New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 21, 1917, Page 8

Britain Herald. PUBLISHING COMPANY. Proprietors. (Runday excepted) at 4:15 P M- 4 Building, 67 Church St e Post Office at New Britaln d Class Mail Matter. earrier to any part of the Mt;y Gentr a week, 65 cents & month. for paper to be sent by rmatL @ in advance, 60 cents & month, Year. 3 prof in fitable advertlsing medium ty. = Circulation books and press alwavs open to advertisers. 1 — - sale at_Hota: Fald will be found oo sale Bt 7 1 Gty “Walk, At~ % New York City: do City, and Hartford Depot. ‘ TELEPHONE CALLS. s Office ;+ of The Associated Press. le Associated Press is exclu- y entitled to the use for re- jcation of all news credited or not otherwise credited in paper and also the local news ished herein. {Tie Hope of the World. ! you Mve for the highest in- sts of America, you live at same time for the highest in- sts of the World. In that #gle, the goal is neither na- allsm nor internationalism. 8 demodracy. It is & lasting 38 among nations; and, as far 4 is humanly possible, amity mg men. Go to it! Go to it, s and boys of ‘Amertca! You the hope of the world! —~HBERMANN HAGEDORN. 'Y PTOK ON OCONNEOTIOUT? ording to news despatches in [nssachusetts newspapers, the ublished in Springfleld and the in Boston, some few of the men this state who went to Ayer yes- - under the Selective Service trived at Camp Devens in a de- 1 condition. In a word, they intoxicated. = That is, according » reporters’ version. 1e of our morning contemporar- this state report today that last queries were sent out from Mas- setts newspaper offices asking we had done to our boys before 1g them to Ayer. Not attempt- » answer for the entire state we w Britain can truthfully say we »ur boys away In god shape. The saloons were closed in the early ing and Kkept closed until our went away. Those who saw them \ow in what condition they went. id nothing to them here. is said that some Hartford re- 3 “cut up”, indulged in a few fist y, and a mud-slinging battle, and one member of an exemption { was ‘“very jolly”. There will Wbly be an investigation of these zes to the end that the fair name bnnecticut may not be sullied. Ing from the newspaper stories -1 our morning papers the boys the various cities in this state ved themselves as gentlemen [\ they went away vesterday. As |.s in New Britain so we believe it bin the entire state, and shall con- ) to belleve so until the contrary 'oven. Why pick on Connecticut iribes of the old Bay State? —_— WANTED—A SON. ae day last week we gave place ese columns to “‘a want ad” which \d for a wife. This week we of- \nother appeal from the same pen, ter in the -Milwaukee Journal. it is a son in demand, as shown patter: anted, by parents everywhere in srica. who have given their lives . thelr boys and have all their s for future happiness bound ‘in their children’s success— hited, by these fathers and mothers, Pn. Tanted, a son \ace or mow plain, 7anted, a son whe-is on time at meals, who can.keep his room ;n, who does not leave his clothes the house for mothers to put ¥, who is not selfish, Janted, a son who does not ne- 3t his mother, who will not let wait on him, .who is good to , who is proud: of ‘her, who tells he loves hen. | Vanted, a sony ' who ‘keeps his tem- , who can ;i Bgppy-at home, o is respectful ‘£0 ihis father end mother, who ¢an be as chival- | is t sister a8 to his sweet- Art, his father and ‘ther his seat when they enter the | ' m, who close a door withaut who can a lawn tend a and not o his who offers can who £00d time, who can make them happy in his own home. Wanted, a son with ambition, believes in himself, who is self reliant, whom others boys cannot lead astray, who will not swerve a hair’s breadth truth or right, who hates vileness, who lives a clean life. ‘Wanted, a son who will not tell a smutty joke nor listen to one. ‘Wanted, a son who can keep promise, who scorns a lie. Wanted, a son who laves his father and reverences his who a who from mother, | father can be proud of and a mother | can trust. Wanted, a son who has in the making. Wanted, a son. manhood A JUSTIFICATION. Reading of crime, such as murder and suicide, is not the best intellectual pabulum upon which humanity can feed the mind; but it has this in its favor: it acts as a sort of jack where- on those who are slipping might 1ift themselves. It should, if it does not, open the eyes of those who have de- parted from the straight and narrow. It should serve to put the human car back on the track again. The world war is a crime In the eyes of God and man: yet It has served a mission. It has brought the race back to its senses. It has put a checkrein upon many wild natures. It has shown conclusively what small atoms we are. It has given a different view of human nature. It has stirred up a latent religious feeling that has long since lain dormint. Since the introduction of the mod- ern newspaper,—made possible by the invention of steam engines, printing machines, the telephone and tele- graph,—the crimes of the world have been blazoned forth in big