New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 25, 1916, Page 9

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25 1916. 2 “Some Long Cut tobac- cos look puffed up and fat—but when you get inside the package — what do you find? X “Gee, what a difference in LIBERTY Long Cut!” " Allclean, pure Kentzicly tobacco, made from long, ripe, selected leaves— 10 loose, hard stems in it. Cool-smoking in a pipe, lasting in a chew— with a rich, satisfying relish and fragrance to it. Man dear, it's real tobacco! Makes you feel that chesty you could hold two jobs with one hand; and that good-natured you could kiss your landlerd when he calls for the rent. | TORINGEO Famwuil T T o Take Mike’s advice. You can’t go wrong. Ity LIBERTY for a week. Compare it with any other Long Cut you ever used. At all dealers R Y KIS ¢A case of diphtheria ' on Orange street wag reported to the health de- partment this morning. | THORPE LOOKS BEST | with | IN ATHLETIC WORLD | Some Kxcel Indian in Chosen Sports, But Fail to Equal Him in Ver- satility. all-around ath- | letic this ha | ever produced. The of abiding interest, for there have been many who followed varied sporting ac- ies and who in these various lines high places. Bascball Men Do Well. There is, for an often-ysed example Christy Mathewson Mathewson one of the three greatest pitchers that ever lived. By many he is listed as the greatest. His place in bascball is at the top. At Bucknell he was a first class fullb t foothall, another major spor ank is well up. He golfer, but he good onc. He is a good trap shooter. and, if that might be classed as a sport, a chess player of unusual abil ity. here Mathewson’s field— baseball, football, golf, trap shooting, chess and checkers. Charles Albert Bender, the Chippe- wa chief, holds a place, but not as high as Mathewson. Bender excels at baseball, golf and trap shooting. His average here high, but his range 1sn't wide. Ty Cobb doesn’t hold a high place in ll-round play. The world's greatest ball player gives most of his time and energy to the one game that has fired his name around the universe. Who is the greatest marvel commonwealth subject is one | wivi reached i s0 his n't a star S0 is is There is College Ari The colleges show more all-round talent than the big leagues. Charley | Brickley was a r football player, good baseball er and sufficiently adequate track and field play to make the Olympic team. Tom Shevlin was an all-round sta but neither Shevlin nor Brickley hold as high a rank as Elmer Oliphant the West Point wonder, who is a star en- t football, baseball, basketball and track. Oliphant is the best all- round athlete now in college. He hasn't an equal for widespread effi- ciency. Undoubtedly, one of the greatest was the late Neil Snow, of Michigan. as one of the great foot- s of the game. He was an | n end and a great plunging | fullback. s a ball player he batted over .390 for Michigan his last twn vears, and received at feast three good | offers from big league clubs. He was one of the best college first basemen | that ever lived. On the track Snow could high jump around six feet; he could put the shot 15 feet; he was a fine hurdler. Tak- ing both quality and quantity, we should say that Snow was the equal | at least of any man that has been mentioned Thorpe Should Get Crown. | But if tae crown is to be awarded, the man entitled to the best claim Jim Thorpe, the renowned Indian who Snow stood Tall playe all-Americ is | al | the United States Golf Association Tutor Wants to Sce Record Crowd Out—Inter-Class and Inter-Depart- ment Races to be Held. Philadelphia, Jan. 25.