New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 13, 1915, Page 8

' New : Britain atter. of the city a Month. sent by mall I §Filstrig medium 1in q oks and press rertisers. ifor ng on .sale at Hota- 4 k. Clé‘i. St., and Broad- Board Walk, and Hartford depot. \lce,fleems to be meeting fBonnecticut cities Lhat electricity and street stained in larger ci- untry, In New Britain icthe projects now ap- Xo -k_,ignomlnious fdilure. sS‘management, due to in- is regarded as the. cause. ojects Which' are designed by the politicians to be he working man, are f\in the propaganda of the bd leaders of this party the: failures are due to achinations of their op- ér than the inherent ,)theorie.sA 1out'ncroas‘tha fields ‘when the grain DAILY HERALD, FRIDA | should have been ripening. More than i a milllon and;a half acres of wheat and oats were thus ruined. With sheep getting fat on this grain, with the marketing,’and all - other attendant labors, ‘the farmer’s lot .in''Kansas is not such a dismal one after all. goes to show that where there is a will ; there.is a way. COMBATTING A NUISANCE. Experts of the Department of Labor | have at last found a way. torextermi- i nate that dreadful pest, the house fly. If followed closely the instruc- tions sent out by these scientists will do more good than the old and famil- iar method of swatting, although swat- ting should not be totally abandoned. In,the first place the Department of Labor experts emphasize the fact that flies, to be exterminated, must be at- tacked in their - breeding places. Screens and swatting should not be wholly given up, if° complete success is looked for. Next, the scientists call for absolute cleanliness. - Flies are not attracted to places which are clear of rubbish and decaying materials. There are, of course, instances where piles of rubbish cannot be removed at once, as around barns and stables, and in cases of this sort the government sci- entists recommend a plentiful use of powdered hellebore, dissolved in wa- ter,” for killing the larvae. Half a peund of hellebore should be dissolved in ten gallons of water to get the proper results. After a thor- t, it certainly appears 3 rivate interests can B success ice, gas electric- {oar lines, a municipality well under equal condi- fiing is done abroad and Buous success; but there jot allowed to interfere in sof these public enter- j*bmdness is well financed are employed in the man- for years, long before New a city, we conducted water plant. This busi- len ably handled. We can pter successfully. Then §2 . The hnswer seems pa- i "THE Pfoject has not jandled here. It appears ‘house ' was improperly The crop which was har- uttle Meadow last winter jway at an alarming rate. ts tnat the city made with duals for marketing the roved anything but satis- municipal ice commit- sthe water board have all kinds of caustic crit- ) ack ‘of business 3 payers are lia deficitcin a departure fd_Wwith''‘promises of ma- .ago the City of Nor- ~forsmunicipal lighting| g’ peribd underwent all ciilties. It was not a fi- s; ang; bitter criticiam fori stive: project; but the ‘Avested its money decld- 1€ ouf anq today it is said ed, dts _i;erlod of stress something on the in- w Britain should. profit Iéxafiple; iIf we are to @‘ioq‘ business. Money vested in the plant and un- 1} to:throw the whole Juik PR a stronger of- i 48 to place it on a a6 Comneoticut will do well e example set by those n migfortune overtakes ng heavy loss of their rain and floods, the sas did not sit down i ead, they set to work J6p 'tof66d on the grain fiet on the ground, whipped afl and wind storms. That less‘than three weeks it 1s t more than a -million grazing on the farms of “gn example worth while. h éfi)‘d,‘té.k_‘e»heed. For years 8 have been known as the ess ‘pessimists on earth. ipposed! to} be the only ones this mundane sphere whom ovidence cannot please. ,hot they want it cold. cold they want it hot. 18 they“want sunshine. hine basks their flelds they It is ever thus with the d, usually, when storms farmer’s product, he goes fith a long face and clears l, throwing away the dam- " How different it is in the 1é Kansas .farmers. The i not worry them long. lany men would have given pe. these farmers set to work in their hearts and are go- their loss into profit. They to l\q‘c heep and con- agg,g‘ “oBs into food that m 143 L ipatches we learn that ¥ valley in the state of Kan- d raifs sent the water rcgi\ { the tables ot M8 H over, the 1ana. | ough sprinkling with this mixture vast heaps of fertilizer have been known to send forth no