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New Britain herald., 1915-03-09
Restraining Dogs.
Worcester Gazette. ]

For three months at least owners of dogs will be obliged to keep their animals under restraint. This will be regarded as great inconvenience by many owners and dogs which have had their freedom will undoubtedly chafe under it while kept indoors or on leash. However, the matter is one which everybody concerned should try to make the best of Re- stralnlng the dogs is but taking a precautionary measure against the spread of the foot and mouth disease With Worcester already facing a loss of S1O0, ,000, because of the inroads of that malady, and with the state at large suffering losses likely to run in to the millions of dollars before we see the end of this affliction everybody should be willing to do their utmost to aid in stamping out this menace to swine and cattle.
 Chief of Police Hill gives his as- surance that there is to be no general slaughter of dogs at the hands of officers. The law will be enforced, however, and those who through in- difference or carelessness. fail to keep their dogs under proper restraint are certain to suffer the loss of the ami malS.
 Dogs may be kept within enclosures or they may be tied up in yards. Peo- pie having yards may easily provide means so that the animals can enjoy a flood amount of exercise and thus make it unnecessary for owners to give their time leading the dogs about on leashes. The arrangement is simple Set couple of posts, or drive a couple of pieces of iron pipe
New Britain herald., 1915-03-09
Delaware Clings to the Whipping Post
.. (New York Times.)

(New York Times.) Tn voting by large majority against the abolition of the whipping pest the house of representatives i'm Delaware has shown how conserys tism can degenerate into stupidity. DeIaware's archaic whipping post law can justify itself only by pointing to it's lineage from the Middle Ages. True, penologists like Magistrate House and Colonel Roosevelt, in their horor of wife-beaters have urged this brutish punishment for hrutish men. But it defeats its own object. The, disgrace of q public .fogGing reacts upon the beaten wife. She will fear and feel the stigma, and she will shrink from bringing if on her family by nplaining. If sne enters com plaint the man returns from the flashing angry and incensed, not agains! the strons-armed jailer, but against the weak woman who was the occasion of his suffering.
 But lashes are also bestowed in Delaware on tra rlps confdence' men, thieves, highwaymen and Sis orderly persons. A large proportion Of men who become tIai8rs Is os broken-down drunkards or otherwise physically and mentally defective. They need medical treatnicrt. rot the cato mine -tails and work in the open air on state farms As for the others, we rocoll that Warden Nc serve Of tAe New Castle county work house in Delaware rcafgGo6 aftc~ scourgirg @@5 ;Fton seyinE Thar shose who we're lashe.i Tcper reformed. but became hardened crimirnlp. II Is
 
 possible that Delav arc is to some cx- tent protected from inyasicn CT tho crimlnally minded sfon ether states by the prevalent fear Of the whipping post. But this advanta@c sp Ear as it IS obtained is acquired at the c,s- pcnse of any sane effcrt at reform of criminals and by q means flat l,rt- talizes prisoners, oAccrtloacrs ara-ft selrs standardization
New Britain herald., 1915-03-09
Swat the Fly.
(Ansonia Sentinel.)


 It is true that we are still battling with the windy blusterings of March. But the time is fast approaching, for all that, when we must gird up our Joins for the first inning in the an nual game of swat the fly Cleanup day and the eradication of the winged pest go hand in hand. The one na- turaly and inevitably leads to the other For, if we are to swat the fly effectively we must do it before he has his filth bearing and disease spread ing campaign fully organized and his numberless legions mobilized for the plaguing of man. The best way to swat the fly and all his progeny is to hunt him in his lair, when he still hibernates. He is not a nice insect, the fly. He breeds in heaps of manure, in decaying garbage and in all man. ncr of filth and dirt heaps. He is at home in such fostering localities and extremely busy during the early part of March raising a few hundred thou sand children to cooperate with him in trying human patience to the ut termost. One swat at the fly in his native habitat will do more good than any number of Marathons round the iioeioS ioSSI III l'iS SCctSOIl W lIn d swat ter in the hand and a temperature of l1O in all the rest of the body.
 Cleanup day then affords a splen- did opportunity to not only make the back yards of the city sanitary. healthful and slightly but it affords the chance of putting an end to po- tent1a flies by thousands and millions ratiler than by actual individual ex- of ho f,H pest in the heated season with much fraying of the temper and much ir- r1tation of the nerve centers We are to have a spring clean up here in Ansonia and it is purposed to make it the most successful sporting event in the history of the city. It is in- tended to declare it general hunting day for all manner of germ distribu- tors and filth disseminators. In this list the fly holds a leading place and a general battle of the insect pest will add zest to the campaign. By all means swat the fly all spring and summer, if you will. But it must be remembered that to inaict a vital wound uopn him as a health menace he must be tackled before he mus ters his innumerable army for the annoyance of mankind and the consid- erable augmentation of the obituary column. The best time of all to "sv:it" him is right now.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-09
Knowing Ones Age.
(Neu York Times

