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The diamond drill., 1917-09-15
IMPORTANT SUIT
IN U. S. COURT
TITLE TO T0BIN AND 0DCERS MINE
CONTESTED BY SHAFER HEIRS
CLAIMS THEY WERE DUPED
Says That Purchase of Their In.
terest Was Made Under Misrep-
reservations as TO Value

A suit will be tried in the United
States court at Marquette ON the oath
Of this month that has considerable
Importance TO Crystal Falls mineral
ownerships as it involves question
of the title to the Tobin and the Cd
gers mines, both properties of the
Sheldon estate and under lease to the
Corrigan- Mckinney people.
Several Of the former owners of the
fee to the lands upon which these
properties are located have started an
action seeking to regain possession
of their interests on the ground that
when they parted with them they were
misinformed as TO the value of the
property with which they parted.
The complainants are elderly wom-
ell who reside in the west and were
heirs or fee owners under the late
Jacob Shafer interest, the land hav-
ing been originally entered by Jacob
Shafer and Ransom Sheldon in the
early days
Property Is Very Valuable.
The property which Is In litigation
Is very valuable. The Tobin mine has
mined two million tons Of ore and
bids fair to produce as much II not
more before dnis is written upon II.
The Odgers IS a new property just
opened 1t is promising and may
prove TO be Just as valuable as the
Tobin.
Should the complainants be success
ful in their action and the court or
der the payment to them OF royalties
collected in the past 1t will mean the
passing of o huge sum of money which
added TO the prospective earnings of
the property in the future will make
the case one OF the most important II
not the most important, judged from
the amount of money involved of any
suit that has been tried involving Iron
county property
The case will positively be tried at
the coming term OF court The at
torneys for the complainants are rep
resented by w. p Belden and II. M.
Andrews OF Cleveland. While the
Sheldon estate will be represented by
Allan f. Rles OF Houghton. II Will
certainly be hotIy contested case. as
these giants of the bar are recognized
as the leading attorneys of the north
west.
The diamond drill., 1917-09-15

Mark q cross (X) in front Of you
choice and send in at once.
The diamond drill., 1917-09-15
List OF Jurors.

The list of jurors drawn for the
September term Is as follows:
The diamond drill., 1917-09-15

The complete docket OF cases Is aa
follows:
1 Docket No l. File No. 2719
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
GRAFT NSINUATION
BY MAI. GEN. CROZIER
Appropriation for Rifles
Used for Pistols at High
Royalties.

Washington, Dec. determination
today Of Major General Crozier, chief
of ordnance, at an executive session of
the senate military committees in
Quiry into alleged delays in supplying
the war army, went further into de-
tails of the rifle and machine gun sit
uatiOns. Several senators sharply
questioned him in what were de-
scribed as somewhat heated" ex-
changes. Some of the members were
said to be inclined to attribute to Gen.
Crozier himself responsibility for the
reduction of fifty per cent. in rife pro-
duction in private plants, due to the
change in type.
Failure to use appropriations for
the purpose intended was also devel-
oped from the general. In particular,
an appropriation of $5,000,00O made
in August, 1916, for small arms and
intended by congress for rifles, Gen.
Crozier said, was used for pistols,
some at high royalties from private
contractors.
Gen. Crozier reiterated that rifle
production will increase so that no
American troops sent abroad will be
without surplus arms, and that soon
there will be ample for training pur-
poses.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
HALIFAX TAKES UP OWN BURDEN
AS BAY STATE FRIENDS LEAVE

Halifax, ~ S., Dec. 14.-With the
relief situation so we'll in hand that
it's services were no longer required,
Massachusetts, unit. first on the
ground here after the great fire and
explosion, went home today. The de-
parture Of the delegation, members
Of the general committee declared,
meant that the city of Halifax, profit
ing by it's help and it's counsel, was
prepared now to handle its own prob
lem.
The continued cold, however, has
retarded work in the strip of terri
tory laid bare by the blast of mu-
milton ship and it will be days, per-
haps, before the snow has thawed
sufficiently to enable soldiers and
workmen to drag the ruins for the
bodies known to be there.
The big public funeral service
planned for today was postponed un-
til Monday because of the difficulty of
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
STORM RIDES IN ON
GALE FROM THE SEA
New Britain Given Real
Taste of Old Fashioned
Blizzard.