—Althoush the midyear examinations are. going on at the University of Pennsylvania, a squad of more than fifty candidates answered the call for 'Varsity row- | ing material this afternoon. The new Ienn rowing tutor, Jo- | seph Wright wants to see a record | turnout, and said this afternoon that more men would respond after the examinations were concluded. Coach Wright had each candidate’s height, age, and weight taken as he registered. Measurements will be taken at the end of tne season so that the effect of the rowing experience | may be ascertained. The new coach intends to have in- | ter-class and inter-departments races, and will match the 'Varsity eight or four, the junior hoats, or the fresh- men against the crews along Boat- house Row on the Schuylkill when- ever possible. SHAFER AN AMATEUR. Former Giant Reinstated by United States Golf Assoclation. Los Angeles, Jan, 25—, | President of the Southern | Golf Association, B. Tufts, California has issued a state- to the rumors ates that Arthur Shafer, former third baseman of the New Giants, would be barred from ying amateur golf because of hils connection With a professional ha ball team. Shafer applied for reinstatement as an amateur last August through Mr. Tufts, who presented the matter to . its annual meeting last August ?ux Detroit. Shafer gave an affidavit to the effect that he had not played pro- fessional ball since October, 1912, and had no intention of taking it up again. His application was favorably acted upon, and he was reinstated as an amateur by the Executive Com- mittee of the U. S. G. A. He 1s handicapped at 6 in the Southern California Golf Association and has won several tournaments this Fall. SIXTEEN TENNIS TROPHIES STOLEN with regara | the Bastern S ment in Valuable Pieces of Silverware Taken from H, H. Hockett's Rooms in New York Hotel, New York, been found Jan. —No valuable trace has of sixteen lawn tennis trophies, all pieces of silver- ware, stolen nearly a month ago from upset the social status of Sweden and rent asunder the A. A. U. Thorpe must be listed as one of the | ereatest football players of the game | More than one will give him first place, even above the magic of Ma-| han, or the power of Ted Coy. He could kick, run, p block, tackle, duck, dodge and smash. In baseball he was,good enough to reach the big league. In track work he was good| enough to win the all-round cham- | pionship of the planet upon which we are making a brief and stormy abode. He wa fine runner and a great| jumper. He could peg the javelin and toss the discus. Wherever placed, he was a star. Thorpe's athletic average was un- doubtedly the highest of the lot. He could not do quite as' many things as Mathewson, but his range was nearly | as broad, and in_the major fields of | cportive endeavor -he held a trifle| higher place. WANTS JESS AND JIM a Gibson Offers Champion lard $25,000 to Meet Coffey in Gar- den—Roscommon Giant Ready. New York, Willard, he: wants to pick up $25,000 it by boxing ten rounds Square Garden with Jim Irish heavyweight who has twice been | knocked out by Frank Moran. Billy | Gibson, manager of Coffey, vesterday | wired Willard this offer and if the heavyweight title holder accepts to- morrow his guarantee will be posted | by Gibson. Willard can said, and he c 25.—Any time Jess champion, | he can do in Madison | Coffey, the An. vyweight name the date, Gibson n make it either be- fore or after his prospective match Moran. Coffey is ready to tackle the champion on a week notice, and he believes he can make a better showing against Willard than he did | against Moran. i The only restriction Gibson places | on his offer to the title holder is that | the match shall take place in Malison | Square Garden. “Willard apparently is looking for | easy money and here is his chance to | get it,” said Gibson last night. | TH Chicago, manager of CALL OSLER. Jan. Fielder Jones amalgamated St. Louis Browns and Feds, thinks the average life of a ball player in active service all too short. With proper care, he ays, a player should be in the game t 35 or 40. “The life of the 1 player is not more than five six years,” said Jones today, “but the life of a star is something better than fifteen years. Stars endure because, to he a st must take proper re of yours However, there aren't many stars. You easily can | count them among the present day crop. But if you g0 back a few years | yowll find that Wagner, ! Mathewson, Wallace, Plank, I cannot mention just | forc nd othe | now were as gooa at 25 as they were age vou o1, Harold H. Hackett, former nagional and international champion in doubles, he fact of Mr. Hackett's loss became public here today through queries from mnearby cities where the police had received a list of the stolen ticles sent out the police of York, The local police declined to give any information regarding the theft, but the news was confirmed by Julian M k, pr dent of the West Side ennis club, of which Mr. Hackett a member. The pieces of silver di appeared from Mr. Hackett’s rooms in a New York hotel. The articles described in the police circular include the Newport national all-comers tournament cup, won - by Hackett and F. B. Atexander in 1909 and 191 the Davis international trophy for 1913, won by Hackett and Maurice £, McLougnlin, the other less important prizes. ar- by New PHILLIES CLAIM GEDEON, Balker Says “Wild Bill” Got Fi Doesn’t Belong to Him. Philadelphia, Jan. 25.