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New Britain herald., 1916-03-02
EXILES EXPOSED TO
TURKISH BRIGANDS
Thousands of Wounded Lying i'll
Streets and Dead Are Piled in
Heaps. Nurses Write.

New York, March DIR. Samuel
T. Dutton, secretary of the American
Committee for Armenian and Syrian
Relief, has received from several Ger
man nurses, VINO are in the Armen-
ian section of Turkey, letters con-
the outrages committed by the Turks
on. DR. Dutton said that, while he
could not make public the names of
the nurses, he was in a position per-
sonally to vouch for their trustworthi-
ness.
There are several communications.
One Of these says in part:
Gust now T am coming back from
a ride on horseback through ---
plain where thousands of eXiles are
lying on fields and streets without any
shelter. exposed to the power Of any
kind Of brigands. / found men and
women badly wounded, their bodies
cut open and with broken skulls or in
a terrible condition through stabs with
a knife. Fortunately I was provided
with clothes, so I could change their
bloody things and then bring them to
the next inn, where they were nursed.
MANY of them were SO exhausted
from the enormous loss of blood that
thy died in the meantime"
Still another report says in part:
"The camp IN itself is the sad
dest thing [ have ever seen. Right at
the entrance heap of bodies lay I'M
buried I counted thirty-five. in an
other place twenty-five, right close by
were the tents of those people who
We're very i'll. In one single day the
burial commission buried as many as
$50 persons.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-02
FATHER COMES BACK
AFTERLONG ABSENCE
Left TWenty-Three Years Ago and
Lost His Mind

Stamford, March 2.-'1'm going
west to establish myself in a growing
city. When 1 get settled I'll send for
you"
Frederick c. Prange said this to his
wife and to his children, A1etta and
Charles. When ne said it he had n
good business here and played an &C
tive part in local politics.
He said it twenty three years ago.
His family, for the first five or six
months following his departure. vain
~ awaited letters from him It was
not for year that his friends ceased
to consider him a necessary segment
of their circle One of them, Edward
J. Topper, at length turned his
thoughts to other things and was
elected mayor several times.
Daughter WEEDS; Son Dentist.
Miss Aletta waited two years and
then became the wife of Henry j.
Flick, a photographer Charles, his
son, became weary in his discourage
ing quest for information, and studied
dentistry so assiduously that he is
now one of Stamford's leading prac-
titioners.
Meanwhile the search had extend
ed to Denver Minneapolis and other
western points. This was fruitless
The family decided that he was
dead
A few days ago his wife received a
letter from Prange asking that she
pardon his delay in writing. And
yesterday Mrs. Prange and Mrs. Flick
met Prange, who is sixty-eight, by
appointment in the Grand Contra!
terminal, New York. The trio then
returned to Stamford.
Mrs. Flick told her fathers story.
Father" she said, "drifted about
from town to town, undecided on
where ne would settle. A short time
after he left us he fell of a horse
while traversing a mountain pass.
Conclusion of the brain resulted, and
when he was about to resume &C |
tivity his memory no longer retained |
some of the events of his life.
Searches i'm Family Cemetery.
Eighteen years ago he established |
himself at Los Angeles, where ne be-
came interested in mining. He became |
wealthy. About month ago he decid- |
ed to return to the neighbour God of |
his old home to learn if we were alive. |
Instead of writing to us, he went to |
N. j., where his mother |
and other of his relatives are buried.
He went to the cemetery-to the !
family plOt-and looked over the
stones, expecting to find that my
mother was dead. Seeing that my
mothers death was not recorded there
he came to New York, visited his
William HuNleT, ana
from Mr.. HuHler learned that the
m embers Of his family were not dead,
and that l have a nineteen-year-old
daughter.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-02
BODIES BLOWN UP
AS FROM VOLCANO
French Sapper Describes Slaugh-
ter Of Germans at Verdun

