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4 ) it Row Briusa eering, disciplinary, and health com- [ditions: were fully investigated. Thess " jane set forth in a spectal bulletin pub- lished by the agricultural department. After discussing the systems adépted by the several’ states, recommenda- tions are made for the achievement of greater effieioncy in the operation of o imps and “conduct of road t ldbor is classified as coming JJunder three systems,—lease, contraot, and plece-prlce Under these ‘the Iabor of the convicts is for . the , | penefit ot private’ individuals or cor- of commoditfes; | state porations, often: ih' the.manufacture the ‘public agcount syatem, utider which the convict-made goods are sold."by .the state; the state-use system, under which goods mmnuracmred only . for / use. in institutions; and the - publie works u:d ways systém, umr ‘which the Inbor of the convicts is devoted to pnbllc structure ‘and roads. The : Iatter system' hil grown: in popularity, because it makes use- ot ‘the convict 'P"‘“' with a minimum’of competition with free labor, contributes fairly last- ing benefits to the whole community, m “healthful and ‘even’ somewhat victs, and reduces connoflm in penal ixstitutions, - - It is of interest to learn that the most -satisfactory use of the pubiic Wworks system ‘is under State rather than “County administration. ° Sinoe 1885 the percentage of | working under the pulil" account, State use; and public works and ways | system, has increased from 33. to §6 W cent., while the propofliwn en- hin.‘l[w‘lll h.th'dflt’dmcom mon Council to transfer funds so that The: voluntary ‘system is' founded on false reasoning: It is unjust, un- demecratic and, ineficient.—Chicago Tribune. % Since the new ambassador : from Mexico is a Tech graduate and has & Yankee wife, the situation s not ‘without hope.—Boston Heral. E » Is the: Kaiser still -holding ‘those hetel rooms he engaged at The Hague' for his delegates to.that' much-dis- cusmed pesice conference?—Cleveland w.r e m ot the 0dd facts which has come under our observation recently s that the less w: less: time he seems to have to IMVQ. ~—Ohio State Joursial. “The . news mom are d.tlmln‘l to. ‘spare Villa noshing. The ‘latest dispatches give him & shell wound, double pneumonia &id &’ Gerran doe- tor.—New York Evening Post. Before marriage & wWoman worries: ‘bocause she is single; after marriage she ll often sorry she isn't.—Bridge: port Telegram. . Considering his long experience in Moslem lands, John Bull in Bagdad ‘will. be more in harmony.with the scenery that Kaiser Wilhelm, at any rate—New York World. “The Berlin representation of Wood: rcw Wilson as a fire eating I 'conquest would be laughable 'if tlg crisis were not so aclnep—m Yark Son, # A.n Indians womarn found a ' gold)] ring in her coal supply. She .surely. | atan’t think the coal compantes” | port -m about lhrn-fo‘urtlu of the average male - 5rllol pop\luuon is. better fitted for dutdoor labor than for shop work: In, [practice, when all'con- t, it | bas been found that from 25 to'89: ‘with /President e orig- Sixty-th how many | work. and chain, however, per cent. of - the male “inmates jflt prisons are available for road work." As the yeaxs. go om convict labor, Jwin pi;y an dmportant part in the up« building: of the United States. It has béen frowned upon by some' ‘social uplifters ‘and - various reasond” ad- vanced against the practice of using | prison labor in competitioni with free labor. One of ‘un objections has been brought against the public‘road Since the removil of ball and the : dis- appearance of stripes as . prisoness’ e #azb in the open, the main srgument Mcc- ce Ger- ders are: in- o oasy. ‘nuv'wm be within the -mflmmhw— fying. an American n submarine the issue it and final. If: the Nmmnhaunmu When propnly -umm it work- m allifound good: : The men themulm m lnnnflmd under the system. ey N J There is an abundance of common sense in the plan suggested - by Dr. Honu 2, Bray at the meeting of Board of-Health Tuesday. Instead of the present method ‘of medical in- spection for the local schools, which covers only the public institutions, Dr. Bray would have a more A complete * | system. \By taking the school in. " | spection appropriation