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New Britain herald., 1917-04-24
THREE BLOWN TO PIECES.
Explosion in Aetna Powder Plant at
 Birmingham, Ala.

Birmingham. Ala, April 24.-Three powder workers were killed in an ex- plosion today in the Coalburg plant of the Aetna Explosives company near here. The cause of the blast is'not known. t
 The victims were blown to pieces. Several workmen are believed to have been injured. Officers of the com pany have ordered an investigation.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-24
NEW IT. A. Y. F. CARS HERE.

The new "Pay-As- Enter cars were installed on the New Britain Hartford line today. They are larger than the ordinary car and are much more comfortable and sanitary. It is also said that they can make better time. Although the cars are of the P. A. Y. B. type, it will be necessary for the conductor to make the second collection between this city and Hart ford. ses,ss.tsss-+.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-24
Financial
EARLY PROMISES
 BEAR LITTLE FRUIT
Market Goes to Lower Levels
 After Opening Hour

Wall Street-Special stocks were the strongest features of today's early dealings advances ranging from 1 h Tor equipments and munitions to 2A points for Ohio Gas and almost four points for Industrial Alcohol. Cop per also recovered in substantial de- gree. with pronounced improvement in motors and shippings. U. S. Steel rose material fraction and gains of full point were scored in associated industfials. American Tobacco's ad- vance of 5 1A points marked a partial recovery in that stock Rails were featureless at irregular changes !:
 Shippings, motors and oils were again the objects of attack after the first half hours rise, some of those issues falling under minimum prices of the previous day. Alcohol and utilities also forfeited the greater part of their gains. U. S. Steel lost all its advance. but Bethlehem steel new stock held more stubbornly. Trad ing broadened and concessions be- came more general toward midday. Bonds were steady. Closing.-Rails shared in the fur ther setback of the last hour, aver age prices then being the lowest of the day. The closing was heavy. Sales were estimated at 100000 shares.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-24
BrRPEE AND AI4sOP NAMED.

Hartford, April 24.-Judge Lucien r. Burpee was appointed by Cover nor Holcomb today as the states del- tgates to the national defense con- ference in Washington on May 2 and Joseph w. Alsop was appointed the states representative at the national conference food supply in Washing ton next Monday.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-24
ELECTION EXPENSES

J. Willie Mills, treasurer of tha secpnd! ward republicans, filed the ward expenses today. The sum of s3s was received and expended. John l.. Ross of the fourth ward filed an ex- pense statement of $11. John !. Riley of the fifth ward spent $I.5O. Daniel Sullivan. Joseph Heating and E. F.. Jennison all reported no expenses.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-24
SPAIN PROTESTS AGAIN.

Madrid, Via Paris, April 24.-The government has sent another note to Germany on the submarine question according to Fl Imparcial. The cabi- net is carefully examining the situa- ton created through the attacks on Spanish ships and King Al0nso is in constant conference with the political leaders. ..,s s---5 ~.-e
New Britain herald., 1917-04-24
RUSH FOR PLATTSBURG

Enrolment Officers Kept Busy Until
 Near Midnight to Receive Names of
 More Than 1,3OO Candidates.
 New York. April 24.-More than 1900 men filed application to attend the military training camp at Platts- burg and the enrolment offices was kept open until near midnight to clear up the rush. During the first :Wo hours 300 men were enrolled.
 Reports from all the states includ- ed in the eastern department of the army received at hea dquarters of the Military Training Camps sscciation indicated that New York's record would be proportionately maintained throughout the department.
 Officers in charge of recruiting here for the army report an unusual quan- stity of applications. -sszs
New Britain herald., 1917-04-24
Italy May Send Envoys.

Italy May Send EnvOys.
 Rome. April A, via Paris--It Is ex- pected that the Duke of Abruzzi, cousin of King Victor Emmanuel will head an Italian mission to the United States. ' it
New Britain herald., 1917-04-24
TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.

night between High school and 267 Washington street,
 circular gold brooch set with pearls.
 Reward if returned to Herald of- %~ f1ce.. 4-24-1d
New Britain herald., 1917-04-24
RUSSIAN SOCIALISTS AROUSED.

