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Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15

that man saw fit to produce. Below
is what the Denver Post has to say:
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15

A survey outfit is now reported
to be working between Pennington
and Gallup or in that direction. Ed.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15
NEW BOOKS.
American,

New books put into circulation the
first of July at the Durango Pub
Ilc library.
Semi-weekly herald., 1915-07-15
Total Dlsibilily.

For total disability payments shall
be made as long rs the employe lives
and suffers total disability. and shall
be computed ON basis of not more
than eight dollars nor less than five
dollars por week, unless the employe
receives less than five dollars per
week, in which case fun wages shall
be paid Compensation will not be al
lowed for the first three weeks.
Temporary Disability.
The employe shall receive fifty
per cent Of his average weekly wages
so long as such disability is total,
not to exceed eight dollars nor less
than five dollars per week, unless
the employees wages shall be less
than five dollars per week, in which
New Britain herald., 1915-08-30

were over twenty-five millions and in 1862 over thirty-seven millions. In this period of stress our gold was freely going abroad, while at the same time our own people were sub- scribing literally for every issue of bonds offered by the Federal Govern ment.
 NOW the low rates of sterling ex- change have put the American dollar. at premium making it more costly TOT Europe to pay it's debts here. The Un1ed states is accommodating gold at the rate Of over eighteen millions per month, and thus far, this month tho recelp0s or gold from abroad amount po tWenty-six millions. A hoard of two oll1ons of gold in this country IS equivalent to a double eagle for every lhhabitant of the United States. Our own Production of gold is large, Alaska alone having produced last year over fifteen millions of dollars worth or the precious metal.
 Great as is the drain upon Euro pean countries, their resources are stlll very large, for the reason that every effort is being made to maintain stock of gold by replenishing it whenever it is depleted. Early in June the Bank of England reported Gullon on hand at fifty-eight million SIX hundred thousand pounds, against less than thirty-six millions for the corresponding date of last year Last week the same bank possessed bull lion valued at over sixty-seven mill Hons compared with less than thirty elght million pounds in August, 1914
 The Bank of France on June 3 reported three billion nine hundred and sixteen million francs of gold on hand, and on August 19 the same institution reported four billion three hundred and ninety-two million of francs. Great Britain's resources reach to every part of the world, and they are all being mustered now for the financial support of the empire
 All this has special bearing upon the business situation in the United States at this time because of the question as to how European coun- tries now at war are going to pay for the immense quantity of supplies which have been purchased in this country. The supplies will continue to be exported because they are in- dispensable to the countries which have placed the orders here, and without question some practicable way will be found to pay for them Consequently as long as the war is waged, there is not likely to be any sudden cessation of manufacturing on foreign orders for lack of means and ways of making payment,
New Britain herald., 1915-08-30
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to Herald Omco.
Milital'ism. Springfield Republican,

It IS not easy to overstate the effects or compulsory military service during the 18th century in creating Ill Will Tn Europe both between the great omp1res competing for mastery and among the subject peoples of whom the empires were composed. Even Tn germany the Prussian system was ln- lensely unpopular and only brilliant ana profitable wars reconciled the non- frusslan states to it. But the case was far worse with empires like Rus sla and Austria, where the Prusslan system put a new burden on the heterogeneous peoples owing allegi- ance. In Switzerland the militia was put neighborhood affair for home defense; it was quite otherwise in the great empires with mixed populations, and the obligation to do military ser vice has been one of the great causes of a growing natioralism. It has armed Slavs against Slavs, Italians against Italians, A1satians against Frenchmen, Germans against Ger mans, and everywhere it has provoked resentment and sharpened racial an- tagonism. Among these mixed peoples it has dangerously augmented the tyranny of the state and has pro- portionately stimulated the revival of national spirit
New Britain herald., 1915-08-30
Love Letter Costs Fortune. (Hackensack, N. J., Dispatch New
 York TimeS)

Charles E. Hutchinson, of Demar-, est, theatrical promoter, has lost his contest to have the second will of his wife set aside because it gave him only the life interest in an estate val ued at $35,OOO. The first Will gave him the estate outright, but about threee weeks prior to the death of Mrs. Henrietta Hutchinson on August 2S, 1914, she found what was said to be love letter to her husband from a woman she had always considered her dearest friend and she changed her will.
 The letter, which was produced to the Hackensack court during the trial is as follows:
 Sweetheart: How much, oh. how much, I have longed for my bestest boy. Am trying to get in tomorrow. Can't say if I can manage it, but in- tend to try very hard. I love you, sweetheart, oh, so much. Be good. l.. and K. YOUR OWN TRUE GIRLIE."
 Mrs. May Krietzer, also of Demar- est, who was witness for Hutchin- son during the trial, and who admit ted she was living in the Hutchinson home at the time of the contest in December last admitted having writ ten the letter, but says she copied it from the original given her by Mrs. Hutchinson.
 The estate will go to Mrs. Hutchin- sons three sisters, Mrs. Charles F. Gardner, of Mount Vernon; Mrs. Es- telle Lane, of Jamaica, Long Island, and Mrs. George Goodwin, of New York city. The property includes a house and lot at 1906 Lexington ave- nue. New York.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-30
The Pity of Self-Pity.
Bloomington Journal.)


