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The Holly chieftain., 1920-11-18

The Bible tells about beating
swords into plOw shares. but the
.populace seem more inclined to
beat them into jazz band instru-
ments.
A want ad IN The Chieftain will
save the farmer many extra steps
and much tune IN disposing OF the
things he has that he doesn't want.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-11-18

WHEN the child
w rem romp in hum
cry. here are some
wholesome delights that
will satisfy the most
rayenous appetite.
Cookies
~: cup shortening
2 2cups sugar
cup milk
2 eggs
teaspoon grated nutmeg
] teaspoon vanilla extract
Or grated rin1 of !
lemon
4 cups -four
teaspoons Royal &
Baking Powder
Cream shortening and su-
gar together: add milk to
beaten eggs and beat
again: add slowly to
creamed shortening and
sugar: add nutmeg and
fiavoring: add ? cups flour
siftcd with baking pow
der; add enough more
-four to maxi st.ff dough.
ltoil out Very thin on
Toured board: cut with
cookie cutter, spriusi
with su"nr. or put 4 ra,
sin or a piece OF Englisi,
walnut in the center of
each. Bake about ]. min
Gtss in hot oven.
Cocoa Drop Cakes
Tablespoons shortening
cup sugar
1cgg
II cup milk
IL. cups -four
teaspoons Royal
Baking Powder
4 cup cocoa
Il teaspoon salt
teaspoon vanilla
Cream shortening: add
suFhf an1 WCll-ncaton
egg: beat well mud add
mill. slowly: sift -four.
baking powder. salt and
cocoa into mixture: stir
until smooth, add vanilla.
Put one tablespoon OF
batter into each CREASED
muffin tin and bake in
moderate oven about 20
minutes. Cover with boil
ed icing.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-11-18

If you do not take your home
paper you are losing something
The Holly chieftain., 1920-11-18
COOK BOOK FREE

The new Royal Cock Book
containing 400 delightful re-
cipes. will be sent to you
free II you will send your
name anu>-address.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER co.
lis Fulton Street. New Yor. City.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-11-18
absolutely Pure

Made from Cream Of Tartar,
derived from grapes.
The Holly chieftain., 1920-11-18
America s Leading Feed Mill

other process I've ever heard Of
-srinds everything srindable--
does it in one operation.
"TheLetzSelf- Sharpening steel
grinding plates. with their thou
sands of keen-cuttine scissor-like
edges, beat everything else all
hollow. Go to the store below.
Fred. and let en- demonstrate
one of these famous mills"
The Holly chieftain., 1920-11-18

Fred" says the farmer who
knows. IF you're going to feed
ground feed and save the 20T
that goes to waste when you feed
whole grain. double your savins
BY doing your grinding with =
letz Mill.
MY Letz srinds faster. finer.
cheaper and better than any
New Britain herald., 1920-02-07
ALLLES' NOTECALLSFO FOR SHOWDOWN BYHUN GOVERNMENT CONCERNZNI,
 INTENTIONS; COlNAlLNIQUEPUBLI
RESENTS IMPLICATION
 " AGAINST PRESIDENT
Premier Nitti Protests When Plays Wilson's
 Attitude.

Rome, Feb. 5.-Premier Nitti today protested in the chamber of deputies against reflections on President Will son in connection with the discussion Of the AdriatiC issue. Deputy Sem bielH had delivered an energetic speech criticizing the Allied policy towards the Adriatic
 Tt is reported" he said, that the . austere philosopher who rules America. or at least a part of it. on the same day that he denied Plume to Italy, went with his wife and daughter to inaugurate music hall in Paris
 Premier Nitti springing to his feet, interrupted the speaker.
 Allow me to protest" he said. against such disrespectful language toward the head of the great Ameri- can democracy and towards the Allied peoples. I request the cham Der to respect all heads of Allied nations, who represent the progress and civilization of the world"
 Part of the chamber app1auded the premier's statement, while others re- monstrated. The disorder was finally calmed and the debate proceeded.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-07
damned in Ice FlOeS Their Star
 Yation Seems Imminent
HOPE FOR RESCUE SMALL
Change in Weather for Worse Makes Effort to Reach Them Practically ImpoSsibIe-One Vessel Is Now Fitting Out for Trial.

