New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 9, 1917, Page 8

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TELEPHONE CALLS. eas Office . 2 Re STARS AND STRIPES f R ! brchant princes and captains of stry, men who labor with their /s and men who toil with their {s, those who are possessors of fortunes and those who awn only lothes on their backs, veterans of Spanish war and youngsters with lush of manhood on their cheeks, gn-born, citizens and those wha saw the light on these shores, ssors and “pupils, graduates from allege of hard knocks, lowly and ed, all, all, have united in the one koa of Americans who stand ¢ to offer their to the n. llegrams and letters are pouring the Federal offices at Washington L every state, every city, every , ‘every village, every hamlet in’ country. The nation, without sending out a call to its loyal sans aughters, is hearing on all sides illingness to make sacrifices, of re if mecessary, of life itself if be. It is a grand tribufe from al family of children. The jen have lost no time in marshal- ‘their forces. They stand ready to the roles of administering angels men and boys upon whose ers may fall the brunt of battle. 788 80 in 1776. It was so in 1861 " brother marched against efi It Wil be so in 1917. The lon, hag fost rione of its vigor. ©of the North, Men of the South, ¢ no section today. Men of the . Men of the West, there is but gountry, one flag, one purpose,— Stars and Stripes forever! services SIGN' POST OF LOYALTY. elegates to the German-American Honal Alliance in conventlon at lladelphia yesterday went on record favor of President 'Wilson's stand ‘breaking off diplomatic relations h Germany. Men and women rep- Sntative of three million German- lericans in twenty-cight states of “Union were present when the vote s taken. A pledge of lovalty was en and a decision reached that in event of hostilities regiments ld he formed for the protection this country. In addition to that " mational alliance will turn over the American Red Cross all funds [bas collected - in..shis- countsy for frman war retief. In approving the miissal of Ambassador Von Bern- rft and the recall of Ambassador rard the German-American Nation- Alliance points the way for all cit- ns of the countr¥, no matter of hat racial tendencies. There has never been any real doubt out where. the German-American izens of this country stood. There ver. wil} .be any,, To impugn their alty to.the United States is a wick- and mean thing. No man with a rk of Americanism in his blood buld for a moment decry the actions those good and true souls who in e past have taken the part of Ger- hny. While this nation was in the ful throes of neutrality that seemed e prerogativd of each and every cit- n in the land. Every man, in this luntry, has a right to his opinions. was but natural that during the t stages of the European war the mpathies of the American people ould be divided, that one or the her of the belligerents should at- t followers. Groups of men and pmen Wlo descended from German rentage, hiiheriand, bor human or who were born in the would indeed be very beings if they did not lish in their hearts for German vic- ry. The same applies to those hose ancestors came from the other mp. - And, so long as the war was issue only between the nations of jurope, those things were all well d@ good.. Where the change came _with 'the strained 'relations be- ”t.hla country and Germany. #“ n -American National All Americans should go when their coun- | try's ‘honor is at stake. i There have been.periods in the his- tory of this nation when men of other nationalities were as sore plexed as those of German blood find themselves today. Notably was this so during the war of 1812 when the United States fought for the same principle it may have to fight for in 1917,—the freedom of the seas. Should the worst come to worst and this country be dragged into the European war the foreign-born men who make these shores their home will stand true to { their trust. It should not be expected that there will be a great rush of German born citizens to start for the Fatherland and add ta the havoc al- ready wrought. To even suggest such a thing is brutal. If, however, the war is ‘brought to these shores, we will See how the nation can be defended by the men who have sev- ered. of their own free will, the tles that formerly bound them to Euro- pean nations. The way is clear. There could be no better sign post than that set up by the German- American National Alliance. CHARTER CHANGES, Tonight members of the ' Common Council will have an interesting ques- tlon to decide although it is not cer- tain that their decision will necessarily bind the senator and representatives to their views. At the informal talk held last night in the Mayor’s office nearly all the pro- posed amendrhents to the charter, as already printed in the