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New Britain herald., 1915-08-14
D. MCMILLAN
t99-2O1-203 MAIN STREET

with Government officials, politicians
and popular agitation. 1t is said that
it cost $3.50 to fix up Boston after
the New England colored man got
excited over the production Of The
Birth of a Nation"
The moving picture is closing bar
rooms and, combined with the auto
mobile is making a tremendous at
tack upon saloon revenues. One
half the saloons In Scranton, Pa,
are said to have been closed by the
moving pictures and in San Francisco
the c2loon keepers are having IL out
with the Aldermen in an erorr 70
run free moving picture shows as
an adjunct to their business.
The modern dancing craze. tho ill.,
ney and the saloon with a free movie
have all started from the Pacific
coast.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14
VOTTH WILL BE SERVED.

Age must always give way to youth.
1t is the law of nature. Yesterday IN
New Jersey the township committee Of
Linden accepted the resignation of Po-
lice Justice Milton G. Lowden, ninety
ono wears old. was asked that he be
relieved of his duties in order to make
room for younger man. The COM
nittee promptly appointed to the posi-
ton Peter Bundy, eighty-seven. Thus
do we see that Youth must De served.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14
SALVAGE ON A HUGE SCALE.

There is now talk of raising the
Lusitania from the bottom Of the
ocean. English engineers have adj
vanced the proposition and say it can
be successfully accomplished. 1t
seems that a spherical diving machine
has been perfected which will enable
men to go to, greater depth in the
briny than any heretofore essayed.
The Lusitania, it will be remem bered,
lies at a depth estimated between
three hundred and four hundred feet
Experts claim the bottom on which
she is resting is rocky and therefore
hard enough to prevent the great
ship from being glued to the oceans
floor, or swallowed in a bed of mud
The combined weight of the Lusitania
and her cargo have been. estimated
as approa ching forty thousand tons.
Never in the history of salvage has
such an enormous weight been lifted
from the sea, nor has the penetration
by divers to such a depth been at
tempted. While the engineers may
seem confident in raising the great
ship past events have ordained too
MANY "Doubtirg Thomases'' to war
rant anyone growing enthusiastic over
the project
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14
Bathing Suits on Rainy Nights.

(Atlantic City Dispatch to New York
WOrld.)
visitors have discovered a system to
keep down roller chair, taxicab and
J1tney bus rates in times of stress
Fully 5000 persons were caught
Wednesday night on the piers and il;
amusement places when terrific
nOrtheaster wailoped the coast with
out much warning. Owners of con-
Veyances Immediately boosted prices.
TO the Indignation 1of persons without
storm apparel.
Suddenly handsomely gowned
woman darted from the crowd on 2
pier and sprintcd across the Board
walk into bathhouse Ten minutes
later she came out in a bathing s11it
She had checked her evening attira
for the night and calmly walked down
the esplanade and let it rain.
Others took the cue, and in ar hour
the Boardwalk looked like a bathine
party, hundreds of fashionable per.
sons checking their evening attire and
walking to their cottages or hotels in
surf garb. Transportation rates came
down suddenly.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14
Gone Wrong.
1910 rSorl A Sunoato

Old John L. Stoddard, the one-time
popular lecturer, is an American now
living in Germany, and is entitled to
enjoy a certain peculiar distinction.
1t is saying a good deal to be sure,
but, in the race for indiscriminate
atrociOus distortion Of facts of COM
mon knowledge, and in the mendac-
iCuS insolence of spirit in which the
hitter-tongucd old ma cnaracterizes
the Allied nations and their peoples,
be is far and away ahead OF anything
in that line yet achieved by any Of
the pro-Garman prOpOgandists them
selves either in Europe or America.
These latter, when they are educated
men and not coarse ruffians, have
some regard for FEASIBILITY, and for
the amenities of language used in de-
late. Their talk is as mild as milk
v hen COMPARED with the vitrolic out
Iourings of such Americans as old
Stoddard Or Dr. Hall, the Union Sem
mary theolCgue, and a few other born
snObs who. having. at one time or
other, got a side-door admission to
the Kaiser's palace in Berlin or Pots
dam, ever since have been convinced
that among all the Kings, Emeprors,
Presidents, Popes and potentates on
earth there is only one really worth
talking about, and that is the Ger
man Kaiser.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14
The Cotton ArmageddOn.
(From the Columbia IS. c. Stat

