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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-05-02

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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1917-05-02

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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-29

SCISSORS Thursday afternoon in the
town building. The board will have
other meetings before February 81,
the last date allowed by law for the
filing Of applications for abatem ents.
That there will be number of COM
plants is generally expected as tax
payers whose assessments have been
increased for the most part feel that
they have not been fairly dealt with,
a condition invariably found when
the assessors make raises in prepar-
ing the grand list.
Brief Items.
Clerks in the local postofice took
the annual case examin alton last Fri
day under the direction Of a repre-
sentative of the postal department.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Fayette Douglass
OF -Forestville celebrated the fifty
fourth anniversary CT their wedding
Saturday. They are we'll known in
Plainville. Mr.. Fayette is commander
of Manross post G. a. r., which has
several local mem bers, and is one of
the best known veterans in this sec
ton.
Rev. O. w. Barker of Hartford
preached at the Congregational church
at the morning service Sunday
Miss Anna Murphy is home from
LaureIton Hall, Milford for few
days.
Our discount sale closes tomorrow,
Saturday. January 9th. Have you
taken advantage of the low prices Of
fered you. Ten per cent discount on
all footwear, fifteen per cent on all
other goods. You can make your Sc
l,ctions from our entire stock.--advt.
Preparedness.
Prepare yourself against storms by
buying your shoes and rubbers during
our discount sale at 1914 prices. We
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-29

meted out to three prisoners, who
were given accommodations in the
lookup Saturday night by officer Ma
rino, one of them going to Jail today
because of his inability to settle.
John Lynch, a transient, couldn't
pay a IS assessment and Officer Ma
rino brought him to Hartford this
morning. William James paid a fine
Of 81 and costs, and James Kennedy
Of Bristol secured his release by pay
ing 50 and the costs Of prosecuting
his case.
Ordered Out of Town.
Ordered to leave town within
twelve hours, Thomas Burke, a for
mer trucker at the transfer station,
was put on probation Saturday after
noon by Justice Prior before whom he
a. peared to answer to charges of in
toxication and breach of the peace.
Burke, released from Jail Friday,
came to Plainville to collect pay due
him from the railroad He got drunk
and created a disturbance at the depot
where he was taken into custody by
Railroad Officer Grace. Justice Prior
gave him sixty days OH each Of two
counts, but agreed to suspend execu-
ton of the sentence on condition that
Burke would leave town and remain
away.
Funeral of Peter p. Prior, Jr.
With the celebration of a high mass
of requiem, the funeral Of Peter J.
Prior, Jr., will be held tomorrow
morning at o'clock from the Church
of Our Lady. of Mercy. The young
mans friends We're legion and it is
expected that there will be a large at
tendance at the obseduies. The in
torment will be in st. Joseph's GEM
etery.
Mr. P1ior's death, which occurred
Saturday, following long illness, was
received with genuine sorrow by his
many acquaintances. The young man
had been extremely popular, and his
passing will be incurred by many. He
had been associated with his father
in the management of ,Prior's drug
store until his illness forced his re-
tirement, and all who came in con-
tact with him became his friends.
He was a mem Der Of the Plainville
Hose company and was devoted to the
department. The firemen will meet
tonight at 80 in their rooms in the
Town hall and will proceed in a body
to Mr.. Prior's home on Pierce street
to view their departed comrade.
delegation will represent them at the
funeral tomorrow.
Relief Board Thursday.
The board Of relief will hold its
initial session for the hearing of COM
plants. against the report OF the as
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-29
Berlin News
RELATIVES. GIVEN
.GEAERoUSBE REQUESTS
Wifi Of Late Miss ISadOra Kelsey
Gives $4,000 in Cash
X
WOODRUFF Is INJURED
Church Activities of the Week-AutO
Fails to Make Galpin's Hil1-Iitcr-
airy Society Will Discuss Moving
y Pictures This Evening. ..'s

