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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-04-24
AMERICAN BANKER
TALKS ABOUT BERLIN
Tells English Not to Be Deeeiv5d by
Newspaper Statements.

Correspondence of the Associated Press
London, April 10.-An American
banker who has just returned from
Berlin, talked with a party of Eng
fish newspapermen on his arrival in
London. He gave them rather a diff
terent idea of the state of affairs in
Berlin than that conveyed by most of
the English newspaper comment. He
said:
You English should not be de-
ceived by newspaper statements
reaching you from various Continent
tai points to the effect that Germany
Is on the brink of starvation. 1 have
lust closed my house in the fashion
Lble residential part of Berlin. My
household budget was not more than
twenty-five per cent higher on
March 10 than it. was a year ago. Va
rious staple articles of food cost more
AS they do in London-but hardly
one Is beyond the reach of the ordi-
nary middle-cla householder, or
even of the humber classes. Every
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-04-24

ploying women and girls in place Of
the men who have gone to the front.
A Wrong Conclusion.
ut is also wrong to conclude, as l
sometimes read in the English news.
papers, that Germany is so near the
dregs of her resources that boys of
fifteen are being dragooned into the
army. Nothing of that sort. A Ger
man lad of my acquaintance, a fine
athletic fellow of eighteen, has not
been summoned, although he is ready
to volunteer. They do not need him.
I'm short, to the casual observer,
there is not outward sign that Ger
many is on the verge of famine in
either men, provisions, munitions or
money. The plentifulness of money Is
almost the only bluff" that Germany
is putting up. The money so 'plen-
tifully' in circulation is paper curren-
cy of value as low as 90 cents, flowing
from the Imperial treasury like
water.
THE Germans in my judgment,
thanks to farsighted precautionary
measures and natural frugality, can
never be starved into surrender. They
can be inconvenienced-they are now
but that is different thing"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-04-24
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE
To Probe Charges of Atrocities Made
by Bclligcrents Urged.

Paris. April "a, 6:1O a. m.-Com-
mcnting on the use of asphyixiating
bombs by the Germans. the press of
this city declares that German official
communications during the past fort
night have charged the French with
employing the same variety of shells,
probably with the purpose of rep
resenting as reprisals their new me-
thods of warfare.
Humanite urges the government to
associate itself with the movement
understaken in Germany for the in
formation Of an international commit
ttee to verify charges of atrocities
made by belligerents. The paper ar
CUES that the reports of such a COM
mittee, in the eyes of neutrals, would
De authentic, while the Germans can
deny accusations based solely upon
evidence of the French general staff.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-04-24

est foreign maps as we'll as data gath
cred from innum era BILE sources by
army experts. 1t covers virtually all
territories now involved in the war
and shows in great detail fortified
areas and naval bases, torpedo boat
stations and submarine bases, radio
sttions and submarine cbles, princi-
pal, secondary and ordinary railway
lines, steamship lines, including canals
and rivers, capitas of independent and
dependent states, chief places of ad-
ministrative divisions and sub-divi-
sions, important towns and. other i'm
portant localities. 1t has an advan-
tage over most of the previous maps
in that so far as opssible, all names
bave been Anglicized.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-04-24
QUARANTINE HEARING
AGAINST GYPSY MOTH
Department of Agriculture VIII Hear
Arguments Against Proposed Meas
ure for New England States.

Washington. April 24.-With a view
to the extension of the federal quar-
antine against the gypsy moth in new
areas in the New England states
which have recently been found to be
infested, the department of agricul-
ture announced today that a public
hearing on the proposal would be held
here May 6. The states with the new
townships which it is proposed to in
clude in this extension of the quar-
antine are:
Maine-Anson, Dixmont, Orrington,
Lamoine and Trenton.
New mpshire-Hanover, Leban-
on, Enfield. Grafton. Grantham.
Plainfield, Cornish. Croydon. Clare
mont, Unity, Charlestown, Lempster,
Acworth, Langdon, NARROW, Alstead,
Walpole, Westmorelard. Surrey, Gill
sum and Sullivan.
Vermont-Norwich and Hartford.
chusetts-Leyden, Deerfied,
Montague, Wendell, West Brookfield.
Brookfield. Warren, Brimfield. Sur
bridge, Holland. Wales, Palmer and
Monson.
Connecticut. Eastford. Hampton,
Chaplin, Scotland. Canterbury, Mans
field, PIainfeld, Sterling, Griswold,
Lisbon and Sprague.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-04-24

