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New Britain herald., 1916-08-14
GAMBLERS IN COURT
Proprietor Fined $50 and Ereouenters 50 Each-Jitncy Used to Bring Cus toners Here from Hartford.

FolloWJnc successful raid on an alleged gambling room in a house at the corner of Smalley and Elm street at an early hour Sunday, led by Ser geart Hart, Frank Sadie pleaded gull ty to being the proprietor and John Mersy, George Saddle, George Okun, James Jones and Fred Karan admitted being frequenters before Judge James T. Meskil1 in police court this morning. Attorney P. F. McDOnough appeared for the accused. On rec Ommendation of Prosecutor Klett the frequenters were fined $5 and costs In discussing the case of the proprie- tor of the place, Prosecutor Klett said that numerous complaints have been received from persons living in the neighbOrhOOd, and also from women who stated that their husbands have lost considerable sums of money in Sadie's place. An auto jitney has been used to convey players to this city from Hartford several nights during the week. Some of the play CTS caught in the raid reside in Trov N. Y., and came to this city to attend the funeral of a relative this morning Judge Mesk1ll in passing sentence on Sadie said that the place should he closed up. He fined the accused SEQ The breaking up of this nest is due to the excellent work of Sergeant Hart who has been at work on the case for several weeks.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-14
TEUTONS RETREAT IN EAST:
 ITALIANS PUSH TO TRIESTE:
 FRENCH ADVANCE ON SONME
TO EXTEND PARLIAMENT

What Are We Going to DO With
 Woncn?" .Asquith Asks Regarding
 Vote at Coming Election.
 London, Aug. 14, AIS D. m.-Pre- mier Asquith introduced in the house life of the present parliament for eight months, or until the end of next May
 When the premier made his an nouncement on Aug. 1 that he would introduce the bill, he said that he in- tended at the same time to announce the governments proposals regarding registration. Today, however, MT. Asuuith said it was not the purpose of the government to ask parliament at this time to take up alteration of the qualifications for the franchise.
 Dealing with a suggestion that the franchise should be extended to all soldiers and munition workers, MT. AsC11ith said there were the gravest difficulties in the way, and that there were serious objections from a mili- tarv viewpoint to holding a general election among the troops in these fields. .
 He added:
 "General enfranchiseme ent has been brought face to face with another nrOblem. What are we going to do with women?"
 He was bound to say, the premier went on, that representatives of the women had presented to him a per- fectly unanswerab ble case. They were content to abide by the present fran chise but would urge their claims it the qualifications for the franchise were altered.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-14
HUGHES BUSY DAY
Leads Auto Parade, Takes Motor Trip, Talks to Women and Will Speak Again Tonight.

Sjokane, Wash, Aug. 14.-Charles E Hughes today faces one of the busiest days of his campaigning trip. He was up early to lead an automo- Eile parade, arranged so that those ,t ho would be unable to attend later meetings could see him.
 His program for today included a motor trip to COur d'Alene, Idaho, twenty-five miles away, with an ad- dress at an open air meeting, and la ter in the day an address here at q meeting for women voters only, the first of it's kind arranged for the nom iree. Tonight MT. Hughes will spea k ct general meeting, leaving imme- Giately thereafter for Tacoma.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-14
ENTERTAINMENT OF $15,OOO
 IS BLAMED ON SALESMAN
SAFE CRACKERS HERE; ENTER MAIN ST. STORE Crooks Left Tools Behind in Their Hurry to
 Escape.

What is believed to have been a visit by professional safe-cra ckers was made last night at the clothing store ot N F. Mag in the Sweeney block on Main street, but the in- truders were evidently scared away before they secured any plunder. Dis covery of the visit of the "yeggs'' was made by MT. Mag when he opened his store this morning.
 The safe which is near the front window was found tipped over and lay on a pile of clothing which the burglars had placed there to deaden he noise of an eXplos;-; ]. Two larae iron ''iimmys" were found close by a s was a bit and br>Le. The fact that the tools were found in the store gives rise to the theory that the oni- Ger patrolling the beat may have caused the men to give up their at tempt to blow the safe. The safe was hidden from the street by 8, wooden partition.
 Several holes were drilled in an upper corner of the safe, in such d manner that it is believed that owing to the resistance of the safe against the iron jimmy" the men decided to use the nitro glycerine method
 Entrance was effected through the cellar of the Parisienne Ladies' store which adjoins that of Mag's. No at- tempt was made by the crooks to secure anything in that store MT, Mag left between s4OO and $500 in the safe Saturday night.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-14
CREW IN MUTINY
Bark on Way From San Francisco to New York Held Up by Rebellion Calls for Help.