So far we know, there is not one
 reputed centenarian living who can
 esta blish the date of his birth to
 nrove that he has lived a hundred
 years Like the case of Thomas Parr
 who was said to have died in London
 in 1885 at the age of 152-and eN-
 erybody then believed it, up to the
 king-the pitiless records either are
 defective or they prove the aged per
 son to fall somewhat short of one
 hundred We confess that we print
 ed early last month an account of the
 death at 1O6, of Captain John A. J.
 Brooks, veteran of the navy, whose
 great age was said to be attested ''by
 records from his birthplace at Nor folk, Virginia, and by his discharge papers from the navy The date of Captain Brooks birth was set at No vember IS, 1S08 On inquiry of the navy department, Charles w. Snyder of this city learns that the records of the bureau of navigation show that John A. J. Brooks, late master,
 United States navy, was born in Vir- 1 ginia, November IT, 1927" That is. Captain Brooks was in his eighty eighth year at death.
 Noah Raby, who died In a New Jersey poorhouse a few years ago, 1 could not prove his belief that he was 1 131 years old. Dr. Greasy L.. Wilbur ! of the United States census bureau l found that Raby did not enter the 1 navy in 1909, but the records do | show that he served on the frigate l Constitution in 1889; he might have been ninety-three years old at death Some evidence exists that the Coun- 1 tess of Desmo ond died. not at her re- l puted age of 145, but at 1O6 Hiram l Kronk. who died few years ago, was ! in the war of 1872. The ages of Sir 1 Isaac Pittman and Sir Moses Monte 1 fore, both of whom were little over. l 100 at death, are credited because l they were well-known men of intelli l gence, who unquestionably knew their ages. But the history of life insur- l ance shows no authentic a ge ahovo l ninety-siX, There are Very. few TOO
 ords of men belonging to the inte1li- ! gent classes, claiming an extraordi 1 nary age. They arc usually old Tn ] dians or negroes, old sailors nc,a l ants of the Balkans or of the R,s 1 sian steppes, too ignorant to take ao- 1 curate account of their own life snans 1 and to their ignorance is addad 4, , natural failing in memory of the ola
New Britain herald., 1915-03-09
I.LAINvILLE PROPERTY ASSESS
 MENTS

The case of Mr. Osborne of the attach his signature to a report of the board on the ground that there is some property in the town which he thinks is under-valued, that is it has been assessed at a figure that is less than 100 per cent. is peculiar. Mir Osborne is an extremely conscientious public official or he would have signed the report with the other members of the board. It would seem, however, as if the assessment is one to be settled by the assessors because they that part of the work and if there was any complaint as to the basis of as sessment 1t should have gone to that board The board of relief, however, has the power to increase assessments as well as to make reductions, but it
 is he assessors who have the time to
 inspect property and to best determine the value.
 In small town like Plainville men
 who are elected to public office gen.
 eraily know the town pretty we'll have
 a general idea of the value of real
 estate and Mr. Osborne may be one
 of those gentlemen who know all about the question of taxation so fa1 as it relates to that town and for that
 reason felt justified in taking the
 stand he did on signing the report There are cases in every community where there are inequalities in as sessment but. no board of assessors was ever known to give satisfaction and probably never will. The prin- ciple of levying assessments on a hun dred per cent basis is proper because 1 the law requires it and because some l cities and towns observe it, but il l does not give satisfaction any more l than a 5fty per cent valuation would 1 because men differ as to the value 1 of property and no grand list has ever 1 been prepared to which there were nc l objections.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-09

Complaints which have been made against the new internal revenue law Lutting the entire distribution of habit-forming drugs under a system of registration and record were to have been expected and have a meas ure of justice. There is a Iegitimate C use for such drugs, and there is a privacy of the individual and as be- tween the patient and the physician which ordinarily shauld be respected, and which seems to be violated by the requirements of this act.-Norwich Record.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-09
INQt EST NOT NDCESsA1y

