New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 20, 1915, Page 6

- D PUBLISHING COMPANY, Sanday exdepted) at 4:15 p. m. Building, 67 ch.-m: st at the Post Office at New Britain Becond Clase Mall Matter. gy f by carriers to any part of the city nts a Week, 85 Cents s Month. ons for paper to be sent by mail able in advance, 60 Cents & Month, 37.00 a yea profitable advertising medium in Circulation books and press always open to advertisers. 4 will be found on sale at Hota- News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- New York City; Board Walk, atic City and Hartford depot. TELEPHONE CALLS. Dffice . | Rooms NEVER SAY DIE. es not take much to stir the a serious fire wherein many re lost, a railroad wreck, & , the sinking of a boat, all go se the wrath of a people who leep down in their hearts an faith in the principle ‘live and _After a schoolhouse fire that at Peabody, Mass., within st month, there is a clamoring enforcement of laws that gly ‘have lain dormant. After eat wreck on the railroads of ited States the people demand nvestigations. ~ After any mur- )¥e than ordinary interest the of the people knows no bounds e guilty ones must be hounded unished. fter such a, catas- #¢e any. great numbers of them leav- ing to take up their abode in Meriden or any other nearby town, showing that for the imost part they are con- tent with their geographical position. And again, the people of New Britain are fairly active, they are all working, and what strikes we had were all amicably settled. There has been no gun play here.’ And furthermore our people do not go forth to wage battle as strike breakers in other cities. The truckload of watchmen that was fired upon by the Meriden mob must have come through from Kalamazoo or some other place—not New Britain, To be sure we could say a lot of things about Meriden just as the editor of the Meriden paper hasg implied things about New ‘Britan; but it is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead,—so we shall sreak no ill of Meriden. AND HE KEPT US OUT OF WAR. There are those who decry Presi- dent Wilson and his attitude in the diplomatic relations between this and other countries. For the most part these men are not willing to grant him a victory over Germany in the so-called submarine warfare. They follow Great Britain in the claim that the British navy and not the penned missives of the executive head of\ the nation.ran the undersea boats to cover. It’is a fact that no sooner had President Wilson Seemingly gained his diplomatic victory than there began coming from London stories to the effect that Great Brit- well b as the sinking of the steamer G at her wharf in Chicago the nd women of the nation arise ir might and demand that the be:sent to the penitentiary e because it was through their that the lives of many little n were lost. Yes, it is easy e the enthusiasm of the peo- ut it is a difficult thing to ac- heliow ¥ other the people of the i States have a happy faculty of Ing into' fever heat over inci- of this kind and then suddenly g in their fervor. A national ble at hand s the case of the o physician who ordained that e baby should be allowed to die a simple operation might have its lite,—defective through it Fires in New York have stir- people to d]amanding that new laws be drafted and yet factory are losing their lives every day se owners of these places evade igation committees. ht here in New Britain we have ance of how the public con- ce will lax into apathy. It was Thursday afternoon when a lit- ellow of tender years was run on the rallroad tracks with the t that he lost one of his legs. ediately there was a storm of st against the mothers and! ars who send their children out lhe tracks to gather coal when necessary of life would be gladly to them free by the Board of lie' charity or any like institution. ain had so improved upon its defense of the British Isle that the subma- rines were practically put out of work- ing order, that the cessation of at- tacks on the American merchant ves- sels became noticeable because the British had discovered the so-called “wall of fire” or had invented nets to thwart the activities of the Ger- man submarines. Be that as it may, who will say that the British,—quick to see a chance to gain a little glory for a navy that was supposed to bé in the famous Museum of London,—did not concoct some of these stories? ‘Who can prove that the Germans did not stop the submarine warfare be- cause President Wilson ordained that it should not continue? The Ger- mans themselves admit that this is the case and we must believe the Ger- mans as well as we must give credit to the English. Almost every day from Berlin come stories to the effect that fhe~German submarines are just as powerful today as they were dur- ing the epidemic of atrocities, when the sifiking of merchant marines was a pastime. The great editors of Ger- many are resentful at the claims set up by their contemporary