New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 13, 1917, Page 6

B erald, | muen for the contrast D PUBLISBHING COMPANY. Proprietors. ly (Runday excepted) at 4:15 p. m., ferald Building, 67 Church St &t tie Post Offce at New Britain Second Class Mail Matter. By carrier to any part of the city B 18 cents a week, 66 cents a month per to be ment by ma r e in M’V.m:. 60 cents a month. yo o sdverttsing medlum prontable adverttsing MO0 VT n to advertisers. be found on sale at Hota- will 5 d, 42nd St. and Bro: '“"Y::;"cny; Roard Walk, ¢ City, and Hartford Depot. TELEPHONE CALLS. — Unguarded Gates. ' Liberty, white goddess! well leave the gates unguarded? On thy breast Sorrow’s children, | the hurts of Fate, the down-trodden, . hand of steel those who to ’thy portals come waste the gifts of Freedom. (OMAS BAILEY ALDRICH. is it sooth but with sacred WHO WENT AHEAD. years after the death of | Balley Aldrich his country e result of leaving the gates It now sees the folly of ving stayed those who came portals of Liberty “to | the gifts of Frecdom.” Be- of this, a new national army recruited under the selective B0 that the dissipation may be to a timely end. Millions of | American boys will, before an- Lyear has traced Its career, be the battlefields of Europe fight- defense of all that this nation or held dear,—the principles ocracy. the new national army is pacruited and sent away we must Prget the boys who went ahead ranks of the regulars and fistional guard, and the navy. people of New Britain have al- done much work to this end. bave helped materially in col- g the namesg of all those young Ho enlisted from this city. The however, is not yet complete. ‘bilanks coming in every day it jot take long to set down upon ioks the record of all those who ered the first call to the colors. N forget our patriots. us not r of the draft or the volunteer tment. The boys and men who ow being enrolled on the army of the nation will be easily after. They are called as part s city's quota, its net quota, and | names are easily obtalnable. of those who went in the first | jolned the colors from other pns and their names are not all ed here. To keep the record ht, all readers are requested to the blanks. THE WAY THEY GO. £ in Chicago a drafted youth Plaside the veil that hid his and let his street-corner nions have a peep into the in- recesses of his soul. It was the war, of course. Seemingly by had been upbraided by his ¥ for not having enlisted pre- to the operation of the selective Anent that episode, the boy ed in this fashion: “He says to hy do you talk like that? Why pu be patriotic? So when F came up, I says to him, ‘If I enting. on this, the Chicago ne says: “That was typical. A many young Americans feel the It they go, they go, propher iooking on ism, which it ism, however. There was fatal- mong European conscripts when Irst mobilization summoned them he colors, but what did they of war and what did they know nches and what expectation was then that the struggle would ndefinitely? Our drafted boys fid. If they go; they go, cyes ‘minds informed, yet without a » and call A magnificent a would it is. "is a point that must be em- id. The European conscripts into the war when the war was hncertainty, that the war would be the great- of all wars, when the mind of could not imagine what such would come to, what it would n. They knew nothing of war. knew nothing of trench warfare, all its ramifications. They knew netther did they dream of such utcome as this,—e war not end- [even after the third year. So @ when there was no NEW ‘So much for the European conscript. Now we have the American boys called to the colors. They arc called after the nations in Europe have been battling against each other for lo these three strenuous years. They have heen called after they have read In detail of all the horrors that take place in the trench the open ficlds, and in the vill back of the hattlefields. They know something of warfare, even if it knowledge gained only through the printed page. They are vastly more enlightened than the European conscripts were called at the beginning Yet they, as did the offer their services in the same dare-devil spirit that has always been characteristic of America, murmur- ing only to the extent that “If I go T Ea.ts There be no better fighting Spirit than this which says, “If I go, I go,” for it is’the pent-up philosophy of three s, on 15 -4 who the Chicago of war. boy, can vears standing-hy For wit- & almost three years this nation looking on as a neutral nation. During that time there’ were many who advotated our taking a hand in the struggle. There were who counseled against such a thing. And our boys got the benefits of all arguments pro and con. On top of that, they got a dislike for warfare which can only come to those who have patiently read and read and