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New Britain herald., 1916-02-05
GREAT WHITE WAY
 FOR NEW BRITAIN
City Engineer Hall Has Plan to Im- prove Lighting Conditions All
 Over the City.

When the board of finance and tax take action on a proposition from the board of public works, whereby the city will have a Great White Way, which, in the minds of the members of the board will greatly add to the light ing facilities in the business section, and also lessen the present cost. The board plans to ask the finance com mission for an additional appropria- tion of s6,000 for the project.
 City Engineer William H. Hall has compiled a list of figures showing the exact cost of making the proposed change. At present there are sixty eight arc lights in the city The new system will provide for eighty three arc lights, confined to the business section entirely. It Is proposed to in stall these lights from North street to Franklin Square and for a distance on East Main, Arch West Main and Church street. Under the contract the lights would cost S75, whereas the present arc lamps cost sS5. The to- tai cost would be $6,225 and an ad- ditional sum of $5,00O for the first in- stalIation.
 Under the new plan it is proposed to use 38O of the 25O candle power in- stead of 320, as now used. The cost for the greater number would be $2S.- 70 instead of $30.80. The total cost for these lights would be $10.9O6. It is proposed to use this type of lights out side the business section where arcs are now in service. The engineer in his plans figures in changing the num- Der of 0candle power lights from 694 to 700 making the total cost 12,394.- 84. On the Central Park there would be eight cluster lights, making the cost $416. The total cost with the $500 rebate would be $3O,5 with an additional $5,ooo for installation, in the permanent paving area.
 The members of the board feel that with the adoption of a more liberal use of 250 candle power lights, the outlying districts will receive much better service than heretofore.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-05
CARGO CARRYING U-BOAT.
Bridgeport Submarine Designer Gets
 Patent for Craft.

Bridgeport, Feb. 5-An undersea, cargo-carrying boat so unique in de- sign that every claim asked by Simon Lake in his original request to the patent office has ben allowed with out change, has been patented by the noted submarine designer.
 This fact, in itself most unusual, is no less unique than the boat itself which is a submarine with two hulls outside and inside-no arament and capable of carrying grains, foodstuffs or other material beneath a blockad- ing fleet and into a beleaguered port.
 No navy is known today to have such a vessel although it has been suspected that German cargo carrying undersea boats have been utilized in the present war.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-05
l,O66 MEMBERS AT
 THE STANLEY WORKS
Mutual Benefit Association Holds
 Its Annual Meeting Tonight

Tonight at Mechanics' hall, 277 Main street, the 24th annual meeting of the Stanley Works Mutual Benefit association will be held. Reports will be made and officers elected. The association was formed at a meeting of the employees held in the gatehouse of No. building in February, 1892, and it has had a sturdy and prosper ous life. The officers chosen at that time with one exception are today well and hearty. Josiah s. Carter was the first president and the other officers were:
 Vice president-Chas. F. Hart.
 Secretary-Geo. Leon Vannais.
 Treasurer-EIarris B. Humason.
 Auditors-W. F. Stevens, A. s. Judd and A. L. Thompson.
 Board of Directors-J. $. Carter, Chas. E. Hart, G. L. Vannais, H. B. Humason, J. E. Dunlay, b. H. Nun son, Fred Zimmerman.
 Collectors-R. R. Porter, Fred Zim- merman, August Voigt, w. A. Lock wood, c. c. Seymour, D. F. Squires, H. Fleischer, T. Wagner H. E. Stickels, N. Payne.
 $27, GOO in Benefits.
 During tho past ten years the as sociation has received S31,S23 from various sources of which s25,64 came from dues and in the same period has disbursed in the way of benefits nearly S27,000. For sick benefits $25,143 was spent and for death benefits S3,700. The present membership totals 1,066 and that the association en- joyed prosperous year is attested by the following financial state1ne nent.
 S3,219 in Treasury.
 Year ending December S1. 1915.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-05

ciated with MT. IIutchings. The work was done under the supervision of R. F. Payne, who was church or
 ganist. In 1913 the antiphonal organ was built, fourth manual added and a modern console installed by the Ernest M. Skinner company. The instrum ent has ninety-siN speaking stops. The case was designed by J. Cleveland Cady of New York. The entire was the gift of Philip Corbin.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-05
COMPENSATION CASE SETTLED.
Stanley UlinsISi Was Injured While at
 Work Last May.

