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New Britain herald., 1916-03-30
YOUNG CRIMINALS
 SWARM IN GERMANY
War Has Taken Them Out Of
 Parental Control

Correspondence of The Associated PressD
 Berlin, March 1O.-Juvenile crime and misdemeanor have increased three and four fold in nearly all cities of Germany since the beginning of the war, according to the societies which specialize in the care of children.
 The absence of fathers at the front, the frequent inability of mothers ~~ to oversee their children because they now have to work to support the fam fly, and the increased amount of spending money which boys and girls have-due to employment ordinarily not open to them-are given as the chief causes.
 The facts have come as surprise to juvenile experts The had always held that the mother was the chief disciplinary factor in the hOusehold They now are constrained to change their opinions and to feel that it has been the father, after all, who has made the children toe the line
 Too Much Money.
 The war with it's accounts of bat ties and shooting, has inspired count less boys with the desire to have weapons of their own, and in many instances they have been a ble to secure them. Little groups or gangs have formed in most of the great cities of Germany, have made unoccupied eel lars their headquarters, and from mock battles have graduated into ac- tual burglary in many instances. Many more boys have comparatively lucra- tive employment at the present than they ever had before, and consequent ly have n unprecedented amount Cf money with which to purchase what they Want-including fire arms. Many others, not employed, but desirous or the weapons just the same, have re- sorted to crime to get money with which to purchase them.
 Many Schools Closed.
 The contra ction of school facilities has also had an effect in increasing delinquency. In Berlin, for instance,
New Britain herald., 1916-03-30

tariff, and that tariff No. 3 should be higher than the other two''
 Norwich proposed: That a max imum and minimum British tariff on imported manufactured goods should be set up, with a sur-tax on goods from enemy countries. A reduction to be allowed to allies and neutral countries in return for special recip- rocal advantag ges."
 Liverpool, Leicester, Derby, Brad ford and many other great seats of in- dustry had similar resolutions, differ ing only in phraseology, showing a practically universal sentiment for a tariff law which would revolutionize the established economic system. Manchesters resolution sent in before its board of directors had been over thrown because they adhered to Free Trade, voiced their view thus: 'tIt is highly undesirable at the present time to be committed to any such far reaching decision as the modification of our present fiscal system" But 1 this resolutlon-the only expression for adhering to the old policy-was withdrawn, as Manchester itself had l reversed this policy and was choos- 1 ing commercial directors favoring a l tariff.
 1 All of these varying shades of tariff view from different parts of the coun- l try were finally incorporated in two l resolutions, by Birmingham and Lon | don, the first for tariff law foster | ing and safeguarding British indus- l tries, and the other for reciprocitv with British colonies and allied coun- tries, and favorable treatment o1 ! neutral countries"
 | Many members of Parliament tool l part in the meeting, and MT. Theo dore Taylor of the House of Com mons, raised the only voice agains the prevailing view for new tarif | system
 '"The United States must be consid
 cred in framing any such policy,' h l declared. '"The United States is ,
 great industrial nation, and it is nov
 trying to replace us in South America
 A new British tariff policy will divid
 the world into two camps, and do no
 forget that some of the neutrals vii
 go in the enemy camp. It Is tim
 to take warning against adopting
 restrictive policy which will throw tn
 United States and Germany into clo
 ser trade relations. In this suprem
 moment of excitement we should nc
 be led into a war tariff which may be
 come a peace tariff.
 Shouts of dissent greeted MT. Taylo
 and this sole voice raised in beha]
 of the old system gave way before tn
 overwhelming force of the new move ment designed to end the establishe
 British policy of open markets fo all the world
New Britain herald., 1916-03-30
SPECIAL BILL FOR
 CONN. VETERAN
E. C. Whitaker to Receive Retire
 ment With Compensation
Especial to the HersldD

