New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 25, 1918, Page 8

with every Democrat in the coun- try. The coalition of the United States will be of all its people to hold up the hands of the govern- ment of the United States, no mat- ter from which party it comes. ELIHU ROOT, To Republicans April 9. 1917. HISTORY REPEATS To bé amazed at what is going on now throughout the country is to con- | fess an utter ignorance of history. All of the wars in which the United States | engaged brought forth the dissatisfled and disgruntled. They were alive and | active in the War. After independence was the face of these and other difficulties, the | eritics remained on hand. The nation | knew them in 1812 and through the | Mexican wars, ‘When the North an tiie South grappled in fratricidal com- | bat ey who held an antipathy toward Abra- They cried out that the lwar was They did thing they could do to mak And yet from out of the chaos came | order. Only could kuch adverse critic lanother form of government the of- | fenders would be taken out at sunrise | Revolutionary won in faultfinding reached a new height. | rticularly was this so among those | ham Lincoln failure every- it such. | a in a democr m obtain. Under bina placed before a firing squad. Yet ‘ ktor all the chorus raised against the dministration there are loud volces ¢ patriotism to drown and quiet the noise. And so long as this spirit anifest, eads and eed have no fear. olin’s time, so it shall be in Wilson's is | | level | the nation | so long as there are warm hearts, As it was in Lin- | ime. brill 'stand with the government i » ALARM The vast majority of our people | A FALS Chamberlain is very much over the ‘“‘incffiicency” of he War He is de- ermined to show the mistakes to the world, mistakes that any man with . Senator up yrought Department of human nature knew it as long knowledge and knew 1917, vould happen, g0 as ! 6 the day war W Heclared In \ddress bef kpeech that consumed two and a half ou the vesterday de- | ivered his tirade against the Admin- s personal an Congress, a Oregonian stration. by a re- uke from the President of the United ung states, the Senmator from the western | tate showed all the seamy side of he cloth he could expose Lo, he naturally drew a one-sided pic- | In doing For the War Department and | it it could | ure. he | »e done, would not dare to expose all | Administration, even he secret operations that must neces- arily take place in campaign Germany the contention lain and his political backers War hrachine has broken down, that it ““has gainst It hamt is of Senator t the Department’s military Imost stopped function g the reason “‘wt is New York add all ‘Because of ause of this trouble, the i he government of the United Stat uch a ust be false inefficiency in ureau and every department sweeping statement as that | its very face, If any one e scalps of wants to go gunning for | the War De- partment the expedition should be an | asy one. There arc plenty of open- | gs through which s »t might e taken. There arc plenty of chances | those in Do c | of | says the Senator, | hotter !itas | help the situation. | materially the and for | o to tural with- vet ively ‘ the | ‘em- s at a is is ary programme was drawn up, given o of the United States and th to programme not Senators. Therein lies part “F bled white,” s furnishing Amer- was even rub. the nce, | ica today and the troops going abroad | with heavy ordnance, and airplanes.” inefficiency, fact, this result of an appeal was thought this nances which to furnish them, when, as a matter of direct It service came as a from France. to expedite matters way. So long as these heavy ord- be France, although is able States saves could secured “bled white’ the United plan. It a of heavy guns over a three thousand mile stretch of ocean. in consented to the transportation In return Krance is able to get food- stuffs and other things that might oc- cupy the space ordinarily used by big ' guns,—which All the Chamberlains in the Senate, not nation at this time. are going later, shouting at will overthrow the Their noise will nece: but overthrow the same time, arily help delay they 11 the war the government; w completely ma- chine. may be pleasant in some ea Yet there are those who will refuse to join the con- cert. And when Senator Chamberlain with nation to the however sweet the music tires himself out the down a needless all the business in haranguing wil] get ANOTHER TIE-UP? mes J istratro for New unplea Starrow, Fuel Admin- England, has some news for the inhab- hereabouts very <ant s when he pred a complete shutting down of the in- dustries in this section because of lack of fuel And this on ton of the an- nouncement from Washington that J. o A has been placed in genecral charge of the distribution of anthracite and bi- tuminous coal. Formerly General Sec- of the National Coal Associa- tion which he organized in Pittsburgh A stant Commission, Morrow, a practical coal man, retary and later Federal