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New Britain herald., 1915-08-17
The Fading Away of illihu Root
{ New London Dav)

Whatever effect New York's consti-
fut1onal convention may nave in the
betterment Of the Empire state
form Of government, if any, it will at
least have the effect, in all proba-
bjlity, of eliminating Elinu Root from
the list Of candidates for the republi-
can presidential nomination..
Whatever may have been Mr..
Roots purpose in steering the con-
vcntion toward the goaf or an ire
movable public service commission,
he is put, by his course in the con-
vention, on the defensive against
charges that he is the leader in a
movement to commit the state against
charges that he is the leader in a
movement to, commit the state Of
New York to a government by cor
porations; and whatever of truth Or
untruth there may De in those
charges, there is abundant material
in the proceedings of the convention
to manufacture all the ammunition
necessary to shell Mr.. Root out of any
position that he may take as presi-
Genital aspirant.
No man can be the nominee of any
great party for the presidency next
year of whom it can be said with even
an appearance of truth that he tried
to deliver the state Of New York to
1.-The interests.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-17
Obliging Lady Given Baby.
New York WOrld.)

A well-dressed woman, leading a
small girl by the hand and carrying
in one arm a 6-month old boy, ask.
cond avenue, to hold the younger
child until her return at the foot
of Jones walk, Coney Island. Mrs
Rausch held the baby for three hours
and then took it to Lieut. Thurston
at the Coney Island police station.
She described the woman as 35.
fee feet inches sa tall ~, and d weighil =
wears a blue. dress, white coat and
brown cap, all of good material, is
still at the station. =
New Britain herald., 1915-08-17

sa 4 4 1 IN a +
and nothing has ever been done t.
show that the authorities were not Ill
sympathy with the man who perpe-
trated this deed. In all, it has been
sorry state of affairs. The ignomini-
Gus hanging to tree and the design
to place the body of Frank over the
grave of his alleged victim are things
beyond the pale of human under .
standing. They, are the outbrea hlhss
of minds gone wild with lust tor
blood.
Whether Leo Frank went to his
death an innocent man will never De
known. He may have murdered Mary
Phagan; he may not have commltted
the crime. There were so many ele-
ments of doubt in his case that no one
dare judge If he were guilty IN the
last degree he suffered probably more
than anv other murderer who ever
went to his grave. If he were inno-
cent he is one of the greatest martyrs
this country has ever known. The
men of Georgia who took part in the
gruesome hanging of Frank can now
be satisfied that their work is we'll
done. They have accomplished what
they set out to do. The resistance
they met with was paltry. In any
other state they would have expert
enced more difficulty in getting ut
their victim; but in Georgia the door
seems to have been left open for
Them
There may be some sort of an at
tempt instituted to bring to justice
the men who led the mob against Leo
all. If there is a movement OF this
kind set on foot by the authorltles IL
will have nothing more than semp-
lance of sincerity. There Will De no
heart in the endeavor and no one Will
ever be indicted for committing the
deed This for the reason that prac-
tically every man, woman and ch1lA
in the state of Georgia believes that j
Frank was guilty of the murder of
poor little Mary Phagan. All the elo-
quence in the world could not change
their opinion of this case. They feel
that the law was cheated when
former governor Of their state
snatched the condemned man from the
gallows land changed his sentence to
life imprisonment They are of the
firm belief that a calamity happened
when the knife Of the convict Green
failed to sever Franks jugular vein
And now they believe that the bloou
If Mary Phagan has been avenged
When the mind of man reasons after
his fashion there is nothing more to
De said. When men take the law of
he land in their own hands they have
ceased for the moment to be human
beings. They are outlaws, no matter
now just their cause. II
New Britain herald., 1915-08-17
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely
questions as discussed in ex-
changes that come 20 Herald
Office.
Patriotic Italian LabOrers.
Waterbury Demo Graf. I.