Paris, March 2-Delayed)- 1--WE
were in front fine trench on the
slope of Cote Du Poivre," said a
wounded sapper who has returned to
a hospital. The captain sent me
forward to a small shelter in the
open, where the electric contact had
been placed which led to a mine
field I crawled through it along a
narrow tunnel without mishap.
Through slit I looked out on the
battlefield, as through the opening in
a theater curtain. I saw the Ger
mans after long waiting march for
ward IN good order. They thought
from their observation that the bonn
bardment had sufficiently devastated
our trenches, but they were unable to
see that our men had held firm and
were making fresh trenches and u.s.
ing shell craters.
THE Germans were 200 yards from
my post when our rifles and machine
guns opened fire. They were taken
by surprise and crouched down. When
the order was passed along their
line to advance they began to sing
The Watch On The Rhine and
dashed forward. My heart beat
madly They were over the mine at
last. I touched the button. An in
fernal fountain seemed to shoot up
in the midst Of the mass Of men in
gray with majestic whirl of smoke
saw men go up bodily, as if from
the crater of a volcano.
THE attack was stopped.
crawled back to my trench. 7 had
barely emerged from the tunnel when
felt burning sensation in my
shoulder and tainted. When 7 re-
covered consciousness [ found myself
in an ambulance
New Britain herald., 1916-03-02

activity in order. to hinder as much as
possible spying by the enemy's f1iers.
The picture shows the placing of
heavy German artillery (seen in the
background in the rolling country
before the forts defending Verdun.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-02
GRANDMA NEVER LET
HER HAIR GET CIR
Kept her locks youthful, dark, glol
and thick with common garden
Sage and Sulphur.

When you darken your hair WI
Sage Tea and Sulphur, no one can II
because it's done SO naturally,
evenly. Preparing this mixtu|
though at home is mussy and troub|
some. For so cents you can buy
any drug store the ready-to-use tod
called "Wyeth's Sage and Sulpla
Compound" You just dampen
sponge or soft brush with it and dTq
this through your hair, taking u
small strand at a time. BY mornil
all gray hair disappears, and, ard
another application or two, your nd
becomes beautifully darkened, glod
and luxuriant You will also discov|
dandruff is gone and hair has stoppI
falling. .
Gray, faded hair, though no al
grace. is a sign of old age, and as \
all desire a youthful and attractil
appearance, get busy at once vii
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur and Tod
years younger.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-02
Bronchitis
And Other Distress ng Throat
and Lung AHmen S ijalj
to LinOnine.

Nearly one thousand prominent
people in one city alone have publicly
testified i'm signed statement that
Linonine cured them of coughs, colds,
bronchitis and other forms of winter
complaints that threatened their very
existence Other thousands in other
sections of the country have added
their testimony, and all unite in pro-
claiming Linonine the most effective
medicine of its kind known to sci
ence. 1t warns and cnriches the
blood, it restores circulation and
bathcS the delicate membranes Of
throat and lungs in rich, new vitality
bringing blood-and relief is wrought
by removing the swellings and irrita-
tions that cause the disturbances. 1t
is II. truly wonderful remedy and IS
pure and wholesale, being an emu1-
sion of Flax-Seed Oil, Irish Moss,
Eucalyptus and other famous reme-
dies, all combined in one, and known
the world over as
New Britain herald., 1916-03-02
PULLAR
& NIVEN
I'll. S. MARINE CORPS.

Atlanta Ca, March 2-The students
of one of the high schools in this
city signified willingness to take up
military training voluntarily, at a
preparedness discussion recently and
Informed Governor E. N. Harris, Of
Georgia, who spoke at the meeting,
that it was their desire to train as re-
serves for the United States Marine
Corps. If the school authorities
sanction the movement, the Atlanta
Marine. High school. will be the first
in the United States. The United
States Marine Corps has no reserves,
and, in time of war, could have the
assistance of only one company of
marine militia from Massachusetts.
The students are delighted at the
prospect of training for soldiers and
sailors too"
New Britain herald., 1916-03-02
GorHAM,s NEW MILLIONAIRE
Five Out of Six Are i'm Band
Business.

New York, March 2.-Five Of \
Yorks six new personality milf
aires became so because of partu
ship interests in private BANK
houses. They are Henry 2. Davil
and William III. Porter of j. 2. M
gan & Co.; Jacob FL. Schiff of Ku|
Loeb & Co.; James Speyre of Spe
& Co.. and William Solomon of VI
liam Solomon & Co.
Each of these men is on the 4
assessment rolls as taxable
s1,OOO,O0O of personal property.
sixth of the new names to appl
this year is George Ehret, the brd
err and the seventh of the select Cd
pany is John d. Rockefeller, who ma
no effort even to reduce the assd
nent of 100000 tentatively md
against him last fall.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-02
PROTEST AGAINST
IRISH CONVENTION
Craftsman Of Call Exposed, Pro-
paganda Game Is Claimed

