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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-09-26
Won TIRPITZ AGAIN.
This Time He Claims That Submarine
Warfare Is o. X.

Copenhagen, Sept, 26.-The new
German fatherland party held it's first
open meeting in Berlin last night and
the crowd in Philharmonic hall was
so enormous that an overflow meeting
was held nearby. No government Of
ficials attended either meeting. Duke
Johann Albrecht OF Mecklenburg-
Schwerin opened both meetings and
Admiral Won Tirpitz was the principal
speaker at each.
The admiral pointed out that the
submarine warfare is Germany's legal
right and that Belgium now has her
just deserts. Belgium, the speaker de-
clared, was always England's bridge
head and that Germany must do her
utmost in preventing England from
becoming Belgium's protecting master
Admiral Won Tirpitz further declared
that peace without a heavy war in
demnity meant Germanys defeat and
the victory of Anglo-American CAPT.
talism. The admiral was greeted
enthusiastically by the audience.
Among the other speakers was DR..
Won Wolfgang Kapp.
The Rhenish Westfalische Zeitung
of Essen recently announced the for
nation of a new patriotic party. the
leaders of which are Duke Johann
Albrecht of Mecklenburg-S chwerin,
Admiral Won Tirpitz and DR.. Won
Wolfgang Kapp. The party's initial
proclamation declared hostility to the
Reichstag's peace resolution and added
that the party was non-political and
would be dissolved on the day peace is
signed
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-09-26
Horse ChestnutS in Munitions.

London, Sept. 1s.-School children
all over England will spend their
leisure time during the next six weeks
in gathering horse chestnuts, which
the Government is able to in UNI
limited quantities in the manufacture
of munitions. Researches last year
by the Royal society led to the dis
covery that horse chestnuts provide
satisfactory substitute for the grain
used in certain processes of munition
making. Every ton of horse chest
nuts harvested will indicate that more
than 100000 tons of these chestnuts
will be turned over to the government
by school children this fall.
The plans for the harvesting are
under the supervision Of local COM
mittees. Groups of children will gather
the chestnuts systematically in bags,
which will be taken to a central
square and deporited in great heaps.
No payments will be made to the
children. Chestnut collecting Is to be
regarded as their contribution toward
winning the war.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-09-26
Names Booze Runners.
(BostOn TraVeler).

1t is becoming more and more diff
ficult to ship liquor into Maine. The
law concerning such shipments is
stronger than it was, and public opin-
ion in Maine is supporting those
sheriffs of the state who. accepting
the governors unqualified acceptance
Of law are doing their official duty.
For long time 1t has been Gus
tomary for those desiring to make
quick shipments into the Pine Tree
state to load a highpowered motor car
with a supply of wet goods obtained
in Portsmouth or some other licensed
city of New Hampshire and deliver
as soon as possible in various Maine
communities. Nowadays that has
ceased to be a profitable undertaking
Not only are those who transport
liquors into Maine subject to fine and
imprisonment, but their vehicles are
promptly forfeited to the state on
conviction of the offenders.
Already Maine must have in her
possession enough motor cars cap
tured by sheriffs and deputies near
the New Hampshire border to war;
rant September sale Of used booze
specials.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-09-26
Y. w. G. A. NOTES.

Due to the great demand for swim
ming classes. three new classes will
start Thursday, September 81, at 1880
p. m. There are still a few vacancies
for those who would like to learn to
swim. Please register Immediately.
Because Of these new classes and be-
cause so many girls are busy Thurs
day evening the advanced class in
gymnastics will meet Tuesday eve
ming October 2. It is hoped that this
arrangement will satisfy everyone.
We expect to have more interesting
and beneficial gymnastic lessons than
ever. Forget all your troubles and
how tired you are in our gymnasium.
For all those interested In tennis we
are going to have tournament.
Names must be entered before
Wednesday October 8. 1t will be a
handicap tournament so everyone has
the same chance to win. You do not
need to be an expert to enter. "A fine
prize will be given to the winner.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-09-26