journalists of London. These wielders of the German pen who know whereof they speak and who must have an inkling of German diplomacy to some extent are 'sure that the Kaiser ordered the stoppage of submarine slaughter be- cause he was convinced that Presi- we believe ; past five years. AS a result American | capital has been slow to set itself up there. Business men want some assurances as to the future before in- vesting money. And yet there is a great field for development in the Philippines. It will never amount to anything from an American stand- point because the islands could be taken without much difficulty by any nation that desired them. A goodly ravy and many strong fortifications would have to be installed for their protection. And this, it is known, is rct in the scheme for prepareduess that President Wilsen will lay before the coming session of Congress. Such Leing the condition, with the proba- { bility that America will some day in _ne not far distant future relinquish its hold upon the islands, the greater part of civil offices there are being turned over to the Fillipinos just as soon as they show themselves capable of conducting their own government. This turn of affairs, more than an other, may end in the United States dropping the whole costly procedure. And, it msy be a good thing to get rid of these possessions. FACTS AND FANCIES. King George, bruised and stiff but little the worse for his equestrian mis- hap, is back in London among his loyal subjects. How much better it would have been for recruiting if a German bullet had nicked him innocu- ously in the arm!—New York Sun. Little Belgium and little Serbia are the heroic states of this war. However it ends, whether in the extinguish- ment of these little peoples or their restoration as distinct nat¥onalties, theirs will be the heroic story that will be blazoned on the pages of his- tory.—Watertown Times: While Germany is keeping up a bold front, in fact several bold fronts, there are signs of tottering despera- tion here and there and of reaching the limit of resources. The sea is free, except to Germany and her allles. Tt would be much less if the German fleet was to escape its imprisonment. —New York Journal of Commerce. As a matter of law, the seizure off this coast by a British cruiser of the American ship Hocking presents an open question: The ship is one of eleven of Danish and German ower- ship recently admitted to American registry on their alleged purchase by the American trans-Atlantic company. As a matter of policy, however, the British seizure appears to be indefen- sible.—New York World. The most serious weaknesses which the suffrage argument developed was the general tendency to base it upon the supposed advantage to the individ- ual and to ignore the more general question of advantage to the state. The events of the year in Burope have forced many to give thought to the general welfare and to insist on its superiority over the wishes or inter- ests of any individual or class of in- dividuals.—Buffalo Express. What the future lays before the German financier is a long vsta of fiscal struggles, gaining in intensity as the enthusiasm of victory or the mu- dent Wilson was right. And there is the situation. Great Britain claims otherwise, Germany adheres to the doctrine set down by Wilson. Those fre is no need of these boys risking lives: and yet in a week or ten ‘the entire crew will ‘be again‘at precarious work; gathering coal hn the -road bed. As all these child- are pupils in the ‘schools of New n the teachers should take it ' themselves: to, impress these e ones -with the folly of such an rtaking. This is one case where _children would be within their nds in disobeying their parents,— ents who for the most part are fty rather than needy. € ANOTHER COUNTY HEARD 3 FROM. n another column on this page we t a very clever retort from the or of the Waterbury Republican the editor of the Meriden Record o, in the not far distant past, dertook to throw cold water on the sial status of’ Waterbury and its ghboring city, New Britaln. Hav- “had our attention called to this Sportune criticism by the editor of ‘Merry Dan Wreck Horde” we about to take a day off and after his scalp. In fact our shirt were just undergoing the pro- of being rolled up when this le #nd kindly answer from Water- 'y made its advent in the old sanc- jm sanctorum. Here, said we, is a d chance to give our friend from Silver City a double attack. There ing strength in. numbers we wil- ngly grasped the opportunity . of ping out 'to fight the enemy two- reast. Not that we were afraid of he prowess of our cynical critic. Far it from such! We have no fears long that line. But we do feel this fay about it, Anytime New Britain $ i map ~ we will trunk and hie tall timbers. “being on the §/our - Saratoga élves to the Britain may not be the best city ) the United States or even in the ate of Connecticut; but we have seen The folk in New orse, far worse. 