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New Britain herald., 1914-04-21
MAYOR QUIGLEY.

The new administration has now taken hold of the city government and W hatever changes are going to. be made will soon be known and the pol
 icy of the city for the next two years clearly established. What Mayor 'Quigley may do is purely a matter of speculation, no one knows except him. self. He may be as conservative as any mayor the city has had and yet
 he may be a radical, as he admitted
 himself to be while on the stump. He has said that he proposes to give the city good business administration and he should be given every possible assistance in that endeavor. It Is quite natural that he should wish to surround himself with new men, all mayors like to do that and all shave made such changes as they thought were necessary to bring the policy of the city into as close a relationship with their own ideas as possible. It is the fault of our system of transact ing pubic business that causes those changes whenever there is a change
 in the head of the government There is no question, but under such a sys- tenn city loses the services of some
 good men, men who have been trained in office andrwhose years of experience enable them to give the city the best of service and were it not for the fact that the charter provides that a cer- tain number of officials sfall remain in office when others retire there is scarcely any doubt but that the city would suffer a great loss. It would never do to clean out all at once.
 Mayor Quigley finds the city in good condition, 1t is true that it Is in debt, but it has sinking funds established and by the aid of regular payments |these funds will be large enough to |aneet the bonded indebtedness of the Nty as fast as it natures. There will
 A new questions arising and these rNst be met the same as all other 3EStions had to be met. These mat
 terAAwill require care and attention
 andstt will be up to the new mayor to sec that they get it.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-21

so the democratic ticket, and he seems to be carrying around a belief that he will be the nominee of the Ameri- can party, which taken as a whole might reasonably be expected to be followed by election.
 MT. Sulzer appears to be anxious for a contest with MT. Roosevelt and the fact that he says he can beat him, which, by the way no one else believes, shows how interested he is in being candidate. An interesting sugges- tion is said to have come from Lead CT Murphy of Tammany Hall that the ex-governor be a candidate for United States senator. One can fancy the support Murphy would give Sulzer after all he had to say about him less than a year ago. No one thought Sulzer would be elected to the New York assembly last fall but he got there just tho same. It is far from being probable that he will be the candidate of either the democratic or progressive parties next fall for the office from which he was elected fol- lowing his election less than two years ago, a job which he said was put upon him by the man who it is now said wants him to run for sena- tor. Sulzer was of no value in the last assembly and there is no reason fitness in any political office again, should the people ever be So foolish as to elect him. He is not the much abused man that he would like to have the people believe and he is not apt to have any further political honors of any consequence thrust up- on him.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-21
LOCAL PASTOR WILL
 ATTEND CONVENTION
Rev. A. c. 1T. Steege Representative to Missouri synod From
 This District.

The congregation of St. Matthews s German Lutheran church rejoices in the fact that it's popular pastor. Rev. A. c. T. Steege, has been chosen to represent this district at the tri-annual convention of the Missouri synod, which is to be held in Chicago, H., from May to 16. He will leave this city on Monday, May and swill not return until May 2s, owing to the fact that he intends to visit his parents and other relations in Illinois, after the big convention is concluded. Neigh boring pastors will supply his pulpit in the meantime. r.1a
 The local pastor is to represent the seven churches comprising this dis trict of the large synod, the constitu- ency of which is composed of German Lutherans in twenty-two districts dis tributed throughout the United States, Canada and Brazil and at missionary pests in East India, New Zealand and London, England. His territory in- cludes the congregations of his de- nomination in Meriden, New Britain, New Haven, Wallingford, Middlctown, Bristol and Bridgeport.
 The membership of the synod is
New Britain herald., 1914-04-21