flies. The pests are ab- solutely killed off. The one good thing about this remedy is that it is inex- pensive. The powder can be bought in any drug store for a small amount. This is the proper time to take up fly killing in earnest. In a few more weeks tne cold weather will be along and the fiies will be driven to their hiding places for the winter. After hibernating, these pests will come out again next summer and start things all over again. The idea, advanced by the government experts, is to get them now. In this way health will be insured for the rest of this summer with better prospects for next summer. A concerted movement on the part of every good citizen in New Britain elimination of harvesting, threshing, | It all | | —Lindley M. Qarrison, secretary of war, in Leslie's, . It Mn. ‘Bryan's doctriné that men who, write ghould sign their names to their:prodictions had peen in force in the statei’department other men would be give' credit for some very excellent ‘productions that’ appearcd above the signature of a very recent | secrétary of state.—Ncw York Herald. It is'authoritatively stated from Washington that the president \vill‘rw- Ject these terms (proposed by Ger- many.) Indeed he must reject them unless he is willing to accept other basis for his policy than that of interhational law. But the conse- quences are serious. He must el.lhel eat his own words and contin:ue merely to protest with notes against what he has described as an immeas- urable grievance, or he must express his dissatisfaction by breaking off dip- lomatic relations with Germany. The first alternative would be intolerably ng. t}:l‘:x:l:algng step in the direction war.—The New York Republic. of | a living is too easy for the gfif,ténif the people. The climate is so kind and nature so bountiful that. man is forced to exert himself very little to secure enough clothing, food and shelter to keep him alive. Being required to work his body very little in order to live, he is also’exempt from working his mind much. With idle hands and idle minds, the people are always ripe for mischief. Not being kept busy to provide for their needs, they have too much time for what they call war. Haiti might be a para- dise. It is all right as a land. Its great trouble is its people. It certainly would be good for the Haitians if Uncle Sam could bring himself to the state of mind to take them in charge and train them in the way they should go.—Buffalo Enquirer. i/ Just to prevent disappointment, the Colonel gives fair warning, as he hpards the train for California that he is not setting out to fire the Progrés- sive ‘heart. In order that there may be no mistake about his attitude, he administers a preliminary chill to that much-tried organ. “Any decent, republican” is now the slogan—unlags Publicity Manager Payne is sadly in error. This shows what a great con- soler is Time. TwWo years ago no mem-, ber of the gang that stole the precious nomination deserved a decent man’s patience. Only a party progressive, could hope for honest men’s votes in; 1916. A year ago keen eyves and a softer heart could discern a remnant among, the republican rascals from which something might be expected. Today the remnant consists of the some’ | The second would constl- | Halti is one of the lands in which McMILLAN’S NEW BRITAIN’S BUSIEST - BIG STORE ALWAYS RELIABLE" DAINTY UNDERMUSLINS Unusual valy o | muslins, es in well-made Under. trimmed with dainty lac and embroidertes, the kind that look right after Wwashing. “MARCELLA" COMBINATIONS Priced 980, $1.25, $1.49, $1.98 Each “MARCELLA” DRAWERS At 40c Pair NEW GOWNS Priced d9c, 98c, $1.49 to 82.25 Very cholce Combinations for this selling pricea 4oc, Women’s Summer Dresses Marked Down to $1.98 Each About Two Hundred Dresses in this lot. Values up to $5.98. Saturday at the final clearance price your choice $1.98 each. Silk Blouses At $1.98 and $2.98 Each Crepe de Chines, China Silks, white | and colored Tub Silks. Values that are the best of the season. Leather Goods WOMEN’S HAND BAGS Saturday at 98c Each $1.50 values. All leather Bags, new novelty frames, silk lined and fitted. | New Neck Fixings Always alert to the new creations in Women’s Neckwear. See the values we are offering. NEW QUAKER COLLARS AND SETS At 25c and 49c BLACK LACE COLLARS 25c, 49c to 98c Each thieves, while the mass of the repub- would, with the aid of hellebore, do much toward the elimination of the fly. ON BEING A DOG. In New York city yesterday a young mother and her ‘babe were found prostrate. . The. mother had nothing to eat for more than a week. While this mother was dying from starva- tion up-state a short ways a dog owned by Mrs, I. C, Secor, of Atlantic Highlands, died from over eating. The dog was placed in a casket ‘cost- ing $150, taken to a dog cemetery in an automobile hearse, and buried in state. A monument costing a huge sum of money will probably be erected over this member of the canine family. And still human mothers and babies are allowed to starve In a city like New York, Query. Editor of the Herald: Dear Sir:—WIill you kindly tell me the proper way to spell the name of the celebrated bandmaster and com- poser, . John Philip Sousa. Is the fourth letter in his family name an “s” or a “z"”?