body must have a bread ticket, and
there is no shortage of bread. My
family of two and two servants never
used the whole of our tickets for The
week. The potato-flour bread is only
slightly less palatable than the old
time wheaton loaf.
AT present no German is capable
of even dreaming of the possibility of
defeat.
Foolish Misrepresentation.
II find also a vast amount of fool
ish Misrepresentation in England
about industrial conditions in Ger
many. Trade does not seom to me to
have been materially dislocated. The
shops appear to have their regular
flow of customers. The coffee houses,
the restaurants, the theaters, the con-
cert halls, the picture palaces, AMI
other esta blishments dependent ou
public patronage seem to be doing
as we'll as eight months ago. The
coffee houses which have caba-ets
are always crammed.
us it generally understood here
that Germany is at the moment
short of artisan labor? Unemploy-
ment is almost nom existant. Wages
are high. A skilled man who used 10
get only 81 or $1.25 a day can now
earn $3.50 or $500. Everything con-
net ted with the output of munitions
is working at utmost capacity day
and night, Sundays and holidays,
without cessation. New factories have
sprung up like mushrooms to produce
goods heretofore imported into Ger
many.
"A German friend of mine who
used to make furniture and found
his business temporarily shelved by
the war is now making ST. rapnel, en-
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-04-24
YPRES BATTLE EVENS
UPNEUVE CHAPELLE
Berlin Papers Satisfied With Outcome
of Fighting There-Challengc Eng
lands Supremacy at Sea.

Berlin, April "a, via L>o.lon, III
p. m.-The newspapers of Berlin to-
day express satisfaction with the out
come of the fighting at Ypres, and
say that it evens up for what happen
ed at the Neuve Chapelle.
They are pleased. also. with the
report of the German admiralty that
the feet has been cruising in the
North Sea. The Tages Zietung says
that so far as 1t is able to recall
earlier announcements of marine ac-
tivity did not speak of the German
high sea fleet, as a whole. but only
of parts thereof. This paper says
Admiral Jellicoe, the British COM
mander, has had his opportunity for
a Trafalgar, but that he cid not seize
it. IT,
Other newspapers ask scornfuIly
where the supremacy of Great Britain
at sea is to be found.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-04-24
DETAILER EUROPEAN WAR MAP
Captured by American War Depart
ment Strategists.

Washington, April 24.-War de-
partment strategists under direction
or Brig. Gen. Montgomery M. Ma
comb, president of the Army War COL
lege. have just captured a detailed
European war map.
The new map is based upon the lat
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-04-24

Baseball. Complete scores of all
games in all leagues in th4 Hartford
Globe.-advt.
Evening journal., 1915-12-13
BEGIN HOT WAITER
DRINMlMG IF YOU
DON'T FEEL RIGHT
Says glass Of hot water with
phosphate before breakfast
washes out poisons.

If you wake up with bad taste, bad
breath and tongue is coated; ie your
head is dull or aching; if what you eat
sours and forms gas and acid in ston'-
ach. or you are bilious, constipated,
nervous. sallow and can't get feeling just
right. begin inside bathing. Drink be-
fore breakfast, glass of real hot
water with a teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate in it. This will flush the poi
sons and toxins from stomach. liver,
nidnevs and bowels and cleanse sweeten
and purify the entire alimentarg tract
DO your inside bathing immediately
upon arising in the morning TO wash
out of the system all the previous days
poisonous waste, gases and sour uile be-
fore putting more food into the st)m-
ach.
To feel like young folks fcel;- like you
felt before your blood. nerves and mus
cles became loaded with body impulI-
ties, get from your pharmacist quar-
ter pound of limestone phosphate. which
is inexpensive and almost tasteless, eX-
cept tor a sourish twinge which is not
unpleasant.
Just as soap and hot water act on the
skin. cleansing. sweetening and freshen-
inc. so hot water and limestone phos-
phate act on the stomach, liver, kid
news and bowels. Men and women who
arc usually constipated, bilious. head
achy or have any stomach disorder
should begin this inside bathing before
breakfast They are assured they viii
become real cranks on the subject
shortly.
Evening journal., 1915-12-13
RY FRANCIS y. WARREN

