New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 29, 1918, Page 6

N/EW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1018, : _Britain Herald. ERALD PUBLISHING COMPANTY. Proprietors. { dafly (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m., it Herald Bullding, 67 Church St. ed at the Post Office at New Britain tecond Clars Mall Matter. re@ bv carrfer to any part of tha city br 15 cents a wenk, 66 cents a montk ription for paper to be sent by mall pyable in advance, 60 cents & month .00 a year. bnlv profitable advertising medfum In he city Circulation books and vress bem always open to sdvertisers. erald wiil be found on sale at.tota- Ing's News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad. [ay, New York Cit atic City, and Hartford Depot. TELEPHNNE CALLS pss Office . fal Rooms Meomber of the Assoclated Press. seociated Press ls exclusively entitied the use for republication of all news ecitec to jt or aot otherwise cradited this paper and also the local news blished herein. his government of all men alike. —THADDEUS STEVENS. is a man’s government; SENSIBLE SETTLEMENT. note with satisfaction that the Bridgeport machinists, who been on strike since Wednesday, ed to work today. As usualthe precipitated by ent over a wage adjustment, br three days thousands of workmen whose services are so b the war industries, have been How was the strike settled? kh the intervention of the Taft- Labor Policies Board, estab- by the Administration for just mergencies. This Board gave ikers full assurance that what- age decision arrived at by that ould be strictly enforced by bvernment, and that was good for the strikers. trust that all foture disputes n labor and capital may be so and conscientious- Bridgeport was a disa- a ly, amiably led as the one in en. MOB RULE. Italian crowd German owned hssy building on Capitoline in Rome, overturned the e and smashed the ugly face e kaiser on the wall did good and we take it as an augury hat is coming later to the r's palace in Potsdam. The go thing is that this Ger- edifice should be allowed to in in Rome. If the building brth while it should be put r purposes, converted into a tal or made useful. Other- it hould he made an exam- o the Beast of Berlin as to is due him and all that he For the good of humanity must be wiped off the face e earth.—Bristol Press. and grieved e energetic invaded the hre at tude taken in the premises by bemed neighbor. We are sure e Bristol Press would be the raise its voice in protest if a Germans should ransack what Ber- well to wish de- but to advo- surprised b American Embassy at is all b to the enemy very d approve of such work as e by a mob of Ttalians is de- The Govern- ould never the Garmen Eton, and we surely es of a serfous natur than the Ttalians have. When ke out in 1914, & mob in Pet- the German Embas- many American permit anyone to Embassy at have more vinst tormed , destroyed a greal If art and killed the aged care- the building. We Bristol would such wauton destruction and And yet it calmly ltan = non-combatants who to the German Emba at d wrought irreparable dam- he premises. are not won by such actions. to offer are posi- Press not ap- praises no brief for Ger- it we must admit in all fair- it when the war broke out, iers and volice guarded the of the enemy countries in most ccnscienliously. The jad occasion to see the Amer- bassy in Berlin after Mr. Ger- his staff had left. There wera policemen and soldiers pa- he territory surrounding the d persons who were inclined without reason were com- b move on care 1s ken by our Government to he German Embassy prem- ‘aghington. e too big to stoop to such We 2re certain that the jovernment will repudiate the the mob. The serious-mind- officials 'are too chivalrous upon such silly business. We Jre. will be no further occur- this nature, Similar : would FAME SPREADS. The product of the pen of John Ja aly torsiiip of the Herald to fight for hi ¥, has been copied and recop- by many contemporaries other publications. This morning, the coun fed and Boston Pest, which carries a patriot- i ic verse or sentiment every day across the top of its page, Daly “Toast to the Flag” of honor. Little did John imag- ine, as he sat at this very typewr front gave Mr. the place ing machine, m this very room, and com- posed tho splendid verses, that they be hailed as ome of the gems of pafriotic poetry. We congratulate him again upon famous and®upon the fame they have brought pleasure in repro- ducing there herewith, to refresh the minds of his former readers whom he thrilled so often with this and other classics: his verses him, and we tak TOAST TO THI FLAG. £ Here’s to the red of it,— There's not a thread of it, No, nor a shred of it In all the spread of it rom foot to head, But heroes bled for it, Faced steel and lead for it, blood shed for it, Bathing in red. Precious Here's to the white of it— Thrilled by the sight of it, Who knows the right of it, Bui has felt the might of it, Through day and night? Womanhood's care for it Made manhood dare for it; Purity's praver for it. Kept it so white. Here’s to the blue of it,— Heavenly view of it, Star Spangled hue of it; Honesty’s due of it Constant and truc! States stand supreme for Diadems gleam for it; Liberty’s beam for it Brightens the Blue. Here's to the whole of it— Stars, stripes and pole of it, Body and soul of it; On to the goal of it Never to lag! Home or abroad for it. Unsheath the sword for Fight 4nd applaud for it. Here's to the flag. it, Tomorrow is the to have a good loaf unmolested. last day Did you make your W. 8. 