New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1917, Page 6

| ana 1§ was not tor the conquest o A fat $:16 p. m., EChureh 8t g ew Britata potash properties,—however desirable they might be. So far as their is concerned, potash mines, one need but reflect ‘'upon the last year and know that, if necessary, ¢his country can get along without' potash from Germany. - It has done. so now for more than « year, and yet the cottom ‘crop of last season was the grestest “in history, The same is true of the tobacco crop, and the fruit crops. | The scarcity in sugar came about not frem under-production but because of the great quantity that had to be .shipped to the Allled countries of Burope. . i / , from a Jearned protessor of Germany womid' be txken ay 30 much nonsenss ‘were it:not for the t: what- esll werkings | dominate the Govesn- @iadoliml ‘writings keep up, Amer- loans ‘mamy be forgiven ‘i they come to bellove that the mueh vaunted Ger- =amme of Kulter, i wothing more nor less: than the dighest ait of feleifioa- -tion, and that the Kaiser-is tho cham- . Ts “is indeell interesting. 'We Jearn now fyom the superintendent of the Nght and power compsny which -*-.:sgnlnmm pub- Be tumination that “Nghtiess nights” wre edsolute failures sp far as saving s concerned. The city had asked for | & rebmts. The gentleman from the @lectric company, with & wave of his hand, dlspels the idea. According %o ‘way of looking at things, the two | Bettiens nights & week, when every other light in the business district s turned off, do 'not save a sufficient amomnt of electricity to warrant a Purther, the electric light man states that this curtailment of%$lectric light ¥ offeet by the expenses en- comntered in the new order. A man must be hired to turn the lights off and on. This entails four trips a ‘week. According to a press report, !The lighting company man ~states that regardless of what the city offi- cials ‘may think, the city is not en- titled to any rebate because there is practically no saving.” Here the word ™ “practically” covers a multi- tude of idems. ‘There is practically no saving.” That, of ecourse, does\ not necessarily mean there is no sav- ing. - It, means, simply, “‘there is prac- tically no saving.” ‘We suppose, that if the city were to order eath and every light on the main thoroughtare turnsd out every night In the week, not lighted at all, the electric company’s superintendent d say the same thing: ‘“There is practically no saving.” Yet, it stands to. reason there must be some savings - nt we can even be- w Germsas did not want 38 us. Every act of Ger- 2 the sinking of the Lausi- ’F‘ & @&irect slapiin the face jsn and an invitation for # join with the enemies of and other incentives Ger- 4 before the Unfted Stites the war her propagandists -gizculating the falsefiood that ‘States army is on Buro- Il for one purpose only; ‘to ac- ;potash mines ‘ot Alsice. The D people are now being told the Usited States entered the P Dot %0 meske the world safe for ecy but in order that' Amer- lists might establish claims ly's monopoly of potash. to-,-c, he Zeitung the Asso- ns this enlightening 8y Professor Roth of 1 troops, we hear, are now ¢ a pertion of the French ‘It is quite possible they will ear along the Rhine-Rhone in order to sstablish American to the potash mines there. 4t 'ihe 250,000 tons of potash- _which the Ameflcum!/ annu- ort from Germany I peace "r cotton, tobacco, sugar, eyops would be in perpetual 8o it is necessary that our opoly in petash remain in- 1 enable us to demand in tain raw materials from es. Our watch-word ons Inch o potash beaf- ht sound plausible to when. such an event takes place. It it costs money to burn lights, it fol- Jows. that it does not cost money when the lights ard turned ‘off. If the-city spends a certain amount of money to light Main street every night, it should save one-half of that amount by burning only one-half the. number of lights, as on “lightless nights.” At least that is the way it appears to the layman. Unless some electrician is ready to prove conclusively to the con- trary the people are willing to be- lieve this is so. It is & wise man why can contin- ually camouflage the public. In this city we have a veritable Solomon in command of the electric company. For, anent the subject of “lightless nights” he expatiates as follows, un- Tess the réporter got