New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 20, 1915, Page 10

ANY’S TERRORISM Jan's Treaties—Claims U, S. Should Interfere lore Roosevelt utters a 3 the common sense of eople through the ine issue of the Metropoli- 8, to be published next ;tha caption, “Peace In- " Preparedness Against on\.a scalpel Mr. Roose- §/ the speciousness of the Husive arbitration treaties | ng the present admin- @ success of which nego- Bryan regards as the most | rement of his career in tary of state.” le, silly people,” Mr. have ‘applauded these 1 B8 them, do they mean Igh, if the Japanese take 1y or the Germans St. uss the matter >m on for a'year be- | “sction? Do they mean lcan women are raped merican men murdered itory by Mexicans fir- line, or when the Amer- isulted and dishonored, 1 commission to dis- | F for a year before tak- oint, Roosevelt says d be inconceivably | o The = writer of scorn the doc- ne of German terror- tion of Belgium he most wanton, the rong, and the wrong cale, “that has been gvgr a century.” ip ican flag is insulted and dishonored, we shall appoint a commission to dis- cuss the matter for a year before tak- ing action? Do they mean that if a French 'or Bnglish submarine sinks 'a ship crowded with non-combatants, as the Germans sank the Lusitania, and if American women and children are again drowned wholesale on-the | high seas, we shall appoint a com- mission to talk about it for a year and bind ourselves to take no action prior to that time? “If they do mean these things, if cur people mean these things, then let them honestly say so. From my standpoint such action would be in- conceivably base and cowardly. Nev- ertheless, it is at least possible to ac- ¢ept the mental integrity of the man taking it if he announces from the beginning that such is his intention. But is is absolutély and grossly im- proper to take it unless the concrete case to which the general principle is to apply ig thus set nakedly forth at the outset and we agree to abide by action in such concrete case. Fear Is The Mottve. “Now the fact that these male and female professional peace enthusiasts Who have screamed so busily for peace during the last year have been afraid to make any concrete protest against wrong {8 doubtless duc primarily to sheer fear on their part. They were afraild of the trouble and effort im- plied in acting about Mexico. , Above all, they are afraid of Germany. Those of them who are politicians are afraid of the German-American vote; for these professional pacificists have no sense of national honor and are great encouragers of hyphenated American- ism. But in additiorn they are terror- ized, they are cowed, by the ruthless spirit of German militarism. The quotes t-l;:d:—)i?‘:éz ‘Berlin Lokalanzeiger spoke as follows the love of Amer- to be respected by of the Lusitania will for us more than a on land..” n that sentiment the . of the United course the Lokalan- iring ‘respect’ in “really meant was e fear. The mur- id children does not ‘but, unfortunately it , ‘As a matter of fact, pire, fear among our | ;er spoke of inspiring after the sinking" of the Lusitania: ‘- ‘We do not wish ic gain the love of the Americans, but we desire to be respected by them. The loss of the Lusitania will earn that respect for us more than a hundred hattles won an land. “Of course, when the Lokalanzeig- ‘respect’ in America what it reaily meant was that it would inspire fear. The murder of women and chiidven does not in- spire respect; but, unfertunately, it may inspire fear. As a matter of fact, I think it did inspire fear among our pacificists. There are plenty ' of i “of Indignation. i nt in the article: Mr, ' n an outburst of in- ntempt—"Recently in some popularity has ‘& song entitled ‘I Boy to Be a Soldier’— ht to be sung with a _entitled ‘I Didn’t 1 to Be a Mother.” The fand upon precisely the v Think of such a one of the mothers, s of men who fought in the revolution, ~who fought under n the ciyil war!” retirement of Mr. wvelt remarks that ‘““The n policy of blood /depends upon their opponents adopt- milk and water. The | ate n of one na- ilk and water states- | r predestined through | is ally and his tool.” e evident by the 0 bulk of the men | yho have shrieked loudest | 'F n the last | h i’( been made evident by | o eleven ; ‘have joined in the peace dinners and peace that time, and by it the same type who on | Be water, or after travel- h side of the water, 2 peace without honor ese men and ‘women peace in terms that disregard righteous- They have not ven- | to raise their voices _ of the iniquity [etakny against Belgium | nton, the most hideous, | g on the largest | Mexico or Americans like myscif who immense- ly admire the efficiency of the Ger- {mans in industry and in war, the effi- cleney with which in this war they have subordinated the whole social and industrial activily of the State to the successful prosecution of