New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 4, 1915, Page 10

FRATERNAL NEWS | v. M. T. A. & B. Society. ext Sunday the winter schedule e:dnxs of the Y. M. T- A. & B. ety will open. The meetings will Jed at 2:30 o'clock p. m. The ersary committee will make a brt at next Sunday’s meeting on hs for the celebration to be held in hna’s armory, October 21. St. Jean de Baptiste Society. lhe St. Jean de Baptiste society is ing plans for holding a member- campaign this winter, in which ffort will be made to increase the pbership by 100. C. W. B. L. lhe Catholic Woman’s Benevolent on will hold its regular meeting kchool hall Tuesday evening after ch. Royal Arcanum. jhe regular meeting of the Royal pnum will be held Tuesday even- at which time a report will be n in regard to'the group meeting be held in Hartford the first week [November. Plans will be made the winter's work. All members urged to be present. Refresh- hts will be served after the meet- St. Elmo Lodge. Elmo lodge, K. of P, will con- the rank, of page on candidates finesday evening. Andree Lodge, 1. O. O. F. Indree lodge, No. 47, I. O. O. F., hold an entertainment at the ting Wednesday for members and Ir friends. The lodge will open meeting at 7:80 p. m. and the am will commence at 8 o’clock. r the program light refreshments be served. Alexandra Lodge. e regular business meeting of andra lodge, No. 24, I. O. D. of eorge, will be held in new Turner Wednesday evening. Every ber is requested to be present. Stella Rebekah Lodge, No. 11. ella Rebekah lodge, No. 11, I. O. ,, held a regular meeting in its on Hungerford court last Friday ng. It was decided to hold an rtainment, sale of aprons, fancy les, cakes and home-made candy bnnection with a whist and dance he near future, the date to be an- hced next Monday. It was also d to hold a series of afternoon s in the hall every Friday after- at 2:80 o’clock, beginning this ay. There will be an important ing of the entertainment commit- riday afternoon at 2 o’clock. All urged to attend. tanley Woman’s Relief Corps. anley Woman’s Relief corps and hds have been invited to spend the noon of Wednesday, October 6, Mrs. Mary Dunham of Berlin. lver tea and social will be held. ke intending to go will leave on the car from the center. An auto convey the guests from the end e car line to Pheir destination. Degree of Pocohontas. he degree will be conferred on “pale faces” in Hartford tomor- evening by the Degree of Poco- as of this city. All members invited to attend. Those going leave on the 7:22 train. Phenix Lodge, I. O. O, F. e regular meeting of Phenix No. 52, I. O. O. F', will be held nesday evening. After the meet- he degree team will rehearse the ptory degree. IUTONIC FORCES ARE OT YET EXHAUSTED Breathe Air of Confidence ning Results of Anglo- F¥rench Offensive in West ndon, Oct. 4, 4:10 a. m.—Ger- papers reaching London, in their ents on the fighting on the rn front, breathe an air of dence concerning the resuits of nglo-French offensive, after the day's “Surprise attack.” he German people realize the tful seriousness of the bloody kgle,” says the Frankfurter Zei- , but Germany is nob yet ex- ed, as her enemies would like leve. 'We have at our disposal ficient mumber of free reserves can be thrown in at any time and Iny place without weakening our s elsewhere. We ghall force our saries to recognize this fact.” e Berlin Tageblatt says nothing d be more foolish than for the han people to take a lighthearted of the terrible seriousness of battles, but that confidence d be drawn from “the brilliant fs of the courage and power of ance the Germans previously displayed against a numerically ior enemy.” ECE WILL JOIN 'ORCES WITH ALLIES ment Seizes Macedonia ‘Rail- oops of Entente Powers d at Saloniki to Raid Greeks- fhens, Sunday, Oct. 8, 7:15 p. m, [Paris, Oct. 4, 11:16 a. m.—All t as to the entrance of Greece pe war on the side of the entente has not been disposed of. The organ of the government says the landing of French troops at piki is for the purpose of assist- Greece. regard to the landing of the ich. froops the governmental or- says that if for the present the government considers the assistance of the allies as premature it is none the less to aid and support Greece ‘that the allies are at Saloniki. France and England enter the Balkans as traditional friends of Greece, and not otherwise- The Greek government has seized the Macedonian railroads of which two are Austrian and one French. It was reported unofficially last week that the eipente allies had land- ed troops near Saloniki to co-operate with the Greeks against Bulgaria- No official announcement to this effect has been made, but the foregoing des- patch indicates that such a movement either is impending or has already been made. Rome, Sunday, Oct. 3, 9:30 p. m., via Paris, Oct, 4, 11:20 a. m.