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He murdered one of the women. but
another woman beat out his brains
with hammer.
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New Britain herald., 1917-05-17
FOOD LAW CLUB TO BREAK UP CORNERS Government Would Use Leg islatiOn for This Pur-
 pose Only.

Washington. May 1.-The govern ment, if given power to fix maximum food prices, would exercise the au- thority only to break up corners or to prevent extortion. Secretary Hous- ton explained today in letter reply ing to an inquiry.
 ''The single thought in this con- nection," the secretary wrote, ''is that the power might be used as . club to be apnlfed only in individual cases where 1t is clear that an Individual or corporation had established a corner or was practising extortion. When that particular situation was controlled or the abuse eliminated, the incident would be closed.''
 Referring to popular misapprehen- sion regarding the proposal that the government set a price on foodstuffs, Secretary Houston explained that only two suggestions have been made. "One is that the government be given power to fix a minimum price with q view to stimulate production" said the secretary. This price would be sufficiently high to insure producers against loss. The other suggestion is that the government be given power to fix a maximum price. i'm extreme emergencies, to break up corners or to control oxtortion.'
New Britain herald., 1917-05-17
POISONED FOOD IS
 SERVED TO TROOPS
lieutenant Dead, Twelve Others m After Eating at Restaurant
 Near Camp.

Near camp.
 Pittsburgh, May 17.-Four more soldiers of the Third Pcnnsylvania In- fantry on police duty in the Pitts burgh district were removed from their camp at Port Perry, Pa, to hos pttals here tl1ia forenoon suffering from the effects of poison, while the military authorities and physicians investigated the death of Lieut. Will liam F. Corcoran of Philadelphia and the illness of twelve other guards men last night.
 The soldiers yesterday were served with meals from the restaurant con- ducted by Carl Miller near their camp. Later Lieut.. Corcoran en- tered the old Pullman car which served as headquarters for the com mand and complained of being i'll. In five minutes he was dead. Within an hour a number of non-commissioned officers and privates had been seized by similar illness and Major Foos. commanding the district. ordered an investigation which is being conduct ed in conjunction with the county authorities.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-17
WAR REVENUE BILL BOOSTEI TO $2,245, ,OOO, 900 IN HOUs1
AMERICAN SHIP SUNK OFF GENOA

1.-The steamer ionian hasbe of the according the Universal Transportation her on April for enoa with She vessel of s21 maded H. Williams men of which eighteen American no of 
 
 
  York; 17-The British steamer W. Elwen 5866 Marseie received
New Britain herald., 1917-05-17

r0f much oornt X Council of Nationnt l A dvisory commfsslop elA, <4te system of subsld d3Arx c
 nittees of civilians received . share of criticism from thu ean on the ground that the organil had usnrped authority, Haruch Appoints IAcute Bernard N, Baruch, cliaish1a1 Advisory Council of National pQfS has appointed John D. Ryau, Of York, prcsident of the Anac0nda G per company as chairman of tho G committee on copper to serve witA ey(a sub committee on raw matacfa Other members of the c0mmittoe N committees announced today are HIM ray Guggenheim, New York; R. Aeasix, president of the CAlumot A Hecla Mining company, BoAe Charles McNeill. president Of tho Copper company, New York: JaN Mclean, vice president of PhqQ& Dodge & Co.,, Now York. and WsS
 Clark, president of tho United N49A
 Copper company. sas5sI
 Mr. Baruch has already appoiIIf CO14A4A1k6eSS8 VA AtNOhOly GAAk14At4 bestos. brass. coal tar Sby-prol
 lumber, lead, mica. nickel. oil, ru6
 steel. sulphur. wool, zinc, coal.
 ment. chemicals and pig iron ana iTG ore. SsS These sub committees will assist tk
 advisory committee in securing th co-operation of business mon In meet ing the country's needs in carrying ol, the war program. r Senate Fights on Army Bnl.
 When the army bill came up in tn senate today for final action on thx
 conference report it was thrown inte a long debate over technicQlitiea which Senator Chamberlain, chaarnnan of the military committee openly char1
 acter1sed as "hair-splitting." N The principal contention wan Qv9 whether soldiers were being dxAAk for the "existing emergency Oe ''war." N Here we are at war" declaroa (Continued on Elevsnth
New Britain herald., 1917-05-17
ENGINEERS GOING TO CAMP

company of the first reserve regiment of engineers 1t was announced today. will be in camp by Monday at Fort Totten, L. l., where they will be taught the rudiments of army disci- pline and tactics. Up to last night 5s6 men had been enlisted for the regiment.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-17
COL. POPE REELECTED.

