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New Britain herald., 1916-07-21
DR. HARRIS PROMISES LIGHT
Osteopath Says He Will Disprovc Charges Against Him By Story He Tells on Recovery.

Boston, July 21.-There was pros peCt today that the story behind the death of Dr Celia Adams in the office where she practiced Osteopathy, and the subsequent murderous assault upon Dr. Wi1fred E. Harris, under profession, would soon be told.
 Assurance came from the hospital that Dr. Harris might survive his wounds. It is known that he was a confidant of both Miss Adams and her fiance. Dr. Eldridge D. Atwood, who shot him and that he had coun- selled them in their love affairs. Friends of pr. Harris asserted today that as soon as he was permitted to talk he would throw a new light on the case and completely disprove the charges made against him by At wood.
 It has been established that Miss Adams died of mercurial poisoning, following an interview with Atwood, but whether the poison was self -ad- ministered or otherwise has not been determined.
 Following fairly comfortable night Dr. Harris was conscious for protractcd period today but his physicians would not permit him to discuss the shooting or allow him to be questioned regarding his own case or the death of Dr. Adams.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-21
MANIAC SHOOTS FOUR
bveutor Goes Insane and Sends Shower of Bullets Into Street. Ends Own life by Fire.

\ Newark, N. J., July -Four pas brsby in the street opposite his 8cksmith shop were shot and &rtously wounded here last night NJ Salvatore Castronova, fifty three
 bars old, an inventor who had gone hddenly insane, before he set fire to Rs clothing and burned to death. Armed with four revoIvers and a 8puble-barreled shot gun, Castronova Jumped bullets into the street until 8olicemen began firing at him through the windows on the second &oor of the building in which he lived. 2hen he ran to the other side of the < &ouse and fired at a crowd which had #athered there, but all the bullets Hent wild.
 # The flames from the inventors $Iothing set fire to the house. A
 komasn and her fve-year-ol son were 8escued by firemen Just in time to scape death.
 Before the fire started there was Nh explosion in the 1ocksmith shop. @he police believe CastronoVa touched match to the fuse of a bomb just Before he fired his bedclothing.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-21
BLOCK AND SALOON SOLD.
William P. Buckley and John A. An
 derson Purchase Property.

A deal was completed late yester- day afternoon, whereby William P. Buckley and John A. Anderson will become the owners of the building and saloon at 296 Park street, owned at present by the estate of Joseph Markham. The building is three stories high and contains three tene- ments as we'll as the cafe. The pur- chasers will take possession on Mon day, when a formal application for the transfer of the liquor license will be made.
 The block was built by Lewis F. Dunn, who for a number of years conducted the cafe. About ten years ago the late Joseph Markham pnr- chased the Dunn interests. Since MT. Markhams death a year ago, the cafe has been run by his estate, of which T. Francis Markham is executor. Both MT. Buckley and Mir. Anderson have been employed as wine clerks at c. A. Anderson's cafe on Park street for a number of years.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-21
REED FLATS OLIVER
 IN SENATE CHAMBER
Charges Pennsy1vanian With Owning Stock in U. s. Steel Corporation
 Valued at $117,OOO.

Washington, July 21-The naval bill reached it's last stage toward passage in the senate today with op- ponents of the large building pro- gram ready with a fire of amendments for reduction.
 Senator Cummins' amendment to reduce the number of dreadnoughts to be constructed in three years from ten to two and battle cruisers from ten to four was rejected, 60 to IA. Three democrats, Senators Lane, Thomas and Vardaman, voted for it.
 The vote was delayed by a renewal Of the controversy between Senator Reed of Missouri and Senator Oliver of Pennsylvania. Senator PenrOse, during Mr. Reeds absence from the chamber, got permission to print as q public document the Bethlehem Steel company's published arguments against a government armOr plate plant. When Senator Reed returned he denounced the action as a shame less proposition and an outrage" and declared the cOmpany's statements were false and misleading. Senator Oliver challenged MT Reed to show the statements he referred to. Sena- tor Reed declared that the Pennsyl- Vania senator had admitted owning stock in a company which was the parent to one engaged in armor making.
 Senator Gal1inger suggested that Senator Reed was overstepping a senate rule. Senator Reed read from the record another passage between himself and Senator Oliver on the same subject when Senator Oliver told the senate he owned United States Steel stock valued at $117,0OO.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-21
SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC.

