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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, ififfft
TV ajivi aiu
HERALD rUBLlSHtNO COMPANT.
FroDrtetott.
etl dtilly (Bunflay xcsptea) at 4:11
in., t lloraia Bullillne. 87 Churoh St.
MO 8 Tear.
.00 ,1Ur9 Mouthi
Ho a Month.
kred t tn Poat omen nt Nmr BritUtt
Second Claaa Mall M attar.
TELEPnONK fLT.T.S
iineB OfiJc
torUI Kooina
Iirofltaht i1tr..rHlnr medium in
th city. Circulation booki nl pr
toom alwav oven to tdverMatrs.
Member ol tlio AumiHnf ert ve.
Aasocitnted Frt-ss li exclusively entltli1
to tta tib for republication of all new
credited to It or not otherwise credited
In tfcij pap.r and alo local n" ,
r"jb"ih" rats.
r.V jmiTAIX'N (ilJOWTII.
.ct'or'jiny to the anmii.il Issue of
IV;, luitaln p directory wo are a.blo
assume that lh- city has u popu
on which will roach the neighbor-
J of 57,000, there 1m a "soinot hlng"
the air which tolls i.m that, (lie;
ja .wanner or estimating- pupuji1- :
ha by multiplying the l.otnl number
names in Iho directory by the fig- ;
two and a quarter is wrong, unci i
t our population will roach woil ;
r the result thus o-uainou. n
iiis that the llg.uro -sot in other oit- ,
who io; it in easier 1o com pile a di- j
tors- may nol bo used hero. as
ro must have been more than the
Lai number of people, to slip !
lough tho Anders of Iho. publishers.
Io j'ost uilicu cRiunuiu oi uu.uwu
mlation appeals, more, to one who
been in a position, to obncrvo the
wth of the oily,-though t lie popu-
lion ngures oi over iu.uuu oouuucu
cr tho draff of 1917 may be a lit- j
too large. . . j
U the time of-Iho Connecticut, m 11-
Iry census, before the .war, there
ro over twenty thousand men of all
les Tcsrlstoroti oy rnc iocai ,urcau
U it did not get all of the mutics, I
Intsli 11 accompilishtid its purpo.se in
lirilrablc fashion. .This lif?ure would
liicate a larger population of men.
men and. children than the direc- ;
-y estimate show. Tn addition, t he
j has undeniably grown h pprcein bly
ca that time.
However, we are preparing- to un-
ir'tftK? me national coiiiib w im;ii ir.
. . , , , i- ... i . 1. 1 : ...
pcen every ten years and ahould ro-
jlro mmo reliable data from this
lrec, when all compilations arc
Imp! etc.
This city from 1 1 0 0 to 11)10 luid n.
Ipulation 'increase, according to
Insus FtatisticB f 17.918 soul, or a
owth of 6S.0 per cont Our total
pulatlon in 1 880 waa 1.1, S00; 1S!0,
.1 9; IfiOO, 2r,9i8; 11)10, 4a,b.
io increase from li00 to I!) 10 was
o largest in the .slate, proportionate-
Our growth, through all of Die
rallable census periods has been well
p with the increase of any city.
There in no particular reason to
ipposo that tho city has been vetard-
l in its normal growl h during the
at ten. years, in fact there l every
neon to expect that it has not. Its
ctorio have- prospered amazingly,
. .. . 1 1.
lierc 18 a great increase m me iiuiii-
M1, of hands employed at each one,
o firmly believe. There hna been no
tui in lh business of a factory
hlcli would Fcrious'ly affect the labor
Luailon, there has been no big con-
rn so out or busincsw, forcing many
:-ople Io seek work elsewhere.
ryond doubt we have grown. lOvery-
hing points to it. values of real
'!ntc, depo?itti in banks, and growth
If postal business.