—A tele- gram from Athens to the Tribuna says that Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton British commander at the Dardanelles, has been at Saloniki to inspect arrange- ments made for the landing of troops. GITY’S OLDEST MAN PASSES AWAY AT %6 (Continued From First Page.) named is a resident of Los Angeles, California, and is an actor- Mr. Sey- mour also leaves two grand daugh- ters, Miss Mary E. Atkinson and Mrs- William B. Ives, and two great grand- children, Dorothy and Charles Ives. The death of Mr- Seymour leaves Hon. David N, Camp of Camp street the oldest living man in New Brit- ain. 159 TOWNS IN STATE HOLDING ELECTIONS Fifty-one Voting on License Issue— Bristol, New London and Nor- walk Have City Elections. New Haven, Oct. 4—In all but nine of the 168 towns of Connecticut, the so-called little town elections are taking place today, the voters in ad- dition to selecting town officers and deciding various questions of . town finance or policy, passing also on the proposed amendment to the state con- stitution concerning the mileage al- lowance of members of the general assembly. Fifty-one towns also are voting on the license question, and in Bristol, New London and Norwalk city elections are being held. The proposed amendment, which has been approved by the general as- sembly and needs only ratification by popular vote to become law states that the general assembly, may provide by law for the transportation of each member by public conveyance by the most convenient route or between his home station and the place of meeting during the session or sessions of the general assembly to which he was elected.” The license question was expected to bring out a large vote in the towns where it comes up. In Middletown, ‘Winsted and Bristol strong campaigns have been waged, the local temper- ance forces in the two former seek- ing to put them in the dry column, while the license advocates in the latter have been working Hard to make it “wet” territory again. There was additional interest in Winsted because today marked the passing of the corporate borough of ‘Winsted and consolidation of borough and the town of Winchester, of which Winsted is a part, under a new form of administration which is described as a sort of commission government, the heads of the town consisting of five selectmen, who will name their own chairman or first selectman. East Hampton, formerly the town of Chatham, votes today for the first time under its new designation. MISSIONARIES SAFE. Report of Massacre of Americans in Persia Unfounded. Boston, Oct. 4.—Official report of the safety of American missionaries in the Van district of Persia as well as in Bitlis was received today by the American board o1 commissioners for foreign missions, from Ambassador Morgenthau at Constantinople, through the state department at ‘Washington There was a_report that following the retreat of the Turks before the Russians in Persia, a general massa- cre of American missionaries had taken place. ,This, Ambassador Mor- genthau stated, v as not only unfound- ed, but that direct word concerning the safety of missionaries had been received from Miss Myrtle O. Shane of Kansas and .88 Grissell M. Mc- Laren of Mount Holyoke College, Mass.,, both of .unum are in Bitlis. Miss McLaren, however, is suffering from typhus fever and Miss Shane is attending her. LICENSE BALLOT SHORT. Temperance Workers at Andover Rush to Willimantic for Them. Andover, Oct. 4,—A dearth of bal- lots among the temperance workers for voting on the license question wag the cause of a mile-a~-minute trip of Former Rep. E. Parker Stearns and Rev. J. J. Lockett to Willimantic ana back to procure the necessary ballots. When the absence of the ballots was discovered voting was already in progress. Messrs Lockett and Stearns procured an automobile and shot away to Willimantic, ten miles dis- tant for the ballots and returned with them in about twenty minutes. Andover is voting on license for the first time in years and the temperance advocates have been working hard to swing it from license into the dry column, Houses Blown to Pieces When Explosion Wrecked Business Section of Ardmore, Okla. = o A As a result of the inquiry into the |ficials of the Atchison, Topeka explosion of a 250 barrel tank of gasoline at Ardmore, Okla., result- ing in about sixty deaths and property damage of more than $500,000, of- | DMORE, OKLA. EXPLOSION . 1. HOTEL COMPLETELY WRECKED 2.R. and Santa Fe railway may be charged with criminal negligence. The busi- ness district of Ardmore was wreck- ed. In one street the Whittington hotel and four stores were com- ESCUE WORK-20 DEAD HERE! | pletely wrecked by the explosion, and other buildings suffered damages ai- | most as great. In another the negro theater was demolished and at least twenty of the occupants lost their lives, WAR OR NEUTRALITY BULGARIA'S CHOICE (Continued From First Page.) as the representative of King Ferdi- nand. Predominance in Balkans, The foreign office explains that the fact that Russia alone sent an ulti- matum to Bulgaria was due to vol- untary recognition on the part ofJ:er allies of this nation’'s predominance in the Balkans and of her moral claim upon the gratitude of the Balkan peo- ples. ‘Whether England, France and Italy will withdraw their representatives at Sofia in case Russia takes this ac- tion has not yet been decided. Rus- sia felt compelled to make this move, in view of the failure of all efforts tc bring pressure through other means on King Ferdinand. It is the view of the Russian government that the recall of its minister would convince the Bulgarian people that King Fredi- nand’s policy is dangerous. Bulgaria Concentrating Army. Paris, Oct. 4, 10:50 a. m.