New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 20, 1917, Page 8

Bntamlienld. PUBLARRING. COMPANT. Proprietors. ay exospted) o 4:18 p. m., at mnmmu. Cn e at the Post =t Omoe at New Britatn ‘a8 Becond Class Mall Matter. ncurhr:o-nvnrtul etty ™ for 15 cents & week, §5c & month. iptions for paper o be sent by matl payable in advance. €0 cents & mouth, » yoar. -I-lr profitable advertising medium In : Circulation books and press R advertisers. lg&d.‘ If this firgt vestige of the war leads to a revivhl of enlistments in the navy it will have done what many hope 1t will. We must not wait until a sinking as spgc thll which occuréd in Havana har- when the Maine was the victim, \betore we reglize that the war is at | our very deors. It is here. Now is the time for action. S AMERICAN DAY. This is American day in London. The greatest day London ever saw. From the highest tower of' the Parlia- méht building float the Stars and Stripes of America, the first time a foreign flag ever graced such a posi- tion. Elaborate services were held this morning in St. Paul's Cathedral at which the King and Queen prayed ‘;. Hota- IM ‘Broad- Yark City; Board "I& At- Citg,” und Hartford Depot. TELEPHONE CALLS. o ular and cruel as+-sam makes them fall in line. ; Mount; Verson. * { ° No gilded dome swells from the lowly roof ta catch the rning or evening ,beam; but ‘the loye and gretitude of united Anuflu, settle upon - it. in one " eternal sunshine. From beneath ithat humble roof went forth the intrepid and unselfish . warrior, the magistrate who knew no but, his ocountry’s good; to he returned, happiest when his work was done. There he ed in noble simplicity, there he in glory and peace. While it stands, the latest generations of e grateful children .of "America { will make-this pilgrimage to it.as to a shrine; and when' it ehall ‘fall, it fall it must, the memory ‘and' the name of Washington ® shall shed an eternal glory on the —EDWARD BVERETT. fz FIFRICAN uut;fl “dsy in New n as yesterdly. It was one of the city may .well feel proud. é oyer tHie great demon- otpdpa hefe on the 2 rltmu thcr. is cause for real .~ Thoroughly American is the jrase that best fits the entire pro- amme. t:the parade of yesterday meant ‘well known to every one who saw Five thousand enthluh.nic march- cheered on by thirty thousand tors gave new life to the spirit i Americanism in this town. There eve men in line representing every ase of Hhman life. There were ieties of every nature, religious, jeial, fraternal, all enrolidd under the great banher, the Stars and Stripes | _America. There were men and i 'and Boys ahd girls, from every, m'on the face of the globe, all gnericans. i It was a great day. If previous to il there had been any doubt that Britain is not a typically Ameri- city the doubt must now be ats- What though its inhabitants e from every land under the sun? hat though its people speak all the Bnguages and dialects known to the ¥llized world? They are Americans. Britain is American. The parade lerday will bear fruit in the days THE WAR IS HERE. rst reports of the encounter be- n the Dnited States Destroyer ith and a German submarine in one hundred miles south of York on Tuesday morning have gen verified. The deck officers add & \testimony to the truth. of the ry. The periscope of a submarine nning submerged was sighted by quartermaster and the deck watch. wake of the torpedo was plainly The deadly weapon missed the of the vessel by thirty yards. s has the war been brought to-the ore of the United States. " Thus have reports from Berlin that the Im- 1 German Governmont never in- ed to wage aggresiive warfare on } United States bee' !mmped as ous. i Wven before the torpedo which d ‘the bow "of 'the destroyer ith left its tube Germany had ed an aggressive ‘war on the [nited States. This, by her wilful at- ‘without warnlng on our mer- nt vessels. The murder of inno- nt men, women and children on ‘the seas was war, if it was anything. jThe attack on the destroyer Smith is rely a recognition of the declara- fon of war by the American’ Congress. We must look for more sut ttacks on. They will take? -Blace all the Atlantic coast. Outside of all t harbors on the eastern line, from Boston to Hampton and down to Atlanta, they will ). It is war, and it is what we must use the destroyer Smith falled a shot at the enemy vessel wm a cause for some regret. Mlted in the ez% \6f_a Spanish hes unter .with .the & was serious only jin its intent. Its purpose was