the war, and who greatly admire the German people, and regard the German strain as one of the best and strongest strains in our ‘ecomposite American blood; but who feel that the German government, the German | governing class has in this war shown such ruth- less and’ domineering disregard for tho rights of others ae ‘v demand. pro- test, and if necessary further action, on our part. Intended as Terrorism. “Unfortunately, thus ruthless and brutal efficiency has, as regards many men of the pacificist type, achieved precisely the purpose it ‘was:intended to achieve As part of her . program Germany has counted on the effect of terrorism upon all men of soft na- ture. The sinking of the Lusitania was intended primarily as terrorism Jjust as .the use of poison gas in the trenches (a use defensible only if one also defends the poisoning of wells and the torture of prisoners) was in- tended as terrorism. The object— terrorization—has not been achieved as regards the fighting men of Eng- land, France, Belgium, Russia, Italy and Servia. But it has had a dis- tinctive effect in cowing timid per- sons everywhere. I do not believe it would have any effect in cowing the bulk of our people if our people could be waked up to what has hap- pened, but I have no question that it has had a very great effect in cowing that noisy section of our people which has talked loudest about peace at any price. The people who say of the present administration that ‘at any rate, it has kept us out of trouble with German; the people n perpetrated for | who say that we ought not to act ropose a treaty un- | behalf of Belgium, include 1 concrete | ranks very many of the persons who reduced it to posed it In these con- 38 to his fellows, and has 5 her when thus made ht to be and will be ke a4 few illustrative ra-pacifist movement, ‘any price mnovement, has on the Pacific slope as intic seaboard and in ‘the _ Congressmen and editors peeches and written arti- h they havs advocated dis- a have demanded trea- United States would everything. Worthy le, have encouraged prly to debate such t these Congress- “face facts and be ludl' the passage of | 'about the Lusitania; the people who say we ought not to have acted on in their | are cowed \by Germany, who are afraid of what Germany would do if we stood up for our own rights or for the rights of other and weaker | peoples A | “The sinking of the Lusitania, the destruction of Louvgin, the shooting ofi the Belgians who rallied to the de- fence of their flag, precisely as the | men of Lexington and Bunker Hill once rallied to the defence of theirs, the merciless thoroughness of the éx- ploitation of the ecivilian population of northern France and Belgium, the utter ruthlessness shown in dealing { not only with men but with women | and children—all this has undoubtea- ly' cowed and terrorized the average American pacifist, the average peace- at-any-price man in the United States. It has cowed the type of man who all-inclusive arbitration eaties thal the adminis- passed’ during the . last 80, do they mean that they Japanese take Magdalena Germans St. _without taking -any D ey mean that when en are raped in Mex- in men murdered in our £ ¥y Mexicans firing When the Amer- cheers such a song as “I didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier.’ It has ter- rorized the type of man who makes speeches and writes editorials or newspaper or magazine articles on behalf of universal arbitration, and ‘against the Monroe Doctrine. There is a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in nations as in individuals, and sheer terrorism is often found working hand in hand'with flabby and timid internationa} ' pacifi doing of righteot deification of the mol of successtul militarism. My, Bryan's Position, “Mr. Bryan resigns the « foremost position in the American dabi- net . and’ = immediately ' addresses a large meeting . of = Germans where he was, very poorly re- ceived with uproarious applause as & faithful servant of the present Ger- man government, as a man who, how- ever amiable his intentions, had in actual fact stood against the honor and interest of America. Now, if Mr. Bryan were a German, the German government would not for one mo- ment permit him to make the kind of address against Gerany that the Germans applauded him for making against his own country and ours. The success of the German policy of blood and iron largely depends upon their possible rivals and opponents adopting a policy of milk and water. The blood and iron statesman of -one nation finds in the milk and water statement of another nation the man predestined through the ages to be his ally and his tool. Addressing himself to other inter- national problems confronting Am- erica, Mr. Roosevelt arraigns the Wil. son adminstration for weakness in th Fhilippines and in its Mexican polici This administration,” he continues, was elected on the specific