following schedule of anticipated ex-
penses:
Rent of furnished room, per week,
81 to $3.50.
Table board, per week, SO and up.
Nowadays enough creme de luxe
for sliced peaches or breakfast food in
a New York hotel-meaning cream
such as the average Kentucky farmer
has on his table as a matter of course
and without thinking of it as luxury
costs 80 cents, and a breakfast such
as Kentucky farmers content them
selves with, being plain livers, modest
in their demands, foots up to about
$3.50 on Broadway, plus the tip which
custom obliges you to bestow upon
the waiter who has footed up the fab
bergasting total. There are rooms
from SO to 81 a day up-oh. very
not know the ropes, and few even
cheaper ones can be found by those
who know the town and it's merciless
manner of treating the tenderfoot.
But board at So a week up" and rooms
for 81 or $3.50 a Week-not, perhaps
rooms with a "bawth", or even bath,
yet rooms comfortably furnished and
more spacious than the SO day GU
bicles in our leading American hotels
mean that the pre- curement of the
benefits of an agricultural course run
ming from late October till March at
the State University includes a bar
gain in food and lodging where war
profiteering is not the chief end Of
man,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-09-26
Welsh Tinplate Trade PrOSpcrS.

Swansea, Wales, Sept, 15-The
Welsh tinplate trade, which the late
Joseph Chamberlain once described
as a "decaying" industry, and which
received 4 severe setback by the
Mckinley tariff in 1891, is enjoying
a prosperity which only the necessary
war restrictions are curtailing. Prices
have more than trebled during the
war despite the shortage of labor
and restriction of supplies Of steel
bars and practically every firm is
paying or will pay excess profits.
Before the war the basic price Of
tinplates was twelve shillings and
sixpence per box, now as much as
fifty shillings is being obtained for
unrestricted" plates but these rates
will cease with the introduction of
the government price of thirty shil-
lingS
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-09-26
INHUMAN TREATMENT.
Prisoners Claim They Were Not
Treated Right in Austrian Camps.

Prisoners Claim They Were Not
Treated Right in Austrian Camps.
London. Sept. 26.-An appalling
story of the horrors of Austrian in
ternment camps is told by a Serbian
officer, Lieut.. Vidak koprivitska, who
was recently exchanged and is now in
a hospital in France. After being Sc
riously wounded he was taken event
ually, to Heinrichsgrun.
when we arrived" said Lieut..
Koprivitska, from thirty to fifty
prisoners were dying daily, and the
numbers grew rapidly. Many of our
unhappy soldiers found their graves
here through starvation, disease and
hard labor in mines.
zone man, who had had both eyes
shot away, was writing in misery
on a litter Of straw, his long hair
hanging disheveled upon his Shout
ders There he crouched, day and
night Heinrichsgrun was just
Serbian cemetery. Rows of graves
were added with great regularity as
fresh patches of prisoners came IN
and died At that time there had been
more than 10000 victims"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-09-26
MAKE THEIR ESCAPE
Captain Muller, Who Commanded the
F,mdcll, Gets Away From British In

tcrnment Camp With Lieut.. Thclan.
London. Sept. 26.--One of the most
daring escapes from internment camps
was effected yesterday at Kegworth,
Nottingham. Twenty German prison.
ers, including Captain Muller, who
commanded the Cruiser Emden, and
Lieut. Otto Thelan. disappeared
through a tunnel extending from a hut
in the camp to a point outside the
barbed wire fence. How the tunnel
was dug is a mystery.
Nine of the prisoners were recap
tured, including Captain Muller and
Lieut. Thelan. The latter made three
previous escapes. With Lieut.. Emil
Tehmann, another of the recaptured
prisoners, he fled from the detention
barracks at Chelmsford last May. The
Germans made dummy locks Of card
board, substituting them for the locks
on the cell doors. Dummy figures to
deceive the sentries were made from
bed clothes and some of their own gar
ments To make these figures the more
realistic they were decorated with
shocks of hair from their mattresses
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-09-26
The Mystery of Bread Prices.

