New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 27, 1917, Page 6

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Associated Press is exclu- entitled to the use for re- tion of all news credited or not otherwise credited in paper and also the local news shed herein. ‘What We Have Done. have supplied money for our [ds, raised an army of a mil- and a quarter, inaugurated a industry—that of making planes, revived a dead indus- fthat of building ships, placed rs over exports and prices, industries and resources, in hands of the President that jgive him the weapons he made laws to punish do- jic enemies, and courageous- ced the burden of taxation those who can best bear up it—this is a record that no has excelled. It is a rec- hat shows purpose, an un- hing purpose. 1 —FRANKLIN D. LANE. | A SOLEMN ARPEAL. oning the President of the tates for a pardon in the case _convicted under the national g laws is no mean task and . not be attempted save in ex- and extenuating circumstances. the prominent society women city have undertaken to save a | girl from the dismal confines pderal penitentiary, and this not impulse of the moment, but due deliberation, bespeaks the ness of the cause. izing the merits of the appeal. preme charitable motives that t it, and the great good to be plished in the long run, this per does not hesitate to throw eight of its influence in with who stand ready to help shield ided slip of a girl. lesson has been learned. Tt is ml even if the condemned the allotted period away from and friends that anyone would by her sad experience. Totally ken as to law, and acting under fluence of a heart unfamiliar the ways of the world, this girl a mistake that shrewd men have concealed, at least until ition was made. publte has Jjudged as Thomas of Kempis suggested he wrote, “In_judging others a oileth in yain; for the most part mistaken, and he easily sinneth; ludging and scrutinizing himself ays laboreth with profit.” then, we say let us proceed in y, recognizing at the same time mnipotence of the law, the sol- y of the step, and the greatness request we must place before President. To this end may suc- greet the efforts. leniently, W FOR THE SECOND LOAN. ree days from now, or, on Mon- the peaple of this nation will be i to subscribe to the second is- bt the Liberty Loan of 1917. The baign for this second loan will be ucted from the first day of Oct- until the twenty-seventh. {s imperative that the ty Loan be just as successful as larst, if not more so. The allot- for New Britain has not as yet made public. Our share in the loan was $1,630,000, and we sub- bed $2,417,050 which ap- ately an oversubscription of per cont. esident Wilson in the furtherance Bis second Liberty Loan has ad- ed a letter to the head of the #8couts in America, asking their in the undertaking. He points another opportunity for the Boy ts to do admirable work for the on. Asking that the second loan bseribed for in such a way as to the firm resolution of our peo- in the present war, the President attention to the great work dome e boys the last time money was ded. The achievement of the Scouts on that occasion, through aid of their scout masters and second was the new effort their work may be even more effective. With but three days before this new campaign comes upon the nation, and woman to go over the accounts and see just how money can be expended for this great enterpris Thase who purchased the first bonds will readily realize the grcat benefits derived by everyone concerned. Peo- ple have saved money through these bonds who never saved before. That one thought alone should be sufficient to make the second loan a huge suc- much cess. SUPPOSE THEY DID. Last Friday night the Gefmans are sald to have made an advance on Gravenstafel Ridge under the protec- tion of the white flag, the flag of truce. This subterfuge on the part of the Germans is accredited to having gained for them temporary occupation of this territory, having driven the foe back one-fifth of a mile along a stretch of one mile. . After a very short occupation of such territory the Germans are said to have been driven back in rout from the land their treachery had gained for them. It is as it should be. Dishonesty, even in war, usually gets its just de- serts. What the Germans could have hoped to gain under this dese- cration of the white flag is far more than the average man can tell. In the long run this incident must reverberate against the Germans, just as in the case of the boy who cried “Wolf!” Attempting to foal the populace this young shaver set up a cry of alarm when there was no danger. On the first time he had his little joke to himself. Even on the second attempt to fool his towns- was successful. After the third time, however, the villagers “gat wise’. Then when he was attacked by