3ritain seem. to, be pusly, thank you, getting LR § to offer an apology to Meriden in this country who would go to any length to discredit the actions of an American presidént cannot see Where ‘Wilson has accomplished anything. Yet he has,—and at the same time he Has Kept us opt of war. THE PHILIPPINES, « Just'at the present time there is ‘much discussion about the Philippines. Ctitics are abroad in the land. Way- farers who have come back to their native land are bringing stories ‘American rule in the islands many are of the opinion that the United States would be better off without its possessions in the Pacific. They can see ahead trouble with Japan over the possession of this ter- ritory. In an interview given out dur- ing the past week an American who has lived many years in the islands points out that the Japanese are at present too much in debt to consider aggressive means of annexing the Philippines. In Korea and Man- churia they are supposed to have all they need for devciopment of their policy. This, however, does not allay the fear of Americans in the Philip- pines who' believe that Japan will some day make an attempt to take the islands. While politicians, of and especially those to make the United States relinquish its hold on these possessions, the pro- letariat povulation of the Philippines, it is understood, is fearful that American rule may be abruptly ended, They would rather have the kindly hand of Uncle Sam upon them than the aggressive finger of Nippon. Those of Filipino blood who are the pos- United States has done more for them different cunditions. ’ of Filipino blood, are forever trying | sessors of property also feel that the than perhaps would be the case under Because there is a pr:valent feel- | ing among americans ir the islands | that the United Sfites does not intend | to keep its possessions in the Pacific along | the colony of Americans in the Philip- ‘We.have yet to | pines has greatly dimished within the tual svmpathy of defeat dies away in- to history. The Junkers will be com- pelled to pay, in land and income taxes, and will cry out that the blood is being sucked out of them. Industry and commerce will be com- pelled to pay, through taxes direct and indirect, increasing railway rates and whatever other devices may vield returns. Great will be the out- ery. It will be urged that Germany cannot afford to handicap German in- dustry in" its competition with foreign countries. Labor will be compelled to pay through consumption taxes in- creasing the cost of living, and the social democracy will enter upon a new phage of growth. The necessity of payment is inevitable; the govern- ment can only mitigate the resultant bitterness through granting the re- spective classes a fair share in deter- mining the distribution of burdens. But this means constitutional reform. Barring the miracle of colossal mili- tary indemnities, autocratic govern- ment is Germany is doomed. Its downfall is written in the skies.—The New Republic. For Connecticut to Notice. (New Haven Register.) It must be conceded that there is no man in Connecticut better qualified to tell us what is our condition in re- spect to the preservation or destruc- tion of bird and animal life than is John M. Crampton, state game super- intendent. When, therefore, he says that at the rate 'of their killing since August 1 the deer of the state will all be gone in six months more, he gives the people of Connecticut something to think of. It was proposed to the state of Con- necticut at the last legislature that its venturers take up the industry of raising venison for a food supply. A law was passed providing protection for those who cared to do so. From the present showing it appears that this is the chief if not the only hope of the state, if we are to preserve any of our deer. In short, we must do- mesticate them to a degree, and give them the protection which property has. That this is possible has been demonstrated elsewhere. That it would be profitable there is good reason to believe. 1In Connecticut, with the present prices of meat foods, it might be highly so. At any rate, here is something for Connecticut to notice . We cannot afford to lose our deer. We should save at least enough for seed, and make the most of them. If we shall do that, perhaps the sooner those at large are killed off, so that the possibility of making this state a dangerous deer hunting ground will swiftly fade away, the better it will be for us all WHAT OTHERS SAY Views on all sides of timely questions as dtscussed in ex- changes that come to the Herald Office. Why This Superfor Air? (Waterbury Republican.) Meriden doesn’t want to be an- other Waterbury or New Britain. —Meriden Record. This assertion that Meriden has something on Waterbury occurs at the end of an editorial protest against the alleged importation, of strike- breakers, who are held to be an in- ferior sort of people evidently, such as in the opinion of