Bread is cheaper in London than it
is here. Mr.. Irwin, grain controller
of this port, expects to see fourteen
ounce loaf sell for q nickel before
long. But right now a pound loaf
sells in London for 1A cents. II am
convinced that this cheap bread sold
in London Is not-cannot be-of a
quality that would be acceptable to
our people here. 1t is usually very
dark in color and altogether coarse
and unattractive,'' says Mr.. Irwin.
But the question need not depend
upon any ones personal beliefs or
convictions. The English bread can
be analysed and it's exact nutritive
value determined. There need be no
mystery about it. We do not want to
fare better or worse than cur allies.
English people and Americans must
combine against the profteers of both
nations. We must have every fact we
can get from the English to show up
our own proflteers. Americans who
mean to win this war at any cost will
prefer to eat dark and unattractive
bread to being gouged.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-09-26
ITALIAN women IN
DEMAND ON FARMS
Ministry Of Agriculture Distri-
buteS Prizes to Fair TillerS

Rome, Aug. 30.-Correspondence of
Ministry of Agriculture has just COM
pleted the award of 1918 prizes to
women workers on farms. In ITALY,
owing to the scarcity of agricultural
war has been felt more than in any
other country and this lack has had
to be made up largely by the use Of
woman labor in the fields helped by
boys and girls from eight years up
wards.
In March, 1916, in order to en-
courage these hardworking women
the Department of Agriculture an
nounced series of awards to be
given at the end of the year to those
families that had done the best. The
awards for the past year have just
been made. Some Of them consist of
diplomas and medals, others of dip
Tomas and money. The total shows
IS gold medals, $3.50 gold and silver
medals, 2,S45 silver medals, and 2,223
gifts of money.
The ministry's report quotes the
reasons for awards in a large num-
Der of cases. AS examples, the fol-
lowing are selected at random:
pauline Bendini, widow of Borgo
San Domino: After her five sons had
been called to the army, she remained
with her three grandsons and ten
nephews aged one to twelve. She
managed not only the family but the
farm of ten acres, besides fifteen head
of cattle, without outside aid.
maria Gautarri of Sperlinga: In
the period when harvesting was most
necessary and labor scarcest, con-
trary to local habits, she was the first
woman to come forward and work
in the field, setting a splendid ex-
ample which had great effect.
Rosa O'Argenio of Avellinoo: Her
husband was called up in May, 1915.
Although she had family of eight
children, the eldest only eleven years
old, she worked her farm of IL
acres thoroughly without allowing her
domestic interests to suffer.
Catarina Cimadamore, Of AreZzo:
After her husband and. five male re-
latives were called up, she with the
aid of a 70 year old grandfather and
two female cousins carried out all the
farm labor harvesting the crops and
looking after the animals on a farm of
16 acres without forgetting the care
of her three small children"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-09-26
MEN ARE DISQUALIFIED
Out of Forty-two Drafted Men Found
Physically Unfit at Camp Dcvens,
Only One From Connecticut.

Aver, Mass, Sept. 26.-Forty-two
men in the New England contingent
training at Camp Devens for the Ma
tional Army were rejected by sur
geons today as physically disqualified.
OF this number "a came from Massa-
chusetts, 16 from Rhode Island, one
each from Maine and Connecticut.
Camp officers explained that many
of the reflections were due to under
weight and to causes which might not
have been evident at the draft board
examination, and that others had
failed to report to their boards for
examination and had been certified to
without having been seen by the
physician.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-09-26
WHO WOULD BE A FISH?
The Abdication of the Intellect, Going
on Now for Some Time Calls for
an Orienting of the Core
bral Organ.
(Chicago Tribune. }

Most of us are not on very good
find a man who is really comfortable
in their possession; the most pain
full process for many persons is to
think. =,
Consider how great a share of our
recreations are an attempt to escape
cerebral activity. We positively try
to abdicate our intellects. Why else
should a man go on a "bender?"
Why else do we throng the amuse-
ment parks, where thousands seek
mental humiliation in such edifying
institutions as the bug house" the
shoot the chutes" and the palace
of piffle?'
The truth is we are a restless, ner-
vous race, oppressed by our brains.
We haven't become accustomed to
them yet. Measured by the standards
of an ancient world, the cerebral Or
gan that distinguishes man is re-
cent requirement or development. We
have not succeeded in orient1ng 1t.
as other fauna have oriented their
more limited intelligence. The brain
Of man is described by scientists as
large and convoluted, while that OF
fish is said to be small and smooth.
Considering the happy, equable life OF
a fish, we may sometimes question the
advantage of possessing those cere-
bral convolutions. but, on the other.
hand, no one would willingly consent
to be fish.
The customary methods of abdicat-
ing intellect afford only temporary
relief The only solution is intensive
cultivation and control of the cere-
bral organ. With little daily effort
1t Is possible to get on pretty friend
" terms with the old bean.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-09-26
THEY TOOK A DIP
IN THE BRINY DEEP
Army Aviator and His Passenger
Have Accident of Fall
Into Ocean.
Into Ocean.

