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New Britain herald., 1916-01-19

low like him?'
 Doctor Beat Wife.
 Did you Mrs. Mohr tell you she called up Miss Burger and asked her to stop going around with her hus band and Miss Burger had promised to keep away, and didn't Miss Bur ger tell pr. Mohr and didn't Mrs. Mohr tell you that as a consequence the doctor beat herr"
 q think she showed me some marks"
 Rocks denied emphatica1ly that he had tried to get Mrs. Mohr to go to dinner with him. that he had told Attorney Cushing that he was Laying for her." had put a dictagraph con her. and had secured enough evidence to permit the doctor to divorce her.
 Did not Mrs Mohr tell you she tor Monr was a scoundrel and that you would like to see him put off the face of the earth?''
 "No sir
 Didn't you tell Mrs Mohr that Doc casion that you'd like to put couple of bullets into him.
 No sir.''
 And that if he did not keep away from Miss Burger you'd get him? ?"
 NO sir.'
 Weren't you jealous of him?'
 No sir"
 Hospital Attendant Testifics.
 James A. Logan, an attendant at the Rhode Island hospital, the first wit ness today, testified regarding the re. moval of Dr. Mohr from the auto mobile and identified tho money, rings and envelopes found in the phy- sician's pockets. The court asked k 1t was necessary to go into details about these things, and J. J. FItzgef- ald of counsel for Mrs. Mohr, replied that it was. We anticipate pos sible defense," said the proso'ut1ns attorney.
 Logan said the blood spots OH the envelopes came from his hands. Later he gave the police his finger prints which corresponded with the marks on tho envelopes. This evidence was ln-
New Britain herald., 1916-01-19
POLICE MILITARY MEN.

Washington, Jan. 19.-Chief of Police P. T. Smith, of New Haven, has written to Representative Tilson asking that he secure an allotment of 100 stand of arms as he desires to form military company from among the members of his force. Col Til son sailed at the War department to- day and will communicate the result of his visit to Chief Smith,
New Britain herald., 1916-01-19

After MT Merritt had made a gen. eral statement covering all titles w. F. Tammany of Norwall1 offered the following motion which was not op- posed by the plaintiffs:
 The defendants in the above en- titled action. who are the owners or attached real estate of equities there- in, respectively move that the JudS- ment liens of the plaintiffs be fore closed by decree of sale instead or by strict foreclosure, and that such sale be by separate parcel"
 Require Considerable Time.
 Daniel Davenport of counsel for the plaintiffs, said that formal carrying out of the law under the statute of March, 1893 with reference to foreclosure sales ordered by the court would require considerable time, but that under the Connecticut sta- ute the court may appoint a master in chancery, who reports back to the court so that formal decree may be made.
 The court accepted the motion of the defendants and the attorneys will agree upon a master, and details of each sale. The court ordered pub lication of notices of sale in the Dan bury News and the Norwalk Hour.
 Loewe Offers Statement.
 D. E. Loewe, the principal plaintiff, offered a statement showing the sums paid upon the judgment in the case of Loewe vs. Martin Lawlor ct als. The last payment was $37,14S.
 The Danbury natter suit was brought in August, 1903, and final i,, of the plaintiffs in the supreme court of the United States in January, 1915. The decree was for $S0,000 which carried triple damages under the Sherman law. The costs have been $12,130.90. Originally there were 204 defendants but the number has been reduced by death or other reasons to 1S0. Foreclosure proceedings run against 125 pieces of property in Danbury, and 15 each in Bethel and NOrWalk.
 Question Before Courts.
 There is a question still before the court which will be settled when pro- ceeds of the sale of property is turned in as to disposition of about 10000 in interest on deposits of defendants in savings banks in Danbury and else where. These saving which were gar nisheed, amounted to $35,961.SO
 Opinion Is said to he held by at torneys for the plaintiffs that equi- ties in the property now under fore closure will bring enough to bring the total cash close to the amount of the judgment with funs already in hand. Payments have been made on the judgment, and only the balance is to be liquidated.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-19
MECHANICS GET INCREASE.

