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New Britain herald., 1915-06-22
A Law That Hurts.
(Ansonia Evening. Sentinel.)


Senator LaFollette doubtless meant
we'll, when he urged the passage OF
the seamen's bill, but it is a fact that
in trying to improve the lot of the
American seaman he incidentally
managed to practically put him out
of job by driving his employers out
of business. The net result of the
seamens law with its restrictions and
its additional financial burden, is 20
drive the American merchant marine
from the seas or to force 1t under
flags. The law has been in partial
operation here but.sa few months and
already the great Pacific line OF
steamers under the American flag Is
destined to- go out of a business in
which it is impossible to make profit
in competition with the ships of for
eign nations. There must be some
thing radically wrong with law that
places such a handicap on American
capital and in the end on American
labor on the sea.
The attention of the president has
been called to the dangerous fea-
lures of this bill, whose ink is hard
ly dry on the statute books. 1t is
of record that the president feared
the results of this bill greatly but
against his better judgment finally
signed it. What he expected has hap>
pened The American merchant mar
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22
Straight American.
New York sum-

On June IL, the day of the publica.
ton of the note to Germany which
had been made the pretext OF the ig-
nominous skedaddle of the Chautau.
qua secretary of state, appeared this
patriotic American utterance of Sam
uel Gompers, president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor:
The influence of the American
Federation of Labor, the workers OF
the country, will be exerted for the
maintenance CT peace, and yet we
cannot permit to be challenged the in
sistency that the lives Of Americans
shah not be unnecessarily and un-
warrantably jeopardized."
On June 20, the day after the hor-
tations, preferred and exrempore. Of
the. Ignominous Skedaddler to a local
coterie of alien sympathizers and un-
neutral foreigners, appeared a letter
oe Mr.. Gompers in which he reiterated
the broad American PATRIOTISM of his
great organization, lovers of peace,
but resclute not to sacrifice for It the
essentials of national honor and self
respect:
81 am not willing to have either the
labor movement or our men and
women placed in a false position.
The United States will not voluntarily
enter into the present European war.
OF that I am confident. We shall
keep out of 1t If we possibly can with
any degree of faithfulness to the fun
damental principles of justice. free
dom and safety.
If despite our reserve and self
control we shall be dragged into 1t,
whether we like it or not. there will
be but one position for us to take. and
that is to be true to ourselves. true
tc our fellows. true to the highest
ideals of humanity for which our
movement stands"
Mr. Gompers speaks and nobIy
speaks the American sentiments of
the American Federation Of Labor;
and not of that alone. He speaks the
sentiments of Americans IN general.
Bitter reading to the runagate chau-
tauquan.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22
Ise-2oi -aoa MAIN srnEfsT


tho declaration about seeing the ru,
aboard the liner. All Of that may
admitted and there is little likn|
hood that such an af7davit win
disputed, but what does the fact I'll
the landlady heard him make a stad
nlent do in the way Of supporting q
actual fact as to whether there ws1
guns aboard the ship or not7
Stahl having decided upon his stoN
his means OF getting support thcx
fore lay i'm talking before other ID
pie. but the fact that he talked ~
not affirm or deny tho honesty OF Ia
story or AFFIDAVIT. 1t simply shown ~
he had told the same story before. u
he brings forward no proof of Mll
he saw except what is based ~
his own words In the face Of ~
one statement there Is the report
the governments officials. the declarI
ticn OF the officials of the line
the sworn statement from the Brit
government that the Lusitauia
not armed In view OF the faQt q
such big gums could not be hi6
and the mission of the United STD
inspectors who were searching for
such violations of the law as
would have been fruitless the prep@
derance Of the evidence is against n
statement OF Stahl 4
Whatever the foundation. howe$
or the statement which has Ben
made to reflect upon this country q
the liner for the purpose of shfw4
an excuse for sinking the vessef 4
Important that IL should be proheH/
the bottom and an example made
those who backed the conspiracS
such is established.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22
COMMISSION FORM OF
GOVERNMENT.