it wrong: “It is the psychological effect rather than the financial saving that the govern- ment desires by bringing thus forci- bly to the attention of the public the need of economy.” And we had always thought that the entire scheme ‘of | In all of the manifold blessings you | lightless nights was placed beforg the public by thes Federal Fuel Admin- istrator for the purpose of saving coal. The superintendent of the elec- tric light company, however, says’ it is “a psychological effect” the govern- It that is so, we re- ' Gome peaple ing, and get tt—New London Day. Some job' getting the _“Heorys" cranked up-tiis mozning—Bridgeport i Trotzsky s tafking, that it shows |}, soner for the rest of the. winter will be Mother Nature, who is one of tho most dependable femaie officials ever known at work.—New York Sun. Maj. iLewis may be prejudiced against Crozier because of the trest- ment given him by ‘the ordnsnce de- pertmdnt, but that does not affect the facts in the history of his at- tempts to get the government to even consider the Lewis gun.—New Haven Register. LIFE. g Only a number of days in a year, And so many years in a life; ‘So many sparkles of sunshine and cheer, To temper the struggles and strife; 8o many heart-aches and so many smiles, - Dwelling in Silence and Noise ; So many pit-falis in so many miles, So many sorrows and joys. So many. villains in Life’s little show, Plotting from cradle to grave; So many heroines harrowed with woe, So many heroes to rave. So many seasons and so many months, So many night-times and days, So many, so many,—yet, only once Voyagers travel the: ways. So many mile-posts to pass on the road, ' Growing more weary the while; So many strides ere we fall.’neath the load, H So many-joining the file. So many happy and so many sad; So many wealthy and wise. So many foolish and so many bad, So many good 'neath the skies. S0 many famous,—not many true,— : Far many more are obscure; So many things for so many to do, So many idles to lure. Oh, there are so many things on the earth, Basking in moonlight and sun,— So many gems that are laden with worth, So many trifles to shun. / So many foibles and so many cares, So many furbelows, too; So many trappings and snares, So'many missteps to rue. Wige is the man who can recognize gold, : / Laying the gilded aside; Fortunate he who enlists in the fold ‘Where only the worthy abide. So many pathways to lead us astray, So many traps to ensnare, So many sirens to call us away, So many trumpets ablare. So many side-shows, distraction to lend, So many deafening sounds; So many stops from beginning to end, To dazzle a man on his rounds. So many enemies, s0 many friends, So many strangers to meet. So many mixtures and so many blends, So many bitter and sweet. Life, there are so many things you afford, So many people you call, It really is wonderful that there's accord . In so many places at all. And yet youw'll admit a mistake,—and it's grave,— That keeps you from being sublime; tis g0 many gave, You really are stingy igth Time. —JOHN C." O'BRIEN - ment is uth% iterate his ofginal statement, ‘There | is practically mo seving," psychologic- ally or otherwise. W ch, of course, does not mean the city is not en- titled to & rebate. If thereq are those who fail to under- stand why ‘tgre is a sugar shortage ! following figures from hn fill‘tfl!fiice to enlighten: < s fhom the United*Btates a October showed an increase 'of nearly ten million pounds over the same month last year. France and Engiand received the bulk of the ship- ments of 113,241,000 pounds, the for- mer getting 78,000,000 pounds to re- Heve a virtual famine there, and the latter 22,009,000 peunds. Six million pounds wenit to the Netherlands; fiy | milllon to' Argéntina and almost “a large @ quagitity to Mexico. nt, one who is willing the gospel truth any. r the The filing of questionnairas ‘selec- classification of men unde; tive service act is cansin enor- mous amount of extra k for scores of peopl¢ in this city and not only does the male individual of mil- itary age have to spend some time in answering the questions, but aiso scores of lawyers, notaries public, teachers and othér pubNc spirited people have to help, It is figured that 1t will take unl:ll the middle of Jan- usry to get all the q onnaries malled and returned and mh¥L that time in both: the first and sécond ex- emption