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New Britain herald., 1918-02-15
HIBBARD FINED $500
FOR MANSLAUGHTER
New Britain Youths Auto Killed Two
Bicyclists in Branford Last
Summer.
Summer.

New Haven, Feb. 15.-Bennett
Hibbard, of New Britain, whose auto
mobile killed two men at Branford
last fall, Was fined $500 on a charge
of manslaughter in superior court to-
day. The men were riding bicycles.
Hibbard claimed that a New York
machine just ahead knocked the men
off their wheels before he struck
them.
Paul Goebel, aged II, who killed
Arthur Bishop in Hamden while
driving a machine last fall was also
fined $500. He was taking a girl
friend out to ride in another man S
machine. Judge Bennett said the
state was about as much to blame for
having laws under which a child may
drive an automobile.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15
VERNON CASTLE IN
DEATH DIP IN TEXAS
Famous Dancer Killed While Max
Ing Flight at Fort Worth
CAPTAIN Tn ENGLISH CORPS
Exploits During $50 flights Over Ger
man Line Placed Name on Hero
Roll-franl1 Brown Turner, Yale
1917S, Killed in France

Fort Worth, Feb. 15.-Captain Yer
corps was killed this morning while
flying Is miles west of here
Castle had made over $50 flights
over the German lines and was the
hero of many exploits in the war
zone. His work had been especially
brilliant on the Flanders front and
covered 81 period of nine months. He
came to Fort Worth last October
along with Lord Wellesley,
Gave Life Saving Another.
Castle, in trying to avoid u cadet
sWerVed his machine beyond his cou-
troll, fell and was unable to right him.
self. The cadet was an American, but
was being instructed by the British.
The accident occurred near the Ben
brook field. The cadet was unin-
jured.
Castles plane was near the ground
and he was in the front seat instruct
ing a pupil, instead of in the rear
where the instructor usually rides.
Had he occupied the rear seat he
would not have been injured. When
he saw the danger of the collision with
the approaching plane, Castle under
TOOK what aV1aCOrS know as an I'M
melman turn. The plane failed to re-
spond and he was killed instantly.
Castles pupil was r. Peters. His
only injury was a black eye. Castle
belonged to the Eighty fourth Royal
Flying Corps squadron.
The plane was only so feet above
the ground and was going rapidly
The machine with which the collision
was threatened was just rising.
The Immelman turn, in which Cap
tain Castle met his death, was named
after Lieut.. Imm elman, the German
flyer, who downed many Allied air
planes before being shot down him.
self according to flying officers.
''It is a combination turn and twist
while diving,' said an aviation Off
GER ''Captain Castle evidently tried
to dive under and around the other
machines but was too close to clear
his own
Castle was wounded but once in
the Allied service and then but slight
lN. His flying in and about Fort
Worth, was as famous as his dancing
for his spectacular movements in the
air and thousands of soldiers had
civilians spellbound day after day.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15
GRAIN STEAMER AND TEN OF CREW
SWALLOWED BY MID-OCEAN WAVES

New York, Feb. 15.-Ten men Of
the officers and crew of the British
steamer Miguel de Larrinaga of nearly
5000 tons perished in mid-ocean on
February 6, when the vessel foun-
dered. A cargo of grain bound for
France went down with the snip.
A British Warship rescued p men
who had taken to small boats, and
some Of these survivors arrived here
by rail today from a Newfoundland
tort.
The I.arrinaga's captain, e. Will
iams: his chief officer, r. S. Marn,
nnd his second officer and It gunner
and &ix sailors sacrificed thcir lives
because In" small boats were not
large cnouEh ia hold alt on board
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15
Yale Aviator Killed in France

New Haven, Feb. 15.-A cablegram
received at Yale last night state q that
First Lieut. Frank Browne Turner,
Yale 1917S of Wicomo, Md, was
killed by an airplane fall in France
on February 8. Turner left college
before his senior year ended, joined
the New York naval militia and was
transferred to the aviation section of
the signal corps. The announcement
of his death is the first word the Yale
war record bureau had had that ne
had crossed the sea.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15
DECISION AGAINST CLARK
Attorney O'Connell Wins Suit for
$1.1OO for Legal Services Brought
in Litigation Over Will

chat Judge Edwin Il. Gager. presiding
III the superior court mas handed
down 4 decision III favor or the plain
tilt in the case Of Attorney Timothy
O'COnnen Of New Haven against
Joseph II. Clark of this city for
$1,1OU
Attorney O'Conneu brought action
against Clark after he had repre-
sented the latter in litigation brought
against the admission Of the report
Of the commissioners appointed by the
probate court on the estate Of the late
Brld%Ct Clark.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15