The annual outing and picnic of St. Johns German Lutheran church Sunday school will be held tomorrow afternoon at the old Walthers grove on Shuttle Meadow avenue. The children will assemble at the church at '1:3O o'clock and will walk to the foot of Arch street where they will take bus for the grove. A series of contests have been arranged and prizes will be awarded to the win ners. Ice cream and lemonade will be served.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-21
FACE FOOD FAMINE
Population in Flood Sections in Southeast Said to Be on Point of Starvation Unless Help Arrives.

Asheville, N. c. July 21.-Food shortage in many of the more re- mote sections of western North Car olina which were swept by last Sun days floods was reported today, and information here was that at some places, the population faced starva- tion unless speedy relief was forth coming. Federal aid already has been asked for the people in Morgan town and vicinity and Wilkesboro.
 Latest reports today told of great destruction by the floods in parts of Wilkes, Ashe, Watuga, and Alexander countries.
 Seven additional fatalities were re- ported over night and the death toll from the floods now stands at from 80 to 90. Reports yesterday that ten persons had met death at Alta Pass are denied.
 Accounts of property destruction continue to be received as couriers arrive from sectors of the state stil cut off from communication.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-21
STRONG NETS NEEDED.
Captain Garden Makes Recommends
 tiOn in Fight on Sharks.

Washington, July 21.-Captain Car den of the coast guard cutter Mo- hawk sent to the New Jersey coast to aid in the campaign against sharks, reported today that he had visited many beach resorts. consulting with local authorities on the best means of protecting bathcrs by erec- tiOn of steel wire nets.
 Some resorts, he said, already had put up proper enclosures, but others had erected nets of insufficient strength. He will visit all the bath ing beaches along the New Jersey shore
New Britain herald., 1916-07-21
HEIRESS WINS SUIT
Marion Pomeroy Smith Has Charles C.. Paine Removed As Her COnservatOr By Hartford Probate Court.

Hartford, July 21.-Miss Marion Pomeroy Smith, the young heiress, whose advent to TIyannis, Mass, last year quite upset the Cape Cod fish, ing village, won her case late yester- day in the Hartford Probate Court, where for four days she has been Ob jecting to Charles c. Paine being ap- pointed her cOnservatOr in Connecti- cut.
 At the close of the lawyers argu- ments Judge Leroy Pinckney Waldo Marvin gave his decision from the bench. He named the Hartford Trust company as conservator of Marion's fortune, which was just what she de- sired.
 Next Monday In Hyannis, Miss Smith will appear in court to ask for the removal of Paine as her Massachusetts conservator. Before leaving for Boston she expressed her pleasure at Judge Marvin's decision, which she thinks is a vindicatiOn of the innuendOes of the "Cape Cod con- spirators'' that she had broken up nu- merous Hyannis families by her charm and prodigality.
 Nearly everybody who was connect ed in any way with the case had his or her character painted in black. titioners by telling how pure their motives are and ended by painting Marion, her friend, Maurice Phinney and the others who had appeared In her behalf as unreliable.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-21
Mining Men Flee.

Bisbee, Ariz., July 21.-American mining men who returned to Cananea, Sonora, Monday, are fleeing to the American side following rifling by the Mexican population, according to three Americans who arrived here to- day. The refugees said the Cananea Mining Co.'s store one mile north of Cananea was footed by civilians Tuesday night.
 Upon the Americans arrival Mon day, according to the refugees, a mob of Cananeans attacked the train, but the military authorities escorted the Ameicans to safety. Most of the Am orleans are expected to come out to- day.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-21
NATIONAL FORESTS PAY

Washington, July 21.-National forests paid into the government treasury $2,82O,OOO in the fiscal year s916, which set a new record. There avas a growth in revenue from all Rsources, the largest being $2O3,0O in Timber sales. Grazing fees showed a
 gain of $77,00O. Receipts for wa ter power development were $12,000 Enore than for 1915. Sales of turpen- line privileges and charges for spe- bial uses were in excess of the pre- Eious year.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-21
F. w. SCHULTZ NAMED.

