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New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
TWO YEARS TO MAKE GUN.

Washington, Jan. 25.-The first of the new 16-inch mobile howitzers can not be delivered to the army for two years. Before the house military com mittee today, Brig. Gen. Crozier, chief of ordnance, said it would take nine months alone to complete designs for the guns and another year to make the first gun for testing The ordnance experts also are preparing to con- struct twenty six 16-inch rifles, long range, heavy weapons to be mounted in turrets as part of the fixed forti- fications. General Crozier gave no es- innate of time necessary to construct them. He said he had seen reports that 17-inch guns were being mounted on new German battleships, but had no official information.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
WANTS JESS AND JIM
Billy Gibson Offers Champion Will
 lard $25, ,0OO to Meet Coffey in Gar

New York, Jan. 25.-Any time Jess Willard, heavyweight champion, wants to pick up $25,000 he can do it by boxing ten rounds in Madison Square Garden with Jim Coffey, the Irish heavyweight who has twice been knocked out by Frank Moran. Billy Gibson, manager of Coffey, yesterday wired Willard this offer and if the heavyweight title holder accepts to- morrow his guarantee will be posted by Gibson.
 Willard can name the date, Gibson said, and he can make it either be- fore or after his prospective match with Moran. Coffey is ready to tackle the champion on a weeks notice and he believes he can make a better showing against Willard than he did against Moran
 The only restriction Gibson places on his offer to the title holder is that the match shall take place in Madison Square Garden.
 Willard apparently is looking for easy money and here is his chance to get it." said Gibson last night
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
ALLEGATION CORRECTED.

Sulphur Springs, Tex, Jan. 25.- Press in it's story yesterday of the brewery hearing before Judge Will liam Pierson of the eighth judicial district, enormously said that, among the charges against the defendants, was an allegation that they collected by assessments and donation funds at the rate of $1,2O0,000 a year for the past five years in order to promote prohibition legislation and com bat county and other local option elections. The allegation as con- tained in the states petition, which is alleged to have collected assessments and donations at the rate of $1,2OO.- 900 a year to promote anti-prohibi- tnOn legislation.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
COL. HOUSE LEAVES
 TO VISIT BERLIN
Wilson's Personal Envoy Again States His Trip is Not Connected With
 Peace Movement.

Geneva, Switzerland, via Paris, Jan. 24, 11:10 D. m.-Colonel E. M. House, President Wilson's personal represen- tative, arrived here this morning and left at five o'clock in the afternoon for Berlin. He was accompanied by two secretaries of the American em- bassy in Berlin, who had come here to meet him.
 Col House said to the Asso ciated Press correspondent that many mis- statements had been published in the European press concerning the mo- lives of his visit and that he desired again to affirm that it was no wise connected with any peace movement or any proposals but that it's purpose continued to be that which had been announced before he left the United States.
 From Berlin Col. House will return to Paris through Switzerland and will visit no other capitals of continental Europe.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
THEN CALL OSLER.
Jones

Chicago, Jan. 24-Fielder Jones manager of amalgamated St. Louis Browns and Feds, thinks the ge life of a ball player in active service is all too short With proper care, he says, a player should be in the game at S5 or 40. The life of the average ball player is not more than five or six years,' said Jones today, "but the life of a star is something better than fifteen years. Stars endure because, to be a star, you must take proper care of yourself. However, there aren't many stars. You easily can count them among the present day crop. But if you go back a few years you'll find that Wagner, Leach, Mathewson. Wallace, Plank, CraW- ford and others l cannot mention just now were as good at 35 as they were when they broke in"
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
$20,760 FOR WHITMAN'S
 TRIP TO EXPOSITION
New York Central Railroad Renders Bill to Commission For Panama
 Pacific Tour of Governor.