Not until the morning was well
spent did New Britain emerge to any
extent today from it's burden of snow,
which was flung wild all night by
stiff sale from down the Atlantic
coast.
Hundreds of factory employees were
late for work this morning. In fact,
many gazed out the windows and de-
cided to return to bed and allow in
dustry to hum along Without their, as
sistance.
Trolley schedules were hardly rec
ognizable. Although plows were OF
dered out shortly after the storm be-
gan last night, it was impossible to
keep the lines completely cleared,
and a go-as-you-can timetable was
maintained.
New Britain people who work in
Hartford were unable to leave for the
Capital City until 9:20 o'clock, the
hour at which the first train from the
west nosed it's way through the drifts,
being drawn by two locomotives. The
first train from Hartford arrived here
at 500 o'clock. Train service on the
main line, from New York to Boston,
was entirely cut off until the middle
of the morning.
The storm began after o'clock last
night and by midnight had developed
into an old-fashiond blizzard, with the
appearance of remaining through to-
day. 1t is said the street departm ent
found it difficult to secure enough men
to do the city shOVeling, and others
who are accustomed to having their
shoveling done by hired labor found
the market unresponsive.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
DESCRIBES MEANS
RISE TO AFFLUENCE
Lawyer for State Tells Jury of Sudden
Riches Flowing Into Pockets
of Accused.

Concord, N. c., Dec. 14.-John T.
Dooling, assistant district attorney of
New York, today took the jury in the
trial of CASTOR B. Means along the
defendants career as business man
ager for Mrs. Maude A. King, with
whose murder he is charged, and
pointed out link by link the chain of
evidence the state contends establishes
the motive for the alleged crime.
He pointed out from the evidence
that when the defendant became con-
nected in 1915 With Mrs. Kings at
fairs he was living in a cheap fiat in
Harlem, had no considerable funds,
his wife had about 800 in the bank.
Within three or four months tens
of thousands of dollars were deposited
in cash to the credit of Mrs. Means,
besides large bank accounts in Means
name. These deposits were made
subsequent to the time he had gone
to Chicago with Mrs. King and Sc
cured from the Woodruff Trust COM
pany securities and cash to the
amount of $4,000. The securities,
he said, were taken back to New York
and converted into cash.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14

opening graves. After the burial of
the dead from the fire zone. Camp
Hill cemetery. where lie hundreds of
those lost on the Titanic and the
Bourgoyne, will be filled and closed
Perhaps the most touching after
math of the disaster is the fear gen.
orally experienced by citizens today
that for the first time in it's history
Halifax this year will not celebrate
Christmas. The dealers have aban-
doned all plans for the holiday rush.
Some effort will be made to make
the Yuletide the happiest possible
under the circumstances for the desti-
tute and wounded.
New England surgeons and nurses
probably will spend Christmas here
Already they have planned for a real
New England Christmas in the hos
pitals especially in those institutions
crowded with children the most of
whom have been blinded for life.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
COAL BARGES GO ASHORE

Clinton, Dec. 14.-Three barges
bound with $50 tons of coal from
Westerly, r. l., to New York. broke
from their moorings behind Duck Is
land during the storm last night and
were driven ashore near Grove Beach.
One of the craft, the steam barge De-
marest, struck on Stony Island. The
engineer and fireman remained on
board until daylight, when they came
ashore in small boat. Shortly after
ward the Demarest started to break
up and, it is said, will be a total loss.
The other barges are still hard
ashore, one of them, the Vermont, be-
ing ashore at Saul's Point, and the
other, the Virginia, near Hammock
Point
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
Artmistice Will Aid Austria.

Amsterdam, Dec. 13.-The Austro-
Hungarian war minister, Gen. Stoe-
ger-Steiner, is quoted by the Neue
Freie Presse of Vienna to the effect
that the relief resulting from an arm
istice with Russia would depend on
the details of the agreement but IN
any case it would relax considerably
the strain on the transport system.
On the question of disarmament, the
general said it would be possible only
if gradual. universal and simultan-
eous. Austria and her allies, he said,
dared not place themselves in such a
position as to permit the rest of the
world to dictate to them; less than
ever today when the ranks of the
states had been increased to great
powers.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
BERLIN HINTS AT PEACE MOVE
BY ENGLAND LAST SEPTEMBER

Berlin, Dec. IA, via London.-The
German government received through
a neutral government last September
an inquiry in regard to it's war aims
under such circumstances as to indi-
cate that the inquiry was made with
the sanction of the British govern
ment, says an official announcement
issued today. The statement is a re-
ply to the statement of the British
foreign secretary, A. J. Balfour, in
the house of commons on Tuesday,
that Great Britain. in September, had
received through neutral channel
communication to the effect that Ger
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
Twelve Inches In Wmsted.

