New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 30, 1917, Page 6

rence,—the bwfiii:t dp of bridges "|'and the destruttion of American in- Mpted) at 4:18 p. m., #7 Church St fica at New Britatn WMail Matter. ; 4 any part of the city 3 65 cents a month. to be sent by mail, €0 cents a_month, < advertising medium In glation ‘books and press “to advertisers. found on sale at Hota- 8 d lts of “the war will irats ' that treaties are b kept and pot broken oyver,the dead bodies fs,. Humanity will men gamble with | Honor the dice of the always loaded. IMAS R. MARSHALL. TO TRADITION. St wait untll after ten joni, fht to find out just what iowing New Britain will recruiting campaign. The | SVni will be closed | e honor roll will be ' Ot mpurse, there will' be : ith in the days to dustries. Even the wreck of a room in the United States capital building at Washington by the late Henry Holt, a'crazed follower of one Wil- -helm Hphenzollern, was’cited. Of course, to many, the sending of innocent men, women and children to \Wwatery graves is of no importance. Especially if these victims of ruth- less German submarine warfare hap- pened to be American citizens. Nat- urally, the broken promises of the German Emperor, who gave the American government his word of honor he would not sink unarmed | ships without first providing for the safety of passengers and crew, are to be excused on the ground of mil- itary necessity. It was all right, too, for the German AmbBassador, von Bernstorff, while enjoying our trust and hospitality, to conduct a cam- paign of intrigue against our cit- izens. And, further, it was great for Germany to attempt to enter into a bargain with Japan, through Mex- ico, whereby three of the most im- portant states in the Union would change hands. > Germany herself might not have come over here; but @ermany’s paid | agents and spies did come here, and { they have left traces of their handi- work in every American city, in every American town, from the gulf to the Canadian border, from the Atlan- tic to the Pacific. If this is but a sample of what Germany tan do without coming to America, then the American boys had better rally to the Stars and Stripes and go to fight Germany- somewhere near her own territory. Not having been here yet, God’ help this country if Germany , does finally arrive. And .yet there are some who wonder why we are at war. omes which took place | . week are those of | ~ordinary interest. The asked to step forward glu regular army up ! strength. In addition to | ive been asked to fill the 6 arguments in favor of ifl, ' rgfi,m,hve been M the public, so that : arm. are ‘in a.\position o-are eligible. ‘eamipaign for recruits r end tonight the " work | other ways until every forth and fight the battle i ‘The wounds he recgived ¢ his badges of couruge. this nation s : the ved-blooded youth Alled New Britain’s boys ind among the slackers They will respond, They d in" keeping with past Y THEY WONDER. ‘o 'the patriotic Tally < night at the Grammar hen & concerted ‘‘drive” for enlistments in the two jompanies of the National y & number. of the soldiers min- the crowds on the green ‘men to rally to the col- band was playing and eu- “talking it over.” One fellow, approaching a , “Well, are you going ‘80.you 1’ould notice ‘M‘ the idea of en- w0 repugnant went on follows: “I wouldn't ar was on the level. fighting if we didn"t over to Etdfope and fight gn soll. ¥ wonldn't mind, at s was our war; but we have Be in this war. Ger- “did-anything to us. She - over here. Why should 7. This 1 o war of et sba,-ad infinitum. ABls: youhg man met Wés enlightened. fh:© 12 his mem- ‘ he was re- ‘Germany had dome ; ‘'of the promises brok- ! 2 1 government, of a lives lost and the ships names of the Lusitania * were recalled. In of bis claim that Ger- of the hirsd German sples &Y throwers. He was po- freghen Ris memory on fCy. against autocracy. - He | . the glories of it all, hswllll jer side. _He' knows_because | o AT THE END OF THE DAY. Beginning with the Monday issue the Herald will not publish liquor ad- vertisements. All clients who' have bitherto placed their “copy’’ with this office_have been notified of this action, This means a great loss to the Herald in Revenue. Thousands ofe dollars a year will be lost to the exchequor of this newspaper. Thus we comply with the new postal regulations, al- though it is not imperative that we do so. If necessary we could keep within the law’ and publish a special local edition carrying = these adver- " tisements. Having taken this step, the Herald is at greater liberty to discuss the present prohibition propaganda that has sprung up in the national capital, . the battle being waged for a bone-dry nation. Holding no brief for the i liquor interests, we cannot see where at this time such a move would be | for the betterment of the country, or for a more successful