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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-03-23
SHOOTS WIFE
AS SHE PLAYS PIANO
AstoT Trust Co. Treasurer Thea
Turns Pistol on Himself.

New York, March 23.-Howard
Boocock, treasurer of the Astor Trust
company of this city and prominen"
in New York society, shot and killed
his wife last night as she was playing
tho piano for his entertainment in
their home in East 74th street. The
banker then committed suicide with
the same revolver.
According to the police the banker
left no word explaining the murder
and suicide, nor could any member of
the household throw light on the mat
ter. The servants declared that the
couple lived on the most affectionate
terms
Occurred After Dinner.
The tragedy occurred soon after
dinner. If there had been any quar-
rel between the Boococks they had
concealed it successfully from the
servants, according to the latter The
maid who served dinner, however,
told the police that Mr.. Boococll
seemed to be laboring under some
excitement
After dinner the two Boocock Chill
dren, a boy eight years old, and a
girl of eleven, were sent to their
drawing room.
Mrs. Bocock took her place on
the piano bench and her husband lay
down on a couch. From the position
of the wife's body when the police
arrived, it was apparent that tne
husband had spoken to her as she
played with her back to him. She
had turned around to reply when the
banker fired.
+ Servant Heard Shots.
One Of the servants told the police
that she heard three shots. The first
bullet fatally wounded Mrs. Boocock,
the mark of the second was found in
the ceiling; the third ended the
bankers life. He had shot himself
through the head.
The servants, thrown into a panic,
telepnoned to a friend of Mrs Boo
cock, Mrs. Henry P. Dawson, wife of
the banker, who is member of the
firm Of J. p Morgan & Co. Mr.. and
Mrs Dawson live near the Boocock
home and at the urgent plea of the
servants Mrs. Dawson went to her
friends house and from there sum-
moned a physician. The doctor
found Mr.. Boocock dead and his wife
breathing her last.
The Boocock home is in East 74th
street, just off Central park.
BoOcock Yale Graduate.
Mr.. Boocock, besides being treas
urer of the Aston Trust company,
was connected with the Astor Safe
Deposit company. He was a member
Of several clubs and was a Yale grad
uate of the class of 1900. He was
forty years old.
Edward II. Mcdonald, a director
of the Astor Trust company, said
that Mr., Boocock underwent sur
! gical operation recently and after
partial recovery left about ten days
ago for the south. Mr.. Mcdonald
| said he did not know that Mr.. Boo
! cock had returned, nor did he know
! the nature of the bankers illness.
| He stated that Mr.. Boocock's bust
| ness accounts were perfect in every
| way.
Many friends of the Boocock fam
ilv last night expressed the opinion
| that the tragedy was the result OF a
| nervous breakdown.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-03-23
CHILDDEN WHO ARE srCKry

Mothers who value their comfort and
the welfare of their children, should never
be without a box of Mother Gray's Sweet
Powders for Children. for throug hout
the season. They Break up Colds Relieve
Feverishness. Constipation, Teething Dis
orders. Headache and Stomach Troubles
Used by Mothers for 26 years. THESE
POWDERS NEVER FAIL. Sold by all Drug
Stores, csc Don't accept any substitute.
Sample mailed FREE. Address, Allen S.
Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-03-23
WILSON WRITES TO
BELGIAN CHILDREN

President Expresses Appreciation or
Gratitude Shown by Youngsters
For Food Sent From America.
change of letters between President
Wilson and two little Belgians in
Brussels, in which the children
thanked the president for food sent
by Americans and the president OK
pressed his appreciation of their
gratitude, was made known yesterday
at the White House.
The children, twins, nine years
old wrote as follows:
Dear Mr. Wilson: Thank you
very much for the good bread. The
poor people in our villages were
starving, for they have nothing to
eat, but now that you have sent over
to our dear little country a big pro-
vision of wheat both rich and poor
can live-thanks to the Americans.
BEST love and wishes from little
pussy DESPOELBERGH.''
Pussy's brother added the follow
ing note:
II join in with my sister in thank
ing you, too, for it is jolly good
bread, enough to satisfy any school
boys hunger
In reply the president sent the
following letter in his own handwrit-
ing:
my Dear Little Friends: Your
letter touched me very deeply, and
I thank you for it with all my heart.
1t makes me very happy to think
that what generous Americans have
done to relieve the hunger and dis
tress in your country has brought
YOU the help you needed and given
you little happiness in the midst OF
these terrible days Of war. I hope
that you grow up to be. strong to do
the work that will have to be done
in the days of peace that are COM
ing. 1T would be a great pleasure
to me if some day I might see you
both when those happier times have
come.
your sincere friend,
WOODROW WILSON,"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-03-23