-—President William . Balker, of the Phillies, will protest the sale of Joe Gedeon, erst- while "keystone sacker of the Salt ILake Coast league, and who accepted Federal league inducements near the close of the 1915 pennant scrap. Gedeon was sold to the New York vankees Friday last by Harry F. Sin- ciair, distributing agent of the defunct Feds. 1In discussing the matter last night, President Baker said: “Donovan has taken from the line of the Phillies a fish that does not be- long to him. We had a prior claim to Gedeon befor the ever cast his lot with the Federals. He had practically ccepted our terms,” but despite th he cast his lot with the Federals la season when the so-called indepen- dent made a raid on the Coast league. “We had a prior claim to him, and view of the fact that the IFeds have teen absorbed he is our property. I think the Phillies have such a good claim to the services of Gedeon that we going to appeal to the national commission to have him turned over to us. h That WINGO ON MARKFET, Garry Herrmann Expect Secure Another Backstop in Ivy's Place, Cincinnati, Jan. 25.—Catcher Ivy Wingo has been placed on the market by Herrmann, who expects to secure another backstop for Wingo's place. Wingo has a contract calling for 26,500 a season, which, the player thinks, may prevent other clubs from buying him. “Fred Toney will pitch for the Reds this year for a $4,000 salary or not pitch at all,” said Herrmann, an- cwering Toney’s demand for $6,000 or his unconditional release. He was paid $3,200 for 1915, Herrmann returned tract to the pitcher at Nas telling him he expected him to sign, ard that $4,000 was going to be con- sidered a good salary in baseball in Toney's con- ville today, when they broke in.” | the future, PENN CREW RESPONDS | »owome TO BURY DEAD. Troop Movements in Mesopotamia Halted by Rise of Tigri —General Sir Percy of the London, Jan, 2 Lake, commander-in-chief British forces in Mesopotamia, has sent the following report of the situa- tion there: “During the last forty-eight hours the Tigris River has risen seven feet at Kut and two and one-half feet at Amarah, preventing all troop move- ments by land “An armistice was concluded for two hours on the 22nd for the collec- tion and burial of the dead. “General Townshend reports from Ket-el-Amara that he has suflicient supplies and that his troops have not been further engaged.” $20,760 FOR WHITMAN’S TRIP TO EXPOSITION — 3 New York Central Railroad Renders Bill to Commission For Panama- Pacific Tour of Governor. Albany, N. Y., Jan. Some of the long-sought vouchers of the Panama- Pacific Ixposition commission were made public yesterday at the state combptroller’s office, thus adding an- other chapter to the legislative com- mittee and commission ex rense tan- gle that started last week with the ob- jection of Assemblyman McQuistion to the accounting of the Thompson public service investigating commit- tee. One of the vouchers shows that the trip of Governor Whitman and his party, numbering thirty-nine, to the exposition, cost §20,760. This bill, which w rendered by the New York Central railroad, cov- ers transportation, meals and service only. Tt is not itemized. The bill has been paid by the commission, but the comptroller yesterday declined to ac~ cept it in its present form and sent it back for additional details. The voucher was signed by Norman E. Mac chairman of the exposi- tion commission, and John R. Yal vice chairman. A force of clerks was working yes- terday checking up and tabulating the vouchers. Consequently it was im- possible to learn if all the $700,000 appropriated for the commission had been