Albany, N. Y., Jan. 25.-Some of the Iohs-sought vouchers of the Panama faclIlc Exposition commission were made public yesterday at the state cornptroller's office, thus adding an- other chapter to the legislative com- mlttee and commission expense tan- gle that started last week with the ob- Jectlon of Assem- blyman McQuistion to the accounting of the Thompson pubHc service Investigating commit tee. One of the vouchers shows that the trip of Governor Whitman and his party, numbering thirty-nine, to the exposition, cost $2O,76O
 This bill, which was rendered by the New York Central railroad cov- CTS transportation, meals and service only. It is not itemized. The bill has been paid by the commission, but the comptroller yesterday declined to ac- cept 1t Tn it's present form and sent it back for additional details
 The voucher was signed by Norman E. Mack, as chairman of the exposi- tion commission, and John R. Yale, vice chairman.
 A force of clerks was working yes terday checking up and tabulating the vouchers Consequently it was inn pOSSlDlo IO ledTn 1T all the SiUO,OOO appropriated for the commission had been accounted for.
 Many of the vouchers were for commissioners expenses and enter tainment at the state building at the exposition. One showed payment of $57.20 for music at a dinner to Chair man Mack. Another showed payment of $31S.95 expenses to ex-Senator James J. FraWley, one of the com misSiOners.
 Among items for floral decorations were $43O for ball room and private dining room November 23-27 Thanks giving week, $245 for farewell dinner to Chair~>an Mack and $100 for ball in honor of Ex-Governor John A. Dix.
 The Misses Worn of San Francisco receipted a bill of $1 1,947 for "decor- ations," the nature of which was not given. The items range from $427.5O at luncheon on April to $4OO at a banquet on November ?.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
PENN CREW RESPONDS
Tutor Wants to See Record Crowd Out-Intcr- Class and Inter-Depart- mcnt Races to be Held.

Philadelphia, Jan. 25.-Although the midyear examinations are going on at the University of Pennsylvania, @ squad of more than fifty candidates answered the call for Varsity row ing material this afternoon.
 The new Penn rowing tutor, Jo- seph Wright wants to see a record turnout and said this afternoon that more men would respond after the examinations were concluded.
 Coach Wright had each candidates height, age, and weight taken as he registered. Measurements will be taken tt the end of the season so that the effect of the rowing experience may be ascertained.
 The new coach intends to have in ter-class and inter -departme races and will match the Varsity eight or four, the junior boats, or the fresh men against the crews along Boat house Row on the Schuylkill when- ever possible.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
AMERICAN LIVESTOCK
 ASSN IN SESSION
Heard Discusses Market Conditions
 and RclatOins of CattIemen to Public Lands and Grazing.

|. Fl Paso, Tex, Jan. 25.-Cattle raisers and representatives of pack CTS and stock men generally from all states west of the Mississippi river are in El Paso today for the opening of the nineteenth annual convention of the American Livestock association.
 Market conditions and the relations of cattlemen to public lands and graz ing were the principal topics dis cussed by Dwight B. Heard, president of the association, in his address at the convention. MT. Heard reported That there is a general disposition on the part of the chief men of the grazing states to cooperate with the catlemen in securing some definite form of federal control for the unap- propr1ated unreServeG public lands"
 MT. Heard urged that the question of marketing be given careful consid eratiOn. "COnditiOnS of the livestock industry generally during the past year have not been entirely satiSfac- tory" he said. There has been gen. eral discontent, especially among feeders in the Mississippi valley who complain of unstable prices and ab- normal fluctuations in the market places. The excess receipts at cen tral markets were less than four per cent. over the previous year and should not affect the market
 'It would seem that the beef mar ket of 1915 should have been stronger than in 1914, but the average price for native beef steers in Chicago for the first ten months of 1915 was $8.12 per hundred weight, as against $S.79 the corresponding period of 1914"
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
COL. DUNLAP DEAD.

BoyIestown, Pa, Jan. 25.-Ce Thomas Riddle Dunlap, aged SS, WI commanded the Fifteenth Regimen Connecticut Volunteers, in the Cis War, died near here yesterday. co Dunlap was grandson of Col. Biddl Quartermaster in Gen. Washington staff He was mining engineer ar a member of the American Institu of Engineers. Col. Dunlap was WIG known as Q writer on the manufa turo of steel and iron.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
TARIFF COMMISSION.
Wilson Tells Cong. Kitchen He Favors
 Board.

Washington, Jan. 25.-President Wilson today told Chairman Kitchin of the ways and means committee that he favors creation of @ tariff commls- sion and will attempt to put a blll for one through during the present session of congress. The President is expected to discuss the question in a. special message to congress in the near future.
 Representative I<itchin favors put ting the powers of a tariff commits sion with the federal trade commits sion instead of creating a new body, but the President thinks a separate commission should be established.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
ARMISTTCE TO BURY DEAD.
Troop Movements in Mesopotamia
 Halted by Rise of Tigris.