Washington, Jan. 19-Increases in pay, averaging five per cent. will be given master mechanics in the navy yards throughout the United States, Secretary Daniels said today, effec- tive, perhaps within the next two weeks.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-19

Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, Mrs. McAdoo, who was Miss Eleanor Randolph Wilson, was married to MT. McAdoo, who was Widower, on May 7, 1914. Little Miss McAdoo is six months old.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-19

Logan admitted that he found noth- ing in the left hand pockets of pr. Mohr's clothing. This line Of inquiry suggested to the prosecution that the defense was attempting to show rob- bery as the motive.
 George Bowling, an orderly told of seeing the bloody envelopes which Logan took from the doctors pockets. AS the witness described how he helped put Mohr to bed, Mrs. Mohr was visibly affected.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-19
RECEIPTS SHOW GAINS.
Past Month and Quarter Very Success
 full Financial Ones at Post Office.

Postmaster w. F. Delaney report ed today that the receipts at the post office for the month of December
New Britain herald., 1916-01-19
THREATENED TOKILL
 MISS EMILY BURGER
Continued from First page.)
Doctor Beat Wife.

shouldn't waste your time with a fel" low like him?"
New Britain herald., 1916-01-19
Motion Not Opposed.

cral in which the original defendant l,
New Britain herald., 1916-01-19
Nothing in Pockets.

troduced in rebuttal of a theory that Mohr was killed by robbers
Evening star., 1916-10-15

in the vicinity Of Rabbits Post ONCE contfn-
ued to be about the same this morning.
There has been general engagement, but
cavalry skirmishing is going on at intervals.
The enemy has not made his appearance any
where within range Of our guns and 20 far has
shown no disposition to do so.
No casualties have been reported in the
gagement between Lowelrs cavalry and the
rebel cavalry this morning.
Three rebel prisoners and stragglers were
brought in this morning from the front, but
they refused to give their regiments or BY whom
they were commanded. They are inclined to
A few hours after that extra" The
Star issued another telling that the
Confederates had appeared around Sill
yer Spring and that fighting was going
on upon the Blair, Carbery, Clark and
Brown places. But that brings the story
up to the battle of Fort Stevens.
At the Post Office Department the
Rambler examined the list of post
Offices in Montgomery county, Md. In
1854 and for several years prior and
subsequent to that date. but found none
by the name of Rabbits Creek Post
Office" and mono having q postmaster
by the name of Rabbit. No doubt, there
was a post office on or near Rabbits
branch, having an official name not
suggestive Of the locality. Trying this
trail the Rambler hit upon the name
"Onutt's Cross Roads Post Once.
knowing that many members of the old
Maryland Ofutt family lived In that
neighborhood.
Evening star., 1916-10-15

kill out the moss. Some of the land
has to be drained. and 1t takes some
time before 1t can be brought under
cultivation. A great part OF the coun-
try is underlaid with prehistoric Ice,
the soil being frozen down to bedrock
In some cases the frozen strata is only
a few inches below the surface, and
In others ii may be yard or SO deep
After the land is cleared this gradually
melts until it has no effect upon cul-
tivation and growth
Mr.. Neal does not think that large
farms will pay in this part of the
world He says the markets for a
long time will be limited to the local
by the mines. The demand will steadily
increase as the country is opened, and
in time there will probably be con-
siderable population of small farmers.
Leaving the experimental farm, We
visited some of the homesteads nearby.
Young, who came to Alaska with moth
ing about seven years ago. He took
up 800 acres of government land and
large part of this is now under cul-
tivation. He is raising oats-hay and
potatoes: he has also n big green
house. where he grows tomatoes and
other vegetables for the mining camps
and the town. Mr.. Young was not at
showed us about. AS we looked over
the farm ! asked her how she liked
living In this far-off Alaska. She re-
piled that she had been a little dis
satisfied until she had gone outside"
last summer, but that since she re-
turned she had had no desire to go
out again. Said she:
This country is my home. and a
mighty good home 1t is. You can see
what the summer fs like. We are per-
fectly comfortable during the winter.
We always have plenty to eat. We get
high prices for all that we sell and
we are further ahead every year"
At that moment we were looking over
the stock in the ,barnyard. 1t included
Evening star., 1916-10-15