—Con- centration of the Bulgarian army has begun, according to a despatch from Athens, under yesterday’s date, to the Havas News Agency. The correspon- dent asserts he has authoritative in- formation to this effect. The total effectives of the Bulgar- ian army engaged in this movement are estimated at 350,000. Many Deserting Army. London, Oct. 4, 8:30' a. m.—The officia]l statement has been made at Nish, according to a Reuter despatch, that reports in Bulgarian newspapers regarding wholesale desertions from the Serbian army are devoid of found- ation and are circulated with the ob- Ject of detracting from the impor- tance of desertions from the Bul- garian army, which are said to be assuming grave proportions Bulgaria Issues Denial. Sofia, Oct. 2, via London, . 8:11 a. m.—Delayed in Transmission. ~—Formal denial that German officers have taken control of the military affairs of Bulgaria and that Germany is supplying that country with funds are contained in an official statement issued through the Bulgarian news agency. The text of the statement follows. “In view of erroneous or frankly mendacious statements circulated in the foreign press regarding the situa- tion in Bulgaria, we are authorized to deny in the most formal manner all these rumors; first, concerning the arrival in Sofla of German officers who are alleged to be taking a hand in the administration of the railways or the command of the army; second, concerning alleged statements of Premler Radoslavoff that as long as the war lasts Bulgaria will recefve regularly from Germany 50,000,000 francs ($10,000,000) monthl; third, concerning numerous arrests which are said to have been caused by in- ternal disturbances. » Cabinet Never Shaken. “As to the assertions of certain newspapers that the Radoslavoff cabi- net will not be qualified to direct the destinies of Bulgarfa because it will not have a majority we must observe that in a ' parliamentary country, which Bulgaria undoubtedly is, the #overnment which is said not to have supported the premier with a suffi- cient majority in the Sobranje wou'ld not be able to remain in power. Since the cabinet of M. Radoslavoff took over the affairs of the country over two years ago its position never has been shaken. After all there is nothing provocative in its policy for uny one, and it is astonishing to see the attacks made in part of the foreign press against the attitude of the Bul- garian government.” SHOWS U. S. BELIEVES ALLIES WILL WIN London Daily Mail Declares in Com- menting on Great Demand for Loan to England and France. London, Oct. 4, 11:47 a, m.—Lon- don newspapers, which at first were inclined to complain at the terms on which the Anglo-French loan is being | raised in the United States, are now less critical, pointing out that the great demand for the load already re- ported from America has a definite moral effect. “It shows, as nothing else could, not only that Americans want us to win, but also that they believe we shall win,” says the Daily Mail. It is now being explained that con- ditions here and in the United States are different; that money commands a higher price in America; that American underwriting syndicates are accustomed to large and even ultra- liberal commissions, and that a coun- try as large as the United States calls for higher advertising costs and dis- tribution expenses. In short, the bar- gain is regarded as a better one on being studied more closely. The Times, which last week criti- cised the terms, now says: “We are rot sure what a British syndicate would expect for spreading a loan of $500,000,000 for the United States among investors all over Europe—a geographical area no larger than that which the American syndicate has to care for.” It is expected there will be some discussion of the terms of the loan in parliament, attitude of the London press garded as significant. is re- DISCUSS JITNEY PROBLEM. American Electric Railway Associa- tion Opens Week's Session- San Francisco, Oct, 4 —Problems of transportation, finance, policy and the ultimate effect of the jitney and the interurban motor bus on electric rail- way lines are among the topics on the programs of the American Wlectric Rallway association and five allied or- ganizations which convened here fo- day for a week’s business, Discus- sion as to whether the jitney and the motor bus finally will be competitors of electric railways or allies, as feed- | ers, was given an important place on the program. A report on the prob- fem will be submitted by a tee. Besides the main organization the: will be a session daily, the Amer! Electric Railways Accountants’ ciation, the American Electric but the more favorable commit- | $75,000 JEWELS MISSING. Massachusetts Police Called Into Case By Mrs. McMillan. Manchester, Mass., Oct. 4.