davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New Britain herald., 1915-03-03

manufacture, sell, use or III any way dispose of the class of drugs in ques- tion must register annually with the collector of internal revenue for the district in which they reside. Those whose register must pay a special tax of $1. The law applies not only to druggists but to physicians, dentists, veterinarians and all others who handle the drugs for any purpose whatsoever. It is also forbidden to sell or give away such drugs except on the written order of the person to whom the article is sold or given The order is made in duplicate and a copy must be kept by the seller Tor at least two years, subject to inspec- tion by any agent of the revenue ser vice or by any state or munlclpal oi- hcial having oversight of the sale or drugs. Violation of the act may DC punished by a fine of $2,000 or lm- prisonment for not more than nVe years or by both fine and imprison- ment This somewhat drastic statute is aimed at an evil which has attained vast proportions throughout the coun- try-the illegitimate sale and harm full use of such drugs as opium, CO., caine, heroin and other rlabit-formlng substances which make physical de- generates and moral pcrverts of the victims. The danger has grown out of the latitude allowed in the hand ling of these substances, and the new law, applicable uniformly through out the states, is expected to inter- pose a wholesome check
New Britain herald., 1915-03-03

1nE work on subways and that the city is a loser by the fact that an objection has been raised to non- resident employcs being hired by contractors who have been en- ployed to make certain improve ments. The law evidently was made in good faith because it was not there would not be so much of a fuss being made out of the efforts of certain men to have the city live up question at present because there are SD many men out of employment. Let us look at them
 The idea in enacting such legisla- tion is to insure the employment of local people on public work for the reason that as they have to pay for it forming it. There can be no reason able objection to such an argument as that except that 1t is difficult to obtain the services of local men for such work. The character of the labor employed is made up of class such as the New York law prohibits. The men who used to work on the streets, sewers and subways years ago are all dead or they have become so weakened by age that they are no longer active and their sons will not work at the same class of labor. This has forced contractors to seek else where for men and they are finding them among the large number of people wo are coming from other countries Were it not for those men 1t would seem as if it would be i'm possible to build railroads and the various improvements which every growing city demands and which must people idle that the law is objected to, the unemployed of New York desiring to do the work themselves. It would seem as if they have the right side of the argument at present and contrac- tors ought to be compelled to give them the preference. There is nothing unreasonable in. that and on the face of it it would seem as if any ether arrangement would be unfair to those people. The non-naturalized alien may do the work cheaper and that is what the contractor wants but the other side should be given some attention too. The law will in all probability be repealed but that will hardly constitut ewise action.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-03
genuine harmony with the American

genuine harmony with the American Boards staff in North China.
 The Picking bureau which finances and sends out the lecturers had planned an itinerary covering num- Der of cities where the American Board has outstations and the men were gratified by an invitation to use the boards chapcls and to receive letters of introduction to each place.
 Dr. Arthur II. Smith, of Picking, in telling of this plan of cooperation says: Those who know China can see what potentialities lie wrapped in such a movement"
New Britain herald., 1915-03-03
MRS. 6. B. CERNOND
 ELECTED PRESIDENT
New Britain Young Women Give
 Pleasing Play at Hartford.

