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New Britain herald., 1916-10-18
ZEPPELIN KILLS 400
Grimsby Barracks Hit by Bomb, Berlin
CIaiIns-Cruiser Struck and Sixty OF
Crew Are Slain.

STCW AIc SldbI.
Berlin, Oct IS, via Wireless to Say
ville.-Eye-wi of the Zeppelin
attack on England on September 2@'
report according to the overseas news
Agency, that bombs hit the Grlnspy
barracks killing more than 400 sololers
and that about sixty men were kllled
on board a cruiser which was MT oy
bomb. 1t was said tnat heS7'e
street, London, was for the most part
laid in ruins.
.'Eve-witnesses state that more than
100 buildings were badly damaged,
some of them being completely wreck
ca saws the news agency. THE dam
age is ESTIMATED at more than 2,ooo'-
600 mounds. Regent street, London,
which is the main artery of commerce,
was for: the most part laid in ruins. IN
a southern suburb of London an am
uunition factory was blown up
"Tn Liverpool a bridge and track
1yore damaged so badly that it Will De
impossible to use them for long time.
Several benzol tanks near the Thames
were damaged. -.
.The Grimsby barracks were MT
and more than 400 soldiers were Kill
al cruiser with four tunnels Whlcu
was anchored in the Humber was hlt
nv a bomb and about sixty men were
killed. Two other warships were da-
mayed badly. At Hull some bu1lo'AS5
we're damaged so badly that only the
walls remained. Great damage was IN
hicted on ammunition factories aoo
railroad stations at Leeds. an alco-
ho1 foctorv and other buildings at
Portsm outh were struck, twelve cars
loaded with horses were destroyed a
dock was damaged, and railroad cars
were blown up"
New York, Oct. 1S.-Edgar Rlckaro,
an American, who arrived in New
York yesterday on the Ryndafn eaiu
TODAY in reference to the Zeppelin at
tack of September 2o.
I 81 lived within a few blocks OF
Regent street until october b. NO
building on Regent street was even
struck. There was no damage what
ever in the metropolitan district eA-
cept at Brixton."
New Britain herald., 1916-10-18
Germans and Austria.
Being Driven Ba,
in Pennsylvania, B
charest Reports
MINOR ENGAGEMENT
BULGARIANS CLAI

Heavy Engagements in Galicia 1
of in Despatch From Petrogrd
British in Somme Sector Hind
by Ratns-Germans Make III
Assaults on French But All in Y
Paris Claims.
Bucharest, Oct. II, Via Lon,
Oct. IS, 11:15 a. m.-Rumal
troops in the Predeal region, sou1
kronstadt, have resumed the offe1
and are driving back the Teut
forces on the Transylvania side Of
border, says an official announced
issued late this evening.
Violent Teutonic attacks are in
gress along the entire front in
Carpathians but the entente line
rot been penetrated, the annol|
ment adds.
All the military news from theI
manian fronts is declared to BID
assuring.
The announcement, which was
Elementary to the regular comm
que of the day reads as follows;
the Predeal region the RumaI
are resuming the offensive and
pursuing the enemy on the TraI
venia slope. Very stubborn figI
is in progress.
son the whole Carpathian frorj
enemy is attacking violently bl
far without success.
"All military news is reassurinI
New Britain herald., 1916-10-18
WALL STREET EAGER
FOR HUGHES TO WIN
SeC'y MCAdOO Makes Attack on
Money BaronS at Chicago
ROOSEVELT WAR MENACE
Member of Wilson's Cabinet Accuses
Hughes of Evading Question When
Asked Regarding His Action in
LuSitania Case

Chicago, Oct. 18.-Praise for Prest-
dent Wilson's diplomatic and legisla-
tive achievements and charges that
wall street has always dominated
the republican party" and that victory
for that party next monAh would en-
danger the country's prosperity, were
voiced here today by William G. Nc
Adoo, secretary of the treasury, be-
fore a noon political meeting in a
down town theater.
The American people are being
asked to put in peril the peace and
prosperity the country is not enjoying
under President Wilson by turning
their government over to the mex
perlenced Mr.. Hughes and the Or
ments which are supporting him.
said Mr.AdOO. For two months they
nave condemned every act Of the
democratic administration in the most
unfair and unit athful manner, but
the American pt )ple are still without
a definite answer from Mr. Hughes as
to what they will do with the gov
eminent If they get possession of j..
The only definite thing we have
had in the campaign from Col. Roose-
welt, who said at Battle Creek, dis
cuss1ng the Lusitania: You ask me
what / would have done I would
have seized every interned German
ship -
New Britain herald., 1916-10-18
WEATHER.