St. Johns, x. F., Feb. 7.-The 65 persons on the coaStWiSe steam r Prospero. damned in the ice six miles northwest of Fogo for the past five weeks during the most bitter cold in 35 years, are facing starvation, it was announced today. A change in wealth CT conditions prevents further assist ance being sent to them now and sup plies to be taken to them were sufti- cient only for 10 days.
 The sealing steamer Terranova IS fitting out here to attempt the relief of the Prospero. The experience :n sighting ice foes and hcr sturdy con- struction hold out the only hope for a successful expedition to the impris- oned ship.
 The steamers Eagle and Diana have been caught in the ice near the Pros pero for four weeks. No reports of famine aboard them have been re- ceived however. All vessels wero said to be running out of coal and are threatened with exposure to the dreadful cold.
 Many isolated sections of New foundland are reported cut off from food and coal supplies by the storms and freezing weather. but no famine conditions have been reported so far.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-07
STEAMERS REACH PORT AFTER FERROUS TRIPS
Chester Chopin and New Hampshire Dock After Being Held in
 Ice For G2 Hours.

Bridgeport, Feb. 7.-The Sound steamers Chester Chapin and New Hampshire running between New York and New London put into Bridgeport har0or this morning hay ing been held in the ice near ENecu ton Light for 62 hours.
 The Chapin was short Of water and coal and the New Hampshire was so short of food that the crew was obliged to subsist on hardtack for tho past 24 hours. The Chapin was bet ter supplied with food and Captain Pettigrew sent some to the New Hampshire. The transfer was made by means of a catch line which was thrown from the New Hampshire and the crew of the Chapin attached Q case of eggs. a bag of flour and a can of milk to the line and the food was drawn across the ice.
 One of the passengers on the Chap in died this morning and his body was taken here and the medical examiner will hold an inquest to discover the cause of death. The man was in good health during the trip but died in a chair n the salon of the steamer early this morning.
 Captain Griffin of the New Hamp- shire says that travel on the Sound is SNSAA ence of 56 years.
 During the night the ice which en- closed the steamers drifted away and qiberated them. They had only coal enough to bring them to this city There were 30 passengers on the New Hampshire and 50 on the Chapin. They went to their destinations by rail.
 The New Hampshire left New Lon don Wednesday night for New York and the Chapin left New York the same night for New London. The crew report that some of the ice which surrounded the steamers was four feet in thickness.
 The engineer of the Chapin was obliged to use salt water in his boil CTS in order to save the sweet water for drinking and cooking.
 The officers of the Chapin report that the steamer Maine of the Bridge port line which is on Ez ecution Reef has a large hole in her stern and that the after deck is much damaged by the reef and storm.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-07
GOVT. RAILROADS ROBBED OF
 $45,OOO,O0O DURING THE YEAR
United States Administration Satisfies Show Whole sale System of LOoting of Express Mail and Freight Many Ways of Robbery Exposed - Cases Dealt With Leniently.

CT receipt in the bill of 1ading from the railroad to show his employer. Forgeries of the receiving stamp are som etimeS used
 Another method is for a truckman to drive into a city freight yard with an empty box on his truck. The gate man takes record of the truck and its load and when it leaves extra packages must be accounted for. But the truckman in this instance substi- tutes @ box of stolen merchandise for the empty he brought in. Or he may have bottomless box which he places over a smaller package containing stolen goods. Tn such instances it is nearly always found that the thieves have borrowed stolen licensed trucks.
 Throw Goods Out.
 Robbers often get aboard trains and throw goods out for confederates to pick up along the route. Motor truck drivers have been caught taking part in this scheme in New York, Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City recently. One thief was taken who had a rope with a hook on one end. He used this to throw over the freight car as it passed, catching 1t on the other side and then climbing aboard by means of the rope and breaking the seal of the car door.
 Difficult to Convict.
 Railroad men complain of the diff fculty in getting convictions. The federal law provides for q penalty of s1,00o or e year in jail for breaking car doors but there have been so many cases that the federal courts have set them aside for business con sidered more important.
 Often the cases go to minor courts and ever police courts where the thief hunters are often too lenient.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-07
RESCUE OF PASSENGERS FROM WRECKED STEAMER
 PRINCESS ANNE" BEGUN
SECRETARY LANE SENDS
 RESIGNATION TO CHIEF
President Receives Cabinet Members Formal Notice
 Of Withdrawal.