accounted for. Many of the vouchers were for commissioners’ expenses and enter- tainment at the state building at the exposition. One showed payment of for music at a dinner to Chair- man Mack. Another showed payment of $318.95 ecxpenses to ex-Senator James J. Frawley, onc the com- missione Among were $430 room giving weel, to Chairsqan in honor of ¢ The Mis receipted ations,” of tems for floral decorations for ball room November $245 for ck and arewell dinner $100 for ball iovernor John A. Di s Worn of San Francisco bill of $1,947 for ‘“‘decor- the nature of which was not given. The items range from «t a luncheon on April 6 to $400 wmquet on November 2 COL. HOUSE LEAVES TO VISIT BERLIN Wiison's Personal Envoy Again States His Trip Not Connected With Peace Movement. Geneva, Switzerland, via Paris, Jan. 24, 11:10 p. m.—Colonel E. M. House, President Wilson's personal repr tative, arrived here this morning and left at five o’clock in the afternoon for Berlin. He was accompanied by two secretaries of the American em-~ bassy in Berlin, who had come here to meet him. Col. House said to the A ed Press correspondent that many mis statements had been published in the Turopean press concerning the mo- tives of his visit and that he desired again to affirm that it was no wise connected with any peace movement or any proposals but that its purpose continued to be that which had been snnounced before he left the United States. From Berlin Col. House will return to Paris through Switzerland and will visit no other capitals of continental Europe. N - RATES RESTORED., Stonington, Jan. —The interstate commission has issued an order restoring on the Groton and Stonington trolley lines the rates in force for transportation of school chil- dren prior to the adoption of the cop- per zone system last fail. This means 2 saving of about $4,000 a year to the town of Stonington and $1,500 to the town of roton. SULTAN'S YACHT HIT Bosphorus commerce Erthogroal Torpedoed in By ench Submarine—Craft Still Afloat. 1 a, m—A Des- <change ‘Telegraph Co., that the yacht Erthogroal, according to r ports from Con: ntinople was tor- pedoed in the Bosphorus by a French submarine in the latter part of Dec- embe The vessel was seriously jured but is still afloat. The same despatch states that Field Marshal Baron Kolmar Von Der Goltz has been appointed Commander in chief of the Turkish forces in the u- casus. Tondon. Jan. patch to the E Athens sultan’s from SAYyS The Turkish imperial groal was built at Elsw is 206 feet long, and h ment of 900 tons and an armament of eight 3-pounders, AMERICAN LIVESTOCK ASS’N IN SESSION Heard Discusses Market Conditions and Relatoins of Cattlemen to Public Lands and Grazing. El Paso, Tex, Jan. 25—Cattle sers and representatives of pack- ers and stock men generally from all A FITTING CLIMAX T0 A SILLY REGIME (Continued from First Page.) ashamed of my record as a commis- | sioner of public safety. ‘While you may continue for a timo | Ex-Secretary of Navy Has H states west of the Mississippi river are Paso today for the opening of annual convention stock association. and the relations | nineteenth the American Live; Market conditior of cattlemen to public lands and graz ing were the i of to be placed upon pinnacles of world- 1y grandeur I hope to glide more se- | curely in the humble value of obscur- | ity, trying to do my duty as a good | citizen ought to do it, standing, I trust, four-square to all the winds that blow—not shifting with every little zephyr of discontent that may happen ton was talking last night of | ight which ternoon between Georg of cussed by Dwight B. Heard, president of tHe association, in his address at | the convention. Mr. Heard reported | “That there is a general disposition on the part of the chief men of the grazing states to co-operate with the catlemen in securing some definite | form’of federal control for the unap- | propriated unreserved public lands.” Mr. Heard urged that the question of ‘marketing be given careful consid- eration. “Conditions of the livestock industry generally during the past year have not been entirely satisfac- tory,” he said. “There has been gen- eral discontent, especially among feeders in the Mississippi valley who complain of unstable prices and ab- |, normal fluctuations in the market | places. The excess receipts at cen- | tral markets were less than four per cent. over the previous year and should not affect the market. “It would seem that the beef ma ket of 1915 should have been stronger | than in 1914, but the average price | for native beef steers in Chicago for the first ten months of 1915 was $8.12 per hundred weight, as against $8.79 the corresponding period of 1914.” WATER POWER SITE ion of Jurisdiction Between Gov- ernment and States Proposed. Div Washington, Jan. 25.