United States Senator from Wyoming.
The inclination and desire of the
political party temporarily in con-
troll Of the national administration, to
eliminate the tariff question from
next years campaign, while natural,
is not likely to be gratifed
The tariff question has been with
the country as a live issue since the
days when the republic was founded,
and will remain with us as long as
we are a nation different from other
nations in modes of living and with
different ideas from other nations in
regard to the liberal and proper COM
pensation for labor and the proper
returns upon capital invested and la
Dor performed i'm manufacturing,
farming and other industries.
Should the American people become
satisfied to receive smaller returns
for their labor and capital and get down
to a parity in those matters with the
low wages and long hours of other
peoples. then, and not until then, will
the tariff question cease to interest
us vitality.
From the very nature of things the
tariff question is never shopwOrn OF
outlawed II is always with us, and
must necessarily be with us as long
as we have a government to support
and while we. as a nation. desire to
get our rightful heritage from the nat
ural resources and wealth Of our
country and thus maintain general
prosperity.
No wonder the political party now
in control Of the public business is
disinclined to be judged by the re-
suit OF its tariff legislation, the I'm.
derwood-Simmons law.
On the day the bill became a law
one OF its sponsors, Senator Simmons
predicted in set terms that it woulC
prove adequate as a revenue producer
and he said that he estimated ther,
would be surplus OF revenue at tn,
close of the fiscal year 1914 Of SIG,
100000, and at the close Of the fsca
year 1915 of S1S.O0O.000.
As a prophet he was a failure. On
March 8. 1913, the Republicans turne,
over to the Democrats a surplus il
the Treasury of SS2.219,61997. Ha,
Senator Simmons prediction beef
realized, the Treasury surplus at tn
close of the fiscal year 1915 woul,
have been Sll60OO,OOO But in spit
Evening journal., 1915-12-13
MONDAY DEC. I3. 1915
REAssrRANCE As TO TYPHOm.


WUBLIC reinsurance is found in the statement made
by the atate Board of Health relative to the condi
ton Of the water supply of the city of Wilmington.
II informs the public that the water that is now be-
ing furnished 10 consumers here is free from ty
pboid contamination it is possible for it to be- II
bases It's assertion upon analyses made by the State
chemist and bacterologs the city physician and bac
terioogst and Official hacterioogist. who checked
up the findings Of the other experts Il is asserted that
by no stretch OF the imagination the OF ty
phod that have occurred in this city be traced TO the
water taken from Brandywine creek. Warming is
given, however that the filtration plant should be dou
bed in size to handle the water properly and to provide
for the steady growth Of tho city.
clean bill OF health also is given to the cys milk
supply
Investigation has convinced the health officials that
much of tho typhoid that has occurred has
suited from persons who live here and work in other
places bringing it home with them from such outside
points Wouldn't il be well for the officials 70 trace
each case back its point OF origin and issue
ing that will protect not only the people OF our own
city. but also those living in communities in which
water and milk conditions not so good?
Evening journal., 1915-12-13

of frantic efforts in bookkeeping to
make the Treasury surplus appear
large, the actual surplus at the close
of the 1915 fiscal year was less than
$4 100000, and at the close OF the
present fiscal year in place Of the in
herited eight-two millions there is
likely to be a deficit of one hundred
millions.
Thus as a revenue producer the I'm
derwood- Simmons law has been fail
ure, and, in order to get revenue, those
who put il on the statute books are
said to be contemplating repeating its
provisions relating to sugar, imposing
a revenue" tariff on wool and retain
ing a revenue tariff on sugar.
In his speech felicitating his party
on having enacted the Underwood
Simmons law, Mr.. Simmons said: 1T
Will cut down the cost Of living
Again his prophecy was at fault.
Wool was placed on the free list and
the duty on manufactures of wool re-
duced, but no reduction in the price
of clothing has followed. The tariff
on sugar was reduced. and that prod
uct was scheduled for the free list
next year, but the price of sugar to
the consumer did not decrease; on the
contrary, it increased. The duty was
removed from live stock, meats and
other food products. but. nevertheless,
/ it is patent to all that there has been
no reduction in price of either the ne
cessities or luxuries of life on which
the tariff was either reduced or elimi-
mated.
The failure OF the tariff law TO pro-
duce any Of the beneficial results pre-
dicted is ascribed to the war, which
has upset normal conditions the world
over It cannot be denied that the war
has had and is having an important
effect upon the business OF the coun-
try. In fact, it is apparent that il il
were not for the war. business would
be in a lamentable condition. For, il
we judge from the condition of busi-
ness during the operation OF the new
tariff legislation from October 8. 1913
the day the act was approved, until Au-
gust 5, 1914. when the war suddenly
broke out in Europe, with the condi-
tion OF business subsequent to the out
break, it plainly can be seen that the
activities and the demands caused by
the war saved a number OF lines oil
industry which rapidly had been go.
ing on the rocks. particularly sugar
wool. live stock, and all forms OF iron
Evening journal., 1915-12-13
Mill PREPARE FOR lsis VICTORY.

