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New Britain herald., 1916-01-04
PNEUMONIA CLAIMS
 ERNEST ABRAHAMSON
Recently Elected Sachem of Red Men And Well Known Ball Player
 Dies This Morning.

Ernest Henning Seigfred Abraham bessette lodge of Red Men and well known baseball player and athlete, died at 9 o'clock this morning at the home of his parents, MT. and Mrs. street. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon. Rev. Dr. $. G. Ohman will off1ciate and interment will be in Fairview cemetery.
 Always exhibiting a marked inter est in the welfare of the Red Men, MT. Abrahamson was eletced sachem at the meeting held a week ago last night. He was to have been in stalled to his new office at a meeting to be held on January IT, but a week ago today he was stricken with pneu- monia which proved fatal Tonight at 7:30 o'clock the Red Men will meet to take action on their leaders death and it is probable that at the meet ing to be held next Monday his suc- cessor will be chosen.
 MT. Abrahamson was unusually we'll liked by all who knew him. He was but twenty years of age, having observed his birthday on August 30. He was formerly employed in the printing department at P. & '. Cor bins. but lately had been employed in the shipping room at Landers, Frary & Clark's.
 As an athlete MT. Abrahamson was recognized for his ability as a base ball player. He was an outfielder and played a star game at center field with the Red Mems team that won the cup in the Fraternal league last summer and later won the city championship by defeating the Pio- neers.
 Besides his parents, MT. Abraham son leaves one sister. Mrs. Edward of Plainville, and two younger brothers, Richard and Werner.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-04
NAVAL BANDITISM
 CAN BE ENDED
Paris Paper Suggests Steps to EIM 'Piracy''-Retrcat of "COrsairs"
 Must Be Cut Off.

Paris, Jan. 4-"It is only by des- troying the retreat of the Corsairs and the possibility of their receiving supplies, and breaking down their inform ation organization that naval banditism can be ended" says the 1 Temps in discussing the torpedoing of vessels by enemy forces. "The oc- cupation of Castelorizo is the first step in this direction. All means for clearing the Mediterranean of pirates must be taken without hesitation as to islands, the international status of which has not been definitely fixed, and measures of surveillance must be imposed
 ''The enemy cannot invoke laws which it systematically violates, and neutrals who allow pirates to remain in their waters, need not be surpris- ed if we enter to seek to destroy the not be offended by acts of public sal ubrity, by which sailors and passen- gers of all nations will benefit"
 "Germany's war on inoffensive paG- sengers continues. despite the protests of the United States and the injunc- tions of the Cabinet at Washington" says the Temps in an editorial. Notes continue to accumulate without re- suit, and the Austro- Germans go on with drownings and assassinations. There is, however, a limit to the pa tience of the American government
 Public sentiment in the United States is in favor of the Allies and, it's sincerity is indicated by the i'm mense amount of supplies sent to the Belgians. to the invaded regions O. France and to the Serbians. American charity gives increasingly enormous sums.
 ITO this active sympathy there is added growing anger against the authors of so many misdeeds. The destruction of the Persia without warning will complete this indigna- tion."
New Britain herald., 1916-01-04
THAW MUST PAY EXPENSE.
Trustees of Estate Not Responsible
 for AIieniStS' Bills.

Philadelphia, Jan. 1.-The state supreme court yesterday decided that the estate of Harry K. Thaw shall bear the expense of an examination of Thaws sanity and not the trustees of the estate. The case came to the higher court from the Orphans court of Allegheny county and grew out of efforts of ThaW to have the full amount of his income paid to him.
 Thaw took exception to the pay 1nent of the bills of the doctors that examined him.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-04
BRITISH TO CALL
 SHIPS FROM U. s.
Wholesale Acquisition for Food Ships Expected to Affect America'S
 Trade.

London. Jan 1.-The government is taking stringent measures to sec that the prevailing shortage of ships shall not interfere with the shipment of food and other necessities to ports in the United Kingdom.
 Vessels are being requisitioned right and left for the shipment of wheat from the Americas, and in shipping circles it is reported that the ad- n,iralty intends to call in the British ships that are now trading between foreign ports. The latter measure IS expected particularly to affect British ships trading between South Amerlca and the United States.
 Shippers here predict that such action would have a disastrous effect on this trade.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-04
Perkins Upho1ds Bird.