Washington, March 30.-Edward w Whitaker, a well known Connecti- cut Civil war veteran, will be granted relief by the United States govern ment if a bill recently reported to the senate from the committee on mili- tarv affairs becomes law. The report on the bill was submitted by Senator Catron of New Mexico.
 The bill provides that General Whitaker shall be appointed on the retired list of the army with appro- Iriate compensation, in recognition or his distinguished services. The com mittee recommends that the Dill pc amended so as to provide that on re- ceiving the retired pay under this act General Whitaker shall relinqulSh all his right and claim to pension from the United States after the date Of the passage of the act, and that pay ment of pension made to him subse- ouent to passage of the act shall be deducted from the first installment of the retired pay.
 Statement as to Service.
 The committee had before it statement by the adjutant general of the army as to General Whitaker service for the union. General Whitaker is now receiving a pens1oh under certificate issued by the pen sion office and Secretary of the ln- terior Lane stating that he is entitled i to a pension at $50 per month, com mencing in 1887, the pension being 1 for slight deafness of both ears, in 1 Jury of thighs and small or the pack, | and right inguinal hernia.
 l 4oly lipufpn- ant of Company c, Second New York l Cavalry. and lieutenant colonel of the First Connecticut Volunteer Cavalry. | For a time he was a member of the | staff of General Custer, whose com mand was part of General Phil Sheri- ] dams cavalry army. General Whlta- | ker narticipated in the negotiations l between the Union and Conferedate | armies following the evacuation of Richmond and which led to the sur render of Lee and his army at Ap- pomatox, Virginia.
 Whitaker was breveted brigadier general on account of his services. Following the Civil war he debated whether to enter the regular army as 1 an officer, but finally decided not to do so. If he had done so he would now be on the retired list receiving 1 comfortable allowance. But he de- cided to return to civil life and mar ried a Washington girl soon after the war. He participated in eighty battles during the war, it is said.
 Lives in Washington.
 After living and working in Hart ford for a number of years General Whitake1, has been living in Washing ten with his wife and children. He has been engaged in a law business. He has sought favorable action by
 congress upon his bill for several
 years year or two ago General
 and Mrs. Whitaker celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. F Notes
 The department of commerce an- nounces the official listing of the , barge Edgar, 316 tons built this year at tGildersleeve, Conn.,, and the home
 port of which is Hartford.
 Mrs. w. D. Ascough of Hartford
 chairman of the Connecticut branch of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, will be a member or the pilgrimage of the union through the woman suffrage states to organlze
 a woman's political party.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-30
PRESIDENT TO VOTE.

Washington, March 30.-President Wilson is expected to go to Prince ton on April 25 to vote in the New Jersey presidential primary All the candidates for delegate to the demo- cratic national convention are said to be for the presidents renomination,
New Britain herald., 1916-03-30

After the mobilization 4,300 trains were employed in the concentration of the forces at points fixed and only twenty of them were behind the hour provided for in their schedule.
 The railroads became a maneuVer- ing instrument when the concentra- tion period was finished and played a, ca pitol role in the battle of the Marne.
 Even during the battle of Char lcroi the Allies left was reinforced by three divisions brought from the region of Nancy in 200 trains in three days time.
 Railroads Decided Battle.
 They had scarcely arrived when the retreat was ordered, and the railroads were occupied in concentrating at the center and on the left the masses of troops that attacked the German right and decided the battle. Three army corps, five divisions of infantry and three divisions of cavalry were brought by rail from Lorraine, part to the region of Chalons sur Marne and part to the region of Paris.
 The battle of the Marne won, the railroads began pouring troops to the north in the race to the sea.
 The relative calm along the front itself at certain periods brings no rest to the railroads. From February to August, 1915, 3,43O troop trains were run while the average of supply trains was 131 a day; at the same time there were 222 ambulance trains in service.
 Besides assuring the transportation of troops, the railroads have since the war added 200 O1jIaS of raonlar qua 0e and forty miles of narrow guage track to their strategic lines and largely transformed 153 military stations.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-30
SUSPECTS TAKEN.

Paris, March 30, 10:10 a. m.-The Saloniki correspondent of the Havas News Agency says that several sus- pected BulgaranS were arrested on Tuesday in the interior of Macedonia. M Tomitch, an engineer of the Orien- tai Railroad, fled to Monastir because he was suspected of being a German agent Another engineer employed by the same railroad has been ordered to leave within AS hours
New Britain herald., 1916-03-30
SUSPEND ORDER.

Washington, March 30.-The inter- state commerce commission today sus- pended until further notice it's order effective April 1, requiring the Penn sylvania and other railroads to dis pose of their steamboat lines on Ches- apeake Bay in accordance with the Panama Canal Act. The commission will further investigate to the limit whether conditions warrant their operation by the railroads.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-30

Adrian c. Duff, who has gone to Mexico for the American Press asso ciation to make news photographs of the pursuit of Villa, is one of Amer ica's best known men of the camera. He is now with Pershing's troops. He has been on the border before and covered" the expedition at Vera Cruz Duff was the first American news photographer to make pictures from an aeroplane. He is daring, resource ful, cool in an emergency and a thor ough master of the camera. It is cer- tain that his war pictures are not ex- celled by those of any other man of his craft.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-30
RECOGNIZE CTI0N VALUE
Manufacturers Favor
 Out Tariff Law.

