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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-07

The automobile was fired on several times en route But he arrived safely at the Belgian lines, where he was received by General de Guise commander or Ant werp, in the presence of several officers. ''I apologized for being the carrier or news of this sort" said Colonel Sorela, "and then presented the papers l had with me. The general seemed to be in | a state of high exaltation and told the l that he would fight to the death, adding several times that the Germans could commence the bombardment immediately. | The general extended his hand and as- sured me of his personal regard
 ''I went to the Spanish and American l consuates. Meanwhile I remained inn pressed with the fact that during my entire trip I had seen nothing outside of troops but an old peasant, and milk woman with little cart. All the refu- gees from the villages neghboring on Antwerp were now In the city itself Saw Sharp Battle
 At T o'clock in the evening Colonel Sorela decided to leave Antwerp, and after a number of stops arrived at the outposts, at point where the English troops had joined the Belgians.
 A battle had started about half ar hour before that. Forts No. and oi
 the inner fortification line of Antwerp
 
 woods of Contich The German artillery was silent The situation became so se | rious that the chauffeur after having gont about 100 yards across the open ground | between the two armies decided to stop | The two abandoned the automobile ant l returned to the Belgian position, wher' they remained until Il o'clock that even | ing It was impossible for Colonel So
 rcla to leave the Anglo-Belgian line unti | then.
 1 Meanwhile the battle continued. Colo mel Sorela decided. however, to go on and did so under the fire of the Belgian l forts and the German artillery. the lat i ter having resumed activity. Nothing bu 1 the most extraordinary good luck enabled l the colonel and his chauffeur, a Bel 1 gian to regain the German lines safely. | The Germans conducted Colonel Soreli | immediately to Malines
 "There General Won Moltke, chief O | staff of the German army was waitins I for me-" explained Colonel Sorela. HI
 told me that his troops had been sue 1 cessful in an action with the Anglo l Belgian forces, and announced that thu l bombar rdment had already started, tha | 1t had begun at 1 o'clock in the morn | ing German time Q2 midnight Belgian | time). The general asked me to entel | a large building on the Grand Place witt
 1 himself and several officers
 | Realizing what the fate of the civi l population of Antwerp and the refugees
 l in the city would be. and fearing fo l them, I asked the general to give or 1 ders that the bombardment be sackener
 during the first few hours. At the same
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-07
Hospital Train for Grown Prince

Rotterdam. January @.--(Correspondenc of the Associated PresA)--A firm of Berlin bankers has presented to the crown prince for the wounded froIa the crown princes army.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12
WHAT'S IN A NAME?

Things are moving rapidly in this
day and generation. History is being
made in such huge quantities that
the memory is taxed to keep up with
current events, let alone those of the
past
written after glancing over curious
little letter from a school bow VINO
wants to know If Santa Anna was
a saint who lived in the time of the
Twelve Apostles.
This leads US to reiterate,-th things
are moving pretty rapidly. We be-
long to generation that has little use
for the past We are fortunate if we
keep in. our memory the name of one
great man in hundred who lived in
a by gone day.
Some time, in the not far distant
future, some school boy will write in
and ask if victoriano Huerta was a
Kansas cowboy, or if Pancho Villa
was the name of an amusement re-
sort in Texas.
AS the boy of today knows nothing
Of Santa Anna, that ferocious old
Mexican revolutionist, may we hope
the boy of tomorrow will know any
thing of Huerta, who, in this period
of history, is equally, if not quite. as
| Important
Will the boys of another day even
remember the name, Of Mexico's
greatest dictator. Porfirio Diaz, who
died an exile in Paris but a few days
ago?
4 such is fame. Few of the boys Of
today can tell Us much about thu
great men VINO flourished In pre-
vious generation, and this one whe
/ thinks Santa Anna a psalmist shows
/ to what extent history is being neg.
lected by our youthful ones.
How that robust old castle-storme
/ and generalissimo, Santa Anna, would
! turn in his grave If he were aware Of
/ the Ignorance and neglect this boy
! processes. He would say: What. Ar
/ American boy who does not know al
about Santa Anna, the great Mexican
warrior who performed such feats 81
arms against the Emperor Iturbide
and his colleague uerre ro. and sent
| SO many Spanish invade rs. scurryine
sadly southward! An American DO,
who never read of Santa Anna's dar-
tug deeds against such great fight.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12
Fighting the Typhoid Plague.
providence Journal. }

