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New Britain herald., 1915-08-19
Protection Against Sharpcrs.
(NOrwich Bulletin.)

Kansas has good reason to con-
graduate itself over the excellent re-
suits which have been attained by
the operations of it's blue sky law,
when. according to the report from
the bank commissioners office it is
disclosed that the annual toll to get
rich-quick concerns in that state has
been reduced during the year from
100000 to less than 100000. 1t
was just such an plishment that
was aimed at by the legislation and
that is has succeeded so admirably is
not only cause for qualification upon
the part of the people of Kansas.
but a demonstration which must he
needed by every other state where
the practice Of separating the people
from their hard earned money
through questionable representations
exists.
Kansas has hown that it has law
winch operates to the benefit of the
+ people regardless of the many objec-
tlons winch were made in that and
otner states against the law when
proposed. 1t is a piece of legislation
which is on par with that which re-
qu1res conformity to a standard of
weights and measures. In the past
Kansas has been a rich field for those
| who looked to the gullible for steady
| contributions to an easy living. They
| nave now met the resistance which
they deserve and the people are gel
! ting the protection to which they arc
| entitled. In view Of the amount viii h
| has been saved to the residents o.
| that state the expense which is at
! tached to the enforcement of the law
! is insignificant. The swind1ers who
found they could work inside the law
are getting the greatest encouraee-
ment to confine themselves to 1egiti-
mate business
New Britain herald., 1915-08-19
Hitting the Common Folks.
providence Journal.)

(HTONlQSnCc journal
Not the least important of the
changes in the income tax law adj
Vised by the experts or the National
Tax association is the lowering of the
exemption from $4,000 to $4,000
This, it is argued, will insure larger
revenue and will distribute the burden
IF taxation more cguitaply. Why
should the man having an income of
$4,000 a year be eXeTr Oted from the
new tax? That is tho question asked
by the tax experts. and there are
many who believe that even a $4,000
limit is not low enough.
When Representative Hills bill
vas passed, the intention was to
apply it to limited number. Indeed,
mmbers of congress made no secret
Of the reason for the $4,000 limit, or
$4,000 in the case of married men.
Most people are credited with a dis
like of special taxes, and the placing
on record Of information of personal
affairs prbably is mere Objectionable
than the payment of the smallest tax
1t was figured that congressman who
we're candidates for reelection might
he opposed by hosts OF voters If the
exemption were placed at low figures,
but with $4,000 and $4,000 exemptions
the number of dissatisfied constituents
would not be large enough to turn the
result.
Political expediencv is generally
recognized as the reason -or the COM
parative higher exemptions. Will the
next Congress accept the $4,000 rec
concentrations of the National Tax as
sociation That is a matter Of in
New Britain herald., 1915-08-19
Civic Pride.
Waterbury Democrat. }

Don't judge the town by the
station. We built the town; the rail-
road company built the station"
Thus reads signboard in the town
of Baldwin. Long Island N. Y. It
isn't original Baldwin borrowed
the idea from the west. where towns
and their ambitions have a way Of
putting to shame the makeshift struc-
lures provided by the struggling rail-
roads. It's a good sign. neverthe-
less, and it shows how the wholesome
boom spirit of the west has begun
to work in the less demonstrative east
The last few years have seen a re-
markable growth Of municipal en-
thusiasm throughout the eastern
states and in many parts Of the south
It doesn't quite attain the reckless
western optimism represented by or
tain Wyoming community consisting
of six shacks and q store, set off by
a towering billboard inscribed Pest
town en- earth" But it's in har-
n1ony with it. And it means in Long
Island. lust as it does IN Texas or
North Dakota or California, finer
buildings, cleaner streets, better wa
ter, lower death rate and a higher
standard Of culture. ...l.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-19
POLICEMAN GETS NO. is SHOE
Foot of Largest Man on Kansas City
Force Measures f4h Inches Long.
(Kansas City Post.)

The largest pair of shoes ever made
in Kansas City now adorn the "tootsie
wootsies' of Samuel d. Crowley. the
big patrolman who guards pedestrians
at Eleventh and Main streets The
shoes are size fifteen and are 14h in
ches in length. Across the ball they
are 13 ga inches and the instep meas
ures fourteen inches. Each shoe
weigh / "a pounds.
Il have been in the shoe business
fifteen years." said c. w. Crow, 100
West Twelfth street, who made the
shoes, "and / must confess that Pa
trolman Crowley has the largest 'Tril-
bies' / eve" measured. / sent East
fer Il special last to make the shoes
Crowley is the largest man in the
department. He weights 800 pounds
and stands six feet six inches in his
sto king feet.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-19

1t will be interesting to note the
next issues of The Fatherland, the
subsidized journal of the German Gov
eminent published in New York for
the purpose of distorting every act Of
the Wilson administration and other
wise mould public opinion in the
United States George Sylvester
Viereck the ingenious editor of this
scurrilous journal having gone out
of his way to accuse reputable Amer
lean publications of being in the pay
of the Allies must feel a sort of re-
morse now that his own pay envelop
has been held up to public gaze.
No one believes for a moment that
our leading journals have been bought
by the Allies. Merely words have
been used to insinuate this Viereck
has produced no facts, nor have ans,
of the other accusers In the case
of Viereck the actual source of his
existence has been exposed. Letters
published by the New York World
show conclusively that German gov
eminent money financed the Father
land and it's patriotic" editor. With
all this brought to light the Father
land should put on the soft pedal
when making accusations in the flu
ture.. Those who live in glass houses
should pull down the shades
New Britain herald., 1915-08-19
Peeping Toms See Bathers.
(Chester (Pa) Dispatch Philadelphia
1nQuirer.)

