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New Britain herald., 1915-08-06
WAR CHANGES LIFE
 OF VENICE PEOPLE
Elegant Bathers at the Lido Are No Morc-Gondoliers Wait for Passen-N
 gers That Do Not Come.

Rome, Aug. e.-while life in tho other great cities of Italy goes or much as usual during the war, with out the usual summer air of festivity perhaps, and with graver express sion on the faces of the inhabitants Venice, the Queen of the Adriatic, is transformed and the life of her peo-
 pie is entirely changed. The elegant
 bathers at the Lido are no more; tho
 gondoliers wait sadly for passengers
 that do not come; the chatter and
 laughter of the gay luxurious cosmo-
 politan crowd at the Cafe Florian in the Piazza San Marco on the lovely summer evenings is no longer heard,
 for Venice, except when the moon
 shines, is plunged into darkness and
 houses or on the water are strictly forbidden.
 Venice is determined that nothing shall be wanting on her part to frus-. trate the attacks of the enemy and to protect her treasures from bomb and fire. Black curtains are hung over the doors of shopes; dark paper aims the light of the lamps, and the larger glass windows are painted black or blue so that they shall not reflect even the moonlight. Many of the treasures of Art from tho famous Picture Gall lery, the Ducal Palace, the Civic Museum and some of the churches have been removed; while those that remain have been protected by me- tallic shields and cupolas. The Ducal Palace is boarded up between its beautiful columns. while the marble corners are encased in brick; the Scala dei Giganti, with its great sta tutes of Mars and Neptune by San sovino is covered with sacks of sand while many parts of the exterior of the Basilica of St. Marks are also covered with brickwork. Inside the church looks like a storehouse with sacks of sand piled against the col umns, the capifals-the statues and the, pulpit The four great bronze horses over the portal have been taken down and hidden away and thick curtains and yet more sacks of sand protect the windows and mo- safes.
 At night, streets, canals and pal
New Britain herald., 1915-08-06
SHIP PURCHASEBILL
 WILL BE REVIVED
McAdoo Tells Cotton Growers
 Measure Will Be Pushed :.

Greensboro, N. C., Aug. 6.-The program of the Wilson administration tc revive the effort to pass ship pur- chase legislation at the next session of 9congress was disclosed in a letter from Secretary McAdoo read before the Pan-American dinner oI the Greens boro Chamber of Commerce here.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04
SAUERKRAUT
Experts Can't Decide Its Con:
dition and Court is in a
TanqIe.

BERWICK, Pa. July 3.-Justice
Carey has had thrust on his shout
ders the problem of deciding wheth-
er the sauer kraut Wasil Koszt
bought is rotten. Koszt says 1t is.
and Michael Perc1lo, with whom Was
il boarded. contends it's the same
palatable kraut that Wasil liked SO
well that when he left to board at
another home he bought a barrel of
the kraut for So.
The issue was raised before JUS
tice Carey when Percho sued for a
board bill of s1.25 and for the re-
turn of the empty kraut barrel. Was
IL contends that kraut furnished was
not that which the family had been
Half a dozen sauer kraut experts
gave conflicting views. and the case
was adjourned and dozen new ex-
perts will be heard. The case has
kept the foreign section of West Ber-
wick guessing.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04
Militia
Camp to
Be Dry
Liquor is Barred to Both Off.
GERS and Men of the New
York Guards.

NEW YORK, July 3.-Intoxicants
will be barred in the encampment of
the two reinforced brtgades OF the
New York national guard at Fishkill
Plains July II to August 1, in which
troops of all arms of the service will
An ohcer of the guard makes this
announcement: :,
..The use of liquor in any form will
be strictly prohibited to both officers
and men. Formerly alcohol was con-
sidered essential. but Major General
Organ for several years past has
made determined efforts to eliminate
Il. and with great success"
The camp will have its own water
system, its own street cleaning de-
partment, its own health department.
its own police department, It's own
postoffice department and its own
public amusements.
In each of the two periods OF the
camp, 5000 men will participate
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04
MONKEY HOUSE IS
HAUNT OF WASHERS
Seventeen Arrests Made in
the Central Park Zoo at
New York.

