.

Although lead is the softest metal in general use, 1t is very dense-that Is, its particles are very compactly united, and there is no room for air to circu- late in between these particles. Most apparently solid substances are pene- trated by more or less air. and this. Of course, affects the weight in propor- tion to the bulk. A piece of wood is lighter than a piece of lead of exactly equal bulk because the little particles which make up the, piece of wood are not very close together, and it contains a lot of air.-Boston Herald.
Connecticut western news., 1915-02-18
Speed of Animals.

It is believed that no animal has ever exceeded the speed which can be attained by the horse. Instantaneous photographs of one famous specimen showed the full length of complete stride to be about twenty-six feet The hare has not, in reality, the speed of the dog. The dog, on the other hand, does not attain the speed of the horse. The giraffe is said to run al the rate of fifteen yards per second un. der the most favorable conditions. The elephant, going at the rate of tive yards a second, carries a weight ap. proximating to that carried by six horses.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Connecticut western news., 1915-02-18
A Corner on Calendars.

Among the ancient Greeks and Ro- mans almanacs or calendars were not written for the general public, but were preserved as part of the esoteric learning of the priests, whom the peo- pie had to consult not only for the dates of the festivals, but for the prop CT times when various legal proceed ings might be instituted. History does not relate how the society women of ancient times managed to get through a season without an engagement calen- dar
Connecticut western news., 1915-02-18
AGAIN MAY USE U. s. FLAG.
Lusitania's Captain Will Do So if
 Similar Danger Arises.

That the German threat against Brit ish shipping will have little or no effect on the transatlantic service is shown by the huge list of passengers the Lusitania carried when she left Liver pool for New York. The fleet Cunard steamship is speeding westward with the largest number of passengers she has carried this year.
 Just before the Lusitania started from her pier and started down the Mersey Captain Dow declared in en- phatic tones:
 I hoisted the stars and stripes on the eastward voyage because of the danger of German pirate submarines. If a sim liar danger arises again I shall do the same thing. because if my passengers have to die through German torpedoes | am sure they would rather go down under the stars and stripes than under any other flag.