New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 15, 1915, Page 6

§sing medium In Jooks and press advertisers. fon sale at Hota- S ‘and_Broad- rd Walk, ity Bva grtford depot. JONE cALLS. N EXPENSES. he Treasury McAdoo his intention of mak- next month, an inspec- e nation, visiting all ns that have asked ent to'erect post buildings. 6 get first hand in- ictual requirements wvarious communities f making recommen- ess at the forthcam- ' is proposed if pos- D the upkeep of many tically useless. The rhole scheme is to neasure, the pork ation. If Sec- 8 in the business jlinformation in a per, if he gets a di- ¢ situation in every “thereby causes ma- pational funds he will service to his for which the ‘will be given great . | No doubt .cer- jpeeved over their rmous sums from uor for the con- 8 that will only lie come. If a little tht is spent aver the that this nation has id in the matter of ex- the past for useless ldings and for river and ts. There are i who, lacking abil- nes, depend upon the they can extort money their very existence. " of their constituents . But that brand 8 ‘rapidly disappearing “of Congress. This is my. The sooner the > better. ' Natu- , and hamlet in the 2 ‘magnificent federal _i§ human nature. In he buildings erected are because. they are not )ing with the size of the cent that Congress ap- | usually used, and then jppropriation asked. Sec- intends to see if he he people to live within . | With a crisis impend- fid have little difficulty in the taxpayers of the na- he money in the treasury gonserved for other uses e gorzeous samples of in places where the or- building would do just not better. Podunk can million dollar post office hd as there will be no re- fleet ‘in ‘Goose Creek we a lot of money on har- Ements. AVED MINDS. can never be any ex- me, still there are some- erences in the motives ‘Out, west, in the days fimen were plentiful and sral were wooly, it was ®mmon occurrence for §, single handed, to hold id take from the passen- valuables. Notwith- inconvenience and the jused to those who gave | Ingings at the point of a was somewhat of glory in re.. It took nerve. to hold gle handed. How much is the old time western doing ; things from ed by three Italians ia train on .the New en and Hartford' in for the sheer joy of These three men . Jail in Springfield and | hade confessions to their motive whatever other osity attached to seeing bailed. It was the Jjoy of st rushing obstacle bound ev. that appealed to them. ain was never dreamed of; e an express train with its han lives: As a-result of diabolical depravity a fsons were killed” or e railroad company oss in damage to stock ayment of judgments ren- an _examplé to. others, “have the thrill of u‘hlite, = the | NEW BRITAIN. DAILY HERALD. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1915. Be ‘1n ae&!fiix & train deratled, the three men who commnhd the deed of 1911 shoula, ‘be oefltemed to the lengest possible tgrm in the peniten- tiary. WHAT THE- OUTSIDERS SAY. People outside of America have had:, a lot to do with criticising things, going on in America. In fact, Amer- today stands about in the san\’l position the newspaper. Every- | man in the country, no matter what | his business or profession, knows how to run a newspaper. So, tion outside of America knows how to conduct the affairs of America. The English have their ideas of our | government and how it should be conducted- So have the Germans. The leading men and publications of ! these nations have been outlining.! our policy for the past thirteen months, or, ever since the war be- gan. Now, however, comes a London pic- ture paper, The Sketch, and protests upon these unseemly attacks upon the United States. It would have the people of Iingland stop jeerinz at the United States. Realizing that we are a nation not made up solely of one class of people this British publication now makes apologies for all the harsh words of criticism, rected’in the pas!, at President Wil- son and the American people. The apology is timely, not that any of the bitter shafts directed at our Presi- dent took effect, but because it proves the English are beginning to realize the futility of trying to direct Amer- ican affairs from London town. The capital of the Unlted States is Wash- ington, D, C.—this for the enlight- enment of many who may think it in London, Berlin, or Paris. Whether it remains in:Washington, it will always be kept within the confines of the United States, with no secret wires running to any other capital on the face of the globe. As to the attacks that have been made upon President Wilson from the various countries now at war, they are hardly worth the notice. Wood- row Wilson has proven himself the President of the United States in name, word and deed. He is looking after the interests of all within these borders, whether they are of German extraction, or whether their ancestors came over on tae Mayflower or any other English sailing boat. If the German Government violates the rights of American people it is ths duty of President Wilson to demand satisfaction. The same holds true wth Great Britwin, or any nation. Being .all.