promise to give freedom to the Philppnes. The United States must keep its promise. No greater service has beén rendered by any people to another during. the 1ast hundred years than we have rend- ered to the Philippines—and than we have rendered to Cuba also. In February, 1909, when the battle' fleet rturned from its voyage around the world, the Uited States was in point of military, that is, primarily naval efficiency, in such shape that there was no people that would have ven- tured to attempt to wrong it; and unp- der the cimcumstances we could afford to keep the Philippines and to con- tinue the work that we were doing. But since then we have, relatively to other powers, sunk incalcuably from a military standpoint; we are inflinite- 1y less fitted than we were to defend ourselves. 3 Leave Philippines. ‘“Above all, we have promised the Filpnos independence in terms which were inevitablly understood to be in- dependence in the: immediate future, and we have begun to govern them weakly. ~Such indecision in interna- tional conduct shows that ‘this people ought not to undertake the govern- ment of a distant dependency, and this both from military reasons and because of the need of keeping prom- ises that have been made. Let us, then, as'speedily as possible, leave the Phil- ippines, and as the Philippines de- sire to leave us we would be quit of all moral obligations to them, and would under no circumstances be obliged to defend them from other na- tions. " 4 “There Temain Alaska, Hawali, our own coasts and the Panama canal and its approaches as the military problem with' which' we shoul¢ grapple. To protect these places we need, in the first plac, a first class navy, a navy first class in material, and above all first class in the trained efficiency that comes from incessant practice at sea and from having the right spirit in the whole service and therefore nec- essarily in the department itself. We need adequate - fortifications which shall absolutely prevent a successful attack on Hawaii or the Panama canal or on our big coast cities—not merely 2 naval attack, but a sudden attack by a, landing force, Of course all that fortifications can do is to stop a sudden attack, to parry a suddén blow, v Should Intervene in Mexico, “If we have to interfere in Mexi- co—and, of eourse, we ought to have interferred four years ago, and every month’s delay has been so much to our discredit—such interference would really mean only a measure of self-defense. It should be under- taken only by the regular army. The work should be one’ of police and pacification. Tér such work volun- teers are far less fittéd than profes- sionals—then regulars. ‘We should, therefore, haye a regular army of 200,000 men, which would enable: us to have a mobile army of 150,000 or thereabouts. . Thies would save all need of calling for volunteers to po- lice Mexico; and by the exercise of common 'sense and forethought we should provide at once the regular force necessary to do whatever may need to be done, Not a volunteer should be put into Mexico.. The Na- tional Guard could be called on very sparingly. The regular army should do the work.” Advocating the military training of all citizens for the maintenance of an effective reserve. Mr. Roosevelt says: ““We should haye a system of uni- versal mulitary service in this coun- try, as the Swiss have, as the Ar- gentines have, as the Australians and New Zealanders in large part have. Switzerland would peérhaps be the best model for us. Under a system like that >f the Swiss there would be in this country military training in the upper grades of our schools; then on graduation from the high school the young man, may at some time be- tween the ages of eighteen and twenty-one, would serve for a period not to exceed six months in the field in the army; after that first service ‘he would' serve a week or ten days every year for six or eight years, and then would go definitely into the re- serve, He would also be trained in rifile shooting. “Switzerland has, tried this plan and it has succeeded well, .Doubtless a shrieking sisterhood of pacifists, male and female, would say that it would tend to militarism. It would tend to nothing of the sort. Swit- b utal it’orm ] zerland is the least militaristic = of countries. Are those pasificts aware that Switzerland, with universal mil- itary service, has in proportion to its population only one-eleventh of the homicides thut our people, with no military: service, show? Such ser- vice would be good from the stand- point of our civil life. It would be of incalculable benefit to us indus- trially and socially. In Switzerland it has increased the industrial and| social efficiency of the people. Tt has been of graat benefit, physically and morally, to the individual and to the community as & whole.” f_?erso»n‘»als Mr. and Mrs. Henry Emmett of | few | Wallace strest are spending a days. ih New York. __Mr. and Mrs. John Long are Visit- inggn Brooklyn, | Harry 8. Bamforth of South Bur- | ritt street has returned from a few days stay at Prospect Beach. Miss Dorothy Thompson and Miss Elsie Giles have returned after 2 vacation at Indian Neck. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Vinning and family are spending the rest of the season at lndian Neck. Mrs. Lena Vinning is spending the sUmmer at Indian Neck. Mrs. Thomgs Naughton and daugh- | ter Ruth have returned from a two Weeks' stay in Bridgeport. The Misses Jannie and Esther Chain of North Adams and the Misses Re- becca and Esther Markowitz, are the guests of Miss Rose Kopolowitz of 38 Dewey street. The young ladies plan to leave for a week's stay at Walnut beach in a few days. LABOR GONFERENCE CALLED BY GOMPERS Labar Head fo Discuss Strike With Machinists’ Leaders. ‘Washington, July 20.—Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor announced last night that he had called a conference of officers of the Internatlional Asso- ciation of Machinists to meel with him in Washington to consider the strike drdered: at thq Reruington Arms and Ammunition 'company’s plant at Bridgeport, Conn. In calling the con- ference Mr. Gompers said it was his purpose to use every resource at his command to prevent a reneral strike. Striving To Check Strike. “I'have called the officers of the Machinists’ International union for a conference here,” he said. “We will do everything possible to prevent the strike-from spreading to the various unlons of the workers at the Rem- ington ‘factory, which wouid bring its machinery at a standstill.” Despite reports from Bridgeporf that negotiations had failed to bring about a gettlement of the controversy between the Remington company and the labor leaders, oflicials of the De- partment -of Labor declared tonight they believed an agreement would be reached in time to avert a general strike. Secrgtary Wilson said, how- ever, that in ths event the workers &ia walk out in force he immediately would appoint counciliators in an at- tempts to bring about a peaceful set- tlement of the trowible. Accuses Forcign Interests. Mr. ‘Gompers reiterated the charge that foreign inteiests had sought to bring about labor {iroubles in the United States to. check the exporta- tion of war supplies to Iurape. ! declined to give Jetalls, remarking: He “I do not want to shut off my line of information by making it public at thig time.” “I hope for a quick and fair settle- ment of the strike at Bridgeport,” he added, ‘‘but it must be borne in mind that for some time the men and women, the women particularly, have been. working long hours and for small pay. I hope these conditions will be improved with the adjustment of the ‘other troubles there.” Trying To ¥ialt Shipping. “I know that foreign interests, weil supplied with, funds, have sought to bring on labor troubles to prevent the shipping of American products to Europe;” said Mr. Gompers, “I know that an effort was made to bring about & strike of longshoremen, and that, when that failed, an effort was made to cause a strike of seamen. [ know these things as well as T know anything that I have not personally seen. There can be no doubt that this foreign propaganda. with un- limited means behiud it, it seeking to check the manufacture and exporta- tion of supplies for Rurope.” My. Gompers said *hat an effort would ‘Be. made to improve conditions at Bridgeport. “There is a great hue and ecry abroad /in the land,” he said, ‘“that when there is general prosperity from any ocause the workman should have his share of the increased profit.” McLAUGHLIN-DUNN, Local | Couple to Wed at St. Joseph’s Church Tomorrow at 9 .a, m. Tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock Wil- liam MecLaughlin'and Miss Mary Dunn, daughter of Mrs. - David Dunn of Franklin Square, will be married by the Rev. Patrick Daly at St. Joseph's church. The couple will be attended by Willlam J. Broderick of Great Bar- rington, Mass:, and Miss Elizabeth Dunn, 2 sister of the bride, as best man @and bridesmaid respectively. Aftre a wedding trip the couple will make their home on Stanley street. Mr, McLaughlin is local representa- tive of a Bridgeport concern and Miss unn is a well known school teach- er. ‘Both have a lurge number of friends in this city. o e i G Sy 'WANT CLAXTON DISMISSED. Portland, Ore., July 20.—The sub- _ject before the national convention of the Sons of the American Revolution, when it.met today was a resolution in- troduced yesterday asking President Wilson to dismiss Dr. P. P. Claxton, U, 8 gommissioner of education. The resolution accused Dr Claxton of making unpatriotic utterances regard- ing the American flag. | completed by | statistics. The information on which | the study was based was gathered COSTOF LIVING NOW HIGHER IN EUROPE i Prices for Foodstufls Increased Because of the War Washington, July 20.