read their papers in the hope that the end would come soon and who then see no hope for an end As this nation was reluctant about entering the struggle, 4s it held aloof from the war for those two and more years of terrible abuse and calumny, so the American youth of today may be pardoned if he does not rush in pell mell where even angels would fear to tread. The war was forced upon’ America. And just in the same way the fighting of the war has been forced upon the American boy of to- day. In the midst of happiness he is asked to go forth to a battlefield,— to a fleld of death that has long been made familiar to him through numer- ous newspaper articles and stories de- picting the frightfulness of it all Naturally, he hesitates before he ac- cepts. Yet he accepts the challenge. He hears the call to the colors. And he says, “Well, someone has to go. Someone has to fight so that the world may be rid of this accursed monster,—autocracy. And if I go, I go. What of it?” There may as nesses of the war. was many he a difference between the glory which comes to the volun- teer and that which is known to the drafted man; but we fail to see it. The volunteer rushes in without be- ing asked, true. The conscript hesi- tates and then answers the call. Be- cause he has remained behind and pondered over the questions at hand is no sign he is a weakling and a coward. On the contrary, it is a sign he has weighed full well the impor- tance of the task in hand. And then, having donned the uniform and gone forth to fight for Uncle Sam, he takes his place in the ranks with the heroes of the hour, the boys who are de- termined to win the world free for demogracy, to make the old earth fit to live in, to sound the death knell of autocracy. It is a hard task. There can be nothing said to the contrary. Yet it will be accom- plished by those who after long de- liberation and debhte make up their minds to say, “If I go, I go.” And that is the end of it. THE SUM AND SUBSTANCE. Senator LaFollette may not know to what extent he stirs up dissension when he takes up the cause of Ger- many in the Senate of the United State: Because of his exalted po- sition, as Senator from a great state in the Union, heralded all over the world. Further, they will be used by German propa- gandists to show that the United States, although it is in this fight, s not in sympathy with the cause of the Allies. It will be easy for pro- German editors and writers and lec- turers to distort ideas and feed a gullible' class upon food destined to disturb the smooth workings of na- tons at war. There must have been great rejolc- ing in the Wilhelmstrasse when the report of LaFollette's action in the Senate Saturday the wire- less, The Wisconsin Senator played into the hands of Germany, whether he knew it or not. Kaiser Wilhelm himself could not have done better interest of Germany’s game. Chancellor Michaelis would have been at a loss for words the occasion than those in the reso- lution of the Wisconsin vthing that Ger- in the rhting against the wrongs of other nations, whereas other are fighting against wrongs of Germany, makes the contentions of the Junker- tum of Germany sound more feasible. came over in the more fitting to statesmar. tends to place many position of nations the Germany 1n putting out her “‘peace feelers,” lays claim to a policy of “no annexation and no indemnity. In all the mutterings of peace from Germany, however, thepe has never his utterances will be | been a suggestion that Germany stands willing to rectify even in small degree some of the wrongs she has | perpetrated upon the world at large. There is never a mention of complete restoration of poor little Belgium. | There is no hint of freedom for Po- land. There is no talk of replacing Northern France. None of these things are advanced on the other end of the policy “no anncxations and no indemnity.” Last weck in council with the Emperor, Chancellor Mich- aelis had this to say:—"We all know what we want.” He falled to add that what Germany wants is not what the rest of the nations want, or what the world wants. Even Senator La | Follette should by this time know that the world wants to be rid of Prussian militarism once and for all It will never know peace until this monster has been crushed to earth never to rise. That is the sum and substance of the whole thing. FACTS AND FANCIES. The German crown prince is the most repulsed young man in Europe. —New York Evening World. And, by the way, who remembers when there were bashful young girls? —Bridgeport Telegram. New London’s idea of a rube is: Any one who lives north of Montville. —Norwich Bulletin. All the rest of his life the Good Brother who stayed at home kept thinking of the corking time the Prodigal Son must have had.