Sanitary practices in this country
are justly condemned in the last re-
port of the United States Public
Health Service on typhoid. The state
ment that last year 10000 deaths were
recorded and that 100000 persons
were incapacitated shows that there
is substantial basis for the starting
of an educational campaign" That
thousands of lives can be saved every
year by intelligent work is certain, be-
cause typhoid lis a disease that can
be prevented
Polluted drinking water is the most
common carrier of typhoid. Too little
attention given to the drainage IF
large watersheds from which city sup
plies are taken and to the keeping or
filth out of springs and wells in the
country districts. Carelessness and
ignorance are the underlying causes III
the epidemics in cities and the Isolated
cases on the farms. and there is no
excuse for either in these days of sani-
tary research and Achievement
An Interesting section of the report
lis the one on "anti-typhoid incubation
or vacination'--the popular notion
that this remedy is infallible is con-
tradicted. The protection is relative.
not absolute" incubation is mot TO
be regarded as substitute for saints.
ton" the report says. Life and health
are best conserved by keeping the
typhoid germs out Of water supplies.
Statistics showing that the typhoid
rate has been lowered about fifty per
cent in the United States during the
past forty years warrant expectation,
of further reduction, especially in view
OF the fact that the present rate ia
from two to nve times that OF some
European countries.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12
Different Brands.
Bridgeport Telegram)

The refusal of General Nelson A.
Miles retired. to speak on the same
platform at Atlantic City with John T..
Sullivan, retired, is amusing Both
are engaged in the same temperance
work. Both have halo Of former
prominence which lends to their effec-
tiveness as temperance orators.
But says General Miles, IT will not
appear on the platform with that fell
low -
He was a pugilist!"
General Miles is mistaken Mr. Sui
Ivan was never a pugilist He was a
fellow exponent of the Manly Art of
Self Defense. We say fellow ex-
ponent, because General Miles, too,
was votary of the same art. The
pugi1ist never uses his fists to smash
the other fellows jaw, but only in Self
Defense-manly Self Defense. And
the soldier never uses his military
power to commit an act of aggression,
but only as a defender-the Nation
Self Defense.
Every army in Europe today is
fighting strictly on the defensive, SO
| we are informed by the respective
diplomatic corps of the various ma
tions concerned. The United States
\ army Is SLflcLly matter OF national
defense, SO we are told by those who
want much larger one. And the
pugilist is not a slugger. but a self
! defender, who defends himself against
| other self-defenders. 1t is a queer
| world, and notes and beams are still
! frequent in it. And John l.. called
| General Miles IAN old peacock -
4 which was unkind-but he was en-
/ titled to say something. wasn't he
! in self defense
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12
Have You Heard the Call for Borah?
~ lBOStOn Transcript

Have You Heard the Call for Borah ?
| fBoston Transcript)
! What does this call for Borah
| mean? It is coming from all parts
OF the country. It is apparently
spontaneous. Here is a senator who
has neither an organization nor album
dant wealth. He has not announced
his candidacy for the presidency:
many doubt whether he will. Yet
hundreds of republicans and pro-
gressives are discussing Borah and
many of them are writing to him or
to the newspa pers about him Meth
err Mr.. Taft nor Mr.. Roosevelt are
backing Borah, yet both say they will
take the stump for him gladly if he
is nominated. West of the Missis-
sippi river he is looked upon by
many as the "favorite SON. of that
whole section. Republican leaders
in Maine have been trying for two
months to get him to make a trip
with them through that state The
radical Senator Norris Of Nebraska
declares him to be the "ablest man
available for the REPUBLICAN nom.
ination. Elihu Root and Henry
Cabot Lodge are not yet ready to
say that Borah will be nominated, yet
both are his hearty admirers and
neither will be surprised at his nonin-
alton.
How comes it that within a few
months and without the semblance
OF an effort ION his own part or that
of his friends Senator Borah looms
up from out of the west with q
strength as a presidential possibility
greater than any two of the avowed
or receptive candidates for the re-
publican nomination? Are the peo-s
pie really doing their own thinking
about the matter? Is the calf@ for
Borah significant of a widespread
party sentiment in favor of presi-
Dental nomination forced upon the
leaders by the rank and file? 1t is
perhaps too early to say but the
Borah boom must receive a swift and
certain check if the next republican
national convention is to be the
favorite SON. gathering which power.
ful party leaders are diligently work
Ing for today in the hope of keeping
the nomination in their own hands
to be disposed of at, the psychological
moment to the candidate to their own
choice. Meantime the disposition
in New England to regard Borah as
very desirable second choice
throughout this section, if not ulti-i
mately the first of several states, is
growing.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12