Herald, were explained to the council members present by the corporation counsel and by Judge Gaffney and Mr. H, V. Camp of the Charter, Revision committee, The only recommendations about which there was argument were those which give the Board of Safety, or the new separate Fire and Police Boards, power to dismiss supernumeraries and callmen without the right of hearing. The charter revisionists take the position that the discipline of the de- partments requires that the commis- sianers be given power to dismiss without hearing supernumeraries In the police department and callmen in the fire department who ave lacking in loyalty to the departments or guilty of misdemeanors. Several members of the Council took®the gfound that the commissioners should be given every power to penalize, including suspen- sion without hearing, and that this rule should apply (as it now does in practice) to the regular police and fire force as well; but that dismissal re- sult only after the accused had baen heard by the commissioners. The discussion was conducted in a maost friendly spirit and closed with- out any announced ' conversion of opinion by those who participated and, the subject is now for the Council to decide, On nearly all amendments the Coun- cil members present agreed Wwith the views of the committee including the plan of establishing here a caurt of unlimited juriSdiction which will keep at home the adjudication of certain civil cases now going to the Superior Court at Hartford; but above all will enable candidates for naturalization to be saved the heavy expense of bring- ing witnesses to the Superiaf Court to appear there before the authorities who by the new act may now perform these duties here. On the particular question of the power of dismissing supernumeraries and calimen a lively debate is promised in the Council at its special meetihg tonight. IMPLICIT TRUST? When the confusion of tongues which took place at the Tower of Babel went into effect no living hu- man being then saw what a disad- vantage would be wrought to nations of the twentieth century, especially between the great powers when car- rying on diplomatic negotiations. If there has been any great misunder- standing between this country and Germany on subtle points of diplo- macy it has been primarily because the language of America cannot be translated into the German tongue with any great degree of clearness. What is written or spoken in this land takes on a different hue when translated the Teutonic tongue. That is the one great reason which may be advanced for the utter understanding of the German officials. The magnanimity of purpose ex- pressed by the United States has been mistaken time and time again. The German Foreign Office does not un- derstand the motives that prompt the actiong of the United States either be- cause the German Foreign office does not want to understand or because the German language is not capable of conyeying the proper impression after lanslanon, We would rather believe the latter case is true. The one salient violation of the hospitality of this country by German naval officers s seen in the manner of disabling ships interned in our harbors Even. before diplomatic re- lations were broken: off with Ger- meny, the officers apd crews-of these into mis- NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1017. v interned ships put the engines of these liners out of commission. All this, too, was going on or had been done while off pledged its faith the honesty of the United States. ' The General of the Hamburg-American line made public utterance to the effect that the German government believed the United States would not make illegal use of the German ships which have been stored for safety in these ports. Yet, while this public pronouncement was followed words to the same effect from the German Foreign Sec- retary, Zimmermann, the crews were busily monkey Al Germany in Director has by engaged throwlng wrenches and crow-bars in the ma- chinery. Such acts do not imply im- pliclt trust. It is fitting and proper that Hungary should have a diet. FACTS AND FANCIES. ~ It may develop that the United States acquired the Danish West In- dies none too soon.~—Springfield Union. 2 \ What is the explanation of the de- struction of German ships in United States ports, it was not intended that this country should interpret the Ger- man note as it did?—Norwich Bul- letin. It now appears that under the old form of United States treasury book- keeping there would be a defloit of $30,000,000 in the department, but under the new which does not reckon the obligations, there is a balance of $90,000,000.—Bridgeport Post. They were adrift 46 hours. Two sailors died as the result of their pri- vations. The feet and hands qf the @ther refugees were frozen. It was to prevent such sufferings as these by neutral sailors on the Spanish Algor- ta, sunk in submarine warfare, that all the nations adopted the humane rules of international law limiting war at sea.