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New Britain herald., 1918-08-02

During the baby weighing period
nearly 5000 babies were weighed at
the headquarters established in the
schools of the city. Those who had
charge Of the work had most interest
ing experiences. Babies, ordinarily
good, were not on their best behavior
in some cases when it came time TO
be weighed and others who were nat
urally inclined to be fretty seemed to
enjoy the novelty. The good ones
cOoed and smiled to the nurses in at
tendance.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02

figures will show that tons of babies
live in New Britain.
Much good is expected to come from
the work just completed. The card
histories of the babies will be care
fully studied and they will be fol-
lowed up. Those babies in need of
medical attention to remedy condi-
tons will be classified and the case
will be arranged for and it IS expected
that the generation of children will
be conserved.
The accompanying cut is illustra-
tive of the baby Weighing week CAM
paign.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02

Mr.. Mellen has just filed that he has
come into possession of all Or a part
of the letters, which are the basis of
his petition. 1t is set forth in Mr..
Mellcn's petition:
"F'irst-For five years or more be-
ginning about January !, 1912, the re-
spondent continually absented herself
from your petitioner and his house
hold without the petitioners consent
and sometimes without your petition
er's knowledge, for periods of from
one week to four weeks, to the neglect
Of said household and of the children
Of the petitioner and respondent. -.
Second-On or about September
II, 1917 the respondent left your petit
toner's household and while SO absent
learned that your petitioner had &C
quired possession of certain letters
written by the respondent and has
since remained away from the said
household, from your petitioner and
the petitioners children without fault
on the part Of the petitioner"
1t is further represented in Mr..
Mellen's petition that he desires to
convey real estate in Stocl1bridiye in
the same manner and in effect as if he
were unmarried
While Mr.. McIlen is a legal resident
or New Haven, Conn, he brings the
action in the Berkshire County Court
because he is the owner of Il 400 acre
estate in Stockbridgc, Council Hill.
Have Five Children.
Mrs. Mellen is the railroad mans
second wife. She was Miss Katherine
Floyd Livingston, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs John Livingston of Brooklyn,
and was married to him November IS.
1898. They have five children,
Katherine Mellen, 81. who is said to
be with her mother in New York, and
Raymond, Amory, Candace and PTis-
clla. who are with Mr.. Mcllen at
Stockbridge. The ages Of the other
children range from 20 to II years.
Mr.. Mellen is 81, and MIS-. Mellen
Is AS. His attorney in New York is
j Ohm w. Grim. The papers were filed
by Walter C. Kellogg of the firm of
Hawkins, Ryan & Kellogg. Mrs Mel
len is represented by Warner e Barker
of PittsfieId in the entry of an appear
ance in the case.
The case will come before Judge
Edward T. Slocum probably in Sep
tember
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02
In Fighting 'Iogs

Captain Alfred II. Griswold of
Shuttle Meadow avenue, this city,
who is now in France with the
102d L. S. Infantry and who has
already been awarded the Dis
tinguished Service Cross for
bravery in the Battle of Seiche-
prey on April 20, in which he was
wounded after he had killed four
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02

Germans single handed and rail-
he'd his men for the final charge
that drove the enemy heller skel-
ter from the town, is q veteran Of
the Spanish-American war, and
the Mexican border disturbances.
lie was formerly captain of Com
pany l, First Connecticut Infan-
try, but when the 1920 Infantry
was organized he was placed IN
command Of another company.
The accompanying picture of
captain Griswold, lately received
by his wife, was taken in the Am
erlcan camp near Seicheprey only
a short time before the famous
battle,
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02
GIRL HIT BY TRICK

y girl about years old, whose
name was not obtained, was struck
by an auto truck driven by John f.
O'Dell for George Dobson, on East
Main street yesterday. She ran in
front Of the auto and was knocked
down. He iniuries were not sarinns
New Britain herald., 1918-08-02

ganizing a corner in them. He also
emphasized that as a result Of the
war, SO far as the present British
Government was concerned, the prin-
ciple that we are one empire and
that there shall be preference within
that empire is esta bIished."
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-04-05
The Great Week,

