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New Britain herald., 1915-08-13

Latfh america. For this purpose
~ has built municipal railroad
belt line facilitating and cheaper
Ing the switching of cars; 1T is dig
gfng an industrial canal with ship
basins; 1t is erecting big river, rail-
ocean warehouses. The terminal
facilities are open to all shippers
alike. And while the city is becom-
ing great shipping center, it plans =
also to become the storage center for \
southern products. with low cost
storage" says Mr.. Parker. cheap
money and low rated insurance at
the gateway of the valley, 1t is logi-
cal to expect that exports moving
down the Mississippi will pass into
storage in great quantities and he
held there until the foreign consum-
ers are ready to take the products.
In this way New Orleans is prepar-
ing to become the worlds surplus
supply storage warehouse especially
for cotton a distinction now enjoyed
by Liverpool" Obviously Liverpool
not to mention rival American ports
will have to look out for New Or
leans. .q+.s ..
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13
ON BEING A DOG.

In New York city yesterday a young
mother and her babe were found
PROSTATE. The: mother. had nothing
to eat for more than a week. While
this mother was dying from starva
ton upstate a short ways a dog
owned by Mrs I. G. secor, Of Atlantic
Highlands, died from over eating.
The dog was placed in a casket cost
ing $3.50, taken to a dog cemetery in
an automobile hearse, and buried in
state. A monument costing a huge
sum Of money will probably be erected
over this member Of the canine family.
And still human mothers and babies
are allowed to starve in a. city like
New York.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13
COMBATING A NUISANCE.

Experts of the Department of Labor
have at last found, way to- extermi-
nate that dreadful pest, the house
fly. If followed closely the instruc-
tons sent out by these scientists will
do more good than the. old and fanil-
lar method of swatting, although swat
ting should not be totally abandoned.
In, the first place the Department of
Labor experts emphasize the fact that
flies, to be exterminated, must be at
tackled in their breeding places.
Screens and swatting should not be
wholly given up, If complete success
is looked for. Next, the scientists call
for absolute cleanliness Flies are not
attracted to places which are clear of
rubbish and decaying materials. There
are, of course, instances where piles
of rubbish cannot be removed at once
as around barns and stables and in
cases Of this sort the government sci
entists recommend plentiful use OF
powdered hellebore, dissolved In wa
ter, for killing the larvae.
Half pound of hellebore should be
dissolved in ten gallons of water to
get the proper results. After a thor-
ough sprinkling with this mixture vast
heaps Of fertilizer have been known TO
send forth no flies. The pests are ao-
solutely. killed off. The one good thing
about this remedy is that 1t Is mex
pensive. The powder can be bought IN
any drug store for a small amount
This is the proper time to take up
7v killing in earnest. In few more
weeks the cold weather will be along
and the flies will be driven to their
hiding places for the winter. After
ALTERNATING, these pests will come out
again next summer and start things
all over again. The idea, advanced
by the government experts, is to get
them now. ~ In this way health will
be insured for the rest of this summer
with better prospects for next summer.
A concerted movement on the part Of
every good citizen in New Britain
would, with the aid of hellebore, do
much toward the elimination Of the !
1y.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13
Arms and Small Nations.
New York Times.)

Dutch officials now point out that
Holland, as a nation devoted to the
pursuits of peace and very made
quately supplied with metal resources
or ammunition factories of it's own
is absolutely dependent for munitions
upon what it can import from other
neutral countries, especially America.
The question of obtaining large sup
plies of steel and other raw mater
ials and manufacturers from the
United States has been the subject ot
consideration by the government FOR
some time.
According to the Dutch contention.
the adoption by the United States of G
regulation forbidding the export of
munitions would practically foredoom
not only Holland, but every other
small neutral power, to certain defeat
at the hands of any powerful and we'll
prepared nation which might choose
to attack it.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13
The Ailing Farmer.
(Indianapolis News.