—New York World. History will record with mingled awe and amazement the fact that a revolver shot fired in June, 1914, by cne Gavrilo Prinzip eventually plunged the whole world into war. A small cartriige exploded and. lo, all the stupendous antagonistic forces of reaction and progress girded them- .selves for a conflict the like of which even the imagination of the seer who predicted Armageddon could not con- ceive—New York Sun. Crossing the Bar. Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea. But such a tide as moving asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep ‘Turns again home, seems Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness farewell, ‘When I embark; of For tho’ from out our bourne.of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pildt face to face When I have crossed the bar. . —ALFRED TENNYSON. Pointed Paragraphs. .(Chicago News). There’s very little to be gained by being a knocker. How the average man dislikes an~ other who is smarter than he! Some people tell the truth only when a lle won't answer the purpose. After marriage has opened a blind lover’s eyes he is entitled to sym- pathy. Weigh some men and you'll find them wanting in everything—except weight. Do vou happen to know a father who would want his son to follow in his footsteps? It's hard to get turned down, but it is still harder not to be able to turn anything up. It's a fortunate thing for one-half the world that the other half doesn’t know how it lives—or why. Note the evil results of smoking as illustrated by the volcano; it constant- ly suffers from eruptions, Tt isn't enough to tell a girl she is pretty. Tell her she is the pret- tiest girl you know if you would knock tke persimmons. / Statistics show that the average woman would rather draw a biank in the matrimonial lottery than to take no chance at all. As to the Melting Pot. (Wall Street Journal.) The extent to which we ourselves are in the melting pot, may be seen from the extraordinary influence of Prussianism in the Middle West, or the utterly undemocratic growth of class consciousness among the labor unions, many of them with a member- ship hardly able to speak Fnglish, and certainly to think in English. In other ways equally striking our Ameri- canism is being modified. Is it being improved? It is a physiological fact that our educated classes are breeding out, and we are actually repopulating largely from the class we profess to “assimilate.” two, is there not at least an chance that this class may assimilate our superior selves? ‘Within a generation or | even | Standard Box Cars. (Commerce and Finance.) The box car is to be standardized. This partioular economy in railroad transportation has been urged by students of railway oproblems for several years. In this newspaper as long ago as July, 1918, appeared an article, “What is the Matter With the Rallroads?” in which the hetero- geneity of the collection of box cars on the various roads was cited as the hole through which millions were being wasted each year. The committee appointed by the American Raillway assoclation has acted. That committee has for Its head, E. P. Ripley of the Atchison; Presidents Smith of the New York Central; Rea of the Pennsylvania; Harrison of the Southern; Kruttsch- nitt of the Southern Pacific; Elliott of the New Haven, and Markham of the Illinois Central. Sub committees were made up of car builders and representatives of the mechanical de- partments of various roads. Now they have decided on three to five standard types of cars as a be- ginner. These include the double- sheathed car, the steel frame, single- sheathed car, and the all-steel car. The first type may be bullt for either 80,000 or 80,000 pounds capacity, the second for 80,000 pounds capacity, and the third for 80,000 or 100,000 pounds | capacity. Orders for some of the new type cars have been placed and work on them begun, A riot of car styles has been one of the horrible wastes in railroading. Of the box car there have been 1,100 varieties. Ever? road built such class, style and character of cars as the fancy of the car designer dictated. Every railroad md, tnmcl has, its own epartment. de;!:gi?:nfiflz of styles has added de- cldedly to the cost of building the box car and has led to complications in repair work so aggravating and ex- pensive that the wonder is standard- {zation did not come sooner. Fantastic stvles and all the wastes of the old system have been justified, or sought to be justified, on the ground that standardization would nullify initiative and remove the in- centive under which the mechanical experts have worked to develop the railroad car heretofore. There are 2,600,000 box cars on our railroads, It is estimated that stan- dardization will