wolves the boy wa left to his fate. So it must be with a nation which allows its soldiers, or any part of its army, to fool the enemy under the flag of truce. Suppose these German soldiers did succeeed In gaining a point by inveigling the enemy to cease firing so the Kaiser’s cohorts could advance? Suppose they did? There might come a time some day when they will Teally want to use the flag of truce. And in their hands it will be of no avail. men he really s “THE HUN INSIDE OUR GATE.” Colonel Roosevelt vesterday de- scended upon the head of Senator La Follette like a thousand of brick. The Colonel did not actually mutilate the brow of Robert M., but in his Chicago speech the famous old po- litical warrior by verbal attack more than put a crimp in the cranium of the Wisconsin misrepresentative. “The Hun inside our gate” is the Roosevelt characterizes La Fol- Truly that hits the nail on the head, as well as the Hun. The bearer of a French cognomen, the orator from the Badger state is more Ger- man than the Junkertum of Germany itself. In all his activities during the past three years, and more particu- larly since Amerlca entered the war agalnst German militarism, La Fol- lette has been an eye-sore to real Americans. If we sometimes wonder why pro- Germans in this country have been so bold; if we sometimes wonder why the German language press dared come out so dpenly for Germany and against ‘America; if we sometimes wonder why sympathizers of the Kaiser were brazen enough to assail Wilson and uphold the unholy mon- arch, this should be the enlightening answer: They did nothing more nor less than anyone would do who fol- lowed the inspiring light of La Fol- lette, “the Hun inside our gate.” lette. EBENEZER J. HILD. Ebenezer J. Hill, dead today at his home in Norwalk, leaves behind him a record that has seldom been equafled by any man in public life. For more than twenty years he served his district, the fourth congressional, in the halls of Congress at Washing- ton. Elected to the fifty-fourth Con- gress he continued his seat there until the sixty-third when he was over- thrown by the Democratic avalanche that swept the entire country. Bar- ring that intermittance caused by the popularity of Woodrow Wilson over the old-line Republicanism Ebenezer Hill practically had a continuous relgn. His death marks a great loss to Republicanism in this state for, whatever his other shortcomings, he seldom if ever swerved from the path of political righteousness, as he saw it. His seventy-two years were filled with activitles such as come to few men. In the great war between the stdtes he marched away with the boys in blue, thus setting an ex- ample of patriotism to the young men of the Spanish War and those who are fortunate enough to be alive today for theeswork in hand. Honor hers, 1s recorded in the subscrip- they earned,—$22,000,000. In beyond ordinary measure it is the duty of each and every man | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1917. his state, the name of Congressman Hill holds out hope to all those who having adopted a course steer straight for the goal. a \ FACTS AND FANCL..S There are a great many people who are earning the title ‘“Near-Ameri- cans.”—Berkshire Eagle. And it certainly is fortunate that President Wilson is married to an American woman instead of to a Ger- man princess.—Bridgeport Telegram. Every time Von Bernstorff went to a dinner party in Washington it must have kept his hostess up half the night counting the spoons.—Boston Transcript. wife didn't wash his shirts. In the trenches he’ll be happy if he can wash them himself.—Paterson Press-Guard- ian. The only thing more astonishing than the length of time a man’s love will subsist on nothing is the celerity it has any encouragement to feed on— Paterson News. A Milwaukee woman has been granted-a divorce from her husband, a captain in the Austrian army, on the ground of cruelty. A statement of the job he holds appears to hgve been all the evidence that was nec- essary.—Boston Transcript. It would be much simpler for Sec- retary Lansing to name at once the two or three countries where Ger- many has not been gullty of violat- ing international law and good faith. —New York Evening Post. “Mother and lover of men, the sea,” Swinburne’s fine line, suggests why the enlistments in the navy have gone on so rapidly that there are now more men than ships for them, —Philadelphia Public Ledger. Resolutions calling for his resigna- tion are beginning to bombard Sena- tor Gronna from various parts of North Dakota, and Bernstorff’s $50,- 000 to influence congress for Germany “as on other occasions” will not hin- der their progress.