New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 15, 1915, Page 8

M) e ANy, d) at 4:15 p. m. Church St. te at New Britain ail Matter. f any part of the city . 65 Cents a Month. fce. to be sent by mail 80 Cents a 0 a year. sing medium in R books and press n to advertlsers. und on sale at Hota- 3na St. and Broad ty; Board Walk, h “Hartford depot. ] CALLS. HPROVING. way observ- * busine cannot Justrial ~ conditions the factories are s and that there h the streets. Dur- pign the Herald hct that business that it was the made the condi- a portion of the all llving under as we did then, In power and the g from a depres- not responsible pt as good as it the war is over down again to living. Europe, n large orders to a result the fac- onger hours and le employed. This dicted and there ng evidence that so many feared - Ineously charged ple for the indus- st year, has done industries, but next two years gs boom that will lerchants and all jile lines for the W months. Bridgeport are prhaps than from onnecticut, some 'e working over- eparing, if they ed, to work day o turn out their not all for the broad, but for hnticipation of a jrovernent during to know that the at some sald it hand is a meas- more and better hat the country ING CATTLE. ‘made to have | 0 the slaughter- | by the foot and | an investigation | jhe real need of It has been or that the gov- a mania for kil- have found one have killed the result cattle jars have been @ and it s now | llling continues | ng, féeding and itry will be de- e has apparent'y he east but the pomplished was the infected an- t have been ex- Jand some others dogs which was “There has been ffort to treat the ernment officials every herd as a e spread of the pd as spreading prn states, the | by killing all in- been continued jhe cause of the ongress make an hether such an ecessary. There ood evidence in- it an animal can- t the spread of halted by isola- This has been ous visit of the , but somehow emedy provided P target was not imal. It is time DEFENSES! of the best in- lhe senate, wants litary prepared- council of na- ground that the imperfect and | for the reason that it will give them any extra expense. This, he says, can be done by cutting out needless | army posts, navy yards and stations and laying aside for a few years ap- propriations for public buildings and river and harbor improvements where they are not needed. If the conditions are as the senator represents then it would instead of appointing the ocommis- sion, as asked, that the whole matter should be referred to the war and navy departments where the matters in question are best understood. Sen. ator Lodge lays the blame for the conditions complained of on congress, presumably because it has not made sufficient appropriations for these two departments. The heads of these de- partments, however, have been ask- ing for certain increases, but their representations have not been in full accord with the views of the distin- guished Massachusetts senator, but if the conditions are as bad as he says they then it would seem as if it was time something was done about them. The president has denied that the national defenses are in a deplorable condition and has expressed himself as being opposed to turning the United States into an armed camp. It does not sound well to have such state- ments made in the senate as those made by Mr. Lodge there today un- less the conditions are as he reports, and no one will claim that he would willfully represent them. The mat- ter, however, is one to be investigated and reported upon by the departments immediately interested. seem as if are, CIVIL SERVICE IN CONNECTICUT. The clvil service law of Connecticut will be given a blow on the point of the chin when the committee on judiciary makes its report next week. The argument has been advanced that the republicans had no hand in the preparation of the law in thé first place, that it was a democratic scheme, that Governor Baldwin arranged to fill the capitol with democrats and then closed the door to keep them in. This was to be all accomplished through the civil service law and in order that it may not be able to carry out its purpose the republicans pro- pose to extract the teeth from the measure so that