New Haven, March D. Coroner cl Mix in formal finding made today fines that Lillian May Cook, n stenos- raphcr in the office of the Mayo Rad iator company here whosc body was found in West Rock Park on March 4, died of a pistol shot wound self inflicted, and that he is satisfied that death was not caused by the criminal act, omission or carelcsEness Of any other person or persons, and that an inquest is not necessary.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-09
BAN ON FOOD FXpOnTS. s

London, March 9, 6:36 a. m.-Thc Russian government has prohibited the export without special permit in each case Of any article of food or forage. says Petrograd despatch to Reuters Telegram company. The sale of sucn articles to foreigners en- gagged in the wholesale trade in these commodities also is prohibited.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-09
That Dog ''Tiz."
Benedict in Our Dumb Animals.)


 He was just plain yellow dog, without any pedigree, but he was our dog and we thought all the world of aim, just the same.
 As to his name, well, a neighbor had promised us one and when we called for it new threw open the wood shed door and pointing to where a half dozen little beauties were playing about said, while broad grin lit up his face,
 well here 'tis, boys. you can take your picll.'
 That was in the halcyon days of youth when brother Llse ana l Were just school kids and like most other boys of our age not content without a dog. We thought we must have one at any cost. Why' at that time
New Britain herald., 1915-03-09

Bridgeport very properly has a municipal ordinance forbidding under penalty the carrying of concealed weapons without a license. Experience has shown that regulations of this character are needed to make our cities safer places to live in.--Bridge- port Standard
New Britain herald., 1915-03-09
FACTS AND RANCHES.

There are plenty of girls who can sympathize with the Michigan. man who has been sentenced to wash dish es for a period of six months.-Nor- Wich Bulletin
New Britain herald., 1915-03-09
D. MCMILLAN 198-2O1- -2O3 Main Street

for the all star revival every spring. These performances would then be eagerly awaited by the public.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-09

The Torrington Register says that the Litchfield kangaroo was a deer which had had it's leg broken, above the knee. The bones had knit together With the lower part of the leg at right angles to the upper, giving it a jerlIy motion in travelling. Why does the Register insist on spelling good lie e?-Waterbury Republican.
New Britain herald., 1915-03-09

LENT.
 that a good
 because if bal1e enemies.
 is usually an who arrested rest was with 3kny are maQe having that au- ! the law being fair to say that or that the local ent unless it can Herald does not ccusation can be been several in- lice have showed and lots of it, br been but one V of the city nowed the white he case of a Su- er of years ago o leave the ser ged in a danger d seem as If he le support of the ng as he de- 3 not deserve it e on the force. have watched ' for a great city we'll of it. itted which are that does not Lhe part of the |enses are so ,uggest neglect. few crimes go shed and while Lngs, such as at the meeting e and taxation, e been brought court through accused sem as the presid- Ito inhict. The Tn law a abiding; to prevent the as much as enses are com the guilty and court with evil he claims that nses for which To police force ble murder has ere have been lot uncommon ngs have hap and old resi-
 recall that gently died in ng a life sen- limited during Ia for a year nmitted. The may be solved k, but even if first serious aed in New 1eed could be the police de- their accusa- pposition, but ling against a n11bIic official I terpreted and caused that Ended.
 EXPENSES.
 estimates ap- great deal of 8 meeting of md taxation. B because, the |ss of being Ire some new ntil the work S as if it will some horses pment is pro. lat in storms
 work, es'
 IS of any Will be needed sary to keeI ses for emer
 changes vii
New Britain herald., 1915-03-09

Raising deer for the market is sug gested in legislative measures already introduced. It is pointed out that deer cal be raised cheaply, which is a fact, but some substantial fencing will have to be undertaken before deer raising is a success but the fact of the matter is no one desires to enter the business owing to conditions in general. Sheep raising alone could be developed in this state-in fact in all of New Eng land, but legislation at the present time is directly in opposition and so iOng as present conditions exist we shall continue to get our meat supply from distance and pay the freight Middletown Penny Press
New Britain herald., 1915-03-09

Governor Holcomb indicates again that he is at heart in favor of the Irinciple of civil service by reappoint- ing Burton Mansfield as insurance commissioner, when it was possible for him under the doctrine of spells to replace him with a republican. It is quite needless to say that the gover- nors decision to retain the present commissioner will meet with general approval. He has proven an efficient and tacful official and deserves to be retained. But it is worth noting that
 had the spoilsmen had their way he would have been cast into outer dark
 ness with dispatch in order to make room for one of the faithful followers of the machine-Ansonia Sentinel. {
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-02-27
Actual Savings are
rs to so Per Cent.