—New York World. MCTHER OF MINE. o Mother of mine, my mother, Gentle, and oh so fair, Sweeter than any other, ~ Beauteous, wondrous, so rare; Oh how your boy has missed you, Throughout the long lost years, Here since the day he kissed you Bidding good-bye through the tears. Swiftly the Seasons have vanished In Life’s precipitant pool. Hopes, high and lowly, are banished Under Eternity's rule; Ever the End cometh nearer, Pitying no mortal fears, Yet ev'ry hour holds vou dearer, Mother of mine, through the years. Manhood may change us for others Sharing our sorrows and joys; But when it comes to our mothers We always are little boys. Mother of mine, watch above me Keeping your boy in the right, To never forget, and to love thee Sc long as the day follows night. Pray for me all through the trial, In the dark hours and the bright, There where the Sun’s fairest dial Marks off the moments in flight; My Guardian Angel, be with me Until I cross o’er the line To ever and ever be with thee, ed by hi adopted home town, his county, and O fairest, O mother of mine. JOHN J. DALY. A Way to Show Loyalty. (Bridgeport Farmer). There seems to be one method by which the American of German ori- gin may at the same time show his loyalty to this government and his love and affection for the men and women of his own stock in Germany. The great immigration of Germans followed upon the revolution of ’'48, when the Germans of strong republi- can tendencies tried to overturn the throne, and wished to give Germany a republican form of government. The hundreds of thousands of Ger- mans whe came to America, after the failure of the revolution, were repub- lican in spirit. They did not love the kaiser, They did not love the institu- tion of militarism. Now the president of the United States has advised Germany that if it wants peace, there must be a gov- ernment responsible to the German people a government with which the nations can treat in the certainty that its promises will be kept. Let loyal German-Americans then assemble for the purpose of tes- tifying, for the purpose of advising their brethren in Germ‘,';my to take on the aspect of a republic, to become a republic in fact. How strikingly would the testimony of millions of American ' eltizens of German origin be received in Ger- many, when given in proof of the principle that the republican form of government is the best yet devised by mankind. What ald might be given to progressives in Germany to throw off an ancient and deadly yoke. Per- mission for such meetings could read- ily be. obtained. They would be in eloquent testimony that America makes all American, who come upon the soil and abide beneath her flag. On Keeping a Grudge. (Manchester Herald) Yesterday’s news told of how a New Britain Itallan was shot dead By a former New York butcher to avenge the murder of his mother’s brother in Italy 15 years before. Isn’t it about time to expose, scientifically, the fol- ly of these feuds, from those of fam- ilies to those of nations? There are pretexts that seem to overpower the Weakness of human nature, but the mental and spiritual poisoning of cherishing a grudge year after year and living only to express it is too evi- dent to require debate. One man went to war because his | with which it is surfeited the moment ' DOING HIS BIT BAILEY EDMUND T. MADDEN. Bailey Edmund T. Madden enlisted in the hospital corps of the navy on March 5, 1917. He is now stationed at Brooklyn. Madden, who is 22 years old, is brother of John Madden of 24 Mon- roe street. He graduated from the Hazardville Grammar school and af- ter coming fo this city attended New Britain High school for one year. He is a member of the Knights of Col- umbus and of the St. Joseph’s Young Men’s Athletic Association. COIT/IMU NICATED. A GOOD SUGGESTION. Let the Selective Service Men Them- selves Decide the Issue and Say ‘What It Shall Be. To the Editor of the Herald: In regard to having a public dem- onstration for the men who are to leave for Ayer on October 3 would it not be a good plan to give the men themselves a voice in the matter. Let suitable printed card be mailed to %:h man with instructions to sign it placing the word ‘“ves” or ‘“no” on the card, the cards to be left at the Herald Office before a specified time, say sometime Saturday, thereby al- lowing the men themselves to decide what they want; they are the ones who are going to make the sacrifice, let them have what they want. Yours truly, ON CAPITAL P ISHMENT. Rechtenwalt Would Right thc World By Abolishing the Gallows and Elec- tric Ohair; Not in Accordance With Christian Ideals. To the Editor of the Herald: Would you pull the lever or push the button that would send a soul or brother into eternity? Do you believe that this custom belongs to our mod- ern civilization? The Governor of Missouri has signed the bill that will do away with this relic of the dark age. The big men of eleven of most progressive states could see no arguments in favor of the