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New Britain herald., 1917-03-06

SHIRT IRONER-A reliable man to do hand shirt ironing and take charge of our shirt ironing depart
 ment The Middletown Laundry Co.,, Middletown, Conn. 3-3-3dx
New Britain herald., 1917-03-06

wANTED-Experien man for our
 delicatessen department. J. M.
 Iallinan, Inc, 142 Main street. 3-1-tf
New Britain herald., 1917-03-06

TO RENT-Best three room suite in
 the city for flight Housekeeping. steam heat, electric light, gas, etc.
 Apply Eureka Agency, 84 West Main street. city 3-6-tf
New Britain herald., 1917-03-06

DETECTIVE AGENCY
 c. M. shine; Sleuth work of all ! kinds, everything confidential. Now open for business. IT Lasalle St.,
 New Britain. Conn. 3-2S-wl1
New Britain herald., 1917-03-06

WANTED-By carpenter. jobbing repairing of any kind. Tel 1859.
 3-5-6dx
New Britain herald., 1917-03-06

TO RENT-Room for two and board
 in private home. Electric light.
 steam heat. adjoining bath. Refer
 ences exchanged. Tel. 25-13 or ad- dress Box l. Herald. 3-6-1dx
New Britain herald., 1917-03-06
FURNISHED ROOMS.

TO RENT-Two rooms for light housekeeping. PAP Main. w. F.
 Bradley. o-o-Ao1
New Britain herald., 1917-03-06

Ofiice boy wanted. Ap-
 ply Herald Ofnce. 2-8-tf
New Britain herald., 1917-03-06

presser. One who has ments preferred. N. B. Dry Clean
 ing Corp. 72 West Main street. h.
 quire after $ p. m. 3-6-d3
New Britain herald., 1917-03-06

Irving Jester has opaned up his Main Coal ,of1ce and ento-
 mobile Sales Room. corner Park and Elm streets. Open from 6:3O .. n. to s:3olp. m., Monday and. saturtay to Q D. m. 1-s-tf
New Britain herald., 1917-03-06

TO RENT-Omces and three and
 four room apartments, all modern improvements Apply Modern Boot
 Shop, 168 Main street. 3-5-tf
New Britain herald., 1917-03-06

WANTEA-A young man or lady (sixteeh to eighteen years) in Book
 Keeping Department of local fac- tory. Address Box IT B. D., Her aid once. 2-c8-w1
New Britain herald., 1917-03-06

AUTO TRUCKING. Two ton truck.
 all kinds of work. Furniture mov-
 ing, etc., speciality. Parties taken out. J. R. Merriman. Plainville.
 Tel. 74-t rlainville. s-as-wis ';
New Britain herald., 1917-03-06

FOR RENTING five room ten- ements. Buell. street. Ready April
 l. H. J. Foiren, Berlin. 3-3-d7
New Britain herald., 1917-03-06

WANTED-Bookkee experienced controlling accounts, financial state ments, cts, seeks permanent con nection with mercantile or manu. featuring corporation. Reference
 at interview. Bookkeeper, Box Nc
 IA, Herald. S-2eod-
New Britain herald., 1917-03-06

WANTED--APPRENTICE PLUMB FRS to prepare for positions as su- perintendent. inspector. consulting expert. SURE, EASY home-study method. No loss of time or pay. h. ternati0nal Correspondence Schools, 252 Main street.
New Britain herald., 1917-03-06

TO RENT-Four rooms, 3rd floor. In-
 quire 36 Connerton street. 3-2-t1
New Britain herald., 1917-03-06

WANTED-First class metal pattern
 maker. We are paying the highest wages, offering steady employment. under the best of working condi- tions. Gray Telephone Pay Station Co. Arbor St.; Hartford. 3-5-6G
New Britain herald., 1917-03-06

qusre 161 South Main. or Longs shoe store. 2-1.tf
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
What carranza Objects To.
CRUDE OIL S1.40 A BARREL
Prairie Company Orders Fifth Increase
Within Thirty Days-Makes
Drilling More Active.

independence, Kas., Dec 29.-The
fifth increase within thirty days of ten
cents barrel for crude Oil was posted
here today by the Prairie Oil and Gas
Company. The new price is $40.
Bartlesvi1le, Ok, Dec. 29--The
Prairie Oil Company raised the price
OF crude oil ten cents a barrel today
to S14O a barrel The total daily pro-
duction of the Oklahoma fields al pres
ent is z5S,0o0 barrels.
This makes the fifth time since Oc-
tober the price of crude oil has been
raised, the market price at that time
having been ninety cents the barrel
Oil men generally are of the opinion
that the price of oil will advance TO
81 by early spring. They offer as a
reason that Oklahoma production is
falling off and that refining companies
are cutting down the amount OF stor-
age oil because of the great demand
for gasoline
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
FEDERAL AID FOR HIGHWAYS
State Engineer Gearhart Discusses
Methods Necessary for State to
Receive Government Help.

