New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 1, 1917, Page 6

D PUBLISHING GOMPANY Proprietors. dally (Bunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m.. ‘6t Herald Building. »7 Church St at the “Post' Ot New Britain a8 Second Class Mail Matte: by carrier to anv -art of the city 15 cents a ween. .83c & month ptions for vaper to be seat. Hy WAl w in advance. €0 ceni> a woata. . yea. snly profitable adverustni miedicm eity: Circulation books and Fress always onen to adlvertisers will be founa en ssle at Hota- nd St. and Broad- thou, my Country, thou shalt ever fall T th ‘thy children. 5.7 ~WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. TO ALL AMERICANS. * can be no overestimation of ement with which the: pub- ust receive the latest news. of n intrigue. The exposition of in the possession - of this iment is Hable to cause a wave nation to sweep over the coun- *there will be no" injustice ‘any man of foreign: birth, so ‘accusations shall not be flung ill-feeling stirred, Americans be' ca: 1 in speech and ac- Foreign-born' men and women country are not responsible plofi of an overseas govern- Yesterday ~the Council of ‘Dcfensc issued an appeal to | ricans to ‘show every = con: n for aliens in, this country, reads:—“We call upon 1 if untoward elents should ¢ upon us, to vresent to these| pns, 1 of whom tomorrow will ns, an attitude of ‘neither nor -agareseiveness. We miillions of - forelgn-born ./ with: jed manner and -with un- d wind*% .- AN aupaciovs pLof fue in 3 ple of \nger sur- them. The estartling story today by-the Associated uthentic in every detall, b proof of every charge, de @gatu:t Germany rests on the 8 desk In Washington. 1If, ¥lots to this, thero'had ‘been any ibt of the wisdom of sending von mstortt out ot the country, it is W seen he went none too soon. , 18 preposterous to magine that an at this time ‘would forsake its farice with Russia’ ps of the Entete Allies to join with ny in waging a war against the ted States. Japan has too many tages to.gain from its agreement Russia by which it is permitted exploit China, < ‘What' Mexica’ do is another story. Had the carried, had not the United Secret Service unearthed the e which should now forestall attempt on the territory of -.the ted States, the people on the bor- ¢ might:have tasted the bitterness of warfare. 5 gmany is desperate. Her cunning ckery are evidences of a nation mad with the lust for world At the same time they are s of disappointment. Not Ang Hzed what* she at -first eamedfmust come about there is this wort toyunderhand methods. There mng\x evidence at hand to convict grmany. before the world court. The /States government has been Of all these pernicious activi- for many days. :That they were ‘made public long ago was due to visd of Woodrow Wilson who cite the public mind. in part made public ‘news gathering ability d Press. 11 calibre politicians’ at on will now be brought to a . _Those members of the f. Representatives and the e who have played .the con- pptible game of politics on the very of disaster must now-be brought “a realization of their offenses. g ci in) must line up with' their country | )r with the enemy.” The same holds e for all American citizens who up fiis have sympathized with any of foreign powers as against the best ests of the United States. The ering of the audacious scheme | through invadc this country should be cnough to cement ople of the nation against all : Any hint of a. plot against of cur very homes should d other mem-’| the United; States by ""Mexico’ would lead certain of its statesmnen to readily tfali in with the plan of Germany "¢hould see the' light. ~President’ Wil- son knew what he was doing, even if ! his cnemics were hoodwinked. which promi-ed financial support andy —_—— = the return of ios{ te in. New Mexico, Texas apd Arizoma, There could he no better inducement to some {officials in Mexico. What will grieve most people in this country is that Count von Bcrnstorff played a Jeykil- Hyde role. While purporting to be =0 > people of the United States he was planning an invidious attack upon ihem. Those machina- o tefrible as to lcave little i doubt what will happen throughout tes in the next “few hours. Therc will be a complote or ganization of spiritual forces. Ameri- | cans at heart, no matter what their | previous nationality, must, stand to- gether. The wheat must be separated from the chafr. itory ;_ BYSINLSS SESSION. Lagst . nighg «the Common Council spent_a long' time discussing various matters of importance, and its con- | clusions will meet ‘with general ap- proval. Perhaps the most important .actlon ¢ was that taken late in/the, evening 4 just before adjournment, when Mr. Landers introduced. ‘resolution plainly intended to reconcile con- flicting opinions on the subject of the { new Firc and Police Boards. To the . Beneral desire among citizens to es- ¥ {lblhh‘ single hcaded ‘commissions for | these departments as soon as it is | sensibly possible, there isino dissent. | The only question is as to the méthod | o procedure in bringing aboutfthis result. By adopting Mr.. Landers’ resolution, the: Common Council puts itself on record as in favor: of .single hndu& commissions. It is- granted the power, without further legislative action, to cstablish these commissions as soon as ‘the pnm Charter { Amendments have made things ready | for such action. e Sy If the Herald senges public “opinion correctly, the ppople are tired of the political slant which has been. given to the conduct of these t"m'lmporh.nt (epartments. . Citizens witl await with impatience legislative- action provid- ing for the separation of these two branches and the plscing of the fire and’ police’ business in ‘th¢ hands of ‘men ‘whose only alm ‘will: be to ébtain efliciency for the city's ihterest. - Such men are wanted who will themsclves be only {oo glad to' turn’ their ‘work over as soon as possjble to one com- pctent man who as a_single headed commijssioner shall thenceforth be in charge of the department. /A3 to salaries, no one denies that the positiop of Prosecuting Attorney s efiiciently filled and merits compen- safion ‘accordingly. - The 'belated—ac- tion looking to an ‘adequate and ap- propriate salary for 'the Corporation Counsel ghould bring a favorable re- port to the ‘Salary Conimtittee. The city is fortunate-to have; in these positions thoroughly “competent at- torneys like Senator Klett and Judge Cooper. The- services of such men |should be recognized, though ‘of €ourse the new amounts .which are .recommended to be paid them by the city can only make up in part what these officials might earn in their profession were they not barred from accepting a -very. considerable amount of business by reason of their muynicipal connections. The new salary of the ‘Mayor is in line with the figures paid in other cities of New Britain’s size, and is not excessive, when ‘thé hundreds of de- mands upon thc Mayor's private purse for various public matters are taken into account. The new schedule of wages for the fire department was argued at length and more intelligently than has often been the case in the past. 1t is‘encouraging to scc our Com- 'mon’ Céuncil transact city business from a business standpoint only and without a trace of political bias. a | i America has learned many things as a result of the European war. | Where once it fmported material it | now produccs. This is notably so in the casc cf potash, one of the most important chemicals known to science, Last year this .country produced 10.000 tons of potash. The value of this crop was $3,500,000, showing the importance of it all. In 1915, the year previous, there had been but 1,000 tons of potash produced in this { country. When the end of this year I bas rolled around the production of | potash will probably have jumped *o |a mew high record. Americans who . previous to the war had relied upon i European countries for all sorts of ’malcrlul have now learned they can secure as gocd if not better products in their own land. The gates are | sraduaily being lowered against out- | stders. x Chanccllor von Bethmann-Hollweg should now be given another chance i to dddress the Reichstag. In his ! previous attemp: he could find no i good reason for President Wilson’s | cending Ambassador ‘von. Bernstorit out of the country, Mfi; the evidence "ACTS AND FANCIES. The Cuban revolt seems destined to be even ‘less important than some of lits predecessors.—Schenectady - Ga- zette. I It will cost New York state some- { thing 1ike#512,500,000 for the coming jyear toftuke carc of the state’s de- fectives.—Bridgeport Post. Well, housewives have been mash- |ing potatoes for a good many years. { You can’t blame the potato for re- | ciprocating.—New York Tribune. which rhymes with “boom,” would postpone bone-drys ness October, which rhymes with “sober.” - But the poets are too sad to sing—New York World. ’ When governors , and legislatures are pro-tailroad, how,shall it be ex- pected that commissioners, will be en- ‘tirely . free of the %ame error?— Bridgeport Farmer. A “prominent lawyer of Now Ha- jven” tells Rev. Arthur E. Good- cnough of that city that “fatty degen- cration of the conscience” is what afls the community.—Hartford Cou- vant. Rep. Moon, The Binghampton Press ought to be spanked and sent to bed without its supper. For it has the consums mate never to ask, “Where, oh -where, in this hour of national peril, is L.:.'.“‘ Marjorie’s ~ Tribupe: « battleship ?"— Hartford Times. -1 ° 4 : 98 demanding & - Some of these chaps i “refereridum” on ‘war with Germany didn't holler for a referendum when they were trying to get the Washing, ton government to. grab off a slice of Mexico.