—How the cost i of living has been increased in Europe by the war is shown in a study just the Bureau of Labor through the consular service and cov- ers more than one hundred cities, | towns and districts over eighteen Eu- ropean countries, A summary issued by ‘the bueau says: “The report shows that the first ef- fect of the war was the same prac- tically throughout Europe. Its outs break was followed by a sharp rise in prices due mainly to panic and uncer- tainty. In some countries legislative { measures were at once taken to check this rise. In others the governments strictly adhered to a taken-off policy and trusted to the natural course of events ‘for readjustment. Within a fortnight the first panic was over and except in the actual war zone prices began to fall. In most places, how- ever, prices did not drop to the July level and after an interval again took an upward turn, which has probably not yet reached its climax, Figures Somewhat Incomplete. “The price figures available are scmewhat incomplete, but almost everywhere the upward tendency of prices appears. Potatoes was one of the few articles which showed a fall in! price : in most of the more im- portant countries. Meat, also, was another important article which in many places increased but little in price, “Flour, on the other hand, showed decided changes. Russia is the great- est wheat exporting country of Bu- rope, and the war practically shut off its foreign markets. It is not sur- prising, therefore, to find that the price of wheat flour had actually fal- len in Moscow. In Germany and Aus- tria the rise was marked, prices com- pared with the July level in Germany showing an increase of 25 'per cent by December and 34 per cent by Jan- uary. In Vienna the increase by De- cember was 73 per cent and by Jan- uary 82 per cent. In Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Great Britan flour prices in December, were 13 or 14 per cent above the July level, but later figures show a continued increase in February, reaching 24 per cent in the Netherlands and 38 per cent in Great Britain. Bread prices in most cases followed those of wheat flour. In Germany and Austria, however, the increases in the prices of bread were somewhat less than those in the price of wheat flour. Sugar Prices Rise. “Sugar prices showed marked differences resulting from .the war in different localities. In France the Dbest sugar beet fields lie in northern parts. which were early Invaded, and as a result the price of sugar. rose sharply. Germany and Russia are sugar exporting countrie and in Berlin. and Moscow sugar showed little change in price. England im- ports its entire supply, and in Lon- ron the price rose 70 per cent. Tur- key usually imports her sugar from Russia and from Austria. The Rus- elan supply was cut off altogether when Turkey entered the war, and the Austrian supply was reduced to what could be brought by rail, a very uncertain dependence. “‘Administration and legislative measures to check the rise in cost of necessities were very generally taken, Denmark, Egypt, Great Britain, Italy, Russia, Spain and Turkey prohibited the export of practically all food stuffs. ‘France, Norway, and Sweden listed certain articles which must not be exported, and Holland placed an embargo on/ butter ana chees. Fix Maxium Prices, “Fixing maximum prices, especially for food stuffs by some government agency was a very common measure. To some extént it was used by every country included in the bureau’s re- port, although in Great Britain and Sweden so litle of the sort was done that these countries might almost be excepted. “The methods adopted for fixing prices differed considerably. In France Germany, Greéce, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain and parts of Turkey the municipal authorities either alone or in co-operation with the central of military authorities, might fix maximum rates if they thought best. In most cases this right was of long standing. In all of these countries the municipal authorities have very generally made use of this right. In Bulgaria a special law was passed early in August authorizing local au- thorizing local authorities, with the participation of financial authorities, to fix prices, both wholesale and re. tail. In Egypt a commission was ap- pointed by the central government with power to fix maximum prices, In Serbia the minister of the interior was charged with the duty of fixing maximum prices. Governments Issues Decrees. “Some governments, while allowing the local authorities to fix prices on most things, issued decrees applicable to their whole territory concerning a few highly important articels. Thus, Austria and Germany both prescribed the proportion of wheat or rye flour that should be used in making bread. Later both Austria and Germany fixed the wholesale price of cereals, and brought the distribution and consumption of lour and bread