from . control mt will d-chre war It is simply another “watch and walt. To all in- purposes both nations will the moment an armed meets a submarine. dnlutfian will com'c _soon of . state -convicts in irst_became general in the ear}y nineties. Dur- ten ‘years Northern and ‘have followed the idea _extent. ‘Since 1885 there has ‘marked increase in; the ot -conviets employed in this out the. Pnited States. Been & cotrespopding de- - the proportion of such con- 3 in miscellaneous work F leave and contract. y ofthe first ‘exhiustive studies in thls country :covering the and other ' conditions in road camps has recently been by the Department of Agricul: /Phe data was gathered in the office of public angineering. In mak- ntatives of the e Health Service of the department of education and placing it ‘with the health department a complfte survey of the health of the city’s school ‘children might be had. Lately there has been a ' slight epidemic of skin "diseases in the parochial schools. The doctors who inspect the health and saritation of the pubilic schools do not perform the lsame services at the parochial schools becauze the appropriation does not |take, this work inte consideration. Yet, as pointed out by the medical authorities, the children of all schools meet and mingfe after school hours. Precaution exercised at one‘end of the school system is thrown into the izcard if at the other end there is no public supervision over health cenditions. 7 During the present winter have been unusual epidemics of discases in. this® state. That New Britain was practically free from these is due in no small measure to Dr. T. Eben Reeks, Superintendent of the | Heaith Department, and his assistants, among whom is Dr., Bray. ‘When these men call atterition to & needed change public health théir ~observations should be carefully considered. They are working for the best interests of the city. They have no axes to grind. They have ndw 10 l&’ ‘They. deal in facts, things worth. there in the supervision of thel, afford to give her pure coal at thix time. of unprecedented scarcity. —N«' Yourk: American On the Birthday of ‘s Dady -of Uno . certain Age. (By James Shepard.) A thousand years have now’ passed o’er My former: youthful head. ~ About three hundred thousand times I've lain. me down in bed. And ev'ry time T've been to bed Or dowrn: to sleep have lain, In order that I may get up 1 always rise again. Like Nelly Bly, -1 shut my eye When' e'er 1 go to sleep, At morn I lift my eye lids up Betore I take a peep. Down goes my head to wash my face And up the water flies, - Then Shuttle. Meadow floweth down From off my woevlnl eyes. Nln. hundred thmlu.nd mnull ‘Pve- haa i Of manv mouthfuls each, And up and down-my hand:.doth go s With food my mouth to reach. And-then I have to wag my jaws, My mouth I sometime shut, | But when I take my meals you know My chin goes down an up. #d when I walk. I have to move Both up and down my feet, And then my tongue goes just the same When ever I do speak. My voice, wlun e’er I spéak to praise Oor 1d, ‘tis all the same, To give the proper emphasis Goes -up and down’ again. I I should ever comb my hair Or reach above my head, 1 need to raisé and lower my hands, Just so in kneading bread. ‘When years ago a fellow came And sat down by my. side, *Twas up to me to snswer him And_I became & bride. And when my boy 1 414 train up The ‘way that he should go, 1 raised my hand and let it fall With every telling blow. "Tis often I've been told .that whon Lite’s trying times.abound, The way to keep the spirits up Is just to put them down. And wl\sn the sands’ of time run lown Into u:c lowes ‘We only turn th llp again, And down again they pass. And thus it is with all-our lives Throughout our daily rounds, Our measures all ‘are largely filled ‘With lttle ups and -downs. Pointed Paregraphs. - (Chicago News). Do :not lece the liquor fancy bottle. “by the The actuality of today seldom looks as good as the theory of yesterday. A woman says there is mo pleasire in suffering if she has to do it in silence. The poor relation often wonders whether a rich one really has a poor memory. It doesn’t take much courage for & man to call his wife down occasion- ally—it she is upstairs. A ‘pert schoolgirl recently informed her mother that she didn’t intend to wear short dresses any }onnr. 1t is reported that an Ohio tem- perance advocate refused to have his & | portrait painted unless it was done in ‘because -| the air, but {a son of the ' well-known novelist."