New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 5, 1916, Page 8

w NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1016. NEW BRITAIN HERALD| Proprietors. peved Safly (Sunday cxcepted) at 4:15 p. m., | st Herald Bullding. 67 Church St | ntered at the Post Offic as Second Class Mail w Britain | pettverea vy carrie. for 15 Cents a W jubscriptions for paper payable in advance, $7.00 a Year. to any part of the city | k. 65 Cents a Month. to be sent by mafl, he only profitable advertising medium In the city. Clrculation books and press room always open to advertisers. he Herald will be found on sale at Hota- ling’s New Stand, 42nd St. and Broad: way, New York City; Board Walk, t- lantic City,”and . Hartford Depot. CaLLS. OUR COUNTRY: IN HER I TERCOURSE WITH OREIGN ATIONS MAY SHE ALWAYS BE IN THE RIGHT; BUT OUR | COUNTRY RIGHT OR WRONG. ‘ —STEPHEN DECATUR. HALF-HEARTED PROMISES. Practically on the eve of the an- ersary of the sinking of the Lusi- nia, Germany sends her reply to the imatum of the United States gov- In this note, Germany pxes sarcastic, takes no responsibil- for the loss of American life, but jther places the whole blame, with fnment. | up | leave taking, and with the unde: Me; for ican troops and adjust- American and leads the way friendly | ment of any difficulties that may comne in the future. By its terms the cvacuation of American troops from Mexican territory will be radual, with no time limit to hasten their stand- to have fuli Carranzistas in ing that they are T hunt- Northern operation of the ing down any bandits in Mexico his insures protection to the American border towns and at the time leaves same our troops plenty of lcaway to chase Villa’s gang. One glance beneath the surface of that all triumph. things shows this is indeed | real the day our troopers went over the border there was ever present danger of inter- vention in Mexico, something meant a long drawn-out warfare, with the loss of American soldiers and the worry and fretting of the populace. cept in one instance, at Parrel, the American troops have not been harrassed their pursuit of Villa. The ernment then promptly disavowed any intention of hindrance. When it taken into ideration that American soldiers have been paigning in the Mexico for almost two months, the American in de facto gov- is the cam- of shoot- cons mountain passes burden of proof for wrong-doing, the shoulders of the United States. ere the American people not big and oadminded and generous of heart, e not ready to sympathize h Germany’s pesition in this con- pversy, they could not read past the ‘few paragraphs of this missive ut - feeling resentment at the ous insinuations, the slurs rein cast. But America under- jnds Germany better than Ger- juy understands America. The Im- al Government belleves the United tes Government is playing favor- and, like a peeved school boy, to obey the law unless the er fellow is whipped into line, not zing that all cases do not run in llel lines. This government has nded nothing out of the ordinary Germany, merely that the lves innocents be spared, and toward the of the note Germany gives some ft-hearted assurances that an en- vor will be made to walk the chalk kh ermany does not want the United es dragged into this war. It ad- that, and wishes to prevent things n taking such a course. If there ne thing which will prevent this happening it is the carrying the following order, which avers has been issued to her ible of hnany 11 forces:— n accordance with the ciples of visit and search and the ruction of merchant vessels recog- d general international law such both within and without the area ared naval war zone, shall not unk without warning and without jng human lives unless the ship at- ts to escape or offers resistance.” is must be the great concession any makes in trying to meet the ands of the United States and at same time placate the feelngs population seething with mdig- Whether it is a concession or does not matter. The point is: is followed out, the idea to make ne commanders obey the let- and the spirit of the law, there be no trouble. It remains to be how the officials in Washington take the utterances of the Im- Government. This government [been handled none too gently, its faith has been questioned, and pride has been hit. If the of- s can owverlook these crude ders on the part of a nation that ghttng for its very life, and set to see that Germany’s promises pot “thin air”, then there should 0 fear of future relations. Ger- will have to be todd again, as before, that when the United is deallng with Germany it is with Germany and not Great This constant dragging in of power on questions between tioms is what has made trouble Great Britain has done the So long as England and any can parry by placing the e on each other, the United make no