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New Britain herald., 1919-12-29
BIG TIE-UP HALTS
 NEW YORK SUBWAYS
Electricity Fails and Hundreds Walk Through Underground Tunnels
 Stock Exchange Delays Opening.

New York, Dee. 29.-~An unusual transportation tie-up occurred here today when the entire Interborough Rapid Transit system, including the subway and elevated divisions and several surface lines in Manhattan, stopped suddenly at 9:15 o'clock this morning. The trouble was caused by the power house in West 59th street going out of comm ission. Thousands of commuters on tn cir way to work were stalled in trains between sta tiOnS.
 The subway and elevated trains re- Sumed operations throughout Man haitian and the Bronx at 9:46 a. m. Because of the small attendance of members due to the tie-up the stock exchange opened at 10 o'clock and closed immediately to reopen at 10:3O a. m. The curb market took smila T. action.
 Resumption of normal service was interfered with by scores of persons walking along the subway tracks to their destinations necessitating run ming of trains at a low speed
New Britain herald., 1919-12-29
CITY ITEMS

the communion services at the Dish Lutheran church yesterday ral new members were received. Christmas cantata was rendered was largely attended
 c old year out and new year in. mems ball, New Years Eve. At Heck 's.-adYt.
 le Swedish Bethany church >took bur new members at the commun- Bervices- This evening at 7:3O the 1a1 meeting of the Young Peoples |ety will be held. Reports and elec- of officers will take place. All bers are asked 10 be present. e will be q watch night service nesday evening commencing at 10 fck. Services will be held until night.
 ennedy's dancing school, Friday Pniel F. Pouzzner of Winter street ome from Syracuse university for w days.
 ed Bruemmer of New York was a S-end visitor at his former home his city.
 
 bt gave q Christmas dinner party erday at her home. There were present consisting of the family. ives and friends.
 rs. Dody's dancing class which has every Friday night during the CT will have a masquerade ball evening at the Shuttle Meadow
 Each member is privileged to e guest so there will be about present. This will he one of tEe est affairs during the winLs1' estein's orchestra will furnish the tc.
 IFS. George C.. Andrews of Akron.
 formerly Of this city. is spending Ivy days with her father, Joseph mas of Church street.
 isa K. Ferguson a nurse in 8 Fklyn hospital is visiting with ives on Chestnut street
New Britain herald., 1919-12-29
Pair Charged With
 Murder of Mrs. Stein

Jersey City. Dec. 29.--George Bar chic and Eugene Iefferlnan, arrested at Secaucus last night in connection with the murder of Mrs. Leopold Stein in Passaic early Christmas day were turned over to the authorities of that city following an arraignmen here today on a charge of disorderly con duct An additional charge of carry ing concealed weapons was lodged against him The police say he is known to them as "Chick Doyle' and Hefferman as "Curley Maloney"
New Britain herald., 1919-12-29

tN. B. IIerald)
New Britain herald., 1919-12-29
4ARY COMMITTEE TONIGHT.

be salary committee at it's first lon this evening vii give Chair William E. Rossberg of the Id of water commissioners. a hear
 |on the salary increases proposed
 lis board. In all. that commission
 liking for raises to the amount of
 Do. If the increases are granted |fmds will come from the water |d fund rather than from money Id by taxation,
New Britain herald., 1919-12-29
C;ty Advertisement
Sewer in Columbia Street.

Sewer m (OltImDta SLfceI. Clerks Office, City of New Britain,
 Conn. Dec. 29, 1919. To whom it. may concern: Notice is hereby given that the Board of Compensation and Assess ment of the City of New Britain has made the following assessment of benefits or betterments, caused by the construction of sewer in Columbia street from Parknore Street. easter ly, viz:
 North Side. Harold N Films and Edith R. Films, jointly $7S.12
 South Side. Ida Allen Barnes ......... l3.67
 Total $92.39 And it finds no damages, or special benefits or betterments to any other person or party.
 Accepted, adopted. certified from record, and published twice by order of the Common Council.
 Attest
 ALFRED l.. THOMPSON,
 City Clerk { TIoralJA
New Britain herald., 1919-12-29
r " z;|z lz.|z (. 4. Notes, v Plans,

Troops five and six of the Girl Scouts met this afternoon for an in- formal party ill the gym.
 Miss Marjorie Baldwin of Forest street entertained la st evening at a supper party at her home in honor of her guest Miss Helen Wilcox of Providence R. l.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-29
Violates City Ordinance.