New York, March 2-Thc eNecu-
tive committee of the American
societies, which include the New
Y ork Municipal council of the United
Irish league of America with thirty
eight branches in the metrop olitan
district; the Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans, Board of Erin, which is in
direct affiliation with the Hibernians
in Ireland, the president of which is
Joaeph Devlin, M. P, and many 9TH
er Irish benevolent societies, held a
meeting at the Waldorf yesterday At
ternoon to protest against the pro-
posed convention which has been an
and women of the Irish race in
America, and which will be held in
Hotel Aston on Saturday and
Sunday in con1memoration of Robert
Emmet's birthday.
Joseph P. Brennan. president of
the County Westmeath Mems asso-
citation, presided. John j. O'Connen
of the Limerick Mems association,
Chairman of the committee on reso-
buttons, reported that his committee
had drawn up a resolution to be is
sued to the American people, and
that a statement had been prepared.
The statement denounced the motives
which prompted the "calp' for the
conference Of the Irish men and
women of the United States to be
held in the Aston on Emmets birth
day. 1t stated that the conferences
had not the sanction of the United
Irish league of America; that not
member of the Irish parliamentary
party or the name of an officer or
leader of the United Irish league OF
America appeared in the lists OIL
these sponsoring the meeting pup
1ished several days ago by New
York Irish newspaper. The statement
says that the craftsman OF the call
committed ar error and exposed the
entire propaganda game ''by his VIC
lent attack on American neutrality
and his transparent attempt to IN
timidate the Washington govern
ment"
Resolutions Adopted. q.
The following is the resolution
which the committee adopted:
Irish race in America, unsubsidiz-
ed by any foreign power AND solely
for the purpose of setting the race
right with the people Of the United
States, declare as follows:
ElrSt-lnat the 1IlSl III AlueIlcd'
whether they have yet reached the
boon of citizenship or not, believe III
America first last and all the time,
and believe in the strict enforcement
of American rights and American
neutrality as to all the contestants IN
the European war.
Second-That the Irish in America
believe that the Irish in Ireland are
better judges of their rights. their
policies, and their. duties than any
number of praiseworthy and we'll
meaning men Of their race in Amer,
lea, or any number of professional
Irishmen in America, or any number
of the descendants of exiled Irlshmeh
in America whose only idea on tho
Irish questions is the legacy of hate
inherited from the days of opprc3-
sion, and who are ignorant Of, or
shut their minds to the happy change
New Britain herald., 1916-03-02
TO RELIEVE PAIN

Many of the most intense body pains
are Of local origin and can be quickly
relieved and overcome by a single ap-
plication Of Minard's liniment, which
was prescribed and used with marvel
ous results by DR.. Levi Minard in his
private practice, for sore, strained,
lame muscles, stiff neck, 1umbago,
sciatica, rheumatic pains, backache,
stiff joints, tired, aching, burning, itch
ing feet, and sprains. 1t gives instant
healing relief; is creamy, antiseptic,
free from injurious drugs and stain
less to flesh and clothing. Surely try
this wonderful 1iniment and see how
quickly it brings soothing relief. 1t
never disappoints. Get bottle today
from any druggist.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-02

on the long battle frontier. Railroad
lines were built for the shifting of
troops and the rapid and effective
movement of artillery. For several
days before the opening of the at
tack German air men augmented their
New Britain herald., 1916-03-02
AFRAID OF WORK.
Strong Man Takes Poison i'm Pref
ence to Labor.

Waterbury, March after
taking of a hearty meal last night
bian Stein, aged 80 years, went to-
room and swallowed the contents
a one-ounce bottle of poison ana
found dead. Stein was unmarrl
Although a powerfully built man,
had a decided aversion to work anS
is believed the fear that he NIL
eventually be obliged to labor Tor
daily sustenance drove him TO ms
The medical examiners verdlct
suicide.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-02

on Roosevelt will be accepted despite
such efforts as may be made BY the
republican old guard leaders, who are
so bitterly opposed to Roosevelt be-
cause of the break in 1912.
1t was predicted yesterday that the
more radical followers of Roosevelt
who are seeking to get his name en-
the primary ballots while he is out
OF the country, will accept this last
letter as final and turn their efforts to-
ward forwarding his candidacy by
working more quietly within the re-
publican ranks
New Britain herald., 1916-03-02
NOSE CLOGGED FROM
A COLD OR CATARRH
Apply Cream in Nostrils To
Open Up Air Passages.

