New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 8, 1917, Page 6

Wuu:q;-. Au&";?s.mm-wm- qum ot the ity ID’IAI. .I-:l-nl. lout tho Mibuster. ] ealic 0. Bil o deathsatithe; opéuing & sessibn would never sucosdd, s pecially when: the ‘session’ could ‘be dragged out to the close of the next regular meceting . of Congréss. A special. seasiom 1 of indefinite length. " Search'is mow boing made of- the statute 'books to find some precedent An: law ‘under which the President Ay arm ships without - first seeking slation from Corigreas. ~ Experts ihe Attorney General’s oflc‘ ay palit a way out. If 8o, thu great dan- gor, of W long’ drawn:out ‘Aght dn the Senate may be avoided. Whatver 14 the form jof providing protection - to tho interests of ‘Auerican citisens on the high seas the people will stand firmly behind the man who produces. He is in the White House. THE DISGRACED DOBEN. it there is an doubt ubollt what' shguld bo done vgm that “Jittle group ot wilful men™ %o obnoxloul now to 'th ‘pudlic taste, it does’ net exist in the mind of Judson waukp; of the { Washiagton Times, W Itho\ltutsmp!- i m conducted by ing to_ give free; ndvu’t g o . any/ steamboat nmpnn;- * Mr. Welliver calls attention to the departure of a veasel these inen might be put aboard. R is_ the Steamship Australplain [ whfch, accofding 'to official announce- ment, “will sail from New York om or .about. Msrch 15, 1917} via the Paname Canal for Pitcairn Island, be- ing due to arrive. there within lwonty- five days of the date of salling.” It at’ fords an opportunity not to'be missed. Headed by the twelve Sefiators of’ thie 10uifted States, who' tavok ‘Raéren- der 'to} Kaiseriam at. any. price, ‘per- R Peerless " r as standard -bearer of the white flag, all the mouthers about: “humanity” whe should be serving Numanity by “serving their Govern- _{'ment lhoull march nbon.rd the Aus- plain and at least sérve humanity ‘fimoflnflut jumping - off & Pavific coral reef. place. of the universe, 3,000. miles | from nowhcn, Pitcairn Island, and ‘staying there. " No doubt if such a company should sail forth history would repeat itself; [there would be & mutiny aboard and the ggod ship would go' hell-bent upon It the whole kit and boodle of the motley crowd were sent directly to Davy Jomes' locker | by. such an accident humanity would #ain' most. But for history to repeat itwelt fully the survivors would have to land and proceed to murder each other down to the last: hand—which an aggregation of pacifists shut up together even in a commodious patided cell would be nml‘.d to do ‘anyway. ' For the 170 Pitcairnérs inhabiting the island’s two square miles we can- not ‘help feoling some sympsthy in proffering this suggestion for a good riddance for thé United States. The isianders are doubtless simple, inof- Tensive folk who deserve no such hor- rible punishment.. But .why should they, of all the people on earth, es- cape utterly from the blast of Fright- fulness now shriveling humanity? % SICK CHILDREN FLEE. FROM BURNING HOME Six Forced to Seek Shelter Elscwhere ‘When House on Parkview Avenue . Is Burned, Fire of unexplained origin, starting in' the atflc about the chimney, de- stroyed a three room dwelling .house owned by Christian Fox on Parkview avenue, more than a mile and a balf from the center of the city and not near a water supply, late yes- tefday = afternoon. Although the, flames were discovered at about 5 clock, it was not until about 8 that g :I" department officials were notified. is & possibllity the . Senate inge its’ rules. And yet the: £y of this body Mhows the chances slim. Previous debates on the show that imembers of the ! nm tb even lun»nmly | the power to speak at length W vmumt ‘advocating so- M ll out’of ‘the ques-' Fuitios at least one man in the t 18 determined to ma against Stone mmn on fore- ‘any’ apecial’ sessign of Con- “preventatives before hand ;But. there ‘must - be : ey session of the Sixty- . nl 1t willibe: brought M or mo fifbuster. ‘It ot be _called this week or next, ,Dn.fllla‘. unforeseen happens g that time. It will, according sent plans, be called sometime R on the armed ship bill and immediate demand of . That the President is evidgnced by his action manner ‘in which the peopls Jiled to his support. The na- bohind him to a ‘man. If L ,ol Congress were 3 \,‘_qd a filibuster in- _the armed ship bilt Chief Willlam J, Noble with Michael Leydon visited the m put found : only a mass. of smouldéring ruins. Fox had . about '$800" insurance on the building but re, which: was 'practically “was uninsured. :was at home: when - the es ‘e discovered taking care of nntr--lx ‘children, all.of whom were in two rooms of sately to n“l‘ii bulldings. - A anfouht -of'.the furnjture : Firémen ‘were nofifiad. that dfih‘l‘ was stored: in the attic. . mv belleva that a defective chimmey. or g lighted match, used in looking for articles of eloth(n‘. is_ responsible. An investi- gation is to.be made as to. why an alarm was not rung in as, .had. m been sent In in time, it is belleved that & part of the building could have been saved. Some time ago there was a fire in that vicinity. Water was secured from a cistern at that time by firemen. MAD DOG AT LARGE. Somewhere in this city there is an animal suffering from a bad case - of rables, as the owner of a valuable dog will testify. Several auys ago, a north end resident noticed that his pet dog was acting in a peculiar man- ner and he summoned one of the lo- eal ‘veterinary surgeons who - treated the animal. Sevéral hours-later the snapped viclously at the own- lodged-his teeth in his finger. imal was ‘killed and the head was sent to Middletown to be The cuiture showed that the dog had rabien. The owner of the dead dog is now of the belief that his pet was bitten hv one af numeromn tha by 99 Bird of 'l‘lmo. Songs .of, Lil Du.tn :nd the Spring, by Snnltnl Nal- u, “The author 18 a nnlvo of . India ‘who' was educhted at Girton: En:nb’r‘ldn ;Bhe writes . In Engitsh ut chooses ndu tlumu."u—nool. Review' w“}fl : . “Her ‘folk-songs are’ rirely’ Iinutl-‘ ful ‘and her serfious poems reveal a burning fervency that is fixed upo th-Rwr-nlt of ‘the: atcrnu. Dluoynnl;t of. Arehltectun. by T " “For -the lay reader whb ‘wishes u learn ‘something ‘of the ‘meaning of architecture, 'this. furnishes an ex- ‘| cstlent. explanatton in almple bln;g of the theary of archjtecturet reasoning ‘fs ‘sensible and . conserva- tive and the guthor ‘avoids extremie opinions and personal’ bias.* Enthu- dutleully‘wrlttc & e oahe M Guhcrlnc. by Rabindranath Te- “}{o the religious' philésophy of ‘Tagore wisdom is the prime virtue The wisdom not of the material west but, of thé mystical east. It is the strength to suppress those corruptible desires which give to ‘the flesh a command‘over the spirit. It is only wisdom when .the appetite of desire insatiable yearnings in ' the pt. «s e Getting Together, by Ian'Hay. 3 ' Explains.-America’'s . work and at- titude during the war. .o Harvest of German Verse Translated ' by Margaret Munsterberg. ““A collection of over 150 German lyric poems representing besides !nlk- songs and ballads, over fifty authors, The German temper is _essentially lyric. It is easy to see why a peoply of such a type of mind should have found ;. lyric poetry the most ades: quate form of self-expression; w! next to German music, German 17? N lo:mlfi-n, but-in ‘th "I perceptions and mt{on-, the linlrthq:flon ‘in Dublin. by Jlmu m. Phenas. "‘l‘lu hasty day by-a-y un»r-hu and reflections of wn onlooker during the week of ‘th M quality of ‘m sin. ceérity of. its ‘Judgments and“the pa thos of 'its direst and- disinterested truuuylpuon ‘ot avont:. ' New +Re- l_tl-l_ !‘nnen and Britain at’ Wn.r. by H. C. Wells. g . lmmof!‘lmtmucuu Gibbons. “mhfluonu- and extracts from some of his writinge oo\’uinl the pqr- fod of' the long life of Cardl [} boni."——?ubll-h«r’a now For the m‘ nlcmcnury Mechanteal anm‘ 5 C. W. Welck. “One ol the best booka of its type, |, very good for industrial work. Simple enough for home-study.”—A. L. A. moklht_‘ i AR 500 p'\;ln answere to direct questions on stéam. hot water, vapor and vacuufy wll. ¥ A G King. Handbook ef mm instruction for wivelean telegrephista, by J. C. Hawkhead. L S History of Paper Manufacturing in the Unitedl Staten, 1699 to 1916, by © L. H, Weeks. mum-mm Ry F. W. Turner and D. m t outlime to the younger membere of the fraternity uIvey of the most sultable should be the richest and the finest | revelation of the German soul.”— Kuno Francke. s e Henry Ford’s Own Story, by R. W. Lane. “A dificult thing done -urn-lnfly, well. - It is likely to be a best-seller, and which is less uml. deserves to be."—Lifte. oo o 5 In Spite.of the Handicap, by J. D. Corrothers. “A straightforward story of his own life by. .. a northern negro, a minister and a successful newspaper and short story writer. It is written to ‘'show the difficuities that confront a negro at the North, how. at every furn his path is . still bl!