New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 6, 1916, Page 8

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1916. W BRITAIN HERALD HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY. Proprietors. ed dally (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m- at_Herald Building, 67 Church Bt tered at the Post Office at New Britatm s Second Class Mail Matter. vered Dy carrife¢ to any part of the chy for 15 Cents a Week, 656 Cents a Month. bscriptions for paper to pe sent by mall payable in advance, 60 Cents a Month. #7900 & Year. e _only profitabla advertiring meZium In the city. OCirculation books and press Toom alwavs open to aqvertisers. Herald will be found on sale at Hota- ling’s New gtand, 42nd 5t. and Broad- Wway, New York City; Board Walk at- laatic City, and Hartfora Devot. TELEPHONE CALLA siness Oftfce ttorial Rooms [HEN JOHNNIE COMES MARCH- ING HOME, They will be here next week, those ¥s of ours who went down ta the ican border when Uncle Sam sent t the help, After three nths away the old home after a seige against the in- weather that prevails along they are on their New Brit- will turn out to give them a rous- just New Britain ned out to do them honor the day call for from W, ment e Rio Grande, way to Connecticut. g welcome, as lev went away. The difference will instead of sorrow. Put set the entertainment tears of jo: t the flags, fmmittee to work, and prepare the it should it antry be a gala day in New in when the two companies of at the depot. We ve been waiting for them for a long and the welcome will be Every mother’s of them should be met at the sta- and the ald town puld be turned over to the lads in aki. This because they represent spirit of New Britain, the spirit pt means do or die, that never fal- s in the case of emergency, that is pr ready to answer the summons of nation, untrain e now, sincere. n with a band, These hoys exemplify the pvery and the self-sacrice that is so minently Americar. They went ay in a dark hour, when it looked if some of them might never come k, They were just as gallant as b men of '98. ow the clouds have passed, the is shining, and the boys are com- home. There is nothing to do but ish up the welcome and make their e coming one they will long re- mber, one they will never forget. the fgctory whistles ‘blow, let the fly, let the bands play. Let it an all around festival for if there sorrow when the boys go to the there should be unbounded joy they come marching home nt, en in, AND FATRNESS, Feneral Goethal’s record as builder the Panama Canal is the ‘only rec- mendation he needs to show the new his work imposed by President Wilson, that heading the commission to inves- te ess b1 for him d report on the workings of Adamson Eight-Hour-Day-Law. him will be one of greatest rate experts in this coun- Edgar F. Clark who has served the Tnterstate Commerce Commis- h and who was appointed by form- President Roosevelt pitrator in the ke ociated with to act as an great antracite coal Railroad men the country familiar with the work of oner Clark. Some of the railroad lawyers in the United and almost all the heads of various interstate railway systems mmfs: ate: ftes ye at one time or another appeared ore the august tribunal ich he once presided. be George into recent the Federal over With these Rublee who prominence Trade Commis- p men will come ougt nation-wide search would hard- find three men better fitted for the k in hand than the aforemen- fed trio. As a United State cer Goe it army Gen hals insures in the any likelihood eping in. If that were the record of Commis- would instance against politics cr enough, her Clark further clear that States w the the have of Rublee while on and rantee of the anad Eight-Hour-Le ple United ree unbiased consideration AW of United subject a recent con- he States Senate oo let big and broadminded a man his judgment be swayed one His public service blemish. that by or the other. fads without a xperience Goethals 1andling the biggest problem en- eri in the I de e, with the knowledge of transpor- Mr. Clark, and regarding trade that this on ed by h po. the fa Rublee be ts carries commission very evenly It should of uld king at time of the railroad situation. It uld be able to find out if the bht-Hour-Day-Law is a menace to prosperty of the railroads. If suchl a balanced be able problem bo. to the root the in and make a complete re- is the case, these men will recommend its withdrawal. It is assumed that the railroad managers and executives three men appointed by the President in a spirit of fair- ness and will render every help. That being the case, the people of the na- tion will rest assured that justice will will meet the prevail. NEARER THE TRUTH. Elihu Root in Carnegie Hall, York, last night decried the assertion that President Wilson had kept this country out of war, called attention to the fact that every President for with the exception of Lincoln and McKinley, had done the same thin “Never since Columbus sighted San Salvador has there been a time when it has been so easy for America to keep out of war by doing nothing as it has heen during the great conflict now raging in the Old World.” Probably Mr. Root’s auditors lieved that assertion. Probably they passed it by as the opening salute in a speech made for purely purposes. Probably the orator of the evening had not at that point warmed up to his speech in such fashion to bring out the foolishness of the r At any rate, when the eye greets that one sentence in the quiet of the