New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 25, 1915, Page 9

| FRATERNAL NEWS New Britain Council, 0. U. A, M, The annual meeting of the Sick Benefit association of New Rritain eouncil, O. U. A. M, was held Satur- day evening in O. U. A. M. hall, when the officers made their reports for the st vear, showing that the total membership has decreased two during the year. It was also reported that $1,146.00 was paid out in benefits to the members. Directors for the fol- lowing yvear were named as follows: W. E. Thompson, V. C. Clark, R. H. Wilcox, F. E. Fairbanks, R. J. Beach, Charles E. Jones, C. H. Hettleton, H. Sherthan andg F. C. Rockwell. | Notices of the several changes in | the by-laws will be sent to all mem- | bers with the next assessment. Fol- lowing the meeting the directors as- sembled and elected the following | officers: President—1V. E. Thompson. Vice President—R. J. Beach, Secretary—R. H. Wilcox. Assistant Secretary—F. E. Fair- Aapks. | Treasurer—V. A. Clark. The president appointed C. Rock- well, C. E. Jones and R. J. Beach as auditors for the year. Burritt Grange Play. Mrs. A. W. Mason is in charge of the Civil War drama, “‘Her Friend, the Enemy,” which will be given by the Burrttt Grange Dramatic club at Tur- ner hall, January 30. The cast of characters is as follows: Captain Jack Fernbrook, U. S. A, who holds honor above all, R. W. Andrews; Frank Fleming, a scape- grace, Arthur D. Bradley; Colonel Burton, C. 8. A, a misguided man, A. P. Marsh; Mrs. Burton. Mrs. A. W. Mason; Lieutenant Berkeley Burton, C. S. A, his son, Stuart Upson; Diana | cellor. “Documents on the Anglo- | Belgian military agrecement, which we have found in the ineantime, show plainly enough how Fngland regarded this neutrality. you Kknow, weu found in the hives of the Belgian foreign office documents which showed that England in 1911 was de- termined to throw troops into Bei- gium, without the assent of the Bei- glan government, if war had then | broken out. In other words, to do cxactly the same thing for which, with all the pathos of virtuous indigna- | tion_ it now reproaches Germany. “In some later dispateh, Sir d- | ward Grey, T believe, informed Bel- | gium that he did not believe Ingland would tak ich a step because he did not think nglish public opinion would justify that action And still people in the United wonder that I characterized as a scrap of p per the treaty whose observance, cording to responsible British states- | men, should be dependent the pleasure of British public opinion— 2 treaty which T¥Tingland herself had long since undermined with its il tary agreements with Belginm Refuse to Promise Neutr Remember too that Sir ldward y expressedly refused to assure us the ladies of the Auxiliary to Spanish War Veterans and friends Tuesday afternoon at G, hall from 2 to 5 o'clock. Court Charter Oak, I, of .\. DEFENDS HIS PHRASE, most successful years in the history | of the court. The auditor's report, | which wag read at the last meeting, showed a financial gain for the year of $1,183.64. The total funds of the court uary 1, 1915, was $7,431.88, with $2,596.34 in the building fund. The court paid out in sick pay, $1,133.47. The total membership is 383 and en- titles the court to four delegates at the next Grand court convention The third sitting in the forty tournament with Court Industry Southington will be held after next rcgular meeting of the court. the their A R. | 6 to0 9 0'Clock —— MONDAY EVENING —— 5,000 lbs STEAKS . 2 Ibs 238 German Chanceller Su;priscd at Up faverable Impression in U. $. Best Maine v POTATOES, 15 It 3 Fine Granulated Best Pure SUGAR, 5 bs LARD, 367-369 Main Strest Jan- 236 of the Via. am General Field German Berlin and Headquarters Armies (In London, to France), phrase Jan. surprished learn that my tes ‘o scrap of paper,’ which I used in the | my last conversation with the British ac ambassador in reference to the Bel- um neutrality treaty, should have caused such an unfavorable impres- | sion in the United States. The ox- pression used in quite another | connection, and the meaning of that | implied in Sir William lKdward | Goshen’s report and the turn given y X : | to it in the biased comment of our | G Court Progress No. 143, F. of A. held | ayemies are undoubtedly responsible & meeting yostordz_\y and