dlstricts many clerks, Maw- yers, notaries and {are need- ed every morning, B v ning. Thus far the lkw eh generously of tHetr | had five | /| end. tesr helpers. From‘a survey of th: manner in which the returned qua: .Honnaries are brought back to 'the respective boards it is esttmated that only about one man in ten brings in his questionnmire completely filled out and, it is likewise estimated, al- most 50 pex/cent. of the registrants bave to use an imterpreter during at least part of the time they are work- Ing on their questionnaires; Those who have heen working with the le- gal advisory boards state that a vast majority of the registrants this time are claiming exemption and that there are only a ‘comparatively few Wwho are walving their claims. Many of the olaims are absurd. Some are poszible but remote while, of course, M.her-l:o boltn fide. ::en too, some men no claimi exemption themselves but ejther their relatives Or their employers are insisting on seeking for them. But all this work in giving advice on ques- tionnatres fs mot without its funny side. Probably the most unique inci- dent occurred early in the week in the first district and the-féllowing story, related by Chairman Klett, is said to be true: | The- registrant, on coming to the Proper part of the questionnaire, de- clared that he was a married ~man. Asked if he had any children, he slowly replied that four little ones had Bleased his marriage. “Of course you . cizim exemption,” formally queried the clerk and he prepared to fill in ‘the proper blank. “I do not,” firmly’ stated the registrant. “What, you with a wife and four children and: not. claiming exemption,” asked the astonished clerk, who only a few minutes before had had a hard time ducing anoth¢r foreigner that cou- sins, -aunts and grandmothers in the central part of Europe do not consti- tute bone fide dependents. Then the man told Mis story. It was true he is married. Likewise true that he has four children but—and here his voice dropped to & near whisper— his «wife has had him arrested tw times within the past year for vari- ous offenses and he thought he would be ‘able to have more peace by going to war than staying homie. “s e This is the way the agent got a lesson i manners. He called at a certain local business office and saw nobody but a prepossessing and cap- able appearing young woman. ‘“Where's the boss?”’ he asked ab- ruptly. 3 ‘‘What is your business?” she asked politely. “Nons of yours!” he snapped. I Bot a proposition to lay before this firm, and I want to talk to some- body about it.”” > “And would you rathet talk to a géntleman?” “Yes.” ““Well,” answered the girl, smiling sweetlv, “so would I. But it seems that its impossible for either of us to have our wish, so we’ll have to make the best of it. State your bus- iness please!” s e The administration has now stated on several occasions a desire to lower the tax rate to 19 mills for the com- ing year. If this can be ,done it will be a most agréeable surprise to the taxpaying public. There’is no doubt that the people of New Britain are already feeling the pinck of war. With many funds to receive contri- butions, with the &”zh prices of clothes and gther necessities of life the averfige person finds it exceeding- Iy hard to make a dollar catch up to the next. A reduction in the tax rate would be most agreeable to the pub- lic, and would prove to be a strong campaign argument next spring, so the people may|rest assured that the mayor will work hard toward this To lower the tax rate however, the most rigid economy in all depart- ments must be practised and in this respect it is probable that the board of public works would be hit the hardest. Tt has been estimated that this department would be asked to curtail all new street work and sim- ply take care of present pavements and macadam next year. This might make a saving of $50,000. At pres- ent, however, the board of public works is four or five years behind its schedule in street improvement work amd whether it would be advisable to set the work back still another ywelve months is an open question; The mayor has recommended that the New Britain Library do without its $6,000 appropriation for new books this vear in view of the war econo- wies which are necessary. If this is done it means the saving of one- eighth of a mill right there. The fire department, with