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Peace Co.ferenes Postponed.

RERNE. Nov. THE international con-
ference for lasting peace has again been
forced to postpone its meeting through
lack Of delegates. Tho meeting, which
was planned for November ~, 10 now
hxed for November 10.
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Ministers Retain Portfolios.

The Cabinet considered the resolutions
which were accepted as expressive of the
preliminary Parliament's support The
report ed resignation Of Admiral Verderv-
sktySiinister Of Marine, was denied after
the Cabinet meetipg. II was stated that
all the Ministers had agreed to retain
their portfolios.
In addressing the preliminary Parlia-
ment yesterday the Premier charged the
military committee of the Soldiers and
Workmen's Dele gates with having dis
trbuted arms and ammunition to work.
men.
THAT IL why I consider part of the
population Of Petrograd IN a state of
revolt" he said. land have ordered an
immediate inquiry and such arrests as
are necessary. Tho Government will
perish rather than cease to defend the
honor. security and independence Of the
State"
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Threaten Rail strike In Argsati.s
BusNos Arms. Nov. The railway
employees In Argentina arc threatening
general strike.
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". Sss:;'':: a.. TN. e. ,ss.ess 4. cor. s'Ss
sAs- niol,t frssn Neg ysrh h--A6U. n
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G8EAT nEAH sPnING WATE1.
It's purfty H~s Made n FomousP--A<r
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Kereusky Takes Precautions.

Numerous precautions have been
taken by Premier Kerensky to thwart
the threatened outbreak Of the Bolshe-
Wiki The soldiers guarding the Gov
ernment buildings have heen replaced by
men from the officers training schools
Small guards have been placed at tho
embassies. The women's battalion In
drawn up in the square in front Of the
Winter Palace.
The commander on the northern front
has informed the Premier that his
troops are against any demonstration
auell a rebellion II necessary.
The revolutionary military committee
Of the Soldiers and Workmen's Dele
orders Of the General Staff in the Petro-
grad district. which was refused. There
upon the committee announced that il
had appointed special committees TO un-
dertake the direction OF the military
and invited the troops to observe only
orders signed by the committee. Ma
chine gun detachments moved to the
Soldiers and Workmens headquarters.
The preliminary Parliament last night
voted to work In contact with the Gov
e-nment," In response to Premier Keren-
skv's appeal for q vote OF confidence.
The resolution. which originated with
the Left, was carried by a vote OF 1873
to 1902, with twenty-eiN members alb
staining from voting
A resolution offered by the Centre
calling for the suppression Of the Boil
shev,M and a full vote Of confidence
failed to reach a vote.
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Censtnr@ OF sis.h Pose.
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IS. MISSION IS IN ENGLAND
FOR CONFERENCE OF ALLIES;
COL. HOUSE is AT ITS HEAD
NEW REBELLION
IN PETROGRAD
Maximalist Forces Seize Tele-
graph Offices, State Bank
and Marie Palace.

PrrRoGRAp. Nov. IA revolutionary
movement which at any moment may
deyeiop into battle for the possession
of the capital was inaugprated to-day
when an armed naval detachment. un-
der orders of the MaNimalist revolu-
uonsry committee, seized the offices of
the official telegraph agency. the central
telegraph ofTlce, the State bank and the
Marie palace. in tho latter. where the
Preliminary Parliament has been hold
ing a series of tumultuous sessions, II
was forced 20 suspend deliberations.
Considerable forces Of troops are In
readiness, but Premier Kerensky 80 far
has shown m unwillingness to proceed
TO extreme measures. apparently cling
ing to the hope Of conoiliating tho va
rious factions.
The general trafYic Of the city WAS
normal this afternoon and street trafiic
had not been interrupted. although there
had been minor disorders In some sec
tions. These were attributed to Apaches
and were said to have no connection
with the action Of the revolutionary COM
mittee. 1he attitude OF the Maximalists
and the Bolsheviki continues to be the
subject Of intense anxiety. 1t is realized
that bloodshed can be averted only by a
miracle. The position OF the Ministry.
In spite of a vote Of confidence passed
last night by the Preliminary Parlia-
ment is very insecure.
Orders Against Oatlawry.
Leon Trctziy. president Of the central
executive committee OF the Petrograd
Council Of Soldiers and Workmen's Del
egates, has informed members OF the
town Duma that ne has given
,, strict orders against outlawry and has
threatened with death any persons at
tempting 20 carry ov. ccg-cms
Trotsky added that II was not the
intention Of the Workmen's and Soldter3
Delegates to seize power, but to repre-
1 sent to a congress OF Soldiers and
shortly, that the body take over con-
| troll Of the capital. for which all neces-
sary arrangements had been perfected.
In the early hours OF the morning n
delegation OF Cossacks appeared at the
Winter Palace and told Premier Keren-
, sky that they were disposed TO carry out
/ the Governments orders concerning the
1 guarding OF the capital, but they in
! sisted that II hostilities commenced 1t
would be necessary for their forces TO be
supplemented by infantry units. They
further demanded that the Premier de-
/ fine the Governments attitude toward
: the Rolsheviki. citing the release from
custody OF some Of those who had been
arrested for participation In the July
disturbances. The Cossacks virtually
made a demand that the Government
proclaim the Bolshev'ki outlaws
The Premier replied: II find II DIM
! cult to declare the Bolsheviki outlaws.
Tho -attitude Of the Government toward
! the present Boisheviki activities is
: known"
The Premier explained that those who
had been released were on ball and that
any Of them found participating In new
! offences against peace would be severely
dealt with.
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Comti1ued on Ninth Page.
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a.p.siican. DID Not s.pp.st.