-and, . sufliciently., absorbed, with internal affairs and criticisra from those who should support him in this hour of trial, Woodrow Wilson will probably not lose many sleepless nights over what the people of L.on- don, or Berlin, or Paris say think of him. The same thing holds true as regards the people. We care not one iota what London and Ber- lin may say or think of us so long as we know we are good citizeps of the land in which we live, citizens worthy the name, ready to lay down our lives, if necessary, for the welfare of Old Glory. Paraphrasing Robert Emmet, we care not what others may do or say, but as for us give us Amer- ica or give us death. ica as every ma- | or THE OLD STRAW HAT. This is the day set aside for the passing away of the straw hat. The death knell usually sounds on Sep- tember 15. The cannon booms and the last of the faithful cohorts that have sheltcred many sweltering pates beneath the shimmering, shiny, rays of Old Sol, must hie away to the dark and remote corner of some attic, there to spend the winter with other discarded garments, to be dragged forth egain in the June time and polished for another outing. That is the way it usually happened in the past. But on thic glorious September day wita the heat waves beating and battling theraselves into a fury of de- light, the old straw hat is holding on | with a death grip, with a vim deter- mination to stay around and enjoy the festive fall. | | browner. i| mountains chastened tan has spread over once immaculate features; but thnt bespeaks the factit was at the sea- shore. Those streaks of dust imbedded | upon its crown are the result of a few | | automobile parties, Yes, the old straw | hat is a token of many good times. ' We hate to see it go. And, really, might as well not be in a hurry, for | the sun is just as hot now as when we first met the straw hat we have | been going with all summer, and an- other two weeks together would only ripen our friendship, if the straw hat did get a little darker and | Anyway, there’s no plmve for it to go but the attic, so it might as well stay out a few more nighats and haye a good time. that motion. It is seconded, and car- { ried unanimously. The straw hat will remain with us for another week, at least. And then we'll say “au revoir”; but not “good-bye.” even FACTS AND F4 They say that the banks are chok- ecd with money, but a lot of us look at our pocketboeks and doubt it.—- ‘| Rochester Union. It is pretty hard for a man to walk straight in these times. An Indian- apolis market man was arrested for selling from scales which cheated himself instead of the customer.—Ro- chester Herald. Great Britain’s plan of using in- terned German cghips ‘n her Pacific commerce is *hrifty, but open to in- ternational law objections. Private German owners have still some right to thneir property in English ports.— Brooklyn Eagle. It is to be feared, if we may judge from the German note on the sink- ing of the Arabic, that German sub- marine commanders are prepared to rut altogether too elastic a construc- tion to suit the interests of the United States upon the restraining instruc- tions they have received from the German Admiralty—Syracuse Herald The Berlin pers say the Lu: tania massacre “ieft no stain on Ger- man honor,” and the Atlanta papers say the Frank murder left no stain on the child labor state of Georgia. So there you are, and if you'don’t like the way they do things in Germany and Georgia, you can move out and live in the United States—Bingham- ton Press. The men of Italy are fighting the most spectacular fight, if not the greatest in matter of lossess Men roped together are climbing over snow at heights of 11,000 feet. is soldiering on the Ortier range. It affords no opportunity for splendid | maneuvres and the pomp and cere- mony of war, but the work in the is quite as important as is changing the map of lands of FEurope.—Buffalo that which the flat News. The president’s patience, his sin- cerity, his integrity of purpbse and his, persistent idcalism are pearls be- ed them under foot, and we are back where we started. Why, then, should the U is actuated ony by good faith en- deavor (o carry on diplomatic rela- tions with a country which makes a mockery of gond faith? Must we make humiliation a habit. —New York World. Stahl, the German reservist who admitted that ne perjured himself when he swore that he saw guns on the Lusitania is ¢n his way to prison, where he belongs. It is a fit and im- pressive ending to a particularly out- rageous missuse of American institu- tions. His case—especially its end- ing—ought to serve as a warning to overzealous fellow-country men who are taking long, long chances with American patience and American laws—New York Tribune. Lest They Forget. (Waterbury Democrat.) Evidently the strike fever has per- vaded the couniry and the spirit of unrest is greater than perhaps in The reason for this is apparent in view of the pros- perity wave which has enveloped the country at largs. Labor like any other commodity, when it is in de- mand, is liable 10 be at a premium. Such indeed seems to be the law of proportions in every line, the great- er the demand, the higher the price and vice versa. But granting - this universal law, common sense shonid not be cxcluded nor ordinary every day gratitude. If we remember rightly, only ore short yvear ago, these same men, who are striking today were tharkful to be allow- ed to work