—Curious. John Philip Sousa spells his name . just as it is written in this sentence. There is no letter “z” in his name. Eaditor FACTS AND FANCIES, Military critics are interested to know what the Germans will do next. We are more interested in' knowing what they won't do next.—Rochester Union and Advertiser. Some women are fit to vote and some men unfit. If the suffrage could be taken from the unfit men and giv- en to the fit women, it might be well. But that is an impossible solution.— New York Times. The rights on the high seas which German asks the United States to sur- render are not the property of this country. They are the common pos- session that this government can alienate—New York Globe. Let’s see, is the Mr. Bryan who de- mands $500 for a lecture on peace the same Mr. Bryan who wants ' a law compelling editors to make affidavit that they have no financial interest in any cause tney may advocate?—New York Evening Post. The irrigation system in the West has one great advantage over the sys- tem we're getting around here' this summer. When you dam an irriga- tion ditch you stop the water; but here vou can get black in the face and it keeps right on coming.—Binghamton Press. Give every man his chance: The least governmeént that 1s consistent | with the proper doing of those things that must be done collectively, the better; the more individual citizen :s permitted to expand, develop his char- acter, his energy and his talent with- out hampering restrictions, the better. licans are once more as white as snow. The next stage of the development is already in sight. How long will it be before the Colonel's closest friends’ put into plain words the invitation, ‘‘Give us anybody who can beat Wil- son?” As Wilson is * a second Buch- anan,” and as the Colonel is a second Lincoln—both statements are made on the highést autherity—we have a little lesson in logic from the Oyster Bay primer that is not at all hard. Mind you, the Colonel has not gone back to the republican party: “He believes that it is-not a time for men to worry about political ties”’—especially about progressive ties—New York Evening Post. " The Ailing Farmer. (Indianapolis News.) Farmer Hopkins had been ailing for some time. He did his cnores in the customary manner one expected of a Hopkins. He pald just as much atten- tion to the drove of hogs over in the pasture lot. He followed the plow just as he had followed It for twenty- five years. He swore softly at times, mayhap, at the contrariness of old Ben as he went down between th rows of corn. After the day's work was over he milked the three Jerseys and tedded down the horses in his old painstaking manner. But with all of his thoroughness there was an air of pre-occupation, The clean white hoards of the barn door on the inside were covered with rows and rows of figures. His wife, going down there on her daily egg hunting expedition, had noticed the figures and wondered what they meant. Could it be that after all their years of married life her husband was engaged in some trans- action which he wishea ro hide from ‘her, that he should do his figuring on the barn door instead of at the old- fashioned secretary in the living room? She ran back over his actions of the last few weeks. She remembered how he had grumbled at Nellie as they rode to town behind her. Surely he could not think of selling her? He had al- ways boasted of the trim Iittle mare’s speed; now he compared her to a snadl. The children had all married and moved away, and it seemed to the wife that he should be taking life easy instead of raking up trouble for himself as he seemed to pe doing. One evening when me had come back home from a drive to the town alone he seemed to be in. a more cheerful mood. - He teld his wife the children were away all year and pnly got back im the summer.