progress in rights of by ves- a thing. s can ng the petty dickering must f must up- neutrals. But end. Ger- live up to the will promise ku he make, or diplo- | relatic between these two power jhundrea close. friendly for more than years, must be brought | AGREEMENT WITH MEXICO, that reached w a satisfactory Cenient Ge El Py fa een between al | and General Obregon | 1t Ihains for the head of the de nment, ( this he Wilson aft of War work, and Pr the report h1 on the hbly do. esident ining with ral Scott’s cpressed plf as highly the y scored. The agreement covers tely, all future operations of the Secretary has pleased with e: | potiti | questionably rranza, to put his s “ il ing and killing off bandits here and there, it is surprising that a more serious uprising of the Mexicans has not been encountered. It all goes to show that the American officers have convinced the thinking class in that rebel ridden country that the United States is not looking for spoils, is not making an attempt to seize ter- ritory south of the Rio but is on a sincere and honest mission,— the protection of American life and property. Our state department has acted wisely in granting certain concessions The old man is in a peculiar position and must save his face with the people of the coun- try over which he presides. When he asked for reciprocal permission send troops over the American border in pursuit of bandits, it meant noth- ing to us; but it carried all the im- port of a serious transaction with him. By acquiescing, the American govern- met pinned a rose on the lapel of the any Grande, to General Carranza. to It requires but a | ! little reflection to show that ever since | that | all his pa in getting at into a national con- vention ot 1 \ s | A very fair questi that, It can be only with a prophesy, we to that »ss One will be found on all fours what will be the “pre- answered but venture remark the Peer] Just the in 1920. tense” nuity” Bryan him- self or ing knows. It may have something Lo do with the question of Prohibition believe that is about the an- In some manner, in some way, i Mr. William Jennir B n will rise | in all his glory to the emergency, pro- | claim himself a martyr in the eyes of all the good folk of the tell them he has striven for honor and up- { righteousness, and lo and behold he will be proclaimed the hero of the | hour. All it takes is one more speech with a tinge of the old fire, with a lit- tle mingling of the cross of gold and the crown of thorns, and all his enemies will be crucified. He may now. Leave it Bryan. He is but only death getting to the There are four and we swer. nation, be rehearsing his act to William Jennings down and out in 1916, can him from front 1920, long years in which to drive the nails in the fences. He will spike them Down the ages, when the history keep z2zain in all. affair has been written and handed from generation to gen- eration, it will be seen that William Jennings Bryan was different in his make up from James J. Jeffries. It will be seen that he possessed the ‘“‘comeback’ quality. And this is not because we are hide-bound people. There are some things about the old gentleman,—he is that, al- though he does not yet admit his lost things about him we do But we are forced to hand him the laurel wreath when it comes perpetual performances. For twenty years he has been out in front of the troops, and in all that time the snipers got him but once; that was this year. They practically ambushed him, too, because the shots were fired by his own state. When brother soldiers shoot at a man stand- ing in his own baliwick it goes to show there is somewhere. And Bryan will make of the whole Bryan youth,—some not like. to men in treason William Jennings use of this occurrence later on. Watch He will be at the national in 192 that if he is alive and strong enough to go, or we and see! convention is, miss one of the best little bets ever General and decorated him in the eyes of his people. Otherwise his prestige might have suffered. Another good chance for a break came when Car- ranza demanded, for political reasons, that the American troops be taken out of Mexico, since the object of their invasion had been accomplished. It required no little skill to smooth over the situation at that point everything seems in a fair way to be brought to a glorious end, with the re- lations between the two countries placed on a more even keel. Car- ranza will probably follow the course of Presldent Wilson and approve of the agreement between General Scott and General Obregon. In due time, when it is fully established that Villa has been put to death, or when he is captured, if he still lives, the Ameri- can soldiers will come back across the and the whole affair ended. Now border BRYAN IN 1216 AND 1920. It is true, as the Philadelphia