these woods that Lowe1rs cavalry met
Early's advance in the defense Of Wash
ington. Without maps or other data. the
has picked for himself. to high
land north Of Rabbits store, the viers
farm and the present Getzendanner lands
as the place where contact was estab-
lished with the advance guard of Nc
Causland's troops. The Rambler seems to
see Lowelrs men moving northward along
the road, passing down into the little
valley in which Rabbits store stood and
stands, and then passing up the hill to
the Viers place. where. on the report of
scouts. or perhaps a few musket shots,
the command sounds out hoarsely, LAS
akirmishers, guide centerr Then the
men In blue deploy in the fields on both
sides of the old road, and the skirmishing
goes on. Outnumbered and outflanked,
the thin blue line goes slowly backward
before the advancing lines of dusty,
march, -grimed gray. maintaining contact
and delaying as much as possible those
tried and intrepid legions of the south.
1t Is at Bethesda that the old George
town road strikes off in a northwest
direction from the Rockville Washing
ton pike. the latter way along that part
OF its course running north and south
To say that the old Georgetown road
leaves the Rockville pike at Lethesda
may not be sufficiently specific for
some persons because Bethesda is the
name of settlement which covers a
surprisingly large territory, and 1t is
also the name of election district No. Z
Evening star., 1916-10-15

wide and go feet long. with the stalls
racing platform which runs through
the middle about two feet from the
ground. The walls are sunk In the
earth' and the stable Is foored through
out with boards. the floors of the stalls
sioping to the walk behind them, so
mat they can be kept perfectly clean.
me building has a galvanized iron roof,
IN winch are windows that can be
raised for ventilation. It Is well light
ed. 1t has a large stove at one end,
nut MI Hinckley says that this is for
cooking the feed only, and that tho
heat
Adjoining this barn is a hay shed
niied with native grass. just harvest
ed, and near 1t are large fields OF oat
nay ready for cutting. The dairyman
mas not bought any hay for several
years. He relies on the native grass
ana his oat hay for his stock. He says
the oat hay Is quite as good as tfmo-
my. and very much crisper. the timothy
brought in from outside selling for
*lo0 per ton. Shorts and oats cost re-
spectively 800 and $95 per ton.
The Rickert farm does a large bust
ness in trucking and hothouse farming.
supplying a great part Of Fairbanks
and shipping vegetables to the towns
and mining camps for miles around. II
SENDS green stun to Hot Springs ana
Fort Gibbon. and also to the gold mines
rate to Ruby is $32 a ton.
The gardens of this farm cover TWEEN.
ty or thirty acres. AS we walked
through them I asked as to the crops.
and was told that there are now in the
ground 10000 cabbages, $4,000 stalks OF
celery ana some acres of head lettuce.
The celery Is especially fine, growing
to 4 height Of four feet Some OF 1t
to show what Alaska could DO. and
President Taft sampled 1t during his
trip through that state. He declared
1t the finest he had ever tasted. Mr..
Evening star., 1916-10-15

