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New Britain herald., 1916-03-27
|50,000 CONTRACT MADE BY WILLARD
|anlpion to Appear in Circus Greeted by Crowd on Return
 to Chicago.

@Chicago, March 27-Jess Willard
 srfved from New York today with
 B right hand in bandages. Other Sse he showed no ill-effects of his 8ntest with Frank Moran in New zprk Saturday night. The champion will remain with 2s family here until starting his sea- &n with @ circus April 29 It was 8id that his contract with the cir Els calls for s150,000. ''I did not knock out Moran be- huse D knockout would have bad Eject on the fighting game in New ork. and there is enough feeling Hgainst it now said Willard. q zo not intend to retire. I am not 6hat much of a fool, even if they Ho say things about me- Willard grinned when asked fl She satche1 he carried contained the Ilcney he won.
 "T've got some of it. all right" he |aid. "and Tom Jones is coming along IEith the rest"
 The champion was greeted by q large crowd at the station.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27
City Hens

Mrs. Joseph Hollfeder of Hart street is seriously ill at her home.
 Professor E. F. Jores has resumed his duties as organist at Fox's theater.
 Joseph Madden will leave Wednes- day for New York where he will join the Barnum & Bailey circus.
 James ". Parker who recently sold his large barn in the north end of the city to Attorney P. r. McDon- ough, has bought the residence of Herbert w. Spellman at the corner of Stanley and Francis street.
 Nine cases of measles ono of humps and one of whooping cough were reported to the health depart ment this forenoon. A total of 197 cases of measles was brought to the attention of the department last week.
 The carpet bowling team of Clan Douglas, o. S. C., will play the Ma sonic lodge team of Plainville in that town Wednesday evening. Members will leave on the trolley at 7:53 o'clock.
 Rev Patrick Daly is improving from a slight illness with which he was stricken yesterday during the ' o'clock mass.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27
No Attacks at Verdun.

Paris, March 27, 12:10 p. m.- There were no infantry actions in the Verdun region last night, this af ternoon's official statement says. East of the Mouse the artillery action was violent along the DouaumontVauX line. To the west of the river the night was relatively calm.
 The text of the statement follows:
 "In the Argonne district there has been fighting with mines which re- suited to our advantage at LaFillc Morte. There have also been some engagements with bombs in the sec tor of Countes Chaussees.
 West of the river Mouse, the night was relatively calm. East of the river there has been uninterrupted artil- lery firing along the Douaumont-VauN front.
 'In the Woevre district there has been a fairly spirited bombardmeHt. particularly in the region of Mou- lainville and ChatillOn, but no in- fantry actions.
 "On the remainder of the front the night was qulet.'
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27
LOOK FOR MILLION
 AMERICAN TOURISTS
French Hotel Keepers Looks for Big Trade After War is
 Over

Paris, March PA "Committee of French Hotel Keepers" that has re- gently come into existence estimates that a million Americans will come to France. immediately after the war to visit the sites which have become famous duing the hostilitles.
 All sorts of suggestions are belnS put forward. One is that broad highway should be laid down along from DiXmude to Beltort. to be call ed '"The Holy Road.' with plenty of good hotels at intervals. simply fur nished but each containing from eighty to a hundred rooms and m abundant supply of baths. Another suggestion is the formation of special tourist trains running from the Chan mel to Belfort in which the torusts should live and sleep while they are sightseeing.
 Meantime the committee of hotel keepers is busy preparing for the advent of the visitors by training staffs to replace the German and Aus trian managers and walters of the pre-war period, renewing furniture. repainting and repapering and in
  engagements in the various hotels.
 A writer in La Renaissance, Mon siguer Louis Forest, treating of a subject now occupying good deai ot attention tourists instead of organ izing with a view to increasing her export trade. "Why" he asks. send our products to the foreigner when we can bring the foreigner to our products? Let us then export in land'-1et us attract the foreigner and put him in the way of seeking and testing our native wares
 This writer, by the way, warns his fellow countrymen that neutral spec u!ators are already buying up French hotels in large numbers and threatens to rob France of a valuable asset after the war.
 The renovation of the French ho- tel system in view of post -boIlum tourist traffic will require the e1n : ployment of a great deal of capital. This, says Monsigeur Forest, must be supplied my America. which has such large financial interests in France, that she is substantially concerned i'll French prosperity.
 Since the war began the sanitary authorities have reQuisitioned throughout France nearly five hun- dred hotels, large and small. while three-uuarters of the beds oXistin" in French hotels today are at the dIs- posal of the Minister of War.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27
p. S. WILL ENTERTAIN.