NEW YORK, July 3.-Seven men
were arrested the other day In the
monkey house of the Central park
zoo by lieutenant Duffy and his squad
of four men from the Central office,
who have been posted there for the
last seven weeks as a result of COM
plants by women that Washers make
a practice of Annoying them there.
Two of the prisoners were SEN
fenced to three months in the work
house by Magistrate Appleton in night
court and another got thirty days
The others were held in $1,000 bail
each, their cases being continued to
permit them to get counsel
Since the squad of detectives has
been on duty at the monkey house
seventeen arrests have been made. all
but two of which resulted in work
house sentences.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04
Husband
Defended
By Wife
Woman Appears in Court il
Behalf Of Mate, Charged
with Forgery.

NEW YORK, July s.-Austin H.
Montegriffo. Jr., a lawyer living in
Manhattan, who was placed on trial
before Judge Burt j. Humphrey in
the Queens county court on an I'M
dictment charging him with forgery,
had his wife, who is also an attorney
and appears on the record as Augusta
Schwartz, to aid him in conducting
his defense.
The indictment accuses Montegrifeo
of drawing check for $25 to the or
der OF Max jerry on the North Side
Bank of Brooklyn and having It cash
ed by G. ]. n. Lubsen OF Flushing.
Tho check purported to bear Jerry's
Endorsement. Jerry lives in 40s
Grand street, Brooklyn. and he tea-
titled that he never saw the check. In
HIS defense Montegrdmo claims that
|at the tttno he presented tho check
for Endorsement jerry had injured his
right hand and could not use . pen,
lao no simply made hie aaeIa<
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04
HOLY JUMPERS
BADLY BEATEN
Bio Mob Stones Them Out OF
Town in State of New
Jersey.

PLAINFIELD, ~. Y. July 3.-An-
gered by attacks made against other
creeds, especially that of the Catho-
lie church, a crowd of more than five
hundred, including many women
gathered in Watching avenue where
the Holy Jumpers. known as the PHI
lar of Fire, were holding a tent
meeting. They drove the Jumpers out
OF the city. Then they cut the guy
ropes which held large tent and
would have burned the canvas had
not the police interfered.
The band holding the meeting COM
prised men and women. The latter
were allowed to leave in peace. but
the men were stoned. One man took
refuge in nearby drug store until
he was assisted in escaping on a
trolley car by Patrolman Harry Brow
err The latter was struck in the
head with stone.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04
CA'N,AL BOA rs USED
FOR CHICKEN FARM
Readinq Families Find Move
Way to Help along Cheap
Housekeeping

READING. Pa, July 3 Canal boats
are l1eine converted into chicken
farms at the navy yard" along the
river banks In this city.
Although canal boating ON the
Schuylkill and other waterways, as
an occupation. seems to be declining
every year, this city's boatyards re-
tain many OF the picturesque features
that marked their appearance years
ago, when the canal traf1c was I'M
portant.
The canal boats are the homes fol
many families in the winter time, and
thisr wear the delay in the opening OF
the canal by fully three months be-
cause OF the breaking of "a dam above
the city will keep some boats out oi
service altogether. Families OF
groups of men In these boats will
therefore, not be disturbed this sum
mer. They are taking advantage OF
the unusual slackness in canal traf-
5fic to keep chickens ON the boats.
Some of the occupants of the boats
are men out OF work at other trades
and living In the boats as means OF
cheap housekeeping during the sum-
mer. The chicken business provides
eggs which can be exchanged at store
for other kinds of food.
One of the veterans at the navy
yard" is Captain John Miller. an old
time boatman, now In charge OF the
canal company's stables and its tow
ing mules.
Three of the boatmen .'batching" II
in the boats over the summer. in the
old canal dockyard. are Joseph Kill
liam, Harry Myers and Frank Haas
They lived in one of the boats all OF
last winter. They were employed on
the canal for many years and say
they feel at home nowhere else.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04
MANS HEART
Ruptured as the Result of Be
ina Squeezed between,TWo
Automobiles.

NEW YORK, July 3.-James Ann
erva Kerr, of Brooklyn. local sales
OF Detroit. was the victim of an ac-
cident said to be unique in surgical
annals. He was caught between two
automobiles and the force of the inn
pact ruptured his heart, causing his
death.
According to the police, two auto
mobiles were standing near 1S9th
street and Audubon avenue, one OF
them without power and the machine
in the rear prepared to push the 9TH
err ahead. Cdr. Kerr was behind the
first when the two came together. and
was caught. He was taken to WASH
ington Heights hospital. where ne
died. =.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04
MARRIAGE
OF a Detective is Revealed
through Attack of Acute
Z Indigestion.