—The state and local police were asked to- day to assist in investigating the dis- appearance on August 7 last of jewels said to be worth $75,000 from the summer home of Mrs, James McMil- lan, widow of United States Senator McMillan of Michigan. John L. Hall attorney for Mrs. McMillan, stated that the case had been in the hands of private detectives since the loss of the jewels was discovered but that it was now decided to seek the aid of the local and state authorities. No new clue, he said had been found. The robbery is said to have taken | place on the might of August 7, but the jewels were not missed until the | following morning. JOIN BRITISH FORCES. Boston, Mass., Oct, 4.—A flotilla of American built submarines which ventured across the Atlantic to join | the British naval forces at Gibraltar, made the passage safely under its own power and without extraordinary discomfort for the crews, according to letters received here yesterday from men who shared in the expedition. RESUME COTTON TRADING. New Orleans, Oct 4.—Trading cotton was resumed on the local ex- change today after a suspension of three sessions, due to interrupted wire service from the recent storm- in COAL STEAMER OVERDUE, Quebec, Oct. 4.—Fears that the Do- minion Coal company’s steamer Kronprins Olay may have come to mishap in her last voyage from Syd- ney, N. 8., to Montreal, are growing | in local shipping circles, as the vessel | is now four days overdue. There was a heavy gale in the gulf last Tuesday and Wednesday. FIRE ON PARK STREEF Fire which broke out in Isaac - rich’s block at 321 Park street early this morning did damage amounting | to about $200 in the shoe shop con- ducted by Jacob Gross. The origin of the fire is unknown, but prompt work on the part of the firemen saved the block, which is filled with many tenants, from possible danger. AUTO ACCIDENT FATAL Greenwich, Oct. 4.—James John-| son, a prominent business man of this | town died at the hospital in New | Rochelle, Y. early today accord- | ing to word rcceived here, from in- juries suffered late last night in an automobile accident on the Post Road | in Mamaroneck N. Y. H i _—— | Miss Hanna Thompson of 401 Arch | street was sligtly injured at the | corner of West Main and South High | street Saturday night when G. M Hanson’s auto skidded and bumped into her. She was attended by Dr. Hermann Strosser. An Era of Health, (Norwich Record.) | If any one doubts that this is un[ era of health propaganda he must, in- deed, be oblivious of what is going | on about him. Municipal, state and | rational agencies arec using forces | funds at their disposal to further the | interests of public hygiene. Educa- | tional influences are directing their | energles to the spread of the lessons | of procurable health in public print | and in documents of both official and | unofficial character. Novels and short stories, the literature of biography =nd travel, the platform and even the pulpit are proclaiming the gospel of | health far and wide. The medical | profession, more enthusiastic if not more interested than any other group in the promotion and outcome of the modern hygiene movement, may well stop from time to time to inquire about the sanity of the methods of the propaganda. The religious doc- trine of past ages involved the threat of harm; it inculcated fear of the de- struction or danger that was sure to fcllow the violation of the law. This dismal attitude has long since been replaced by a religion of love, of up- lift and joyous anticipation. In the health propaganda, likewise, much of the pessimistic attitude, unconsciously perhaps, has been introduced in the past. The fear of disease has been held over the heads of the people. Rarely have we seen the more appro- priate spirit of the modern “better health” movement better expressed than in a recent pamphlet of the Life Extension Institute. “It is not a fear of illness or of death that we should encourage, but a love health, a sense of responsibility for the care of our todies, a desire for bodily endurance and efficiency and full achievement. If the mind is fixed on these ideals, and the already known means of ap- proaching them are utilized, the need- less miseries that embitter the lives of so many may be left to take care of themselves. It is not so much necessary to fight disease as to culti- vate health for the happiness, con- tentment and moral gain that it brings.” There is something unusual- ly optimistic and buoyant in such words. They embody thepsychologic cue to comfort and happiness for many a patient, without implying that “man is incapable of sin, sickness, and death,” or that “health is not a condition of matter, but of mind.” Tc inspire a love of health does not mean to exclude the great body of gelentific knowledge