Arrangem ents are being made by P. S. McMahon for the entertainment of the members of the Holstein Cattle association of Connecticut, which will hold it's annual session at his farm in Blue Hills, Kensington on June 3. The club has a membership Of 300. MT. McMahon has gone into the Hol- stein cattle raising business on an eX- tensive scale and today has one of the largest herds of that breed in the state. He will attend the Mad ison Square Cattle show in New York Wednesday and Thursday and expects to augment the size of his herd by purchases there.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27
IN AID OF MILK STATION.

Local women who have agreed to take up the work of conducting the baby milk station at the Burritt school this summer independently of the Visiting Nurses association. which conducted the station, for the past two years, will meet with Mrs Ira E. Hicks Thursday afternoon to plan for this porpose. It is planned to have two nurses take charge apf the work. One will be in charge Tor fcur months and the other for the two remaining months. The milk station achieved splendid results in the two summers it was operated and it is believed that even greater re- suits may be obtained this year as the nurses to be employed will be abl@to devote their whole attention to the york.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27
BUILDING ACTIVITIES.
Permits Issued Here Last Week
 Total $24,65O

That New Britain will experience much building activity this season de- spite threatened labor troubles and the increased cost of building ma tcral is indicated by the value of permits issued during the past week. They totaled $24,650, a marked in- crease over the previous week. Re- ports from other cities We're as fol- lows: New Haven s2O9,6OO: Bridge port $134, ,219 Hartford $29,91o; Wa terbury $7,10O; Stamford s22.25O. West Haven $500 and Stratford $8,60O.
 Active work on the remodeling of the Stevens block on Main street is in progress. The work is being lone by Contra ctor James O'Loughlin of Hartford. The ground floor will be fitted up for a Hudson lunch and a handsome brick front will adorn the structure. The Eastern Bridge and Structural Co has tho contract for the steel work; Dockrell Halliday company the tile work and the Griffin Schoficld Electric company the elec- trical fittings.
 The Stanley Works has plans for four large frame structures on Bur ritt street. One will be 35 by 145 feet and the rest 20 by 145 feet with concrete roofs.
 H. l.. Thompson has the contract for the erection of a chemical labora- tory 40 by 40 feet to be built for Davenport & Keeler.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27
BRITISH BLOW UP
 GERMAN TRENCHES
TeutonS Lose Destroyer in Sea
 Fight. After Raid

Berlin, March 27, Via London, :d5 D. m.-More than 100 yards of Ger man trenches near St. Elio have been blown up by the British, German army headquarters announced today.
 West Prussian regiments were suc- cessful in recapturing the artillery observation positions lost by the Ger mans on March 20 near Mokrxyce, near Narocz Lake on the Russian front, today's announcement also states.
 The text of the German official statement read:
 Western theater: By an extensive mine explosion early this morning, the British damaged our position near St. Eloi, south of Ypres. More than one hundred yards of trenches were blown up. Casualties were caused among the company occupying the po- sition.
 ''In the district northeast and east of Vermelles we were successful in mine fighting and took some prison CTS.
 Further south near LaBoisselle, northeast of Albert, some weak Eng fish attachments attempted to ad- vance against our positions They were prevented by our fire
 During the past few days the Brit ish again shelled the town of Lens.
 Tn the Argonne and in the re- zion of the Mouse artillery and other firing diminished only temporarily"
 Eastern theater: The Russians yesterday renewed their attack with Violence against the front occupied by the armies of Field Marshal Von Hlndenburg. They suffered enor- nous losses without achieving any success.
 Near Welikoieslo, south Vidsy. our advanced detachments captured 57 Russians and two machine guns
 strong attacks by portions of three Russian army corps south of Narocz Lake were repulsed, and in a counter attack by us twenty one officers and 2,l4O men were captured from the enemy. We also took a number of machine guns"
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27
COURT ACTION IF
 ASSESSMENT HOLDS
Lafayette Street Property Owners
 Dissatisfied With Pavement