Bridgeport has taken its first step
toward being off with theSol and on
with the new form Of government.
On vote polled last Saturday by
thirty zone percent of the registered
electors of the city, a majority was
cast for commission form of govern
ment From this it would seem
Bridgeport is prepared to lead the
way for the state of Connecticut and
introduce an innovation. This is q
radical departure from the old con-
servative idea Of leaving we'll enough
alone, and. in the event Bridgeport
adopts the new plan, the other cities
of Connecticut will weigh well their
particular needs before doing like
wise These cities can well afford to
linger In the offing and watch Bridge
port either rise or fall with its new
system
And still there is every reason to
believe the commission form of gov
eminent is, the coming one for mu-
Inequalities. In some six hundred OF
ties in which It has been tried It has
not been found wanting. The most
difficult part about the plan is get
ting it started. For numerous rea-
sons. the people do not" want to lay
aside the cloak under which they
have lived for 10 these many years.
The American spirit that breathes
the slogan: rothins beats y strial
but failure has rilade America
what it IS today. II The adventur-
Gus spirit which Welcomes an expert
ment with the commission form 81
government. II the plan fails. the
| old one can readily be re-established
In those cities, such as New Or
LEANS, Kansas City, Denver, and Sal,
J Lake City, where commission form
Of government has been found an i'm.
| provement over the old system, tbs
people could not be driven back te
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22
President Wilson in Love.
(Pittsburg Gazette Times.)

! The president is not SO engrossed
with weighty affairs of state that he
has not had time to fall head over
heels in love. a.
Speaking on Jackson day at Indian
apolis on January 8 last, Mr. Wilson
exclaimed: ct love the democratic
party!"- - -
Speaking at. the Associated Press
luncheon in New York on April 20,
Mr. Wilson said: Before everything
else love America.
Speaking at the navy luncheon in
New York. Mr. Wilson, in effect, de-
clared: "I love Josephus Daniels"
Thus do we learn, fellow citizens,
that it's not such a long, long way
from the sublime to the ridiculous.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22
CROOKED FINANC1ERING. A LA
SEIGEL.

Henry Siegel. the New York mer-
chant, who mishandled Millions Of
dollars belonging to depositors in mis-
private banking institution is at last
where he belongs, in Jail. However
willing some people are. to have him
behind the bars, it means that those
poor unfortunates who trusted this
crooked financier are. forever de-
prived of whatever chances they had
to get back their rightful belong
ings. Siegel, after he satisfies his
sentence, even If he accumulates an
other fortune equal to the one he dis
sipated, will not repay The one
great triumph in Siegel's penalty IS
that he did not carry out his purpose
of buying off his sentence. If he
could be made to rehabilitate the
hard earned money he did away with,
Justice would be better served
s Other crooked financiers and there
are rnany-in whom innocent per-
sons sometimes widows and orphans,
TRUST their savings, earnings and leg
acies. should take warning at J the
plight of Siegel. Last November. he
was given a stay of sentence in the
hope he would pay back the money
he took from others. Instead of
doing this he attempted to barter
with his $1,000 creditors for liberty.
Had he succeeded, every crook in
the realm of finance would have been
spurred on to the great bonanza
opened in the virgin fields Of fresh
victims. These men should know by
this that money cannot buy the law.
When they have this principle firmly
stamped in their abnormal minds, the
country may breathe easier.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22
WHO'S WHO IN THE MELTING
POT.

Il =
Experience gained by our recent
relations with some foreign countries
at war seem to warrant slight
change in the procedure Of making
out naturalization papers to those
who would acquire citizenship in the
land of the free
The, learned legal lights who draft
such documents would do we'll to re-
call to mind q. scene enacted in the
Queens County supreme court Of New
York recently when fifty-three appli-
cants for naturalization took the oath
of allegiance.
Facing an American flag which
gracefully draped the benca the ap-
plicants listened to an address by the
citizenship. The judge then put the
following query to EACH
I'm the event OF war would you
take up arms and support this coun-
try as against tne country of your
birth %
That was a good question. And it
was answered in the proper manner
by this particular group of applicants
made up of newcomers from Austria,
Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Nor
way and Turkey.
Had the same question been put to
the hundreds of thousands who en-
tered our portals some years back,
and who today have earned for them
selves the contemptuous term, Thy
phenated Americans the Melting
Pot would not be in such boil;
This is a wonderful country. The
greatest on the face of the globe. And
however much our socfalistic friends
want US to believe it. the capital Of
this nation is not located at any num-
Der on Wall street. WITH the yoke
Of other governments freshly removed
from their necks, some, Of these pro-
pogandists abuse free speech to such
an extent that at times patriotic AM
orleans would welcome an order from
the supreme court declaring uncon-
stitutional such jargon and diatribe
as poured forth by these instigators
of crime.
We welcome the people of other
countries. When they shake the dust
of their native lands from their feet
and set their faces in the direction
of this country. we take it they seek
land Of promise. They are trying
to better themselves. And. In most
cases, they do. That being true. why
should some of them rant and rave
when given their first taste of liber-
ty?
The men who answered in the af
firnative the aforementtoned ques-
ton Of the judge in Queens County
have. set an example that should be
followed by those who make applica
ton for citizenship. They are the
men worth having. HAD they failed
to- answer as they did, they should
have no place In the United States Of
America. whether the makers Of
the laws governing naturalization will
embody that question in any amend
ment to the statutes remains to be
seen If they do not, every judge who
issues Naturalization papers should
follow the precedent of the Queens
County official and insist upon a sim
liar question being conscientiously
answered before issuing the papers.
We would then have q line on Who's
Who III America
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