rrNHE Republican National Committee will meet in
4 Washington tomorrow. II will prepare in
general way, for the campaign for 1916. In view OF
the hghy-advantageous position that the party
pies today in the political field have doubt that
he committee will exercise the possible wis
dom in its preparatory work, the CHIEF feature OF
which will be the selection Of city which to hold
the national convention.
The national Democracy is on the defensive all along
the line Nothing that the present session OF Con-
eress do its work has been outlined put il
the offensive Il cannot make an issue of national
preparedness. because most OF the Republican members
heartily in favor Of wise policy Of national de-
tense. II cannot claim for the national Democracy
credit for the present OF prosperity which this
country is enjoying That claim exploded long
ago. BY general consent the credit is given to
the European The main issue will be the tariff
The national Democracy also must TO the peo-
pie for the runous steps has taken against the Amer
lcan marine, American business interests and
the imposition of heavy taxes in time OF peace
II viii be seon therefore, what important work
the Republican National Committee will be called upon
to perform when it outlines in general way the cam
paign for next year We feel sure that its mem
bers will face that campaign with every feeling OF
confidence, placing their chief reliance in the sound
common-sense of the American people
Evening journal., 1915-12-13
Spirit of the Delmarvia Press

road transportation: and, aside from
the convenience of having freight de-
llvered to their doors, the farmer Will
again save money by a direct lessen
ing Of the freight charges on his phos-
pilates, on his machinery and even
upon delivery OF his crops to conven-
lent shipping points.
These are the possibilities which
confront the people of Sussex county
with boulevard built and in opera
ton. To these can be added many
other benefits which will certainly ac-
crue in time as the opportunities given
by a great roadway across the coun-
try are realized by the people. It is
a fact that no railroad was ever built
but that some individual felt that
great injustice was done to him or tC
her, but in after years this become.
a real benefit not only to them. but tC
those who follow after them. Speed
the building OF the boulevard through
Sussex county, for the benefit Of al
the people.
Evening journal., 1915-12-13
BOULEVARD BENEFITS.
From the Milford Chronicle.

From the Milford Chronicle.
With boulevard from the Mary
land line to Milford. the farmers VIII
be benefited directly as individuals.
and here is how the thing will work
out
At present the freight on a crate of
eggs from selbyville is forty-two
cents to Philadelphia.
At present the freight on a crate of
eggs from Milford to Philadelphia by
the steamboat. is only ten cents.
With the boulevard in use from the
Maryland line TO Milford motor
trucks capable Of carrying from two
to three hundred crates will be run to
meet the sailing days OF the boats
from Milford. and coming loaded witt
crates OF eggs. the charge would be
but ten cents for their haul and de-
livery on the boat. This would mean
only a twenty cent freight on crate
OF eggs which now has to pay forty
two cents per crate to get into Phila-
delphia. The difference between the
two prices would so to the farmer
who sells the eggs. and this clearly
shows that every man. woman or child
who keeps hens and sells eggs, will be
helped by the building and opening oi
the boulevard to Milford.
Then again, il would mean that the
auto trucks would take the freight
to towns and to points along the
boulevard from Milford at a much
less rate than is now charged by rail
Evening journal., 1915-12-13
With The Paragraphers