Winsted, Dec. 14.-Tra4hc on ca
Central New England railway
crippled, school sessions here hAN
been suspended and many communA
ties throughout this section are snow
bound as a result Of a 12-inch snoWa
fall last night, which was piled n
huge drifts by the high winds.
A telephone message received from
Poughkeepsie today was to the efect
that the end of the Central New Eng.
land was completely tied up. 1t was
hoped to get the line open during
the day.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
Situation in State Bad.

New Haven, Dec. 14.-Connecticu1
ia today working itself out of the grll
of one of the severest snowstormA N
recent years. Steam train services y
badly crippled, suburban trolley sery
ice is tied up and many small conn
munites have been isolated, the high
winds which accompanied the storI'
having piled up huge drifts making
highways virtually impossible. Thd
fall averaged from ten to IA inches
according to reports, and was severd
in the western end of the state. Or
the New Haven railroad through and
local trains were running away bel
hind schedule. Freight traffic aban1
doned last night during the height
of the storm was being resumed TOD
day. The Central New England rail1
way was badly piled, its western endI
according to reports from Pough1
keepsie, being completely tied UP. At1
tempts to send out trains over IT'D
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New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
STORM HATS TRIAL.
Jurors SnoWbolnd and Liqluor-S;ellins
Case Is Delayed.

Jurors SnOWbound and Liquor-S;ellins
Case Is Delayed
Hartford, Dec. 14.-The inability OF
Fred B. Case, of West CRANKY, and
Edward M. Griffin of CRANKY, to get
to Hartford this morning held up the
case of the government against Mrs.
Nora Potter and Joseph Hoffs, on trial
here for alleged sales of liquor to uni
formed soldiers and sailors in New
London. The men are jurors in the
case.
Mr.. Case had about seven miles to
drive before getting his train at Tar
iffville, while Mr. Griffin had a four
mile drive to reach the same place.
Each telephoned that he expected to
be an hour late. At 1 o'clock neither
had put in an appearance. Trains
were hopelessly behind schedule. The
attorneys had summed up and Judge
Thomas was ready to charge the jurv
at 10 o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14

many would be glad to get in touch
with Great Britain regarding peace.
The statement concludes:
THE circumstances under which
the inquiry was made allowed the
conclusion to be drawn with the
greatest probability that the British
cabinet had been informed of this
step and that it had been sanctioned
by at least the most important of it's
allies.
''The German government was
ready in principle to answer the in
quiry, and to do this two courses were
open, an indirect or direct reply,''
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
Let's Establish Own Government.

Petrograd, Dec. 13.-The soldiers
and workmen's organizations IN the
territory inhabited by the Let's have
formed a temporary national council
of Lettland at Walk. The council has
announced the formation of an au-
tomonous government for the Let's,
taking in Courland, Livonia and other
regions in the Baltic provinces. An
appeal has been made to the Entente
allies to prevent division of the local
territory. A president has also been
chosen
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
BURNED TO DEATH.
Worker ut DUPONT Powder Plant Dies
After Explosion.

Wilmington, Del, Dec. 14.-One
man is dead and five injured as re-
suit Of d fire following an explosion
today at an acid plant of the Dupont
Powder Co., 8 miles from here.
William Grove of Philadelphia was
burned to death.
After the firemen had been sum-
moned from Wilmin gton fire broke
out in the Wilmington power house
nerc>stating the shutting off Of all
electric, current in the city Will
mington is without light and electric
car service
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
p. O. BILL PASSES HOUSE

Washington, Dec. 14.-The post CT
flee appropriation bill aggrcgating
1888 100000, including $1,2O0,OOO for
censorship of foreign mails and with
out and appropriation for pneuma a tic
tube service in New York, Boston or
elsewhere was passed today by the
house. 1t now goes to the senate.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
General Public Expects Drive on
West Front to Bear Fruit
ITALIAN LOSSES HEAVY
Official Austrian Statement Claims
Capture of 639 Officers, 10000 Men
and Many Guns During Recent Of
fensive-British Oppose Bavarians.

London, Dec. 14.-A generally in
creased confidence in Germany based
on the Russian armistice and other
factors is shown in extracts from the
latest German newspapers tele-
graphed from Holland
Travellers arriving in Holland from
Germany are quoted as saying the
German people are building great
hopes of general offensive on the
Western front regarded as certainly
impending.
Bitter fighting lasted almost the en-
tire day Wednesday east of Bulle-
court, where the Bavarians attacked
British positions, according to a Reu-
ter's despatch from British headquar-
ters in France. The enemy remained
in possession Of some ground he had
taken early in the assault.
An official Austrian statement re-
viewing the recent attack on the
northern italian front says that in the
four days of fighting in the Meletta
regions $50 Italian officers and more
than $4,000 men were made prisoners.
The capture also is reported of 293
guns, 233 machine guns, four quick
f1rers, 81 mine throwers and a guam
tity of other materials.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
BANK ROBBERS GET $4,000.
Hold Up Officials While Snowstorm
Hides Movements.