letters. There is no sensational story break- ing anywhere in the world that can- not be brought to the attention of millions of readers in all parts of the earth. Because of this we know more of crime than our forbears who held forth before the inventions that make possible the carrying and assembling and presentation of intelligence. Also, because of other inventions, to-wit, the automobile, the Maxim sllencer, the bright lights, modern apartment houses and hotels, one might almost say the cabaret, there is more crime to record. One school of moralists is in favor of suppressing all news of this sort. It is not, according to the followers of this school, news fit to print. On the other hand there are those who see the benefits humanity derives from having the seamy side of life exposed. | The pitfalls and ditches along the road of life are many. It is some- | times well to know where they are, lest others stumble and fall. So we have a justification for the business of exposing crime. LOSE NO TIME. Now that approximately two hun- dred men from this city have gone to the training camp at Aver, Mass, let the names of those The men who went us not neglect who went before. to Camp Devens vesterday known to all hands. Their and their records are In the keeping of the two local exemption boards. All the data connected with them and which will be of use for future his- torians can be easily obtained from the men who helped Uncle Sam select these young fellows under the new are service law. who went away before their country called them, who went for overseas service in the armies of the Entente Allies are not so fortunate. In many cases they did not register with anyone who might let their friends in New Britain know their whereabouts. of course, parents and kinsfolk who know where these boys have gone and with what armies they are serving. This is the information we want, and for which the Herald has waged a consistent call. We also wnnt the names of all our boys who are now serving in the regular army, and the na- tional guard. Let us lose no time in making the record complete. even There are, the navy, Almost everytime we pick up the Waterbury Republican there is a let- ter from John J. Splain, who has something to do with the friends of Irish Freedom. After reading one of these epistles we wonder if his name is not really John X. Splain. FACTS AND FANOIES. “Our Broadway one-way street’— New York World. Billy Sunday knows where it leads.—Boston Transcript. New the country wonders how much Dudley Field Malone's chivalry will get him.—Bridgeport Post. If the Swedes don’t look out they will have the rest of the world calling them Scandiknavians.—Meriden Jour- nal. mming thoughtful of ers. Wanted, npany manners. Wanted, a son. who loves other ys, who does not need to take am away from home to have a it, a son who does not need And the worst part of riding on the back seat of a motorcycle is that some girls seems to enjoy it.—Pater- son Call. “Poland belongs to the west,” says Berlin of its plans for the hapless al names la poem Those adventurous spirits i race. Blodsinnige Yankees had an idea that Poland belongs to Poland. —New York World. If Count Luxburg is undecided be- tween Sept. 28 and Oct. 2 as a date for leaving Buenos Afres, his recent attempt to lay the blame for the | “spurlos versenkt” idea on Argen- | tina may have the effect of hasten- | ing his decision.—Hartford Times. i | Some day, when wheat is selling at 75 cents a, bushel, and the farmers of Kansas are burning corn for fire- | wood, as they did in 1894, aren’t we all golng to be sorry for the poor farmers? Oh, aren’t we just going to grieve for them!—Boston Transcript: Your Lad and My Lad. Down toward the deep blue water, marching to throb of drum, From city street and country lane the lines of khaki come; The rumbling guns, the sturdy tread, are full of grim appeal, back from burnished steel; With eager eyes and cheeks aflame the serried ranks advance; And your dear lad, and my dear lad, are on their way to France. A sob clings choking in the throat, as file on file sweep by, Between those cheering multitudes, to where the great ships,lie; The batteries halt, the columns wheel, to clear-toned bugle call, ‘With shoulders squared and faces front they stand a khaki wall, Tears shine on every watcher’s cheek, love speaks in every glance; For your dear lad, and my dear lad, are on their way to France. Before them, through a mist of years, in soldler buff or blue, § Brave comrades from a thousand fleld watch now in proud review; The same old Flag, the same old Faith-—the Freedom of the World— Spells Duty in those flapping folds above long ranks unfurled. Strong are the hearts which bear along Democracy’s advance, As your dear lad, and my dear lad, go on their way to France. The word rings out; a million feet tramp forward on the road, Along that path of sacrifice o’er which their fathers strode, With eager eves and cheeks aflame, with cheers on smiling lips, These fighting men of '17 move on- ward to their ships, Nor even love may hold them back, or halt