The following exploratory state
Doapd: %snt was issued by h' War Trade
THE president has today issued
two proclamations which will become
effective tomorrow. The purpose and
effect of these proclamations are to
subject to control by license the en-
tire foreign commerce of the United
States and from and after February
Is, 1918, no comm modities may be ex-
ported from this country or imported
into this country except under license
THE transportation of our armies
to France and the maintenance of a
continued float Of the supplies and
munitions needed to maintain them
in fighting trim, require the use Of
every ton of shipping which can pos
sibly be devoted to these purposes
'"The promuIgation of these two
proclamations does not mean an en-
barge on exports or prohibition of
imprts, but places in the hands of
the president the power to regulate,
which he will exercise through the
War Trade board and the treasury
departm ment. This power will be
exercised with the single purpose Of
winning the war.
"-As heretofore licenses of the ex-
port or import Of coin, bullion, cur
rency, evidences Of debt or of own
ership of property and transfers OF
credit. Will be issued by the treasury
department.: licenses for all other ex-
ports and imports, including mer-
chandise. bunkers, ships supplies,
etc, will be issued by the War Trade
board"
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15

lll( % have been reached at
conference at imperial headquarter,
| dispatches from Holland say.
Ihe conference was attended bI
Emperor William, Chancellor voI
Hertling, Field Marshal Won HindenI
burg, General Won Ludendorff Foreig
Secretary Won Kuehlmann and Others
The no war, but no peace plan oH
Leon Tritzky, the Bolshevik foreic
minister was rejected at the conferz
ence. according to the Amsterdam
correspondence of the Daily Express&
and as Trotzky does not want peacd&
he will get war.
Invasion of Great Russia, it is add
ed, will continue at any rate unit
Petrograd is occupied by Germa B
troops
A dispatch to the Daily News f..or
Rotterdam says the Germans take tn
view that Trotzky's declaration
though it did not end the war, auto
matlcally ended the armistice. (Th
armistice expired February 14). Th :
Germans now consider that they hay|
free hand and mean to use the OIL
portunity.
This, according to the corrcspoI
dent, does not mean necessarily iii;
the Germans will l1nme ediate!y try
reach Petrograd, but more proba5
that they will support Ukraine
force Of arms. The Germans, he sls
are working on an active propagand
in the Ukraine for the purpose OF SUI
gesting to the Rada that the new sta
is endangered by the Bolshcviki.
is declared this is all part of Ge
manY's scheme for breaking up IL
former Russian empire with q view
extending her own power and inf
cncc over the new states of whom
is posing as a, protector.
II is certain the Bolsheviki arc no
moving troops against the Ukraine,
Berlin dispatch to the Koeiniscl
Nolks Zeitung says, and the Centr
Powers do not intend to allow then
selves thus to be robbed of the frui
of their lately concluded peace. I'll
newspaper adds that it probably IN IS
been decided at the conference at in
perial headquarters to resume oper;
tions on the northern Russian fro1
for the protection of the Ukraine"
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15
MISS HUMPHREY AT DEVENS


is in charge of the Hostess House at
Camp Devens, Aver, Mass. She re-
ports that splendid work is being
done in that cantonment, it being only
one example of the extensive good
that the Young Women's Christian
Association is doing throughout this
country.
1t is at these Hostess Houses that
the soldiers of the cantonments can
meet and entertain their guests and
where those same guests are sure Of
q welcome. One day last week the
house alone received 1000 guests
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15
DOUBLE HANGING
Murderer Of Payroll Guards and
Slayer of Policeman Swing from
Same SCanOld at Chicago.