Bul- letin points out, that during twenty ye: William Jennings Bryan has been either the dominating or chief figure in five democratic national con- An honor that to few men who ventions in succession. has perhaps fallen ever occupied the limelight of public life. In 1896 he made himself the nom- 1900, he was a repeater, and in 1904 he actual- give up what could inee. Four years later, in ly consented to have been his; in 1908 he again nom- inated himself, long ago as to be entirely forgotten, he guided the boom of Woodrow Wilson through the door of the tional convention and saw to it that it came out with the nomination for the and in 2, not so front na- presidency. Now, Bryan is on the toboggan. He the hottom of twenty of the is sliding down toward the pile years has His star which for been at the zenith wagered. And he’ll go in through the front door. Consul Charles S. Winans, at Nu- remberg, has prepared the subjoined paragraph showing the speed of Ger- man trains:— The fastest German said to be the express train (D-Zug train is MCMILLAN'S BIG STORE “ALWAYS RELIABLE™ Coat AND Suits Marked Down SATURDAY we offer many extra- | ordinary values in Smart Spring | Coats and Suits. Plenty to from at a reduction of former prices. | $17.98 Buys Suits that were $25.00 | and $20.00. $30.00 Suits Reduced to 5.00, Tallored Suits, qualities such as we | offer would cost you at least ten dol- lars more in Hartford stores. | $15.00 Buys Suits that were $17.98 to $20. SPRING COATS Reduced to $10.00 and $15.00 cach. At these two special prices you can choose “from more than a Hundred Spring Coats of Wool Fabrics and Silks. SPORT COATS, Very smart Coats at Little Prices, $3.98 to $12.98 each, WHITE CHINCHILLA SPORT COAT Saturday $9.98 Each. Value $12.98. CHILDREN’S COATS Saturday $2.98 to $6.98. NEW MIDDY BLOUSES 97c¢ each. | Mercerized Poplin Middy Blouses | in All White, Pink with White, Blue | with White Collars, Cuffs, Packets and Lacings. Speclal $1.25 each. MEYERS' WASHABLE CAPE GLOV 20) between Berlin and Hamburg. It takes 194 minutes to cover 178.20 miles, and has consequently a speed of 55.15 miles per hour. The express train (D-Zug 8) on the route between Hanover and an Minden takes 43 minutes to cover 39.76 miles. The third fastest train is the Munich-Nu- remberg express (D-Zug 79), which has a speed of 54.86 miles per hour. Then comes three express trains mak- ing the journey between Berlin and Halle at the rate of 54.80 miles per hour. Prus: FACTS AND FANCIES. If England isn’t English women can't vote, vs Pank- hurst. Suffrage to the rescue!—Bos- ton Journal. It would he interesting to have the heart thoughts of “Pancho” Villa on this border conference—New York Herald. In the face of the worldwide trade war which is almost certain to follow the armed conflict, it is clear that eco- nomic preparedness in this country is as important as military preparation. —Newburgh Journal. his speech before the Newspaper Publishers’ As. sociation, the new retary of War has got bravely over being a pacifist, if he ever was one.—Philadelphia Ledger. ¥ Judging American On General Grant's birthday ‘Let us have peace” was recalled over the land. The tanner hoy never took an imported peace prize, but nohody ever turned more swords into pruning | hooks than the hero of Appomattox. Brooklyn Eagle. the if convention heavens is rapidly on that wane, and the is to to the 1916 it | must be through the back door or on a | All Bulletin finds he > | national in proxy. this because Bryan has "f:ulvd. almost ignominiously, to ob- | Private enterprise « | backward tain recognition at the primary elec- tion in his own state ays the Bu]-i letin:— | “Only a year ago he was secretary | to the a was supposed of of s he be te uardian the president; s credited with being the master of he we administration, a un- hold mind the his personal upon his party throughout the country other one man not even still such no ¥ had Grover 18 in modern times, Cleveland excepted Gy that in less than a r | twely American politician fall. What the ingenuity e-month an | has had so long and hard will be the by which the bretense or discarded Peerless One | will once more attempt to land on all fours, if he is to.be persona grata Mr. McAdoo's argument government shipping hill id of the navy contrasts strangely with the announcement on the same day of the sale of the naval collier Justin nnot be so very when it pays the govern- ment double what the ship cost eight- een years ago.