to their original affiliations. But. there are some progressives who certainly will not become republicans It is a faction made up of persons the basis of whose political action is emotionalism and who by their native tendencies of character are attracted by novelty and enamored of innova- tion. The republican party of the fu- ture. We think, is not to be. the re- publican party of the recent past-of Mark Hanna and Senator Platt. Something has happened to the party besides the loss of its radical element If has gotten away from the forces, personal and material, which long controlled and in a measure corrupt ed It, The party which now accepts the intellectual leadership of MT. Taft Is far from being a stand-pat party 1t Is a party founded upon respect for the constitution; it recognizes the principle of private property; it sus- tains the general theory of repre- sentative as distinct from purely democratic institutions. It will have something of the character which was lost to the old line democratic party when Bryan became its master and which has failed to be restored by the success of MT. Wilson. It is to be a party representing the soberly con- servative as distinct from the furi- ously radical mind of the country, party not lacking, we trust, in the spirit of progress, but Indisposed to rush headlong to the support of hur- riedly conceived and undigested pro- posals.
 Whether such a party can com mand control of the government or not we are by no means assured There are signs which indicate that we are not yet. done with the reign of hysteria and fallacy. But there can be little doubt that it will have the support of the more intelligent, the more cautious and the more re- sponsible elements of the country. The Argonaut would rather be asso- ciated with these elements even in political eclipse than to ride at the top of the wave in company with the emotional and transcendentalist champions of a political Utopia.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-21
Jerusalem's TrolIeys. (Boston Herald.)

The modernization of Islam is a large contract, but the beginning that has been made is a hopeful sign. Constantinople sets out once more to be "the queen of cities Under the lead of Prefect Djemil Pasha, plans have been drawn up for new thoroughfares, ornamental parks, and an extensive system of electric trans and telephone lines. Already Stamboul hears the buzz of the ,dy- namo and bids good bye to the ancient regime of candles and lamps. Arc lights have begun to bead their luminous way along it's embellished streets Magnificent electric candel- abras are now burning for the first time in the various government off, fees; not more than few weeks ago the embassies shone out in all the glory of bulbs. Soon the incandes- cent will light up the gorgeous fane of St. Sophia itself. Stranger than all for the tourist are the changes which will meet his eye during the forthcoming travel season in Palestine. Take Jerusalem alone. Forty years ago the Baroness Burdett- -Coutts offered to spend $125,- 900 on the water suply of that city provided the municipality would un- dertake to find the necessary $2,500 or $3,OOO for it's upkeep. Her gener- osity met with no response. Today the same municipal body is rushing, with almost feverish haste, not only to furnish Jerusalem with water works, but to equip it with the new est methods of intercommunication Ioi1 fo he laid fhiS four electric lines of street railway, all of them starting from Jaffa Gate. One will serve the business section of the city, and another will connect with Damascus Gate on the north. The third is intended to encircle old Jerusalem, passing the Tomb of Kings, the Mount of Olives and other historic sites as far as the Valley of Jehoshaphat; by the fourth tourists will be conveyed to and from Beth 1ehem, six miles away.
 A further note of modernism in Turkey has just been struck by the sultan's trade providing for new Islamist university in the historic city of Medina. The project starts off with a grant of s400,OOo for build ing and equipment, and another of $5O,000 a year for maintenance. The institution is to be devoted to 'the eminent truths of the religion of Islam.'' Yet while the sultan has been careful to provide for the ex- clusion of all Christian influence,' he is either too wise or not powerful enough to rule out the good things of Christian civilization. The fact that he has named agriculture and engi- neering as among the subjects to be taught at Medina paves the way for other compromises between Moham- mechanism and the west. No more po-, tent transformer of countries like China and Turkey exists than the ministrations of the inventor, the sanitary expert and the medical man,
New Britain herald., 1914-04-21
Marching After Washington
Providence Journal.)

What promises to be the most in ter esting celebration of the Fourth of July this year is that planned by 8 committee of the society of Sons of the American Revolutions journey from Philadelphia to Cambridge, following the route which Washing ton took when he came to take com- mand of the revolutionary army, and in commemoration of the event. Washington travelled from Philadel- phia to Cambridge on horseback, but those who will now march after him -139 years after-will use the auto mobile.
 The trip will be marked by patriotic observances all along the way, and escorts of historic military organiza- tions are promised the marchers. The famous Philadelphia City troop will go to the Connecticut line, where the governors Foot guard will receive the committee. In Massachusetts the Worcester Continentals and the Lex ington minutemen will perform the same gracious duty. The Ancient and Honorable artillery company and other organizations in and around Boston will probably figure at ap- propriate stages.
 The committee, their military es- cort and volunteer pilgrims, who are expected to join the march in great numbers, will arrive in Cambridge on July 2, as Washington did. They will not need to leave Philadelphia, however until June 30, whereas Washington departed thence on the 21st The eliminating celebration at Cambridge will continue over the Fourth, and will swell to unprecedent- ed proportions the customary pro- gram in that historic neighborhood.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-21
BOB VEAL.