Chicago, Feb. 15.-Edward Wheed,
who killed two persons in a payroll
robbery here last summer, and Harry
Lindcrum convicted of the murder of
a policeman, were hanged today from
the same Scaffold.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15
SpRJNGFvETD AUDITORIUM
BARRED TO TEJ'EoNS IN
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

Springfield, Mass, Feb. 10
The board of city property
voted unanimously last night
not to allow the use of the
auditorium in q schedule con-
cert by the Boston symphony
orchestra. "unICss the mem
bers Of this orchestra who are
citizens of Germany or Aus
tria- Fl ungary are eliminated
for this OCCASION" 1t is un-
derstood the orchestra includes
% Germans and eight Aus
trians. The board is willing
to accept the orchestra man
agement's statement that DIR.
Karl Muck is Swiss and to
allow him to appear.
Boston, Feb. 15.-Although
Dr. Muck was born in Ger
many, according to a represen-
tative Of the Boston Symphony
orchestra, his parents early
removed to Switzerland and
his father became a Swiss citi-
zen. When DR.. Muck became
of age, it was stated. he took
out Swiss citizenship papers
for himself. The Swiss lega-
ton at Washington has de-
clinod to make any comment
as to DR.. Nucl1's status.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15
ARMS FOR FINLAND
SEIZED BY SWEDES
Large Quantities of Cartridges and
Stockholm.


London, Feb. 15.-Great quantities
of arms and munitions bound for
Finland have been seized in the har-
Dor of Stockholm, the Social Demok-
raten Of Stockholm says, according to
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Copenhagen. Half a million cart
ridges, it is said, were delivered there
to the order of an alleged private in
dividual. The workmen at the YES
teras factory have informed the gov
ernment that they will stop work if
expectation of munitions is permitted
Stockholm, Feb. 15-At the request
of the Swedish government, M. Borov-
sky, the Bolshevik representative
here, Will leave for the Aland Islands
today OH board a warship to induce
the Russian soldiers there 10 stop
their acts of violence against the IN
habitants The Russians also VIII DC
asked to leave the islands on s"eolSh
vessels
Vessels OF a rescue eXpeo1uoh sent
there by Sweden, have sent d Wire
less disnatch that all is we'll at Elk
aroo ono of the largest of the islands
4 sorond rescue expedition TO Fin
land 77a. lcft Maentylutko with pas
scn~ers for Sweden.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15
RUSSELL HITS AT
i. S. COAL BOSSES
Criticizes Alleged Inactivity Of
Officials at Nations Capital
CRISIS ON RAILROADS
Sharp Statement Issued by State 1ueI
AdnliniStratOr-StoTT DCfCS Gar"
field in Request to Keep Factories
Supplied With Coal

field in Request to Keep Factories
Supplied With Coal.
Hartford. Feb. 15.-Reasons why
the Monday closing order IS contlhued
in Connecticut and other New Eng
land states We're given by THOMAS w.
Russell, United States fuel adminlstra-
tor for Connecticut, IN a statement
made public this morning. In TINS
statement Mr.. Russell expressed the
hope that the situation in New Eng
land would make such an impression
on officials at Washington that 1t
would be unnecessary to continue the
''heatless Mondays" beyond next week.
"For- over six months Mr.. Russell
said, 'the New England admlnlstrt}-
tors have been trying to make wash
ington realize that we are racing a
coal shortage. our efforts, which nal
included conferences with PRESIDENT
Wilson and other officials in high po-
sitions, were not successful in Se@uf-
ing relief.
"Receipts of coal in Connecticut
during the first II days Of this month
were insufficient to take care OF the
dailv needs of domestic consumers
and public utilities without allowing
any coal for manufacturing purposes.
"It, therefore, seemed necessary to
continue to effect all possible saving
of fuel so as to prevent a shutdown
for any considerable period of the
nublic utilities and manufacturing
plants as well as to prevent the posi-
bilitv of famine and prevent more
serious shortage in the domestic sltu-
alton.
Railroad Supplies Small.
4"The Maine Central railroad has
sufficient coal on hand to last only
about eight days. The Boston and
Maine road has a supply sufficient TOR
only - days, and is using l,30O tons
a day above the amount it receives.
As a consequence, the Boston and
Maine is borrowing from the New
Haven road 25 cars of coal day,
which means that the New Haven
road may be brought to the danger
point in q very short time. II TINS
should happen it would follow that
the New Haven road would nave 10
commander coal cars on It's HneS
right and left, regardless of the con-
sequences to public utilities, retall
dealers, and others. This would, OF
course result, in untold hardships to
the general public.
cit is my firm hope that the hard-
ships entailcd in business and the
employees of business in CONNECTICUT
due to Washington's inaction may
make sufficient impression upon
officials at Washington within the
next few days SO that it will be un-
necessary to continue the Monday
closing beyond next week"
Mr.. Russell sent the following tele-
gram today to Federal Fuel Admins
TRAITOR Garfield:
monday closing extended in Con-
necticut due critical coal shortage
Since February 1 receipts in Connec-
ticut inadequate for daily consump-
ton dom este and public utilities
leaving none for factories. Earnestly
pray you take measures shipment
more bituminous coal to Connecticut
Immediately, otherwise many more
government factories will Close
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15