under strict control. Turkey fixed prices for petroleum, sugar and flour. In Italy salt, tobacco, and matches are government monopolies, so that their prices were fixed by the central au- thority. Denmark, Holland, ' and ! the beginning of the war's effect on ! themselves (o controlling the important bread- stuff of each country. ““The importance and full signifi- cance in the increases in prices which oceurred would not be fairly present- ed without reference to the fact that increased cost of living, and especial- ly the increase in food prices, has for several years been a question of se- rious concern in practically all of tae European coutries. The upward movement in prices prior to the war had in fact been world wise. An in-| quiry of the British board of trade in 1912 showed increases in food prices ' in various countries over prices in 1900, ranging from fifteen per cent. in Great Britain and France to six- teen per cent in Australia, to thirty Per cent in Germany, to thirty-two Per cent in Belgium and thirty-five Per cent in Austria. In Canada ana in the United States the increase shown was even greater than the highest of these figures. Thus, it Will be seen that the increased prices directly due to the war, coming as the Culmination of a long period of in- Creases, are much more serious to the masses of the population than the mere figures indicate. It iz obvious, too, that the increases of the first four to six months represented oniy the cost of living.” | City items Rev. Dr, 8. G. Ohman, pastor of ‘the local Swedish Lutheran church, has been elected as delegate to the Gensral Conference of Lutheran churches to bo held early in Septem- ber at Rock Island, TlL The postvoned outing of Chamber- lain council, Jr. O. U, A, M, will be held at White's crossing on Saturday July 31, C. B. Turner, advance man for ‘Washburn's midway shows, which is to exhibit at Rentschler’s grounds all next week, was in this city today. A linen shower was tendered Miss Laura Bigelow last evening at the home of Miss Myrtle Ripple of Wal- nut street. Miss Bigelow is to be- come the bride of Roland Ripple on August 4th. ALL IN READINESS FOR ANNUAL OUTING Chamber of Commetee o Hold Forth at Compounce Tomorrow. With an even break on the part of the weather man tomorrow, the an- nual outing of the Chamber of Com- merce will be held at Lake Com- pounce, and judging from the reports of the secretary and the committee in charge, the affair should prove to be one of the greatest successes so far attained by the organization . At 1:07 o'clock a special trolley car will leave Central park for the ac- commodation of those who have not secured autos, The greater part of the crowd however, will make the trip in the “benzine buggys.” On arrival at the lake the sport program will be started without delay The first event will be the baseball game between the civic bureau and the Mercantile bureau at 2:15 o’clock When this is over the following events will be staged, fat men’s race, 100 yards dash, in order named and at 3:30 o'clock the game between the City Officials and the Taxpayers, will be called. Captain E. H. Prior of the civic bureau said this morning when asked about the outcome of the game, “Nothing to it but our team.” How- ever, Captain “Jimmy"” Naughton, of the famous Professional Men's ag- gregation, simply smiles when the mention is made of the clivic bureau outfit. The National league has its McGraw and the American league its Mack, but the Mercantile bureau has a Naughton, and this is satisfactory to them, and they are not worrying | over the outcome of the battle, Boat races will follow" the baseball games and the shot put and potato races will complete the sporting pro- gram The event of the day will be held in tne spaclous ‘‘eating establishment” when under the direction of '‘Gene’ Porter, that “Real Broiled Chicken Dinner,” that Gene has been telling his friends about, will be partaken of by the assemblage. “Gene” while a member of the Business Men's association made a reputation for himself by the manner in which he always arranged events of this kind, and he avows, that the reputation is not going to suffer any tomorrow when the “boys” seat them- selves about the tables. The menu arranged is as follows: Tomato Bisque Olives, Pickles Broiled Chicken, Mashed Potato Green Peas, Corn on Cob Combination Salad, French Dressing Neapolitan Ice Cream, Assorted Cakes Cigars, Bottled Mineral Water The Philharmonic Band has been engaged to enliven the afternoon with popular airs, and Leader Ed, Lynch has assured the committee that the| program -arranged will be a pleasing one. A large number of the wives, sweethearts . and sisters of the com- mittee will be in attendance. The winner of the $25 prize in the seal contest will be announced, isle of Safety Committee. One of the matters that the Cham- ber of Commerce are going into in .