Edwin w. Schultz, one of New Britain's most prominent Sons of Veterans. has been named as a mem~ Der of the legislative committee or the Connecticut Division of the Sons of Veterans and with him are the following members: R. H. Woodruff, New Haven: R. M. Grant, s. S. Chamberlain. c. M. Thompson and Hugh M. Alcorn of Hartford; F. A. Bartlett, Bridgeport; w. H. Wright, Essex, and lieutenant Governor Cliff ford B. Wilson.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-21
IS SUED |ON OLD OBLIGATION
TSteriOuS Couple Refuse to Make
 Known Basis Of Action

New York, July 21.--Edward Lau- Ebach, formerly attorney for David 8nlar, the Wolf of Wall Street." @l be made the defendant in a suit S125,OOO to be brought by E. A. 8ct of COG West 114th street for cer- moral and legal obligation" con- 8cted more than seventeen years &o. Since that time, Leet said last &ht, his sole source of support has BPn payments made regularly to him Lauterbach. The lawyer denied sat he had any basis for his claim. 8fhe case was brought to public 6tlce when I.eet and his wife ap- Sared in the West Side court before kgistrote Nolan to answer a charge annoying Iauterbach in the street. &e lawyer saiy they were continually acosting him in person and over the Aephone and asked that the court re- Rafn them. The magistrate told tho Jets that if they had any claim Sainst Lautcrbach they schould bring Acivil suit, and adjourned tho case Stfl Aug Q The couple then an- Runced their intention of suing. H3eHDCtt TT. SicgelStciu, the Leets' at H'ney, said last night that the action &uld be based on an old claim of the lets against Lautccbacf.
 About seventeen years ago. he 6d, MT. Itauterbach became ac- Tainted with Mrs. I1eet, and the suit Ell be based on an agreement mada that time. Further than this I ennot explain"
 He added, however, that the obliga- Rn involved an amount of S250 1000, which $100,000 had already been lid.
 About eighteen years ago, tIa Leets Ed, when asked about their relations zth Lauterbach, they came to New krk with letters of introduction to Ae lawyer. Leet first gained his con- fence and then introduced him to ks. Leet, and the three became 9endly. Lauterbach obtained work # Leet with an insurance company \ Cincinnati, and the couple moved sere for @ time.
 HBecause of his wife's health, Leet sid, he was compelled to return to fW York, and they resumed their E Eendship with Lauterbach. Leet was lain without employment, and Lau- Ebach gave the two various sums of goney to aid in their support It RS not long after their return from |hcinnati that the obligation for their (e1ong support was contracted, Leet id. He refused, however, to explain |e nature of the obligation, saying lat the information would have to |me when the suit is begun. About two years ago the Leets were ling at the Hotel Cum berland when |e payments suddenly stopped, and ley were compelled to move into
 pre modest quarters. Later Lauter- |ch renewed his payments. Leet i'd, but recently they were again bpped. Since then they have been actual want and so made an effort get money again from the lawyer. he only place Leet could see him, he
 id, was at Broadway and 1O6th rect, and there he has been Tn the abit of meeting Lauterbach on his ay to business.
 Lauterbaoh, who lives at 3o1 West 18th street, said last night that the eets had no claim whatever against
 m, and characterized as false their atement about the existence of an litigation. He admitted that he had zen making pawn ents to the Leets r some time, but said he would not
 new them
New Britain herald., 1916-07-21
STRIKE NEARING END.

Washington, July 21.-Secretary Wilson, of the department of labor, today received information that the employers and employees involved in the garment workers strike in New York City were nearing an agree ment.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-21

rope. Through the efforts of George $. Talcott as treasurer, the local as sociation raised $1,600 for the work and the national committee will in crease this amount by $4OO. Mir. Simonds will be known as the New Britain secretary. Accompanied by Mrs. Simonds, he will sail from San Francisco August 19 and will be as- signed Somewhere in France'.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-21
AUTOIST FINED $50.

Greenwich, July 21.-Victor Fro
 nnent, of Harrison, N. Y., whose au- komobile crashed into another ma |chfne on Byram Bridge, July 4, in Turing, not seriously, Agnes Johnson, lwas fined $50 and costs and given ten days in jail with the confinement sus- kpended, by Judge Mead today, on the acharges of reckless driving and oper- 3ating a machine while intoxicated. An
 Ee0peal was taken
New Britain herald., 1916-07-21
STORM OFF NEW ENGLAND.