Admitting, tlicn. that we have
' - . . . 3
ror?n, let us iook over our cecum
urjijff the fiast thirty years. Tn 1800
e increased 10 per cent, in popula-
ion over 1880. In 1000 the increase
.yis 57 per cent, over lS'JO. and in
010. as already stated we gained GS.O
kr cent, over our population at tlie.
devious census. if jwc have grwwn
1th a '0 per cent, increase during
i it
Ihe paM ten years, our population
huuld now be. 6r,S74., Providing the
Iurectory figures '"'- correct, we nave
it creased but about. St per cent.
There, must bo something wrong
Ivlth the directory llguros, we cannot
iclleve, with the evidence of progress
ibout us that, our increase has been
a low wsi that, percentage. It may be
proved that we are wrong, but H re
mains to bo soon. It will be. some
Hue ueiore tno census regisw-ais u.i o
liblo to get their figures properly com
piled, but they will. Meanwhile, wc
L re sure of New Prilatn. The place
Is going strong, mere m im uuui,ui
, . . i i ..i'
,.t.
1 VNUIXM C ON J IvS.SKh.
Object terror at the f rightfulness of
his act as a go-between for the pois
onous concoction of wood alcohol.
sold as whlfrkey. has oausied a com
plete confession, so it. is said, on tho
pari of A do! ph. Panrelli, of New York,
who has Involved seven men, six of
them New Vorers and one, of them
& resident, of Hartford
Naturally the '
Blocker street wine and oil raer
chant pleads that' there wan a mis
take, that he did not know what vvaw
In the stuff, and that It would cause
- .. .
the numerous deaths which have re
sulted feinc Christmas, ' Notwithstand
ing, thtre must have been' some- ono
.':''.'.'.'.Y.'.l"'..
that, did realize what tho effect of the
wood alcohol would bo upon, iinblb
ers, 'there, must havo been an individ
ual that staked oil that ho had for
the enormous profits that miR-lit be
R.arnored by mixing wood alcohol with
a flavoring extract and celling it for
Avhiflwey. The affair was too groat for
a. mistake, there were too( many bar
rels of the stuff, sold. The grisly fin
ger of Fate., peculiarly enough, points
at an undertaker as the originator of
tho "streaked lightning." J'anrolli
gives it out that John Komaneili, of
Brooklyn, was tho parly who shipped
the goods. The trail of tho order
thai came to Hartford loads through
Nathan Salrber'g-, f Hartford. Pan
roll i, a grocer, a druggist and linally,
tho undertaker.
According Io Pnnrclli lie did all
that he could, Avhen he found out the
lure of Iho fdulT that had been sold
through htm, to .slop its retailing." He
repeatedly called h'alfcbcrg, it. is said,
a.nd endeavored to warn him. though
it was loo lale. The wood alcohol
was working. Whereupon the middle
man. who received a commission of
.ir0 on each barrel sold, disappeared,
coming forth to tell hit) story when
the list of dead overwhelmed him.
There seems to be Utile doubt but
that the undertaker who handled the
stuff knew that he was using wood
alcohol, the story of the confessor
goes to prove the reasonableness of
this assumption. The wonder of it is
that any man should prove fool
enough to try and "get away" with
such a crime, even though his pro
duct was to be scattered in remote
places, far from where it was mixed,
and even though the trail back to his
door seemed perfectly hidden. I't is
also beyond the bounds of imagina
tion to conceive of a person mixing
up tho stuff without a knowledge of
what its rewults would be to those
who drank it, it does not take a. chem
ist to realizo the effects of wood alco
hol, and we assume that the contain
ers were plainly marked "poison."
The whiskey must, have been mixed
with a- line disregard for the value of
a human life and a thought of noth
ing but money.
.Mere execution is too good for the
fiends who delibt rately sacrificed lives
in the manner of the last few days for
tho money return. law and justice
will probably take its course, we hope
that it wilW.and the individual direct
ly responsible may meet his death
upon the scaffold or in the electric
eha.ir. Wc have no punishment to fit
the crime, unfort unatlvly.
piioi'ioason fjsiiicr's doljjAk.