Mrs. c. B. Germond of I'll Lincoln street, was elected president of the Womans Baptist Foreign Missionary Conference of the Hartford associa- ton at the forty-sccond annual meet ing held yesterday afternoon and evc- ming in the First Baptist church. Mrs. William Hesse, of 40 Church street, was elected corresponding secretary. Mrs. Edwin k. Hitchcock of 69 Wal nut street, was elected d member of the executive committee.
 Eight young women from New Brit ain gave an impersonation at the eve- ming session representing Mother hood
 Seven of the young women were dressed to represent seven countries, the eighth being dressed to represent an angel, who .'came down from heaven with a baby girl in her arms. She made an appeal to the seven women, but after hearing what six of them had to say, finally gave the child to the American mother. ..
 Miss Frances Joy represented tho spirit land woman and the first to whom she tried to give the baby was Miss Irene Vivian, dressed as q Chin csc woman. The others were Miss Viola Strosser, an Ofrican; Miss Mar garet Bell, Mrs. Chester Corbin, Miss Ethel Swain, Miss Olive Jordan Miss Catherine Buell., as an American. The American mother could bring the child up as d christian, and for that reason received the baby from the spirit.
 Mrs. Helen Barrett Montgomery gave a short address in the evening on the work of the society.
 Following is the list of officers elected:
 President-Mrs. G. E. Germond, New Britain.
 Vice Presidents Mrs. Fl. M. Thompson, Hartford; Mrs. w. G. Fen nell, Hartford; Mrs. II. J. White, Hartford; Mrs. J. N. Lackey, Hart ford; Mrs. w. A. Smith, Sufiield Mrs. Isaac Glazier, Hartford; Mrs. R. A. Mayer, Hartford; Mrs. John Mackenzie, Hartford.
 Recording secretary - Miss Sarah Hathaway, Hartford
 Corresponding secretary-Mrs. Will liam Hesse, New Britain.
 Junior secretary-Mrs. Allen Brown West Hartford.
 Treasurer-Miss F. l.. Carey, Hart ford.
 Auditor-Mrs. G. w. Curtis, Wind sor.
 Executive mittee-Mrs C. J. Bridgeman, Hartford; Mrs. Edwin k. Hitchcock, New Britain; Mrs. F. W. Cushman Hartford; Mrs. c. w. Elmer son, Hartford; Mrs. II. H. Dickinson, Hartford and Mrs. E. C. Wilbur, Hartford.
 The nominating committee consist ed of Miss Edna L. Reid, Mrs l.. M Parmelee and Mrs. John n. Beideh.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-03
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BILL.

It will only be a week or ten days
 now when the hearing will be held
 on the bill introduced by the Con-
 necticut Chamber of Commerce pro-
 viding for the amendment of city
 charters, which has attracted so much attention throughout the state. This
 organization was formerly the State
 Business Mems association which took
 such prominent part in placing the
 public utilities bill among the laws
 of the state. The manner in which
 charter can be amended according
 to this bill is that a vote can be taken
 by the electors on the matter of
 choosing a commission to prepare d
 charter, provided ten per cent. of the
 those voting favor a commission, the
 nine members receiving the most votes
 shall be chosen; when the work is
 completed it shall be submitted to the
 voters and if majority vote for it
 then it shall become operative within
 thirty days. It can be seen from
 this that the whole matter lies in the
 hands of those imm edately interested and that the law can be made by those who will have to live under it and not by men who perhaps may nothing about it's business or it's peo- pie and care nothing either. 1t
 would do away with going to Hart ford, every time an amendment is de-
 sired and having it passed upon by
 men who know nothing about it ex- cept such as may be gleaned from a hearing which may or may not be sufficiently explanatory. There may 1 be some features of such a provision | which may not suit every one, but 1 if there are they are of no great l importance and can hardly constitute 1 a valid objection against the measure l It ought to be an easy matter for
 municipalities to transact their own
 business without outside help. It | uSeu to pc IelL that CllleS were uOt 1 equal to that kind of service, but 1 that fallacy has long since been dis l posed of by irrefutable arguments. Ii :, there are any objections at all they l must refer to the roundabout way re- <, quired to get at the work, but all this
 can be done at regular as we'll as al
 a special election and the acceptance ments, whichever they may be, can be voted on at q similar meeting The plan has much to recommend it anG
 as it now reads it is decided i'm. provement over the present method.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-03
Reversible Seasons. (ProVidcnce Journall