its recently® or- dered equipment, is thought to be in fair shape and may not need any more of an appropriation than it re- celved last year. The school depart- ment will, however, undoubtedly have to come in for an increased ap- propriation next year. The school department, with its ever increasing budget, is tife bugbear of all adminis- trations but the members can be re- lied;-upon to use the - utmost - good judgment and to ask nothing which is not necessary and there is no doubt in the minds of those who have stud- ifed jschool conditions here that nu- merous additions to, the present teaching capacity mubt be made it the high standard of education In New Britain is* to be mhaintained. en the assessors make knbwn their B it is possible that the city may 'see a large Increase there. Some have estimated that the increase may be as much as $2,000,000, and if this be so then $40,000 more would: be added to the eity’s incoms. At this time it be- hooyes everyons to take g live inter- est in cff .%flfi"nd the officlals must M% efr mettle all the time. A i elm . iTo .many who have been ap- proached on the matter, the plan of the mayor and charity department to have the city go into the hog raising business &t the town farm on an ex- LEWIS W. . 3RYAN. ) 15 . \Among‘ the youths who . went out from ‘New Britain to join.Uncle Sam’s army and help defeat the Kaiser, is Lewis 'W. Bryan of 94 Rockwell ave- nue. 'Bryan fs only. 18 years of age and has a brother, Willard J. Bryan, agéd 18, also in the service. Both are members of the medical corps. They were located at-Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., for prelimiinary training and. Lewis was one of 40 selected to go to Wash- ington, D. C., for further instruction. He was one of three men who suc- cessfully passed the examinations at the national capital and it is believed he is now in France as he has not been heard from for sevéral weeks. Willard is located at a training camp in Georgia. 4 The Bryan boys are the sons of W, J. Bryan, director of traffic for the local division of the Conngcticut com- pany, located at the Central Park station. 3 there would be very serioms opposi- tion from, those who oppose civi¢ en- terprises. At the present time the ty, through the health department, pays about $6,000 a year to have the city garbage collected. The men hav- ing this contract keep hosu of their own to which they ' feed? the city garbage. The mayor and charity de- partment argue that if a private firm can keep hogs profitably by utilizing the city garbage, the town farm man-y agement could do likewise. By can- celling the contract for garbage col- lection, or by not renewing it .when it expires, the city could use part of this saving to procure hogs fer the town farm and could also evolve a municipal system of garbage collec- tion. When the national government is urging increased pork production it -behooves the city to do its part toward this end, those favoring the plan argue. The only great question in this matter seems to be whether or not the city could take ctare of the garbage collections. There is no doubt but the hog raising end, could be well cared for at the town farm, but to evolve an adequate system of garbage collection that would be e fective might prove .a stumbling block. .s e Now that Santa has come and gone and the little Christmas packages have been distributed the store clerks can now begin to prepare for the an- nual pilgrimage of exchange. Uncle Ned admits that he received seven pairs of slippers, while Cousin Jerry thinks that he may be able to use his five new pipes eventually, while the rest of the family naturally have the customary @uplicates. Of course the usual supply of Christmas neckties, stockings, hankies, etc. will not be ex- changed. In these hard times they can bé used. ‘ But in speaking of Christmas gifts mention might be made of one young maiden’fair, who, upon ‘recetving: a ledther bound set of classics, “remarked: ‘‘Yes, - they're awfully nice looking .books" S E . ee 3 And speaking of useful: present knitting needles were quite in .evi- dencq awmong the fair sex, thus en- couraging :them to do their .bit for those eof the sterner sex who are doing their bit over there. Taken from ‘the Herald of five years ago: Decs : 23—Theodore Stanley was chosen: first lleutenant and William. J. Rawlings second