the left is a lane erinsed with old
cedars. which leads to the home OF
A. C. Ruebsam. Then one comes In
windows. set in groves and felds Of
about fifteen acres. This 10 now tho
property of Jed Cuttings. but at the
time of Early's raid 1t was the Birch
place.
The Rambler found this reference to-
the Birch place In The Star Of We'd
nesday. July 10. 1864:
Mr.. wu,iam H. Birch, whose residence w.s
two miles above Tennaiytown. was obliged -
Zee on the approach OF the tessls sad he is,
ssad fsm % tn. 'SSt city .nd @ ss ssss:
shelied his house and com, Iied him 10 Gee.
Mr.. Birch left with nothing bat The clothing
upper room. but was not able to get II, the
shells were flying so thick and fast.
came in last night and reports that Mr. Birch's
property Is destroyed Of Mr.. Miller. q
tenant Of Mr.. Birch's. killed night before
rebels are reported now to be in Robert Dix's
woods mile back of Birch's.
Bidding farewell to the Birch Git
tings place, you come to Alta Vista. a
settlement of charming homes, and
there lives Henry Kisner. one OF the
survivors of war days in the neigh
borhood of Rabbit branch.
From Alta Vista it is about & mile
will pass Mount Zion Baptist Church.
1t is an old church organization. but
the church building is new. having
been erected on the site Of a much
older building. Around the little
church are many graves, and on one
stone the Rambler read this:
born October 10. 1855. died Feb. %. 1900.
Bernard I. Rabbit. born Feb. 81 1881. died
Oct. 20, 1898.
The Rambler loitered among thel
graves and jotted down the following:, ),
NJ H. Austin-1S42-1s05: Milton e. o.
Austin, son of NJ. H. and l.. Austin.,
died November 25. 1852: Annie e. Aus
tin. daughter Of NJ. H. and L. Austin.,
B. H. Austin. daughter of NJ. H. and.
l.. Austin. died November II. 1882.
In memory of Theophilus Talbot,
Msetha T wt: Of Theassus agsf s.
died July II. 1891. aged 50 years.
1897; Daniel P. Greenfield. 1907. aged
6s; Samuel w. Greenfield. 1908. aged,
10: Ann NJ. wife of Samuel Greenfield,
1905. aged So; Truman Greenfield, 1865, !,
aged 81; his wife Caroline. 1889, aged
II; James T. Greenfield. Walter y.
Greenfield and his wife: Josephine !;
Talbot, ls65-1S9S; Filomino Petrone.l
1sss-1si4: Osborn Sprigg Wilson, 1920
1911; Elizabeth Ball. wife of o. s. Will
son. 1s31-1e01: Isaac Riley. July 5,
1850, aged IS; Matilda Middleton. wifei
of Isaac Riley, 1s0o-1sso: B: F. Riley,
1S45-1s72: Lewis Keiser. died 1886,
aged IS; Jane A. McNeal. 1865. aged
IS; Samuel Clark Viers, 1s22-18sS: his
wife, Hester w. viers, 1s23-1s05: Sarah,
H. viers, 1s64-1914: Samuel C. and Hes
ter w. Viers. died 1867; Robert Lee
Viers. 1ss4-1sos.
1t is an interesting as we'll as . hne
and fruitful country along the old
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. road and there
is much to be written of that neighs,
borhood.
Evening star., 1916-10-15

point was that at which the Confed-
crates came in contact with the pickets
and the skirmish line thrown forward
in the fields q few hundred yards north
of Fort Stevens. This assumption
seems to the Rambler to be historically
unfair to a stretch Of beautiful and ro-
mantle country four or five miles
northwest of the District boundary, and
along and between those ancient roads,
the westernmost Of which is called the
Old Georgetown road. and the eastern
most the Rockville pike.
The Rambler cannot now define this
ground more clearly than that it bor-
dered upon Rabbits branch, which
flows into Rock creek a mile southwest
Of Garrett Park and a trifie more than
a mile west of Kensington. The prin-
cfpal landmarks Of that neighborhood
were a store on the Old Georgetown
road kept by Isaac o. Rabbit, Mount
Zion Baptist Church. or Spider Hill
Church" and the homes OF William H.
Birch and Osborn sprigg Wilson. on the
same road. and the Flack place, on the
Rockville pike about one mile east from
Rabbits store. It was in this neigh
borhood that Lowelrs cavalry. or a
squadron or larger unit Of that cavalry,
under command Of Maj. Frye, estab-
lished contact with Early's advance
guard. fought It and delayed the march
Of the main body.
July 10 a brigade of cavalry, the I'd
Massachusetts ana the 10th New York,
Evening star., 1916-10-15

