New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 10, 1917, Page 6

% sometimes K Y ably so 4t the “ PURPOSE OF THE PRESS, purpose and duties of 'th ‘and the Administration are 008~ ly sepaTate, < generally indepen- diametrically The dignity and freedom hevery way: thiey it . J o Department. The doors there ‘ire . newspaper corrés its.. “The fgult 1s said to lfo with Secretary of State Lansing wNo Hiss established a Bureaw of Foreign Intelligence to which all seekers of news ;are directed and from which there is as much chance of getting news as from the Sphinx ot Egypt. In time of war the pubjication of news is even a more serious business than in time of peace. No news ahould be printed that will work for AMgibenefit of the enemy. By kindly ‘co-operatign between the government and the newspapers news can be taken b care of ilghe proper way. Men who re trdined. to_get news should be aided and not hindered by the govern- ment. The United States is & self- governing country -and ‘it cannot re- main’ self governed long unless fits people know what their officials do. 'In the war with”Spain there wag the great canned beef scandal in the army. Under Secretary Lansing’s the | method of onll‘ht_enln‘ the public that scandal would never have been ex- ‘poseéd. When Wiliam Jennings Bryan the | Was Secretary of State he Hold Dr. the 18- oia) Bulletin.” be- are ‘onoe to. the judgment of ... It may suit the to vell the . - . Governments Governments: with un?et,.‘ . however black their nl thetr deeds; but happily 48 under no such trammels, jomatists are exchanging ‘ the : mean Dumba, the Austrian Minister, that this Government did not mean what it sald in the Lusitania issue.. The The ld is being clamped on in Washington. Before it gets on too tight somebady should be made take it off. ° A HAPPY MEDIUM. " Every man in America, physically 21 to 30, inclusive, will be subject to the selective draft in the event the two houses of Congress concur in the de- aforementioned age limit. - By placing the minimum age st twenty-one and lh¢ maximum age at thirty, a happy medium has been struck In the first draft of the Administration’s Army bill the age limit was fixed between 19 and 35. The Senate Bill changed the figures, making the limit from 21 The House went another step and amended the bill so that is more In' keeping with, ‘the Administration, and, con- atly, with the General Staff of Army. ‘Twenty-one years is not 100 young for a soldier, thirty years PUTTING ON THE DID. y ‘knows how to run & 5 Uis ‘an indisputable admits it. Begin. Government at Wash- publish a daily newspaper. fews and’ announcements ents rajating to war This, accerding to an- is notitoo old. The two houses of Chngress #ill undoubtedly confirm this méasure. DEMGGRACY UBER AUTOCRAOCY. Refarming the constitution of the that this ref will ‘be brought ‘about. The powers of the Emperar are to' be limited. Wilhelm Hohen- zollern is to have his wings clipped, “|/Tnat 1s what they are trying to make ‘the German people belleve. The out~ side world, too, might be mislead if it were not ihformed that the con- stitution of Germany contains a pro- ‘viso whereby any changes to the con- onsny: - fior in’as they wl! paner printed’by ne Demopratic ‘would not be expected to give s that party did ‘want 5 ¢ iished- by disinterested parties. | pérsonal prejudices enter into’ Dubugflon of_news, . way or, the newkpapér ‘losts ite one: way or stitution itself must be approved by the Emperor. We have a fair vision of Wilhelm approving of a reform in this direction. Wilhelm, the Em- peror. who considers Rimself over and above the constitution. Wilhelm who We repeat, we have a fair vision of Wilhelm submitting to any change and T ant that one; I° German. nation ! n se w much chande, the Reichstag committec has of effect~ jo the Constitution. a there was an attempt made by the Reic] to out down ths persanal expenses'of the Emperor. The progosal quickly diéd when at Strassburg Wilhelgd took ‘occasion to ey inpa-speecl . “If my oivil lst is cut dowp I will sSmash your constitu- tlan td atoms.” ‘And he would, too, The German constitution may be amended {n due time; but it will never be done by .the members of the Reichstag. An uprising of the Ger- man people; or a triumphant march of the’ Allied armies through Berlin, ‘with Wuhelnr Hohenzollern- doing a Marethon down the banks of . the Rhine, are the only remedies. On to Berlin. Democracy uber Autocracy. By refusing to consider Colonel Roosevelt and his four volunteer di- vislons the Congressional conferees are due for 'a good laying out. When the Colonel gets through tongue- lashing those gentlemen they will hardly be recognizable. 