San Francisco, Aug. 14.-W1th her crew in mutiny the bark Ca1lao, which left here Saturday for New York, is tOdaW somewhere off the Golden Gate waiting a tug to bring her back to this port. The Callao, which is equipped with wireless, sent 2 radio call for a tug late Saturday night. tug was despatched to her and. but returned last night, having, been unable to locate the bark on ac- count of the dense fog.
 The Callao is loaded with 1,5OO tons of barley and oil for New York.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-14
NEW LONDON DISAPPOINTED
Believed Bremen Was About to Come
 Into Port.

New London Aug. 14-Reports to- day that submarine of foreign appear ance had appeared off Fishers Island and that tugs of the Scott Wrecking Go. had gone to the south of that island to meet it, brought interest here to a fever heat in the belief that the merchant submarine Bremen from Germany was approaching New London.
 The Scott Co.,, however, denied that their tugs had gone out on any such errand, and said that the two tugs which had been so reported had left port i'll the ordinary course of busi- ness.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-14
French Take More Trenches.

Paris Aug. 14, 12:30 D. m.-The French troops captured some trench es on the left of the Fay-Deniecourt road in the Somme sector last night, says the war office announcement today. There was brisk cannOnading in the region of Maurepas German attacks in the vicinity of Hill BOA and at Fleury Gin the Nerdun sector) were repulsed.
 The announcement follows:
 North of the Somme there was a fairly lively cannonade in the region
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New Britain herald., 1916-08-14

According to recent advices, the capture of Gorizia and territory to the south of that place prepared the way for an advance by the Italians against the very important city and port of Trieste. It is the principal seaport of the gulf of Venice. Trieste is 367 miles southwest of Vienna by rail. It may be said nearly to mon
New Britain herald., 1916-08-14
DIR. INGRAM INJURED,

Hartford, Aug. 14.-Dr. Frank X. Ingram, deputy cattle commissioner, is suffering from a severe injury to his right hand, sustained while he was treating a COW in a lot in this city the other day when one of the small bones of the hand was broken. The hand was considerably swollen today and it will be few weeks before the doctor will be able to use it freely.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-14

Venice in 1908. The harbor was blockaded by an Italian fleet from May until August, 194S. At the head of it's industrial establishments are two shipbuilding yards, the largest of their kind in Austria, employing more than 5000 workmen. It also has pe- troleum refineries, iron foundries and chemical soap, silk spinning and ma chine factories.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-14

opolize the trade of the Adriatic and has long eclipsed it's ancient rival,
 Venice, which lies scarcely more than seventy miles across the gulf. 1t had a population of 229,475 in 1910. Trieste was made the center of large emigration from Austria to America by the inauguration of di- rect emgrant service to New York in 1904. The town was captured by
New Britain herald., 1916-08-14

Missing Man Was Considered Model Husband and Did Not Use Intoxi- cants-Alleged to Have Made Large Arouses Suspicion and Expert is En- gagged to Inspect His Books
New Britain herald., 1916-08-14
PARALYSIS ABATES
Number of New Cases Less Than 100 for First Time in Many Weeks Thirty-One Dead.

New York, Aug. 14.-The epidemic of infantile paralysis took a turn for the better today. The number of new cases of the disease reported to the health department went under the one hundred mark for the first time ir several weeks. During the twenty four hours ending at 10 o'clock this morning, the plague killed th1rty-one children in the five boroughs of New York city and ninety-f1ve new cases weer reported, forty-three of them in Manhattan and thirtyone in Brook lyn. This compares favorably with yesterdays figures, when there were Al new cases discovered and tWen- tv-two fatalities. The falling off Tn cases was attributed to the cooler weather recently.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-14

The Nereus sailed from Newport News July 19 and passed Gibraltar August '. She was built in 1901 and was of 3,900 tons gross.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-14

Hartford, Aug. 1.-Two hundred and eighty-six cases of infant1le pa ra1ysis were reported in the state to- day by pr. John T. Black, secretary of the state board of health. The new cases for the past few days were as follows Branford 2, Windham l, Wallingfiford 1, Hamden /, Hunting ton ?, Orange, Bridgeport each, Stamford, Colchester and Waterbury ? each, New Haven ,, Oxford, Greenwich, Derby Stratford and Mid GletoWn, one each.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-14
THRE,E. SHIPS SUNK
One French and Two Italian Vessels
 Sent Down.

