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New Britain herald., 1916-05-09
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Over 15O Delegates Assemble in Derby and Are Welcomed by Mayor George P. Sullivan.

Derby, May 9.-With more than one hundred and fifty delegates in attendance the annual state conven- ton of the Knights of Columbus was held here today. Preceding the opening the delegates attended ser vices at St. Mary's Roman Catholic church where high mass was solemnized by Rev. pr. R. F. Fitz- gerald, the pastor.
 State Deputy William J. Mulligan presided at the convention sessions, and following an address of welcome by Mayor George P. Sullivan, and by representatives of the local council, the delegates settled down to the transaction of business, which in cluded presentation of reports and election of officers for the ensuing term and five delegates to the na- tional convention.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-09
Woman Asserts Innoce1

Hartford, May 9.-Hartfor| authorities and the state poll continued their investigation death of Frank R. Andrews oI ire and other inmates of thg Home for Elderly People at Andrews died on May 30, H last night Mrs. Amy E. ArcA gan was arrested charged V murder by poison. Andrews exhumed a week ago by CoI Mix of New Haven county at and brought here for an autoIz it is charged, showed that pd| been administered.
 Mrs. Gilligan denies any cd with the death of Andrews. prove my innocence" she sal accused of the death, If it \ last mill. I will hang befos prove it."
 According to the authoritiI autopsies performed on the two other inmates of the ho| indicated that other deaths the forty eight which have ocl the past five years may not hl due to natural causes. Tn thd
 the other two bodies on whicI cies were performed it is alleI cations of poison were also n
 May Charge Other Murd1
 Mrs. Gilligan, who is now hS out bonds, may be presentef the grand jury next month tok ment for the death of Andrd it is intimated that when theH gation has progressed furtherg states attorneys office has all ditionaI information which is ing secured, he may go bel grand jury in September ands a superceding indictment other murders.
 After our general inVestid affairs at the Archer home cluded following many casel States Attorney Hugh M. AlcI became certain that someth| wrong. Then we exhumed t1 and were convinced that it wa of cool, calculating, preuI murder of inmates of the hol
 Patients were received at tI under two plans. that of pay3 $1,000, which provided for lI and that of payment of a sg sum weekly. Andrews paid care.
 Borrowed $500 From And
 Suspicion is said to have bA directed toward Mrs. Gilligas Mrs. Nellie F.. Pierce, SiH Andrews, found among her effects a letter in which, it is
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New Britain herald., 1916-05-09

! Cymric has been regularly employed in the New York-LiverpOol service of the White Star Line and operated solely on account of her owners. She carried no guns and was simply an l ordinary merchant steamer carrying cargo between New York and Liver pool"
 Washington, May 9.-In reporting the tOrpedOing of the White Star liner Cymric to the state department today, American Consul Frost at Queenstown said the vessel sank at o'clock this morning. Five of her crew of 1O7 were killed by the explosion, the con- sul reported
 The Cymric was torpedoed at p. m. Monday, 13S miles west of Fastnet, .ac- cording to Consul Frost. He said it appeared that the attack was made without warning. The survivors, he reported will land about noon today at Bantry.
 One of the messa ges sent yesterday by Consul Frost said:
 "Cymric cleared New York, April 29, without passengers. Supposed mixed cargo with horses. On admir- alty service. Torpedo hit engine room, killing five out of crew of 107. Ab- sence of warning inferable. Ship still afloat, but provisionally abandoned' ' Although the Cymric had no Am orleans or passengers aboard and was carrying munitions, the state de- paTtment is interested to know her exact status, and whether in her ser vice in the British government she had been divested of her rights as peaceful merchant ship. Consul Frost at Queenstown has informed the department he is Investigating, and his report is being awaited.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-09
AER0PLANES BURNED
Sixty-two Machines. Many Ready For Service, Reported Destroyed By
 Fire in Explosion at Altona, Prussia

Copenhagen, May 9, via London, 1:30 D. m.-Reports have been re- cefved here to the effect that few days ago fire broke out in an aero plane factory at Altona, Prussia, an explosion occurring while a mechanic was pouring patrol into mechine. Sixty two other machines, which were ready for service or partly finished were destroyed, together with the lac- tory, according to reports
New Britain herald., 1916-05-09

reports that the White Star liner Cymric sank at o'clock this morning. All on board were saved. Cable despatches yesterday said the 13,000 ton steamship Cymric had been torpedoed by a German submarine off the Irish port, at D. m., Monday. The Cymric left New York April 29 with a large cargo of war munitions for Liverpool. She had been in ser vice as a freighter for several weeks and carried no passengers. Her crew numbered about one hundred men, none of whom, so far as is known at the White Star offices in New York, is an American.
 New York, May 10.-A message re- ceived at the White Star line offices here today from the offices in London said that the Cymric sank at a. m. crew saved"
 An earlier cab1egram today, the first official word received by the lines officials here, was sent from London last night, reading:
 Regret to inform you that Gym ric torpedoed noon today. Ship be- lieved to be sinking"
 Later the lines officials stated that they had confirmation from sources that the crew had been rescued.
 Denial was made today at the offices of the White Star Line that the torpedoed liner Cymric was in the service of the British admiralty as indicated in the despatches of Consul Frost to the state depart ment
 "Sknce December, 1914" read statement issued by the line, 'the
New Britain herald., 1916-05-09
FOUR KILLED IN EXPLOSION