that stern advance, As your dear lad, and my dear lad, go on their way to France. —RANDALL PARRISH, in Chicago Tribune. Markham Answered. (New Haven Union.) Edward Markham, the poet, like a good many other intellectuals let the peace at any price propaganda carry him off his feet and some time ago under the unpatriotic title “I did not raise my boy to be a soldier” wrote this stanza: “Oh mothers, will you longer give yohr sons to feed the awful hunger of the guns? What is the worth of all these battle drums if from the fleld the loved one never comes? What all these loud hosannas to the braves if all vour share is some forgotten grace?” By this time Markham may be y that his pen is responsible for s expression, just as we doubt not ary IPord and Mr. Bryan are Sorry for some, of the things they said be- fore the true significance of this struggle was made clear to them. However, Dr. James L. Hughes, su- perintendent of education at Toronto for forir years and whose son lies buried in Belgium, has replied with that will survive the war. Already it is known to thousands where Markham's sentiment is remem- | bered by tens. God gave my son in trust to me; Christ died for him, and he should be A man for Christ, He is his own, And God’s and man's not mine alone, He was not mine to gave Himself that he might help to save All that a Christian should vere, that dear. “glve.” He re- All enlightened men hold “To feed the guns!” soul! Awake, and see life as a whole, When freedom, honor, justice, right Were threatened by the despot’s might, With heart alone and soul alight, He bravely went for God to fight Against base savages whose pride The laws of God and man defled. Ah, torpid “Forgotten grave!” This selfish plea Awalkes no deep response in me, For, though his grave I may not 8ee, My boy will neer forgotten be, My real son can never die: “Tis but his body that may lie In foreign land, and I shall keep Remembrance fond, forever, deep Within my hcart.of my true son Because of triumphs that he won, It matters not where any one May lie and sleep when work is done. It matters not where some men live; If my dear son his life must give, Hosannas I will sing for him, E'en tho my eyes with tears be dim, - And when the war is over, when His gallant comrades come again T'll cheer them as they're march- ing by, Rejolcing that they did not die, And when his vacant place I see, My heart will bound with joy that he Was mine so long my fair young son, And cheer for him whose work is done. ‘While rays of western sunshine flash . \ | | tunter J. RUSSELL LINTON. Last March J. Russell Linton of- fered his services to Uncle Sam by applying for enlistment in Company 1. He was accepted and went to New Haven for training this spring with that contingent. Linton is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jenes Linton of 213 Maple street and secured his education at the lo- cal schools. Lloyd, a brothef, whose ploture was shown In this column yesterday, is also in the service. Hospital Ships. (Newark News). Though Germany may look upon it merely as a concession, reserving to itself all “liberty of action” in the premises, there is ground for encour- agement in the arrangement sald now to have been reached with respect to British and French hospital ships. Not only does this ararngement make for the elimination of one of the hor- rors and barbarities of warfare, but— and this is of special importance—it is a step toward checking the policy of reprisals, to which policy the French have been forced in this con- nection. When hospital Germany announced that ships would be torpedoed without warning, alleging that this flagrant departure from the rules of humanity as defined by both Geneva and Hague conventions was justified because of suspicion that hospital ships were used to transport troops and ammunition, the French govern- ment announced that German prison- ers would be placed on those ves- sels. In return, Germany placed French prisoners in exposed positions. So what was Jbad became worse. Britain, it should be noted, categor- ically denied that hospital ships were being put to illegal use. Now, following the suggestion of King Alfonso that a neutral commis- sioner be placed on each hospital ship, with the reported acceptance by the kaiser of the plan, it is an- nounced that freedom of movement for the British and French hospital ships is to be assured. One report has it that there will be a limitation of sea area for these ships. But progress toward a desired end is be- ing made; it is sald that efforts are under way to include Italian hospital ships in the agreement. With return to civilized practices regarding hos- pital ships, German prisoners are re- moved by the French from hospital ships and the German government says it wil remove French prisoners from exposed points on the lines to positions of safety. This i ray of light on a situati which w dark enough. It mayv pave the w to other arrangements having a relation to that final com- ing together on the principles of world liberty and justice for which America and sur allies