waging of the war. On the contrary, we believe that President Wilson has stated the issue clearly and forceably ' in his i letter to the legislative committee of { the Anti-Saloon League asking that the pernicious activity of this organ- ization be stilled for the safety of the natlon. The Food Control Bill, with its prohibition rider, would do more than anything else to divide this | country at the present moment. And | we cannot wage a successful warfare | unless we have a united nation. Pro- hibition as a national issue will have its day. It has made rapid strides, and will make ever better adance- ments; but the people have not been asked to vote upon it, as yet, in the same way they voted upon other issues. The late campaign presented but one party that advocated it, the Prohibition Party, and that party met decisive defeat, Neither of the two great national parties, the Democratic or ‘the Republican, carried a plank advecating prohibition. When either of these parties sees fit to do so, then shall prohibition win or lose by the suffrage ‘of the people, If this war could not be won unless the United States of America were to become a bone-dry nation there are few men or womey who wauld stand in the way of this accomplishment. If the food of this nation could not be properly conserved unless the manu- | facture of whiskey and beer and light | wines were absolutely prohibited thers would be little roam left for argu- mefit. No patriot would stand in the way of a bill that would make .the nation bone-dry. This, however, has not Been shown to date., If it is, the nation will stand ready to go on rations for the duration of the war, even to a let-up on the lightest beverages. i There are men working in the great | munition plants of this.country who | will fight the battle of democracy just . as heroically as will the men who go | forth to fight in the trenches. These :‘mien are the irén moulders and the | steel makers, the factory warkers and { the millwrights. After long hours i in hot workshops these men have ! been accustomed to come out into the public cafes and restaurants and order their beer, or wine ,or whatever | it might be to appease the thirst of a metal-caked throat. Deprive them of | this ane reliet, titis one surcease from the grind of the day, snd we i not be surprised to see small revolu- tions crop up all over the country. They are not bad men, merely be- cause they drink their glasses of beer. Even if they were bad they could not be miade good against their will. Senator Lodge irni his speech in the Senate Thursday hit the nail an the head. He said: '“It is all well encugh to say that they ought to be made good against their will and that they are wrong and wicked to drink. There should be some toleration; there should be some liberality —of view. 1 have seen many of these men who drink beer wha are quite as noble as some of those who are cry- ing so loudly for universal Prohibi- tion.” The Food Control Bill must be made a law within the very near future. The safety of the nation de- mands it. But the safety af the nation does not demand that this bill carry a rider which would make the entire nation bone:dry merely be- cause a few fanatics would gain a long wished for peint under the guise of war emergency, ‘There will be great sacrifice by the people of the entire country before the war is over. There has already been sackifice. But there is no need imposing further hardships upon the workers of this country by taking from them the privilege of enjoying a glass ‘of beer or so at the end of a hard day's work. ’ % ;- FAOCTS AND FANCIES. Even conscientious objectors should make war on the bugs.—Berkshire Eagle. The function of a court is to trans- late into legal language the mental confusion of the majorities.—New York Evening Sun “Sun Dial.” “No Love in Million ' Dollar Ro- maace.” Tut, tut, boy,’ what do you expect for a single million?—Bridge- port Telegram. ‘Why not get around the difficulty of the Plattsburg cavalry that are without horses by dubbing them “Rough Riders” and letting them gallop on foot?—Boston Transcript. So fer none of the consclentious objectors~ to military service has shown any conscientious objections to remaining in the country that per- mits such wicked doings.