8. pledge, as requested by the President? One half of the dual monarchy is Hungary by name and the other half is hungry by circumstance ‘We do hope His Majesty, George V. of England, will not develop Charley Horse before he in that ball game Juiy 4. takes part When a man has a sore throat he that while one swallow does ummer, rapid realizes not make a, several in succession can make the tcars come. When Herr von Kuehlmann learned from the papers that he made his Kaiser “‘furious’ 'by had talking too much, we imagine he started to whis- tle that old refrain: “I'm goin' to be here 'bout three seconds more, and then I'm goin’ to be gone’. Although lotteries are forbidden by law in this country, tMe Government conducted its second big lottery last Thursday in Washington, when order numbers were drawn for the 744,500 voung men who attained their ity since June 5, 1917. And it perfectly legal, too. was| Fven governors make ludicrous blunders sometimes. Here is an or- der from Governor Whitman: *No alcoholic beverages will be allowed o be sold in New York city after 8 p. m. to men in uniform unless they drunk on the premises.” Of course ‘drunk on the premises” refers to the beverages. not to the men in uniform are For those who Wke statistics quote the foliowing from the Univ sity of Washington News Letter: There are 100,000 Smiths list- ed in the allotment and allow ance files of the War-Risk Insur- ance Bureau. Of these 1,040 are John Smiths, 200 John A. Smiths, 1,560 William Smiths, 200 Wil- liam H. Smiths. There are 262 John J. O’Briens, and in fifty cases the wife’s name is Mary. There are 15,000 Millers, 15,000 Wilson 1,00 John Browns and 1,200 John Johnsons. we 21— The Fairfield county Republican leaders were able after all to compel their opponents to accept Mayor Wi son of Bridgeport for another term as lieutenant-governor. Inasmuch as that county alone saved the state for the party in the 1916 elections it seems only fair that the voice of its leaders should carry some weight this time, tamous “Toast to the Flag”, | who recently gave up the edi- | | it { lightning S. WORDEN. o- pitch 8. roll and and hitch To the nautical | For we're used decks As the Lreak : On the plates that thrum like a beat- en drim I To the thrill As the knife ye With {There's a and a heave we cant take, of gait to the lant white-toothed the combers the turbines might, leaps through the of how ceeps sheed of sty the shell in flight. Oh, our scorn is quick for the who stick the battleship’ we love the lurch frail perci thirty-tive knots or more don't much of the drill and such : That the battleship Jackies do But sail the seas in our dungare A grimy destroyer crew. crew | 1 To For eady of toor, our own 1 At i we get We needn't climb at sleeping time To a hammock bumpy We leap kerplunk in a cozy bunk That quivers and bucks and jumps. We hear the sound of the seas that pound On the half-inch of steel, And close our eves to the lullabies Of the creaking sides and keel. our that sways and plates We're a lusty crowd that is vastly proud IS Of the slim gray craft we drive, Of the roaring fiues and the humming crews Which make her a thing alive. We love the lunge of her surging plunge. And the murk of her smoke screen, too, As we sail the seas in our dungarees, A grimy destroyver crew. —Author unknown. A Detroit court has ruled that man- angels are out of place in front of a Incal cemetery and ordered the sculp- tor to make certain changes which will transform the effigies into wom- en.—New London Day. The Turks accused of sacking hos pitals may accept the Iron Cro without embarras: has no Christian signifi hington Star. had used a few grains years ago, she might for eating purposes Star. Gravediggers in Darlington are on strike, and week-end mourners have had to dig graves of relatives.—Lon- don Chronicle. If Austria of sense four have more grain now.—Kansas City If the Turks demand Egypt and the Black sea in the peace settlement does not follow that their expecta- tions equal their demands. With Ger- many victorious, {he Turks would still get the jackal's share.—Springfield Republican. Foch's silence sounds like the noise Grant made in '64-—DMinneapolis Tribune. It once was a serious matter to ac- cuse an enemy of using the dum-dum bullet, but if that was the worst thing the Germans were using now it would seem mild.