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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-03-03
Ii Sho Wero Free.

A woman OF criminal tendencies
serving prison term was asked, III
you were given nDsolution, freedom TO
spend one night In the great city Who'll
~ uncontrolled, where would you 90
to tho theater, dance hall or wherer'
She replied: Il would choose q warm
night after n rniny day, n night when
all the electric lights wore hnlos around
their heads and everything was foggy.
q 20 to the park and walk for an hour
up and down the pnths,, where I could
see tho reflections OF the misty lights
IN tho wet stone pnvcmcnts. Then I'd
like to go to some quiet place where !
could hear organ music for another
hour. Then Id go to bed satisfied.
But before l got to bed ia open and
shut my door for five minutes steadily
Ia want to know that fl wasn't boltcd"
Buffalo NrwS.
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SHARPNESS Of Madmsp.

in Sir William Eutler's Hutobiogra-
ply thcr" - IN amusing story about
SIX insane soldiers who escaped while
the CORPORAL who had brought them on
board tie troopship left at Dur
ban and who mingled with the 1900
sane men on the decks. The problem
or the voyage was to find who were
the six madmen. By the time the boat
reached Cape Town twcIlty-six men
were officially under observation, and
not one Of the six was among them.
in the end the crazed half dozen were
identified as those who had taken an
especially eager part In the lunatic
hunt,
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-03-03
Father Fails Aqajn.

D1d you ever watch HE bright young
man fnthcr has picked DOT rs the man
with fntug" and invited home fnr
dinner?
The Is. \. NJ haas rr"d s.,n,cwhcrc i'm
his youth thnt Il. !. men nrc SUPPOSED
TO fall In lrv" with ana marry the
boss daughter. And he sits and starcs
her, nervOus as tho dickens because
he can't decide which liz worse-Iosing
his JOB or following precedent.
And the daughter plays the tune she
knows on the piano and wonders
'Whnfever possessed father to bring
thht around rcT-Ncw York Even.
ing Sun
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POWER OF THE GYROSCOPE.
widespread Use Of What Was at First
Regarded az a More Toy.

1lnke!lhS III nlS machine shop TO de-
sign mover christmas present Tor one
VI MS po!S. r.!H."T :, Sp"rrN 1cw
years pach slnihhied on 10 n hait dozen
ne" "ppi1cn'!"HS ot what had previous
~ pecn regarded AS II merely inter
eS ing mech"Hichl curiosity. the gyro-
scope.
40" MS Inventions Will keep ship
from ROCKING "h" thc passengers from
H"AS!'NNt>'. IA H!!~lh.' from air IOrk.
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to test the readiness Of the discovered
law Franklin perceived the power Of
"ishtning' to help or harm the indi-
vidual. Those who fancied that he lin.
dorsed it. doubtless associated him
with its ugly aspects
No one who comprehends the raison
d'etre Of the new philosophy desires to
see the movement u1reasonably acce-
Grated. A morbidity would follow. the
counterpart of race hatred itself. Ac.
acknowledgement Of the truth Is certainly
not a letting down Of the bars to indis.
criminnte, i'll advised mating. 1t is
time, however. for comprehensive in
formation. Increased knowledge means
increased cirCumspectiOn, the best pro
lection for the individual.
We should look It the past with i'm
the racial interchange Of cruder times
once declared brutal and immoral
must have had the psychic element
This IS attested by fair proportion OF
the living record.
The composite must be cHasidc ed in
a way which will defend him and also
insure ourselves against self degrada.
tion. Thus even where custom and or.
dlnary law have been ignored by the
ancestors psychic force comes spon
"@neoualy to remove mysterious tempo
"nry stigma. Nature provides increas.
Ing kinship. even to those Of delayed
development, and extending fusion Is
rendered less and less objections BILE,
With wider scope for happy selection
This Is no more n mere theory than
g lhc lt * back Of The marvellous pro.
1uctlOn OF new stock. fruits and flow.
ers. We are reminded to mention a
book which authoritatively points to
the crossing Of types as n means of
producing the superior man OF the fu-
rnro. 'The Training Of the Human
''"T+' F'''' Century company. 1901
-~..' It : thu ,1r. Burbank must
=: ar ''I.'r1 ''his infinite
II 2. 'irt philosophy
:.. same Dr'3.
'<' g.. ",',.I values with
, :" '" ~ plant life.
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AN UNREASONABLE FISH.
Fine In Flavor and Food Value, Yot
Our Anglers Discard 1t.