study, or even in the mart, it .akes on all the semblance of some childish utterance. Were it not that Mr. Root admits in the same sen- tence that there is a ‘great confiict raging in the Old World,” one would be disposed to believe he thinks there is no war going on in Europe. How a man of Elihu Root’s intelli- gence can knowingly make such assertion especially in view of all that has happened on these shores since the European war started is beyond the comprehension of the ordinary man. If some soap-box or street cor- ner orator had said “there has never been a time when it was so easy for America to keep out of war,” it might be charged that the man was not keep- ing abreast of the times, or that he did not know a war was going on in the 0Old World. In the case of Root it is different. He has lived through all the conflicting emotions that swelled high soon after the Lusitania went down and saw the nation standing on New seventy years and sald: be- political mark. busy an | the brink of war. War has been hang- ing over this country for some time; but, thanks to a President who has not answered the call of the jingoists, the sons of American mothers are not teday fighting in the trenches or lying dead on European battlefields. What Mr. Root should have said is ‘Never since Columbus sighted San Salvador lLas there been a time when it has been so easy for America to get into war by doing nothing as it has been during the great conflict now raging in the Old World.” Then he would have come nearer the truth. In the crowd that greeted Presi- dent Wilson in Omaha were many little school children. President smiled at the children, said:—“Why, I thought school in” “Nq,” responded a little “school is out, because somebody come to town.” And somebody had come to town. It was the man who later in the day ad- said:—"Tt is very important that statesmen of other nations should understand America. We have held off from the conflagration in Europe because we wanted to play a different part. We are holding off because when we use the force of this nation we want to know what we are using it for.” Yes, somebody had come to town. Somebody with an idea. yesterday The and was girl, has dressing a solemn meeting artifice of oratory it might clever for stump speakers and the like to belittle the New Freedom; but even at that the New Freedom has something on the Old Freedom of Boise Penrose, Mur- Reed Smoot, et al. As an be considered v ray Crane, Lawn: Shades of could not And Shadow The punsters All of which goes to show that this cam- re- frain. issues must be scarce in when political musicians can play paign do nothing else but on words. AND FANCIES, In Berlin the government fines you, if you get an egg for breakfast. Her the grocer attends to that.—Boston Advert High prices may yet revive the c that made familic Chicago News. of food and clothing ttage industries independent.— Jven success must be handled with care. Don’t rest on your laurels un- less you are prepared to see them wither.—Philadelphia Record. Genuine French briar continue to be marketed there is an apple tree left.— Record. will pipes s as long Certainly the government’ plate plant should come to Tex only have we plenty of room, plenty of iron.—Galveston News, armor . Not but At last comes the most arguments for a short ballot. convincing The high price of paper!—Paterson Press ‘Guardian, A good printer is truly a man of the highest type. He attends to his own case and makes it a rule never to be out of sorts.—Chicago News. We are not so pleased now that those Hawaiians brought over their twangily sentimental music. A youth- ful neighbor next door has been prac- ticing it the past week,—Cincinnati Times-Star. “The open door” in the Orient, guarded by Japanesec soldiers, might as well be shut. It is mere ventila- tion, an invitation to nobody. Truths are rarely told by diplomats.—Brook- lyn Eagle, ‘Well, even if the Bremen never ar- rives, New London has been put on the map so conspicuously that about everybody in the country now knows where the town is.—Providence Jour- nal, Numbers on Football Players, (New York Sun). The rfumbering of players in foot- ball games for the convenience of the spectators, few of whom know one player from another, was adopt- ed by Dartmouth some time ago, and later it had the approval of Princ ton, which is always progressive. Har- vard and Yale refused peremptorily to have anything to do with the inno- vation, regarding the numbers as too much like professionalism and as cheapening the sport of football. In one or two instances where cap- tains and coaches expressed them- selves about the proposal there was a veiled intimation that it was no concern of the public, although among the patrons of the games were many graduates and their families. Perhaps this consideration has at last begun to tell, for Yale, which only a year ago was immovable, has now decided to number Its players. Har- vard, we believe, still holds out. May we not expect that Percy Haughton, the greatest of football coaches, hav- ing lost the support of New Haven, will gracefully yield? To our w: of thinking, there is nothing professional or undignified in track athletes carrying numbers to identify them as they cross the line in a race. If numbers are neces- sary in track sports why are they not at least desirable on the football field ? It is true that the game can be played without them but we venture to say that the officials who have to follow the different plays and make decisions