lieutenant of Com- pany 1 last evéning and Corporal Eddy and Private. Frank H. Joknston were named a committee to make ar- rangements for a company supper. M. D. Stanley sang a selection from “Eljah” at the Young People's re- ceptioa at the South church last even- ing. Owen mley was: attacked by a vicious dog on'Myrtle street: yester- day, and although he firsd & shot at the dog,” he ‘missed. TR December 24—Charles D. Eilis has sold land on Shefeld and Kelsey streets to Chauneey C. Holmes. The Christmas attraction at the Opera House will be ‘‘The Bohemian Girl"” Louis Lehr appesred in police court this morning to testify against Max s{eller,lu"thb ‘stabbed him on’ Park street “Plans are<now. un- der way, m"“'\ ‘New' Britain with line, John Reuisen, 39, : wounds .received in Berlin;by Martin ‘named being tinder “with ‘murdar. twenty- FITZHUGH GRUEN, U. & N, Storm Slander is the penalty of fame. Few' mortals have ever approached the ex- alted position of the Devil. And none has retained it 8o consistently. Whence it follows that he has received credit for far more than his share in the world’s wickedyess. (I say this ad- visedly.) In the history of the development of man’s achievements it is interes ipg to note that, even up to the pre: ont, set-backs of various kinds, sorts, and distinctions have been laid to the ill-temper of His Satanic Majesty. The ses. has been no exception. ‘When the old galleys began 'leave the peaceful inland waters of sounds and well protected channels wives were the first to remark upon the frequency with which the deep #sea mariner failed to return. Here may be said to have started the popu- larity of the sailor as & sweetheart. The Devil was blamed—or, in the case of the wives, praised. In the course of centuries grew the iradition that the King of Fire was wont to tolerate certain ships. When the tumult of hurricane and témpest swept a ‘wreck-strewn pathway through the seas always vpre there a fortunate few 'who escaped. Men noted that invariably this lucky hand- ful weré those carrying cargoes of fish or the, flesh of foreign animals. Naturally came the explanation: The Devil was hungry., He brought the gale. - Ship after ship he tore to shreds, lookipg for a juicy morsel When huge seas whipped meat and oil from certain craft he was ap- peased. In return for the gratifica- tion of his gnawing hunger he freed these craft from which he’d fed. ‘Whence came the custom of feed- ing the Devil when the winds blew up. ‘Which was all very well in a way, if—as men did not yet know, there went plenty of fat with the meat.’ But for centuries the poor sailorman wan- dered with this strange delusion that a beef sandwich in the Devil's craw was worth all the seamanship in ‘the world when'a typhoon’s hell broke loose. 5 And only nmow have we the truth from our men of science.. It was oil did the trick. A million tons of meat would not haye satisfied the Devil had there' not been enough blubber hanging to it. X When oil of any sort is poured o the surface of water it, spreads in a layer o thin that it cahnot be meas- ured by any known jinstrument. Yet its thickness can be computed from dptical effects and .by using several quires of paper, a cord of lead pen- cils,. and a seven-horse power brain. It is several thousand times thinner e . There was but one real fer in New Britaifi last week. Pecember 25—Sunday. December 26—No paper published, as the day was observed as Christmas holiday. December 27—There is .consider- able agitatior sbout town as a result of the school board’s Tecent order that all children must be vaccinated. The reports. that John Remsen, of Berlin-had 4icd from the effects of a gunshot wound are unfounded, as he is still alive and showing remarkable vitality. Licutenant Buel B. Bassette, of West Point. spent the holidays with his parents in this eity. The High school class of 1890 will have a ban- quet at the Russwin this evening, the following being = list of the membeérs: Irving E. Oskood, Edward M. Hayes, Orlando Blair, John T. Sloan, H. C. Brown, Henry Kilbourne, Thomas Andrews, Albert M. Kanrich, Andrew J. Barker, the Misses| Antoinette Swmith, recreiary; Annie C. Gladden, Bessie Balch, 1va M. Hills, Bridget Devitt, Ida ‘Glover, Bertha Sheldon, Grace Gerard, Bertha Bowers, Fanny Miller, Nettia Smith, Mary Upson and Grace Bowers. The firemen have chosen Dr./Bimnell