death pen- alty, and repealed the act. If capital punishment were a benefit to the state, the great state of Wisconsin, which abolished the death penalty years ago would show a larger percen- tage per capita of homicides, than does Illinois, whose territory borders on hers. Statistics show that in 21 of the states having the largest num- ber of crimes per capita, not one state has abolished capital punishment. If capital punishment is necessary and right why shouldn’t we let all the people witness the act. If legal exe- cution is right and a good thing it should take place out in a large field where all can view the scene and prof- it by the experience. Why continue a brutalizing form of punishment when it serves no economic, moral or other good purpose? No plan for dealing with crime can rightfully be meintained simply because it is ven- erable. It does not protect society from its actual or possible murderers. It is not deterrent of the crime for which it is the punishment. It is not in accordance with Christian and hu- mane twentieth century policies for dealing with offenders. Can you imag- ine Christ dealing out this kind of punishment, and yet He said to follow him. The Attorney Generals of 16 out of 22 states interviewed, state in their opinion that capital punishment does not tend to diminish crime. Tt is working on the wrong end, on the ef- fegt instead of the cause. Did it ever oceur to you that a criminal might be a young soul in the race family, and that he needs instruction and culti- vation instead of suppression and death? He is a spark of the divine which cannot be destroyed, only tem- porarily set up to break forth again in some form in the future. As the “Good” people of our coun- try, our responsibility is something appalling. We, as an organized socie- ty, invite human souls to come to earth through the gate-way of birth, into hideously dirty conditions, sur- rounded by evil influences, fathered by criminals, whom we have allowed to propagate. ‘When these children grow up without guidance or re- straint, except when they come against the law—in some building where in- toxicants 1re sold ‘vhich is licensed by the law—when _hese boys and | girls become men and women in this sort of environment, ind then 3o forth educated—graduated—to crime under the indifference the sanction of our law-making officials,"any thinking person would say that the last straw has beeh piled onto the camel’s back of legalized wrong, when the law takes these state manufactured criminals out and kills them. Hate ceases mot by hate, but by love. The way “or our modern Christian civilization to lessen and finally stop the crime of murder is to stop setting the axample, “‘Abol- ish Capital Punishment.” f Ex-Warden Mark Rice, cays “Seven ' men were executed while I was war- den, and not one of the whole seven had as much as a quarter on him when he was received at the peniten- tary. One man didn't even have a coat.” Those are the kind of poor fellows who are legally murdered. Has not the state conceded the wrong and cruelty of capital punishment, when she orders it done in secrecy., If the legalized killing of a human being is wrong to be seen, Is it not wrong to be done? Capital Punishment has ! been abolished in Belgium, Braazlil, ! Costa Rica, Hayti, Holland, Italy, Nor- way, Portugal, Switzerland, and Ven- ezuela, and in the states of Arizona, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Washington, Wiscon- | sin, and Missouri. It is our strenu- | ous and eager chase for the golden | fleece that is deadening our flner sense of humanity, brotherhood and civili- zation. Wake up! men and women of Connecticut. —M. H. RECKTENWALT. 'LOSES ONE-THIRD IN REGISTRATION Yale Opens Its 248th Academic Year With Over 1,000 Loss New Haven, Sept., 27.—Yale opened its 218th. academic year today with a, registration of regular resident stud- ents cut by war conditions from 3,300 to 2,000° or slightly more than one third. All departments except the medical school, where the enrollment is about the same as last year, show large los- ses, especially the college which drops from 1, 502 students to about 800. The entering classes in the college and the Sheffield scientific schaol number about 300 each being from 75 to 80 per cent. of the normal registration. The sophomore class in the college will have about 250 men, the junior class 175, and the senior class about 100. The scientific school suffers somewhat less, partly because of the efforts made throughout the country to have engineering students complete their professional training. The teaching force is also largely diminished, leaves of absencc having been granted to over 40 members of the faculty for war work JAPANESE MISSION GUESTS OF HONOR Were Given Celebration in New York Today and Will Be Guests at Banquets. New York, Sept. 27.