Hartford, Oct. fs-For
Hartford and vicinity: Fair
tonight. continued cool. Thurs
day unsettled, probably rain
New Britain herald., 1916-10-18
Roosevelt Would Cause War.

Mr.. McAdoo then quoted Germany's
declaration of war on Portugal be-
cause of seizures of German ships by
that country, and added: Mr.. Roose-
velt's action would have resulted in
war between the United States and
Germany. And now comes Mr.
Hughes and admits, as far as he is
ever definite, his accord with the bel
licose attitude of Mr.. Roosevelt This
is shown by his reply at Louisville
to the question as to what he would
have done in the Lusitania's case.
He says, in substance, that he would
have threatened the kaiser so effec-
lively that The Lusitania would never
have been sunk This is character
istic evasion, for Mr. Hughes was
asked what he would have done after
the Lusitania had been sunk. I
challenge him to answer that ques-
ton.
"Who can doubt that If Mr. Hughes
is made president Mr.. Roosevelt VIII
be the dominating influence and direct
| foreign and domestic policies?
| "A president has it in his power to
| plunge the country into war at any
moment. A single misstep, or rash
act, or blunder on his part is all that
|
courage or craftsmanship to provoke
| war. Any wild man, Or blunderer, in
| the presidential chair can precipitate
| such a calamity"
Taking up domestic affairs, Mr. Nc
| Adoo said that the democratic adj
| ministration had destroyed the sys-
tenn by which 'The reserve money OF
the banks of the country was con-
centrated principally in New York
City" He believes that Mr.. Hughes,
if elected. intends to repeal the fed
era1 reserve act, land estab lish a CEN
trail bank" because the republican
party has always stood for Wall
street and central bank.
The demand Of Wall street for a
central bank will be gratifed if the
republicans regain control of the gov
| ernment,' he added.
New Britain herald., 1916-10-18

CONTINUED On Fifteenth Pal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-15
rmantu Year. - ,aL

Twenty years ago William Schoon
was passing the home Of Mrs.
Harry j. Langworthy. wife Of a
contractor, S0S Broad street, staple-
ton.
You're just the man want to
see." she said, hating him. Il want
you to repair a hand mirror for me. .
Schoon took the mirror to his shop
and put 1t in a chest.
The other afternoon he returned to
the Langworthy home.
What brings you here?" she in
quired. why. haven't seen you in
years."
Your hand mirror" he remarked,
and handed ii out simply 0a-ted, "25
CENTS"
why, forgot all about it, )" ejacu-
lated Mrs. Langworthy.
$50 did l." answered Schoon. NEW
York World.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-15
Gases OF Lonaevlty.

or the oldest living people at the
present time is Captain Diamond, who
has just completed his one hundred
and nineteenth year. He is to be
mentioned first on account of an ex.
traordinary lissomeness. He directs
a gymnastical institute in California.
In Germany there exists a woman,
widow of a clergyman, named Ducki.
wicki, In Posen, who has reached her
one hundred and thirty-first year. But
she Is very stiff. The Russian sub
officer Budnihow has celebrated his
one hundred and thirty-third birthday
anniversary. In 1912 he fought against
Napoleon. A Russian in Tomsk is
aged one hundred and forty-six years.
He must be the Oldest man alive.
Franz Drachenberg, Norwegian, now
dead, attained the age Of one hundred
and forty-six. An English farmer
named Thomas Parr, who died in 1885,
lived one hundred and fifty-two years,
and had lived under ten English rul-
ers. josef Surrington, who died in
1897 in Bergen, was one hundred and
sixty years old, and had two sons, the
one son one hundred and three years
old and the youngest nine years of
age. An Englishman named Jenkins
died in 1910, at the age of one hundred
and sixty-nine, and when he had
reached one hundred years was still a
champion swimmer At one time he
had to appear in court to testify con-
corning something that had taken
place one hundred and forty years be-
fore He left two sons, who reached
the respective ages of one hundred
and two and one hundred years.
Thomas earn, an Englishman, reached
the age Of two hundred and seven
years. Methuselah, as we all know, is
said to have reached the age of nine
hundred and sixty-nine years!-Conti-
mental News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-15
Copyright. 1916. by W. G. Chapman,
BRIGHT SPOTS IN SAHARA
Where Water TrickIes Down Mountain
Ranges There viii Be Found a
Little Vegetation.