- To go See them meant a long ride to the town and then a longer ride on the train. Then he adroitly shifted the conversa- tion around to horses. Feea was high. Horses needed shoes; they were liable to sicken and die. They must be fed whether they worked or -not. - They cculd not be driven .hard -in the: hot sun. It always took a horse two hours at the least to-make the fourteen miles to town. At last the faithful wife was getting at .the .cause.of her husband’s preoccupation. Soon she would know what the real trouble was. Probably he wished to sell Nellie and get that 2:30 trotter he had been looking over at the county falr. So—so—would she hought an automebile! They were so much cheaper now. They could get around so much more quickly to visit their friends-and take their friends riding, ete., ad infinitum. In a half- ‘hour Mrs. Hopkins was so excited that she insisted on getting a catalog -the next day, and even began to look at a mind if he NEW ORGANDIE VESTEES At 49c LACE AND NET GUIMPES 49c and 98c Each In black, white and ecru. NEW LONG SLEEVE GUIMPES At 98c CREPE DE CHINE TIES At 25¢ and 50c Each All the new shades, in plain colors, wide stripes and flowered effects. Men's $1.00 Coat Shirts, now 70c each. Men's 50c Neckwear, now 39c each. Men’s $1.00 Sample Union Suits, Saturday at 48c each. Men’s “Onyx” Silk Sox at 25c pair. Value 50c. Manufacturers’ Samples Knit Underwear for men, women and children. More than a thousand garments in this Sale. VESTS, PANTS, SHIRTS, DRAWERS AND UNION SUITS Real Bargains at 10c, 12 1-2¢, 17c, 25c, 49c each. Values up to $1.00. TRUNKS $3.908 to $22.50 See our line of Baggage. TRAVELING BAGS At $3.75 All leather. Value $4.50. $1.98 STRAW SUIT CASES AT $1.49 Full 24-inch, straps all around. D. McMILLAN 199-201-203 MAIN STREET —— Toad map to see how they would go to see Jessie and the baby. In two weeks one of the stalls had been torn out to make room for the car and a galvanized tank had been sunk in the ground just outside the barn door. And in his first driving lesson Farmer Hopkins learned that whereas the plow is to be guided to ihe right pressure must be exerted on the left handle, when an automobile is to be guided to the right the steer- ing wheel must be turned to the right, And gasoline isn’'t so high after all. Arms and Small Nations, (New York Times.) Dutch officials now point out Holland, as a nation devoted to the pursuits of peace and very inade- quately supplied with metal resourcas or ammunition factories of its own. is absolutely dependent for munitions upon what it can import from other neutral countries, especially America. The question of obtaining large sup- plies of steel and other raw mater- jals and manufacturers from the United States has been the subject o consideration by the government for some time. According to the Dutch contention, the adoption by the United States of a regulation forbidding the export of munitions would practically foredoom not only Holland, but every other small neutral power, to certain defeat that at the hands of any powerful and well- prepared nation which might choose to attack it. 75c, 980 and $1.49. | SATURDAY AT THE GREAT OCKHARDT MILL END SALE In addition to the wonderful Mill End Bargains already advertised we offer hundreds of new and extraordinary mill end specials for Saturday. Wise, Smith & Co., Hartford $2.98, $3.98 and $4.93 Summer Wash Dresses, Saturday at $1.98 Two hundred handsome Summer Dresses in twelve different styles, not all sizes in any Materials include plain and fancy in the season's most desired fabrics. but all sizes represented. of $2.58. $3.98 and $4.98 values. Saturday at the Mill End Sale All At ..... NEW $1.50 AND SKIRTS AT ... At First Bargain Table, Main Floor Three styles of pretty white Ratine, white P. K. and white Corduline Wash Skirts, Saturday at the Mill End Sale ADVANCE POPLIN, made to retail later at $20. sell at the Mill End Sale ADVANCE FALL MODEL TAILORED SUITS of fine worsted poplin, with guaranteed lining, will sell later for ADVANCE FALL MODELS OF CHEVIOT COATS, made to retail at $10.00. For This Sale ....... . . FALL MODEL TAILORED SUITS OF $1£.98. Choice 79 (4 W DRES! Mill WHITE We will HANDSOME up to $7.98, NEW value. NEW TAFFETA $:5.98. . $6.98 PIQUE , regular retail price $1.50. End Sale Price NEW $3.08, onc lot of these to sell NEW SUMMER DRESSES, values up for . cees WIIITE CHINCHILLA COATS, At the Mill End Sale one style Choice ADVANCE FALL MODELS OF WHIPCORD COATS that will retail later at $12.98. Mill End Sale Price NEW TAFFETA SILK COATEE DRESSES, worth For the Mill End Sale LINENE WASH . 