reduce the cost of car construction possibly $100 per car. Added to that must be put the wiping out of the scores of car designing de- partments maintained by the railroads and the putting to better uses of the yard spaces now taken up by car de- signers. Then must be added the economy in repair work, owing to all railroad shops having standardized parts in stock, instead of being affliot- ed with the jumble of today. And lastly, there is the saving in the em- ployment of the car. Today from five to ten per cent. of the box cars are in the repair shops. Simplicity in repair work probably would reduce this un- employment one-quarter or one-third. It probably will take ten years to get rid of the present box cars. Therefore, the economy of the stan- dardized box car, while it will begin at once, will be small at the start and will increase cumulatively until all the 1,100 types of cars of today are gone and the American railroad has only. the necessary 50 or 70 styles. Russia in Alaska. (Erie Times) On the maps the’ international boundary between the United States and Russia is drawn as running through the middle of Bering strait and thence straight to the pole. It was established when Alaska became American territory to separate the known lands of the east from the known lands of the west. There has never been any dispute concerning its location. A number of years ago a party of American explorers discovered four small islands in the Arctic ocean off the Siberian coast and hoisted the Am- erican flag on them in token of Am- erican possession by right of discov- ery. It is conceivable that the islands are rich in mineral wealth, ard it is certain that profitable fisheriés might be established on them were they not so remote from civilization. But no one took any notice of the discovery, and it was not generally known that the empire of the United States had been enlarged. Now attention is called to the frozen islands by news that the Russian gov- ernment has formally taken posses- sion of them, says an exchange. The actlon is based on the fact that the islands are west of the international boundary. Which raises the question as to when a boundary, especially a bound- ary drawn in the midst of the sea, is really a boundary. It may be argued that the boundary is established to separate only such lands as are known at the time of its establishment. Lands later discovered may, perhaps, be claimed by the discoveries regardless of their location. The Russian conten- tion doubtless is that the boundary was established to settle rorever the ownership of all lands known or un- known. Fortunately the question possesses only academic interest. This islands are not of sufficient value to warrant a serious controversy. If Russia real- ly has her heart set on them it is un- likely that the United States will make any vehement protest. Picketing Problems. (Washington Star). It is explained by an official of the Congressional Union, the militant suf- frage organization, that there is no intention to picket the Capitol when the president goes there on his legis- lation-guiding trips, and that the rea- son for this is both political and phy- sical. In the first place the president is held to be more directly accountable for the failure to enact the national amendment than congress and in the second place the capitol has too many doors and is too much exposed to the wind. If it were not for the multitude of doors and the sweep of the wind picketing might be under- taken there, for the reason that if the president is accountable for the lack of legislation it would seem to be the time when he goes to the legisla- tive halls. Probably if the matter were ex- plained clearly to the president he would agree to use a certain door in entering and leaving the capitol and would select one affording & maximum of shelter for the suffrage pickets from the winds that sweep Capitol Hill. ‘For the president has always shown himwmelf to bhe courteous and apparently has not been in the slight- est degree annoyed by the picketing at the White House. Perhaps the Congressional Unifon will regard it as beneath the dignity of its cause to trafic with the enemy, even to the extent of securing such an arrange- ment. Hut it {8 worth suggesting nevertheless, especially in view of the fact that early in the campaign the ‘White House guards on a bltterly cold morning invited the pickets at the outer gates to come inside to get warm. This invitation, it may be re- corded, was not accepted, but it throws light on the probable readiness of the president to be accommodating in the matter of his capitol and exits if the union ghould want to carry the crusade to the hill A Pianist on Papers. (Hartford Times.) Mr. Percy Grainger, a planist from abroad, finds that our newspaper fill abroad, finds in our diviligation. So they do. After making that discov- ery, Mr. Grainger, according to the New York Evening Post, ‘goes on to praise them. To begin with, he says they “fill the empty vold.” By void does he mean some train journey, the trip on the unsufferable trolley, the endless bumping of the senescent ferry? Or does he mean by that arid word our lack of music of art, of religious in- spiration? We rather infer that he means the latter, but is polite enough not to put it so boldly In every newspaper, he notes that the reader finds “some truth, some facts, some amusement.” Later on he suggests delicately, that the read- er “also finds many things to appeal to the imagination.’