R610&HtS I0SI- Wnen SUUnIAIIn6
 Sinks Steamship.
 London, April 34.-Despatches from Petrograd today state that the Rus sian socialists are greatly exercised over the sinking by a German sub- marine of the steamer Zara which was taking home number of Russian refugees She sailed on April II and was torpedoed in northern waters two days later.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-24

New York Stock Ex change quota tions furnished by Richter & Co.,. members of the New York Stock Ex- change. Represented by E. W. Eddy.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-24

WANTED-Young lady stenographer to work in local office. State age.
 experience and salary expected. Apply Box H22, Herald. 4-24-5d
New Britain herald., 1917-04-24
]. 5. DESTROYERS
 MEET COMMISSION.
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'eS'
 Studying America.

ine course remained luminous for two
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28
Peter the Great and Lawyers.

In Russia during the reign of Peter
the Great private litigants might have
their suits prosecuted free of cost by
lawyers paid by the state. The emperor,
discovering that his subjects were be-
ing imposed upon by their legal agents,
who contrived to delay trials until they
had sucked their clients dry, enacted
that sufficient solicitors and attorneys
should be employed at handsome year
" salaries to officiate for the public
in every matter of law. He ordered
further that these men should insert
in a register written up daily the dates
Of applications to them and should pro-
coed with the suits in the order In
which they were received without re-
spect Of persons. If they failed to do
so, If they accepted any bride or fee
or IL they were dilatory these lawyers
were to be knouted and sent to Siberia.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28
Buying Furniture.

If you are going to put lot Of mon
ey into a piece of furniture and please
remember that the important pieces
can never, If really good, be cheap
make sure it Is right before 1t Is too
late. Be sure that 1t is the kind OF q
piece that you viii not only want to
live with the rest Of your life, but that
YOU will love the more as time goes on,
for that is what invariably happens II
a chair or a table Is built In the right
way, on the right lines, Of the right
things. And such are the investments
which we never regret
Especially must one be ever watch
full in the buying Of upholstered furni-
ture lest a piece which looks good be
suspiciously cheap, too cheap to war
rant its being as good In its unseen
parts as it appears on the surface
Philadelphia Ledger.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28
Bad For the BURGLARS.

It would be a sad gang Of robbers
who tried to break into the railway
car invented by George w. Meyers of
the United States army. They would
be greeted with clouds Of poisonous
gas fumes.
Meyers robber proof car works with
extreme simplicity. Two tanks, In
which fumes of cyanide Of potassium
are stored under pressure, are fitted
inside Of the car at each end. These
are connected with a perforated pipe
which extends all around the door Of
the car Just In back of the outer frame
work. Should the train be held up the
locomotive engineer would telephone
the guards within the car, who would
Immediately open the valves of the
tank. The fumes would stream out
through the pipe perforations and into
the robbers faces. The door being
gas tight, the deadly gas could not pen
citrate into the car.-Popular Science
Monthly.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28
About the Welsh.

wales has plenty Of coal slate,
..enery and consonants, but very few
,urnames. If a Welsh schoolmaster
.bould say, Jones, you may go home
NV for being a good boy" the whole
.cbool would quit.
paople who are not called Jones are
.sIled Williams, or Evans, or Hughes,
Lloyd. They divide these names
So+veen them and make the best Of it.
Tbey do not follow the English meth
- of taking their surnames from
tovns and villages. They felt that to
An so would cut them of from the rest
n mankind. Nobody could possibly
in on Mrs. Llanymynech. Disloca-
t,on of the jaw is a great drawback to
social intercourse.
The Welshman has the Celtic imag-
,rstion. says London Answers. He
never calls a spade spade. When he
hos done describing this implement of
agriculture the stolid Englishman
thinks he has been listening to story
f,om the Arabian Nights" hence the
Englishman says the Welshman is an
puntruther" He isn't really. It's
only difference of method
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28
Doing Things.