The month of February furnished the climax to strange and para doxlcal winter. It may still be early to speak of the vagaries of winter in the past tense, for three weeks wei remain before the arrival of the vor- nal equinox and by the calendar there is something to be expected But March in this latitude usually has certain well-defined traditional mani festations may be disagreeable on the average, the beginning of the month commonly brings the prevalent faith that the "backbone' of winter has been broken. December January and February are generally regarded as the months of real winter
 So whatever March may offer in the way of abnormal seventies, it is not inappropriate to contemplate the win- ter in review as d thing of the past It is( an amablc custom of weather experts to insist that seasonal aver ages are fairly well maintained from year to year, and that there have been no marked climatic changes in the, last nalf-ccntury. Nevertheless lay observers have been noting an in creasing tendency of the seasons to perform as creatures of infinite va riety, nckleness and perversity. and to a notable degree the past three months have been madly out of tune with the climatic precedents of re- cent years. Even the most conserva- tive experts are compelled to admit that February was an abnormal month.
 The ineXplicable phenom enon of the present winter. has been it's complete
  procedure Some of our oldest in habitants can remember when winter used to begin some time previous to Manufacturing, with ice, snowfalIs and all the usual appurtenances. For some years the arrival of frigidity has been postponed until Christmas or tncreabouts, and then there was q gradual creScendo movement. with occasional alterations of cold snaps and thaws, until February brought the climax of severe weather. For some years February has had the lowest mean temperatures and the greatest snowfalls.
 This season has afforded a reversal of the usual conditions. Our genuine winter came in December, beginning l early in the month. January was re- markable for it's precipitation, mostly in the form of rain and for it's ac- companying mildness February dis l tinguished itself by behaving like little lamb, with abnormally high | temperatures and very little snowfall There was more than the normal l amount of sunshine, and in general 1 the month had a premonitory sug- l gestivencss of spring. Even the last 1 few raw days were more typical of l March than of February.
 March came in like the proverbial l lamb, but whatever the month may | furnish in tempermental rigors the | previous record cannot be changed. | The winter has been one of complete | ly reversed and highly eccentric con- | ditonS.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-03
Filipinos Dissent.
{ Manila TimeS.)

Henderson Martin, vice governor Of the Philippines, tells a senate commit tee that the Filipino people, save for the gnorant peasant class, are a unit for independence Though he did not expressly state, he inferred that the Filipino of all classes, wants indepen- dcncc at any cost even if 1t involves launching the frail bark of the Filipino republic on uncharted seas with only the protection that the Wlipino government can give it.
 Americans and Europeans of long residence in these islands will take exception to this statement. They will cite instances of confidential con- versations with some of the most prominent men of the Filipino race who see nothing but disaster ahead of a Filipino republic. Any banker of Manila will vouch for the fact that Filipino capital, already timid of the future, is planning new investment, in foreign lands. If you have a Filipino freind who stands for something in the community, he will in moment of confidence, tell you of the re- sponsibie Filipino's fear of an inde- pendent government here. In tho next breath he will pledge you to secrecy, and this may be the reason Henderson Martin has heard nothing If this sentiment. As the vice goNer- nor of an administration pledged to hasten the day of independence, Mir. Martin can hardly expect to be the confidant of the Filipino who opposes independence. The same reasons initiate against his learning the truth. as operate against the success of the movement to forward to Washing ton a monster petition asking Tor the continuance of American control here. The mass of the Filipino people is a unit for independence without thought of the consequences. 1t takes a high degree of courage for a re- sponsible Filipino to fly in the face of that sentiment. Among even the po- htical leaders of the Filipino people, there must be grave misgiungs about the future of a Filipino republic, but you will find nc man ready to make public expression of that fear, just as in the days of the terror in the French revolution, you would have found no man ready to take pubic stand against the eXcesses of the moo Which ruled Paris. Back of this in the French revolution, was the lear or execution. Back of it here is the fear
 
 pino cause. the dread of racial ostra- tism.
 There can be found, by the right sort of an investigator more Fill pinos of position than Americans op- posed to the present Jones bill He will find far more rejoicing in some Filipino circles over the caoled an nounccment that pressure or leGisla- ton will probably cause postpone ment of action on the measure then III the entire American community. we believe that the majority of Ameri- cans here share the feeling of the Times that postponement Of acton on the Jones bill would be a calamity for the islands It's passage would mean thc end of an era of uncertainty that hogan with the election of President Wilson. It would clarify the Philip pine atmosphere and give business men an opportunity to adapt them selves to conditions the exact nature of which they could understand, while if would satisfy the clamor of the f'ilipino politician.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-03
Tho New Drug Law.
(TrOy TineS.)

