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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2¢, 1916. GAN HlSl]RlES Looks Like Roman Gladiator, “It’s the Bloomin’ Mud Wot Hinders Us,” INSUMNCE PLANS DE DISASTERS | But is Modern Italian Soidier Says Tommy, Stuck “Somewhere in France” AT SMAIL TRIAL Never Had Any Military | |FRPROeRmupn oo DRSNS | | ' e » Agens Tell of Alleged Wit M- Gy,” Says Hendekoper || RAERRAS N ; , s @ : derer's Plot o 20— Irederick Ossipe, N. H., Dec. 29.—Plans /by joper, founder of the 5 A X B : % o 8 of the United States, in an ad- : A § 58 . o 5 T Frederick L. Small on trial here fony before the ' American political AL . 55 : 4 . 3 : the murder of his wife, Mrs. Flop= ¢ association here today charged 3 ! 5 ence A. Small, at their home fin P “Almost without exception his- 2 £ SRR X 7 Ry 4 b3 \ R S b S 3 il B A writors of American . ERR il 5 Ly PR - G . A “ % A i Mountainview ' three montha ago, ito Bl. books have suppresscd, with & g N i Y b « g PR Y Mo i o e ;. obtain an insurance policy for $20,000 fled ‘care, the disasters which we S0 ¢ ¥ ] s 6! { b : bor G B T R . : e ¥ 3 covering the lives of both, was the ¥ S0 often suffered and the blun- . it 5P oy L 5 g o o R 3 % d e subject of the first testimony at te=- we have commiited owing to a 5 : g E S 7 SRIORT b il % 8 day's session. Winfield Chase, for- il abscnce of a proper military pol- Mg ¢ ¢ % 3 $ R : % % 5 A ; i S Y B 3 A E o merly an insurance agent, told of a : 3 : e 2 e 5 By - 3 telephone call from Small and a talk 553 . 1 3 T . v S RO with him regarding such a poliey fltary policy or any thing approa i R . 5 2 R S 3 K 7 f 3 . § 9 3 . which Small said he wished to take L onc, unless an uniimited capacity . I ] 3 oo 3 5 SRL e, 4 L g D s o ont. Chase said he did not write the blundering in military matters EE % : 4 life policy but had previously issued Y he called a policy,” he said. a $3,000 and a fire insurance poliey 1o arguments of the “‘pussy fo( on the Small home and its contents. ; Ble termed the Pacific unionists the [pulsors military service e o o Pads s Siy TR S ! ge e Xl Joint Policy Issued. ry to American idea was r PR . 7 B b sl : A . 4 . o % i o - L Chase Merritt, of Manchester, gen- Biged by the speaker without e 5 » . * 4 B . YN : i o TR » i L 3 i eral agent of the John Hancock Mus= s or Cruthe S o 2 5 » % . . NP - S . 4 3 tual Life Insurance company sald gae g P 3 ¢ LR : y 4 S % ¢y R % k BUTEG by % that a $20,000 joint policy on the lives Sigclehcat oELth ity v e # . p 2 % 5 < : T 53 " e S -y, c of Small and his wife had been i{ssued , Sl I s 5 v - & W 48 o b - & : 2 - e R d e by his company. The policy was not yns which had included Pr 3% i 2 g SR G X % N A S e, LR - 2 s issued on joint application he testified. &n in the groun of his writ- ik : X K 4 § : . o 2 ! d Bk A second application was required % ticpm., o1 tho few 5 S : f % 3 R e Y : S 3 3 R " L S and was signed by Mrs. Small. On posal, s receipt ; s . i * ‘ 5 2 —— s SR ~ March Small paid the first annual papers, ! have satis- | g < . i et : : T - e 3 premium on the policy the witness ;oodly numbar of ghe: 2 : . g . : - . testified. 3 fared the On cross examination Merritt sald in- he did not know whether a close ex-= M amination of Small's character and an financial standing was made by the company. Mrs, Small was in an ad- - 5 ; ¢ 3 ; : joining room when the policy was de- ATORS i Y R K ; > / stroyed and took no part in the con- ; ; versation, he stated. BE INDICTED ‘It ain't the bioomin' Germans | complimentary opinion of the mud is | drance to the movement of supplies, T | e ! : o " gl ; : 4 wot's preventin’ us from going for- | shared by the Germans, although they | guns, etc., as well as of men, as is | Lo e i3 j S5 ward,” said a British private to an | do not agree, of course, that it Is the | evidenced by the picture reproduced SAYS INDIA PROSPERS ¢ I fifhe United States never had a o Derid A At American correspondent, “it's the | only thing that stands in the way of a | herewith of a British army tractor in blasted sticky mud.” And his un-| British advance., The mud is a hin- | the mud “somewhere in France.” + Distharged. Great Devclopment in Agriculture and . | @he sreat Ruropean conflict iz daily | made up of men of great cour: ho Says S Action, ! £ ; sreaticourage w Industries, Says Sir William Me; {pioducing novel methods of warfare |are called “the company of death.’” TR HELD. Al b . Ko w Yorl, \Whethe n- | and v methods of protecting the | Their {a a very dangerous ome. S il Wh w t S t ‘ ll H Minister of France, 3 nents arve fo be sought 1] 1 soldier. Photosraph shows {This soldicr is assigned to go out in | Treasurer of Mining Co. Said to Have en inter orits a er d ana fu alators probally | wearing steel helmet {the open and cut the enemy’s en- Used Mails to Defraud. India today constantly hear business i Lo determined at & mee f armor, ziving him the ap- | tanglement wire preparatory to an men make the statement never has Lo United tes district attor-| rance of a Roman gladiator. The |infantry. charge. Note his long Boston, Dec. 29.—Frank A. Pal- India been so prosperous. Bir Wil- s from Maryland, Delaware, Pe pany to which he is attached is | handled wire cutting implement. mer, treasurer of the Golden Star liam Meyer, minister of flnance, says bania, New Jersey, Nev @ 5 i # Mining company was held for the fed- E to an Associated Press correspondent, sachusetts, Rhode Island and Con- i R © |eral grand jury on a charge of using : “Economically India is more pros- ut, held here today. They plan[the present Uruguayan government, 7 YRS the mails in a scheme to' defraud, S ot perous than she ever was before. Ac- :;mp',"p the result of their s ; s & pronounced radical, but it is po- | TERESTING SHAPES after a preliminary hearing today. He | ¥ X cording to Western ideas she is still estigations into the rise in prices | litical gossip that the program of the | T furnished $250 b: 1§ ! e 3 : , a very poor country but she is ad- :o: and fuel. extremists of his own party has | IN WINTER MILLINERY The stock of the company has X ; 5 . vancing, as I can testify after a serv- e v taken him off his feet and he is do- heen quoted on the local curb ex- k ? i s ice of thirty-five years here. There hicago, Dec. 29-—The federal|ing what he can lo stem the tide. change at $1 shary nd later , s e e R has been, great development in Ins na jury which has heard a large | Already the insurance business and | Iropped to € rchasers of 3 . e o din’s agricultural and industrial ens, bunt of evidence in connection with | the electric light and power business | - the stock were 2 ainants. 5 3 . & S | terprises, and the government has Lhigh cost of living is to conclude | of the capital have been taken over | 3 i : , ¢ . just recently taken another step in Bion today and' wi discharged. [ by the governmen: and .enthusiasts it SHOOTS ¥ 1 el 5 £ T the appointment of & strong commisgs indi¢tments will be roturned ac-|are calling for stat> owned railways, - a | 5k 5 S L AP ¢ i sion to consider the possibilities of [ling to United States District At-| bakeries and street -ar systems. Here ¥ | : atient Becon 3 v : % a § further industrial development. ey Cline, they have met the opposition of the i ‘s and Drives Family 'rom Home.! e = i 5 4 o | “Since 1900 the progress has been s ish owners of the railways who Lo B AR oTe Datia g =TT e . 3 SN : R MR W | remarkable. Between 1900 and 1910 MEET IN NEW HAVEN. have threatened fo withdraw their e o T P S ; : o ar a the number of cotton mills increased capita the proposed laws are put % old itoaay Ehotih sian, George I s e B : . from 177 to 210 and the persons em- can Bar Ascociation Formally | into effect. s % A. Hocking, drove the other mem- - 2 ployed from 145,000 to 215,000. The o atis e Ry Recently the sociologists have be- . barslof litiel tamily: outlotl doors and b0 . 3 3 i production of yarn rose from 343,000, 3 2 come active and Domingo Arena, one locked himself in the home at Gov- $ % : 3 000 to 593,000,000 pounds and of ew Haven, Dec 23.