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New Britain herald., 1915-08-09

government was contending for the freedom of the seas when Prussia had been reduced by Napoleon to a mere patch on the map of Europe?
 1t would appear that the United states is taking in more immigrants than it can perfectly assimilate. The melting pot is not quite up to the requirements of a situation like this. The clements do not dissolve and amalgamate we'll in times which harden and intensity their original quality. But one in a way offsets an- other and no permanent harm can be done. But there isn't enough of any one element to make it strong to re- slst ultimate absorption into the gen. cral mass. In the end most will he turned out good Americans and none the worse for having an affection for the land from which they sprung.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09
Prenatal Influence.
(New London Day.)

three year old bull moose is 9
 magnificent animal just arrived at the
 full of his strength and aggressive ness. The third birthday of the Bull Moose party found it far past it's prime and well on the path of de- cline There must have been some- thing the matter with the creature from the beginning. If it had been a normal animal at birth it would lave been at its lustiest right now. Per- haps the unfortunate weakling is sui fering from the effects of prenatal influence. Maybe there was too much noise in the neighborhood about Lte time it came into existence. Per- haps the roarings of the colonel af- fected it's ear drums and so, by>>and by it's general health. It certainly doesn't seem to be able to hear 7 the colonel's voice right now.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09
Progress i'm College Education.

There were 216.493 students in col leges, universities, and technologlcai schools in 1914, according to the an hual report of the commissioner Of education, just issued. This is an a. crease of 14,262 over 1913. The but eaus list, for 1914 includes 567 instl- tut1ons, a decrease of twenty-nine over the preceding year. States pr municipalities control ninety-three or the colleges; private corporalohs control 474. Men still outnumoer women in higher education; there were 139,373 men in 1914 and G,12O women, as compared with 12S,644 men and 73,5S7 women in 1913. De- spite rising standards of admission and graduation, college enrolment has more than tripled since 1890.
 Receipts during the year tOtaled O,579,257, of which SlS,4Z2,S56 was for endowment Benefactions to colleges and universities totaled $26,- 670,O17, something over S2,0O0,00o more than in the year previous. Six institutions received benefactions n excess of a million dollars apiece, and forty-five universities colleges. and
 
 amounting to more than $100,00O. Tn the past seven years the largest in crease in income has come through state and municipal appropriations, and the smallest from tuition and other fees. State and municipal ap~ proprations grew from $9,649,549 in 1908 to $23, 400,54O in 1914, while fees for tuition and other educational iro X b.2 to $22, ,529.
 The dominant note of the year in higher education, according to the report, was concentration, both in 1n- ternal organization and in relation D state authority. The movement in the direction of authoritative classifica- ton gained momentum during the year, chiefly through the activities of several voluntary association. The junior-college movement has reached the point where several states-not- ably Wisconsin, Missouri, Virginia, and Idaho-have gone on record as definitely recognizing junior colleges in the educational system of the state. The Municipal University of Akron, Ohio, was added to the list of city universities, and the new Association of Urban Universities" esta blished in the fall of 1914, lends emphasis to this municipal university development.
 Degrees conferred by colleges and universities included 26,533 baccal aureate, SPAS graduate, and 749 hon. orary The degree of doctor of phil osophy was conferred as the result If examination by forty-six institutions on 446 men and seventy-three wom- en.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09
Competition Killed.
(New Haven Inion.)

No more may North Americans turn hopefully to the Argentine for relief when beef prices soar dis gra cefully.
 The largest packing plant in the world was opened in the early part of July. IL is located at La Plata, Ar gentina, A Buenos Ayres magazine appropriately calls it "El Dread naught de los Frigorificos."
 This gigantic packing house, con- sisting of 17 steel and concrete build irgs, is owned in Chicago. The United States has a very real interest in t. There will be little competition ill the future between Chicago and La Plata.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09
HAVE FINE ENTRIES.

speediest boats in the country have been entered to compete for the Am erican championship speed boat races to be held here Aug. 2S to Sept. 1, 1t was announced today.
 Included in the entries is the Dis turber " of Chicago, which has made close to sixty miles an hour in trial spins and the Black Demon of Terre Haute, Ind, a mile a minute craft. Peter Pan VII, flying the flag of the Royal Canadian Yacht club of Toronto, is expected to be among the starters.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09
So Far So Good.
New London Telegraph h.

