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Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11
PROTECT LAUREL.

A sentiment in favor of protecting
 the mountain laurel from the com
 mercial vandals who are uprooting the
 beautiful plant and sending it 10 the cities, by the ton. is being created, anC
 it seems likely that some notice will be taken of the matter by the legislature
 A Norfolk contributor to the Hartford COurant writes:
 "All winter these green bushes have been cut and shipped to the cities for Christmas decorations and in the spring for Easter ornamentatiOn in the churches. and in early summer they will be pulled up by the roots and trans. ported with the flowers ill full bloom. The beautiful hillsides and mountains of this state will soon be bereft of the greatest floral attraction of New Eng. | land.''
 It is argued that "when a proper sentiment is created ill tine state as to the beauty of this lovely flower, there will be no difficulty in enacting a law by the legislature, forbidding the whole. sale shipment of our state flower to cities by the carload, as at present is done for commercial purposes.
 The Courant editorially endorses the suggestion, and observes that the rea- son for the diminutiOn of the mountain laurel is that ESQ many careless or mercenary people have of late years been running the bush in order to carry off the flowers for decoration or for sale. They kill the whole shrub to get a single springs fiowering."
 This matter has been agitated for some years past. The News has, edi- torially and through contributors, re- peatedly denounced the mercenary "vandals''' who come up from New York and harvest laurel in great bales, which are shipped to the city.
 The difficulty is, the bulk of the laurel grows on lands that arc unpro- ductive otherwise, and which are practi- cally abandoned after having been "timbered" for char coal or lumber Dur. poses, and nobody with authority has sufficient interest to make protest that means business.
 If the state will adopt the laurel, (which was some time ago designated as the "state flower,") as it adopted the fish and game of the state-inciud. ing the deer, which it later shamefully and legally turned over to the tender mercies of respectable vandalism-th of the flower may be
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11
THE PUBLIC WILL PAY.

Commenting on the adjustment of the dispute between the miners and the operators in the anthracite coal fields, on the basis of SIP, 1000, 900 year in- crease of wages, the New Haven Union remarks editorially:
 "The anthracite coal mine owners have decided to raise wages and rec ognize the labor union, following which they will raise the price of coal so that profits to the mine owners may not be affected in any way. The consumer pays, in this instance, as in almost every other. 1t is victory for the miners, the operators lose nothing, and the consumer stands the gaff. This is the natural result of having these vast natural resources in the hands of few, to the detriment of the many.
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11
Properly Punished.

"Gone4" shouted the wildly excited individual waving his arms in the middle of the street. A crowd gath. cred quickly.
 "Gone! Gone!" he shrieked again and yet again.
 "What's the matter? Cashier eloped with your money ?"
 Wife run away?"
 Lost n cilild ?'
 No. no, no! But it's gonen'
 Fifty-seven people held their breadth, and then asked as one: Whats gone 2''
 nhe excited individual became sud- denly calm.
 Yesterday has gone, my friends, r he said, with glad smile, "and today is going. You may die tomorrow or today. Now, without loss of time, you should take out policy of life ins surance with my firm, the"
 Then seven and fifty strong men siezed hiIn and bore him to the nearest horse trough. Chronicle Telegraph.
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11
What the Other Fellows Say