-—A resolution | of the most prominent lawyers of the ans suburb, where he has since i - ¢ : woven goods from 95,000,000 to 215,- Bodying a formul invitation to the | country, made a speech before the | Hdian atempleoti s policettottaia | it R 1 : 9 000,000 pounds. Jute mills increased in erican - association to hold s | comm on advocating the enactment | him : N E 5 3 k number from 36 to 60 and the persons. % suramer meeting in this <\‘l_'v' “vrv of a diverce law by the provisions of Dr. Hocking s shot three times ik e e : X employed from 110,000 to 204,000. ted today at a special mecting o hieh W T ig released | : S * g i » % 3 % i S by 1 Ly Lir g . rom the matrimonial contract upon a | L e O e 0 LR 2 Y . tured goods imported into India as committee v ac \,]um‘(\ to p mere request to that cfféct hefore a 3 compared with the total imports has Sha inita to the executive = g X § k. 5 @ !w:‘“ ptatiel o 6 Ao COPENT v ;. 3 g T » ) been steadily falling, while the per it Gele B Sty c A in 3 g . . cent. of manufactured goods amongr hand with ¢ wetivity in shipping kS % - F 8 F £ ) the exports ‘has been 'simyltaneously properly constituted magistrate. Un- der the proposed law a woman would not be required to give any cause whatsoever. In the case of the hus- R T( St o e e lraitin: oz L g G : i circles is g a modernization of the B LI EE oy rising. Agriculture, of course, is , and a long list of lim .A]m;i causes is.' § S ; e e s e E N & S i the main industry of the country, and } Shnoean. 0 SUE miEor or tuee i 3 0 will make it possible to increase N during the ten years under question [ J 4 | measure declared th the peculiar 3 2 g 3 ’ e ] . ol ) W . - the net area estimated to be under conditions in Uruguay called for such (IS SO S 5 : : ¥ s fu by Chusmiteds o) and ¥ . rops rose from 180,000,000 to 223,- Q et o i < 5 importance as a vort for transit com . : crops rose ,000, 3, § ‘H' radical remedial .1.5\;!.:(&‘0\\\ Lo g ; o D 8 : ‘ 001000 adas ] ke 1 At el B e ) i e Y. bie to trade agaln uninterruptedly i v “We have suffered, naturally, in va- TotiTeselyins b e ariounfecnlderar The warehousing capacity is also be- . : g rious directions from the war and at Philadciph A Mm) of the law makers. | 3 Bl o ing incre i. It is now more than § g % g it one time we were threatened with - i ; A ’ ‘M\lnor \1_1f.ut1_ Urdmmz“]\\'ho r;rc(v_e«h i s o, 90,000 square moters, an increase of f g A8 : . . o : ‘rises affecting the cultivators in re- 1 AlNtT n ¢ ed 3% ier: as president o Tu- | R = 9 Tel thi 0 “tors since 1913 5 3 ¥ : spec 4 a ] in § ! i more than 10,000 metoers since 1913, B pect of the jute and cotton indus- i s iy NI merica Biay, nd who is one of the present | S and plans in hand call for 122,700 : . SRR tries. These have, however, been chief executive's closest friends, is 3 S uars micters byl ondioriini g5 : K 3 g . successfully surmounted and at pres- . A eder afinne of (De nn i Sven i) p g G | Word comes also from Christiania S " 8 : % ent these industries are in a prosper- of the r:-dm_n[ wings. Through his ef- | | that the old project for a free harbor 5 § iy ! 5 S e ous condition, and the cotton ryot in forts the eight-hour law has already has been taken up there and may be § 3 - 3 g o : particular is getting very good prices ¢ been adopted in practically all parts | carried out, and the question of an- 3 g e : o for his produce.” of the republic. The fact that the D other similar harbor fér transit bus- & S i < E e As to how the additional wealth present government cannot follow the ! . | | iness somewhere in Northern Nor- & i . y » = which has accrued to India was dis- proposed program of this leader and way is being discussed. > Ny S ‘ § . tributed, Sir William said: that of Sr‘nml'v Arena has threatened | i e | e = . : “A good deal of money is hoarded,, 1o cause a split in the Radical party. F i GIFT OF $500,000. since the traditions which grew up This could mean that the opposition T ey Tiihe TG it | S - 5 UL S during many generations of insecure Hushbicomeiitogp oo rgatteryh D. Archbold, who was president of . O] » : @ L government are not easily shaken, but 2:;[(!;;1”‘&”)l;lv:‘fnrof”:ylhm'n(lyv\:i\.””I‘r Is ¢ the Standard OIl company of - New | o : i | deposits in banks have increased con- c s > 1- Jersoy, gave §500,000 to the New York . g : siderably. There has been a very promise of a commission form of Kindergarten association during his | wonsiderable increase in the standard government has b““t proposed, the life time, it developed toc The 4 _— of comfort of the people, and the" :lfee:hl(;cl;jfi”l:;lflx;)gr;l)\l';.ues for all wings 1 3 | sociation announced the adoption ,of [ rise