Judgm ent was suspended in the case of F.. J. Crowley, who was arrest ed Saturday afternoon for parking his car in the restricted district. He said that he had left his car in the same place on previous occasions and had never been arrested before. He was warned not to leave his car there again.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-29
DRIVE GOES ON.

The Polish War Veterans are continuing the drive for an increased m em bership. Every service man of Polish birth or descent is being urged to join the association. The organizat ton will meet January 9 and m embers are being urged to bring i'll an added name at that meeting. 1t is the intention of the officers to have an up-to-date club room.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-29

telegram fQr the Western Union office Hc was given another chance and placed in the custody of Proba ton Officer F.. C. COnnollV
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-11
Five Years Upward Leap of Prices Paid by
Richmond Crocers; What They Charge Public

schedule submitted by of the Richmond groceries
five
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-11

has a brother and sister residing in
this county and sister in Indianapol-
is. He is So years old and married,
his wife having lived at FIT. Thomas,
KY, while the Captain was overseas.
A mounting Of recent invention per-
nits a single lens camera to take a
stereoscopic picture.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-11
A. F. CARNEGIE
Continued from Page One)

master weaver, was brought almost to
restitution. The family numbered
four, including Andy" and his young
er brother William. The parents de-
cided to emigrate to America, whence
success. They settled and Andrew
son as bobbin boy. 1t was his first
work. The salary was s1.2O a week.
He was soon promoted. at a slight
advance. to engineers assistant. He
stocked the boilers and ran the engine
in the factory cellar.
At IA Carnegie became a telegraph
messenger. ]. Douglas Reid, Dun
feminine man, who had come to Ameri-
ca early, was head of the office and
he made Andrew his protege. Tele-
graph was then almost a new thing.
Nobody ventured to read the dots and
dashes by sound. They were all i'm
pressed on taps. Carnegie is said to
have been the third operator in the
United States to accomplish the feat
Of reading messages by sound alone.
He practised mornings before the
regular operators came around.
Zone day a death message signal
came" he has related, "before the
operators arrived. In those days death
messages were the most important
messages we handled. I ventured to
take this one
Becomes Telegraph Clerk
He did it correctly and delivered
the telegram before the regular force
was on duty at all. 1t won him pro-
motion to the key and sounder. When
the Pennsylvania railroad put up a
~ ~ L, l.
clerk under Divisional Superintendent
Thomas A. Scott. His salary jumped
to $35 dollars a month. ''Mr Scott"
he observed, was then receiving $125
a month, and used to wonder what
on earth he could do with so much
money"
The next step toward independence
and fortune came when T. T. Wood
ruff, the inventor Of the sleeping car,
approached him with a model Of the
invention. HE had not spoken to me
a minute" Carnegie has since recalled
before, like a flash, the whole range
of its value burst upon me. Yes
said, that Is something which this
continent must have"
He consulted Scott, and the three
Invested for the manufacture of the
! cars. Carnegie. then earning $50
monthly, had to borrow 5000 on his
first installment Of capital, but later
when he sold out his interest to the
| Pullman Company, he had realized
| $4,000 for the venture.
Carnegie was 26 when the Civil War
broke out and he saw his old en-
ployer and friend Scott elevated tc
! the post Of assistant secretary Of war
Carnegie, in turn, won an appointment,
as director Of government railways
and telegraphs. To the carnage he
saw at several battles may be traced
his lifelong belief in the folly Of war
fare-"a blot upon civilization"
Adopted Bessemer Process.
! Carnegie later began to see thai
iron rails must be given up for steel
On visit to England in 1868, he dis
| covered the success being obtained
there with the Bessemer process. Car
negie quietly brought it home and be
fore the English makers were aware
of the fact, he had adopted it in his
mills.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-11
Captain Woodfiu, Hero Of
War, Is Visiting Mother
(RY Associated PresS)