The new national drug law went into effect today, March l, and the provisions are of a kind that should command careful consideration by all concerned. The act places the sale of habit forming drugs, including various derivatives from opium and coca under the control of the federal through the internal rev enue department. According to tho nrovisions of the act all persons w,,o
New Britain herald., 1915-03-03

Washington, Mar. IA farm cred it's bill providing for government loans to farm owners was attached to the agricultural appropriation bill in its passage through the senate. Presented by Senator McCumber as an amendment the provision was in corporated in the appropriation bill without a record vote at time when but few senators were in the cham beer. The McCumber amendment would create a bureau Of farm cred its in the treasury department to make loans of government funds through national banks on farm mortgage notes These loans would run for ten years at , per cent. in- terest and would be not less than $10,000 to individuals. Issue of United States twenty pear 4h per cent bonds to establish a permanent fund of $10,0Oo,000 to cover such loans would he authorized. This and other changes increased the amount of the agricultural appropriation bill from $28.000,000 to about $3G.00O,- 900.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-03

Congressman-elect P. Davis Oakley, who retires from the Hartford board of assessors this month, has been pre- sented with a diamond stick pin by bis associates in the assessors office as he retires. He goes to Washington this week to look congress over dur ing the closing hours of the longest session on record. MT. Oakley was assessor in Hartford for sixteen years -Bridgeport Post
New Britain herald., 1915-03-03

Indorsing the plan for an "Ameri- can Legion" the colonel writes: "1 and my four sons will gladly become mem bcrs" As the plan of the Le- zion contemplatcs that it's mem bership will be recruited, from for mer members of the army, navy or National Guard it is a little difficult to see how the Roosevelt family qualities so unanimously. The col onel, of course, fought and decided the Spanish war. Theodore, jr., was for a brief time a major on the staff Of Governor George l.. Lilley. But just where did the other Roosevelt boys get military experience. other than that gained by association with their distinguished father o--Hartford Times.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-03
FACTS AND RANCHES.

That the people of Connecticut are thrifty and were not compelled to draw overmuch on their resources during the business depression which marked the latter part of the year 1914 is shown by the fact that the net gain in deposits in savings banks and trust companies during the month of January, 1915, was $2,043, 565. 5.S1.--- Hartford Post.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-03
y0RS.

yOhS.
 s has com Row go to the
 to the legis- N has decided two assessors, ed, but it has they shall de- D duties of the tence of opin- g the number Ind 1t is prob ll be discussed report reaches eommendation
 the elimina- he board, one for reappoint- have declared kmbers. There |st in the coun- and it is pos It is being the standpoint that is intro-
 usually take lumber of as- ted on the
 if 1t is pro- vote all their
 be more ex-
 present plan. been decided |aning in that Dne reason to one when the ere is no well D assessments e up properly bn is not given ittee has been aller number b or all of a the time to it. tone for such en. It will of
 but the pro- kely to cause dissa tisfaction neil may or goes over the nmittee it will discussion.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-03
E TAXED

tutomobile law
 of the ma he local list a e been made.
 a substantial
 Hes and there hey should not hre a heavy roads and the them in taxa sate for the
 dealing with needs to so
 owners are the privilege they number Hss than mod bmobile owner l. he was once,
 have become Pple have pur- matter of fact es that are the
 the highways I to think that re money that ver it can find
 are supposed Few extra dol-
 be asked to bot a matter to such spirit.
 inquiry 1t is
 does not pay ping, but he "a to pay be-
 the money, h should he be {xation. Com, las well as the |D, and they |of any revenue |auses an ex. tc Is a road de, ! connunitie. |pair it is the Compensated il otherwise {
 done.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-03