Only about oue.ffth of the total number of men who apply for enlist nIent in the United States army are accepted. Otherwise the 20, 900 sought would have been soldiers before now. AS it is, only 5000 recruits have ell. listed since the Hay emergency meas. ure was passed by congress and if the present speed is continued the ranks will not be filled until the end of the summer. -Norwalk Hour.
 It takes $27,593 Ter year to support the four. year-old son of the late Colonel John Jacob Astor. How in the world can they manage to raise him on that measly sum?-Bridgeport Post.
 If the Germans are to take Verdun this spring they will have to be about the job at once. They have made no progress for long time and the offen- sive of the French begins to grow in strength. .-AnsOnia Sentinel
 We'll defy von Hindenberg, Joffre or any other all-star line breaker in Europe to get through Main street when three women with baby carriages decide to discuss fashions in front of department store.-Hartford Post.
 Most men who claim they work like a dog probably never stopped to thInk that the average dog doesn't do much, and the men probably are still right about it.-Meriden Journal.
 When a woman comes down town with two black 20-inch rooster feathers stuck in her hat at right angles it is hard to believe that she is obedient to her husband. New Haven Union.
 While the courts are deciding as to who actually wrote Shakespeare they might also give a decision concerning the correct spelling of his name.- Bristol Press.
 Has it occurred to anybody that the European war has entered upon the most stupid chapter of its whole career? It has.-New Haven Journal Courier.
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11
Adam.

 Old Adam never had to dodge the
 sixty-horsepower car; There was no bill collector there, his
 joy in life to mar. He never had to listen to lot of argu-
 ment About the men who wanted to Become, the president. He had no fear of microbes for they camped not on his trail; The law ne'er worried him a bit be- cause there was no jail; He owed no tailor's bill because he didn't dote on style; The cost of living was joke at which he we'll could smile. He worried not about the trust, nor yet the power of wealth; There never was a single thing the matter with his health. He had no furnaces to stoke and no hard coal to bay; The climate in the garden was as balmy as July. There was no squawking phonograph to interrupt his sleep. There was no barber shop quartet to sing "Down in the Deep" No canvassers for books dropped in to occupy his time Old Adam must have led a life that simply was sublime.
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11
Preparedness.

Preparedness. A dozen of us talked preparedness Around the stove, and got nowhere, of course. Tom Noble, comiug iu for Blackstones, though, Would not join with us in cur talking
 match He said the subject got him ''all het
 up." But still, he added, glaring hard at me, He wouldn't stand no German tellin'
 him What boat is safe for him to cross upon; !; And as he left and slammed the door
 behind, We heard "a nations honor waited
 back. Twas pretty generally agreed, think, That we should have an army big
 enough For every purpose of defence, though
 what We were to be defended from not one Of us could clearly say; and then, of
 course, We mustn't spend too much nor boost
 the cost Of living up-it's high enough, God
 knows! Just look at gasolene!
 left at last, Sick with the futile talk and unctuous For images of battle underneath The talk, and headed for the mountain.
 side. Twas coming on to snow and in the
 woods I heard the little hissing of the flakes As they came down on pine and hem-
 lock 5oughs, A gentle, soothing music to my ears. A partridge, like snare drum, boomed Down the white hollow of the frosted
 brook. Aloft, somewhere, two branches. inter-
 locked, Uttered that human cry all woodsmen
 know. My snowshoes battered softly and the
 drop Of tiny sllowballs from the wind stirred Were elfn exclamations in the woods. The winter wilderness held talk with And forgetful grew. and we'll con-
 tent.
 Then suddenly I picked up human
 tracks, And curious to see what was afoOt Followed their lead. Beneath frosted
 nave, Where Palestrina would be none too
 pure, A shot had rung-the shell lay on the And then, with twenty paces up the aisle, The man had reached his prey. Upon
 the snow 1 saw the crimson stain. A little life wiped out, A pretty, forest rowing rabbit gOLe, Because a man had blood lust i'll his
 heart And in his hand d gun!
 1 saw the snow Before the ell.swept trenches of Verdun, And tt grew red and redder as I
 watched Walter Prichard Eaton, in New York Tribune.
 MT. Pessimist Cheering up, as he reads paper)-" British Mesopotamian succe ss."
 Mrs. Pessimist-'That's the worst of it, They mess up all their suc- cesses. Punch.
 From a Kansas paper: 1.-The Baptist church at Leoti will lose its pastor be- cause another church raised the ante The Leoti people refuse to call the raise and will stay out and draw another pastor. '-Boston Transcript
 "Porter, this berth has been slept in!'
 No, sah; 1 assuah you, sah. Merely occupied. It's the one over the wheels, sah''-Puck.
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11
A Mile With Me
By HENRY VAN DYKE.