Farmer Hopkins had been ailing for
some time. He did his chores in the
customary manner one expected of a
Hopkins. He paid just as much atten-
ton to the drove of hogs over in the
pasture lot. He followed the plow
lust as he had followed It for twenty
five years. He swore softly at times,
mayhap, at the contrar1ness of old
Ben as he went down between tn rows
of corn. After the days work was
over he MIXED the three Jerseys and
bedded down the horses in his old
painstaking manner. But with all of
his thoroughness there was an air of
pre-occupation. The clean white
boards of the barn door on the inside
were covered with rows and rows of
figures. His wife, going down there
on her daily egg hunting expedition,
had noticed the figures and wondered
what they meant. Could it be that
after all their years of married life her
husband was engaged in some trans
action which he wished TO hide from
her, that he should do his figuring on
the barn door instead OF at the old
fashioned secretary in the living
room?
She ran back over his actions of the
last few weeks. She remembered how
he had grumbled at Nellie as they rode
to town behind her. Surely he could
not think Of selling her? He had al
ways boasted of the trim little mares
speed; now he compared her to a
snail.
The children had all married and
moved away and it seemed to the
wife that he should be taking life
easy instead of raking up trouble for
himself as he seemed to De doing.
One evening when ne mad come
back home from a. drive to the town
alone he seemed to be in more
cheerful mood. He told his wife the
children were away all year and only
got back in the summer To go see
them meant a long ride to the town
and then a longer ride on the train.
Then he adroitly shifted the conversa-
ton around to horses. Feeu was high
Horses needed shoes; they were liable
to sicken- and die. They must be fed
whether they worked or not. They
could not be driven hard in the: hot
sun. 1t always took a horse two hours
at the least to make the fourteen miles
to town. At last the. faithful wife was
getting at the cause of her husbands
preoccupation. Soon she would know
what the real trouble was. Probably
he wished to sell Nellie and get that
9: 80 trotter he had been looking over
at the county fair.
So-so-would she mind if he
bought an automobile They were so
much cheaper now. They could get
around so much more quickly to visit
their friends and take their friends
riding, etc.. ad infinitum In half
hour Mrs. Hopkins was so excited that
she insisted on getting Il catalog the
next day, and even began to look at
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13
The Only Chance.
New London TelegraDh.


Russia will not make peace simply
because Germany has captured lost
of Poland, and is occupying the prov
ince of Courland.
Germany's war cannot be won on
a single frontier '''
AS long as Great Britain is uncon-
quered there can be no security for
Germany in her new possessions.
Further, as long as there is serious
fighting on the eastern line whether
it stretches along the Bug river or
is engaged in n1id-Russia both France
and England are safe
A distinguished Russian speaking
at Petrograd recently declared that
the Russian forces might retire even
to the Ural mountains, if need lie,
but resistance would continue to ul-
innate victory. ,.-..
This was an exaggeration, perhaps,
but it emphasizes truth.
The territory Of Russia proper has
as yet been been hardly entered in
the German advance.
Though Russia were overwhelme ed
and overswept by Teutonic invasion
it is not likely that the Russian gov
eminent would declare formal peace.
Such an event would be in violation
of Russia's convention with England,
France and Japan. Upon a declara-
ton of peace Japan would be obi
gated, and would undoubtedly under
take to wage new war 1upon Russia
in the far east; war that Russia could
not resist.
Germany has no price of advantage
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13
Ambitious New Orleans.
Waterbury Democrat

New Orleans is engaged in a cam
paign for commercial expansion
more pretentious than that on which
Boston entered few years ago. It
began as did the Boston effort, in
plan to take advantage of the new
trade opportunities opened up by the
Panama canal Its outlook has been
greatly widened and its energy in
testified by the changes the war has
brought. Just now New Orleans is,
in the words Of Walter Parker,
president of its association of COM
merce. clearing the decks" It
plans to get far more of the Missis-
sippi valleys foreign trade than it
has ever had before, especially with
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13
Gone to Help the Blind.
New York Evening Post. J

