New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 19, 1914, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1914. NEW BRITAIN HERALD | HERALD rvnmsnma COMPANY, Proprietors. at 4:15 p. m. a d: ted) daily (Sunday except A at Herald Building, 67 Church Office at New Britain d at the Post Mail Matter. as Second Class Pelivered by carrier to any part of the oity for 15 Cents a Week, 65 Cents a Month. abscriptions for paper to be sent by mall payable in advance. 60 Cenis a Month $7.00 a year. e only profitabble advertising medium In the city. Clrculation books and press room always epen to advertisers. ke Herald wi!! be found on sale at Hota- Jing’s News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- way, New York Cit Atiantic City, and Hartford depot. TELEPHONE CALLS. fusiness Office. ditoris! Rooms. CAUCUS REGISTRATKON, When the primaries are held the epublicans will have 4,600 voters ligible to take part, which is suf- ciently large to make a choice elegates. satisfactory. The democ- has not agreed to have pri- es just now but will probably ' them at all future elections. hey have but 1,400 on the cau- list which is a-very small num- compared to what the republi- have registered, while the pro- s have but 115. THhe caucus registration in the past \been no criterion of what the v strength may be for the reason hat\there were a large number of flemocrats who registered as repub- cans) in order to help out some lend ‘who wanted a nomination. H. . Steele was strong-on that line and re is scarcely any doubt but that ny of the democrats who voted for him' at the caucus supported him the polls. ' Phese' men are prac- caily all on the same registration : yet and are eligible to vote' at the les, but whether they will sup- republican candidates at. the lection is a question. The ' democrats 'will hold caucuses jor the choice of delegates to the pity conventions as in the past, but either party appears to have made ny slate, though it is likely one will e made by each side. Unless this is one at thé primariés thére are apt to e some new men on the delegations. here a’oeerfifit ‘8¢em to be any desire support’ any particular candidates lor places on the state ticket except . 8. Chamberlain and possibly M. . Webster. The latter has been in own looking over the ground and j\evidently been given some _assur. nceyof support. He figures on a arge?vote from the small towns and f he receives any city support to peak of he ought to be the big man n the conwvention. The nomination f Mr. Chamberlain appears to be a oregone conclusipn, while there is a jtrong belief here that Mr. Landers 1l head the democratic state ticket. [t 1ooks as if New Britain might be ght in it this year. CHIOAGO DOING ITS DUTY, Chicago is after those who have a hand in raising the prices of ood and.it is also preparing to adopt measuresithat will tend to relieve the ituation. It is believed that the plans Il be submitted this afternoon or his evening and that they will be ut into.immediate operation for the ef of'the pgor people. There is talk of establishing grocery ore and municipal markets to pre- nt forestalling and regrating, which the buying up of necessities pn the way to market ard the buying Bp of necessities after they reach mar- with intent to sell'again at an in- sed profit. mcre is much done this way and in the Ttalian district has been discovered that cheese largely by this class has been d from twenty to forty cents per ound. There is reason to believe h the prices have increased not be- use of any war, but because deal- have seen a ghance to make some oney and are doing so out of a mean, fish spirit. Chicago is not the nly place where this has been done, but Chicago seems to be about the city where the authorities are ing after those'selfish people with ny remarkablé dégree of earnestness. t has a committee out inspecting blaces suspected of having food prod- cts kept in cold storage with a view o compelling the dealers to place hem on the market and so add to the upply. The state has given Chicago he power to do a great many things ind it is using them now to good dvantage. Before it gets through t will have some valuable informa- jon on the high cost of living and the zuses therefor. Notwithgtanding afl the criticism jted upon William ‘Barnes; chair- n of the republican state’ commit- of New York, he is the most pop- man at the convention now in s at Saratoga. inducement is being held out Prof. Fisher to bs regular this of | PRESIDENT WILSON'’S MESSAGE. It is no ‘easy matter to observe the spirit of neutrdlity as suggested by President Wilson in his message to the American pedple yesterday not to allow partisanshlp to cause them to make statements against one side. or the other in’regard to the war now being waged in Europe. The question | is being discussed