—Paterson Press Guardian. “'Knell of the short skirt'is .squnded. New York expert says .women W wear 'em short and thin have to eal more to keep . warm; and, eatin| more, ' they’ll’ grow tlt..—-Paterno' Press Guardian. The United States has given but nine millions to Belgian rellef ‘whilel making 15 millions profits on Belgian supplies. This country’s .most val- uable contribution has been in - the personal management of the distribu~ tion.—Passaic News. > SR e SR A Market Order. (Adelbert B\, Caldwell, in Indiana- polis News.) . 5 One egg (we'll keep for company) is ‘ all we can afford, 5 sy, ) £o in your memorandum, John, you may put e egg down; Three small potatoes you may get—.| *twill break into our hoard— Still we must be respectable since we have moved to town. We used to buy a quart of milk for 5 cents—on the square;- And often we had in:the house two fresh quarts at a time, This morning get a cent's worth; John—'tis all that we can.| spare; To huy a pint—extravagance— ‘twere counted as a crime! 1'd like to have a loaf of bread but that must never be; Say, get two slices of you can—we'll © try to make that do. The children shall eat cheaper food, I think we must agree. We'll save the bread for Uncle Luke, Aunt Mary and Aunt Sue. Some sugar? I almost forgot; a dracms worth I could use, But—ought we to get quite so much —not on account of heft. For William needs an overcoat and Jane a pair of shoes; Still John, order @ grain or two—' If you have money left. Landed. (Albany Evening Journal.) “God knows where will land ‘it this country enters the war,” ' ex- claimed James R. Mann of Chicago, leader of the republican members of the house of representatives, -in a speech delivered last Friday. 3 “‘God knows where we will land,” 'said the men of Boston in 1775, “if we ‘toss this tea’ into Massachusetts bay.” “God knows where we will land,”, said the cmbattled fdarmers at Con- cord and Lexington in 1776, “if we fire ‘the shot heard round the ‘worls £ “God knows where we will land,” said Thomas Jefferson to John Han- cock on the Fourth of July, 1776, “if we affix our signatures to this Dec- laration of Independence.” “God knows where we will land,” said. George Washington to his offi- cers at Valley Forge in 1777, “if we f don’t surrender before the winter is “God knows where we will land,” said Captain Oliver H. Perry, to his next in command in 1813, ‘“If . we should happen ‘to meet the enemy.” “God know# where we will land,” said Stephen Decatur in 1815 to the captain of the flagship as the Bar- bary pirates bore down upon him in the Mediterranean, “if we don’t give up the, ship.” -, “God knows where we will land,” said Abraham Lincoln to Willlam H. Seward when the Stars and Stripes on Fort Sumpter were fired upon fin April, 1861, “unless we give up the union.” “God knows where we will land,” said William McKinley to his cabinet when the Mainc went down in Ha- vana harbor. “God knows where we will land, " said Admiral Dewey at Ma- intla, May 1, 1898, “if you fire.” | " God knows wherc the American na- tion will land if it does not defend its citizens in their lawful occupations heir rightful errands on the high sens,” to use the words of President Wilson +in his address of February 3, God knows where the Hon. James R. Maon has already landedl NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDA GERMANY WILL FAIL | IN FAR EAST PLOT Dr. Iyenaga Tells of Tenton Cot- spiracies for Two Years New York, March 1.—Dr. T. lyen- aga, editor of the Far East and West News bureu and the unofficial spokes- nfan of Japan in the United States, ex- pressed no surprise when informed last night of -the Washington revela- tions of Germany’s attempt to align ‘Japan and Mexico with her in hostill- ties against the United States. Dr. Iyenaga asserted with convjc- tion that “‘that sort of thing” ! been going on. almost ever sinceethe start of the war, that German pro- pagandists in this country had-had as one of their main objects the terror- izing: of ° Americagns with phantom fears of Japgnese aggression, and that some newspapers, particularly the New York American had favored the propaganda. He sajd it was perfectly clear that Germany’s ‘object was two-fold; first, o ‘alrm this country to such a degree it would be afraid to formulate a definite policy in defense of itself against German-outrage and, second, to weaken the entente by alienating one of 'its most powerful members and concluding' a separate treaty ‘of peace therewith. . He insisted<that it was of the utmost importance that, the government and | thie people of the United States should -be ‘made to perceive the shadow .of . German agents behind the whole con- spiracy ‘and to realize that there ex- isted not the remotest chance of Japan lending herself to any such "hostility to ‘the United States-on the one hand or any