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New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
Peril of a King-Or Kaiser

(From the New York Evening Post)
 The group of pro-Germans calling themselves The Friends of Peace" are just now in a terrible state of alarm lest President Wilson set up as king. They speak of the "kingly role" that consists in the issue of manifestoes' which may put the country in the position of being obliged to go to war "in order to back up our declara- tions." And they conclude by solemn ly calling attention of the president to that clause of the constitution, which trey fear he has forgotten, vesting in Congress the power to declare war.
 The same constitution, however, makes it the duty of the president to conduct of the foreign relations of the government; and this is all that MT. Wilson has been doing. AS for his
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed In eH-
 changes that come to Herald offiCG,
Women in Medicine.
{ The Journal of the American Medl-
 ical Association.)

iCal ASSOCIATION.
 During the past year there were 592 women studying medicine, or 39 less than last year, a decrease of AS below 1913, and a decrease of 537 (47.6 per cent.) below 1914, when 1,l29 women students. the largest number, were reported. The percen- tage of all medcal students was 4, or slightly larger than last year. There were 130 women graduates this year, more than last year, or 3.7 per cent. of all graduates. Of all the women matriculants, 116 (l9.6 per cent.) were in attendance at the two medical colleges for women, while the remaining 462 (S0.4 per cent) were matriculated in the 53 coeducational colleges. From the two women's col leses there were 3S, or 29.2 per cent, o1 all women graduates, while 92, or lO.S per cent, secured their de- srees from coeducational colleges
 The number of collerges is the smallest since 1880, at which time began the rapid movement toward creating medical colleges, many of Which were conducted for profit. The rapid increase in the number of col leges between 1880 and 1904 has been paralleled only by the rapid decrease since 1904. There has been a net decrease of 66 colleges since 1906, when there were 162, and when this country had about one-half of worlds supply of medical colleges. Nlnety-two colleges have been closed oy merger or otherwise since 1904, but in the same time twenty-five new colleges were organized, leaving 95 medical colleges which still exist. The net reduction has been 67 colleges, or ALA per cent.
 The non-sectarian (regular) col leges number S3, a decrease of 4 since last year. The homeopathic colleges number 8, or 2 less than last year, and the eclectic colleges num- Der 4, one less than last year. The non-sectarian colleges show a net reduction of AZ, or 36.1 per cent, since 1906, when there were 130, the largest number of non-secturian med 1cal colleges. The hom eopathic col leges show a net decrease of IA, or 63.7 per cent, since 1901, when 22, colleges, were in existence. The eclec- tic colleges show a net reduction of 6, or 60 per cent, since 1901, when ther existed 10, the largest number of eclectic colleges. These figures are taken from the annual educa- tional number of The Journal of the American Medical Association.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28

control of the War Department. Gen. eral Wood is an officer under the command of Secretary Garrison. When anything goes wrong it is the business of the Secretary to issue or ders to rectify, as far as possible, the mistake. A mistake was made when T. R. preached his doctrine or ha'e at Plattsburg. It may not have peen General Woods fault that IT, R. stepped from the narrow path; put IL is General Woods business now to see that no other publlclst mounts the rostrum there and unburdens himself of similar jargon and di- atribe.
 It is to be deplored that a public rebuke was administered to such a gallant soldier and gentleman as General Wood; but, discipline is dis cipline. and no one knows this bet ter than General Wood. That poli- tics may have entered into the whole situation is highly probable. It was Roosevelt who gave Wood his start up the military ladder. The two have long been friends and there are many who say that the General would never have been in a position to be head of the United States army today were it not for Roosevelt. It this is true it would seem that Colonel Roosevelt could have done or sa1o near anything he wished at the Plattsburg camp The ties that bind are difficult to undo.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
a-5s s---, COME TO OUR CITY.