Newark, N. J., May 9-Two build- ings stored with dynamite, belonging to the plant of the Atlas Powder company at Lake Hopatcong, blew up shortly after 1 o'clock today kill ing at least four men. according to telephonic advices received here. The explosion shook New Jersey towns within a radius of about 25 miles.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-09
CarranZa's Agent in Washington Tells Lansing He Has Accurate
 Information toProVe Charges
MEXICAN TROOPS NOT
 THREATENING PERSHING

son Has Ordered Out State Militia
 Alleges Two More Assaults Are
 Being Planned.
 Washington, May 9-After a con- ference with Secretary Lansing today, Eliseo Arredondo, General Carran za's ambassador, said he had told the secretary "there is not an iota of truth in reports from the border that General Obregon had demanded the withdrawal of American troops. The troops had been disposed during the Ell Paso conference so as to threaten General Pershing's line of communi- cation.
 MT. Arredondo asked that increased vigilance be exercised by the Ameri can border authorities against activi- ties of the enemies of both countries, who said, were seeking to force them into war by border raids.
 ''The de facto government M Arredondo said,. had official and accurate information that the attack on Glenn Springs was organized in the United States. It is feared that other similar movements might oc- cur. 1 have laid out information be- fore Secretary Lansing. We have ac- curate information of at least two separate places on the border where raids are now being planned by theca interests
 MT. Arredondo declared Antonio Villareal was the principal instigat,r of the Glenn Springs raid, according to his information. Vilareal recent ly visited Neuvo Laredo. he said. in an effort to foment a mutiny in the Carranza garrison.
 The ambassador described the ob- jects of these factionists as being in accord with the Magon propaganda in Mexico, which he. said was a rad ical organization with which Villa real had been affiliated twenty years.
 Secretary Lansing promised to dis cuss that feature with Secretary Ba- = ker. Before the conference at the state department had concluded. however, Secretary Baker had an nounced the presidents decision to send the additional troops to General Funston. MT. .Arredondo was in formed of these orders.
 T am glad to hear that" he said. ''It is exactly what is needed
 A message from General Scott at El Paso reached the war department early today and Secretary Baker dis patched a reply immediately. The contents of neither despatch was dis closed.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-09
May Have Been Victims of Wholesale Killing Mal Proprietess of Home for Elderly People, W Now Under Arrest Charged With Homicide
COOL CALCULATING M

Opinion of Deaths in Wind
 Says They Were Premedl
 Other Inmates May Hav5
 Poisoncd-Forty-eight De4
 Five Years.
 While it does not necessab low that any of the local inmas died from other than natura following is a complete list of Britain, Berlin and East Ben dents who have died at thel home in Windsor since 1908.
 New Britain-October 8, I Jay $. Stone, Euclo carctutis1 debility, duration secondary buried in New Britain. InI Archer home.
 July 8, 1911, Charles Hess, apoplexy Ono duration of illI en), age seventy years, buried Britain. Informant, Archer I
 March IS, 1912, Everett pneumonia, two days, arteri' sis, age seventy years, buried Britain. Informant, Archer
 August 20, 1912, Charles E old age Ono duration of Hines eighty-six years, buried in M ain. Informant, daughter-in- Britain.
 January 29, 1913, William i'll, valvular heart disease, cir liver, Ono duration of illness age sixty-five years, buried Britain. Informant, Miss Learned.
 April 26, 1913, Caroline P monary tuberculosis, Ono duf illness givep), age fifty-nin' buried in New Britain. Tn MT. Post, New Britain.
 Berin-July 31, 1913, Fra Jones, arterio sclerosis, dysen days; age eighty-three years, Berlin. Informant, Amy E. 4 February 3, 1916, Fidelia J ganic heart disease, nervous q ton, (no duration of illness seventy-four years old, place Berlin. Informant, Amy E. 4 East Berlin-May 3, 1908, Heald, cerebral hemorrhage, half day, eighty years old, Dowd.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-09
CASE Is RESUMED.