—Division of Jjurisdiction over leading water pow- cr sites in the United States between the federal government and the states is proposed by the senate public lands committee in a substitute for the Fer- ris bill recently passed by the house. Interstate business in connection with water power grants, the substitute provides would be under control of the interstate commerce commission and intrastate business under state con- irol. Fifty years lease terms, or short- er, under certain conditions are pro- posed. “The bill distinctly recognizes the ownership of and the right of control in the states of the use of the waters in the flowing streams of the states,” reads the committee’s report. TARIF] COMMISSION. ‘Wilson Tells Cong. Kitchen He Iavors Board. Jan. 5 President rman Kitchin of committee that Washington, Wilson today told Che the ways and means he favors creation of a tariff comm sion and will attempt to put a bill | for one throu during the present session of The President is expected to discuss the question in a special message to congress in the near future. Representative Kitchin favors put- ting the powers of a tariff commis- sion with the federal trade commis- sion instead of creating a new body, but the President thinks a separate commission should be established. h cons BREAK UP PEACE MEETIN Soldicrs Prevent London Demonstration. London, Jan. 25.—An hold a peace meeting made by the society of IFriends here yesterday again resulted in a demonstration for war. It was called by Charles Roden Buxton, a brother of Noel Buxton, a Member of Parliament. A large number of soldiers and members of the anti-German Union gathered and by the singing of pa- triotic songs and other means prevent- ed M Buxton from carrying out his purpose. Pacifists’ attempt to TWO YEARS TO MAKE GUN Washington, Jan, The first of the new i6-inch mobile howitzers can- not be delivered to the army for two vears. Before the house mili com- mittee today, Brig. Gen. Crozier, chief of ordnance, said it would take nine months alone to complete designg for the guns and another year to make the first gun for testing. The ordnance experts also are preparing to con- truct twent 16-inch rifles, long nge, heavy weapons to he mounted in turrets as part of the fixed forti- fications. General Crozier gave no es- timate of time necessary to construct them. He said he had seen reports that 17-inch guns were being mounted on new German battleships, but had no official information. 25, RAP SOCIALIST MINORITY. via London, 3:26 p. m.——At a meceting of delegates repre- senting the socialist party for the Hamburg district, today a resolution was adopted by a large majority ex- Pressing disapproval of the action of the socialist minority in the Reich- stag which voted against the wi credit. Berlin, Jan. OPPOSES GOOD ROADS BILL. Jan. 25.—Republican Leade ann took the floor yesterday against the Shackleford good roads bill, on the ground that the money would have to come from special taxes, most of which are paid by cities. INJURE SPANISH TRADE. Madrid, Jan. 25, via Paris, 5:15 m.—Count Romanones, the Span- ish premier, declared at a meeting of the cabinet last night that if Great Britain reached a decision to increase the stringency of the blockade against Germany it would injure the l.