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Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02
TEN DEAD IN RAILROAD WRECK
Federal Probe In New Haven Disaster
 Completed.


 The federal inquiry into the causes of the wreck at Milford, Conn.,. on the New York, New Haven and Hartford road was completed. The commission will make tests of the signal devices to determine their efficiency.
 The chief witness was C. J. Bardo general manager of the company. who declared in answer to questions that he knew of no mechanical device which could offset the human element He could not account for the presence of Harold Sweeney on the engine of the extra passenger train with w. R. Curtis, the driver. and McGinness, the fireman, which ran into the engine.
 Asked as to whether or not signals had been properly observed by engine men, MT. Bardo said that a total of 40,30S efficiency tests had been made under thirty-five different classified. tions and that with one exception all had been complied with, he added.
 He said that he considered the sig naling system in use the best that could be found and that. while the company tried to have it's engine driv- CTS keep on schedule. the emphasis was laid on safety and not speed.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02
VERDUN BATTLE IS
 STILL IN DOUBT
DOuaumOnt Fort Center of Ter
 rife Fighting,

Fighting before the French fortress of Verdun continues furiouSly. One
 full week of raging assault and deter
 mined defense was completed. and the
 result still is in the balance. The sev- enth day brought no decisive change. Berlin claimed to have taken three ! bitterly contested positions. Paris said
 the enemy's assaults were broken down at one of these places. It says another, the Cote de TalOu, is untenable by in
 fantry of either army, because the ar tillery of both rakes it with murderous fire.
 Paris claimed to have retaken Fort { de Douaumont Berlin said five at tempts by the French to dislodge the German troops which had captured the I Qualifications were failures. Paris is silent concerning Berlins report of ! having captured Champneuville. while it admits French OutpostS in tue Woevre region were withdrawn. but in good order
 Like the battle, the blizzard contin. ues unabated. Fresh troops are being
 poured into the shambles by both sides hS ISlitloil nave tNlclltct lntll llblil
 by many miles in Belgium. to take the
 place of ''poilous" sent to Verdun The German commanders apparently
 concentrated their efforts on assaults
 between the Douaumont heights and
 the plateau to the north of the village
 of VauX. Fighting continued elsewhere
 along the battle front. but French oh | servers professed to discern some
 abatement in vigor at other points. German troops which gained positions to the east and west of Douaumont are 1 holding their new gains with difficulty,
 the French assert, being pressed hard The slopes of these hills are reported
 to be covered with German bodies.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02
Tho Elder Booth.

A theatrical man. ill an appreciation of Junius BrutUs Booth. declares that Intellectually he stood above any ac- tor of his own or any other time." In justification of this praise these claims are made. Booth had Knowledge of seamanship acquired as a midshipman, was an expert printer, had studied law and mediciwe, was an acute theologian and spoke eight languages hucntly. be- sides being "the greatest actor who ever spoke the English language."-Ex- change.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02
General Dissatisfaction.

Tiny Elsbeth was taken by mother to an afternoon tea, fashionable, but where the various ladies present were well acquainted and indulged too free ly in gossip. The little girlie sat very straight and still, listening to all that was said. Critical remarks were made about absent friends, and even guests who took their departure were discuss ed with some freedom.
 Elsbeth edged closer to her mother and remarked in solemn whisper:
 "NObody seems jes' exactly satisfied with anybody, does they, mamma"
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02
WEEKS DEVELOPMENTS
 ALONG BATTLE FRONTS