"As a soldier" said Goethals. 81
have always considered Do an essen
tial element Of duty. In analysing men
for detail duty on the canal 1 found
that the man with military training
had an advantage in knowing how to
obey. Service is nothing more than
obedience in a broad sense. If you
escape duty you avoid action. Stern
duties do not require harsh commands.
knowledge of our duties Is the most
essential part of the philosophy Of ife."
Goethals once remarked: 1.-The world
demands results. 1t is recorded that
Lord Kitchener, when subordinate
during the South African war began to
explain a failure to obey orders, said:
Your reasons for not doing it are the
best ever heard. Now go and do
itr That Is what the world demands
today.r-R. c. Forbes In Lesle's-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28
A Dual In Balloons.

It was In 1908 that Mile. Tirevit
graced the footlights Of the Imperial
Opera at Paris. She attracted many
men, especially ONE NJ. de Grandpre
and another, N. lie Pique. They be-
came jealous of each other and decid-
ed that a duel was the only way out
Of their predicament. 1t was to be
duel without hatred, and 30 they post
poned the great event for one month.
Meanwhile they came to the conclu-
sion that an ordinary duel wouldn't do
at all and hit upon the idea Of fighting
in the air. So they ordered two bal
looms constructed exactly alike and on
the night Of June % settled their af-
fairs In anticipation Of the great event
upon the morrow. At the appointed
hour each man entered his balloon
armed with a blunderbuss, and at q
signal the ropes were cut, and up they
went. They were to fire at the bal
looms, not at each other. At height
Of half q mile In the air M. de Grand
pre- sent a ball through NJ. lie Pique's
balloon, and the latter was dashed to
pieces. The other landed safely sew
eral hours later.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28
The Phantom Pool.

The Ozark mountains, which divide
Arkansas from Missouri, are wonder
fully picturesque, and one Of their fea-
lures. which has come to be known as
1.-The Phantom Pool" is quite a curl.
osity. Adventurous visitors have been
bringing back from time to time the
story Of the mysterious deception 1t
practices upon the human vision, but
there are always skeptics. Recently a
party Of Nebraskans set out for the
place with the purpose Of removing all
doubt.
The rains had been very heavy and
streams and ponds In the mountains
were everywhere overlooking their
banks. All conditions were favorable
to upsetting the claim that the pool
was always empty. The members of
the group were overjoyed upon looking
down from an eminence to find that
the pool appeared to be full to the brim.
Coming to its edge, however, they
found it empty. And now they are
encountering skepticism themselves
Christian Science Monitor.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28
Modern Musko.

Modern music is music. Before It
there was no harmony. The first at
tempts at harmony were naturally
crude. Guido Of Arezzo devised nota-
ton by lines and spaces. Franco of
Cologne first indicated the duration OF
notes by diverse forms. Bars were in
troduced later and modern music de-
veloped more decided rhythm, though
at first guided by the ear and not by
science. Joaquin Dupres Of Flanders
began the blending Of musical art In
the fifteenth century, which was con-
tinued in the seventeenth century by
Palestrina Of Rome. The opera great
" extended music in the sixteenth CEN
tury, and the honor Of perfecting the
opera and orchestral music Is divided
between Italian and German compos-
ers.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28
Knots In Boards.

We find knots In the boards which
ve notice in a lumber pile or in any
other place where boards happen to
no because the smaller limbs which
grow away from the larger limbs Of
frees grow from the inside as well as
the outside Of the tree.
When you see knot in a board it
means that before the tree was cut
down and the log sawed up into boards
o limb was growing out from the in
side of the tree at the spot where the
knot occurs, says the Book Of Won
ders.
You will also find that the wood in
tbe knot is harder generally than the
rest of the board. This is because
more strength is required at the base
of a limb and in the part of the limb
which grew inside the tree than in
other parts, for the limb must be strong
enough to support not only the limb
itself. but also the smaller limbs which
grow out of it.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28
The Winner.