—San Antonio Light Germans who characterized Ame can troops lightning trained are beginning to et some idea of what training means.—Philadel- Fress phi The fallacy outbidding e line of work now heing Press. of employes of labor ch other in the same for the government is realized. —— Middletown The general merchandise store at the country corners is not what it used to be. Big things are going on in the world for discussion, but anti- loafing laws forbid sitting on cracke barrels to talk them over. The crackers in these flour mixture days are not what they were, either.—Wa- terbury Republican. Von Knehlmann's statement that there is no hope of a military victory for either side in this war goes about halfway to admitting that Germany will be defeated. This is the first ac- knowledzment that any German civil or military official has made that the Allies are invineible. They have all heretofore claimed a clear victory for German arms inevitable. Von Kuehl- mann’s speech shonld he regarded by the Allies as most encour: 3x- change. The Gallant Portuguese. (From the Boston Post.) divergences that the great racia ze of war on the western in hold the s are apt to lose sight of the Portugal front w gallant part played by al- most from the beginning of the strug- Indeed. we sometimes hear deflnite slurs upon the work of her soldiers, as if they were an unimpor- tant part in the contest. All this Wrong. Portugal has put nearly 250,000 highly trained and well-equipped soldiers into the trenches, and splendidly have they ac- quitted themselves. And. by propor- tion, these 250,000 men are as if they all came from a state of the popula- tion of our own Iilinois and of the area of Indiana It is, in ratio, as army of more than 5,000,000 men from the United States. A splendid record, indeed. The Portuguese are a brave and patriotic people. Over here they show their zeal for the great cause when- ever there is opportunity—as in par- ades, where they have made extreme- ly fine showings. We would like to see more recognition of these allies of ours and more of their flags flown. They deserve it ale. is an { present i when Town Topics! petition has heen received by Lhe of public works asking for the of the old wafering trough southern end of Franklin park. The special Burritt Memorial monument so practically completed nd is ready to turn the monu- over to the city. As soon as the surrounding the monument has moved, the walks all repaired the south end of the park will much more attractive ap- removal at the Square P ree h work ment debri been v ete., a bearance. Although it is the unveil a monument pleted, this plan will in this instance. n Burritt monument “Peace” monument, if. would be hard 1y fitting to unveil it this time, when the country and the whole world is plunged deeply into war and New Britain boys are bleeding and dying on the fields of France. Also, should such exercises take It ce at this time the news would be spread broadecast nd in the foreign press, particularly in Germany, much would be made of the fact that New Brit- ain, Conn U , was awving a glorious time unveiling a peace mon- ument while the nation at war. So as an alternative, the grounds will be fixed up and at some later time, when the terrible war is over. the monu- ment can be unveiled officially with exercises that will truly be appropri- ate. usual custom to when it is com- not followed much as the he at > W. S, S—— Candidate Quigley voiced the opin- ion of all loyal Americans when he said that he hoped that he will never 1in see any article on the shelves of our American stores bearing the odious sign: “Made n Germany’. And one of our most respected public officials has gone so far in his feel- ings as to refuse to buy or to use = lead pencil that hears such a trade mark = W. S. S, The nomination of Mayor George Arthur Quigley as the republican candidate for congress, at the first district convention on Tuesday, wa: not unexpected, yet New Britain peo- ple have felt a pardonable pride that one of their native sons should be thus honored. Now the question that is uppermost in the minds of those who follow politics closely is what chance he has of defeating the dem- ocratic nominee, Augustine Lonergan. Election is about five months away, but the general impression seems to be that Mayvor Quigley will have a hard, uphill fight. In the first place, Congressman Lonergan is in office, he knows the political game from A to Z, has been through grueling congression- al campaigns and is 2 member of the democratic party which at present is directing the destinies of this great nation. In the second place, Con- gressman Lonergan is a Hartford man and in any fight where New Britain and Hartford, as rival cities arc concerned, this counts for more than many believe. Hartford has a big vote and there is reason to be- lieve that native pride will swing many votes to the