Feb. 2S.-Berlin reported the cap- ture of nearly a mile of French trenches and 1000 prisoners in Champagne, forty miles westward of the Nerdun forts.
 Feb. 7. - Paris reports indicate that the fighting at Verdun has slackened. The battle is centered around Douaumont, successes be- ing claimed by Berlin and Paris.
 Feb. 25.-General Joffre hurried to Verdun to stem German attack. Berlin reported 10000 French pris- oners were taken in five day as- sault along the Mouse front. A re- port from Paris claimed the Teu- ton advance had been halted five miles from the fortress.
 Feb. 24.-The Germans by a ter rife drive on the Verdun front cap tured the villages of Brabant-sur- Mouse, Haumont and Herbebois. The kaiser. at the head of his troops, directed the attack. The losses on both sides were put at 60,OOO.
 Feb. 23.-Foreign Minister Sazrn- off in an address before he Rus sian duma intimated that Enuma- mia will soon join ths allies ur war.
 Feb. 22.-The capture of ~W me ters of French pu3iti of Souc',ez by German troop , .. .,- nounced by the G"rmar -rH' E-e. German forces dI!:vercG s. .ug attack against tn. .su, nps .Jus at the forest of Civ nchy least of Souchez). according to official an nouncemert hpds ny tre French war office and w 70 successful in penetratin.s the first lines Of the French trenches for a distance of S00 meters.
 Feb. 21.-The entire Lake Van dis trict was occupied by the army of Grand Duke Nicholas, and the Turks evacuated the Armenian city of Bitlis. according to Petrograd dispatches received in Rome. The Turks are reported to he retreating southward from Bitlis, which is a city of about 10000 and the capital of an Armenian vllayet (province).
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02
PORTUGAL MAY FACE WAR.
Seizes Thirty-six Interned Teutonic
 Vessels In the Tagus.

The commander of the Portuguese naval division at Lisbon apparently of his own initiative took forcible posses sion of thirtysix German and Austrian vessels lying in the Tagus river, hoist ed the Portuguese colors on them and saluted them with a twenty-one gun salute from the Portuguese fleet. It is said that the act of Captain Leotte Rego in seizing the German and Aus trian ships interned at Lisbon was wholly unexpected by the governing authorities, who were unaware of the step until it had been carried out Cap tain Rego directed the operation from the destroyer Guadiana.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02
SALISBURY

Misses Mary Reed and Gladys Stone, of Suffield, are at their respective homes for week.
 Miss E. M. Huntley, of Great Bar rington, spent part of the week with Miss Mary Conklin.
 The Salisbury Grange had a very pleasant evening last week Thursday when eleven new members took their first and second degrees. Sheffield Grange was well represented. A very fine supper followed the initiation.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02
- No Pity Ihere.

Undutiful boys may see themselves held up as before a mirror in the fol- lowing anecdote: A young Irish girl in giving testimony in a court of jus tice, when asked some questions in reference to the prisoner, replied, Ar rah, sir, I'm sure he never made his mother smile" There is. biography of unkindness in that simple sentence, St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02
OPPOSES SECRET DIPLOMACY
Cooper Says Congress Should See All U-8oat Correspondence.

"I believe congress is entitled to all correspondence between the United States and European countries regard. ing the rights of neutrals on belliger- ent ships" said Representative Cooper of Wisconsin, the ranking Republican member of the house committee on for eign affairs, in q statement. "I am op posed to war except it be n war of de fense. and then it should he in de- fense of something worth the sacrifice. I am likewise opposed to secret diplo macy."
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02
Henry James. Novelist, Dead.

Henry James. the novelist. is dead in London. The author had been in poor Aealth since the beginning of the year and about two weeks ago physicians felt that his recovery was improbable although his condition at that time was not critical.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02
Mercuriai.

The adjective mereurial, like many others, came into ordinary speech from the realm of astrology. In astrological born under the influence of Mercury when Mercury was in the ascendant and therefore possessed of the mental qualities supposed to distinguish the heathen.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02
The Devils Sonata.

Tartini, the great violinist, after din ing indiscreetly dreamed that he had made a bargain with the devil for his soul. To prove his powers the evil one seized a violin and played a sonata of exquisite beauty. Tartini awoke with the ringing in his ears, committed the music to paper and published it as "The Devils Sonata"
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02
War Material For Spain.

A Spanish commission which has been appointed for the purpose of ac, cepting delivery from United States manufacturers of the war material pur chased by Spain will leave Madrid on Feb. % for New York on board the steamship Manuel Calvo. The Spanish transport Almirante Lobo will convey the war material from the United States to Spain.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02
BOYS HELP LYNCH NEGRO.
Mob Hangs Victim In Front of carters-
 vile (Ga.) City Hall.