Roosevelts return to the east has been seized upon as an occasion for speculation regarding his plans, and those of progressives generally, with reference to the next national cam paign.
 Best guess is. judging by what little the colonel has to announce. and by what other of the Moose contingent are saying and doing. plans are largely tentative
 There is good deal Of watchful waiting.
 It seems probable that MT. Roose- Veit hopes to preserve an appearance or Iormldable front for the progressive organization, while Brother Hiram Jchnson undertakes to get control of the republican national convention de- legates from California and other western states and att empt to get the straight republican nomination for president.
 rms undertaking has a chance to succeed, so far as winning some west ern delegates is concerned. In the convention 1t would quickly become apparent that Brother Johnson, al- tllOuSH d very me man would not DC acceptable to the party as a whole. About that time or sooner. if judged convenient, just as Senator La Toilette was obviated suddenly some years ago, so Hiram Johnson would be obviated, and having hitched his stalking horse to chew the oats of disappointment under the shade of some fragrant allanthus, the commander of com manders would proceed to close com bat on foot.
 Plans have probably not developed further than as above outlined-and even those. as we say, are tentative. A tremendous number of things can happen between now and then, and everybody realizes that it Is the inn mediate future of things, and not pres ent engineering of them which is to determine where Moose tracks are to be impressed Tn the soil of political endeavor. This is also equally true of the Elephant and the Donkey.
 Theodore Roosevelt says that he will enroll this fall as a progressive, and not as a republican.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09
GOOD WEATHER FOR OPENER.

Grand Rapids. Mich.. Aug. 9--A fast track and favorable weather promised attractive races today at the opening of the grand circuit harness meeting here.
 Three events were on the program "a 2:14 trot, 2:10 trot and the pa7- ing division of the Matron stake. The Comstock Stake of S3,ooo for 2.12 pacers has been postponed until We'd nesday.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09
GIRLS BREAKS RECORD.

Tacoma, Wash, Aug. 9.-What was said to be a new worlds baseball throwing record for a, girl was made yesterday by Miss Ruth McCabe when she threw a ball 209 feet five inches. Miss Dorothy Smith of Vassar college is said to have established the best previous record in 1911, with Q throw of 204 feet. Miss McCabe is a fourth year student in high school here.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09
TAKE A VACATION.

AAALf "A VfACAllON.
 Some few days ago there was an in tervieW given out by prominent New York merchant to the effect that he had not taken vacation in forty five years. Just could not leave my business, was his explanation for his consistency at work Back of it all was the old and mistaken idea that the business could not get along with out him. There are many men who think the same thing
 AS if to smash once and for all that
 bump of self-im portance that turks in the manly bosom, the little some thing which tells us all that the old world will stop revolving when we cease to be among those present, up stands one Henry Ford, employer of men, and gives his entire force two weeks vacation. During those two, weeks not shaft will be turned in the Ford factories where thousands daily toll. There is the first
 
 old assumption that no man can get away from his work. Henry Ford has proven it can be done.
 There is characteristic American language used when this man Ford tells of now the two weeks vaca- tion-idea' was put into execution. He says:-"Everybody wanted a vaca- tion and they came to me asking for one. I said, All right, we'll have a vacation at once and get rid of 1t. so we have shut down for two weeks. 7 And the men get their vacation with pay. What is more to the polnt' they are not taking this vacation now because there is 8 deartn ot work. On the contrary, this is the busiest season these men have ever seen. They are taking vacations nov merely to get them out of the way. At | the same time they are exploding the ! theory that man must be harnessed 1 to his work.
 Modern business is wonderful 1 thing. And America is the birthplace l of nearly all modern business ideas. l Efficiency is the watchword in the 1 business world As soon as business men realize that the highest efficiency i is reached only when men are labor ing under the proper Conditions, when their hours of relaxation are in just l to their hours of labor, l -hen will the best efforts be made by l hose who must earn their living by i the sweat of their brow. Every man. 1 no matter who he is, what ne loes, ought to have two weeks Val , down for two weeks is a good motto. 1
 If employers are not in a position to give the two weeks vacation with pay, employees should be independ- ent enough to take the time off with putt pay.sAglittle extra saving duringft the working weeks will more than | make up for this, and it is worth the while, Two weeks in the mountains, pr at the beach, or on the farm Will put back in the human body all the 1igor of youth. It makes a. man bet er to get out in Gods open air and breathe the spirit of freedom After he play is over work seems all the more better because pleasant memor-' es of vacation time are carried back to brighten the toll of the day. Fl- nally, no man is so important that he leave his work for this short lon gth of time
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09
According to a Torrington corr