A yard was originally the girth
of a chieftain of a tribe. Suppose
our yard of measurement had not
been standardized that it was,
instead, tho girth of the president,
of tho United Stales. How would
the buyer come out who con
tracted for yardage goods under
President. Taft's administration
and received deliveries after Wil
son became president? Vet the
depreciation of the yardstick be
tween the TaL't and Wilson ad
ministrations would be no more
than the depreciation of the dol
lar between 3 8 9 ( and today. The
depreciation of the dollar is just
a.s disastrous as a. corresponding
change, in any unit used in com- -merce.
-. '
In these words Professor Fisher,
I of Tale, economist, capitulates his ar-
gum cut for a dollar of varying weight
j to moef .theM'arying prices of stable
i commodities. He is working with au
I thoritioM in Washington to endeavor
j to obtain passage- of a. bill which will
change, tho woif'ht of gold in the dol
j lar unit of currency to agree with
j priees, whether they go up or down,
j If his plan is acceptrd, and he means
; that it shall' be. he claims that our
i cost troubles will be solved through
! live clastic currency, and financial af
fairs will be no great cause for worry
hereafter.
Professor Fisher' dollar will be
known as a "stable"' dollar, though,
in reality it will vary fn worth, as
far as the weight of va.luable metal in
It is concerned. Its stability will be
Vockoned in its buying power. He
I plans to establish a. set of index num.
i hers for commodities which enter in-
j to the cost, of living at any given
j dale. Thereafter, at given dRtes, the
I worth of the dollar will be again ad-
i Justed, to meet the index numbers of
the commodities.
. The plan would work in this way.
Wo may take the prico of eggs as an
instancy, though all prices will be flg-
' u red and an average" obtained. Fig
ure in 1913 that eggs were fifLy cents
a dozen, and that they now are one.
dollar a. dozen. Tho ulablo dollar,
that meets these conditions, If worth
one dollar in 1013 would be 'worth
two dollars now, in other words the
dollar today would have a purehaMlng
power of two dozen. There would bo
enough of worth in it, or it would
weigh enough, to make this possible.
, There are more than two ways of
killing a cat, however, ven though
h nvvruuM. rihi in v,1m niiiir.
" i Whether the prices of eggs . remain
constant or the' purchasing power of
the dollar is the same is of little
moment to us, The uncrtainty, the
quick rises in waares and costs of pro
duels which we must buy is what is
(causing tho trOjuWe, ' 'Wfn w ot
keeping pace with living costs, in
some instances. In others they arc
ahead. Tf wafs are considered in
their relation to Ihe purchasing power
of the essentia! goods and a fab" rate
given, no mor.c no less, wo need not.
worry about changing our currency.
Tho average -workman, providing that
it costs him twenty dollars a week to
live when ho is getting twonty-two in
wages, does riot care if it cosls him
forty, providing ho gets forty-four In
wages.
Tho thing that vo havo to avoid is
the practice of striking for unreason
able amounts on the part of workmen
and the garnering of unreasonable
profits upon the part of their em
ployers. Tho world is settling down
after its period of unrest, there is
coming a time when a. fair adjust
ment will be reached. Some branches
of labor are getting too much, these
wages must come down, others will
be revised upwards to meet the cost
of living. We are now in this transi
tion period and intelligent co-operation
on all sides, with a cessation of
arb'itrar.v demands by capital and la
bor, will make the relation between
living costs and wages wel? balanced.
After it is balanced w'o shall again
cease to bewail costs. It makes no
difference to us what wc arc getting
in our pay envelopes providing that
we may live upon it. Let the curren
cy alone and adjust conditions gen
erally. Provide penalties for those
who strike without due cause and see
that the average man gets a fair re
turn for his day's work. Thls applies
to the raiser or producer of necessi
ties, lie should be rewarded for his
work' tout not too much so.
PACTS AND FANCIES.