they may be able to do themselves just what they plain the democrats did. It is impossible to see in this ac- tion anything but a revival of the system which, it must be admitted, the democrats sought to abolish, even even though it was done, as now al- leged, in a partisan spirit. The speak- er of the last house was a republican, a majority of the members of that branch of the legislature were of the same political complexion and if the measure was as wicked as some now say why was it not defeated? It could easily have been done because the republicans were in a majority in the house and a law cannot be enact- ed without the help of that depart- ment. The facts seem to be that the law was regarded as being perfectly proper, was advocated by leading re- publicans as well as democrats, and along the lines that tend toward effi- ciency in the public service, but when com- another year rolled around and it was found that republicans have the whole machinery at their command they want to go back instead of forward more offices and add to the value and strength of the machine. That is where the shoe pinches just now. It is folly to suppose that republicans cannot fill the offices in question as well as the democrats but what needs to be done and which the last legisla- that would prevent a man from losing his position because he did not happen to vote the same ticket as those who were elected as head of any depart- ment. ture did do was to pass a law It is not good business to se- lect a man to perform a certain worik and just when he becomes most effi- cient to be turned out for another who at best cannot possibly be as well | informed as his predecessor for least a certain length of time at and just as soon as he reaches that point he is turned out for some one else. It was to prevent that sort of thing that the civil service law was enacted. If there are any weak spots in the meas- i ure they should be strengthened and not destroyed. The proposed action of the republicans will back to plague their organization in future just as sure as the sun rises in the east. Men as a rule do not go to the polls come to vote for that sort of thing. Charles Schreiber, a fulminate mix- er at the plant of the Union Metallic Cariridge company, was instantly killed on Tuesday by an explosion of the material in which he was work- ing. The coroner, upon investigation, finds that there was no criminal lia- bility attached to the accident. Ful- minate is a necessity in making mod- ern shells, and yet despite the utmost ingenuity of man in devising meaus of handling it, and the greatest pre- some deficiencles. that {s nec- cases cautions taken for ‘‘safety first,” it seems to be possible to do no more than reduce the danger of accldent, FACTS AND FANCIES, The Olympic games were originally dated for Germany in 1916, but if so, they are likely to be played with ma- chine guns.—Norwich Record. In view of the fact that the su- preme court is considering<the mat- ter of the application of the work- men’s compensation law to gmploy- ers of fewer than five personms, it is worth while to consider if the legis- lature could not take steps promptly to relieve such small employees from lability under the law while the de- cision is pending.—Hartford Post. There appeared in the columns of the Waterbury Republican Tuesday a two column heavy black-border ad- vertisement which read: To the Memory of Two Horses Joe and Jim Came to Work March 1898 Chloroformed January 1915. They did faithful duty The Ralph N. Blakeslee Co. That might be looked upon as an unusual demonstration over the puz- ting out of the way of a couple of dumb beasts but it shows the regard that is paid in that company both to the recognition of a faithful team and the contribution that goes to maintenance thereof. There is every reason to believe that those two hors- es recelved treatment in accordance | with the demands of a square deal that was in Bulletin. the balance.