Under the terms of the will of the
late Miss Isadora A. Kelsey. late of
East Berlin filed for hearing in
the probate court at New Britain this
afternoon, requests of Sill, 500 in cash
were made in addition to trust fund
of $1,000 for the maintenance of
property in East Berlin.
- Miss Kelsey's will was drawn up
on June 2, 1916, by William Buckley
and Mr.. Bulkeley is named as admin
istrator 1t was witsessed by E. w.
Mfldrum, Mary A. Bowers and Will
liam Bulkeley After specifying that
all her just debts and funeral ex-
penses be paid, Miss Kelsey be-
queathed to her neice, Miss Georgiana
A. Kelsey, the sum of $4,000. To an
other neice Miss Minnie J. Kelsey,
she bequeathed the sum of $4,000 in
cash. To a third neice. Mrs. Ger
trude K Steed, Miss Kelsey be-
queathed the sum of $4,000 with the
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-29
TO RUNDOWN WOMEN
Detroit Woman Tells How To Regain
: Strength.

Detroit, Mich. Il was in such a run
down condition I had no ambition to
do anything, 1 had chronic cough
and cold and nothing seemed to give
me any relief. and I was gradually
getting worse. until a friend advised
me to try Vinol, which I did. Afte-
the first day or two it seemed to put
rev life into me, the tired worn out
feeling began to disappear, l resalnel
my appetite and was able to get
coed nights rest. The cough gradu-
ally wore away, and l am now feel
ing. like myself again, so that I can
do all my housework and go alb ,u- nly
das.ies AS usual Vinol is cer.In!y
a wor derfu medicine" Mrs w. +
Waters, Detroit, Mich.
Einol restores health and strength
IN conditions like this, because in a.
natural manner it increases the a:pe-
't;te,a~toncs up the digestive organs
enriches the blood and strengthens
every organ in the body.
=, We guarantee that Ninol will do
che same for any rundown person in
New Britain, or give back their
money
The Clark & Brainerd Co., drun-
gtsts; Liggett's Rikcr-Hegeman Drug
Store; John j. McBriarty; George NJ.
Laid; w. H. Russell, New Britain.
!. Also at the leading drug stores in all
Connecticut towns
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-29

A meeting of the younger scouts
and recruits of Troop will be held
on Saturday afternoon at o'clock
kensington Congregational church
There will be a special business
meeting of the Ladies' society at the
home of Miss Marjorie Moore Tues
day afternoon.
Church night services will be con-
Quoted at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold w. Epson ON Thursday even
ing. ..s
Not Enough Power.
A party of linen spent the greater
part of yesterday afternoon trying to-
make their automobile climb Galpin's
hill but failed to meet with any sue
cess. The hill is in rather an icy con-
dition and when the men, without any
chains on their car, tried to make tn e
grade they slipped back as fast as
they tried to mount. After trying
for two hours, during which time
residents along the hill expected to see
the car smashed against a pole or tree.
the men decided that it could not be
done and turned back. The last seen
Of the party they were trying their
best to make the shorter grade on tho
branch road to the south.
Literary Society Meeting.
Moving pictures and the benefits to
he derived from them will be dis
cussed by the Berlin Literary society
at the home of Mr.: Dodd this evening.
Papers on the subject will be read by
Mr.. Mildrum, Mr.. Warren. Mrs.
Bacon and Mrs. Deming. After the
regular meeting an entertainment will
be furnished by three musicians from
Meriden. ...
Flood Still Continues.
Despite the fact that any number of
complaints have been made about the
floods of water from time to time
under the Kensington railroad bridge
they still continue with more or less
frequency. Almost every day a. gang
Of men can be found at work under
the bridge clearing away the ice
There is drop of almost a foot from
the present bed of ice to the level OF
the car tracks and two teams passing
under the bridge have to use the
greatest of care in order to avoid an
accident. The sewer was cleaned a
week or two ago but evidently the
entire length of pipe was not taken
up as the water still backs up and on
cold nights makes a bed of ice which
has to be cleared out the next day
Som ething should be done about the
matter as it is serious menace to
traffic.
Berlin Briefs.
Word has been received in Berlin
that Miss Laura Smith has arrived in
Africa
David Orlander and Hiding Carlson
caught thirty three pickerel at Harris
pond yesterday.
Edward Michaes is confined to his
home with the grip.
Edward Loiselle is i'll at his home
with a grip cold
The Farmers club met in Grange
hall Saturday night and were enter
tanned by G.. J. Muller.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-29
DAVID NJ. EARLE DEAD.
Senate Doorkeeper and Former Mass.
Prison Warden.