contiwsed On rhtu Paee.
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VIII Vote for Next Gsver.sr.

Next fall they also will vote for Gov
ernor and other state ofiicers. The drst
city election Of any consequence In
which they will figurs 10 tho Mayoralty
contest four years from now. In be-
tween they can cast ballots for sorne
Aldermanic candidates and such like. but
nothing important for Father Knicksr-
booker till 1891.
There II = possibility OF special slsc-
ton April Is, 1918, on the question Of
whether there 10 to be Q LIQUOR local
option. II the initiative petition has
enough signstures this election will BE-
held IN that case women must remem.
kber TO register hfteen days before. else
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is DISPENSER OF COMFORT
One Engllshwoman Does "Her Bit" by
Keeping Open House for Wounded
Mems Visitors.

There is a large class of English
women, writes London correspondent,
who have to keep their own homes go
Ing, but who manage to take time to
help to ease the war strain. She visits
soldiers wives and families in dark
and dirty streets, as do most of her
friends and hundreds of other women.
She never goes empty-handed. To pay
for these luxuries she dispenses with
help in the homework, rising earlier
In the morning to do 1t herself. Here
Is the experience Of one:
In the course of her visit to a hos
pital a tall, SAD, young Scotchman won
her sympathy. He was grievously
wounded but What he seemed to suffer
from most was inconsistencies and a
wild longing for his own people, es-
pecially his mother. "She can't afford
It," he said when asked why she did
not visit him. "She could get half
fare warrant, know, but even then
she's not accustomed to travel. and
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she'd be lost in strange town."
This gave her an idea. She would
ask the mother to come to Leeds and
stay with her! She met her at the sta
ton and took her up to the hospital,
where the excited boy lay.
For few days the old Scotch wom-
an stayed with her. and then returned
to Scotland full of gratitude and de-
light at having seen her son. She was
the first of many guests entertained by
this warm-hearted Englishwoman. Sol
diers' wives came, sometimes bringing
with them a baby-once or twice 1t
was baby the father had never seen
before, born while he was at the front;
soldiers sisters, sweethearts, mothers,
all poor women who could not afford
to have come without her offer of hos
pitality. They arrived tired, anxious
and sad, and she comforted them and
cheered them, and they went away hap
pier to know that their dear ones had
so kind friend at hand.
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ment, they can't be coming for din
ner! invited them for next Thurs
day-the 18th! Oh, they couldn't
have such a."
You've got your dates Mixed" with
a snort. "What're you going to do
about it? Quick"
There's not thing for dinner !"
frantically. "Oh, we"
"Well, we can't keep them standing
down there" Then into the phone,
"Send them up"
Z "Oh, Warren, we can't have them!"
with hysterical shrillness. We've
only pot roast"
"Say you made a mistake In the
datel If they've got any sense they'll
clear out"
"Oh, mono, she'd be furious! It's
a quarter Of seven-we've half hour !
You receive them. Say we--oh, what
excuse can we give? Say the oven ex-
ploded-the maid burned her arm
dinner'll be late"
"l'll say nothing of the sort! Now
we'll not complicate things by lying"
"You mustl She'll be insulted if
Oh, there they are noww
AS the door bell clamored, Helen
dashed out to the kitchen. Jerking
the bread Knife from the astonished
Dora, she wrapped the girls apron
about her hand.
"It's the Chambers! Go to the door,
but keep your hand in your apron.
You've burned it--understand?
Hurry"
While the girl was usherlng in the
. unexpected guests, Helen made fran
tic survey of the ice box and pactry
shelves. The Chambers for dinner
with only pot roastl
"Open this-QuicSl" handing down
can If isparagis, is;slTile Dewiidefed
Dora reappeared. 1T only has q be
heated"
For the next ten minutes the ech-
en- was the scene Of desperate, nerve
tensioned haste. Dora, stimulated by
a promised dollar, moved with unac-
customed speed. Behind the drawn
folding doors she changed the cloth
and reset the table with all the "com-
pany" frills.
Everything responded to the emer-
gency exigencies-except the pot roast.
That remained pot roastIgnomini-
ously cheap and plebeian. Helen's
fertile brain had not yet concocted a
lie that would excuse 1t.
The hors-doeuvre on the table, the
cocktails mixed, the wine opened, and
Dora piled with countless instructions,
Helen rushed in to dress.
Tho pot roast! She was still strug-
Cling with the intractable pot roast
as. she fluttered into an evening gown.
A quarter past seven, flushed,
breathless, and effusingly apologize,
she hurried in to greet her guests.
I'm so sorry to have kept you wait
ing suppose Warren's told you
about our accident-the oven exploded
and the maid burned her wrist"
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added to the midsummer Christmas
holidays. This gave about eight weeks
vacation, during which the larger boys
assisted in sheep shearing, fruit-pick-
ing, hop gathering and other outdoor
work. Last CHRISTMAS number Of
schoolboys did this and some Of them
earned from $50 upward.
Some measure of the kind was nee
essary, owing to the steady depletion
OF labor by CONSUMPTION. Men bit only
for home military service were organ
lied for war work though women
were not. But ifs the war long con-
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To Clearly Convey News.