—Don Marquis in New York Evening Sun. On Aug. 9 incofmparable Izaak Wal- ton was born. But that was 824 years ago, in the good old days when the world was at peace.—Hartford Times. The New German cabinet 1is so much like the old one that they won- der even in Germany what the change was for.—Hartford Times. i This country has not yet fully wak- ened up to the fact that it is at war —and the enemy is doing everything possible to keep it asleep.—Norwich Record. ~Von Hindenberg, who tells the Ger- mans that the allies want $4,000,000 a year indemnity for 100 years, knows Germany's degree of guilt and can imagine a reasonable bill of dam- ages.—Louisville Courier Journal. So far the most ingenious excuse offered to escape military service is that of a man who pleaded for ex- emption on the ground that his earn- ings were necessary to make up the losses incurred by a millinery shop his wife ran for recreation. And yet a heartless government turns a deaf ear to his appeal.—New York Sun. T'd Give a Good Deal. I'd give a good deal to tread over again The miles that are stretching be- hind, To know all the smiles of the good folks of then, N And the speech that was never un- kind; To dream all the dreams scheme all the schemes That the head:of a small boy can do, To start splendid derful. trips And patiently wait for them, too. and to ships upon won- I'd give a good deal could I only go back To. the boy that I was over there, When life stretched ahead in a won- derful treck, And I knew not the station of Care. When I knew not the bad, the sor- did and sad, When vice hadn’t entered scene, And life was a joy to a barefooted boy, ¥ And never a thought was unclean. the I'd give a good deal could ] only re- turn To the marvelous things planned And yearn as a small: -boy of old used to yearn % The plaudits of all to command. | To stretch out and gaze with wide eyes at the blaze Of the wood at the hearth and to see that I of the fight That some day was going to be. I'd give a good deal to tread over again The miles that are stretching be- hind, hack to the wonderful coun- try of then ‘When never a heart was unkind, To start out anew as the boy that I knew ‘With his visions of splendor still bright, With his courage untamed, and the body unmaimed, And the plume in his helmet still ‘white. —EDGAR A. GUEST. COMMUNICATED WANTED: A BALLAD. To go One of Common, or Garden Variety as “I Didn’t Raise My Beans to Be a Failure. To the Editor of the Herald: Just a word or two of advice to these two new writers, Messrs Boggs and Mitcheil, and particularly to Mr. | Mitchell. IFor the land sakes, please some vital subject. The average man after he has ate his supper, fed the chickens, mowed the { ]awn, weeded the beets, watered the | Rarden, dug a quart of potatos—from 18 hills, hoed the cabbage, emptied the ice pan, washed his feet, shaved, changed his clothes, returned the lawn mower, hasn't the time, nor My plume shining bright in the thick | isn’t in just exactly the right mood to read a lot of stuff on hairpins, or other Plainville dope. | What the average reader needs at the present time is a little informa- tion right off the bat on such intense- 1y Interesting matters as, how to strike the boss for a raise—and get it, or how to marry a red-headed girl | and still be happy, or how to feed a | family of five on $68.40 iper week, | or how to live on corn bread and beans and still look pleasant. Any of these subjects would be a | mighty big help to the average man, | and would help in many wavs to re- duce the high cost of—existing, and | would remove the cause of much pro- fanity. If Mr. Boggs or Mr. Mitchell would only write some ballad, entitled, T didn’t raise beans to be a failure, or, when the green lice homeward fly., It would calm and sooth the feelings of many a disheartened gardener. BEN DAVIS. CAUGHT DRAFT. Boggs Unfortunate in Selection of His Position—Refuses to Give Age. To the Kditor of the Herald: Gee! They fell on me like a thousand of brick in last Saturday's paper. Your man, whoever he is, who writes the Town Talk, or Town ‘Topics, or whatever you call it, wants to know why I, styled by him as a self-confessed globe-trotter, have not expressed my views on the draft. He touching ! my | | Bour of need to leave thelr own homes says: ‘“‘Possibly Mr. Boggs is one of those drafted and being a modest young man Kkeeps his views to him- self.”” To begin with, let me take up the globe-trotting proclivities that are supposed to be mine. I have never professed to belong to that class of gentry who try to keep up with the whirl of the world and trace their meandering way about the globe. Nor have I confessed to such activities. I did say something about the Barbary Coast in one of my letters; but the Barbary Coast is far from being the world. As to my being in the draft, if I answer that insinuation one way op the other I would be placed in the embarrassing