One of the most impressive bits OF
war news received for some time is
an item from Rome, Italy, to the
effect that the railroad employees OF
Rome have refused to accept pay
ment for all the extra work imposed
on them in the mobilization of the
Italian army. I'VE would feel hu-
inflated" they declared in public
statement, eff we we're not willing
to give our toll while others give
their lives to their country In
comparison with this pure patriotism
now sordid seems the spirit of the
workmen in some of the other belli-
gerent countries! The world knows
how near Great Britain came to ruin
through the deliberate refusal OF
English factory workers and Welsh
miners to perform work essential 10
the national campaign, unless thelr
hours were shortened and their
wages raised. Even Germany mar
rowly avoided a labor revolt at the
krupp munition factory. IT remain
ed for the Italians, toward whom ma
tive Americans are inclined to be
supercilious. to show the. rest q no.
BILE example. In Italy, it appears,
nobody is trying to make money out
of the war. Rightly or wrongly
Italy is really fighting for an ideal;
rich and poor, learned and ignorant,
are united in spirit. In only one
other country is there apparent such
unselfishness and unanim1ty. That
is in France. The world has still
much to learn from the Latlns.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-17
The POIiceman's Feet.
Waterbury Republican. }


AS the result of an exhaustive study
made by a committee of police sur
geons in an endeavor to prevent de-
formed feet among the members Of
the New York police force, the police
commissioner there has issued a pam
phlet designed to aid policemen in
overcoming these defects.
The three conditions most prevalent
among the New York policemen are
weak feet, fiat feet without pain and
fat feet with pain. The most COM
mon causes of fiat feet, according to
the physicians, are improper shoes
and faults in standing and walking
Diagrams and illustrations are pre-
scented showing that the policemen
work compel them to stand on their
feet or walk slowly for long periods,
their foot muscles therefore getting
little exercise and consequently vast
ing more rapidly.
The proper means for preventing
this condition, the surgeons declare,
are exercising the feet and legs,
New Britain herald., 1915-08-17

learning to walk and stand correctly,
and wearing the right kind Of shoes.
The shoe in particular is the most
important factor in overcoming and
preventing these deformities. 1t
should be of medium weight, and one
that touches over It's entire length
"a ruler laid along its inner side.
Pointed shoes or those that crowd
the big toe outward will cause trouble
and are likely to produce fiat feet.
feet.
Ihese suggestions might, with
proht, be past along by the surgeons
OF all cities to their police charges,
with such addenda as local conditions
require.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-17
The Old Home Day.
(New Haven Register. }

To the person who knows, either
through former residence, through
travel Or even through intelligent
study, that unique isle which is
farthest west of the group called Brit
ish, it ever has a compelling fascina-
ton. Mention Of "the Emerald Isle"
and Dear Old Ireland is not empty
sentiment. 1t is a charming bit of the
earth, and to fail to appreciate it is
to show objectionable dizziness.
What is more natural and credi-
able than that those who by race
have a share in the heritage of Ire
land should pause, in the midst of
their prosperity and opportunity in
a far land which is different. to re-
member the old land and its rare
cid days. Whatever the motives
which have promoted the celebration
of an Irish Fair Day in New Haven
good has come out of them, and
1nore good will come. If the cele-
bration has lacked thoughtfulness,
if with any it has failed in real ap-
probation Of the meaning, possibly
those will come later.
With many despite all drawbacks,
this has been a vertable old home
day. Either in recollection or in ap-
probation it has contributed to the
praise of an old home which is
worthy of praise. It keeps broad the
soul and deepens the spirit to Gull
tivate love for the land that has so
many merits and so many beauties
The things for. which Ireland-the
Ireland that has been and the Ire
land that shall be-stands are all
good things. 1t is we'll to remember
and study them.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-17
Her Hair Saves Girls Life.
philadelphia Inuuirer.)

Thrown from her brothers automo-
bile when it was struck by another
machine, at Eleventh and westmore-
land streets, the driver of which was
endeavoring to avoid hitting a child,
Miss Ella Tolle, twenty years old re-
ceived severe decorations of the scalp
and probably internal injuries.
Physicians at the Samaritan hospi-
tai, to which the young woman was
removed, say that it was only her
wealth of hair that saved her from
a fractured skull. The other car was
driven by Gustav Elberle, of PSI High
street, Germa ntown who crashed in
to the machine driven by E. H. Tolle
when he swerved it suddenly to one
side to avoid running down a child.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-17
Had Courage of His Convictions.
(Meriden RecOrd.)