Tr: row brings to his new should of Mr. post the confi- enable him to With the weather Seeretary the Mar- dence which still doing all in its power to tie up transportation, both by rail and water, the outlook Yet under the Garfield much good has been accomplished. On top of thig the freight embargo on impor- put in effect by Di- rector-General Garfield, hs he is not pleasant. fuel order tant trunk lines, and will help even more as the days go on. People are now getting coal who have heen of lying deprived Ships have this precious commodity. in wait at Atlantic ports filled and part of the freight congestion Unle had their bunkers to overflow- neen removed Starrow believe come, the nation should be able to get along until the open weather is true, as the report from it, that President Wilson flently and statesmen to If L.ondon has been diplomatically urging British see the light on the Irish question, what will those rabid Sein Feiners have to say to this denounced in no it hz viously Wilson who pr Woodrow uncertain terms machine guns | He points that out | in not | The sound of the muck-rakes | helped | FACTS AND FANCIE Is anyone putting a one-cent stamp { on the Congressional Record for “some soldier at the front”?—Atlanta | Constitution. ! The man whose service flag has one star is just as proud as the one whose flag has a dozen, and why not? The one hg was had.—Portland Oregonian all he Attorney General Gregory make tl s lot a hard one. make it worse than apolis Star. would on, that.—Indian- e A New York dispatch says ! dealers will be called on to expl | rise in the price of fish. |.-body suppose they | explain it? fish | ain the | Does any- won't be able to Kansas City Star. Nobody with a craving for popu- | Jlarity wants to fill a Fuel Administra- tor's, shoes, these days.—Providence { Journal. { Mandate Monday will be a fine op- | prtunity for husbands to become ac- | atninted with the mysteries of the washday.—New York Sun. One advantage of operating the operated ; un- | | ! railroads is that nec as they are time tables are —Boston Advert is curious to read of steamboats laid up on the lower Mississippi for lack of cargoes. Somewhere on our waterways it should be possible to use them.—Springfield Republican. now wholly 1t Worse off than most of the kings exile is King Ferdinand of Ruma- nia at J living on canned foods with hread a luxury three times a weelk pringfield Republ.can. With fuel conservation on our minds, it may be remembered that the | original “Charge of the Light Bri- zade” was also a blunder.—Wall Street Journal. General von tr of War, s I do not know the mericans, nor do I know what they are capable of doing in this war.” If General von Stein will be patient he may add to his stoek of information on this inter ing subject.—Provi- dence Journal. The American public paid $15,000,- 000 last vear for the support of churches, syvnagogues and other re- ligious institutions. That is the equiv- | alent of good-sized war loan and bears witness to a religious zeal of | patrioti proportions.—New York World. a i [ THE OLD HIGH WHEEL. | Oh, don’t you remember the old “high i wheel’ ‘ 'Twas as high as the top of a hac | The thing was a joke from each glis- | tening spoke To the little 'wheel trailing in back. The ham-shaped saddle was hard as a rock | And it tortured and bruised like— | well— | The handle-b: | with a view To break bath your legs when you fell. too, were designed h, don’t you remember the old “high wheel” ? (You’ll never forget it, by Heck); For it sure was a feat to get into the seat ‘Thout breaking &) your gosh-darned How gr ful we were when we made the attempt With a foot on hopped, then with ongo the And—into the the step as we And a spring, we jumped thing gutter we flopped. well 1T remember the old “high wheel’ It was made by the devil himself, And T'll never forget all those “head- ers,” you bet, Anad the arnica up on the shelf; The broncho that “bucked” on the far Western plains Would have thrown up his work in disgust. he have but darned old machine Used to meusure my length in the dust. How Could how that seen Oh, ves: I remember the old wheel”; I carry come 1 recall the and lumps ltant from each kind of “spil pmewher. “high marks of it still; bumps—all the bruises Resi Not all of our heroes are in Franc We've others at home— They fought in the ranks bicvcle cranks Some twenty-nine long vears ago. BISH K. IBBLE. as we know; with the Vice-President Marshall, (Philadelphia Telegraph.) Frequently the office of vice-presi- dent is mentioned as a political grave Those who are once committed to its sepulchral cavity are supposed to re- in buried forever. day we hear of the that are being done by the and Mr, McAdoo and Mr. Baker and Mr. Daniels. Likewise Mr. Hoover and Mr. House come in for a the country’s plaud and and cven to s d acros But what of | shall? i an encore. Ana m | Ivery great things | president share of 1 Ltor 1 t who 1 he and the | fair. | from the | the most | one of the { land. Somehow, it