It seems as If there are fashions in
6sh Just now as there are In wearing
apparel. A fish that brings In German
markets nearly four times as mucn per
pound as our fresh mackerel and CON
siderably more than haddock is thrown
away by our fishermen because no one
wants to eat it. Yet those who eat it
praise It for its delicate flavor. Even
the English like It. Every year they
consume 5000 tons OF H. Yet we will
have none OF it.
This fish Is known as tho goOscliSl,,
anGioEhsh, Lcviltish and monkt!Sh
True, It's appearance is against 1t, but
still the cpiCurcS TN England and Ger
many demand it because 1t is delicious
Analyses made By the bureau OF fish
cries on samples Shcw that goosefisl
contains considerably more protril
than founder, slightly more than. IA cod
little less than hulibut and consider
ably less than sirloin steak
The goOSefish has an average length
OF three feet and 1s broad and fiat.
somewhat resembling the founder In
general outline. The only way to ge, !,
It, says a Philadelphia woman, is for
the housewives to club together and
demand 1t. At tho present time fisher
men do not take the trouble to bring it
home, but discard 1t from their nets
Popular Science Monthly.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1917-03-03
POISON GAS BEETLES.
Fumes With Which Bombardiers Keep
Their Enemies at Bay.

n6IF Enemies 0t BAY.
Most people think that tho use Of
poison gas In warfare Is purely
human, or perhaps one should say In
human, idea. Yet the plan has been
adopted by nature. Certain kinds OF
beetles known as bombardiers and
called by scientists Brachinus make
free use Of poisonous fumes to keep
their enemies at bay.
Il typical species known as Brnchi-
nus crcpjtnns Is largely attacked by
ccrtnin ground beetles. These ground
beetles arc very active and can easily
overtakc the bombardiers. Just as they
get within reach, however, very
strange thing happens. The bombar
dicr has the power OF ejecting "A pecul-
lar liquid, which, when 1t comes into
contnct with the atmosphere, bursta
into IL sort OF pale green flame. This Is
Immediately followed by a kind Of
smoke.
Now. this smoke has Il remarkable
effect upon the purSucr. No sooner do
the fumes come into contact with the
grOuna beetle than the creature is
blinded and stupehed. A strange pa
rHly&9 Ovcrt2kcs tie insect and 1t
seems unable 10 move any farther.
Qu.t"m |Thi.c cinl,scs before the ground
beetle rcruNcr9. IN tho meantime the
boiHlardicr nIuHcs good his cScape.--
American IiO..
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lmpeachmont Casaa.

Although one president Of the United
States (Johnson), one cabinet office!
Belknap, six United States Judges
and eight governors Of states have
been 1mpeachcd since the foundation
Of the republic, only one senator, vii.
liam Blount Of Tennessee, has been ar.
ralgned before the bar OF the house Of
congress to which hc was elected. OF
the eight governors iinpcacbed one wa.
acquitted, In three cases TIE charges
were dropped, one was permitted &c
res1gn, and three were removed Three
OF the 1mpeached Judges were removed
and three were acquitted. Both PrCsi.
dent Johnson and Secretary Belknar
were acquitted. Politically the last
named impeachment cases were the
most important the United States has
experienced.-Argonaut.
" ar Cln11fa
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HALLS,
e. "a! G. rdans Of tho Austria
iian Bower Girds.