o who will walk mile with me
 Along life's merry way? A comrade blithe and full of glee. Who dares to laugh out loud and free, And let his frohc fancy play. Like happy child, through the flowers gay That fill the field and fringe the way
 Where he walks a mile with me- And who will walk mile with me
 Along life's weary way? A friend whose heart has eyes to see The stars shine out OCT the darkening lea, And the quiet rest at the end O the day A friend who knows, and dares to say The brave, sweet words that cheer the way
 Where he walks mile with me- With such comrade, such friend, l fain would walk till journeys end, Through summer sunshine, winter rain; And then !? Farewell, we shall meet again!
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11
Worth Knowing

'"Wocational training is an effort of the auistocracy to hold the sons of laboring men in life of toll. It is a trick of the Europeans to sidetrack boys, '" says pr. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the University of Cali. fornia.
 Lions love music, according to Mime. Adgie Costelli, lion trainer with Bar nnm and Bailey.
 ''Immorality is habit not neces- sity," says Dr. Elizabeth H. Muncie. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11
Do You Know That
1t promotes cleanliness ?

Light promotes cleanliness
 A clean mouth is essential to good health?
 Physical training in childhood is the foundation of adult health
 The U. $. Public Health Service issues publications on hygiene and sanitation for free distribution of controlling leprosy?
 Headache is Natures warning that the human machine is running badly ? Bullets may kill thousands-tiieS tens of thousands?
 Obesity menaces longevity.
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11

"corrupt the young oe both sexes. " "Twelfth Night would upset the morals of men and women. A woman maQuerading as man, on the screen, is not to be thought of in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Even the real act is against the lnMS of the commonwealth
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11
THU RSDAY, MAY II, 1916.

Courage begets strength, fear be- gets weakness And so courage be- gets success, fear begets failure. It
 is the man or woman of faith and
 hence of courage. who is the master of circumstances. - Ralph Waldo
 Trine.
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11

MT. George J. Vogel, superintendent of schools in Torrington, has host of friends in all this region round about, who will heartily congratulate him af- ter recovering from their surprise at the felicitous announcement of his prospective artrership, and sin. cerely wish for him and his long life of abounding joy and prosperity.
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11

MAILS CLOSE GOING North East South West 9:4S a. m. S13a. 7:44 a. m. 1920 a. m 7:09 p. m. 3:55 p. m. 2:32 p. m. 6.3S p. m
 MAILS OPEN FROM North East South West S:25 a. m. $50 a. m. 1030 a. m. 900 a. m. 3:10 p. m. 11:00a m. 7:39 D. m. 4:25 D. m
 T15 D. III.
 Mail closes on Route No. 1, R. +. D. at 10:30 &.m For Southfield and Mill River at 1. D. m. E. l. ROBERTS. F. M.
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11
Meeting adjourned.

Teacher-If farmer sold l,419 bushels of wheat for SLY u bushel, what would be get?
 Boy-An automobile. - Boston Globe
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11

Memorial Day comes next. Honor the heroes, living and gone.
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11

Get Together. Pull Together. Other wise why not?
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11

A sense of worldwide relief comes as a result of the report from Chicago that the decision of Judge Tuthill, of the circuit court, ill movie picture case, that Shakespeare works were written by Francis Bacon. is to be re- versed by the full bench of that tri- bunal. We may now proceed with the celebration of the 300th Shakespeare anniversary without apprehension that the ghost of Bacon will haunt the festivities.
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11

Joe Hollister knows lone Pittsfeld man who buys even his toothpicks in New York city" An. but that's not the point. Where does he pick his teeth
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11
MISCELLANEOUS

FOR SALE-Pansy plants. 35 cents a dozen. Mary l. Adams. Canaan. Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11