CONTINUED on Fifteenth raSo).
New Britain herald., 1918-02-15

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16

professed to feel little concern even If we did.
 According to some of the German ofri- cers with whom I spoke, even if we landed 2,Ooo, 900 men in France, it would not be enough to break the deadlock. as the Germans were taking a similar num- Der of trained troops from the Russian front The only menace of American par ticipation in the war lay in the possibil- ity that we night add considerably to the allied air strength. Man power alone, they contended, would never be sufficient to helr the allies much. but overwhem- ing superiority in the air might occasion the Germans some annoyance.
 The Kaiser himself had but. poor opinion Of the fighting qualities of the American soldier so far as modern war requirements are concerned
 "The American soldier would
 possibly give good account of
 himself in open fighting., he de-
 cIsred. "but he is not built for the
 kind of warfare he will encounter
 in France. He lacks the stolidity
 to endure life in the trenches. He
 is too high-strung and couldn't
 stand the inactive life which is
 such an important part of modern
 warfare. Besides he lacks the dis
 cipline md trained officers.s
 The Kaiser's views on these points serve to explain the confidence he felt and displayed up to the time saw him last, but so much has happened within the few months that have since elapsed that I cannot believe he feels the same way today He must realize now that he was wrong when he said we won't be able to raise a great army, he was wrong when he said we wouldn't be able to get enough ships to ferry them across. he was wrong when he said his U-boats would prevent their landing in France and he was wrong when he said our men would . not he able to adapt themselves to modern warfare, With 1000, 900 men on the firing line today and enough ships built or building to carry across within the year another million and a half now under arms. the power of America must present to the Kaiser a very different aspect that 1t ever bore, and his arrogant spirit must be waver- ing now that he realizes what a vast mistake he made when he forced the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16

advertising. flood the market with a world of worthless limitations. Since the initator claims just as much for his imi- tation as the originator can for his in- vention, it becomes very hard for the public to differentiate between the two
 The manufacturers of Plant Juice. the new herbal stomach remedy, are sate- guarding their preparation by novel means, and are only using voluntary tes- timonials from people in the vicinity in which they live, so that the public cannot sbe deceived.
 Mir H. c. Freeman. who resides at Wy lam, Ala and is one of the best known men in this section of the country. own ing large farm, where he has lived since 1876. said:
 For years l have been great sufferer from stomach trouble: had indigestion and dyspepsia so bad that could hardly keep the lightest kind of food in my stomach; it would ferment and cause gas to form there. and I was badly bloated; l was so nervous l could not sleep at night and got very weak. I felt melan- choly and blue and had no ambition or energy to do my work. l would feel just as tired when I got up in the morning as whenAl went5t to bed at night Nothing : helped mo until started to take your Plant Juice Now I am feeling in the best of heaith; I have no more pains. sleep fine and feel that l can honestly recommend Plant Juice to others for what it has done for me"
 The Plant Juice Man is at Norton's Drug Store. corner of Second avenue and Twentieth street, where he is daily meet ing the local public. and introducing and explaining the merits of this remedy. Free samples xiven.-Ad Ady.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16

When Germany's man power was mobilized, no one in Germany believed it would be very long before they would all be back and every effort was made to make their few weeks of active serv- ice as little irksome as possible. "Lieb- esgaben,'' gifts of love, consisting of clothing and food of every description, were forwarded to them by their rela- tives and friends in the most lavish man. ner, although, of course, at that time the German commissary was able to satisfy all the soldiers requirements
 FOR HER CHAUFFEUR
 One of my patients told me that she sausages to one regiment within week, and when I asked her why she had been so generous she replied that her chauf- feur was member of the regiment!
 The extent to which the countryis re- sources were squandered in those early months is evidenced by the fact that the soldiers had such an excess of ill., hitting woolen wearing apparel that they used many of the knitted articles as oar-pieces and covers for their horses. No one had the slightest idea that the time might ever come when the whole nation would be clothed in paper!
 At this late day it can hardly be nec- essary to establish how thoroughly pre- pared the Germans were for the war, but an incident which occurred in the early days of the conflict may not be out of place to show the self-satisfied
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16
have already gained as exporters of manufactured products.
 HOW PAYMENT IS TO BE MADE