Monday. March %. 1874. 1914 years
ago. marks the anniversary Of the first
day cf wha, has sine" boon called tho
"Er,a, Week" Of Napulcon's down
fall. Il began with the advance of tho
then nllics. England, Russia. Austria
and Prussia. on Paris. while Napoleon
no Longer Europc's mighty monarch,
stood at bay against the world. VI
ended. that memorable week. on the
last day " March. when the allies
made their triumphal entry into Paris.
When the armed hosts Of the allies
ct gu, for Paris on March 81, 1914
all negotiations for peace had bren
broken oil. and the enemies of Narol.
ron had announced 'ha, they would M
longer treat with him as an emperor
bu, would pursue him n an outlaw, q
lmalcrrc,or and n dis'uihcr ~ III,
worlds peace. For the prord and inn
NERVOUS man whose will had 81 latolS
hccn IN wfor all Europe, the Great
| Week" was one of bitterness. The
worst was vet 10 comc--thc Danish
mcnt 10 Fila. Waterloo and 81. Hell
cna. Earlier IN the month, Mt Chau
mont, Lord Cas,"rlcagh's treaty ~
alliance had bourd together the forl
great powers In n war To the dealt
arains, Napoleon. The latter wa
| given fortnight Ia accent the pro-
posa calling for n reduction Of III,
empire % the original limits al
France. In case ~ refusal he was {,
be deemed an outlaw. nnd the nation
banded themselves together 10 hunt
him down.
Napoleon rejected IN" proposal NJ
tho allies with scorn and on the 2atf
Of March the stage was all set for thu
last act and the dramatic spcctacl'
called the "Ircat Week"
shortly before noon IN the first da,
Of the advance the allies came up will
the columns Of Mor,icr and Mnrmount
and swept them into the discard. Fac
thod's national guarhsmcn were slash
ed Ia pieces. The Cossacks made ;
dash for Napolcon's headquarters, an'
came so close the empcror's horse wa
shot from under him, His Polish Ian
GERS saved NAPOLEON from capture. \
Grand-Farcy the brilliant Ncy fough
in vain to stay the enemy, Equal!
futile was Friant's sacrifice Of the In
pcrial Guards. Napoleon tried to taxi
the enemy on the rear. lie was out
wlttcd, and before he realized that h
had been dupcd. the main body of III
allies was two marches ahead Of hin
on the way to Paris.
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-04-05
Treatment for Worms in Hogs.

The popular opinion that soda I've
possesses preventive and remedial
properties against worms and other in
festival parasites has, by recent ex-
pertinent carried out by the United
States Department of Agriculture,
been proven false. Hogs were fed
soda lye for a period of two and one
half months and, according to the re-
port, the extent Of infestations I'M
creased during the course OF the ex-
pertinent.
The department further points out
that since soda lyc has no effect on
parasites in the comparatively simple
digestive tract Of hogs. in the complex
alimcntary canal Of cattle and sheep
it, opportunities to influence parasites
Is further lcssencd.
4 safe and effective hog tonic and
worm remedy is offered by the Uni-
vcrsity Of Missouri College of hgri-
culture: Sal soda, pounds: Glaub.
cr's salts, pounds; coppcras, !
pounds; sulphur, ! pound; charcoal, 4
pounds: and common salt. 3 pounds.
Mix thoroughly and keep in a trough
in q conveniently dry place. When the
herd Is seriously infested with worms
il IL well to use santonin. q grains;
calomcl. grains. per hundred pounds
weight of hog. Feed in thin slor
after hogs have had no feed Cor day
or two. In the event santonin cannot
be obtained. satisfactory results may
he expected from finely powdered
copper sulphatc, at tho rate of lcvc
,caspoonful to hundred pounds
weigh, Of hog: given IN the manner
recommended for the use Of the san
tonin and calomcl.
| II is advisable To coniinc the hogs
| for n period Of two days following th,
administration Of the drug. In rather
limited quarters apart from the reg
ular hog lots. After the hogs are re
leased from the pen the live worms
and eggs expelled by the treatment
may be destroyed by strong stool
dip solution or "a coating OF frcshl,
Stacked limo. To prevent rc-infcs,ation
II II u good practice 10 pillow tn
hog lots and SOW TO rape or other for
age crops, at least once during the sea
son. An abundance of Wholesome for
aye Il thus procured and the frcsl
soil surface furnishes conditions NJ
most equal in cleanliness to that Of
new hog lot.
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-04-05
Cotton in the War.