say eman in charming best raconteur: doesn’t s | i Y | Kentucky’s Prohibition Fad. ! (Rochester Herald). ! Kentucky has put its O. K. on Na- tional Prohibition, and it would not! | surprise at all if the stato legisla- | conclude to change the County to Butter i 1na ourbon TODAY’S TABLOID TALE By Joe Blast. Should Rooie,"” Quantut is a little He M young “therc that i want know Not. stammered Howmenn —er, ¥ favor- a 1 ) ask you. 1 wunt it you'd mind if her, my boy t B o 18T ke said stol Booie heart- been a ), me, wonderful Howmenny, o her, ¥ with treasure Howmenny, and te you. & a cook, my boy! Lier float—you wouidn’t way butter sticks and once when the wus here for dinmer he had never ted anything like her pineapple soup. Besides that, she makes all her own clothes out of a yard or two of nothing at all, and then does ‘em over the next year and makes pillow covers and pen wipers from the remnants. Morcover, she's a perfect Amazon as far strength is concerncd—she'll help you move furniture and whip the children and things of that sort. and she can do imitations of Sarah Bernhardt and Harry Lauder that are really better, in their way, than the originals, so you'll practically never have to spend money on theate Take her my boy, take her, and once more accept my congratula- tions.” “B-b-b-b-b-b-but,” stuttered Howmenn I'm afraid you slightly misunderstand. 1 was going to ask you to let me borrow your car for an even- ing for a little party.” Bristol Booie looked amazed, indignant, hurt, and insulted. “I will most emphatically not,” he said loudly. “‘Why, confound your presumption, I scarcely know (Copyright 1918 by George Matthew Adams.) il “She daughter t and I but take my nate iose her, 1@ 1e's wonderful biscuits belicve t on ’em, governor he said s Labor Loyalty Week, (Cleveland The birthday to have its Plain-Dealer). of Abraham usual o Lincoln is rvance strengthened this year in a novel way, It is proposed to give it nificance and make the which it comes, the week of a period for advancing and sg thoso principles of patriotism which the martyred Lincoln and gave his life. The Alliance of Labor and Democ racy has asked that the week of Feb. 10 be observed as Tabor Loyalty ‘Week, a period during which a new sig- week Feb. 10, reading for toiled in | an ag- | gressive, nation-wide loyalty campaign | will be carried on, marked by special services and gatherings, all designed to recall the labors and virtues of the great liberator, and to impress upon the American people the stimulating effect of his mighty example. ticular, the week is designed to com- bat the insidious offorts of the enemy’s propaganda, and to shame and awak- en lukewarm doubters. The name of Lincoln will be used to arouse enthu- siasm as a stimulant to national In par- | spirit, and thousands of copies of the | Gettysburg address and other utter- ances of the great patriot will culated broadcast. Lincoln’s birthday is a loyal inspira- tion in itself. That it should be made the focus of a period of patriotic en- thusiasm is eminently fitting er or mot Loyalty Week proves sess its promoters hope to make it, pirit that suggests it and the ef- to establish it will not be wasted. The Sherman Law, (New Times) misinstructed rork the when had Mr. Roosevelt League of Political \Education he told it that the government violated the Sherman law b bining the railways. That act is jus- ed s nature, being in the pub- lic It would be so even if there were no war. If the railroads had combined themselves promoted public interests, and increased trade by methods not immoral, it would have embarrassed the court to penal- them under the rule of reason. 'he United Mine Workers also are aisinstructed by their leaders. The ime wil never come when the court will allow unions to act contrary to public interest by offenses agzainst good conscience. Tt is necessary to sy this because the TUnited Mine Workers and some other unions seem to think that because the Sherman law allows them to combine, it allows the ‘“‘combine” to do whatever it wishes under the plea that it benefits earners. The export combiha- are not ful ac contra They afford no ment of the unionist wage tions to basis public inter for the Jellicoe’s Pension. The Globe) his life in from boy- t, 1914, for the greatest man could reced princel annum, viz his, Admiral (A Letter It appears, after risking the service of his country hood, and then since At threo years bearing about ponsibility that er a Admiral Jeilicoe will from a grateful country pe ian of £776 10s. out £15 per week services to his count came back fro those sixteen batterics, viz might have done if t disbanded—Lord 000 per an Truly there arc his world, as Lord Dundrear: “no fellah can understand.’ to London ar have, the per been ceive a we in that ome Another Advantage of Corn Bread. (Cincinnati Times-Star) Corn for the Use corn bread cautiful as well as win the war. bread is good b ind becor exion com- | hartered to do wrong- | m- | be cir- | Wheth- | tho | WISE, SMITH & CO. 