How the s143,207.4O now available
through the federal aid road act for
road Improvement in Kansas will be
spent is a question being asked by
many persons. 1t is discussed by w.
S. Gearhart, state highway engineer.
1.-THE federal road appropriation will
be increased approximately s143, POI
each year for five years." said Mr..
Gearhart. I'm this period $2,150, 900
in round numbers viii be forthcoming
from the government for road pur-
poses in Kansas.
1.-THE money now available may be
used any time prior to July 1, 1918.
In other words, the state has two
years in which to spend each annual
appropriation. If the money is not
all spent within this time it reverts
to the federal government to be re-
apportioned among the other states.
''The federal government cannot pay
to exceed SO per cent of the expense
of improving any road. The remain
der must be provided from state or
county funds. Since the constitution
of Kansas prohibits the appropriation
of state funds for highway work it
will be necessary for the counties to
provide at least so per cent of the
money if Kansas is to take advantage
of this federal aid. The counties can
meet the requirements of the act
either by means of the county road
fund or by the Hodges benefit district
law enacted in 1911.
ct is intended that the federal aid
road act shall accomplish three things.
1t will stimulate interest in substan-
tial road improvement. Better meth
DDS of road construction and mainten-
ance will be practiced. 1t is intended
to encourage the adoption OF an ade-
quate system of highway management
in each state''
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06

Germany Answers Wilson's Note.
Waste by Tornado-Many Are

Little Rock, Ark, Dec. 27.-Nine
persons are known to have been killed
and fourteen are known to have been
injured in a tornado that swept a 4
mile path over South Central Arkan-
sas this afternoon. Unconfirmed re-
ports tell of many more deaths, and
it seems certain that the casualty list
will be much increased when COM
munication is restored.
The death list includes four white
persons and five negroes. Three lit
tie girls were victims Of the storm at
Carlisle Near England Albert L.
Schwartz, a planter, was killed, and
his wife and daughter were injured
dangerously when their home was de-
molished. Two negroes were killed
at Sheriff. and another was killed near
England.
Reports persist that a negro colony
near Keo was wiped out and that sew
enteen were killed. Another report
tells of the deaths of from fifteen
to twenty convicts at the state farm
at Tucker. All efforts to reach Tuck
er by wire have failed.
The plantation home of Joe Pi1king-
ton, near Pine Bluff, was demolished
and his wife and two children narrow
~ escaped. Four negroes living on
the place were injured and one of
them is expected to die. The property
loss is about $4,000
According to reports, the storm first
struck north of England, moved north
east for about sixty miles and finally
spent itself near Des Arc and Devalls
Bluff
J. w. Dean, superintendent of the
Iron Mountain Railroad, received word
tonight from Pine Bluff that a storm
had been raging in that city for two
hours. Many houses are reported to
have been destroyed and it is feared
several lives were lost Direct com
munication is cut off, but the railroad
was able to reach the town via
Shreveport, La The Iron Mountain
reports a cloudburst between Little
Rock and Pine Bluff, and the tracks
are said to be under water in several
places.
Passengers arriving tonight on a
Cotton Belt train that passed through
the storm district describe scenes OF
destruction. However, they had no au-
thentic information on the number OF
lives lost.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
LEADS IN BANK RESOURCES
The Aggregate of United States Ex-
ceeds Total of Ten of the Big
Foreign Nations.

Washington, Dec. 28-The resources
Of national banks of the United
States, Comptroller Williams an
bounced tonight, have increased more
than $4,000 100000 during the last
two years, and now aggregate $751;
SIG, ZOO, 900, exceeding by about ST.
000,000,00 the total resources Of the
Bank of England, the Bank of France
and the Bank of Russia, the German
Reichsbank, the Bank of Italy, the
Bank of Spain, the Bank Of the Meth
erlands, the Bank of Denmark, the
Swiss National bank and the Imperial
Bank of Japan combined.
In a statement based upon returns
from the last bank call, November II,
the comptroller calls attention to the
fact that the increase has been at the
rate of approximately Is per cent a
year during the last two years, as
compared with 6 per cent a year for
the ten-year period from 1904 to 1914,
and that the total resources are at
present more than double what they
were ten years ago.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
MAY DROP THE ADAMsON ACT
Federal Commission to Settle Disputes
Now Said to Be Favored BY
Both Sides.