America first is the old time Republican slogan. Who
ever favors protection to American industries is sin
cere.-Marion Register.
In the days of old when knights were cold a Tilted
maiden drowned herself But nowadays is the craze
to sue the jlter for his pef-Lousye Courier-Jour-
nal
The deficit is growing steadily at the rate OF nearly
half million dollars day and no proposals for
trenchment in any line are yet heard from the Pres-
dent or his marty leaders. Their only talk is OF
forms of taxation and for the extension Of present
methods OF selling bonds and other plans for extend
ing the debt OF the government remarkable eNhio-
lion of the nofciency OF an administration that has
turned surplus of $S5OO0O0O into deficit of $751;
600 600 in two years The situation the most serious
the United States has faced in time OF peace,
doesn't appear to worry the Democrats, who so on
giby prating the wonders they are doing and trying
to make the people think everything is lovely The
opening Of Congress will bring an awakening.-Omaha
Bee.
Evening journal., 1915-12-13
THE TARIFF AN ISSUE

and steel manufactures.
In lines Of industry not affected by
the war, such, for instance. as lum-
Der and fruit, the depression brought
on by tariff reduction has almost
paralyzed them.
Brought face to face with disaster,
the party responsible for tariff reduc-
ton and elimination is obliged to ad-
nit the failure of the Underwood
Simmons law as a revenue producer
and proposes, il is said, to postpone
the date for placing sugar on the
free list. and perhaps to place tenn
porary duty on wool and some other
products which would yield revenue
to meet the deficit in the funds re-
quired to carry on the ordinary ex-
penses Of the government.
But the admission of failure and
the proposed temporary concession OF
piecemeal legislation is not enough.
The business institutions of the coun-
try want a permanent and stable pro-
tective tariff policy adopted. with pro-
! lection the basis and revenue the in
cident, and no makeshift methods TO
save the face OF a political party will
satisfy them.
] Iut lltNtut idllll ldN Is llt DiOuuNl
of cloakroom agreement and caucus
rule. and in the words of a prominent
senator of the Democratic faith, de-
scribing his party caucus. the minor
ity. "as Americans and as Democrats
bowed to the edict Of the majority,
and we allowed our individuality and
our individual thoughts to be swallow
ed up by the majority of our party"
Now, having witnessed the failure OF
this caucus-framed, partisan measure
many Democrats. and some Republi-
cans, are advocating a "non-partisan'
tariff commission to make our tariff
laws. In my opinion the United
States Congress is the proper medium
for the enactment Of tariff laws. The
members are the responsive repre-
sentatives OF the industries of the
country and. il not quick to act fol
the welfare OF their respective com.
munities. can be held accountable b,
the people at the polls. The failure o
? the dominant party to act for the hes
e interests OF the whole people Of tn,
b United States when it framed thu
: present tariff law is the cause OF tn,
? present trend towards its defeat il
the next national election. The tariff Il
d the Nemesis OF the Democratic party
and /, is the tariff question that will
! drive that party from power.
Evening journal., 1915-12-13
AusTRIA MUST MEET THE ISSUE.

TT is strange that Austria did not profit bye the ex-
perence of Germany in the matter of heartess sub
marine warfare against neutrals and non-comhatants
and thereby save herself from diplomatic humilia-
tion.
AS a result Of the Ancona and other Incidents the
Austrian Government now finds itself in position in
which it must dissvow the sinking Of the Ancona and
make reparation for the destruction OF American lives
or face the alternative of severance Of diplomatic re-
laons already strained by the enforced recall Of Am
bassador Dumba for activities here that made nun
persona non grata to the United States Government
The matter has been put fairly and squarely up to
the Austro-Hungarian Government. It will find it ex-
ceedingiy difacult to evade the issue.
Evening journal., 1915-12-13
GEMS OF THOUGHT

Wherever a process OF life communicates an eager
ness to him who lives IT, there the life becomes genu
inely signihcant.-Wam James.
.-.-.-;
The noise of whip and the noise OF the rafting Of
the horses and OF the jumping chariots. The horse
fteh up both the bright sword and the glittering
spear-and there is a multitude of sain-Nahum iii
2-6.
.-.-:-.
Usually little things brings the most unexpected
BILE. There is nothing except air inside rubber ball
But If you play with il too recklessly is apt
than anything which I know bound back and hit
yourseh-George L. Raymond.