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New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
JESTER UNDER FIRE.
May Be Called to Court for Traffic
 Law Violation.

Alderman M. Irving testers alleged failure to obey Traffic Officer Michael Meehan in front of City hall this morning is likely to result in an ad- ditional case on the police court docket tomorrow. Facts in the case will receive the attention of Prescott ting Attorney George w. Klett upon his return from Hartford this after noon. Policeman Meehan alleges that Jester disregarded his signal to halt and by doing so, nearly ran down another automobile According to his statement to his superiors at head quarters, the alderman passed the traffic point in apparent disregard of regulations.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
Russian Attacks Futile.

Berlin, Dec. 5, by wireless to Say vil1e.-Renewed Russian attacks in the Carpathian forests and along the line of the Transylvanian frontier were made yesterday but did not gain the slightest success, it is announced officially. Teutonic troops recaptured lost positions.
 In western Rumania the Teutonic troops are pursuing the defeated Ru- manians before Bucharest. They are across the railroad leading from Bu- charest to Tergovistea.
 Tn the Danube 1owlands Russian at tacks were repulsed with heavy losses and the number of prisoners taken has been increased 12,500
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
FORTY PRISONERS IN COURT.
Mrs. Amy Archer-GilHgan May Not
 Be Tried This Term.

Hartford, Dec. 5.-Forty prisoners were produced in the criminal court room this afternoon before Judge James H. Webb for the December term, charged with various offenses. One of the newest cases is that of George w. Hull, prominent Bristol man accused of seduction.
 Mrs. Amy Archer-Gilligan of Wind- sor,, charged with murder on five counts was not among the prisoners taken from jail to the courtroom. It was still uncertain this afternoon whether or not she would be present. ed for trial at this term of court.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
GERARD OFF FOR BERLIN
Ambassador to Germany Returns to Post Bearing Wilson's Views Re- garding Deportation of Belgfans.

New York, Dec. 5.-James w. Ger ard, United States ambassador of Ger many returns to his post today bear ing the views of President Wilson re- garding submarine warfare and the deportation of Belgians for presenta- tion to the imperial government Be- fore boarding his steamer, the Freder- fix VIII, Ambassador Gerard declared that he carried no peace plan back to Germany Mr. Gerard takes with him the equivalent of 100000 marks, which was raised through thanks giving appeal issued by the Am erican Relief committee for distribution through the embassy to needy widows, orphans and war sufferers in Berlin.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
JUDGESHIP FOR GREGORY.
Attorney General May Be Selected for
 Supreme Bench Ultimately

Washington, Dec. Eff Attorney General Gregory carries out his re- ported intention of resigning from the cabinet he may be nominated by President Wilson as United States Judge in the fifth circuit court of ap- peals, comprising the Gulf states, to succeed the late Judge A. P. McCor- mick, and later promoted to the su- preme court when vacancy occurs.
 This plan was understood today to be under consideration by President Wilson.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
This is Germany's Reply to Holland
 Regarding Protest on Deportation
 Of Belgian Citizens.

London, Dec. 5, 7:16 a. m.-Accord- ing to a Rotterdam despatch to the Times, Germany has replied to the Dutch protest regarding the Belgian deportations in words which are tan- tamount to saying: Mind your own business"
 The despatch says that diplomatic discussion is proceeding between the two countries.
 An Amsterdam despatch to London under date of Nov. 20 said that the Dutch government had instructed it's Berlin representative to notify the German government that the Belgian deportations had caused a painful i'm pression in Holland.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
HOTEL MAN DEAD
George C. Boldt Interested in Several
 Famous Hostelries.

Boldt one of the countrys foremost hotel men died! of heart trouble here today in his suite at the Waldorf-As- toria hotel, of which he was the pro- prietor.
 He was president of the Waldorf Astoria hotel company, was proprietor and owner of the Bellevue -Stratford hotel in Philadelphia, trustee of Cornell university and president of the Holland library of Alexandria Bay, N Y
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
WHY VON JAGOW QUIT. Objected to U-Boat War and DepOr- tations From Occupied Territory.