Chicago, Dec. 1.-Two hundred
pounds of money ($4O,OOO) was car
ried off by the five men who yes
terday robbed the La Grange State
bank at La Grange, a western suburb,
1t became known today after an in
demnity insurance company had
chacked up the banks cash.
The robbery took place at noon but
a heavy snowstorm obscured the rob-
hers at work in the bank from people
on the street and they escaped in an
automobile. sgss4sE -~.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
GERMAN CIVILIANS
WILL BE RELEASED
-Four Thousand Russian Officers, Now
in Enemy Prisons, to Be Allowed
Freedom Through Exchange-Rus-
stan Commander at SveabOrg Re-
ported to Have Recognized indie
penGcnce OF Finland.

London, Dec. 14.-Leon Trotzky,
the Bolsheviki foreign minister, ac-
cording to a Reuter- despatch from
Petrograd announces that If an arm
istico for the eastern front is signed
at Srest-Litovsk the Russian dele-
gates are empowered to enter into
peace negotiations.
The Moscow workmen and SOL
diers' council has suppressed the news
paper Russkoe Slovo for publishing a
runor that Ensign Krylenko's seizure
of general staff headquarters was in
stigated at German headquarters ac-
cording to a Reuter- despatch from
Petrograd. The Office Of the news
paper is occupied by soldiers and the
plant and paper has been sequestered
for the needs of the workmen and
soldiers.
The Russian authorities have or
dered the release of all civilian Ger
man prisoners in exchange for 1000
Russian officers in German prisons,
according to a despatch from Hapar-
anda printed in the Dagens Nyheter
of Stockholm and forwarded by the
correspondent of the Morning Post.
1t is reported reliably, the despatch
adds, that Russian troops have been
ordered to evacuate Finland. The
commander of the fortiflcations at
Sveaborg is said to have acknowledged
officially the independence of Finland.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
PROBE OF CONDUCT OF WAR.

Washington, Dec. IA house sub
committee to thoroughly investigate
the conduct of the war by the navy
was created by the naval committee
today in executive session. Hearings
will be arranged soon. Secretary Dan
iels bureau chiefs and officers who
have been on duty abroad will be
called.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
Fighting in ROStOv.

Petrograd, Dec. 12.-Gen. Kaledines
has begun hostilities and is besieging
the city Of Rostov- ont -the-Don, ac-
cording to a wireless telegram re-
ceived in Sebastapol from Rostov.
Within Rostov the Bolsheviki troops
have clashed with the Cossacks who
have destroyed the Bolsheviki head
quarters. The transport Kolchida,
manned by Bolsheviki, is bombarding
the Kaledines forces.
A telegram received at Smolyni In
stitute, the Bo1sheviki headquarters,
says there have been riots in Rostov
in which the Cossa ckS were put down
by the RolsheVik infantry. The rail
way between ROstoN and Schetcrinka
has been cut and telegraph communi-
cation has been broken off. Reports
of the battle vary. Hostlities began
Sunday and are said to continue with
heavy losses on both sides. Artillery
reinforcements have been sent the
Bolsheviki, who are now reported to
be under the command of Ensign
Krylenko, the Bolsheviki commander
in-chief. Sailors from Helsingfors
and several regiments from the north
ern front have arrived in Petrograd.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
KAISER CALLS MANUFACTURERS

Amsterdam, Dec. 1.-THE Rhen-
ische Westfalische zeitung Of Essen,
Germany, reports that the presidents
of the war board of German industry,
the central union of manufacturers
and the league of manufacturers have
been summoned to conference at
German great headquarters.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
Women Fighters Whipped by Bol-
sheYiki Forces Near Bielgorod
GEN, K0RNILOFF DISAPPEARS
Furious Fighting Reported from Ros-
tOv With Cossacks Being Defeated
Senate Stands Its Ground-Keren-
sky Threatened With Lynching.