Most Of the Sahara is q part of the
French domain and. south of the des
ert, British Nigeria begins; the French
and English marked their boundary
In 1898; and this boundary has since
been fixed little further south SO that
the French need not travel through
the encroaching desert in passing be
tween French West Africa and their
possessions on Lake Chad.
The vast rock plateaus are Just as
forbidding as the sand wastes. In
their worst phases these high table
lands are perfectly barren, utterly de.
void of life. On the best maps we see
these bare, waterless regions with the
name "Tanezruft," a Berber word sig
nifying their inhospitable character
The French travelled, three years ago
for 10 days over one of these areas
without finding water.
But there are brighter phases even
of the mid-Sahara. Some of those
mountain ranges, GROWING the pla.
iteaus, are high enough to condense a
little water vapor and streamlets come
down the hills, creating bits of wood
land and pasturage at the base. These
are gardens of Eden amid the sur
rounding desolation and In such places
are the inhabitants of the desert no
MAIDS. The Ahaggar mountains are a
blessing amid the vast expanse of
desOlatiOn.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-15
TO KILL LOG-EATING GOATS
Lumber Company Orders Herd Exc
cuted When It Gets Entirely
Too Ravenous.

Goats are perfect marvels In clear
ing forest lands for cultivation. They
eat the brush down to the roots, take
the slash" from lumber operations for
dessert, and prepare the forest for ag-
riculture in way that no man can
do except at great expense, says the
Minneapolis Journal In northern Min
nesota the homesteader or settler who
has herd of goats is the envy of all
his neighbors. But when the goats
begin to eat sawlogs their usefulness
has passed; they become a menace to
society. This is the danger that con-
fronts northern Minnesota unless
proper precautions are taken.
In semiofficial report to W. T. Cox,
state forester. district ranger tells
and interesting experience. Finding
that 1t was somewhat expensive to
burn the slash" and to carry out the
orders for forest fire prevention the
company decided to obtain a band of
goats to do the work.
The goats did well. They ate all the
brush, all the slash, the grass and
the shrubbery. The lumber company
was pleased.
But when the grass and shrubbery,
brush and slash were exhausted the
goats tackled the pulpwood ard the
logs. Directors of the company de-
creed that the goats be slaughtered.
"This will teach lumber companies
not to cut their timber too small" was
Mr.. Cox comment.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-15
HEAT WON'T HELP MATURITY
Result Of Columbia Professors Studies
Conflicts With Former
Views.

Children do not reach maturity in
tropical climates more quickly than in
temperate climates This remarkable
conclusion, which runs contrary to a
widely held belief, has been reached
by Prof Franz Boas. professor of an
thropology at Columbia university.
Professor Boas, fresh from participa-
ton in scientific survey of Porto
Rico, has just made his report to the
New York Academy of Sciences, which
undertook the investigation.
"The first Of our anthropological in
Quiries had for its object the study Of
conditions of growth of the body in a
tropical environment" Professor Boas
says. 1T is generally assumed that
heat has the effect of accelerating the
physiological development so that in
warm climates children reach maturity
earlier than in temperate zones. Our
inquiries do not substantiate this view.
The material has not yet been collated,
but from the general character of the
data venture to say that they will be
Of the greatest Importance for prac-
teal measures relating to the hygiene
Of childhood and for the management
Of schools"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-15