FETTLADELPtHIA. July 3.-An acute
attack Of indigestion was the medium
by which the marriage of Detective
| Charles McGinty. of the Twentieth
tand Federal streets police station,
and Miss Clara Ocher. 1852 South
Twenty -fohrth street. was revealed
t at the Polytechnic hospital.
McGdnty was the patient, and he be-
came SO i'll that 1t was feared he would
die. His parents were summoned to
his bedside. At the police station, in
the meanwhile, little woman who In
sisted she was McGinty's wife was
demanding information as to his
whereabouts. She was sent to the
hospital, and the secret was out. y
me marriage took place on May s.
The couple will live at 1925 Watkins
street.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04
WAITRESS SAVES BIG
AMOUNT ON SALARY
OF IS CENTS AN HOUR
In Ten Years Time She Has
over One Thousand Dol
lars in Banks.

PHILADELPHIA, July 3.-As
waitress earning 10 cents an hour,
Mrs. Stella Makowski saved s1.4oo.So
in ten years. This was brought out
before Judge Ffnletter in suit In
which Mr.. Makowski,s husband, A
from whom she Is now
separated, urged claims for half OF
his wife,s bank account on the grounds
Of a prenuptial agreement. They
were married in February, 1914, ana
separated in April of that year.
Judge Fdnletter dismissed the suit, as
could not substantiate his
claims. He testified that his wife had
81 900 of her own. and that since their
marriage she had received $3.50 from
him. She deposited the money 10
the Philadelphia Saving Fund Society
In her own name, and Makowsh made
the society and his wife both defend
ants in the suit.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04
RAILROAD TUNNELS
IN the State of Pennsylvania
Are Shown to Number
151 in. All.

HARRISBURG. Pa, July Steam
railroad lines run through Isl tun-
nels in Pennsylvania, the total tun-
mel mileage being thirty-one. Sew
eral Of the tubes are much more than
half q mile long and one is nearly
mile IN length.
These and other statistics regard
ing tunnels are shown in a statistical
exhibit devoted to such matters
which has just been compiled for the
public service commission by John
,P. Dohouey. the investigator of &C
Icidents. and which was recently pre-
scented in a report to the commits
sion. The longest tunnel In Pennsyi-
vania is the Wabash-Pittsburg tun-
mel at Greentree, which Is Ats feet
from end to end. It has natural ven
Itiiation.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04
Men from All Walks of Life Are
Working in Munition Fac
tories of England.

LONDON. July 3.-It was q
strange spectacle that the old hands
at the WooIwich arsenal looked on
when the volunteer munitions brig
ade lined up there for its first twelve
hours shift. One young man In old
cricket fanne1s stepped out OF mo-
torcar. Some came bringing their
lunches in leather attache cases which
lawyers and stock brokers carry pr1-
vate papers in. Notwithstanding the
old clothes dug up from the bottoms
OF theft wardrobes, the air OF the
city, which in the local phrase means
the financial district, stuck to the
volunteers. !.
The brigade is composed of all
sorts and conditions of men from
lawyers, engineering men, clerks and
brokers to plumbers, BARRIERS and 9TH
ers of humble position. The men
were greeted by Sir II. ID. Donaldson.
chief superintendent Of the royal ord
nance factories. as they went to work
on a Sunday morning on their twelve
hour trial shift.
At present, the volunteers are max
ing cartridges for service rifles. A
skilled worker acted as Instructor.
The absolute novtces were given min
or work, such as is usually performed
by boys.
A small wage is paid by the gov
eminent. but as the work is volun-
tary, these wages are handed to the
brigade's funds for war charities.
The trial put the movement on
practical footing. One noticeable
feature was the comradeship between
the volunteers and the union men.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04
Girl Editor
Has Many
Proposals
Suitors Oppose Prohibition and
Suffrage Policy of Her
Newspaper.