—Review of Re- taxi-cab chauffeur, \RRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMEB . ‘IN msm‘u'm's LIST THIS WEEK tality and’insight."—A. L. A. Booklist. s e Aesthetic Dancing, by Fmil Rath Py BY America and the New Epoch, by C. ets. “The author is one of the country's engineers. 'fllou-nd-mue Walk ‘to’ the Gul!. by John Muir. “Mr. Muir's journal of ja foot tour | from Indiana to.Floride in 1867, with. notes on a month spent {n Cuba:.and & trip to California. It is an acoount of his first long botanising trip, bridg- ing the gap between his “Story of my boyhood and youth’ and ‘My first summer in the Sierra.’-"—A. L. A. Booklist. L B A With the French Flyln‘ Corp;. bv C. “ D. Winslow. * .. Fiction. e : Joan, by Amelia Barr. operation and shows how the modern corporation might . conceivably serve + « No oth'r book on soclalism approaches it from just this angle and is so well adapted to give %0 ' the inquiring business man.”—A. Golden’ Mlfl. by Sarojini Naidn. “Mr. Arthir Symons says in the fin- troduction of this collection of poems, ‘They hint, in. sort of = a. delicately evasive way, at. . . the temperament of a woman of the East, finding ex- pression h a Western langiage and under partly Western influences . + +» and there is an Eastern magic in them. e e Highways and Byways in Not- * ' tinghamshive, by J. B. Firth. A new volume-in’the well-known ‘Highways and Bywgys Series’ uni- fom in ltyle with the pr.vlolll ‘vol- ‘ume.” | se e IHMW and Naval Am-flm. by Q’t. Harrison 8. Kerrick. “May be safely recommended, not and rumors of ‘'wars fill cause our people ought 1o know mere about two great execu- tive departments whase activities miay be. a significant thing for every man apd woman {n the land. '—Nation. ce e Rocky Road ;to Dublind, by James . Stephens. i “A- genuine th genius, one in ‘whose heart there boils and bubbles mmy and tears, the frony that ‘burns and & bitter-sweet humor that. ‘is. mad. '—.n\mu Huneker. : giltan Studles, m A N. Hood. aried sketches of lTife and scenes, by one who knows the Sicilian coun- try and people intimately and writes with sympathy and charm, and with an ever-present sense of the roman- tic histery ;and heritage of ancient custom that .underlie modern life. in Sicily. There/are chapters on - the Mafia ‘and’.the Messina earthquake.” —A. L. A: Booklist. < CHC Song of the Gunms, by Gilbert Fran- kau. “The whole hor!‘or of artillery wa fare has been packed: into metrical stangas without destroying. a domi- nant sense of ~ the lyrical quality of as horrible a thing as an artillery bonibardment. Gilbert Frankau is e ‘Frank Danby’ the FOLLOW POOT PRINT CLUE Have Worn. . Today is the fourteenth since the slaying of Charles A, Taft, Hartford on Kensington avenue with the authorities, appar- ently' no neéarer solving the mystery than at the start. Tracing of the slayer by means of foot prints, found ! leading from ° Kensington avenue across the flelds past where the re- volver. was found, is being attempted by the authorities. The imprints, ac- cording to meager information given out by the authorities, indicate that the wearer of the shoes was a man of athletic build. _This is taken to dis- prove. the theory that, the slayer was a woman and to refute the communi- cation reported to have been turned aver to te's Attorney Hugh M. Al- corn. It intimated that the a: thorities- have ‘noted peculiariti about: the shoe imprints that them to belleve the purch: may be traced and identifled through search among shoe merchants and cobblers. “ e e Klondlke Clan, by 8. H. Y\mlu. “A story of.the North suthor wrote ‘Alaska Days Muir’ and is well acquainted with the ccuntry described. Publisher’s note. ¢ 0. “Limpy,’ by Willlam Johnston. ¥ “Irvin Cobb says: ‘Somebody might huve written a truer, sweeter, more convincing story of a boy than ‘Limpy,’ but nobody ever has.’” John LR Oh lt‘:" Be Careful! by George Wes- “A story very much after tlu style of “The Rosegarden husband.’ Some- Ihat improbable, but cheerful and amusing.” Py Possession, by Olive Wadsley. *‘‘Possession’ gives us the develop- |- ment of a feminine character from the moment when, a small girl, sh i deserted by her father, to the ul- timate haven of love and satety. The ‘book contains some good character well-written, clean ."—Publisher’s note. . b e Scldier of Life, by Hugh de Selin- court. _“What war meatls to the indtviduat | is. the real theme of this book. It liUARll IMHEIIIATEL (Cnnfl.ued From First Page.) Guard is maintained, oah etilist in the Homé Guard. . /Any person enlisting*in the Home Guand, desiring fo enlist in either the National Guard or Naval Militia of the state of Comnecticut or the army or navy of the Unitéd States, will be entitied to an. honorible discharge from the Home Guard . Men enllafiMn the Home Guard, who may ‘becofije-ljaBle for-service in the National Gugrd’ or, . the, Uilited tes army or ngfi t any . - future, Hme, ' will be dl-el’nm -.fivm the ‘Horhe ‘Guard. « Men between the li‘ ot 17 wnd 60, who have Teceived an honorable dis- charge from the 'National Guard, the Naval Militia or the army or navy of the United States, can be eénlisted in the Home Gurd srrewpective of resi- dence. Reocruits will be notified: when. to appear before examining surgeons and when to report for equipment and instructions.’ In addition to crs-.dng a body for local defense, the Home Guafd will ptovide training and discipline and in case of needs can furnish from its enlisted strength soldiers who aye be- tween the ages of 18 amd 45 and fit for duty in the xwo,n;o ugrd, Dated at Hpr'-fofll. 14th day of March, 1917, - Luehn ¥. Bum., Bgnedict M. Holden, - J. Moss Ives. Military Emergeéncy Board During the organization d this morning Mr. Johnston remarked that New Britain and its citizsens must enter into this thing with a seal for the Hardware City must do its work as well as any other in the state. “New | Britain will do it better,” Mayor Quig- asserted. 7 transfers the agony of physical war |16y to the spiritual plane. It is a per- sonal record, fine, clear, convincing.” —Publisher’s nm . Upsidonia, by Archlbllfl Marshall. “A satire' on modern materialism. The story of a young man’s humorous and romantic adventures in a ' land swhere modern civilization is reversed, rich men have not money and ‘the ‘most._respected citizens are the most regged.”—Publisher’s note. What Libraries Are Doing. The circulation of musical scores is, becoming ificreasingly = important Hu libraries. The St. IBuis library reports that its collection now num- | ters 2,886 bound volumes. Last year they added perforated rolls for the player piano. ' The : popularity these is shown by their circulation of ore than 4,000 times in four months. A large proportion of thesp who bor- rowed ‘had never used tle library be- fcre but now take out books also. The New Britain library has small collection of 122 bound vol- ‘umes chiefly Ditson's musical library for which we subscribe. ssateey e ianeoEy there can be no mistaking the direc- tions being given. The rays will be ®o. deflected that they will not shine into the eyes of autoists. A In the past there have been numerous near ac- cldents, “silent cops” haye been dam- aged and traffic rules violated because of the darkness about the traffic sta- tlons. L { MOTORMAN FINDS DIAMOND. Joyce Returns Gem to Passenger Who © . Lost It The -honesty of Philip Joyce, Con- necticut Company motorman on the East Main street line, resulted in the return to Mrs. Isidore Berkowits of 43 ‘Wilson street yesterday afternoon of a diamond vaiued At about $100. Mrs. Berkowitz wore the diamond yesterday in a pin while shopping and taking in the matinee at Fox's the- ater. SHortly after leaving the the-' ater she discovered that the sténs had worked loose. - The theater ‘was vistt= ed and search made otherwise .but there “was little hope of finding th aparkler.. She was much overjoyed when the stone was returned. .by Motorman Joyce, who had seen it on the floor of thn car soon after Hu. Berkowitz left. . So baffling is the mystery and so | meager the success, thus far, that sev- eral of the authorities, working on the | case -believe the co-operation of the public should he freely sought. They. freely" it “their disapproval of State's Attorney Alcorn’s “gas”. rule, believing it to' be unwise, unjust to the public and fistrumental in defeat- ing the <nds of justice. —— TO m‘ TRAFFIC POST, New Hiumination Scheme to Be Tried at Orewell’s Corner. Use of spot lights, especially de- signed for the purpose, at night in connection’ with the “silent cops” at regular traffic posts is considered -fa- vorably by police officlals and Chair- man Edward G. Babcock of the safety board. Follewing a conference - be- tween Chairman Babcock, Traffic Su- pervisor Clarence Lamphere and City Electrician George Cooley, it was de- cided to ‘experiment with one of the lights at Crowell's corner. Wiring and other apparatus one being in- stalled today and it is hoped to in- augurate the "service tonight 'or, at latest, tomorrow night. L By the use of reflectors and pln.cln: of the light a sort of halo ‘will be cast about the “silent cop” and trafc post, forcibly calling the attention of autolsts to the significance df the trafic director. If a trafic police- man is also on duty it will bring him and his arms into broad relief so that 3 BROTHERHOOD omcms. The ' Trinity Methodist church Brotherhood. held its annual meeting in the church last-evening: ‘A report from the committes in ¢harge of the Tecent concert given by the‘ Apollo ‘quartet showed that $102' was cleared above expenses. - After the 11embers discussed plans for the com:1g year the following officers. were, clected: President-—Elmer L.. Linton. First vice prnldent—l\ D, Han-: cock. Second Mdrgan, Third vice pretldent—l—hrry Rey- nolds. Fourth vice president—C. J. §y- monds. © PFifth vice president—Harmon E. Johnson, * Secretary—Willlam Marsh. Assistant seoretary—H. E. Horton. Treasurer—L. A. Oldershaw. vice president—Morgan Native egss, 35c dos. Russell Bros. —advt. WILL NOT BUILD OOLLIERS. ‘Washington, March 15.—Govern- ‘ment plans for bullding two colliers for the Pamama Canal after the gen- eral type of the Achilles and Ulysses ‘have been abandoned for the present according to the Canal Record because none of the American shipbuilders can be induced to undertaké the work. Overcrowded conditions iri the ship- ping plaits 15 gwen syl i '.l'lu.t New Britain's sons will ' re- #pond to’this move+for a Home Guard there is not the slightest doubt in the minds of any of the recruiting -offié cers. 8o sure is Mayor Quigley that his city will tarn out a Home battalion second to none in ‘the staté that he has ordered ' 500 enlistment blanks and expects every one. . to. bl ‘. These expectations will tainly’ be realized if enthusiasm d‘m onstrated today may be taken as & criterion. All of the general recruit-: ‘| ing committee have signified ' their intention of enlisting in. the Home Guards and by personal visits as well as: telephone calls a number ‘of other men have also . oxnn-ad similar . in- tentions. Something About the Men, The men who are béhind thismo: ment in New Britain 'are all, well known and several of them have had considerable military experience. Col. ‘W. W. Bullen is an old soldier of twenty years ago. Hé was enlisted New_ Britain as a private and by a plication to military affairs gained promotion unul he retired as lieuten- ant-colonel of "the First Connecticut Regiment. Frank Traut is a former iocal militiamen and so is Mr. John- ston. Burton C. Morey is lkewise, EA ing a veteran of the Spanish-Am can war and an officer @t that timi Samuel E. Magson || ltl e a veter- an officer of the sh-American war and later umd as captain in QM local militia. Mr. Briere, who is be the active recruiting clerk, h Ilqn well known. He enlistéd in Com 2 I, First Regiment, at the pu! the Mexican trouble last: uumors.o-d-rn-pum on Stuart- street, tormerly oeew by O. N. Fcrry.mwmhm Richard !rwh has nld his on Maple Hin I.vcmu to thn strom. Geofxe Rapsive has ooll isnd Golt street to: L. Branford. Mrs. G. K. Bpring is vhlung Boston. Mrs. “Jack” Hart is in Norwailk: a ‘wee.k':; stay. : Mrs: J. C. Loomis entertained College .club, Monday event at home on ‘Frederick street. Mrs. William Hives is critically at her honie on Frederick street. parents, Mr. and Mrs. Goader, of N York are with h.! Mrs, J. H. Lnuum entertained bridge. club this afternoon at Poshe on Theodore street. ‘)lrv of a da Mr. and- Mrs. R, W. Poteet ex; to move to New Britain about Aj 1. They will reside on Cedar { Vivien 'C. Miller of Newingon filed & judgment lien for $117.08 costs of $45.05 against property own by Saverio NapoMtano of Bea: street. 