Property owners on Lafayette street are up in arms over the con- dition of the street which was paved last summer, and unless something is done to repair what they consider a poor job, they will bring the mat ter to the courts, If the payment is insisted on by the city.
 Recently a petition was circulated among the residents of the street as follows:
 To the Common Council of the City
 of New Britain:
 We, the undersigned property own CTS. residing and owning property on Lafayette street, do hereby protest against paying for the road in it's present unfinished condition. We want the road sufficiently high in the middle so the water will be carried off to the gutters without leaving pools of water. Property owners in other parts of the city have not been required to pay for a road that is more service able than our street.
 If the matter of payment of the road goes any further without the road being made right, we will serve notice on the city that we may be obliged to carry the matter to he court.
 Signers of Petition. Signers of the petition are: Abra- ham Zevin, Meyer Zinman, John Sheehan, Catherine Sheehan, Benja- min Goldberg, Rollin Petrowsky, James P. Sullivan, Sam Gwosdof, R. H Erwin, Hilary Morris, Emanual Pfoh Jo, as Shanahan, James T. Lee, George Dobson for the estate of Francis Dobson, Michael McAvay and Luke Meehan.
 Commissioner John O'Brien early in the fall, brought the matter of tine poor condition of the street before the board of public works. At that time he pointed out that the grade of the street was inadequate to al low the water to run properly off the surface, and as a result pools several inches deep formed. The contractor at the time of the com l pletion of the work was not paid in | full, the city engineer claiming that l there was several minor matters to l be completed This was however ad 1 iusted and the city carried out it's end of the contract. Whether Com 1 missioner O'Briens criticism was | justified or not was never determined publicly, and as result the matter ] dropped out of sight
 Rough Finish on Street.
 The street is certainly not a work .of art It is constructed with the new rough surface finish, but many drivers of autom obiles and teams have spoken in the highest of terms of this particular kind of finish.
 The contractor in charge of the
 work at the time of the criticism
 stated that he carried out the grade to the lines given by the employees of the city engineering force.
 At a recent meeting of the board
 of compensation and assessments
 property owners appeared and de
 nounced the work bitterly. Tn
 above petition has been handed t.
 Councilman Curtis and will be pre-
 sented at the next meeting of tn
 council.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27
GIVES sPDENDID ADDRESS.

A large crowd attended the Sum- day evening services at the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church last eve ming The speaker of the evening was Rabbi Harry w. Ettleson of Con- gregation of Beth Israel, Hartford, who spoke interestingly on the sub ject, From Persecution through Tol- eration to Cooperation and Fellow ship" A special musical program was also carried out.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27
Russians Lose Severely.

Berlin, March 27, by Wireless to Sayville.-"War correspondents on the Russian front state unanimously that the losses of the Russians in their new offensive are appalling says the Overseas News Agency. "On several occasions Russian artillery di- rected a curtain of fire behind the Russian troops in order to push them forward.
 The correspondent of the Frank furter Zeitung forwards declaration of Russian prisoners of war; who state that their officers employed
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27
HARTFORD MAN DIES.
ell Known Fireman in Neighboring

SkVcll Known Fireman in Neighboring
 < City SUccumbs to Brights Disease.
 Hartford March 27--Edward r.
 one of Hartfords best
 sIxnown veteran frenien and business
 srnen died at his home. No. 63 Capitol
 zavenue, today of acute Brights dis
 lease He had been i'll since Friday
 M-. McKernan was born In this ! city, Nov. 22, 1854 and had always lived here. He had been engaged in zthe liduor business about thirty years IAs a veteran fireman he was well known ln this and other states. He Served for several years in the volun- teer fire department and was former ly forep1an of the Hartford Veteran Volunteer Firemen's association.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27
McADOO ENTERTAINED.