Iian Bower Girds.
There ar several species Of bower
birds, chief among them the Satin and
the Newton. The Satin bower bird is
the best known. When the bowers
were first discovered 1t ;; as supposed
that they were play ayhouses built by the
native children, but as a matter Of fact
they are the dance halls Of birdland.
The nests are built In the trees and
nave no connection with the play
houses. The male birds build these lat
ter and gather every bright and shin
Ing object they can find to adorn the
entrance to the bower When it is com
pleted, according to one who has
watched them, little ."at homes" are
given daily, at which the males meet
and pay fineir court to their ladyloves,
now bowling and scraping, now playing
hide and seek through the bower and
now doing an absurdly dignitied dance
for their cdification.
NewtOns bower bird decoratcs it,
bower with fresh flowers every day.
and If n visiting male bird wants t.
fight all he has to do Is to disturb one
OF these flowers. The master Of the
bower proceeds with the painful duty
Of teaching him how to behave in com.
pany, while the remainder Of the part
raise a great racket, but never inter.
fere. a naturalist studying them dis.
arranged one Of their flowers, but eac,
time he did it the bower master rear.
ranged 1t with great care.-NatlonaI
Geographic Magazine.
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Troy. =. -tOnttnuiD;. :i,G (; .rra. -
OF natures anSw,:' to man. : ...., ,2i..e-
tfon, Mr.. Horace } Eolin, aut nor Of
"Yetta segal," which some critics call
radical, yet adequate as pioneer
sketch CT the great question Of racial
phenomena. says: Such phenomena
must be interpreted in way consist
ent with mans nature If he Is pa-
BILE of development, If he shall attain
higher status through struggle or
through means that are seemingly or,
for the time. degrading; If he Is NOV.
ing from the simple to the complex az
to organization, If universal move
ment tends to unifc existence, then
racial interchange, with elimination
Of peculiar characteristics, hns made
Its appearance as phase of infinite
order and for the benefit Of future
man.
AS to the state Of integrity, we have
mentioned primitive "of1ish" instinct
as having had profound normal value.
Temporary segregation has insured
the process Of developing peculiar spe-
Cif1C qualities, at certain periods, in
this or that environment, necessary to
the cosmoDolite Of the future But
:he products OF nature inevitably TN.
'-' lnge, and If not used to es-
u.o,i5h advanced forms and express
sions they are disintegrated as so
much common material. Racial char.
acteristics-as "the types" present
them to popular gaze-attained full
growth SO long ago that notifications
more or less marked have nccessar rily
appeared.
Modern conditions bring new rela.
tive positions. Extensive geographical
1nterdistribution of types has resulted
from the overcoming Of such natural
barriers as great rivers, seas, noun.
tain chains and deserts. For multi.
tudes, this means different air, food.
scene, thought and feeling-new ele.
ments that vary aspiration itself. The
pbysiOgnOmy IS remodeled, irrespective
Of new lineage. Even If there were
no fusion, the types could not remain
the same nor so much unlike. Advance.
ment lies in reasonable selection
this Is as true of admirable human
makeup as it IS Of efficient mechanics.
1t Is not in order to say that any one
Is "in favor Of this phenomenon. No
one declares that Newton was in favor
Of the law Of gravitatiOn He called at.
tcntion to it quite innorcntly; the spec.
tator was hot advised to climb tall
tree and then let 60 his hold. III order
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A Slap at Her CompIoxion.

ls 1t true that Mrs. Dubwaite and
Mrs. Twohblc are no longer ON speak
ing tor1nsT'
veg | fear the breach Will never
be hrc clch"
"Nhnt did they fall out nbOutr
"Tl~y met on the street one day.
Mrs. DuHwait" EniN to Mrs. TwNtlr,
Ny dear, llD" "a J lroI:T Hra. TvvE,-
D." lis@'"! l!"I' "iTUS.Vc'y ana said, My
dear. !nu .rv Il W'rt Of artn" Biz
uin"haIn hGr-1IrraII.
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Moro Than q Half.

"Oi hear that Casey is huvin' trouble
Wild bis better half
us; she wants TO be the whole
thing. g."-Pearson's Weekly.
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Nature fits all her children with
something to do.-Lowall
New Britain herald., 1917-09-07
FAILED TO REGISTER
South Windsor Man Bound Over to
Superior COurs-Investigatio Or
dcred in Bristol Case.

dered in Bristol Case.
Hartford, Sept. Frank Bendan-
ski of South Windsor, who completed
"a 80 days sentence for assault in
South Windsor, today was brought at
once before U. S. Commissioner Car
roll for hearing on the charge that
Bendanski failed to register for the
draft on June S.
Bendanski claimed that he was not
21 years old until August and there
fore did not have to register. His
mother was present and said she
thought Frank did not attain his 21st
I birthday until last month.
The commissioner bound him over
to the next term of the L. S. district
court in New Haven, September 25,
under bonds of $4,000.
Larry Shaffo, an employee of a
manufacturing company in Bristol,
who, it is said failed to register for
the draft on June 5, was before U. S.
Commissioners Carroll today. The case
was continued that investi cation
might be made and Shaffo was placed
under bonds of $1,000. In default Of
bonds he was committed to the Hart
ford county Jail. Shaffo told the COM
missi oner he registered in FOrestVille,
but there does rot appear to be any
record Of it.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-07
HUMAN FLY TO GIVE
MONEY FOR TOBACCO
Other Contributions Re-
ceived by Herald for
Smokes for Soldiers