2 Query. Bditor of the Herald: ‘To settle a difference of opinion will | you state in the columna of your pa- per whether President Wilson-has is- | sued a call for volunteers and would not a man enlisting in the army at the present time be considered & Vol- unteer and be discharged at the end of the war. . % CURIOUS. The president has issued no call for volunteers. All those who voluntar- ily enlfst in the Army now will be héld until end of the war. Hnlis- n_n;: in the Navy is for four years. FAOTS AND FANCIES. — Salt and pepper are still on the free list at ‘the hash houses.—Bridgeport Telegram. ¥ There isn’t & man who likes to think Wbout all the things that he knows about himself.—Rutland News. That, reported German udvl.nu on Petrograd is a long time advancing.— Hartford Post. . - N - We gathet ffi6m his New York speech that Mr. Taft favors limiting Kaiser Bill to ‘one term.—Boston Transcript. Next-to-nothing waists this summer promise to be as expensive as when they were next-to-something.—Pater- son Call. 2 Further revelations of the futile ex- penditure here of German plot money indicate that the Kaiser has been dec- orated with the double cross.—Newark News. Between the automobile and the new Sunday gardening law it is of in- terest to. know how the churches will get along this summer.—Berkshire Eagle. \ ‘Those million men who were \going to spring to arms over-night will have to spring some distance to the fac- tories where the delay rders for those arms are still unfilled.—Pater- son Press-Guardian., It is generally conceded in London that Sir Pdward Carson is more ef- fective, against Irish home rule than againsteGerman submarines—Norwich Record. B Ex-President Taft and the Yale committee working for “dry” class re- unions confidently expect the support of Yale alumni in the reform., A i commencement day at American'col- leges will mark high tide in the prohi- bition wave.—New York World. The Press and the Pen. (By Lilburn Harwood Townsend in the Editor and Publisher). When the presses in the midnight Toar, In a voice ltke the billows on the shore— When they tell of love and wanton war, And the hapless homes undone by ‘Thor— ‘When the papers fall from the whirl- ing" rojis. ‘With the newa :that stirs .a -billlon 1¢%is then: we know the power that o, A Tam Ihg"%m'o'n which the ink ne'er e B ‘When the presses in the twilight sing, “I And the capyons of the cities ring «¥qu must all have one’ will;aud that is My will; there is only one'la'w snd-that ia My daw, A po : ‘to shoot dowWn ygur 3’0 ;without Or should. we forget that ‘I;nil(m'a ejaculation’ of the German Emperor: before the "recryiits on parade at Potsdam, we neéd but turn: to -the i “Proclamatios 1o the infidel who “denies My Let ali the enemies of the {1 German nation- perish! ' God demands destruction—God, who by My thair With the clarion shouts-of lusty boys, As they, sqar above the traffic hoise— ‘Whert the headlines tells of a vigtory . ‘wom A I "By’ the French or the -Englishi, from " the Hun— ¥ It iy tiien ‘we kmow the power that wles 5 §n the pen on which thé ink: ne‘er L i arfes! When, the presses throb with the news | of earth, e sea and sky, and of freedom’s . Vepirth; S When they print the news of our country’s call . v And of golden deeds, and an empire’s 1all; WG ‘When they teH of woes and of burning tears, And a nation’s trembling hopes and . fears— It is then we know the power that Hes In the pen on Which the .ink ne'er - aries! 