Instant relief-no waiting. Your
clogged nostrils open right up; the air
passages of your head clear and you
can breathe freely. No more hawk
ing, snuffing, blowing, headache, dry
ness. No struggling for breath at
night; your cold or cartarrh disap-
pears.
Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
a little of this fragrant, antiseptic,
healing cream in your nostrils. 1t PEN
etrates through every air passage of
the head, sootnes the inflamed or
swollen mucous membrane and re-
lief comes instantly.
It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed-up
with a cold or nasty cartarrh.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-02

80 ne wrote to us. We were
glad to hear from him and the IN
ing followed.
Father will make his home !
mother and me at my home, No
Washington Avenue. Father is
happy, but he wishes to avoid ne
paper notoriety." ...
New Britain herald., 1916-03-02

For months before the onslaught
against Verdun the German generals
strengthened their lines at this point.
as indeed they did at every other point
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
VIGOROUS COUNTER ATTACKS OF FRENCH
 AT VERDUN FRONT DRIVES TEUTONS BACK:
 ARTILLERY DUELS ON IN OTHER SECTORS
Having strengthened out the

Having strengthened out their line by occupying all French po- sitions north of the Forges Brook between Haucourt and Bethincourt, northwest of Verdun, the Ger mans now are engaged in shelling the region of the Bourrus Wood, some five miles northwest of the fortress.
 East of the Mouse around Vaux there has been considerable fight ing between the French and the Germans in which the French were victorious in driving back the Teutons to the northern outskirts of the Caillete Wood and in re- occupying the western part of the village of Vaux. which they had previously evacuated.
 The occupation by the Germans of the Haucourt- -Bethincourt front followed a vigorous attack in which, however. the Germans met no foe, the French having evac- uated their positions at night without the Germans observing the movement. From their new posi- tions south of the Forges Brook and at Bethincourt the French poured direct and flanking fire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
BUSINESS DISTRICT
 THREATENED BY FIRE
Building Occupied by the New York Sun Is Endangered by Big
 Blaze

New York, April S.A section of the business district in the lower part of the city was threatened today by spec tacular fire which burned two five-story buildings at Is and IS Beekman street, occupied by paper dealers. The loss was estimated at $1oO.ooO The flames swept rapidly through the buildings, imperilling several skyscrapers on both sides of the narrow street and Nassau street. Sew eral floors of the History Morse build- ing were damaged.
 The American Tract society building of 20 stories. in which the New York Sun offices are located, was damaged by smoke and water.
 Four alarms were turned in within % minutes, calling out virtually all fire ap- paratus south of Twenty-third street. Police reserves were summoned to keel thousands of persons who crowded about the scene from being injured.
 The buildings burned today were badly damaged by fire about two weeks ago and were being repaired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
ALDERMANIC FIGHT
 CLOSES IN CHICAGO;
 ELECTION IS TODAY
Mayor Thompson Is Fighting for Con- trolls Being Opposed by Ma chine of Ex-Governor
 Deneen

Chicago, April 3.-With bitter factional fights on both republican and democratic Es sides in nearly all of the 8 wards in the city, the 1916 aldermanic campaign closed tonight. The present city council is composed of 35 republicans, 29 demo- crats, two progressives, two socialists and two independents.
 Mayor Thompson is fighting for control of the council. He is opposed in nearly every ward by friends of former Gov ernor Deneen and others unfriendly to the city administration.
 In the closing hours of the campaign the suicide of Dr. Theodore B. Sachs, who recently resigned as head of the municipal tuberculosis sanitarium, after declaring he had been bounded to death by politicians, became an important is- sue. Mayor Thompson declared his po- litical enemies were using Dr. Sachs death as campaign material.
 On the democratic side the fight is be- tween supporters of Roger c. Sullivan aI.faz f3rn.er Mayor Hsadrisan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
DISTRICT ATTORNEY PREPARES EVIDENCE
 AGAINST DIR. WAITE
Everything Being Done to Ease the Way to the Electric Chair for
 the Young Dentist

