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New Britain herald., 1915-01-21
COnVicts Who Show Discretion.
New York Tim es. )

\NcW l OTh llInGS.
 A writer in this weeks issue of
 The Star of Hope, the remarkably able
 paper published by and for the con-
 Nicts of the state by those in Sing
 Sing prison, regrets the overempha-
 sis that has been placed by several
 com mentatorS on the amusem entS
 which have been added to life there
 by the new warden. The features,
 the prisoner-editor says, form but an
 unimportant part of Mr. Osborne's innovations, and it is upon the others,
 with the resulting notable elevation of prison manners, morals, and con-
 duct, that he would have attention fixed.
 Perhaps it was--those who believe in MT. OsbOrne'S plan can nope i. was-from a wise appreciation of the need to turn public interest in the direction thus pointed out, that the Sing Sing convicts themselves, when the question of having a professional boxer give an exhibition before them, decided that it would he injudiciou to do SO. Like most other men, pre- suma bly they would have enjoyed such a diversion, but certainly it would have excited criticism which, whether just or not, would have been severe, and so made harder the road along which the warden is trying to lead his charges.
 some will suspect that the con Vcts received a hint as to how they should decide this particular matter, and docilely. obeyed, but Mir. Os- borne declares that it was left wholly to their UninhuenCed judgmcnt, and of course he must be believed. That being the case, the episode attains considerable significance, indicating, as il does, q real appreciation on the part of the prisoners of what the warden is trying to do for them and their sincere purpose to assist him, even at some sacrifice of personal preferences.
 The recent changes in the manage mcnt of Sing Sing are important. not l for their novelty since they arc al 1 ready an old story in several other 1 states. but because this is proba blN | the best known prison in the COun- l try, and success there will make a 1 continuance of the old savagely puni- | tive system almost impossible every ! where else That sys e7n has cer- i tainly had a long test, and it's results [ We all know. Of the new one it can i at least be said that, as different. it i may he bcttcN, in spite or the unfair ! ness of a trial conducted in an old ] fashioned prison, in every way ill.,
 adapted for the carrying out of the ! new ideas.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-21

noblest advocates defended criminal Is. Criminal law needs redemption, res cue and reha abilitation, and young students should be advised to prac- tice it and do so honestly, earnestly and candidly. Criminals and men accused of crime are entitled to legal perfection and to able, skillful ad- vocacy. Trickery, Subterfuge, SubOr- nation of perjury, suppression O1 evidence, deliberate falsificatlon are in no wise necessary attributes of criminal law. Guilt is personal ln this as in other cases. Let students be inspired and guided to upright and high minded practice of the criminal law. Those who canot offer such guidance, to give the right advice, have no place in the classroom.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-21
Gen. StoeSSeI'S Tragic Fate.
(New York Sun.)

The death of Lieut.. General Anatole Stoessel. broken in fortunes. ruined in reputation and crippled by paralysis, recalls Russian soldier who was d national hero while Port Arthur held out against General Nogi's tndomi- able army and q sea pcgoat when the citadel fell with several thousand men on the effective list and ammunition and provisions for longer resistance. The surrender of Port Arthur re- leased Nogi's veteran infantry for service in the Mukden cam pa ign. in which they distinguished themselves by turning the Russian right at Sin nluntun and compelling kuropatkin to draw in his center to save his army.
 The Japanese victory at Mukden was not overwhelming or decisive, but
New Britain herald., 1915-01-21
The UnenpIOyed,
(NeW York Press.

