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New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
Y. W. (. A. CAMPAIGN
 NETS LARGE AMOUNT
Fund Goes "Over the Top" to $14,075.15 in
 Four Days.

lover the top" is what the Y. w. c. A. campaigners have done in their four days drive for a fund of $12.0OO for war work. At the close of the campaign las. evening the total re- ceipts amounted to $14,O75.15. Credit for this remarkable showing belongs no more to the energetic and faithful workers than it does to the public whose cooperation has made this, as well as other similar campaigns, Q success.
 Of the several teams which have been at work collecting fun1s, ;hat explained by Miss Katherine Wi!tor secured the largest amount of money. Miss Wilbor and her co-workers col lected a grand total of $2,1O4.20. The winning team among the business gifts collected $355.35 under the direction of Miss A1ce Fitzgerald of tho New Britain Machine Co.
 Following are the team reports for yesterday:
 Subs. Amount
 Mrs. P. B. Stanley.. IS $ 41s.oO Team 2-
 Miss F. Humphrey. 100 537.65 Team B.
 Mrs. Kenneth Sloper. 31 309.5o Team 4-
 Mrs. H. F. Carter. 2e 2s4.75 Team 5-
 Mrs. w. F. Brooks... se 2ss.25 Team G.
 Miss K. Wiibor. COG. 21 3e.oo Team 7-
 Miss E. R. Andrews. 25 2OS.OO Corporations .......... 2,375.00 New Britain Machine. "A 62.50 P. & F Corbin Office. 76 4l.o5 Nortn & Judd. ........ .1OS 41.61 Parker Shirt Co. .... 62.95 Stanley Rule and Level. 72.55 Corbin Screw ......... 12 2O.O0 Russell & Erwin 300 57.25 Iraut & Hine. e......... 12 1000 Stanley Works 200 121,-3 rrumbull Electric Co.,. 25 41.75
 Days total. l..... $4.9s994
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
PURCHASE NEW APPARATUS.
Commissioners Expect to Have New
 Engine Here by March.

NOII1IlllSSlOHCfS TApCSU CO AA0VO NEW
 Engine Here by March.
 The board of fire commissioners to- day closed a contract with thu Maxim Motor Co. for the purchase GA a new piece of fire apparatus,
 Maxim pumping engine. This lU IT combination pump and chema engine and has a capacity of Xos gallons and can pump a stream H4. water with 12O pounds pressure. A new feature of this contract is that the commissioners have the right to- cancel the contract in case the ap-7 paratus does not conform with the tests prescribed by the New England Insurance Exchange
 The price of this piece of apparatus is $6,700 and it is to. be delivered in. 100 working days so that it will ar- rive here in March, it is expected.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
MYSTERIOUS FIRE
 IN BIG WAREHOUSE Used by Government for the Medical Division of Army BELIEVED TO BE INCENDIARY
Chemicals Stored in Buildings Cause Explosions and Only the Five Walls of the Building Arc Standing When Bremen Arrive.

Chicago, Dec. S.-A warehouse re- gently leased by the government for the medical division of the army was destroyed by fire of mysterious origin today. Chemicals among the stores caused number of small explosions.
 The flames burned so fiercely that only the walls of the five story struc ture were standing when tiremen ar rived. The building stood at South Dearborn street and West 10th street.
 Major w. $. Shields and 35 em- ployes fled from the flames. Major Shields said he had no comment to make on suspicious of firemen that incendiaries started the fire.
 Two men acting suspiciously near the ruin were arrested by federal op- eratives. The loss was estimated at $2OO,OO0.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
FURIOUGH WEDDING TRIP

A marriage license was granted today to Private Willard Mark Crandall, attached to the medical corps at Camp Devens, and Miss Sarah Alice Tallersalo, daughter of J.. H. Tallersalo of 12 Cherry street. Private Crandall, whose home is at $50 Park street, is spending short furlough here, which he intends to make into a wedding trip.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
Tcllitcllerin Held.