dcfmdod L0 | for this impression.” ! give a series of whists at which there | mno gpeaker was Dr. Theobald von will be a number of valuable Prizes | gethmann-Hollweg, the German im- distributed, perial chancellor, and the conver { tion with a representative of the As- sociated Press occurred at the Ger- | man army field headquarters, in a tcwn of northern France, and in a villa serving as the oflice and dwell- ing for the imperial chancellor, for the forelgn minister, Gottlieb VOn | Syates you will see clearly enough that | Jagow, and for the members of the | mngiang in this matter, too, acted | diplomatic suite accompanying Im- | solely on the principal of ‘right or | Wednesday evening in Jr. O. U. A.|Pe¢ror Willlam afleld. wrong, my interest. " 2 5 4" The chancellor spparently had not By ntsno M. hall. Regular business will be | seilrenl e CrmIoE. mal THE aom The chancellor during a ime. 5 R " | sation had t Ce T transacted at this time. e s aalled Lolihe exic ot which tha had twice risen to 4 = impatient steps about the phrase had been used in discussion on z g 1 Stanley Relief Corps. on Stanley Relief Cory will hold a regular meeting Wednesday afternoon, January 27th. SPECIALS FOR TUESDAY doz 290 Best Cooking Compound 2 was Court Progress. lity. The entertainment committee of Guaranteed Eggs 12"¢ 1c Fresh Ground Hamburg Steak Ib 25 C 12"%¢ of England's neutrality, even in vent that Germany respected neutrality. “T can understand, therefore, English displeasure at my chas ization of the treaty of 1839 as crap | of paper, for this scrap of paper was for England extremely valuable fur- nishing an excuse before the world fo embarking in the war. “I hope, however, that in the United the Belgian Buckwhent weet Seedless 19C ; Oranges .. .2 da 15C} farge Red | Onions 18(:‘ Extra Heavy 15C Grape Fruit 4 fq | Sound Red Cranberries Rib or Loin 1-150 pkg Lamb Chops 1b Fresh Cut 1 can Karo tor a- 1 pkg Currants 1 pkg Raisins for Mohican Pure Catsup, 16 oz bot Good Laundry Soap . ... .6 bars Solid Packed Tomatoes 2 cans L. D. Penfield Auxiliary, I} L. D. Penfield, Sons of Veterans, Auxiliary No. 1, will meet as usual on Friday evening of this week in G. A. R. hall at 8 o'clock. Phenix Lodge, 1. O. O. F. Phenix lodge, 1. O, O. F., will meet German Frankforts the conver- take a few room. Ho spoke calmly cnough, buf with q The I.ady Turner's whist and Burion, his daughter, Mrs. F. L. Hart; fedediah Jenks, Mrs. Burton's brother, Yank to the backbone, A. W. Vib. berts; Addie Jenks, his daughter, Miss Marjorie Woodford: Lije, a negro servant. George C. Clark; Cloe, Lije’s pinochle will be held Wednesday eve- ning in upper lodge room of new Tur- ner hall, followed by dancing. The public is most cordially invited. Meet- ing at 7:30 sharp. the responsibility of the war. He then volunteered to give an explana- tion of his meaning, which is sub- stance was that he had spoken of the treaty, not as a scrap of paper for Germany, but as an instrument which obsolete an undercurrent of deep feeling, partici- | larly when he mentioned his efforts for an understanding iwth England and world peace, which he had hoped would come from them based on an agreement between Great Britain, ing damaged, and it for the big battle cruisers to The fact that only wounded aboard was eleven dangerois men the Lion, which follow. were led pa ur. " rtment: and, third, le e. No one yder the hold offic r as lawyers gal pro ve, the of these three factors is control of the bar and in so | Simeon E. Baldwin wwd Taft, s to rec estio " cive card cratior The Moltke better half, Mrs. Charles Gladden; sol- diers of the Confederate army, ser- geant, F. S. Blake, two others, C. S. Neumann and A. W. Morley; federal soldiers, 8. F. Avery, W. C. Stoddard hnd F. E. Rackliffe. After the play there will be dancing. Lynch’s or- chestra furnishing the music. had become through Bel- gium’s forfeiture of its neutralit and that Great Britain had quite other reasons for entering into the war, compared with which the neu- trality treaty appeared to have only the value of a scrap of paper. His Talk With Goschen. “My conversation with Sir William ward Goschen,’ said the chancellor, “occurred August 4. I had just de- clared in the Reichstag that only dire nccessity and only the struggle for ex- istence compelled Germany to