According to a Torrington corre- spondent one of the contestants at the Fifers' and Drumers' convention in that town entertained in superior style on the bass drum Our idea of something not to rave about is bass drum solo.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09
FOG CAUSES PosTpoNMENT.

Marblehead, Mass, Aug. a.--The start of the New York Yacht club cruise from here to Gloucester was postponed today, owing to thick fog and a steady drizzle.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09
LEWELRY SALE.

Wednesday morning, Sc each, for values to 25c
 Many bits of Dainty Jewelry in this Sale.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09
ADAM AND EVE.

Rnother, of our cherish ed hust go by the boards. Eve are vindicated. Eve the apple to Adam in the Paradise, Adam did not forbidden fruit from the |e, nor did he bring the upon the human family. E Noah who accomplished Noah it was who first the laws and plunged bm the roseate garden of This veil of tears. Poor, dam. Poor, gossiped- Wretcned Noah.
 Rnd more, we learn from tten before the days of Ind which now reposes, duly translated, in the Museum, Pennsylvania. y1riofogists have compar- t with every other known Historical document and authentic. Further, they led it, up with the Book Ind label the narrative ather faulty in spots, measure, a clever piece of Ing. Our own Bible was
 one thousand years after hn theology was put on Hso there can be no doubt Higinality and the authen-
 Adam and Eve story as
 the University Museum
 of the gentleman whom Historians mistook tor EEnki. He was a water Eith his consort, Ninella, Than our Eve, ruled over HDilrnun, which has been pusly referred to as Par hun was out on the east Arabian gulf.
 her it from 9 translation
 there was a goddess by Nintu who created -1nlSit Hand then later took one Hs of his left hand, prob Hiding finger, and formed Ion, Ninella. That puts
 touches to the story Of hrther, We learn that a ling of men and women |h Dilmun. Things went h a wonderful rate that, ksent day fashion, the eglected. The men re- V and the women spent ll1e adorning themselves nage of birds. The gods ecided to destroy these Eintu, figuring that is ited these beings she nd erest in them, set out to ations from the fury of bds. She could not save
 few she could manage n a large boat, presunl- in charge of a man Ig, which is equivalent hian Nuuh, or Moan, .ne bf Tagtug giving the idea
 gtug saved the lives of
 his craft, and, as a re- ken by Nintu and intro he of the gods. He was as gardener in the gar
 ods. which carried with bm of the place. Only
 n was placed upon him.
 eat of the fruit of the
 But Tagtug disobeyed suit, all his descendant ts
 with bodily ills and the bir lives cut from 50,000 average of 100. That Is
 all dying so young this en many years to vindi.-
 Adam and Mother Eve,
 looks of this noble work
 mia it would seem that
 s been cleared. Tagtug las the fellow whom we
 There is one thing which
 cared up, however, and
 about this Adams ap-
 he men are displaying
 Byronic and sportshir' summer? The new ver- Etug got drunk from the
 assia tree. The old ver-
 the apple sticking in
 t seems to have a sha de
 story after all. What
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09

Of course the San Francisco expo sition is not as large as the exposition held in Chicago in 1893 or the one held in St. Lou!5 a few years later, but considering it's distance from the center of population of the United States the hard times and the inabit- ity of the large foreign nations to par @ticipate in the exhibits, it is an ex- ample of pluck and perseverance that has no equal in it's line. One must consider that only nine years ago the business portion of San Francisco was completely ruined by fire and earth quake and that since then the ruined portion of the city has been restored better by far than before the disaster, and also that in addition the city with some aid by the state created an :n- ternational exposition that is well worthy to be called such. Indeed the general architecture and scheme of the San Francisco show are ahead of any of it's predecessors. Berkshire Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09

throughout the world, fact which proves that the late P. T. Barnum's estimate was conservative one.- Utica Press.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09

The New Hampshire tollgate keeper who saw his first president the other Gay missed something. He snoulo have seen the one we had just before the one we had before this one Rochester Union Advertiser.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09
FACTS AND FANCIES.