wherever they are two or more persons to discuss it and sides are being taken in accordance With the viewpoint from which the debaters see it, It is impossible for men to refrain from reaching a conclusion o Wwhich nation is in the right or which is having the better of the struggle as they see it. It is a common sight to see men gathered together even at the noon hour while one of the party reads the war news, They can also be seen under an electric light at night while the reader continues his work of imparting the war news to his associatés. This is.true every- where. At Times square, New York, it is said that the debate is kept up all night.” President Wilson has taken a lofty position in order that there may be no question of the real spirit of neu- trality in this country. All classes of people are eager, for the news, which so far has come in very unsat- isfactory shape, and there are few who have taken the trouble to ascer- tain the real causes of the war who have not reached a conclusion as to the responsibility for the outbreak and have picked their gwn favorite country for their well - wishes, It could not be otherwise among an in- telligent body of men. There is no danger, however, . that ;their sym- pathies will have any effect.on the out- come. The die is cast in Europe and the general wish in this country is that the soonér the trouble is’ over | reached when it the better it will be for this country 4nd that is our first concern just now. TO GET AFTER MASHERS. The fact that police officers are to be detailed in plain clothes on Sat- ‘urday and Monday evenings for the purpose ot detectlng mashers, those béing the “evenings that they have been most in ‘evidence, is with genuine pleasure. There is an element in = this city which takes delight in annoying young women on the public streets, both by ogling and by comment,, the language used being that :of the street. Girls are averse to- going into court to testify againset this class and as a result the rowdtes have become bolder. The point, however, has been seems - something must be' done or it will not be safe for young women to be on the streets without an -escort, and cases have been reported when they were not safe from annoyance even then, al- though some of them have learned a lesson under those conditions which they are not likely to forget. There is only one way to put a stop to this kind of conduet and that is to arrest the offenders and severely punish them when arraigned in the polide court. There is nothing that will teach them to mind their business on the public stretes more than will a term in jail. They do not like that. These offenders are not all young- sters, some of them being men of mature years and theilr conduct is even more reprehensible than that of the younger mashers. They are ali of the same stripe, however, and the au- thorities are doing a great public service in ridding the streets of them. Carl Lorenzen is back from his trip to Germany and he has brought a real war story with him. It is published on another page of the Herald today and'is well worth reading. This was Mr, Lorenzen's ' twenty-third | trip across the ocean but he says that he has no desire to go again. He has had sufficlent experfénce this time to last him forever. He looks good, however, after it. Wheat Crop Pays Fire Bill. (Daily Oklahoma.) Deduct from the the gross value of this year's record wheat crop the cost of its production, and the net .gain to the nation barely offsets the aver- age annual fire loss. The money value of the wheat at eighty-four cents a bushel is $781,.- 200,000. Agalnst this may properly be charged the rental value of 54,- 000,000 acres of land at, say, $5 an acre, or $270,000,000; more than $50,- 000,000 invested in seed; more than $200,000,000 spent for the labor of men and horses, and $25,000,000 paid for threshing the grain, a rough total of $645,000,000, leaving $236,200,000. The annual fire loss in material con- sumed 1s+$250,000,000. By wasting through fire $500 a minute, $30,000 an hour, every hour of the day and night, every day in the year, the nation thus cancels the net gain in its wealth produced as described. That waste amounts to $2.50 for every man, Wwoman and child in the country, and sixty-four per cent. of it can be prevented by known means. In New York ecity alone there were 11,971 fires due to carelessness last year. It takes our wheat crop, then to pay our fire bill. , Rhetoric can:add no force to thé plain statement of a waste so stupendous, unnecessary and inexcusable. - regeived 5 FACTS AND FANCIES. Yet only a few weeks ago England was raising a popular subscription to buy the field of Waterloo in order to keep a Belgian syndicate from divid- ing it up into building lots and selling it.