The Record form the population of Waterbury and New Britain. Meriden’s population, on the contrary, consists of really nice peo- ple, who send their children to school and even to college, and train them to be good fathers and mothers in the future. This is a rather loose argument. Nothing can be established historical- ly, ethnologically or sociologically Which would enable Meriden to assert this superiority or prove this inferior- ity on the part of her neighbors. We also send our children to schaol and even to. college, and so, doubtless, does New Britain. Whether they will make equally good citizens, time will prove. While there are a great many kinds of people in the world, most of them are very much alike in all the essentials . We would prescribe for the editor of the Record more fre- quent visit to Waterbury and New Britain. Next week is old home week and a good time to see Waterbury. The Cure For Antiques. (Oswego Times.) There was some interesting talk about the antique rug busincss in a recent New York trial, in which it was alleged that a rug costing only $0 francs in Paris was “antiqued” and sold for $12,000. In another case it was stated that antique treatment worth $400 being given to a rug cost- ing $250, it sold for $15,000. If de- ceptions of such magnitude exist they are, of ogurse, unusual. But in a small way this kind of thing is going on all the time and many people are deceived, particularly as respects old furniture. The American furniture makers of a hundred or more years ago had a great eye for simple and graceful lines. The work of that primitive age was superior to most of the things you see in the parlors of the wealthy today. It is natural that stuff that is both old and superior should bring fancy prices. In the older parts of the country attending auctions of household fur- niture in the rural districts is one of the diversions of the idle rich. Many impecunious amateurs also flock hither, hoping for inexpensive ‘‘finds.”” These are rare, as good work is pret- ty well snapped up and many people know its value. If a family has been socially prominent, its goods are likely to bring prices out of propor- tion to intrinsic worth. The demand being such, naturally the market is full of imitations. Some dealers state honestly that their stock consists of copies. Others feel that what the buyers don't know won’t hurt them. ‘When one has old furniture in the family, it seems a part of the family spirit to hang on to it. It then sug- gests an ancestry with a background of culture. A house full of old fur- nishings, collected by skilled ama- teurs, is very interesting. But the average person who sets out to ac- quire nice old furniture is likely to buy some gold bricks. Unless he has a cultivated taste, he may fill his house with a melange that is neither beautiful, comfortable nor livable, The Newspaper as a Last Resort. (Meriden Record.) There always have been, and there always will be, good and bad news- papers and the between, drab kind which have little -effect upon the public. Unfortunately the papers who have a disposition to be decent, who strive Lonestly and earnestly to uphold the test 1deals of the craft, are judged by the majority with the same shallow pated views as the yellow varlety. ‘Why is it that when a reputable newspaper takes a stand on a matter of public interest, that a certain element invariably -attribues to it some ulterior motive? It seems to hurt people to believe that a news- paper could outline and live up to a policy merely for the sake of improv- ing the city in which it is printed. Most places are in business for ex- actly the same reaeson that the ma- jority of people work—to earn a liv- ing. They must have advertising that they may have news and vice versa. 4 good newspaper seeks to have its columns so divided that all tastes shall be appealed to. Naturally it is impossible to meet the contentions of everybody, for as to what constitutes news there are as many different opinions as there are varieties of a certain gentleman’s pickles. last analysis the editor must use his own judgment, basing his decision on a knowledge of the character of his | readers. If an editor were to strictly follow his own likes and dislikes, he would probably not have a newspaper, hence the necessity of the newspaper dictator entirely divorcing personal likes from the subject. It is a peculiar but incontrovertible fact, that the majority of people look on a newspaper as a sort of necessary evil. They are dependent upon it. They cannot get along without it and vet they cheerfully disregard moments when its services might be cf potential value. Most people refuse to take the rep- resentatives of a newspaper into their confidence, arguing on the premise that silence is golden when a news- paper man happens to be the interro- gator. A reporter who has every desire to be decent and just is sometimes com- pelled to voice hearsay evidence be- cause those