DENVER, Col. July 3.-Miss Sad
lie ve11e Fenton, Vassar graduate and
the youngest woman editor in the
United States. says that she has had
to refuse numerous matrimonial Of
fers from men who proposed mainly
for the reason that they desired to
control the editorial policy of her
paper. the Logansport Times. pub
lished in the Indiana town of that
name and having the reputation Of
being the Oldest local prohibition pa
per in America.
I've lots of proposals since I've
been editing the paper" said Miss
Fenton, who is here on her way to
the annual convention Of the Natiin-
al Editorial Association at Los An
geles, "but they have been from men
who wanted to marry me because
they would like to edit the paper.
Several of these were from men
who did not believe in my views on
prohibition and suffrage and evident
ly thought the quickest way to cor
rect them would be to marry me-"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04
FEAR BIG SLIDE
At CULEBRA
Gut
Entire West Bank May Slide
into Canal Prism at
Any Time.

ecorraxnondence OF the AssociatAf P.ess
sfs PANAMA, July 3.-Although the
condition of the channel through the
CuIebra cut section of the Panama
canal now Is excellent and sufficiently
deep and wide to pass the largest
dreadnaughts in the United States
navy. fears are expressed that soon
specifically the entire west bank OF
the canal from Contractors hill to
the old administration builing in the
village Of Culebra will slide into the
canal prism.
section has just been completed and
Z 1T has been discovered that high up
on the hillside many omnibus assures
have opened which indicate that prac-
s tfca1ly the entire section will ulttm-
Ately have to be removed from the
channel by the dredges. The section
extends for approximately $4,000 feet
parallel to the canal and for about
500 feet back from the canal axis.
The section is known as old Guile
I bra slide because here occurred the
drst great slide In the canal which
CAUSED many persons to fear that
the waterway could never be finished.
The present movement. however. has
been very slow, although short
time ago 1t was discovered that a
more rapid motion had set in. The
engineers declare the entire move
/ ment is wholly surface one which
, will not prectpitate large guam
iStity of debris into the canal. Nor do
they believe its removal will be other
than matter of time.
The condition of Cucaracha and
new Culebra sides is all that could
: be wished. the engineers declare.
AT the toe of the Cucaracha the chan
mel has reached practically It's plan
; ned width and depth and now the
dredges are largely occupied with re-
! moving such small quantities Of deb
iris as are 1oosed by drilling opera
lions. In front of new Culebra the
| channel has practically been cleared.
All movement in both slides has
ceased
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04
SWEET SMILE
IS Adopted as the officia
Badge of The Nothing
Club.

CEDAR GROVE, n. J.. July 3.-A
club which is regarded as unique has
been organized here by a number OF
young people. It's purpose it to ben
eft humanity without recompense. 1t
is proposed to give concerts and other
entertainments at the various county
institutions.
The badge of the society is declared
to be, "a smile to be worn on all oc-
casions." The organization is to be
called the Nothing club, because its
members are pledged to give what
they can to make people happy with
out any material reward for such ser
vice. The dues are nothing.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04
Volunteers Present
Strange Spectacle

thirty minutes; remove ali scum; MI
into well sterilized jars.
This quantity Ills two pint Jars.
Canned Cherries.
8 pound cherries.
2 cups sugar.
1-2 cup water.
IL cup water.
Wash and stem the cherries. put In
Jars. Boil sugar and water i've min
utes; pour over cherries. Place jars
In boiler (the bottom of which is pro-
tected by rack) of hot watei, lay
on lids and boil forty minutes. Be
sure that the Jars are we'll sterihzed
and use new rubbers. Then adjust
rubbers, screw on tops and set away.
These make very good pies or pad-
dings In winter.
Three pounds of cherries will make
2 pint Jas and / glass.
The recipes for cherry pie and
cherry roly poly have been given be-
fore.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04
BLIND FOR q
YEARS, GIRL
GAINS SIGHT
Maude Emerson Lincoln At
tributes Her Recovery to
a Miracle.