nailed fast, in their home at Ellen
vile. A note addressed to the cor
oner read:
1t is unusual in cases like this to
render a verdict of suicide while in
sane. Your verdict to accord with
the facts in this case. should be suicide
with perfectly sound mind and body"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-03-23
FIFTY MINERS MEET
DEATH IN sNOWsLIDE
As Many More Injured By Avalanche
That Swept Away Bunk Houses e
at Howe Sound, B. G.

Vancouver, B. c., March 23.-Fifty
miners were killed and as many more
injured yesterday by a snowslide
which swept away several bunk
houses at the Britannia mine at
Howe Sound, B. c., according to a
dispatch received here. Beside the
bunk houses, part Of the aerial tram
way of the mine was carried away.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-03-23

Elizabeth Clark Watkins has trans
ferred half interest in property on
West street to James p. Prender-
CAST.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-03-23
DISCOVER DOUBLE TRAGEDY.

Kingston, n. Y, March 23.-Mrs.
William P. Dutton and her five year
old daughter were found dead yes
terday behind doors that had been
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-13
CHALMERS NEW SIX
ENTIRELY NEW TYPE
Is First Car to Be Produced by
the Company at Less
Than $1,5OO

Something entirely new in Ameri-
can automobile designing will be
shown in the Chalmers at the ex-
hibit of the Keystone Motor Car Com
pany at the Arena-Rex Auto Show.
1t is the Chalmers New Six," with
new and distinctive Chalmers -Delage
type high-speed, valve-in- the-head
equipped. This car, which was showr
for the first time at the New York
show, attracted the attention of en-
gineers and other motor-wise folk,
who had heard rumors that the
Chalmers Company was building a
smaller six model and were eager
10 see it.
This Chalmers New Six is the
first car ever built by the Chalmers
Company at less than S1,500. The
contrast between this generous sized,
amply powered, modern automobile
with the "old" model of six or seven
years ago is pretty good index of
the progress which the motorcar in
dustry has made.
The new Chalmers motor repre-
sents the latest and best type of
foreign design. 1t is a modification
of the Delage, Weidely and other ex-
ponentS of the foreign tendency to-
ward high speed motors. 1t is un-
usual in appearance with long COM
paremtnt on top of the cylinders in
closing the valves and the cam-shaft.
Tt is unusual, too, engineers say, in
power and efficiency.
This model is direct from the
Brooklyn show. And from the Boston
show comes the Saxon Six, one of the
newest of the seasons surprises. A
Dodge Brothers touring model, a
Master Six Chalmers and the Light
Six will complete the exhibit.
Chalmers has the same two skies
that it had in 1914. They have been
refined in a number of details and on
the larger chassis a touring body of
entirely new design has been fitted.
The smaller six having been reduced
to $1,650, $3.50 less than last year.
Equipment Is now better than ever
before. A new design top, which is
product of the Chalmers shops, is
fitted; the storage battery is of inn
proved design, better separation be-
ing use to eliminate buckling of the
plates. A voltmeter has been added
to the equipment and a Yale lock
fitted to the electric switches. On
the smaller car the tires are larger,
being 81 by AS instead of "a by 4.
Five bodies are listed on the smaller
car and two on the Master six.
The seven passenger touring car on
the Master six is an innovation in
that it is a boat-line design.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-13