—Paterson Press-Guardian. The Ship and Her Makers. Lo The Ore. Before man's laboring wisdgm gave me birth T had not even seen the light of day; Down In the central darkness of the earth, Cru-;led by the weight of continents lay. Ground by the weight to heat, not knowing then The air, the light, the noise, the world of men. . The Trees. We grew on mountians where the glaciers cry, Infinite somber arrnies of us stood Below the snow peaks which defy the sky; A song like the gods moaning filled our wood; We knew no men—our life was to _stand staunch, Singing our song, against the ava- lanche. . The Hemp and the Flax. We were a million grasses on the hill, A million herbs which bowed as the wind blew, Trembling in every fiber, never still; Out of the summer earth sweet life ‘we drew, Little blue-flowered grasses ,up the glen, Glad of he sun, ~ of men? what did we know ‘The Workers. ‘We tore the iron from the mountain’s hold, " ! By blasting fires we smithied it to steel; Out of the shapeless stone we learned to mould The sweeping bow; keel; ‘We hewed the pine to plank, we split the fir, ‘We pulled the myriad flax to fashion her. the rectilinear Out of a million lives bur knowledge came, A millien subtle craftsmen forged the means; Steam was our handmaid, servant flame, ‘Water our strength, all bowed to our machines. Out of the rock, the tree, the spring- ing herb We built. this wandering beauty so superb. and our The Sailors. ‘We, who were born on earth and live by air, Make this thing pass across the fatal floor, : The speechless sea; alone we com- mune there Jesting with death, that door. Sun, moon and stars are signs by which we drive This wind-blown iron like a thing alive. * ever open The Ship. I march across great waters like a queen, I whom so many wisdoms helped to make; Over the uncruddled billows of seas green Y I blanch the bubbled highway of .my wake. By me my wandering tenants clasp the hands ‘And know the .thoughts of men in lands. ~—JOHN MASEFIELD, The military history of New Brit- ain has ever been one of which its residents may feel proud and that in the present war the Hardware City boys will be found well to the front, as were their ancesters in the past, is not doubted. - The recruiting rally of Thursday night, in which Second Lieutenant Rodman Wright Chamber- lain of Company I, First Infantry, took a part, was in some ways a re- petition of the history of fifty-six Yyears ago, for on the night of April 14, 1861, a few hours after Major Anderson had evacuated Fort Sump- ter, the first regular war-meeting held in Hartford County, and ope of the first in the state pertaining to ‘the ‘war of the rebellion, was held in the Center church with Rev. Samuel Rockwell presiding and at this initial rally Lieutenant Chamberlain’s father, the late Judge Valentine B. Chamber- lain, took a prominent part. In view of the recruiting activity of the pres- ent week a glimpse into similar activ- ities of half a century ago would not be amiss. The late David N. Camp, in his history of New .Britain, says of this ‘meeting: ‘“Resolutions to sup- port the government were unanimous- ly passed amid great enthusiasm, which was raised to the highest pitch when V. B. Chamberlain, Esaq., presented fo the audience, accom- panied by a thrilling speech, a por- trait of Major Anderson. This hand- some picture of the hero of Fort Sumpter had been encircled with a laurel wreath prepared by a few la- dies of New Britain. An enlistment paper was presented, and the enlist- ment of volunteers, headed by Frank Stanley, who was afterward kille t Irish Bend, Louisiana, was begun. Following this meeting recruiting was brisk and on Monday, April 22, 1861 Company G, First Regiment, was mustered into the service from New Britain. On September 4, 1861, Com- pany G of the Sixth Infantry, recruit- ed with more than seventy men from | this place, was mustered into the ser- vice, going at once into camp at New Haven. ' About the same time Com- pany A of the Seventh Regiment, ‘was mustered into the service. Among its numerous New Britain men was Lieutenant - Rodman Chamberlain’s father, who was commissioned as a lieutenant himself at the time. Omn February 18, 1862, Company A of the Thirteenth Regiment was jmustered into‘ the service with Henry L. Bid- well, a former New Britain man, as captain, and over fifty others from this place. Company F of the Four- teenth Regiment was mustered in on August 28, 1862 with sixty-five men and {its principal officersfrom New Britain. Professor Camp’s history adds that ‘“the number of men fur- nished by New Britain was, of the three months volunteers, 60, and of the three year men, 645, or 106 more than the quota of the town ‘The history also relates that “eighty -of those who went from New Britain, either fell in battle, were wounded and died of their wounds, or were sick and dled in hospitals or southern prisons,” Concerning the record of V. B. Chamberlain, father of the young Heutenant of Company I, the history says that he enlisted In Company A Seventh Regiment, on August 17, 1861 and was commissioned a second lleu- tenant on September 5. On Septem- ber 18 he was sent to Washington, | was in the expedition sent to South Carolina in October and in the early part of November was with the sev- .enth when it made its first landing in that state. He was in the seige of Fort Pulaski in April and of James Island in June 1862. On July 1 he ‘was promoted to captain of the com- pany. During the second day of the battle of the assault upon+Fort Wag- ner at Morris Island, 8. C, Captain Chamberlain was made a prisoner of war and was confined at Charleston and Columbia, S. C., and at Char- lotte and Raleigh, N.