‘ thorough manner, is the 1Isle of Safety idea, which is conducted in other cities in a capable manner, and | owing to the pecullar layout at the terminal in this city is badly needed. The following committee has been | others who will buy the chosen to take up the matter and will make & report at a future meeting of i‘o chamber, ¥ W. Leland, C g ’ Kilbourne, and M. H. Camp 3 For Improved Trolley Service. of yearg there has | warranted N attention on the but which has nejer been takep up, and Secretary Andriyws has acquainted himself_with & ap they exist. when cars arrive at the park. For instafice, 6n ‘many occaslons )’ gers on an incoming Plainville ¢ar who wished to board a Hartford car. have been forced to run at breals neck speed ‘through the park in an effort to catch the car as it rounded Church street corner. The same con= ditions pertain to cars on other lincs. It is the opinion of the members of the Chember of Commerce that some méthods can be devised that eliminate this, and the matter been BrowcHed” fo © Superintenden Beardsley, who will look into the ads visability of erecting signal servic boxes at various points along th lines, and in thig manner, & motorman: on an incoming car can’ thus notify the crew of the car at the park of h exact location: ‘Tt is thought by t ;‘nadthod thut the troulle will be recti- ed. To Abandon Clean-Up Campaigns. Clean-up campaigns have been con- ducted for several years and the real results are Pexlpnlnx to show. Thes campaigns have done good, but afte two or thre® have been citizens have asked why they werl necessary. Next year will probabl see less of these campaigns, for it expected that ' the ‘recommendatio of the speeial committee on rubbjs! ashes and garbpge of the chambef will megn: that clean-up weeks will] not be necesgary. In the past it has been the custom to put the ity th a spizk and sp condition, durifig ‘the campaign, a then after that it was allowed to §o back to old conditfons. The commitiee .consisting of = D, T. E. Reeks, Charles Mueller a: J. 8, Bennett, wiil have an intere: ing report to submit at the Bepte! ber meeting of the chumber, ‘Efforts Appreciaved. The . efforts’ of the Chumber Commerce work'in various cities a being appreciated by the fact thal George Eastman, firesident of th Eastman Kodak company, recently made an offer to the Rucliester Cha ber of Commeree, to crect a builds at a cost of $200,000 Hroviding ¢ chamber ralsed $100,900 and the ofs® fer was accepted. Butlding Permits. permits were igsued during the pa month: ,$268,665.00; corresp 1 manth in 1914, $120.178.00; iner over first six months $467,683.00. e —— MRS. MAGNELL DIES IN. SO. MANCHESTE | Street Woman, Times" Reporter, Syccumts - To Lomg Nivess. ) Mrs. Carolyn Hayeés th.ll. of Alfred E. Magnell of street, local corresponde Hartford “Ti " died u y in Sout! Manchested following a Jong ilin The funeral will e heid Wedn: morning at 9 o'elock frum St. Jams church in that place and in 5 will be in 8t. James’ cemetery. Mrs. M 1l was born in Syra N, Y., thirty-two yeurs ago but I in South Manchgster mosi of her 1 attending the schools there and grad uating from the Migh school in 1] place. 3 She is purvived by hor children, Mary C., ag and Alfred T. aged ic. mother, Mrs. Catherine Hay.., brothers, Daniel' Ifu) Patrick Hayes of Hartford, Ji Hayes of Lawrence, Maoss,, and Al bald Hayes of South Manchester, five sisters, Mrs, Michael Dunn, Michael Griffin, M Charles Tay and Mrs. John 4. Yarrell all of Ha ford and Mys. Danfel Altkin of Sou Manchester. CHINA OBTAINS LOANS, From People of Republic By Adop Peculiar Devices. Peking, July 20~ (Corpespindet of The Assoclated Press) ~The Chl nese Government has been adopting) peculiar devices for the purpose of ofs ] taining lpans from the Chinese pcop since it is impossible duripg the By ropean war to obtein them fr abroad, Besides introducing a lowtery sys in order top obtain lavesiments in National Savings Bank, (hey are no affering decorgtions tv merchants a “dom: bonds” which the Gevernment js suing. The purchaser who buys seva eral hundred thousand dollars’ wo of ‘the bonds recelyes a sixth class seventh class decaration; he who bu, more receives a fifth cla: and so goes up to very large sums, in whigl case special decorations, somethin new and hitherto unprovided, a granted to the men who trust Government With hundreds of the sands of Mexican dollurs. PR i A STEALING COPPER WIRE. Old Saybrook, July 20.--Bee! the source of wire trouble, Weste; Union linemen have fouu? thi have been shooting off sections of wh between. poles beside tne rail track frome here to Westbrook. Th interrupted the chief trainh despate ers wire and a New York- B through Wwire, = getting about worth of heavy copper wire. ¥ s1d Leading Star lodge; No, 23, © of Shepherds:of Bethlehem wil), tonight at 8 o'clock. ' atte ance is desired. llation of cers will be nd other A | 4 i conducte .‘,: 3 ¥