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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-05-08
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New Britain herald., 1916-04-10
'. NJ. c. A. NOTES.

The Boy Scouts will hold a supper this evening at 6:3O o'clock
 The board of directors meets this evening at 8 o'clock
 The question to be considered at the meeting of the William H. Hart de- batting club tonight at o'clock will be Resolved: That the Philippines Ought to Be Granted Independence Not Later Than 1921" Thomas Emerson and Howard Y. Stearns will uphold the af- firmative while William Day and w. E. Fay will argue negatively. The judges will be Attorney George Le- Witt, B. B. Bassette and J. c. Moody.
 Father Ex-Oficio' will be repeat ed tomorrow evening by the Boys de- partment.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10
Old Family Names.

Civilian M. Clemens, Editor of the Genealogy Magazine, in the New
 York Sum-
 In the house Uncle Joe Cannon of illinois, in speech that caused much laughter" made the following remarks:
 '"The' congress of the United States i% not the only place where scions Of the first families do not monopollze the membership. There were no Me- kennas no Pitneys, no Van Devar- ters and no Brandeises for the mem bership of the supreme court no McAdoos, no Burlesons and no Houstons to sit around the cabinet table. I can find in the list of the first families in 1790 no Agassiz, Edi- son or Westinghouse; no Carnegie, Hartman, Havemeyer or Mckay; no Astor, Belmont, Lori1lard or Letter; no Funston or Pershing; no Waiter son, no Gompers, or Morrison; no Billy Sunday and no Mary Pickford These are few of the names which would never have appeared in Amer ican history had congress in 1790 seen fit to legislate against the alien i'm migrant
 oholo oO OS lS WIOllS, IlS MChoulict9 were in Virginia before 1770 and in Pennsylvania in 17S9. The Van De- Vanters were numerous in New Jer- sey and other states before TAO. The Houstons were in Augusta county, Virginia. before TAO; in Kentucky in 17S0; in Pennsylvania in 1745.
 The Letters were in New York in 175O, and the Lorillards in New York in 176O. The Gomperses were in Pennsylvania in 1754; so were the McAdoos in 17S5. The Edisons were in New Jersey in 1760, and in Penn sylvania in 1775. The Mackays were in New York in 1893; in North Caro- lima in 1742; Pennsylvania in 1771; Virginia in 1780; Ky. in 1799. Over twenty Mackays served in the Revo- lution. The Roosevelts were in New York in 1746.
 The Wattersons were in Virginia in 17S0, and in Maryland in 1760. The Morrisons were in Massachusetts in 1705; in Maine in 1735; in Virginia in 1754; in Pennsylvania in 176o; and in Delaware in 1775. More thnn thirty NTorriSons served in the early Indian wars and in the Revolution. The Harrimans were in New Jersey in 1747; in New York in 1750; in Massachusetts in 1720; in Maryland in ITO. Six families of Pitneys were in Morristown, N. J., before 176O. The Pickfords were in Maine in 1780.
 And Charley Chaplin was living in Massachusetts in 1724.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10
CLERKS TURNED DOWN.
New Haven Road Offers Five Per
 Cent. Raise.

Boston, April 10-A request for n fifteen per cent. increase in pay md certain changes in working con- litions, made by the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, has been rejected by he New York New Haven and Hart lord railroad, according to a state nent from union headquarters. The company, 1t was said, had offered a I've per cent. raise.
 The offer was refused by the local odge at its meeting last night and sr1ion officials said similar action was expected from other lodges. The re- Iults of the various meetings held throughout the system will be report Id to the committee in New Haven which has been conferring with Gen. !ral Manager c. l.. Bardo.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10
The World on Skates. (WaShingtOn POSt.)