Washington, Feb. 7.- Secretary Lane of the department of the in terior has placed his resignation in the hands of President Wilson. It be- came known some time ago that the secretary contemplated leaving the cabinet when it was convenient for the president to release him.
 It is understood that MT. Lane plans for the immediate future have not been fully matured, but will be announced soon. He has been sec retary of the interior since the be- ginning of President Wilson's admin istration. Prior to that he was a member and chairman of the inter- state commerce commission.
 MT. Lanes resignation is effective March 1. It terminates public serv- ice of more than 20 years in which he has held many posts beginning with local offices in his home state of California. It has been a matter Of common agreement among politicians for some time that he would be a presidential possibility were it not for the fact that he was born in Canada.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-07
PRESIDENT ASKED THAT
 NAVY REFUSE AWARDS
Authorized Acceptance Of Foreign Decorations,
 But Discouraged It.

Washington. Feb 7.-After con- gress passed a law permitting Ameri- can officers 10 accept decorations from foreign governments President, Will son directed the state department to inform all European governnl ents that the United States did not wish any awards made, Secretary Daniels dis closed today before the senate com- mittee Investigating naval awards
 Before the president acted, MT. Daniels said, Rear Admiral Sims had been informed by the chief of the bu- reau of navigation Of the passage of the law and had accepted decora- tion from the King of England and had authorized Admiral Rodman, then commanding the American bat tleship- division with the British grand fleet, and Rear Admiral Strauss, di- recting the laying of the North Sea mine barrage, to accept decorations.
 Admiral Sims was Informed by Sec retary Daniels of the presidents ac- ton the secretary continued and he wrote asking whether he should re- turn the medal to the king. MT. Dan- iels said he replied that ir view of the action taken, presumably before President Wilson's request reached the king, there was nothing that cGuld De COHc ana lfldI. or course, tlH decorations already accepted could not be returned. He expressed the hope at the time, he said that no other foreign decorations would be given except as such might be award ed for courageous conduct in battle.
 Chairman Hale introduced letters from Secretary Daniels praising Ad- miral Sims and Senator Mccormick k said that testimony of the secretary before congre ssiona1 committees fla Tored Sims and Rear Admiral Ben sons elevation to the rank of full ad- n-iral
 Secretary Daniels said that every word he uttered in regard to sims ability and brilliancy was true but added that if he had known what was to develop he would not have recon mended Sims prom otion to the rank of admiral for life
New Britain herald., 1920-02-07
Central Block Option
 Expires; Deal Is Off

Through the expiration of an option held by A. Berkowitz of the Connecti- cut Hat company. on the Central block. owned by the Central Realty company. the building has automati- cally reverted hack to the owners and the conditional sale is off, one of the mem bers 0f the realty company eX- plained today. Financial packers of the purchaser refused to stand good after the deal had been made and in view Of those circum stances the price of option, s3,0oo. was returned by Messrs. George Levitt, William Far ley and P. F. McDonough, the oNn- CTS
New Britain herald., 1920-02-07
GUARANTEE 5 t-2 PER CENT.
This Proportion of Aggregate Value of Railroads Promised By Govern
 mcnt for Two and One-haIf Years.

Washington, Feb. "A return of 3 1-2 per cent on the aggregate value of the railroads will be guaranteed by the government for q period of two years under an agreement reached today by the senate and house conferees on the railroad bill.
 In announcing the agreement today Chairman Cummins ot the senate managers said the rewritten section provided that after the two-year pc riod the percentage Of return would he fixed by the interstate commerce commission which would be author ized to flN rates so as to yield that re- turn.
 With the agreement on this section the conferees com pleted their work on the bill and Senator Cummins said their report probably would be ready for congress by February 16. Lead CTS hope to complete final enactnl ent Of the bill before the railroads are returned to private control on March
New Britain herald., 1920-02-07
One Boat Missing.