—Norwich ‘When we hear of horses sold to go | abroad and to be used in war, there | is awakened a sentiment of sympathy that does not always apply to the mas- ters and users of the unfortunate an- imals. The human being is supposed to go voluntarily into warfare and to make it, at least to some extent, his | choice, while the horse is not a con- | senting partner but goes because he | is bought for the purpose. His blind- 1 ness to the future of course shields | him from the pangs of apprehension which a soldier may feel, and being | unconscious of danger he does not | dread it. With the best intentions but with a misapprehension of the limits of the president’s ability, the societies for the prevention of cruelty | to animals have petitioned President ‘Wilson to forbid the exportation of ' horses to be used in war. The presi- | dent has no power to do this—it can | only be:accomplished by an act of | congress or by the refusal of the own- i ers of horses to part with them for | that purpose.—Bridgeport Standard. | Ashes¢ and a- Star. (Indianapolis News.) Carrying out the ashes at 6 o'clock in the morning is no mean sort of achievement. Indeed -it is doubtful if anything except the morning star could be a compensation for such a dismal task. Coffee and sausage and buckwheat cakes may have done their best, but their best was a rather tardy and monotonous sort of com- fort. The milkman’s whistle might have served, but its resigned cheer- fulness was irritating. The cat had a mistaken idea of twining herself around one's legs and was no sort of compensation at all. The morning star is the great compensation. It | gets up early to make things comfort- able, and it has been holding down, or up the position for some time. Its brilliance is never failing, but there is nothing resignedly cheerful about | it. Rising free from the cloud wings | of the morning, gray wings still un- touched by color, into the wide sky, | it glows above the ash can and lifts | Yyou straight up into the wonder and the joy of its beauty. It is a planet | and is supposed to shine gravely with | never a twinkle, but’it does twinkle a | bit, just the same, to show that it is | very friendly and that it understands. | It is very gay, but the¢ gayety of the morning star is not the foolish gayet which is blind to commonplace difi- | culties and grievances. It says in its | steady, wholesomg, laughing w: “Of course, you have to get up early of course, you have te carry out the | ashes; of course, your fingers are numb and th& walk-slippery. Taking out ashes at 6 o’clock in the morning | is no slouch of a job. I know just hcew you - feel about it, but those are not the things that count. I am really *what counts. I shouldn’t be worth anything if it wasn’t for the gladness of me and I shouldn’t be worth any- thing if I wasn't glad in spite of the fact that I get up in the night and shine in a lonely sky. But I am glad, | and so are you, and so is the great clean beauty of the morning.” That is, the sort of compensation that is best—no compromises, just beauty and honesty and an understanding joy. Going Into Shensi, | (Exchange.) | Shensi, the great central province i of North China, is rleh in coal, iron | and petroleum and is one of the sec* | ticns in whieh the Standard Oil’ company has particularly desired, and | recently secured, concessions. Its | pecple, who are strong and intelligent, ‘ declare that they are direct and un- | mixed descendants.of the tribes which | came originally to China from the cradle of the race. “Sian-fu, the capi- tai of Shensi, was the scat of govern- ment and home of the emperors for hundreds of years before Christ: and | when the empress dowager fled from | Peking before the allied armies, in 1200, it was to Shensi that she and | her retinue made their way, by the sunken roads which thousands of vears of travel had made o deep that her progress could cly be marked from the plain above. Ten or twelve important walled cities are in the northern part of the | province, which has heen assigned to | the American board for missionary | | Through one of these, | Yu-Lin-Fu, under shadow of the | great wall and the headquarters of | the army of the northwestern provin- | ces, passes practically all of China's | trade with eastern Mongolia. Rev. ‘W. O. Pye, one of the board’s staff in | | the adjoining province of Shensi, to whom the survey and opening up | the new field, was committed, report | that most of the prominent business hcuses in the district are owned or n:anaged by men from Fenchow-Fu or occupation. not eliminate it.