would sometimes be aided by the sight of a number on a player's broad back. As to the spectators, their un- derstanding of gridiron strategy and their enjoyment of the contest would be vastly greater. This season we hope to see all the players, including Mr. Haughton’s well drilled athlet showing identification numbers a they dodge and run about the field, kick goals and dash across the line for touchdowns, This Cannot Happen Now. The Federal Farm Loan Act has been passed, and Farm and Fireside tells an interesting story about some of the evils which made such an act nec ary for the protection of the farmer. It sa “Here's a little story about one farmer's experience in borrowing money that may point a moral in con- nection with the passage of the Fed- eral Farm Loan Act: “His farm was worth comfortably $25,000, and was carrying an incum- brance of $5,000 on real estate. He had perhaps $10,000 worth of stock, crops, personal property, and excel- lent general credit. He decided to borrow $3,000 more to make im- provements that would immediately add largely to the earning power of the farm. “Applying to the people who car- ried the $5,000 loan, he was assured that money was tight; they coudn't furnish him what ho needed, but so the street another agency was glad to do it. “Yes, he could get an $8,000 loan, but on only . first mortgage security: that would pay off the old loan and give him $3,000 of new capital. “He made the loan at 6 per cent., and paid a 2 per cent. co on it—that is, on the though he got only $3.000 of adai- tional capital, and had p: a like commission on the older loan. “Here's the way it worked out: “The people who had carried the original plan got their money handed back to them, to remain idle till (h. could find a new investment for After they had lost their interest on it for some time, it was loaned anew —and a 2 per cent .commission taken for replacing it “Thus in this serles of tran by which the farmer rai new cash on gilt-edged security there was placed a total of 0 of loans, on all of which th commission of 2 per cent. was total of commmissions, $260 “carned” by the pleasant shifting some loans ahout, all or them in the same neighborhood. Tt was a neat little transaction by which the loin agents got new commissions, and the borrowers got the privilege of paving those commissions.” o - One of the Follies of War, (Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette.) A member of the Italian parliament is quoted in a Swiss newspaper as saving, “No German, Austrian or Hungarian will ever be permitted to set his foot on Italian soil again, and we even intend to make the exchange of letters with these Huns a crime. . In the future the world be- longs to the Anglo-Saxon, the Italian and the Slavic races undisputably.” The statement of the Italian law- maker is interesting only so far as it shows that the great war has aroused the same passions and brought for- ward the same sort of foolish speeches that other wars have brought forward, No doubt the speaker believes what he said, Yet many of those who heard him say he will live to see the rela- tions between Ttaly and Germany friendly to a point almost equal to that existing before the -war, commission entire $8,000, it =oing Paid; :all of it prozess of WEST GOES WILD OVER PRESIDENT Greatest Reception in His Career Given in Omaha THOUSANDS CHEER MADLY Half of Nebraska Turns Out to Greet Chief Executive—More Than 10,000 Hear Him Say America Has As Much Fight As Any Country. Omaha, Neb., Oct. 6.—After a day remarkable for immense crowds and for the enthusiasm displayed in their greeting, President Wilson last night addressed a throng that packed the Auditorium to the doors. The nor- mal capacity of the house is 10,000. The theme of the president’s speech was the part which America now playing in the world and the part she must play in the future. “America has held apart from the conflict with which the rest of the world is ablaze, not because she was indifferent, not because she was not interested, but because she wanted to play a different part from that. The war has obscured European obejcts which have never been disclosed. Iiu- rope must understand that before we cxert the force of this nation we want to know what we are exerting it for. “There is as much fight in America as in any nation in the world”, ha said in a late phase of his speech, ‘‘but she wants to know what for. Wash- irgton advised against entangling Eu- ropean alliances, but we must not in- terpret that as meaning world entan- glements, for we are a part of the world. “We want to look forward in years to come—I wish I could months to come—to the preservation of peace for the interests of mankind. “The starting of war can never again be a matter for the decision of single nations. They must submit it to the decision of mankina.” Mr. Wilson said that after the war this nation must join a league of na- tions to preserve the peace of the world. Cheered For Four Minutes. As the president entered the audi- torium the audience cheered him for rully four minutes. His introduction by Governor Moorehead was the sig- nal for another outburst. The hall was filled with cries of “Our Next President,” “Three cheers for Wilson,"” and “Who saved the Union?” His de- velopment of the reasons for Ameri- ce’s non-participation in the war was constantly interrupted by cheers. “It would be very difficult to do jus- tice to an occasion of this kind,” be- gan the president. He spoke of the importance of the