 Self-pity is indulged in by most men. Some more, some less. The human mind is so constituted that under certain conditions of stress, it turns inward upon itself and says, You poor, absurd thing" The ruin atiin which is wrought by it appears in the fact that when a man pities himself he does so for the very reason that ought to lead his to self-con- demnatiOn. He pities his weakness, rather than reforming them He cod dies his in1irmities when they need to have the punishment which pugilists give each other. No man ever pities himself when he is doing the hard thing-we mean, really doing it. While a man is being brave the thoughts of being abused or ill-treated are impos- s1ble thoughts to him. The business 1nen who sits down, and, while he holds his face in his hands, bemoans, II am having such a hard time,' needs the dash of that really cold water which adversity always uses when she, would make a strong man. Self-pity untwists the fiber of which manly men are builded. Hard times make great robust, stalwart man-when the substances is there to work on.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-30
done something worth while for hu-

done something worth while for hu- fmanity.
 F. Under the present working order of things, passenger. who comes into the center*of aNew Britain from any of it's outlying points and *who de- sires Ito pgo te Hartford is given a transfer to the, Hartford line: After paying his. two fares, if he shows the transfer given him in New Brltaln' he is, upon reaching Hartford gwen another transfer so that he may go his way to any part of the Capltol City without paying another rare Well and good. But the man who boards the trolley for Hartford in New Britain and who carries not with him a transfer cannot get transfer when he reaches Hartford. He is forced to pay another fare, if @he- would ride further in the city, although he has used the rolling stock of the Connecticut company for a horter distance than his neigh Dor who may get transfer on transfer If there is any man who should pay the added five cents it is the one who has ridden into New Britain and gotten a transfer there. There should be no discrimination in thls matter. On the face of it the whole business sinners down to, po- lite financial transaction where the innocent passenger is held up and re- lieved of the paltry sum of five cents. Still. five cents means much to some of the working people of the com munity, much more than the same amount could mean to the board of directors of the Connecticut company.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-30
ZEPPELIN RAIDS FUTILE.
No Sailor or Soldier Injured in At-
 tacks on England

London, Aug. 30.-"No soldier or sailor has been killed or even been wounded, and only on one occasion has damage been inflicted which could by any stretch of language be described as the smallest military importance, says Arthur J. Balfour, first lord of the admiralty, of the Zeppelin raids on England in a let ter to a correspondent, which had complained that the British accounts of these raids were meagre while the German reports on the same events "are quite rich in lurid details.''
 "The reason" says MT. Balfour in his letter. lis quite simple Zeppelins attack under cover of night and by preference on moonless nights. Tn such conditions landmarks are elu- sive, navigation difficult and errors inevitable and sometimes of surpris- ing magnitude. The Germans con- stantly assert, and may sometimes be- lieve that they dropped bombs on places which in fact they never ap- preached
New Britain herald., 1915-08-30
Wasted His Tim,
(Norwich Bulletin. )

When ex-Governor Cole Blease of South Carolina stood up before the conference of governors at Boston and defended lynch law and urged that it was necessary for the protec- tion of the people of 8, state, he must have made an impression that was far from creditable. It is a position which is in accord with his post, but one which the conference will hasten to repudiate if any attention what ever is paid to it. He wasted his time.
 The ex-governor set himself up as an ardent student of penology anu a refOrmer when it comes to prison m ethOdS, but he failed to make plaIn just what the people of his own state think of his ideas and methods. It was a hard punch of disapproval which they gave them when his poli- toca1 ring was turned out of control after his terms of office during which he went to the limit in paroling mur- derers and emptying the prisons un- der his political scheme of reforma- tion. That he should stand as an exponent of lynch law is no credit to that method of paying the death penalty for crime, and when he re- referred to the other three sections of the country standing for other methods and showing respect for law and order, it was an admission that lynch law appealed to the small min- ority..
 Having lived in that section where lynch law has prevailed and still ex- ists to the shame of the states, he would have bought more credit to himself had he stood as the advocate of better educational facilities and a higher standard of citizenship.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-30
). MCMILLAN
 tSs-2O1-2O3 MAIN STREET
City Advertisement