——Bridgeport Tele- gram, S Taiku-Hslen, cities where the board already bas flourishing work. This the | even though it was only horse-flesh | { anything I have seen in China. | of - McMILLAN'S - Mid-Winter Clearance: - Sale | Extensive Price Reductions in All De- | partments. | COATS. SUITS, FURS, BATH ROBES | SWEATERS, BLANKETS, COM- FORTABLES, WINTER UNDER- WEAR, all kinds of KNIT GOODS marked for a quick clearance. Sale of Sample Leather Goods TWO HUNDRED HAND BAGS, maa- ufacturers’ samples, all styles at the following sale prices: 95C—$1.49—$1-95 Hach. (Values up to $3.50) ON EASY TERMS You need not wait until you are ready to pay $500, or $200, or $100 fOr a Columbia Grafonola. .Invest $25 —$3 cash and $1 a week in this GOLUMBIA ECLIPSE $25 | | i | . .It plays the same records as . the higher priced models, and plays them right. Olwmnla Note 55 D. McMILLAN 199-201-203 Main Street. fact, Mr. Pye says: ‘“Makes it nice for ue, for being from the same place they regard us as members the family.” A generous friend, hearing of the addition of this great district to the beard’s already large responsibilities, gave a thousand dollars for immediate use in sending out Chinese evangelists and preachers trained in the Fenchow Theological seminary and who will be under the supervision of a mission- ary or of an experienced Chinese pas- tor. Mr. Pye writes: country, more like Double Disc Records, 65c up. " Grafonola Dept. 2nd. floor. J. Van Ost, Mgr. of “This is a great America than T'd like to live here. Its bigness and wildness are fascinating. It's a great place for church work; we ought to have a strong work over here some day.” Cummins’ Last (John Lorance in Boston Advertiser.) Senator Albert Baird Cummins of Towa still hears the bees humming and he is stirring instrumentalities to go about among the people to see what they think of him for president. If there seems a call sufliciently sizable the senator is willing to try his chances with the best of the re- publican candidates for the nomina- tion in 1916. This is his last opportunity, and it almost seems too late. It's age. The senator was born in 1850, and there- fore would be sixty-six years old; in 1916, and sixty-seven were he inau- gurated in 1917. The Uhited States has not inaugurated so ©ld a presi- dent in more than half a century. Even Senator Root was thought too old in 1908, when he was only sixty- four. TIn 1920 Cummins will be sev- enty.and of course then polit®ally im-~ possible. So it is now or never. He is stil] in his prime. He is hon- est and progressive. He has indeed been in the front rank progres- sives of the nation, and he is alway independent and masterful. He quite used to the executive habit, for he v governor of Towa for ix vears, has been in the senate since 1903 and has just been elected for a second term. In Towa he represented a new idea and toppled over the old guard there. It 1is the Cummins crowd which is on top today in Towa, rather than the conservative repub- licans. He is one of the main spon- sors for the Towa idea in tariff, low though protective. There was no critic more thorough of the Payne tariff bill, against which he voted. Senator Cummins presiden- tial aspirant in the canvass of 1912, but the Roosevelit candidacy blanket- ed his boom. He opposed to President Taft to the degree that he Tolted his nomination in 1912 and supported Col. Roosevelt en urged | his friends to do so. This is being charged up against Cummins succeeded senate and therefore to the presidential c tion, for Allison was light for years, being finally driven from consideration by old age. Cum- mins does not quite fill Allison’s shoes but nearly 80 Chance. of was a him just now Allison in the comes naturally ndidacy in that amhi- lime~ THE BIG STORE’S January White ale Hartford’s Foremost Undermuslin Event! Sale Now in Progress! New Spring 1915 Muslinwear Extraordinary Savings! Through the co-operation of the leading manufacturers we are able to offer you values that save you on the average a full third on the low war values of the Cotton Market In addition to the truly immense assortments displayed at the popular third floor Muslinwear Department. . THE ENTIRE CENTER AISLE BARGAIN WHITE SALE SPECIALS. WISE, $1.25 and $1.50 Night Gowns. Co(;n]ls)h:iations, WVthite Skirts and Bodices in White Saleat . . . . 