The case of J. Adrian Carlson, ad- ministrator, against John Agren was resumed today in the superior court and up to late this afternoon no deci- sion had been reached
New Britain herald., 1916-05-09

Mexican Situation More Critical az Obregon and Scott Have Arrived at No Agreement Regarding Protocol --Carl'anza Intinates His Approval - of Agreement, Special Agent Rodgers Informs Washington.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-09
CYMRIC GOES DOWN, TAKING GREAT CARGO OF MUNITIONS

London, May g, 11:26 a. m.-Lloyds reports that the White Star liner Cymric sank at o'clock this morning. All on board were saved.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-09
WEATHER.

Hartford May 9.-FOr Hartford and vicinity: Fair tonight and Wednesday. Cool CT tonight.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-09
gers Informs Washington.

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-30
Secretary Redfield's Visit

William c. Redfield, Secretary of Commerce in President Wilson's cab inet, spent only few hours in Bir- mingham yesterday, but he made a host of friends. His address at noon at the Chamber of Commerce and his reminiscent stories at the luncheon given afterward in his honor stamped him decidedly as man who knows what he is talking about and as a man with great vision as to Americas commercial future.
 MT. Redfield explained at the luncheon that in years past there had been a chasm between business men and the government, for neither had had a proper viewpoint toward the other. He said that it was this chasm which the present department of com merce was trying to bridge. He be- lieves and stated it in very impress sive way that the government can be of incalculable assistance to manu- facturers in meeting their problems.
 The government is in so much better position to stand the expense of mak- ing standard tests of all kinds that this phase of the departments work seemed to appeal especially to the in- dustrial men who heard the speaker yesterday. The manifold variety of the activity of the department was revelation to many of those present, the speakers explanations ranging from the direction of ships by wireless signals sent automatically from light houses, and the plans under way to lay magnetic cables along harbor routes so that vessels may steer sim ply by a magnetic needle which will stand perpendicular when directly over the cable, to the recent discovery of methods of utilizing southern clays for high grade refractories and mak- ing the United States absolutely inde- pendent of the European clays, which have in the past been used exclusively for this most exacting service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-30
THE spRINGTIME MIRACLE

From the Pitsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
 A few miles out from the heart of the busting city there is revelation of the glory of springtime. The long gaunt branches of trees are covered wilh leaves and blossoms; the long brown meadows are carpeted with living green; violets, forget-me-nots, dandelions and other wild flowers are lifting up their faces to the sun and the birds are whistling to their mates It is the miracle of spring time, and the city dweller who goes out and sees and hears Is thrilled by the beauty and the glory spread before him.
 How can 'the fool who hath said in his heart there is no God' make such ut terance when this miracle is unfolded? How can he reconcile his unbelief with the boundless evidence of omnipotent de- sign? How can he explain the diversity of colors and hues of the flowers and of the fruit blossoms all drawing their nourishment from a common soil? And the grass, from which come fodder milk butter, cheese and meat and without which the world would starve to death how wonderful it is! How wonderful that it comes so bountifully spring time after springtime, without any care on the part of man, and has done so since the beginning of time! And how foolish was the little butterfly that fluttered away from all this beauty and glory and wan dered about the city searching for flow erS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-30
Fayors Electric Bond Jssue

Judge H. B. Abernethy of the municipal court believes that the $500,000 electric bond issue will carry by a substantial majority at the polls next Monday.
 There is no question in my mind,'' said Judge Abernethy, but that the $500 GOO municipal electric light bonds will carry by a sub stantal majority, as all the people I have met in various walks of life for the past several weeks have all been in favor of this progressive step. Another item that is helping the electric bond issue is the vigorous cam paign the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company is making to defeat the plan. To the people it appears that if it is worth thousands of dollars to the corporation to defeat the $5O0,O 900 elec- tric bond issue, then it must be a mighty good thing for the people of Birming- ham and in my opinion they will vote that way.
 ''As to the $2,00o0OO school bonds believe they will carry, though it will be close But as to the auditorium bonds, am under the impression that they will be defeated''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-30
HOTEL LOBBIES
Uncle sam's Long Arm

Secretary Redfield of the department oi commerce told some very interesting stories of the work his department is do- ing at the luncheon yesterday attended by heads of a number of Birmingham s largest manufacturing and commercial concerns. Among them was the follow ing:
 "A Scotchman came to the department and wanted to buy something over D. oO0,0O0 of certain article made of steel, but did not know where to go. One of the departments experts took him 70 Pittsburg and sent in their two cards to one of the country's largest manufac- turers of the article desired. The expert explained that the visitor wanted to buy something over 100000 of this article when the manufacturer turned and asked:
 But what have you got to do with this?'
 I am simply a representative of the government and brought this gentleman to introduce him.
 Do you mean to tell me that the American government is now bringing me customers in my business?'
 That is what we are trying to do
 My Godr was his comment.
 ''It was a revelation to him just as it is to many others, but our figures show that the departments agents have al- ready been directly responsible for the sale of $5o,OOO,OO0 worth of products abroad"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-30
Tuscaloosa,s Pageant