Jesse McCorkle. a negro, was taken from jail at Gainesville. Ga, by half a hundred men and boys, hanged to q tree in front of the city hall and his body riddled with bullets. McCarkle was arrested for breaking into the home of A. r. Heath and attacking Mrs. Heath, whose husband was away. The woman shot the negro in the wrist with a revolver, but she was over ppwprn1
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02
HAY AND STRAW.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

CATH ls- Supply. S5 carloads; market steaa< '1oice SS.4OdSG5; prime, SSl0fD g&: .uud S,.75dS: tidy butchers, S.35ff TS. far Sa50SJ7l5. common, s5.5oa6.2i; choice no.f .rs, $G.50a15o; common to far heircle S -0. 2; common to good fat bulls. AtW asumon to good fat cows SSn6.5o: frcs'. ,at.ls, and springers, S35@75.
 SrIf2l' AID T.AMBS-Supply light and market .5c higher; prime wethers, sS.7blf g: good mixed. $S.25mS G5: fair mixed, S76t8. culls and common. sid550; lambs, sIdll. 15 l, veal cal> es. Sr.501125O; heavy and thin calves S5Sfs.
 ket active and prices higher; prime heavy hogs. heavy u1Ned. mediums and, heavy YorEor.. s91o@el5, light Workers SSlOeD s.t0 pigs. $7.75mS; roughs. $Sas,25; stagA I65O06,7a.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02
Italian HosnitaI Ship Sunk.

An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Rome annomccd that the Italian hospital ship Narc"hiaro was sunk off San Giovanni dc Medua. Albania. by an Austrian H'.re. lt IS reported that .hyle was rcue 1srah.e ss Or life.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02
SCHWAB TO SPEND MILLIONS
He Will Improve the Sparrow's Point
 Plant.

PTant.
 An expenditure of from $15,OOO, ,OOO to $20,O00,000 will be made by Charles NJ. Schwab in improving the plant of the Maryland Steel company at Spar rows Point. according to an announce. ment at the conclusion of an inspec- tion trip made at Sparrows Point by F. G. Grace, president of the Bethle- hem Steel company.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-02
DRESSED POULTRY.
 Fresh Killed.

TURKEYS
 Western spring, fir to good 96c. q 2sc. FOWLS
 Western fresh. dry picked. 60 iaisc. Western scaldcd. tnrge.... 6G iSikc. CHICKENS
 Fancy, 2 and lhs to pair. 40c, 70 Ioc. Western milk fed, h X C 10. 5n lSc, Dry picked, corn fed and
 lbs ........................ i6lac. co l7c. old roosters. ..,.............. i4iac. 6l i5c, SQUABS-
 Prime white. 10 lbs to doz.. - D GOO lbs .....................,.,... co 650 lbs ......,...............,.,,. co 500
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-12-16
AbssntmindSd George Dyer.

At Clifford's inn lived George Dyer,
who lives IN history chiefly as the man
who walked out Of Elias house in
Colebrooke row and into the New river.
neck deep, and had TO be revived by
Lamb and his sister with hot brandy
Lamb was never tired OF relating the
incident. Dyer, an inoffensive, absent
minded old scholar, had Leigh Hunts
friendship as well as Lambs, and the
other essayist has told how, calling on
Dyer in answer to an invitation TO
knives and no spout on the teapot.
Dyer was so welded TO life In the inn
that he welded bis laundresS too
London Spectator.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-12-16

The manager OF a machine shop or
factory can know how much work is
being done at benches by mechanics or
by power driven machines or tools by
means Of microphOnes or telephone
transmitters connected with the work
ing apparatus. By becoming familiar
with the vibrations OF the different ma
chimes he can tell at any given moment
just how fast Bill is working the lathe
or how industriously Jack Is operating
the milling machines on one Of his blue
Mondays. In addition to this he can
tell at a simple turn OF the switch II
the machines are running at normal
speed and smoothly and properly, as
they should.-Popular Science Monthly.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-12-16

