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New Britain herald., 1915-11-24
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chasing a number of pictures, is 're- sponsible for exposing the fraud, which, however, was so good that he himself was nearly taken in.
 The Swiss had advertised for paint ;ngs by German artists, and was ap- preached by a Frau Lehman, who conducted him to her home and dis played a great variety of Holders, Lenbachs, Dietz's, Defreggers and Won Kellers, as we'll as works par porting to be by Otto Seitz, Matthias Schmidt and others. Not one of the picture but seemed genuine.
 Before purchasing, the Swiss asked for advice at the Pinakothek and other galleries. He had no suspicious, but was merely cautious. Unable to secure any reliable information, he returned to the Nymphenburger- strasse, where he noticed for the first time an apparently wonderful Def freger painting of a boy.
 He offered to buy it on the spot, but Frau Lehman declined to sell it, al- leging that it was a painting of her son by the famous artist. The Swiss collector had reason to know that this could not be true, and notified the police The latter raided tho house and found a veritable store house of paintings, every one Of them fraud Frau Lehman, with her husband and son. fled in tho mean time.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-24
Conflict of State and National Laws.
 (American Industries.(

Many of our state laws require standardization, or better yet. elimina- tion in favor of national laws. Best of all would be the delegating to the national government of some of our present state prerogatives. The sov- ereign right of each state to make it's own laws may have been without question in the days of the oXcart; but with the advent of more modern means of locomotion bringing with
 it interstate travel and commerce, the right as evidenced by many of our state laws, instead of making for pro- Cress, is actually a tremendous hin- drance to the country at large. The subject of safety, for instance, is one which has received considerable at tention during the past few years with the result that no less than tWenty-tWO states have already adopted as many different workmen S compensation laws and the remaining states will sooner or later do likewise. Think of the utter absurdity of hav ing as many different laws on a single subject as there are states in the Union and of the needless expense and work involved not only on the part of our legislatures in formulating IISIl DuI O1l lllS part Ol every COI- Ccrn doing an interstate business in having to familiarize itself with all of them.
 Again, a steam boiler which is built in Detroit and which would work perfectly in that vicinity, would not operate at all in Philadelphia and would surely blow up in Boston. This simply means that Philadelphia re- quires certain features in boiler con- struction which Detroit does not, and that Boston insists upon still other requirements which neither Philadel- phia nor Detroit, consider necessary. As these laws can be changed in the various cities yearly, it. will be readily appreciated how difficult it is for manufa cturers to keep abreast of them and it means to d boiler manu- facturer who has been in the busi- ness for years, to be told by some politically appointed inspector that his boiler, just installed in a customers
New Britain herald., 1915-11-24
REP. MANN COMES AROUND.

It is good to see that Representa- tive James R. Mann, republican floor leader of the national House of Rep rcsentatives, has changed his mind about conferring with President Will
 son on defense legislation At first
 tJim" Mann was stubborn When informed that the President was to confer with the leaders of the various factions in Congress in regard to the proposed measure the Minority leader said he would not go to the White House to talk with the Executive head of the nation. Now he has ac- cepted the Presidents invitation, just as did Senator Gallinger the leader ate.. It is too bad the redoubtah!e leader in the House did not accept the Presidents invitation in better grace when the question was first proposed to him. His actions, on the surface, show that he was stirred more by politics than by patriotism.
 Naturally he is against President
 Wilson, as republican against de1n- ocrat. He is therefore not going to
 do anything that will be for the honor and the glory of his political enemies. But therein he is wrong. This ques-
 tion of establishing an adequate de-
 fense for the nation is not one that
 was born or reared in the cradle of
 politics. It was never in that realm,-it must never know such environs. It is of just as much con-
 cern to the republicans as it is to
 the democrats Every man who is
 interested in the welfare of the na- tion must give it consideration. While
 they may not agree on just what
 measures should be proposed, they
 will realize that if the nation is to be protected from armed attack the Congress of the United States must appropriate the money. How much l money must be expended will be l determined by debate. Representa- tive Mann, after a talk with the President, will know better how to 1 marshall his forces when the first cannon is sounded on December 6, 1 the day Congress opens and also the l day which has been set aside as 1 National Defense Day by the advo-
 yates of preparedness.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-24
\ Novel Wedding Present.
Philadelphia Press. )