It appears that Mrs. Amy Duggan- Archer Gilligan, the alleged wholesale murderess, was at one time a Canaan lady. However, "the growing end of the Nutmeg" was born glorious, has achieved more or less glory, and does not need to have reflected glory thrust upon her by adopted daughters who immortalize themselves after going hence. Canaan is not disposed to brag about Amy.
 First Chauffeur--Bill got fined for taking cut his employers car without permission.
 Second Chauffeur-But how did the boss know he took it?
 First Chauffeur-Why, Bill ran over him. Boston Transcript.
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11

WOMAN for general homework in hotel Must be neat. willing to wash dishes and do such work as may hc required, Richard Palmer, Falls NillAEe
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11

WANTEn- Man to work un my farm for the summer. Apply la (. W. Sroville. Nita keL lugg, Falls Village. Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11

PEABODY Ophthalmic optican will be at Mrs. M. A. Halls. Falls Village. Ct. May l6, 10. and at Ford's Music Store, Canaan, May l5, IS,
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11

CLEANING, pressing and repairing reasonably done Chthing sent ny parcel post will be re. turned at my expense. Anna M Tierney, East l'anann
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11

PAPERS for pantry shelves. White ln rolls. l4 inches wi'ie or in ! yard lengths. Also stock in full sheets by the dozen The Canaan Printing Company.
Connecticut western news., 1916-05-11
Cent-a-WOrd Advertisements
 Minimun Charge 2 Cents
FOR SALE

PARTY leaving town has paid S2SS on SIo0 Upright Grand Piano. You pay balance Sii7 and it is yours. Write The Gibbs pmt D Co, 5l13 Main Street, Springfield, Mass tSi years ore locuti0n.I
La croÌnica. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1914-1917, 1916-10-08
MEXICO
Ell COMITE DE MINEROS EN- LAS
CONFERENCES DE N. LONDON

En- Atlantic City, lugar donde Sc cele-
bran las conferencias entire los Delegates
carrancistas y americanos, Sc p%resento ante
dichos delegados I'm comite de cincuenta
REPRESENTATIVES de companies mineras y en-
sayadoras de Mexico, para protestar por
las medidas dictadas por Don Venustiano
Carranza. Los mineros pidieron que Sc
vo,viera al sistema antique de contribu-
clones.
Dijcron que las contrlbuciones de expor-
tacion impuestas por el Gobierno de Facto
habian aumentado cuatro veces de 1912 a
la fecha, no obstante que la lndustrla mi
nera liz sido mcncr desde aquel ano hasta
hoy. En- tests general, dicen los mlneros,
las contribuciones dictadas por los carran-
cistas arruinan a la industrial minera y mas
bien parecen tendencies a este que a pedir
que los propietarios de minas impulsen suS
negocios.
Lo que tienen invertidas las companies
representadas por Ell comite que p%rotesta
ante los co~nferencista de Atlantic City,
representa- un capital de ciento veinte y
cinco millones de dollars.
La croÌnica. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1914-1917, 1916-10-08
~PERIODISTA ASESINADO

En- una matanza que los carrancistas a las
ordenes del General Trevino
en- Ell Panteon de Chihuahua, a raiz del
asalto de la poblacion por Francisco Villa,
ell periodista metropolitan Victor David
Delgado, fue fusilado.
Delgado habia cruzado la Inca divisoria
cuando los carrancistas aseguraron que
iban a batir a los americanos que Sc en-
contraban en- suelo mexicano. Corrio la
misma suerte que todos los que han inten-
tado defender a SUI patria EN- estos ultimos
tiempos.
Descanse en- paz el amigo y compahero.
La croÌnica. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1914-1917, 1916-10-08
CANDIDATURA PARA DIPUTADOS