not ac- complished. The Smith was not dam- | military duty The first | the call to arms. aval encounter in the war with Spain | for the welfare 6f America. Through the streets of old London town marched twenty-two veterans of our Civil War. They were greeted all alorig the route with great acclaim. British and Americans in London vied with each other in honoring the flag of Uncle Sam. . In both houses of Parliament congratulatory speeches were made upon the principles which prompted the United States to enter the war. * President Wilson’s wondertul ad- dress to the American Contess was seized upon as the key-note for all the demonstration in London. A thorough Amercian address, the day that grew out of it has been made typically American although cele- brated on British soil. It is signifi- cant . that England, the erstwhile enemy of the United States, should show such great honor for the Amer- ican president, the American people, and the American nation. It is not alone the advantages that will accrue to Great Britaip and her allies by the entrance of the United States.into the ‘war which prompts this outburst of enthusiasm. The statesmen of Eng- land recognize the greater aims and. aspirations of all' democratic people. They know :this is a war against autocracy, that the greatest democra- cy in the world is standing ready to vindicate the principles upon which democracy is founded. Autocracy must be downed, that 15 the slogan. That is the aim of England as well as the aim of the United States. So, theue nations that previously fought éach other, today stand together. An American day in London must thrill the American heart. There will be other American days in foreign countries. In Paris, in Petrograd there must be celebrations akin to that which is going on to@ay in the famous old town on the Thames. The people of these countries” must - be made to realize the new character the world war has taken on by the action of the United States. Here is a gov- ernment and a people imbued with the one idea,—liberty. .-There has never been a war fought by this coun- try for aggrandisement, fer conquest, for purposes other than those sanc- tioned by - justice. 'When this is understood putside this country as well as it is inside this country we may expect to see Amegican day cele- brated in many lands. ‘It would not even surprise some to see an Ameri- can day in Berlin in years to come. SLACKERS AND SHIRKERS. This must come as a great surprise to the boys, the announcement by the ‘War Department that “all men mar- ried since the outbreak of the war will be treated upon the same' basis as unmarried men in so far as their military obligations are concerned.” There has been a great activity in the marriage market since the Congress declared a state of war existing be- tween Germany and the United States, Those young fellows who- believe in the new-found adage, “Let George Do It,” and who feared they might be made do it along with George unless they were married, were quick to hie themselves to the marriage clerk. Slacker marriages is what they have been called. Slacker marriages’ they were. Slacker_marrh.ges they will be no longer. The war dépaFiment has made a fuling" that_will be heartily approved of by the \an m-Jorny of Americans. Hiding -behind" a woman’s skirt is a cowardly act. It deserves all the severity of. treatment the government cam administer. Thé same men who were quick to rush to the hymenial altar to evade military dutf would probably never have availed them- selves of such an opportunity had the old conditions remained. Now they find themselves between two fires,, They must support their wives and | the government, too: a dual responsi- bility, and something they -had bargained for. Volunteering been a dismal failure so far as this War is concerned. The young men of the country fit for have not responded to | The colors have ! gonge begging for men, ‘and the men have not been forthcoming. Because of this, conscriptiom is in the air, Since there has been poor volunteer- ing there must come the ‘draft. Those not ! has i _:,,.,;",., ~w, young men who are wise will get in under the *wire. They will march to the recruiting offices and join the particular branch of the service ' to which they are suited before Uncle The call is fod men who are suited to'the | military. The government does not want those who have legitimate re- | sponsibilities. Men who have been married for some time, and who have families to support need have no fear. The slackers and the shirkers are the ones who will be marched away. And marriage will not.save them. Colt's Armory Band, which accom- panied the local lodge of Elks in yes- terday’s parade, .wen distinction for itself. by saluting every official flag it passed.: /The salute consisted of three long rolls of the snare drum and a.! 