such treachery to her present allies on the other. " “Are yov surprised!” he began. ‘Any one could have read the whole thing between -the lines. Japan will not do such' a thing—that is the -one great obstruction to the fruition of the German plans. Japan could not do it, she would not do it, she has not contemplated doing it. Berlin Stirs Up Feeling. “Of course, every intelligent ob- server ‘'must have been aware that Germany has been active in every re- spect to alienate the. good feeling be- tween Japan and the United States and transfer the whole burden of the enmity America has come to bear her to the shoulders of Japan. That «clearly has been the policy of The New York American in particular. If .you read their editorials of this morning and yesterday morning, - es- peclally their references to the speech I ‘made recently before the World's Court League at the Biltmore, you may perceive clearly the propaganda they have been carrying on. “Of course the whole scheme of thé German agents may be seen to have been to altenate this long-stand- ing frindship between Japan and the United States, to conclude a separate pPeace with Japan, and if possible, Russia, and then to arrange a joint attack on the United States whenever she miglit begin hostilities. That has been going on for some two years or more. I have known for quite some time that such a movement was in progreps. £ “The reply that should be made most emphatic is that Japan will not panticipate in any such policy. lapan is prevented by the -Anglo-Japanese alliance, which is in force until 1923. It would be against Japan’s Bushido Code—the ancient code of chivalry whereby her warriors were sworn to loyalty and faith. That alliance with England binds the two nations to do everything in their power to help each other in time of stress, and Japan will continue to live up to it scrupulously,’ just as she has been doing during all this great conflict. Let me say again as distinctly as I can that Japan is not going to be a traitor among the nations. . “I beg/that the people of this coun- try may realize that this propaganda 1s being most assiduously carried on, and that they will not allow them- selves to be tricked by it.. I know she will fail. I am not in position to discuss any phase of this situation from a diplomatis angle—that is, for the Japanese embassy in Washing- ton—but I do so with authority for Japan, Germany will fail. ‘Would Make Us Cowards. “If one will study the whole trend of events in this war one must indeed realize that the one great aim of Germany has been to instill in this country the fear of attack, to so work. on the feelings of the American people that they. would be fearsome that the moment the United States adopted a definite policy to defend her honor, the lives of her citizens, her property, and her commerce, she would be ggtacked in the back. She will not be, 'she need not fear being, and I sAy to you it is time for this country, “to formulate just such a definite, policy without apprehension of trouble in the west which never will beset her. 1 believe even now nothing has detained her but this fear that another power might stab her in the back. ‘. “Let me repeat that these revela- tions that'Germany has been trying to stir up Japan to war on the United States 'simply furnished confirmation of this particular phase of German propaganda, and that its only danger lies in its not being recognized as duch.- This fear of Japanese aggres- sion is nonsense; it is sheer nonsense, and I am able to say most positively that Japan is perfectly willing that the United States should come in the war with a policy of her own in her own defense and Japan will welcome her when she does come in. “This you must clearly understand —this your great newspaper must make crystal clear—that all this ef- fort, on the part of The New York American in particular—to stir up ‘hatred of the Japanese nation and to inculcate anticipation of Japanese attack at the first opportunity is Ger- man propogands pure and simple, _refreshments will be served. | twenty, Y, MARCH 1, 1917. . demigned for the sole reason of ham pering the American nation from tak-" ing aggressive steps in defense of its own honer. Recognize it #ljsas Ger- man propoganda and it¥attains at once the insignifizance it merits.” NS R B A, W, C./T\ U, ANNUAE MEE¥ING. to Be Elected Friday After- moon at Y. W. C. A, The annual mceting of the W, C. T. U, will be held tomorrow at 3 p. m. at the Y. W. C. A. The county president, Mrs, Mary E. 