The police courts of the state have been quite busy with cases brought against people for selling bob veal and it is being remarked that the penalty in the event of conviction is rather severe. There has been a larger sale of young calves during the past few weeks than for a long time, the de- mand being so heavy that farmers are finding ready market for this class of stock. Of course when they sell these young calves the farmers are not SUD- posed to know just when they will be slaughtered but that usually follows obliged to be very watchful in order to capture the offenders against the law.
 Bob veal is not really fit for food although there is no doubt but that many people eat it without knowing it. The law prohibits the sale of veal calves weighing less than sixty pounds and this is more than the old law all lowed. Previous to the enactment of any statute, calves were slaughtered when few hours old and eaten often- times With bad results. There is hard ly any doubt but that lot of bob veal is sold unknown to the authorities, but the fact that sales are watched pretty closely causes dealers to, be very care full They visit farms in the coun- try, pick up young calves, pay but a small price for them, kill them and sell them to small dealers. Before the pure food law camer into exist ence it was said that much of the canned chicken was nothing more than bob veal and no one was pun ished for it. Dealers are more care full nowadays but they succeed once in while in putting one over on the authorities. "
New Britain herald., 1914-04-21
The Maine Road. (Boston Herald.)

Out of the tangle of the New Eng
 land railroad situation has come one
 result that gives special satisfaction to Maine people, for both business and sentimental reasons. The Maine Central, which includes practically everything in the railroad line be- yond Portland, comes under the own ership and control of Maine men, a Maine corporation in fact as well as in name. Many years ago, in the be- ginning of the railroad history of Maine, few men with courage and with confidence in the future or the state tried to keep the control of the Maine Central in Maine hands. They were too few and of too slender re- sources, however, and soon the small but independent Maine Central was in the control of the Boston & Maine. This condition continued while the Maine Central grew hundreds of l miles longer and increased its busi- ness many fold. Then the New
 Haven system absorbed the Boston & Maine as the latter had gathered in the Maine road.
 But the government took hand Sat length. It forced the New Haven No give up control of the Boston & Maine and the unscrambling process
 ontinued when the fear of impend-
 iig bankruptcy forced the Boston &
 Mine to sefi-its Maine Central stock.
 Ths gave the opportunity that Maine
 had lost years ago. and the Maine
 stockholders, the minority stock
 holdas, have formed a voluntary as-
 sociatpn which has just bought the ] 159,60A shares held by the Boston &
 Maine.N This is ssnearly two-thirds of
 the tota capital stock of the Maine Central. \ The three trustees of this
 voluntary associatisn are all Port
 land men,, and 1t is. provided that at
 least two pf the three trustees shall
 always be Maine citizens.
 The result of these developments
 is that the Maine Central becomes at
 last local institution, and local pride will go far to bring about "a CO., | operation between the people and the 1 management that wills be of mutual advantage. If the results of home | rule in Maine raflroading are not sat l isfactory to the stockholders, or Ito the patrons of the road or to the state itself, it will not hereafter be neces- sary to go to Boston or to Washing ton for a remedy. @h 8
New Britain herald., 1914-04-21
FLOOR COVERINGS
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS RUGS.