support of the con- sman. Mayor Quigley is hanking largely upon his great strength in New Britain, and upon winning out in Suffield, Collinsville and those dis- t . Tt would seem however, that these scctions are an open field for both candidates. The speech of acceptance delivered by Mayor Quizlev when he was nom- inated was a very cléverly worded one. He was careful to show no hos- tillty towards the democrats and the speech had just the right touch of patriotism and praise for President Wilson. All in all, it was a masterly viece of work and the mayor's dem- ocratic opponent will have a hard time to pick any flaws in it. Not so however, his after dinner speech at the convention gathering. FHere the mavor permitted himself to dwell up- on the anclent issue of the Republi- cans and Democrats by bringing in the tariff question. The tariff is now a dead issue and Il be a long long time before it again becomes a paramount issue. Today the only tariff question ree trade in arms. As a matter of f a peculiar thing about the coming congressional cam- paign is that there really is no po- litical issue upon which the candi- dates can justly wrangle. W. 8. S.- jes—the draft exam- inations, the Liberty Bond drives, the Red Cross, K. of C. and Y. M. C. A. campaigns. etc.—have cach produced their funny story about town, and so has the present War Savings Stamp campaign, The story is told of an em- plove of a local factory who is noth- ing, if not thrifty. He appreciated the worth of War Savings Certificates and agreed to take $1.000 worth and to pay in cash. Further explanations All war acti i however, showed him that if he took his stamps this month the certifi- cates would cost him hut 17 cents, whereas if he waited until next month each one would cost 18 cents. Where- upon this thrifty individual put forth the proposition that he wanted to buy the stamp month, but wonld like to wait until the first of next month hefore taking the monev out of the bank—so he would not lose the interest on it. A newspaper report indicates that the Telephone comvpany is enlarging its force of operators. Let's hope that at the same time the service will be improved. this Twenty five vears ago this week the following items appeared in the Herald: June 23: The following pupils were graduated from the Hillside school today: Wilbur R. Corbin, Ruth Harper, Wtheline T. Hart, Alfred Hine, Howard S. Humphrey, Anna C. Latimer, Clifford R. Merwin, Alphonzo B. Porter, Robert K. Richardson, Edith Smith, Harry E. Smith, Louise D. Stevens, Bertha H. Swift, Grace L. Wiard, and Rosa E. Mulligan.— The rate list is completed and the city’s grand list for 1898 is $8,154,059, an increase of $339,241 over a year ago.—The marriage of W. H. Ehler and Miss Bertha L. Tefft took place Wednesday afternoon.—Charles B. commit- | its | distinctly a | BEddy and Willlam Boardman will be graduated from Yale next Wednesda: June 24: St. Matthew's German Lutheran church will be dedicated to- The Stanley Works will <t Wednesday for two weeks. nest Cooper has returned from for his v will take a course of study at a vet- erinary college in New York next October. June Sunda June 26: Valentine | lain, judge of police court war veteran, died suddenly at home on South Main street at 10 o'clock last night of heart failure, foi- {lowing the making of an impassioned | speech in favor of temperance at the First church earlier in the evening.— Shuttle Meadow was officially opened Saturday when Mayor Walsh turned the w into the main June The Works will close turday evenir for three weeks. W. B. Hungerford will be raduated from Yale tomorrow.— Judge John Coats, Yale, '68, is to at- tend his class reunion at New Haven. June 28: The funeral of the late V. B. Chamberlain was held this aft- ernoon when all business, stores and factories, suspended operations as a tribute to his memory.—Frank K. Wetmore, employed at the C. C. L. shop. has gone to Washington to ms age a big hotel—George H. had a narrow escape from death this morning when he was walking on the tracks between Washington and Main streets. June 29: Money is tight local business men arc panic.—Councilman George W. An- drew has opened a law office in Booth's block.—Andrew Turnbull has returned from a six weeks' stay at the world's fair.—George M. Dyson is the Hook and Ladder company delegate to the Danbury convention Sam Bassett will assume his duties as postmaster tomorrow.