MADISON, Ind, Aug. 11.-Wearing
four decorations for valor, Captain
Samuel Woodfill, one Of Indiana S
greatest heroes in the world war, now
is visiting his aged mother at Bryants-
burg, jefferson county. The medals
bestowed on Captain Woodfill are the
Croix de Guerre, the Congressional
Medal of Honor, the Chevalier de Leg
ion, and the Distinguished Service
medal The Montenegrin government
also has indicated that it purposes to
add still another decoration to the
captains list.
Capt. Woodfill won the Compression
al medal for displaying exceptional
courage in capturing three machine
guns, which held up his company, NJ
OF the Goth Infantry, at Cunel, France,
on Oct. y, 1918. During the fighting,
according to the citation printed in
The Stars and Stripes, Capt. Woodflll
killed four men on one machine gun,
seven on another and some on the
third and captured three.
The Captains father also was a
Hoosier and a fighter, having served
in the Mexican war and in the Union
army in the Civil war. rising to the
rank of Captain. Captain Woodfill at
tributes much Of his success in the
world war to the fact that he is al
expert rifle and pistol shot and to his
knowledge of woodcraft, which he at
tanned in hunting here and in Alaska
He recently remarked that he used
the same tactics in hunting Germans
that he used in hunting wild animals
Besides his mother, Capt. Woodfil
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-11
n, \, DUDLEY WAS
UNABLE TO WORK
FOR 18 MONTHS
Felt Like His Muscles Were
Tied in Knots, He Says
Tanlac Ends Trouble.

at the time I began taking Tanlac
had not been able to hit lick OF
work in eighteen months" said N. H.
Dudley, a we'll known employee OF the
Barger Lumber Company, living at
31S Newton street. Kansas City, Mo,
recently.
II was so afflicted with rheuma-
tism," he continued, that I had to
have help to get my clothes on and off.
My muscles seemed to contract, or
draw up, until they felt like they were
tied in knots and the pain was almost
unbearable. When l tried to walk
around or do little light work the
small Of my back and hips ached so
bad l would simply have to lie down,
and some nights I couldn't stay in bed,
the pain was so severe. Along with
the rheumatism ! also suffered from
stomach trouble and nervousness and
had no appetite. | was in miserable
condition and, as nothing ever helped
me- | had lost nearly all hope of get
ting any better.
Finally l saw testimonial from
someone telling how they had gotten
rid of rheumatism by taking Tanlac,
so l began taking the medicine myself
and before my first bottle was gone l
noticed a considerable improvement.
My appetite was better, my nerves
more quiet and my rheumatic pains
began to ease up. Well, in a few
weeks the medicine had me in shape
to where l could work and l have not
lost day in six months. The rheuma-
tism has left my back and hips en-
tirely and my nerves are also in good
shape. My appetite Is good all the
time and l sleep fine every night. In
fact 1 am in better shape than l have
been in five years and Tanlac is what
has made the difference"
Tanlac is sold In Richmond by Glenn
Thistlethwaite; In Greensboro by C. D.
Sorn1ne; in Cambridge City by Mr..
Dean House; in Pershing by Sourbeer
& Rodenberg; in Centerville by Cen
terville Pharmacy, and in Milton by
w. l.. Parkins.-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-11
POLITICS seen
IN BROTHERHOOD
PLAN FOR RAILS
Railroad Employees Entered
Agreement With A. +. L.
Claim.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-Two mil
lion railroad employees, through their
representatives, the heads Of the four
brotherhoods, have entered into a COM
bination with the American Fedora
tion Of Labor and the new national
labor party" in order to push over
the Plumb tripartite control railway
plan, which gives promise of placing
them In the center Of the political cam
paign in 1920.
This combination, 1t Is learned at
the capital, only recently has been
finally completed. Despite the fact
that the railroad men for several
years have held aloof from the fed
Grafton of which Samuel Gompers Is
the head, it is understood that they
effected a bargain with the Executive
Council of that organization whereby
they would agree to affiliate with it
and pay dues to 1t.
In return, the National Convention
was to indorse the Plumb plan and
use all its force to accomplish tho re-
alization of the scheme.
Convention Backs Scheme.
At any rate, the American Fedora
ton at Atlantic City In June took such
action, after hearing Plumb, and the
brotherhoods filed application for
membership.
Those who claim to see through this
deal declare that the evidence of 1t is
substantiated further by the fact thai
the convention turned down every
other '-ultra-radical and revolutionary
project except Plumb's, which Ia said
to be founded In part on the Soviet
principle that transportation should be
in the hands of the proletariat and in
part on the Socialist dictum that al
instruments of production and distri
button should be owned and operated
in common.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-11