—New York that the is needed in Roosevelt can ne comin himself stoc her control convention. upon the has slumped. He nor bulldoze the He cannot for party, frighten it | or split it; nor do we helieve that he will attempt to. Friends speaking for him may be permitted to threaten that he will bolt the party if it does not nominate him But this mav be set down as bluster and bluff, He would ha nothing to gain such a course hut everything to lose. The hetter inion is that he will support the Republican ticket and thus re er standing in the airty and be an influential on the national stage—Senator perhaps or Secretary of War. Any other course would | leave him bankrupt in prestige and or cov- | 1in figure | would bring the Middle Wes | conclusions from insignificant dai: | the respect of men.—Rochester Post- \ Express. - = E | victim, For Women, $1.50 Pair. ‘Wash with pure Ivory soap and | water. In this way the skins retain their elasticity. Gloves of this kind outwear Gloves cleaned in or naptha. We are showing these Smart Street | Gloves In White, Ivory, Biscuit and | Light Tans, with three row em- broidered backs. KNIT UNDERWEAR. | Spring and Summer Weights, forJ Men, Women and Children. eparate | Garments and Union Suits, from Y.hc} best makers, “Carter’s” “Richelieu,” “‘Bedo,” “Winchester Mills” and Fitrite Suits for Women and Children. “B V. D..” Carte ‘Roxfard and Porous Knit Garments for Men. MODERN UNION For Children. Pearl Waist Suits (3 garments in 1) for Boys and Girls, every mother and child should learn its merit. We also have Porous Knit and Gauze Suits for Boys. | | il | | SUITS MOTHERS' DAY. MAY 14th. Appropriate selection of Mother sy cards and booklets for this oc sion priced 5¢ to 25¢ each, . MoMiL 199-201-203 MAIN AN STREET. The (Toledo Blade.) Pacifist Vacuum, According to the political dopesters down at Washington, the Middle West is nearly at the point of sccession over preparedness. It hates the prosramme as a tramp hates a bathroom. Every- thing to it like militar; bigger than a pop zun looks sm. That is the stuff the dopesters arc The Middle W the rest of fact that the war. It could fact that the world It could hardly be so since it is suppl issuing st more hlind to the is no the world than country is heaving with hardly so so, since it is s heaving with war. ing a big part of the sinews of the steel, the copper, the corn. The Middle Wes ish or mad or wanting much concerned for the security the peopic on are for their cit and A vote on preparedness houting war, and fool- patriotism. wheat is no n coun- the sum- try's as coast mer cottages support. political with to i The cre dopester strafge drawing It 1eh Ve a passion for facts will not fit his theories so the worse for the facts. Just now he seeks to locate the pacifist centre of population. The Middle West is the choose | zasoline | B | following little known facts about the but Extraordinary SALE OF WOMAN’S 50¢c, 75¢ and $1.00 NECKWEAR at S ATURIDAY Charming New Neckwear comprising the sample lines of several of New York’s best and foremost manufacturers—you will find Georgette Crepe; Collars— Georgette Crepe Guimpes—Vestees—Military Shapes—Organdie Lace Collar and Coat Sets—Pique Collars—Plauen Lace Collars, etc. Only. one and two of a kind, but enough for everybody. minute styles. All right up-to-the- Sale Commences at 9:30 a. m. None Sold Before The above rule will be enforced to enable our New Britain patrons to have an equal opportunty with Hartford people to profit by this remarkable Neckwear Sale. WISE, SMITH & CO., Hartford A GREAT SALE OF WOMEN’'S And MISSEY’ TAILOR Values Up To $15.00 Values Up To $17.98 Values Up To $19.98 Values Up To $22.50 Values Up To $25.00 Values Up To $27.50 Values Up To $30.00 WISE, SMITH & CO Tailored SUITS, Tailored SUITS, Tailored SUITS, Tailored SUITS, Tailored SUITS, Tailored SUITS, Tailored SUITS, Phone orders Charter 3050, and Mail Orders promptly filled. OUR DAILY AUTOMOBILE Daily Delivery in New Britain, HARTFORD Elmwood, Newington, And Houses l Meerschaum Makes Pipes | For Workers i Washington, D. C., May 5.—If the shade of the smoker's pipe werc of much moment as the hue of &i- ady’s spring costume the possible chortage in the meerschaum market might have attracted as much atten- tion tn America, since the beginning of the war, as has the interruption of our aniline dye trade with Germany, for the main source of the world's supply of this earthy mineral liens in the zone of hostilities. The National Geographic society in its war geogra- phy bulletin issued today, gives the meerschaub mines of Eski-sehr, the moslem city of 20,000 people which lies 200 miles to the south of Con- stantinople, on the banks of the Pur- 1k Su, in Asia Minor: “Meerschaum, which derives its name from the fact that particles of it were discovered floating on the Black sea, giving rise to the belief that it was petrified sea-foam, has been dug from the alluvial deposits in the plains near Eski-sehr for a thousand vears. Some of the meerschaum beds located about eighteen miles from the city, have as many as 2,000 openings. Here 4,000 Kurds and Persians, in groups of from three