sers as .sDavy' Crockett, Of Alamo
fame. and Col. Bowie he of the knife.
and General Zachary Taylor. whom
Polk sent into Mexico, and General
! Winfield Scott. 1t cannot be SO.
Q, American boy, you must have
known that the able and astute Santa
Anna was no saint. How could he pc
mentioned in the litany when ne was
sucn a wicked and implacable enemy
of the United States?
Any American boy whose grahu-
father was born and reared In tiiiS
country has no excuse for not Know
ing something about santa Anna. e
was known to every American poy
who lived up to the time OF tn MeN-
lean war. s1s46-4s. The old warrior
was one of the extraordinary men OF
the nineteenth century and neld the
whip hand in Mexico for nearly forty
wears preyious to 1854 When he was
deposed, Were it not for Santa An
mas tyranical rule our present state
of Texas may never have revolted and
achieved it's independence, becoming
part of our Union
The aforementioned are things the
bows should know The Mexican war
produced some wonderful American
heroes, men whose character and
courage the boys of today would do
well to emulate. To this end we wish
to say that American boys should
study history.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12

Porf1rio Diaz was a great man. He
lived too long for his own good as a
ruler. If he had died before his
strength waned, popular recognition
of his greatness would have been
more imm ediate. But the anarchy
that has followed his downfall as
sutocrat of Mexico has shown the
world the human material Diaz had
to use. And any man who can handle
such material and retain power for
himself and prosperity of a sort for
his country for more than thirty years
has the elements of real greatness
Binghamton Press.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12

is the new cham lon Of tbs aged, and
more power to him. He has given the
old gentlemen their proper sphere in.
world that has been treading on
their toes and srudely pushing them
aside. From now on, so the doctor
says. they can act as libraries OF
knowledge and experience, as coun-
cillors and adyisors,-lr they nave
had the experience
And who has ever heard OF an Ola
man who has not had experience Z!
They have all mad experience, ana
lots of it. They have tasted OF the
joys and sorrows of life, have nad
their ups and downs, they have seen
the good and the bad, the beautiful
and the ugly. Why then should they
not be in a position to advise the
youth? How many heartaches would
be saved If the young men of today
would profit by the mistakes of those
who have gone before them.
The old men should excel in
strength Of reason, cool judgement.
mature counsel and broad discretion.
writes DIR. Friedman in the New York
Medical Journal. He points to the
fact that the Romans Of old revered
their aged men. making their Senate
up Of those who had reached the age
of discretion. Z
It is consoling to hear Dr. Fried
mans views. A woman, he contends'
might be as old as she looks: but z
feels, or as old as his arteries
And the Doctor places no limit on
the age of man. We can all live as
long as we want, he claims, for man
does not die; he kills himself. only
in a general way can the limit OF nu-
man life be gagged. He points out
Thomas Parr who died in 1856 at the
age of twelve and mentions an ac-,
count of a person who lived to the.
ripe old age of $40 years.
..The limit Of. 1ife' continues this
eminent physician has been placed
at six or seven times the time for ma
t,1ritv. The Immediate cause of death
Is generally some well marked dis
ease. The mortality among the aged
is less than among the young and
more vigorous; the latter are natural
" more exposed to the casualties of
life. An old man, even of a bad con-
,titution, who bears q regular and SOL
Der life, is surer of long one than
he young man Of the best constitu-
ion who leads disorderly life. Elk
.ravagance with life must everywhere
oe discouraged
There is breath of optimism per-
heating the doctors message. # we
out follow his advice we will put old
age up On 4 pedestal for the edifica-
ion Of youth. The conservatism Of
he more mature mind should serve
Is i check for the Wild eyed radical
SIN Of the younger generation We
axe our hats off to the old gentlemen,
they have come into their own.
rhey should set d good example to
hose who are following their foot
steps over the hot sands of time.
/
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12
that he is striking a blow for a lust
cause.--New York Globe.