tNeW Ork Evening Post. .'.
1t would be little exaggeration to
say that not a day has passed since
the European war got into full swing
without bringing its contribution to
the story of noble and effective eff
fort, by devoted men and women, to
mitigate the horrors 1t has brought TO
combatants and to non combatants
The little items of news that tell. from
time to time, of these unobtrustive
labors of mercy carry their own COM
ment. But occasionally there comes
an Item whose character is such as to
call for special remark. An instance
of this is the recent sailing of Miss
WinIfred Holt for the war zone TO take
leading part in the organization Of
the work of tho committee for mon
blinded in battle, the object OF which
is first to restore the men physically
ana then TO train them in some regu-
lar work. An initial step i'm this liz
the task Of lifting the victims out OF
their melancholy by interesting them
In games and other occupations. Miss
Hollis labors in this city for the rescue
OF the blind from the greatest evil OF
their deprivation by enabling them 10
help themselves in all possible ways
nave thus come to an unexpected de-
Velopment, and 1T must be a peeuliar
sratlhcation to her to find that what
she has been doing all along for-tha
help of ordinary affliction near at
hand enables her now to be of un-
usual assistance in graphing with
widespread and unexpected misery ia
war-ravaged lands across the sen.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13
Chicago Tribune.N

Justly or unjustly Americans have
already fallen heir to their share Of
Teutonic hate, but the loose talk pre-.
Valent in the German press exhorting
the German merchants not to forget
the present attitude of neutral
America after the war is settled and
the regular trade routes are opened
up Is altogether too shortsighted for
nation with such commercial ambi-
lions. The boycott will never ma
terialize, simply because the German
government would not allow its .mer-
chants even IL they SO desired, to hate
themselves out OF the worlds richest
market, with a population of more
than l0O,O0O,000 potential customers.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13
D. Nc MILAN
109-2O1-3O3 MAIN STREET

road map to see how they would go to
see Jessie and the baby.
In two weeks one of the stalls had
been torn out to make room for the
car and a galvanized tank had been
sunk in the ground just outside the
barn door. And in his f1rst driving
lesson Farmer Hopkins learned that
whereas the pillow is to be guided to
the right pressure must be exerted
on the left handle, when an autom bile
is to be guided to the right the steer
ing wheel must be turned to the right
And gasoline isn't so high after ALL
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13

out across the fields when the grain
should have been ripening. More than
million and a half acres Of wheat
and oats, were thus ruined. With sheep
getting fat on this grain with the
elimination of harvesting, threshing,
marketing, and all other attendant
labors, the farmers lot in Kansas is
not such dismal one after all. 1t all
goes to show that where there is Will
there is way.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13
New Neck Fiixings

Always alert to the new creations in
Womens Neckwear. See the values
we are offering.
NEW QUAKER COLLARS AND SETS
At CSC and Acc
BLACK LACE COLLARS
Csc, Acc to csc Each
NEW ORGANDIE VESTEES
At 40c
LACE AND NET GUIMPES
40c and csc Each
In black, white and ecru.
NEW LONG SLEEVE GUIMPES
At CSC
CREPE DE CHINE TIES
At Csc and soc Each
All the new shades, in plain colors,
wide stripes and lowered effects.
Mems 800 Coat Shirts. now roc
each.
Mems soc Neckwear, now soc each.
Mems $1.00 Sample Union Suits,
Saturday at ACC each.
Mems Onyx" Silk Sox at 25c pair.
Value soc.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13
Query.

Editor Of the Herald:
Dear sir:-will you kindly tell me
the proper way to spell the name Of
the celebrated bandmaster and COM
poser, John Philip Sousa. Is the
fourth letter in his family name all
$50 or "z'' luxurious.
John Philip Sousa spells his name
just as it is written In this sentence.
There Is no letter "z'' in his name.
Editor
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13
ID THERE is A WILL.

Al Connecticut will do we'll
the example set by those
when misfortune overtakes
ner1ng heavy loss Of their
from rain and floods, the
Kansas did not sit down
Instead, they set to work
eep to feed on the grain
|f1at on the ground. whipped
Iail and wind storms. That
HI less than three weeks it is
hat more than a million
be, grazing on the farms of
an example worth while.
|hould take heed. For years
KS have been known as the
F1ess pessimists on earth.
Fnpposeds to- be the only ones
this mundane sphere whom
Providence cannot please.
Us hot they want it cold.
|is cold they want it hot.
| rafns they&want sunshine.
shine basks their fields they
In. It is ever thus with the
And. usually, when storms
Ie farmers product, he goes
With a long face and clears
Id, throwing away the dam
How different it is in the
he Kansas farmers. The
| not worry them long.
any men would have given
pc, these farmers set to work
IN their hearts and are go
2 their loss into profit. They
to tea the4sheep and con-
lamaged crops into food that
pfasungq pnI the tables of
fa rniliesBans over the land.
dispatches we learn that
ry valley in the state of Kan
cedented rains sent the water
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13
IT PAY.