position of giving away my age. This, however, will not pre- vent me from touching on a subject which seems to be so near and dear to the hearts of young men,—and young ladies,—at this time. I will write something about the draft just so soon as I get over a very severe cold I am now suffering as the result of sitting in a draft Saturday night. L. K. BOGGS. FISHERMAN'’S LUCK. Shades of Izaak Walton, Yon Cannot Expect to Catch Sturgeon in Hart’s Pond. To the Editor of the Herald: Fish stories of late don't seem to be very plentiful, however here is one right off the reel, that I am going to give to the readers of the Herald verbatum literature. A certain young man holding a respansible position in one of our largest factories (don’t ask his name please) claims he is an ex- pert in angling, and will bet ‘“cards and spades’ that he can land more of the finy tribe than any other man that ever shouldered a fishing rod, and does not even except Izaak Walton. One day last week he decided to take a day off, and go angling for the finy tribe, after laying in a supply of faod- stuff for the day, together with a plentiful supply of the fluid that gives good cheer to all, he hied himself to Hart's pond, that is famous for the vast quantities of fish that has always been landed there, he cast his hook into the stream and seated himself on the bank, to await results. He waited and he waited, but still no bite, or even a nibble Tesponded to his well baited hook, and mind you, “Ol1d Sol” all this time was pushing up the mer- cury until it had reached the 90 de- gree mark, and still the well baited hook had undergone no change. As the coming darkness began to cast her shadows over the water, patience ceased to be a virtue with this unfor- tunate one, and he gathered- up his implements, and started for home, using language that would' not look well in print, and swore an eternal vow, that this was the. end of his angling for this season at the least. Any time you want to get this young felloxv’s temper up to blood heat, just say: Hello (B) how is the fishing at Hart's pand? G. H. GRIMES. 865 Stanley St. LINES O’ TYPE. The’ sun, so we're told, is 9.50.000 miles away. Soze a lot o’ other sons from their fond mammas. Some pocketbooks is like spring,—a long time opening up. It allers seemed t' me that there was a lot o’ religion in a bathtub. My dorg wouldn’t eat a franfooter th’ other day. What's that about comin’ events cast ‘ere shadows afore? L I s'pose if a bizzybody hed to be changed into some other kind ov an animal, he’d choose th' elephant, b’cuz it’s got a big nose. I've generly noticed that th’' feller that's allers askin’ 'bout th’ other fel- ler's wife {s th’ feller to watch. 'F God loves me ez I love my dorg I bet I'll see both 'n Heaven. Tha’s allers sunthin pertickler nice 'bout ridin’ on th’ trolley cars special- ly if a nice young gal's a standin’ on y'r corn. HENRY WILLIS MITCHELL. OOST-PLUS SYSTEM REJECTED. ‘Washington, Aug. 13.—Straight pur- chase-and-sale contracts for war ma- terial, instead of the cost plus profit | plan, are regommended by the inter- | departmental cost conference in a re- | port, made public to-day after two | months Investigation. It says the cost-plus system should be used only where production involves difficult and complicated manufacturing effort or conditions which cannot be clearly foreseen. % T BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1017. HOME READING COURSE FOR CITIZEN SOLDIERS Thirty daily lessons offcred to men selected for service in Na- tional Army as practical help in getting started in the right way. .No attempt is made to give binding rules or directions, the course be- ing informal in tone. These lessons are issned by the War Depart- ment which reserves right to reprint. LESSON I. Your Post of Honor. You are called to serve as a soldier in the National Army, because that is one of your obligations as a citizen of the United States. The citizens of a re- public must always be ready in the and take up arms in defense of their rights and principles. Otherwise the republic_could not long continue to | exist. The men who now enter mili- tary service deserve the gratitude and respect of their gellow citizens. You are doubtless making a heavy | sacrifice in order to perform this duty to your country. Hundreds of thou- sands of other young men and their | families are face to face with similar sacrifices. All our citizens. will sooner | or later be called upon, each to bear ! his or her share of the burden. Men | and women, rich and poor, all alike | must do whatever is necessary and must give up whatever is necessary. For no personal interests or feellngs can be permitted to stand in the way at a time when the safety and honor | of the country are at stake. As a citizen soldier you are chosen | for a post of special