'hb’o'n\lp‘ ‘of the bass drum. Honoring ; the American flag by saluting it as 1ti pusea ‘in parade {s a custom our people must become more famillar with. There were some along the line of march who failed to uncover as the parade flags passed. There were some who even neglected this at the flag Taising on the Green. < FACTS AND FANCIES. ‘Why not put some of those six- foot pacifists to work knitting socks for soldiers?—Philadelphia Inquirer. Man wants but little here below un- til he sees some other fellow getting nrore.—Toledo Blade. The doctrine that it is discreditable to be out of the fashion helps to keep the poor clothed. lbany Journal. Modest female soldiers would not make advances even upon an enemy. —Columbia (8. C.) State. The worst feature of the interna- tional crisis is that the bass are biting and there’s no telling how many a fellow might catch if he could only get the time.—Charleston News. When a fellow blithely announces ic response to an inquiry that he is “all right except the grip,” put (it down that one of two things is true; he isn’t all right or he hasn't the grip-—Nashville Banner. When a man says, “Oh, my wife knows more about gardening than I do,” you know who will have to do the spading and hoeing.—Memphis Commercial Appeal. ’ It isn’t every chicken that goes home to roost after scratching up a neighbor’s garden.—Memphis Com- mercial Appeal. 1f some people knew half as much as they thought they knew they wouldn’t have such a good opirion of themselves.—Chicago News. There is even a movement in the United States to get back to a more democratic or real representative gov- ernment.—Kearney, Neb., Hub. The idea that the president is try- ing to hammer into the Kaiser's head is that the ocean is ‘“fer boatin’” and not “verboten.”—Seattle Post-In- telligencer. Our own opinion is that it wasn’t a raider, but a rumor, that tied up shipping over here for a couple of days. We'll belleve in ghosts after a while.—Philadelphia Inquirer. Holland is as happy as the lapdog in the circus lion’s cage.—Boston Her- ald. 9 A woman will go to a club and make a sweeping statement when the rooms in her house are suffering for lack of & broom.—Florida Times Union. A Kansas City millionaire com- plains that his wife married him for hie money. Perhaps, however, that is the only attraction that man has. —Detroit Press. To the successor of Haroun al-Ras- chid now living in Constantinople the name Bagdad suggests an Arabian nightmare.—New York Evening Post. .Here, as in France and England, the war-poets are enlisting, having decided that it is better “to BE the poem than to write it down.”—Atlan- ta Constitution. An Invocation. 3 That little children may in safety ride The strong, clean water of Thy splendid seas; That, Anti-Christ be no more glorified, Nor mock Thy justice with hfssblas- phemies, o We come—but not with threats or braggart boasts, Hear us, Lord God of Hosts! . That Liberty be not . sold, And that her sons prove werthy of the breed; That Freedom’s-flag may shelter as of old, Nor decorate the shrines ot Gold and Greed, We come; and on our sword We ask Thy blessing, betrayed and consecrated Lord. That honor he among: those priceless things Without whieh life shall seem little worth; That covenants he not the sport of kings: That freedom shall not perish from the earth, ‘We come; ACTOSS A SCATT ed and blood- stained sod, .Lead us, Almighty God! BEATRICE BARRY, in the New York Times, of RALD FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1917. A NEW BRITAIN SOLDIER. —_— Major Merwin Campaigned With “Abe” Lincoln—Member of Stan- ley Post, G. A. R. Editor of the Herald: I have becn requested to send to the Herald a few items of Major James B. Merwin’s life. It is a delicate matter for a brother-in-law to do so, but as Major Merwin was for many years n. citizen of my native town, and as hls was such a useful life I will to some extent comply with the request. He was born in Green county, N. Y., in May, 1829. Later he came to Woodbury, Conn, The family were poor and he,came as a young man to New Britain and found work in the Jewelry establishment