which is the best that science can offer today regarding disease, or to replace medicine by crude metaphysics. The ardent love of health insures a mind receptive to the lessons of modern medicine, STEAK TUESDAY SPECIALS Crisco For Shortening, Z9C SUNBEAM PURE SAP SYRUP .. WALTON TOILET PAPER . .8 oz rolls, 4 for 25¢ BOOTH’S PURE CATSUP large bottle 10c, 3 for 25C -Ib can 19¢ way Claims association, the American | Electric Railway Enginee tion, the American Railway Manufac- turers' association, the FElectric Railway Transporfation and Traffic association. American | Short, Sirloin Porterhouse Round FLOUR MohIi:caagi]S;ecial Nogfilficdner Fancy Maine Mealy Cooking Ib16c THE MOHICAN MARKET BestPure Lard 2ibs ircatest Press Agent. (From the Boston Herald.) The passing of George Oscar Stary the other day at Upper Norwood, England, recalls the world's ploneey press agent, and with him 66 yean of a lite, much of it spent in “beating the big drum” Starr would ‘have phenomenally busy and phy- came from Connecticut aled a practicing sician had he not discovered as medical student that people would rather be entertained than doctored— that, in fact, amusement is one of the cheapest and best prophylactics of disease. His thought of the needs of the poor also helped him to a change of occupation Thenceforward, his English biographer tells us, he “if\&d in the strange kaleidoscopic atmose phere of brass bands, gilded chariots and crazy clowns; of candy stalls ored ballons and cocoanut shies; amid the roaring ahd grunting and shriek- ing of the lions, liamas ks nd monkeys of the big traveling circus. Beginn his new career in Mne Bowery, Starr finally threw in hi lot with Barnum, serving he ‘Breatest earth” as agent, then scouring the its interest for prodigies. And his search, prospering mightily, brought forth freaks n abundance—dwafls, Circassian ladies, dog-faced boys and bearded women—midgets from the Danube, giants from North China, and from Korea, attached twins But it was as press agent, maker of sensations to be about and written about, that bulked largest in the public eys. He it was whom the Arabs once “murs dered” in Asia, and before he reachs ed home alive with several “sons of the desert” duly in leash, the New York papers had devoted columns to the show and to the tragedy of his taking off. It was Starr who, when “the greatest’ was in need of a boom, set up a woman to be ta- tooed, and for two weeks, day after day, kept the chroniclers chronteHig the operation as it proceeded. Tha sending of Starr on a mission to In- dia for “an elephant bigger than# Jumbo” proved fruitless, but for sheer sensationalism it outdid the sending of Stanley to find Livingstone And Starr well knew how to turn disas- ters into successes. When the show lost Change, the Chinese giant, “Chong” another colossus, was un- " earthed from the middle kingdfm; and when Chong suddenly disappear- ed, never to be seen or heard of again the search for him by press and police made “copy” for the news- papers of half a continent. It w Barnum'’s custom to say that people liked to be humbugged. It seems to have been Starr's business to see that they had something for their nioney a show on press world in as #he talked Starr Shelving The Tariff. (Exchange.) It is reported on what is said to ve~ good authority that President Wilson has decided to finance his scheme of preparing our army, navy and nation for eventualities by means of a bond issue rather than a new revision of the tariff. Opinion will differ as to the wisdom of such a decision but many high tariff exponents will be of the opinion that it is best not to cdm- plicate the plans for national and rational defense now by a bitter fight over tariff schedules. Two things must be done and the president prob- ably appreciates the fact. The is- sue of free sugar should not ™ be pressed in view of the deficit that is staring the government treasury in the face and some sort of practical legislation should be worked out and given legislative approval that wilk prevent this country becoming the dumping grounds for foreign goofls at cut prices after the world war is ended. " It is said that if the president's plan for defense is not so radical that it will lead to protest on the part of the taxpayers, yet it is sufficlently comprehensive to give a great impetus to the upbuilding of the army %nd navy toward that formidable strength, actual and potential, that means as- sured safety for the republic. A united nation will stand back of such a plan, where it would balk on one that calls for extravagant and ume limited expenditure. 6 TO 9 O'CLOCK——MONDAY EVENING SPECIALS—6 TO 9 O’CLOCK POTATOES 2-151b pecks 29¢ 19¢ TUESDAY SPECIALS Pail 20¢ | Fresh York State Eggs. doz 31¢ Rump Roast G B 15¢ » 8¢ 15¢ 15¢ Fancy Salt Yellow Elberta Spare Ribs . Skinned Back Hams‘ whole or halfr Ib Sugar Cured Bacon, in strip 1b Native Yellow Onions 12¢ ...4 qts Peaches 14-gt bsk 50C Native Gree Peppers . . n4 qts loc White Egg Turnips ... .4 qts Bbl $6.25, ; Sack 79¢ 9¢