distinction. ‘America is justly proud of the sol- | diers of the past who have won for | us the rights today denied and put in serious danger by the high-handed at- tacks of the German government. America will be no less proud of you, as you fight to uphold these rights. Your personal responsibility is| and fastened a rope to the unoccupied trenches, thereby enabling the cross- ing of the river and the driving of the enemy from his fortified position.” On May 6, 1900, Private William P. Maclay, 438rd U. 8. Volunteer Infan- try “charged an occupied bastion, saving the life of an officer in a hand- to-hand combat and destroying the enemy.” In all these cases medals of honor were granted. The incidents, how- ever, are typical of the army. Thou- sands of similar stories might be told. They represent the spirit that will in- spire the National Army when the time comes to show the stuff of which it is made. Tales of heroic courage can be found iIn the annals of all armies and of all nations. But the American Army has its own special tradition, which these incidents illustrate. It is the tradition of intelligence, self- reliance, and individual daring on the part of men serving in the ranks. The Individual Soldier Counts. Other things being equal, an army made up of self-reliant, thinking men has a great advantage over a merely machine-like army, and this is espe- cially true in present day warfare. Major Gen. Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff, U. S. A. remarks on this point: “The conditions under which mod- ern wars are fought are ever mak- ing Increasing demands on the indi- vidual soldler: * * * The individual soldier must know how to interpret accurately orders and signals for the enemy’'s fire may often so isolate him great. As warfare is today conducted, | the individual soldier counts more : than ever before. Your own skill and bravery, no matter how humble your | rank, may easily be important factors in deciding whether an engagement | is to be won or lost. You can not de- pend upon anyone else to carry this personal responsibility for you; yeu must depend upon yourself. Some American Soldiers. Americans are well-fitted to meet this test. During the Civil War, at the battle of Antietam, the 7th Maine In- fantry lay, hugging the ground, under a furious storm of shot and shell. Pri- | vate Knox who was a wonderful shot, asked leave to move nearer the enemy. For an hour afterwards his com- ! panions heard his rifle crack every few minutes. ! His commanding offi- cer finally, from curiosity, “crept for- ward to see what he was doing, and found that he had driven every man away from one section of a Confeder- ate battery, tumbling over gunner | after gnhner as they came forward to fire. * * * At the end of an hour or so, a piece of shell took off the breech of his pet rifle, and he returned dis- consolate; but after a few minutes he | gathered three rifles that were left by wounded men and went back again.” In the Confederate armies individ- ual soldiers were no less skillful, cool | and brave. On both sides they were Americans. Here are a few cases quoted from official records. You must read be- tween the lines to get the full benefit of the stories they tell of resourcefull- ness and courage. On June 9, 1862, Private John Gray, 5th Ohio Infantry, ‘“mounted on an artillery horse of the enemy and cap- tured a brass 6-pound piece, in the face of the enemy’s fire, and brought it to the rear.” On October 12, 1863, Private Michael Dougherty, 13th Pennsyl- vania Cavalry, “at the head of a de- from his leader and comrades, per- haps only a step away, that he may be thrown on his own initiative in making his actions conform to those of the whole line; he may have to use his own judgment in opening fire, in advancing, in intrenching.” Fair Play. A second tradition of the American Army, which need only be mentioned, is that of fighting fairly and treating even the enemy with as much human- ity as his own conduct will permit. As for slaughtering or enslaving the civillan population of captured terri- tory, attacking prisoners or assault- ing women, American soldiers would as little commit such crimes in time of war as in time of peace. In this respect most of the civilized nations of the world think alike. Fighting for Rights and Principles. There is a third splendid tradition of the American Army which you will help to carry forward. It has fought always and everywhere in defense of principles and rights—never merely for territory and for power. Even the Civil War resulted from the clash of opposing principles—the principle of an indivisible union upheld by the North, and that of freedom to with- draw from the union upheld by the South. To protect the rights of citizens, the American people have several times | opposed tyrannical governments—the English government