—Norwich Record. It is the housewife who is cngaged in canning operations, who is particu- larly interested in the high price of sugar. Something always turns up at this season of the year to increase the cost of this commodity.—Norwich Bul- letin. The fool who rocks the boat missed his victim yesterday. One down in New Rochelle succeeded in upsetting the boat, but the yvoung lady was res- cued after divers found her caught in a crevice in some rocks. She became hysterical when revived. The fool kill- er didn't'have a chance to use his club cr. the rocker who skipped after he reached the shore.—New Haven Reg- ister. S The prices of food stuffs have began to soar. The reason given for the in- flation of prices is the European war. It is irony of fate that the prices of necessary foods are manipulated at the instance of most any palpable ex- cuse, while the prices of luxuries, such as tobacco, booze, and things which can be dispensed with, do not rise. It does not seem to us that the enorm- ous rise in food stuffs is either neces- sary or defensible, except to increase the wealth of a few who have already their share of the world’s goodsi— Bristol Press. The time is near when the New Eng- land summer resort proprietors will begin casting up accounts, and’ then we shall know just how much truth there has been in the frequent com- plaints against this season’s weather. Summer hotel men are ambitious, or greedy, as some tourists express it, and hard times are likely to be over- stated. As in other lines of business, a little depression sometimes makes a big report. But this unquestionably has been a hard summer for many of the resorts. - A cold June was followed by a’doubtful July, and August so far has béen rather dlscouraglng.——!}mck- ten’ Tlmes‘ Beveral weeks ago a young man was drowned in Lake Quassapaug. A young woman was drowned at the same time and place. Her body was recovered a few: hours after the accident, but the body of the young man is supposed to be at‘the bottom of the lake yet. Those who. are interested in the camps and cottages around the lake raised a‘fund of nearly $200-to further the search for the body after it had been under the water for several days and they employed divers and searchers with grappling irons, but all without suc- cess. Then the danger to the health of those-using the water from the * lake was considered and word was sent to the health authorities of New Haven and Lijtchfield counties, as the shores of Quassapaug wash both counties. That was several days ago, but noth- g has been done yet and there is no . evidence of any activity on the part of the bealth officers of‘either country,— ‘Waterbury Republican. Germany’s Lower Birth Rate. ‘(New York Times.) The ‘population of Europe has not declined in its rate of growsh during the last geners,tiom the 100,000,000 increase in the thirty-three years pre- ceding 1905 being equal to that in the fifty-two years preceding 1872. The people of the German Empire in- creaséd from 45,000,000 in 1880 to 65,000,000 in 1912, but the birth rate has fallen from a maximum of forty- one per thousand in 1876 to a little over twenty-eight a thousand in 1912, Before the present conflict the Ger- man minister of war commented on a decrease of births in the empire amounting to ‘750,000 a year, the lowering tendency becoming specially noticeable and alarming since 1%00. The rate of decline has doubled in a dvcade, and Professor Wolff, the German economist, estimated that by 1920 the birth rate.in Germany would be the lowest in Europe. The burdens of government and of preparation for war had fallen on the shoulders of the German taxpayers to the extent of over one-fifth their an- nual incomes. While the marriage rate remained the same, it was noted at a congress of the Antlropologic society held in Nuremberg last year that the “system of two children” was making headway in Germany and had spread from the large cities to the raral districts. The war taxes will go ‘higher, there will be heavy debts to pay. Modern war is more deadly than the old wars. It not oply cuts off the flower of a nation faster, but it at- ‘tacks and reduces unborn generations. Who Gets the Money? (Providence Journal.) The emphatic protest against the stereotyped ‘‘explanations’” from the lines of food supplies brings forth the stereotyped ‘‘explanations” from the dealers, The rtailer asserts that the saler is responsible, and the whole- saler repprts that the retailer is no- toriously avaricious and in addition stories that the demand is greater than the supply are heard. But these ‘“‘ex- planations” do not help the consumer, they do not subtract a cent from the bills, The investigation of federal, state and local officials will be of no value unless the responsibility for the ex- tortionate charges is definitely fixed. If the public is being robbed, it should at