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N. Yo You strun, you matte dear. Battl It mate! and leg some had simp! end first; be it | roun he d So G foctic hand majo IS steril | cares muscles are; extra back, threw second ‘Whereupon, ship's surgeon being otherwise » heard it trying to shrapnel fragments. of ste Wounds in Battle. u think our men are hard. Their | are soft. are highl but nerves | their hearts think our vouths Their ideals are; not most certainly. Even may put us sailors down as cold and er-of-fact. Forget it, From the legendary reader ; old Salt modern mechanical Jack Tar, is the mariner's middle 1e inatien name— we wouldn®t need to have those instructions about ‘“Wounds in e. historical but true: ‘“Heave | cried the Bosun's Mate. “Now | h—" The round shot flew high far—and landed clean on the) of the enemy’s First Mate. His came off. In astonishment, or| such rhetorical emotion, he is arms. “Now match— gain. And the | round shot nipped his arms. it is narrated, the en- crew | umps Blood coursed freely at was lost. For what i the resourceful gun's 1y bound the leg and arm s to end. but none surgeon can lash as well as the sailor, | ure or limb? the afte 1 adly though, stumps to- | healing the such a horrible d-the-rosy sort of creature broken heart new the first-aid’s chicfe “Stop the blood, At least th given is laid on the danger cleanse the wound. In comes so much easier from s than from red hot bullets or Indeed in the rity of cases the entering piece cel canterizes the flesh as it are supplied If unrolled by = fingers, 0es And grew poor | W rinz- that | ed of s that cover the it | way quit s eat, stress on ossings ized packages untouched in with | not | | remain untouched. | ar | this we t the dropy chanc d on the ground or deck, the of germ poisoning after appli- cation is very small. Once on it must Every man has had his training in tourniquet work, and knows well that hemorrhages re- quire no disturbing of the wounded 2. There are extenuatin stances in a naval action to obscure these rules. Tu and magazine men are cooped up in their steel fortre: A well placed shot cannot destroy the turret; yet it may maim a dozen men. Guns are not out of action by the caswaities. It simply a caso of plain first-aid; double up and continue the circum- that tend is then fire. But the wounded maybe must lie and suffer. If the ememy has the range steel splinters are thicker about the decks than flies over a Tab- rador camp. A man out there couldn’t live ten seconds. In France it's mud or dirt the explosive shell disgorges when it detonates. Aboard ship its deadly spew is mostly splinters, a million of them, and each one worth of life. Iscape may have with smoke. t the dre s So be that tt none to dra poor sercaming wretch to the et hood he unconsciously craves. Then it is men’s heart and not by shell ne. And when one’: ipmate be the compress ba shifted, “‘just left inch, or, mova t just a bit, or * who is the can set his lips with “no”. But r to grind into the new t®—it’s just that touch, that inch, may let in the tinier may steal the life of the man for whom we are risking the ship—by slowing our fire to ease his agony I have the wounded. Mo are quiet. Tt's their friends who under the skin, Takes be the rd must filled W ing station rorthanded sre below. But passage v have fire ways come over- tha the m flowi crew may are torn, al a o re- tiny germ, seen stly fidget and | ret crews | | McMillan Store (Incorporated.) “Always Reliable.” Store Open Daily at 9 A. M. Far Saturday Sell ing At Qur ANNUAL MID-WINTER SALE Big Mark Down > Yo ~On Women’s Winter Goats 24" Plush Coats At $25.00 each Marked down from $30, $35 and §39. 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Heavy Wool Sox for: Soldiers At 79c a pair; three hundred pairs this lot. We can never get thent 1in to sell for less than a dollar a/ pair. Send your soldier a few pairs— he will appreciate them. in than drill, or instructions, or written; memorized orders, to give the unin-, jured man poise when blood and pain upsets his commonsense. Deep un- der his stern professional efficiencyy is hidden tenderness, all but ungov- ernable when once aroused. And ten- derness takes little heed of rote and. rule unless experience is there toi balance it. There’s no flippancy in the way: they face it all. Neither do they even hint at maudlin sympathy. But vely, scientifically and with in- spiring spirit our men go to meet the inevitable, preparing in advance to conduct themselves in accord with service ideals and to serve but one: end— Liberty Tooking Ahead. (Chicago Herald.) Mr. Robb came home pleased with his achievement at employment age “I engaged “Why two?” need only one. 1 know.” said one comes tomorrow, week from tomorrow.” well( the * two cooks today, hey said his wife. “Wal Mr. Robbins, “buti the other ay Another Kind of Visitor. (Gurdon Times) 1. Crum of Idabelle, OKla., matrimonial visitor Beirne sa E of Satur- 4 more | day and Sunday.