Bid For Work in Town Clerks Office.
 The committee on supplies and printing will receive bids at its meet ing to be held September 7, 1915, at 8 o'clock D. m., for the furnishing of material and doing the following work:
 1st Sorting about 17O,OO0 cards 3"x5" alphabetically, price per thou sand.
 End. Set of celluloid alphabetical guide cards, tabled as index for about 100000 3x5 cards, giving first three letters for each name, average 25 cards each
 3rd. Bank of 3x5 card cabinets of steel, 15 drawers wide by 10 drawers high, making 150 drawers, IS inches deep, with base containing 2 tier of drawers about Is inches wide, 1 1-2 inches high and IS inches deep, mak- ing 10 or 12 drawers, above sanitary base, to run on pan suspension slidea all to match as near as possible pres ent fittings in the Town Clerks Of- fee.
 4th. Supplying necessary material and change section of document files 8 wide and 5 high, size 4 1-2 inches wide by 13 inches deep and 10 inches high inside measurements, from present location to another making 2 tiers of 20 files wide, hign.
 Sealed bids can be sent to or left with the City Clerk at any time. not later than P. M. on the above date of meeting Sept. z, 1915.
 The Committee reserves tho right to reject any or all bids.
 JOHN A. DOLAN,
 Chairman of Committee. New Britain, Conn.,, Aug. 30, 1915.
 (N. B. Herald.)
New Britain herald., 1915-08-30
Victor Berger Consistent. (BOStOn POSt.)

Victor Berger and his paper, the Socialist Leader of Milwaukee are consistent in their objection to the exportation of arms by manufactur- CTS of the United States, which is more than can be said of some of the German newspapers of this country.
 As an example, MT. Berger points out that at the very outbreak Of tns war the Leader advocated a ruling against war shipments from this country, but that he was opposed by the Milwaukee Germania, Herald and Free Press, all printed in German, which at that time thought England would not come into the conflict and that Germany might need munitions which she could import unimpeded.
 What has come over the spirit of the German-American newspapers dream? If eXportatiOn of arms from the United States was all right when the war began. why is it not all right now?
New Britain herald., 1915-08-30
Cuts Tonsils And Badness.
(Passaic (N. J.) Dispatch to New
 York Times.)

(Passaic (N. J.) Dispatch to New
 York Times.)
 Max Staudte, 15 years old, son of Fred Staudte, known for three years as Passiac's bad boy," has been cured of his desire to run away and steal according to Dr. F. F. C. Dem arrest, a surgeon here. Dr. Demarest has removed the lads adenoids and tonsils, and asserts that illness due to them had developed a criminal ten dency in his patient.
 Max forsaken by father, mother and sisters because of his doings, has slept in outhouses and fields when not in jail for stealing.
 Some time ago Max was found in a barn, and taken to the hospital by the police, and was found to be suf- fering from diseased tonsils. The operation followed.
 In the city court his father on the word of Dr. Demarest, decided to take the boy home. They will re- port to Judge Costello each Friday night here after for two months.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-30

ly a very different thing from one to qualify for American citizenship. It applies to all citizens, native as we'll as foreign born, if not in the same degree when as is usual, the provision calls for ability to read and write Eng fish. However, since the ballotis bound to be solely in that language, it would seem ito be not unfair to require that the foreign-born voter. be- pro- fic1ent enough in the tongue of his adopted country to stand the test. AS a general principle for the assimila- tion of our immigrant population, it is sound policy to encourage famil- iarity with the language, as early as practicable. That is of immense as- sistance in inculcating the necessary instruction in American institutions,
 Such constitutional provision IS not unfamiliar, of course. California Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maine, Mississippi, New Hampshire and Wyoming are among the states that require the citizen to qualify for the franchise by reading from the constitution, and some of them have a writing test as we'll. The rule seems not to cause serious complaint, and it was apparently originated without special reference to immi- grafton; being rather. designed as check on illiteracy, generally. It is doubtful if it would work hardship in New York, although in the foreign colonies of the metropolis the ordinary inducements to acquire the language may not be so powerful as in most communities. In Rhode Island, 1t would be surprising if many foreign born residents who had been here long enough to become naturalized were unable to qualify by such test.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-30
SHERIFF WITHIN RIGHTS.
Wisconsin Authorities Have Jurisdic-
 ton Over Military Reservation.