—The flag of Japan took its placa today alongside those of America’s other allies in the war in the already flag bedecked streets in honor of the visit to New | York of the imperial Japanese mission headed by Viscount Ishii. The visitors | will spend three very busy days. Upon the arrival of the Japanese this afternoon they were received by a citizen’s committee of which E. H. Gary is chairman. The feature of the reception was the new 165th regiment of which the nucleus was the cele- brated old 69th, which acted as a mil- itary escort for the Japanese. It was reviewed by the visitors as it marched up Fifth avenue immediately after the official welcome at City hall. The members of the mission will be the guests of Mr. Gary at a private dinner tonight. Mayor Mitchel vesterday issued the following proclamation in view of the coming of the visitors: The island empire, whose seclusion of three centuries was broken by the bearer of a letter from the President of the United States, sends us today a return message, proclaiming its peo- ple as brothers in arms in the common cause of human freedom. One of the momentous events of the nineteenth century—the appearance of the fleet commanded by Commodore Perry in Japanese waters—finds thus its sequel in what will be reckoned not the least notable incident in the inspiring time in which we live. This visit of the rep- resentatives of our great Pacific neigh- bor and ally gives to the citizens of New York the occasion and opportuni- ty to manifest that open-hearted and cordial appreciation they feel of the message that comes to them from the Far East, and to express in becoming form their sense of the nobility of spirit and purposes of the Government of which our distinguished guests are the selected representatives. Wherefore, I, John Purroy Mitchel, Mayor of the City of New York, do hereby direct that the ‘flag of our ally, Japan, be flown upon the public build- ings of the city throughout the visit of its guests, and I call upon the people of the city to celebrate this occasion for the closer cementing of the tra- ditional friendship between this nation and Japan by a befitting decoration and illumination of their buildings. TO ADVANCE PRICE. Boston, Sept., 27.—Henry B. ¥ndi- cott, state food admijfistrator, asked milk contractors and® producers to confer with him “‘today with re- gard ta the proposed demands of the producers for an advance in price of at least a cent a quart. Leading con- tractors have said that such an ad- vance would compel them to add two cents to the retall price of milk bring- ing it up to 16 cents in this city. A conference also was arranged for to- day Yetween contractors, producers and members of the Boston publio safety committee. % A NEW JOMSANDER. Petrograd. Sept. 27.—Gen. Tcherem- issoff, the official news agency an- aounces, has been appointed com- mander-in-chief on the northern frant. Gen. Volestchenko succeeds (en. Tcheremissoff 1s commander-in-chief GOUNGIL PROTESTS INCREASE IN FARE Decides to Ask Public Utilities Commission for Hearing General condemnation of the Cone necticut company was voiced at a special meeting of the common coun- vil held last night to register a protest wgainst the increase in trolley fare which goes into effect next Monday morning. Bitter denunciation of the service given local patrons of the company was heard, but the most se- vere was from representatives of wards in the north end of the city. ‘Before adjournment, the following resolution was adopted: Be it resolved by the mayor and common council of the city of New Britain as follows: The City of New Britain, a mu- nicipal corporation within which and between which and other towns and citles in Hartford county, the Connecticut company is furnishing transportation serv- ice hereby petitions the Public Utilities Commission of the state of Connecticut alleging that the increase in the rates of carfare from present rates of five cents to six cents to go into effect October 1, 1917, i{s unreasonable and asking that the commission fix a time and place for a hearing on this petition as provided by law; also that the city clerk file with sald commission this peti- tion. Road Losing Money, Mayor Says. Alderman Curtis moved the adop- tion of the resolution and no abjection was made to this course. Mayar Quigley, from the’ floor, President Pro Tem Jester being in the chair, stated that it would be advisable to have the mayor, the corporation coun- sel and the chairman of the railroad committee appear before the Public Utilities Commission to explain the resolution and to add verbal protest to that contained in the council's communication. He said that, ac- cording to figures of J. K. Punderford, general manager of the Connecticut company, the road is losing half a million dollars and