Worcester, Jan. 29.-Captain David
M. Earle, a doorEeeper in the United
States senate on the republican side
and former warden of the Massachu-
setts state prison when it was in Con-
cord, died today after an illness of
several months with heart disease.
He was born in North Brookfield
10 years ago and served through the
Civil warn in the 18th Massachusetts,
regiment in which he rose from pri-
waite to captain. After the war he
served as deputy collector of internal
revenue,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-29

are offering both for this week onIv
big reductions. You can save fro
SOC to 81 on pair of shoesi hong
here. I. j. Birn haum
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-29
SnuofSaGvp

EMOvJSS balm AFFECTIONS
One package proves It. Sold and
guaranteed by above Vinol drux1ist.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-29

HAVING AZ % % DEPEND Q"
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-04-13

happy events of the last two months
and do not believe that the
thought of the nation mas been al
tered or clouded by them. | have
exactly the same things in mind
now that I~had in mind when | ad-
dressed the Senate on the twenty
second of January last; the same
that I had in mind when | addressed
the Congress on the third of Febru-
airy and on the twenty-sixth of Feb
ruary. Our object now, as then, is
to vindicate the principles of peace
and justice in the life of the world
as against selfish and autocratic
power and to set up amongst the
really freer and self-governed peop-
pies of the world such a concert of
purpose and action as will hence
forth insure the observance of
those principles. Neutrality is no
longer feasible Or desirable where
the peace of the world is involved
and the freedom of it's peoples, and
the menace to that peace and free
dom lies in the existence of auto
cratic governments backed by or
ganized force which is controlled
wholly by their will, not by the will
OF their people. We have seen the
last of neutrality in such circum-
stances. We are at the beginning
of an age in which it will be insist
ed that the same standards of con-
duct and of responsibility for
wrong done shall be observed among
nations and their governments that
are observed among the individual
citizens of civilized states
We have no quarrel with the
German people. We nave no feel
ing towards them but one of SYM
pathy and friendship. 1t was not
upon their impulse that their gov
eminent acted in entering this war.
1t was not with their previous
knowledge or approval. 1t was a
war determined upon as wars used
to be determined upon in the old
unhappy days when peoples were
nowhere consulted by their rulers
and wars were provoked and waged
In the interest of dynasties or of lit
tie groups of ambitious men who
were accustomed to use their fell
low-men as pawns and tools. Self
governed nations do not fill their
neighbour states with spies or set
The course of intrigue to bring
some critical posture of affairs
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-04-13

iaoilshment OF intimate reiaffo,.
mutual advantage betwean u
however hard it may be for
for the time being, to believe ~
this is spoken from our hearts
have borne with their nrasar4
eminent through all these
months because of that fria,d-,.
exercising a patience and fo.s
ance which would otherwise 49,
been impossible. We shall. han.
ly, still have an opportunity
prove that friendship in onr
attitude and actions toward ~
millions of men and women Of o..
man birth and native svnno+l.
who live amongst us and share
life, and we shall be proud to pror.
it towards all who are in fact Io,.a,
to their neighbors and to the O.
eminent in the hour of test m.
are, most of them, as true and Iovo1
Americans as if they had navor
known any other fealty or auooi
VI ullGSl-
ance. They will be prompt 70 eroa,,
with us in rebuking and restrainin,,
the few who may be of a diffArnn4
mind and purpose. If there shn,1d
be disloyalty, it will be dealt with
with a firm hand of stern renras-
sion; but, if it lifts its mead at all
it will lift it only here and tbaro
and without countenance except
from a lawless and malignant few
1t is distressing and oppressive
duty, Gentlemen or the Congress-
which l have performed in TINS ad-
dressing you. There are, it NAV
be, many months of fiery trial and
sacrifice ahead of us 1t is most
fearful thing to lead this great peaca
full people into war, into tne most
terrible and disastrous of all wars
civilization itself seeming to be in
the balance. But the right is more
precious than peace, and and we
shall fight for the things which we
have always carried nearest our
hearts,-for democracy, for the
right of those who submit to au-
thority to have voice in their own
governments, for the rights and IL
berries of small nations, for a uni
versal dominion of right by such q
concert of free peoples as snail bring
preace and safety to all nations and
make the world itself at last free
To such a task we can dedicate our
lives and our fortunes, everything
that we are and everything that
we have, with the pride of those
who know that the day has come
Wnen America is privileged to spend
her blood and her might for the
principles that gave her birth and
happiness and the peace which she
treasured God helping, her, she can
do no other.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-04-13