four days a week, when some of the factories should hava been closed for lack of work. Did Just why September 15 should have been set aside as “au revoir day” for the straw hat, no one knows. There | is a reason for every national holiday; but for this cme there can be no ex- planation. Christmas, New Year's Day, the Fourth-of July, Thanksgiv- ing, Memorial Day, counted B the straw hat is hurled into depths of oblivion has yet to be. plained. Probably for. the ex- it is because the | to the styles of winter and put on a more somber raiment. The lightand frivildus mus’ ever give place to the dignified, hence the fedora and derby must take the place of straw. good. But we would rather see it linger around just a little longer. It the have had fome falrly good times to- gether. You can tell that by the dent ‘\ln it is a llttle the worst for wear, a somewhat True. and its br; - have all been ac- | t- the day on which | hat makers would have men conform | the ! If the straw must go, well and | the men then question the ability of the manufacturers | wages and time? No, they were | glad to have even four davs work, | The manufacturers stond by the | workingmen ther, especially i terbury, and we feel confident th'\l if the men act right now and pre- | sent their arguments in a manly way to the manufacturers they will receive the same considerate treat- ment thal they bhave received in the past. Bulldozing or bull-headedness never gained anything and never | will. Let every man bear this in | mind and keep cool, Where is the Nct Gain? | (Waterbury Republican.) lives were lost this of injuries received on the holiday. vear. The saving 450 safe lives annually. All this saving and more is' being lost careless and accidents. We hereby make | Such | fore swine. Berlin has already trampi- ! ited States government, which | MchLLAN S BRITAIN’S BUSIEST BIG STORE “ALWAYS RELIABLE” SPECIAL SALE CUT GLASS ! For This Week | Price 99(: | Values Up To $2.00 THE NEW DRAPERY MATERIALS Bigger and better assortment now while the new novelties are here. SCRIMS 10c to 29c yard MARQUISETTES 15c to 29c yard SCOTCH MADRAS 19c, 22¢, 25c¢ yard NEW CRETONNES 9c to 35c yard RUGS AND LINOLEUMS CONGOLEUM RUGS The new sanitary floor covering. FLOOR OILCLOTHS 29c¢ and 35c sq. yard PRINTED LINOLEUMS Special 49¢c, sq. yard ' INLAID LINOLEUMS 79¢c, 90c, $1.10, $1.25 sq. yard OUR SPECIAL 40-Inch Chiffon Cloth, 98c yard in the new Fall shades. i LACE NETS For Waists and Guimpes Plain Cotton Nets, 25c to $1.00 yard, 86 to 72 inches wide. Oriental Figured Nets, 79c to $1.00 yard, 36 inches wide. Cotton and Silk Shadow A!lovers. 39c to $1.25 yard, 18 to 36 inches wide. GOLD AND SILVER ALLOVERS 98c yard, value $1.50 AUTO VEILS 98c to $1.50 Including the new shades of purple, wisteria, old rose, smoke. dark green. D. McMILLAN 199-201-203 MAIN STR WHAT OTHERS SAY Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to the Herald Office. . Umbrella 140 Feej, High. (New Yor¥*Sun.) Tody Hamilton—the only man who ever lost an elephant in Manhattan and would not be camforted—s: and if Tody Hamilton (who once lost two lions and a tiger near Forty-sec- ond street and Broadway) says a thing is true, then it’s true whether it’s true or not—Tody Hamilton says that Luna park is about to raise an umbrella which no Hving man can borrow, let alone steal. The umbrella will cover an acre of Luna park ground, so it was said yes- terday by Tody Hamilton—wha for vears saw to it that a baby giraffe was born annually in Madison Square Garden on the night Barnum & Bailey came to town. First of all, a steel umbrella handle’ will be con- structed in Luna, and the handle will be 140 feet high so it was said yes- terday by Tody Hamilton—who was the first man to reveal the news that Slivers, the clawn, was the first man to strike gold in Alaska. The umbrella will be steel-ribbed, covered with circus tent canvas, and will be raised and lowered by machin- ery, according to a statement issued | vesterday by Tody Hamilton—who once crossed hoop snakes with puff adders while with the Barnum show and raised thereby a crop of living automobile tires. Five thousand persons will be able to regulate | in Wa- | The final report of the Amer(can | Medical association on Fcurth of July | sentative men, i casualties shows that only thirty-five Vear as a result ! | Last vear it was forty, thirteen years . | ago it was nearly five hundred each ' United States. has been a good old friend, and we | a great deal | industrial centers would through equally ' pleasant duty and the prospect of hav- preventable automobile ! to enjoy the cool shade under the | umbrella. | A searchlight with rays shooting for 10 miles, an intermittent flash | beacon, thousands of electric = bulbs \and things and stuff to taste will | decorate the steel and canvas umbrel- la at night, the completed umbrella to cost $25,000 according to Tody Hamilton—who added that he had just turned down an offer made by { Col. Roosevelt to stock the Luna i l]agoon with a correspondence school | of man-eating fish. I State Constabulary. (From the New York Commercial.) One of the strongest arguments in | favor of a state constabulary is that | militia and nationa! guards should ! not be asked to do strike duty unless | the disturbances assume the