the increase in fare is absolutely necessary. He ex- pressed the opinion that prospects for improved service in New Britain are not bright under the six cent fare, despite the fact it is bad enough un- der the present rate. Alderman Paonessa led the attack on service in the north end. He did not believe New Britain was ever treated fairly by the Connecticut com- pany and said there had been no im- provement within ten years except-for the Myrtle street extension. The Con- necticut company would not have granted that concession, he sald, but for the fact it was fearful lest someone else take the franchise. The wages of employes in this city have not been in- creased for a year and no extra cars have heen placed in commission with- in that period, he sald. Therefore, he could not understand why the expens- es of the company, as far as New Brit- ain is concerned, have increased. New Britain Dumping Ground. “Wé get all the old cars in the state here,” Alderman Paonessa said. “New Britain is the dumping ground for Connecticut. We get all the cast- off cars from Hartford, Waterbury and Bridgeport.” Alderman Curtis called attention to the new pay-as-you-enter cars in- stalled on the line to Hartford. He said it was doubtful whether the Pub- lic Utilizies commission would grant a hearing on New Britain’s protest for two or three months, as other cities bave already taken steps to air their grievances before the commission. ““There have been no improvement on the North End line for fifteen years,” Councilman McDonough said. “We get the same old twenty minute service. Punderford has promised improvements in New Britain but without result. Improvements have been made in the Naugatuck Valley, but none in New Britain.” Councilman McDohough charged that there are millions of dollars in watered stock in the Connecticut com- pany and said the comany has lost nothing even though dividends have not been forthcoming. “We owe the Connecticut nothing but contempt,” Councilman Me- Donough concluded. Coucilman Mueller called attention to the fact that the resolution had al- ready been adopted and all the de- bate was out of order. The council voted to accept Lyon street from Shuttle Meadow avenue to Cambridge street as a public highway and have a sanitary sewer installed therein. It was also voted to pay $825,07 due Baker & Lasher. UNLUCKY AGAIN Man Who Was 113 Years Old Dies at Servant’s Home. New York, Sept. 27.—Rabbi Barnett Wolinsky, said to be 113 vears old, died yesterday morning at the home of an old servant, 240 Thatford Ave- nue, Brooklyn. He was married three times and left 118 descendants, con- sisting of five generations. Rabbl Wolinsky was born in Russia and was in charge of a synagogue there for many years before coming to America forty years ago. He smoked a pipe or cigars nearly all his life, but never touched liquor. The ‘only time he was ever detained in the house through iliness was about thir- ty-five years ago, when he was knocked down by a fire truck and re- celved bruises. On nis .102d birthday Theodore Roosevelt sent him a signed photo- graph with a letter of congratulation and some gold coins marked with the year of his age. Rabbi Wolinsky spoke and wrote English fluently, as on the southwestern front. well as Russian and Hebrew. | | | of Fruit a - National Crime~ SAVE FRUIT - CROP “.S:weeten it with Domino’’ Granulated, Tablet, Powdered, Confectioners, Brown Sold in 2 and 5 Ib. cartons and in o 5. 10, 25 and 50 Ib. cotton bags. PAINLESS JOINTS The Country is Full of Them Since Druggists Commenced to Sell “Neu- trone Prescription 99”. There is no reason on earth w any one should suffer another with painful, inflamed, swollen joints or muscles of any kind rising from rheumatism, when you can get a large bottle of ‘‘Neutrone Prescription 99 for 650c and $1.00 the bottle. Not a liniment, mind you, to clog” up the pores, but a blood-purifying, soothing and healing internal remedy that takes out all soreness and paina and leaves the muscles feeling fine and comfortable. You may be so sore and crippled that you cannot get around, but take a few week’s treatment of “Neutron® Prescription 99” and you will enjoy entire freedom from rheumatism. Use ‘‘Neutrone Prescription 99" for chronic rheumatism, for gout, for the kidneys. Use it when you feel an attack coming on and you will be mighty well pleased with the result. Seltzer Drug Co., and leading drugglists everywhere. . as men are mude miserable by kidney and bladder trouble. Thou- ands recommend Dr. Zilmer's Swamp-Root, t great Kidney medicine. AW druggists in large and medium size bottles. You may receive a sample size bottle by Parcel Post, also pamphlet telling about it. inghamton, N. also mention the 'LUNCH BISCUIT The wholesome cracker for gnearly o century Yust as z00d as ~er today. All Grocers