New York Jan. 4.-With the pro- 1 gressive national committee sched- uled to meet next Thursday in Chicago 1 10 fix the place and date for a na- l tional convention of the party, the ] effort of some of the leaders to force the nomination of Colonel Roosevelt hy the republicans has begun to take l definite shape.
 1 Not only did it become known yes terday that George w. Perkins had within the last few days sent to pro- gressive leaders throughout the country a letter extolling the Colonel and describing him as the one Ameri- can statesman in whom the people have have confidence, but MT. Per- kins gave out a letter of similar pur- port addressed to him by Charles Sumner Bird of Massa chusetts de- manding that the responsibility for amalgamating the two parties be put suuare1y up to the republicans.
 Has Large Following.
 MT. Bird is the former leader and candidate of the Bay State progress sives for governor and has a large fol- lowing in that state.
 MT. Perkins said with reference to the letter he had sent out about the colonel that he merely wanted to di- rect attention to the fact that the principles for which the ex-president had stood four years ago were now coming generally to be accepted, as evidenced by recent editorial com ment. It would be improper for MT. Perkins as chairman of the commit tee, he said, to announce any prefer ence at this time.
 All members of the progressive national committee will be he guests of MT. Perkins at a dinner next Mon day. Some speeches to be made, it was said yesterday, would be rather definite as to forms of peace and would follow more or less the lines of the Bird letter. Interest is added to this occasion because Chairman Hilles and the republican subcommittee on convention arrangements are to meet in Chicago on Friday and will un- doubtedly be within earshot of the progressive powwow when it takes place.
 Amuses Progressives,.
 The invitation in the republican convention call for all those who be- lieve in republican principles to come back and help elect delegates seemed to amuse MT. Perkins, Bainbridge Colby and other progressives.
 Tt is only natural" said MT. Per kins, 'tthat people who once got you into a game and then played with stacked cards want you to come in again."
 MT. Colby said that he thought the progressives would be inclined to stick to their own primaries in the spring.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-04
AMERICAN CONSULS
 REQUEST REFUSED
FNranco-British Authorities Decline to Vacate Buildings of Teutons
 Under Arrest.

Berlin, Jan. 4, by Wireless to Say ville.-The Overseas News Agency says:
 According to the Corriere Della Sera of Milan, John E. Kehl, Ameri- can consul at Saloniki, who is caring for the interests of Austria Germany Bulgaria and Turkey there, has called upon the F'ranco-British authorities to vacate the buildings of the consuls who have been arrested. MT. KehFs request was refused.
 Tt is also reported that among the other Germans and Austrians arrest ed at Saloniki, numbering about one thousand, are the headmaster of a German school and several women''
New Britain herald., 1916-01-04
STRIKERS OVERPOWER POLICE.

Erie, Pa, Jan. 4.-Five policemen on guard at the plant of the Erie Malleablea and Iron Foundry, where 400 workmen struck yesterday, were overpOWered by a large crowd of strikers and their sympathizers today when they arrested one of the strike leaders. The handcuffed man was taken from the police and hurried away. No further arrests have been made. The men went out when their demand for $2.50 a day, an advance of fifty cents, was refused.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-04
RANGE OF PRICES
 HIGHER ON MARKET
Signs Of Further Profit Taking or
 Liquidation Also Seen

New York, Jan. 4, Wall St., 10:30 a. m.-The range of prices was gen. orally higher at todays opening, though here and there signs of further profit taking or liquidating were seen. California Petroleum pre- ferred was hevy on Tumors of a hitch in connection with its proposed merger with Mexican Petroleum. Mexican, on the other hand, opened strong, with gains in coppers, Mer- cantile Marine preferred and New York Air Brake. U. $. Steel was steady, but leading rails, including St. Paul, Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley and Fries, were higher by fractions to 8 full point. The strength of Anglo French fives suggested further invest ment inquiry.
 Close-Recoveries of one to two points in leaders, like Smelling and Mexican Petroleum, checked the de- cline in the final hour. The closing was irregular.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-04
VERDICT AFFIRMED,

St. Louis, Jan. "A verdict of q jury in the state circuit court in May, 1912, which awarded John O'ConnOr damages of 5000 against the St. Louis American league club because O'Connor was discharged as manager while he was under contract for an- other year was affirmed by the St. Louis court of appeals today.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-04
TAKES CHARGE OF WHITE HOUSE

Washington, Jan. Airs. Wood- row Wilson took charge of the White House today and plunged into work connected With the opening of the White House social season and with the Pan-American reception on Jan
 {. She began today arranging some or the rooms of her private suite, and was busy with s~~ c>eas4 r,re~>snrs.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-04
Hugh kcrWin.