least have the satisfaction of know- ing the names of the persons who get the money. Above all things, correct information is needed. When the facts arc available it should be compar- atively easy to decide what action is needed to afford relief, Meanwhile there is a general sus- picion that with bumper grain crops and the stopping of steamship lines the war in Europe as yet does not warrant abnormal prices for every- thing the consumer needs. Imported commodities may cost more, but while American products cannot be exported how can it be shown that a battle in Belglum has anything to do with the quotations on cereals and meat? whole- WHAT OTHERS SAY Views on all eides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to Herald office. ‘Wanted Her Husband. (Cleveland Plain Dealer.) An impulsive voung married woman came downtown the other afternoon and while she was walking along Eu- clid avenue she saw her husband duck into a cafe. Being a broad-minded | young woman, she didn’t object to this, | but she did want to speak to her hus-' bend. So, on the impulse of the mom- ent, she hailed a passerby with a fam- Iiar face. “You are the prescription clerk in | the drug store where I buy _ things,” she said. “Please do something for me. My husband is in that cafe,, Will you pleas_ go in and tell him his wife wants to speak to him?” “I recognize you, Mrs. Blank, stam- mered the drug clerk, “but I don't| think I ever met your husband. What dues he look like? “He wears a straw hat and a sray suit. You'll be sure to know him.” The pharmacist stepped inside, while the lady watched the door. And pres- ently a worried looking young man stepped out, looked up and down the| street and went back in. After an in- terval, another young man stepped out and went through the same preform- ance. Both wore straw hats and gray suits. When the third man, with a hurited look, stuck his head out the dcor the young woman was almost in hysterics. And she was still that way when the drug store clerk reappeared. “I think I got him, ma’'am,” h esaid. “The third man I talked to turned pale and rushed out the back door. It's him all right!"” Just then the lady’s husband - ap- peared from an adjoining cigar store and ‘politely asked his wife for an in- treduction to her obviously intimate friend. - She won't do it again. i Making the Swimming Hole Safe. * (Cleveland Plain Dealer.) Unfortunately, an occasional trag- edy marks the history of a swimming hole. - Water deep enough to swim in comfortably is also deep. enough to drown. Nor are natural swim- ming places, in creek or river, always as nicely graded as to depth as the | rich man’s artificial pool; when one's in he is likely to be clear in, perhaps over his head. This has been usually considered’ a necessary drawback I1n swimming | holes. A lad was supposed to take the risks ordinarily incident to the game of learning to swim. Like foot- ball, it- had its dangers, but its re- wards were esteemed sufficient to Justify. It has remained for a philfln!h.r(?hh: but unnamed man of Dayton to take the risk out of swimming holes; that is, all extraordinary risk. He pro- poses to equip the swimming holes of Dayton with life-saving apparatus, and Dayton, being a river town—as readers of flood news some sixteen months ago will remember—there must be a goog, many such holes and a good deal of such equipment need- ed, Boxes are to be placed along the river in conspicuous places containing articles for the rescue and resuscita- tion of people in danger of drowning. Each box is to have a life preserver | of the jacket type for the use of per- sons unable to swim who wish to help another struggling in the water, a ring life buoy to be thrown to one in the water, ropes, printed instructions for reviving the drowning and other paraphernalia of. like use. So wise a friend of boyhood ought not to insist on anonymity. He should have a statue somewhere, preferably on a site overlooking the best swim- ming hole the Big Miami affords. Mexican Soldiers and the Land. (Mexican Bureau of Information, New York City.) Now that the Mexican constitution- alists are in control of almost - every state in Mexico, General ‘Carranza faces a* serious problem. What shall be done with the 100,000 constitution- alist soldiers who have beéén fighting tor almost two vears?" If each soldier will be presented: with a small sum of money, there is ne question that before many. . days|. rass the money will be spent on the bare necessities of life, leaving them in a penniless conditipn. Armed to the teeth and penniless, they will be- come the easy prey of unscrupulous leaders who may use them against the best interests of their country. The solution, according to General Carranza’s latest statement is not diffi- cult. In fact, General Blanco, in the state of Tamaulipas, settled