Washington, Aug. 3o.-wisconsin state authorities have full legal juris- diction over the Sparta (Wis.) military reservation, and the sheriff of the county was within his rights when he declared that he would enter the government target range and arrest any of the participants in a boxing match which was to have been held by the troops stationed there. The war de- partment has just made this discovery after a careful search of the law.
 Usually the Jurisdiction of the civil officials ends at the entrance to government reservation, but in this case, it appeared that the national government neglected to take advan- tage of the provisions of a special act of the Wisconsin legislature of 1911, which would have confirmed its ex- elusive jurisdiction.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-30
kTHE,M TRANSFERS.

E dawn of the millennium EOlden glow over this vale
 generous spirits directing of the Connecticut com- |assemb1e in their council nd out of the bounteous- |r hearts decree that those ride on their cars from h to Hartford be given
 other cars in the Capitol truly shall it be the mill |br fifteen years the good |his city have raised their quest for transfers on the folley. During all that heir walls and woe-begone
 len upon the deaf ears of
 and directors. The man
 ets up in a board of di-
 etlng and advocates this
 ege for the people of New
 be placed at the end of
 the Valhalla of all those Bracious souls who have
New Britain herald., 1915-08-30
A Look Ahead.
Bridgeport Standard.)


 From all over the state, especially from industrial towns like Bridge port, comes warning note that may we'll be needed. In substance it Is that while this city is on the flood tide of prosperity, caused to some ex- tent by the war in Europe, the man. ufacturers should strengthen their normal lines and prepare to replace war orders with those of peace To the workers the universal advice is to be careful in getting theirs while the getting is good'' that they do not take so much that they leave the employer with so little surplus that when prosperity slackens he will be forced to let them share in his adver- sity.
 Those who have been connected with the executive departments of big industries well know the strer- uous efforts made to retain faithful workers long after there is real need of their services. Many times fac ctor- ies are run on orders for goods that are put in stock. Often the salesmen are set herculean tasks to keep the plant running. Occasionally it is neceS- sary to work reduced hours in order that no considerable body of men be laid off and that all share in what little business there is. To the fam atical mentally unbalanced person no such argument will appeal He would "gopher" any proposition, grab what he could and then hasten to some other field to repeat his selfish operations.
 Bridgeport is confident that the wave of hysteria will pass, that the workers will view things in a more sane manner after the heat of the summer has gone and the ardor of the organizer, aroused by the excep- tional prospects of prosperity al SD much a head, has cooled No one planes the workingman for attempt ing to better his condition. No one condones the actions of a manufac- turer who grinds his help. But aside from either proposition is the hard, cold question of what will the traf- fife bear?'
 If the business will not stand the gaf" there will be no business. So it behooves both employe and en- ployer to be reasonable. Their in- terests are mutual. ... .
New Britain herald., 1915-08-30
Pay for Supplies.
(From the Philadelphia Press,

(F'rOm the Philadelphia PreSS.)
 War times in Europe in the twentieth century contrast strangely to the period of the Civil war in this country. During the war for the preservation of the Union gold com manded a premium in this country, as high as $2.sO for a gold dollar being quoted Tn dollars of United States currency. In those days it cost Americans a heavy tax to pay debts due abroad. Now, the tables are turned. Instead of our being in debt to Europe, foreign nations are greatly in debt to us and the premium now paid for debts due here must be met by the European debtors, not by the citizens of this country who are the creditors. The shoe is on the other foot.
 The files of the Philadelphia Press contain some interesting information respecting the exportation of gold from the United States at the time when this country was torn by war. From January 1 to July 20 of the year 1864, the exports of gold from New York amounted to over thirty millions of dollars, and for the first six months of the same year the exports of gold from San Francisco were nearly twenty-one millions of dollars, the total exports being at the rate of nearly ten millions per month
 The exports of gold from New York for the corresponding period in 1863
New Britain herald., 1915-08-30
The Language Test.
(From the Providence Journal. ]

(FrOm the ProV1dence JournaI.)
 The New York constitutional con- vention had a stormy discussion over the proposal that all voters must be able to read and write the English language. After being advanced to- ward final passage by a vote of 70 to 61, it was set aside by another narrow vote, 77-67. The division was non partisan in the broadcast sense, but the radical opposition was extreme due to a state of mind for which the European war is responsible. In or dinary times such a question might have had consideration more on it's merits.
 A "literacy" test for voting is evident
New Britain herald., 1915-08-30
Mir. WattersOn Heard From.
Gouisville Courier-Journal.)


 Henry Waterson has come out for renomination and reelection of Wood- row Wilson.-Arkansas Gazette.
 Come out"-what dyer mean, you landlubber "come out?' Come out of what? Come out of where? There never has been any doubt about the presidents renomination and there will not be much doubt about his re- election. The truth is that no one can beat Woodrow Wilson but Woodrow Wilson himself. Are you for him, or against him?