London, Dec. 5, Il a. m.-A wire less despatch from Berne today quotes Maximilian Harden in the Zu- Jagow left the German foreign office because he disapproved of a sub marine policy which offended the United States.
 Herr Won Jagow also disa greed with the policy of deporting Belgians and French from the occupied territory, the article declares.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
Abandonment Of Capital Imminent
 Through Inability Of Deiend- B CTS to Stem Tide
THREAT TO PL0ESCI ] MAY SEAL ITS FATE
Rumanians May Not Be Able to Els 1cape Unless They Quit City at Once -Russian Relief Army Unable to Bulgarian StonewaII-SerbS Move Forward in Macedonia.

The fate of Bucharest apparently \ Is sealed. The Teutonic advance upon the Rumanian capital is going on un- checked attempts to stop it having been unsuccessful. This announce ment is made in the Russian official &statement today.
 Petrograd also mentions Ploesci, thirty-five miles north of Bucharest, as another point in the direction of which the invading armies are nov ] ing without effective opposition. Ploesci is on the line of the only rail- road route of retreat for the Ruman- ians operating in the vicinity of Bu- charest.
 The threat to Ploesci seemingly
 means the speedy abandonment of bBucharest, if the Rumanians hope to
 make an effective retreat over the railroad line towards Moldavia. Field Marshal Won Mackensen's Danube
 army was reported yesterday twen- ty-five miles south of the city. The Rumanian First army, opposing the Teutonic advance from the west, is de- clared by Berlin to have been de- cisively defeated on the Argechu. From the northwest the Austro-Ger- man armies pushing from the noun tain passes are aiding materially in 1.-the effort to complete the enveloping
 process and break through to the Ru-
 manian line of retreat.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05

London, Dec 5, 1O:30 a. m-The Serbians have won further successes In the Cerna region and have carried the village of Stravina by assault, cap turing two howitzers, according to an official statement issued by the Ser bian war office dated Monday evening. The statement says the village of Zo- v3k, five miles north of Greneshte, is in flames and the Bulgarians are re- treating northward.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
German Raid Fails

London, Dec 5. 12:35 D. m.-The following report from the France Belgian front was given out officially today:
 South of Loos, after heavy bonn bardment, the enemy in large num- bers undertook a raid, which com pletely failed. Elsewhere there is nothing to report"
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
BRINGS DOWN TWO AIRPLANES.

Paris, Dec. 5, Noon.-Sub-Lieut Nungesser shot down two airships Within three hours yesterday, the war office announces. This brings up to twenty the mum Der of airships brought to earth by this aviator.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
Success For SerbianS.

Paris, Dec. 5, noon.-The Serbians are continuing their advance in the Cerna region of Macedonian front, it is announced officially, and have reached the outskirts of the village of Stravina. French and Serbian troops have made progress north of ParaI- ovo in the Cerna salient.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
COAL POCKET ON FIRE

A coal pocket at the P. & F. Cor bin Annex, containing several hun- dred tons of coal, caught fire today and was burning brisl1ly when the blaze was discovered. The factory fire department was called out to di rect a stream of water onto the blaze.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
Rumanian Line Broken.

Petrograd, Dec. 5, via London, 2:10 D. m.-The Rumanians have been un- successful in attempts to check the Teutonic forces on the roads to Ploe- sci and Bucharest, says the war of- fee in today's official statement.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
BISHOP OF CHARLESTON.

Rome, Monday, Dec 4, 7:45 D. m. (delayed)-In the consistory today Pope Benedict announced the ap- pointment of the Rt. Rev. Monsignor William T. Russell of the archdiocese of Baltimore as bishop of Charleston.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
SOME OF. CREW MISSING.

Lisbon, Monday, Dec. 4, via Paris, Dec 5, 11:25 D. m., Oelayed) The English liner Vesna has landed here eighteen men of the crew of the Portuguese steamer Sac Nicolau for merly the German steamer Dora Horn, sunk by submarine. The fate of the remainder of the crew is unknown.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
British Repulsed on Somme.

Berlin, Dec. 5, by Wireless to Say vil1e-British troops attempted to make an advance east of the Albert War1encourt road yesterday but were repulsed, says today's official state ment from the war office
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
FATHER COYLE HONORED

Rome, Sunday, Dec. 3. 10:15 D. m. Pope Benedict has appointed the Rev. James Coyle, member of the bishops council of Fall River, Mass, his domestic prelate. Father Coyle will carry the title of Monsignor.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
Russians Held Up.