And this latter in turn must pay hom-
age to the breadth and ability and
foresight of the directing head whose
policy of Service to the user makes
of every customer a permanent
friend for REQ.
every owner of a REQ car is a friend
that l feel absolutely certain of the
future of the concern.
II believe that if you asked any
five of the six to-day what man of
their acquaintance was the best man
in the world to fill the sixth position,
they would unanimously mention the
man who now fills it.
Yet the affinity, if I may use the
term, goes no farther than that.
"All have their hobbies-but none
tries to cultivate the pet hobby of
the other. They differ radically in
racial characteristics and in personal
preference-but none pays any atten-
ton to the idiosyncrasies of the
others-neither quarrels with, nor
tries to emulate him. Harmony in
the REQ organization depends on no
such slender thread as that
"These men meet on one common
ground-and one only. That is abil-
ity-the ability of each to fill his par
ticular niche.
ut is an unwritten law that no de-
partment head ever recommends a
man to another department for en-
ployment. Thus is all chance of spy
ing and tattletale eliminated.
There are no relatives-either my
own or of the department heads-in
the place. | agree with President
James of the University of Illinois
that 'nepotism is, in it's quality, q
more subtle and a more corrupting
influence than are politics or religion
directed to the same end, bad as these
are
THE thought OF employing a man
because he is a relative or a friend of
shareholder or a director in, the
company would never occur to one of
these men. There can therefore be
only one reason why any man occu-
pies the position he does in the Rec
organization--and that is his superior
ability for that job.
L know that these things are not
usually mentioned as factors in sue
cessful business, but believe they are
of the utmost Importance. Every man
who has built up successful organ
iZation will agree as to their impor-
tance-and those who have tried and
failed may find I'm HSis the chief
reason.
ITO sum up: the secret of success
is organization. Organization presup-
poses pecialists-eXperts. Having Sc
lected your specialists the next step
is to delegate absolutely to each those
duties and those prerogatives that
come within his scope.
"I ask that the men who compos e
the REQ organization agree only on
one thing-integrity of purpose.
ITO make an honest product, to sell
it honestly, and honestly to stand back
of it-that in a sentence is the REQ
policy. And it has made good-plus."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-13
CADILLAC EIGHT !.
FIRST OF NEW TYPE
Leads the Season by Introducing
Again as Many Cylinders as on
Preceding Model

An exhibit at the Arena show that
will be the center of interest will be
that of the Crispen Motor Car Com
pany, which will display the 1915
Cadillac eight. Every feature of the
Cadillac eight will be shown and ex-
planned by the Cadillac expert who
has become one of the most familiar
figures at automobile shows in this
country.
c. c. Crispen has been on the jump
since the announcement was made
that the Cadillac company, would is
sue an eight-cylinder this season.
Every day since the announcement
was made he has been answering in
quiries or receiving orders.
AS result of these activities num-
ber OF Cadillac eights are seen in the
streets of Harrisburg every day. Men
who have never owned automobiles
were so greatly impressed with the
new product of the Cadillac company
that they Immediately closed deals
with Mr.. CriSpen for the purchase of
the new Cadillac.
Speaking OF the Cadillac eight, Mr..
Crispen said to the Telegraph auto
mobile man: The Cadillac company
has never relaxed the pursuit of that
power principle which would prove to
be ultimate and final. 1t sought the
medium by which the car would be
endowed, not with an approximate
freedom from gear shifting or ap-
proximate hill climbing ability on
high, or approximately the highest
possible form of these three charac-
teristics.
The Cadillac company has given
serious consideration to every reput-
able type of motor, endeavoring to
scrutiniZe with scientific impartiality
the virtue and limitations of each and
every one alike. Building and expert
menting in turn with every type of
engine, from the single cylinder the
company has carried forward the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-13