recklessly retraced the river trail, to
get into new trouble.
lie ran into his foes at an ambus
caoe, and, one to ten, was overmas.
tered. He fought hard. and was gen.
orally mauled up, taken captive and
hurried to a copse, where he was ar.
raigned before stern-faced chief of
the tribe. Dan had disabled three of
his assailants of the night previous
1t seemed, and revenge was demanded
1t was while they were searching
him that strange episode transpired
The chief was morose, sullen fellow,
but he evinced interest as Dams DOS
sessions were removed from his peck.
cts. He gave a great start and ut
tered a sharp cry as one of his min.
ions removed from Dams pocket the
photograph of the Indian girl, which
Dan hAd forgotten all about.
Why, here's speculation for me-
I'm thinking" chuckled Dan, half an
hour later.
For, driving away the others and
betraying the deepest interest in the
picture, which seemed to arouse vivid
emotions, the young chief soon made
1t manifest that he had recognized the
photograph as that of an Indian maid
en- he had loved and lost sight of. He
must find her, he eagerly declared, at
all hazards and at any cost!
Dan bargained well for his services
and the young chief had an opulent
store Of gold nuggets
Dan secured goodly share of the
same for bringing together the parted
lovers, and the fact that kind act
had led to all this good fortune gave
quite a romantic tinge to the wedding,
at which Mollie was the bride.
Copyright, 1916 by w G. Chanmanl
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-15

Sam Gompertz Is said to be going
to build a new amusement place at
Coney island, on the site of Dream
land, with everything free except ten
cents admission. Probably that is
why he was the largest bidder at the
auction of the contents of the Eden
Musee. He bought John Purroy Nit
chel, William the s. o. Bill Sulzer, w.
Jennings Bryan. Anna Held, Sarah
Bernhard and IL other assorted ia,
nous people, all In lump, for $3.50, or
$40 apiece. He just missed getting 10
makers Of history" from Cleopatra
to Roosevelt, which went en- masse for
$3.50. Thomas A. Edison, clad in a
check suit. was sold separately for
$40, and Colonel Goethals brought SO.
Both beat Governor Whitman, who
was disposed of, scenery and every
thing" for 81. Some OF the large
prices Of the day. paid for group fig
ures, in which the auctioneer protest
ed that the very wax at 26 cents a
pound was worth more than the bid.
we're Admiral Fletcher bombarding
Vera Cruz. FIVE figures. $26; General
Funston entering Vera Cruz. eight ig-
ures, sac; Lees surrender at Apo
mattox. il figures. 800; Pope Plus
lying in state, four figures, $40; "Hor-
rors Of the Spanish InQuisition." $50:
Hans Schmidt. $40; and the execu.
ton Of the four gunner, $40.-New
York Commercial.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-15
SMALL MAN WINS HIS SPURS
Trenches Make Him Better Fighter
Than the Larger Soldier, It Is
Now Said.

A Bantam Corps now is organic
ing in British Columbia. 1t may not
be easy to explain why, but the fact
is that energy and pugnacity seem to
become intensified as the physical
bulk diminishes in all animals, includ-
ing man. The capacity for enduring
physical hardships generally dimin-
ishes as the size and weight increase,
so that the idea of a Bantam Corps
Is one Of the most practical and valu-
able of the suggestions offered in con-
nection with recruiting.
Among the many cherished but now
fossil decisions of militarism that have
been for centuries regarded as axi-
omatic this one of coupling power Of
endurance with size of frame is the
most obstructive of progress. Hun
dreds of thousands of eager recruits
have been rejected because they were
a trifle below the prescribed dimen-
sions, or for slight defects of eyesight
or teeth.
Trench fighting has revolutionized
the prevailing ideas about war in this
as in other respects. A small man may
endure the strain of trench work bet
ter than large man, may be better
sniper, is less expansive target for
the enemy's bullets and is likely to be
less expensive to maintain. In the
old style Ct fighting, which was large
ly matter Of charging on foot or on
horseback, weight might tell in favor
OF the heavier man, but there Is COM
paratively little of that sort of fight
ing now.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-15
EIectrIfied panAa

Pants warmed by electricity is the
latest war invention. It Is described
by it's originators, an Innsbruck pro-
lessor who is at present serving In the
army, Max Beck by name. and the
well-known Vienna professor Of medi-
cine, Won Schroeder.
Besides the comfort this garment
would be to men in the trenches in
winter, it is pointed out that electrical
pants and, likewise, an electrical arm
warmer, might be proftably used in
airships and aeroplanes. It appears
from the description given that ex-
tremely supple but stiff electrical
warming-wires are woven in with the
stun, which is itself made especially
with a view to, insulation. The pants
are put on like any other, and fed
by cables at distance OF hundred
yards or more.
The wearer can himself connect and
disconnect the heat conductor. The
expense is 175d. to Id. an hour. The
cost of manufacture As estimated at
from e3 6s. Sd. tt "a IS. 4d.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-15
MosLEMs TO BE RECOGNIZED
Legislation VIII Make Their Religion
Legally Recognized by
Hungary.


