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New Britain herald., 1916-03-23

! pay, about midway between inc
 mouths of the great Runsian rivers
 DhIeSter and Dnieper It is 1917 miles South-southwest from Moscow bv rail dho oI0 miles south from Kief Var
 ha' the nearest Bulgarian port and one
 recently bombarded by the Russians
 lies 29O miles across the Black sea in the southwest.
 Ooessa Is builded in the midst of
 ureary steppe. It is regularly laid out
 Ill broad streets, faced with substantial modern buildings, and wears it's conl-
 mercial prosperity patent to the nosf
 casual visitor. Its port is eouipped with six good harbors--the ouarantina
 harbor, coal harbor, petroleum bar- DOT, new harbor, practical harbor and the harbor of the Russian com pany of navigation and commerce. tbf principal shipping company of the port The freezing of the harbors and the bay interrupts navigation for an average of sixteen days each year.
 Novorossia, or New Russia, which includes the governments Of Bessar- apla and kherson, has it's intellectual ana commercial capital at Odessa 4Ae Soclal capital is also there ana Ire life of the metropolis has been de scF1oed as more gay than the life Of Paris or Vienna. The nights in the Odessa of pre-war days were eiddy and irresponsible, the avenues filled with people and ablaze with cafes un- til early morning hours The merry making of Odessa did not really begin in the cafes chentants until midnight,~ when its gaieties lasted until between three and five in the morning
 There was a dark side to the pic ture, the usual one to contrast with the bright in every great city. A mis- erable army of poor, whose rank wero largely filled by the tides of transient labor that washed the greatest trad ing city of Southern Russia. lived from hand to mouth on stray crumbs of the places prosperity. The number of tho very poor was estimated at 35.OOO. and many Of them lived in the extensive 'atacombs beneath the city, which were formed by the quarrying of sand tOne for building"
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23
CTEARs THE TRACKS.

#ere seemssto be no alleviation of Freight car congestion and mer Mts in this immediate vicinity are 8ng serious charges against the Mads. Some go so far as to claim N the embargo placed on certain ss of freight isAdone for the benefit #e nutrition manufac cturers, whose Ns are given the, right of way The Soad officials in turn strenuously such to be the, case and point 8that the railroad business plays 5avorite. Charges of selfishness Bnade against the shippers who Ears for storage purposes for coal Various other commodities and Sdemurra ge rather than unload goods. This is without doubt sof the fundamental causes of all Trouble. Another cause is laid be doors of those spectators who carloads of stuff into various E and towns and hold them un- Ined., paying the demurrage, until prices on their commodities reach L,ablet marks. Whatever the other les of this unprecedented freight Eestion. a recent hearing before Interstate Commerce Commission Iosed A the fact that there are on
 New. Haven road alone 49,000 ed cars awaiting delivery to con- ees. Also there are more than thousand cars laden with freight various New England points and bne knows where these cars are present. To all intents and pur- Is they are Host, strayed, or sn". At any rate, tracers are un-
 to find the whereabouts of these
 This is terrible condition
 instead of improving as time goes seems to grow worse. Shippers forced to resort to stringent meth
 to overcome the hardships inn d and in so doing are sacrificing ,. energy and money to little or avail. It is time the Interstate lnerce Commission, the railroad parfss and the shippers got to- .er in one final effort to clear the ks.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23

have been seriously damaged but not totally lost. From these facts show ing the terrible loss of ocean shin ping in little more than one year it can be easily deduced that the world will suffer a terrible loss in ocean gong vessels if the war continues many years longer It would seem that sh1pbuilding should be one of the greatest and most active industries ship on the ocean has as much chance as a baby in a blizzard
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23
GOOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED
 IN INSTITUTES LIST THIS WEEK