Several larfe corporations propose to expedite their work by equipping their office boy. force with 500 pairs of roller skates.
 It will be observed that pairs have been ordered, and not single skates. Ask any newsy on the streets why he uses one skate only. and he'll tell you that it is because he can go faster that way. This clearly, is reason enough why the average office boy will insist upon a pair.
 But, seriously considered, why shouldn't the practice become uni vorsal? The roller skate craze saw it's birth, it's height and it's decadenCe. Ice skating has been the popular fad for some months, with small signs of a diminution in favor. Should roller skates come into their own again, it would be this time with view to utility as well as pleasure.
 The rowing scientist of one of Fen imore Cooper's novels had the ono fault to find with nature that it hadn't put man on wheels instead of making of him that foolish biped without feathers against which Tom Carlyle inveighed in scorching terms. But where nature errs, the ingenuity of man can make amends.
 It has long been acknowledged that skating is the perfection of bod ilv exercise. Poised on a, point, every muscle of the body is brought into play, the result being that harmon ious development which art so often s1illfully stimulates, but which is as rare in nature a white blackbird. Leaving out of consideration the space-annihilating advantages, the acquiring anew of a chaste figure appeal to the many who deny the reproach of stoutness, but reluctantly confess a growing tendency to em- bonpOint.
 This is the age of efficiency, as even the loafcr at the corner grocery will spend hours of his most valuable time in demonstrating. If skates will serve to bring about the desired consum- nation, let it be skates. If the sug- gestion contain an element of the absurd, no lasting harm is done, sec ing that there are so many other things to think about which it were well to forget if only for the mo- mept.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10
DUST BARNES, CRY
 OF TANNER FORCES
Boss of New York State May Not Re- turn to National Republican
 Committed.

New York, April 10.-The elitnina- tlon of William Barnes from politics IS the task the forces who were tri- umphant in Saturdays meeting of the Republican State Committee have set for themselves. These forces, led by Frederick C. Tanner hope to ac- compish this by defeating Barnes for the national committeeship when the New orll delegates to the Republican convention gather in Chicago, less than two months hence.
 Barnes is now the national com mltteeman from this state,' said one who took a leading part in the defeat of the Barnes old guard crowd on Saturday, and it is to the interests ot the Republican party of this state and the nation that he does not hold this office after the national delegates get together in Chicago"
 This Republican leader referred to Barnes unsuccessful efforts to regain control of the state committee through electing Senator Charles w. Wicks as chairman to succeed Frederick c. Tanner as "despicable gumshoe tac- tcS.' Tanner who was reelected by decisive vote has made no attemp to conceal his anger.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10
War Another Year.
Bridgeport Post.)


 That there are no Illusions ing the war in Great Britain dent from the character of thd which was introduced yestej Parliament. The plans for 1 lures and revenue cover anot| year and that represents thel determination to fight it out| present line if it takes a gener1
 The significant feature of Il budget is the proposal to raiA taxes. The British governmef ceptional in that it is adoptirH considerable extent, the payA go plan, and we believe it is K nation, with the possible exceH Russia, so doing, although G plans to do something of the the future. war for the coming year will war fo rthe coming year willy 125, 5,000,000. This is believe5 the maximum figure. SomeA shrewd observers believe it Y less and that there will be surplus, as there was at the tn last fiscal year. But the a managers are taking no
 Great Britain is the banker Allies and many millions hag loaned to different countries. quite likely that Premier AsquH cent visit to Rome had sorneq do with finances. 1t is disclA Chancellor McKenna that Gre ain had already loaned to heH the great total of $1,565.00q say nothing of $260,0O0,000 aE to the Colonies. These figA eloquent testimony to the tren8 financial strength of Great and how vital she is to the cause, even from a financial s view, to say nothing Of the tecting navy.
 The plans for the future largely increased taxes, so tS cost of the war will be placS Siderably upon the present not be left entirely for the Indeed the very taxation of tdz cludes provision for a sinking is sound finance and of poweS fluence in sustaining the crediE Allies among the neutrals. OA it is d tremendous burden N astonishing part of 1t is the x ative ease with which it has far carried.
 If there is any belief in thA of the opposition that weake apparent, this budget repok quickly disturb it. The waH go on, to the bitter end, and c or the other must lose. T4 Zeppelin raids of the last foB will make it easier for Great a to remain firm.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10