In 1860, when the combined armies
of Victor Emmanuel and Garibaldi at
tackled Gaeta, Queen Sophie OF Naples
conducted the defense, her husband,
Francis IL, being utterly unnerved.
Most Of her time was spent upon the
rampartS, where she remained during
the hottest fire. She was absolutely
without fear Once when bomb burst
in the room where she was dining with
her husband and his suit she walked TO
a mirror that hung on the wall and, no
ticing that her hair was whitened by
the plaster the bomb had scattered, re-
marked: "What pity powdered heads
are out OF fashion! White hair suits
me admirably"
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-12-16
Christmas Legend

The legend of St. BOnifsce
and the first Christmas tree has
been beautifully told. The
scene lives before us-the win
try night, the swelling hillock
crowned with the great oak
tree, the thunder oak" sacred
to the pagan god Thor; the
tongues of ruddy fame, the
ranks of white clad warriors,
women and children facing the
altar; the hoary high priest
and kneeling child, the victim
doomed to die by the blow of
the hammer, q sacrifice to
Thor, the hammerer.
Then the coming of Boni-
face, the blow from the ham
mer turned aside by the cross,
the rescue of the boy, the fall
of the oak beneath the mighty
blows of the apostle, the story
of Jesus simply told and how ,
sin, not human life, is the sac
rifice he asks.
"And here" said the apoS-
tie as his eyes fell on a young
fir tree, with its top pointing
toward the stars, amid the
divided oak-"here is the iv-
ing tree, with no stain Of blood
upon it, that shall be the sign
OF your new worship" Parish
Tidings.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-12-16
PrOIss6,onaI Mournera,

In ancient times funerals were fol
lowed by professional mourners, who
simulated the appearance Of the wild
est grief. The custom survives In the
valley of Sondrio, in the Alps. There
the women do not follow the funeral,
but they group themselves at the en-
trance to the cemetery and burn, In
honor Of the dead, candles which vary
In size according to the remuneration.
They are as prodigal as were the
mourners of ancient times in their sim
ulation Of excessive grief. = London
Spectator.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-12-16
When Doctors Were Slaves.

Romans of means had physicians In
their own houses. These men were
slaves, for, odd as it seems, many Ro-
man slaves were accomplished in liter
ature, art and science. At one time
the selling price of a slave doctor was
about the equivalent of $500 in our
money.
After the time Of julius Caesar, who
encouraged physicians, the art began
to lift its head" in Rome, and later
men Of character and position, though
generally foreigners, entered the pro-
feSsiOn. Some Of them accumulated
large fortunes, and one who was noted
for his skill made the equivalent Of at
least $5O0OOO in a few years.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-12-16

R. 435. According to the pop
ulation one to every 211, 900, (the
ratio fixed by Congress after each
decennial census.
D. Which is the capital of the
state of Pennsylvania.
r. Harrisburg.
D. How many Senators has
each state in the United States
Senate?
R. Two.
D. Who are our U. S. Senators
r. Boise Penrose and George
T. Oliver.
d. For how long are they elect
ed?
R. 2 years.
D. Who is our Congressman
r. S. Taylor North.
D. How many electoral votes
has the state of Pennsylvania?
r. 38.
d. Who is the chief executive
of the state of Pennsylvania
R. The Governor.
D. For how long is he elected s
R. 4 years.
d. Who rs the GovernOr2
R. Brumbaugh.
D. Do you believe in organized
government?
r. Yes.
D. Are you opposed to organic.
ed government
R. No.
D. Are you an anarchist?
R. No.
D. What is an anarchist2
r. A person who does not be
ieve in organized government.
D. Are you a bigamist or poll
gamisti
R. No.
D. What is a bigamist or poly
gamistY
r. One who believes in having
mora than one wife.
D. Do you belong to any Sc
cret Society which teaches to
disbelieve in organized govern
ment?
r. No.
D. Have you ever violated any
Itws Of the United Statess
R. No.
D. Who makes the ordinances
for the City 7
R. The board of Aldermen.
D. Do you intend to remain
permanently in the U. ST.
R. Yes.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-12-16
The Aim Of the Foreign Language Papers
Of America
A Voters Catechism.