Commissioner George R. Chandler has ordered the claim of Stanley Jrlin- ski against John Ulinski dismissed on the payment of $19.71 due him.
 Ulinski's claim was that on May 8 his face, hands ana limbs were burned while in Skritulski's employ Ulinski was entitled to compensation of $5 per week and was laid up long enough to receive compensation of $35.71 His physician and hospital bills wore also paid.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-05
WANTS REV. COOK TO REMATf

The official board of Trinity Metf1 dist Episcopal church met last niH and voted unanimously to ask K
 Warren F. Cook, the pastor, to rems here for another year. MT. % came here from Brooklyn, N. Ya Q prior to his pastorate there, was p' tor of St. PauI's church in Hartfor'
New Britain herald., 1916-02-05
DANISH STEAMER SEIZED.

London, Feb. (delayed by Gen. sor)-The Danish steamer Arnold Maersk, with a cargo of oil cake and bound from Savannah and Norfolk for
New Britain herald., 1916-02-05

platform, would have the approval of the house democratic majority. The republican senators who voted for the bill were Borah, Clapp, Kenyon, La Toilette Norris and Works.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-05

Longley's Lunch now open in their new location, 327 Main St., near Com mercial. Everything new and sanl- kary The same good food and liberal bill of fare as we serve in our sixteen other stores.-advt.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-05
$7,236.67
Disbursements.
S7,236.67
The officers are: President, F. A.

The officers are: President, F. A. Myers; vice president, P. F. King; sec- retary, Gordon J. Ely, and treasurer 4. G. Bull; directors, F. A. Myers, p F. King, l.. Hoffman, w. Broad lev, A G. Bull, F. A. Wooster, F. L. Conlon, G. J. Ely, c. A. James and J. Hill; auditors, w. E. Doane, R. c. Merwin, A. J. flick; sick visitor L. Hoffman; entertainment committee, ". Scharnan, c. A. James, A. G. Bull, George Kiesewetter, A. D. Bradley and John Storey.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-05

Frederickshaven, has been taken Il KirkWall.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-28

down the side of the coulee. The In
dians burst into exultant yells, and
several opened fire on the fugitive as
the mare leaped down to the coulee
and dashed across the bottom toward
the gulley.
Urged on by voice and spurless heel,
the mare sprlnted over the sandy level
with the rush Of a racehorse on the
home stretch. Coming to the narrowed
stream, she covered it In a single tre-
mendOus leap, and dashed on, un-
checked, up into the gulley, safe out Of
reach Of those whlrrlng leaden hornets.
AS they swept past the low bush
at the entrance Of the gulley, the rider
booked down at the man behind II. He
law blond, hOrid young fellow, whose
blue eyes and small red-lipped mouth
were ugly with hate. A glimpse, and
he was past the outller.
The woman, crouched just beyond,
under the edge of the bank, was blaz-
ing away toward the Indians with an
automatic revolver. An instant later he
pulled up his mare alongside the buck
board and looked up with cool alert
ness at the third member Of the party,
under the brink Of the bank. The man
ceased firing and twisted his thickset
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-28
WAR WRECKS ARE MADE OVER
Remarkable Operations Being Per.
formed on Wounded Soldiers Of
European Battlefields.

Operations by which important and
even vital parts of the human body,
shattered or completely shot away,
have been rebuilt or replaced are now
among the commonplace events of the
military hospitals of Europe. In the
hospitals in England the science of sur
gerry has reached heights heretofore
undreamed of, thanks largely to the
efficient direction of Sir Alfred Keogh,
director general of the British army
medical service. From the beginning
Of the war Sir Alfred has impressed
upon his subordinates the necessity OF
the saving of the limbs Of wounded sol
diers when 1t is at all possible, in order
that the patients may remain useful
members of the community and not be-
come public charges.
Amputations are now avoided In
thousands of cases where two years
ago they would have been considered
absolutely necessary. Marvels have
also been accomplished In the new
nerve surgery, which has been devel-
oped as result of the vast multitude
of cases In which the nerves have been
severed.
Sir Alfred Keogh, the director Of the
army medical service of Great Britain,
Is In his sixtieth year, and Is the son
of Roscommon barrlster. He gained
his first experience in war; me surgery
during the South African conflict, when
he was in charge of general hospital.
His work was so efficient that he was
awarded several medals, and In 1904
became director general of the service.
lie retired in 1909, but returned to tho
head of the medical service when he
var broke out. Sir Alfred has been the
recipient Of many honors from medical
and scientific organizations.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-28
Curious American Custom.