New York, Dec 29.-Creation Of a
federal commission to decide disputes
between railroads and their en-
ployees, regardless of whether the
United States Supreme Court may
hold the Adamson Act constitutional,
was the suggestion which the chiefs
of the four railway brotherhoods in
dicated today they might place before
the conference committee OF railroad
managers. Representatives OF the two
sides went into conference here to dis
cuss the Adamson legislation and its
effects
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
NOT READY TO sign
Carranza appeals for Modifica-
ton of Protocol With the
United States.
SUGGESTS SEVERAL CHANGES
The American Representatives to HoIS
Meeting for Consideration of
the Various Proposals.

Washington, Dec 29-One more ap-
peal for modification of the protocol
providing for the withdrawal of Amer
lean troops from Mexico is made by
General CarranZa in a message deliv-
cred TO Secretary Lane today by Luis
Cabrera, chairman of the Mexican
members OF the joint commission.
The Mexican first chief replied 10 the
insistent American demand that the
protocol signed by his spokesman at
Atlantic City be ratified with an SEQ
word document in which he failed to
accede 10 the demand, but refrained
from writing anything that could be
construed as a flat reputation.
The latest suggestions for changes
in the agreement now win be consid-
cred by the three American repre-
sentatives- Secretary Lane, DR.. John
R. Mott and Judge George Gray. Sec
rotary Lane advised his colleagues
late today of the character of the re-
ply and asked them TO meet him here
as soon as they conveniently could.
To Answer 1t Next Week.
Early next week a joint session OF
the Mexican-American commission
will be held, at which the Americans
will give the Mexicans their answer,
and on its nature depends the future
course Of the commissioners, who
were directed more than four months
ago to effect, if possible, the adjust
ment of questions at issue between
the two countries.
Neither Cabrera nor Secretary Lane
would discuss the nature of Carranza's
reply. Cabrera left for New York
soon after its delivery and Secretary
Lane declined to reveal its character
until it had been submitted to his
colleagues The same reticence was
displayed at the Mexican embassy.
The Mexican commissioners ap-
peared confident that no insuperable
barrier had been raised by Carranza-
1t was asserted that the utmost care
had been exercised to keep ont of the
reply any expressions or sentiments
that might make The situation more
complex OF that would in any way Of
fend the representatives of the Amer
lean government
What carranza Objects To.
The chief insistence of Carranza has
been that the American troops should
be withdrawn Internationally, which
the American commissioners would
not consider. It was indicated tonight
that Carranza's insistence on that
point was less pronounced now, and
that the change in his attitude had
been wrought largely by the altered
military situation in Northern Mexico.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
LAND BANK CITIES
st. Louis, Omaha and Wichita
Named by Federal board
for Middle West.
THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
The Federal Institutions Will Be Es-
tabIished as Soon as Practicable
to Issue Small Bonds.

Washington, Dec. 2S-St. Louis,
Wichita and Omaha are to be the land
bank cities for the Middle West The
federal farm loan board today an
nounced the boundaries of the twelve
districts and the bank cities. They
are:
District No. MAINE, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, Massachusetts,, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New York and
New Jersey; bank at Springfield,
Mass.
District No. 2-PennsylYania, Della
ware, Maryland, Virginia, West Vir-
ginia and the District of Columbia;
bank at Baltimore.
District No. 3-North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida;
bank at Columbia, S. c.
District No. 4-Ohio, Indiana, Ken
lucky and Tennessee; bank at Louis
vile, KY.
District No. 5-Alabama, Mississippi
and Louisiana; bank at New Orleans.
Missouri in Sixth District.
District No. 6-IIlinois, Missouri,
Arkansas; bank at St. Louis.
District No. 7-Michigan, Wfscon-
sin, Minnesota and North Dakota;
bank at st. Paul, MINI.
District No. 8-Iowa, Nebraska,
South Dakota and Wyoming; bank at
Omaha.
District No. Oklahoma, Kansas,
Colorado and New Mexico; bank at
Wichita, Kas.
District No. 10-Texas; bank at
Houston.
District No. 11-California, Neva-
da, Utah and Arizona; bank at Berke-
ley, Cal.
District No. 12-Washington, Ore
gon, Montana and Idaho; bank at Spo-
kane, Wash.
The banks will be established as
soon as practicable. Under the law
each will have capital of q million
dollars. Applications for loans have
been pouring into the board in great
volumes recently and Il is estimated
that sum more than twenty times
in excess OF the combined capital
stock could be used in making loans.
Loans on farm land are limited by
law to so per cent value of the land
and may be payable in from five to
forty years. AS fast as loans are made
bonds will be issued to cover them so
that at no time under the present plan
will banks entire capital be tied up
in loans to the dertiment of other ap-
plicants.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