Frederic c. Howe, commissioner of immigration at this port, declares it is his belief that there are fully 200.- 900 unemployed men in New York city Estimates commonly begin at this figure and run higher.
 Other cities have something like corresponding numbers of the uni employed on their hands; and every where the problem of caring for them is getting more acute with every passing day. Everywhere au thorities have been straining their energies to find means to improve the situation, without very much result.
 The immediate detail, of course, is to save these men from hunger and cold. They must have food, and
 must not freeze to death. MT. Howe
 has been helping with the problem by
 using the government barracks at
 Ellis island, the immigration station, for housing some of the unemploy ed.
 Having no funds available for the purpose. it has been impossible for him to feed them; but private charity has furnished meals to those sent to the island to sleep.
 Discussing the municipality obli- gations in this emergency. MT. Howe declared that every public building, every armOry. even every schOOlhOusc
 if necessary, should be thrown open to house the unfOrtunates He pro
 posed that the citys recreation piers be covered over, heated and supp p'ieU i with cots so that many thousand ! could sleep there. As to feeding he said that the government feeds the immigrants at a cost of eight cents, ! and the city could do as well if it
 would organize facilities for the pur- pose. He calculates that the town should provide at once lodgings ro,, 30 900 unemployed.
 At Chicago a riot ended parade Of the unemployed. That New York has done pretty we'll thus far seems to be attested by the fact, that it has had so little of anything like whole sale disorder. ..
New Britain herald., 1915-01-21
For the Time,

Evidence in the case an analysis of
 the diplomatic records submitted by England, Germany, Russia and Belgium in the supreme court of civilization and the con- clusions deduciblc as to the moral responsibility for the war, by J. M. Beck.
 Fighting in Flanders by F. A. Powell. German enigma, being an inquiry
 among Germans as to what they
 think, what they want, what they
 can do, by Georges Bourbon.
 Undertaken in 1913 for the Paris Figaro with the hope of promoting a more friendly spirit.
 Germany and England: the war that
 was foretold, by Robert Blatch-
 "A collection of newspaper articles written before the war by an English socialist
 Great war by F. H. Simonds.
 By the editor of the N. Y. Evening Sun Many of these cha pters were published as editorials. They have been revised but their purpose is the same-to try to answer the question, What does it mean?' They are here presented with a complete recognition of the limitations of such comment, and will add much to thoughtful pres ent-day discussion of the war. Their sanity. clear thin king, and fine appre- citation are specially shown in the last article, The fall of Antwerp. "A. L. A. Booklist.
 Life of Lord Roberts, by Sir George
 Forrest.
 New map of Europe: the story of the
 recent European diplomatic crises
 and wars of Europe's present ca
 tastrophe, by H. A. Gibbons. Rada, a drama in one act by Alfred
 Moves.
 "The scene is in the Balkan war" Real kaiser. Anonymous. :''The personality and psychology of the kaiser fully discussed. He is viewed in relation to business, gov ernment his home and family the German civilization, international pol itics, etc. His ambition and that of the German people are analysed. = note. I Songs and sonnets for England in l
 war time.
 Unseen empire. a peace play in four
 acts by Atherton Brownel1.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-21

the organization of the Russian forces was shattered beyond recovery for ag- gressive operations on a large scale. It may be doubted whether the result would have been different if Stoessei had held Noei's army in front of Port Arthur for another month but the humiliated Russian government seized upon the charges against fts defender to make an example of him. Even Kuropatkin, who was a mag unanimous witness at the court martial i'm .L. Petersburg realized that as Stocssel did not hold out to the last gasp he must be judged by tho rigor or the law" General Nogi was shocked hy the sentence of death passed upon the unfortunate com mander. declaring that he had an- ticipated by only a few days the taking of the citadel hy storm. NogI found mitigation in the surrender.
 Stoessol sought {" cNculpate hin- self with the plea that hc yielded to a1 ert another Port Arthur massarrs Ir this opinion he seems to have bean sincere At his trial he assumed fuu responsibility and bore himself man fully. asking that the sentence ha death if he were found guilty. A physical coward the man was not. but nature had not cast him for the part Of commander of a helea guernd fortress. The burden and the honor should have fallen upon sturdy kon- dratenko, the idol of the garrison. who died too soon for the glory. of the Russian army and the reputation of his chief
New Britain herald., 1915-01-21