—The little daughter of P. C. McIntyre fell from a swing yesterday and broke her collar bone. B. Chamber- and ecivil new er 2 Aetna and all fearing a ——W. 8. The legal fraternity in this city has long been dissatisfiard with th city court room accommodations and dur- ing the past year, since the court has been extended so that it is a civil court of unlimited jurisdiction, to say nothing of its added dignity as a naturalization court, the feeling has become intensified. The approach to the court room, through police head- quarters, is anything but pleasing. The chamber itself is an unattractive, dingy place, the ventilation is poor and odors from an adjacent stable are ofttimes objectionable. Added to these faults, the place is at times al- most unbearably noisy. The puffing of steam trains, the creaking of wagons and other outside commotions often interrupt the proceedings. As a result the lawyers have decided to seek a change and a petition is to be prepared and presented to the com- mon council a ng permission to use the council chamber for the sessions of th city court and naturalization court. There is apparently no good reason why this petition should not be granted and it to the court. It should be understood that the lawyers want this only for civil cases, there being no in- tention of asking criminal and other police court cases there. —W. 8. 8.—— ‘When the rest of the folks in New Britain line up at the postoffice win-' dow on January 1, 1923, War Savings Stamps, where are YOU going to be? S. have and been a little popularizing Americar slow in adopting that French word, “camouflage,” but certainly they cannot be at sed of having given it & rest since the dis- covery. —W. S. 8. People should remem} of the coal crisis and henceforth never again proceed in the summer on the theory that it is going to be a mild winter. And coal jumps again July 1, too. —W. 8. & The pessimist can als does as the wise alien is doing—keep his mouth shut. —W. 8. S.— The photographer who invented re- touching was the original camoufleur. —W S. S the lesson ing up when the national anthem is sung, bespeak your loyalty. It is now more than a year since the old safety board, which formerly had control of the police and fire department was dissolved and in its stead were created two separate boards of police and fire commis- sioners to have complete supervision of these respective departments. De- spite the publicity given the fact, it is surprising that today there are many business men who do not seem to realize it. In numerous instances bills are addressed to ‘“‘the safety board,” with the result that they in- variably reach the wrong commission causing annoving delays and much confusion. Under tre existing system the fire board had complete charge of everything pertaining to the fire de- partment, its operation and mainte- nance. The police hoard has full juris- &iction over police matters. ——W. 8. S The dealer in omens midst. Wednesday's mail brought this one: ‘“Fhe Omen of ‘threes’ as applied to Mayor Quigley Quigley was elected mayor three times. In the first campaign there were three candidates and last April the same was true, three men sceking the r publean nomination. Quigley’s candi- dacy makes the third time that a New Britain man has sough a seat in Congress and if elected he will he the third native, son to go to Congre: from here. Likewise, his opponent is now & candidate for the third time. Quigley was nominated = during the third week of his third month of his third term as mayor and, in couclu- sion, he plans to have headquarters in three cities.” Enough! s again in our WSS S. “Old resident” tells us that the little triangular park at the junction of West Main and Vine strects used -Charles Witte | his | Booth | will do much to lend | permission to hear ! = sir | to cash their | oo cury supplied with the money re- Actions, not idle words and stand- | (ISPORRE O RN T What { to be familiarly called “Charley” park i i Glover, from i paid et by if he | Service. because ‘‘Charlie” Parsons,” “Charlie” Faulkner, ““Charlie” White, “Charlie” Hart, ‘Charlie” Parker, 'Charlie” “Charlie” Irving and “Charlie’” Burgess all lived in the im- mediate vicinity and took much terest in it. —W, 8. Another year has rolled away and another class has been graduated the C mmar school, another has been graduated from the High school and another ¢lass has been graduated from the New dritain State Normal school. Yet these com- mencement exercise in the cyvele of ev years 20 the same exer es held, the same keen interest held the attention of relatives and friends of the graduates and the graduates themselves had the same feelings of pride and distinction when they re- ceived their coveted and, in some in- in- nothing ne Twent W -five were stances hard earned diplomas, Grad- | called commencement | nation time is because it s really the commence ment of a new life for the individual. Those going to college or higher in- stitutions of learning put aside their more childish ideas and enter their new course with a found interest. For those vlude their school days at even more truly 1 ment time, for carefree childhood days and pleasures are leoft behind and the puplils go ont into the world, to face an uncertain but ever beckoning future. But to the grad- uate, whether that person be from the Grammar school, High school, Normal school or college or sity this commencement season is per- haps ome of the most pleasant