crazy. Its peace must be planted
upon the tested foundations of poll
teal liberty. We nave no selfish
ends to serve. We desire no con-
quest, no dominion We seek no
indemnities for ourselves, no mate
rial compensation for the sacrifices
we shall freely make We are
but one of the champions of the
rights of mankind. We shall
be satisfied when those rights have
been made as secure as the faitn
and the freedom of nations can
make them.
Just because we fight without
rancour and without selfish object,
seeking nothing for ourselves but
what we. shall wish to share with
all free peoples we shall, | feel con-
fident, conduct our operations as
belligerents without passion and
ourselves observe with proud pune
tillio the principles of right and of
fair play we profess to be fighting
for.
have said nothing of the govern
ments allied with the Imperial Gov
eminent of Germany because they
have not made war upon us or chal-
lenged us to defend our right and
honour Tho
an Government mas, indeed, avowed
its unqualified endorsement and
acceptance of the reckless and law
less submarine warfare adopted now
without disguise by the Imperial
German Government, and it has
therefore not been possible for this
Government to receive Count Tarn-
owski, the Ambassador recently &C
credited to this Government by the
Imperial and Royal Government of
Austria-Hungary; but that Govern
ment has not actually engaged in
warfare against citizens of the I'm
tied States on the seas, and | take
the liberty, for the present at
least, of postponing a discussion of
our relations with the authorities
at Vienna. We enter this war onlv
where we are clearly forced into it
because there are no other means
OF defending our rights.
1t will be all the easier for us to
conduct ourselves as belligerents in
hign spirit of right and fairness
because we act without animus. not
in enmity towards a people or with
the desire to bring any injury or
disadvantage upon them, but only
in armed opposition to an irrespon-
sible government which h s
thrown aside all considerations of
humanity and of right and is run
ming amuck. We are, let me saw
again, the sincere friends of the
German people, and snail desire
nothing so much as the early-re-es-
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-04-13
President Wilson's Great
War Speech To Congress
Continued From PAGE Six.

upon the principle of universal liza,
bilfty to service, and also the au.
thorization of subsequent additional
increments of equal force so soon as
they may be needed and can be
handled in training. 1t will involve
also, of course, the granting of ade-
quate credits TO the Government
sustained, | hope, so far as they can
equitably be sustained by the pres
ent generation, by well conceived
taxation.
l say sustained so far as may be
equitable by taxation because it
seems to me that it would be most
unwise to base the credits whicn
will now be necessary entirely on
money borrowed 1t is our duty. |
most respectfully urge, to protect
our people so far as we may against
the very serious hardships and evils
which would be likely to rise out
of the initiation which would be pro-
duced by vast loans.
In carrying out the measure by
which these things are to be ac-
complished we should keep con-
stantly in mind the wisdom of in
terfering as little as possible in our
own preparation and in the equip
ment Of our own military forces
with the duty,-for it will be "a
very practical duty,-of supplying
the nations already at war with
Germany with the materials which
they can obtain only from us or by
our assistance. They are in the
field and we should help them in
every way to be effective there.
| shall take the liberty of sug-
costing, through the several execu-
tive departments of the Govern
ment, for the consideration of your
committees, measures for the ac-
complishment of the several OBJ
Jects have mentioned. l hope that
it will be your pleasure to deal
with them as having been framed
after very careful thought by the
branch of the Government upon
which the responsibility of conduct
ing the war and safeguarding the
nation will most directly fall.
While we do these things, these
deeply momentous things, let us
be very clear, and make very clear
to all the world what our motives
and objects are. My own thought
has not been driven from it's habi-
tual and normal course by the un-
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-04-13