5 ot [ SELF HELPS FOR SOON TO BE CALLED INTO mmem, Officer Which Is-Valuable to t Eligible For Service in America’s Noew Legions.: THE SOLDIER ON THE MARCH. It there are important reasons why ldjer in camp or in barracks 14 logk to his health, these res- ¥ are [Infinitely more important whiet bn the march. For if a sick soldfer‘is a drain on the regimental resources while in camp, in the fleld it he has to be carried in an ambu- lance, or sent back to the hogpital in the oare of another soldier, he Do~ comes an utter encumbrande. It is for this reason that the physt- cal examinations are now so ezacting, in order to weed out all those predis- posed to break down under marching conditions. Yet it is not necessary for & man-to be actually sick for him to become a dead weight on & body of troo; If he does not take care of his feet, he will become fully as use- less. One half-inch blister may, for marching purposes, turn a six-foot soldier into an invalid. ‘In the first place, the shoes should be fitted with special attention. They should neither be too wide nor too short. ‘Sores and blisters should be promptly dressed during a halt. At the end of the march the feét should be bathed and dressed, and, if prac- ticable, the shoes should be changed. A soldier should under no circum- stances, however, go barefoot, for his feet would .gwell and give him in- creased dificulty as soon as he starts to march again.. One of the points which cannot be emphasized too strongly is that water should uot be drunk on the march. A soldier may take an - occasional swallow from his canteen, rinse out his mouth and then expel the water, but if he drinks outright—as he muy do_freely at the end of the march— the consequences are disastrous. " NEW BOOKS AT THE INSTITUTE. | Apology for Old Maids, and Other Hs- . says, by H. D. Sedgwick. “Mr. Sedgwick's volume will place its author amoag the all too-sparse ranks of the thoughtful and scholarly essuyrts of the day.”’—R. M., Boston Transcript. : LN SN Before, During and ‘After 1914, by Anton Nystrom. It is not an exaggeration to say that in comparison with the great ma- Jority of trivial “war books” his ‘work sigantic in conception and exception The fact that this philosophy 1s anti-militaristic is its most interest- irg feature.”-—Army and Navy Jour- nal. “Probably in all Sweden there is ro man who could approach his task, as the volume presented it, is spirit of larger humanity. What he says upon racialism will ‘excite thought.” —Literary Digest. .~ < v es Better Meals for Less Money, Mary Green. 3 “« o General Joffre and His Battles, by Captain Raymond Recouly. x “As_a plece of writing,® ‘General Joffre and his battles’ is distinguished by its lucidity. As a repository of intimate and important facts about some of the most interesting men and events of the war the book has a very definite place of its own."—N. Y. Times- by .o ‘Middle Years, by K. T. Hinkson. “Mrs. Kinkson’s first book of rem- iriscences “Twenty-five years” ap- rpeared in 1913.” s Psvchology of Religion, by G- A. Coe. “Intended as a handbook for - be- gianing students. The total impres- sion. . . is that of the naturalness of religion and its place in the scientific world. . - The author holds that the peychology of religion is simply the extension of general psychology in particular directiona He recognizes the value of individual experience, his own and others.”—A. L. A: Booklist. v e e Three Welsh Plays, by J. A. Marks. Contents: The merry, merry cuckoo —The deacon’s hat—Welsh honey- moon- * ‘“They are short, have color, deli- cate feeling, humor, and pathos. Tie author received first prize from *.e Welsh National theater for the rfirst and last plays.”—A. I.uA. ‘Booklist. > .. True Food Values and Their Low Costs, by W- S. Birge. “The first half of the book deals with common sense dietetics. . . The second half glves simple recipes and directions.”—A. L. A. Booklist. .. War, Madame, by Paul Geraldy. P = "NEW SOLDIERS FIELD One National Guard regiment on the Mexioan border last year upou a six mile march. The co was & shining suoccession of uplifted can- teens. Before five miles had been cov- ered, twenty-nine men were stretched out by the roadside in collapse. An- other National Guard regiment, in which the men drank Wwithout _re- straint on a hot' march—éven scoop- ing up water from puddles, lost ap- proximately 200 out of the tolumn on that day. A soldier should fiever sleep on the ground. He should always have his rubber poncho, or at least his blan- ket, beneath him, and whenever pos- #ible, & bed of straw or leaves be- neath poncho or blanket. If the damp-~ ness of ‘the soil entered his system he would contract cold and: rheumatism and become, as with all sick men, & heavy drag upon his organization. Just as it is essential, for.the sake of his health, that a soldier keep scrupulously clean, sowfor the protec- tlon of the general