TAPESTRY BRUSSELS RUGS. CD Rugs, size 9x12 ft.. value $12.50. Sale price $1O.OO each.
 (S) Rugs, size 9x12 ft., value $15.00. Sale price $11.49 each.
 VELVET RUGS.
 (2) Rugs, size 9x12 it., value $20.00. Sale price $16.5O each.
 (4) Rugs, size 9x12 it., value $25.00, extra heavy. Sale price $l0.9S each. HARVESTER RUGS.
 CD Rugs, size 9x12 it., value $26.00. Sale price $10.98 each. (3) Rugs size 9x12 it., value $26.00. Sale price $2O.9S each. :, (2) Rugs, size 9x12 it., value $S5.00. Manufacturers Sample sale price $25.OO each. .,
 TAPESTRY BRUSSELS RUGS. (3) Rugs, size 8-3x10-6, value $12.00 Sale price $9.5O each.
 (6) Rugs, size 8-3x10-6, value s13.5O. Sale price $1O.OO each.
 BODY BRUSSELLS RUGS.
 CD Rugs, size S-3x10-6, value $26.50. Sale price $22.OO each.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-21
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex. office.
Mems Spring Clothes.
George Fitch in Collier's.) }

The spring clothes for American men are now being shown in a eau tious and embarrassing manner by our leading coat-and-pants virtuosos. Thus far the militia has been able to handle the situation
 This was once a free country in which g. man might step into store and buy himself a pair of overhang- ing shoulders or loose, flowing legs if he chose. Those times are over, however: Nowadays the leading men designers get together in the winter and agree on the shape of mankind for the ensuing year. If We don't like it we can buy horse blankets and re- tire to reservation.
 According to the samples, we are to be a thin and knobby race this summer. Wide-gauge shoulders have gone out. So have capable and ex- tensive legs. Man this year will be modelled after a safety match and his clothes will be put on him as the cover is put on league baseball.
 In other words, clothes are to be tight this year. Coats will conceal nothing. They will be made with pleatss for ribs and tucks for shoul- der blades, and the man who car ries a lead pencil in his breast pock- ct will stretch his coat all out of shape by so doing. Every eccen- tricity of tho human frame will be advertised and the citizen who has form like hatrack will not be able to conceal the fact in the least though heSmay be able to confuse the impression somewhat by wearing large checks.
 The decadence of that wild, free spirit which led our forefathers to defy Great Britain daily, before and after meals, is indicated by the fact that in America this year countless Tree born patriots will painfully work themselves into their trousers of morRing with the assistance of glove pDW&er and a shoe horn-because EngNsh styles have commanded it. or Hurse there is no reason why those Vlisson young men who wish to traveTf through this summer looking as sleek and shape1y as damp seal should not do so.
 But the man who has bulbous knees and hips which stand out like bookshelves should wear his more apaciDus last years clothes with proud defiance and regard the patches thereof as flags of unquench- able liberty. .-
New Britain herald., 1914-04-21
BANKERS COMPLETE
 FINANCIAL PLAN
$65 100000 Will Be Raised to Aid the New Haven Road to Finance
 It's Needs.

New York, April 21.-The syndi- cate of New York and Boston bank CTS which is financing the needs of the New York, New Haven and Hart ford Railroad company, has virtual ly completed arrangements to raise about $65,O00,0O0 for the road. The financial plan, which involves the is- sue of $20,O00,OO0 three year six per cent. notes of the New England Nav igation company, provides also for the purchase of about $45,OOO,OOO trea- sury assets of the New Haven com pany and will include an issue of $20,000,000 one year six per cent. notes of the Harlem River and Port chester Railway company now held in the treasury of the New Haven com pany, together with other miscel- laneous securities.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-21
Denii1ark's Lesson to Us. Philadelphia Record.)