in prices, which has occurred in als is that Uruguay shall change e S B S R AN, g EE : resolutions expressing appreciation India as well as in Western countries, form of government so that a %mhFA;“Q B S 'W‘v g : ¥ 3 for his generosity. The attractive young woman in the | ganing, etc., in which the woman of | Nas materially benefitted her agricul- mission instead of a president | FOUTE AT mem“m:’ mmw:m"“ 3 | BRE picture is Miss Virginia Pearson, well : o5 in the oold season. | tural and industrial population, [ be ivested! with the executtve IS ftoday at a prem m_-Fm‘“;h (’nlll; AFRAID OF ARREST, known screen actress, ‘bed in the | B - vear more and more women | {hough it has pressed hardly on mem- ber. Urughay, one of the richest Tixe ;"r‘pllhl\c h“‘ & ik q‘[,m(““fl“hl ; Building Inspector A. N. Ruth very latest word in winter sports cos- | are forsaking the open fireplace and | Pers of the professional middle class- bestigalrned, though one of the [, S5 00 La" 2n Sola pleces TAKE YOUR CHOICI | ford announced today that two prop- | tume. The “comfy” loose coat and | the steam radiator for the great out- | ¢% There are also a certaln number llest of the South American re- Th})co ST e e et mm:\'- o baifled Napolo % ape 1s a | ity owne who have heretofore been |the h‘:m’gv ‘knickers” allow the figure | doors in winter and are finding health | of capitalists—nilll-owners, jute man- lics, has @ population of less than |, (O7€ T t Dhe s 1 16T 0% | Napoleonic shape 1s a | | [ ant about obeving his orders |full freedom ~of movement in the |and recreation in vigorous cold | ufacturers and the like—who make 0,000 which the snpporters of the | 7O forel&n nations. The wnit value | ek velours tiled, the other side be- | Additional fire escapes ‘on their | skating, skilng, snowshoeing, tobog- |weather sports. in some years very large profits. The mission plan to say would lend .‘:nd't;I’{t?{.‘“,\.]:fy’:“\' (jf:l‘nm:‘r !:mfl'”'(.4 adorned with a Dblack ostrich plume. | huildings, had submitted plans for | fact remains, however, that taking T e e R e e e, STVl o (s s Ty = — | India as a whole, she is still very grtments, corresponding to states| ;.. gsliar's worth of Uruguayan pa- | mushroom shape, with moleskin R : ligations ta tWe empire. The peoplo | Aled and ashamed to see in what | POOF 35 compared with western stand- jo United States of North Amer-| = "N "0 oster how radical hag been | band and a brim overcast with | THINKS AUSTRALIA ! misled by gross misrepresentations | light their action is regarded in Ger- | #rds i sos closely welded by rall-| 5/ o000 08 any government, the | chenillo thread. | have declined to entrust the govern- |any?” — s and waterweys that the govern- |, ' Dl O e F | WILL DO HER PART | ment with the power asked for. The || Speaking of troubles in the ¢ SOLDIERS AS FARMERS. htal problem is simpler in the lit- | : i decision of the people will profoundly | Monwealth, chief of which w republic than in any other entity |V jealous of the republic’s reputation g s ° T 5 ¢ threatened strike of coal miners One French Army Cor Cultivi : A AT Pl E! N e SRR affect the future not only of this str 4 ner v y Corps ultivates ho southern continent. The pro- 1 5 |riainviiie eWS [ Young Commonwealth, but of demo- | Hughes said: Acres. d commission weuld consist of | N —_— English Premicr Not Discouraged | cratic government generally. Cer- “The strike and upheavals, polit n members, ore to act as execu- GETS 6,000 MILE MESSAGE. (Continued From Ninth Page). 5 . _ tainly this refusa! on™theé “part of a |ical and industrlal, we see around us ris, Dec. 29.——The Bulletin Des , “““b"m“"‘]“”lt periodnor Tokio, Dec. 29.