of Churchill and Stanley, where he continued some years. In 1847 he united with the South Congregational church. He Joined in literary circles with young men of that day and was fond of de- bates. I recall that he associated with i Philip Corbin and brother and with Ed Doin and others, and was a devot- ed mdnber of the church. Being in- terested in temperance he became editor of The Fountain, a temperance paper of Hartford. He uséd to lecture on temperance in Michigan and Illi- nois. If 1850 he married Miss Mar- garet Andrews of New Britain, daugh- ter of Deacon Alfred Andrews. She Cdled in Middlefield, Conn., July 8, 1909. I will here give some items printed in the Brooklyn Eagle of April 4, 1917, from the pen of Charles T. White, commissioner of taxes, of the city of New York, who became inter- ested.in Merwin because of his asso- ciation with President Lincoln in and before war times, Major Merwin was appointed cor- responding secretary of the Connect- icut Temperance society early in the fifties, and made a successful fight for state-wide prohibition in Connecticut, following the victory in Maine in 1851. He was an eloquent speaker, and a Chicago man who heard him in '54 induced him to go to Springfield, Illinois, to st: a temperance cam- paign. In 1855 the temperance forces waged a hard ‘battle in behalf of a state wide prohibition and constitu- tional amendment. Merwin there en- gaged Lincoln as the leading speaker and Lincoln and Merwin addressed ‘audiences in the principal cities and towns in Illinois. Merwin says that Lincoln made more than thirty ad- dresses but not one was reported, save one given in 1842. It seems that thelr ‘mutual cam- paign was very effective, Lincoln and others gave Merwin a costly gold watch in those days which has™an in- teresting inscription and is now in the hands of the son of Herbert Mills of New Britain. Soon after the opening of the Civil war, Lincoln sent for Merwin who was then in Detroit, and had him appoint- ed as a temperance chaplain for tem- perance work among the soldiers in and about Washington. For this pur- pose he was ordaincd at Adrian, Mich- igan, in September, 1861. His work was indorsed by . General Winfield Scott and General B. F. Butler. He was lame in his hip and some- times spoke to the soldiers from Lincoln’s own carriage. Merwin had a hard time in spite of his backing by the president while working with the troops because the regular army officers, generally speak- ing, were drinking men and did not want him “bothering around”. In,6 his reminiscences he says he dined with Lincoln the day before he was assassinated, and came on to New York on a special mission to Horace Greely and others to lay before them a plan for the employment of negro soldlers of the Union army to work at digging the Panama canal. The scheme had been discussed often by army officers. The canal project was conceived, Merwin said, by B. F. But- ler. It seems that the letter of Lin- coln on the subject was lost by Greely. Lincoln’s Prophecy of a Nation With- out Slaves or Drunkards. Merwin says that on the day before Lincoln’s death the president said to him, “With the help of the people we have cleaned up a colossal job. 1 prophesied twenty-five years ago that the day would come when there would be no more slaves nor drunkards in the land. I have lived to see one of those prophesies fulfilled. The next move will be the suppression of the liquor traffic by law. Major Merwin contributed to the last February number of the Century l magazine a story about Lincoln and'| Peter Cartwright tkhat attracted wide attention. During the last'two years Major Merwin has lived with Mrs. Mary J. Fitzimmons, now of Brooklyn. Some two years previously he went to lecture in Columbus, Ohio, and was taken ill there and was kindly cared for by friends, especially the Hayden family, then by the Fitzimmons who came with him to Brooklyn. For sev- eral vears before going to lecture in Columbus he had made his home in Middlefield, Conn., where his wife had her home in the family of Hon. L. A. Mills, whose wife iz a younger sister of Mrs, Merwin. ‘ent at the funeral at Falrview. In the family lot there, eight of the Dea- eon Andrews family rest. 0 of the sornis, Alfred H., and Herbert L., are burled in Lombard near Chicago, and Rev. Edwin N, now lives with his daughter, wife of R. W. Gibbes, M. D, of Columbia, South Carolina. Major Merwin was a very genial and kind hcarted man. His married life was peculiarly happy with the chosen companion of early days. His lameness was a great hindrance in the way of activity. He was quite com- panionable and witty in repartee. Certainly the world has been made better by his life. Tn perhaps the last wrote, dated February last. T qudte these characteristic words: "“Congress is not only sober, but is going to help us make others so. Instead of spend- ing so much for liquor we are goim.v to help people over these hard® war times. , My work is done. T have to depend on those who have so long and faithfully fed and sheltéred me. 