One of the finest of the presents which will be given to Mrs. Galt on her marriage to President Wilson will be the typically American gift of all the wedding donations. This will be set of furs made from the skins of forty-eight animals which will come as a gift from the Blackfoet Indians of the Glacier national park reserva- tiOn, in northwest Montana. Mrs. Galt has Indian blood in her veins. and this beautiful and unique present goes to the first person of Indian blood that has ever lived in the White House.
 When we learn that the greatest hunters of the tribe clubbed, so to speak, to hunt down the largest and finest animals, the magnificence of the furs may be understood by all Nor has there been any hidebound tribal conventionalities in selecting the fur bearing victims for milady's set Rocky Mountain goat big-horn sheep, elk, four kinds of bear, moose, weasel mink and marten have been slaught- cred to present to the first lady of the land an outfit of furs that will give her occasion Tor comfort, warmth and pleasure.
 However there is more thar a mere Nimrod's trophies in this set Some of the valuable pieces have been in the possession of the tribal chiefs for more than a half century. white Buffalo skin is the piece de resistance of the collection. There is a legend, too that is sacred. connected with this inn maculatc biscn's hide. When all the furs have been gathered they will be brought to the capital by Chief Three Bears, who is ninety-six years old He will go to Washington and give the furs to Mrs Galt personally.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-24

plant at a very small profit, does not meet the regulations of some first or even second class city and will have tC be altered, or taken out. And what Is true of boilers, is true of many other things. still again, the United States Steel corporation paid to the state of New Jersey, upon it's incor- poration, a tax approximating $25O,- OG0. If it had been organized under the laws of Pennsylvania instead, the tax would have been between $3,000,- GOO and $4,O0O,O00. What would the public think of two contractors bid ding on the same work, whose figures differed by these amounts?
 At the last national conference on taxation, it was stated the tax as sessment and collection machinery of the various states is costing the tax payers $2O,OOO,0OO a year, a low esti- mate, and much of it unnecessary. For example, Chicago has no less than thirty seven duplicate district tax levying bodies; while New York city has five counties, each with its sep arate organization and which latter according to Mayor Mitchell, could and should be consolidated. Simpli fication would mean less waste through the avoidance of duplication of work as we'll as saving the tax payer both time and trouble; but, present methods mean more politics Gone of the country's curses) and are therefore, unlikely to be altered ex- cept with an increasing appreciation of the situation on the part of the rublic.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-24
High Shoes and Short Skirts.
 (Brooklyn Eagle.)

There is always method in Dame Fashions madness. As the skirts grow shorter the shoes grow longer They have even ceased to be shoes. Boots is the only proper term for any kind of women's footwear that could be considered up-to-dat
 And they are rivaling silk stockings in the variety of their cOlors. Walk past any shoe shop on Fulton street, and within a block you will see blue boots gray boots, yellow boots, red boots-anything except black boots. Note also the variety in lacings. Some are laced on the side, some on the front, some in the back, some out side and some inside. It would ap- pear that milady has forgotten that button shoes ever existed.
 But the great problem now is. have the boots attained their full height or must they continue to grow? A dread question suggests itself. Is emancipated womankind growing into the bifurcated garment by way of the boot?
New Britain herald., 1915-11-24
The Temptation Of Pomp.
fNew Haven Register