propor- tions of civil war. A thousand repre- including bankers and | city policemen, have been in camp at Plattsburg, N. Y., for a month under | the instruction of officers and drill in- structors of the regular army of the ! to them that suppressing disorder in not be a ing to perform it would not atract | civillans to the militia. It ig police They have enjoved the ! and sane Fourth is experience, but it must have occurred GRAND FALL OPENING MILLINERY SAL This sale is remarkable in that right at the height of the Fall Season, all the new. est and most desirable styles at truly money sav- ing prices. This, sale forcibly d ability to serve you to the very best advantage. Charming Trimmed Hats $2.94 Values to $5 Such choice styles as the new high crown man- nish sailors, the new veil hats, fashionable pokes, swell turbans, colonials, and sai - ly trimmed in the newest fashions, including gold, silver and jet ornaments, etc. Silk Velvet Shapes $1.00 A large variety of becom- ing styles in pokes, colonials, roll-sailors, Black and colors. Domestic Paradise Sprays, large size, 79c. New Large Silk Roses, dance of foliage, new colors, 36c. Génuine Ostrich Plumes, 16 black, white and black only, abun- inches long, colors. $1.00. WISE, SMITH & CO. it brings to you, ganizations. with the trend ing style centers emonstrates our draped turbans, shapes of the fully trimmed in hat is positively our sale price. lors. Exquisite- Extra tricones, ete. all the leading ceptional quality, riety. ues up to $3.00. HARTFORD Behind this sale is the thought, ities of one of America’s Through it, of fashions Distinctive hats very WISE, SMITH & GO0, HARTFORD skill and facil- Foremost Millinery Or- we in constant touch the lead- are throughout of the world. Copies of Imported Models $3.98 Values to $7.50 of true elegance, including shirred brim pokes, and novelty best quality velvets, taste- the most accepted styles. Each worth $2.00 to . $3.50 more than Smart Shapes $1.98 50 different styles in the season’s newest designs, ex- Big va- Excellent choice. Val- Child’s Hats 79¢ to $1.98 Nobby styles in plush, velvet and velour, prettily trimmed with rib- bons, flowers and furs. Hundred to choose from. Hats Trimmed Free ' work and only police can do it well. Like other disagreeable tasks, it should not be imposed on volunteers. These are troubled days and the problems of strengthening our na- tional defenses will press for a solu- tion. Americans are opposed to the idea of a large standing army, but heve been convinced that the (‘O\IntrV needs a large reserve army of citizen | soldiers. A million or more young men will enlist for the defense of the country as soon as the call comes, and the call need not mean war. Every one of them will join the militia with the intention of fighting any foreign foe that may try to invade the United | States, a large part of such prospec- tive recruits will balk at the idea of doing strike duty. The volunteer ser- vice must be popularized in order to be efficient. Men of the right stamp welcome military discipline and train- | ing and are benefited by it. To at- | tract them it is necessary to assure i{hem that they will be called to the colors as soldiers and not as con- stables. It is easy to say that the soldier’s first duty is to obey orders; but it is not so seasy to attract re- cruits when they belleve that they may be forced to serve as policemen. Labor agitators have been demand- ing for half a century that the militia shall not be asked to quell labo: riots. Now that Pennsylvania has complied with their requests by creating a state constabulary and relieving the militia | of strike duty they protest against the “hireling Cossacks.” They are equally opposed to sheriffs enrolling deputies for strike duty. Having objected to all possible methods of maintaining order, they are out of court. Recent experlences in New Jersey, northern New York and Colorado prove that deputy sheriffs and state militia are alike unfit for the task of handling labor riots. Pennsylvania has no trouble now, because the state con- stabulary force is efficlent and has won the confldence of workmen and employes. In most labor riots those who commit acts of violence are out- side hoodlums who were never em- rioved: Regular policemen know how fo handle professional vagrants and criminals. This is where the militia- man is weak when called out for such duty. In_his estimation there is neither honor nor glory in police work, He should be kept in his proper place and encouraged to be a citizen soldier in the true sense. The Skobcleff Ghost. (Manchester Guardian.) According to a Petrograd telegram many Russian ‘sentinels declare that they have seen the famous ghost of Genera. Skobeleff in a white uniform riding a white horse. Russian tradi- tion says that the apparition marks a critical moment for the armies of the czar and causes panic in the ranks of the enemy. Skobeleff made such an jmpression on the Russian imagina- tion that the story of his reappear- ance will be belicved by millions of peasants. He was perhaps the most Yemarkable military personality Rus-l sia has ever produced. name in the Russo-Turkish war 1877 was thirty-three. the surrender of Turkey's last and the capture of Adrianople, and would have heen in Constantinople had