HOW PAYMENT IS 10 BE MADE
 A part of this enormous international
 trade is offset by the increase in imports for a like period. The money value Of
 these imports is a little under S10,00o,- 000.O0 And that is an increase of i about sS.0O0 100000 in fouryear pe-
 riod. These imports will serve of course partially to offset the great trade bal anee created in favor of the United
 States by this four-year trade. Never ] theless, serious question arises re- | specting the ability of the nations which have purchased so heavily from us final | ly to liquidate their obligations to us.
 Most of them are now doing that tenn ] porarily, so to speak. for we are not only selling manufactured products and | food to our allies but we are lending | them money to pay these obligations Those loans, however. must be ultimate 1 ly paid and some of our leading men | of finance are now of the opinion that
 the best and possibly the only way in which perfect liquidation can be secured will be through the investment by the | United States of large amounts of money in industrial railroad, mining
 and other activities in other lands. | There seems now to be no doubt that | we are to have adequate shipping fa cilities whereby our manufactured com
 modities can be carried after the war to 1 other parts of the world, certainly in
 case there be favoring legislation en- acted by Congress; and there will prob- ably be an adequate supply of sailors Our manufacturing plants will be well I equipped for meeting orders sent from other parts of the world and there is speedily to be established an interna- tional trade organization by means of which young men can be taught the es ssentials necessary for becoming sue cessful salesman on other lands.
 One of the peculiar features con tained in this report is a statement that our exports of raw material which are used in manufacturing have declined
 in the past four years. The money
 value of these exports in the four years
 of the war was some s200,000,000 less
 than the money value of the exports
 in the four preceding years.
 The experts. however, state that this is due chiefly to the falling off of our exports of raw material and es- pecially of cotton to Germany, Aus- tria and Russia.
 If we had had an adequate supply of ships our foreign commerce in the four years past would have been in
 money value many millions more than
 the nearly s30 100000 which is the aggregate of our commerce since 1914.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16
Fire at Cotton Oil Plant

Fire broke out in the Magic City Cotton oil company's plant in East Birmingham yesterday morning, caus- ing quite a lot of excitement. The fire department was summoned and it's prompt action prevented the plant from being damaged any by the fire, but it was slightly damaged by water. It is thought that the fire started from a hotbox,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16
CHAPTER TX THE KAISERS CONFIDENCE OF VICTORY

About ago attended the German military egnitz Sesa having been invited by journal sc friends of mine them in the motor allowed the press The military representatives of England France other there with the Kasers staff to witness the display of Germanys military Appar- eny they much impressed for heard afterwards that the French officers who had been present had writ book in which he said: With such army Germany could France in six months"
 happened to mention this fact the Kaiser shortly after wards and his significant comment
 Six months should hope It wouldn't take that long,
 The confident belief that when Der Tag-'the day"-n- ally arrived Germany would crush her and accomplish her object within months the outside held only by the Kaiser but by the people generally and their conduct when the broke out clearly disclosed it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16

A Worchester, Mass, boy of 1f, when asked why he was nat attending summer school, replied: why, I'm working and earning SIS a week, 25 cents q week more than my dad he's getting only SlS. Mother is working and earning S25 week, one of my sisters Is getting SIP and another about S10 I'm not staying at home now, since I'm working. l live with my grandmother and pay her sl week for hoard"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16

According to officials of the British National Equine Defense league, cur tailment of feed is killing off the working horses. and unless something ,s done to ration horses, both in re- gard to food and hours of labor, the nroblem of transport will become very serious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-16
THE PLANT JUICE MANS TRUE STORY Says Market Is Being Flooded With Worthless limitations of Plant
 Juice

Nowadays whenever some scientist dis- covers d new formula for removing dis ease, and in this way gets his name be- fore the public, immediately unscrupu- lous. non-etchical druggists and others. seeking to gain the benefit of little free