. Like his tauto- logous remark abdut the ‘“empty void,” that too is capable of two or more interpretations; but we trust he means kindly. Imagination is a noble enimal. The press of the United States seeks to stir it up to snort and rear and show its good points; and it is seldom that the beast runs away with its trainer. When it does, of course, the resuits are unfortunate. But Mr. Grainger needn’t-have gong so far as to have tried to praise the “comics.” These he actually professes to admire on his own account, say- ing that “they are decidedly an Amer- ican expression,” and artistic ‘be- cause they appeal to the imagination and amuse.” We should have liked him just as well for not having felt that he had to say that. He is Kkind, more than kind, in not saying °any more than he did: Clarksburg’s Ambition. (€leveland Plain Dealer.) Shifting State capitals by arbitrary legislative action is by no means com- mon. The most recent instance was the moving of the seaf of the Okla- homa government from Guthrie to Oklahoma City, but Oklahoma was a new State, and the people had not become accustomed to any capital The shift brought no breaking of home ties. Other states, such as Mis- souri, Kentucky, Michigan and Lou- isiana, retain small villages or towns as their capitals despite the fact that they contain great and important cities. Some may remember when Mil- ledgeville was the capital of Georgia and when New Haven shared with Hartford the honor of being capital of Connecticut; and it was compar- atively recently that Newport ceased to rank as one of the capitals of Rhode Island. Ohio’s change from Chillicothe to Columbus was so long ago that few Ohioans are aware that the Ross county city was ever the capital. A bill is now pending in the West Virginia legislature to move the cap- ital from Charleston to Clarksburg. Both towns are centrally situated. Charleston has 10,000 Inhabitants; Clarksburg 3,000. The difference is not enough to be of weight in a state that possesses only one city of im- portance. Wheeling, despite its loca- cation, was the first capital of the state, but was compelled to yleld the honor to Charleston. There was some reason for the “‘Wheeling-Charleston shift, . there s none apparent in the proposed shift, from Charleston to Clarksburg. It is not likely that the West Vir- ginia legislature will give serious at- tention to the Clarksburg proposition. ‘Husbands and Calories. Have you a little diet squad in your home, or does your husband object to hearing you count your calories over every one apart? Canvassing among those who have written some of the hundreds of let- ters which have poured daily into the diet kitchen where the rookie police- men recently were tested, the startling fact is revealed that husbands stand in the way of economy—as for as the table is concerned. They are not nearly so interested in calories, lipoids and dodging little vitamines as they are in a good, square meal. The ver- dict on the diet experiment invariably is: “Oh, yes, the menus are excellent, so nourishing (this last with much em- phasis), but it would never do for my husband.” Page Diogenes and tell him to polish up his flickering lantern and go in search of a new species of dletitian! A . dietitian who can compose menus like this: Breakfast—Oatmeal and cream, buttered toast, eggs and coffee. /Luncheon—Vegetable soup, broiled lamb chop, rice croquettes with jelly and tea. Dinner—Celery, olives, oysters on the half shell, fried chicken, gravy, baked sweet potatoes, baked corn, orange sherbert and coffee. Cost, twenty-filve cents a day. Every husband will be pleased with economy on such a scale. - The average American family meets once a day—at dinner—and accord- ing to New York wives and mothers | most-appropriate to-admontsh: him.at | the husbands-demand-what:sheycall &, McMILLAN ST0 Incorporated DULL DAYS AT BUSY BIG STORE | THE With prevailing high prices elsewhere this store offers a list of excep- tionally interesting values on seasonable merchandise. Read Carefully This List i and note the Women’s Tailored SUITS Reduced to $5.98 each values we are offering for the next few days— Women’s Tub Dresses all new desfgns, Splendid values, in Percales and Ginghams, sizes up to ‘¢ 