health, a camp or barracks must also be rendered im- maculate. All trash, even small pieces of paper, should be swept from the floor of the tent.or quarters, or “po- lced” from the company street. For trash breeds insects, and insects carTy disease, 'All pools and damp places near the camp should be drained, €0 that mosquitoes may have no place to multiply. For this reason, soldlers are supplied with mosquito bars, as a pro- tection against purveyors of fever. All camp refuse ig either. buried in & sink or burned in an incinerator. Tomorrow's article will tell of the new soldier’s attitude towards his fel- lows: (Copyright, 1917, by the Wheeler Syn- . dicate; Inc.) Cindrella Jane, by M. B. Cooke. *“The author of ‘Bambi’ has told an interesting story of New York artist folk.” oo e Ford, by M. Austin. ¢ “A California story d-llnc_ ‘with problems of oil and irrigation.™ . DI Loutsberg Square, by’ Robert Cutler. “The author is & Harvard graduate of the class of 19186, P Misiress Anne, by Temple g-;ty~ X “By the author of ‘Contrary Mary.’ ~ PR Outcast of thq Islands,. by Joseph Conrad. sae Peter Sanders, Retired, by G. H. Ge- rould. " “The story of a retired gmbler. ; v e e Thorgils, by Maurice Hewlett. “A’ Norse story-"” TROLLEY CARS BURNED UP. Loss to Conmecticat Company Is Placed at $60,000 At the conclusion of a rigid inves- tigation into tlie origin of the fire which completely destroyed the car barns of the Connecticut company on Campbell avenue, ‘West Haven, yes- terday noon, the officials of the com- pany and Chief Cameron, of the West Haven fire department agreed last evening that the fire was caused by crossed wires upon the roof of the structure. That the iblaze gained such considerable headway. before the arrival of the fire apparatus is attributed to the fact that the wood which covers the barn is very old and consequently very dry. The officlals of the Connecticut company stated last evening that the loss of the company amounted to about $60,000, being divided as fol- lows: Seven large closed trolley cars, valued at $6,5600 each and the barn itself with tools, etc., valued at about $165,000. The" destroyed cars were of the latest type prior to the pay-as- you-enter cars, .and were considered very valuable by the officlals. The new Christ church gymnasium, built from the old parish house, but almost entirely a new structure, was totally destroyed by the fire which spread in this direction 'with great rapidity, due to the strong wind which was blowing in from the sound. That the handsome new church itself was saved from damage was due largely to the heroic work of the departments, who finally checked the blaze after it had spread to the gymnasium. - ? X With the Flying Squadroon, by Har4l* old Rosher. 1 Books. Elasticty and Resistance of the mater- ialy of-engine 1:[1\5. by W. H. Burr. . Handbook of ‘Carbueration, by A. B. ‘Browne. Practical Safets;Methods and Devices of Manuf: ing, by G. e & eve oa Steam ‘Beflers, Their Theory and De- Welfare rk; Employers E: = ments’ for Improving;. Working Conditions in’ Fabtories“With a Foreword, by . At Plattsburg, by Allen French. and Engtneur-y 3 “Life at the camp M story form.™ P T T Aurora the Magnfficent, by Gertrude Hall “Avrora is a New England woman of strong and vigorous character. Her Kistory, interwoven with that of sev- eral Florentine characters, makes the book . readable and - interesting.’ Publisher’s lote, i and War, Local young men. who have been appoipted to Plattsburg will *pursue: the following course-of study, accord- lnxju»q’. report from the army head- qu 5 e ‘From May 15 to X struction will' be general, i - During the: first ‘week there will be eight 'hours of evening study. and seven hours of conference, the bal- ance of the time bheing -devoted to drills . without -arms. . During the fecond week there will be ten hours of evening'study, two hours of prac- tice march with light kits, twenty hours of drill and fifteen hours of conference, During the sixth anad seventh weeks the men will be on the range and instruction in ‘the building of trenches, trench warfare, the use of and defense against gas attacks, the bayonet praetice. / Bambing practice—a maneuvef en- tirely new to the United States—will be a feature of the camp instruction. The average hours instruction each week for the different branches will be: Infantry 