mork is considered wonderful, when it is taken into consideration that during the first few months of Post master Delaney's term the office felt heavily the effects of the depression causd by the great conflict being waged on European soil.
 During the year of 1914-15 the col lectiOns amounted to S145, 5,964. 16, while Postmaster Delaney's predeces- sor was in office. From April 1, 1915, until March 31, 1916, the receipts to- tailed $161, 070.55, a gain of $l5, ,1O6. .39.
 The local office has been benefited in many ways by new and up-to date methods being installed by the new postmaster and in every instance they have had the tendency to work out to advantage to the public. At the be- ginning of his tenure in office Postmas- ter Delaney took up the matter of eliminating the nuisance at the gener- al delivery window where every Tom Dick and Harry made it a custom of calling for their mail and also the elimination of the Gretna Green meth ods employed by billing and cOOing in the corridor of the building, which has been greatly appreciated by people having a legitimate business at the office.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10
City Hens

Miss Ruth McMillan and Miss Irene Andrews have returned from a week. end trip to New London.
 Harold L. Judd of Minneapolis, Minn., is a visitor in this city.
 At the vcsper service at the Y. w. C. A. yesterday afternoon Miss Mary Bingham gave paper on l4lSzt, assisted by Miss Ruth l.. Schadc, who played some of the composers works on the piano.
 Dress up at Besse-Leland's Always more for less.-adVt.
 Eintracht lodge, o. D. H. S., will hold a meeting tomorrow evening in Bardecks hall.
 Dress up at Besse-Lcland's Always more for less.-advt.
 Lieutenant Governor will speak at United Singers fair tonight.-advt.
 Dress up at Besse- e-Leland's. Always more for Iess.-advt.
 Honorary members of the New Brit ain Choral society can exchange their tickets Wednesday 9 a. m, at Crow ellis Drug Store.-adVt.
 Dress up at Besse-Leland's Always more for less.-advt.
 Mir. and Mrs F. H. Davidson have gone to Atlanta, Ga, on a vacation trip.
 Charles F. Richmond is stopping at Richmond, Va, on his way home from a trip to California.
 William H. Hart is expected home tomorrow from a trip to Georgia.
 Rural Letter Carrier Charles Pe- terson has resumed his duties after an  tism.
 The election of officers of the Bears class of the New Britain Turner so- ciety will be held tomorrow evening. On Wednesday evenings basketball games will be playel between teams explained by Charles Dehm and Her man Water.
 Miss Jane Drebnan returned to her home in Mddletown this morning af- ter visit with local friends.
 The Catholic Women's Benevolent Legion will meet tomorrow evening at S:3O o'clock if. St. Mary's church to take action on the death of Mrs. Mar garet O'Leary.
 Examine our large assortment of up-to-date trimmed hats. M. Seibert. --adVt.
 Claude L. BarrOWs of the local post office who is ill with rheumatism, has entered a Hartford institution to un- dergO treatment.
 A. N. Lewis is expected home Wed- nesday from a trip to California.
 The annual meeting of Doric coun- cil, R. and s. M., will be held We'd nesday evening in Masonic hall The election and installation of officers will be held, followed by refreshments.
 Miss Katherine Guenther of the New Britain Trust company is i'll at her home on Rockwell avenue.
 Dress up at Bcsso-Leland's. Always more for less.-adVt.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10
BOW TO JAPAN'S WILL.
American M. F.. Mission in Korea
 Conforms to Regulation.

Correspondence of The Associated Press.b
 Seoul Korea, March 11.-The American Methodist Episcopal mis- sion is the first of the foreign mis- sionary bodies to subscribe to the new Korean educational ordinance by which religious instruction is barred from all private schools. The or dinance gave ten years for compli- ance It caused considerable dis cussion among American mission aries in the Orient, but Japanese officials have explained that the regulation was not aimed at religion. They maintained that the desire was to have all private schools, including the mission schools, conform in grade and curriculum with the government schools where religion is not taught.
 The Methodist school has been converted into q higher comm ercial school, that is to say, a nOn-rehgiouS institution. Religious instruction will continue to be given to those desir- ing it, but this will be done in a seperate building and outside the regular school hours
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10
WANTED, X CENSOR.
Nurdcring of English Language In Moving Picture Houses Should
 Be Prohibited.
(New York Sum-