The funeral of Hul1h KerWin was held this morning at o'clock from St. Mary's church, Rev. J. E. Fay celebrating the requiem mass. Rev. J. T. Winters was deacon and Rev. William Krause was master of cere- monies. Father Winters read tho committal services at the vault in new Catholic cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-04
Card of Thanks.

I wish to express my heartfelt thanks to kind neighbors and friends for the sympathy offered at the time of the death of my beloved wife, Mildred Vaughn. I am particularly grateful to the members of George W. Corbin commandery and friends who contributed flowers and take this means of expressing my appreciation.
 WILLIAM VAUGHN
New Britain herald., 1916-01-04
Mrs. Margaret O'Ncin.

The funeral of Mrs. Margaret O'Neill will be held from St. Mary's church tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-04
FINANCIAL NEWS
HARTFORD STOCK
 EXCHANGE REPt

Hartford Stock Exchange ( lions, furnished by Richter &E members of the New York Stoc, change. Represented by E. W. National Bank building:
New Britain herald., 1916-01-04
MORIARTY WITH WHITE SOX.

Chicago. Jan. 4.-George Moriarty. formerly of the Detroit baseball club, was signed today by the White Sox. It is understood that Lc is to play third base.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-04
GEN. RTRNETT DEAD.

New York, Jan. 4.--General Henry Lawrence Burnett, one of the prose cutors of the assa ssins of Preside ent Lincoln, died here today. He was " wears old
New Britain herald., 1916-01-04
Death Notice.

HAWLEY-January 3rd, 1916. MARY RICHARDSON, wife of the 1atc Amos P. Hawley and beloved mo- ther of Benjamin A. and Amos P. Hawley. Funeral services at her resident, 312 Hart St., Wednesday afternoon, January 9th at o'clock Interment at Brooklyn, N. Y.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-04
Patrick D. Egan.

Funeral services for Patrick D. I,gan are to be held at St. Mary's church at 10 o'clock tomorrow
New Britain herald., 1916-01-04
OPPOSE PAROLE OF BROKER.

Boston, Jan. An unfavorable re- port on a petition filed by Stephen R. Dow, a Boston broker, sentenced in 1914 to serve from eight to twelve years for obtaining money under false pretences was sent to Governor Walsh today by the board of parole
New Britain herald., 1916-01-04

New York Stock Exchange quota
 lions furnished by Richter 6 Co.,, members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Represented by F. W. Eddy.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-04
ITCHY RASH ON
 CHEST AND FACE
Later On Shoulders and Back. Burned Like Fire. Had No
 Rest at Night.
HEALED BY CUTICURA SOAP AND OINTMENT

''I had rash which began on my chest and face, later going to my shoulders and back. It was very itchy and I had to scratch it which made it burn like fire, and the skin was sore and inflamed. When my clothing would rub against it, it caused itching and burning which was very uncom- fortable and had no rest at night. for after going to bed I would go to sleep for a few moments only to be walked up again.
 "I let the rash go for about week when used Cuticura Soap and Ointment. After the first application they seemed to stop the burning and after used two boxes of Cuticura Ointment and four cakes of Cuti- cura Soap I was healed" (Signed) Wm. c. Robertson, 95 Mountain Ave-. Dor chester, Mass, Oct. 21, 1915.
 Sample Each Free by Mail
 With 32-p. Skin Book on the treatment of the skin and scalp. Address postcard ''Cuticura, Dept. T, Boston," Sold by druggists and dealers throughout the world.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-04
TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.

WANTED-Girls for Packing Room
 work Apply at F. & F. Corbin' s Labor Bureau 1-4-1Wx
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
From the New York Evening Sun.