Jack Williams, known as the
Human Fly" will try to augment the
fund being collected for tobacco for
soldiers by exhibitions in this city on
Sept. IL and IL. William will climb
up the side of any building selected
by the mayor or committee and
will contribute 35 per cent. of the
money he collects in the street to the
tobacco funds being handled by the
New Britain Record and New Brit
ain Herald.
Williams has we'll earned his So
briquet of 1.-The Human Fly by his
daredevil stunts In other cities. No
wall is too steep or smooth to daunt
him and although his progress is
comparatively slower than the fly 1T
is just as certain He has climbed
some of the highest buildings in the
country, in proof of which he has an
assortment of photographs and news
paper clippings sufficient to open a
museum Williams will perform on
both dates at 6:15 o'clock in the
evening, affording factory employees
an opportunity to see his, stunts.
Several more public spirited citi-
zens have contributed to the soldiers
tobacco fund of which the Herald is
custodian. S. M. Davidson & Co.,
proprietors of the Fair Twenty-Five
Cent store, and A. N. Abbe, purchas-
ing agent of the American Hardware
Corporation, have contributed SIS each
/ and Sam Munich has given So. This
brings the Herald fund to SIT. You
can help to make it $780,:
Mr.. Abbe has first hand knowledge
of how tobacco is appreciated, as is
shown by his letter:
The Herald Tobacco Fund,
City.
Gentlemen
Enclosed please find my check
for five dollars ($5.00) for the
soldiers.
1 have received already twenty
| post cards from the soldiers in
| Belgium for money that Il have
(, forwarded to them for tobacco
and the tone of these cards show
! how highly they appreciate gifts
| of this kind. 1t is a worthy OBJ
! ject and am very glad to con-
| tribute my mite.
Yours truly,
A. N. Able.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-07
DEMANDS FROM WAGE FARMERS
English Workers Insist on Reduction
.r in Cost of Living.

EnRl1Sn workers lnSlSG On fN4uuCVAOiA
-, ..,5 in Cost of Living.
Blackpool, England. Sept. THE
trade union congress today adopted q
resolution regretting the long delay on
the part of the government in taking
action to- prevent the continued rise
of food prices The resolution in
structs the parliamentary labor COM
mittee to place before the government
the necessity of purchase by the gov
ernment of all essential foodstuffs, the
communicating of ships, the con-
trolling of freights on home products
and the fixing of minimum prices for
food and all other essentials to life SO
as to serve the best interest of the
nation.
In case the reply of the government
is not satisfa ctory a special national
conference will be convened. In that
event the resolution sets forth, dras-
tic steps will be recommended "be-
cause wage advances are of no service
if the cost of living rises SO continu-
ously."
John r. Clynes, parliamentary sec
retary to the ministry of food, told
the congress that many suggestions
had been considered and that the
troubles were in a fair way to being
overcome.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-07
RIBOT CABINET TO RESIGN /;
POINCARE ASKS FOR DELI
PREPARES
FOR GERMAN ATTACK
No Plans Made to Move
Capital to Moscow
City Quiet.

Petrograd, Sept. Although in the
opinion of various military authori-
ties Petrograd is in no immediate
danger on account of the fall Of Riga,
preparations are being made against
the eventuality of an unexpected
descent by the Germans. The tenn
porary government has appointed
special civil commission with author
ity to preserve order, suppress sedi-
tionary meetings, suspend the publ
cation Of newspapers and where de-
sirable clear the city OF undesirable
elements. The cabinet has decided
that there is as yet no need for the
government to be transferred else
where. Although there are no signs
of q panic, there are elements in the
population, particularly members of
the wealthy class who are leaving, or
attempting to leave in large numbers.
Many business firms are considering
transferring their headquarters to
Moscow, Mini Novgorod or some pro-
vincial city.
According to the newspapers the
present Russian front represents the
are of a circle from the mouth Of the
river Aa southeastwards about 40
miles from Riga. Dvinsk, according
to reports, still is holding but.
Newspapers of all shades of
opinion, shelving other questions.
comment extensively on the Riga dis
aster The socialist papers publish
articles in almost Identical terms
calling on the workers to perform
their duty in defending the revolution.
The organ of the social democrats
and minealists, the Rabotchayor Ca
zetta, appeals to the workmen not to
wait for the moment when the Riga
disaster will have become irrepair-
able, but to close ranks Immediately
with iron discipline, and proceed to
prompt and decisive action. The
proletariat, it says, must rally around
its organizations and by a vigorous
effort save the country and the revo-
luton.
The Zemilia VOLTA, organ Of the
revolutionary socialists says:
History will show On whom lies
the blame for our military debacle
Meanwhile the situation demands that
all internal political quarrels be for
gotten and that an energetic and
unanimous efforts me amde to face
the enemy"
New Britain herald., 1917-09-07