The movie men are waging war fare on the censor. As part of their regular programmes, repeated several times a day, they present cartoons of their critics and appeals tC patrons to write letters of protest to your Senator, your Representa- tive and your Mayor"
 It may or may not be that the existing censorship of film morals i: too exacting, but that censorship of film english is greatly to be de- sired is apparent to the spectator at almost any m ovie house. If in writ ing to legislators and executives the patrons use the language of the screen, let us hope that the officials will recognize the need of vigilance in that direction, whatever they may think of the protests.
 Neither mother nor 1 were free tC act as we desired,' wrote the heroine in a letter at a film play which followed the cartoons the other night. 'I didn't expect to find her here. I only came to see you,' the suitor was made to say in the piece that came next. And his heart $ desire thrilled him with the words: There is no man in all the world as good as you"
 Small things, perhaps, the confu- sion of the singular and the plural, the misplacing of ''Only' and the omission of "other,' but things that count when they appear before i'm questionable eyes, even as they count when they fall upon impressionable ears. The actor or the actress who nabitually murders the English lan- guage does not advance far as a star. The dramatist whose lines abound in grammatical errors can hardly hope for success. Why should the stand ard of film English be lower than that of stage English?
 If the film is to be public school master, that part of the public which las regard for the proprieties of speech has a right to ask that it prove it's competence as such. Enough numerable offences against the lan- i5uage are heard in the streets of New York, heaven knows, without our being made to face photogra phic reproductions of them when we go tC the theatre The censor should not be discharged until he has put the producers through a course in English.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10
CELEBRATES BIRTHD.
Lillian Vipont Busch EIj
 Friends On Ninth Birthdj

Lillian Vipont Busch celebra ninth birthday yesterday at he GA Church street, when she tained a number of her young Among those present were Ali phy, Margaret Fitzsimmons, Parker, Gladys Clark, Milfor| Mary Fitzsimmons, Alice Mary Byron, Cornelia Fl Gladys Busch, John Conlin, 1 Clark, Augustine McDonough a| liam Byron.
 The young hostess was ass entertaining her guests by Gr| Rose Conlin and Alice Hickey,l Simmington rendered vocal sd companied on the piano by Gormley of Hartford.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10
Strike in Lawrence

Lawrence, Mass, April 1O.-Two hundred operatives in the finishing department of the Arlington Cotton and Worsted Mills went on strike to- day Tor an increase in wages amount ing to two cents an hour.
 A general readjustment of wages was demanded. Fifty mule spinners employed at the Pacific Cotton mills also were out today, demanding a five per cent. increase in wages. The management announced their pay was increased seven per cent. in January.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10
HOW THE BANK MAKES" MONEY
A Little Story of the Operation of
 National Banks.
Brooklyn Ea gle.)

It would seem that after the bank takes your money, protects it, pays It back on demand or as you order, lends you money, discounts your neighbours note for you, it would have nothing else to offer in your behalf. But It has-it makes money for you. ana incidentally makes money for itself. When you see the president or the cashier of a bank signing his name to a row of four crisp new bills lthey always come in sheets of four) you wonder what he is doing, and what is behind it all We will show you by a simple illustration. Let us suppose you want to borrow S1,O00 and offer your note to your banker. He knows you, knows that you will pay ana wants to accommo odate you. He looks at his books and says: 'I can't spare the money. The law says I must have 5 cents out of every dollar 1 owe my depositors in cash, or where l can get it on demand; and l have just what the law requires. If | give you credit for the note and let you check against it, I increase my debts and make my conditions worse. for if I do not pay you in cash 1 must stand ready to do SOL
 But being a resOurceful banker ana knowing how, he asks you to wait a minute while he goes to his strong box. He finds a government bond which he bought year ago when he had plenty of spare money, for cash, and comes back smiling and says: Every well. in three days you can have your money. I will turn this bond into bank notes for you" So he sends the bond to Washington, and in return the government sends him 200 crisp new S5 bills, to be signed by two officers of the bank, cut and handed out to you
 The governme keeps the hof!d as security that he will redeem the notes in "1awful money' on demand-that is, pay grcenbacks or gold for them if demanded (but this is seldom done), pays him interest on your hote for the use of his notes, and both ire satisfied
 You see, by this proposition he has turned your note into bank notes. with himself behind it and the gov ernment behind him. Your promise wouldn't go very far from home: these promises will. Everybody knows them They are "money' and circu- late as such.
 Now what has the banker done by this process? He has furnished the community as well as you with cir cu1ating medium, handy to carry, cheap and satisfactory to all. He has taken your credit and turned 1t into bank credit He makes money and you take tho money he has made and make some money for yourself. It is a very simple proposition understood by few, but practiced by many, If YOU don't fully understand it, ask vour banker to tell you more about It. This feature of banking however, is performed in this country only ny banks under control of the federal government namely the national banks and federal reserve banks, but is a common banking practice the word over differing in form but not in substance, it being a universal function of the bank to turn credit which is unknown into that which is known and will therefore be freely taken and bank note credit is the most common and useful form.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10
Company Offers Increase.