Venice, Calf, Sept. CIV. H.
Boulun, an army aviator who enlist
ed at Fairfield, Ohio, and Robert H.
Bailey, passenger, narrowly escaped
death here today when the engine of
their airplane failed and Boulun was
forced to descend into the ocean. The
descending plane grazed an amuse-
ment pier on which Boulun's mother
stood Both men swan ashore.
Boulun was cut about the face and
was taken to q hospital.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-09-26
Educattve and Inexpensive.

(LOufsVfIIe COur1er-J ournaI)
Farm and Family" advises its
readers to attend the "Short Course
in Practical Agriculture and Home
Economics at the State University,
assuring them that the instruction will
prove valuable, both as an increaser
of the profits from herds and crops
and as q decreaser of economic leak
age in the home.
Under the heading Expense Is
Small' Farm and Family gives the
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-09-26
REFUSED INJUNCTION
Public Utilities Commission Says Con-
necticut Company's Fare Raise is
Out of Its Jurisdiction.

Bridgeport, Sept, 26.-The public
utilities commission today refused to
grant an order restraining the Con-
necticut company from collecting
more than 5 cents fare for a ride
within the limits of the city of Bridge
port The commission said this mat
ter is out of its jurisdiction.
City Attorney w. H. Comley Jr. Of
Bridgeport, will appear before the
superior court of Fairfield county to-
morrow morning and ask an injunc-
ton to prevent the fare raise.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-09-26
NO DUTY ON SMOKES.
Tobacco Sent From This Country to
Enter France Free.

Paris, Sept. 26.-Tobacco sent to
American soldiers henceforth will en-
ter France free of duty. Similar ar
rangements already have been made
as regards British, Belgian, Russian
and Portuguese troops fighting in
France.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-09-26
WARNING DISPLAYED.
Tropical Disturbances Approaching
This Country from Gulf of Mexico.

Washington, Sept. 26.-The tropical
disturbance approaching the United
States from the Gulf of Mexico prob
ably was central this morning 100
miles west Of Key West. Warnings
are displayed on the gulf coast, from
Mobile to Apalachicola and storm
warnings over the remainder of the
gulf coast Of Florida.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-09-26
Steady Loss of Submarines
(New York Worldly

Now that a good many submarines
are being sunk without any trace, the
feeling seems to be growing in Ger
many that there is something wrong
with the system.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-09-26
HEAVILY SENTENCED
Man Charged With Statutory Crime is
Sent to States Prison For From IL
to 20 years.

prove an abilibi Michael Ferema Of
Bristol was today sentenced in the
superior court to state prison from
Is to 20 years for statutory offense
against Bristol girl.
Public Defender Forward made an
ingenious argument for the man be-
fore the jury and questioned the girls
identification of the man. The jury
considered the evidence about an hour
before bringing In it's verdict
F'erema came to this country from
Italy about 8 years ago.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-09-26
Was Meeting Coincidence?