'Wells of Wethersfield, will take charge of the election of officers. The treasurer will be pleased at this time to receive dues. A social will follow the meeting and A lange attendance of meémbers -is desired. HOTEL MAN HELD FOR SELLING T0 HINORS Proprietor ol Hot_ei—Nelson iy pears in Polige Court Charged with violation of the excise statutes in sale of liquor to minors at the Hotel Nelson ofh Myrtle street, Hilding Nelson was arraigned before Judge James T. Meskill in police court today and held for o hearing Tuesday under bonds of $200. Liquor Prose- cuting Attorney B. W. Ailling ap- peared for the state and Attorney M. . Saxe was counsel for the defend- ant. «The warrant was issyed as a re- sult of testimony given in connection with the trial of Leo Schumski, aged and;-Mrs. Mary Dyka, aged seventeen, Monday for misconduct at the ‘hotel. - They testified that they Officers | went to the hotel Saturday night to secure liquor and the’former admit- téd that he had been there previously. Willlam Brown, employe of the hot testified that they were served witk liquor in room -224, where the woman was found by her husband: It became known today that the authorities are making a rigid inves- tigation of: conditions in which sale of liquor to minors is alleged. It is in- timated that there will he more ar- rests in the near future with some sensational testimony. Lately there has been an apparent increase in the number of boys and those under age in court, charged with intoxication: or’ connected with cases in which the use of liquor has ‘been prominently mentioned in the testimony. John Dobruck, nineteen years old, of Wilson street, who ‘was fined $10, and costs in court ' yesterday for breach of the peace in Keeney’s the- ater, blamed his liquor-stimulated «condition for the trouble. After court he was taken in charge by police of- ficials 'and grilled as to where he bought the liquor. Names of. compan- jons with him were taken. Although the authorities are reticent as to the information secured, it'is intimated that a number of license holders were implicated. 3 According to rumors, the authorl- ties are invegtigating complaints that minbrs of th sexes have little trouble in getting liquor ~served to. them, if they know where to go. Sev- eral hotels are said to be implicated relative to the use of their ladies’ par- lors and improvised grill rooms. That the rumors of more rigid In- spection of plices where women can be served with lquor has attracted wide attention is attested to by the many inquiries made of policemen on street beats. Although no official an- nouncement has been made, it is un- derstood that the authorities contem- plate no action excepting where wom- en are steady patrons and have a dif- ferent male escort on nearly every visit, pass much time there or visit the place several times during the day or night. In such instances, it is in- timated the woman will be closely watched, her conduct on the street noted and inquiry made as to her as- sociates. < New Britain has had the reputation of being one of the cleanest communi- ties in the state, as far as supervision of the Nduor trafic and morality go. The authorities internd that the repu- tation shall not be lost. GERFSKI GOING BACK TO CHESHIRE Locat Youth Was on Parolc When Involved in North Main “Strect Gang Figitt, Michael Gerzeski, twenty years old, of 28 Gold street, th® first person committed to the state reformatory at Cheshire following the opening of that institution, is to come under the correctional supervision of its-officials again. Fhis action will remove an- other Adocal case from the docket of the March superior court session, Micheel having taken an appeal from the judgment of the local police court. He has been awaiting a re-hearing of evidence connected with the historic gang fight on North Main street the night of January 9, in which black- jacks and other weaponswere used. He was fined $200 and costs with six months in jail for carrying concealed weapons while Zigmund Shumsky was given three months in jail on a like charge. Both took an appeal. The case came to the attention of the reformatory authorities, Michael being on parole from that institution, and they acted. Yesterday word was received to round him up, Sergeamt W. C. Hart and Policeman Thomas Storey getting him last night. He will be returned to.the reformatory today by officials of that institution to serve an indefinite term. He was ar- rested by the police in 1910 for bur- glary and, in 1913, was again arrested on a similar charge, held for superior court and committed to the reforma- tory. Since his release on parole, the authorities say, he has has allied him- eelf_with his former cronies and has given the authorities considerable trouble. s ONLY TWO DECLINE |ARVESTER SECRS. | “RULE OF REASON § 10 FILL IN BLANKS Chicaman and Russian Soldier | Files Answer to Anti-Trust Briel * 3 Plodge Lojalty to U. §. Thus far, in securing data fer fill- ing out the fifteen or twenty thousand military census blanks that have al- ready been filed at the bureau head- 91 Government Washington, . March 1.