Jewett City, April 1O.-Further of- fers of a wage increase by the com pany were under consideration today by the strikers of Aspinook Bleach cry The men about seventy-five in all, struck Saturday for an increase in wages. In the color shop they asked an increase from $1.70 to $2.OO a day. Recently all those receiving $l.60 or less were advanced 10 cents a day. The company has now offered an increase of 10 cents a day to all those receiving $1.7O or less per day.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10

The reply of Great Britain ana France to the protests of the Onlted States against interference with the mails is for the most part a plea of avoidance. Except for pettifogging denial that there has been any 'con- fiscation" of Legitimate letter mail" the response is confined to a defense of the seizure of post shipments of contraband. under one of The Hague conventions first-class mail is inviol- able The nations which have disre- garded this noble principle of civiliza- ton, both seeking the friendship of inc United States do not hesitate in their own defense first to belle our complaint and then to seek refuge in half-truths. Anglo-French highway manship at sea stops short of murder In other respects it is no less defiant than that of Germany.-NeW York World.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10
RUNS AWAY FROM ORPHl
Police Sent to Find Boy And '
 From Officer Rival.

The police were notified yS afternoon that a small boy Q ten years had run away from fish Orphanage and Officer Riv a boy, named John Krantsy, look for him. The officer VI formed that the boy, whose Martin Krouck, was at the waiting to take a train out of
 As soon as the boy saw the man approaching he ran aws was not caught.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10
SI5,IO6.39 GAIN
 IN P.O. RECEIPTS
Postmaster Delaney's First Year
 Shows Excellent Results

The completion of the first years administration as postmaster at the local office by William F. Delaney, has been crowned with success in several ways, the most noted achievement be- ing the establishing of a new record for receipts for a past year. The com pleted report shows that the sum of $161, ,070.55 has been taken into the treasury by the employees of Uncle sam, beating the former record by several thousand dollars. The new
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10
Street Workers Strike.

Torrington, April 1O.--Twenty-two or the twenty-five employees of the street department struck today. They demand a nine hour day and a wage rate of 70 cents an hour. They have been working ten hours d day and last week received an increase in rate from 20 to 22 1-2 cents an hour,
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10
STRIKER IS FINED FOR INSULTING GIRLS
Meriden Man Pays in Police Court
 for Offensive Tongue

Meriden, April 10.-William Mars land, Sr., a striker of the International Silver company on picket duty was in police court today charged with using offensive language to girl employees Of the company. He was found guilty and sentenced to thirty days in jail and to pay a fine on each of five counts $1 and costs
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10
SWEDISH LUTHERAN NOTES.

The monthly business meeting will be held this evening Payments will be received on the church debt fund.
 Lenten services will be observed Wednesday evening.
 There will be a roll call of the Luther league Thursday evening.
 Because of the indictment weather yesterday, the communion service was postponed until next Sunday.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10

Alfred Olson of IA Black Ro| nue has been admitted to thl ford hospital to undergo treatnl
 R. W. Egan of Court street, ill at his home, is reported d what improved today.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10

If the tablecloth comes bad the laundry streaked with sock the fault lies in the new dyd prove soluble in the washtub.- Enquirer.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10
MYERS-STONF.

Announcement is made of the en- gagement of Miss Lucy A. Stone to Harry F. Myers.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-10

(William M. Clemens, Editor of the Genealogy Magazine, in the New
 York Sum-