5 : ; Native egss, 3§c doz. Russell A. 0. H."Dall Tirner Hall this ning.—advt. Dr. Charles W. Lee has been calle to Coventry by the sudden donh his tather. St. Mary’s Lady, T. A. B, wm completed plans for a social and danc inthe Y. M. T. A. & B. hl.llADfill The annual dance of the Rev. lam A, Harty branch, A. O. H,, held this evening in Turngr h . An important meeting of St Mai Sodality will be held Sunday @ noon a ioc!ookinthonlfid: h ‘Prine One-step. Saturday evening.—advt. The mid week service of. the ish Elim church will ‘be’ held to #g7:45 o'clock with a talk on in the Old Testament.” Although not yet out of Thomas Tusskowski, contrac Farmington avenue, who probable internal injuries se: ‘Surgeons l.t New Brluh Hospital -are still in doubt l? ‘extent .of injuries: suffered: by Reotor of 79 Elm street Tuesday 1 mw-amnuum lett' log. H condition is somewhat improved but thers is still doubt as to whether will have to be turther surgical Aumms aftér doing some recruifing. iwork, lp 5 this city, went troops &s a m‘lvau. disq! phsmicat dia orsble 3 e : many men like- Mr, Briere, = former guardsmen who ‘were disqualified by physical disability, will be envolied in the Home Guard. The recrulting office will be th the mayor’s ante-room. Suitable - poster advertisements will be placed in front of City hall calling attention to the fact that it is a recruiting office, and inside the bullding other directions Nogales - with. the' Later he -was | will be posted sq that a,ppflcnnu can find the office easily. ly fresh Connecticut e;n. 360 dozen. R.u-!l Brbs.—advt. | TURKS IN FLIGHT with ‘mény others’ {9’, bury was in the hands of s firebug. Telephonic comi with the Brass City indicated ‘thut: these stories were all groundless. Aw the late Mark Twsin remarked on occasion when hum had been' ported.. “It is greal The: joke wu Jon Chairman Babcock of the satety board, howu"o 5 upon le of the big.fire in WAt terbury and anticipating nll for as- sistance, he called Mayor G. A. Quig- 1 thy m- g r:ie?:d e 'phone morning ‘fi # of men ‘with & WWI‘ to the rescus if a eail cams. BEFORE” RUSSIANS| (Continyea From First Page.) B whole new.line might soon-be on the reverse side of the Bap e. ridge. R T Paris, March 15.—"East of the Olse a surprise attack which we made in the region of Moulin-sous-Toutvent enabled us to take prisoners,” says today’s ‘official statement. “Seversl German attacks or small French posts in the vicinity of Vingeo, west of Na- varin farm and in ‘the Argonne were broken up by our fire. In the region of Maisos-dé-Champagne there was rather spirited artillery fighting with- out infantry actions. “Thers is nothing to report from the remainder of the front.” French Attacks Futile. Berlin, March 15, by wireless to Sayville.—French attacks against the Germal sitions on the siope of Hill 185, in the Champagne region, were repulsed, menuy by German fire, says tod: official - statement issued by the army headquarters staff. On the west bank of the Meuse, south of Cumieres, the Germans captured a French post and brought in a number of prisoners. Native ‘eggs, 35c doz. Russell Bros. ve, 1t 'will have extensive rights ers and -also will. be' able to or buy up many other lighting coms g " panies in the state, was adopted Db the senate today without a llfifi ing voice. The contest over tho bitf did not materialize. An amendment striking out sectioi four In the amendment was adopted. & By eliminating this section, it claimed, minority stéckholders companies taken over by thé Houmms:: 3 tonic. will have their rights protected, It was claimed that otherwise thas' mitiority stockholders - might. hAved suftered. Senator Doughian triel another ameéndment which - additionsl stock 'would had to be unul at par and for. oas but this "' Voted .dowa. O'Sullivaniin % ‘gefteral way the bill! - it gave great to a corpel n - with no ap return to the'state. On the fingl action there was: objecting voice to the bill hlv‘ Strictly fresh Connecticut. dosen. Russell Bro

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