who. could enlighten him In the | it at | I refuse to lower their dignity by either ‘telling him the truth or asking that such truth be held in confidence. Every paper wants the news but a reputable paper, a paper which i§ | part and parcel of a community, will not print news if it i proved ' that such publication will be detrimental to the welfare of the ecity. If individuals and organizations would take newspapers into their con- fidence, they would . find that the agency “which moulds public opinion” would be better able to render effec- tive service. A pilot without a com- pass is at the mercy of a storm and a paper which must depend on outside sources for its information, in times of stress because the inside sources are not available, may make unavoid- able mistakes, Too often the cry for help comes to & newspaper too late for assistance to { be given. After all other avenues have been closed, after a paper has heen floutea for its attempt to get at the truth, and been made to under- stand that it is not of sufficient im- | portance to warrant a conference Or an effort to get at the cruix of the situation, the deathbed-repentance-act comes with poor grace and no results, The time for co-operation with a newspaper is in the beginning of trouble, not at the end when the mul- titudinous mistakes are piled so high that no newspaper, even of the high- est horsepower, can extricate the vie- tims from the mine of their own mak- ing. Needed In Connecticut. (Bridgeport Telegram.) The annual meeting of the tional Civil Service Reform league will be held in Philadelphia, on Thursday, December 2. The mem- bers ought to arrange at that time to hold their next session in Connecti- cut. Connecticut had a civil service law two years ago, passed by the legisla- ture of 1913. This year's legislature Na- Stanza of Eight Lines Won $15,000 for Author. { | Perhaps the best paid author today | is Kipling, but even he never got & sovereign a line, even for his poetry, says “London Answers.”” But some time ago an unpublished lyric, with very short lines, commencing: Remembrest thou The golden hours I pulck'd the flowers To wreathe your brow? by the sage of Box Hill, George Mere- dith, went for £9 10s at Sotheby’s. It consisted only of ten lines, so that works out pretty nearly a pound a line. The average editor would not have given a pound of tea for it if the spring poet had blow in with it. But there is actually a real genuine case of a poet getting £375 a line! That's a fancy price, however, and no budding poet need expect it for his early efforts, especially in war time. One day James Smith—he was a poet—met Strachan, the publisher, who was crippled with gout, vet as merry as ever, and full of good stories. ‘When he got home Smith sent off this little epistle to him: Your lower limbs seemed far from stout When last I saw you walk, The cause I presently found out When you began to talk. The power that props the length In due proportion spread, In you mounts upwards, strength All settles in the head. body's and the BIG STORE “ALWAYS RELIABLE" ig Coat Sale* Saturday, i Price $15 Each Values up to $25.00 Women’s Coats of Corduroy and plush plain and fur trimmed Coats this sale. WOMEN'S RAIN COATS. Four unusual values in Women's Rain Coats, prices $2.98, $3.98, $5.00 and $7.98 each. SERGE BLOOMERS. At $1.98 pair. $3.00 NEMO CORSETS, While they last, $2.00 each. On the receipt of this little poem Strachan altered his will and left the poet £3,000. ~ Home Town. (Kansas City Star.) Home Town is around the bend on the road to Yesterday. It is mellowed NEW LACE BLOUSES, Fur trimmed, $1.98 each, $3.00, value SILK BLOUSES. Changeable taffetas, plaid Georgette crepes, crepe de priced $1-98 to $3.98 each. silks, chines, WOMEN’S WASHABLE CAPE “~ by memories and painted with sun- shine. Among the inhabitants are the when it went into effect fairly broke all records in smashing the- civil ser- vice law to pieces. There have been many explanations offered as to how this happened and what it was all about, and in justice to the explana- tions, be it said that they were fully as convincing as would be the excuses of a burglar who stole one’s silver- ware. Anyway, here’s a great case for the National Civil Service Reform League to work on. Let it camp in Con- necticut and convince the Connecticut legislature that there is merit in civil service while there are yet jobs to fill for poljtical favorites. If it can accomplish this feat, the¢ league ‘will be justified in retiring with the as- sumption that the rest of the nation will take care of itself. Civilian Police. (Waterbury Democrat.) Chicago has decided to make it- self “the cleanest and best behaved city in the world.” That would be a considerable chore for Chicago, if it were not animated by the indomit- able motto “I will” In all mat- ters of municipal reform, it might as well be understood at the outset that where Chicago wills there's a way. The way in this