From the New York Evening Sun.
 A GOOD many persons will incline
 "A to believe that the attacks on 4 1 bathers which have furnished such dreadful reading lately were the work of one or two sharks, and if the readers are of the older generation their minds will instinctively revert to a story of Herman Melville's which ap- peared just 65 years ago.
 "Moby Dick, or the White Whale" was the tale of sea monster whose ferocity filled the souls of seamen with awe and terror The formidable thing about this great cetacean was the cruel intelligence he displayed He had a peculiar snow-white wrinkled forehead and a high pyramidal white hump. The rest of his body was so streaked and spotted and haarbled with the same shrouded hue that, in the end, he had gained his distinctive appellation of White Whale; a name, indeed. literally justified by his vivid aspect when seen gliding at high noon through dark blue sea, leaving a milky way wake of creamy foam,s all spangled with golden gleamings.
 It was not his size, his ghostly color or his deformed lower jaw that inspired so much fear, says Melville, "as that unexampled, intelligent malignity which, according to specific accounts, he had over and over again evinced in his as- saults." The chronicler adds:
 More than all, his treacherous re- treats struck more of dismay than per- haps aught else. For, when Swimming before his exulting pursuers, with ev
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
NO MANS LAND

J. Knight-Adkins, in London Spectator. No Mans Land is an eerie sight At early dawn in the pale gray light Never house and never a hedge In No Mans Land from edege to edge And never a living soul walks there To taste the fresh of the morning air. Only some Jumps of rotting clay That were friends or foemen yesterday. What are the bounds of No Mans Land? You can see them clearly on every hand, A mound of rag-bags, gray in the sun, Or a furrow of brown where the earth
 works run,
 Through fields or forest over river and No man may pass them, but aim you And death rides across on the bullet or
 shell.
 But No Mans Land is a goblin sight
 When patrols crawl over at dead O night; Boche or British, Belgian or French,
 You dice with death when you cross the
 trench.
 When the rapid" like fireflies in the dark,
 Fits down the parapet spark by spark. And you drop for cover to keep your head months dead. The man who ranges in No Mans Land Is dogged by the shadows on either hand. When the star-shells flare, as it bursts O'erhead, Scares the great gray rats that feed on the dead. And the bursting bomb or the bayonet snatch May answer the click of your safety catch. For the lone patrol. with his life in his hand, Is hunting for blood in No Mans Land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
PURSUIT OF "MOBY DICK"

cry apparent symptom of alarm, he hat several times been known to turn sud denly, and, bearing down upon them either stave their boats to splinters o5 drive them back in consternation t. their ship. His three boat stove around him, and oars and mel both whirling in the eddies, one cap tain, seizing the line knife from hi broken prov, had dashed at the whale as an Arkansas duelist at his foe blindly seeking with a six-inch blade U reach the fathom deep life of the whale That captain was Ahab. And then 1 was that. suddenly sweeping his sickle shaped lower jaw beneath him, Mob. Dick had reaped away Ahab's. leg ai a mower blade of grass in the field"
 Melville's discursive narrative, in lS' chapters (some only page or so long) tells of Captain Ahab's monomania, pursuit of Moby Dick. This tragic chase aroused the superstitious horrol of the crew, who saw something i'm pious in the captains madness for re- venge For the precise and vivid ac9 count of whalers' work Melville was in debted to his own experiences At 22 he rounded Cape Horn on a whaler ano was so hardly used that he and com panion escaped to one of the Mar. quesas Islands, where, as captive ol warlike natives, Melville got the ma terial for his romantic novel, "Typee. The tale of the White Whale was his last romance to contain enduring quail. ties; the waters of ranscendentalisn closed over Melville's head and some oi his later books are well-night unfath' omable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
ALABAMA PRESS