do not know that Viscount Kaneko
can be reckoned among the great men
of Japan, but he is certainly one of her
most interesting sons. He has been
prominent among governmental and
legislative circles, but he is unpopular
In some quarters because of his pro-
Americanism. No one In Japan un-
derstands Amreica and Americans bet
ter, says the Christian Herald, and, as
he says, he has given II years of his
life to explaining American ways to
the japanese.
No wonder that he understands
America, for he was educated In the
Rice Grammar school of Boston, In the
Boston Latin school and Harvard col
lege and Mount Desert and Cape Ann
are as familiar to him as to any New
Englander. He was in college with
Colonel Roosevelt and knows him we'll
II have camped out with American
boys" he said, "and lived with them
in their homes. In every home they
had family prayers, and at first when
they kneeled down l didn't know what
to do, but soon learned"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-28
ANYTHING BUT A HIGHBRoW!
The Average Man Naturally FIinches
From the Reputation for In
telleetuality.

No one really wants to be consld-
cred a hlghbrow. The term Itself, as
Van Wyck Brooks says, Is derogatory.
Here and there a person may be so
superior as to be tlattered by the
derision of the herd. Undergraduates
like to think they are. But man
has TO be far gone in superiority be-
fore he rellshes the notion of being
avoided for its sake.
You cannot imagine a man Ike
Nletzsche trying to prove that he had
heart any more than you can imag-
Inc him shooting the chutes at Coney
Island. He is the kind of Olymplan
whose dignity seems to have been In
herent. You would just as soon drink
beer out Of porcelain as slap a
Nletzsche on the back. But the ordl-
nary olympian, certainly In America,
Is more anxious to show he Is gre
garious than to protect his reputation
for superiority and intellect.
You do not have to slap him on the
back; he slaps you. II he Is running
for office, In particular, he wants 1t
to be known that blood, not ice water,
flows through his veins. He yearns
20 indicate that he Is a good fellow.
He tells funny stories, has himself
photographed playing plnochle, is dis
covered by his interviewer sitting at
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-28

the firing ceased, he called scofingly
How about the strategic retreatf Does
General Fablus make his getaway with.
out casualtles"
lie bon Dieu be praised He has
escaped" the girl Knocked in turn. 1--WE
are saved. In a week or ten days he
will return to the rescue with three
troops Of cavalry"
'If those sneaklng coyotes have sent
delegation around to climb the butte
from the upside, Wen get ours before
Charlie can come back with the po-
lice" grumbled the young man.
ayes. Our military expert saw that
at once. He said this position would
become untenable."
$50 he ran, leaving a woman In the
lurch-the skunk !"
"Well, he has gone. You'd better be
thinking how to get us out of the hole
you've got us into suggested the girl.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-28
RIVAL JUNGLE KINGS
ROAR OF ANDES MONKEYS LIKE
THAT OF LIONS.
Veteran Traveller Declares Sound N
BE the Most Trying on the Nerves
That He Ever Had to
Experience.

The most striking sound In the
American tropics Is the roaring of the
sO-called howllng monkeys. The sound
Is n deep-volced, buslnessllke below.
ing, at least hundred times more
thunderous and terrible than you would
think 1t possible for Il creature that
Is only little larger than big tom.
cat, to make.
/ had heard the animals In the dis.
tance q number of times, but il was
ut Rio F'rlo on the Cauca river, where
orr little sternwheeler was taking
wood, that first got close to them I'm
action" AS left the boat for short
walk In the virgin bottom forest
heard hOwlers a little distance In.
knew that they were small animals
(our biggest male weighed II pounds)
and could do me no harm. Yet | con.
fess that had to exert greater con.
troll of mind over matter than have
elsewhere ever been called upon to
show, In order to overcome my In.
Although l was certain that | was
perfectly safe, 1t took all my nerve that
first time to move up under the tree
whence came that cOurage-killing, men,
acing below. There were only four
of them-an old male, female and
two half-grown young; probably fam.
lily. Yet the terrible noise that issued
principally from the bearded and
swollen throat Of the old male-seemed
really to make the atmosphere quake.
As | stood below he would rush down
toward me, believing outrageously, and
/ thought II took some fortitude at first
TO stand by until he retreated again.
The noise, as / analyzed 1t at the time,
was deep, throaty, bass roar, with
something of the quality Of gruntlng
pigs, or the barking below Of bull
alligator, or an ostrich. Accompany
ing that sound was weird, grooming
sort of wall, probably the contribution
Of the female or the young, or both.
The noise was fully as loud as the
full-thrOated roaring of lions, and that
1t has marvellous carrying power was
frequently attested when we heard
1t from the far side Of some of the
great Andcan valleys as we wound our
tortuous way across the Central Cor
dillera.-Louis Agasslz Fuertes, In
Bird Lore.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-28