not England intervened. He was a magnificent leader, a strict dis- ciplinarian, a man of much learning— he could speak at lcast seven lan- guages fluently---and a good friend to his men. The ‘““white horse” legend comes from the fact that he always wore a white coat and rode a white horse, so that his men could always pick him out. He was a man of the highest courage and daring, but he seemed to bear a charmed life. His horses& were shot under him, his sword was smashed in- his hand, his staff was shot down at his eide, bullets whis- tled around him, yet he was never killed. With ‘his impressionable troops the story grew that the bullets went through him and tHat he could not be killed. Archibald Forbes, once said that he was one of the greatest generals of modern times, and added: “He was the most briillant man I ever knew and incomparably the finest fighter.” He hated Germany and Austria, and speeches that he made on the danger from those quarters created a great seneation. Gormany tried to get the czar to restrain his great soldier, but a muzzle was un- necessary, for almost in a few days the voice was suddenly silenced by death in 1882. He was only forty; he might easily have lived to see the present struggle. Automobile vs. Railroad Accidents. (Bridgeport Standard.) Not long ago we noted the record of automobile killings in Massachu- setts as reported for the six months ended the 30th of June last, and ex- pressed the opinion that if the steam railroads of the state had killed as many passengers in the same time there would have been a call for the reorganization and reform of the management if it held up every road | in the state. Now comes the Minneapolis Daily News, with the record of automobile accidents in that city for a month, of which it says: If the street rail- way company injured 116 persons in a month, killing five, the people would ust jabout tear up the tracks. . If any railroad had such a casualty record spread over 30 days in the whole state, the situation would create a furor of indignation that it would be reflected in drastic legislation. Yet this ghastly record is exactly what was done by careless automobile driv- ing in Minneapolis in July.” With some mortification, measured by “more or less,” the same is true of a great many other cities in the country and there does not yet ap- pear to be any really effective means devised by be better regulated. To be sure the present conditions are new and it is not easy to adjust them to the best He made his of He was a General before he He brought about army which such matters may | interest of any community. They do not care, anywhere, to stop all ariv- ing of motor vehicles, but the general public that walks, and must walk, wants to ba reasonably protected. PSS A, An Old Story Recalled. (New York Herald.) There is an old story that two “hoboes” who were dying of thirst and unable to procure the price of a Grink conceived the brilliant idea of carrying a tallor's dummy into the barroom and ordering .drinks for three. After imbibing the they left the dummy to pay, The bartender, unable to collect, struck the dummy on the head with a bottle and, as he suppgsed, killed him. Upon the arrival of a policeman the bartender, who had not yet discovered the hoax, explained that the killing was an act of self defense, as the victim had “drawn a knife on him.” This story is recalled by the Ger- | man “explanation” of the torpedoing of the Arabic, that the steamship tried to ram the submarine, three drinks No More Pajamas in the Navy. (Army and Navy Register.) The pajama as an articie of occa- sional apparel for the enlisted men of the navy is abolished by common consent, general approval and united | boycott on the part of those for | whase benefit and comfort it was first adopted as an item on the offi- cial list of ‘“clothing and small stores.” The pajama, it appears, has never been in vogue; it may have been regarded on board ship as more or less nocturnal, but at no time nau- tical, and with nothing to recommend it is a contraption in which the real sailor can need to Involve alrasnd as a protection against the perils of | the night. At all events, the sentie ment of the enlisted men has been plainly evident, whether or not it may be analyzed or satisfactorily exe plained even by those most directly interested and implicated. There has been less than no demand for pae- jamas, which remain unsought, if not dishonored, in the storerooms on board ship, with the result that this notice has been sent by Paymaster- General McGowan to commanders-ine chief and commanding officers: | “It is requested that, as soon as | posible after the receipt of this let- ter, the stock of pajamas carried in -clothing and small stores be forwands, ed to the provisions and clothing de- pot for disposition by sale.” This means that something like a stock of $100,000 worth of pajamas will be turned in and sold to the highest bidder. There is nothing to indicate the presence of the old- fasnioned “nightie” on the list to take | the place of the spurned pajama, and | it is assumed, in the absence of any | official enlightenment on the sub- ject, that the members of the ealivied force will be abandoned to their own | fruitful sartorial devices in providing | an adequate substitute,