London, Dec. S.-A note from the British government refusing to re- lease Tchitcherin and Petroff, Rus sian citizens under arrest in England. the Petrograd correspondent of the Times says he understands, was de- livered at the Smolyni Institute, the Bolsheviki headquarters on Thurs day.
 The correspondent adds that the uneasiness of British citizens in Russia is increasing daily and that the consulate in Petrograd is crowded with persons asking protection and advice. Official protection, however, he says, counts for nothing as an at-
 (Continued on Ninth Page.)
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
CRIMINALLY LIABLE.

Bridgeport, Dec. S.-Coroner Phe- Ian today found David Layton crim- inally responsible for the death of Hazel Waterman, who was killed ia an automobile crash at Westport on Dee. 3. Layton is now in jail on . sentence for taking the automobile without permission of the owner.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
DIR. MELVIN DIES.

Washington, Dec. S.--Dr. A. D. Mel- win, chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, and well known as the gov- ernment's foremost figure in combat- ting foot and mouth diseases and oth- CT diseases of cattle, died at his home here last night of pulmonary hemorr- haze He was 55 wears old.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
Repudiate Loans.

London, Dec. 8.-The Bolsheviki government, according to Reuter- de- spatch from Petrograd is preparing a decree repudiating all Russian for eign loans and loans concluded by land banks and railways on govern ment guarantees. Shares of internal loans held abroad also will be repu- diated.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
To Lynch Nick?

London, Dec. S.-The guard sur rounding Nicholas Romanoff, the fol- mer Russian emperor, near TobolsA, Siberia, have been disarmed by Eol- sheviki soldiers and sailors, accord ing to advices received in Petrograd and forwarded by Exchange Tele- graph company. The BolsheViki leaders intend to remove Nicholas to some other place, fearing he might be lynched
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08

M. J. Perry of New York city was badly hurt this morning about S:45 o'clock when he fel from q building
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
RICHARD PORTER.
Hampton Resident Dies at New Brit
 ain General Hospital.

Richard Porter of Hampton, for many years a resident of this city, died this afternoon at the New Britain Gen. 'eral hospital after an illness of about five weeks.
 He Is survived by his wife and son, Fred W. Porter, the we'll known broker. Arrangements for the funeral are incomplete.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
ORDER FOR 4,O0O COFFINS
 TO BURY HALIFAX VICTIMS
ECUADOR BREAKS
 WITH GERMANY

Guayaquila, Ecuador. Dec. 8 Ecuador has severed diplo- matic relations with Germany according to an official com munication by the government today.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
BREAKS BACK IN FORTY FOOT FALL
 OFF STANLEY WORKS BUILDING

ley Works. He fell 40 feet, break ing his back and arms and was rushed to the New Britain hospital His con- dition was said to be serious this after noon. .t
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
AMERICAN DESTROYER GOES l.
 DOWN WITH PART OF CREW
EX.CZAR NICHOLAS ESCAPES

Washington, Dec. 8.-The American consul at Tdis today reported that the former czar ot Russia has escaped. The message contained no de- tails and made it clear there confirmation of the rumor.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
INSANE WOMAN FORMER NUN
Strange Patient at Hospital Is Re- moved to MiddlctOWn Rctreat- Came From New Jersey.

The strange woman who has been at the New Britain General hospital for the past few days, and who has refused to divulge her identity, was removed yesterday afternoon to the Retreat for Insane in Middletown. Through some papers found in her effects, it was learned that the woman was formerly nun in a convent in New Jersey.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
Binding Snowstorm Adds Fresh Terrors to City Stricken With Explosion, Fires and Devastation.
BOTH RICH AND POOR
 CARING FOR INJURED
There Are 2O,OOO Destitute People in the City and Trains Bringing Relief for the Sufferers Arc Halted Be- Cause of Snow and Wind Storm.