A well known New York business
man was driving along parkway the
ether day with party OF frlendS, IN
GLIDING several young women, when
three young men began TO apply in
decent language to occupants OF the
car.
The New Yorker had the men ar
rested, after striking one of them
blow which left a bruise on his eye.
All three youths were fined ten DOL
lars each and the magistrate COM
plimented the accuser for his action.
If there We're a few more men of
like courage there would be less filthy
and blasphemous language used on
the streets by that class of men who
think that liberty and Incense are the
anne thing.
, Many things are tolerated which
ought to be punished because the
majority Of people have not the
courage to appeal to the law and to
back up it's rulings by personal ap-
pearance.
The Maiden and Medford, Massa-
chusetts police recently viewed with
eminent satisfaction the action of a
judge who gave six Maiden men a
ten days suspended sentence for
street-corner loafing. Recently the
police started an active campaign
and the police court judge announced
he would assist them in clearing the
corners of men who annoyed women
and children and committed other
nuisances.
Meriden is comparatively free of
this sort of thing but if there are
such specimens of humanity who
make it a business to drape them
selves about lamp posts and build
ings, we believe that a complaint to
the police will be all that is neces-
sary to scatter the human vermin
New Britain herald., 1915-08-17
She Shuns "Nicc Jail"
(Kansas City Post.)

Mrs. Margaret Birkenshaw, 60, is
on the way to the Federal prison at
Lcavenworth. She declined to accept
& short sentence in nice Illinois
jail when she was before the Fed
eral court at Springfield charged
with using the mails to defraud.
Getting in Jail has required more
effort and ingenuity than anything
else l ever attempted" said Mrs.
Birkenshaw in her plea to the court
for a heavier sentence. The court,
considering her age, coupled with
the impression of culture she made,
was inclined to be lenient
Il want to get into prison for at
least a year" she said. II want 70
study criminology and penology. I
can't do that in any nice Illinois Jail"
New Britain herald., 1915-08-17
MEXICANS KILL
CORPORAL WILMAN
Lieut.. Henry Wounded in Clash
Between U. S. Troops and Bandits

Brownsville, Texas. Aug. H.
Armed Mexicans in force crossed the
Rio Grande at ford near Mercedes,
last night, attacking an outpost of
half dozen cavalrymen at Saenz.
Ranger Lieutenant Reynam, at
Mercedes. tclephoned State Adjutant
General TIutchings here that corpor-
al Wilman Of Troop e. Twelfth Cav
airy. was killed and Lieutenant Roy
O. Henry Of the same troop was
wounded.
Reynau, said he understood 2T0
Mexicans had crossed and that they
were coming to attack HcrcedcB
Threats Against Americans.
Americans, arriving yesterday from
interior points, reported that threats
had been made against them by Mex
lean soldiers, who had heard ox-
aggeratcd reports of the disturbances
along the Texas border. r
The Americans said the threats
were due to stories that Americans
were roping Mexicans IN Texas by
the neck and dragging them to deaIh
by horses.
The Americans reported the Car
rama officers in charge of the SOL
diers were courteous and quoted the
soldiers, telling them the reports
were untrue
Americans Leave Monterey.
The majority Of Americans hove
left Monterey, according to the tray
elers.
General Nafarrote, Carranza COM
mander at Matamoros, has published
a statement in a Monterey paper de-
claring the Carranza forces have no
connection with border raids.
Released From Jail.
Clyde Robinson, an American. who
has been living in Lampazos, haA
been released from Jail at Matamoros,
after representations by American
Consul Johnson. lie was arrested
while bathing near the Carranza
trenches, where lettering had been
forbidden.
About 1000 Mxicans have LEFT
Texas for Matamoros in the last few
days, according TO Carranza officials.
Execute Ten bandits.
Carranza Consul s. F. Agras an
nounced yesterday that Carranza
troops had caught and executed tel
bandits who attempted to escape from
Texas to Mexico.
Search continues on the Texas side
for Mexicans alleged to have been
connected with the so-called plan
of San Diego" but il seems evident
that the bands have been widely
scattered.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-17