Washington, July 21.-The latest storm out of the West Indies cen tered this morning a short distance south of the southern New England coast and was moving north-north- east.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-21
NEW BRITAIN" ON
 EUROPE'S FIELDS

E. J. SimOnds of Omaha, Nebraska, was recently chosen by the interna- tional Y. M. c. A., to represent the local association in the welfare work, conducted on the battletields of Eu-
New Britain herald., 1916-07-21
DYE FACTORY TO OPEN.

Quincy, Ills, July 21-Within ten days work will begin on a dye fac tory in this city. The plant will be in operation by October 1 and will manufacture all standard colors.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-21
HUSBAND SHOOTS TWO
H. J. SpannelI Kills Wife and Major Butler of Sixth Cavalry As They Ride Out Together.

Ride Out Together.
 Alpine, Texas, July 21.-Major M. c. Butler of the Sixth United States Cavalry and Mrs. H. J. spannell, with whom he was out riding in an auto mobile, were shot and killed late yes- terday afternoon by H. J. Spanncu husband of the woman.
 Immediately after the shooting Spannell went to the jail and sur rendered. Mrs. Spanneu was the daughter of MT. and Mrs. John Hol- land. well-known residents of Alpine. spannell is the proprietor of the Hol- land Hotel here.
 Washington, July 21.-Major Mat thew C. Butler, Jr., of the Sixth United States Cavalry. was a son cf Senator Matthew Calbraith Butler of South Carolina, who served in tho senate from 1877 to 1895, practised law in Washington, and died in Co., lumbia, S. C., on April IA, 1909 Sen- ator Butler served as a major general of United States volunteers in the war with Spain.
 Major Butler was born in South | Carolina, on May 1, 1864, and was | appointed to West Point from that
 state in 1883. He became a second i lieutenant of the Fourteenth Infantry | in 1888, was transferred to the Ninth | Infantry the same year, then to the | Fifth Cavalry In 1889 and was pro- | noted to captain in 1901. He had l been major of the Sixth Cavalry since June 30, 1912.
 Tn the volunteers service In the l Spanish war Major Butler was a ma- 1 jor and chief ordnance officer, and ] was honorably discharged from the volunteers in 1899, when he returned 1 to the regular army. He was the
 ranking major of the Sixth Cavalry.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22
Mule Values.

Here is the case of the mule. At first it seems only interesting; it may be very serious. According to the sta tistics of the Department of Agricul
 ture, published in the Monthly Crop Report, mule prices have been falling steadily. Every one would suppose it had been just the other way. The wars demand for mules has been enor- nous, and what war requires has a way of going up rapidly in price. But the average farm value of an Ameri- can mule on Jan. 1, 1916, was only S113.S7. as against $124.31 on Jan. 1 1913, before there was any thought of war. There are several trial expla- nations. One is that the extraordinary demand for mules arising from the war does not offset the much more ex- traordinary displacement of mules from civil employment by farm trac- tors, motor trucks, and automobiles generally. That is not very convinc- ought to have been taking place very gradually for a number of years, and the war might have been expected at least to interrupt it. Another expla- nation is that as the human race rises in pride and self mule driving is more and more left to a class of beings that does not exist; but this, like the effect imagined in the other explanation, would have been a slow moving calamity, very apt to De TelarueQ perCepIlDly Dy Iue war.
 Still third explanation is that the mule buyers from Europe picked out the very cream of the mule crop. leaving the scrub stock, which, of course, the agents of the department of agriculture would have had to in ventory at lower farm value. That, if true, would be a very serious mat ter; it is probably only somewhat true. There is still the hope that the de-
 cline in the value of the mule is only a statistical phenomenon and not to be taken to much to heart If, as even the economists may now agree, there is no such thing as an average person outside of statistics, 1t must be obvious that there is no such thing as the governments average" mule of "all ages,'' on which the statistical calculation rests; if there is no aver age" mule, there is no average" price
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22
THE SOUND LINES.