-C. He escaped from Columbia but in making his way north through East Tennessee he was recaptured and was not parolled until March 1, 1865 at Wilmington, N. C. Already his son, although in the First Regiment only a little more than " a year, has seen service along the Mex- ican border. Officers above the rank of sergeant, who enlisted from this city and were killed in action or died during the campaigns, were Captain J. E. Blinn, Co. F, 14th Rest., killéd at Antletam; Theodore A. Stanley, leutenant in Co. F, 14th Regt., mortally wounded, at Fredericksburg; Sergeant Orville Campbell, Co. I, 16th Regt., killed at Antietam; Sergeant Charles R. Glad- den, Co. A., 13th Regt., died at New Orleans; Michael Myers, died at An- dersonville Prison; Quartermaster Sergeant J. W. Post, Co. F, 14th Regt., dled at Harpers Ferry; . Ser- geant Charles M. Scoville, Co. F, 14th Regt., mortally wounded at Spottsyl- Francis E. Stanley, orderly ser- geant in'Ca. A, 13th Regt., killed at Irish Bend; Francis W. Stanley, ser- geant in the 13th Regt, mortally wounded at Irish Bend; and Sergean Albert Stillman, Co. K, 20th Regt. killed at Chancerlol'vflle. . The new and revised automobile la: becomes effective tomorrow and, ace cording to prosecuting authorities, sufficient publicity has been given the more important acts so that imme- diate and stringent enforcement is to be mede. It is also intimated that the automobile commissioner may tem- porarily revoke the. license of any driver found guilty of violating the law. The Herald previously printed several articles dealing with various phases of ths law and copies of the motor vehicle laws may be obtained from the office of the commissioner in Hartford, and by interrogations relat- ing to the law respecting the registra- tion of motor vehicles and the licens- ing of operators will be cheerfully an- swered by the department, Commis- sioner Robbins B. Stoeckél states. A number of motorists, unconsciously, are dally violating the law as regards the number plates. This law provides that the plates must hang at least eighteen inches from the ground and must be at all times unobacured. In- vestigation by the owner will, in many show ‘that his markers are m jung too near the ground or A ALD, SATURDAY, are bdlurred by dust, mud or. grease. The law as it pertains to the speed of a motor véhicle gives the prosecuting that he would have to impart te the. commissioners and it is even betting that in a few weeks the attorney will attorney a large degree of latitude as | have even. forgotten the personnel of it states that the sped must not b “*‘greater than is reasonable and prop- er, having regard to the width, traf- fic and use of the highway, or so as to endanger the life or limb, of any per- son.” Continuing this law provides that if any vehicle maintains a speed of *“thirty miles an hour for one-quar- ter of a mile, or if such rate of speed exceeds twenty miles an hour for & quarter of a mile through the thickly settled portion of any town where the bufldings average less than 100 feet apart shall be deemed prima facie evidence of reckless driving.” % To use a motor vehicle without the permission of the owner makes the culprit liable to a fine of not less than $50 or more than $100 for the first offense. A prison sentence from one to ten years is provided for subse- quent offenses. A similar fine is pro- vided for people guiity of operating & motor vehicle while under the influ- ence of liquor or drugs and a like pen- alty may be meted out to any one who tampers with or starts the motor of any vehicle without the owner's DPermission. erson who causes injury to nerson or property shall stop and ascertain the damage and give his name, etc. A new and decld- edly important law is one pertaining to reports of accidents. This states that the operator of any motor vehicle involved in any accident resulting in personal injury or apparent property damage to the excess of $10 shall, within twenty-fourshours, make & written report of the accident to the commissioner. ' This section is to be rigidly enforced. +A fine of between $5 and $25 .is provided in case a person is found guilty of throwing any thing at a passing auto. 1 Under the terms of the law here- after all vehicles using the highway at night ,except a load of hay, must dis- play a ligsht. This refers to bicyeles as well as carriages and wagons. This light must be of sufficient brilllancy to be seen at a distance of 200 feet. In case any one having knowingly caused injury to another and refuses to stop and assist or give his name, eto., is subject to a fine of not more than 3500 or imprisonment for six months or both. “The