FL grupo carrancista sinaloense ha sido
Ell primero de los que han lanzado candi-
datura para Diputados al proXimo Con-
greso que Sc reunira EN- Queretaro ell 10. de
diciembre. Aparece dicha candidatura en-
la siguiente forma:
Por los Districts de Rosario, Concordia
Y San Ignacio, &C. General {. Danny y
Coronel Mariana Rivas, propietario y SUI
plente, respectivamente.
Por los Districts de Mazatlan y Cosala,
&C. Andres Magallon, propietario, y Ma
nuel Estrada, s%uplente.
Por los de Culiacan y B~adiraguato, &C.
Doctor Rafael Miranda y Mayor Pedro
Espinosa de los Monteros, propietario y
suplente, respectivamente.
Por los de Mocorito y Sinaloa, &C. Ca
pitan 1ro. Candida Aviles, propietario, y
Coronel Emiliano eczema T., suplente; y
Por ell de FL Fuerte, Coronel Anatolio
B.. Ortega y Alexandra R. Vega, propietario
y suplente, respectivamente.
La croÌnica. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1914-1917, 1916-10-08
LA POLITICA EN- DURANGO

Los p~oliticos carrancistas del Estado de
Durango, Mexico, estan desarrollando
grandes actividades.
FL Gobernador del Estado, General For
tunato Maycotte, ha sido separado de dicha
~Jefatura por orden del Primer Jefe y a
moci6n de los hermanos Arrieta, que desde
hace amos vienen disputandose Ell Gobierno
de Durango.
Los rebe1des villistas han asaltado Ell
tren de Tepehuanes. La escolta del mismo
fue aniquilada, y robados los v~iajeros.
e general carrancista Miguel Laveaga
combate a diario con los rebeldes que in
festan la region que tiene bajo su vigilan-
cia. FL leader de los sublevados en- aquella
iona es un antique maderista, Ell senior
Tiburcio L. Cuevas.
La croÌnica. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1914-1917, 1916-10-08
VILLA PROMOTE PROTECTION

Sc han recibido noticias de fuentes abso-
1utamente veridicas de que Francisco Villa
CAPTURE Ell Pueblo de San Andres, Chihua-
hua. en- la semana Ultima del mes pasado,
despues de batir a la guarnicion carranc1sta
que Sc encontraba al mando del General
Jose Cavazos.
Villa convoco en- una Junta a los mlneros
americanos que Sc encontraDan traDaJahuo
en- dicho mineral y les dijo que Ell no era
enemipo de los americanos y que ellos Sc
10 comunicaran a sus companeros para que
volvieran a sus trabajos de las minas, pues
les daria toda clase de garantias en- sus
personals y en- sus intereses.
La croÌnica. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1914-1917, 1916-10-08
Ell FEMINISMO EN- MEXICO

La entrada del feminismo en- Mexico,
con la bandera revolucionaria y en- defensa
del grupo carrancista, es IN hecho-segun
los anuncios que I'm prominente americana
hizo en- San Francisco.
Mujeres americans que practican las
ideas del sufragio femenino iran dentro de
POGO a la capital de Sonora, Hermosillo, a
fin de celebrar una gran convention con
las mujeres mexicanas que piden ell vote
en- Mexico.
La croÌnica. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1914-1917, 1916-10-08
s de Octubre de 1916
La Historic de la Semana
$4,000 VILLISTAS EN- CANANEA

Noga1ez, Ariz.-La creencia de que la
guarnicion carrancista de Cananea, Sonora,
fuerte EN- 800 hombres, puede ser aniquilada
de un momento a otro por las tropas Willis
tas que merodean en- las inmediaciones de
dicho mineral, es muy firme.
Sc teme que mas de ounce mil hombres
que simpatizan con Villa y que Sc queJan
de la administration carrancista, contribu-
yam con los ~villistas al ataque y aniquila-
miento de las fuerzas apostadas EN- csc mi
neral.
La croÌnica. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1914-1917, 1916-10-08
SALAZAR COMO SEGUNDO DE
VILLA