(FrOm the COlum bla Is. CD State.)
I'VE pray for peace and manufac~
ture guns and munitions as fast as
We can and send them to Europe for
millions of men to kill other millions
Of men with. l am more con-
cerned about our cargoes Of cotton
and meat and other nOn-cOntra band
of war that are being held up on
the high seas SO writes our CORES
pOndent,;' "SOutherner.' whose letter
appears in the state today.
Cotton is one Of the principal in
gradients of explosives. Thousands
on thousands of bales of it are bein &
used in the manufacture of powder
with which the heavy shells are pro-
jected and with which 'milliOns Of
men kill other millions of men,
Nitrates are used to fertilze the
ground; also in the manufa cture OF
explosives.
Cotton is used to clothe the people
soldiers and civilians; also in the
manufacture of explosives.
Wherein lies the moral distinction
between shipments Of nitrates? Be-
tween cotton and cartridges?
Will the prayer of the righteous
that shippeth cotton that goes into
manufa cture Of powder avail more
than the prayer of the unrighteouS
that first maketh gunpowder a nd
chen shippeth it into the legions en-
gagged in slaughter at Armageddon?
AS for "meat'-take it away and
the fighting will cease; it is far more
needful to soldier than is gun
powder.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14
THE OLD GUARD.

re is not an officer on the
{ the United States Army
tvice in the Civil War.
arked the passing of the
lure who held this honor
when, Col. John L. Clern
|cn the retired list. Co..
io" Glenn was known
the land as THE Drum
Chickamauga.'' He wac
IS of age when :: he ran
his home in Michigan and
Wenty-second regiment of
retired yesterday at I'll e
-four.
kber of years Colonel Glen
kioned at the War Depart
hshington. Owing to his
Rreer, he has been a sort
all who know him. West
.ates sent to the Capital
hken great delight in, the
by the Drummer Boy"
n through the four years
|ess than fifteen, and had
recognized for bravery.
lei "Johnnie" Glen is lis
day he left home with his
|pined the Union forces TO
hst the command of Lee.
Is tribute to his years f
he Swallowed to retire
|ditional rank of brigadier
but even5 with ! his titanic
be always known as "th 9
10y OF, Chiekamauga." And
"F
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14
DOUBLES FINALS TODAY.

Chicago Aug. 14.-Play for the
honor of meeting Maurice McLough-
lin and Thomas Bundy, the national
champions, in tennis doubles at New
York on August 80 was the program
of the final round in the elimination
tournament at Onwentsia Country
club today. The match brought to-
gether William Johnston and Clarence
Griffin of San Francisco, holders Of
the Pacific coast championship. and
Walter T. Hayes and Ralph Burdick Of
Chicago western champions.
G. M. Church, the Princeton tennis
star, was to meet Alex M. souair OF
Chicago in the, challenge round for the
western singles championship. Squair
is the present title holder.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14
Bat Nelson's Inspiration.
(ChicagO Herald,)

Battling Nelson recently sent Il
story of his career to Mrs. Ella Flagg
Dung, Secretary Of Schools. VIII Ell
she went to her office a few days
ago Mrs. Young found a thick en-
Velope IN her pile of mail In it was
blue, paper covered book entitled
king Battles of Centuries' Mrs
Young was puzzled. She could not
understand what connection the d.
rectins of Il public school system
might have with dissertations of the
fine art of uppercutting and the
science of swats. She turned the
cover over and found this inscription.
with k1ndest regards to tho
worlds greatest woman, from Bat
Ting Nelson"
Perusal of the book disclosed that
a chapter had been written by the
Battler himself. 1t was a graphic
account of how he had "biffed' his
way to immortality and the first
place in Hegewsch citizenry.
At the beginning of the chapter
was a paragraph that did not deal
with the Battlers proves in manipu-
lating right hooks and left jabs. 1t
had been marked with a pen"
Il will never forget our first
schoolhouse beca use it was a dinyv
one-room house, where all the chill
dren assembled for their studies, with
one teacher Now we have several
schools, with plenty of teachers. Ella
Flagg Young, superintendent Of
SCHOOL, gave me lucture in 1890
which I never forgot and helped to
make me what I am today"
After reading the chapter, Mrs.
Young wrote:
MY Dear Mr.. Nelson-The sketch
of your career is very interesting. I
appreciate your throughtfulness and
courtesy in sending it. I have no
doubt that you will continue in the
same line Of clean athletics that you
nave followed ever since you left the
henry Clay School at Eegewisch'
Such is the explanation of how
King Battles of Centuries'' found its
way to a shelf in Mrs. Young's IL
prary, between Nine Montessori's
Kindergarten Methods" and a set
OF Gibbons Decline and Fall Of the
Roman Empire" ...-
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14
The Eugenic Woman.
, (Naugatuck NeWs.)