The 5-day battle that has been in
progress in Eastern Wallachia has re-
suited in the piercing of the Russian
lines at several points The Russians
were definitely defeated on a front of
seventeen kilometers southwest OF
Rimnik-Sarat
Nine airplanes were lost by the
Entente in aerial engagements along
the western front in one day recently,
the Berlin war office announced
There has been violent artillery actiT-
ity in the Ypres salient and in the
region north of the River Somme
Although General Carranza has
not replied to the demand of the United
States that he either ratify or repudi-
ate the protocol drawn by the Mexi-
cap-American joint commission, the
expiration OF the time limit was not
made the occasion for formally declar-
ing the negotiations at an end
The French government has de-
cided to raise Joffre to the dignity OF
Marshal of France in recognition Of
his eminent services to the country. A
decree nominating him viii be submit
ted to parliament as soon as possible
Annoyed by continual sniping by
Mexicans across the Rio Grande.
troops OF the Third Kentucky Infan-
try recently opened fire with a ma
chine gun, firing about two hundred
shots. The shooting occurred near the
city limits of Fl Paso. There were no
casualties.
Frank Ga1indo shot and killed Tom
EldeTo IN a restaurant at Chickasha,
Ok The shooting is the. result OF a
feud between the two families Both
are wellto-do farmers living vest Of
that city.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
Ell PAsO is SHORT OF COAL
Not Pound Was for Sale There Re-
centIy-Famine in Arizona
Is Acute.

FL Paso. Tex, Dec. 28.@There is
not pound of coal to be bought to-
night in FL Paso. owing to a shortage
that may continue indefinitely, the
dealers say. Coal has advanced in
price from $3.50 to SIS a ton in the
last two months. Dealers say the
shortage is due to the lack of cars
and too few miners to get out the
coal.
The coal shortage, coupled with
freezing weather, has caused acute
suffering among the poor Of the Mex
lean quarter.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
Asks for New School Laws.


Some important changes in the Kan
sas school laws were suggested re
Gently by w. D. Ross, state superin-
tendent of public instruction. He has
asked the coming legislature to enact
the following laws:
Take the state and county superin-
tendents out of politics as much as
possible by making the offices, ap-
pointiye, along somewhat the same
lines as the chancellor of the univer-
sity. presidents of the agricultural col
lege and state normals and city super
intendents are appointed.
Free textbooks in the grade and dis
trict schools.
Free high schools for all Kansas
children.
Longer tenure for school teachers.
! Pensions for teachers.
Extension of kindergartens.
Extension of transportation privi-
1eges for students far from the schools
they must attend.
Better health supervision in the
schools.
The county unit for taxation for adj
ministratiye purposes.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
King Not Present.

King George was not present at the
Propagation, which was effected by the
lord high chancellor in the house of
lords and by the speaker in the house
of commons reading the kings speech.
Assent also was given by royal com
mission to a number of acts of parlia-
ment- The Propagation of parliament
is until February z.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
a New Lake Ereinht Reoord

Detroit, Dec. 27.zFreight traffic
handled through the locks Of Sault
Ste. Marie in the 1916 navigation sea-
son aggregated 81 1885,, 219 tons, a new
record for St. Mary's River water
ways and z0,597, 915 tons greater than
last years movement.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
More okIahoma Rznk RobbIno.

Temple, Ok, Dec. 28-Bandits blew
the safe of the Faxon State Bank,
Faxon. Ok. early today and escaped
with cash estimated at So, Geo. Earlier
In the night an unsuccessful attempt
was made to blow the safe in the Sc
curity State Bank at Writ, Ok.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
An American Dice for Franee

Paris, Dec. 26.-Howard Burchard
Lines. graduate OF Dartmouth and
the Harvard Law School, son of DIR.
E., II. Lines of Paris, and volunteer
IN the American Ambulance Corps,
has just died in the Argonne OF acute
pneumonia.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
More Papers Raise Price.