London, Jan. 25.-General Sir Percy Lake, commander-in-c chief of the British forces in Mesopotamia, has sent the following report of the situa- ton there:
 During the last forty eight hours the Tigris River has risen seven feet at Kut and two and one-half feet at Amarah, preventing all troop move ments by land
 "An armistice was concluded for two hours on the 22nd for the collec- tion and burial of the dead.
 General Townshend reports from ket-el-Amara that he has sufficient supplies and that his troops have not been further engaged"
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
BREAK UP PEACE MEETING.
Soldiers Prevent London Pacifists'
 Demonstration.

London, Jan. 25.-An attempt to hold a peace meeting made by the society of Friends here yesterday again resulted in a demonstration for war. It was called by Charles Roden Buxton, a brother of Noel Buxton, a Member of Parliament.
 large number of soldiers and members of the anti German Union gathered and by the singing of pa triotic songs and other means prevent ed MT. Buxton from carrying out his purpose.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
RATES RESTORED.

Stonington, Jan. 25.-The interstate commerce commission has issued an order restoring on the Groton and Stonington trolley lines the rates in force for transportation of school chll- dren prior to the adoption of the cop per zone system last fall This means a. saving of about $4, 900 a year to the town of Stonington and $l,5 to the town of GrOtOn.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
WILL INSPECT MILITIA.

Major Shuttleworth of the regular army will inspect the local military companies next month. Company F will be inspected on February s. the following night Company I will be in- spected. The local militiamen have asked the chamber of commerce to aid them in an attempt to induce the local manufacturers to allow them full pay for the time they spend at camp maneuvers every year.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
RAP SOCIALIST MINORITY.

Berlin, Jan. 25, via London, 3:26 D. m.-At a meeting of delegates repre- senting the socialist party for the Hamburg district, today a resolution was adopted by a large majority eX- pressing disapproval of the action of the socialist minority in the Reich stag which voted against the war credit.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
SEATS SIXTEEN DEPUTIES

Athens, Jan. "A, via Paris, Jan. 25, 12:40 D. m.--The electoral court has seated in parliament sixteen deputies from northern Epirus-that portion of southern Albania, as far as Koritza. which was occupied by Greece with out authorization after the London conference. This decision was reached by the court notwithstanding the pro- test of the entente powers against the holding of elections in this district
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
BRICK EXCHANGE MEETING
One New Director on List-OId Of-
 cers Are Reelected.

The annual meeting of the Cen tral Connecticut Brick Exchange was held yesterday afternoon. The fol- lowing directors were elected: R. D. Murray, Frank H. Holmes, Reginald Towers, M. H. Donnelly, Henry 5. Tallard, George H. Stark of Hartford, J. c. Lincoln of Berlin, J. J. McDon- nell of Middletown and B. H. Hib- bard. Reginald Towers is the only new director.
 At a meeting of the directors short ly afterwards. the old officers were reelected. They are: President, Jos- eph Towers; vice president, George H. Stark; secretary, Frank H. Holmes; treasurer, Henry $. Tallard; executive board, Messrs. Tallard, Stark, Holmes, Murray and Lincoln.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
APPEAn TO WILSON.

Washington, Jan. 25.-A committe of the national executive committu of the socialist party asked Presideu Wilson today to support Represents tive London's resolution for the call ing of a neutral conference to az tempt to end the European war Tn committee included Rep. London Morris Hillquitt of New York, and ' H. Maurer, of Reading, Pa.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
FOOD, CANDY AND TEA SALE.

There will be a food, candy and tea sale at the home of the Misses Cham herlain, I'll Vine street, Wednesday, January 26, from 3:30 to 6, under the auspices of the Young Women's For eign Missionary society of the First church.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
JNUJRE SPANISH TRADE.

Madrid, Jan. 25, via Paris, 5:15 a. m.-Count Romanones, the Span ish premier, declared at meeting of the cabinet last night that if Great Britain reached decision to increase the stringency of the blockade against Germany it would injure the Spanish export trade.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
CONNELLY WITH BRAVES.

Woonsocket, R. l., Jan. 25-Josepl Connolly of this city one of the lead ing batsmen in the Boston Nationa league club for the past two seasons has forwarded his signed contract te Boston, it was announced today.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
OPPOSES GOOD ROADS BILI.