Ballet Of the nations, a present y
 morality, by Vernon Lee.
 "A masterpiece of Satiric allCgOry the very essence of the war is pre- scented here. .'-Dial. Court life from within, hy EulaIi;j,
 infanta of Spain.
 "Intcresting and intelligent doN~ cription of life and royalty in the various courts of Europe. happily free from petty gossip and scandal. The author, avowedly democratic, writes of her own visits. "A. l.. A. BoOkliSt.
 Crimes of England, by G. K. Chester. MT. Chcsterton has never written a cleverer or more aracterlstir book than the present one. e.'-N. Y. Evening Post.
 Freudian wish and it's place in cthics
 by F. E. Holt.
 "A bright and entertaining little ok"-Nation.
 Ordeal by battle, by F. $. Oliver. "A sound. balanced vi"orouS an alNsis of British politics and policies preceding and including the first Nca" of the war.''-A. l.. A. Book list. "Tt is brilliant argument. to tho splendid clonuencc of when !1c mere statement does less than th" barcst iustice New Republic. Stovcnsonian. An anccdotAl life
 and appreciation of Robert Louis
 Stevenson, edited by J. A. FIan-
 mtertOn
 Mechanic Arts and Electricity. Applied elcctrochemistry and weld-
 ing. by (. r.. Burgess and c. ".
 Cravcns.
 "J1seful for the engineer and fas- cinating for the layman.'-A. l.. A. BOoklist.
 Building of it. by w. J. Keith. Concrete house and it's construction,
 by M. M. Sloan. Electricity for the farm, by r. I. An "Gives details of cost and clear specific directions for the cOnstr11C" ton of electrical plants. con tains chapters on the gasoline en- zine. windmill, and storage hattor- ies as movers for the dynamo.' LA. l.. A. BOoklist.
 Elementary electricity and magne-
 tism, by w. S Franklin and
 Barry Macnutt
 "TThis text book has been written purely with q view to the practical application. clear. concise, and with foI i,> into esting manncr."-A. l.. A. BOOklist.
  Experiments: X complete account Of
 experimental work in science, in
 NcntiOn. the industries and the
 amateur field, with practical
 instructions and working direc-
 tinns: d volume for all who are
 interested in progress, by P. F.
 Edelman.
 Gas. gasoline and oil-cnGincs by c.
 D. HiscoX.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23
DOWN WITH FEM.

News from the political arena in New York tends to point out that Senator O'Gorman will not be a can didate for reelection. His reasons for refusing to make the run are not given. There may be something in the fact, however, that since the Sen ator was chosen by the New York Jegislature, after deadlock, as a compromise candidate, the election of United States Senators by the peo ole has come to pass. Senator O'Gor- man is a dyed-in- -the-wool TammanN man Likewise he has been accused of being not too broadminded Tn hls views. of being a narrow partisan no1itician with a tendency to be some what un-American. In view of all this the politicians are understood to he firmly convinced that Senator O'Gorman would experience much diff ficulty in getting the desired number of votes They are about right. His term expires March 3, 1917, and that should be the last of O'Gorman. There are thirteen of his compatriots in the Senate who should receive like treatment when they come up for reelection, if they do. It is doubt ful. however, if the Gore gang has the nerve to try against such heavy odds. Down with 'em.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23
BE AN OPTINUST.

er7 up! They had it as bad as
 n 1916. The Brooklyn Eagle up a Sunfield citizen who re-
 ers swhat happened one hundred & ago as well as though it were
 sday. Says this inha bitant, his 6aOt given:-
 E Bl6 the winter was much the s asNthis season, and the summer Ning was the coldest on record. s1ay the ice formed a half-inch on ponds. frost and ice were lnon in June. All summer long Mind blew steadily from the north the warm days did not come. |ers iknit socks double thickness Iheir, children and made thick 4nsA and the folks ate buckwheat for breakfast the whole year hgh."
 |1916 lis to continue to emulate Example. of 1S46,- the outlook is Promising. According to this ac- it villa be some time before we |eady torplant sweet-peas; but. in classical expression of the day, shoudd worry. It couldn't pos-
 be amy worse than it has been, there are only eight months or smaining. Be an optimist; 1916 : come out all right yet.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23
The Irish at the Front.
(Waterburv Renublicnn ,

1t appears to be the opinicn of some of the English war office authorities that some good Irishmen are at the front particularly in the Turkish campaign. The official censor has let through a passage or two from Lon don explaining that three famous ag-. sreSatlons of Irish soldiers were re- sponsiblc for preventing a disorderly and extremely costly retreat of inc. British forces from Bagdad It js one of the first notices of any account given to the gallantry of the Irish fighters in the present war, though much has been made of a few indi- Viduals engaged in the campaign of recruiting.
 There are few wars in which Irish soldiers have been engaged whose his- tory is without an inspiring chapter or two on the gallantry esd cffcienc,-' of the Irish, particularly in siiuations which have been extraordinary dcs- peratc, or demanding extraordinary courage and skill.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23