Rio Janeiro, March 27.-William C.. McAdoo and the other members of the American section of the interna- tional high commission, which is to meet in Buenos Aires, were the guests last night at a banquet gwen by Dr. Lauro Muller, the Brazilian minister O. foreign affairs. The Brazilian members of the commission also were present. Earlier in the day Mir. Me- Adoo was received by President Wen ceslao BraZ.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27
GEORGE IVES DEAD.

Winsted, March 27.-George s. Ives, S5 years old general store keeper at Colebrook River for forty years, and postmaster for eighteen, dled at his home in that town last night after weeks illness. Death was due to heart trouble and grip.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27
INVESTED MILLS WORKING.

Employees of Two Departments on
 strike-Nay Necessitate Closing.
 Winsted, March 27.-With the ex- ctption of tn espinning and carding departments the mills of the Winsted Hosiery company were running today. The carders and spinners are on strike for an advance in wages. They were to have had a conference today With General Manager E. B. Gaylord but as he was out of town this had to be postponed until Wednesday.
 Officials of the company have said that unless the strikers return to work soon the other departments of the mills will be forced to close.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27
Y NJ c. A. NOTES.

The board of directors will hold a
 Rev. E. B. Cross will address the m members of the Right Living club at it's weekly supper tonight.
 The William IT. Hart Debating club will meet tonight at o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27
German Boat Is Missing

London, March 27, 9:1O a. m.-A German torpedo boat is missing since the sea fighting which followed the British air raid on Saturday mornine. on German aviation sheds in northern hlesWig-HOlstein, according to an Official German statement received here by wireless. The statement is as follows:
 The English naval aeroplane att tack of the North F'risian coast fail- Cd completely. Two armed fishing steamers on outpost service fell vic- tims to English vessels. Our naval aeroplanes attacked the English naval fighting forces and succeeded in securing a number of hits and in seriously damaging a torpedo boat destroyer Of the naval fighting force which were sent immediately, only a few torpedo boats came in touch with the retreating enemy dur ing the night of March 25-26. One of these torpedo boats has not yet returned"
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27
Transport Sinks.

Berlin, March 27, via Wireless to oayVllle.-Reports have been received rom Athens that a French transport with troops on board from SaIoniki had struck a mine and sunk, seventy three persons being rescued says the Overseas News Agency.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27
Turks Shell F1Otilla.

Constantinople, March 27, Via. London, 1O:55 a. m.-The following official statement was given out at military headquarters:
 "Irak front: Conditions un- changed.
 Caucasian front: On March 25 an advance reconnaissance by a small tody of enemy cavalry and infantry forces was repulsed' with losses to them.
 Dardanelles: Our coast batteries drove off some enemy destroyers which were cruising before the Oar danelles. Three aeroplanes flew over Gallipoli, but retreated toward the Island of Imbros when our battleplane appeared on the scene.'
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27

The arrow in the accompanying map points to Ell Oso C'the bear'D
 the little Mexican town in which, &C., cording to report, Villa was caught by the rapid advance of General Pershing'S' three divisions from Casas Grandes and by the en- circling Carranzista forces. In touch with General Pershing's column has
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27

been Colonel George A. DOdd. with his field artillery and cavalry. He went down the Galeana road through Galeana City, El Valle, Las Cruces, and to Namiquipa, where he is be-
 1ieved to be cooperating with the Carranza forces. Villa was reported to be in Fl Oso canyon, where he made his stand and escaped from
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27
Italians Shell GOr1ZIa.