Although the foregoing facts are all
hat is known at present concerning
he murder of Simoneli it is believed
\ some circles that the meeting OF
he victim and his slayer was far
Itom a chance coincidence. DiVanzo,
recording to his story, had never seen
tmonelli before yesterday but by
|bne it is believed the coincidence
kou1d be too great If he should meet
lis intended victim on the street with
Iut previously having planned such a
Meeting.
Years ago in the little village of
Nola. italy. Simoneli was known as
PelegriRo Tedesco, it is said. During a
k,arrel, he is reported to have struck
biyanzo's uncle. one Of seven broth
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-02
ALCOHOL HURTS AIM
GERMAN TESTS SHOW

Munich, Germany, Jan. 2.1Tests
recently conducted by the Bavarian
ministry of war upon the effect of al
cohol on marksma nship were carried
out by twenty marksmen on twenty
test days, the total number of shots
fired being over $4,000. The results
showed, according to Prof. DR.. Kraep-
lin whose report on the subject is re-
printed in the Military Weekly, an
average falling off lin craftsmanship
of about three per cent. as the result
Of the consumption of forty grams Of
alcohol, corresponding roughly to the
amount in a liter of beer. The effect
was most perceptib1e twenty-five to
thirty minutes after absorbing the al
cohol. Most Of the marksmen shot
even worse than the average, several
of them eight, ten and eten twelve
per cent. worse. One of the amusing
sidelights on the tests was that sever
al Of Ahe riflemen insisted not only
that Whey could but actually were
shooting Better after getting the spir-
it's while in reality their marksman-
ship had fallen off as much as ten
per cent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-02
NEW PACIFIC LINE
OPENS FROM JAPAN
TO SOUTH AMERICA
Enormous Cargoes and Passen.
ger Traffic Already Promis-
ed Big Japanese Line

Toxic, Jan. 2.-The Nippon Yusen
xaisha, Japan's largest steamship
company. has concluded an agree
ment with the South American Emil
grafton Union for the transportation
of 10000 Japanese emigrants 70
South America within four years from
1917. The company has also decideo
to open regular quarterly service
between Japan and South America
with ships of about 5000 tons each
They will proceed by, way OF South
Africa but the homeward bouno
route has not yet been lselected.
Baron Kondo, president of the com
pany, which has just declared a d1vl-
dend OF 20 per cent. issues warning
that the current shipping boom Will
be greatly changed after the war
when all the ships now used as mill
tary transports return to the carrying
trade. In the meantime he declared
the great increase in the cost of coal
and other necessities would cut heav-
lily into shipping profits.
During the last six months the com
pany, which owns SO steamers and
has ten others under charter, has
2 .47O,OO0 tons and more than 1000
passengers.
Speaking Of the American service
the president said the shipments from
China showed a falling off, but that
Japan's export trade with the United
States, and the shipments of steel and
cotton to Far Eastern countries were
remarkably large.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-02
new SOVEREIGN
OF AUSTRIA Is.
DEMOCRATIC man
Gifted with Common Sense and
impressioned with Ameri-
\can Customs

Warsaw, JAN. BY those who
know him, Archduke Charles Ste
phen, cousin of the late Emperor
Francis Joseph, who has been select
ed as regent of Poland, is considered
a most democratic sovereign, gifted
with common sense, ability and per-
sonal charm. Conditions under which
the Associated Press Correspondent
recently made his acquaintance Illus
trate the democratic side of his char
acter The correspondent was call
ing upon a friend at one of the lesser
hotels if Vienna when>a knock at the
door was heard and without further
formality a. tall officer entered shook
hands, shed his ovrcoat, which he
threw on a bed, and embarked in in
formal conversations. 1t was Poland's
future sovereign who had thus made
his way to the hotel room without
even calling the services of an attend
ant when he learned that cores
pondent Of an American news agency
was there. p
The Archduke conversed with the
greatest cordiality, displaying an In
innate knowledge and keen interest
concerning conditions Of. American
life, and volunteered his assistance to
facilitate the newspaperman,s work.
He was particularly impressed with
the Importance of the press in Amer1-
ca and lamented the fact that the
newspapers did not play such a role
in Austria Hungary. He voiced as
we'll as manifested his belief in demo-
cratic customs and declared that he
had deliberately urged two of his
youngest sons. who had graduated
from the Austrian Military Academy
the day before. to take commissions
in ordinary line regiments instead Of
in one of the favorite guard organiza-
tons. In the thick of the fighting
in the Carpathians the Archduke has
been living as simply as his subal-
terms, Tearing at first hand the en-
vironment of the officers and soldiers
from the ranks of his people. His
two sons have followed his sugges-
ton, like their elder brother, Charles
Albert, and have entered line regi-
ments, the 18th Uhlans.