—The power of Ja- == When People Vote Against COn- | 4. "heople to make sacrifices to de- |are the manifestations of deliberate | ATmees, offic newspaper of the , to e replaced at the exp L B i "~ |ana Mrs. Thomas Cassidy of Pierce RS b e . fend their freedom will be used as a | policy which aims at destroying so- | trench, sdys 7 cres were 3 i e pan's new wireless station which s | 210 saription Lox BEILSH S Aty | proof of the unwisdom of submitting HEE A e S s : il il o ommission. The retiring exe now in regular communication with | ™ Ray Alderman of New Britain, who | Melbourne, Australia, Nov. 3 great natlonal issues directly to the | work of men who, calling themselves | by one army corns. All this land {8 cliafiinan would leave the post|the United States by way of Hawali | has been serving as substitute clerk | “Notwithstanding the limitations im- | people. But while we regret the de- | by many names or by no name, are |in the region of the Meuse in the fm- e replaced by a vew member to | was strikingly shown by its recent|at the local post office, has been ap- | posed by the people’s verdict in re- | cision, considering the odds against | in effect anarchists, and isting | mediate vicinity of the Germans. Oats, Eelected by the legislature. Only | ovine yp of messages sent from | POinted rural mail carrier for West | fusing to accept comscription, the!us there is no need to be discour- | them for their own purposes are cer. | arley, potatoes and vegetables were ¥ @ who had served on the commis- |\, thern Germany and from some | Hartford. Much difficulty has been | government believes Australia will | aged.” tain sechlons Who are sakinst the sm. | srowr. and budifies $16 Horss. s for a perlod longer than & vear | sipor continental wireless statfon. The | €Xperienced in securing a man for the | continue to play her part creditably | Mr Hughes attacked the anti-con- | Pire. What must ho the duty of any | worked for hay and preparations Id be eligible to the chalrman- | yapanese station, which is situated at | Place, the cavriers having claimed | in this war,” said Premier Hughes in | scriptionists in this language: “What rnment worthy of the name un- | were made at the time the army corps I Funabashj, ten miles east of Toklo, [ that the salary of §1,200 a year was|a recent specch at the Lord Mayor's | must be the feelings of tens of thou- | dor such circumstanc Tt to | was replaced to cut was receiving a message from Hawaii | N0t sufficient for the work performed. | dinner in Melbourne. sands of. loyal Australians who, mis- | CATTY on the war with vigor. to prove | uces remaining when it picked up several cipher mes- Franklin council, O. U. A. M., wil | “The result of the referendum,” he |led by the outrageous misrepresenta- | to the empire and to the world that Farm material was made up of * t who is «chosen by the general | sages addressed to E. G. (. which | meet this evening in Odd Fellows hall. | said, “settled one point, and one ;miur}“m“ p}vflqflfining men, voted ‘No'|the heart of Australia beats true, | what had be bandoned in _ the pmbly for a term of four years/and ! stands for Madrid, which were being | The initiatory degree will be con- f only——that we may not have recource | when fthey read in the enthu ic | that it owes ite existence to the em- | communes. )] v day without ces- p is forbidden to be a candidate | sent by some powerful station some | ferred. | to compulsion in order to provide re- | approval of their action by the Ger- | Pire and realis that only through | sation there were put into service 30 re-election for the term immedi- | 6,000 miles away. The next day n F. C. Smith of this place has heen | inforcements for over-sea service cur- | man press? Is there one man or | the defeat of Germany can the (om- | plows 24 harrows, 12 rollers, 18 eul- y following his own tenure of of- | message was picked up while it was | elected noble grand of Pequabuck | ing the w and of course it can-|woman who voted ‘No' and wha loves | monwealth maintain its existence and | tivators, and 40 vehicles of all kinds 0 i lciiplazio Viers, Whd he“dsl"““’g sent by North Germany, lodge; L O. 0. F.. of Bristol not affect in any way Australia’s ob Australia wHo does not feel humili- |achieve its destiny.” for carrying fertilizer. dco, Uruguay, Dec. 29 — af the most radical char- ; leing discussed by congres- al commissions which have been ting regularly in this capital for past few weeks. The ordinary ons of congress are fixed by the stitution to be held between IFeb- ry 15 and June 15 of cach year, I be vested with the executive and their advanced ideas are be- considered at this time. he most revolutionary of the pro- 1ch. last autumn and spring of this year < the grass on 176 der the present constitution the 7 utivo power is vested In a presi-