as the physiclan to loek after their interests in .the insurance department of the state firemen. December 28—The class of 1890 of the High school has voted to give a silver cup to the first baby born to a roemter of the class. Dudley T. Holines was elected sachem of Matta- bessett tribe, I. O. R. M., last night. The receipts at the post office for the three days before Christmas in 1891 were $312.17, and this year they were $360.42, an increase of $48.25. George Mycroft, employed at Huma- son & Beckley's, was injured today when an overhead hook struek him in the eve, inflicting an ugly wound. December Z9—Alred D. Thompson was chosen noble grand of Phoenix lodge, 1. O. O. F., last night. Joseph Mullen will deliver an address on Rob- ort Burns Jefore the Thistle club on January £6° There is an epidemic of grip prevalent about‘ the city. . In view of the city’s\two “lightless nights,” the electric company's in- crease in prices and withdrawal of fiat rates, there was considerable comment about the city, Man relative to the fact that the electric around Central park were lighted all Sunday attamoom. .Eeonomy? . Especially significant at this time is the illumination on the top of the Winged' Victory statue surmounting the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ mipnument. No need, however, to start su tion to retam this light this year, as we must economize on lights. = s s With the large hollday Mflux of col- lege 4 the streets lcoked more s they have h_n‘finc_unii ‘Prepare ' his . should net proth! It 14 not § omuise ‘spme day Nmm :M ‘the Cénnectiq .upon. this practice, or ‘to heae #me spirited young barrister make & pertinent jibe. se s b even than the excuses some men for spemnding the evening at the I wish to emphasize dinary tenuity of this ofl cause in spite of it there is 0 erty of the oil that gives 2 power. This property is surfags @ sion, or’ the cohesion of little ; cules—particles perhaps—in such 4 way that waves cannot tear apart. Consequently the waves side—or as was once believed; *f Devil is pacified. ¥ Of course the ofl's weight has thing to do with calming th terous ocean. But it's mostly gripping billions and billions of | Visibly tiny oily atoms that b down the angry spit white w‘ and saves the little ‘ship. g may continuye, loud and h regular. But sharp chop of crests so dangerous to vessels Use of ofl has small place in movements of our great Fleet.: leviathans have little regard fo puny distempers of the sea. But day our small patrols, de £couts and pickets are increasing. one of them:but dreads the pun ment of a .six-day gale. Their A sides are not designed. to wi the battering rams of fitty-foot walls and spout. — g A few little rules are instance oil is spread from bags filled with oakum or coff soaked in oil. A sall need to prick a few holes in before the is hung over the It is inte to note how. oil is necessary. A small cruls ridden out a gale with ten galli oil. In drossing & bar cases where a den quick oiling imperative may be used. The ship always drifts the ofl. This is fortunate way because when hove-to the !15 then to windward putting’ +in the lee. For towing weather oil can reduce in an almost miraculous ¥ Vegetable and animal ofls | found to be most effectiv: "oll-can be used but is | Turpentine is the B suds have been found to Thus have we LM 1 Devil. loves best in. the | drink, snd the best i him, No tin to ignore the rules, * may never fall into the old of the #ea s or a'vegétarian. tail can put him inf 0y with evident: by man well kfiom Per profession. storp he had entrenched . in early in the > through a hole § he had a ch are some however, pathetic Httle t: skepticism. *Some kind as to’venturs ‘newspaperman never all at 6one time. n Can don’t come to us 4 We can’t say, of o that one ever did. it .. Some writers call’ Indeed, they all av ‘That Samuel was But Curtis calls Vi The old funabys man’ll get you if out,”” might be re the benefit ‘of city O. F. Curtiz’ll get watch out.” Complaint From Pk To the Editor of the, Herald: Through the valdsble your paper, knowing yon interest of "workor-"‘%% would ltke to call the afi your readers, ang. s it’'s not Mfi“x‘n.‘gw took a tumble cars for the trons. It is least in the morning have long wondered: ment has taken Jjn' o decent girls beo being' crowded. made to blush Piainville trolley the to carry th for the