ne of The Associated Press.)
 March 29.-The re-
 bf Manchester, the home
 gainst the cherished Brit
 of open markets for the
 the world, was only the
 Pavement which has gone
 Ward in the great indus
 of the country, Birming-
 ad, Edin burgh, Leeds, and
 ll of the important trade
 Ing in the move for a
 tariff law. It is not a
 Fement, as tariff contro-
 fe United States have been:
 kIally an economic move
 neous in trade and agri-
 rters, with the war and
 against German competi-
 ehief incentive to a change.
 eached the point" said an
 fficial who has been closely ke movement, that any op-
 tariff is now denounced
 n sympathizer, so that the N men and Free Traders are E keep silent for fear of los by being classed ns."
 large commercial cities with kion came out definitely for kw at the recent gathering pmmercial bodies from all Eae Kingdom. Manchester [1 city in the country, had eDwn its position by retiring lof directors who proposed rade resolution and sought rec Trade delegates to Lon Manchester was not repre- the London Conference, for Icant reason that it had re- .pprove the presence of Free Iegates. But Birmingham, and all the other great cen
 represented in an impress ering of the men who run ldustries of the country; a of hard headed business one of them looking like al John Bull, and all of 'ued with the idea that the ions must go and new tariff it's place. The resolutions ifferent cities show the very as of view, but all in the eral direction of 8 tariff. gham's resolution asked that nm 2inquirei into the desir-
 fostering and safeguarding dustries which have suffered ign competition. mainly from
 As originally drawn the am resolution had boldly word protection" and the headed the Birmingham
 with the title: Protection Iopment of Industries. But ism prevailed on the use of being a new and word in a country of Free lditions-and~-th Fostering of British indus finally hit upon and adopted 'ase less jarring to the old effield So Determined.
 d's resolution was even Id declared: That forthwith uld be put in hand the nec- 4uiry for raising a very sub- ortion of the revenue by inn es." Sheffield also proposed: ,ouragement, and, if need be, aid must be accorded to the ent in these realms of such are necessary for national Id are indispensable to the lopment of other industries we hitherto been the monop- lien enemy countries.
 rgh's resolution declared discriminating customs tariff ary, and should be prepared L." Edinburgh also declared ish trade policy should "ren- country independent of SUD- n those countries in active or stility to us.'
 proposition stated: "It is de- ) institute a three-fold tariff, British Empire tariff.
 allied nation tariff.
 general tariff to be applied bab1e discrimination to neu- enemy countries. That each ariffs should be @ maximum
New Britain herald., 1916-03-30
SPY TAKEN.
Berne Bureau of Information Favored
 A Foreign Power.

Paris, March 30, 11:05 a. m.-"M. Bekmann, director of the Berne bu- reau of information, has been arrested and has admitted having employed prohibited means of favoring a foreign power through the information bu- reau," says a Havas dispatch from Berne under date of March 29.
 M. Bekmann," adds the dispatch, ''is said to have procured secret in formation for the Central Powers. He was arrested on orders from the military authorities"
New Britain herald., 1916-03-30

One result of the Pershing expedi- ton into Mexico will undoubtedly be a growth of good will on the part of many Mexicans toward Americans,
New Britain herald., 1916-03-30

due to the good behavior of Ameri- can soldiers and their paying in hard, valuable American cash not worth
 less paper money, for supplies. Some
 of the northern Mexican towns the
 soldiers found deserted but in oth
New Britain herald., 1916-03-30
KILLED IN FIRE.
Aged Couple Trapped by Blaze-Loss
 Reaches $2O,OOO.

Buffalo, N Y, March 3O.-TWo per sons were burned to death in hre that destroyed three buildings al North Collins today. The victims were Alden Potter, 75 years old, and ms wife. who were trapped in then rooms.
 The property loss will not exceed $20,0OO.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-30

New laid Conn. eggs. 29c dog. 1-2 doz $1.00 Russell Bros-adVt.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-30

CTS the people flocked around the sol diers as they rested. The two pie
 lures reproduced here are of group
 of Mexican children in a north Mex ican town and an old woman fruit seller.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-30

Native eggs 29c dog. Russell Bros
 -advt,
New Britain herald., 1916-03-30

New laid Conn. eggs. 29c doz. F dog. $1.O0. Russell Bros.-advt.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-30

New laid Conn. eggs. 29c dog. 8 A dog. $1.00. Russell Bros-advt.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-30

Native eggs 29c dog. Russell Bros
New Britain herald., 1916-03-30
Many Schools Closed.