larger numbers than they did and ly in favor of repeating the measure or so amending it as to render it in capao ole of being able to accomplish any real good. The arguments, how ever were chiefly the other way, the best among them being contained in letter from William H. Taft, ex- president of the United States, re- publican and a pretty good sort of cltlzen generally.
 One gentleman said that a man might pass a civil service eXamina- place. This might be true, but the fault in that particular case would be in the questions asked and might
 be considered as against civil ser- vice, but in the long run the exam ination would prove beneficial and whatever weakness might appear in the imitation it would soon ad- just itself to the situation and the applicant who passed would be we'll equipped for the work he was ex-
 pected to perform. The whole movement is one calculated to give the best service and as that is what the state pays for it ought to have it. It won't do for men to say they favor civil service, but that they think that the present law should be amended because that means that they wish to destroy the measure for partisan purposes and that is just what the state doesn't want and what framers of the law sought to prevent. Removing a good official because he did not vote a certain ticket, although he is directed under oath at the time he obtains the right of franchise to vote according to his conscience is not a good law for Connecticut or any other state for that matter.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-21
Seizures of Contra band.
(Montreal Gazette )

| Where it is most carefully read ! the published correspondence on the
 subject of seizure of ships presumeJ 1 to be carrying merchandise contra 1 band of war which has passed be- l tween the governments of Great l Britain and the United States. The | issues involved are not new. In some l form or other they are raised in con- l nection with almost every war. A betligerent nation seeks to prevent l the receipt by it's enemy of what may 1 be used for the arming of mainte- | nance of an army or navy A neutral | nation desires to limit to a minimum l the extent of the allowable interfer- 1 ence by belligerents with it's trade. 1 The United States from it's geographi- cal position and traditional policy has greater reason to expect that ii will be able to avoid foreign wars than has country with closer relations or all dances with the nations of Europe. United States representative men can risk going farther in protesting against interference with the business of neutral state than can those of Great Britain. British trade interests are widely spread, and the desire to
 protect them under all conditions has affected British public opinion and the British attitude on the rights of
 neutrals. The declaration of London,
 which British delegates helped to
 draft, embodied certain ideas in ad-
 vance of past practice, which may
 vet be sanctioned But British states
 men have always had to bear in mind
 that their sea power was their main
 reliance in war and have been slow to
 agree to what would hamper their use
 of it.
 There is in the situation neither
 ground for alarm nor angry writing
 bv outsiders. The correspondence be-
 tween tho two countries has been in
 the nature of friendly representation and equally friendly maintenance of a policy based on a recognized inter
 national practice. which the United
 States itself on occasion has upheld.
 It is possible that the end will be the
 extension of the principle that doubts should he resolved in favor of the neutral, which in the long run might
 be to Great Britain's advantage. But, whatever if is. the correspondence on the matter indicates that each party is acting with d desire to fairly con slider the position of the other while unholding it's own case; and as long AS the statesmen in London and
 Washington arc SO moved the friends of the two countries have nothing to fear.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-21
Vicious Advice to Law Students
 (Chit ago TTibunC.)

The students of ono of thicago's better law schools were the innocent victims of vicious an1 foolish Ice ture the other even ing. A lawyer Of no standing or reputatlon-an excel lent "horriblc example" in fact--tod them to avoid the practice of the criminal law, because that branch of the law is in disroputc and it's praC- titicner could expect nothing but ohICCuy and contempt from the com munitY.
 COntemptible and disrcputable criminal lawyers and they alone, have brought criminal law into disre- pute Time was when the ablest and
New Britain herald., 1915-01-21
GOOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED
 IN INSTITUTES LIST THIS WEEK

i wars aftermath, a preliminary study l of eugenics of war as illustrated i by the Civil war of the United 1 States and the late wars in the
 Balkans, by David Star and H. F Jordan. Homo Economics 1 Care and feeding of children by J L. Morse. Good form for all occasions, by Mrs F. M. H. Hall. "A simple, sensible and reliable lit- ! tie book for those without much social experience. "A. l.. A. Booklist Low-cost recipes, by E. Y. Harbison She has aimed especially to re- duce, as far as possible, the quantity of eggs and butter used, and, at the same time, to give us effective recipes. : She pays special attention to the use of left-overs. ..-Publishers note.
 