New York May 17.-George Pope of Hartford was reelected president of the National Association of Man ufacturers at a meeting of the board of directors which winds up it's con- vention here today. Other retiring officers also were reelected.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-17
Surtax On Income
 creased When Xiii in Announces
 ~=.15, 15,='oe Not Eno, WEALTHY MUST PA
 EXPENSES OF Attack on Administrasson and CT of National Defense subslil Senate e-LAtter Usurpcd AptaldI Is Claim-Passage of Arnny Sla sription Bill Rests With llost Baruch Appoints Aids. s;ss sf

Washington. May 17.-Denaoc1S S Leader Kitchin announced nj house today that the treasury d1;i ment had notified him t Wou1 necessary to raise. $2.245, 0OO. .00Q: l stead of $1,s00. 0o0, GOO, by tho revenue bill now under dahate, urged support Of the new propo1 | raise the Income surtax ilacraaA ' sums above $40, 900. as now con- in the bill. by one fourth. ssS3
 The bill. as reported to tliea was estimated to raiee hatnei E S00,000,000 and $3,0Oo. .o00. 9ee was expected to defray onee the expenses of the flrst yeer IT war. ssS!l
 Kitchin's announcement ysa4 surprise. When the movern0n$ crease the income taxes wasg yesterday by Representative L republican. of Wisconsin and sentative Sherley, democrat. ef lucky, Mr., Kitchin fought ously. Yesterday the insur9anf successful nevertheless in oattfS an increase on the surtax on I'm between $4,0O0 and $60, 0,00O. Immediately after the x aJ,uIG ment today they renewed thett e and Lenroot introduced m TIT ment to increase tho prQfoa
 tax on inconas between e46s&o& $80,0 900 from II to n. IF IT. s61ji II do notsaee, r6pli4d s
 now any member s0fs tl1S syp& s, means committee can 0rpt1 1 proposed tax.:' @ x E ,as5sF Representative Fordney IT gan, republican member Of t48
 mittee, continhed his oppos4ti1 1tx4 further income tax increased urged a stamp tax on, cl,ccIks i1s) MT. Fordney said he Ee -s.dd inell should be hold in rcas f0r taxation if necessary. I1s2 The Leprott amendment Tor fuIl increases was adopted m the car,3 tee of the whole by an overwAel vote. @ 5s N
 Preparations were immediate1k to propose similar increases TT the remaining divisions of tha
 tax section. 8
 Attack On Administ1 "
 The storm ot
 ment executt engaged y@ .s23 terdas ssS7 s
New Britain herald., 1917-05-17

British Reach Out for Bluuecourt. z London, May 17.-The Br1tisn nave made further progress In the v1uaee of Bullecourt and have reached the western edge of the hamlet afcordin& to an official statement issqAA oy
 British war ofnce this morAlN Ill.,
New Britain herald., 1917-05-17
Six German Assaults Rep

Paris, May 17.-six assaulteb by the Germans on tho French lines hays been repulsed with heavy loDes, asss cording to an official statennent issue& by the French war office today. Thre9t attacks were made north of Moulin dc Laffaux and three northeast of Brave 3en Laonnois. r.4.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-17

Germans Admit Eoes of Ground.
 Berlin, May 1.-The ground which was captured by the Germans in the village of Reoux yesterday morning was later lost following a strong Brit ash counter attack. says the state ment.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-17
Anarchy in vladivostock Denied.

Petrograd, May ?. via London.- IL is of1cially statcu that reports of anarchy reigning in vladivostock are urtrne The commander of the fortress reports that the situation has heen orderly since the overthrow of the old regime. Nothing has heen previously received with regard to any trouble at Vladjsvostock.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-17

Mesopotamia British System Perfect. E British Army Headquarters in Me- sopotamia. April 1s. British eye witness) more efficient than the lines of communications and supplies serving the British forces in Mesopotamia can we'll be imagined. The days of muddle are ended and order has been evolved out of chaos. All that human agency can do has been and ris being done to turn past failure into success and prevent fur liner breakdowns in organa4Ation.
 Communications by road, railway and rdver have been laid out and de- yeioped on q well-thought-out plan. facilities for the loading and unload ing of vesselA at Basra are now on an adeouate scale. Stores in abundance gre available and methodically con- ft1plled. Magical equipment has been ! 1fktoduced on a lavish scale. An ample water supply Is assured at Dvixx base and camp.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-17
Yon Hindenburg Trying to Stop British With Wall of Flesh
 and Blood
SIX GERMAN ASSAULTS
 ON FRENCH REFUSED
Italian Offensive on Isonzo Strongest of Cadorna's Efforts Since War Italians at Some Points But Claims Capture of 9,o0O Prisoners -Dls- content in Bulgaria.