march through Belgium, but that Germany was rTeady to make compensation for the wrong committed. ‘“When I spoke I already had cer- tain indications, but no absolute proof upon which to hase a public accusa- is 4 o fees bar respongible as officials to their tuents; and not to their pre ! The responsibility of the { not for the action which the people | G Powerful Veseels, [ Ace Bunt simply for giving the peo- | Germany | ple their Dest professional advice in | Turkish All the vessels named by the Brit- | ogorq to the administration ish official press bureau as having tak- | yico whether the Salcd en part in the naval engagement ex- | . g i e e Aty vauie cept the Bluecher are battle cruisers, | {10 hay be Cina | all heavily armed and capable Fekslan aad members great speed [ learned profession The Bluecher which Sloni Aaty i ts tind was an armored cruiser, 489 rthE retehenbe long and displacement 1 0 tonE | fovet alftacting dlie Her complement was 885 officers and ., aministration of justice, men. She was built at Kil in 1908 at| tjon, personnel ] a cost of $6,500,000. i of procedure has hitherto Her specd was a little than | greatest Interest, and it is 26 knots an hour. The Bluecher car- | {he Faforms. lave tion, that Belgium long before had (Continued from Tirst Page.) ried twelve 8.2 inch and eight six-Inch | complished. Procea guns and sixteen 24 cut sati abandoned its neutrality in its rela- e 2 tions with England. Nevertheless | and Indomitable. The fir three of | A1S0 was equipped with I took Germany's responsibilities | these cruisers mount cight 13.5-inch | 0 tubes. tcward the neutral states so seriously | 8uns each and even the New Zealand | that I spoke frankly of the wrong [and Tndomitable 12-inch guns committed by Germany. which are equal to .those of the Der- “What was the British attitude on [ flinger, the only one of the German the same question?” asked the chan- | Ships that had better than 11-inch cellor. “The day before my conversa- | 8uns. tion with a Mr. Goschen, Sir Edward Grey (British secretary of state for foreign affairs) had deliverer his well- known speech in parliament, in which, while he had not stated ex- pressly that England would take part in the war, he had left the matter in little doubt. England’s Intervention. “One needs only to read tifis speech through carefully to learn the reason for England's intervention in the war. Amid all his beautiful phrases about Kngland’s honor and England’'s obligations, we find it over and over again expressed that England’s in- terests—its own interests—call for participation in the war, for it is not in England’s interests that a victori- ous and therefore, stronger Germany Britis possible Germany and the United States; and with a note of thorough conviction in the justice of the German people to- ward Belgium. GERMANS SAY BRITISH CRUISER WAS SUNK IN NORTH SEA BATTLE the line, indicates that the casualities light Tt i that more of the Bluecher’ picked up by the British destrovers There will be a meeting of New Brit- and has a ain temple, L. G. 1., at the home of Mrs. F. S. Wooding, 242 Main street, Tuesday evening, January 26. speed to t which but aflg power cept 1t she i al rifles, The Britis Lion fighting ster were crew were £he is a sister yeben onl whid The a n of jus- | same n that upon | ar Stella Rebckah Lodge, I. O, O. F. Stella Rebekah lodge, No. 11, I. O. O. F., will hold a public whist Friday evening, January 29th, starting promptly at 8 p. m. At the afternoon whist held last Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Lehman, Greenwood street, Mrs. Hodge, Mrs. H. A. Thayer and Mrs. Ellen Hall were the winners of the prizes. 