Sofia, Dec. via London, Dec. 5, S:30 a. m-The repulse of repeated Ru- manian attacks in Wal1achia and De-
 brudja is reported in the official
 : estatement issued by the war office to-
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
BUSINESS SECTION WIPED OUT.

Poughkeepsie, Dec. 5,-Fire which broke out early today in the village of Millbrook destroyed property of the estimated value of $15O,O00. Vir- tually the entire business section was burned
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
NEW WARSHIP LAUNCHED.

Bath, Me, Dec. 5.-The United States torpedo boat destroyer Allen was launched today at the yards of the Bath Iron Works.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
WILLARD VS CARPENTER.
Heavyweights Agree to Meet in Ten
 Round Bout.

New York. Dec. 5.-Georges Car pentier, heavyweight champion of France, and Jess Willard. world s heavyweight champion. have been matched for a ten round no-decision bout to be fought in this city within the next two months. While the final signatures of the pugilists have not been secured. the verbal consent of both has been obtained, and they are now waiting for the articles of agree ment to be forwarded to them.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05
17,383 FACTORY HANDS HERE

Total Number in State 315, 14!, Gain
 of 5O,OOO-Bridgepor Has Largest
 Number.
 Hartford, Dec. 5.-The report of Labor Commissioner William SI Hyde. who is also the state factory inspector is in the hands of printers.
 It shows 315,147 ia ctory workers in the state. an increase of approximate ly 50,000 over 1915. Bridgeport has the greatest number, 53,826. Other cities in order are New Haven, 39,772; Waterbury, 32,3S9: Hartford, 24,346; New Britain, .17,383.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-05

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New Britain herald., 1916-12-05

Would Give Executive Authority to Assume Control of Rolling Stock in Case of Military Neccssity-Cor- rupt Practices Act, Webb Bill, Government of Porto Rico and Vo- cationaI Training Discussed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-05-17
@. O p Tide HlnI,

II would not be fair to make COMPARE
sons between the 134.5S3 votes cast in
tho Massachusetts primaries for Re-
publican candidates for governor and
the 1885 votes polled by the two
Democrats in the field There was
hard fight for the Republican nomina-
ton, but no contest worthy of the
name In the Democratic party. Natu-
rally, the proportion of the Republican
vote was larger than It was in the op-
position party.
But there is fresh proof that the
tide of Republican feeling and Repub-
lican interest is running full and
strong this year in the fact that the
Republican candidates for the highest
office in the state polled 1883 votes
in a primary election. while the Repub-
lican vote in 1914 at the general cleo
ton in November was only 19S,627.
The proportion OF the Republican vote
drawn out in the contest for places on
the official ballot was much greater
than II could have been If the Repub-
liean party had not been filled with
confidence and enthusiasm.
All political straws show the same
wind blowing this year. II Is rising
to a gale that win sweep the Demo
cratic party out of power as soon as
the people can express their will at
the Cleveland Leader (Rep).
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-05-17

out know what I'm talking about"
Fast words followed Storm and De-
laney again eyed each Other flercely.
Then the sound OF = freight train pull
ing in started everybody in the room
out for the platform. The moment the
train stopped the disputants crowded
forward, each side eager to reach the
conductor first. The conductor, a man
of peace, listened unmoved to the vio-
lent contentious addressed to him. At
length he produced the waybills for
the property in dispute. Seagrue got
hold of them first To his delight he
saw that, as expected. they read to
him as consignee, and he showed them
with an injured air TO Lyons. Rhine
lander. reading the. doctored bills over
Lyons shoulder. was COMPOUNDED. He
looked at Helen. There was no getting
away from what the waybills said.
Seagrue meant to let nothing of his
advantage slip for lack of action. He
whirled on Delaney. Get our ties off
those cars, Bill. and do it quick"
Storm took hand in. He felt his
side was beaten, but would not quit.
Hold on" he said grufiy Not yet.
This thing is in dispute Take your
time" he added to Delaney, and sig
nificant look lent strength to his words.
Delaney eyed him contemporary.
Look after your own business, will
your" he retorted.
Again Rhinelander quieted Storm
down. Delaney began giving orders to
his men. and while Seagrue kept a
guarded eye on them, suspicious of
some counter-move, Rhinelander and
Storm accompanied Lyons and Helen
into the station.
Seagrue's men, crowdlng after their
triumphant foreman, gave the laugh
to the Tidewater gang, who stood with
their hands in their pockets. and
started after the ties.
Inside the Office a perplexed and
disgruntled group gathered around
Helen. She showed the dispatcher's
message to the conductor. Seagrue,
not TO be outfaced, came inside to
watch the proceedings and demanded
10 know again of the puzzled conduc-
tor whether the ties we're not plainly
enough for him. In the face of the
conflicting evidence the conductor did
not know what to decide. Fight il
out yourselves. boysl give it up"
was all that could be got out of MIN.
And Seagrue, declaring he would I'M
load the ties anyway. left the dtice
Once outside, he again spurred De
laney to haste.
Storm followed Seagrue from the
Office and once outside and away from
Helen he protested vigorously. Rhine
lander, behind him, told Storm to keer
cool. At that momer Delaney, break
ing in, almost pre- .Ced a riot. Get
out Of this thing. ae beloved al
Storm, "and keep outi 10 you get
that? You're talking too much"
With the words, he pushed Storm
back It was the wrong moment to lay
hands on the stalwart young engine
man, now greatly wrought up. His
arm shot out and his fist caught De-
laney on the Jaw. The big foreman
staggered.
Seagrue's man sprang &c hfs help.
He needed help. but cutting loose from
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-05-17