47, cavalry 47 1-2 a tillery 56 1-3 engineers 47. Course Har 1 ' Work 15 the in- Washington, May 10—8ecretary Me- Adoo announced last night the depom- inations, maturities and othér tecths ‘of the'bonds of the “Libsrty Losstiof 1917, - The-smaliest bond was fixed by the ‘secretary’s announcement at 0 bearer bonds, with interest coupons attached, will' be' lssuefiigin that # and in denominationg 4101 and $1,000.. Bonds registered to principal and interest will be in denominations of $100, 3800, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000 $50,000 and $100,000. All applications must be made by June 15. Payments ma¥y be made as follows: Two per cent. on applica- | tions, -18 per cent. June .28, 30 per cent. July 30, 30 per cent. Aug. 16 and 30 per cent. Aug. 30. Accrued interest will be payable with the final payment. ‘The conversion clause was the lagt detail of the issue’ to. be. determined: and it was fully diScussed at a oon- ference held yesterday in the office of Secretary McAdoo, in which the participants were Mr. McAdos, Wil llam Woodward, president .of ' the Hanover National Bank of New York; L. B. Franklin, president of the Bank- ers Investment Company of: New York; John Skelton Williams, oontrol- ler of the currency; W. P. G. Harding, governor of the Federal Reserve Board; Oscar T Crosby, assistant sec- retary of the treasury, and Georgé N. Cooksey, assistant to the secretary of the treasury, g The bonds will carry the obligation on the part of the United States tha if at any time during the war between the United States and Garmany a sub- sequent issue of bonds shall be issuea bearing & higher rate of interest than 33 per cent., the rate for the present issue, holders of ghis issue may con- vert their bonds into the new bonds with the higher rate on such terms and conditions as the secretary of the treasury may prescribe. * - ’ The present offering, it .was an~- hounced, will be limited to $1,000,000, 000, and ‘“no allotments will made in excess of that amount.”” This dis- Doses finally of reports thad Mr. Mo- Adoo_had under consideration the ad- visability of extending the amount of the offer to include a percentage of the over-subscription which apparent- ly: will result when the 'subscription books are closed June 15 next. In order to make the purchase of the issue convenient for the . banking business of the cotintry’ and . disturb monetary conditions as little 45 pos-. sible, Secretary MdAdoo will deposit the proceeds of thgwhles of bonds National-and- and Trust companies. il s m 's Clrcular. retary McAdoo's statement n the denominatons, matuiiti .nd‘t “;K‘ er detalls of the bond issue-feliows: “The ‘Liberty Loan’ bonds will ‘taa- ture in thirty years and be redsemabie in whole’or in part, at option of the United States, on or after fifteen’yéars at par and accrued interest. o “In’ order to avold adding to. thp heavy burden of work incident to the' July 1 and January 1 settlements, the secretary has determined that the Lib- erty Loan bonds shall be dated June 15, 1917, instead of July 1, 1917, as heretofore announced, and that the interest shall be payable June 15 and December 15 in each year. “Applications must be made on or before June 15, 1917, subject to the right of the secretary, 4n his discretiom, to close the subscription books at an earlier date, and payment for the bonds must be made as follows: Two per cent. on application, eighteen per cent. on June 28, 1! ; twenty per cent. on July 30, 1917; thirty per cent. on August 15, 1917; thirty per cent. on August 30, 1917. “Accrued interest will be payable ‘with the full and final payment. Pro- vision will be made for the privilege to pay earlier the full subscription price upon terms and conditions determined by the secretary. “In case any subsequent series of bonds (not including treasury certifi- cates of indebtedness and other short- term obligations) shall be issued by the United States, bearing a higher rate of interest than three and one- half per centum per annum, before the termination of the war between the United States of America an Imperial German gqvernment, = (the date of such determinstion to be fixed by & proclamation by the president of the United States), the holders of any of-the bonds of the p: issue shall have the privilege of converting the same, upon:such terms and oondltions as