48. Priced 98c, $1.49 and $1.98 each. EXQUISITE NEW BLOUSES AT SPECIAL F EBRUARY PRICES. Blouses of Voiles and Organdies.l lace and button trimmed, some in new deep collar effects, special $1.98 each. White China Silk Blouses with smart round collars, special $1.98 each. % i- OUR FEBRUARY NECKWEAR SALE Offers four hundred dainty new co. from in Broadcloth, Georgette Crepe, a llars. nd Wash Chiffons; More than 30 styles to choose * ruffled, tucked and hemstitched effects. Also many embroidered and lace trimmed, pique organdie and net collars. $1.69. Knit Underwear Selling here at less than prevailing prices. ‘WOMEN'’S VESTS AND PANTS at 45c garment. Size 36 to 44. Value b69¢c.. Vests are made Dutch elbow sleeve and low neck, sleeveless. Pants band style, ankle length. CHILDREN’S VESTS AND PANTS. Carter make. Special 85c garment. Values to 70c. All sizes 20 to 34. OUR ANNUAL SILK' SALE February Sale prices 49c and 98c each. Values to Children’s Union Suits ‘Winter weight for boys and girls in white and grey, sizes 3 to 6, values to 85c. Special Sizes 7 to 9. Values to 96c. Spe- 75¢ suit. , School Hose Boys and Girls, fine and heiw ribbed, black in all sizes. Spe- R \ L4 Every piece of silk in the store reduced for this special Siik selling. Saturday the last day to buy reliable Silks at cut prices, so make your - choice now while the savings are extraordihary. Towels Specially priced for this selling. Extra large heavy ‘Turkish Towels: 19c values at ............ 15c.each. 29c values at .... «... 25¢c each. Hemstitcheti Huck Towels 39c values at ‘White or fancy colored hems. Scarfs and Shams Values to 75c at 48c and 59c each. 3rd Floor Oflefings e DUTCH SCRIM CURTAINS All ready to hang. Special valyes $1.25 pair. L Lace Edge and Hemstitched Curtains values at 75c and 98c pair. Bath Robe Blankets- ‘With girdle and frogs complete. A% belated shipment arrived from - the 4 mills this week. Special values $2.50 and $3.50 each. Special - WOOL GLOVES OF ALL KINDS WE HAVE THEM Because a shipment that should have been here last reached our store this week. ‘What's more, prices are lower here than November fust . elsewhere. Assortments complete from the short Golfs to the long Knit Skating Gloves. CHILDREN’S WOOL GLOVES WOMEN’S GOLF GLOVES ... Value LONG SKATING GLOV. Leather Goods New Hand Bags. Assorted leathers. Some with inside fittings. Values to $1.50. Special 89c each. . 25c, 89c¢, Boc pafr, ... 29¢ to B9c pair, 25c to 69c pair. ce ....69c pair, . veus..38c to $1.15 pair. THOUSANDS of VALENTINES 1c to 10c each $1.00. good dinner. That means steak, chops, chicken. Beans, bread, barley and all the other brain and brawn builders are comparatively cheap and rich in food values, but American husbands are not really so interested in economical calories as their conversation might indicate. Oh, yes, they don't want their meals to cost too much, but they demand expensive cuts of meat. A housewife must economize, but not on her husband’s meals. His attitude, ac- cording to his wife, i8: “I earn the money and ought to get something for 1t.” So. Diogenes, please come out of re- tirement and search for a dietitian who can feed the hungry husbands as they would be fed, and remember: Twenty-five cents a day is the limit, Lord Kitcher and the Photographer. (Manchester Guardian.) “The Daily Mail,” which once tried to make the world believe that “The Daily Mail” had been wrong in its earlier belief in T.ord Kitchener's strength, should overhaul its new be- lief about his weakness. In a review of Lord Kitchener's memorial book today the journal say “All great men have their weaknesse§, and Lord Kitchener’s was to be photographed.™ Nothing could be further from the truth. He only sat for has photograph twice in thirty years, and despite all the attempts made, even Lrom the most influential quarters, to get him to sit during the time he was secre- tary for war, he never would ba bothered to do so. All the portraits published of him were, I believe, cither snapshots or sketches made from observation. Scintilations. (Mail Order Journal.) What dew is to the flower words are to the heart, Lambs oft rush into Wall where old sheep fear to tread. Never kick a dog to which you have not been introduced. i Enthusiasm is o great and valuable asset in business, | The man who quits smoking has more money—for his wife to spend at the movie: Courte: picks up all the business | that inclvility drops. Put your best foot forward and ygp will keep up in front where the good /customers are. A dog’s bark may be worse than his bite, but give us the barlk, please, just the same. 3 Do all you can to cultivate your im- agination. Tt will help you to get the customer’s point of view and that will help you to make sales . kind§ Street “A Major Force. (Washington Star) g Eurove is now struggling fo settle an argument as to what constitutes a~-major-force,