Boston, Feb. "A boat containing 10 men Of the wrecked concrete steamer Polais, off Rock Island, Me, left the vessel in q lifeboat at 9:30 o'clock today without the masters s permission and was not aftcrward seen, according to radio message received here from the coast guard cutter Acushnet.
 The message said the Acushnet had taken off the captain and 2S of the crew.
 The transfer to the coast qua I'd cutter was accomplished skilfully m the heavy seas by the crews of coast guard stations No. 6 and No. '. As soon as the work was completed, the LAcushnet started in search of the missing boatload from the Polais. It was feared the lifeboat would meet with disaster in the stormy sea- There was a heavy ground swell the wind was strong from the north west and snow was falling thickly. cutting off all observation.
 The message from the Acushnet said the keeper of coast guard sta tions No. and No. had been placed in charge of the abandoned steamer tContinued on Ninth PaEe1
New Britain herald., 1920-02-07
POLICE SEARCH FOR
 MURDERER OF WOMAN

Waterbury, Feb. 7.-Coroner Mon zani with local and state police visited Middlebury again today trying for clues to the murderer of Mrs. Petronia Stepnaitis 45. whose body was found yesterday. The local police have q list of friends of the woman in this city and they were interviewing them today to ascertain the mode of life of Mrs. Stepnaitis. The autopsy will be held late today, the body. having been brought here. It was frozen when found on the barn floor at the place of the woman in Middlebury.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-07

New York, Feb. 7.-Wholesale loot ing of merchandise in transit upon the railroads of the country caused & loss of approximately $45,000.000 in 1919 according to U. $. administration statistics
 Substitution is the usual method used by robbers, sometimes boxes sup posed to contain valuable goods are found at their destination to be filled with calico or other cheaper grades of cloth, but as a rule waste paper is found. These are referred to as ''con- cealed losses by railroad men and are especially difficult to trace, as the shipment leaves and arrives apparent ly in good condition and it is alm lost impossible to discover at what point the theft occurred.
 The silk industry has been one of the most severely hit in the last year and so great has the risk become that the railroad admin istration has been considering excluding raw silk of the privilege of freight transportation by rail
 Jewellers Easy Prey.
 Jewellers who have always been looked upon as easy prey by thieves jared better last year by approximate Iy 50. per cent. than in the previous year it was said at the jewellers ex- change union.
 Most of the losses 1t was said were sustained in goods sent by registered mail or cXpres.
 Methods Used.
 Among the methods frequently used by thieves are the following:
 \ truckman at freight station with a load Of goods watches his op- portuntty and takes the freight clerks receiving stamp and puts In on the bill of lading and then drives off with the goods which he sells. He has g. prop
New Britain herald., 1920-02-07
Poles Will Consider
 Peace With Soviets

Warsaw, Feb. G.-Peace overtures by the soviet government of Russia will be considered by the Polish gov ernment according to a dispatch sent to M. Tchitcherin, Bolshevik foreign minister, by Stanislaus Patek, Polish minister of foreign affairs today. NJ. Patek's reply follows:
 The Polish government ac- knowledges the receipt of the wire less declaration Of the government of the Russian soviet republic dated January 20. 1920. That declara ton will be considered and tho answer will be communities ted to the Russian soviet government"
New Britain herald., 1920-02-07
PRESIDENT AGREES ID RESERVATIONS Senator Hitchcock Announces
 Receipt Of Letter DEMOCRATS IN MEETING
Will Strive to Bring About Agreement on Peace Pact in Senate When Floor.

Washington, Feb. 7.-After listen ing to letter from President Wilson reaffirming his stand against any but interpretative reservations to the peace treaty, democratic senators de- cided in conference today to partici- pate with their previous plan to help bring the treaty up in the senate Mon day and to work for a reservation compromise.
 senators are said to have urged that the democratic senate leaders be more compromising in their attitude fol- lowed submission of the communica-' tion. The only formal decision reach ed, it was announced was to aid in every possible way the move to take up the treaty and expedite it's ratifi cation.
 Expresses Willingness.
 The letter is understood to have ex- pressed the presidents willingness to accept any interpretative reservations that the democrats might frame, but to have omitted discussion of any spe- cif1c reservation proposals. President Wilson wrote Senator Hitchcock, the democratic leader, ap- proving the reservations to the Urea ty I of Versailles which the senator pre- scented to the partisan conference committees which recently failed to reach an agreement. The letter was written before the publication of Wis count Grey's letter stating that the Lodge reservations were acceptable to Great Britain.
 Senator Hitchcock took the letter with him today into the democratic conference called to consider plans for getting the treaty back on the senate floor
New Britain herald., 1920-02-07
COUNTESS A SUICIDE
Kills Herself By Drowning in Lake Broken Spirited over Fall of Old AristOcracy