90c worth AND SUMMER DRESS $3.50 real $10.98 At the Mill End Sale SILK COATEE DRESSES, worth $10.98 WISE, SMITH & CO., Hartford Our Daily Automobile Dell very Insures Prompt Delivery of Your Purchases. Daily Delivery in New Britain, Elmwood, Newington, 'Phone orders Charter 305 0, Cedar Hill, Maple Hill and Clayton, and Mail Orders promptly filled. » Our Restaurant, an ideal p lace for a light lunch, a cup of tea or substantial repast. WHAT OTHIRS 3AY Views on all siles of timcly questions as discussed in ex- changes that come (o Herald office. Just As Black As It’s Painted. (New Haven Register.) Plagiarism is an ancient though the law for its' punishment is not among the written ones. We pun- ish severely the kidnapping of the children of men’'s bodies; we have, ex- cept for the slow-moving aid of the copyright law, inadequate means of punishing the kidnapping of the chil- dren of men’s brains. This applies, of course, to conscious plagiarism. There is an unconscious sart which is ex-'\ cusable if not avoidable. | The men who inhabit the ‘federal penitentiary at Atlanta are there for | varied reasons, and some of them,! probably, would attempt to excuse what brought them, or to deny com- mission of it. But it is generally rec- ognized, if “Good Words,” the peni- tentiary paper is representative of their sentiment, that plagiarism is a worse crime than any that fills the prison. The editors of “Good Words™ denounce the filching without credit of matter published by them, and say that the editors of publications which do such things are unworthyihe needed to be in a United States prison. That's painting it black, but the | crime is as black as it's painted. Yet | there persist those whose only fear of | such a crime is the fear of getting caught, and that doesn’t seem to greatly avail in checking their con- stant theft of the thought of others. They are comparatively few, but they make a noise like a multitude. The Only Chance. (New London Telegraph.) Russia will not make peace simply because Germany has captured most of Poland, and is occupying the prov- ince of Courland. Germany's war cannot be won on a single frontier, As long as Great Britain is uncon- quered there‘can be nosecurity for Germany in hér new possessions. Further, as long as there is serious fighting on the eastern line whether it stretchés alorig the Bug river, or is engaged in mid-Russia both France and Englafid dare safe. A distinguished Russian * speaking | at Petrograd recently declared that | the Russian forces might retire even to the Ural mountains, if need ULe, but resistance would continue to ul- timate victory.- . This was an exaggeration, perhaps, but it emphasizes truth. The territory of Russia proper has as yet been been hardly entered in the German advance. Though Russia were overwhelmed and overswept by Teutonic invasion it is not likely that the Russian gov- ernment would declare formal peace. Such an event would be in violation of Russia’s convention with England, France and Japan. Upon a declara- | tion .of peace Japan would be obli- gated, and would undoubtedly under- take to wage new war -upon Russia crime, ! to offer Russia in exchange for peace. She cannot give up Poland. $he'can- not surrender Constdntinople. 'She | can only produce the alternative of war with Japan for war with Ger- many. e There is no confirmation of the Bourse Gazette's story that the kaiser has proposed peace to Petrogred | through the king of Denmark. We | must doubt that such a siMiness has ! transpired. The most Germany -can accomplish on the eastern line is to so destroy the Russian armies that any serious Russian offense is for a long time rendered impossible. There is no peace far Germany with Belgium, although Belgium is all but wholly in German hands. There would be no peace for Ger- many if France were in a like sad | plight. The stake and finality of the war is integrity and safety for the British Empire. If Great Britain could be seized there might be peace favorable to Germany. Until British resistance is | beaten down, or the kaiser yields, it will remain war for Germany, in | the east, in the south and in the west, ! no matter how far or wide she flings . her desperate battle lines. President Wilson’s Luck. (Norwich Bulletin. When President Wilson got where loyalty and sympathetic counsel from his secretary of state he did not get it; and now that he is preparing a bill to promote nationa! defense in view of a menacing peril he finds that the chairman of the committee on military affairs Is aaginst him, and a large force of Bryanized democrats. We