MARBLEHEAD. Mass, July q
Maude Emerson Lincoln, the girl
who was practically blind from her
birth, twenty-one years ago, and mas
now recovered her sight, attributes
her recovery to a miracle. She is
the daughter of William F. Lincoln.
who lives in very old Marblehead
house.
In an instant, Miss Lincoln explains
as she was going about her house
hold duties. the veil that had dark
swept away, and sight came. first to
one eye and then to the other.
Hitherto she had been able to dis
tinguish only between light and DARK
and sometimes between one distinct
color and another. Now she can see
distinctly.
sight came to the right eye as she
was putting the dishes In the china
closet after the noon meal. Two days
later. in the evening. as she sat with
her parents, her other eye was un-
covered and sight was given to IT..
..It is a dark
ness into light she said as she told
her story at her home. and am the
.happiest girl in the world
Il went to the closet to put up
some dishes OF course tnsIe was
no light in the closet and it all looked
dark to me. The top of my head
did not feel good. It hurt. It was
as heayy-as a load OF bricks. That's
lust the way it felt. reached up
with the dishes. Then suddenly
something snapped in my right eye.
That is the only way can describe
it-like that And she snapped her
fingers. Then everything seemed
all light and brightness. l did NOT
know what to make of It. could
mot realize what had happened. I
looked around the room. I ran and
looked out the window And could
Immediately after her sight came
to her. Miss Lincoln was In a ner-
yous condition. The sight OF people
frightened her; the sight of food was
strange. and she could not eat; every
where she turned she saw Things sne
had never seen before.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04
JOKES RESULT
IN MATR|MONY
Riqht Word from Woman with
Tact Smooths Way for
BashfuI Man.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July 3.-Nany
a man, and many woman, for tnat
matter, Is pining in the shades OF
single blessedness who might have
emerged into the sunshine of matri-
mony long ago If they had been quick
witted to see their chance or bold
enough to take advantage when they
saw it. Matrtmony has often been
brought about by a joke. which u
ione of the parties had not been suf-
fciently witty to perpetrate. or the
other had not been sufficiently smart
to see and take advantage of the hap
place.
For instance, a doctor who had
been attending woman friend was
on her recovery asked what his
charge to his patient friends, being
seldom or never made a definite
charge to his patientd friends, being
well content to leave the matter. not
only to their own time, but to their
own sense Of what was due.
Denied Being Disappointed.
"But are you not often very dis
appointed with the result ?" asked the
woman.
81 may say that never am" said
the doctor.
"As you are so easily pleased, here
then" said the woman giving the
doctor her empty right hand, while
she kept concealed a check for q
handsome amount in her other hand
How easily could have taken you
i'm she said moment later, laugh
ing in the Doctors face and showing
him the check.
ION the contrary" said the doctor
'syou only succeeded in drawing me
out Don't insult me with check.
am the most generously rewarded
and could wish nothing better And
me looked down Eat the empty hand
which he had refused to relinquish
Such a plain hint could scarcely be
misunderstood.
Easy Agreement ON Figures.
A woman with fine figure having
taken a fancy to ring which she
saw ticketed in fancy shop window
went inside to examine 1T.
"It is exceedingly lovely. wish II
we're mine" she said, on satisfying
herself. what smaller figure would
tempt you?"
before me-" he said, giving her an
admiring look at the. same time. '.It
is exceedingly lovely. I wish could
tempt you with the ring"
II think I'll take It." she said lay
ing down the money amid bushes.
Strictly Parliamentary BetrothaL
A member of the house of represen-
Itatives had been paying attention to
a young woman for long time and
had taken her to attend the house
until she was we'll posted on the rules.
ON the last day of the session, as
they came out, he bought her bou-
quet OF flowers, and said to herr
May offer you my handful OF
|fiowers?"
she replied promptly:
at move to amend by omitting all
after the word hand"
He blushinely seconded the amend
ment and they adopted It unanimous
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04
LIKES WORK
Shoemaker Stays on Job for
Seventy-five Years with
OUT Vacation.

COLD SPRING. July 3.-Daniel
Hayfland, of Haviland Hollow. Put
nam county, who has been shoe
maker for seventy-fye years. laid
down his last today and will take
things easy for the rest of his life.
He is lightweight years old. having
learned the cobbler's trade when only
thirteen
i've not had vacation in sew
enty-flve years" he declared, so
now am going to take a good one.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04
War Argument Has
Very Tragic Ending

louisville, Pa. July S.-one
man is diving and two others are in
a critical condition as result of a
serious fight between foreigners al
Minersville. George Bobbins has q
wound in his abdomen which re
quired six stitches to close. George
Gavinin has pen knife imbedded in
his skull and William .Avolosky is
also seriously injured about the head.
Then men quarreled over the war;
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-07-04
OSTRICH FARM
Does Not Appear to Be Paying Prop.
Osition In Pennsylvania.

suNBURY. Pa, July 3.-That $780,
eco was lost in four years by the
isssrican Ostrich Farm and Feather
Company. of Bloomsbury, was al
aered at a hearing before Federal
.T1iSge Charles b. Wilmer In an ap-
nficataon for receivership of the
corporation. 1t is claimed that $152.-
900 In stock was sold. that present
assets are but $4,000. with $S0,O3O
liabilities.