lis both joy and satisfaction |ews that three of our busi- X have succeeded in bringing Britain another industry. It |ch work and energy to get [ford Automobile Parts Com |forsake the city of its birth |e to pastures new. But 1t done, another niche has been he tablet of, Accomplishments Britain is the gainer where is the loser. Standing above hg else, however, is the
 Ee that we have the spirit of vim that goes for success in hess world, men who get
 by go out after, who are ai- bking for the betterment of |elcome to our city the Hart |tomobile Parts Company. 1t flor New Britain and for the Iv to get together. This is a city and the Company is rapid strides forward. It IS krefore that they can climb [Eretching out through the Is to come, keeping time with |gress of the, nation. There Ee than two hundred em- .connected with this compara-
 w corporation, and, with their they will augment the popu- E the city substantially. Their |wage earnings in the neigh of $200,000 will add mater Ethe prosperity New Britain is Int enjoying and which IS \ bigger and greater all the
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
Waiting for a New Attack.
 (AnSonia Sentinel.)

No decent self-respecting Christian can have any real sympathy for the Turks, who are responsible for the massacre of thousands of Armenians in Asia Minor, nor for the imperial ally, whose own campaign of fright fitness makes entirely permissible the Turkish resort to wholesale killing. The Turk has been from time imme- morial an adept at the delicate art of eXtermination. He is lsO a past mas tel in ingenious ways of torture and general rapine. It is only recently that Germany, under the impulsion of it's doctrine of frightfulness, has es~ saved to rival the Turk in the horror of making war but the world is ready to admit that the pupil has little to learn from the master of wholesale killing, when it comes to actual prac~ tiCe.
 Nevertheless, little as the neutra sympathizes with the Turk, his present plight seems pitiable and the end of his career in Europe near. One ally is soon to be detached by force from the Teutonic trinity, whose doctrine is to leave only eyes for their enemies to weep with" Turkey is the only certain loser in this world war. EoIIOuIu Ille lcoIollIS dIISS VIII bJC Turks would exchange their empire for the pitiable lot of vassalship to a dominant and arrogant Germany, which would take from her all of her Asiatic hinterland and Mesapotamia. If the allies win she will be driven from Europe as an unclean thing, foreign to all of the ideals of civiliZa- tion and humanity. No matter how the war ends Turkey stands to lose and the knowledge of this basic fact may even now be permeating into Turkish consciousness.
 Hard put to it as she is to hold the British and French at bay in the Dar- danelles campaign the entrance of Italy would seem to indicate a ma terial lessening of the time left her before the arrival of sure disaster. Italian ships are already on- the sea bearing the troops which may spell the end for Turkey in Europe. It is the devout hope of Christion world that such is the case. The expulsion of the Ottoman is demanded by the self respect of Christendom. He has polluted Europe too lcng. Soon or | late the Turk must become a purely | Asiatic power as this Italian expedi- 1 tion may well mark the beginning of | ihe exodus.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
Automobile Thievery.
Bridgeport Telegram. ]


 What the horse thief was in the days of old, the automobile thief is today. He has a faster steed-when he steals it-but the means of con- munication are better and there is chance of head ding him off. All the romance of roguery is not dead
 Tn Bridgeport and vicinity there Has been such an epidemic or auto~ liloolle stealing lately that It seems as though gang of thieves must oe at work. Perhaps they have been attracted to the city by stories ol brlogeport's prosperity. At any rate, here they are and it is up 10 the authorities and the automoblle owners to deal with them.
 There was a time when to drive an automobile was such a complicated ana technical study that an owner who had spent six months Tn trying to master the peculiaritles or ohe machine, and then couldn't make lo go more than 10 miles without breakdown, felt reasonably certa1n that when he hitched hls motOrmuo to curb. it was there to stay in Tact many a time if a thief had CO1uo along anu OlIoISl lO SldII tl'S blooming thing, the owner would nave blessed him.
 Today it is far different. Types of automobil control are now so stand ardized that they are practically re- duced to two general classifications- planetary gear-shift and selectiVe. The thief who knows these two types can get away with practically any car, for the details of levers and controls are simple and easily picked up.
 The best way to prevent automo- bile thievery is to leave the cars lock- ed. Removing the ignition key is not always sufficient, but at least it is a deterrent Better still is good positive lock-one that a thief can not overcome without more tamper- ing than he will care to take time for. That is a pretty sure guarantee of safety. But the owner who neglectS it is taking a long chance, as the frequent reports of stolen automo- piles demonstrate.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
A Fuel Shrotage in Turkey
(ProviGen ence Journal.)