Berlin, March 27, by Wireless to Sayville- official statement issued at the Austro-Hungarian headquarters March A, says:
 "The Italians have shelled GOrzia and ROveretO.
 "In the Russian and Balkan war theaters the situations are un- changed"
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27

brutal methods to compel them to move the fighting line. Of one reSi- rnent barely 250 men returned from the attack The first Siberian corps may be said to have ceased to exist"
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27
SPARKS DIES; 6ONIC FUNERAL
of Harmony Lodge
 i'll Be Pail Bearers

Fed R. Sparks, a Thirty-second
 Adason and one of the most
 nt workers for that organiza-
 *he state, died at 6:15 o'clock
 nsng at his home, 214 Park
 Eer a four months illness with
 disease. The funeral will be
 rn his late homo at o'clock
 n afternoon. Rev. Warren
 will officiate.
 xasonic Funeral Service.
 aarks having been such a we'll
 M ason the Masonic rites of
 8s lodge will be used, but a
 &11n from Washington Com
 Knights Templars from
 d will attend the services in
 Past Masters of Harmony
 F. & A. M., in which lodge l4Sarks himself was raised and
 past master, will act as pail
 . They will be William j. &gs, George W. Klett, William sbwell, Frank A. Goddard, Ed f7. Munson and R. J. Dixon. h. sat will be in Fairview cemetery. |nony lodge will meet in Mason- q at o'clock tomorrow to 10 the funeral tn a body. Business Man. Sparks observed his fifty-first Iay on Wednesday of last week. was born at Vernon on 22, 186E. but had made one in this city since he was ars old. His father died about wears ago. Whcr. a young MT. Sparks went into thc truck asiness and his business is now # the most successful in this Always q strong and robust man, parks entire life was a stren- one He worked hard and d to thrive on it and 1t is due s indomitable energy that his sss f1ourishcd as if did. He was dent bicyclist and was wont to many miles on pleasure trips. summer he purchased a motor lment for his bicycle and told -iends he had much enjoyment 1t.
 } Went to Ride Yesterday. ut four months ago MT. Sparks tricken with Bright's disease and lgh all was done for him that possible, the ravages of the dis sapped his strength until he was e1led to give up active work. the last however his strong que and will power refused to and even yesterday he went carriage ride with his wife. ming home in the afternoon he 1ained of feeling bad. He sat in a chair and when his wife, had left the room for a moment, ned she found him lying on the
 He sank rapidly until the end. es his wife, MT. Sparks is sur
 by two daughters, the Misses and Be'1'a'o and one son, Philip. D. A. Wn- of Bridgeport and Lucy W"-'-~~ If this city are sis ] His. a"'" mother. Mrs. Maria parks. all survives him.
 Was Active Mason.
 Sparks was Thirty-Second e Mason. He was a past master armony lodge. He was past ? illustrious master of Doric gil, he was a member of Cid chapter. R. A. M., he belonged darlington Commandery, Knight Dlars and was also a member of K Temple of Hartford. He like was member of the Scottish story of the Valley of Connecti- nd belonged to the Order of the srn Star.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27

the Carranza troops three months ago, before he appeared at Santa Ysabel and ordered Pablo Lopez to commit the Santa Ysabel massacre. El Oso is five miles southeast of Namiquipa, on the trail toward Santa Clara, where General Pablo reported he had met and defeated Villa and his men and horses.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-27
TcutOns Prepare SalOnil<i Drive?

Athens, March 26, g a. m, Via
 Paris, March 27, 12:15 a. m.-De- spatches from SaloniK say that the frontier actions which had hitherto been considered merely as trying-ou operations on the part of the Bull garians and Germans are now assum- ing the character of a general attack against the advanced line of the allies
 Considerable vigor is being displayed and heavy artillery is being employed on both sides. It is said that in both military and diplomatic circles of the Teutonic allies there is a belief that
 the long-prophesied effort to drive the allies into the sea has begun, but
 it is pointed out that these circles, in Athens at least, are not in a position tO be accurately informed. In en- tente circles here, while the impor- tance of the increasing activity of the Bulgarians and Germans is not minimized, there is a general convic ton that they do not seriously intend tc attempt to capture SalOniki.