\‘pzunah export trade. to cross my as I firmly | citizenship is worth more in the long | there must be and receives his reward in cuff: | alleged ,000,000 | Spected. asked the chamber of commerce auspic pathwa -but believin, do, that a clean and honest run than the perpetual playing to the galleries for popular approval or for | | whom re-election. By the terms of the city two political charter | enting The cred democratic E understand party. The emblem of my party is the | patient donkey whose skin may not be as thick as his rival, but probably | as tough, as he honestly does his work and And i | kicks—how equally appropriate! now farewell; may your sunset | April be as beautiful as your light- nings of January:. E. B. ALLIN 'Y ESTATE $41,37 7. SW. Appraisal Shows Considerable Amount In Cash. According to the report of the ap- praisers, Frank G. Vibberts and Wil- liam F. Brooks, filed late yesterday afternoon at the probate court, Dr. E. P. Swasey left an estate valued at $41,377.63. Cash in savings banks represents a large part of the estate. The ap- praisal in detail follows: Bonds, 1,000 Interrational = Silver Cep. 1st mortg. 6s@$105., $1,050; 1,000 Syracuse & Suburban Rd. Co 1st mortg. 5s@$60, $600; 1,000 Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Rd. Co. gen- eral mortg. 4s@$85, $850; stocks, 10 shares of National Fire Insurance Co., at $370, $3,700; 16 shares of New Britain Machine Co., at $75, $1,200; 2 shares of Stanley Rule & Level Co, at §$380, $760; 134 shares of Hall Switch & Signal Co., pfd., at $45, $56.25; 21, shares of the same, com- mon, at $20, $50; 4 shares of Ru. Lyceum stock at §5, $20; deposits, Savings Bank of New Britain $11,- 92, Farmington Savings 82, Middletown Savings Bank $ 40, New Britain Trust Co. miscellaneous, automobile $400, counts recelvable $100, library $50, household furniture $300, office fix- tools, instruments and supplies total $41,377.63. Bank $5,136 ac- BRICK EXCHANGE MEETI One New Director on List—Old Offi- cers Are Re-elected. The annual meeting of the Ten- tral Connecticut Brick Exchange was held yesterday afternoon. The fol- lowing directors were elected: R. D. Murray, Frank H. Holmes, Reginald Towers, M. H. Donnelly, Henry &, Tallard, George I. Stark of Hartford, J. C. Lincoln of Berlin, J. J. McDon- nell of Middletown and B. H. Hib- bard. Reginald Towers is the only new director. At a meeting of the directors short- ly afterwards, the old officers were re-elected. They are: President, Jos- eph Towers; vice president, George H. Stark; secretary, Frank H. Holmes; treasurer, Henry §. Tallard; executive board, Messrs. Tallard, Stark, Holmas, Murray and Lincoln. ALLEG Sulphur Springs, Tex., Jan. Through a mistake Tho in its TION CORRECTED. 26— Associated vesterday of the | brewery hearing before Judge Wil- liam Pierson of the eighth judicial district, erroneou v said that, among the charges against tho defendants, was an allegation that they collected by assessments and donation funds at | the rate of $1,200,000 a year for the | past five vears in order to promote | anti-prohibitton legislation and com- | bat county and other local option clections. The allegation as con- tained in the state’s petition, which is to have collected assessments and donations at the rate of $1,200,- 000 a vear to promote anti-prohibi- | tnon legislation. Press ory SEATS SIXTEEN DEPUTIE Athens, Jan. 24, via Paris, Jan. 25, 12:40 p. m.—The electoral court has ed in parliament sixteen deputies from northern Epirus—that portion of southern Albania, as far as Koritza, which was occupied by Greece with- out authorization after the London conference. This decision was reached by the court notwithstanding the pro- test of the entente powers against the holding of elections in this district. WILL INSPECT MILITIA. Major Shuttleworth of the regular army will inspect the local military companies mext month. Company 12 will be inspected on February §, the following night Company I will be in- The local militiamen have to aid them in an attempt to induce the local manufacturers to allow them full pay for the time they spend at camp maneuvers every year. FOOD, CANDY AND TEA SALE. There will be a food, candy and tea sale at the home of the Misses Cham- berlain, 171 Vine street, Wednesda) January 26, from 3:30 to 6, under the s of the Young Women's For- eign Missfonary society of the First church. and Truxton Beale of this a brother-in-law of the Russian Al parties | an altercation began. represented on the safety board and I |hard feeling between Mr have had the honor of repre the emblem of your party I to be the elephant, sometimes pictured to us democrats as on a rampage— how appropriate at this time? | a badly mussed condition. | caused a lot | staff. | H. FIST FIGHT BETWE MEYER AND BEA Cut in Battle Washington, Jan. 25.