Washington, Jan. 25.-Republ1can Leader Mann took the floor yesterday against the Shackleford $25,OOO,OO0 good roads bill, on the ground that the money would have to come from special taxes, most of which are paid by cities.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
FIST FIGHT BETWEE.
 MEYER AND BEAl
Ex-Secretary of Navy Has
 Gut in Battle

Washington, Jan. 25.-All Washlr ton was talking last night of fight which took place yesterday ternoon between George von l., Mey of Boston, ex-secretary of the aa1 and Truxton Beale of this city. who9 a brother-in-law of the Russian Al bassador. MT. Meyer and MT. Beale, both whom are members of the Metropc7 ton club, were in the clubhouse VII an altercation began. There has bel hard feeling between MT. Meyer aI Mr. Beale for long time over an cident that had occurred in a M York club, and the old anlmosl showed itself when the two Wd thrown together yesterday. It is understood that one word to another until the lie was pass| and MT. Beale challenged the ex-s1 retary to step outside and settle MT. Meyer did so and the two were sooner on the sidewalk than they wa at each other with their fists.
 Old Rough and Tumble. A fine old rough and tumble contd was under way when Capt. 1T. Potts, who was a membey of N Meyers staff when the latter was s1 retary of the navy, rushed in betwd the two and separated them. Bd combatants entered the clubhouse a badly mussed condition. MT. Mey was slightly cut under one eye and N 1 Beale's forehead was minus a pat | of skin,
 pr. Cary T. Grayson, the presiden physician, happened to be in the clu house and he immediately treated Meyers eye.
 Capt. Henry Ward was giving pl | paredness luncheon at the Metropo tan club and MT. Meyer was to be Q of the guests of honor. The fraC caused a lot of excitement at luncheon, but the ex-secretary of navy calmly entered and took his ss after his clothes had been dusted a his eye cared for. MT. Beale was T at the luncheon.
 Did Not Meet Again.
 MT. Meyer remained until the e of the luncheon, and MT. Beale al stayed in the clubhouse, but the t did not meet again.
 Neither would make a stateme about the affair.
 MT. Meyers friends said on his half, however, that The had been { tackled" That was the only comme that was authorized.
 Both Men Athletic. Truxton Beale is about 55 years o 5 but has the appearance of being co siderably younger. He is of an athle build and a good sized man. MT. Mey is 58 years old and also is active a robust.
 MT. Beale is a brother-in-law of Jo R. Mclean, the publisher He marri Harriet Blaine, daughter of James Blaine, but they were divorced. He sen of Gen. George Beale, one of famous California forty-niners. Ge eral Beale was United States Minis to Persia and also to Greece, E mania and Serbia at one at ono tin TruXton Beale is a member of Knickerboczc1- and University clubs New York.
 MT. Meyer besides having been s' retary of the navy under Preside Taft was Postmaster-Gcne unc the Roosevelt administration and h served as ambassador to Italy and Russia. He is an overseer of Harva university.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
DIES AIT AGE OF s7 YEARS.

Torrington, Jan. 25.-Mrs. Susan Anson died late yesterday of pleurc pneum monia at the age of 97. Shs was Torrington's oldest resident.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
HERMAN B. DURYEA DEAD.

Saranac Lake, N. Y, Jan. 25-Her. man B. Duryea. for many years 6 prominent figure in American racing and yachting circles, died here today
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
INCREASE IN WAGES.

Catasauqua, Pa, Jan. 25.-An in. crease in wages of ten per cent. wal today granted the employees of ths Bryden Horseshoe Company. Tht company employs about 700 hands.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25

During the first week in FebruarysI all articles at the Berlin Tea and Craft shop will be offered at greatly reduced prices.-adyt.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
THORPE LOOKS BEST
 IN ATHLETIC WORLD
Some Excel Indian in Chosen Sports But Fail to Equal Him in Yer
 Satiiity.