It will be a brilliant
opening. Despite the war,
belated trains, delayed
ships, this China Sale is by
far the most important we
have ever offered.
Important not only in
the entirely different de-
signs of the china but in
the medium prices for fine
sets.
For instance take the English
sets from Grindley & Co, Furnlvals
Ltd. and j. & g. Meakin of Ben
nett's Five Towns--fuil 108 piece
dinner sets with unusual borders
and solid gold handles. are offered
at SIS, $3.50 and $50 a set Such
prices for sets from these Arms
have never been known hitherto,
Sets from France are equally
notable. Many of the sets that first
attract ones attention are the
least expensive. too. 10S piece sets.
from Chas. Field Haviland, Ahren-
feldt. Pouyat. Theo. Haviland, Wig
maud and Redon, complete with
everything necessary for a perfect
service. are offered at $3.50 to
800.
Bavarian China Gets In n number
of new patterns have been received
within the last few days-prieed
SIS to s45 q set
EapnnG e
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-02-27
TIE Cut Glass Is
Richly Cut

A large purchase from
Americas leading cutter
of glass brings in amaz-
ing selection of beautiful
pieces for wedding gifts at
exactly half our regular
prices.
Vases, bowls, ice cream trays,
sugar and cream sets. jugs. cell
cry trays. oil bottles. nAppies.
fruit plates, honbon dishes,
oandlesticks, cologne bottles. etc.
500 cut glass water sets,
including jug with six cut
flowers, six water tum-
blers, one 14-inch mirror,
our $40 grade, for SIS.
A fine footed punch bowl, our
$3.50 grade. for SIS.
A large footed punch bowl. our
$40 grade, for s12.
Sugar and cream sets, our s3.5t
grade, for SO.
Bonhon dishes. Jelly dishes, relish
dishes, our $3.50 and SO grades.
for $3.50.
12-inch cylinder shaped vases
with flower cuttings. our Sc
grade. for 50.
3ldg.. Subway floor, Old Building.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-02-27
Non-Ficttou.

King: Progressive furnace heat
ing, practical manual of designing,
estimating and installing modern
systems for heating and ventilating
buildings with warm air.
McMurry: Conflicting principles
In teaching and how to ad just them.
that the principles involved are COM
plimentary, not antagonistic."
Repplier: Varia. Contents: The
eternal feminine; the deathless
diary; Guides, protest; little phar-
lsees in fiction; the fete de Gayant;
cakes and ale; old wine and new;
the royal road Of fiction; from the
readers standpoint.
Schauffler: Flag day, its history,
origin and celebration as related In
songs and story.
Schauffler: Memorial Day (Deco-
ration Day., its celebration spirit
and significance as related in prose
and verse, with a non-sectional an
thology of the Civil War.
Slater: Freshman rhetoric. This
book seeks to combins "a minimum
OF theory with a maximum of prac-
tiee." There is a very helpful chap
ter ON how to use library.
West: GothtS architecture in
England and France. Reliable
handbook studying the gothic in both
countries eonstructionally and his
torieally.''
Fiction.
Castle: Haunted heart.
Yachell: Qufnney's.
Waipole: Duchess of Wrexe.
Walpole: Wooden horse.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-02-27

slow because Of limited outlet Nearby
pyhItes steady. Arrivals Included a car OF
Chinese eggs OF good quality. Pricesi
Fresh gathered extras. ga27ikc.. extrs
hrsts. 26Hc.: nrsts, 31aa2sc.: seconds. ~
s8Xc.; refrigerator, best. 2oa2ic.; Een-
nary whites. nne to fancy, soa3le-; hem
nery browns, gT14aBc.; mixed coiors. sssa
a2SHc.
LIVE PoULTRY-The withdrawal OF
considerable stock has buoyed up tho
market as thirty-one cars are on track.
Fowls and chickens steady. old roosters
ana stags slow Turkeys UNCHANGED.
Ducks scarce and hrrn. Geese saow ana
sasIsr Prices: Chickens. ithsisc.: fowls,
Igihalgc: old rocsters lie; turkeys. lsa
isc'. ducks. spring. state, T0S-; western.
sec.; geese western. isai4iao-i guine@A
psir, Soc pigeons. Ssape.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-02-27
UNITED STATES
PROBES COAL|NC
GERMAN CRUISER