zone Who Splits an Infnitive Every
Time and Glories in the Job" writes
"What do you superpurists make Of
this. which l take from report of 9
company meeting held recently: The
directors decided to more than double
the carry-forward? Can the meaning
be conveyed as precisely by preserv-
ing the integrity Of the verb gr--LoD.
don Chronicle.
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Horse Was a Little Slow.

Seagirt would not lie, / know. but
he is dreadfully careless with the
truth. He said that the horse he
hired to go to Glenellen last summer
was so slow that spider woye Its
web in the wheel. Children came and
made mud pies in the shade of the
buggy. At one point he had an excit-
ing race with a caterpillar. A wom-
an came out and asked him to please
drive little faster, he was keeping
the sun off her tomatoes. He said the
horse was slower than barber he
knows, who is SO slow that the whis-
kers grow faster than he can shave.
and by the time he Is through the Gus
toner has full beard.-Exchange.
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Warren and MFR. Chandler were die
cussing the investment values Of Bronx
real estate. Mrs. Chandler, having sew
cral lots In her own name, seemed In
terested, and Helen was spared the ex-
ertion Of entertaining her.
At half past ten their car was an
nounced. AS Mrs. Chandler put on her
wraps in Warren's room, Helen knew
that she saw his shabby slippers under
the bed and his old toweling batlrobe
caught in the closet door.
There had been no time for the rigid
straightenfhg-up and putting-out-of-
sight process to which Warren's room
was always subjected before the ar
rival of guests.
Still flashing her mind for some final
palliatlng excuse for the unguest-iike
dinner, Helen could only murmur a
laundering: "The next time you come
Il hope Wen not be so upset. But
Dora had quite scare with that oven
and she's SO easily fiustered."
"Oh. I'm sure everything was verg
NICE" protested Mrs. Chandler for
mally, searching in her muff for her
gloves.
Seeing people off was always awk-
ward. Helen never knew quite what
to say at the last moment. Tonight
1t was doubly- embarrassing. She could
have screamed with relief when the
door closed after them.
"Oh-oh, it was awful" dropping
down before the gas logs. "Oh, that
pot roast! That hideous pot roasti !"
Eyes, that wasn't exactly swell
dish r. grunted Warren. ut stumped
her all right. Notice the way she
lamped it?"
"Oh, she'll tell everybody" wailing-
~. shell say we invited them to din.
ner and gave them pot roast"
"Hope she doesl Why the Sam
Hill don't you write down your dates?'
Il did" running for the calendar
pad. Look" turning to Thursday the
18th, ""The Chambers for dinner oh,
I'm sure 1t was the 17thl''
"You are, Ell? Well, whenever
there's mistake-rll bank on it being
yours. Jove, If you ever get thing
right-it's miracle"
Helen was too crushed to argue. Her
assurance about the date was shaken.
She had written the invitation, and
had kept no copy of the note.
Still brooding over the humiliating
evening, she went into her room to un-
dress. She was almost ready for bed
when the telephone rang. Through the
open door came Warren's deep "Helloi
Who? Oh, Mrs. Chandler
How's that? Oh, that's
all right" with hearty laugh. "We
thought 1t was our mistake.
Not at all--it was q pleasure.
Mono, don't bother to wrlte--the
Jokes ON all of US. !. Yes. I'm
tell her.
Her face shining with cold cream.
and her hair tumbling over her night
gowned shoulders, Helen came flying
In. But with maddening leisure War
rem lit cigar before he would answer
har tempestuous queries. -.