west, mentioning Nebraska particularly, and praised the people who come from Europe’ to seek freedom. The doors to the United States, he said, were built to be kept open, not to be closed. He paid trib- ute to the western pioneers. Since 1890, when internal frontiers in the United States disappeared, the president declared, America had tak- en on a new aspect and the nation had Leen growing closer together. It was no coincidence, he said, that soon aft- erward interest was shown in Cuba, the Philippines and Porto Rico. “Ever since then,” he continued, “we Fave been caught inevitably in the net of the politics of the world. There- fore, I want to discuss our connection with the rest of the world at present and in the future. “These great central plains are un- like either coast he declared, add- ing that on the Pacific coast many ru- mors are heard of troubles in the Orient, while on the Atlantic coast the influences of Europe are sometimes felt. “In order to carry out a program you must have unification of spirit in America,” he continued. “There can e no program without a unified course behind it. “If is very important that states. men of other nations should unde; stand America. We have held off from the conflagration in Europe be- cause we wanted to play a different part.” The applause you, The causes of the European war, the president said, are not plainly known. “But Europe should understand us,” he said. “We are holding off because when we use the force of this nation we want to know what we are using it for. There is as much fight in America in any nation in the world. “We want always to hold the force of America to fight for the rights of mankind, not for the rights of prop- erty. But in fighting for these things we should know what the gonlstone fis. We must have abso- lute allegiance to America. We must be truly American, The rights of humanity are the essence of freedom. “We want all the world to know that we are ready to use all our force to maintain peace among mankind. The starting of wars can never again be the private concern of any one nation. We must use all our force, moral and physical, to uphold a league of nations to uphold the peace of this worid.” The president declared no use fighting over petty interrupted by “We thank president was ana shouts of as there things. of Carcer. came was atest President middle west the campaign what his polit s the g Reception Wilson into the for the first time since began and received al lieutenants charac- atest reception of his He declared that the legisla- tion the last four years had “un- shackled” American business and that it was now in a position to meet the competition of the world after the European war. He saw a new era of trade expansion, one of unlimitea of cMILLAN’S New Britain’s Busy Big Store. STYLISH “Always Reliable’ FALL COATS AND SUITS Step into our Coat Dept. and see the large assortment of Coats to make your selection from. See the remarkable values we offer at $5.98, $8.98, $10.98 to $22.98 ea. THE FALL SUITS are also worth while considering. 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The size of the crowds and the enthusiasm shown far exceeded anything he has experi- enced since his inauguration. At- tracted here for the celebration Nebraska’s fiftieth aniversary, sands of people from nearby and states packed Omaha'’s street's and shouted frantically every time M Wilson appeared. It was an impressive demonstration which greatly pleased the president and his political ad ers. Omaha was in gala attire for the day. The celebration, non-partisan in character and arranged by a com- mittee made up largely of repub- licans was given a politi touch hy the presence of the president. All the buildings were draped with American flags, windows were packed with people during the parade, and bhands constantly played popular and martial music, While Mr. Wilson made no distinct- ly campaign speeches, he neverthe- less was in campaign mood. Smil- ing, he shook hands with thousands of people, patted habies on the head, waved his hat to enthusiastic admir- ers, and entered thoroughly into the spirit of Nebraska’'s celebration. Half of Nebraska There. It seemed today as if half of Ne- braska lined the streets of Omaha to greet the president. Not since the inauguration at Washington in 1912 has the presence of the president drawn so great a crowd. Estimates of its size varied all the way from 150,000 to 300,000 and it was as easy to admit the latter flgure as the former, The population of Omaha is about 200,000, and there are supposed to ha from 50,000 to 100,000 visitors in town for the semi-centennial cele- bration, Cer nly there were few of these who were not among the close-packed masses that cheered the president from the sidewalks as his car passed along the streets for miles at the head of the pageant this aft- ernoon. Although Roosevelt passed through here, entertained a president since 1900, when President McKinley was he for the Trans-Mississippi Exposition, and she set out yesterday to make up for the hiatus It was a reception such as Mr. Wilson never before celved in any of his trips away the capital. All along the path car traveled there *We're for you,” and Taft Omaha have has not re- the president’s were shouts of “You'll have my vote,” and “Hurrah for the eight- hour law. In its delight over the celebration of the birth of Nebraska, Omaha did not forget for a moment that it in the midst of a Presiden- tial campaign. Senator Hitcheock, who assisted in