—All Washi a ce yosterday M na) took ple von L. Boston, ex-secretary of the ity, whg bassador, Mr. Meyer and Mr. Bea both members of the Metropd , were in the clubhouse W There s bg Meyer Mr. Beale for a long time over an cident that had occurred in a NI York club, and the old animos showed itself when the two Wi thrown together yesterdas It is understood that one word to another until the lie was pasd and Mr. Beale chellenged the ex- retary to step outside and settle Mr. Meyer did so and the two were sooner on the sidewalk than they W at each other with their fists. Old Rough and Tumble. A fine old rough and tumble con was under way when Capt, T. Potts, who was a .membes of Meyer’s staff when the latter was & retary of the navy, rushed in betwd the two and arated them. BY combatants entered the clubhouse Mr. Mey was slightly cut under one eye and A Beale’s forehead was minus a pay of skin, Dr. Cary T. Grayson, the preside physician, happened to be in the cl house and he immediately treated N Meyer's eye. Capt. Henry Ward was giving a i paredness luncheon at the Metropd tan club and Mr. Meyer was to be @ of the guests of honor. The frad of e tement at luncheon, but the ex-secretary of navy calmly entered and took his 8 after his clothes had been dusted his eye cared for. Mr. Beale was o at the luncheon. Did Not Meet Again. Mr. Meyer remained until the of the luncheon, and Mr. Beale stayed in the clubhouse, but the did not meet again, Neither would make a about the affair. Mr. Meyer’s friends said on his i half, however, that “he had been tacked.” That was the only commi that was authorized, 50 Both Men Athletic, Truxton Beale is about 55 years of ! but has the appearance of being co| | siderably younger. He is of an athiel | build and a good sized man, Mr, Mg |is 58 years old and also is active robust. Mr. Beale is a brother-in-law of Jo R. McLean. the publisher. He mafs Harriet Blaine, daughter of James Blaine, but they were divorced. He a scn of Gen. George Beale, one of famous California forty-niners. Gel eral Beale was United States Mini | to Persia and to Greece, | mania and Serbfa at one at onc th Truxton Bi > is a meml Knickerhocker and Unive New York. Mr. Meyer besides having been retary of the navy under Preside s Postmaster-General wndi se state: | the Roosevelt administration and served as ambassador to Italy and Russis lic is an overseer of Harval universi COL. DUNLAY DEAD, Boylestown, Pa., Jan. 25.—Ci Thomas Biddle Dunlap, aged 83, wi commanded the Fiftcenth Regimen Connecticut Volunteers, in 'the CF War, died near here yesterday. g Dunlap was gandson of Col. Bidd Quartermaster in Gen. Washington| He was a mining engineer a a member of the American Institul of Enginecrs. Col. Dunlap was wo known writer on the manfhfad ture of steel and iron. as APPEAL TO WILSON. —A committs commit Preside Washington, Jan. 2 of the national executive of the socialist party as Wilson today to support Representaf tive London’s resolution for the call ing of a neutral conference to af tempt to end the European war. T committee included Rep. Londol Morris - Hillquitt of New York, and Maurer, of Reading, Pa. WITH BRAVES, | 1., Jan. 26—JosepH Connolly of this city one of the lead ing batsmen in the Boston Nattoni league club for the past two seasons forwarded his signed contract tg it was announced today. CONNELLY Woonsocket, R. has Boston, OF 97 YEARS. 25.—Mrs. Susa of pleurd Shy DIES AT AGE Torrington, Jan Anson died late yesterday pneumonia at the age of 97. was Torrington's oldest resident. INCREASE IN WAGE sauqua, Pa., Jan. 25.—An ind crease in wages of ten per cent. wal today granted the employes of thil Bryden Horseshoe Company. The company employs about 700 hands. HERMAN B. DURYEA DEAD, Saranac Lake, N. Y., Jan. 26—Her+ man B. Duryea, for many years & prominent figure in American racing and yachting circles, died here today. During the first week in Februaryy all articles at the Berlin Tea and Craft shop will be offered at gre reduced prices.—advt.