have issues of importance to back up with Haiti, Mexico, Britain and Germany with looming up in the distance, and we need something more than firm notes a short-gun-fire navy and 100,000 men. These opposers of the President and of progress should let the idea of “safety first” seep into their mental cavities since it is far more profitable than hugging a delusion. Even China is creating an army and navy on the modern plan to regain rank among the nations of the earth; and why shauld we prefer weakness with a prospect of future seizure and par- titioning to a preparedness which is assurance of future security and peace? President Wilson should in this have the support of the whole coun- try. Ambitious New Orleans. (Waterbury Democrat.) New Orleans is engaged in a cam- paign for commercial expansion more pretentious than that on which Boston entered a few vears ago. It began as did the Boston effort, in a plan to take advantage of the new trade opportunities opened up by the Panama canal Its outlook has been greatly widened and its energy jn- testified by the changes the war has brought Just now New Orleans is, in the words of Walter Parker, president of its association of com- merce, ‘“clearing the decks.” It in the far east; war that Russia could not resist. Germany has no price of advantage + plans to get far more of the Missis- sippl valley’s fareign trade than it has ever had before, especially with | ers are ready Austro-Hyngary | Latin : America. For it has built a municipal rallroad Delt line facilitating and cheapen- ing [thé!'#witching of cars; it is dig- ging an’ industrial canal with ship basins;. it is erecting big river,rail- ocean = warehouses. The ' terminal facilities are open to all shippers alike. "'And while the city is becom- this purposey * ing a great shipping center, it plansw* also to bécome the storage centér for southern products. “With low cost storage,” savs Mr. Parker, “cheap money and low rated insurance at the gateway of the valley, it is logi- cal to expect that exparts moving down the Mississippi will pass into storage in great quantities and he'p. held there until the foreign consum- to take the products. In this way New Orleans is prepar- ing to became the world’s surplus supply storage warehouse especially for cotton a distinction now -enjoyed by Liverpool.” Obviously Liverpool —not to mention rival Ameriean ports —will have to look out for New Or- leans, Gone to Help the Blind. (New York Evening Post.) It would be little éxaggeration to | say that not a day has passed since the European war got into full swing without bringing its contribution to the story of noble and effective ef- fort, by devoted men and women, to"™ mitigate the horrors it has hrought to combatants and to non-combatants, The little items of. news that tell, from time to time, of these wunobtrustive labors of mercy carry their own com- ment. But occasionally there comes an item whose character is such as to call for special remark. An instance of this is the recent sailing of M Winifred Holt for the war zone to take a leading part in the organization of the work of the committee for men blinded in battle, the ubject of which is first 10 restore the men physicaliy and then to train them in some regu- lar work An initial step in this is the task of lifting the vietims out of their melancholy by interesting them in games and other occupations. Miss Holt's labors in this city for the rescue . of the blind from the greatest evil of o~ their deprivation by enabling them fo help themselves in all possible ways have thus come to an unexpected de- velopment, and it must be a pesuliar gratification to her to find that what she has been doing all along for thé help of ordinary affliction near at hand enables her now to be of uns, usual assistance in grappling with widespread and unexpected misery in war-ravaged lands across the sea. Amcrica’s Share Of The Hate, (Chicago Tribune.) Justly or unjustly Americans have already fallen heir to their share of Teutonic hate, but the loose talk pre- valent in the German press exhorting the German merchants not to forget the “present attitude of ‘neutral’ America after the war is settied and the regular trade routes are opened up” is altogether too shortsighted for a nation with such commercial ambi- tions. The boyeott will never ma- terialize, simply because the German government would not allow its -mer- chants even if they so desired, to hate themselves out of the warld's. richest market, with a population of more than 100,000,000 potential customers. ~ -