highest form of frequent impulsive
motor-the V type, eight cylinder.
The principal advantage, of the
eight-cylinder engine is, of course, it's
continuous torque and continuous uni
form genration of power. There is no
pause or lapse between power i'm
pulses, of. which there are eight in
each complete cycle of the engine,
four to every revolution of the crank
shaft, or one every quarter turn. The
firing alternates from side to side.
The continuous torque produces an all
most utter absence of vibration at
both high and low speeds. The fact
the motor is no longer than a four
cylinder type and does not take up as
much room as a four-cylinder en-
gine. The pistons and for the same
wheelbaSe car.
'The eight cylinder motor weighs 60
pounds less than last years Cadillac
four-cylinder engine. The pistons and
connecting rods weigh exactly one
half of those used last year.
"The design of the cylinder block
castings of the engine is unique among
motor cars by reason of the fact that
removable water jacket plates are fit
ted at each end of the block. Thus
an entirely new scheme for the casting
of cylinders enbloc has been put into
operation in the Cadillac foundries.
The usual practice provides no open
ing into the water circulation space
that, surrounds the. cylinders.
The new Cadillac practice affords
several advantages. One of these is
that 1t permits the cores to be an
chored before the casting is made,
which prevents slipping of the cores
and insures uniform thickness of the
cylinder walls and uniform space for
the water, both of which are neces-
sary to efficient cooling of the motor.
Another is that, through the open
ends of the water space, inspection
can be made to be sure that webs OF
metal have not formed which would
interfere with the free circulation of
the cooling water-for such interfer-
ence is likely to have serious results.
The third advantage is that the
user of the car can detach the plates
and remove any sediment that may
have been deposited by the water
used in the cooling system. The re-
movable plates are amply large to
permit close inspection of the water
space.
1.-The Cadillac eight engine is a mo-
tor of uncommon accessibility in all
respects and the cylinder block con-
struction carries out the general idea
completely. Removable caps provide
for cleaning carbon out of cylinders
without removing cylinders from the
base. The pistons can also be taken
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-13
REQ SUCCESS TOLD
BY R. {. OLDS
Founder of REQ Motor Car Speaks
of Great Organization and
It's Methods

An interesting story of REQ success
is contained in Everybody's Magazine.
1t follows:
When we meet man who has been
Signally successful in his particular
sphere of endeavor, we look at him in
wide-eyed wonder, searching to see if
we can divine by what magic he has
achieved the, to us, impossible.
To our lips comes the question we
would, but dare not, ask, "How did
YOU do it?"
1t is amusing to note the similarity
and the futility - of the replies,
when on occasion we do muster up
sufficient courage to ask the success
full man, the millionaire, for a private
formula.
Honesty and frugality, my boy"
is the almost invariable reply. And
if perchance the one to whom we are
talking has not reached the odious
stage of the falsely proud nouveau
If he has reached that stage-why
he is ashamed of the fact he ever
worked, so is silent on that point
Now we know, most of us, from
personal experience that hard work,
while doubtless essential, is not suf-
ficient. We know this because, hard
as we have worked, we are still long
had almost begun to doubt whether
hard work was, really necessary to
great successes.
Likewise, knowing by common re-
port something of the man who has
prescribed honesty and frugality."
as a specific, we are inclinde to doubt
the efficacy of the amount of either
of which that particular individual
may justly boast.
So we conclude we are little or no
farther along in our quest for the
great secret.
1t is refreshing therefore to talk
with one whose success has haen as
clean as it has been great; who has
succeeded even to the point where he
can lay down the tools and see his
work go on; who has worked as hard
as any man now in his shops-and
who still knows how to play; whose
business is still but a means to an
end-not the end.
How many of the so-called success
full men are in very truth the most
miserable failures.
"Pity the poor millionaire" has be-
come almost an axiom in this land OF
sudden successes. Nor do we say il
facetiously but i'm all seriousness. We
That have retained our sanity and our
sense of values do pity the average
''successful man."
Few there are who, having reached
the goal, can quit running. Yet to
stop running is not to get out of the
game. on the contrary, you can bet
ter enjoy the sport from the sidelines
giving a word OF encouragement oil
advice from there.
r. E. Olds, the man whose initials
spells the name of one of Americas
most famous motor cars and whose
success has been the wonder of thai
wonder industry, is one of these rare
exceptions.
8 Though he has Just turned the
half-century post, Mr.. Olds is still 6
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-13
LODGE HAS GREAT TEAM

A class of seventeen new members
will be taken into State Capitol lodge,
No. 10, 7. o. o. f., under the initiation
of a degree team composed of the
Youngest members of the lodge. They
are doing good work not only at home
but have been comforting degrees at
Duncannon, Palmyra and other towns
recently.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-13
News Items of Interest
in Central Pennsylvania
.Sbecial to The TeIerrath