DR.. A. j. Read of the Normal
School of Physical Education at Bat
tie Creek, Mich, is quoted as having
said at the International Conference
in Race Betterment at the Panama
fair: THE ideal woman of the eu-
genie age will be plump and we'll
rounded. but not fat. Her complex
ion will be ruddy or brown, not pale,
at that of the present day woman,
because the pale skin is a badge of
disease rather than Of health" Since
when did DR. Read receive the power,
to peer SO far into the future and tell
US what the woman OF that time viii!
he? We do not claim 20 be as we'll
Tested on the subject Us IS the learn
ed doctor, but we venture the opin-
len that in the years to come there
will be pale women and women of
ruddy com plexion, weak women and
strong women, fat women and lean
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14
Avoided New Haven.
(New Haven TTniOnD

That shipment OF $5O,000,0OO in
gold from Canada to New York was
carefully guarded, as is shown by
the fact that although the express
company did allow ii to go over
New Haven road tracks from Boston
to Springfield, it was sent on detour
ever the Boston and Albany rather
than let it come past the Yellow
Building where the directors of the
New Haven road have their den.
Evidently the express officials and
the secret service men have read how
mysteriously the New Haven directors
make millions vanish into thin air.
and decided to take no chances. They,
no doubt know also now badly the
directors need the money
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14

land and that man is General Car
rama. He fears Intervention by the
United States and translates such
move as war of conquest The note
sent by the diplomats of South
America and this country to the Next
can leaders urging them TO enter into
peace conference for the purpose OF
setting up a constitutional government
will probably be ignored by Carranza.
He is not willing to take his chances
IN a court of arbitration fearing that
some other name might be proposed
Tor the provisional presidency at any
convention which might follow.
In sixty days 1t will be known
whether Mexico is to right it's own
affairs or let the United States do the
Job. Either armed Intervention or
"watchful waiting'' will be put in
force at the end of that time unless
the leaders of the various fa ctions in
war ridden Mexico get together. 1t
is to be hoped that the First Chief Of
the Constitutionalists secs the hand
writing on the wall and that he will
meet Villa, Zapata and the other
leaders for the purpose of composing
their differences. Unless something is
brought about soon in the interests Of
peace stringent methods must be re-
sorted to by the United States The |
Mexican situation has been allowed to
hang fire long enough
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14
ABLE DEATH TRAP,

1ley street has been con-
a state automobile road
OF serious accident at the
railroad crossing has been
hund fold. Form eriy
hrough the eastern section
WAS III Comparatively little
e state highway improve
fall at once attracted the
S and since the closing of
Yen turnpike tourist travel
verted at Berlin to the
route which at the town
into Stanley street. A
mile to the north STAN
bproaches the railroad
b make the crossing the
Bhort distance diverts into
This is the danger
Iapproach to the crossing
ktions is almost complete
Buildings. A right-angle
3uth street is necessary
te south this approach is
dangerous by the build
sudden turn. Strangers
that a crossing exists UNI
hpon it. Many narrow es-
been reported within re-
land unless something is
guard the crossing a SER
may be expected at any
has been directed at both
the state. highway depart
|nctioning the new con-
re until the crossing had
ted. Several years ago 1T
to eliminate the crossing
lder the railroad emba ak
liz the street beneath the
diagonal line. The rail
ny opposed the diagona!
Dealed to the public uti!i-
sion and was sustained.
blocked the improvemc~-
rect for the time, but last
ut through and the South
lg utilized at grade.
ub1ic opinion will demand
ion of this death trap Nv
Eton of a bridge, but n
lie the company shou1@
install gates at the point
|flagman there.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14
The Phrase Carpet Bagger."
(Richmond News Leader.)