The Germans have piled high their dead before the British lines but have failed to stop the British ad- vance The most furious and sus- tained counter attacks have withered before the blast of the British artil- lery and the sapping of the linden burg lines goes on, slowly but with out halt.
 The tremendous efforts made by Field Marshal Won 3Hindenburg to stem the tide of victory which was steadily setting against him have giv- en the battle of Arras an appearance of ebb and flow but the net result Is that the most violent efforts of the Germans to regain the initiative have failed. Won Hfndenburg apparently used every ounce of strength at his command to wregt from the British the villages of Roeux and Bullecourt and the outcome is summed up In the almost monotonous repetition by tho British war onice of the steady: "our troops made progress on the Hinden- burg line.''
 Possibly moro ominous for Berlin, In view of the uncertain condition of her Austrian ally, is the news of tho great blow struck by Italy In the di- rection of Triest. The Italians have opened their spring offensive In bril- ; liant fashion, attacking on . wider front and with apparentaysg greater8 forces than tt any other previous operaAion. Tho Isonzo, turbulent mountain stream bcEdered by moun- tains ana caina is h thear hands for | distance Of Afteen to twenty miles north of Gorizia. General Cadorna appears to plan . greAtse- -faefnaE1ng movement against the Carso plateau. natures great rampant defending Triest. The operation Is, however, m too early . stage to permit 1udsmenS of tts exact import.
 7 The Allied offensive In MAcedonaa continues with considerable suooesses for the British forces but the ngntan9 is on such an extended front and so xnoradic in character that It's mean 4ns is obscure. Reports from Bui- ~aria of nationwide As1content ana weariness of the war may be signin- cant in connection with General sar- tairs campaign.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-17
2 IAustria Admits Italian Gains.

s London, May 17.-An omcia1 state- ment issued by the Austrian war ofnce On Wednesday admits gains for the Italians in the fighting on the Ison- 70 but claims the repulse of the major ity of the attacks and a total capture of 2.000 soldiers.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-17

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New Britain herald., 1917-05-17

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New Britain herald., 1917-05-17

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New Britain herald., 1917-05-17
Leaves Several Relatives.
Especial to tho Herald).

Private Jiantonio Is a brother of James Jiantonio. who is the bugler of Company I. He leaves his parents, MT. and Mrs. Paola Jiantonio of 214 Elm street, two other brothers. Joseph and Guido Jiantonio and a sister, Miss Nina Jiantonio. The dead youth was serving his second enlistment in Com- pay l when he met his death. His first enlistment expired about year ago and re-enlisted last February.
 (Continued on Eleventh Page.)
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-01

night and forty-eight hours every
Saturday night. l am in the Radio
school here and study most of the
time, as work is an unknown guam
tity. l am allowed two months to
learn to send and receive fifteen
words a minute in wireless. We use
the Continental code and to send mes
sages is easily learned, but to re-
ceive is quite another thing. Fifteen
words does not sound very large, but
nevertheless, a person has to have a
quick ear, for the letters come in one
continuous string. When I complete
my course here l will be sent to Har-
ward University, where I get six
months training in wireless. From
that point I do not know where I will
be sent, but I suppose it will be the
ocean and eventually, France. That
is the heighth of my ambitions at the
present time. Almost all the sailors
here are itching to go there. The itch
must be contagious, for I've got it
now I've written far more than I
intended to so I will close. With best
of wishes for the future Of the Press
I am,
MATTHIAS j. BERES,
U. S. Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa.
Radio School. a,
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-01
NEPHEW OF LOCAL
man WRITES OF HIS
SERVICE ABROAD