New York, April 3.-With the prospects that Dr. Arthur Warren Waite will be arraigned to answer the charge of pols- oning his father-in-law, the district attor- rey's office is busy compiling it's evidence against the young dentist Waite was able to sit up in his room in Bellevue hospital today for the first time since his arrest.
 Persons interrogated by the district at torney's staff today were Autumn Hal, a violinist, said to be close friend of Mrs. Margaret Horton, who shared studio with Waite; Dr. Albertus A. Moore, who attended MT. Peck in his last illness; Miss Lynch, nurse for Mrs. Peck, who died in Waite's apartment here shortly before her husband, and d man named Kroeger, a former partner of Eugene Oliver Kane the embalmer who admitted receiving money from Waite.
 Dr. Moore told Assistant District Attor- ney Dooling that his suspicious were not aroused when MT. Peck died. If arsenic was administered to the aged man, the physician said it was given in small auan- titles.
 Assistant Attorney Mancuso announced he had affidavits from 8 residents of Grand Rapids, all tending to show that Waite always acted rational. MT. Man cuso also had affidavits from residents of the apartment house where Waite lived in this city to the same effect. The affi davits, it is said, will be used if an at tempt is made to prove Waite insane.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
MUSCLE SHOALS IS SUBJECT OF REPORT
 BY CHIEF ENGINEER
Comprehensive Report of Improvement of the Ten nessee River Is Made
 to Congress

Washington. April 3.-The chief of en- gineers of the war department today sub mitted to Congress a comprehensive re- port of the further improvement of the Tennessee river including recommend ation for the lower section of the Ten nessee below Florence and that these should be completed at an estimated cost If s4sS,0o0. U gglstsan s37oJe5 is now t ali able. It recommends that the present plan from Florence to Chattanooga be modified so as to provide for canaiiza- ton throughout in conjunction with wa ter power development for the S2 miles above Florence and the B miles below Chattanooga at an estimated cost for the intervening reach between Flint river and Hale's Bar of $3.07S,OO0.
 It also recommends that above Chatta- nooga the present product be modified so as to eliminate the Caney Creek lock and dam, and to provide for obtaining three-foot extreme low water depths at an estimated cost of $1,16S,OoO, of which $15s,0O0 is now available
 The modification above Chattanooga, 1t is pointed out, would mean saving of $2,0300O0 compared with the cost of com pleting the present project in that sec tion of the river
 As to the plan mentioned from Flor ence to Chattanooga, the report explains that the cost of the combined navigation and water power project between Flor ence and the mouth of the Flint river is to be given in later report
 There is no existing project for i'm provement of the Muscle Shoals section, it adds, but a project has been submitted to Congress for federal improvement in co operation with the Muscle Shoals hy- dro-electric power company and survey is in progress to determine the location and cost of the structures required for navigation.
 The project would provide six feet depth to extend navigation up to Hale's bar from Flint river.
 The district engineering office recom- mends five locks and dams at an esti- mated cost of sS07s, GOO in lieu of the open channel improvement, and the Cross creek lock and dam contemplated by the ex- isting project, at an estimate cost of ss 553,OoO.
 The report also recommends that here after for greater efficiency appropriations for the Tennessee river should be made in lump sum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-04
RUSSIAN EMBASSY RECEIVES ACCOUNT
 OF TORPEDO ATTACK
Submarine Circled About Hospital Ship and Fired Two TorpedOes at 100 Yards-Ship Sunk in
 About Two Minutes

Washington. April 3.-An account of the torpedoing of the Franco Russian hos pital ship Portugal in the Black sea March 30. with the loss of many lives, including those of Red Cross officials and Sisters of Charity, was cabled from Pet rograd to the Russian embassy here to- day and probably will be filed with the state department for it's information The Turkish government has officially denied that any of it's submarines made the attack, and it is assumed in allied diplo- matic circles here that the Portugal was the victim of an Austrian craft.
 Following is the dispatch to the em- bassy:
 "On the thirtieth of March, at s;S0 a m. the Franco Russian hospital ship Portugal proceeding to the south coast of the Black sea to take over wounded soldiers, stopped her engines in sight of Fatish. four miles from the coast, and began putting out some barges, when an enemy submarine appeared and after cir cling around the ship for sometime, chose position about 100 yards from her and launched two torpedoes. The first 
 second struck her amidshp, the boilers exploding and the ship breaking in two and sinking in one and a half minutes.
 The persons on board. consisting of the permanent ships staff and a detach- ment of the Red Cross, numbered PIP all told. of which 87 are missing The fol- lowing Russians perished Red Cross Delegate Count Jatistcheff, Superintend- ent Baroness Meyendorff. Inspectress Jikhmenff Sisters of Charity Baroness Armskofen, Alexandroff. Likstansky, Vas silief, Vorchoff Medzlkhovsky, Rothvin- sky, Voronoff Minaeff: First Mate Dantz and Assistant Surgeon Nemtchecko. One officer. 20 male nurses, 21 sailors of the French contingent. also perished and Min ister Georgetts, 19 of the crew and four servants