 Meatless cookery, with special refer
 ence to diet for heat disease.
 blood pressure and auto-intoxica-
 ton, with an introduction by pr.
 L. F. Bishop, by M. M. Gilmore. One hundred salads, by l.. H. Larned. One hundred cold desserts, by L. H.
 Larned.
 Pure food cook book, by Mildred
 Fiction. Ch story DN
 M S. Cutting. Britton of the Seventh, a romance
 of Custer and the great North
 west, by C. T. Brady. Captain of his soul. by H. J. Forman The book is full of strangely con- trasted cnara cters and situations, all alike admirably handled. It has none of the usual defects of a first essay in fction.'-N. Y. Times. Fabius the Roman: or how the church
 became militant, by E. F. Burr.
 *t Life in a garrison town, the military novel suppressed by the German
 government, by o. F. Bilse, with an introduction by Arnold White and a summary of the court
 martial
 Princess. Athura, a romance of Iran,
 by s. w. Odell.
 &+ Prophets landing, by E. A. Dix Uncle Noah's Christmas party, by l..
 Dalrymp1e.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-21

Sometime or other. after the intro duction of better economy in adminis- tration of Connecticut's existing jul dicial expenses has paved the way for more favorable public opinion, it will be wise that this state should consider an entire alteration of it's system of courts, prosecuting officers p1 eservers of the peace and penal in stitutions.-NeW London Telegraph.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-21
CALLS.
ETERS.

Republican re- meter is making y househ older in hat if Waterbury
 all building gs IT. ter the present found sufficient a. more rapid has ever before ntly means that narkab ble saving B main object to nm eter system
 was esta blished e was a great put it principal he lnetho cd by To be estimated,
 murTnur and ht the system is y. Some are Bupply for less vstem and some 1 they did tn en hey are using |enue is all that ht is better than he use of water h that is what e must practise. question is now at is why large Constructed and to understand on1ize so that ave in times of yer the dry sea-
 to the whole r system pro- use the prop hnds what he } one wishes to
 treasury. any pelled he will re is no waste
 result the sup d a city is so Waterbury Re- bd advice to it's uth critics of all e is read.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-21

Nathan Straus, New York million aire says that as a boy he stole mel cDs He lived in the country. Had he lived in the city and had his par e1ts been impoverished, he might have gone to reform school. The truth is, or scientists say so, that the child and the youth repeat the history of the race Morality is a growth, not a birth Many boy who is banned as criminal by the defective jurispru dence of modern society would be- come d good citizen by mere process of years and evolution, did he have the chance. There is a strong sci entific and rational basis for the child rens courts which are now so cOm- mon.-Rridgepo Farmer
New Britain herald., 1915-01-21

Norwich can appreciate the fact that it now has sufficient reservoir capaci- ty to get the full benefit of such a copious rainfall. There is nothing like making the most of a rainy day. Norwich Bulletin.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-21
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Asking s1O0,000 for anti-mosquito operations has less chance of favor able consideration than asking the legislature to spend another million on New London Harbor.-New Haven Union.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-21
|ARENTS.

he clothes than man was before k yesterday and husband, both
 abandonment, a bond of S5,- four children, said, and tn ey n, the youngest ghteen months S
 months, being the older of sure and there m the body, ii IS Field. The by a policeman parents did not of regret over 10 exhibit some tr of going to lay not get off f a sentence, 1t the auth critics he child inves-
 jury.
 th heartlessness arents, although 8 not an un- big city. and in we'll. The most ere only one dren, that being Affection gener- to permit her s, but in this nm and at a
 stances one and no one n how it wa [ child did not It seems rather
 now parents
 and not to it afterwards,
 of the child IA wild beast sentiment will the prosecut- decided to re- rand jury so as ceive tbe e full r. They deserve
New Britain herald., 1915-01-21

Every phase of the moving picture <Ogue presents inteIe esting cOnsidera- = .icn The cinema show is the chief and growing entertainment in the an thra cite coal region. There are 6 moving picture houses in Wilkes- i'arre. with d seating ca pacity of 1O,- nO0. The population of the anthracite counties, according to the latest cen sus report is 1. .122, 361 persons. Wilkes Barre with a population of 75,0OO spends 's32.0O0 a year on moving pie lures and the total expenditure throughout the region is proba bly, about S4S0.0O0. Tho anthracite mine workers their wives and families num- Der S22.96U persons or SeVenty-three per cent. of this population. This means that at least q quarter of a mill lion dollars of their wages are spent annually on moving pictures The proportiOnate calculation makes it S350 0O0.-NorWich Record.
New Britain herald., 1915-01-21
hPANY'

ed) at Ais p. m.
 Church St.
 Eo at New Britain Mail Matter. Any part of the city 65 Cents a Month. to be sent by mail Be. 60 Cents a
 a year. 3vertising medium III bn books, and press to advertisers. Ind on sale at Hota- nd St. and Broad y: Board Walk. Hartford depot. D CALLS.
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New Britain herald., 1915-01-21