Pity the poor cost of living! It will go up as the demands for shorter hours of labor are concerned. The public always. pays the piper in the end.-Philadelphi Ledger. E.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09

The four per cent. increase n rates granted the express companies by the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion may do much good to a deserv- ing industry, and not inflict hard ship upon the shipper. A long road will have to be travelled before the old order of things is restored in express monopoly. We doubt if the journey can ever be made: Public opinion has erected too many barriers for that. That being the case, safeguard ing the interests of the shipper must not be permitted to do an injustice to the carrier-Syracuse Journal.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09

wOMEN'S SAMPLE UNION SUITS
 soc values to $100.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09

A statistical note states that there are sixty-seven births every minute
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09

r The final triumph of another great reform, the near end of the opium traffic, is marked in the closing out of three anti-opium societies and two anti-opium periodicals in Great Brit ain. The societies and periodicals have ceased or changed their pur- pose. In the same way the abolition of slavery brought about the suspen- sion or transformation of anti-slavery societies and iodicals.-Rocheste Times.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09
CHnDREN,S DRESsEs

Stamped to embroider. Wednes- day morning at 19c each.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09
3. MCMILLAN Ias-2o1-2oa MAIN, STREET
KAISER MAKES PEACE
 OFFER TO RUSSIA
Czar Turns Down Proposals of Ger many Made Through King of Den-
 mark Says Bourse Gazette.


 London, Aug. 9.-Reuter's corre- spondent at Petrograd transmits the following:
 The Bourse Gazette learns from an unimpeachable source that the German emperor made an offer of peace to Russia last week through the king of Denmark. The answer sent to the king stated that the question of peace negotiations could not be raised at the present time"
 Petrograd, via London, Aug. Q, 2:25 a. m.-The report that Germany had made peace proposals to Russia be- came known in official circles here several days ago and was freely dis cussed in the Hobbies of the duma, ac- cording to the Vechernee Vremya.
 We learn on good authority" says the newspaper, that Germany through Denmark proposed to Rus sa separate peace, Russia to re- ceive Galicia while Germany would retain the western district of Poland. A representative of the foreign office categorically denied that there was the remotest possibility of any peace negotiations. In the Hobbies of the duma the proposal was dismissed aas unworthy of serious consideration"
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09
woMEN's SAMPLE VESTS.

At t2Hc each, values 1ec to 25c.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09

year ago the plan of settling the Mexican question through combined action of the United States and the south American powers would have succeeded. But the United States would not agree to the plan which the South Americans proposed. It may have difficulty in enlisting their sup port now on any plan of it's own.- Buffalo Express.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09

How to keep cool: Avoid also rnents, don't attempt to. undeIstaiio William Jennings Bryaa, eat as hc'io food as possible and don't UT! 'o iol low the thermometer-1r may De ou' of order, anyway.-Springfield Oh'oh'
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09

The sun is disturbed oy d spo' 9i@ times the diameter of the ealth' o"' the sun spot will be rorsotteh loiis before the world recoVerS lrolh 'it0 European war spot now Ill ah "c"'o state of infammatlon'-Hi b Ill t' la III 'o1A Press.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09

Colonel Roosevelt has no harsh words for progressive leaders who have stated their purpose of abandon ing the party, but the colonel says he will not follow their example. It seems as if the Colonel will have to nominate and vote for himself to save inc party .-WillSesbarre Record.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09
Values Up to $9.98
 On Sale "Wednesday Morning at 8:30 A. M.
500 YARDS MOIRE RIBBONS.