The American standard Of safety
is the International standard, adopted
after the Titanic disaster. There car
DE no better standard which is IL
the same time practical The La
Toilette standard of safety is for the
sake of seamen, under the same falaa
cry of regard for the public that
dictated the idle crew and shoft
train laws. IL is class legislation, no.
public legislation. It's end is in
sight, 1t may be hoped, Judging from
the universal demand for the repeai
of a law which never should have
been passed.--New York Times
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12
E>t'F no OLD AGE.

|e OsIer theory has been
Ee will npt have to chlor-
bid gentlemen who have
the glorious pinnacle Of
Eummers and who We're
|ught useless as the roll
sisyphus. All. no. We
for the old men now and
welcomed to remain
human guiseposts On
3 that has no turning
show youth the road to
"a Freedmen. Of the
! ublie Hsi1lth ssrvies.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12
The Russian Soldier.
lFrom the Taunton Gazettel !.

(From the Taunton Gazette).
The Russian soldier is said to be the
most dangerous in retreat and that IS
where good many important VIC
tories in other wars have been won.
General Washington, Of our own coun-
try, was one of those who knew how
to back up and win by so doing, as
history testifes.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12

of such purposes and practices, so
well supplied with money have run
his course uninterruptedly and finally
selected for himself his manner of
death New York World
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12

The spokesman of the democratic
administration are saying gooo
deal about returning prosperity Iney
are saying nothing about why pros
perity ceased after the Democratic
administration came into power
Wilkesbarre Record.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12

According to Disraeli, I'VE are all
born for love-" but seven-eignths of
us are destined to be more constantly
in the clasp of relationships Cour-
er-Journal.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12
l. MCMILLAN
1919 aol -2na MAIN sTREs.T
FACTS AND FANCIEs.

Build a little warehouse and bull
the cotton market.-Dallas News.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12

Meantime, General Villa appears tc
have lost his former effective stroke
at the front.-Birmingha Ledger
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12

If Professor Nearing had discussed
working conditions, in Manchester,
England, instead of Philadelphia, Pa,
he would still hold his job.-Des
Moines Register and Leader.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12

The French have won 700 yards in
the vosges goes the report. Suppose
it is now first down again.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12

What is your idea in reorgapizing
the choir - Il want to put it on
a sound basis. Boston Transcript
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12
ARGUMENT.

t:fs Is. - 49, >. ~
ARGUMENT.
rleying with Germany
sent issue having beer
the United States must
pom some definite course
throughout the nation
4 into the unanimous
there is no middle
either Germany must
demands or diplomatic
be severed.
irely with the Imperial
srnment whether we
4bassador BernstorH ms
let him leave Wash
raWal Of Am bassador
Berlin would be
tep, but Il Wods,i net
ean that the United
fniany would engage IN
Ii d remote possibility.
not want war with US;
nt war with Germany.
moment Of the show
ncle Sam has simply
Wilhelm The cards
81 the table. The high
win.
the slightest doubt but
Icial connected with the
il once knows as well
nber Of President Will
that the United States
Impossible demand when
he sacred rights of hui
spected by the judicial
|rines.
nalienable right Of this
! as it Is not mixed up
have its citizens travel
khant vessel that scuds
.p. And the citizens OF
btzon can do this whether
hi q vessel that belongs
or 4 belligerent nation
|1aip lies the nag Of Great
(rmany, or Italy, or RUS
sF7ergin J<noWs all that.
Berlin knows that under
ID principles Of interna-
II people can travel the
vessels that are loaded
and or baby carriages.
The high seas are not
feel of any nation, they
universe.
been many false issues
|e Berlin office and the
of these is the declara-
aerican lives should not
otect enemy ships. Sub
no right to capture mer-
1efher these vessels are
carrying contraband,
] are American neutrals
here are no neutrals on
is the plain, unvarnished
Sc:
proposition that Amer
sturers have no right TO
i munitions of war to the
he following brief cons
famous opinion on the
ely
fferson, on May Is, 1913,
protest of the British
swise: Our citizens have
free to make, vend and
70 suppress their call
: ~
b war exists in foreign
eountries, in which we
Germ, would scarcely be
/ wotild be hard in prin-
|ossible II practice. The,
Is therefore, respecting
those at peace. does not
them such an internal
Of their occupations. 1t
9TH the external penalty
4 Of such portion Of these
n fall into the hands Of
it powers on their way to
their enemies. 2
!bster stated this same
en Texas was at war with
.
the Mexican government
I1ed Of Americans ship
III Of war to the Texans.
lF'F no OLD AGE.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12