''The twentieth edition has been thoroughly revised and brought to date by including descriptions of the recent developments in the field Of internal combustion cngineering.' V A. l.. A. BOoklist
 Making floors, by Abbot Mcclure. Good brief book intended for property owners or tenants. "A. L. A. BookIist.
 Making of leather, by Fl. E. Procter.
 "A brief, popular, though scien- tific monograph on the manufa cturc of leather addressed to tho well in formed general rcader.'-A. L. A. Booklist
 Materials of construction, by A. P.
 "A good textbook covering a wide field. including cementing materials, building stones. bricks and other clay products, ferrous and non-fer- rUue metals and timbcr.'-- A. l.. A Roo11list.
 Mechanism of steam engines, by ".
 IT, James and M. w. Dole,
 Although primarily intended for uSp with students in a technical school it is an excellent book for the operating engineer who wishes to he- come familiar with valve diagrams" -Engin Rec.
 Modern gas tractor: it's construction,
 utility, operation and repair, by
 V. w. Page.
 
 Practical pattern making, by IT, stair builders guide. by Morris Viii "Plainly written, inexpensive book on stair building. Valuable to the building mechanic who is ambitions to extending his knowledge Of this branch"
 Black eagle mystery, by Geraldine Glory and the dream, by Anna Pres
 ton. Miss Preston tells the story of an six year old Irish boy. tlIl NilliSid1ll to Aanaua, whose 1alrN are almost as real to him as his beloved Sarah and Ncidcr and Brian, the dog, with such tender, hu- morous sympathy and understanding and such comprehension of what the glory and the dream mean to those who possess them that no one who loves children can fail to find it dclghtrul."- Y. Times.
 
 Heart or a man, by R. A. Mahcr "A story in which the struggle of labor against capital is sympathc- tically treated The Catholic 1 point of view is most evident in the | authors attitude toward socialism," 1 Hook Review Digest "The characters are well drawn. | and the description of the strike is l most vivid and realistic There is, l however, a little too much speech l which mars the artistic ef- 1
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23
UNDER DIFFICULTIES.

We stand today on the verge of a 1 war with Mexico. The inevitable has l happened Carranzas soldiers to
 the number of two thousand have de-
 erted the ranks and gone over to the
 side of Villa. If the de facto govern
 ment crumples and the Mexicans
 unite in repelling the invasion of 1 American troops forming the puni- ! tive expedition, there will be some { lively times ahead.
 During all the confusion that exists
 on the border today as the result of
 General Herreras revolt, the one
 thought uppermost in the minds of
 those citizens dangerously close to the
 hotbed of anarchy must be Prepared ness. What there is of the United
 States army is gallant, to be sure; but outnumbered twenty to one it will find Mexico difficult place. Even the equipment carried by the troopers srnac42s of a decadent age. Instead of the portable kitchens wherein army cooks prepare food while the men are on the march, our boys must wait until the end of the Journey before the culinary apparatus is rigged up. AS to the machine guns they are carry ing, one need but to reflect on the experience at Columbus, N. M., ! when two of these guns belonging to l the Thirteenth Cavalry failed to per form during the Villa raid. The sub joined explanation of the jammed . juns comes from the War Department and may give some idea what may expect if our troops are attacked at night in the mountain fastness of Mexico:
 "The reason for the tanning of the guns was not the failure of the mechanism to function properly, but was due to the fact that the night was dark and it was difficult to load he guns.
 "In loading the feed strip has to 'e inserted in a narrow slot or guide.
 If the strip is not inserted prop rly in this guide the gun will fire bout five shots and will then jam.
 This happened to two of the guns, IS 1t was so dark that it was almost impossible to get the strips in the lots'
 Were it not so pathetic this ex- ,Ianation would be ludicrOus. For ur boys, fighting under such con itions. we can only hope with, the ,salmist that the night shall be filled with music and the cares that lnfest he day shall fold their tents like the Arabs and as silently steal away Tor it would not be well for them to .eceive the visits of Villa and his gang after the sun had gone down. This indeed is fighting under difficulties.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23
VESSELS LOST IN WAR.