Journalism it is clean. The press Of
this country is open and above board.
1t has to be so by it's very nature.
No American newspaper can become
Subsidized without the people learn
ing of it, sooner or later The news
paper is always under the scrutiny
OF Its readers, it's affairs are the
aftalrs OF the public When 1t DC
trays the confidence of it's readers IL
Ialls, and rightly SO. All the yelpin7
and squealing of German propasa>
dlsts could never convince the Aiiiell-
can people that their newspapers Nave
gone wronp r. would be an Insult
to the intelligence of the Alllerlca'l
people to even insinuate such d thlhs
for the American people are QUICK
to discover q condition of this kind
and no seer in Berlin need Ilash the
fact. From the very beginning OF
this war the press of the United
States has tried to be fair and, as the
vast majority will admit, it has sue
oaoHe6 in q GldTh eu NCS SC. 4NSWS-
MINERS are not perfect and they
never will be while human beings
direct them, but they have treated
both ia actions fairly in handling the
news of this war. Both factions have
been treated alike. There was no
ma king flesh of one and fish of the
other The highly paid press agents
of the Kaiser could not see this, much
to their detrim emit; they have gone
to the lowest level of depravity and
now stand before the American pub
lie disgraced, discredited, and de-
prived of all honor. They have vio-
lated all the laws of neutrality and
should be summarily punished. In
cases where they are immune from
the law, by virtue of their diplomatic
relations, their recall should be de-
and they should be sent from
the country to lay their woes at the
feet of their master
New Britain herald., 1915-08-17
EVITABLE HAPPENED.

hs never any doubt in the
hose who understood the
BIZ many people in Georgia
hg would be the fate of Leo
of the murder of
Ian and later granted a re-.
former Governor Slaton.
|Ey is that he got off this
wing all this the officials
of the prison farm where
incarcerated should have
drastic methods to pro-
prisoner. This they never
poor unfortunate was al
buffer all the agonies that
|eaped upon. him and never
int out i'm his behalf. His
cut by a fellow prisoner
r =
New Britain herald., 1915-08-17

Inc street railway, which is SO gen.
erally abused, gives you more value
Aol your nickel than chewing gum;
yet whoever knew a newspaper to
ABUSE chewing gum in every issue for
ears at stretch ?-E w. Howe's
Monthly.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-17

Inc Austrian note against the eX-
porlatlon of war material was based
Oh reasons SO nonsensiCal that it was
hardly worthy of a reply, but a reply
HAS peen sent. The Austrian govern
nent ought to appreciate the courte-
sy.-Wilkesbarre Record
New Britain herald., 1915-08-17
FACTS AND FANCIES.

Inere Is an opening for an enter
prlslng dealer who will sell touring
cars Tor dollar down and twenty
IlNe cents week.-Wilkesba
Times-Leader.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-17

Inc New Jersey minister who re-
signed his position because his con-
gregation was composed of gossips re-
minds us of the physician who desert
eel his profession because of the pre-
Falence of sickness in his community.
-Rochester Union and Advertiser
New Britain herald., 1915-08-17
|ERING THE GOODS.

ERING THE GOODS.
we'll built boy for his age
Characteristic American
his eye. Without any ado
|up to the manager of the
thce and said, MY names
hnd I want a job"
bust the boy I've beer
replied the manager
ii an envelope. Take this
Union Building and don I
until it is delivered. We
having lots Of complaints
{ messages not reaching
IS is your chance to deliver
minutes went by and the
IS Called to the telephone.
boy working for you by
bf Missouri % asked a
on the other end Of the
few minutes ago. re-
a1anager, Why % L., j. Y..
Int On the voice, he came
With a message to be de-
office on the top floor of
g.. Tn the @watchman.
the rules for anyone to
after hours, and Missouri
to go! ''s,s''.l go =
Empatientls gasped the
game to q showdown and
Jaw my gun on him.
eavens'' yelled the mana
Iidn't shoot him, did you?
Ee the reply. ahut 1 want
Ik. .s.E.4E =
q narration with all the
American progressiveness
it. Missouri is typical
fican boy who wants to do
power on earth can pre-
|erage boy from accom-
|at he sets out to do if he
ines that he is going
IA it, no matter what 1t is.
ago they took the word
lifts parent word Cannot
american dictionary. No
BIZ says he cannot. He can,
ke day of the American
World lies postrate at his
flor him to walk forth and
lat he sets out to do.
|rothers in other lands are
bemoaning their lot, sad
american boy has no ca
ed upon him. His is one
|priFnrose from beginning
ntane and fame awaits at
hd if he will but go forth
his harvest. But he must
|ffort. He must go forth
|e proper path. If he only
that he shall do this and
bger on the wayside there
which will not eventually
IA.
Il one would hold up the
by,4at. the point of a pistol,
hn boy must do as Mis-
land take the gun away
tho would stand in the way
missouri" was fitted to
wears of proper living. He
Bodily and his wits were
j Is all practice. Any Am
can become another Mis-
Ijcheoses. But he will new
3 goal If he fingers around
!orners with the gang
garettes and fooling his
He must sharpen tn ose
aities which nature be-
Il him, must develop the
4 is to carry him through
IS the time for the Amer
do all these things which
aim in good stead when
ucs him with a pistol and
b him from going on.
be no retrogression, only
for the American boy.
,VITABLE HAPPENED. n
New Britain herald., 1915-08-17