London, Aug. IA. 12:33 D. m.- Lloyds announces the sinking of the Italian steamship Nereus. the Italian sailing vessel Dina and the French sailing vessel saint Gactan.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-14

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New Britain herald., 1916-08-14

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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-22

one of a hen. convention, or a lot Of
old gossips, or cats scratching and
splitting at each other in the alley or
on the back yard fence" Let us try
to exhibit better manners than the
professional journalists, ROSTERS,
politicians, tOmcats and lawyers
|. N. Albright.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-22

REGULATORS.-At last have
figured out what 20 do with regula-
tors. The old Arabs used to say to
their slaves that ''he who will not
work shall not eat" This is justice.
Why should a slave or anybody else
eat if they refuse to work? Along
the same lines, l would advocate pas
sing law, either written or custom,
compelling all those people who have
aspirations to regulate to die first in
battle. By this rule all regulators .
would have to go to the colors in the
front rank at the first call of troops.
By this rule, Arthur Burrage Far
well, who aspires to regulate gam
bling, would have been shot in Mex
leo long ago, or in the Philippines, or
some other place where the nation is
at war. By this rule, Judge Olson,
who wants to. examine all heads,
would have died long ago, because he
who would regulate must die first for
his country. When the clergy, who
so itch to regulate people drinking
alcoholics, find they have to die in
the trenches 1rSt- IN war, how quick
we would see them getting out of po-
Htics for good. How quick the pro-
fessional reformer would get the P.
D. @. movement out of the public
morals. How quick the movie CEN
sors would surrender freedom of
speech and press to the people when
they found their hides were not safe.
How quick such fellows as Rev.
,BOyntOn would get back in the pulpit
and stay there. Patriotism would be
restored and we wOuldlIov our coun-5
try as never before.
The regulators are killing the life
of the cOuntTl 1t makes Socialists,
anarchists and anti-preparedness adj.
vocates. 1t breaks up our unity and
viii eventually mean a serf nation,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-22

StNl ! ~ OWG-@1L ID very ul5dppOluI-
ing to observe writers in The Public
Forum pecking at each other with
the animUs of professional journal
lists or the low. manners of lawyers
squabblng in a court of law. At any
time or place such disposition is in
diCative Of poor home training, or
worse still, an innate lack of esthetic
sensibility.
l use such mean SMILES to make
us ashamed of the petty, gossipy
criticisms Forum writer's are max
ing of one another relative to per-
sonal opinions. There is a little good
in each one of us. Let US not waste
our sweetness on the desert air."
nor make any personal comments,
except we can do so in a spirit of
commentator. We are but anna
teurs and no one expects our efforts
to express SOlomon's wisdom.
When our articles are especially
inane they very justly reach the edi-
torial waste basket and we are duly
disappointed when we get The Day
Book, day after day, and, find an
omission Of what we thought was a
marvellous article.
There are subjects upon which we
can properly vent our critical spleen
and they deserve all we can hand
themy viz, our hired men from the
police to the supreme court judges.
We pay them literally and unless
their work is suitable to our needs
and wishes we should let them know
about it.
In the main their sense Of the es-
thetic is on the level with that of a
bulldog and we need to hand it to
them with pitchfork. am induced
to make this gentle criticism because
several friends have remarked: You |
fellows in The Public Forum remind |
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-09-22

or disprove it. I believe in universal
service, but it must be universal and
1 must be given the same chances as
MAZE Mccormick, Archie Roosevelt,
Dickie Dunno or Vincent Astor. If
not, Pm not bothered" with any Of
this military fervor.-MiIton Rosen-
swefg, 1881 Wabash AW
The Detroit times., 1916-11-25
OLD-FASHIONED
WINTER ON WAY
FOR THANKSGIVING

Next week will be a good time TO
get out your solashes, or rubter and
cvershoes, IL you're old-fashioned
and bundle up beeides The local
whether bureau branch promises a
week OF snowfall. attended by com
paratively mild temperature ut the
start but followed after Thursday by
sharp drop in the mercury
II will BE- a somber week over
head, tho kind that gives people the
tlucs. fol the weather man says
skies will be overcast Heavy snow.
fall Wednesday and Thursday will
attend the passage q an atmos-
Fheric disturbance across the great
lakes
The Detroit times., 1916-11-25
MESSENGERS
STRIKE FAILS
Frank Memo, Juvenile Agi-
tator, Loses Out On All
Points, Including Job