A twelve.inch gun disposcs Of n
half bale of cotton with every shot
fired.
A machine gun in operation Will
use up bale in three minutes.
In n naval battle, like the one off
Jutland, from five to six thousand
pounds a minute are consumed by each
active warship.
II takes more than twenty thou
sand bales a year to provide absorb
ent Gotten to staunch and bind the
wounds of the injured.
One hundred thousand bales will
be required to equip the proposed
aeroplanc fleet IL cotton, as may be
necessary, supplants linen for wings.
One change Of apparel for all the
been law for all Europe, the "Great
sents more than a million bales,
The United States is now turning
nearly a million bales year into en-
plOsives alone.
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-04-05
Seven Seats Vacant.

The death Of Representative Rob
crit II. Caldwell, of Lewis county, q
few days ago brings the seventh va
cancy in the membership Of the Cen
eral Assembly The members who
have died's Senator Thomas Whit
ledge, Ste. Genevieve county; Repre-
sentative Ben +. Stuart, Buchanan
county; Representative II. c. Haessler,
st. Charles county; Representative r.
Il. Caldwell, Lewis county. Those
who have made vacancies by joining
the national army are Senator s. w.
Bates, Jasper county; Representative
II. W. Bridges, Cape Girardcau coun-
~; Representative Chas. r. Dubois,
st. Joseph.
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-04-05

-"Billy" Hoosic, Of this city, en-
listed last week as a motor machinist.
Pauline, the four-year-old daugh-
ter Of Ed Fancher, Is q very sick child.
-Lost--Chaufeur's license tag No.
4857. Finder please return to Jabors
Welton.
For Sale-About $50 bushels Of
good seed oats. Call ON or address Fred
L. Davis. Oregon. No.. Route 2.
Miss Lucy Ellen Brown, Of Fort.
escue, came home from the Rockford
Illinois, college for the Eastertide.
Tho Smileage Books have been
left On sale at Phillips' Drug Store
Help entertain the soldier boys BY
sending them one.
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-04-05

-Lost-License number 93529.
Finder please return to Wilbur Steven
son.
The Junior Alliance will meet at
the Evangelical church, Sunday after
noon, at $3.50. Alice Babb Is the lead
err. All juniors Invited.
Miss Anna J. Fiegenbaum, Of st
Joseph, was here over Easter with heI
sister, Mrs. Tom Curry, and little
niece, Miss Edna Rayhill.
James Brohan and wife, Of Con-
ception Junction, are Waiting hsre
with his parents, Hugh Brohan md
wife. Of the Mayfower district.
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-04-05
Zellcr Place.

Eight-room house, one-half block Oft
square, large lot, paved street, city
water, large barn, ETC.; cost $500.
Make me your best offer. Also sew
eral lots in Mound City and elsewhere.
rms,improved and unimproyed; land
and town property. Will make an at
tractive price on any or all for quick
cash sale. Address owner, H. +. War
ner, 904 Scarritt Bldg, Kansas City,
NO., or z. r. Greene, Oregon, Mo.
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-04-05

John Snspp, Of the Bluff City dis
trict, Is happy over the presentation
to him, on Tuesday, April 2, Of q fine
baby girl. DR.. Hogan was present,
and made the presentation speech.
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-04-05

Miss Merl Russell, stenogrspher
for the st. Joseph Light and Power
Company, visited for . day Or two the
past week with her friend, Miss oren
Helt.
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-04-05

John King, who IL now brskeing
ON the Burlington out OF st. Joseph,
spent a couple Of days last week, Wis.
iting his pa and ma, Jacob King and
wife.
The Holt County sentinel., 1918-04-05

"'NUiF '"'' 'sssss sssssss -.
Members transferred to school. =
withdrawn for various reasons. :
Cash paid into school treasury. .$i2.l2
Cash rcc'd from school supplies $3.50
Our Motto: "Do good as you have
opportunity: render assistance where
eyer nrrarl"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

a man who has never held a political
office except that of member of the
Reichsrat, is a statesman because Of
his ideas. Ideas, high sense of the
Importance of ethical values, fearless
ness, willingness to support unpopu-
lar causes, modesty which leads him
to gain his ends through the activities
of others-these are some of the char
acteristics which have placed Masaryk
at the head of the Austrian revolu-
tionary movement. By temperament he
is realist and Liberal. He looks
for the facts and faces them in prac-
tical way. He founded the Bohemian
Realist party, that of the intellectuals.
His Liberal tendency was guided by his
wife, a daughter of Rudolph Garrique,
Of Brooklyn, founder of a we'll known
New York insurance company. He
met her, it is said. in Leipsc, where
he was university student and study
ing music. AS token of his affection
for her, he adopted her family name
as his own middle name. She gave
him an insight into American institu-
tions and led him into an appreciation
of their value to humanity For forty
years he taught the principles of the
American Declaration of Independence
beneath the shades of the University of
Prague.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