ur-m any event MS object would be
accomplished.
But in the interval the Tidewater
camp leaders, Rhsaeiander and Storm.
wArS not losing any time in looking
after the shipment themselves. and
they appeared together at the station
to get track of it, Lyons. in response
to Rhinelander's inquiries. said he did
not know what the local freight was
carrying.
You find out, will you, Helen?"
asked Rhinelander. And as he made
the request he showed her his letter
advising him the ties would be on the
local.
While Rhinelander, Storm, Helen
and Lyons were thus engaged, Sea-
grue and his foreman Delaney, en-
tered the office. Seagrue seemed at
his best, very affable and friendly with
everybody and was soon asking cues
tions as to what ties were coming for
him that morning. Helen took his in
quiries and Rhinelander, overhearing,
explained that the ties coming in on
the local freight train that morning
were for the Tidewater work, not fof
Seagrue. Seagrue declared him mis-
taken. A dispute fiared up which in a
moment involved practically every
body in the room. OF these. the OPP
position bosses for the unloading jobs,
Delsney and Storm, became the most
heated and seemed about to come to
blows. But Rhinelander, checking
Storms indignation, advised restraint
and referred the whole thing to Helen.
asking her to find the real fact out
from the dispatcher Helen sent a
hurry-up message and the answer
came from the dispatcher's Office with
in a few minutes:
Local will set out four cars ties at
Signal for Rhinelander's construction
gang. n. c. W."
Lyons, without comment, passed the
message to Rhinelander. who read It
and showed it triumphantly TO Sea
grue. Seagrue entered an emphatic
dissent 81 don't care what those
boobs at Oceanside say" he snapped.
Those ties are for me and you'll find
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-05-17
SYNOPSIS.