The dcliberatencss with which tho
administration got into and gets out
of Trar reminds one of the calf whose
owner said ho had to pull his blamed
ears off to get. hint to drinking the
milk in the pail and his darned tail
off to get him to quit. National' Re
publican. Labor leaders, formerly conserva
tive, who have thought it necessary or
expedient to yield to tho more radical
elements in or "boring into" the
unions, and. all labor leaders who have
been making extreme demands and
causing or sanctioning slrike-s for con
trol, will do well to note the strong
and apparently unanimous resolve
among Republicans against further
conoosionH by the. government ami
against labor violence or autocracy.
'New- York Tiroes.
The American Legion is preparing
to supplement its work of protecting
America abroad by helpjng save
America, at liome. It 3s organizing
practical warfare on anarchists and
anarchismf Every post in this city is
dirocted to form teams to "keep tab"
on tho Rods. The work which mem
bers of tho Legion aro undertaking
is distinctly in line with the purposes
of that, organisation. It is formed to
preserve and promote Americanism,
and in its activities against anarchism
and anarchists it will have the support
of all patriotic Americans. New York
Herald. The country is not inflamed against,
the alien its wrath' goes' out against
the "Red," and thero is more con
demnation of the. native-born "Red"
fhan of the foreign-born "Red." The
new law provides as far as possible
for an equality of punishment. It is
feasible to proceed against the un
naturalized, foreign-born "Red" sum
marily, but this is only an adminis
trative detail. The "Red," no matter
where his cye3 opened, is condemned
as an individual is in no wise in
tended to be discriminated against
because of his nationality. New York
Tribune.
FOll THIS OOT OF ITIi: XAY V.
Two out and the ninth, and the game
for the d-osh
llo's waiting off first, then he's off like
a. flash.
;Ai wonderful steal, vet a bit of a bull;
ne oniy lorgot uiai me nases were
full!
O play ihe sweet music, put on the
soft pedal;
Call up Joseph us and get him a
medal.
A-dodging and twisting all hither and
yon,
He runs through the field for r touch
down; we've won.
,A. roar of appla.use echoes round the
big bowl;
Alas, the poor simp has picked out
the wrong goal!
O play the sweet music, put on the
soft pedal,
Call up Josephus and gel him a
medal. t
One up, one to go, and a beautiful
stance. ,
The great golfer cowers the crowd
with a g an cp.
"Just one little two or the three."
says he, "which?"
My Ood he has foozled It Into the
ditch.
O play the aweel. music, put on t h
Hoft pedal;
Call up Joseph us and gel hltn a
metis I,
When Christmas Impends with your
funds very low;
You're only half drossed and you've,
nowhere to go;
When all your "in-laws" are fate ob
jects of hate,
,'Just smile, a. calm smile. II, is never
, too late;
,Do not hesitate
To play dome sweet music and stamp
on tli a pedal;
Call up Josephus.and glv each ' a
. medal. -
"-Mew 91 turn,
CITY HAS HISTORY
OF FREEING SLAVE
Document Dated Before Civil War
Tells oi Local Man's Emancipation
(Contributed by James Shcpard. )
Loren 1). PenfJeld kindly called my
attention tu the fact that a record of
certain papers relating to tho emanci
pation of. a Negro slave, is in tho cus
tody, of our City Clerk. I am thus
enabled to supplement my papor on
"Slaves and Slaveholders," as pub
lished in tho "Herald" of Nov. 2,
191S, by adding the following from
Vol. 7, pp. 54 3-4, of tho Uorlin Land
Records:
"Iviiow all men by theso prosents
that Isaac Lee of Berlin, New Brit
ain Society, in Hartford County hath
represented to us the subscribing Civ
il Authority of Said Berlin that he is
tho owner of a Negro Servant By the
name of Joseph and that lie is desir
ous to emancipate and make free his
said servant.
Wo Lhereforo tho Subscribing au
thority having Carefully attended to
tho Circumstance? of Said Negro do
find that he is in good health and that
he is under the age of forty five And
that ho Is more than twenty five yeai3
and having 1 Examined rald slavo aro
convinced that ho is anxious to bo
free.
September ;i. 1S07.
Flijah Hooker,
Jamcn North.