are fighting. How far ( ‘rmany has departed from humanc methods of warfare is shown not only by the attacks made by its commanders on hospital ships, but also by the attacks on land hos- pitals, during which American hos- pital contingents have suffercd. Thig latter indefensible cruelty still stands as an edded indictment against Ger- man ruthlessness. The Whistling Bellboy. (New York Herald) There are rules and regulations for the bellboys employed by the Park Avenue Hotel, and unless the man- agement is mistaken the rules and regulations compare favorably in the matter of stringency with any now operating in the bellboy’s by-laws ap- plied to a Dbit of disorder which de- veloped vesterday. One of the assistant managers was waiting for an clevator on the third floor when a hell hop, red of pompa- dour and powerful of lung came whistling along the corridor. “Boy,” called the assistant mana- ger, “don’t you know better than that? What do you mean by whist- ling In the halls?" “I'm doin’ me work, that's what I mean,” answered the bellboy. “Th® woman in 308 asked me t’ page her bulldog.” And in a matter of this kind the hotel rules are speechless. Red Necktie Almost Spoiled Wedding, (Topeka Capital). Mr. and Mrs. Gal Taylor, among the earliest settlers in Saline county, recently celebrated the fiftleth anni. versary of their marriage. Mr. Tay- lor said that when he was married Salina was a trading post. The me- dium of exchange, he said, was buf- falo robes. Mr. Taylor was a huffalo and gave fifty buffalo hides for his wedding suit. He almost went back on the deal when the merchant refused to throw in a red necktie and wanted to charge him five buffalo hides for it. A Visible Need. (Springfield Union) What some of the anti-An orators seem to need more and fewer soap-boxes, soap l Court’s View of a Slacker. (Waterbury Republican) Young men of the country who are returning to college or school this fall as well as the young men who gather in the army encampments will do well to read what Judge Mullan of the su- preme court in New York city said to a Columbia university junior. Leon Samson was appealing for & manda- mus order on the university to force it to take him back into the univer- sity for the coming school year. Sam- son, it will be remembered, was ex- pelled for his action last spring in re- sisting the draft and encouraging others to do likewise. Judge Mullan in telling him he would be a menace to the university, said: “By common consent of civilized mankind through the ages, not the least important of the functions of & school or college has been to instill and sink down into the minds of the students love of truth and love of country. Does language of the sort used by the palintiff at public meet- ings make him a rveal or political menace to the morals of the student body and blot on the good name and fame of the honored university whose degree he seeks? ‘“Whether the plaintiff's conduct comes within the accepted definitions of sedition or treason I have not con- cerned myself to inquire. It is suff- cient for me that he and his kind are attempting to make unsuccessful a war that this country has declared and is waging. That it should be im- possible for such a person to remain at liberty to make common cause with our enemy is the view of many, but that consideration is beyond the scope of this inquiry. “What I have to do with is the ques- tion whether the plaintiff’s continu- ance at Columbia university with the inevitable close contact in which that would place him with impressionable young men of his own age, who might be innoculated by him with the poison of disloyalty, is likely to constitute a menace to the university. I think it would, and that the defendant was well within its rights in refusing fur- ther to extend to him its privileges and opportunities.” Religion and Murder. (Meriden Record.) They had an argument about re- ligion. Just what kind of argument the news dispatch does not say. But it became heated. He jumped from the breakfast table, started to hurl his two-year-old daughter across it at his wife, and she shot him. Five other children were present. The father is dead. The mother is in Jail. One reads the news item along with other sordld and unhappy things, and is ahout to forget it. But one thing stands out. One wonders vague- ly what religion it could have been whose discussion led to murder. It couldn’t have been any form of Christianity—whose gentle founder urged his followers to “turn the other cheek.” It could not have been the faith of the Jews, on whose tablets is written the stern command “Thou shalt not kill!” It could not have been—what's the use going fur- ther? The purpose of every religion is to makc people better and hap- pier. When it does not do that, it falls. . As one reads this pitifully absurd little story one’s mind runs on to what must le in its background. The self-will, the bickering, the petty fussing over petty church affairs, the failure to seize upon faith, and hope, and love, and courage and patience and kindliness—these, not religion but its absence—caused