2 is people or acr rned of profes- | Anse the pro 'W. L. Morgan Lodge, No. 71. Washington T.. Morgan lodge No. K. of P._will hold a regular weekl" meeting in Vega hall tomorrow eve- ning. The meeting will be called promptly at 8 o’clock as after the bus- iness session has been held, a socinl time will be enjoved under the sau- spices of the third rank drill team. An oyster supper has been arranged at which time matters of interest to all lodge members will be disposed of. Tt s expected that drillmaster C. W. Bafley will, during the evening, place before the assembly a plan of work combined with social events, which will cover the intervening time be- tween now and warm weather. All members of the lodge as well as the drill and third rank teams, are invited 0 be present. of The which and t ships o arries con owe some was sunlk, feet community to the tr efMiciency the rec each « offic 3 a and and er men o organiza that aroused the here that been have a although jon ong knots the 1 Princess 5| in bettered Royal armed with eight 4-inch guns a The Lion W Princcss and procedurr St. Elmo Lodge. All members of St. Elmo lodge, K. of P.. are requested to meet at the triangle Tuesday cvening in season to board the 7:07 or 7:37 car for South- ington where the third rank will be exemplified by the drill team of the local lodge. A banquet will follow. a more greatest ac- g re in Connecti- |7 pounders <he i three torpe- ha in the is on a fairly factory Gt nd car It was except the appellate procendure r supreme court 28,000 Ton Ship. The Derflinger | which was completed July | year. She is armed with inch and twelve inch twelve 24-pounders and has in addi tion five torpedo tubes. There is record rilable of her speed The Seyvdlitz is smaller than the Derflinger, her displacement being 25,000 tons. She carries ten 11- inch guns and twelve six-inch guns and twelve 24-pounders, four 14- pounder anti-aerial guns and four tor- pedo tubes. She also is a new boat, having been completed in May, 1913 Her specd is about 26 knots, although in her time trials she has knots reported in t al British Admirz Connecticut Fortunate 28,000 ton ship, 14 of last cight 12 guns and carry is a IAon was LOCAL ELKS MOURN DEATH OF BROTHER . “With regard to the personnel of | 'he ment ¢ the the judiciary department, Cony which a si has heen exceptionall Rear Sir Outside New Ingland sank German of sati no [in a Sir Francis Drake Lodge. Sir Francis Drake lodge, No. 429, “Sons of St. George will meet Thurs- day. evening of this week at the usual time and place. Invitations have been extended tc Capitol lodge of Hartford and Friend- ship lodge of Bristol, to witness the ceremony of initiation as put on by our*degree team under the directlon of Captain Frank R. Charge. A class of four candidates is to be initiated and a large attendance is desired. The social committee nas been working hard for the past few days and promises something good in the line of refreshments. Members of other lodges who reside in New Brit- tairs\ i1l be welcomed. borst neisenau, The Official Report. The official report {ssued the press bureau gives the following ac- count of the engagement rly this morning a trolling squadron of hatile and light cruisers, nnder miral Sir David Beatty, with destrover flotilla. under command of Commodore | Tyrwhitt, sighted four bat- tle cruisers and sev light cruisers | and a number of destrovers westward and apparently the English coast. less actor ndition | | Leipzig S standing of and morn | by unde vith must need more sympathy and powerful somewhat " Tiger as ) 1 ment, ) demanding | °f the ILion and y | Available Yaval re but that Mary, & Bl a in 1] Michacl Joseph Hafey, Hartford Man, conditions elsewher that there - movement truction of our we realize Well Known Here, Dies After Britishiipas oot cruisers Ad- | | | popular ening the practical des federal judicial by that federal judges shall by the people of the district they thereby allegiance the part between the government stituents “With is Iliness With Pneumonia. = Vice system Well known and admired by almost | ali of the local members of the B. P. | O. E. because of the active interest | he had always taken in the welfare of the New Britain lodge, Michael Joseph Hafey, personal tax collector and one of the most prominent poli- ticians and lodge members in Hart- ford, died at his home at 483 Maple avenue last night after a long illness with pneumonia. He was a native of ;!gaertford and was fifty-one years nt’i should emerge from the war. Comstock Encampment Plans. | “Always prominent in the workings | BEhis g clc S pinciplefiof E“g?‘Sh Comstock Encampment. No. 29. I.