Looked up your note and found she
marked the wrong date Guess that
pot roast set her thinking"
"Oh-oh!" triumphantly, Then 1t
wasn't my mistake! I did have the
right"
"Well, what of it? IL you were SO
blamed sure you wese right7-why
didn't you come square out and say
so? They'd have a darned sight more
respect for you if you hadn't pulled
off that string of weakened lies. I'll
bet they're sizing you up just about
| now"
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Warren had not told them. Having
stolidly refused to ''lie out of it." he
had made not the slightest explana-
ton for the half hours walt and now
he glowered darkly at Helen's glib
excuses.
What would they think when the
pot roast appeared, anguished Helen.
as they went into the dining room.
The burned wrist could not explain
that.
The Italian hors-d'Oeuvre was a nov
city and most appetizing, but the soup,
having been diluted to make four por-
lions, was suspiciously thin. AS Dora
removed the plates, Helen, with deep
ening color, awaited the august en-
trance of the pot roast,
At last 1t came, a meager dark
mound with Its accompanying gravy
and Drowned potatoes. Helen saw Mrs,
Chambers astonished glance.
While Warren carved, she kept her
eyes fixed miserably on her plate. Un-
tile the very last she had hoped her
feminine agility for fabrications would
come to her rescue. But for once her
resourcefulness failed her. She could
invent no plausible excuse for this pot
roast.
1t was scant roast, too-barely
a pound and half-and Warren was
cutting into 1t recklessly. To have
pot roast-and not even enough |!
Could guest dinner sink to greater
ignominy7
mo, give that to Mr.. Chandler" as
Dora placed before her thickly
carved slice. Then to Warren: "Dear.
just some of the potatoes for me.
You're always forgetting about my
diet"
"Eh, what's that?" He looked M,
the knife suspended, but Helen's swift
flaming glance was telepathic.
1.-THE doctors put me on strict
diet" in nervous explanation. 'T'm
not even allowed all vegetables" think
ing of the small can of asparagus.
|. Hoping that enough wine would dull
their critical appraisement Of the din
ner, Helen had instructed Dora to keep
the glasses filled.
Mr.. Chandler was already In q mel
lowed mood, but as Mrs. Chandler
drank most sparingly her critical fac
ulties We're unimpaired.
won't you have some of the ounce
jelly2" urged Helen, for she had tiled
To pad out the dinner with condiments.
.Dear, did you pass Mrs. Chandler the
olives?"
mo, thank you. don't care for
any" stlffly. Mono more wine.v to
Dora, who started to refill her glass.
1t was an infinite relief when the
notifying pot roast, not pathetically
depleted, was finally removed and the
salad brought on. At least Warren's
salad dressing was always a success.
"Only couple of leaves for me,
DEAR You know I can't have it," eau
toned Helen, for there had been only
one head of romaine.
mo salad?" asked Mr.. Chandler.
"Why, thought salad was the main
stay Of vegetarian diet"
ooh, yes--it Is" foundering, "but
the vinegar-I'm not supposed to have
anything acid"
Although the plum pudding was I'M
mistakably canned, there was enough
CT it. And the sauce, made from the
branded peaches, was delicious.
With the coffee and cordials, served
in the library before the glowing gas
logs, Helen got out box of French
glacee mint leaves. But no amount
of ultra frills could Danish the men,
DRY Of the pot roast!
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WAR WORK TO COME FIRST
New Zealand Efficiency Board Reaches
Out for Every Man In the coun-
try--Woman's Turn Coming.