law provides that all vehicles constructed so that the driver has not & clear view to the rear must be eqpipped with a mirror. This applies chiefly to trucks and vans. Another iniportant phase of the law which should be understood is that the judge of every court, whenever a man is convicted of drunkenness, shall ascertain whether or not the ad- Judged holds an operator’s licenge. If -he does it shall be the duty of the judge to report this fact, together with a record of the conviction, to the -state commiissioner within forty-eight hours. The commissioner will then revoke the license “‘for a period of not less than one year,” subject to ap- peals. The law furthermore states that “no operator’s license shall be granted to a person conyicted of drunkenness until one year from th date of such conviction has elapsed. Sec. 84 of the act states that the motor vehicle law “shall be construed with reason and in a manner to cause no undue hardship to any per- son who is not willfully or knowing- ly suilty of a viol:.tifln thereof.” As President Wilson so aptly states: “The Time is Short”. Recruits can ap- ply to local officers for enlistment. e The sight of a military encampment in Walnut Hill park is novel in the extreme. It will make the park & much more popular place during the next few days. * .. \ n the line of public improvements thére is one section of roadway in the city that is in deplorable shape and needs immediate attention. It is that section of East street between East Maip street and the railroad crossing. Near ‘old Pratt station the roadbed has been badly heaved by the winter frosts until it has become a series of ruts and hummocks, re- sembling . nothi: more than the bumps on the Chelikoot Pass at some short resort or fair. Inasmuch this highway is one of the principal arteries of travel leading into the city from Hartford it should be kept in better condition. If local author- ities are not at fault they should call the attention of the state highway ~ommissioner to conditions. LR Another public improvement need- ed badly is the drive-way entrance to Fairviewv cemetery on Smalley street. The gutter and passway is paved with rough cobble stones and there is also a sharp incline at this point; making a most unpleasant spot for hacks, carriages or automobiles to pass. With but very little work this could be levelled down and smoothed off to make a more suitable entrance for this beautifully M:l :)ut cemetery. . Now that the board of police com- ‘missioners has met and organized people following civic affairs will have' to. confine their speculations as to ‘what it does—and apparently they will have to be content with specula- tion since the mayor has seen to it that his appointees have issued an edict of complete secrecy as to their ! doings. It is this thing that galls the public. ‘They dislike to have their servants meet to transact the people’s business behind closed doors. - At best the public -has had but lttl confi- dence in past safety boards, and the incoming one is doing little to warrant confidence when “star chamber sea- sions” are made the rule. The mayor has safd that there are many matters coming before the board of which the public should be kept in ignorance and he also states that the district attorney oftimes has things to say to them that are for no other ears. Tt 1s hard to understand what matters of routine busin are so important that they should be kept secret, and the mayor has no reason to believe that a reasonable request to make no mention of some more private item, not bearing directly in the public's interests, would not be respected. As for the reference to the district a torney. We can conceive of nething the board. The prosecuting attorney is an executive official and if he has anything to - communicate he: will communfoate to-the ;chief of police, Who is, or should be, the executive head of that department. In many quarters there was ocon- siderable surprise expressed -because Howard M. Steele, the. only veteran commissioner, was relegated into the discard and not elected ' chairman, while P. F. King, a newcomer and'a democrat, was given the position. It was known that Mr. Steel had am- | bitlons for the chairmanship and up to the last minute still clung to fajnt hope that he mighti land the job. But he didn’t, a fact which might indicate a lack of confidence on ::?1 “lpn.rt .:f lml- fellow’ commissioners e administration w e hich appoint- Taken as a whole however, the po- lice commission should prove a ca- pable one and if the members would only agree to work in the open, rather than behind closed doors and in se- cret, giving to the public only what information it cares to and hiding ail other, it might win the confidence of the people.. 