entertaining the president, told him there w no question that he would car Ne- braska by at least 20,000, and other politiclans were as optimistic. Prominent republicans here were semi-centennial | past — 199-201-203 MAIN STREET Banner” | bevond the requirements of hospitality | and “Dixie,” | | | ed | streets, to the president in their reception. The reception committee contained oly one democrat, Senator Hitelhicock, in its membership, and a large part of | the money for the expenses of the Victor Rosewater admitted ruefully that he was afraid the great reception given to Mr. Wilson would have a chilling eoffect on Mr. Hughes' visit to Omaha, planned for Oct tation until a few weelks . and result the plans of were largely reshaped . after his ac- ceptance. Mr. Hughes was also inv! hy the committee, but declined. Tre republicans are feeling. therefore, that they have added materially to the president’s alrea chances for earrying Nehraska. They are glad to have been hospitable to the chief exccutive. they say, and the president made nc political speecher, hut they hold that to he poor consola- tion in n campalen The president was in the finest pos- hle humer as he reached the review- ing stand after his drive through the and he showed his delight in as a move a Mrs. Wilson shared his enjoy- every | ment ! chairman of the republican | represented historieal | inn from ‘ | passed Among the members of the recep- tion committee who were with him on the stand wera Governor Mocrchead, Senator Hitcheock., Mavor (“Cowbov Jim”) Dahlman. ex-Senator Norris Rrown, and Victor Rosewater. national committee. The pazeant. which arranged the Nabraska Historical society, cplsodes In the floats oldtime was by life of Nebrask was one commemorating the Tt contained a group of who stonpped befare nd danced a Vir- Amona the voung men and the women, reviewing stand ginia reel for the president’s benefit Mr. Wilson smiled hroadly. and as the dance continued he nedded his head and beat time to the music. The crowd spplanded. and the president Jaughed heartily as the float moved en. Mr. Wi had told the crowds all along the route to Oma glad he was to get away from offi duties and out “among the folks. and his pleasure was on the increase all day. Tle seemed like a boy on a holiday. al Rocked With Tanghter. group of “pioneer: who the reviewing stand was one man who obviously had fortified him- self too strongly for the occasion. He rolled from side to side, and he passed the stand his face bore a fixed, unceasi vy amiable smile. He caught the president's eve. and the glimpse was altogether too much for presiden- tial dignity. Mr. Wilson and stand rocked with laughter together. There stirring scemes in the page and Mr. Wilson was plainly ricved as floats rolled by illustrative of the hardships through which the early settlers passed. Mrs. Wilson In a as were rose with the president as the bands X 16, | The president did not accept the invi-! excellent | the lang parade filed! | ex- haw | the | | The president was honor at a luncheon at Commercial club, which was attended h, mnearly a thousand persons. His | soeech portrayed his vision of the new the guest of noon at the of | celebration was contributed by repub- | era which America is to enter with thou- | jicans, cities | | the close of the great war. He re- | ceived an ovation as he entered and left \ | At several towns in Iown the presi- ut was greeted in the morning by as large crowds met him in Indiana Ohio Wednesday. He confined self chiefly to shakig hands with st persans. He told a crowd M i that he appreciated tly the receptions given him in | the middlc west, The crowd applauded | Mrs. Wilson, and the president said: “I think she could be elected easily.” A man at Carroll asked the pr | dent i he would appoint a tariff com- { mission if re-elected. | “I'm going to appoint it hefors I'm | re-elected,” Mr, Wilson replicd. for you,” the questioner as onri Valley si- “Then I'm replisd. “I am pretty far from | the president remarked, set out among you folks for caming to the station, At Denison a crowd of school chil- {dren welcomed Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. 't school in yet?” the president my tother.” hut T like to Thank yon “It's out,” replied a cause somebady is in The president throw ¢na laughed. little girl, town.” back his head “he- Going Up in (Providence Smole. Journal.) ending Tampa factories For the week September twenty-third, turned out her cigar The value but of 7,975,878 cigars. of this output is not given, States De- ent collected $23,- more the United Revenue partr in revenue $3,310.44 on the vear are now said to in Havana. Ha- the distinction of exclusively for the While the cheapest produced in the which was was collected the same week last Tampa’s cigars equal those made vana once claimed making a cigar German emperor. grades of tobac¢co West Indies went to Germany, the highest priced cigar ever produced went to the emperor. It was said by the manufacturer that the workman who made it received one dollar for the mere making of exclustve of any other cost Whether the same cigar or not we if he does it would know how he gets it output for it Emperor smokes are not told, be curious the but to The prophets of early will the Lloya Hollweg. peace need to revise their forecasts in light George Putting the declaration of one against the other must force the conclusion that the war is never going to end.— Fall River Herald, 4 of the views expressed by and Von Bethmann