the prob- lem in an unexpected- manner when he gave about 350 soldiers in his army | a stretch of land to the immediate south of the Rio Grande. To his astonishment, they deserted the army almost immediately and | settled themselves to the task of til- | ling the soil. This, happening as it| did at the inception of the revolution, was considered disastrous, so General Carranza issued an order forbidding | land distribution while the revolution | was in actual progress. Now that the revolution is prac- tically over the soldiers, if given land, will go to work. They have already demonstrated that they would rather work than fight, which shows that they are not the trouble-seekers that Americans have grown accustomed to consider them to be. They want nothing more than a fair opportunity to earn an honest living. And this General Carranza will give them, The soldiers will be given land. They will go to work. They will be ready to take up arms again should reactionaries attempt to deprive them of the right to till the soil. And, in the end, peace and prosperity will tless Mexico. Thus will General Car- ranza dispose of a trying question. { of his great empire. FREEDOM FOR POLAND. Russia’s Offer Now Makes Noted History. (New York Sun.) Not even the issue of that great battle on the plains of Belgium, where the artillery of five nations is awaken- ing echoes as poprtentous as those of Waterloo, should wholly avail to dis- tract the attention of the world from the momentous rescript of the Czar of Russia which promises to the Poles the realization of most if not all of the dreams and aspirations which they bave treasured for nearly a century and a half with a patriotism and a fidelity surpassing even that which has animated the French as they looked across an arbitrary frontier to the mournful prospect of their lost provinces, From the congress of Vienna to the treaty of Bucharest last year the wars of the nations have been provoked by the longings of men of the same race to achieve national unity. As the French revolution carried the gospel of democracy and equality from Ma. drid to Moscow each succeeding Euro- pean conflicts has expressed the will of men who spoke the same tongue, shared the same culture and the same racial unity to be joined. Seriatim, Servie, Greece, Belgium, Hungary, Italy, Rumania, Germany, Bulgaria have established their places upon the map after wars which have made the higtory of the nineteenth ceatury. Alone of the races the Poles, divided between three great powers, the sub- jects of Prussia, Russid and Austria, have failed to achieve even a partial risorgimento, although of all races they have more ardently and loyally preserved the memory of former solidarity and cherished the dream of future reintegration. To them now the Czar, with all the solemnity and publicity of an irrefragible oath, has promised the right to speak their language, pursue the natural evolution of their own race, if, in this great European crisis they give to him and his nation the loyalty which may as- sure him victory. And this sacred promise does not apply merely to the 12,000,000 people who live in that restricted district, no larger than New York' state, which bears the name of Russian Poland and contains the ancient capital of War- ‘saw. Reading the rescript there is no mistaking the fact that it is equally instinct with hope for the 5,000,000 Poles now subjects of a Hapsburg and the 3,000,000 Poles who own reluctant submission to a Hohenzollern. In a ‘word, the rescript of the Czar points {r:evitably toward new and momentous changes in the map of Europe if vic- tory shall come to the cause he has championed in this great conflict. A glance at an ethnological map of Furope serves to indicate the meaning of this promise. Not only is Galicia, west of Lemberg, with Cracow, an ancient capital of Poland, included in that area which the map assigns to the Poles, but Posen in Prussia, al- most at the gate of Berlin; while northward to the Baltic at Danzig ex- tends another peninsula of Poles, sep- arating the Germans of East Prussia from the mainland of Germanic ter- ritory. That district which Frederick the Great took in the first partition in 1772 remains Pole by race, and Dan- wig, Koenigsberg, all Germany east of the Vistula, might logically be in- cluded in a new Poland, together with half of the Silesia which the great Prussian king seized a century and a half ago. And if Poland is to be re-established why not Bohemia with its millions of Savs, not less than 8,000,000, includ- irg the Slovaks on the marches of Hungary, west of the Carpathians? Ever since the ‘Defenéstration of Prague,” ever since the battle of the White Hill that sent the Winter King into exile, Bohemia has been subject to the Germans, and millions of Szechs have maintained