in 1776 and 1812, the French government for a short period in 1798, the Mexican govern- ment in 1848, the Spanish government in 1898. The final effect in each case has been to advance the cause of lib- erty and democracy throughout the world, even in the countries against which we fought. Our weapons have not willingly been turned against any peoples, but only against the rulers who misgoverned and misled them. In fighting for our own rights, the Amer- tachment of his company, dashed across an open field, exposed to a deadly flre from the enemy, and suc- ceeded in dislodging them from an | unoccuppied house, which he and his comrades defended for several hours against repeated attacks, thus pre- | venting the enemy from flanking the | position of the Union forces.” I From May 8 to 11, 1864, Private! John B. Lynch, 8d Indiana Cavalry, “carried important dispatches from the president to General Grant, pass. ing through thp enemy’s country, es- caping captur delivered his mes- sages and refurned to Washington with replies thereto.” On April 27, 1899, Private Edward | ‘White, 20th Kansas Infantry, during | a fight with insurgents in the Phlll[u: pine Island, “swam the Rio Grande de | Pampanga in face of the enemy’s fire ican Army has fought also, in Presi- dent Wilson's phrase, for the ‘“rights of mankind.” For a like high purpose, the Amer- ican people have entéred into the present war against the German gov- ernment—a government- which in our belief misrepresents and misleads the German people. Only by so doing can we make America and jthe world “safe for democracy.” But one end- ng can be thought of—an ending that will guarantee the continuance of all those principles and rights which the American Army has in the past so nobly fought to establish. Never lose sight, even for an instant, of the fact that all your training, your efforts, and your sacri- fices have this one great object in view, the attainment of which is worth anything it may cost. e e T———— A Son-of-a-Gun From Bitter Creek. (Louisville Courler-Journal). is a matter of common ob- servation that the debates in con- gress dre not very enlightening. But when the average congressional spouter gets on to a religious text, or a moral topic, he fairly emulates the Dutchman, who every spring bored holes in his cellar door, as he said, “to let the darkness out.”” The latest example of this is Senator Mor- ris Sheppard of Texas, who believes in pumping virtue into the people by legislative process. He is as pious as Satan when re- buking sin and as orthodox as! Barebones himself. His theme is| temperance, his method intemperate. The constant activity of the liquor in- terests is a peril to free institutions, according to the Chinese statesman- ship which would burn the house to roast the pig, while alcoholic liquor is a menace to the nation’s health, mor- als and efficiency. Organized labor, cried the gentleman from Texarkana, has been asked to oppose prohibition because bartenders and brewery and distillery emploves are members of unions. And then he blathered thus: “Labor is asked to emperil its very existence, to take, food from the mouths and clothes from the backs of men, women and children to sus- tain a traffic meaning hunger, disease, insanity and death for the masses while liquor barons thrive in luxury. It If the liquor traffic is to be eradicated the aid of the Federal Government must be invoked. The partnership between the liquor trafic and the Federal Government is one of the most frightful heritages of the Civil War."” To a man of Senator Morris Shep- pard’s stunted intellectual growth and limited mental vision the yamp of the temperance lecturer, like the cackle of the little barnyard hamlet where he lives when at home, seems the noise of all the world. Men of his caliber mean nothing. But men of his environment—the two-state wilds of Texarkana, where a gentle- man who gets drunk in Arkansas may sober up in Texas, and vice versa, es- caping the sheriff of' each vicinage the while—could profit by nothing he might read in the doubtful event that he ever read at all. Such a person in the senate of the United States re- calls nothing we can think of except Mrs. Poyser's cock that thought the sun rose just to hear him crow. Ob- viously Mr. Sheppard is the original son-of-a-gun from Bitter Creek, high- up and north side! U. S. Ambulance Units for Italy. Milan, Aug. 12.—Arrangements are being made for the sending to the Ttalian front of several Americah am- bulance units similar to those which have been in operation in France since the war began. The first unit is ex- pected in October. LOVEOUT OF NEW SOLDIERS' PRIMER But They Can Speak in Universal Vehicle—The Eyes New York, Aug. 13.