summer while work was being dons
on the roads by, convicts. Yet In tho
north a certain number of prisoners
might be employed on the highways In
warm weather and given other outdoor
labor the rest of the year.
'In the south, however. 1t is feasible
to carry on road work regardless OF
seasons. We are just now in the midst
of an interesting and important ex-
pertinent. Georgia authorities assigned
forty negro prisoners to work In q
model camp, under plans devised by
government officials. These prisoners
are fed and housed in movable build
ings, according to standards Of the
office of public roads and the public
health service.
Not a prisoner in the eight months
of the experiment has escaped or at
tempted to escape. The cost of their
food has been reduced from 22 cents
to II cents a day Only one-fourth OF
l per cent of the men have been sick.
even though the working day Is tenI
hours long. In all respects the results
have been surprising"
Copyrighted, 1915. by James B. Morrow.D
Evening star., 1916-10-15

station The home of the farmer is a
one-story cottage surrounded by beau
tiful flowers. At one side of it is a
great bed of pansies. and in tho front
yard are more pansies. In patterns of
intricate design. About the porch sweet
peas have climbed to the height of your
head. and the blossoms have a color and
freshness not found In the sweet peas
In the states. This is SO of all the
flowers of Alaska. The growth Is so
rapid. they seem to have been born
overnight, and that in the rain
During my stay I talked with the
superintendent His name is J. W.
Neal. He comes here from the Agricu1-
tural Department at Washington. He
tells me he has about 100 acres under
cultivation, almost all of which Is in
grain of various kinds. He is clearing
more land and extending the farm. I
asked him as to the cost of clearing.
Mr.. Neal replied:
TT cannot be done for less than 500
per acre. and some tracts will cost
more. The trees have to be cut, the
roots gotten out. and the ground and
trees must be burned over In order to
Evening star., 1916-10-15

two big sows. each of which had eight
or ten little pigs running with her. The
pigs were perhaps a month old. Mrs.
Young pointed to them, saying, 1--WE
sold pair Of those pigs yesterday for
$50. That will give you some idea of
what things bring in this country
Our next visit was to a dairy farm
belonging to a Mr.. Hinckley. This
farm supplies much of the milk and
cream consumed in Fairbanks. and 1t
also sells butter, buttermilk and cot
tage cheese. The milk brings 81 a gall
ion. and cream 81 a pint. Buttermilk
sells for 81 a gallon. butter Is cents
pound and cottage cheese or smearcase
for 90 cents a quart We went with
Mr.. Hinckley to the barn to look at his
cows He has twenty, which give on
the average three or four gallons of
milk every twenty-four hours. The
milking is done twice a day. and the
cows had been brought into the barn at
the time Of our visit. They are what
you would call good average stock in
the states.
The COW barn is interesting. It is a
well built log structure. 80 feet
Evening star., 1916-10-15
Origin of Names.