Altoona, Pa, Dec. 23.-The morning
Tribune and the morning Times. as
well as the evening Mirror, all daily
newspapers in Altoona, today an
nounced that beginning January the
price will be two cents a copy
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
MUCH GASOLINE
USED IN KANSAS
The State Consumed ZOOS, $40
Barrels During 1916, Says
Inspectors Report.
BIG KEROSENE CONSUMPTION
Oil Burning Stoves and Tractors Used
652,522 BarreIs-Departmen
Needs More Help.

Topeka.-Kansas consumed more
than 100000 barrels of gasoline dur
ing the last year. Most of it was used
in automobiles. The consumption
amounted to 1,005,840 barrels, accord
ing to the annual report of the state
oil inspector. The state consumed
652,522 barrels of kerosene. A good
portion of this was used for oil-burn-
ing stoves and tractors. The years
consumption of kerosene and gasoline
showed an increase of 225, 282 barrels
over the previous year.
On account of the rapid develop
jment of the oil industry of Kansas
and the increased consumption, State
Oil Inspector Comisky recommends
that his department be enlarged. It
now has a chief inspector and six
deputies. The inspector says it will
take at least twenty deputy inspec-
tors to look after the work on &C
count Of the discovery of the new oil
fields in Butler and Cowley counties.
The inspector says that a fee of 3
cents per barrel will maintain the en-
larged department.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
supreme court declared the oil inSpec-
ton law of 10 cents per barrel uncon-
stitutional few months ago, the in
spection department made $15,718.17
net during the year. The total
amount of unprotected fees collected
aggregated S2S,505.06. while the total
expense of the department was S12,-
1859. Since the law was declared
unconstitutional the refineries have
been paying a voluntary fee Of 1 cent
per barrel for inspection.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
Christmas Fireworks Injured Is.

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. Celebration
of Christmas with fireworks was re-
sponsib1e for most of the rs injured
treated at municipal hospital here.
Similar reports were received from
other southern cities
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
E,Iosion DESTROYED > Hotel.

Mount Holly, N J, Dec 2S--An
aeetylene plant in the cellar Of the
Madison Hotel exploded today ard the
building was destroyed OF the tEen-
weight persons in the hotel at the
time. txenty-three have been rescued.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
Bride Killed in Motor Cycle era,

Waco, Tex, Dec 27=Returning
from a Christmas ride, Mrs. Henry
Thompson, bride OF three weeks, was
killed yesterday when a motor cycle
on which she was riding with her
husband ran into a moving van
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
Sweden May Urge Peace.

Paris. Dec. 26-A Havas dispatch
from Berne says that it is believed in
certain circles there that the Swedish
government is about to approach the
belIigerents on the subject OF peace
in the same way as Switzerland.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
eixes chioaoo u. Eund $50 coo.

: Chicago, Dec. 29-An additional
gift OF 100000 to the new medical
school of the University of Chicago
was announced today by Harry Pratt
Judson, president The name Of the
donor was not made public
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
A Rush to New Oil Field.

: Birmingham, Ala, Dec 26.-More
than twenty oil men are registered at
local hotels from Texas and Oklahoma,
and will leave here tomorrow for Cor
doya, Ala. where they viii visit new
oil fields.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
New Coins out in Ianuarx.

Washington. Dec. 2s.-Tbe new silver
half dollars viii be placed in cireula-
ton January z, treasury officials say,
and the new silver quarters two weeks
later,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
choked 20 peafh q candx-

Kenosha, Wis. Dec 27-Janice
Elizabeth Rush. 4-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rush clicked
to death on a piece Of Christmas
candy yesterday.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
Major Powell CLAYTON Dead

Washington, Dec. 28-Major Powell
Clayton, formerly attached to the gen
eral staff and recently assigned to the
Sixteenth Cavalry on the Mexican Dor
der, died today at Fort Sam Houston,
Tex. from injuries received two weeks
ago.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06

St. Louis, Dec 29-Lafayette s
Fuetterer, a lawyer, was shot and
killed by one of two bandits who held
up a saloon operated by his father
last night Fuetterer was tending bar
for his father, who was i'll
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
Light Crude OH Up to $40.

Dallas. Tex Dec 25--The Magno-
liza Petroleum Company today an
nouneed a 10lcent advance IN light
crude oiIs-to $1-s0 a barrel. Heavy
crudes were advanced five cents.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-06
a Canadian Monastery Rurned-

Montreal, Dec. 2szThe monastery
and chapel of the Trappist Monks at
Okla were destroyed by fire today.
The monastery is famous for the
cheese produced on its farm.