Anniston Star: A busy bee made S6,-
 100000 worth of wax and honey last year in this country and still found time to
 amuse himself by stnging mortals at Sunday school picnics.
 Dothan Eagle: The blustery colonel yell ing for war must think the people have forgotten how he truckled to Japan a few years ago over the dispute about the California law excluding Japanese chill dren from the white schools. Talladega Home: Birmingham is pulling
 wires for the establishment of one of the 12 federal farm loan banks. Alabama s
 metropolis would be most eligible loca- ton for one of these banks. She is cen trally located in a wide farming area that is rich in agricultural resources-an area including Georgia, Alabama, Tennes- see, Mississippi and Florida, with their surpassing alluvial bottoms and fertility of upland soil. She is the most progress sive and rapid of growth of our south ern cities-we might almost say of our American cities, and her progress and phenomenal growth cannot be stayed, by man at least, by reason of her tre- mendous natural resources and opportu- mites.
 Mobile Item: A prominent contractor in Mobile recently remarked that little while ago there were three men for every job here. Today, he said, there are three jobs for every man.
 Not only in building lines, but in many other occupations are men wanted in Mo bile. Anybody really desirous of work gan find it here. Mobiles payrolls aN
 going to be heavier than for years and this condition promises to continue for an indefinite period.
 While the recent storm is in measure responsible for bringing employment to
 many workmen who have been more or less idle, building programmes recent an-
 nounced would have brought about the
 same result. Mobile is on the eve of
 much building activity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
ORPETS ACQUITAL
New York World.

From the New York World.
 William H. Orpet's acquittal, at Wau- kegan, H., on the charge of having killed Marian Lambert, the high school girl, at Lake Forest, can hardly be con sidered a matter for surprise. He was tried chiefly upon suspicion and theory. His own confessions and contradictions during the progress of the case could be the alibi letters, by which he meant to create belief that he was still at his studies in Madison, Wis, when really he was paying a secret visit to Lake For est reveal rather the smart trick of a youth in a fix than reconciliation of a capital crime.
 If however, young Orpet is held guilt less of the final act of murder, he is by his own admissions and the whole pitiful story of Marian Lambert convicted of things for which his associates and his own consciousness should never hold him guiltless. No jury's verdict on an indict- ment for murder can relieve him of the burdens of responsibility accumulated be- fore that fatal February morning in Helms Wood.
 We are living in an age in which some deem it wise to present publicly in print,
 in motion pictures and in staged plays the most intimate facts of life and the consequences due to the violation of cer- tain vital rules. No printed or spoken lines and no flash through the film could point the needed lesson so wildly as does the true story of this tragedy of a college boy and high school girl in the middle west.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
SPOKEN WITH FEELING.

There are all sorts of synonyms for money in this country" said the talka- tive man. "We call it tin 'mazuma,' kale,' dough and a dozen other names I don't recall just now"
 A solemn looking man seated in one corner opened his mouth as if to say something and then closed it without uttering a word.
 What is your faverite synonym for money?" asked the talkative person.
 "'The unattainable,' the solemn man replied, and then fell once more into deep thought.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
SANITARY NEEDS

From the Baltimore Sun.
 The necessity not merely for the pas- sage of adequate sanitary laws but for their enforcement is being-painfully as phatically-impressed upon the country by the epidemic of infantiie paralysis now occasioning such grave concern, especially in New York city. Sanitary" of recent years has been one of the most used-one might almost say one of the most abused-words in the language. It has become catch phrase, employed freely by merchants in mark citing not only edible wares, but various articles for personal applica- tion. It has become associated with patent packages and improved contain CTS.
 The paradox is that much as we have isarped upon sanitary even to the verge of over-emphasizing it in some details, gross neglect of elemen- tary sanitary principles is apt to be prevalent in congested cities, even though physically they have excellent system of sanitation. It Is matter of educating certain sections of the population.
 In this connection, the action decided upon by the Kansas City board or
 aalth Is opposite. in addition to a vote for the employment of "a sanita-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-21
Let Us Heed Expert Advice

Dr. L. L. Lumsden, the federal health expert has told Br mngham the of its typhoid and has outlined the remedy
 It is to the people of Birmingham prevent The remedy is simple and those in authority will have the united support of the people of this community in apply ing it.
 Birmingham says Dr. Lumsden has typhoid than any city of it's class in the United States, and Walker county Aa is the heahes county in the United States Here the trast between two adjoining Alabama counties.
 What Walker county has done Birmingham and Jefferson county do is simply matter of intelligent and well directed cooperation. Typhoid is preventable.
 Birmingham and Jefferson county must prevent and there should be petty rvares and eaouses in the work Let's all work do what the experts tell and get rid of this thing forever.