Simple democracy has sought ex- tremes at some times in the history of our republic. The presidentelectw who rode on horseback to the White House hitched his horse to the fence and went in to be inaugurated, was only a little simpler than his times. The president-elect who should try anything corresponding to that today would secure a reputation as an eX- tremist as justly to be criticised as too much ostentation. But the tempta tion to the extreme of too much Osten- tation is always present, and it takes Q strong man to successfully resist it. That the Hon. Woodrow Wilson should seem to yield to it is not a thing agreeable to observe.
 When MT. Wilson became Presi- dent with that delightful disregard of superstitution which is a feature of his character, he set the number of his naval and military aides at thir- teen. That was at least one in excess of the number paraded by any pre- vious President. They severely criti- cised President Roosevelt for the os- tentation of his administration, but his display of gold braid and brass buttons was much less notable than that of Mr. Wilson. For now that there seems to be some objection to the number thirteen the President does not shrink it to a comfortable twelve, but raises it to fourteen. So when he marches down the grand White House stairway at the next state reception. the strength of the stairs will be tested by the strongest force of glad-ragged and brass-trim- med officers that ever preceded an American President.
 The American people will not criticise. The President is well with in his prerogatiVes. But they can scarce fOrbear to smile.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-24

Washington, D. C., Nov. 24--"There is an institution in Russia-solely product of it's civilization and pe- culiar to it's people,-which the Rus sians feel can never fail their coun- try in it's hours of necessity, and from which they expect many bless ings distinguished theirs beyond other States in the years of coming de- velopment," begins a bulletin just pre- pared by the National Geographic society. This institution is the Mir, the Russian village, the peasant com mune upon which the power of the Empire is builded. In autocratic Rus sia, the land with something suited to every temper. the village communes for man excellent representation of self government of the most extreme democratic type.
 The Russophil claims that his country's rural commune presents a practical solution of every difficult social problem which confronts the statesman and of social justice in Russia, as the rest of world has never dared to seek. In short, the Mir guarantees to the enthusiastic Mos- covite the greatness of the future of his fatherland.
 While few in the western nations agree with the Russians concerning the latter'S estimate of the blessings of their village organization the Mir is, neverth eless, of unusual interest to students of things Russian Within it's organization are included almost five-sivths of the Russian people, and those five-sixths are locally governed according to more advance principals of equality and equal opportunity than any other peoples in the present day world And this is found in the worlds greatest surviving stronghold of autocracy!
 "The Russian village bears a strong semblance to the patriarchial family while it's ties are not so fast they are much closer than in community or ganizations elsewhere. The Russian village is an example in practical com munism. The lands where the in dividual members till are owned and parceled out by the village; the graz ing lands are common property like wise and the Village community is responsible for the taxes of its mem. bers. This village responsibility gives 1t strong interest in the conduct o1 its mem bers individual affairs.
 'The land redistributed periodical | lY among the members of the com munity, and this forms their most i'm | portant political endeavor. While ut | terly democrat there is no election ex
New Britain herald., 1915-11-24

of copspirators for belligerent nations are numb mbered.
 For months the United States has been a fertile field for the propaga- tiOn Of all sorts and conditions of plots and consDiracics in which property in terests have been destroyed and lives have been jeopardized.
 Just why it has taken the admins tration so long to awaken to the vital need of assuming the offensive in this matter instead of calmly taking the defensive, is a mystery.
 Apparently there has been a fear lest the uncovering of the machina- tions of a certain country should i'm peril in some way the interests of a particular element. Representatives of this government have strained at d gnat and swallowed a camel when it came to a show down. Incendiary fires, explosions, and numerous other less horrible evidences of the work of we'll developed espionage, have been allowed to pass, if not actually tolerat- ed, despite the fact that in some cases the evidences of guilt were too appar- ent to be disregarded.
 That the United States is at last to assert its authority and will in future Sl uSS Io pe Iilo uool iii1| Aol SNiiChiiiiS S murderous individuals who, for their interest in a country whom they serve at the expense of the land of their adoption is good news. As for the rep resentatives of other governments who have been using the United States as a football, kicking it with impunity. there will be an ultimatum which they can no longer refuse to ignore. The time has come for a reckoning and interloping strangers ought not to be able to execute policy bound to work to the detriment of the country.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-24