instance is the en- listment of civilians for police duty. The police force and he uplift societies are collaborating in a plan to or- ganize a volunteer citizen police force of 20,000 members men and wo- men both—to help the regular, sal- aried police. There is to be one citi- zen in évery block bearing the title of “civic co-operator.” He will have & card signed by the mayor indicat- ing this authority, and may also wear a star on his chest to impress lawless or irreverent. fellow-citizens. The enrollment is already under way. It's a good idea, this impressing citizens into the municipal service. ‘We have had lately numberless organizations of civilians for the national defense. If civilians are to save the nation, why not the city ? ‘When it comes to making Chicago clean and orderly, however, a police reserve of 20,000 men and women looks like an awfully small force. “Up salt River.” (Philadelphia Public Ledger.) “Up Salt river” was where all the defeated candidates used to go. Ap- parently nobody navigates that dif- ficult and unlucky stream today. The term *“going up Salt river” is very nearly obsolete, yet for upward of a century and up to a few years ago it was the universal way of de- scribing political defeat. The real Salt river is in Kentucky: To get elghty miles it winds around 160 miles. Once it was filled with debris and natural obstructions, mak- ing it very difficult for even a row- boat to get up stream. A Kentuckian first coined the political phrase, “Up Salt river.” A democratic Locofoco campaign hymn in 1840 directed against Tip- pecanoe Harrison ran thus: “We are marching up Salt river, a sad and gloomy band.” Voters gave the lie to that song at the presidential election, when Tippe- canoe and Tyler, too,” went bounding into office. The next year Congressman Duncan of Ohio said on the floor of the house: “The federal party has been dead for forty years. For forty years it has been rowing up Salt river.” During the war and for several years afterward there were published in Philadelphia pamphlets headed, “Salt River Express,” “Salt River Gazette” and “Salt River Mare's Nest.” The ‘“Pan-Angles.” (BExchange.) An Englishman has introduced a ' new term, namely, ‘“Pan-Angles,” says “The Pathfinder.” It has noth- ing to do with the angles of pans, but it applies to all the English-speaking nations. In a book he has written he proposes a federation of these na- tions and dominions, to include the British Isles, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States. Writers and speakers have | mourned because there are no terms in the KEnglith language which espe- | cially designate the different peoples going to make up the English-speak- ing world. fat boy called ‘“skinny,” pigtailed Sweethearts who turn up their noses and run away, the preacher who asks after the health of every member of the family by name, the school- teacher, the gang, and grandma, and the dog. Roses bloom there in gar- dens behind the fence palings along th\e street. Folk walk leisurely and speak to each other in passing. The church bells of a Sunday morn call youth and innocence to come and sit in a square pew with a door to it and eat peppermint dro and doze and sleep on the edge of a starched collar. it has a “deepo” to which go small boys to watch' the trains roll up grandly and snort and pass on. It is usually summer there, although there are blustering days when the sleigh- bells jangle—*"chink! chink! chink!”— and the sleighs pass with incredible swiftness, the small boys standing on the extended runners in the rear and riding off to glory. The seasons for doughnuts and marbles and punkin pie and Christmas cookies and hoop- rolling and Hallowe'en and valentine day and raisin bred and shinny are religiously observed. Yes, Home Town is around the bend on the road to Yesterday. It is well and favorably known to most of those who live in cities and apartments. Home Town is a wonderful heartache. Dollar Mightier Than Sword. (Ansonia Sentinel.) Napoleon’s cynical maxim that “God fights on the side of the heavier battalions,” must now be amended to add the support of the Deity to the side with the bigger war chest. This phase, made-acute in the present war by its magnitude and the appalling cost of armaments, is aiready making its influence felt. If the war be- comes one of endurance, and at pres- ent (it has every promise of such a character, ultimate German defeat is as sure as the procession of the equ- inoxes, since in wealth Germany and Austria must yleld to the superior forces of Great Britain, France and Russia. The dnly accurate gauge of the effect of war upon national cred- it is not to be found in the country making the war loan but in the neu- tral countries, where an opportunity is afforded to buy war securities not from patriotic impulse but solely as a business investment. Figures show that on what money they have bor- rowed, Germany and Austria are pay- ing a higher interest