The difficulties of crossing Broadway
at Forty-second street can be eXag-
gerated. The feat is usually accom-
plished by born New Workers without
loss of more than one limb. But to the
visitor from Boeotia or some other
suburb it presents itself as as a diff
entity which, once overcome, is to be
looked back at with horror and re-
membered with gratitude for a provi-
Dental escape. One such visitor had
lust crossed Broadway He wore long
white whiskers and a black hat such
as may be seen on senators from Mis-
sissippi. He was on the safe side of
Broadway He pulled agitatedly as he
turned to survey the maelstrom of
traffic he had passed through.
every time 1 cross Broadway" he
said, 81 feel as If 1 had won a bet
New York Post.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28
Our Friends the Birds.

Birds are the friends Of mankind.
Were 1t not for their kindly offices, so
Ill requited, men could not live upon
the earth more than a year or two.
Insect life would sweep over the earth
in a devastating flood. Every green
thing would disappear as insects great
and small, flying, creeping, swimming,
boring and omnivorous, swept over the
land. The birds, and the birds alone.
are our guardians and keepers, and
yet we make senseless war upon them.
Because a few birds that guard our
peas and cherries take tribute Of the
fruit they preserve we make senseless
war upon them until by sad experience
we are taught that it Is a choice be-
tween plenty of birds and fewer cher
ries, and without the birds no cherries
at all. The hawks and owls rid us Of
pestiferous vermin and now and then
take a chicken for tribute. Therefore
We make war upon hawks and owls,
and by and by we have no clover, be-
cause the mice have eaten the eggs OF
the bumblebee, and so the clover Is
not fortified Christian Register.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28
INDIcT BERKMAN FOR MURDER
Anarchist Accused of Plotting Fatal
Bomb Explosion.

San Francisco.-Alexande Berkman,
anarchist, was indicted by the grand
Jury here for murder in connection
with the bomb explosion here last July,
in which ten lives were lost. He Is
accused of taking part in the conspira-
cy, which. the state charges, culminat-
ed in the explosion. Mrs. Rena Moo
ney was put on trial here for one OF
the bomb murders, and her husband,
Thomas, and Warren K. Billings are
under sentence Of death and life i'm
prisonment respectively for murder.
growing out Of the explosion.
Berkman. now serving two gears In
the federal prison at Atlanta. Ga. for
conspiracy to defeat the draft law in
New York city. with the aid Of Emma
Goldman, also sentenced to two years
Imprisonment, published an anarchist
paper called the Blast about the time
Of the explosion.
District Attorney Fickert said efforts
will be made to bring Berkman here
for trial before the expiration Of his
sentence.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28

mersibles," he said. Now the nights
In Europe are short. which does not
give the submarine commander more
than two or three hours to come up to
the surface to refill his accumulators
and do other necessary things which
cannot be performed under the sea-
An overcast sky and a little white
crest on the wave to hide the periscope
Is the best for the submarine.
1T Is fortunate for our side that
Germany has no seaboard like France
or England, or Italy in the Mediter-
ranean. If she had the odds against
the allies would be terrible to combat
The submarine is like consumption
and Is as difficult to eradicate.
81 travelled across the Atlantic on a
British transport which was well arm
ed with six inch guns and smaller
quick frers, and we were attacked by
submarines three times. The gunners
fired at them point blank by day and
by night, and our ship was not injured,
as we were steaming too fast for the
torpedoes to hit us. 1 do not know
If our gunners got the submarines or
not. 1t seemed to be the customary
thing to our officers, who took the at
tack Of the submarines as a matter Of
course.
81 do not think that the statements
given out by the allies as to the num-
Der of ships that enter or leave port
mean anything. If the number Of mer-
chant ships sunk In the week decreases
then We know that we are controlling
the submarine, but If it drops one week
and jumps up the next 1t Is another
thing entirely"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28
SEARCH FOR A STOLEN
GREEK MARBLE HEAD
Supposed to Be Hidden In Railroad
Laborers' Camp.