How long will Constantinople hold out? That is a question of worldwide interest. The Allies are steadily strengthening themselves on the Gal lipoE peninsula, and Italy will soon be rendering effective aid there.
 It is said that the gas works at Doldabotche, which supply the city with illumination, have been forced by lack of coal to shut down, while for the same reason trains on the Anatol1an railway are running at half speed. This is only one more indication of the straits to which the Turks are being reduced Rumor has been busy for weeks with stories of the scant military supplies in their possession and the anxiety of the Germans to get munitions to them through Bulgaria.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
Chinatown Moving.
(Waterbury American. )


 Chinatown in New York is moving over into Jersey. Pell and Mott streets are full of vacant stores and tenements out of which Chinese have moved within the last few months One of the reasons is that business has fallen off. Chinatown no longer attracts visitors who used to come and leave much money in restaurants and in curiosity stores. Another req son is the enforcement of the excise law and the stern application of the law against gambling. Instead of visitors bringing money have come police raiders until life became risky and burdensome
 In Jersey City and in Newark it is said that these Chinese are establish ing new race center where as yet their forms of business and amuse- ment are tolerated and where they are finding a welcome relief from persecution. There are signs today that the old Chinese quarter in New York is going to fill up with a diff ferent class of people and with a better kind of trade. For example. enc block vacated by Chinese has been turned into a modern tenement house and a store vacated by Chinese has been taken by an American un- dertaking firm.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28

leased of all the red tape surrounding such projects.
 What is the committee doingE When will work on the municipal ice plant actually begin?
 We submit that if something con- crete isn't achieved, this ice plant business will approach the magnitude of a scandal If something deflnite isn't done, the people must take IL for granted that the interest of the administration is such a matter Tor the benefit of the people Waxes warm cnly about election time, and COOS off with wonderful rapidity in between times.
 Here 1t is nearly the end of August and work has not been started on the construction of a municipal ice plant nor, so far as the general pubic knows, have any definite steps been taken since the appointment of the committee.
 If the present rate of progress maintains, Bridgeport will be just as near municipal ice next summer as it IS today and the people will have the pleasure once more of submitting to high prices unchecked by competition.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
COTTON IMPORTATION co.

London, Aug. 2S. 4:2s a. m.-A cotton importation company with A capital of $1.OOO,OOO has been found- ed in Bremen, according to Tuesdays issue of the Frankfurter Zeitung The business of this new company, it iE stated, will be to obtain buying orders from German and Austrian spinners so as to make offers to Amer, ican exporters. The paper says that the capital for the company is guar anteed by Disconto Gesellschaft and other leading banks.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
The Automobile Industry,
(From the Peoria GID Star.

The Davenport Democrat and Leader declares that in only five states of the Union are more auto mobiles owned than in Iowa. Only three states get larger revenue from the owners of the cars. The dis proportion is entirely wiped out when one takes into consideration the wealth, the population and the miles of good roads in New York state for instance, and notes that they own less than three automobiles in that state for every two owned in Iowa.
 For the first time an official com- p1lation of automobile registration has been made by the department of agriculture. At the end of 1914 there were 1,666,9S4 pleasure autom obiles in the United Statees, and in addi- tion 1855 motor trucks, or a total of 1,711,339 motor vehicles in use thdoughout the country. Revenue received by the states for the regis tration of these cars aggregated $12,- 27O,036 and cha uffeurs fees amount ed to $427,179 in addition. Census by states hOwS the fOllOwing:-
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
CURIOUS.