—Ever since the first brick was v‘lomrad into the Tower of Babel there has been bu“ one accepted way of learning a new language. One always started ‘with the very “amo’ and when one had conjugated it in every mood, tense and previous condition of servitude, one was considered fully competent to depart into any strange land and be- come a full fledged after dinner speaker. . Many a romance has had its incep- tion in the coeducational institutions of America when the verdant he- freshman, directed ta recite the pres- ent indicative of this treacherous verb, has floundered helplessly over the very beginning, first person sing- ular, while his eyes strayed involuns tarily to one particular spot in the skirted sectiqn of the classroom. The war has changed all this. Mars has knocked Cupid.clean out of the textbook. The National Security league has just issued an “English- French Hand Book” for the use of United States soldiers in the trenches which upsets every tradition of the little red schoolhouse, because there isn't a single one of its sixty-four” pages where the erstwhile omnipres- ent verb gets a line of space, even in diamond type. The text for this remarkable book- let was prepared by Prof. C. A. Dow- ner of C. C. N. Y., assisted by Prof. Adalphe Cohn of Columbia and Pres- ident August George of the National Assoclation of French Teachers. It isg spopgored by a committee headed by Cecil C. Blumenthal and including as members Mrs. Robert Bacon, Nicho- las F. Brady, Miss Mabel Choate, Frederia R. Coudert, Cass Gilbert, Myron T. Herrick, Phillp M. Lydig and many others. Of course, it is to be presumed that the reason for strafing poor little “aimer” is that no one will ever use it in the trenches. It would be noth- ing short of ridiculous to picture anw, American Sammy with his rifle pick- ing oft boche heads from the parapet of the enemy’s trench ahead, as one picks off the petals of a daisy, and counting dulcetly’ “Il m’aime—il ne m’aime pas——"' On the other hand there are hun- dreds of phrases and words compileds which will'be of daily use to the Sam- mies tbm Names of the days, weeks, ns, parts of the body, countries, etc. Also there are a few ‘sentences to be used in emergencies. For instance, a complete translation, with phonetic pronunciation key, iz given of the words “Where can I find a tax1?” Presumably it is to be useds in case one becpmes lost in No Man's Land and cannot find his way back. For those seeking less aristocratic means of transportation it is ex- plained how to ask in purest French, “Where is the subway station?” or “Shall we take the trolley?” If the supply of smoking materials runs short in the trenches one is taught to inquire “Where can I get some to-.). bacco?” And the answer is append- ed. “There’s the cigar store down there, on the corner.” For smell talk a bountiful supply of phrases is fur- nished. One can ask, in between pe- riods of ducking Big Berthas and hand grenades, “Have you seen to- day’s ipaper?” or “We are going H have a storm,” or “That's just whag ™ I want,” or even, in extreme cases, . ¥ one may remark casually, “Some one! | is asking for you on the telephone.” In conclusion, the first stansa of “La Marseillaise” is given in English and in Freneh, with a phonetic keyy Fo The latter informs one that the French national anthem, when prop- erly sung, sounds as follows: ‘“‘A-lo-: fa de la patrie-e le jour de glwar e-ta-ri-ve.” The booklet will be supplied, through the generosity of the publish« ing committee, to the war department' in quantities limited only by the re-. quirements of the army abroad. The, first edition of 100,000 copies is nowi ready and will be shipped to Washus ington today. 3 ITALIAN CRVED T0 DEATH | Sebastian Ranno Held by Domenic Tominelli While Latters Son Hacks: M Him with Knife. 4 Middletown, Aug. 12.—One of the most cold-blooded murders in the! state, since that of Father Zebris in! New Britain, was committed here Sat- urday night when Sebastian Ranno off 44 Court street was stabbed to death in front of his home by Domenic and! Guiseppe Tominelli, father and son, ofi ¥ 5 Elm street. The father is sald to| have deliberately held the victim iny his arms, while his son carved him iny merciless fashion. The entire police force assisted by af large number of Italian residents scoured the city for the assailants and sucoeeded in capturing the son late last night. The father later gave him- self up to the authorities. Ranno wa: 33 years old and married. The mur- der is said to be the result of a quarrel of unknown origin. OBJECT TO STEEL EMBARGO. Tokio, Aug. 13.—Leading members of the Kokuminto party composed of national liberals and a number of| prominent ship builders held meetings and adopted resolutions urging the government to negotiate with the United States in an endeavor,to pro-| cure a modification of the embargo o steel exportation on the ground it will prove a serious menace to Ja< pans industries. f ¥ I ! \ e’