Amherst, N. S., Dec. S.-An esti- mate of 4,0O0 persons dead in the Halifax disaster is continued in pri- Vate telegram received from the stricken city by an undertaking firm here. The message asks that 1000 collins be sent forward to Halifax at once
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08

Halifax, Dec. 8.-A binding snow storm. accompanying a gale that at times attained q velocity of more than forty miles an hour, has held this city of dcsolation in it's grasp for the past twenty-four hours, adding new terrors to the aWe-stricken survivors of Thursdays disaster and greatly inn peding the progress of relief trains hurrNinG here from the United States and dominion cities With their urgent lH needed supplies.
 Tho Massachusetts relief train which was due to arrive early today , was stalled in great snow drifts near Amherst late last night and while snow blows were pressed into service to clear the tracks, the progress was so slow that the time of the trains arrival here is problematical. Other rescue trains also arc reported snow bound.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
Will Not Hold Next Conference At PSkoG As Russians Suggested WILL REpUDIATE LOANS
Guards Surrounding Former Car Nicholas DiSarmcd As BolSheviki Soldiers Fearing He May be Eynched Refuses to Release Tchitcllcr,

the temporary armistice agreed upon
 between the Germans and Russians as received here by telegram from M. Karkahan, a member of the Russian delegation who remains in Brest Lit ovsk. agrees generally with previous official statements. The telegram adds, however, that the Germans will make only such transfers of troops as were ordered before Dec. 5. The suggestion of the Russian delegation that the next conference meet at Psk- off was rejected by the Germans.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
from Subma rine Sends Fighting Vessel to Bolton of. the Sea.
THIRTY-SEVEN SAVED
 ON THE LIFE RAFTS

Commander of Vessel Was Brother in. law of Secretary of the Navy Dan- iclS, and Brother of Ensign Worth Baglcy. First American Killed In tho Spanish War.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-08
Fear Baby Deaths.

With every building in Halifax and Dartmouth more or less dama ged by the explosion and fire, men, women and children huddled together as best they could and passed a night of suffering. The chilling wind whistled through smashed windows; there were scarcely blankets enough to cover wounded bodies and many were un- able to obtain food. Fires were al most out of the question and the only lights obtainable were from oil lamps or candles.
 Out of the chaotic conditions, rich and poor have already gladly gathered for the caring of the injured and homeless and accounting for the dead. The Citizens Finance committee es- inmates there arc 10000 destitute people in the devastated area, the ma jority of them from the poorer classes. Nearly 4,OOO dwellings were destroyed, the committee declares, and the ac- tual losses and the estimated cost of temporary maintenance will approX1- mate $3O,OOO,000.
 Perhaps the most serious of the many problems to be met is the food situation. There is enough food in the city for immediate needs but un- less communication is opened soon, the city faces the possibility of fla mine The energies of local relief committees have been centered on the conservation of food and merchants have surrendered all their available supplies for the common need. Milk is almost unobtainable and fears are expressed for the lives of babies in arms unless an adequate supply is assured from outside sources.
 Searching for Bodies.
 In the greater task of caring for the living. no concerted effort is being made at present to compile a list of the dead but hundreds of soldiers, sailors American Jackies and volun- teers are grOping under the mass Of wreckage searching for bodies. The morgues are choked with mangled bodies, many of whom probably never will be identified. Police officials still estimate the dead at more than 1000 and the injured at 5000 and more.
 All hospitals, regular and impro- vised; every available spot is occupied by the wounded. In addition to the Nova Scotia General and Camp Hill hospitals and the intirmary, the Y M. C. A., Knights of Columbus building. St. Pauls hall and public places have been converted into temporary hosp1- tals. Doctors and nurses have worked increasingly since the first hours or the explosion with little or no sleep.
 The Academy of Music, the thea ters and halls of fraternal organ'za- tions have been thrown open to care for the homeless. Private citizens
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-24
Consider the Lilies of the
Field, How They Grow"