‘M not AWARD GARBAGE CONTRACT Swansom Brothers ‘Wil Removc City Garbage for $5,600 Per Year— Thomas Crowley Sanitary Inspector. A ‘contract to remove the city gar- Dbage for $5,600 per year was awarded to ‘Swanson Brothers and Thomas ‘Crowley of 151 North strest was ap- pointed third assistant sanitary in~ spector at ‘a special meeting of the ‘board of health at § o'clock yesterday '.wh afternoon. Swanson Brothers . take . over the work which Henry Furman drops on June 1 and Mr, Cro'hy succeeds John A. Dolan, who was proe | moted in the health office tollo'nn‘ the death of John T. O’Brien. Thosp | present at the heaith board meeti were Chairman H. 8. Tallard, Dr. B. Reeks, E. T. Burns, Dr. G. H Bodley and Mortimer H. Camp. The firm of Swanson Brothers is composed of Adolph P., Albin O., Ar- | thur P., and John A. Bm-nn and their bld was selected from four oth- ers: Luke Sinskig, John P. Maguiire, Henry Furman and J. J. . Donahue. Swanson Brothers’ bid provides that they shall remove the city garbage for 35,600 per year accerding to the city ordinence. The contractors will provide two large aytomobile trucks for collection about the city and a smaller truck for colleétion in .the outskirts and also be used in answer- ing rush calls, . The board voted to refuse a new milk dealers’ license to Samuel Falk, Whose license was revoked some time ago because of insanitary conditions at his dairy. Although Dr. B. 'D. Ragdvliffe was not present, Dr. Reeks explained that the milk inspector was opposed to returning the license and the board voted as he would have wished. lunnnbumns. Scymour M Couple m Event Last m X ur and Mrs. John E. Darling ot Beymour Park celebrated the twenty- fifth anniversary of their wedding at their home last eevning, the event de- ing happily spent by the couple, and their - children and a friends. . During the evening vocal and musical selections were rendered, whist waa played and a dainty colla- tion was Five children ‘ ‘have ' blessed the union, Lee E, Clara. . ients .of many Mnduouu remoll brances. Ywa NAVAL UNIT TEST. ‘New Haven,' March 8.—Under- graduates at Yale who have joined the ni 1 unit wil be placed in four divisions. according to proficiency in seamanship and "nautica) knowledge as determined by examinationa. The first quiz was held last night. Lieu« tenant J. K. Murphy, appointed #enior lieutenant of the U..8. Naval ‘Reserves, assigned to the coast dig- trict between New London and Bridgeport, has assumed command of |the Yale unit. number of ; '‘Good, book of the ractioal type, with plain instru &gn. ?.',- wiving for various purm"flb h A-. Booklist. T e Safety in the Foundry, h! M. W “The outgrowth of investigations and experiments carried on during the last two years. . . He had had ad- vantage' of the experience and ex- pert , judgment of practical foundry- men and foupdry:executives through- out the couftry, and describes de- vices and -m that have been proved prm%—m L. A, noob list. L 2 Fiction. Crystal Age, by W. H. Hudson. . “The story of & man who loses con- sclousness, and when he awakes finds himself among a people and in an age where money has no value, and . where there §s perfect happiness.”— A. L. A. Booklist. " e Cry, by H. M. Rideout. “Adyentures of two young men @ -are shipwrecked in the South Seas and meet another man in a sim- {lar. plight. . . Clean and wholesome, ftisas mumy tale which will delight ‘boys of all ages from twelveto elghty.”—A. L. A. Booklist. ) i Five-Barred Gate, by E. T. Thurston. “The ‘gate’ is the barrier apt to be raised after flve years of married life, and in this story it is reached and safely crossed by the master and mis- tregs of the house and by the servant and his wife, at the same time An English story with no mention of the war.”—A, L. A. Booklist. cs e Invisible Balance Shcet, by Katrina Trask. 4 “Its gayety is delicious. And along- side of its gayety it has no little real loveliness, A story of marked sig- Klondike Clan, by 8. H. Young. “The author has spent thirty years in Alaska. This book is an attempt to depict the scenes of the great Kion- [ dike stampede as they occurred, and the stampeders as they were.” The incidents are more history than fic- tion." L. A. Booklist. e Ordeal by Fire, by M. 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