Informes recientes desmienten que Jose
Ines Salazar, uno de los caudillos revolu-
cionarios de Chihuahua, murio cuando las
tropas de Villa entraron a chihuahua, lntor-
macion dada por los carrancistas.
Ahora Sc afirma que Salazar anda COM
batiendo al lado de Francisco Villa, como
su segundo, y que con tai actitud ha atraido
a muchos adeptos entire ell grupo de los
"co1orados."
La croÌnica. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1914-1917, 1916-10-08
ESPANA

FL Rey contesto a I'm discurso del Pre-
sidente de la Camara de Concrete, eXhor-
tando a los industriales a que fomentaran
las industries de Bilbao.
FL viaje 10 hizo ell Rey en- ell "Giralda"
y fue recibido en- los muelles de Bilbao por
Ell alca1de, las autoridades eclesiasticas y
representations de los ayuntamientos y
PARTICIPATES agrupaciones de los alrededores.
Robaba musica espafola
En- Barcelona ha sido puesto en- prision
por la denuncia de la Sociedad de Autores
espaholes, un librero de viejo que copiaba
clandestinamente musica espanola para en-
viarla a Hispano America.
Las obligaciones del Tesoro
Sc subscribieron en- Ell Banco de Espana
las obligaciones del Tesoro por la cantidad
de 1873, 500.
Conservadores y mauristas
Dice eel Imprcial":
L pugna entire conservadores y maui
~ristas, lejos de extinguirse, continua siendo
irreductible, y en- prueba de clio ahi va ell
relate siguiente:
Como es sabido, ell ilustre jefe del par
lido lberal-conservador, Sr. Dato, que fue
elegido diputado por Vitoria y por SUI an
liSdO NC QC L dI6Q6S, OpIO
en- esta OCCASION, para correspondent a los
deseos vehementisimos de diversos nucleos
p~oliticos de Vitoria. Pues bien; D. Gabriel
Maura Sc apresuro a buscar alojamiento
en- Vitoria para 'pasar' Ell verano, y en-
Vitoria, acompahado de su distinguida ia
milia, ha distraido sus ocios veraniegos.
"GQue alcance habra tenido tan extrano
viaje? 10 ignoramos en- estos momentos.
D@.@ z.x
preparan para mediados de septiembre un
acto de affirmation ~politica, en- la propia
capital vitoriana, en- Ell que pronunciara un
discurso ell jefe del partido, Sr. Dato.
"Y para que no quede duda alguna de la
transcedencia de la asamblea en- proyecto,
sabese va que concurriran a Dir al senior
Dato la mayor parte de los ex ministries
Conservatives y cuantos senadores y dipu-
tados del partido Sc italian veraneando EN-
las p1ayas del Norte."
La croÌnica. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1914-1917, 1916-10-08
MINISTRO CARRANCISTA EN-
BRASIL

Cablegrafio a la Secretaria de Relaciones
del Gobierno de Facto de Mexico ell Lie.
Andres Sanchez Fuentes comunicando su
arribo a Rio J%aneiro, Brasil, y haber pre-
sentado ante Ell Gobierno de aquella Re
n1b1ica las cartas que 10 acreditan como
Encargado de Negocios del Gobierno ca
rrancista.
La croÌnica. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1914-1917, 1916-10-08
DE TITO

La epidemic que asolo Ell mineral Nom
bre de Dios, Durango, infesta ahora la
Capital del mismo Estado. Las autorida-
des toman medidas para detener la cpl
demia.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-02-11

ces. lust jobs; that's all Not even good jobs, but mostly cheap, mean puny, little jobs suited to the needs of lame ducks, incapable friends of in fluential persons, and folks Of like ilk Important? Yes; because of their number and united capacity for harm; not harm intentional or malevolent or dishonest, but that harm which gratu- itous intermeddling by incompetents invariably propagates.
 The remedy? There is none but statehood. No kind of bill affecting Alaska's government excepting q statehood bll alone, will ever again pass through Congress without the imprint of bureaucracy upon it's every line. Schemes of various kinds may be foisted upon us in the hope of paci- lying discontent and averting atten- tion. but with the outer covering re- moved they will all disclose the same old skunk with the same old smell