Little Helen Holmes daughter of Cen
@ral Holmes. railroad man, is rescued from
imminent danger on scenic railroad. by
George Storm. a newsboy. Grown to young
womanhood Helen makes a spectacular
double rescue of Storm, now freight
fireman, and of hes father and his friends,
Amos Rhinelander. financier. and Robert
Seagrue, promoter. from threatened col
lision between a passenger train and
runaway freight. Safebreakers employed
by Seagrue and Capelle. his lawyer. inter-
rupted by Helen while stealing General
Holmes survey plans of the eut-oft line
for the Tidewater. fatally wound Genera
Holmes and escape. Storm and Helen
chase the murderers on a light engine and
capture them. Spike has hidden the plans
and manages to inform Seagrue where
they are cached. Her fathers estate bad
ly involved by his death. Helen goes TO
work on the Tidewater. Seagrue helps
Spike to break jail and uses him to set
fire to a powder train hauled by Storms
engine. Helen saves Storm from horri-
bic death. Helen RECEIVERS the survey
plans from Seagrue. and though they are
taken from her. finds an accidentally
made proof of the survey blue print
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entered the eaboose 10 place the way
bills on the desk, Spike watched hin
closely, only taking care TO get away
before he was observed himself, Sneak
ing up toward the head end he caught
sight of the conductor, and 60 avoid
him lodged in between two box cars.
But the conductor had seen him and
scenting a knave summoned a yard
policeman. The two descended on
Spike with scant ceremony. The de-
tectivc dragged him from his hiding
place, questioned him, warned him.
and marching him OF shot him out of
the yards on goose step. But Spike.
as strong for resources as a cat for
lives, had only begun to work when
he was ordered to beat it," He did
beat 1t, but to such good purpose that
he got down to the bridge ahead of the
freight train. When the train drew
near, Spike handily boarded the head
end.
Some moments later the hind-end
brakeman, sitting on the caboose. saw
lamp ia tic uODI VI q UOA car L us
brakeman started forward to investi-
gate and had he been able to see all
that occurred just a moment later, he
would also have seen the tramp cling
ing to the side of a car of ties remov-
ing Rhinelander's name from the bill
ing card and substituting therefor the
name of Seagrue.
One after another of the billing cards
on the four cars of ties Spike manipu-
lated in the same way. In the mean.
time the two brakemen, one of whom
had caught glimpse of him. were
consulting as to how to get him. But
by the time they had made their plans
and were ready for a forcible LAYING
on of hands Spikes work was done.
Watching the trainmen walk forward,
he dropped lightly from the last car
and waiting for the caboose, which
was empty, swung up by the hand rail
and went inside the car He grabbed
the waybills from the rack box and ex-
amined them. Finding those for the
cars of ties, he carefully erased Rhine
lander's name from each Of them and
taking his time inserted Seagrue's s..
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-05-17
NEED MORE REVENUE
Underwood Tariff Is Not PRODUCE
ing Enough.
Figures Of the Department of Com.
merce Show How Much-Vaunted
Democratic Legislation Has
Adverse Effects.

Even the Democratic party no longer
accepts free trade for it's tariff policy.
The tariff doctrine of that par.y in
recent years has been a tariff for reve-
nue. only. 1t was for such tariff that
the Baltimore platform declared in
1912.
Consciously or unconseiously, how.
ever. the party in power enacted tar
iii which in actual operation has pro-
duced condition very closely approx
mating free trade. According to the
official statement of the department of
commerce, 20 per cent of all the i'm
ports which were received in this
country in the month of August came
in free Of duty. In other words, the
tariff provides revenue only on one
fourth of all the products entering
American ports.
There need be no further explana-
ton of the failure of the law as a reve-
nue. producer. The nation has yirtu-
ally abandoned the tariff as a revenue
producer under the present admins
tration. Even sugar, which still is the
largest producer OF revenue, is to go
on the free list next year. The coun-
try Will then embrace free trade out
right.
The European war TO a certain ex-
tent has prevented the country from
feeling the direct effects of this tariff
policy. But even the Wanted excess
of exports over imports. which has
brought about the increased prosper
ity of the country. is somewhat over
estimated, so far as the beneficent eff
fects of the present tariff law are con.
cerned. The export showing has been
put in the most favorable light BIZ COM
parsons between the last twelve
months with the twelve months pre-
ceding, when exports, as a result of
the low tariff law, had fallen to the
lowest ebb.
Thus, instead of comparing the ex-
cess OF exports over imports for the
last fiscal year. amounting to $685.
3S4.346. with the 1913, 52S,276 excess
for the previous twelve months, a diff
ferent story is told by a comparison
with the last twelve months period in
which the Payne Aldrich law was in
operation. the year ended August, 1918.
In that year the excess of exports over
imports amounted to $711,755,672, and
the balance of trade did not begin to
decline until the new law became
operative.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-05-17
BUSINESS After the War.

The administration industrial pro-
gram, as suggested by the anti-dump-
ing law, apparently oyerlooks the pro-
spective economic tendency that will
follow the close of the war. The pur-
chasing power of most OF the people
OF Europe will be reduced, The tend
ency will be to lower prices at home
and raise them in the United States.
Germany is not likely to get for her
dyestuffs in her own country higher
prices than she can obtain In the
Uhited States. Most of the European
nations will try to get the best prices
they can in the United States, and an
anti-dumping law will not even begin
TO meet the situation.
Wages have been steadily rising In
the United States. The cost of raw
material has been increasing. Humane
legislation has added to the cost Of
production, reducing the hours OF
workmen and eliminating child labor.
What is needed IS a tariff that will
equal the difference in the cost OF pro-
duction at home and abroad.