lowed the day, he was the lad who after his father died had to support his mother,--and he did so, in fiction, fancy and fact,-accumulating a great fortune so that the dear lady who brought him into the world could have all the good things she deserved. With the advent of fathers who took advantage of life insurance in their earlier days and who left some property besides, the widows son fell into a more comfortable posi- tiCn. The tables turned; it was the mother who looked after the most of her late husbands where withal. As a result thinks the pro- lessor, the widows son is sorry mite.
 The only son and his theoretical compatriot, the youngest son, are in the same class. The world was made for these fellows and since time im- memorable they have been having the good things of life. Tn the natural order of things they figure the in- habitants of the globe owe them g. living and they collect it on the easiest possible terms. Where Is the boy who has not at some time in his
 dreams wished he were an only son, CT even the youngest son? They get the good things of life, no doubt. Whether they are made useless Is another question. The professor thinks so.
 That the professor is somewhat radical in his teachings is evidenced som mewhat by the manner in which he fays the boy who graduates from 8 military college. Instead of the mili- tary discipline making for a life of regularity and promptness the pro- The young cadet in his straight-jack uniform, with the stripes down the trouser leg, is not what we had thought him to be. He must have a bugle ever blowing in his ear to make him step around, when he gets out of range of the commanding officers voice his character is lost. It is too Lad the professor has exposed our future generals in this manner
 While there is much truth in what the professor says, still he has over drawn the picture just trif1e. His shading is too dark, his brush must have become beclogged With paint. The American boy of today while he has things much easier than the American boy of yesterday never theless is not the inferior of his pre- decessor. He might be prone to take things a little more easier; but, as they were won't to say some twenty years ago, "he gets there just the same''
New Britain herald., 1915-11-24

With a crop production this year valued at $5OO,OOO,OOO more than last years banner crop Uncle Sam wears a smile that will be some time in coming off. Nature has never treated the old man better but nature alone is not re- sponsible for the unparalleled worth of the chief farm products The Eu- ropean war T1as created higher value for these things than is the rule in time of peace, and that is why the production translated into dollars ranks any years crop in our history. There is no trouble figuring where the hungry nations of Europe will look for much of their food this coming winter. All this means a tremendous demand for motorcars next spring by American farm Stand a rd- Union.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-24
GETS THERE JUST THE SAME.

GETS THERE JUST THE SAME. ! the University of Illinois there is fofessor of sociology who firmly Ieves that the parents of Ameri- boys are making life altogether easy for their offspring; that |ents are responsible for most of failures of their sons in college. ayers he can tell the character of parents of the boys who come to classes by simply watching the bsified his various observations he |es the following little sketches of lerican boyhood to mark where |ure will be inevitable unless some Iical changes are manifested: The Widows Son-Well dressed i; details for his comfort carefully |ught out; all restrictions to keep h from going wrong carefully Iced before him; namby-pamby, esn't like things, nothing suits h; a failure.
 The Only Son-Placid and in-
 i've; shows indications of having
 m pampered, loved, petted and put
 bed: no initiative; needs someone do his thinking.
 The Military Academy Graduate lite, outwardly Respectable, win
 g, says .Sir,,F hat in hand, erect, arteous; no initiative; unable to up in the morning without a. rule; e for early classes; no power to do B thing that some one did not ecifically order"
 The widows son, the only son, and } military college graduate are but rec types. The professor should ve given an expose of many more fore drawing his conclusion that nerican parents are spelling their ys. It is u fact that the widow s n, in some cases, is a different type
 boy than what we knew in other ys. Inevitably, as the night fol-
New Britain herald., 1915-11-24
THANKSGIVING.