Left to right-Gorfrcd Nelson, Patri
Five more New Britain men. chosen
by the selective service act for duty
with the new National Army, left this
morning for the cantonment OF Aver.
Mass. Although these men, augment
ed by four from the neighboring
town of Plainville, were scheduled to
have left at 8:04 O'Clock, they were
compelled to wait at the station, as
the train was an hour and 20 minutes
late. Those who went today were:
James Mcintyre, So Pearl court; L.
Hjalmar Carlson, 212 Main street;
Mathew Gustav Sheppard, 131 Ken
sington avenue; Louis Gorfred Mel
son. 140 Jubilee street. and Patrick
Joseph Malley, 237 Elm street. To-
morrow the men who must go are:
William H. Mckay, Myrtle street;
William Krauss, 242 Main street;
New Britain herald., 1917-09-07


Robert M. Andrews, West Main
street; Harold A. Stotts, West Pearl
street; Fred E. Butler, 48 Camp
street, Attorney Henry Nowicki 325
Main street; Patrick Francis Doher-
ty, 213 Clark street; Bernard A.
Joyce, 154 Cherry street; Harry Frank
Squires, 81 Elm street, and Charles
A. Olson, 473 1-2 Park street. Many
of the men included in the first quota
of 513 are becoming restless at the
delay in sending them to Aver and
the following men, registered in the
second district, have appeared before
the board to request that they be sent
away at the earliest possible moment:
Edward Burke, mechanic attached to
No. Engine House; Bernard P. Nj
emro, Fred H. Riley, Joseph J. Nc
Away and Gabriel F. Traceski. Their
New Britain herald., 1917-09-07
German People May BE Outlaw

German People May he Outlaw
Paris. Sept. 6.-In his speech [
at the celebration OF the annivQ
of the battle of the Marne, Pr
Ribot, after referring to the
mination of France to recover
and Lorraine, said:
France unites with the K6fx4
world in the claim for GuMI{
OF peace and that 1t will not be m
a temporary truce but durA1f
cord, founded on justice.
shall we find that guarantees ',z5
for the German people to undoA|
that 1t depends upon them to r
by shaking of the noxious mn
despotism, which is a heavy ~
for them az we'll as dangerop9
the rest of the world.
1T the German people refuse n
come a pacific democracy thoyS
risk being affected in9thetr eco&
intrests by league for the cor
defense Of peoples forced to ore
against them. Whoever seelf2
make the constant menace OF ~
sion weigh upon the world me-
complain because the world sexi
protect itself with all the mpa6
its disposition"
New Britain herald., 1917-09-07

ner Garrison, Matthew Il. Sncppdr.
requests will be granted as far as
possible.
Today the two exemption boards
began sending out discharge papers
to those men who have been exempt
ed from service with the first draft
sons.
While there have been no cases re-
ported yet of bona fide Stacker, the
second exemption board learned today
that Peter Yamisenski of 382 Church
street has not received his draft no.
tice, ordering him to prepare to leave.
Although the notice was sent to the
, address he gave the board, it was re-
turned unaccepted. Unless this man
appears when called, he will be listed
as deserter and if apprehended will
suffer accordingly.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-07
L.W. .W.PLOTTEDTOCRIPPL
ALL FEDERAL MACHINERY

Opposition to the draft law, burning
of crops, some of the so-called labor
disturbances and attempts to curtail
production in war. industries, reports
Indicate, were all part of thte same
alleged conspiracy whose prime
motive was thought to be the Grip
ping of the governments activities In
every way possible short of interfer-
ence with military and naval opera
tionS.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-07

Washington, Sept 7.-Reports and
disclosures made to officials here in
connection with the seizure Wednes-
day of I. W. w. docum ents throughout
the country indicate, it was said to-
day that there has existed for some
time nationwide conspiracy to
hamper the government in almost
every conceivable way in carrying on
the war.