to fifteen, bur- row through yard-wide holes to depths of from twenty to )0 feet, working night and day under flick- ering light of oil lamps. The lumps of mineral clay which they seek is commercially valuable in nodules as small as a hazel nut, while occasion- ally pieces as large as apples are found “When the brought to the surface it h or yellowish tinge nd so soft that it can be scraped with a knife. In the summer it is left to dry in the sun, in the winter it is placed in ovens wh it is subjected to a steady tem- perature and night for nine days, when it snow white and lose two-thirds of its weight. After rubbed with flannel and ished with wax wrapped ton and sent to Austria or is first a grayish meerschaub day become; being pol- in cot- America it is so soft that it can be cut like cheese, after which it is sawn into convenient pipe shape, elaborately carved if de- sired, and fitted with amber stems from Germany. Before the war the value of Eski-sehr's meerschaum ex- ports was more than $13,000,000 an- nually. “Even the most aesthetically in- clined of our American millionaires would hardly consider the luxury living in a palace built of meerschaum as within the range of their fortunes, vet there are many a coarse variety of this substance is to be found. Moroccans, just Gibraltar, find that still another va- riety of meerschaum lathers freely and they use it, perhaps sparingly, as a substitute for soap. “The chips and saw dust of meerschaum pipe factories make the ing stains from costly fabrics. An in- ferior pipe is also made from these aps, the fragments heing bound to- solution ana gether with some molded into blocks. “Meerschaum and in Hrubschitz, Moravia, as in Asia Minor, and to a extent in Pennsylvania, South lina and in the upper Gila valley, near Silver City, New Mexico. G¥ecce as well limited raro- is found in Depew at 82, (Bridgeport Farmer.) Chauncey M. Depew at the gift of felicitous statement. had a birthday, April 30, and Montauk club of Brooklyn honored him with a birthday dinner. The aged statesman was approp raminiscent. Prophesy is for vou men. History for old. Twenty-five ic the most important age in the life ct a young The silver wedding the happiest of matrimanial brations Twenty-five climacteric in business and fessions The number of 2 retains He a man cele- the pro- years the persons lzo be resoaked in water until it is| who may be addressed by one of | unpretentious | houses of this material in the Spanish | town of Vallecas, near Madrid, where | On the other hand, the | across the straits of | ditions that it seemed as an | excellent cleansing powder for remov- the | DELIVERY INSURES PROMPT D ELIVERY Ced ar Hill. Maple Hill and Clayton. then | | for MADE SUITS at $11.00 at $12.50 at $13.50 at $15.50 - at $17.50 at $21.50 at $22.50 Our Restaurant is an ideal place for a light lunch, a cup of tea or substantial re- past. OF YOUR PURCHAS speaker is 6,000, but “I have had ro difficulty in reaching 10,000 people.” Gladstone at 83 scured thte triumpi of his life, Iarrison had a cold ex- terior, but a warm hcart, So spoke an America ow almost forgotten, who once played no small part in the government of his country and in the shaping of its econamics One modern thought illumines the Speech. Mr. Depew at 82 sees clear- ly that railroads nnot operate under 48 masters. He advocates a centralizea federal control, which many years railroad manag generally opposed with bitterness, op posed in fact, until state commissions became no longer mere uncts of railroad managements. Mr. Depew had not ated himself from the world. He is not bey malice. He pauses in way to speak of W well addres: “When thls year t read, it was so pat to times if Washing- ted.” insistence complications, is entirely things separ- of the d a spice of his reminiscent shington's rfare- been reincarr Mr. Rooscvelt European ton had Thus upon | quietly compared with George Wash | ington’s advice to avoid such com- plications. Men never are infallible, and Tepew is no exception. He says: nation prepared tu defend, or its rights, necd never have a war Interesting phrase, so often heard and as entirely without foundation i events. How can it escape the atten- tion that the nations at war are pre- cisely those which have the greatest military establishments for defense, t 82 “A enforce | or to enforce their rights? who | An interesting man enjoys the affection tudes of those who have his views. The world a ripe centu is Mr. Depew, of multi- not shared will wish him Laurel and Cypress, (J. Napier Milne, watched him street, The fairest lad in all the line, His kilt and khaki, braw and My first-born—mine in the Bookman.) I the swinging down neat, He sleeps beneath the blood-red sod— A letter from the king fallen in honor's cause. Thank God! But ay! But ayl to say e