The national efficiency board, Gre
ated by the New Zealand government,
has decided that every man and wom-
an in the dominion must engage in war
work II necessity arises. 1t also sent
a circular to school boards suggesting
that the midwinter holiday In July be
eurtaiied, and the tims saved thea be
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plenty of Canadian Fish.

The Canadian governments venture
to supply the public with fish at q rea-
sonable price has proved n success. A
refrigerator service from Nova Scotia
to Ontario was provided. and the gov
,ernment's scheme was advertised. 10
one week there were three ears, carry
ing approximately C0,000 pounds Of
fish, as against normal sR pments Of
5000 pounds.
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"Who?
The Chambers +!
Hold the wire J"
With his hand
over the phone,
w arren roared
out: "The Chand-
lers are down
stairs. What the
deuce"
"T he Oh a n
dlers |" III e | e n
flew in from the
dining room. "Oh
-7oh." In stam-
m airing excite
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Stung.

"The authorities ought to get these
swindlers. / sent dollar in answer
to an ad, How to make butter from
grass"
"What did they say?"
LATTER you get the grass ready give
II to COW and then churn the milk"
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Copyright Newspaper syndicate1
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plain Evidence.

"The man yonder every one is look
Ing at is a big gum"
ale looks 1t with that bullet head
on him."
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Thumb Index to Character.

Just as the chin gives qualities
to the face, so the thumb marks the
personality of the hand, and is an un.
erring index of mans natural
strength or weakness of character.
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tinues female labor is likely to be
similarly utilized.
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Good Cause for II.

Stranger-Say, it seems Ike the
whole towns trimming. What's the Elk.
citememtf
Native-Excitement why, mister.
the D AS trains coming past. I.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-18

August. The conditions were good except for two or three days when a load of bologna which was dumped there remained uncovered and caused fierce odor. He did not find that the conditions were dangerous to pub lie health, however.
 Franklin E. Bassett testified that the dump was under the supervision of the city through the boards of pub lie works and health. r. J. McEnroe, chef inspector of the board of health, said that he had inspected the dump nine times during August and seven times during the present month. John H. Do1an, assistant inspector, told of his visits to the dump.
 Judge Markham said that there was no question that the dump was un- bearable so near the residences of the south end of the city. He asked the court that it recommend that Bassett take better care of his dump in the future, and impose a fine. Judge Cooper said that the state failed to prove ownership in this case so that their case was groundless. If there is a better supervised dump in the state and one better cared for Judge Cooper said that he would like to know about it. Judge Meskill then fined Mr. Bassett and the trial which had lasted two hours ended.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-18

day. At the business sessions this morning, Rev. Earle B. Cross of the First Baptist Church of New Brit ain was elected moderator for the year.
 Among the speakers at the Associa- tion are Miss Meme Broadway of Philadelphia and Rev. w. A. Hill of Boston, Joint District Secretary of Missionary Societies for New England This is the first time that the Asso- citation has met at one of the negro Baptist Churches, and the event is provoking considerable good fellow ship and enthusiasm. The Shiloh Bap- tist Church members gave everything to make the occasion memorable. The committee of arrangements is Rev. William B. Reed, pastor of the Shiloh Baptist Church, Rev. A. B. Coats, sec retary of the Connecticut Baptist Convention, and Hon. John Coats, member of the First Baptist church in New Britain.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-18
REALTY TRANSFERS TODAY.

The following realty transfers were recorded in the city clerks office to- day: E. O. Kilbourne to August E.. Monsees. land on Stanley street; Frederick w. and Nellie c. Hiltbrand to James and Mary E. Crowley, house and lot at the corner of Cottage Plave and East Main street; James Crowley to Herbert V. Camp, property on East Main street; Samuel Schneider to Rozalia Ryba, property on Beaver street; Peter and Giovanna Butter azzi to Michael and Concetta Mas ciedro, property on Beaver street.