inc will be but a memory without lib
eral government subsidy. If this sta
tute remains law. There Is said to
be a determination in administration
circles to take up the law immediate
" on the reconvening of eongrsss
and either repeal IL entirely or else
strike out by amendment all the dan.
gerous features.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

Secretary Daniels was in Bridge
port yesterday. Having abandoned
the terms port and starboard' in
the navy, Josephus could easily wreck
our sister sity's nomenclature.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22
WHITE RIBBONS FOR
GRADUATION

Sash and Hair Bow widths
in Moires and Novelty I Bro
caded kinds with Hair Bow
and Sash widths to match
Special at 19c, 25c, 29cs 39c
yard. Value 25c to soc. e
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22
Punish the Conspirators.
fNnrwich Bulletin

The statement is made that. one of
the afidavit makers In the matter of
guns aboard the Lusitania continues
10 maintain that she heard Stahl make
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

TIE Grandfather Clause has
gone And the Grandfather Clock is
going. Time works wonders.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

General Christian De Wet, having
been sentenced to six years in the
penitentiary, will now" as the Ger
man says. stay in out uf de wet"
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22
3S-INCH EMB. ORGAN
DIE FLOUNCINGS,
S1.O0 Values at Soc yard.
EXQUISITE ST GALL
FLOUNCINGS
Is TO 36-inch wide,

Dainty Hand Loom baby
edged Flouncings, also wide
open work St. Gall Lace 1f-
fects, 75c to $1.48 values, at
Soc, 69c, 75c yard. i
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22
PICTURES AND THE
CHILD

n PICTURES AND THE
CHILD
he day of the movie" It
day Of an advanced child
motion picture has taken
eft vacant by the so-called
and other trashy fiction
&nt period. It's possibilities
u limitation. Therefore it
motion picture was se-
sidered by the fathers and
nose children are careless
Under It's influence.
pictures are exerting a
f1uence on the child mind
people realize. The pres
Observation-Disclosures only one
DO facing the screen where
cted the silent drama,--is at
y Of the movie The lives
<tle ones who see these won
ramas Of life, and sometimes
lctionized impossibilities, will
~ In greater or less degree
<enes unfolded to their youth
8e BY the ever revolving film.
lower Of Aristotle ard Demos
Fades into insignificence when
Sd to the terrible mastery ex-
Erer the youthful mind by this
day teacher For the movie
cher, either for good or for
nils being the case something
be done to regulate the show
fllns to children.
rally. the child mind is in
i otherwise the child would
arm The enurnan interroga-
5ints' are the ones who adj
They are the ones who must
ILL., reason for everything. Go
moving picture show and hear
IL ones around you asking the
,ersons with them to expound
Gene beyond their connpreh hen
Sometimes these scenes have
mister meanings which make
rown persons glad to hide the
nat mounts to their cheeks IN
rkness Of the picture house.
il child wants to know all
hose dreadful episodes Of life.
aey will not realize such things
Rough
Of the greatest powers pos
by children is the power of
on. 1t is natural trait. by
of which the child steps from
Is dependence to independence.
He pathway the child must
from babynood to maturity.
by examples set before such q
ire the guide-posts by which II
either 4 good ending or a bad
This granted, why not show the
lie only the good the beauti-
d the true: instead Of the bad
III and the false side of life.
National Board Of Censorship
ndertaken to regulate the re-
II motion picture films. But
,ard has not given as much at
to the films for children as. It
The board seems to go un-
y principle that what is right
person able to reason and dis
BITE IL proper for the more ma
ind In that idea it has forgot
! natural propensity Of child
ask questions. True, these
ms can be evaded but who
lie to q cnild9 IN some cases,
II. it were better to lie than
i truthfully the innocent ques-
Of children in moving picture
he National Board of Censor
J too busyasto label films par
'ly adapted to the needs of
sn, the citizens OF every town in
nited States should und ertake
the work, and to that end a
Ittee should be appointed by the
Ipal authorities which would
for it's object the selection OF
to enlighten, uplift, and. at the
time, entertain the children
ayers Of moving picture houses
evote special hours to children
Who; show films particularly
d with the children in mind,
ZAP, harvest. For then. every
i and father in the land will
state TO let their boys and girls
fna snnmS Az ii il now the
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