lust what a gigantic war such as European conflict means to the #ld of maritime business may be hned from statement from the bartment of Commerce setting a h the number of ocean-g going ships since August, 1914. According 8this statement, which must be sessarily incomplete at the present Hnent, there have been 2,o00 mer- Int vessels lost to ocean business
 ee the war started. These ships lresent an aggregate tonnage of |00,000. Of this number 225 were |tish ships sunk by submarine. All beIligerents have suffered great
 s of their merchant vessels, but
 hat Britain being the leading mari he power tops the list. The. re- lining losses are divided almost pro among Italy, France,
 l1nany and the other lesser nations
 the struggle Neutral nations have -ed miserably at the hands of the Iligerents in the loss of ships and rgoes Ninety-two of these yes
 $ have been torpedoed and ninety
 4r sunk by mines. Twenty-three
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23

Absence Of any official representative of the German government at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth of Ruman- ia is explained by the belief of King Ferdinand of Bulgaria and others that the expected attendance of the kais- CTS fourth son. Prince August Will liam would have resulted in ant-Ger- man demonstrations in Bucharest. This seems to show that the Ieutonlc allies are still treading on volcanic ground in the Balkans.-Bufalo Com mercial.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23

It has been suggested that Mayor Ouigley and his political adversary, Councilman Curtis, debate on the old time question, ''Is the pen miGhtier than the sword ?' But we submit mat the Mayor would win in a walk by simply retaliating, "Whoever heard of anyone signing a veto with a sword 2" The pen is mighty.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23
Z0ngesf-Nemo11ed and
 Dream1esf Race 0f EuYobe

Washington, D. C., March B. "Odessa, Russia's first naval base on
 the Black sea and the starting point for over-the-water attacks on Bul-
 garia, European Turkey, and Asla Minor, is the most imposing mile stone on the Muscovite's shortening road to COnStantinOple and the warm waters of the Mediterranean" begins the war geography sketch issued today by the National Geographic society. "The great and flourishing port is one of
 the youngest cities of the east; for it
 was founded by Catharne II, after her
 war of conquest against the Turk had
 ended in the Treaty of Jassy in 1791
 and its foundation was largely due -O
 the desire to have strong city just as
 near to Constantinoplea as possible, as
 d well equipped point of departure for
 Slav armies of future generations It
 is said that Russians is the dreamiest
 and the longest -me emoried of all the
 races of Europe, and it has been on it's
 way toward the world city on the Bos-
 phorus where it's national faith was cradled ever since Arab invaders broke the communication between Sancta Sophia and the Russia church in the ninth century.
 "Tnc only un-AmcriCan thing about Odessa, Mark Twain said. are the cut of it's irOShkiS and the Stupendous girth of their drivers. The city is modern, new, and more European or American than any other city in the TstV's empire, with the exception Of Petrograd. Odessa has only recently passed it's tooth year, yet, at the out 1 break of the war, it was ranked by but ! three other cities in the empire for 1 Slze and commercial importance | Petrograd, Moscow and Warsaw. A 1 few huts of mud and reeds and a Fur kish fort were all that marked the site l when Catherine the Great commanded 1 a city here. In 1902, eight years after it's foundation, it numbered 5000 l Greeks, italians Russians and Alban- ians. 1t enjoyed, however. unusual imperial patronage for Strategical ] reasons; even the Emperor Paul who delighted to make vain all that owed it's title to his mother, continued her favor to the young town. A statue of Nathrine, the Tsarine, represented Lrampling the Turkish flag under foot, stands on one of the finest squares. Today, the city, wealthy and important among world ports, houses more than half a million people.
 The city lies on a semi -circuIar ]
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23
SPECIAL SALE OF EMBROIDERIES