AS in London and Paris, so in Ber-
lin women are running the street cars
and waiting on the tables in restaur-
ants. AS war seems to be demonstrate
ing that the male sex is entirely SUI
perfluous in normal life, can 1T be
that war is a cunning invention of the
1emlnists Brooklyn standard
Union.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-17
SIX HUNDRED
S SHIRT
WAISTS
at 33cea.

Not a Waists in this lot
worth less than one dollar.
Some of them are slightly
soiled but every one of them
bargain for you.
See them displayed in ouf
window until Wednesday
morning. And please remem-
Der we will not sell more than
3 to any one customer.
GyPeddlers will please
keep away. We will not sell
these waists to dealers or
peddlers.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-17

There is no greater menace to the
development Of American shipping
than the effort of those, unfortunately
associated with the national admins
trauon, who are striving to revive the
scheme of the government ownership
or merchant vessels and control of
their operation, with the intention of
pushing it in the new congress that
meets next December. In this Secre-
tary McAdoo is taking the lead and
secretary Redfield, who as a practi-
cal business man ought to know bet
ter has fallen in behind him with
some facilities of the Department of
commerce to further the effort
New York Journal of Commerce.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-17

With what envy must the nations of
the Old World, girdling their loins for
another twelvemonth of devastating
war, which is taking the cream of the
manhood and levying a toll upon their
resources which threatens them with
bankruptcy, view the picture here pre-
sented of peace and promised plenty!
New York Press.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-17

Neither height nor depth nor any
other creature dismays the jealous
suffragist. The other day she was
down in the subway trenches. Now
she reports successful meetings on
apartm ent-housc roofs And tomor-
row evening she will sit in a box at
at a prize-fight. Is such comprehen-
give courage to be it's own only re-
ward-New York World.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-17

Peace rumors are persistent pricn-
pally because people would have
them so. If, indeed there is any,
thing i'm the power for suggestion
that talking peace will ultimately
promote it--tllere is justification for
all the rumors, ill-founded or other
wise, that the international gossirs
can shout from the housetops-Buf|
alo Evening News.
The Detroit times., 1915-09-08
GIRL WILL
NOT SPEAK
TO FATHER
oContInucd from PnGe OncA

SHOULD have custody OF his girl from
10 O'Clock each Sunday morning un-
III O'Clock I'm tho evening. Once
more. Mrs Sequin objected
she VIII not be able TO attend
chlldrcn's mass, Al 10 o'clock. under
that iullug II would be all right
II 'hc sisters wouldn't object
The sisters viii have 70 accom-
MEDIATE themselves TO the unusual
conditions" said Judge Murphy
Soquin, a tall broad.shouldered
man said he would like to speak
10 his little one for few moments.
The Judge gave him permission.
The father smiled thankful that the
pickering and arguing we're over.
and that he could speak 10 Marietta.
lie crossed the court room 10 where
the little one was sitting. He
touched her by the arm. The girl
turned her nose up. 1t was not IN
III her mother took her by the arm
that she would 90 into the corrid-
70 one side. lie bent over her az
fectionately, and in a low, pleading
voice, he tried 10 tell her OF The
nice times they would have II she
would 20 with him for a walk on
Sundays
Marietta looked calmly into his
faCe-And refused TO sneak Sc
quin. stunned by hts child's cold
ness OF heart. finally turned away,
with head bowed. and wept.
Marietta saw him 20, and ran
back 20 her mother.
And | wonder now" said Attor.
ney Anthony Nelson. counsel for
Mrs Sequin, ''how he expects TO
take The child out on Sundays"