First you catch your rat Then you him, and finally move away to new and turn him loose to return to his ac- customed haunts. The other rats will become so envious that they will shun him. and will finally move away to new homes. Such, at least. is the state ment of the. Massa chusetts state Board of Agriculture which ought to know, for it has employed rat ex- pert. Another way to annoy the rats is to tie bell around the neck of one o1 them. The friends and associates or the belled rat soon become so irri tated that they run away in their efforts to ostracize the offender. The rat with the bell will run away, too, for rats do not love solitude.-N or wich Record.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-03
BOIf.

ore the legisla- which interests fry. It concerns (which prohibits l non-naturalized works. It Is ts law Is delay
New Britain herald., 1915-03-03
McM|LLAN'S New Dress
 Goods and Suitings for Spring
 1915

56 INCH ARNIORETTE St.5O Nd. The new weave with the seed effect reproduced in the wool, all the new spring shades arc here, such as Putty, Reseda, Moss Green, Hague Blue, Belgian Blue, Navy, Amethyst Pansy Purple and Black.
 5O-inch FACoNNE NoUvEAUTE, SIPS yard. 5O-inch BARaTHEA, SIPS yard. 4t-inch GABERDINE, s1.Oo yard. 4i-inch PREMIER CREPE, si.0o yard. ONLY FOUR WEEKS TO EASTER. Don't be disappointed, have your suits and dresses made up now. our stock of Dress Goods is rich with new weaves for Spring.
 OUR SPECIAL DRESS GOODS. At 79c Yard.
 40 inch Wool Tanetas, Poplins and Togo Cloth.
 50 inch English Serges that have stood the test for hard wear.
 Our materials are sponged and sbrunk.
 SHEPHERD CHECKS Will be exceptionally good for Spring wear. We have them priced I9c to S1.25 yard.
 SPRING NUMBER Standard Fashion Book Now Ready. Price zoe, with One Pattern Tree. Subscriptions taken now for the De- signer Special subscription price soc year. Regular price 75c.
 D. MCMILLAN
 19O-a01 -2O3 Main Street
New Britain herald., 1915-03-03

Of the total of railroad fatalities in this country the majority occur to persons trcspassing on the railroad tracks. We are a nation of track walkers. No amount of cautioning as to the danger of the practice, no number of deaths through thus tempting fate seem to have any per ceptible influence in lessenng the evil. If it is a little shorter route to take the track to or from work, or any place to which We are in the habit of going, the danger of taking the track does not seem to act as q deterrent In fact. the spice of danger may be an attraction that operates more or less unconsciously upon the individual At all events 1t is an American cus- ton.--Brid geport Standard.
 When man who hes served all but ten months of a fve-year term of state prison confinement finds a way out through the bars of skylight and departs without bidding good bye to his jailors an dtaking the five 4dollar suit of clothes which the state might give him, presumably if is fair to assume that his imprisonment has not induced in him 3 satisfactory change Of heart. man who has stood prison for over four years ought to be able to endure another ten months surely he was very foolish to depart thus 1rregularly. Of course the state will be justified in using every means ir It's power for his recapture. and Tn adding to his unexpired term sub- s''htidi number of years to make him remember.-New Haven Register.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-26
FIRST MEETING OF FORUM
Justice Russell 90 Speak OF American
rE.af-r 90 e....-.,

Justice Russell 90 Speak OF American
Ideals I'll Session.
The initial meeting oi She BronI
Open Forum wi. be ne.d nexi sunday
as ! ,. m. at Morris High sehoo. Tooth
S. and Boston Road
Iaa4, fsanaiin Russell, chief justice
of the Court Of Special Sessions, Will
speak on American Ideals" Doug as
Eajhewson, President OK ,he 85r5ugh
~ me Broax. Louis D. Gibbs. county
judge ands rancis Martin, District At
.ofaey. VII also SPEAK Members Of
.te Board OF Education. Bronx Con
rressm.H, Senators. A emb.yrneE and
aldermen VIII. be present There wi.
he fn open q slussioE. NO tickets vii.
Dee required Register Edward 99.ah
presidents OF The Broax Open Forum,
~a preside.