The life Of the lily but few weeks or months
The life Of a man is three score years and ten
But to live ones life in its fullness women like
the lily. must be nolrished by those same vital
elements which nature provides for nourishng
every living thing: and these include the valuable
phosphate 50 often lacking in the usual food we
eat today. Argo-P Phosphate is rich in these won
derful elements. II contains them in concentrated
tablet form which is easy to take and quickly
assmated and absorbed into the system. and
from youth to old age. builds and rebuilds body
aud brain in beautiful harmony with Natures
perfect plan. That's why Argo- Phosphate
makes good solid flesh and muscles.
SPECIAL NOTICE: Argo-Phosphate contains
the Natural phosphates which thousands Of ply
sicians are prescribing daily to build up thin.
pale colorless women to give them rosy checks
red lips. and beautiful complexion. Many cases
have been reported where women have increased
their weight from Is to % pounds with a few
weeks treatment, and any woman who desires
well rounded and developed form. should secure
from her druggist. this new drug which is next
pensive and is dispensed by any reliable druggist
with or without doctors prescription. Ifyour
druggist will not supply you. SEMI sl.O0 to the
Argo Laboratories. 10 Forsyth St. Atlanta. Ga,
and they will send you two weeks treatment by
return mail.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-24
Senate Laughs at Story of
Worry About Draft

WASHINGTON. August "a. :
The Senate had a laugh amidst
the consideration Of the food bill
Saturday. Senator Fletcher had
the secretary read an article
from a Waycross, Ga, paper on
Why Worry About the Draft. I"
Here it is; it comes from an At
lanta boy, who had been on the
firing line in France and who
knows what he is talking about:
You have two alternatives
either you are drafted or you are
not. If not you have nothing to
worry about. If you are drafted.
you have two alternatives you
are IN camp or you are at the
front. If you are in camp you
have nothing to worry about. II
you are at the front, you have
two alternatives either you are
held in reserve or you are sent to
the firing line.
IF you are in reserve, you
have nothing to worry about. If
you are sent to the firing line,
you have two alternatives either
you fight or you don't. If you
don't, you have nothing to worry
about.
If you do, you have two al
ternatives either you get hurt
or you don't. If you don't, you
have nothing to worry about. If
you do get hurt, you have two
alternatives either you are
slightly hurt or badly hurt. If
slightly hurt you have nothing
10 worry about. If badly hurt,
you have two alternatives either
you recover or you don't.
If you recover, you have
to worry about. If you
lon't recover, then you are dead
md can't worry.
so what's theuse of worrying
bout the draft?"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-24
What We Are Fighting and
Fighting For
By Herbert Kaufman in Cosmopolitan
Magazine

, By Herbert Kaufman in Cosmopolitan
! Magazine
We are not fighting war,
but War itself. We have nc
quarrel with kings and empires,
but are extirpating the cause Of
every quarrel between all sover-
eigns and sovereignties. This, the
supreme conflict of the ages, is
Democracy's first concerted at
tack upon satrapy and hereditary
privilege by Gods will and the
strength of just arms it shall be
the last.
We, the allied armies of the
Free, are storming the Castle
on the HILL" which alone holds
the highroad against thorough.
fare. No race shall hencelorth
exact toll from Civilization 10
profit It's own despotlc ambitions.
No little state shall again trem-
ble in the shadow OF poitical
ogres. No sea shall ever he vasSal
water 10 a buIly.hag No coming
generation shall raise stalwarts
for cannon-fodder ard drain It's
stores Of wea tn for Gargantuan
ornaments. No power shall laeh-
mail Peace with the bayonet and
defy world-will from behind
hedge Of steel. The ghosts OF
Alexander and Attila must be
aid never stalk hroughanoth-
er century, never TO lead another
people to vandalage.
These things we have resolved
so that reason alone may rule
the universe, that women may
breed worthy sons and deserving
daughters in undertaking wombs,
that opportunity may be weighed
upon indicating scales, that
thought and mercy may control
he hemispheres, and persecution
and barbarity be banished.
This is our Cause: VINO serves
I serves Humanity
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-24

night, especially as he had heard
a great deal Of the town and
wanted an opportunity of look
ing it over. Never again" is
the burden of his song, and a
potential booster for US has been
converted into a hardshell knock
err. Moral Roanoke Rapids
needs a good hotel.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-24

The Pope's peace proposal is
very properly the overture to re-
newed efforts upon the part OF
the Allies to gain the only peace
worth having one accorded to a
Gernanyclubbed intosubmission.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-24

For the drafted men the
War Department announces that
trunks will be taboo, and even
bags and suitcases will be frown-
ed upon when they report for
duty. In other words they want
soldier, not a trousseau.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-24
Preparedness