Lincoln, Neb.-In a box car camp Of
Greek railroad laborers somewhere
along the line Of the Union Pacific rail-
road there Is priceless marble head Of
the Greek goddess Of health, carved by
a Greek sculptor Of the fourth century
B. c., and stolen from the museum at
Tegea, Greece, where the balance Of
the statue Of the goddess still stands.
The governors Of Nebraska and Wy
oming have been asked to investigate
and see II they cannot locate the miss
ing head. The request comes from Sec
rotary Of State Lansing and Is made
at the request Of the Greek govern
ment at Athens.
There are thousands Of Greek labor
ers on western railroads, and some
one Of these Is thought to have stolen
the head Of the goddess before he left
Greece. The request from the state
department does not give the details
of the theft. The head Is thirty cent?
meters in height, according to the de-
scription inclosed In the request that
q search Of the railroad camps be
made
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28
A Rose Cake.

To be able to make a rose cake was
an accomplishment coveted by little
girls some decades ago. The first step
was to spread layer Of freshly gath
cred rose petals In a bowl or deep dish.
A layer Of brown sugar followed, then
another of petals, and so on until the
dish was full. Cinnamon or some 9TH
er spice was sifted over the top, and
the dish was covered with a plate,
placed In a tin box or securely wrapped
In brown paper and buried In the
ground overnight. When 1t was with
drawn it was a toothsome morsel, dear
to the heart Of childhood.-Youth's
Companion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28
Salt.

Superstitions concerning salt are
among the earliest known to mankind.
There is much evidence in holy writ
about the ceremonial uses Of 1t, and the
old Mosaic law commands that every
sacrifice Of a meat offering shall be
seasoned with it. Homer calls it di-
vine, and many of the old Teuton races
looked on salt springs as holy and wor-
shiped at them. The origin Of this su-
perStitiOn seems to be that since salt
cannot corrupt it should be regarded as
symbol of Immortality.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28
FIRE WHISTLE BRINGS BOY.
Little One Was Lost, but He Came In
to Inquire.

Little One Was Lost, but He Came In
to Inquire.
Logansport, Ind.-Jimmy Slagle, aged
four, had been missing from his home
here all day. Neighbors Joined In the
search, and later Mrs. Slagle notified
the police.
The siren whistle at the electric light
plant, which is blown when fire
alarm is turned in to notify people to
shut off the water. was used In an
effort to arouse the citizens.
Soon the newspaper offices and police
headquarters were swamped with calls
to know the meaning Of the extended
blowing Of the whistle. They were
notified that the Slagle boy was lost,
and general search of the city began.
Toward evening Jimmy walked into
a fire station In the business part Of
the city, pulling a wagon behind him.
He said he heard the whistle and want
ed to know about the fire.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-07-28
HALF OF U. S. DOCTORS
ARE UNFIT FOR ARMY
More Than 10000 Will Be ELM
mated by the Standard
cation Process.

Washington.-Of the 100000 physi-
clans in the United States less than
one-half are available or desirable for
medical duty in the military service.
in the opinion of the New York COM
mittee of the medical section OF the
Council Of National Defense. There
fore it proposes drafting of physicians
selectively upon basis of federal clas
sification by medical census.
These views have been laid before
the general medical board by Major
Karl Connell and other members Of
the New York committee. The COM
mittee also set forth that there is de-
cided shortage Of physicians ready to
volunteer for war work.
The committee on standardization OF
medical and surgical supplies and
equipment, which has been at work on
the problem of overcoming the short
age in surgical supplies and instru-
ments due to the large percentage Of
this material which has heretofore
been imported from Germany, reported
that through cooperation among Amer
lean manufacturers substantial prog
ress had been made in increasing the
output for war purposes.
The committee is rapidly perfecting
complete standardization Of all medical
instruments and apparatus, through
which the simplest type and the small
est number of styles Of instruments
consistent with scientific performance
will be turned out by all manufactur-
ers.