Sunbury.-Paul S. Lugar, an ath-
lete of this place. has been chosen as
athletic and physical Instructor for the
%. O. f. orphanage
Marietta.-At a meeting last even
ing residents of Conestoga Centre de-
cided to purchase a chemical engine
for fire protection.
Abbeyville.-Joseph Welchans lost
four fingers of his left hand yesterday
while working at circular saw.
Landis Valley.-A 4-year-old daugh-
ter of Christian f. Frank was badlS
scalded last evening my upsetting pot
OF chocolate.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-13

from the cylinders through the base
without removing the cylinders
The Crispen Motor Car Company
maintains one of the best equipped
service stations in Central Pensyl-
vania. Here all parts of the Cadil-
lacs are kept on hand. Only expert
workmen are employed and careful
attention is paid in the repair or over
hauling of all cars submitted.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-13
Our Seruice

At the curb We pioneers
this sectonand constantly improving this feature You will
find the curb initiate tires fill
in any way, FREE OF CHARGE
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-13
udHdnd" Week
At the City Auto Supply Company
Headquarters 1920 Market Street

We want a of
sores this section the
showDEALER AND CAR complete accessory store
where everything for the motoris
You will find this pleasant place WILL NOT BE
PRESSED TO BUY ANYTHING. to
have that when the need you
We the exclusive distributors most inn
the market The
m are to be foundhe first of
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1915-10-02
SENSATIONAL REPoRT.

WASHINGTON, oct. Three form
er Villa officers, according to an am
nouncement from the Carranza agency
are en- route to Vera Cruz commission
ed to arrange the surrender of many
chief of the Villa army. It is stated
they are travelling incognito because
villa is ignorant OF their intention.
and secrecy must be maintained TO
avoid assassination such of them who
still remain within his reach"
The Carranza agency gave on.
what purported to be an intercepted
telegram fro mthe villa consul al Tia
Juana to Enrique Llorente, Villas
Washington representative, saying
conditions in that territory We're bad
and they We're growing worse every
day. and that General Villa intended
'to proceed westward to districts hith-
erto untouched by fighting where
crops were abundant"
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1915-10-02
SCRIP HOLDERS ARE
ENTERING LAST LAP
BEFORE OWNERSHIP
MOqui and Navajo Selections
Have Been Approved BY Com
missioner and New Era of
Land Proceedings BEGINS.

PHOENIX, oct. With minor ex-
ceptions. amounting to about five per
cent Of the acreage, all the Santa Fe
railroads Moqui and Navajo scrip
land selections have been approved
by the commissioner of the United
States land Office This information
reached Phoenix yesterday along with
a letter to the local land Office, an.
nouncing the approval of scrip seIec-
tions amounting TO 1850 specified
acres.
A new era of scrip land proceedings
has been reached in Arizona, and sett.
lers who have purchased railroad scrip
for the homestead or desert entry
holdings are now entering upon the
last lap OF their road to ownership
Many thousands of acres of land will
now become private property, and
with all Improvements, enter the class
of taXables in the state.
Yesterdays notice was the first no.
tice received here officially of the APP
prevail OF 50 per cent of lieu lands Sc.
lected under this general scrip plan.
Exceptions are based on matters OF
survey OF resurvey, and the scrip field
of the five per cent acreage that was
rejected, viii be returned, so that 9TH
e reflections can be made, in order to
round out the acreage, which will total
about 100000 acres.
In the batch upon which approval
had been stamped by yesterday
communication, was but one rejected
tract, that being township IL south,
range % east. which was Withdrawn
merely for the purposes of resuryey.
4 A good deal OF the land involved in
/ the notice, has already been settled
learned they could acquire title by the
scrip process, without the delay OF
/ proving up, more cheaply and ia some
cases more surely, than by Homestead
( or desert entry proceedings, through
F.. the land Office So. they relinquished
their holdings to the land department
| of the railroad, and brought Grip, sc
that in the transaction before the com
missioner, only the railroad appears
as a party.
In many desert entry cases, it has
been found impossible to develop tho
two acre feet of water, required to bC
shown as definite improvement. be
fore patent can issue. This fact would
have invalidated the efforts of many
desert entrymen, had they not adopted
the scrip method.
AS il is, under scrip, they can &C
Quire title and need not perform the
impossible merely developing waite
for such parts Of their holdings as arr
physically capable OF being irrigated
I In this way, portions of many tracts
that would have had to be abandoned
are available for partial development