Little Frank Memo stirred up "A
strike OF the Postal Telegraph COM
rsny messenger boys Saturday
morning The whole stan OF boys
went out. The strikes was prccipi-
tsted when the company cut down
on Franks business It was declar-
cd that the boy did not do his work
90 we'll as his employers wanted II
done. and so they gave HIM less TO
do. Then he became labor agitst-
OF and got about 30 of tho tuvs TO
walk out with him
Saturday the telegraph company
was obliged 10 telephone ats mes
tages during tho forenoon, hut at IL
o'clock most OF tho boys had gone
back to work, The strike really was
lost by ;he hcys They demsnded
the Reinstatement Of Frank Memo.
and while they were about il they
llso insisted upon an advance from
. Ia cents to . cents for each mes
sage delivered The Comrany Weld
ed 10 none of the demand and took
oil of the boys back except Frank.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-25
Company Official Ad-
mits Poor Service at
Rate Hearing
DETROIT LINES
CALLED BUSIEST
Meters Depended On to
Reduce Excessive
Talking

Detroit telephone service IS poor,
an average OF 81 per cent OF calls
Seing incompleted. according TO the
Michigan State Telephone com
Ldny's admission. Friday afternoon.
in the hearing before state railroad
commissioners or its plan 10 raise
rates by installing meters.
George NJ. Welch, general man.
ager of the Michigan State Tele.
phone company. made the admis-
or the stand when Il became known
that Harry j. Di1geman. corporation
counsel. planned 10 introduce 200
witnesses TO prove that Detroit
telephone service - poor Tole-
phone company officials said they
aid not want IN rate case clouded
by testimony from disgruntled tele-
phone users
Mr. Wclch said that when % per
cent OF calls we're not completed,
telephone service might be consid-
cred bad He said 20 per cent OF
incomplcttd calls are due 20 busy
lines He said subscribers abandon
nine per -ent Of calls.
r. +. Sunny. president OF the
Michigan state Telephone company
Who chara acterized the metered ser.
vice as the only solution OF De
.roit's telephone problem. said the
calling rate in Detroit for the mum.
Der OF phones installed is higher
than anywhere Else. He said there
are $4,000 telephones in Detroit
and the calling rate is as high as
II day.
Mr.. Sunny said installation OF
meters would Gu. down tho exces-
sive calling and greatly improve tho
service. He admitted 10 Hal Smith.
attorney for the Detroit Board OF
Commerce. tha- the reduction IN
the number OF calls was one Of the
company's aims Ia planning metered
service.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-25
Commerce Department
Officials Begin
Investigation
HUGE EXPORT
TRADE BLAMED
Equitable Distribution
to Be Given
Attention
Rv RoBERF }. BENDER.

(Stnf Correspondent URited Press.
WASHINGTON, Nov, s5.-How
10 Increase and, II possible, more
equilably distribute the food supply
and thereby combat ever rising
prices, was subjected 10 govern
ment study today. when the COM
meroe department, under personal
supervision OF Secretary Redneld,
began preliminary work on this
question that Affects every inhab-
itant OF the country,
II is the belief of administration
officials. expressed TO the United
Press today, that the chief reason
for high prices now lies in the fact
that food production during the past
year was below normal. while ex-
portations have greatly increased.
II Is held by administration ON.
cials and others very close 10 the
president that the food problem is
one demanding closest and most
careful study not only from local
angles but also from the viewpoint
OF the entire world" and that 1t can
not, under sucl conditions, be
handled as purely domestic issue.
Reports that the president has
approved proposals for a
foodstuffs embargo were denied
as "fabrications without founda-
ton"
The Detroit times., 1916-11-25
Fall of Chihuahua Is
Expected By Night
fall
BANDITS ATTACK
ON THREE SIDES
Wire Communication
With Border Now
Interrupted

Ell, PASO, Tex. Nov. 36.--in farf-
Gus rushes upon the defenders' nrst
line trenches, Pancho began hiz
third storming attack on Chihuahua
City at daybreak today. 6tmultane-
Gus cavalry charges were launched
upon the eastern. western and north
ern lines OF the city and . separate
column attempted TO storm tho gun
emplacements upon Santa Rosa
Hill dominating tho city frOm the
south.
An Official announcement Of the
beginning OF the third days battle
was made by Andres Garcia, con-
sular inspectorgeneral. at the Mext
can consulate here today. A heavy
force or Mexican de facto infantry
had been massed upon Santa Rosa
Hill 10 repei stormers, While hand
TO hand fighting over possession OF
the guns was in progresA Vulnp
cavalry attempted to gain entrance
into the town,
Today's fighting Will oecfde Sns
fate of chihuahua City. Mexican De
facto officials NJ Juarez predicted,
In United States official circles
here the fall OF the city In expected
before night.
Secret service men reported to
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The Detroit times., 1916-11-25
Shelter & Company and
Harbridge Concern
Affected
INVESTIGATION OF
THIRD FIRM ASKED
Blue Sky Board Warns
Public Against
Securities