Leon F. Singer of Great Falls, a
nephew Of H. Singer of the South Side
Of Dickinson, who is with the troops
in France as a truck chauffeur, is
writing a series of letters to his par
ents, detailing his adventures across
the pond. These letters are being
published in the Great Falls Tribune
end are of a highly interesting nature.
Singer tells Of the wreck and devas-
tation of the country in which he is
now operating. II am stationed near
a town." writes Singer, chat at one
time had a population of 10000 but
now, not counting the troops, there
r but 200 people. The town is a
wreck, every house and fence having
at least n shell hole in it. The sky
is filled with airplanes and observa-
ton balloons and ti-aircraft guns
are continually plugging away at
these" In a later letter, he describes
the French trenches. They contain
numerous machine-gun e~mplacemenrs
and back of the line are innumerable
dugouts, many of them with hunks,
munition shells and grenades. "The
nearer we get to the front, the better
the grub" he writes. Gin Paris it
was rather poor; at the training camp
it was better; here it is fine. Eggs
for breakfast, butter twice a week
and rice pudding on special occasions.
The most acceptable things to send
over here are very heavy underwear,
all kinds of literature and American
cigarettes-the French tobacco is
rotten. Heavy high shoes Us or 20
inch) or high canvas-top sheep-skin
moccasins. If it were not for the
buzzing of airplanes and the booming
Of the guns, this would seem like a
picnic"
In another letter Singer has adj
vanced to within six blocks of the Ger
man lines. Making trips at night,
carrying ammunition to the front
lines, Singer tells of the horizons be-
ing of a flame red, as if the whole
country was aire. Star shells explode
every few minutes and light up the
sky like searchlights. Passing through
village after village, they seemed no
more than heaps of rubbish and stones
and parts of standing walls that
looked like walls in the moonlight but
down in the earth were lights and
cellar doors or entrances were OBJ
served. The people live down under
the ground in order to evade the con-
stantly passing shells. He relates
how the German shells have come so
close to him as to splash mud all over
his truck. But he writes cheerfully
at all times. The boys are permitted
to go into the adjoining town occa-
sionally for the evening and they have
good times there.
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-01

a set " "Blues" I'll try to occupy
my time writing letters to old friends.
AS you will notice, I have changed
my address again. 1t seems as
though l am bound to move every two
months or less. I arrived here q
week ago last Saturday after the
longest and most tedious ride I've
ever taken. It took US forty-eight
hours to make the run from Great
Lakes to Philadelphia. It rained all
the time, but as far as n was
concerned ! enjoyed it very much.
From Great Lakes we passed through
Chicago and through Illinois, then
into Indiana, going through South
Bend in the afternoon. From Indiana
we crossed over into Michigan and
finally crossed the Canadian boun-
dairy line into Ontario, Can. Here
the scenery was beautiful. All along
the route there were numberless
trees of all descriptions, and especially
so, when we came to the International
bridge, which crosses the Niagara
river. We could see the Falls and
also the t~restle, where some time ago
some trolly cars jumped the tracks
oilu ASAi AhIo Vic I1Vei. NOt d very
pleasant scene when considering the
number of people who lost their lives
in the accident, and yet, I could not
help but admire the magnitude of the
work the engineers undertook when
they built this trolley line. On one
side of it is the river, only a few feet
distant and quite a number of feet
below. On the other side of it are
cliffs, ranging from fifty to several
hundred feet high.
The river at this point is a SETTLING,
boiling whirlpool, and as for me,
would rather be on the suspension
bridge several hundred feet above the
river than in some of the cars passing
along this trolley line. We crossed
the bridge into New York. The seen
cry here was not quite as imposing
but it became more so when we began
our ride through the Lehigh Valley
Here we Immediately began to ascend
The grade was probably n per cent
and almost imperceptible, yet we were
going higher and higher into the
Allegheny mountains. My only re-
grets ire that we came to the
highest point at night. From the
train we could look down into valleys
and see the numberless lights of
cities shining like so many stars on a
clear winter night. I believe I would
like very much to live in these noun
tains, at least SO I thought when
passing through them. We arrived In
Philadelphia about midnight, but re-
manned in the cars until morning when
we took some street cars to the navy
yards: 1 like this station far better
than Great Lakes. 1t is not as beau
tiful o as large as the Great Lakes
station but we rate liberty every
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-01
BIG CATTLE L