The contra ction of school facilities has also had an effect in increasing delinquency. In Berlin, for instance,
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-18

to leather dealer where It was found
and assessed-tax No. 3. Then the
leather dealer sold the hide to a
wholesale harness manufacturer where
1t was made into a set OF harness
and where the assessor again found 1t
and put tax upon 1t. Here was tax
No. 4. The harness then went to a re-
tail harness establishment, was as
sessed and tax No. was put on It,.
A farmer then bought the set OF har-
ness-probably the same farmer who
originally owned the cow-and here
again the assessor put tax upon IT.
and tax No. was brought into be-
ing.
DIR. Bigelow then went into the
matter Of the fining Of those who are
Industrious, through the present tax
system. He called attention to the tax
that is put upon the farmer. for in
stance, who tills his land we'll and
keeps his farm In good shape. This
tax is greater than that of the man
who Is shiftless and let's his property
deteriorate and who farms poorly.
He expressed the belief that a land
tax would make every farmer do his
best to make his land produce what It.
should, would bring about a system
farm and give the farmer a chance to
live we'll through not being fined for
putting up a good home and other
farm buildings.
Put Up Your Sword.
DR.. Bigelow also dealt with the mat
ter Of universal peace, calling atten-
ton to the fact that when two men
get into a fight, society takes them
before a court where they are told
they must not fight and this court has
the authority to enforce it's mandate
through force If necessary.
He said that fights between states
are a thing Of the past, there being a
supreme court where a controversy
between two states of the country are
settled and by which they have to
abide. there being authority for the
enforcement of the will Of the court.
The Biblical mandate that Dr. Bige-
low would have enforced in the world
is that commanding the nations to put
up the sword and he would bring this
about by an international league of
nations with an international tribunal
which would have an adequate inter-
national police force at it's back to
, enable 1t to say, you shall not fight
DR.. Bigelow is an excellent speaker
and for an hour and half held a
large audience at the Grand in the
closest attention.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-18
STECHER QUITS
WHEN FAMOUS
SCISSORS fail
Big Finn Breaks Champions
Favorite Hold and Dumps
Him Out of Ring
(By Associated Press.l

Chicago, Dec. IS. - The wrestling
world has found a grappler who can
and did break Joe Stecher's famous
scissors hold. the hold which has
downed practically every man he met.
This grappler is John Olin, Finn Of
225 pounds. This pair wrestled in
Springfield Mass. the other night, and
the bout went two hours and forty
minutes, when Stecher quit cold.
Twice during the match Stecher got
the, scissors on his opponent, but both
times he lacked the strength to make
it effective. Olin broke them with ap-
parent ease. Then he got his man,
packed him off the floor, carried Stech-
er to the ropes. and dropped him over
into the press box.
Here, take this champion of yours. /"
said Olin.
After a few minutes Stecher came
back into the ring. Frightened almost
stiff, he sized up his opponent and then
walked out of the ring to his dressing
room and failed to return. The referee
gave the match to Olin, his only
course.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-18
TWAS THE NIGHT
Before CHRISTMAS.

TWAS THE NIGHT
BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
Twas the night before Christmas
when all in the shop,
Not a salegirl nor wrapper but
thought she would drop;
The cash children rushed hither.
thither they fed,
While visions of reprimandS flashed
through each head,
At an hour when rich children wers
tied in nightcaps.
And settling themselves for their long
winter maps.
From tables and counters arose such
3. clatter
Some terrible tragedy must be the
matter:
The lights from the shining bulbs,
white in their glow,
Gave luster of midday TO objects be-
low.
A salesEirl was selling small gifts.
Like a flash
She tore open boxes and counted out
cash,
When what to my wondering ears
should resound
But shrewish abuse you could hear
aisles around.
From a woman. well gowned, who
came Just to kick
l knew in a minute she was 1.-The Old
Nick"
She was dressed all in fur from her
feet to her head.
And % comfortable feeling OF opulence
shed.
More rapid than reindeer. reproaches
they came. -
AS she scolded and called the poor
girl a harsh name.
How stupid! You vixen! Don't dare
answer back!
Ill report you at once for being so
slack.
My gifts never came. Now where
can they be? ..
How such things can happen. | really
can't see!"
And giving a nod, up the store aisle
she sailed.
Full of wrath that he. own Merry
Christmas had failed.
The salesgirl SO pale went straight to
her work,
For dozens of buyers forbade her To
shiTk. ...
Hours and hours played the drama,
long after she'd gone,
Delivery boys, women, cash girls
struggled on.
In hundreds Of stores in many a city,
This spells Merry Christmas" Oh,
good people. pity!
q. Alice Jaynes.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-18
Makina a Fool Of the Boss.

Youths Companion: Murphy was
taking a day off and, wishing to enjoy
himself thoroughly, he walked round
to watch ''the boys" He was surprised
to see his friend Kelly working as ii
carrying a hodful of mortar up and
down a ladder were the only thing h0
took any real pleasure in.
It's yourself that's working mighty
hard today, Kelly?" expostulated
Murphy.
Whist! I'm just making a fool of
the boss!" said Kelly, winking slyly.
And how are you doing that, Kelly"
Sure, Murphy, it's as easy as kiss
ing your hand! He sees mo going up
the ladder with my hod full of mortar
and he thinks I'm working. But, Muir
ply. my boy, it's the same hodful I'm
carting up and down all the time"