New York Feb. PA widespread
investigation designed to stop the al
legged shipment Of surreptitiOus cargoes
of contraband materials to belligerenf
nations and thus strengthen the hand
of this government In its protest to
England or any other nation against
the searching of American ships on thr
high seas Is under way by the federal
grand Jury. Indictments are expected
against those responsible for the dis
guised shipments within week or so.
Standing out from the mass OF eVi
deuce to be presented to the grand
fury by United States Attorney ii
Snowden Marshall are facts advanced
IN support OF the charges that the
Karlsruhe and the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse and other German warships
which PLAYED havoc with English ship
ping In South Atlantic waters were
coaied and supplied by ships sailing
from this port. In this connection fhe
investigation. II IS authoitatively said
Will be directed specifically toward the
Hamburg American line. which char
tered the Berwind. the Lorenzo. the
Fran and Some-stad
James NJ. Sullowa. attorney for
wrangell & Co. owners Of the Nor
wegian steamers FRAN and Somerstad
appeared ms the first witness before
the grand Jury. 1t was he. on behalf
of the owners Of the vessels turned
over to Sir Courtenny Walter Bennett
British consul general here. the ma
terial for the Tatter's first protest to
this government against the ALLEGED
attempt Of the Hamburg American line
TO use the chartered steamers as anx
iliar'es 70 the German navy. His testi
mony WAS followed by the story Of
Captain Grindheim of the FrAm. which
has just returned from Copenhagen.
Learn Of Other Cases.
The scope of the investigation will
not be limited to these eases. how
ever Every hit of evidence Obtained
by the federal authorities since the he
ginning Of the war tending to show
eases of concealed shipment Of contra
band supplies or munitions Of war. ir
respective of the nationality of thu
shippers. will he turned over TO the
grand jury by Mr.. Marshall This VIII
probably include x-ray evidence OBJ
tanned by Professor Richard Muller OF
white sheet rubber concealed In bales
of white cotton, which was about to
be shipped on the steamship Cretlc
without the knowledge of the White
Star line to firm In italy.
Professor Muller. who was employed
by the British consulate to make the
Investigation of cargoes on steamship
piers. will probably be called az wit
ness
The evidence concerning the Ameri
can owned ships. Lorenzo and Ber
wIrtissyill tend to show that those
steamefes under the charter Of the
Hamburg American line left ostensibly
Tor South American ports. hut actually
to carry coal to the Karlsruhe In the
case Of the Fran and the Somerstad
however, the owners, 1t Ia said. dis
covered the object for which their
ships were to be used and made
protest The alleged contract under
which the Hambnrg- American line
agreed to charter these ships win be
an important bft of documentary evi
dence This contract signed by Kari
Buenz as director OF the Hamburg
American ifne, arrees to pay the fuN
valne OF the ships In ease they were
destroyed or seized by any foreign
power.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-02-27

Centralized Ia In free supply md rather
SLOW Ladies' slow at the lower prtcsr
Pncking stock also weaker. PTlces
Creamery extras, % score, S0Hanc.; nigh
er scoring, d1Aa52c.: irsts IS TO ~ score
MIA 2s,Ac.; held extras. 20 score. 27s27t4c.; ;
arsts, 25IAa26tsc. state dairy. tubs, finest
z9a2ehc-; good TO prime 26a"sc.; common
10 fair. 2za25c.: renovated. extras, 2t1as
3ikc: nrsts. Zsa5te.: lower grades. Zazzo.; I;
limitation, creamery. hrsts. 25a2iAc. Iadles
current make. hrsts. as22c.; seconds. goa
sss.c.: lower grades. i8alsl4o.; pachins
stock No. 2. fs5saise.; tower grades. iSalsc
F.gGs-Ths market was frrn and active
"A tho beginning of BUSINESS. but by the
f,ra. bsypss had shssf wAnta supplied an
EASY fssisna asvsleped ssoes generally
/. urxsd te sale 10 avoid any possible de-
sl,ns N..<spss AfGa casA~. sSogass sxSa
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-02-27
LOST 1900 ON TRooPsHlP.

Berlin Insists British Transport Was
Victim OF Submsrins.
Berlin, Feb. 27.-EIghteen hundred
British soldiers were drowned Ia the
English channel when German sub
marine sent an English transport TO
eeived by the government war press
bureau. The bureau declared that this
report WIS wired to Lloyds from East
bourne. ON the south coast OF Eugsnnd
The Berlin newspapers were sarcas
ess In thslr comments upon the success