Wednesday morning at 10c yard, colors, White, Pink, Light Blue and Cardinal.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09

WONIEN'S AND CHILDREN's SAM.
 PILE UNION SUITS. 25c value 29c fn h0c
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09

LARGE TURKISH TOWELS. Wednesday morning at 9c each.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-09

COTTON BLANKETS. For Cots and Cribs. Size 46x74. Wednesday morning at 59c pair. WOMEN'S 5c HANDKERCHIEFs. Wednesday morning 6 for 19c.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-12
DENOUNCE SAMPLE SALES
Shoe Dealers Seek Law
Against Them.
Shoe

The passage of law by Congress
making it d penal offence TO use de
ceptive advertising IN the shoe trade
was advocated by the convention of the
National Shoe Retailers Association
Yesterday al the Hotel Aston.
This measure, members of tn asso-
citation say, is directed especially
against the sample" shoe stores. These
stores pretend TO draw their stocks
from the salesmen's samples which
have suffered slight wear through eX-
hibition on the road. Shoe retailers at
the Astor yesterday said that this
claim was at least 90 per cent false
Only two sizes Of shoes are carried by
shoe statesmen a No. 4 IN women's
shoes and a No. in mems. All other
shoes sold by sample shoe stores are
either defective or Of inferior material.
The shortage OF patent leather,
caused by the war, was also discussed.
American shoemakers have hitherto
drawn most Of their supply from Rus
STA. BY the German blockade Of the
Baltic this is now cut of, and dealers
say that patent leather shoe famine
threatens.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-12
JEROME DENIES
ANTI-STEUER PLOT
Disputes on Stand Story of Miss
st. Clair-CaSe Goes TO
jury To- day.

William Trsvers jerome denied yes
terday the charges of conspiracy to
ruin Max D. Steuer made against him
by Edith st. Clair. the actress. who is
being tried IN the Supreme Court for
perjury. lie said that he told Miss
St. Clair that her testimony would not
injure Steuer because II was not cor
roborated and that, therefore, the
grand jury would not return an IN
dictment.
Both the prosecution and the de-
fence announced yesterday that they
had presented all of their evidence.
an the case will 60 TO the jury this
afternoon, after the attorneys argu-
ments.
Mr.. Jerome admitted that he had
interccded in Miss St Glars behalf
in an effort TO find theatrical work for
her with Pat Casey. theatrical agent,
who is alleged by her TO have been a
party to the conspiracy that resulted
in the charges Of perjury against her
"DiG you tell the defendant after
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-12
SKY RAYS HIS WIRELESS
Warship Uses Searchlight as
Call for Provisions.

Captain l.. n. Porter Of the United
Fruit steamship Tenadores brought 10
port yesterday a story which may ex-
plain how German warships are being
proyisoned.
He said that a steamship Of about
1000 tons. called the Marie Quezada,
flying the Costa Rican flag. left Port
Limon. Costa Rica. without clearance
papers. soon after 5earchlight from a
strange war vessel had flashed upon
the sky. 1t is believed the searchlight
was signal from a German cruiser.
The Quezsda was formerly the Nor
wcgian steamship Gladstone. and as
such she left Newport News with coal
supposed for Valparaiso, Chill.
On the Tenadores was Anton Amer
ling, an Austrian, eighty-two years old.
who has several plantations in Costa
Rica. He said he was going 90 see his
son who was i'll in Budapest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-12
t When Cotton Broker
Dwbdge Ascends and Guards Swarm Out When Cotton Broker
Begins Fight Against Divorce VerdcShe Prepares tor Siege
and Husband Takes Field Armed with Suitcases.

doesn't think thsre'l be a reconcilia-
ton she has stationed guards all over
the lawn Of Pontiac 10 keep the ideal
OF her qirlish dreams OF the front
porch.
Mr.. Tatum's first move yesterday
was TO take a complete set OF suitcases
and trunks from his Great Neck home
and send them by auto 10 New York
hotels. where he will occasi onally
spend his nights until decision is made
on the question of who Is TO occupy
Pontica. From Mrs. Tatum's attitude
it seems highly probable that this ques-
ton will be settled to Mr.. Tatum's sat
isfaction unless he survives his wife,
for she said with determination yester-
day that she won't give up until she
dies.
From that time until Mrs. Tatum and
her sister Kathryn May Macarthur,
took breakfast the only lively event in
Great Neck was the explosion of trick
cigar owned and operated by Hen"
Coffin, the veteran volunteer fireman.
A score or so Of guards had taken