Jugo-Slavs inside and outside the mon
archy. These forgeries were far too
gross to have deceived the merest
child, and when Professor Masaryk on
the floor of the Austrian delegation
branded the guilty diplomatist as a
second Azov, the spy and agent provo
cateur, the Foreign Minister remained
seated in no less guilty silence"
The qualities which won the Juro.
Slavs to his standard were illustrated
IN MS own feeling toward Supilo when
he summed UP for the defence of that
leader in the Friedjung trial with the
words,
For him I would lay both my hands
in the fire."
While a member of the Reichsrat
Masaryk went far toward bringing the
representatives Of the oppressed peo.
pies in that body into agreement Of
action. His success is indicated by
the difficulties which the Austrian gov.
eminent encountered when it convened
the body after three years Of war
only TO dissolve it again recently ir
the hope of saving the Hapsburgs anc
the government from ignominy ane
revolution.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

plains it conquered them, then to-
gether with the subjugated enemies
fought Attila, whose hordes sheltered
behind their walls of earth-the fore
runner of the present Huns trench
tactics.
They are worthy wives and mothers
OF those heroic Lorraine soldiers who
bore the brunt of the first shock and
who, after having brought the hope of
France into the annexed provinces,
saved by their bravery, French Lor-
ralne from too long occupation by
the enemy The mothers had gone
through the horrors Of the defeats in
lo1o-l87l, the daughters had been
brought up with the thought that some
day "the Land of the Empire" would
come back to the motherland They
were not surprised at the war; to those
on German territory it seemed to
herald deliverance. Like the fathers,
brothers, husbands, sweethearts who
had left, they mobilized them selves to
shower their hearts joy and gladness
IN gifts upon the soldiers who came
so gallantly to the sound of the MAR
selllalse," or the song of the "Sambre
ct Meuse." Nothing was too good, too
precious for those young heroes who
took part in the fights which will go
Oc".' w PootcIIty hB some OF Cne most
glorious exploits of the war.
They had known we'll, during the
forty-four years of anguish and de-
ferred hope, with loving counsel and
sympathy to keep up the fame of hope
in the hearts Of their men. Any sacri-
fice now seemed az naught to them.
Flowers, wine, choe olate, the choicest
fruit, all Shey cherished, all they pos
sessed, thNy brought 1t to our petits
.oldats, az they passed along the road.
The heroic dash in German territory
was broken at Morhange, and darker
days even than those which went be-
fore have come to Lorraine. But their
women have not lost faith. Few of
our soldiers who we're in that opening
campaign will come back, but those
who do will always remember the un-
speakablc JOY they brought to the peo-
Pile and the welcome which greeted
them. Nor do the women forget those
hours of mad exultation. There are
sons. fathera, brothers, husbands who
will never come back. but France re-
mains, and those women have decided
that she shall be delivered.
Like Jeanne dare. they feel that la
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

upon the oppressed peoples Of Austria
Hungary On April a Jew by the
name Of Leopold Hilsner, was dis
charged from an Austrian penitentiary
at the conclusion of a period of con-
finement of nineteen years. The crime
with which Hilsner was charged and
OF which he was convicted was the
murder of nineteen -year-old Chris
tian girl, whose body was found In a
little grove near the town Of Polna,
in Southeastern Bohemia. 1t was
clearly indicated that the motive for
the crime was q desire to hide another
crime, that of rape. The fact that the
victim had a large cash on her neck
was Immediately seized upon by the
anti-Semitic agitators as a proof that
the young woman was murdered for
the purpose of securing her blood for
ritualistic purposes. The yellow
press, especially the pan-German
papers, exploited the affair and there
was grave danger of Jewish "pogroms.
Professor Masaryk was the only man
who opposed the clamor. After a pains
taking examination of the evidence he
was able to prove that the crime was
certainly not one for obtaining blood
for ritualistic purposes. He also dis.
proved the primitive notion which was
the basis of the charge. The reaction
ary press and anti-Semite agitators
turned against him, insinuating that
he had been bribed by rich Jews. The
courts indicted him for interfering
with the due process of law. His
attachment of the Jews throughout the
country.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
ried Teacher
OF Slav Youths