121ac, 29c. 49c, 59c Yard.
 Edginss, width up to IS inches, all at J212 yard. Value to 25c,
 1S-inch Flouncings and Skirtings.
 27-inch Hemstitched Baby F7lounc- ings.
 22-inch Baby Alovers. All on sheer cloth Your choice 29c yard. Values to soc.
 Fine Embroidered, Ruffled and Scalloped Edge Flouncings, sheer, 22- inch, Embroidered AllOvers Values to 9S. Choose now at 49c and 59c yard.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23

feet of the story.-Catholic World.
 "There is a wonderful description of night in a steel miII with some fine discussions of labor problems. It is profitable ry."-Litcrary Digest.
 Samaritan Mary, by Sumner Locke.
 'Som ething on the order of Mar tha- -the-Day," abounding in home ly wit and cheery common-sensc but with a more detailed plot''-Pub fishers Note.
 Seventeen, by Booth Tarkington.
 Aside from the fact that it is one of the most laughter-provoking tales of the year. MT. Tarkington's story is also beneath all it's fun a notable study of the psychology of the boy in his latter teems."--N. Y. Times.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23

Texans have asked Roosevelt to lead troop of cowboys into Mexico. How is it. anyway, that the Colonel loiters in enervating tropic climes when opportunity opens for renewal of the strenuous life ?-Buffalo Courier.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23

Those who perist in denying that the movies are a boom to humanity are informed that the film folks are putt ing out speeches. debates, with the arguments limited to 125 worlds PittSburg Dispatch.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23
D. MCMILl.. t90-2O1-2O3 MAIN STREET.
FACTS AND RANCHES.

The greatest service the American troops could do the cause of peace and order in Mexico would be to make Villas wife a Widow-Syracuse POSt-Standard.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23

s7Iy profitable advertising medium in
 E city. Circulation books and press pm always open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23

"a by carrier to any part of the city lo Cents a Week. 65 Cents a Month. atfons for paper to be sent by mail, gable in advance, so Gents a Month,
 70 a Year
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23

We suppose that impending British order, prohibiting the importation of luluries from American, will rather put a check for a time on the mar riages of English lords to American show W-girls.--SNracusc Herald.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23

at the Post Office at New Britain
 second Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23

ss11iy Sunday eNceptedl at 4:15 p. m,
 nersld Building, 67 Church St.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23

The desire of the railways is to make the use of their warehouses for spec ulation, and the misuse Of their Cars as warehouse, unprOfitablc to shippers rather than more profitable to the rail- ways. The embargo is expensive to the railways as well as to shippers. The two sides should get together in mu- tnai trust and assistance. Better yet, the shippers. if well advised, VIII join the combination Of the railways and the interstate commerce commits sion, each subordinating individual troubles to the benefit of all.-NeW York Times.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23
SILK MAROTSETTIWS

In designs of large sprays of flow CTS. also stripe and lowered cOmbina- tionS, in beautiful shades, at 59c yard
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23
SEED CHIFFON NOILE

And Satin Striped Voilcs, all inches wide, at 39c yard.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23

Terald will be found on sale at Hota-
 sgs New Stand. 42nd St. and Broad kT New York City; Board Walk, At ntlc City, and Hartford Depot
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23

''BURTON'S" FOREIGN NOILT,S Powered, OVerplaidS and striped eff fectS, at 69c yard.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23

We don't know as we can do any thing much to help Holland stiflc her rage against Germany for the sinking of the Tubantia, but we don't object Ii Holland borroWs little of our Mir. Lansing's language.-Boston Journal
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23

We would respectfully warn Mr. De FactO Carranza not to toy lightly with the reciprocal privilege accorded him. for the reason that Americans bCing fully able to handle their own affairs. will wonder what the Carranzistas. are doing on this side of the line the first time a crossing is effected. There's a fire burning along our southern bor- der, and there is said to be only one living thing able to run through flame. Carranza is not in the fire proof Category.--St. Louis Times.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23

The reopening of the Panama canal and this assurance of continuous op- eration will be good news to the ship pers in the Pittsburg district, where the value of the isthmian waterway was just beginning to be experienced when the slide of last fall stopped traftic.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23

General Weyler's illness is a re- hinder of the times when his deeds in Cuba were held up to the eXecration of the whole world. Yet it does not ap- pear that he was a particularly inhu- mane commander. Worse things, at any rate, have been done since his day.-Pniladelphi Ledger
New Britain herald., 1916-03-23
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New Britain herald., 1916-03-23

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 At 33c Yard 4O-inch wide, in the new cmbroid- cred Velour effects,