George w. Douglass of the Phila-
delphia Public Ledger credits DR. Nc
Kelway with having originated the
term carpet Dagger" in politics and
first applied it to that ravenous horde
of northern republicans who descend
ed upon the South to prey upon her
during reconstruction days. Mr..
Douglass story is that DIR. McKelway,
who was noted for his opulent and
descriptive vocabulary, put up the
term one night over a telegram from
Washington announcing that the ad-
mnistration had sent a number of
northern republicans into the South,
and that Manton Marble then editor
Of the World, upon seeing the proof
requested DR.. McKelway to write an
editorial on the subject. This DR..
Mckelway did, captioning the article
Carpet-bag government" and vigor-
ously denouncing the policy.
Mr.. Douglas story is interesting,
and no one will question that the in
cident occurred. But we are not so
certain about his attributiOn. At
any rate, our impression is that the
first newspaper use of the term or
phrase, in designating the harpies re-
ferred to, was in the old Richmond
Enquirer, and from that paper others
adopted it, The originator, however,
was old Capt. Parr, Gloucester
county "guineaman" member of the
black and tan, Underwood constitu-
tional convention, which as to it's ma
jority was a hideous and conscience
less conglomeration of aliens, SCALA
wags and Negroes.
Capt Parr was one of the quaint
politics, and in way commanded
vocabulary as opulent and descriptive
as that of DR.. McKelway. II one
of his speeches he illustrated repub-
lican manipulation of the Negro with
a toy he drew from his pocket. The
toy consisted of a little darkey on
a spring board that danced a jig
step every time the board was tap
| ped with the finger. In another
| he solemnly warned the convention
against the fellow that ''sneaked"
down here with nothing but black
carpet bag, for he said there was
"a snake in that bag" and it was
| that speech which started the use OF
| the phrase in the newspapers
The late DR.. Joseph Brock, con-
vention reporter for the Enquirer
and Richmond correspondent for sew
eral outside papers was quick to
catch the suggestion. Thereafter, in
many of his reports, he differentiated
the members by attaching to their
names, respectively the letters &c. b.
M s." M and wv" That Is
to say, he designated them severaily
as carpet bag men" (aliens), SCALA
Wags (renegrade Virginians), Me-
groes and "Whites." or loyal Ftr-
ginians.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14
z DAYS NOTICE.

knment that may be set up
Rio gGrande river as are
peace plans proposed by
herica'll' conferees will be
by the European powers
Interests in Mexico. This
|cerfained by the state de-
"a Is gratifying to the pres
-ra ton Great Britain and
pwers will insist, however.
E government shall recog-
|iainns for damages which
brought during the revolu-
past five Yeas. These
be submitted IN due sea-
an international court.
bnly one man in all Mexico
/ present time is not in
vith amy movement that
bout peace in his native
. ~ : ll -
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14

Everybody in these days has a va
ca ton. Persons whose way Of life
has not yet fallen into the sere, the
yellow leaf can remember when the
custom was by no means universal.
the gospel Of work was so diligently
followed that an annual opportunity
tC loaf and invite ones soul was re-
garded as little less than immoral. 1t
does not appear that the business Of
the world is less we'll done now that
the humblest worker may anticipate
TWO weeks of cessation from toll
Probably it is better done in the long
run, despite the demoral izing effects
OF long procession OF absences. Only
q chronic grum bier would consider it
a grievance to earn a rest by taking
On some extra duties before and after.
Nevertheless this is the feature Of the
vacation season. which is least agree
able. It does make the summer the
hardest part of the year-eXcept for
those two weeks of trave1 or idleness.
Tt is constant reminder of the truth
that thcre can be no gain without
some loss.-Philadelphia Ledger.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14
The Point of View.
(Coluin bia State. }

Victor Berger, socialist and former
congressman and editor of the Mil
Waukee leader, advocated in MS
newspaper, when the war broke out
in Europe, a ruling against ship
ments Of munitions from the United
states but he was strenuously op-
posed by the Germania Herold and
the Freie Press, which at that time,
believed that Germany might obtain
war supplies from the United States.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14
New Neck Fixings
At $1.es and sos Each