The unlawful sale of stock In the
Harroun Motor corporation, rs ex-
iosed In The Times. resulted Sat
uiday In a suspension OF the licenses
OF two OF the three Detroit brokers
exploiting the stock. by the Mtchi.
gan Securities commission. and a
request that Prosecuting Attorney
Jasnowsh make known why the
third unlicensed broker had been
allowed 10 operate.
A. R. Shelter a company and Har-
bridge q company are the two COM
ranies whose licenses have been
suspended.
|. l. Currier is the broker who has
been selling the stock without a
license
A. II. Shelter denied Saturday
morning that he had received any
notice Of suspension Of his license
from the commission, and added
that he had not determined whether
or not he would continue the sale of
the stock.
G., G. Harbridge. Of Harbridge r
tCostinued on Page EIeven)
The Detroit times., 1916-11-25
"ZIMMIE" GIRL
FILES PAPERS
IN $4,000 SUIT

Helene Wohlford. the Chicago
cabaret dancer, who started sun
against Arnold zumstein. young
Detroit realty dealer, for $3.50
for alleged breach OF promise, fled
her declaration IN the circuit court
Saturday morning. alleging that she
had divorced her husband In the
expectation of marrying Zumstein
Zumsteln was married TO Ruth Nc
Lean. daughter OF DIR. Angus Nc
Lean. Miss Mclean, II was learned,
shortly after the ceremony, was
still married to another husband.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-25
WOMEN
SUSPECTED
AS ROBBERS
Two Held In East For
Thefts Traced to
Detroit
LOOTED LOCAL
STORES, BELIEF

According TO information received
by the Detroit roiice. the real prin.
cipals in the robbery OF Square
Deal" Miller's iewelry store OF SIS.
coo worth OF jewels in April, 1916.
Mau's fur store and other downtown
places, were two women who posed
here as school teachers living In
al exclusive Woodward ave. apart.
iuent house
The two, giving their names as
Anna Smith and Rae Bernstein,
were arrested recently In New York
city AS accomplices OF Jacob Kram-
er and Leon Miller. who. with Sam
uel Fine. were arrested in Detroit
charged with the burglaries. hut
only Fine was round guilty He
vas sent 20 Jackson prison. Kram-
or and Miller were released be-
cause OF lack OF evidence and
went TO Baltimore where. In Sep
tember. they are alleged TO have
robbed a jewelry store OF $4,000
worth OF jewelrr. Tey went to
Philadelphia, where. I, is said. they
tried 10 crack another safe. but
were frightened away by watch
man
The pair then went 20 New York
city. where they were arrested
while about 20 set sail for Havana.
Cuba Tho two women were with
them AT the time. and on them
were found maps OF the Cleveland
and Detroit art museums. which
caused the police 10 believe that
they would return to the two cities
after a stay In Havana. 20 rob tho
museums.
II is the belief OF the local po-
lice that the women were used 10
dispose OF stolen property and also
10 help out in certain robberies.
Kramer is believed 10 he the head
of gang OF thieves which Ia said
10 be responsible for number OF
iobberies in various parts OF the
country.
Kramer. Miller and the two won.
en- are now being tried in Dalti.
more for the jeSelry holdup there.
Dynamite was found on the women.
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The Detroit times., 1916-11-25
Steals City Directory

A man entered a store at No. go
Woodward-aye. and asked to be al
lowed TO use the city directory. He
le.t shortly afterward and when the
clerk went to ge; the directory. he
found a battered up a=sir several
years old in place OF the new 1919
one which had leen there before,
r. J. Harris, No. Gil Pennsylvania
ave. who runs the store. reported
the theft 10 the police.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-25
Love, Liquor and Adventure
Figure in Gay Episode of
Detroit Night Life, Despite Lid

saged in an alteration. With the
woman they had been In the newly.
opened Winter garden. over No. Ii6
Woodward-ave., where the liquor
vas furnished.
Tho element of adventure was
contributed by two newspaper re-
porterr. who went roaming in the
dark hours TO lnd what they could
find.
Patroiman gosepd Diefenbach
started 70 separate tho two men
who were quarreiins. The combat.
ants combined their strength and
(Csstisuod on psse Bievsry