d. Have you read the Consti-
tuition of the United StatesH
r. Yes.
D. What form of Government
is this9
r. Republic.
d. What is the Constitution of
the United States?
R. 1t is the fundamental law of
this country.
D. Who makes the laws of the
United States2
r. The Congress.
D. What does Congress consist
off
r. Senate and House of Rep
resentatives.
d. Who is our State Senator
R. Theo. M. Kurtz.
D. Who is the chief executive
OF the United StatesH
r. President.
D. For how long is the
President of the United States
elected?
R. 4 years.
D. Who takes the place of the
President in case he dies?
r. The Vice President.
d. What is his name?
r. Thomas r. Marshall.
D. By whom is the President of
the United States elected9
R. By the electors.
D. By whom are the electors
elctedf e
r. BY the people.
D. Who makes the laws for the
state of Pennsylvania.
r. The Legislature.
D. What does the Legislature
consist of
r. Senate and Assembly.
D. Who is our Assemblymani 7
r. Wilmer Fl. Wood.
D. How many State in the un-
iOnP
r. 4S.
D. When was the Declaration
of Independence signedi
r. July 4, 1776.
D. By whom was it writtenf
e. Thomas Jefferson.
D. Which is the capital of the
United States?
r. Washington.
d. By whom are they electedf
R. By the people.
D. For how longF
r. 6 years.
d. How many representatives
are theref
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-12-16

The boomerang, missile instrument
for war, sport or the chase, in use by
Australian abOrigines, was first made
known by being brought before the
Royal Irish academy by Professor Nc
Cullagh in 1887.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-12-16

Lawyer For Defendant - Now, sir,
you say that my client disappeared In
the darkness after knocking you
down. What time of night was this?
Complainant II can't say exactly.
Your client had my watch.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-12-16
new POLICY NEEDED
IN COVE RN MENT
RAILWAY CONTROL
HsIpfAnGSS andEnGOuragament
Urged by Alfred P. ThOm.
CREDIT MUST Be IMPROVED
Increase of Transportation Facilities
Necessary to Secure Relief From
High Cost of Living May Thus Be
Provided For by the Railroads.


Provided For by the Railroads.
Washington, Nov. 28.-A new policy
Of government railroad regulation.
based on constructive principles of
helpfulness and encouragement instead
Of upon principles of repression and
punishment, was urged by Alfred P
Thorn, counsel for the Railway Execu-
tives' Advisory Committee, the first
witness On behalf of the railroads be-
fore the NewlandS Joint Committee On
Interstate Commerce, which has insti-
tuted a general inquiry into the prob
lens of railroad regulation.
ut is proposed by the joint resolu-
ton Of Congress" said Mr.. Thorn, ito
go into comprehensive study Of the
whole subject of transportation, to
make new assessment, after 20 years
of experiment, of it's history, its pres
ent conditions and its future needs.
The railroads accept the view that reg
ulatiOn is a permanent and enduring
part of government in America and
| that the first duty Of the carriers is to
the public. That duty is to afford
reasonable facilities on reasonable
terms and at reasonable rates, and this
must be done before any private inter
ests can be considered"
Certainty, Safety and Sufficiency.
Mr.. Thorn contended that the real in
terest Of the public is in being assured
Of certainty, safety and suf1ciency of
transportation facilities, rather than in
rates The first consideration Of the
public is to obtain transportation facili-
ties. What the cost is, is in reality a
second consideration, he said.
Mr.. Thorn proposed an increase of
transportation facilities as a method
Of securing relief from the high cost of
living. There have been less than 1000
miles Of new railroad constructed in
the United States during the past year" :"
he said, LESS than in any year since
184S, except the period of the Civil
War, and yet the cost of living is daily
advancing owing to a shortage Of sup
plies which might be remedied by Sc
curing access to new areas of produc-
ton.