Always alert to the new creations in :.
Women's Neckwear See the values
we are Offering.
NEW QUAKER COLLARS AND SETS
At Csc and 49c
BLACK LACE COLLARS
Csc, 48c TO CSC Each
NEW ORGANDIE VESTEES
At 49c r ~#Et
LACE AND NET GUIMPEs
49c and CSC Each .a.
In black, white and ecru. #f
NEW LONG SLEEVE GUIMPEs
At 9Sc
CREPE DE CHINE TIES
At Csc and soc Each . -
All the new shades. in plain colors,
wide stripes and Powered effects.
Mems $1.oo Coat Shirts, now zoe .
each.
Mems soc Neckwear, now 3ec each.
Mems $1.00 Sample Union Suits,
Saturday at 49c each.
Mems Onyx" Silk sox al csc pair.
Value soc.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14

The possibility of financing gov
eminent in Mexico with American
money must open up a very pleasant
vista before the eyes of the river
bandit eaders.-Rochester Democrat
and Chronicle.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14

The trouble with General Carranza
is his uncomp romising claim to be
"ueber allies without being able to
deliver the goods.-Springfeld Re-
publican.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14

They may prosecute Sheriff Kim
kead of Hudson County, New Jersey,
for exceeding his legal authority, but
a crowd of strikers back at work
ought to be e. pretty good defense
Bingha anton Press.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14

Then, too, think of all the boys.
not raised to be soldiers, who are
wandering round wondering what IN
thunder they we're raised for.-Bos-
ton Journal.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14
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 lac, tic,
Csc, Acc each. Values up to $1.0o.
TRUNKS
$3.9S to $3.50
See our line of Baggage. ~.
TRAVELLING BAGS
At 1918
All leather. Value $3.50.
$1.8s STRAW SUIT CASES AT sI.49
Full 24-inch, straps all around.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14

being could think of.-Buffalo Com
mercial.
Our Filipino brethren seem to N
making progress. A gang of aooot
twenty recently entered the town ,o+
blnan, Laguna. at 10 O'Clock AZ To-
IN automobiles. "After soaring
toWnspcOple into submission VIZ
NoiVers they ransaCkcd two
ana made their getaway IN t'''i 4t,4
chines.' The Manila Times say va,
the method ''smackcd OF ~ '''
New York" How cOuld thc> Po'?'
have such an idea Of us m 'hc ip
pines ?--New York sun.
Every meeting of New OK L Us
sives now has the ineNltap1e ar y,
physicians gathered at the oeosloe VI
2 patient in eXtremls Inc uoc''l'
ara true to the prOvert' ana dlsdSlee.
DR. Davenport ronO1nc's the SICK
,art,- as good as dead. Buf 2OOd Ola
1lr Perkins not only discovers signs
~, life bit declares thaI the patient
is "erowing" DR.. DeNO, however,
doesn't want to see him grow The
thing to do. he SAYS, is to keep the
Progressive party small and select.
Get rid Of all the dislOyal and all the
1raitorous, is his prescription, give up
ali hope of ever winning an election,
and lust be strong and HAPPY in pure
and unselfsh devotion to "the cause"
one can imagine how this medical
philosophy will appeal 70 the "do-
things" physician Of oyster Bay.-New
Y ork Evening Post.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14

woman with bodily injury in the man
ner Of the Black Hand is about as base
an act of despica bleness as a human
being could think of.-BuffalO Com
mercal.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14

That big consignment Of English
gold for New York got through the
war zone some secretly enough, but
has been making more noise at this
end of The trip than circus coming
to town.-New York World
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14
Women's Summer
Dresses

Marked Down to S1.9S Each
About Two Hundred Dresses in this
lot Values up to $5.98. Saturday at
the final clearance price your choice
$1.9S each.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14

It is to be hoped that the dastards
who have been writing threatening
letters to Mrs. Whitman, wife of the
governor. will be speedily apprehended
and put beyond all possibility Of doing
any harm. To threaten a defenseless
New Britain herald., 1915-08-14

Paris dressmakers are said to be
in doubt If it will help them we
suggest that the most convenient
place for a pistol pocket is on the
right hip special designs for LETT
handed women.-Toledo Blade