| of Elkdom, Mr. Hafey assisted in the | POICY—t0 take as the sole criterion Q. ., expects to be on the honor | founding of the New Britain branch | °f it8 actions its private interests re- roll of the grand encampment this| of the order and when the new Elks' | gardless of right, reason or consid- vear: A schedule of work suggested | home on Washington street was | Cr2tion of humanity—is expressed = in by the new chief patriarch has heen that speech of Gladstone's in 1870 on in which diy Jude Ger the Queen erman serve, creating of id knots The New Ze 18 made 29 on the Innd ) armed sixteen steering making for and his con of 1911 STATE BAR MEMBERS | a state-wide MEET AT HARTFORD :: dicial departments of the siates reference to the matter of organization the American Judicat has prepared the first draft judicature act rganization of the § The inch and ¢ Made for Home, “The enemy at once made for home at high speed. They were at pursued and at about 9:30 a. m. tion was joined between the battls cruilsers Lion, Tiger, Princess Royal and Indomitable on the one hand and the Derflinger, Sevdlitz, Moltke and Bluecher on the other. A well con- tested Tunning fight ensued. Short- ly after 1 o'clock the Bleucher, which had previously fallen out of line, three tubes, ighter 1 torpedo A trific carr society o invol once the ac- | ing w Zea same entire re- in knot atty, o Brit nmand first th of a Tn place its own court | work chay proposed is gingle court for the entire state A of i judges the special | tle er quadron holding different e Hellg different salaries A Hugant | oo -4 to be f the - sped conrts, ea i & (Continucd from TFirst Page.) | fo fight with found in the an appeliant anks and 7 olang thr two procedure prescribed is for method who al- ceiving | is not turned ou tem onplon: crected it will be remembered that i v hic 5! adopted and the encampment will be | he took an active part in the exercises neutrality, from which 8ir busg from now on. On Friday even- | in connection twith the laying of the Belgian Edward quotes. “Mr. Gladstone then declared that capsized and sank. “Admiral Beatty other battle reports that two certain fact leges that the trial court has found a without evidence, Her of ! th he 1} after justice becanse e wrong door 18 ¢ he n ur hoat de The er cruisers were s1v damaged. They were, however, able to continue their flight and reached an area where dangers from German | submarines and mines prevented fur- ther pursuit. ing, »February 13, Degree Master A. o G. Breckenridge will meet the offi- cers for instruction in degree work. An entertainment will be given April 30 at an open meeting. The thirty-ninth anniversary of the en- campment will be observed on May 28, The patriarchal degree will be exefiplified April 29 and the Royal Purple degree will be exemplified on May 14. A large anniversary class is being planned. corner stone. The New Britain Elks will send a délegation of members to attend the funeral services, which will probably be held Tuesday or Wednesday morn- ing. The local lodge will also send a floral tribute, TEACHE the appellant is in the position of as- serting a negative: and in order prove it, if he can, he must print every bit of the testimony- tolerable hurden, than a customer h of department of gloves of the post been made of the techn already D iny turned cause he was unable to subscribe to the doc- more trine that the simple fact of the ex- istence of a guarantee is binding on every party thercto, irrespective all together of the particular question in which it may find itself at a time { when the occasion for action on the British Casualtics Slight, | guaran ‘= arrives; and he referred to “No British have heen lost such E lish statesmen as Aberdecen | and our casualties personnel as at and Palmerston as supporters of his [ present reported are slight, the Lion, views, which. led the line, having only eleven wounded and no killed. “One hundred and twenty-three survivors have been rescued from the Bluecher’s crew of 885 and it is pos- sible that others have been saved by | some of our destrovers, No reports of any destroyer or light cruiser fighting have vet heen received at the admiralty, though some has appar- ently taken place “The lordships have expressed their satisfaction to Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty.” Commodore Reginald Y who also took part in the . FIElleli AN corania Tt ie iy (W9 Gnowatchvondlo e Stilsacivhion accorapanieali v ceRAgalicontury B ReHclepcy, SR i 52 battle el | ciency developed in business s L | heen reached in political affair [ 1award A. Harriman of New some | in his address on “Efficiency in the Administration of Justice.’ When | continued dane to out a e vro counter an or a letter to De office n in- for a pair thrown out mistake Many have heap. reforms rules about hecanse the alitics City Damon's Shouid Get nas The preparation and counter-finding should also result, getting a speedier the trial far as your committee can A | there i sufficient reason for re- | ¢ 'v'fl‘_j” "['y"fiwwl. e t taining in section 798 the requirement g 2 . 1 3 .| three permanent the con that an shall specify in his B e i appeal the place of holding SRl tiie i the court Another change which sirable to Your committee is uni formity in the time within which ap- peals must be taken. Your commit- tee has prepared a bill which incor- porates the changes above referred to “Efici Speedicr Decision. a dress pleading [ the scrap tury, for tenths of the diction and process will of a draft-finding before judgment incidentally, in decision of cases Geo. 1 will open Thursday n sent to ships RS INSTITUTE. and in another moy owly, nin The Dixie minstr Meeting in Middletown—Professor Cady to Speak. venue, jurie- | important rehearsal court. ‘W gland drew the sword,” contin- join the " ued the chancellor, “only because it believed its own interests demanded it. Just for Belgian neutrality she would never have entered the war. “That is what 1 meant when 1 told Sir William Edward Goschen in that last interview, when we sat down to talk the matter over privately, man to man, that among the reasons which had impelled England to go in- to the war the Belgian neutrality treaty had for her only the value of a scrap of paper. His Hope For Peacce Shattered. “I may have been a bit excited and aroused,” said the chancellor. “Who would not have been at seeing the hopes and the wcrk of the whole period of my chancellorship going for naught?” 1 recalled to the ambassa- dor my efforts for vears to bring about an understanding between Eng- land and Germany, an understanding which, T reminded him. would have made a general European war Impos- sible and which absolutely would have | guaranteed the peace of Europe. “Such an understanding, the chan- cellor interjected parenthetically, “*would have formed the basis on which we could have approached the United States as a third partner, but Fngland had not taken up this plan and through entry into the war hail destroyed forever the hope of its ful- fillment. “In comparison with such momen- 1ter Campbell So see 0 no It is probable that a good propor- | tion of local people interested in the subject of education will attend the meeting of the Teachers' TInstitute which is to be held in Middletown next Friday. The meeting will con- sist of two sessions, morning and af- ternoon. The morning session will be held in the Central school and will be given over to work with primary classes, conducted by teachers from several schools in the vicinity. Work with the class itself will be shown at some of the demonstrations. In the afternoon there will be a business meeting in the Scott labra- tory building of Wesleyan university. ‘Walter D. Hood, principal of the Gilbert school of Winsted will give an address on ‘““What Your Super- visor Expects of You” at 1:45 and at 2:30 at a general meeting Walter G. Cady, professor of physics at Wes- levan will talk on “Electricity in Daily Life” with experiments in his subject, Alexandria Lodge. The members and friends of Alex- andria lodge, No. 24, 1. O. D. of §r. George will be entertained at wh ut the home of Mrs. 5. Whatnall No. 11 Kelmey St., Tuesday evening of this week. The first prize will be a box at thewI.yceum theater. Refreshments will be served and a good time en- joved by all who attend. United Order Golden Cross. The Golden Cross visiting whist and social club, will be entertained at the hom® of Mrs. Willys, No. 728 Stanley street on Thursday evening, January g8th. Whist will be played and re- freshments served. Whist will start | at & o'clock sharp. There will be six | prizes, two given by the club and Mr. tynch has offered four box seats ot | the-Eyceum, } i ilding Insgpectof Mrs, appellant [ day granted time and of court, and county assisted courts, county court permission to district v hou e rate brick Adminstration seems de- of & Leland’'s,—ad’ William Ttamm af left this