Ice seems to be meeting
be inFConnecticut cities that
gas, electricity and street
We Sustained in larger ci-
country. In New Britain
antic the projects now ap-
"a To- ignominious failure.
ssalnanagernent, due to in
is regarded as the. cause.
,ojects which are designed
lea by the politicians to be
the working man, are
hin the propaganda of the
ad leaders Of this party
lat the failures are due to
Vaccinations of their OPP
her than the inherent
Dir theories.
Eight. It certainly appears
if sprivate interests can.
a success ice, gas electric
ets car lines, a municipality
we'll under equal condi-
thing is done abroad and
cuous success: but there
bot allowed to interfere In
OF these public enter
\ business is we'll financed
are employed in the man.
For years, long before New
anne a city, we conducted
/ water plant. This bust
len ably handled. We can
hter successfully. Then
n The. answer seems pa
i. The project has not
handled here. It appears
house was improperly
The crop which was har-
huttle Meadow last winter
away at, an alarming rate.
is That the city made with
Ividuals for marketing the
proved anything but satis- |
he municipal ice commit
sr the water board have
]. all kinds Of caustic crit |
I'LL aifeggd lack Of business
ia the tax payers are
Ia deficite in a departure |
ed with promises of ma
is.
rs ago the City of Nor
IN ,fors municipal lighting,
ong period underwent all
Hculties... It was not a FL
cess and bitter criticism
on sthe project; but the
1ldvested it's money decid-
Il out and and today it is said
Lives, lits period Of stress
ming something on the In
New Britain should profit
N example, If we are to
the Ice business. Money
vested IN the plant and I'M
desires tosthrow the whole |
a'e junk pile a stronger Of /
be made to place it on a
Blx5. tSiIG 10 na y
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13

Give every man his chance The
least government that Is consistent
with the proper doing of those things
that must be done collectively, the
better: the more individual citizen IS
permitted to expand, develop his char
acter, his energy and his talent with
out hampering restrictions, the better.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13

Let's see, is the Mr. Bryan who de-
mands $500 for a lecture on peace the
same Mr.. Bryan who wants a law
compelling editors to make affidavit
that they have no financial interest in
any cause they may advocate?-New
York Evening Post.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13

The irrigation system in the West
has one great advantage over the sy,s-
tenn we're getting around here this
summer. When you dam an irriga-
ton ditch you stop the water; but here
you can get black in the face and It
keeps right on coming.-Bingham
Press.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13

The rights on the high seas which
German asks the United States to sur
render are not the property Of this
country. They are the common pos
session that this government can
alienate.-New York Globe.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13

Some women are fit to vote and
some men unfit. If the suffrage could
be taken from the unfit men and CIV
en- to the fit women, it might be WE'LL
But that Is an impossible solution
New York Times.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

: Military critics are interested TO
know what the Germans will do next.
We are more interested in knowing
what they won't do Massachusetts
Union and Advertiser.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13
McMlLLA
DAINTY
UNDER M USLINS

oeuai values in well-made Under
trimmed with dainty laess
"a elaoro1deries, the kind that look
right after washing.
MAHCELLA" COMBINATIONS
4 i1eeo oSc, $1.25, S1.49, 81.9s Each
"MARCELIA" DRAWERS
AT 400 Pair
NEW GOWNS
rriced dc, csc, $1.49 to s2.25
very choice Combinations for this
"e4i1ns priced 49c, 75c, csc and $40.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13
Manufacturer
Samples