Prague has long been the chief CEN
ire of Slav literature and learning.
The university is one Of the oldest in
Europe. Hither come the youth of all
the Slav regions of Austria Hungary.
Before Masaryk's time the ideals of
Slav unity were linguistic and literary.
They were the visions of dreamers.
Masaryk taught the later generations
for period of forty years to face
facts as they were. AS the political
pressure grew greater he preached free
dom and democratic forms of govern
ment. Political ideals were emphasized
after the war broke out, when all Slavs
began to change their orientation and
work for political union and democratic
forms.
Masaryk's character and teachings
drew young men toward him. They
came from every Slav region. Through
a period of forty years he sowed mod
ern philosophical and political ideas
throughout the Slav world of Austria
Hungary.
His courage strengthened his grip
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Wins Leadership
OF Southern Slavs

Upon his election to the Reichsrat
in 1907 he won the following of the
South Slavs through his support and
leadership of their cause. He boldly
criticised the bureaucratic policy Of
Austria toward the Serbo-Croats Of
Bosnia and rallied all his Slav COL
leagues around him. This was one Of
the steps leading to the general recogni-
tion of DR.. Masaryk as leader of all the
oppressed peoples of Austria. He cre-
ated q sensation in Europe through his
speech revealing Magyar tyranny in
Croatia. His speeches exposing the
forgeries upon which Aerenthal based
his Bosnian policy, and which nearly
led to war upon Serbia ten years ago
were astonishing in their daring and
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

day Of awakening. and beside them
some of the finest sons of America,
who were the first to answer Frances
call for help. They nobly fulfilled
their mission and, Graded by the soft
starlit nights of the land for which
they died, its earth weighs lightly on
their last resting place.
Perhaps the attack was widest here,
because Germany felt less secure in
Lorraine than it did in Alsace, which.
with the exception of Belfort and its
territories, forms in its entirety part
of the Reichslaender. AS to Lorraine,
France, by the Treaty of Frankfort
on-Main in 1871, surrendered only part
Of the department of the Meurthe and
that of the Moselle. What remains
forms to-day the department OF
Meurthe and Moselle, with Nancy as
capital. In any case, tremendous
German effort was put forth against
Nancy, Pon't-a- Mousson and the poor
little village of Amance.
They Tried to Join
The Mother Country
On July 30. 1914, and the succeeding
days, youths and men-even those who
had been through the campaign of
1901 endeavored to cross the
frontier and enlist in France. The
enthusiasm of those first hours was in
describable. With that faith which
moves mountains, they saw themselves
already united to the great mother
family. In two days only old men,
women and children were left, for
those who were too late to escape had
to serve in the German army. and had
also gone.
Yet even many of these were true to
France, as far as in them lay. A story
is told OF young Lorraine recruit
whose Trench-born. mother had brought
him up in the secret love for her
patrie. He was swept into the Ger
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Checking Another
Austrian Move

Aerenthal Foreign Minister of Aus
tria, furnished to Heinrich Friedjung,
Austria's leading historian, formi-
dable array of documents" purporting
to establish corrupt completely between
the Serbo-Croat leaders in wide
spread. revolutionary plot. This was
supposed to have been organized by
the Serbian government in Croatia and
Bosnia. On the day fixed by the Aus
trian staff for final rupture with
Serbia the first instalment of Fried
jung's revelations" appeared in the
"Neue Freie Presse." AS it CHANGED,
on that very day Russia yielded to
the demonstrations of William II of
Prussia, and the danger Of a Euro
pean war was temporarily removed
The news reached Vienna SO late that
night that Aerenthal was unable to
stop the publication of Friedjung's first
instalment. 1t was the expectation
of the government to follow the publ
cation with the execution under mar
tial law of Supilo and other Serbo-
Croat leaders. The preservation of
peace put the shoe on the other foot
and these leaders brought libel suit
against DR.. Friedjung.
"The amazing revelations of the
Friedjung trial." said Seton Watson
recently, "cast an indelible stain upon
Austria's diplomacy, and afford crush
ing proof of her bad faith toward
Serbia. For the documents upon
which the defence relied were proved
(by Masaryk) to be impudent forgeries,
concocted by officials of the Austro-
Hungarian Legation in Belgrade, and
supplied en- gros, with the connivance
of the minister, to the Foreign Office
in Vienna for the purpose of poisoning
the wells of public opinion against