DR.. Wiley declares that many of
our troubles can be traced to the
mouth" Democratic campaign voters
who recall their pledges of 1912 are
unanimous in support of the doctors
opinion.-Niagara Falls Gazette.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12

If you were raised to wash your
face at the hydrant, don't marry in.
to @ fingerbowl family.-Galvesto
News.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12

nor the men of Sparta had anything
on them.-Syracuse Herald.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12

watchful waiting in connection with
Mexican affairs should be abolished.
The time limit for a compliance with
the American request should be def
n1tely determined and the various
leaders notified of that limit. The
great majority of the Mexican people
are crying for aid; there are Ameri-
cans, too, who are waiting for the
protecting arm of this government to
extend it's influence to the country in
which they have interests.-St Louis
Times.
1t Is obvious that the sale of ex-
plosives here and elsewhere through
out the country Is not regulated with
suff1cient strictness reasonably to pro-
tect the public. The legitimate users
of these dangerous compounds are
proportionately few in number, and
their responsibility can be easily es-
tablished 1t would inf1ict no hard
ship on them or on dealers who sup
ply them to install a system of regis
tration and certification, under which
the acquisition of dynamite and SIM
liar substances by criminal could
at least be made difficult and high
Nv expensive.-New York Sun.
Guiteau, Czolgosz. Holt--for them
those who regard themselves as sane
are responsible. They talk of the
spoils system. or the evils of capitals
tic society, or the shipment of mu-
nitions in an extreme and irrationsl
way. The half-crazed take their
words literally and proceed to act AS
long as there is a public which en-
courages the emission Of nonsense the
crank IL likely to dtvelop-to imagine
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12

race at the Migrant, don't marry in
to fingerbowl family-GaIvesto
News
It is the little things in life that
count, but this doesn't necessarily ap-
ply to our army and Washing
ton Post.
As Dlaz was eighty five, he probably
never expected to do any more Mex
lean debating acknowledgements
Fost-Standard
washington estimates the popula-
ton of this country at 100, 900, 900.
Some people. And weddings still In
fashion.-TToy Times.
Nowhere is the policy of watchful
waiting better understood or more
faithfully followed than in Bulgaria
Roumania and Greece-New York
World.
why do newspapers persist in
speaking of them as prominent far
mers ~ Isn't any farmer prominent
in these days ?-Sioux City News.
King Victor Emmanuel has joined
the See Berlin First" movement
indianapolis Star.
There are lots of plans for stopping
the war all alike in this one respect
that they won't Work.-Albany Jour
nal
In New Hampshire the July brides
are just like the June brides. only
little more so.-Concord Monitor.
Some ingenious Yankee ought to
turn an honest penny during this war
by inventing meters for the gas
bombs.-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The man who splits infinitives Is
| more enjoyable as a conversationalist
than the one who is always splitting
hairs-New Orleans States.
An exchange says the cost of living
is still rising. And judging by the i'm
mense cost to the nations in the
| world war, SO is the cost of dying
Baltimore American.
| Baltimore is boasting that the
governments reports show it costs less
to eat in that town. But life is not
all eating. except to the gluttons.--
Pittsburg Dispatch.
ON the mainland or on the sea the
Turks don't seem to be such wonder
| full fighters, but put EN- on a pennin-
sula and neither the ancient Romans
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12

EIsssI COMPANY.
y xeeptedl at AIS p. m.
{Idlng. 81 Church st.
POST ONCE. at New Britain
Glass Mall Matter.
frier to any part OF the city
week. SIS Cents a Month.
paper to be sent by mail
advance SO Cents =
81 $500 q year.
liable advertising medium In
CIRCULATION books and press
xs open to advertisers.
be found on sale at Hota-
Md 42nd' St, and Broad
ork City; Board Walk,
III and Hartford depot.
zPHONE CALLS.
t5.-ts $500. $50. :. 50. - .l''vsv
a - - = : !. !. :. : - : : - - :. - -
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12

It is the little things in life that
count, but this doesn't necessarily ap-
ply to our army and navy.-Washing-
ton Post.
New Britain herald., 1915-07-12

Winston Churchill has been made
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancas-
ter The duties of the chancellor as
understood in this country, are SIM
liar to those of the vice president, mi
nus the presiding over the senate
Kansas City Star.