the tragedy. The war is making people think more keenly of such things. Per- haps our trivial differences and our petty spites will he melted out in the purifying crucible. Perhaps we will come to the simple love of God and me’s neighbor which ennobles and inifies @)l the varying faiths The Man in (6 Two sold entered a n Mufti. York sun). and a man in muit and sat down at a table. Tl sdiers ordered soft drinks, tho other, whiskey. The waiter brought the soft drinks and a whiskey glass. From a bottle he poured out an ordinary dram. He moved away. The man in mufti called out: “That’'s a hell of a way to serve a drink of whiskey! Why don’t you put the bottle on the table and let a fellow help himself?" But the waiter refused to leave the bottle on the table| After some quar- relsome words the customer left. The soldlers, having drunk their sar- saparilla, or whatever it was, went with him. The three proceeded down _the street, entering another saloon. They lined up at the bar. This time the soldiers took ginger ale. The other ordered whiskey again. The bar- tender let him pour out his drink and then removed the bottle. As he did so he saw In the mirrer behind the bar the man in mufti about to pour his whiskey into the ginger ale. The bartender turned like a flash and seized the man's wrist. ‘“‘You can’t do that!” he observed. Wghen the man in muft{ started to argue he was thrown out bodily, greatly to his own satisfaction. He was a secret service man. Canada’s Red Men Wounded. (Montreal Gazette). Full-blooded Indlans who left Cal- gary in a local battalion to fight side by side with thelr white brothers have fallen in the fight now raging on the western front. Private Mike Moun- tain Horse, a brother of the late Lieut. Albert Mountain Horse, of the Blood Reserve, according to official word. has been dangerously wounded while Private George Strangle Wolf, another Blood Indian, also appears as a casualty. The first-mentioned Tndian is a son of Chief Mountain Horse of the Blood Reserve. Mr. McAdoo's Latest Triumph. (Brooklyn Citizen). The passage of the War Insurance hill by the House, without a single senti 5. A8 A i t trivmph for the administration in general and for Secretary McAdoo in particular. The McMillan Store, Inc. “Always Reliable” Showing the New Fall Silks, Dress Goods, Suitings, Coatings, Trimmings and Buttons The new Fall season’s Fabrics arc here for your choos- ing. Splendid assortments. Extremely interesting values are being offered here now for the approach of the new Fall season. Purchasing and preparing fully nine months ago for this Fall’s business, assuring us of deliveries from reliable manu- facturers, enables us to offer to our patrons reputable mer- chandise at prices these fabrics would cost us to replace at the mills today. 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The same German prophets who planned for the Kaiser's Christmas dinner in Paris in 1914 and for the capture of Calais the following spring, and various other German triumphs including the taking of Verdun a year ago and the starvation of England after four months of unrestricted U-boat warfare, are now predicting that England will be ready by the end of December to confess that she is whipped. It really seems as if these German prophets are not merely in- tent on deluding the people of Ger- many with false hopes, but actually delight in fooling themselves. Define a Nation. (Winnipeg Telegram). Premier Lloyd George is reported as having sald at the Welsh Eistedd- fod that the British empire is made up of four nations. What did he mean by four nations? Did he mean English, Scottieh, Irish and Welsh, or did he mean Saxon, Celtic, Gallic and Hindoo, or did he mean Canada, Aus- tralasia, South Africa and the United Kingdom ?. “Uniting” the Germans, (New York Sun). Hindenburg says President Wilson has “succeeded in uniting the German people.” We thought Hindenburg had done that. Passing the Buck. (Wall Street Journal) Not long ago the manager of & street car line in a large city was pe- titioned by the employees for an in- crease in wages. “Gentlomen, I should be delighted to give you an increase,” sald the manager, “but——," and he went on to show how little money the company had left after paying its fixed charges. “However,” sald the manager, “if you will get the Mayor to eliminate this jitney ocompetition I'll see that you get a raise.” The empleyees committee went ouf afd organized a big mass meeting, Sub-committees were formed and in a i brief space of time a real campaign, with “Down with the jitney, Up with the Wage” as a motto, was echoed all over the city. v | Sufiice it to say that the oity fathery heeded the civic urge sufficiently ta put the jitneys under the same oper- : ating conditions as the trolley. | The manager now hopes to have the ;mx lowered the next time his men want an increase. Ticket Speculators. If public amusements are to ba taxed the speculator should be tha firsi to suffer. A'large assessment on his profits might drive him out of business, to the great benefit of both public and managers.