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T hope you will tead the April Céntury magazine which has my article about Lincoin and Cartwright. I have not been outside the door since I came here last Atigust.” Still another letter 'dictated to hls nurse, dated April 19, says: “You may remember that I had charge of wounded soldiers who came to New York during the war. A day or twa after the battle of Gettysburg I gath- ered three or four hundred of the bad 1y wounded and took them on flat cars to New York and soon up to Davids Island and the hospital.” He adds that thirty died en the way. I find also this eulogy on Lincoln from one of his addresses: “The name and fame of Lincoln is a glory on the brow of the nation ineffaceable. It will take the people a thousand years to appre~ ciate his stature.” But my contribution is already O.oo lengthy, and I will close sending re- gards to those who knew Major Mer- win, and especially to the Stanley Post, a part of whose office is to keep alive the memory of thase who served their country. As Yor myself it is a Joy to see here in the south the Stars and Stripes all about in these days instead of the other banner that used te prevail. Most trul; EDWIN NORTON ANDREWS, (Late Chaplain of 2nd Regi- Y ment, New Jersey Cavalry.) 1015 Calhoun Street, Columbia, South Carolina. REBELS TO GATHER | ON THE POTOMAG Autiual Re-union of Gonfederates At Washington m June © (Special to the Herald) ".Washington, D. C., April® 20.~~The flerce “rebel yell,” blending in cadence with the inspiring strains of “The Star Spangled Banner”, will awaken “}E echoes and arouse patriotic enthusjs™ asm at the twenty-seventh annual rz union of the United Confedersts Veterans to ‘be held at Washington, D. C., the week»beginning ‘June 4. As.the men in gray parade over the wide stretches of Pennsylvania Avenue, sométimes termed the* “na- tional boulevard”, the impulse will come_ to sound their battle ery -of more ‘than fifty vears ago, when, this country was engaged in a great in- ternecine war. At this time when the United States is at,war with a great foreign power, the picture of the parading units of the armies of Lee, “Stonewall” Jackson, and other Southern generals, will be an object lessan worth while. The venerable veterans of Dixie will be participants in the making of moving pictures of a past age on the Nation’s screen at ‘Washington, Col. Robert N. Harper, chairman of the general committee of citizens in charge of the reunion, announces that plans for the great gathering are pro- ——— tion of war against Germany. It has been definitely decided that the big pafade shall take place Thursday June 7, at 11 o’clock a. m. by direction of Gen. George P, Harrison, com- manding the United Confederate Vet- erans, the business sessions of that organization including the annual election of officers, will be held June 5, 6 and 7. Other Southern Gatherings. Other events in the same week will be the conventions of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the Daughters of the Confederacy and the Confed- erated Southern Memorial association, besides regimental reunions, and the social functions which always are elaborate features of the reunions. The citizens o Washington are re- sponding liberally to the call of H. F., Cary, chairman of the finance committee, for funds to entertain and care for their guests from the sunny Southland . The great plaza fronting the Union railroad station, sometimes termed “Columbia Park”, will be converted into a tented field, where many of the visiting veterans will be quartered without expense to thém. This camp, with its one thousand tents, will be almost immediately in the shadow of the big white dome of the United States capitol, which overlooks the site from the southeast. The commit- tee will make this a camp- -de’luxe, wlth dining tents, rest tents, hospital tents and information booths. Ar- 'mngements will be made with cater- ers to furnish Dixie's fighting men with splendid meals, and the grounds win be brilliantly illuminated with electric lights. - Overlooking the camp from the northwest will' be the heroic statue of Ghflutopher Columbus, dis- coverer of -America, with the massive white stong-union station as a back- ground. Warshipe for Inspection It is plumed to have the navy de- b pa.rtment order séveral submarines nd torpedo®oat destroyers or othér, crlfll to be stationed in the Potomlc river at WiBhington for %he inspection of visitors." ‘Trolley. 