Of your system against winter
coughs, colds and bronchitis by
enriching and purifying your
blood with Mrs. JOE PERSONS
REMEDY, in use for over 35 years.
At your druggists orwrite Person
Remedy Company, Charlotte, N.
c. Price ST. 90. 3 bottles for 81. rs,
6 for $500. Prepaid.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-24

Hank Mann insists that the
high handed action of the Ex-
emption Board in denying his
application for exemption is 60
ing to get this government into
trouble yeti Hank says he is the
sole husband of a hardworking
wife who will be unable to make
steady time without his advice
and assistance.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-24

Turnips, kale, spinach, collards,
mustard and winter radish may
all be planted now in the spaces
made vacant by playing out Of
the summer vegetables and all
or any of the above crops will be
a great improvement over the
customary crop Of weeds.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-24

The report that the Germans
are converting the merchant
submarine Deutschland into a
war submarine must be interest
ing to all those Americans who
have told about seeing the
Deutschland laid up in an English
river.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-24
Low Temperature.

The lowest .snown temperature ever
observed by competent scientists was
al Werchojausk, Siberia, Jan. Is, 1855
when minimum reading OF minus
eS.4 degrees Fahrenheit was regis.
tered. The monthly mean tempera.
ture for January at Jakutz. Siberia, 10
minus 43.S degrees.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-24

The other day a business man
who lives in Raleigh passed
through here on his car. 1t was
late and rather than attempt to
20 on he stopped over for the
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-24

The man who says he would
rather fight the Germans in this
country than to fight them in Eu-
rope is either a fool or an enemy
propagandist.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-24

1t takes about a million flag
waivers 10 amount 10 half as much
as one man who carries a gun
for his country.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-24

Although the advance of the
Allies on the western front con-
tinues, and the Italians seem to
be gaining heavily in the Carso
REGION of the Alps, the United
States Government still has
trouble with the |. W. w. and
Roanoke Rapids needs a new
hotel.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-24

North Carolina troops will
soon be showing the Kaiser a new
brand of schrecklichkeit.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-24

Soon be Scanty-nayia as far as
Germany is concerned ii Uncle
Sans blockade continues.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-24

Lens was still a triie out Of
focus as we rambled TO press
with this ere page.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-24
The Woman's Friend

Mrs. JOE PERSONS REMEDY i
wonderful record for 80 years as
blood cleanser and tonic. Ask
any druggist or write Person
Remedy Company, Charlotte.
Accept no substitutes. PriceSl. 90.
6 bottles for S.. 90 prepaid.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-08-24
Friday, August "a, 1917

And the next Liberty Loan
will be Five Billion Dollar
baby.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-11
NEWS OF THE SCHOOLS

week
Kathry Kreighbaum has moved.
There we're ten 1905 in arith-
metic this week
Albert Kaun was in Toledo last
week.
We are collecting tinfoil In our
building and number have
brought some.
SKA.
Beulah Fiunand. wilbur Short
was absen,
SENEN-B.
Helen and Charles Emberline en-
tered the z-B on Tuesday.
we are beginning The Court
ship Of Miles Standish" in Itera-
ture.
In geography we Will study Europe
and the British Isles the remainder
of the 'erm.
SENEN-A.
The girls made gingerbread in do
nestle science.
We have painted designs on paper
for our dOilies.
The girls wish for Monday 20
come. Why? Gymnasium.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-11

room.
The story our teacher is reading
10 Us is only a Year and What 1t
brought"
We have t1.74 this week in the
bank.
Those receiving A plus in spelling
are, Anna belle Barr, Christy Fir
rota, William Hosler. Ulysses Roth
boiler and Bernice Dawson.
SEVES-B AND SEVEN A.
In reading we are studying the
Vision OF Sir Launfal." II is very
interesting and we enjoy reading it
very much.
In geography the seven-A's are
reviewing Asia and win start on
Africa next week.
The seventh class is studying
Pilgrims and Puritans and find il
very interesting
wednesday morning we had a
visit from Mr. Nuner. our school
superintendent. We also had a FIRE
drill.
At domestic science we made
baking powder biscuits. The seven
BIS made oatmeal for a breakfast
dish.