a desperate battle for racial independence. To- day Europe is fighting because -~ the Czar chose to extend to the little Slav brother on the Dariube the protection Today the Serbs of -Bosnia and Herzegovina, ‘the Croats' of Dalmatia and Croatia, the Slovenes of Carniola, Carinthia and the Coast Lands, all the southern Slavs from the Alps to the Balkans are included in the great Pan-Slavic rennaissance which has followed the victories of the Slavs of Bulgaria and Servia in the Balkans. Not as an appeal to a fraction of his own people, not as a pledge to bind the hhlting loyalty of some millions of subjects on a threatened frontier, is the Czar's rescript to be accepted. Tt has a far wider meaning not mistaken either in Berlin or Vienna or indeed in London. It is not by accident that the Czar in his appeal refers to the battle of Gruenwald. On ‘that fleld 500 years ago, the Poles triumphed over the Teutonic Order, won the first great victory over the German force which was sweeping Slavdom eastward and laid the foundations of that Poland which, under Sobieski, was to save Farope from the Turk and in its ex- piring days to give Napoleon as the champion of the French revolution so many soldiers and at least one mar. shal of France. Gruenwald was in no slight degree the victory of the Slav over the German power and culture which had driven the Slav from the Elbe to the Vistula: to what could the champicn of the Pan-Slav cause refer with more appropriateness? What Napoleon promised and could | not quite bring himself to do Nicholas now undertakes. His promise will have its effect upon the Poles of Posen who wear the Prussian uniform. It will be heard by the Czechs, the Serbs, the Slovaks, the Slovenes, the Croats, who wear the Hapsburg uniform. Even the Rumanians, who claim Reman not Slavie origin, will find in it a suggestion that, when all Slavs are coming to their own, they may hepe to step over into Transylvania and Bukovina and ‘‘redeem” some millions of “Romans’’ who are the un- willing subjects of Austrian or Hun- garian tyranny. Obviously it is in- tended to disrupt Austrian armies and stimulate treason in Prussian forces. Poland restored, even with its fron- tlers of language alone, would give Europe a state of nearl: 5,000,000 in- habitants, It would take from Ger- many at least three provinces and | trom Austria hait its population, if m] the freeing of the Poles there was added the logical work of liberating all Slavs. Austria would disap- pear from the map of Burope. There would appear at least three Slav states in its place: Poland, Bohemia and Serbo-Croatia. To Stavdom there would be added not iess than 30,000,000 of Slavs, bound by ties of race, religion and common hatred of the German. Such in its wider aspect is the meaning of the rescript of the Czar. Ir it is to be found much warrant for the German assertion that at bottom the present war is a struggle between Slav and Teuton. U.S. WAS ON VERCE OF WAR WITH MEXICO When General Caranza Rejscted Peacs Overtures. Washington, Aug 19.—Just how close the United States came to being involved in a war with Mexico as re- cently as a fortnight ago was revealed Yesterday by some high officials of the administration. Urged Sending Troops When General Carranza abruptly rejected the overtures of the peace en- voys sent by Provisional President Carbajal, and at the same time ig- nored the diplomatic efforts of the American government to bring about a_ peaceful entry of the constitution- alists into Mexico City, drastic meas- ures were urged upon President Wilson. Many members of the cabinet—it is szid a majority—argued in favor of scnding American troops from Vers Cruz to the Mexican capital to prevent the anarchy that was then expected to follow from the. failure of the Car- bajal government and the constitu- tionalists to reach an agreement. Resisted All Pressure, President Wilson, however, resisted all pressure, arguing that the sending of American troops to Mexico City even on a mission of order would probably mean war with the approaching constitutionalists. A few days later actual overtures came from the Carbajal government in an {ndirect way to the effect that if American troops would come to preserve order they would not be opposed but as- sisted. These assurances, according to official messages here, were given by Minister Lujan with the authority, it is said, of Mr. Carbajal. Other promises were made. The United | States was to be given a coaling station in Magdalena bay, the Chomi- zal clajms were to be adjusted, and meny other things of particular in- terest to the government were to be arranged. Rejected All Approaches. The president rejected all ap- proaches of this- character, believing the constitutionalists would them- selves maintain order when they reached Mexico City. He gave