Who is the greatest all-around ath letic marvel this commonWea has ever produced. The subject is one of abiding interest, for there have been many who followed varied sporting ac- tivities and who in these various lines reached high places.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
Baseball Men Do Well.

tiVitieS and who in these NarlOuS lines reached high places.
 Baseball Men Do Well.
 There is, for an often-Used example Christy MatheWsOn. Mathewson is one of the three greatest pitchers that ever lived. By many he is listed as the greatest His place in baseball is at the top. At Bucknell he was first class fullback; so at football, another major sport, his rank is well up.
 He isn't a star golfer, but he is a good one. He is a good trap shooter, and, if that might be classed as sport, chess player of unusual abil- ity. So here is Mathewson's field baseball, football, golf trap shooting, chess and checkers.
 Charles Albert Bender, the Chippe- wa chief, holds a place, but not as high as Mathewson. Bender excels at baseball golf and trap shooting. His average here is high, but his range isn't as wide.
 Ty Cobb doesn't hold a high place in all-round play. The worlds greatest ball player gives most of his time and energy to the one game that has fired his name around the universe.
 There is College Array.
 The colleges show more all-round talent than the big leagues, Charley Brickley was a star football player, a good baseball player and sufficiently adequate track and field play to make the Olympic team.
 Tom Shevlin was an all-round star, but neither Shevlin nor Brickley holds as high a rank as Elmer Oliphant the West Point wonder, who is star en- try at football baseball, basketball and track. Oliphant is the best all- round athlete now in college. He hasn't an equal for widespread effi- ciencN.
 Undoubtedly, one of the greatest was the late Neil Snow, of Michigan. l Snow stood as one of the great foot l hall players of the game He was an end and a great plunging fuIlback. As a ball player he batted over 39O for Michigan his last two years, and received at least three good offers from big league clubs. He was one of the best college first basemen that ever lived.
 On the track Snow could high jump 1 around six feet; he could put the shot | 45 feet; he was a fine hurdler. Talk, | ing both quality and quantity, we should say that Snow Was the equal at least of any man that has been mentioned.
 Thorpe Should Get Crown.
 But if the crown is to be awarded -he man entitled to the best claim is Jim Thorpe, the renowned Indian who upset the social status of Sweden and rent asunder the A. A. U.
 Thorpe must be listed as one ot the greatest football players of the game More than one will give him flrst i place, even above the magic or Ma han, or the power of Ted Coy. lie could kick, run, pass, block, tack'e, duck, dodge and smash. In baseball he was. good enough to reach the DIE league. In track work he was good enough to win the all-rOund cham- l pionship of the planet upon which we are making a brief and stormy abode He was a fine runner and a great jumper He could peg the javeln and toss the discus. Wherever placed, ne was g, star.
 Thorpes athletic average was un- doubtedly the highest of the lot He could not do quite as many things as athewson. but his range was nearly as broad, and in the major fields of sportive endeavor he held trltle higher place. I
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25
SULTAN'S YACHT HIT
E,thogroaI Torpedoed in Bosphorus By French SubmariIe-Craft Still AfOat.

London. Jan. 25, 9:31 a. m.-A Des- patch to the Exchange Telegraph Co.,, from Athens says that the sultan s ports from ConstantinOple was tor pedoed in the Bosphorus by a French submarine in the latter part of Dec mber The vessel was seriously in iured but is still afOat. The same despatch states that Field Marshal Baron Kolmar Won Der Goltz has been appointed Commander in chief of the Turkish forces in the Cau- caSuS.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-25

The Turkish imperial yacht Ertho- groal was built at Elswick in 1903, is 206 feet long, and has displace- ment of 900 tons and an armament of eight 3-pounders.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-17
THINK OVER SOCIAL DUTIES
Expensive to Run With FOLK Who
Have More Money--charity A.
fairs for E4eathens.

II you have time-and you have
you should sit down in your uneasy
chair and contemplate your social du-
lies. Catalogue them FIRST, grouping
them under two heads that win occur
70 you, and then exercise your sense
of humor.
After you have done this, you may
esolve to rcform--if you wish. But
the sense Of humor will be your real
salvation. If it doesn't save you, you're
a goner.
OF all social duties you will find
hat your greatest and most loved is
the composite one OF keeping hep
with somebody who is geared faster.
socially and financially. than you are.
This is the duty that, properly respect
ed, makes YOU fuss SO ridiculously at
ihe grocer and the landlord about the
hieh cost OF living.
Another we'll recognized duty is
'hat of becoming prominently solicit
Gus about the welfare Of the heathon
at home and abroad This is a costly
lply that demands much sacrifice ana
domestic activity but il II worthy, FOR
me hcathen, who get uie or two per
cent Of the atlluence displayed, need
.he money.
There are many other social duties
,hat are not worth mentioning, but It
might do you good to think them over.
Judge.