It was in 1911 that the first great long distance message was sent by wireless, and that went from Radio Station at Arlington, Virginia, to the Eiffel Tower, in Paris. Since then the apparatus has been so perfected that there is daily communication between these two places. The Sayville plant at Long Island has apparatus power full enough to send to Nauen, near tion goes over this system every day. These stations are 4,3S5 miles apart. has been working since 1913 between San Francisco and Honolulu, a dis tance of 2,350 miles. This is a com- mon distance for wireless. Between Lima, Peru, and Para, Brazil, 2,1OO miles, there is daily communications. An attempt was once made to send a message from the Arlington station, outside of Washington, D. C., to a station in Japan, but this was not suc- cessful. Reports that this message was picked up by stations on islands in the Pacific and by ships were given wide publicity. It is = believed that the longest distance this message travelled was 5000 miles-Ed.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
OVER NOTHING.

Eary Garrison seems to have the en1nity of the men Ut bttsburg military camp for |called to task General Leon bod, chief of the army, who Colonel Roosevelt to deliver famous speech at that place. leI Roosevelt has taken eN- Ito the action Of the secretary in bouncing on the General,
 re seems to be much political | in the air as a result cf brogiio. Always it is T. R.
 do som ething, no matter how
 at the psychological mo- something which at least i'm marked publicity. There who believe he will be the for his remarks at Platts-
 He tread on too many toes eht.
 Why the business men who tending the camp should be It Secretary Garrisoa's eeie- R General Wood is beyond com lion. General Wood is head camp. The camp is part and of the government, under the
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
WORLD BEATER.

Ie first time in it's history the ftates leads the world as an according to a. report just
 the Department of Com E l,f2ts Seourse, is attributed Elge i.Wars orders" now being this Country and which are 7 coming in. The leading
 our exports are aeroplanes, Hes, explosives, and saddlery, for. military purposes. A lon made between the year E earliest year for which fig Available, and the present Interesting, as. it shows the |of alm est a century. It is
 exports off manufacturers |aNl ear were valued at eY while in the present year |gregate sT,,f66,OOO,ooO, ex- t foodstuffs. *.. ...
 was a time when the United pended upon foreign supplies |of its manufactures, when the Igs produced here were food H the raw material taken from these days are past United States is today not busiest Industrial center on b, but it leads the world in bf manufactures and other Tn days not so far gone Rt industries were given ample |n and it is because of this |the United States today main- present position. If we are |ue on this wave of prosperity br the European war our in must get the same kind of h which helped them at the There are new industries l up in every portion of the hd the end is not yet in sight.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
D. MCMILLAN t99-2O1-2OJ MAIN sTRFJET

"manifestoes," they have received the strong and almost unanimous appro- val of this democratic country, which had not the slightest idea that it was thereby indorsing the act of a king. All that it supposed it was doing was to applaud a faithful servant.
 But why should the excited Friends of Peace, in their effort to frighten Americans, stop with the mere threat of king? Why not paralyze us at once by saying that we are in danger of getting a kaiser
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
Is the Dye Problem Solved? (AnSOnia SentineD

Upwards of 100000 people in the United States will be glad to have the truth established of the discovery of a new black dye by the experts of the American Cooperative chem ical and Dye works at Chester, this state, which will render us inde- pendent of the products of German chemistry in future. Just at present the textile industry is threatened with serious trouble because of the block ade of German ports and the deter imitation of German manufacturers to use dye products as a lever with which to influence American public opinion. As result of these two causes there are no dyestuffs coming here from abroad. Such condition, if indefinitely continued, would close many of our mills. But if the dis coveries reported at the Chester fac tory are really practicable then the problem is in process of solution and
 the United States will be independent
 of the world in future as regards
 dyestuffs.
 So too in regard to carbolic acid crystals, which were never before
 evolved in this country but had to
 be imported. A practical process for
 turning them out has been found by
 the Chester expert chemists. The two
 discoveries will prove a genuine boon
 to American business and it is to be hoped that our chemists will now turn their attention to other def- c1encles in our productive markets and ascertain the ways and means by which we can make ourselves self supporting ill regard to all neccs- 1 sary raw material.
 We do not care for even another | year to have to think that we are de-
 pendent upon foreign sources for tho 1 basic things that are needed to keep
 our mills open and our workers em- | ployed Factories and laboratories 1 across the sea may be cut off any 1 day in the future by war as they l are now. But if we make our own | raw material we can never suffer 1 such famine as threatens one oc
 our great industries. There is enough 1 ingenuity and chemical knowledge in
 the United States to solve every prob 1 lem that may come up in connection
 with manufa curing and trade. An l instead of allowing it to be ex- i plotted by foreign nations. The prcs- ent war has been a revelation in l many ways. But in no one way has it been of more value than in giving
 definite proof to the incredulous that we must as a matter of national
 safety be as a nation com pletely self sustaining. We can do it if we will 1 and it looks as if we were now will
 ing to do it.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
HOLDS UP JITNEY DRIVER.