TIL SERVICE. fervice did not before the COn1- the capitol yes was scarcely
 was intended kld respond in
New Britain herald., 1915-01-21

Values to $500 Dainty blouses of exceptionally fine materials, crepe de chine, messaline, chiffon, taffeta and lace. Blouses in this sale white and colors.
 (See Window Display.)
New Britain herald., 1915-01-21

od) at Ais p. m. Church St.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1915-11-27
Cylinders Re-Bored,
New Pistons Made,
broken parts mended
or replaced with new.

We have lathes, planners. and
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fence that guarantees you a first
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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1915-11-27
Proof positive.

Earkcr Why do You think he is a
er.i practical Joker Parker Re,
tHso Hhea PLAYED little Joke on
mm tao other day i, made him turi.
BUS
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1915-11-27
Broken
Well, We Can
mend 1T

4 great many people are not
aware that we are fitted up to do
the most difficult kind Of machine
work.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1915-11-27
Have You Thought

about Your holiday advertising Mr. Merchant ,
Christmas Is less than five weeks off. Only one
medium covers the county. The Democratic
Messenger
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
From Tuesdays Daily.

Allen MCGOWAN of White Cloud,
Mich. and Miss Aurora Cooley OF
Port Edwards were united in marri-
age thismorneng by Judge F.W. Cal
kins at the Judges office in the
Wood County Bank building. The
witnesses were Miss Maurine Lin
dahl and Charles Jasperson.
DR.. Kickbush gave us the informa-
ton this morning that he had receiv-
ed word that Chas. WeinIeIdt, the
well known insurance man, formerly
of Wausau but now of Kansas City
died Monday with meningitis brot
on from an operation on his ear. His
remains viii be shipped to Chicago
where the funeral services wall be
held on Wednesday. The deceased
had many friends In Grand Rapids.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
EDISON SCHOOL
OPENS FRIDAY
EVENING

The Edison School will be
opened to the public on Friday,
evening, from seven o'clock I'M
til nine thirty at which time,
everyone is cordially invited to
attend.
Francis Daily has donated the
use of his Edison Diamond Disc
Phonograph for the occasion.
Call and hear the new Edison.
You cannot realize what a must
cal triumph Mr. Edison has
achieved until you have actually
heard the new Edison, with his
wonderful diamond reproducer;
he has made of the phonograPh
a real musical instrument. A
tone that is true, life like, human
natural Just what music lovers
have been waiting for 1t opens
a new era in music. Call and
hear the new Edison. 2td.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-21
FUNERAL SERVICE
Of MRS. CLENEk.
TINE BERN|ER

The funeral services Of Mrs. Glenn
entine Bernier took place Saturday
morning at 8: 80 from the house and
10 O'Clock from SIS. Peter & Paul
church, Rev. VIM. Reding official
ing.
A large number of old friends and
neighbors attended the funeral to
pay their respects to a good Chris
lam woman.
Mrs. Clementine Bernier was born
in Lebonyear, Canada, on the 10Th
day of May 1884, and was 81 years, .
months and three days old, when
she died. She died Wednesday Oc-
tober 18th, 1915 of heart trouble. She
was married to Louis Bernier at
her birth place in Canada and about
five years aC.er they came to Grand
Rapdsi, where the family have ever
since resided. Mr.. Bernier died a
years ago. Mrs. Bernier has resid-
ed here about 81 years. She leaves
% mourn three sons and three
daughters. They are Mitchell Ber-
lier OF Stevens Point; Mrs. Peter
RoCi1tseaGt and Frank Bernier OF
Grand Rapids; Mrs. Frank Beste and
Louis BerEier OF Mosinee; nd
Mrs. Laura Beyer of Wausua. a
good mother has gone TO her final
rest.