shall be prescribed by the secretary | ‘of the treasury, ' ‘into an equal par amount of - bongls beariig'such higher Tate of interest-and-identical with the bonds ‘of such, series, exoept as to aturity and redemption, which will be :identical with ‘the bonds .ot present series. IR 2 “Bearer bonds with Interest coupons' attached: will issued in denomina- tions. of $50,:100, $500 - and ' $1,000, Bonds registered as to principal and interest will be in. denomina- tions of $100, $5,000, $10,000, $50,000" and $100,000; vision will ‘be made for ' the inter- chdnge. of bonds of different denom- Inlt;onl and of coupon-and registered’ bonds. $ required ‘for the settlement of this transiction may be completed with the least possible disturbance of monetary conditions, the secwetary : will avail himself of the \privilege, given to him by the act, to ‘redeposit the proceeds of the bonds, insofar as is practicable, with various National and State banka and Trust companies throughout the country, A “The present offerings is limited to two billion dollars and no allotments | £60 4wl "be muae NFIRMATI HAIRBOW AND SASH Plain Taffetas, Molres, Satin Silk Striped Moires, Afhfte: and’ For this sale, 190, 35cand RIBBONS For this sale, 300" White a WHITE COTTON Mercerized Nets, Silk Nets, Point, Drotasrad Yot roide: les, for col graduation dresses, ,uw Lace ' Dej main floor. - » & o : . . WHITE GO For Dresses and s variety, Wash Goods Dept., _MIDDY BLOUSES : 97¢, 81 ‘WHITE SHIRTS, 59c to 98c ‘WHITE TIES, 25¢c and 50c esich.. Linen Collars, Sailor -Collare, 4 lable Hosiery of e best makes: JEWELRY DEPT, . CUFF LINKS, for stift’ or French: cuff shirts or blouses. % . Btorling. Silver, gold fitted Y pearl, 25c to 98¢ pair. 3 B NECK/CHAINS, 250 %o (R DROPS, showing . only . the newest, and set. ' - i n” ¥ 4 Y B 4 in excess. of tid gmount,” 3 "« “Liberty Loan” Club Formed: Cumberland, ‘Mr., claims hongr having formed the first Liberty Lo club in this country, the objJ which is to encourage subscription, the bonds, members of the club agnee- ing to pay & stipulated amount’ 4nonth. A telegram announcing was received of Cumberland. ¢ The second offering of $200,000,! 3 in treasury certificates of indebtedness, . .} it is understood, has been about taken up and another offering miay be made within ten days. From the proceeds ag additiona] loan may be made to Great Britain. Mr. McAdoo conferred with Arthur J. Balfour today and the f: ther needs of the British governmentj ‘were discussed informally. £ i In a telegram to President Goebel ot the Amercan Bankers’ association, Mr. McAdoo strongly urged the association to use its influence to ifiduce State banks to jon the federal rederve sys- tem. , g ¥ “I regard this as one of the supremé- Iy patriotic duties of the hour", Mr., McAdoo's ‘telegram read. “The ' time may come when the financial resourceés of the country will not be commensu: ate with the national purpose if nation remains hsif State banks half National banks in its organisation. The State banks will find greater curity for themselves if disaster should threaten if they are members of § foderal reserve system. and the fedesal , reserve system itself wil re irresistibly strong if the State banks unite with the National banks in meaking a su- -premely useful national instrument. “T commend this question to your earnest and ‘patriotic’ 'Sonsideration with the sincere hope that love of obr common country may surmount dvery other consideration and bring about this extremely desirable result.” 5 ARMENTANS WOULD FIGHT. Governor MoCall Hears 5900 Are Anxious for Battle. ‘Boston, May 10.—Governor McCall ‘has been informed in a letter from 8. K: Boyajian, an Armenian resident . of this city, that there are at least §,- |- 000 Armenians in Massachusetts of ™ military agé who would be able and - willing to form a ‘complete regiment for war service. Many of these are married, and ;. their wives, left in Turkey when the . men came to America, have been mur- ./ dered. The governor referred the le! PR S REGISTRATION DAY A HOLIDAY.! ‘Washington, May 10.—Many states plan to. make registration day fop fetes and patriotic demonstrations,. “The spirit of patriotism -seems ' t§. have entered into the arrangemeénts: for the occasion whith have beey made by many of the itate officlal says a war department statement u wued today. &