Received to record ye Sth Septem
ber, IS 07.
Recorded pr. Roger Riley Rcgt."
Such an examination and a certi
ficate, thereof prior to tho emancipa
tion, released the owner from all lia
bility for tho support of tho slave
"Know all men by these presents
that, I Isaac Lee of Berlin, in Hart
ford County, Being the owner of a ne
gro Slave By the name of Joseph, and
being Contented with his past Serv
ices do for Myself my Heirs, Execu
tors and administrators, freely and for
ever manumit said Slave so that from
the day of the date hereof he shall 'be
absolutely at liberty to dispose of
himself as other .free persons have a
right to do according to law
And' furthermore I, the said Isaac
Lec do for Myself my Heirs Executors
and administrators Covenant with the
said Joseph that from and after the
Knsoaling of these presents I, the
said Isaac Lee shall have no right
Claim or demand to the person or
Services of the said Joseph in Testi
mony whereof I have hereunto set my
baud and seal this oth day of Septem
ber 1807.
Laac Lee " Seal
Simeon Linkton
James North. . ..
'Hartford County, ss. Berlin, Sep
tember 6, 1807, personally appeared
Isaac Lec Signer and Sealer of tho
foregoing instrument and acknowl
edged the same to Be his free act. ami
deed, Before inc
James North, Justice of tho Peace
Received to Record 8 Septr 1807.
Itecorded Roger Riley Register."
Isaac Leo, 'who thus gave Joseph
his freedom, was a son of Col. Isaac
Lec, a. s rend won of Dr. Isaac, and a
groat grandson of Ca.pt. Stephen Leo,
the first of the name in this part of
ancient Farniinglon. Stephen Lee had
a. grant of land from the town in 1680,
and settled on East street. Ho Was
one of tho first slave holders to reside
in that then "desolate corner of the
wilderness" which wo now call Now
Britain. Wc may thus presume that
slavery existed here in the Lee fam
ily for about one .hundred years.
The earliest date of sla.ve emanci
pation given in Manwaring's Digest
of Kaiiy Connecticut Probate Records
is 1liSl, when the will of John Olm
sted of Norwich provided 1 hat all hjs
servants should have their liberty at
the death of his wife. By this pro
vision they were made free in 1GS9.
The first emancipation of a slave
by aii instrument in writing other than
a will,v so far as I know, is found in
Vol. 1, page 5 6 9, Ma-irw a ring's Digest,
and dated April in, 160S, of which the
following Is" a copy:
"To all Christian people to whom
these presents shall come: Know ye
that 1, E'.ekicl Lewis of ffarmlngton,
in consideration of the fidelity and
good service, to gather with those
sums of money and reasonable satis
faction that t have Received from
Sampson, Negro, heretofore Servant
to my Father William Lewis deceased,
and of late in my hands and belong
ing unlo me, until this time, under
tho a.bovementioned consideration
have relinquished, acquitted and dis
charged the 2d. Sampson, Negro, his
wife and Children, from my service
a.nd all manner of right, Claim. Chal
lenge and demand that I ever had or
may hereafter ha.ve by virtue of any
waiting or Instrument made over un
to me or In me, I eay I do set at lib
erty and grant freedome to the afore
mentioned Negroes from my heirs
and assigns forever. Given under my
hand and seal this first day of Aug
ust, in the year of our Lord 1608.
Ezekiel Lewis Ls.
Witness, leaac Meoham sen.
Caleb Stanly Jr."
William Lewis of Farmingion, fath
er of Ezeklwl ubove, was one of ihe
first slave holders of record in that
;lown and the Lewis family J to bf
commended for being the first In an
cient. Farmingion, to liberate its
slave. We may also Commend laacc
Lee, as the only resident of this town,
so fur as we know, to emancipate a
Hlo.ve. Thero were not more than two
wlnvoH owned within out 'boundaries
In th year 1700 nnd it is probably
thai. Negro slavery ended heri in 1P87,
when Isaac, Lee emancipated his sar
vnni Joseph,
! 25 YEARS AGO
f from Th Herald of That I)ate
DeccmUei' 6, 1 HtM..
tractor - and builder, In conjunction
u toe McMillan store Inc.