MORE than a century before William
GV0 the Norman and his hosts invaded
England the use of surnames was made
obligatory by statute in Ireland. thus
giving the Emerald Isle the distinction
of being the first to compel the use Of
double names. AS matter of histori-
cal fact, surnames did not come into
general use in England until the reign
of Queen Elizabeth. while it was late in
the seventeenth century before sur
names were generally used in Wales.
Interesting meanings attach to many
of the most common Irish names. A
few, with the curious changes in SPELL
ing wrought by the passage Of time
since the names originated, are these:
Sullivan originally was Sillifant and
Sullivant, and the name meant the
quick sighted" O'Donnell, Mcdonnell
and all variants and combinations Of
that name came from Donald. Daniel
and Dona, meaning "a dark chief
The original of Murphy was OMur-
phey. Morphey and Morphiew. meaning
superior" Kelly came from OKelly.
Kiely and Kelley. all meaning for
war"
OConnor comes from Conners. Con-
erty. Connor. and the names meaning
is "a helper" Dougherty Is derived
from O'Doherty, Doherty or Daugha-
day. meaning "a destroyer" 1t Is to bs
stages were prefxed with o., the first
change being the dropping of the pre-
fix.
Moloney In it's original form was
O'Mullowney. Meloney or Muiiant, the
name meaning the thoughtful one
Mccormack was originally O'Cormac.
MacCormac or MacCormick. meaning
"son of the crown" Flynn was at first
Flann. which meant red" while Flan-
nigan was Finnigen. which meant the
druid" Boyle was Boylan, Bolan, Bo-
land or Boylin. meaning the benign"
O'Bryan was Bryant, Bryan. Brine,
Byron. meaning "a singer or author
Brady was MacBrady or O'Brad:-.
which meant 'the captain of the ship
Macauley was OCawlew. McGawly, Nc
Auly, McAuliff. Cawley, meaning the
echo" or literally the son of the rock
Evening star., 1916-10-15
Uncle Sans Chief Roadnmaker Tells How millions Are to
Be Spent New Highways All Over the United States

were an architect: What kind Of
houses? Brick or stone or woodT Roads
may cost $4,000 a mile or more. In
the southeastern part of the country,
where there is large supply Of gravel,
roads can be built at very low cost
Rock may be used In other states. 1t
costs more than gravel. There are also
sections Of the United States having an
abundance Of shale. but having neither
rock nor gravel. In such places the
shale may be manufactured into vitri-
fled bricks and the bricks used for max
Ing roads. What can be done cheaply in
one part Of the country, therefore. be-
comes dear when tried somewhere
else.
Then, while the sum to be spent out
OF the federal Treasury is limited to
$4,000 mile there is no restriction as
to the sum each state may spend per
mile of~its own money. No man can
tell how many miles Of roads s150,o00.-
600 will build"
What method Is followed in giving
money to the states?"
National funds are given them based
on their area, population and the mile
Evening star., 1916-10-15
Revolving Sangfroid.

TAMES NJ. BECK. an American lawyer,
~ said at dinner in London:
Germany set out to conquer Europe
set out to kill and MAIN some ten million
young men-with the revolving cold blood
shown by the barefoot dancer.
IA beautiful barefoot dancer, fingern;
her string of pure pearls. listened on the
terrace of a roadhouse, over a lobster
and a bottle Of champagne, to a septua-
genarian's passionate protestations OF
love.
And, remember. dearest the septua-.
genarian quavered. remember. ere you
decide, that man Is only as old as ho
feels
"'Oh, Pm not worrying about that end
Of 1t. little one.' the barefoot dancer
answered, with a merry laugh. What
look?"
Evening star., 1916-10-15
MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH.

numbering 500 electives and command
ed by Col. C. r. Lowell. was in camp
near Falls Church. Va. This force was
called to the defense of Washington.
and 1t was this force or part of 1t
which struck Early's advance near
Rabbits branch.
In an extra" issue Of The Star, put
on the streets of Washington at about
noon. Monday, July II. 1864, the Ram
bier finds this:
The Latest-The Rebels Appear at Rockville
in Some ForcrFfghting This Morning Between
Their Cavalry and Col. Lowells Union Cavalry
Between Rockville and Tennallytown:-
Last evening a force of from l 500 to 1000
rebels entered Rockville and passed through to
a point a few miles this side Of the village.
Hating there for a brief while, they retraced
their steps to the town where they birouacked
for the night.
airy force under command of Col. Lowell
thrown out to ascertain their strength and
character
No Information embracing details of the pro-
here.
The point where the fight was in progress
was in the vicinity Of Rabbits Creek Post Of
fee between Tennallytown and Rockville.
In a later edition of Tho Star was
this:
Further Of the Rebel Movemenfs:-
Up to haHDast e'caocK the state Of affairs