Petrograd, Dec. 13.-The Bolshe-
Wiki forces have defeated Death Bat
talon in the vicinity of Bielgorod
where the fighting with the Korniloff
and Kaledines forces centers. In the
Orenburg district, where Gen. Dutof
has a large force Of Cossacks, there
has been little fighting. The Bolshe-
Wiki have sent agitators to work
among his troops. 1t is reported Ka-
luga has been taken by the Bolshe-
Wiki after the defeat of a counter
revolutionary Death Battalion The
commander of the Black Sea fleet has
called on the sailors to fight against
Kaledines, declaring that Kaledines,
together with allied imperialists, has
declared civil war.
The staff report on the Bielgorod
fighting says the Korniloff forces lost
so killed and 80 prisoners. The re-
port adds that Korniloff has disap-
peared.
A description of the Rostov fight
ing says shells fired by Bolsheviki
gunboats in the river missed their OBJ
jective but landed in the barracks of
a Cossack detachment which had de-
cided to remain neutral but which
fought for Kaledines when disturbed
by the shells. It is reported Gen.
Ka1edines is prepared to negotiate
with the Bolsheviki in order to pre-
vent further bloodshed around Ros-
tow
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
SENATE PASSES SHIELDS BILL.

Washington, Dec. 14.-The Shields
bill for development of water power
projects on navigable streams, which
failed in a conference deadlock dur
ing the last congress, was passed to-
day by the senate virtually in the
same form. 1t now goes to the house.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
Roads Into Danbury Tied Up.

Danbury, Dec. 14.-Practica1y aa
traffic on railroad lines centerfng 4
this city is at a standstil1 becaust
of the blockade caused by last night'l
storm. The snow, which is more thar
a foot deep on the level, is badl,
drifted along the railroad tracks!
Snow plows and gangs Of shoveler1
have been sent out in an effort te
get into motion the heavy freaghN
traffic on the Poughkeepsie bridge
route of the New Haven railroad syS1
tenn. Scores of trains are stalled OF
tied up on sidings all along the hna
between Poughkeephe, Danbury ant
New Haven, Waterbury and Hartford
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
DENIES WOMAN'S EXECUTION
State Department Issues Bulletin Gin
tradicting Story of Female Spy Be-
ing Executed in United States.

; Washington, Dec. 14.-Persistent
repetition Of a story that a woman spy
had been executed in the United
States has caused the State depart
ment to send an official denial to
American consuls in neutral coun-
tries.
The story originated in Germany
and it's widespread use is regarded as
another case of propaganda. The
name of the woman was given as
Anna Huitems. Ordinarily no atten-
ton would have been paid to a story
so utterly false, but in this case
credence appeared to have been
given to it in neutral countries.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
COAL BARGES GO DOWN.
Blown Away From Tug at South Nor
walk During Gale.

South Norwalk, Dec. 1.-THE tug
Bully of the Owen McCaffrey and
Cos transportation line, New York,
arrived in the harbor today, and re-
ported the loss of six barges, coal
laden for Bridgeport and New Haven
The tug and tow had been inside the
harbor for three days waiting for the
wind, rain and snow storms to abate,
but during the gale last night the
barges broke away and went down.
All the men, women and children on
tug.
The schooner Mary E. Cuff, with
sand from Rockaway for the Nor
walk Iron Works Co., is wrecked on
Belle Island, having been blown
ashore during the night.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
Armisticc Debate Resumed

o.. Amsterdam, Dec. 14.-Of11cial Ger
man and Austrian statements say that
. the Russian delegates arrived at
Brest-Litovsk Wednesday and the
Armistice negotiations were, resumed
yesterday.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
Bolshcviki Take Two Towns.

London, Dec. 14.-Bolsheviki troops
have occupied Tamanovka and Ka-
luga, according to a Reuter- despatch
from Petrograd.
Raluga was captured without much
fighting. The counter-revolutiona
troops were disarmed and arrested
and Bolsheviki authority restored.
The commissioners with the Black
Sea fleet have telegraphed asking for
the immediate dispatch by land and
water of all Black Sea detachments
now ashore. They also ask for a
large number Of machine guns The
commissioners report that military
cadets are attacking Rostov with
armored cars.
Tamanovka is near Bielgorod, in
Kursk province, about $50 miles south
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
PERUVIAN COW. NOT OPEN

Lima, Peru, Dec. 14-For lack of a
quorum the extraordinary session of
congress called to begin yesterday was
not opened. The political situation
now is complicated.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-14
NEW SWISS PRESIDENT
Felix Caledoner Elected to Highest Of
flee for 1918-Dr. Edward Miller Is
Chosen Vice President.

Berne, Dec. 14.-Felix Caledoner,
vice president of the republic and
head of the department of the in
terror today was elected president of
Switzerland for 1918. DIR. Edouard
Miller was elected vice president.