The Moslem religion will be legally
recognized in Hungary If a bill intro
duced by the Hungarian minister OF
justice is enacted into law by the Hun
garian diet
In addition to giving the Moslem
religion every right enjoyed by any
other recognized faith in Hungary, the
proposed law will also permit the
teaching Of Mohammedan dogma and
the founding of Moslem religious in
stitutions SO far as they are not in
conflict with the existing laws.
While Mohammedans in Hungary
have in the past enjoyed full liberty
Of conscience, they were as yet de-
prived of certain civil rights which
functionaries of other recognized
creeds exercised. The bill now before
the diet effaces some of these inabili-
ties automatically, as soon as 1t be-
comes law, while others are removed
by express provisions, as was done In
the case Of the Mohammedans Of Bos-
mia and Herzegovina.
OF Moslem communities in Hungary
the Danube island Of Ada Kale, near
Orsova, is the largest, though groups
large enough to form religious COM
munities are found in many parts of
the country.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-15
Platinum Was Not Mentioned.

Julius Wodiska, a manufacturing
jeweler of New York, has scrap-boOk
that is full Of interesting things, one
of the most interesting being clip
ping from a copy of the jewelers. Cir
cular, that was printed in December,
1891. This clipping contains the an
swer to a question asked relative to
the metals known at that time which
were more expensive than gold, which
cost 1919 a pound Among the items
listed were iridium, which was quoted
at $3.50 pound. and palladium, which
was held at $500 pound. but plat
mum, which has been so much in the
limelight of late because CT the high
prices asked for it, was not mem
toned. The highest prices contained
in the list were quoted on gallium.
which was held at $4,000 a pound;
vanadium, which was quoted at 3d.
$40 a pound, and thorium and gluct-
mum, which were priced at 1924 ana
$4,000 pound, respectively.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-15
Rebuilding Johns hopkIns.

What the Johns Hopkins of the past
has been is an old story. AS a small
university 1t has ever stood for the
best In higher learning. Intensive
work has always been its aim. That
the expansion sure to follow the re-
moval to Homewood will work no
change in the ideals vigorously ad-
hered to In the past is made plain by
the present plans of the authorities.
Hopkins will never be a large univer-
sity, provision being made for not
more than 1000 students. The class
rooms are to be small, accommodating
not more than thirty students each,
with the understanding that the size
of the classes is to remain constant,
even II the university reaches the
maximum enrolment The line of
demarcation between undergraduate
and graduate work Is to be sharply
drawn IN all departments, and the
dormitories, which will follow the
quad" system. will not provide room
for more than 200 students each. Five
years ago Homewood was virtually a
wilderness; today 1t has been laid out
according to the best landscape archi-
tectural ideas Of the day. In another
nve years. II the money is forthcom-
ing, the new university will probably
be completed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-15
War Economy.


Richard Harding Davis. the war cor
respondent. said, the other day. in
Pittsburgh:
"The allies are getting together at
last. They are working together In
their plans we see no more selfishness.
They were pretty selfish at first.
Their selhshness was typical, in fact,
by an economy story-a story about
a rich Englishman.
This wealthy old fellow, when the
economize-and-save movement was at
its height, said warmly over regalia
and glass Of liqueur brandy at the
club:
Economic, eh7 Economic, is it?
Well. by Jove, it's Incredible how one
can economic If one sets ones mind
to it. Topped five pounds a week of
my household expenses at one stroke
this morning by cutting OF all the
servants meat. '"-Washington Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-02-15
Ropues' Gallery Movies.

The police department has decided
to try the use Of moving pictures for
the Identification Of criminals, says
the New York Times. Second Deputy
Commissioner Lord has been making
plans for the installation of q moving
picture room at police headquarters.
Most policemen agree that the ordi-
nary photograph used in the identified
ton Of criminals serves but a poor
purpose. Unless the original has some
pronounced facial characteristic 1t is
almost impossible to identity him by
q photograph.
By taking moving pictures of crimi-
mails the police will be enabled to re-
produce on the screen all Of the crimi-
nails physical characteristics. They
will be photographed front view and
side view. standing and walking. In
this way the police will be able to
note the criminals popularity of gait