and important of a lifetime. It is well that it ‘should he so for, after all, what is more pleasant to look back upon than pleasant memories. Con- gratulations and best wishes to those who have heen graduated this week from the several institutes of learn- ing. May the evening of their more worldly life be as cloudless the morning of their youth. —W, 8. S—o It people who write out articles they wish to appear in the paper would only remember to write on but one side of the paper they would be more certain of seeing their items ap- pear and there would be less chances of errors made in copying. Every item, which takes up both sides of a sheet of paper, has to be re-written and if the item is at all lengthy this becomes tiresome, errors are likely to creep in and omissions are likely to occur. So just remember to write on but one side of the paper. more pro- who con- the same commeny it is e as Patriotic Banking. (New York Journal of Commerce) Secretary McAdoo has announced in a letter to the banks of the coun- try the intended issue of 1$6,000,000,- 000 of Government certificates of in- debtedness at the rate of $750,000,000, every two weeks, in addition to float- ing $2,000,000,000 of certificates to be taken up for the payment of taxes coming due in June next year. At the end of what may be regarded as an appeal of the Secretary of the Treasury to the banks for taking up the certificates of indebtedness, he re- fers to the patriotic service and sa rifice of “our splendid American bo; on the soil of France,” and declares that the bankers of the United States “can render a peculiarly helpful serv- ice to our gallant sons by keeping the quired by the Government to furnish every American hero with the things he must have to fight victoriously or die gloriously He is sure that no patriotic banker will “fail to do h full need of essentlal service to his country and to her noble defenders.” Well, it is not as if the bankers were having all these hundreds of millions coming fo them as their own to be disposed of at will. What they get comes from others and is to be disposed of to others, first or last, in the way of investment, of their earn- ings of their profits, the banks being for only their intermediary This they may be willing to render with slight reward or possibly none at all for profit or at a loss in this particular line. Even so it is to be kept in mind that the banks act only as agencies and do not own what comes to them to be disposed of. They might handle it is proposed is to make the first is- sue of these certificates on June 25 to mature in four months, or the first on October 25, and to bear interest at 4 1-2 per cent. per annum, others to the same amount to follow every two weeks, till the full amount of $6,000,000,000 has been taken up. The banks are expected to hold these till they mature, when they are to be taken up with bonds of long term, which they will have to dispose of. It is proposed to distribute these certificates among the banks and trust companies in proportion to their The federal Reserve banks districts will advise amounts they resources in the several their members of the are expected to take. Tt is calculated that this will be equivalent to 21-2 per cent. of their resources, for each period of two weelks, or 5 per cent month, for the four months necc ry to cover the iwhole issue, after which the process of conversion will begin for another Liberty Loan. Six hillions is a pretty formidable amount to raise by this process for a single fiscal year in addition to what is al- ready provided and with two billions more from tax certificates which have no redemption for the contributor. No doubt our banks and investors are equal to the task imposed upon thém and patriotism will lend a strong motive for meeting it: but there needs to be careful consideration of the general financial effect upon tho production and interchange of values from which all the funds must come whether from loans or taxes. Tenine's Mask Off. (Portland Press.) Nicholas Lenine has taken off the mask, although it would hardly be said that any camouflage undertaken by him deceived anyone. He is going to visit Berlin and Vienna and of course will be received with glad acclaim by the representatives of autocracy at their capitals. | not upon | | and n forever | univer- | Flag Etiquette. When the cokrs are pasan@ s ‘o spectator, if a man, should halt i walking, arise if skting and uncover holding the headdnhss opposite the left shoulder with tIN right hagd: if bareheaded, he shoiNg salute wth the right hand. A wonan shou/d stand at attention as theag passes by. When the flag is waving frow a ga-} tionary flag staff or pole it is not sa= luted with the hand. In decorating, the flag should nevé er be festooned or draped, but alvays hung flat. If hung with stripes hor- izontal, union should be in upper lefs hand corner. 