Its socket on the dashboard and stood
poised, the whip uprnIsed to strike.
Duponts heavy jowl dropped. Van
dervyn swung his rifle around, his
large blue eyes glintlng with eagerness.
Hardy faced the girl with no change in
his smile. Had his steady gaze wavered
for an instant, she would have slashed
him across the face.
"You-you |" she whispered. "Twlt
me with the treacherous killing Of my
greatgrandfather, would your
"Treaeherous? How is that" he
asked.
"He was murdered-by the police 7"
she cried. "You know IT,"
~ beg your pardon" he replied. 81
had not the slightest Idea of alludIng
to what to you must be painful oc-
currence. But, since you have referred
to II, l wish to say that you are misin-
formed. Sitting Bull was shot while
resisting arrest. The police were act
Ing under orders. The man who shot
the chief had first been shot by one Of
the chiefs men,"
The scarlet that famed In the girls
cheeks deepened to crimson. Her gaze
wavered. Instead Of striking Hardy.
the whip lashed down across the backs
Of the team. The young broncOs
plunged and jumped forward; they
whlrled the blackboard down the slope
away from the river.
The girls companions jerked their
ponies about TO gallop after her. Hardy
spoke to them In peremptory COM
mand: "Waltl Dupont, l shall ask
you to bring my baggage from the rail-
road. Here come the police. ! shall
detail four Of their number to go with
you as escort"
ave don't need no escort" said Du.
poDt. 'Do we, Mr.. VanI"
"They will go In place of Mr.. Van.
dervyn,' explained Hardy. 81 must
ask him to accompany me to the
agency"
The young man looked the new agenl
up and down with an insolent smile on
his handsome, boylsh face. "What II
do not choose to go back?"
ut would put me to the necessity Of
finding new chief clerk" countered
Hardy.
The other evidently had expected an
arbitrary order. He bit his lip. 1t was
plain that he was puzzled over the
adroltly worded reply. Was 1t threat,
or merely n statement due to misap-
prehenslOn?
"If you wish to resign" added the
captain, "may request you to tele-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-28
CHAPTER !,
Under Fire.


In It's spring freshness the usual
dreary brown Of the Montana range
was tempered with a pleasant green.
But the midday sun was blisterlngy
hot, and the rider turned his eyes TO
the snowy crests Of the Little Paw
mountains. The nearest OF the rugged,
pine-clad spurs were now only four or
five miles away. He had almost reached
the reservation. Wolf river marked
the boundary. The rangy stride Of his
thoroughbred mare was as easy and
unfaltering as when she had borne
him away from the half-dozen shacks
Of the nearest "tOwn' on the railroad,
fifty miles back over the open range.
But as they began TO top the rise, he
drew her down to her rapid walk, and
took out his ieldglasses.
Hardly had he focused the powerful
little binoculars when from across the
eoulee, a short distance downstream,
came the crack Of a hlgh-power rifle.
A moment later the shot was followed
by three deeper reports from up
stream. The first shot was smokelesS.
Not so the others. The blush smoke
puffs Of their charges Of black powder
directed the gaze Of the rider to the
dozen or more swarthy, half-naked In
dlans crOuchlng near the top Of the
coulee bank, across from the nearby
butte All were warily peering down
the cOulee.
The road ran obliquely across the
narrow valley TO q side gulley that
Cashed the far bank a hundred yards
or so downstream. Back In the shelter
Of this gulley four or five ponies stood
grouped before q blackboard. Above
them a man was crouched under the
edge Of the bank. Another man lay
behind a small bush, just outside the
entrance Of the gulley. A woman In
civilized dress was coming around from
the rear Of the blackboard. The erect
figure Of the rider tensed with quick
decision. He wheeled his mare out Of
the road, to cut down the sharp slope
directly towards the Indians. His
voice rang across the coulee with the
clearness Of a bugle call: "Ho, there
Cease firing %
At his command, the Indians twisted
about to glare at him In a half panic.
Three or four started TO stink away.
But one swung his rife around and
fred The bullet grazed the riders
coat collar He flung up his right hand
palm outward. The reply TO the peace
sign was second bullet, that cut the
crown Of his campaign hat
Two bullets were enough to change
the tactics Of the rider. At a word
from him and a touch Of the rein, his
mare swerved and plunged obliquely
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-28