his attention instead to the possible split in the north between Villa and Car- ranza and renewed his efforts to har- monize the leaders so that a pro- visional government recognized by all factions might be set up. To carry out this purpose the presi- dent sent a personal friend, Paul Fuller, a New York lawyer, to see both Villa and Carranza. Mr, Fuller saw the president and Mr. Bryan secretly ir Washington, and has just arrived at Villa’s headquarters, where he is co-operating with George (. Caro- thers, American consular agent, in urging Villa to join with Carranza in maintaining peace in Mexico. May Be Ambassador, Announcement of the fact that Mr. Fuller had gone to see Villa was made by Secretary Bryan teday, though he declined to say what had been the result of the mission. White House officials said that Mr. Fuller went to Mexico City merely to gather information for the administra- tion as many other unofficial agents had done previously. It was reported in some quarters that Mr. Fuller was sent to familiarize himself with con- ditions, and that he might eventually be named ambassador to Mexico when formal recognition was extended. McREYNOLDS NAMED ASSOCIATE JUSTICE firmly Wilson Selects Attorney General for Supreme Court Bench—Gregory Choice for Attorncy General. | Washington, Aug. 19.—The presi- dent signed today the following nomi- nations: Attorney General James C, McRey- neclds to be a member of the United Siates supreme court. Thomas Watt Gregory of Texas, o Le attorney general of the United States. Frederick C. H8we of New York, to be immigration commissioner, port of New York. These naminations have been de- cided upon by President Wilson and will be sent to the senate within a few days for confirmation, Attorney Gen- eral McReynolds will fill the vacancy on the supreme court bench made vacant by the death recently of As- sociate Justice Lurton, Mr, Gresory, who will succeed to the attorney gen- eralship at present, is a special as- sistant attorney general. He has had charge of the governmerit's investi- gation of the New Haven road. Mr. Gregory was born in Crawfordsville, Miss.,, November 6. 1861. As special counsel for the state of Texas he prosecuted many anti-trust cases, Secretary Garrison was the presi- dent's original choice for attorney he could not at this time part with Mr. Garrison's services as head of the war department. The secretary was for a long time on the bench in New Jersey, McMILLAN'S You are invited to visit our new department on the third floor. 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Expert Window Shade men on every job we under- take. Bring in or telephone your or- der, 5 D. McMILLAN 199.201-203 MAIN STREET. TREASURE: SHIP FAILS U. 8. Assistant Secretary of Wat Awaits Forthsr Information. Falmouth, - England, Aug. 19, via London, 11:15 A. M.—The United States cruiser Tennessee, which should have sailed at dawn today for the Hook of Holland on its mission of relieving stranded Americans in Europe did not depart. Henry 8. Breckenridge, States assistant' secretary of war, explanation of the delay said: Awaits Further Information. “I had expected to recefve in- formation from all the European governments promising safe escort United in 'or my representatives in conveying treasure to the different capitals. also expected more definite informa- tion through Ambassador Walter Hines Page from the continent of Europe as to the exact number of Americans stranded in the various countries. As this has not arrived T must stay on until ‘it does, so that I can instruct my representatives ex- actly what to do. “It fe jmpossible to get information by wireless at sea in the war area A; we have been asked not to use our wireless in the war area. There- fore, at sea We should be cut off from everybody without having perfected our continental plans. North Carolina Departs. « shall remain here until ceive all the information.™ The cruiser North Carolina, anchored in the channel all left at dawn for Cherbourg. Tennessee will communicate her by cables. Must Await Orders. The American embassy has been 1 re- which night The with general, but he decided, however, that | advised by Henry 8. Breckenridge, from Falmouth, that he has instruc- tions from the secretary of war at Washington not to sall for the Hook of Holland until so ordered from Washington. The embassy has no knowledge of the reasons for this delay. It is sup- posed here that negotiations in the matter of movements of the Tenes- see are proceeding directly between Washington and the continental gove ernments concerned J. Henry Roraback says no man is big enough to refuse his party. There was a man once who did something along this line and gald he would rother be right than be president—but he lived a long time ago.—Ansonis Sentinel, L - T0 LEAVE FALMOUTH