In the first eight months Of this
year 2,700,000 more cattle were mark
eted than during these same months in
1916 and the sales were rather heavy
then. Only 100000 Of these e sold
from the stockyards. This shows that
these heavy shipments have been
slaughtered and have gone into con-
sumption. This means a rs per cent
increase in the sales in 1917 over the
previous year. The shipments Of
calves to market have also been
heavier than usual and they have
been slaughtered. This heavy mark
citing of beef animals and calves will
certainly have a big effect on prices
in the next two or three years. 1t
would seem to indicate that now is a
good time to hang onto breeding stock
and if possible to increase the produc-
ton OF beef cattle. ,
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-01
MASONIC DANCE

The regular Masonic dance will take
place tomorrow Saturday evening.
Music will be furnished by a four piece
orchestra.
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-01
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PEOPLES FORUM
A FROM HOME

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The Dickinson press., 1917-12-01
NEWPORT ITEMS

The following named pupils Of our
school received perfect attendance GER
t~ifcates last month: George, Mar
garet, Jacob, Elinora, Peter and JOS
eph Wanner, Anton, Rosy, Fred and
Rudolph Schlapman.
Michael Wanner was at Dickinson
last Friday, where he was dlsposlng
of his commodities, trading and trans
acting other business.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wanner were at
Dickinson last Tuesday, where they
Frequently go to sell their produce and
do their shopping and We're the guests
of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
Stoppler, of South Dickinson.
Anton Schlapman, his wife and
sister-in-law made a flying trip to
Dickinson last Wednesday. The Pull
man is all right even on country
roads.
There was a surprise party at M.
Researchers last Monday evening.
The following guests were present:
Mr.. and Mrs. George Klwein, lgnatlus
Reisenhofer and wife from Daglum,
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Kilwein from
Dickinson, Mr. and Mrs. Xavier puk-
ardC, Mf. ana Mfs. II. 0cnnauiZ' 1Us-
eph Wolf and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. M.
Wanner, Mr.. and Mrs. George Degele
and Philip Wolf. The entertainment
consisted of social games at cards,
Pedro being the game. Supper was
served and all present report a fine
time.
MI. and Mrs. R. Schmaulz enter
tanned his brother, Casinir, and wife
over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sebastian Glenck, Mr..
and Mrs. Max Straw were the guests
of George Degele last Sunday.
Patrick Grogen, after having fin
ished his farm work, has built a nne
commodious smoke house for Michael
Wanner, and has been engaged to
make some repairs and improvements
on u school buildings. We wish to
thank him for the books he brought
to school, for our pupils.
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-01
TAYLOR ITEMS

A number of the Red Cross ladies
met at Howe,s store Monday evening
to pack the Christmas boxes for the
soldier boys that left from Taylor.
Erland Paulson of Kniferiver spent
Monday in town.
The girls CLUB had a party Sat-
urday evening at the telephone office.
Only the members of the CLUB
were present. A social evening and a
nice lunch was enjoyed by all.
Charles McWold, our druggist, went
to the Cities Sunday on business.
Miss Vera Johnson and brother,
Hugo, returned from Minneapolis Sat
urday evening where they spent a few
days shopping.
Roy Henderson of Dickinson spent
a few hours in our town Monday.
Mrs. G.. Thomson of Dickinson Wis
tied Saturday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Aug. johnson.
Glen Ingold had the misfortune of
breaking his shoulder Saturday after
noon while playing. He was taken to
Dickinson and DR.. Davis is caring for
him. His many schoolmates hope to
see him home again soon.
Rev. and Mrs. Denninghof autoed
to Hebron Monday afternoon.
Fred Schroeder and Jasper Jasper
son were passengers to Dickinson Sat
urday, returning Sunday evening.
Col Williams and daughter, Grace,
of Bismarck spent a few hours here
Friday evening visiting with relatives.
Messrs. Ovrom, McWold, Leutz and
Skauge autoed to Dickinson Friday
m h11Siness
Erwin Brademeyer made a trip to
Manning Sunday in his car. While
there he visited with the Charles
Goodman family.
A. B. Doran, of the Taylor Hard
ware Co., sold his store this week to
Messrs. Peterson and Bolke of
Hebron.
A few of the young people autoed
out south Friday evening to take in
the Thanksgiving entertainment ana
basket social. All present report. a
fine time.
The members of the CLUB met
at the local exchange Tuesday even
ing and packed a Christmas box con-
tanning home made candy for each Of
the Taylor soldier boys.
Eugene liner of Kniferiver spent