"Always Reliable"
10 Discount off any Coat, Suit, Dress or
Skirt at Our Ready -to -Wear Dept.
V
For One Week Beginning Wed. Morning Dec. 31st
We will allow you a 10 reduction off the regular price of any of Vhe above
garments,
This special discount not only affords you a genuine saving---you also have
the opportunity of making your own selection just ''he garment you wish' at a
reduction in price.
Our entire slock is included in this special sale, offering you a choice of
several hundred garments from '.New York's foremost makers of .exclusive, de
pendable clothes. ' '
COME TOMORROW Make your selection of a Coafr, Suit, Dress or Skirt,
then deduct 10 off our regular marked price which -is always reasonable for
garments of . our standard.
Women's and Misses'
Smart Warm Coats
Now at a saving to you.
FUR COLLAR COATS, others of
Polo Cloth, Velours, Silvertone, Broad
cloth and Tinseltone.
of black or brown plush, priced -now
as low as
$ 1 5.75
Each
Save Now on Dresses for All Occasions
SERGE DRESSES SILK DRESSES GEORGETTE DRESSES SILK
and GEORGETTE COMBINATIONS EVENING GOWNS.
Some are plain, others embroidered and beaded. Offering a wide selection from
which lo make a choice. . '
Plenty of Choice Dress Skirts
VELVET SKIRTS
SILK SKIRTS
SMART WOOL PLAID SKIRTS
Priced Now as Low as $9.45 Each
with .his brothers, George VV. and
Lester P.. made an Important, pur
chase of'resl estate on Lincoln street
Saturday. The properly purchased
will probably bo utilized for building1
pu r poses.
The directors of the Central flo.iU
way and Electric company have
voted to purchase 10 new cars to be
run on the Hartford and IJeriin lines
as soon as completed.
There were U2 liquor licenses
granted In New Britain during the
year amounting to $18,800. Six beer
licenses were also issued, bringing- in
W4HVmUl' f'tui TJtfrU I ! J161 IiH.ti ii i.i i I i , .iu. . .u , mm. .iiimlumui .. 1 ipi i U 'iJLJULiUILi , tifm' 1
Smart Tailored Suits
becoming models for present and Spring
wear.
Save now on Suits that would cost
you more later on. '
Well tailored S uifrs of Wool Pop
lins, Velours and Broadcloths.
Priced Now as Low as
$27.SO each
.? 1,1 8-1.
George V. Andrew has been nom
inated for judge of tho police court.
Philip Oorbln and Andrew J , trloper
havo been detailed lo look 'after Mi-,
Andrew's interests in the judiciary
committee. Leopold Kiel! refused to
run for the orl'r-e, claiiniui;- his duties
at the Stanley Rule and Level com
pany prevented him from doing io.
CJenera! ITappeuinv;?.
Japan Obstinate Determined to
win .Pckin and will refuse any peace
lerms, it is reported, until she can
gain possession of Hint city. Landing
parlies of Japanese are busy cxploi-ing-
the bays nbout Shantung-.
WINTER SPORTS IN WASHINGTON
jh WA! r
WOOL POPLIN SKIRTS
WOOL SEE GE SKIRTS
II
1 i. u-fcr
-.Mexicans on . Rampage 'Word ha
been received in New York of ' tii
murder pf a rancher and his son and"
the brutal assault upon, the wife and
mother by Mexicans in Arizona. A
posse was Immediately organised
capture the miscreants, but it is not
known whether -they have " been
captured.
Flood Tlirouteivi-r-The city oi"
Johnatown, la., is in dire .peril duo
lo the rising- waters of the Concmaugn
River. The great fall of snow in tluer
district is rapidly, melting', swelling
tne rtverw. i.mess me risuig ui ihv
river slop within a. few hours .tho
entire city will bo under water. .
,