Undoubtedly the best farmers on the Atlantic seaboard today are those of eastern Pennsylvania, who by over two centuries of labor have made this section of the state. blossom asA a rose, notably in such garden counties as lancaster. To them intensive and in telligent farming need not be held up as a model, but to others it may be iGterestingtto learn how Denmark has solved the problem that is now both ering all sections of the United States. It. is not a new story, but is worth re- telling in the words of pr. Maurice Francis Egan, our minister to Den- mark, who is now in this country on a leave of absence. In holding up the remarkable achievements of the Danes as lessons to Americans he lays stress upon intensive farming and CO., operation, as follows: l. By cooperation the Danes have brought under control the exorbitant demands of the middlemen. The climate of Denmark Is the worst in the whole of Europe, and the soil of the country is by nature admittedly the worst, and yet those disadvan- tages, given them by Nature, the Danish farmers have solved by tack ling their problem scientifically.
 I venture to say that if the aban- doned farms in Massachusetts alone could be put under the direction of competent Danes they could be made to yield food enough to supply the whole of New England.
 The farms in certain sections of the east are exhausted because the farm CTS themselves have exhausted them. But they can be restored That has been done in Denmark. Tn 184S the soil of that country had been ex- hausted by overcultivation of wheat.
 But so we'll have the farmers come to understand their work that Dem mark, though small, has become a great agricultural country. Condi- tions over there now are excellent. The demand for bacon, butter and eggs in England can hardly be supplied, and the market for Danish bacon in Germany has increased enormously.
 Nowhere else have the possibilities of the small farmer been developed as in Denmark. The tendency over there is to cut up the great estates into small tracts and work these in tensively. Tn Denmark a family can make a very good living out of twen- ty acres. These would be devoted to raising cows and peas, and perhaps some chickens. There would prob ably be half dozen COWS. You see, there are only fourteen weeks when COWS can feed in the open, and on the place quantities of sugar beets and mangel wurzel-big beets-are raised. Then the farmers import through cor porations the very best fertilizers at lew prices, such as, if bought by them as individuals, would cost a great deal of money.
 As a consequence what was once the poorest country in Europe has now become the most prosperous. Undoubtedly the same effort would bring as great results here.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-21
YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS.

it-waaa bit unfortunate, perhaps, that ther should have been any dis pute in cogress over the phraseology of the resdution which sought to carry into eect the ideas of President Wilson as reArds Mexico. There may have been rem for argument as to whether 1t wdld have been possible to single out Aerta for punishment and not hit Meuo at the same time, but that in. itse was a. small mat ter. It is difhcuAto escape the con- oiusion that a lit politics was in- 5 jected into the caH and on such an issue the presid4 presented both republfcans and denscrats should be unanimous.
 Appoint seems to haA been made in the statement that thiacountrv could not goaAo war with, Mexio because the United States does n recognize Mex1co as having any goSxnment and for that reason the rebuksfor insults should be directed toward Huerta Such an argument might serve to answer as an excuse for wat n,st be regarded as hostilities but would not mislead anyone whose an,nfon would be worth anything. Mexso ha S 8 government and Huerta is q i+s head, the United States may not rcog- f.ize him because of events conne4ed with his election, but that does So+ prove that the country has no gU- ernment or that any act of Huerta a president of Mexico should not be re garded as an act of the governmen itself, so that any attack on Verr Cruz or Tampdco can only be con Etrued as an act directed agains Mexico and not against Huerta as a., Individual. & EE
 The people in Mexico city are ap barently in sympathy with Huerta fol he press there says with considerable ice that he called the Yankees bluff nd it looks as if that feeling might C strengthened by the dispute in ongress yesterday. The end, how ker, is not yet.
New Britain herald., 1914-04-21
FRANCIS JOSEPH IMPROVING.
Austrian Empcror's Condition Gives No Cause for Apprehension.

Vienna, Austria, April 21.-The con- dition of health of Emperor Francis Joseph was satisfactory this morning. according to semi information given out at the palace of Schoen- brunn. His Majesty passed a good night, having slept longer than usual His temperature was s7.5.
 His Majesty had a very good appe- tite Ct breakfast today, and the doc- tors in attendance say bis general condition gives no cause for appre- hension, as his strength has been we!lN maintained. @&
 The official bulletin issued today said:
 The slight improvement in the eIn- peror's health which began yesterday continued in gratifying manner. His majesty passed quiet night and had refreshing sleep. His appetite is satisfactory and his general condition good. The emperor rose at four o'clock this morning and will hold hls usual audience today"
New Britain herald., 1914-04-21
Will Remain Republican.
(San Francisco Argonaut. )

In the North American Review Judge Grosscup of Chicago asks, Gan republicans and progressives unite?" In a sense this question has already been answered, for returns from many states indicate that the greater num- Der of those (both republicans and dem ocrats) who voted with the pro- gressive party in 1912 have returned