New Haven, Aug 2s.-A new idea in street holdups was reported to the police today. A stranger boarded Harry Weinstein's automobile, in the city, shortly after last midnight for a trip to Westviille. Upon arriving there the passenger rendered Vein stein a cigar, as he alighted. Then with pistol he made Weinstein hold up his arms, and the stranger robbed him of $10 in silver, the days re- ceipts from carrying passengers.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
The Splendid Story of the Nereide.
 WaterhlIrV Repllhliican.l

They ought to be dead men,-those survivors of the crew of the sunken Italian submarine Nereide. An Aus trian submarine crippled and appar- ently sunk her ard reported the feat. Inasmuch as it was the first record ed fight between submarines, the af- fair attracted quite some attention. and inasmuch as the Nereide did not return, the Italian government ad- mitted the loss But three days later the Nereide turned up
 It seemed that she dived to escape a torpedo and when she tried to rise again, her machinery had gone wrong, worst of all, her electric lighting apparatus had broken down and she lay on bottom in total dark ness. Her crew of forty were as good as dead right then, but they re- fused to admit it. For seventy hours they worked in the dark, feeling for the fault or break in the machinery and finally found it, repaired it and rose to the surface Three men were dead. one of them the commander, and two moro died after the vessel came up into the fresh air, but thirty five men of the crew were saved The Italian navy may be proud of this splendid story.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
PERMANENT NODDED CITY.
Municipal Experts Plan to Erect One
 at Plymouth, Mass.

Boston, Aug. 2S-Plans for a permanent model city to shelter a population of 100000 to be erected at Plymouth in connection with the celebration in 1920 of the S00th an- niversary of the landing of the Pil. grims are being considered by mu- nicipal experts, if was announced to- day.
 The idea of those interested in the celebration is 10 eliminate the waste of money in the construction of tent porary exposition buildings. They propose to build a permanent city, one that will be fireproof and smoke proof and with zones for manufac-' tories and industries.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
A Minority Report.
(Saturday Evening Postl

small, meek country negro, who had always lived on one place near Frankfort, Ky, married a big dom 1neerlng woman, and very soon after ward moved into town, where the Keeper of the local bar met him on the street
 Hello, Gabe," he said, what made you move to town? I thought you lik- ed country life''
 Well Mistah Franklin" explained Gabe. "I uster lak de country. But nah wife she didn't lak it. and I've done got so dat when she don't lak thing l jest ,natchelly hates it."
New Britain herald., 1915-08-28
Obiocts to Cheap Funeral.
(Reading, Pa, Dispatch Phila, North
 American.)

(Reading, Pa, Dispatch Phlla, North
 American)
 Because Frances E. Manwiller, vii dow of Henry H. Manwiller, who died at the Six Mile House recently, ob- jected to the "cheap coffin and plain grave" which had been selected, the burial has been postponed.
 The widow insisted that she had a right to take charge of the body of her husband, although they had not been living together. To establish this right, the widow brought pro- cced:rgs against John and Daniel Manviller, Of Fleetwood, two of her husbands brothers, and John w Stump, an undertaken, of Fleetwood.
 Judge Endlich decided that the widow was the proper person to make the funeral arrangements.