rate than the allies are paying. The significance of this fact is increased when it is re- called that English sea power has successfully swept the sea of German and Austrian rherchant ships: This means that Germany is cut off from the resource of a world market for the goods she is able to produce in excess of home requirements and thus secure foreign credits, while the al- lies are free to trade where they will, to their consequent advantage. It was this consideration—the knowledge of inferior material re- sources—which made haste an im- perative feature of the German cam- paign even ‘early in the war, It s this which gives desperation to the Teuton attempts to destroy British, French, Russian and Italian com- merce at all costs. No gne realizes better than the kaiser hingelf, prob- ably, that in a long drawn out con- flict the weight of numbers and of wealth is bound to tell fatally against German succees, Mr. Bryan Will Stay. (Bridgeport Sentinel). It is hard on the democracy, but Mr. Bryan will remain true to his party and will be found in the lineup in 1916, right alongside—perhaps too close to—his fellow democrats. His heart beats true, no matter how he may have wandered afleld after strange goods in past, and he will be as good a democrat as he ever was when time for being counted comes. At same time, there is alwoys an uncertainty about the value of Mr. Bryan to the party, either as a can- didate or a supporter, and therefore it is not sure that his welcome will be warm when he returns like the prodigal to his political home once rore. He may support Mr Wilson after | the matter of preparedness has been settled and side-tracked, but whether or not he would expect his old place in the cabinet in the event of demo- cratic success, is an interesting ques- GLOVES, $1.00 pair. Tan Cape Gloves, Kid Gloves, Washable Doe Skin Gloves, special at $1.00 pair, MEN’S GREY FLANNEL SHIRTS, Special at 88c each, value '1,0&. MEN’S “ONYX” SILK SOX. 25¢ pair. All colors, New leather goods, beaded bags, mesh bags, coin holders, jewelry novs elties for Thanksgiving, SALE OF WOMEN’S UMBRELLAS. At $1:49 each. Values to $2.50. Genuine sterling silver trimmed handies, strong 8 rib frame with good quality, waterproofed covers, is the time to buy umbrellas Christmas. for D. McMILLAN. 199-20. i3 MAIN STEREET tion. Should he prove as valuable as ally as he d4id when Judge Alton B. Parker was nominated the probabil- ity of a cabinet position would be small. But what the future holdsgor the editor of The Commoner, who can tell? Electricity Sterilizes Milk, Milk can be sterilized by electricity. says a writer in “Farm and Fireside.” At the University of Liverpool, Eng- land, it was found that by the use of electricity the number of bacteria is reduced greatly, all the colon bagllli the bacteria of bowel troubles—agnd their allies are destroyed; all the tu- berculosis germs are killed; no chem- ical change nor change in taste is made in the milk. FAKE NEWS STORIES BOTHER GERMANY Teutons Compeliod to Suppress Pag¥rs * Pnblishing Inspired Dispatches Telling of Teutonic Defents. (Correspondence of The associated Press.) Brussels, Nov. 7.—One of the vari- ous problems with which the German authorities in Belglum have to stMig. gle is the suppression of “fly-by night” newspapers inimical to the German cause which are printed in France, England and Holland and smuggled into the country. The Germans have never attempted to exclude genuine, well known and established and recognized journals to other countries. The London Times and the Paris Temps are to be pur- chased as easily as the Frankfurter Zetung and the Berliner Lokal An- zeiger anywhere in German territory. ‘What they have tried to do is to sup- press the varied assortments of “‘tem- porary” papers published for purely antl-German propaganda purposes and intended merely for Belglan conswmp- tion. ’ The latest of these is the Courrier de la Meuse, a newspaper published in Holland, Coples of it seized In Liegé recently bore a date two days in ade vance of the day when the seizure was made and contained alleged news dated ahead by twenty-four and fomy- eight hours. The “stories” were clusively reports of German defeats, and contained tales of enormous Ger- man losses—Ilosses o enormous that none of the French and English jour- nals ever attempted to claim that they, had been inflicted. Though the “news” in these pape is over and over again proved to bel false, the journals still find & ?‘d eale, and their dispatches are give the same credence as the recurrin rumors, based on distant cannonadin that the French, English and Belgian, are approaching Brussels once mol TO MAINTAIN CLOSING HOURS, The committee on uniform closing, hours of the Chamber of Commerce held a meeting yesterday afternoos and discuseed the present schedigs & is likely that a few minor change® to the holiday schedule will be made, but other than this the presén schedule will be continued.