Knit Underwear for men, women
and children More than a thousand
garments in this Sale.
VESTS, PANTS, SHIRTS, DRAWERS
AND UNION SUITS
Real Bargains at 1Oc, IL 1-2c, tic,
Csc, Acc each. Values up to $1.00.
TRUNKS
S3.08 to $22.5O
See our line Of Baggage.
TRAVELLING BAGS
At 1918
All leather. Value $3.50.
$1.9S STRAW SUIT CASES AT $1.40
Full 24-inch, straps all around.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13
Leather Goods
WOMEN'S HAND BAGS
Saturday at CSC Each

$3.50 values. All leather Bags, new
novelty frames, silk lined and fitted.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13
Silk Blouses
At S1.9S and $2.98 Each

Crepe de Chimes, China Silks, white
and colored Tub Silks. Values that
are the best of the season.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-13
Women's Summer
Dresses

Marked Down to $1.08 Each
About Two Hundred Dresses in this
lot. Values up to $5.9S. Saturday at
the final clearance price your choice
$1.9S each.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-08-19
Dividing Alaska

The Suit that being brought by the people of the First division the other three divisions from having any of the appropriated the territory by congress for road building proving quite concusivey that the territory of Alaska should be divided.
 When we take consideration the fact that Alaska an area equal to of oneh of the United States proper the mpacticabity being under single local government is quite evident Different of the territory have different n and the legislation that will help section will hinder another.
 If the First Third divisions combined into Ierr and the Fourth and Second into another there will be unity In the First and Third divisions the clmat conditions much different than the interior of Alaska Here the falls moderate depth seldom than two tbe oherna ffs f5thfeH rfis of the why road building ohes there must be different than here
 The people of the First division complained that Alaska Wnoe is taxing the fishing interests of the First division for much of the territorial The newspapers of that dvis ion nave been loud their protests if territory is to be taxed in different divisions for local needs onIy
 Probably after the railroad well under way it would not be hard get to divide the territory making Fairbanks the Of the and leaving Juneau and Seward to fight it out h regard wlca saod b. the capital other territory
 If territory is to be formed it has been suggested that be called Seward in honor the responsible for it's purchase from nearly half century Fairbanks Citizen
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-08-19
Cost Of The Great European War

The first year of the has the begerent govern mens about s6 eco in direct expenditures for military purposes Experts agree fairly well these figures The Berlin vorwaerts finds the total 16 0O the French economist Ed,ond Tberv s17 400 900 OOO and the satistcon William Michaels of Berlin, s15 240, 000
 This expense of putting about 900o 900 men into the field for powers and about for the allies
 It does include however the far greater amount lost thru the destruction of villages the ravagng of the country side the wreckng of bridges and railroads and the wholesale sinking of ships and economic loss thru the dimnusn Tn noductiye industry the killing the strongest in the com nnnitv and the creation of criples and madmen
 The war now costing about S45 OO0 900 day. S2OOooo an hour and $50 GOO minute The cost is mounting steadily
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-08-19

The cache of the Alaskan rail road engineering commission at Seward, needs replenishing. C. E. Dole. purchasing agent, is asking for bids on list of groceries, from dessicated eggs to reouefort cheese Here are some of the things thet railroad employees will need be- tween August 5 and the end of the fall season:F Fifty five and ore half tons of flour, twenty five tons of sugar, twenty tons of butter, thirteen tons of bean, seven and one. half tons of. coffee, seven and one-half tons of bacon, three tons of salt, one-half ton of cracks, ?, 500 cases canned goods, 1000 bot ties of extracts, I, 500 cases of con- densed cream, 1000 bars of soap, ten cases of grape juice, five barrel of ginger ale, twenty pounds of roquefort cheese. ten pounds of paprika, one pound of thyme.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-08-19
Electric Street Cleaners.

The storage battery street washing machine of dArlin and other German rying forty cells. tc yield POO ampere hours at the dye hour d!scharge rate It also has tank of voter. brushes and rotating s.rapers. It travels four. six or nine miles aR hpnr. and each of Berlin's twenty four machines covers eighteen to twenty-five miles day-at a material saving over horsepower cleaning.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-08-19

According to Tacoma paper s a fox farmer at Dyea, Alaska, who started with one pair of animals eighteen months ago, could ex- ehauge his present holdings tor 7 5000 in ready John Davis.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-08-19

The state of affairs betwenn the United States and Mexico to be drawing to a close