which will give them an opportuni-
| " TO strike and make conquest.
| Sucn designs can be successfully
worked out only under cover and
where no one has the right to ask
| questions. Cunningly contrived
plans of reception or aggression car
ried, it may be, from generation to
generation, can be worked out and
kept from the light only within tne
privacy Of courts or behind the care
fully guarded condolences of mar
row and privileged class. They are
happily impossible wnere public
opinion commands and insists upon
full information concerning all the
nations affairs.
a ser 1fast concert for peace can
rcver be maintained except by a
partnership of democratic nations.
No autocratic government could be
trusted to keep faith within it or
observe its covenants 1t must be
a league of honour, a partnership
of opinion. Intrigue would eat it's
vitals away; the plottings of inner
circles who could plan what they
would and render account to no one
would be corruption seated at its
very heart. Only free peoples can
hold their purpose and their honour
steady to a common end and prefer
the interests of mankind to any mar
row interest of their own.
Does not every American feel
that assurance has been added to
our nope for the future peace of
the world by the wonderful and
heartening things that have been
happening within the last few weeks
IN Russia? Russia was known by
those who knew it best to nave
been always in fact democratic at
heart, in all the vital habits of her
thought, in all the intimate rela-
tlonships of her people that spoke
their natural instinct, their habi-
tual attitude towards life. The
autocracy that crowned the summit
of her political structure, long as
it had stood and terrible as was the
reality of its power, was not in fact
Russia in origin, character, or pur
pose; and now it has been shaken
off and the great, generous Russian
people have been added in all their
naive majesty and might to be
forces that are fighting for free
dom in the world, for Justice and
for peace. Here is a fit partner for
League of honour.
One of the things that has served
to convince us that the Prussfan au-
tocracy was not and could never
be our friend is that from the very
outset of the present war it has
titled our unsuspecting communities
and even our offices of government
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1917-04-13

with spies and set criminal intrigues
everywhere afoot against our ma
tional unity Of counsel, our peace
within and without, our industries
and our commerce. Indeed it is
now evident that its spies were here
even before the war began; and it
is unhappily not a matter of CON
lecture but fact proved in our
courts of justice that the intrigues
which have more than once come
perilous near to disturbing the
peace and dislocating the industries
Of the country have been carried on
at the instigation, with the support,
and even under the personal direc-
tion of official agents of the Imperi-
al Government accredited to the Gov
ment Of the United States. Even
in checking these things and try
ing to extirpate them we have
sought to put the most generous
Interpretation possible upon them
because we knew that their source
lay, not in any hostile feeling or
purpose of the German people to-
wards us (who were, no doubt as
ignorant of them as we ourselves
were), but only in the selfish de-
signs Of Government that did
what it pleased and told its people
nothing. But they have played
their part in serving to convince us
at last that that Government en-
tertains no real friendship for us
and means to act against our peace
and security at its convenience.
That it means to stir up enemies
against us at our very door the
intercepted note to the German
Minister at Mexico City is eloquent
evidence.
We are accepting this challenge
OF hostile purpose because we know
that in such a government, follow
ing such methods, we can never
have friend; and that in the pres
ence of its organized power, always
lying in wait to accomplish we
know not what purpose, there can
be no assured security for the dem
ocratic governments of the world.
We are now about to accept gage
OF battle with this natural foe to
liberty and shall, if necessary, spend
the whole force of the nation to
check and nullify it's pretensions
and its power We are glad, now
that we see the facts with no veil
of false pretence about them, to
fight thus for the ultimate peace
OF the world and for the liberation
OF its peoples, the German peoples
included: for the rights of nations
great and small and the privilege
OF men everywhere to choose their
way of life and of obedience. The
world must be made safe for demo-
Arizona republican., 1917-11-11
WILSON PUTS NEW DRAFT MACHINERY
 INTO OPERATION

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BRITISH REACH
 ITALIAN FRONT
 TO RENDER AID

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