-- Geneva Feb. 7.-Coundes de Hen richen. a member of the Russian col ony at MontreuX and formerly maid of honor to the Dowager Empres of Russia, has committed suicide by drowning in Lake Geneva. Her body, still decked in valuable jewels, was found floating in the lake off the town of Villeneuve, near he upper end of the lake. Persons who were ac- quainted with the countess say she left her hotel at MontreuX, walked di- rectly to the lake and threw herself in.
 Driven from Russia when the inn perial regime was overthrown, the countess came to Switzerland. The assa ssination of the former Czar was keenly felt by her and she was often heard to complain of the barbarities practiced in Russia by the Bolsheviki. She left no letters or papers.
 Many Swiss hotel keepers have extended credit to impoverished mem bers of the Russian aristocracy and have in numerous cases proved bene- factors of the fugitives.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-07
DE VALERA ADOPTED"
Honors Conferred on Irish ''Presi- dent'' By Holy Cross Coliege-De- nics Propaganda" Charges.

Worcester. Mass, Feb. T.-Eamonn De Valera was made an adopted son of Holy Cross college today when the college conferred on him the honor- ary degree of IL. D. with exercises during which greetings from the stu dents were tendered to him in ten languages.
 Previous to visiting the college De Valera gave the following statement 10 the Associated Press:
 ITO refute the charge that Ireland 'knifed America during the war:
 My attitude. which attitude is rep resentative of four-fifths of the Irish people whom I represent and with was this: It generally is understood that there were two periods in the war, the period before America en- tered and the period after America entered. i When America entered the war, was in Lincoln jail serving a life sentence. l felt, as did many others that Americas entrance would result in victory for the Allies cause and the British imperialism would continue where there was chance of it's failure if America had kept out said to my comrades: If I was president of the United States I would under such circumstances declare war. That I think was the general sentiment Of Ireland We never knifed America in the back during the war as the British propagandists would have the American people be-
New Britain herald., 1920-02-07
Twelve AdniraIs.

Berlin. Feb. 6.-TweIye a two high seas fleet comman U-boat captains and numerol active officers of the German I included in the list of German eXtradition is demanded by tente powers The names of all the officials on the naval hi high seas staff are found in
 Admiral von Mueller, chieI secret naval cabinet, was perrj attached to great headquarfei he was counted among form peror Williams personal cor1 advisers. In addition the Al mand Admiral von Tirpitz. von Capel1e and Admiral vol who were successively secreI the navy.
 Admiralty officers who will the list charge that the who'll mand for German naval of1il cates the Entente's desire to nently paralyze German. nava tionS," and the presence of nd those of Admiral won Tirpitz niral Von Mueller is rbdicuIel
 Never Acfiye.
 ''AdmiraI Von Tirpttz Sai1 cial today. was never active front during the war and nd participated to the extent manding a gunboat. He that Admiral ven Mueller W ecutive official who merely T ed admiralty at great hea and played only a passive I'd the war.
 Admiral von Schroeder d ed the Flanders naval base, under his jurisdiction tha FrNatt later. eXeeuted, was
 Out of a, total of 500 Ger marine commanders. the powers have called for only presumably, are suspected exceeded their legitimate ind These comprise all the U-boat operators. The adm mitting losing 200 U-bqats estimated 160 were left at tt the conflict
 Commander Booker is al who attempted a sensational flight to the German colony heart of Africa. Officials a to account for the absencd names of Zeppelin commar bombed London in view e that naval officers were chiefly by England. Captain Norger, whose included in the list, was cs of the German comm er. Wolff
 Few parliamentary leadeI lin today would venture aI as to what action would be kCortinusd on Ninth
New Britain herald., 1920-02-07
RADIO STATIONS DAMAGED.

Washington, Feb. 7.--Trree of the four high power naval radio stations on the Atlantic coast were out of com mission today as the result of the re- cent snow storms. The New Bruns- wick station was the only one in oper- ation, it was said at the navy depart ment. the Arlington. Annapolis and Sayville stations all being down" as a result of ice forming on the an tennae and the dislocating effect of the winds. 5t