1If hung perpendicuigr- ly, union should be in upper right corner. When the flag is carried in parade, or when crossed with other flags, tha Stars and Stripes should alw. ba at the right The law specifically forbids the use of and representation of the flag any manner or in any connection with merchandise for sale. The flag should be raised at sun- rise and lowered at sunset. It should be displayed stormy days or, exeept when under fire of the enemy left out over night. Although ther is no authoritative ruling which com- pels eivilians to lower the flag at sun= down, good taste should impel them follow the traditions of the army vy in this sundown ceremonial. Primarily the flag is raised to be seen, g8, ys on to | and secondarily the flag js something to dition be guarded, treasured holds it shall not be menaced by the darkne To leave the flag out at night, unattended, is proof of shiftlessness, or at least carelessness, On Memorial day the flag should be displayed at half-mast from sunrise until noon, and at the peak from noon until sunset. It should, on being re- tired, never be allowed to touch the ground. When the “Star Spangled Banner' is played or sung, uncover, stand and remain standing, in silence, until it is finished. Applause at “Star Spangled place. Worn out and useless flags shoulfi be destroyed by burning. A flag torn or frayed and weather should never again be hoisted until it has been repaired. This is a regulation of both the army and navy and should also be followed by all civilians. > and so tra- the conclusion of the Banner” is out of by the wind Haig at 57. (Montreal Gazette.) Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig ig fifty-seven years of age, having beeif born in Scotland, June 19, 1861. The commander-in-chief of the expedi- tionary forces in France and Fland- ers is the most notable member of a family well known in the United Kingdom. Several of the Haigs arg high officers in the army and oth have achieved success in the sphert of medicine and education. Sir Dou glds Haig was educated at Oxford in.1895, when he joined the Seventh Hussars. He saw service in the Sou- dan in 1898 and in South Africa in 1899, in both of which campaigns be did good work. In 1903-6 he wag inspector general of cavalry in India. His promotion was rapid. In 1904 hé was appointed major general and in 1910 lieutenant general. When the great war broke out he was one of the first high officers in the field, and after the preliminary engagements with the German armies he was ap- pointed a general for his distin- guished services. In 1916 General Haig succeeded General French as commander-in-chief of the British fighting forces, and a year later hs was awarded the coveted rank of field marshal. Today he is in higher esteem than for under his direction the tre-’ mendot military stablishments raised by the United Kingdom and the dominions have reached a high state of perfection, and are doina their full share in holding in check a powerful foe. Haig's men may be relied upen to continue their greal resistance, with the armies of France, until the rapidly growing United States army shall have reached a size to justify the assumption of a general offensive movement against the en- emy. So success to Haig and may the war have reached a satisfactory cong | clusion before his next birthday comes round! ever, Our Multi-Millionaires, (Brooklyn Eagle.) “Ill fares the land, to hastening ills’ a prey, where wealth accumulatet and men decay.” Of course. But is not the land where wealth accumu- lates and men do not decay the ideal of all political economy Income tax returns show that we in Ame 206 persons whose incomes are each $1,000,000 ag year more. An estate of $20,000,000 wisely administered should produce as much return as that. We have 376 persons getting more than §500,000 agnually, more than 4,000 with in- comes running between $100,000 and the half-million figure. almost 400,. 000 whose earnings plus investment revenues are more than $3.000 & vear. The figures are stupendous. Ts there any reason for worrying over them as an indication of national de- cadence? Not unless our standard of man- hood is going down. The magnificent response of that manhood to the de- mand for war sacrifice, the fine ef- ficlency of our navy, the work oux soldiers and our marines are doing in France utterly negative the de- cadence theo nd at home, de- spite high prices, our workers are the hest fed laboring people on the face of the earth, and have a spirit of in dependence which no employer today thinks of trying to suppress or coerce Optimism seems to have the right believe it has the right, to revel in the vindication of our system of government. Old, Hickory was mnef mistaken—“Our constitution has pre- served unimpaired the liberties of the people, secured the rights .o property, and our country has iy proved and is flourishing beyond former example in the history of President Wilson mig} the same thing in 1918 witho, of contradiction. we