Becker Appeals in Vain to Elks
To Save His Life. Head Line. Why
overlook the U. S, Life Saving Ser
vice?
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

Henry siegel dropped the "a, out
Of banking and made It bunking.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

And, last OF all, we want an isle
Of Safety, z comments public
snirited New Britainer, No. An Isle
OF Safety first
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

Add signs of summer: Hurdy-
gurdies, flowing collars, seaside
drownings, freckles and street corner
orators Sc
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

Why is it that the Central Hotel
of jay town is always located JUS
two blocks from the car barn p
ashington Post.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

Mr.. Wilson has trannpled out tn,
vintage where the grape juice o.
wrath is stored.-Kansas City Times
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

Georgia,s governor has taken the
STAY out of Slaton. 81
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22
FACTS AND F'ANCTEs.
With Mr.. Bryan it is always write
and always wrong.-Meriden Record.


Mr.. Wilson has trampled out the.
vintage where the grape juice of
wrath is stored.-Kansas City Times.
Why is it that the Central Hotel
of jay town is always located just
two blocks from the car barn -
Washington Post.
Ohio Wesleyan university has con-
ferred the degree of Doctor of Laws
on Hon. Josephus Daniels. Ability
as a sea lawyer is thus recognized. -
Providence Journal
The Eskimos have solved the prob
lem of paying doctors. The physician
is paid when he arrives If the pa
pient RECEIVERS he keeps the fee, but
If he fails to cure he returns 1t to the
amily-Danbury News.
Someone estimates that 100000
600 cartridges a day are being used
In the war, to say nothing about
the ammunition for the larger guns.
If every one of the cartridges struck
human being the war would be
over in about two hours.-Wilkes-
barre Record
Jane Adams experience is not un-
. like that of the New Bedford Cap n
who came back after three years
absence without having struck
whale. She hasn't stopped the war,
but she is having a id fine cruise
New York World.
The dollar is now worth s1.o2 Ia
English money and still rising. Our
worship of the mighty dollar mas
been the sheer of European capitals.
Perhaps they now realize the adora-
ton was justified.--New York Mail.
There is a notion prevalent that
the Prussians are so furious at Ita1y's
course because 1t furnishes the Ger
man states an object lesson, the Ital-
ians having scraped treaty on their
own part.-Rochester Herald.
We $trust President Wilson will be
careful to ascertain the favorite tip
pie of the man he finally decides to
make Secretary of State. Grape juice
evidently has it's limitations as a
stimulant- Syracuse Herald.
1t really begins to look as though
the Bryan fourth trial boom would
have to be equipped with new SELF
starter. The crank no longer stars
the thing.-Burlingto Free Press.
With a $4,000 bail hanging over
his head Stahl, the German reservist.
who swore that the Lusitania was
armed will begin to realize what
serious matter this affidavit business
really is.-Bridgeport Post.
feet of warships could be sent
through the Panama canal tomorrow
if necessary" says Gen. George w.
Goethals Well believe 1t when we
hear they're through. We were told
our submarines could dive and come
up again.--New Haven Union.
A New Jersey justice has decided,
without statutory guide, in a cempen-
sation suit that the loss or one ear is
one-third equivalent to the loss of one
eye. Much should depend on the
lnan-whether he is one who believes
all he hears, or one who believes only
what he sees.-New York World.
Auto price cutting is only another
illustration that that industry is go
ing through the. same experience as
other industries Every family in,
the course of time will have an au-
tomobile, the same as every family at
the present time possesses a piano or
a photograph Philadelphia Penny
Press
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