1ff automobiles and stet rallroads will carry vet* eérans and friends to the many Civil war battleflelds in the vicinity of the, capitol, and the ¥rip to Mount Vernon, where are located the home and the tomb of George Washington, may be made_ by eléctric llne or steamboat. As the coming reunion of former Confederates will be the fikst. held outside the geographical limits of the late Confederacy, and as the rail- ‘roads will give visitors a patriotic rate—one cent per mile—it is ex- pected the atténdance from all sec- tions of the country will be large. The fact that Uncle Sam is at war with a foreign foe will prove to be an added attraction. A visit to Washington under such circumstances will be hoth interesting and instructive. “The old gray jacket” of the Confederate soldier has been described in song and story. In the marching columns at the reunion may be seen the real jackets and other paraphernalia of the camp, bivouac and firing line of the sanguinary sixties, Latch String Is Out. Chairman Harper explains that all to extend unwonted: hos- | pitality to the veterans, the sons and daughters of veterans and the other visitors. This spirit of welcome to the warriors of the South has besn }: aptly expressed in a letter written to. Chairman H. F. Cary of the finance committee; by James Tannér; ' past § commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, _h.mmlfly( known as “Corporal Tanner,” wh 105t one of his legs while battlin against the men in gray. The letter says “In response to your letter, I enclose a little check, more to express my good will for the success of the Come federate Reunion than for any other purpose. % “With considerable \knowled‘ thereof, for I am venturing to speak for a very considerable portion of t Grand ATmy of the Republic, I woul say that we shall condially welcoms all the old ‘Johnnies’ who can com® to Washington, We shall be more glad to see them marching along Pennsylvania avenue in the near future than we would have been to have seen them, armed and equipped, make the same march during , the sixties. “I, personally, know that far M‘ a number of years past many of the ’: > ) men who wore the gray have come to realize, considering the power and prosperity of this nation, that it was'! well for every section of the country that our internal strife ended as it did at Appomattox. sidered that one of the things veterans of ‘the blue have a right to be mighty proud of is the fact thsf the survivors among our old time foes, their children, and their grandch dren, are co-equal heirs with us ot the blue and in all glory and pros- perity of the rejuvenated and ces mented union.” N THE JOB AND THE MAN. —t— g Uncle Both May Be Introduced by Sam. A co-operation of the U. S, Depart- ment of Labor, through its employ- ment service, and the U. S. Civil Servs ice Commission has engaged itself in the task of replacing in' private estaly lishments the workers being draf: in increased“numbers into the na: yards, ordnance, and other government ; plants and offices. The agreement between the tio branches provides thatsthe commis- sion is to ascertain from every person engaged for any government work, in- formation regarding his last em- ‘ployment, salary and the employer's address. This will be furnished the employment service which will get into immediate touch with the private employer and help him replace the worker so that so far as possible no industry will be crippled. by the gov- ernment’s activities. To facilitate this work a represen- tative of the United States employ- ment service may be found at the United States Civil Service Commis- * sion’s rooms in the post office and sub- treafury building, Boston, Massachu- setts, ready to receive applications by mail or in person for work and work- ers and to endeavor to bring together the ‘“‘jobless man" and thQ “manless ‘Washington is anxiously awaiting the job.” 1 have always con- 'n