morning of of Court. veel zecond featurc of the pro “The posed plan tion of the court when organized administra- Ad relates to the a west ministrative authority co-operation and coherence of effort is obtained by the chief justice of the state ve head of the judicial organization, assisted by the presid- id | ing justices of the different divisions Haven | of the court. Annual conventions in the | the different divisions of the court are He for like the meet : superior court judges, and Under o judicial W.E B tract to has repair Tdw Bassett stre fire several repairs will b Rutherford the wor] Tyrwhitt, ney” Watchword. irke battle off | making | barn the administ twentieth the effi- h not aged by Sneaking Out at Dawn. of | Inspector The Germans were observed mission for time after dawn proceeding direction of the British coast they sighted the superior Rritish | “Inefficiency in fleet, they turned and made at full | efficiency of lawyers, speed for Tome waters and it was ‘ protection of their clients only after stern chase that the | but inefficiency in the administration faster British ships got within range | of justice for which Jawyers are | of them. For more than four hour wrongfully charged wth responsibil- | the running battle lasted, the firing | itv. The administration of is | being plainly heard in North Hol- | the prerogative the sovereign, and | land, where it was judged the fight | for efficiency the sovereign alone took place north of the island of |is responsible. In this country, the Ameland and Schiermonnik-Oog. | people -‘vrv-] wtvr* ign and the In‘r-m;ltx . and the bar are responsible for Afrald ot Mines the administration of justice. | The Bluecher, which was slower | than the other German cruisers fell | behind and succumbed to the heavier | guns of the Tion, which led British squadron. The ather Ger the judicial depart- man ships got within the mine and [ ment of zovernment: the submarine area, only two of them be- | sclection of the personnel of that de- provided annual ing of our our probate | present system depart ! ment has no administrative head, who is responsible for its efficlency. Ad- | ministrative control by the chief jus B. I tice should result in more economical and effective dispatch of litigation by selection of judges best qualified for | the particular work to be done | “Reforms which involve the | destruction of an obsolete institution like slavery, may be brought about by mere popular uprising, but the | constructive reforms necessary to im- prove the administration of justice, require the brains of able law) From this association of the bar made | famous in the past by the names of | Jan, 25.-< zer Sherman, Ellsworth and Swift, | of C Rog {and in the by names of | merce for many yes ast week save ten to pa per cent. | not the in- assembly it as such in the interests, law is C. Hilliard @ been appointed of Thomas J. Gaffney of the Ne| our have Martha Chapter. O. E. S. estate Martha Chapter, No. 21, O. E. S. will held a regular meeting, Tuesday eve- ning, Jan. 26th. The ladies will meet | atH230 p. m. to sew. A large attend- ance is requested. ; Special dinners justice ¥ inn PRISONER SLIPS HANDCUFFS Hartford, Jan. 25.—One of six pris. oners from New Haven, while on the way to state prison at Wethersfield, | this morning, under guard of two dep- | uty sheriffs, slipped his handcuffs as he was getting off the train at Union station and started to run. After | jumping several fences he was cap-| ' tured by a local policeman, being at | tus consequences, was tho treaty not { liberty about five minutes. The in-|a scrap of paper? England ought cident was not reported at the prison | really to ccase harping on this theme and his name is not known here. of Belgian neutrality,” said the chan- of its O'BRIEN FOR Washington, Jamn, Wilson today mnon M. O'Brien to be poi terbury, Conn m-ore *Unity Rebekah Lodge, No. 54. Unity Rebekah lodge, No. 54 will hold its regular meeting this evening in the Jr. O. U. A. M. hall. The new- ly elected officers will conduct their first meeting. not Depends on Three Factors, in such administration | three factors. First, the TREASURER M( ‘Efficiency depenas organization the ers the on Boston treasurer dendies’ Auxiliary, S. W, V, ‘Mgs. Adeline Davis will entertain second the the persent