The Supreme court of Ala bama has
upheld the liquor law which limits
the quantity which a resident can
have in his possession. When man
wants to drink more than the law al
lows him he will have to<leave the
state. pay a fine or go to jail This
does not apply to grape Juice; 50
who knows but Bryan. and Hobson
will form political partnership, with
headquarters in Alabama ?.-Troy
Times.
A German statistician puts the losses
of the allies, in killed, wounded, sick
and Captured, at 100000. AS to
German losses he is silent but the
Prussian figures lately issued, showing
the loss of over 100000 men, have
led to the estimate that the German
total is about 1000 Adding, we
get =, 100000 as the total losses of
the war. and If the usual ratio holds,
the loss of life would come to at least
1000. O00 IS Springfield Republican,
a The mayors of $50 cities in New
York state, in session in Troy, adopt.
ed resolution indorsing the move
nlent to be made the coming Fourth
OF july d udS& Oh Which HcWiy Hat
uralized citizens shall be guests of
honor They urged all other cities
in the state to follow suit in ap-
pointing committees to arrange or
citizenship receptions and rallies.
More than fifty other cities through
out the country have now keenly
taken UP the idea Winsted Citizen.
A young wild oats sower who has
spent $1,000 patrimony and $4,000
derived from forgeries in dissipation
makes the usual craven excuse that
wine, woman and gambling ruined
him. This is an insult to every good
woman in America, which includes all
but a few of them, says st. Louis
Star. Every morally weak young
man. who ministers to his own gross
pleasures and abandons all standards
of virtue, and who deliberately puts
himself in the society of the few bad
women and cuts loose from the vast
multitude of good ones, always lays
his downfall. to women. "A more COW.
ardly lie is not found in the whole
category Of excuses made by Grim
inals. As well lay his downfall to
automobiles because he used them for
Joy rldes-New London Globe
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

Auto price cutting is only another
illustration that that industry is go
ing through the same experience as
other industries. Every family in
the course of time will have an au-
tomobile, the same as every family at
the present time possesses a piano or
a phonograph.- Penny
Press.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

Ohio Wesleyan university has con-
ferred the degree of Doctor of Laws
on Hon. Josephus Daniels. Ability
as a sea lawyer is thus recognized. -
Providence Journal.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

The Woman or Miss who
prefers a dainty white dress
that is different, that has that
touch of refinement, we sug-
gest taking advantage of this.
offering of Dainty Embrod'
cred Organize and ST. Gall
Flouncings.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

A New jersey justice mas decided,
without statutory guide, in a cempen-
sation suit that the loss or one ear is
one-third equivalent to the loss of one
eye. Much should depend on the
lnan-whether he Is one who believes
all he hears. or one who believes only
what he sees.-New York World.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

Someone estimates that $4,000, 900
600 cartridges a day are being used
In the war, to say nothing about
the ammunition for the larger guns
If every one of the cartridges struck
/. a human being the war would be
over in about two hours.-Wilkes-
barre Record.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

Jane Adams experience is not un-
like that of the New Bedford Cap'n
who came back after three years
absence without having struck a
whale. She hasn't stopped the war.
but she is having a ID fine cruise
New York World.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

The Eskimos have solved the prob
lem of paying doctors. The physician
is paid when he arrives. If the pa
pient RECEIVERS he keeps the fee, but
if he fails to cure he returns 1t to the
amily-Danbury News.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

feet of warships could be sent
through the Panama canal tomorrow
if necessary, says Gen. George w.
Goethals. Well believe it when we
hear they're through. We were told
our submarines could dive and come
up again.-New Haven Union.
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

The dollar is now worth s1.02 L.!
English money and still rising. Our
worship of the mighty dollar has
been the sheer of European capitals
Perhaps they now realize the adora-
ton was justihed.--New York Mail
New Britain herald., 1915-06-22

With $4,000 bail hanging over
his head Stahl, the German reservist
who swore that the Lusitania was
armed. will begin to realize what a
serious matter this affidavit business
really is.-Bridgeport Post