—In a brisd filed in the supreme court of thd United States today, replying to, thd quarters in city hall, the census agents.{ government’s recent brief, the In have reported but twbd wherein men have dec! instances | ngtional Harvester company = asks to ansWer | tng¢ it be judged “according to the questions. These men wers DOt | rylg of reason rather than the rulcta offensive in their refusal, but simply stated a disinclination. that their refusals were the result of either misinformation regarding the purpose of the census, or an inborn political belief, rather than any dis-{court to dismember loyalty. Each man will be again so licited in order‘to avoid any possible | whose record has been helpful error or opinion before their ‘names | not injurious to the public, It ts thought | janguage of the Sherman law. sise,” and according to the actull - Arguing for the applcation of tha “rule of reason,” the brief asks: “Is it logical, or just, to urge the4 a corporation that possesses no unfair advantage— and whose are reportéd back and filled on the |treatment of competitors by the find< odious blue card: In contrast to these | ing of the lower court has been ‘hone two refusalsare willing census returns | orable, clear and fair'—for fear that = from a Chinaman who proudly ex- |some other combination that has ao« plained that he was an “Amellican,” | tually restrained trade or is' ate and Henry Goodrich, one of the city’s | tempting to do so, may escape ‘pune oldest men and others of foreign [ishment?” 5 birth. : Law Has No Penalty. The brief contends that the cass * against the harvester company restd Senator George W. Klett, chairman | entirely upon its alleged violation, of the senate n judiciary’ committee |of what congress put into the lu# which drafted into a -law Governor | but of what the government counsel Holcomb’s plan for & military census, stated this morning that while census taking’'is in accord with a law now asserts congress had in' min@ e | when it enacted the law. This course, it is declared, upsets of the state of Connecticut, there is |the rule. that the purpose and pro- no penalty attached for failure to fill | hibiti out the cénsus’ blanks. The spnator stated that when the law was drafted | The harvester brief further pol of a statute must be ascers tained from its language. it was suggested that some penaity be | out that the Standard Oil and toba: attached in order to make it possible | companies were condemned, not on n:co\‘:: to enforce it, but some members ob- cause of their size, but jected on the groundssthat it would | of their wrongful purposes and be too mandatory and “However," these blanks willingly an' amendment will be passed by the législature pro. viding a penalty for all who declin Bright and early this morning the Misses Mildred Hellberg, Anna Fits- gerald, Helen Allen, Vera Schade, Ethel Mount and Irené Loomis, super- vised by Aides Johnstone Vance and | E. Burlington Sehurr, continued their routine officé work in a masterly man- | the export trade, ner. These young ladies.have given: their serviceg daily," essisted ‘st vari- ous hqurs of the day by other willing workers. Yesterday's work brought in 5,000 additional census bjanks and last evening William' H. Judd, Mor- gan W. Felt, Thomas H. Clar] Earle C. Gibney, Marry D: Cross, Wil- ‘bert Johnson, F. W. Tull, Eleanor M. pressive acts and the resultant injury companies is a violation of the She man law, and this is declared to | condemnation “by the rule of size,® instead of ‘‘by the rule of reason. The brief points out that the F' eral Trade commission’s recent port, urging amendment of the Sh man law to legalise combinations Tecognizes the vi neceasity . which prompted the ization of the International for rapid develdpment of foreign Judgment by Acta. To * the 'governmént's vark charges of unlawful purpose, it is a: n, | swered “That the acts of men are; best evidence of their inten g the tribute to the honesty Berry, Olive Odenwaldt, Gertrude A.|ness of the business of the Johnson, Lildan ' Johnson, H. A. | tional, in the opinion of Johneon, Antionette Henn and Hplen |in the courts below, is the L. Ryan worked long - after office | evidence that the claim: of hours - listing - and -«checking off ‘the | ernment has no real or | B0V~ substantial mpititude of blanks turned in durlng | foundation.” the day. - ‘. Chinaman Shows Loyalty. It is explicitly denied that the Ine ternational ‘has the power to ¥ A In going over the census blanke|Out competitors or raise prices. I It Mr. Judd came upon several which |is argued that One | share of the harvester trade;. held a human interest story. the Im man, in reply to the question of “Are | decreased during the ten years you a citizen of the United States? |ered by the record, while that'of said he was not, but below he ‘wrote, in reply to the question as to his na- tionality, that he was an “American.” James ‘Cochrane of ' 73 street, after answering all of the ques- tions, added that he is “an ex; rifie shot.” C. H. Barnes of the Y. M. C. A, in taking the census on Arch street, visited 3 Chinese laundry. The Celestial proprietor was the first one interviewéd and when asked if he was a citizsen’of the, United States, he replied with pride:’ “You betche, me Amellica A. Russian, who sald he had seen service in the im- perial army, made 'the verbal com- ment: “I'm tickled to death that I'm an American citizen.” Aged Citizen “Good St ! Henry Goodrich of 211 Arch gtreet, retired and full of the dignity of many | years spent:in an honorable and help- ful career, has filed his census report with those of the other P, & F. Corbin men with whom he feels that he ia closely affiifated. He is one of the' oldest men in the city, his age being. 93 years—and he still considers him- self a good swimmer. There are other standards of meas- urement of usefulness to the state than these which mark a man’s ability as a soldier. Mr. Goodrich might not rank as high in the trenches behind a ma- chine gun as he had done fer many years behind a rifie as a hunter in the Connecticut woods, but in the life he has led, busy, contented, respected, filling his place in the blamelessly, he has made himself of very real present value as an .u;npl. of what a good citizen may be, More Volunteers Needed. The census bureau announces that a number of more outside census takers are needed to make the house community | gompulsory competitors largely . od, | : that new and powmui-.e.::z' o with over $84,000,000 capi! ) ital, have; Columbia | entered the field since the Internas tional- was formed. This does' include the big Massey-Harris com- pany ‘of Canada with resources - of ' $30,000,000. In ten years the Inter- national’s com vs, the brief adds, | increased their capital stock more than $133,000,000, against the Intere national’s $20,000,000 increase.' ‘The - brief. asserts that the Intére national now has less than ¢§ per cent. of the harvesting machine trade and less than 26 per cent. of the trade in all lines of agricultural im- plements that it manufacturers, 3 The briet concludes that the oru- cial issue’ls not as to the purposs of & but whethe: i brought in 1912, it was unduly’ : straining trade or threateming to so. The brief suggests that, in any vieW, * dismissal of the suit without prejudide “would pfrotect the interests of thé public by enabling. the government ' at all times promptly and effectively “ £} to prevent.any attempt to monopos lize .or restrain trade on the part the - defendant.” “HOME ARNY” A Fm/ RE. *. Enroliment of Those' Not. In Army Immjsent n Germany, Copenhagen Is Informed. Copenhagen, March 1, via LondoR, 7:26 a. m.—According to the Germas to house canvass. Other canvassers | papers the ‘compulsory mobilizatioh of Germany’'s “home army”’ is immise 4 who already have a number of filled in blanks are requested to turn’'them in at headquarters at once as the clerks there are able to file and list these blanks as rapidly as they are filled out. Secretary A. H. Andrews of the Chamber of Commerce has fourteen assistants working among the mer- chants and offices and states that over 1,000 blanks will be turnéd in through this office. Authony 8. Andrulewicz,: principal of the Sacred Heart school, has offered his services as a Polish interpreter. Postmaster W. F. Delaney has turned in forty-five completed blanks.from federal employes and H. F. Hodge has returned fifty-seven names from the ranks of the Gas company’s employes. Manager G, F. Groff has completed the telegraph operators census. e S AGED WOMAN FRACTURES HIP. satisfy the actual requiremen large numbers of men are needed once to replace those employed be= - hind the front, to work' in munition % factories which -are now being com- pleted and for the all important farm work. The papers say that the governs ment is prepared for the compulsor® enroliment in the early days of March of all persons between 17 and 60 so that the ruits can be put to Wl from April 1. NEWINGTON GIRD MISSING. Josephine Grabowsky of Newings ton, aged sixteen and a half years, is missing from her home and hes Suffering from a fractured right mother fears that she has yielded | hip, received in a fall at her home, Mrs. Cassin Olson, aged 64 years, of | and decided Forestville was admitted-to New Brit- ain General hospital today for surgi- cal treatment. from her home to this city in a pri. Cupid’s darts, feared parental wrath act first with explane< ations following. Complaint was at police headquarters y ors yesterday. She was transferred =general alarm was seut out for Joss; pPhine’s apprehension and authoriti vate ambulance, Because of her age, | throughout the ‘state will ba' her-conditiont-is regarded as serious, |to be on the lookout for‘hen” 5