95C IGHT GOWNS with entire yoke and sleeves of eyelet embroidery and Valenciennes laces, finished with beading and ribbon in fine nainsook and cot- ton, several styles, regular $1.256 values at 95c. 2 . e P COMBINATIONS, Princess and walst line styles | A0 ql‘::p":} Veshinik ':‘r:‘l‘:h’f;":'”'; Bhoore with cluny and fisheye laces and embroldery com- 1"" ";’e “i‘r““ P et . bination trimmings, insertions and medallions with | In& tesar B1on VAES Tl L s o beadtusrand ribbons, regular $1.25 and $1.50 values | 4, and torchon laces and blind and eyelet em- u‘\\“"I’;I.TF SKIRTS with narrow or wide flounces of brolderies with insertions, beading and ribbon, reg- 4 g = P s ad 69c. evelet embroideries, of fine laces, insertions, ribbon "“;_"I f«]\\lf\lal'“'rr:‘k"‘r\'“n;n'r GO A a"g(;g;e(:‘;:ess":f;m,:';ex'i'fl;‘:;d(:lt’gp yalues at 93¢ | callariess styles, finished with braid in all white and § pink and blue etripes, regular $1.25 value at 69¢. tions of crepe de chine and lace, crepe de chine and bt s dree By Bt . 3 iisssislrettana ali1ace} fasrtion) atyle | ESRUIAE ||| P90 GOWNE, SISNMY, SO ‘“‘7"““- DRAW, $1.25 and $1.50 values at 95c. " s SRS P 39¢ Gowns, Skirts, Corset Cov- ers, Drawers and.Boudoir Caps iSI:l IE}he White . 2 5 c 3JOWNS, neck and sleeves, finished with lace edge and beading, ribbon run, 25c. SKIRTS, muslin with wide ruffle, tucks and hemstitched hem, 25c, DRAWERS, cambric and cotton with wide embroidery and tucks above, 25c. CORSET COVERS, nainsook with lace ery, beading and ribbon run, trimmed front, 25c. BOUDOIR CAPS, several styles made and daintily trimmed, TABLES TO JANUARY SMITH & CO., Hartford $1.25 New Undermuslins, nght Gowns; Combina't'ions and White Skirts in the White Sale . . . 69c NIGHT GOWNS of fine cotton chemise styles, featuring the newest and em- broideries, regular $1.25 values, 6%c. COMBINATIONS, Princess and waist WILL BE DEVOTED and laces line styles, the allover and bead flounces wanted 59¢ Night Gowns, Skirts, Com- binations and Corset Covers, iSI; ltehe ‘White ‘ 3 9 C Gowns, long cloth trimmed with embroideries and laces, all sizes, 39c. SKIRTS, body of long cloth with flounces of em- broidery, ribbon run, many styles, at 39c. COMBINATIONS, nainsook, cover trimmed and front with embroidery or lace, 3%c. CORSET COVERS, nainsook trimmed with laces and embroideries, also allover embroidery style, 39c. finished with ruffle of embroid- back back and of lace net 25¢. SALE EXTRA WHITE OFFERINGS $1.35. GOWNS of nalnsook, th SALE AT SALE EXTRA WHITE AT EXTRA WHITE OFFERING 19 CENTS. CORSET COVERS of nain- sook in a variety of good styles, trimmed with deep yoke of embroidery and torchon laces, DRAW OFFERINGS AT 48 CENTS, - N Empire GOWNS of nainsock, have e L Sess trimmed lonse all with shadow and deep yoke and sleeves of wide yoke prettily lace inser- val. lace and 48c, or embroidery, $1.25 . COMBINATIONE sook, a pretty model, has cover and drawers trimmed with in sertfon of fisheye lace and em broidery, $1.25 embroidery and val SRS of good muslin with tucked * stitched ruffle, 19 OUTING FLANNEL SKIRTS, good «quality with scalloped edged ruffle in pink arnd blue stripes, 19c. quality her- others of crepe, tions, COMBINATIONS wide beading and ribbon drawn of tor- made with of nain and Insertion and edge chon lace, 48c. Go ns and Petticoats ifi)‘(tra”size Undermuslins the White Sale ~ for Stout Women Night Gowns 49¢, 78e, 950, Skirts. . 5 6 T0e, 95¢, of and Extra Values at GOWNS of.fine n Specially Size Size £1.50 $1.39 $1.49 18¢ e 68e up up un up up up Combinations 05¢, Corset Cov ane, Chemise [ 48c, yol: in a choice selection fompire and deep yoke models, front, back sléeves elaborately trimmed in combinations of lace embroidery and ribbon. PETTICOATS with deep shadow lace, flounce and candyke insertion with ribbon drawn, other model have a ruffle and insertion of Swiss embroidery. CORSETS In the January White Sale No and s 25¢, WAISTS Inthe January White Sale WOMEN'S a l laces White lingerie, odd trimmed 31 at WAISTS e variety and embroidery sale S9c. 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