'Until it does, however, the public is -vt. u: b‘. suspicious. It has been a number of years since the New Britain fire department has had an puting and fleld day, but To the Editor of the ‘ It would appear:to general censure of the patriotismi o the youth of New mfi!n.“jm';; \ Pratt in last night's Herald, “"é soewhat uncalled for. He o i that patrjotism is apparently - daad here. While we all hope for more recruits from this pluce will do ali Wwe can to further aims, the cherges of Mr. Pratt not, in my" opinion.. in acocord fifty veads ¥go, in the days of.the old | volunteer fire department, these an- nual fleld days came with clocklike regularity. At varfous times there ‘were a number of volunteer hoss com- panies and engine companies, among which were the Niagara company, the .Ocean company, pany, the. Pacific company and the Emeralds. There are still a few of these old time members living, but most of them have been dead a num- ber of years. The last two of the best known old time volunteers who have died were James A. Duffy and Dwight A. Parsons. Bstween forty and fifty years ago, when the field days were the events 'from which everything in town dated, the fire apparatus was of the hand variety. The hose companies had hand reels and the engine companies had hand pumps, while all apparatus: had to be dragged through the streets . to the scene of the fires man power, fifteen or twenty men pulling at ropes or pushing from behind. Those were the Atlantic com- | the days pf bright red shirt and the | big heavy helmet and hand trumpets. One of the big events of the fleld day used to be a race between the various companies. The starting place was from near Broad street down Lafay- ette street to Washington street and the company arriving first won the prise. Following these races the com- ‘now known as Central Park. In the old days there was a big ' woode: watering trough at the extremie south end of the green and this would ‘be filled with water and each ecompany would take-turns in pumping it dry, the company pumping it out in the quickest time being declared the win. ner. It was generally the experienced engine companies that won, as the hosemen seldom could stand the un- accustomed work connected with steady pumping. After these feats of fire fighting prowess the companies would adjourn to what was then known as North’s grove. This was & popular plenic grove at the corner of Maple and Whiting streets, located a Httle to the rear of Mayor G. A. Quigley’s residence where even today there is a small grove of oak trees. As time went on the rivalry be- tween the various fire companies be- came keéen and at one time prises were offered for the company arriv- ing at & fire the quickest. It was this that led to the ultimate breaking up of the volunteer system and a’'scandal that stirred the town for years. It was at this time that the so-called “barn burners” came into. being. Anxious to win the prizes, some mem- bers of the volunteer companies would assemble at their stations, all ready to dash out, while a fellow member would go'to a stated place and set fire to a barn. The last fire of this sort occurred on Lake street when a big. barn burnd. It is said that one company was already at the fire waiting for the alarm to be rung in, so anxious were the members te win the prize., This scandal resulted in a general civic upheaval and the arrest and conviction of several men. U (From the Mavon Telegraph.) “When I look into this sea of up- lifted intelligent faoces.” “I shall dwell upon one other point briefly, and then I am done.” “And that reminds me of a little story which, perhaps, many of you have heard before,” “Ah, how well do I remember the humble cot in which I first saw the | light}"” “I'trust, now, that I shall not lay a tax upon your patience.” “Men may tell you that I am & self-seeker, but, gentlemen, I point proudly to my record.” “Words fail me.” “Whatever 1 may have accom- plished in my humble way, I owe to the. layaity and steadfast support of you, my fellow citizens.” ‘The dearest, I may say the one, wish of my heart is that when I shall have fulfilled my mission as the rep- resentative of this, the grand the most glorious district *(or state) the sun ever shone upon; a district (or state) whose women are parsgons of virtue and beauty, and where men are worthy sons of noble sires, my ears shall be blessed with that voles of ap- proval so dear to the hearts of true men, ‘Well done, thou good and faithful servant.’” A Really . Brave. ~Buffalo Express.) “You really think that he's a game soldier?"” 4 “You bet he is! Why, he's as game weren't married!"” panies ‘would adjourn to.“‘the green,” | dividual- ent, tightly, drawn that strictly € induces been official. umzp o It is not: Mesdeo' that are most annoying rather her official. bline "‘:‘::n‘bilm u:d, %:M and . ‘s N does not know this sondition, certatnly could 1f i¢ v “How has your political ~occupied " 7 “Mostly,” Teplied Senator: “In -trying to reform the o