ce the winning of American in-
 dence one hundred and forty
 ago there have been epochs in istorys of the United States when ksgiving Day loomed up in all agnificent significance, when the realized the greatness aud hess of God who seems to be ordinarily kind and generous ms nation. At such times
 humble citizens of the na- gave from the fullness of their s the thanks which was duo,
 out, the praises of their Maker, Fly acknowledged the bounteous ngs he had showered upon them. now in the year 1915, following fustom their ancestors handed
 the centuries, the people of the d States will on the morrow re- to Almighty God thanks for the ction, the joys and the benefits have been theirs during the past
 And at this particular time ksgiving Day takes on a lustre Eer knew before. shines forth as I to remind us that we above ali
 for which to be thankful.
 ben the greater part of the world
 anne with the torch of war:
 men are staying their brothers;
 women and children are made
 bless and unhappy; when the D lies heavy upon the Old World, { the New World must know that
 one particular year in all his
 stands out as the supreme
 ent of Americas career, as the
 when it alone is reaping the fngs of the earth. The crops the land are heavy beyond
 ure; the wheels of industry are ng night and day; prosperity ids over the country covering all les and conditions as the protect blanket of sleep smoothes away cares of the day; health, wealth prosperity are our guests. Then
 shall say this is not a time to thanks? It is the moment when hen should bow their heads and l the bottom of their hearts give ks for the generosity of One in His goodness knows no Ids. While others are suffering ravages of war, we are secure, |e they are passing through the |hs of turmoil our way is made over the heights of tranquility. are !. the fortunate ones of all ll's creatures. We therefore are ones who more than all others lid give thanks. We will give (ks, and tomorrow will be ;a Day such as was never Ire equalled,-a day that will |e us better men and women for |ng acknowledged our gratitude.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-24

The Adamses always were fond of paradox and opposition, but Brooks Adams overdid the family tradition when he told a Boston audience that Germany is far more democratic than America John Adams wrote that he would wish his sons, if they were old enough, to fight for liberty. He would make sharp retOrt if he could be told today by his great-grandson that the "n11re standard of democracy is held aloft by the despotism that ravlshed Belgium and massacred the women and children of the LuSitania.-NeW York World.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-24
''U. $. Declares War on Turkey."- Headline for tomorrow.
Still Possible.
(Collier's Weekly.)

Because a man walks along t he street without his oVercoat it does not necessarily follow that you are right in assuming that he has put it in hook. There are those who can walk fast enough to keep warm these glorious autumn days even if tho United States did turn out 7O3.5e7 motor cars last year.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-24
GERMAN POLICE RAID
 FAKE ART COLLECTION
"OId Master Factory in Munich Contained Clever Copies of
 Original Paintings.

Correspondence of the Associated Press)
 Munich, Germany, Nov. "A re- markable "old master factory con- taining dozens of excellent copies of paintings of famous artists, espeCialIy of popular German painters, has inst been uncovered in a private house in the Nymphenbergerstrasse here.
 A swiss art lover, intent on nur.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-24

A rash broke out. His foot
 was terribly rcd and inhamed and itched day
 and night. He had to have lt
 bandagcd. his
 stocking Fi- tated the tender nesli so. At
New Britain herald., 1915-11-24

The Panama Canal is said to be neutralized. Whether that neutrality limits the use of it in time or war to the United States is mooted question But this much is sure, that if the United States ever should be involved in war, and it became necessary to em- ploy the canal for naval and military uses, it would be devoted to those uses. New York Press.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-24

Colonel Roosevelt, it is said planned to raise a whole army of 12,OOO men to fight in Belgium. The best 12, 900 men could do there would be to show the Colonel's good ntentions-Roches- ter Union.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-24

Some or Germanys big industries paid larger dividends this year than last, which suggests that the Germans also know how to take advantage of the necessities of their people. Pocket before triotism.-Rochester Herald.
New Britain herald., 1915-11-24

Among his reasons for going tO Flanders, Winston Churchill might have mentioned that an ancestor of his named Marlborough was once a military man in those parts.-New York Evening Post.