The interstate commerce cOnmis- sion has been receiving the protests of shippers against the divorce of the New Haven railroad and it's water lines, a change which rests with that commission under the Panama canal act, since it has the power, if it finds that conditions warrant it to permit that and other railroads to retain their steamboat lines.
 The evidence has thus far gone to show that not only the manufactur- CTS and business interests in general throughout New England desire to have railroads operating through it's terri tory continue their water service, but that those outside who are get ting the accommodation of those lines are desirous that they be not disturbed. More evidence remains to be obtained and it is safe to predict that it will be of the same general character.
 It is pointed out by the New York Commercial that common manage ment of rail and boat lines expedite the transfer of freight between boats and cars. This gives shippers prompt ness and accuracy, capacities tracing shipments and simplifies the adjust
 
 monopoly because the Sound is open to all American vessels and competi- tion is and always has been vigorous. The New York Merchants Associa- tion has gone on record in favor of the present system under which a vast volume of business has been de- veloped. The life of New England as manufacturing district depends on superior service to overcome lack of coal and mineral deposits
 1nasmuch as it is the people of New England who are going to benefit or suffer by any change, and they are demanding that there be no change, it would appear that conditions are much more satisfactory as they are than they would be if a disposal of the lines was ordered and it is in the interest of the people that the com mission is supposed to be working.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22

pregnable defenses in the old days be- fore the use of gunpowder and the high explosive shells-today, are sit uated beautiful shaded promenades. Everywhere in the older own, that part upon the hill, are interesting me morials of the city's gray past. In the lower town are the concessions made to modern times-the railway station, the gas works, beet sugar factories and abattoir.
 The Laon artichoke is a blue-rib- bon winner among vegetables and it finds its way only into the most ex- elusive kitchens of Paris and London. Moreover, it is an edible of literary fame; for, in popular European TO- mances, its presence on the table is the writer's way of marking dinner and surroundings as quite out of the ordinary.
 ''The cathedral at Laon, a wonder full structure that many travellers de- serving of opinion treasure even be- yond those of Rheims, Paris. Orleans, Rouen, Noyon and Amiens, dominates from its Stocky towers all Picardie for miles around Around the cathedral in the Upper City are scattered a number of structures of long pasts and fascinating reminiscences'
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22
THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society

"Laon, behind the German lines is one of the pleasantest towns of north ern France" begins a description just issued by the National Geographic So- ciety. Pounded by the Celts, it felt the early waves of Teutonic invasion more than 2,OOO years ago; and greater and lesser waves have followed in varying succession ever since. With Laon as a base, Celt and Roman car ried civilization across the Rhine; taught the rude warrior folk to the north the ref1nements of ancient en- pire; and brought them weights, money, letters improved weapons; manufactured products, and the glow ing wine of the southland.
 'Remigius, who baptised Chlodwig, appointed bishop to Laon almost before the Christian morning in Trans alpine Europe had it's dawning. The Normans swept the town in 8S2, and the next few centuries saw many another horde of wasters follow the same path. By the beginning of the 14th. century. however Laon was a world-city, guarded by strong walls and towers, and garrisoned by the choncest adventurers of the Empire of the Low Countries.
 Henry " reduced the city in 1594; and, in 1914, the citadel on the fiat rock on which the city stands was successfully defended by Russian and Prussian soldiers against he despair ing thrusts of the great Napoleon. In 1870, here in Laon, was performed one of the most renowned of all the va lorous deeds of the Franco-Prussian War AS the Madgeburg Jaeger stormed into the citadel, crowding back the small garrison and filling the en- c1usure, the French blew up them selves and the victors, selling the place at an unexpected heavy cost.
 Where the walls once stood-im-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-22
ANCIENT "MIssIssIPeI RAY."
The Site of Cairo Would Have Been a
 Seaside Resort.

The lower valley of the Mississippi has experienced many vicissitudes during by-gone ages. Geologists tell us that during the Eocene era, when the shores of the Gulf of Mexico lay considerably farther inland than at the present time, a long, baylike exten- sion of the Gulf filled the present val ley of the Mississippi up to the mouth of the Ohio.
 The boundaries of this ancient bay were not stationary but shifted slowly back and forth from time to time, so that open sea was gradually replaced by backish water and this by swamps and peat bogs. The succeeding ad- vance of the sea buried these old peat bogs beneath accumulations of clay, sand, and sea shells.
 The successive recessions and trans gressions of the waters of the Gulf are the subject of a paper by E. W. Berry entitled Erosion Intervals in the Eocene of the Mississippi Elm payment" just published by the U. S. Geological Survey. He illustrates by diagrams and sketch maps the oscil- lations of the strand line back and forth upon the continent and the ap- proximate position of the shores at different periods.