"The biggest day in the history of Tuscaloosa Is to be Tuesday," said c. B. Werner, president of the Merchants Bank and Trust company, who came to Birmingham yesterday to escort Gen. eral Black and Congressman Heflin to Tuscaloosa. 'The centennial pageant which takes place Tuesday afternoon and night in Guild woods is to be a re- markable spectacle and every citizen in Alabama should witness this presenta- tion. Not in the whole history of Ala bama has any spectacle so elaborate ever been attempted.
 we are prepared to take care of all visitors. so there need be no hesitancy on that score In addition to all the reservations which have been made, We still have room for several hundred others and we would be very glad if the people of Birmingham would come down en masse Tuesday to see what Tuscaloosa can do when she really tries her best"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-30
VANISHING THE HAMS"

against the injustice of the threat of Magistrate Ten Eyck to send to the work house any actor found lettering on Broad way. All the offices of theatrical man. agers and agents are located in the few blocks surrounding Times Square, and the only way the vast majority of actors have of securing engagements is by going from office to office, and in many in- stances work is secured by casual meet ing on the streets. There are very few indeed who are fortunate enough to be- long to clubs and, naturally, they have to wait about all day long in the hope of getting a job.'
 Now, compare this state of things with the many idlers of every nation who stand at the street corners discussing the war and causing useless arguments, the crowds who watch the bulletin of base ball games, the fearful pests, who in the vicinity of Sixth avenue and Forty y-fourth street, waylay the passerby to sell tickets for the Hippodrome, the garment workers on Fifth avenue, and, to my mind the greatest offenders Of all-the brokers on the curb, who surely are rich enough to buy an exchange of their own Surely a magistrate is selected to dispense justice first"
 But those who know the actor for what he Is will not grieve too deeply for him. They know that when he is out on the road he will weep for little or Broad way' and then makes jokes about the long whiskered sheriffs that are supposed to lnhabit the tall and uncut Imagine n f,,, authority of the country officer while Po- liceman Loeb is arresting the brethren back on Broadway. But that's the actor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-30
UNKNOWN BENEFAcToRs

By Oliver Wendell Holmes. What if another sit beneath the shade Of the broad elm I planted by the way What if another heed the beacon light set upon the rock that wrecked my
 keel Have not done my task and served my
 kind? Nay, rather act thy part, unnamed, un-
 known And let fame blow her trumpet through
 the world With noisy worth to swell fools re-
 nown, Joined with some truth he stumbled
 blindly OCT, Or coupled with some single shining deed That in the great account of all his days Will stand alone upon the bankrupt sheet His plying angel shows the clerk of
 heaven. The noblest service comes from nameless
 hands, And the best servant does his work une
 seen. Who forged in roaring flames the pom
 derous stone And shaped the nodded metal to his
 need? Who gave the dragging car it's rolling
 wheel, And tanned the steel that whfrs its cir-
 cling round? All these have left their work and not
 their names Why should I murmur at a fate like
 theirs?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-30
Healing" Business Wanes

"King" Francis R. Schlatter is being held in New York and his associate, Prince" August Schrader, is in the hands of Los Angeles authorities, both charged with using the mails to defraud. This being tolerant coun- try, divine headers" enjoy surpris- ing latitude-until they run afoul of Uncle Sam's postal laws and then their troubles begin. It is alleged that king" Schlatter, who has recently been making an effort to 'come back" mailed handkerchiefs he had blessed, which were represented to have healing power.
 The most successful and the most picturesque charlatan of the Schlatter type who ever flourished in this country was the late John Alexander Dowie, founder of Zion City. Dowie was in many respects a remarkable man and along with his religious ideas, either real or assumed, he had great deal of native schrewdness and common sense, which enabled him to build up large following, amass fortune and establish a model con- munity near Chicago, which is still in existence and presumably is still prospecting, although it has lost some of it's religious atmosphere.
 During the heyday of his career Dowie was one of the most talked about men in America. He and his "unkissed" son provided many col umns of "copy" for enterprising news paper men and the picture of the prophet" was almost as familiar in certain kinds of newspapers as that of the President himself. He looked like a patriarch and he had the sort of gifts that make men captains of in- dustry. Whether his "sanctity" was a cloak or not, he used it to good pur- pose. But even before his death his prestige was on the wane.
 "Healer" Schlatter attracted some attention for a while and was then forgotten. If he has been trying to sell "holy handkerchiefs," as alleged, he has evidently lost what little cun- ming he ever had. Such methods are undeniably crude and beneath the notice of first class .'healer."