paused--and lowered the weapon, with
an astonIshed oath.
Perez cried the girl. "What Is
IT."
"WaItl" he replied. "If II ls-by Gar,
II It isl Git ready, Mr.. Van. Only
don't shoot unless they rush u.s."
The report Of n rifle came down from
the butte crest. The young man low
cred his rifle and peered over the
edge of the gulley. At the same moment
whirl of yelling horsemen swept
down the coulee bank opposite the
butte, and went flying away up the val
ley In n wild race for the nearest grove
Of cottOnwoods.
From the butte several shots cracked
in rapid succession. The fugitive In
dlans yelled at their ponies in frenzy
Of urgency, and dug their heels Into
the fanks OF the stralnlng beasts at
every jump. The rlheman on the butte
was firing towards them, not towards
the party in the gulley.
Hold on, Marlew said her father,
jumping down the bank to her. "Well
hitch up again, and cross over to meet
him"
"Who| asked the girl.
She had been too intent on her task
to see what was happening.
"The man who ran away" he an
swered. "The jokes on you Mr. Van."
"How?'
Her father grinned as he bent to re-
fasten a tug. "YOu took him for quilt
ter. lie had the nerve to run their fire
agln-and you thought he was heading
back for the railroad"
The girl flushed. Hes not the man
on the butter
"Yep. Jumped the whole bunch, first
shot. We better hustle. It'll look good
for us to cross over to meet him."
"Marie says he's an army officer"
added the young man. ut will be as
well to get the ore or the reservation.
There's no telling what he has come
for"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-28
DAYLIGHT Law Cuts casbIIIs.

The manager of the Glasgow gas
works in Scotland has Issued state
ment showing the effect of the new
daylight bill upon the gas consumption
Of that city. Last year the consump-
ton Of gas from six o'clock until mid
night for three weeks amounted to
l24,6S0,OO0 cubic feet. 1t was 1O4,-
$4,000 this year for the same period
a saving of 20,OO0,000 cubic feet. This
means an average saving Of nearly
million feet each evening. There is an
increase of over 100000 cubic feet
during the remaining Is hours OF 'he
day, due to the great demand for gas
for Industrial purposes--chiehy from
the goverment--to meet the demands
Of war.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-28
Food Frauds in Belgium.

Official analysis of some Of the food
surrogates In Belgium is disclosing
some extraordinary frauds. The direc-
tor general of the public health serv-
ice has found that some of the sub
stltutes for OIL which Is no longer OBJ
tainable, are worthless concoctlons
that cost the manufacturers only few
cents per liter, but are sold to guilt
BILE public at fancy prices.
One coil sauce" was found to be
99.25 per cent water, with the remain
ing 10 per cent an extract Of gum. A
'mayonnalse" In fancy packing and
''hlghly recommended" was found to
contain SO per cent water, 1.30 per
cent oil, 1870 per cent starch and 2
per cent rsl. An lnvalid's food adver.
tIsed as meat extract, extra quality"
was made Of Go per cent water, 10 per
cent burnt sugar and 20 per cent salt.
Amsterdam Dispatch.
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We read of "lively artillery battles"
in the war reports. Thus is the busl-
ness Of wholesale killing dressed In
the language Of graceful felicity
Portland (Ore.) Telegram.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-28

the organ singing, Home, Sweet
Home" A man may have the temper
ament of a hermit crab In private life;
in public life he must smile cheerily
when bollermaker crushes his fingers
and bellows; Tommy, put 1t there"
New Republic.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-12-28
IN this serial you are given a

TN this serial you are given
picture Of present-day Amer
lean Indians on government
reservations. The author depicts,
too, the manner In which the
original Americans have been
exploited In the past by unscru-
pulous men with strong political
influence. On the other hand.
assuming that you have a taste
for wholesome romance, you Will
enjoy the powerful love element
in "The Quarterbreed." And
Mr.. Bennets portrayal Of the
principal characters IS as much
Il study as an entertainment
We feel sure our readers can
look forward with pleasure to
the perusal OF each lnstallment
OF the story,
THE EDITOR.