The romance Of his success was
such that the immigrant boy of 184S
became forty years later the worlds
leading producer Of steel, a multi-mil-
ionaire. Many square miles of his
mills surrounded Pittsburg. He reach
ed into upper Michigan. 700 miles
away, and acquired vast regions of
ore land. He established railway and
steamship lines to bring the ore to
him.
He boosted of the reduction of the
price of steel rails from $95 a ton
down to $26.
A former secretary once divulged
what was alleged to have been official
correspondence to the effect that the
Carnegie steel combination could sell
rails at profit as low as $12 ton.
Bought Him Out.
1t was certain that the grip which
he had upon the steel situation made
his elimination necessary if others in
quest of wealth in steel were to re-
alize the millions they saw going to
him. He was. accordingly, bought out
in 1901. The syndicate headed by ].
P. Morgan, which desired to form the
billion dollar United States Steel cor
poration, paid $420,00O,OOO in five per-
cent bonds for the Carnegie company's
holdings.
The secret and method of nv sue
cess is simple" he said. Il organized
my business into departments. l put
the best man l could find at the head
of each department, held him respon-
sible and judged him by results. !
have started more than fifty men on
the road to millionaires.'
Carnegie's mother, to whom he re.
peatedly gave credit for all that he
was, lived to be an octogenarian, and
so devoted was he to her that he hes
| itated to marry. In 1888, however, he
married Louise Whitefield, of New
York, by whom he had one child
daughter. Margaret, born in 1897
His bride was twenty years his junior
To her and her daughter probably re
mains large fortune, Notwithstanding
| Carnegie's public gifts.
AS an American citizen he establish
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-11

ed a magnificent home In New York,
on Fifth avenue at Goth Street, and
at the same time negotiated the pur-
chase of the celebrated Skibo Castle
in Scotland. This mammoth baronial
structure he remodeled, bringing some
steel for the purpose from Pittsburg.
On his Skibo flag staff he flew both
the Stars and Stripes and the Union
Jack-sewed together.
Wanted To Be Reporter.
Internationally, Carnegie made ready
use Of his pen. His interview with
the newspaper men invariably wound
up with an envious remark such as
Il would like nothing better than to
be a reporter" He wrote little for
the press in the days Of Horace Gree
ley, and later owned paper for a
time.
His books numbered about a dozen,
his first being a testimony to his love
of coaching American Fourth
Hand in Great Britain" 1SS3). The
next year he wrote Around the
World" Then, triumphant Demo
cracy,"-a review of so years Of the
Republic. Upon his retirement from
business in 1901, he wrote The
Gospel Of Wealth." and followed it
with The Empire of Business" In
1905 he, once an engineer in the fac,
tory cellar, wrote The Life of James
Watt" the inventor Of the steam en-
CINE. His most recent work was
| Problems of Today
The attacks upon Carnegie were al
one time numerous. He was often &C
cused Of having violated in practice
what he had so conspicuously preach
ed in theory, regarding labor. He saw
the development of workmen's unions
and sometimes was forced to concede
their demands. He himself claimed tc
have always maintained a relatively
higher wage in his mills than any
other manufacturer.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-11
German Eagles In Bar
Ruled Down By Legion
(B" Associated Press)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Aug. 1.-Pic-
lures of German eagles painted on the
walls of a Louisville hotel rathskel-
Ter drew a resolution Of protest from
the local chapter of the American Lee
gion and resulted in the proprietors
promptly agreeing to substitute the
likeness of the American bird of the
species.
The hotel owners at the outset as
serted the paintings represented eth
er British or Italian eagles. Officers
of the legion expressed the belief that
they were German. Finally it was de-
termined to submit the matter to the
librarian of the Louisville free public
library who said they represented the
German species.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-11

so ] can do my house work without any
difficulty. I advise any woman who is
afflicted with female troubles to give
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound trial and it will do as much for
them. Mrs. MARIE BOYD, 1421 9Th
St, N. E., Canton, Ohio.
Sometimes there are serious condi-
tons where hospital operation is the
only alternative, but on the O her hand
so many women have been cured by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after
doctors have said that an operation was
necessary - every woman who wants
to avoid an operation should give 1t q
fair trial before submitting to such q
trying ordeal.
If complications exist, write to Lydia
70. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn, Mass,
for advice. The result of many years
experience is at your service.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-11
GERMANS BUYING
OUT AMERICANS
ARMY SUPPLIES

WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
IN GERMANY, July 12.-Old material
used by the Third army on the Rhine
Is being disposed of in hurry. Ger
man civilians alone recently have been
buying from twenty-five to forty car
loads of salvaged material each day.
Germans assemble in Coblentz, or the
other towns where the aution sales
are held, by the hundreds, some COM
ing from Cologne, from Mayence, and
others as far as Main.
easel and other parts of unoccupied
Germany.
At a recent sale in Coblenz with a
German-speaking doughboy as auction
eer $4,000 leather jenkins were sold
to the Germans for 100000 marks.
(The recent army exchange on marks
is $50 marks for one france. The
same day 10000 raincoats, many of
them having been used by American
soldiers during the war, were sold for
100000 marks.
Germans Eager to Buy
The Germans eagerly buy anything
offered by the Americans, particular r
ly any articles containing leather or
rubber. Ten thousand American made
gas masks were sold few days ago
to civilians who planned to make use
of the rubber for commercial purposes
More than one hundred tons of har
ness, some of 1t German made and
abandoned after the armistice, were
disposed Of at a recent aution sale
near CoblenZ.
Forty thousand pairs of American
field shoes, many Of which had been
worn and torn in the march of the
dough boys from Luxembourg to the
Rhine in December, were sold in lots
at a special sale.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-11
PLAN NATIONAL CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON, Aug. IA nation
al conference to consider all plans
submitted to congress for solution of
the railroad problem will be held here
October s, under the auspices Of the
Plumb organization bureau.
In making public announcement last
night of the meeting Chief Justice
Walter Clark of the North Carolina
Supreme Court and chairman Of the
Plumb plan preliminary conference,
said special committees would be ap-
pointed to analyze the different pro-
posals.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-11
Masonic Calendar

Tuesday, Aug. 12.-Richmond Lodge
No. 1876 F. & A. NJ, called meeting.
Work in Entered Apprentice Degree,
beginning $50. n. J. Haas, W. M.
Wednesday, Aug. 13.-Webb Lodge
No "a F. &, A. NJ. Called meeting.
Work in Master Mason degree begin
ming $50. Clarence w. Foreman,
w. NJ.
Friday, Aug. liking Solomon's
Chapter No 4, r. A NJ. Called con-
vocation. Work In Mark Master De-
gree.
The 1900 residents Of Mt. Pulaski,
H., had to go for forty-eight hours
without a bath. A consumer left his
faucet open all night and morning
found the city supply tank empty.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-11
hUW MRS, BOYD
AVOIDED AN
OPERATION
Canton, Ohio.-"1 suffered from a
female trouble which caused me much

suite rlng, and two
doctors de eide d
that / would have
to go through an
operation before l
could get we'll.
My mother, who
had been helped by
Lydia E. Pinkham 8
V eg e ia BILE Com
pound, advised me
to try it before SUBJ
hitting to an opera
ton. It relieved me
%a ~a- k~~,,llA
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-11
SEE VILLISTA PLOT
(By Associated Press>

(By Associated Press>
Ell PASO, Aug. IA plot to have
the Chihuahua city garrison revolt
against the Carranza commanders and
join Villa, was discovered there, &C
cording to Americans arriving here
from that city. The plotters were
placed in the federal penitentiary.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-11
RUMANIANS IN BANAT

PARIS, Aug 11.-An official COM
munication received here says Ru-
manian troops entered Temesvar. in
Banat, southwest Hungary
Arizona republican., 1919-07-30

seated with their hands on their knees and a stick passed under their hooks. They were put in the courtyard and fed on bread and water. Other men were taken out of their cells st mid night in the middle of the winter and scrubbed with mud he asserted, for the "erime" of smoking.
 Promised Better Treatment
 After he had been in this prison some weeks, Colonel Maui was appointed commandant. as the men understood, a reformer. Ryszelewsli said Colonel Maui addressed the men on his arrival and promised them that If a man did right he would be treated well.
 On the strength of this promise Rvs zelewski wrote an article describing conditions which he labelled the School for BolshevisIn" and handed il to the commandant. He said the next day he was brought before him and sentenced to three months solitary con- finement, for one month of which he was handcuffed.
 There was no change in conditions under Colonel Mauls administration the witness testified.
 The committee will sail for Europe within a few days to continue the in- quiry there.