lnQulrer.)
Pattering of dainty bare feet.
screams of feminine terror and ex-
CARNATIONS of girlish indignation set
the Y w. C. A. into an uproar
when Chief of Police Vance captured
three "Peeping Toms" and dragged
them into the office of the building
to be faced by Miss Letitia Jenkins,
the secretary.
Chief Vance, needing a complaint
from Miss Jenkins, visited the as
ISOLATION buildings while a number
of girls were enjoying plunge in
the pool and caught the peppers gaz~
ing through screens down upon the
fair bathers who were clad in abbre-
via ted, dainty swimming costumes.
You mean, contemplate things,
get away from that window! Miss
Jenkins, oh, Miss Jenkins, come
quick"' half a dozen bathers shouted
in chorus. The secretary responded
to the call of distress and found half
a dozen young men with heads close
to the windows watching the girls
with keen interest. She telephoned
for the police and Chief Vance got
on the job. The chief was able to
capture but three of the offenders
Two of them were young married
men and the other an overgrown boy
The peppers promised never to peep
again and were released.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-19
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all SIDES Of timely
questions as discussed In ex.
changes that come TO herald
Office.
Emancipatcd Josephus.


New London DayD
rerhaps' after all, Josephus Dam
ieis may be a genius. The country at
large mas Tor some time suspected
that there was something the matter
Win IN Josephus, and maybe that is it.
Ihere are plenty of men who cam
not 40 an ordinary job in an ordin-
airy way. They don't make good
"ieu expected to. Darius Green, the
orlgihal flying machine person, was
one OF this kind; Napoleon Bonaparte
was another. More than one incon-
splcuous youth has made a terrible
fhVVer or his attempt to be a law
yer only to rise to Alpine heights
later on as safe breaker or as a
manufactures of patent medicine.
some folks can work within pres
scrlbed limits, others have TO have the
whole universe for their field, and no
1etters. Darius was forever nailed
oo"n by the narrowness of environ
ment. Napoleon escaped from it.
AS a mere secretary of the navy.
Josephus has not precisely shone,
though ne mas spasmodically scintilat-
ed. But as navy revolutionizer he
seems to be right In his element and
IL would be courageous prophet of
the future who would maintain that
ne isn't going to loop the loop with
tremendous effect Evidently what
Josephus needed was elbow room !;
the limitations of routine naval adj
m1nlstration shut him in. Now that
ne has found himself and gotten his
wings spread in the open we shall be
prepared to see him scoot some.
Oddly enough there seems to be no
fear even on the part of his recent
but no longer critics that he will
break his neck. Everybody expects
to see the Daniels flight of genius a
bowling success. SO do we.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-19
CHICKEN AN ARRANT COWARD.
Husband Discovered Its Lack Of Cour-
age When He Began 10 Carve.
(Boston Record. }

Mrs Jones bought a chicken at the
family butcher shop and after en-
bellishing it with bread crumbs, celery,
cranberry sauce and other glad things,
she set it before the head Of the fam
lily.
What is the matter, john asked
the young wife with an anxious look
as hubby laboriously carved the bird.
isn't the chicken all right"
why, yes, I guess he is all right,
dear" was the hesitating response,
but l fear he was very great cow
ard
"A great coward - returned the per-
picked wife. What do you mean?"
Don't they say, Mary" smilingly
replied the old man, that the bravest
are always the tenderest?''
New Britain herald., 1915-08-19

formed the states gave up to the fed
eral government their right of sell
defense, against foreign aggression
They cant exercise that right under
our system, and the federal govern
ment when it assumed it by assum-
ing it obligated itself to defend from
the foreign aggressor the rights of
all the states. 1t cannot now shirk
this obligation without perif1dy and
dishonor
The southern paper that classes
the South as a beggar when it is
only demanding it's rights needs to
set an editor. The outside paper
that does this is probably serving
outside Enthusiastically not the
interest of the South.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-19
White For Policemen.
Detroit Free Press. }

The subject of the sweltering po-
1iceman has been often discussed, and
in many cities the problem has been
set aside as one. of the unsolvable
things. But Waco, Texas, has devel-
oped a genius He has considered this
ancient question, and apparently he
has solved it. For Waco policemen
are to be clad this summer in cool
white cotton uniforms The uniforms
are comparatively inexpensive, SO that
a policeman may easily afford to own
two or three of them and SO be able to
appear each day in spotless rainment.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-19
FAMOUS STALLION SOLD.

Cleveland. Aug. 19.--williar,. 1:FS
1-2, worlds champion pacing stallion,
has been sold by A. z. Van Alta. his
owner, to c. K. @. Billings, New
York horseman, for $4,000 william
in a match race at North Randall,
last Monday, defeated Directum /, and
established a new record. Billings had
never seen the horse until that day
William will be withdrawn from rae
ing and placed in the stud.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-19
And None Were Found.

(From the Stanford Chaparral)
Pilk-Several patients who had st.
Vitus dance escaped from the insane
asylum.
Bilk-How?
Pilk-Why, they broke into ball
room where the late dancers were be-
ing done and no one could tell them
from the guests.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-19
D. MCMILLAN
taa-2oI -2O3 MATN STREET

torest to a good many persons who
under the present law make no re-
turns of their incomes to the Federal
Government. e.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-19

The coal roads have again re-
ceived a heavy blow, but they seem to
be able to survive all the blows in
fine shape. Just watch the cost of
coal go tumbling.-Wilkesb Rec
ord.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-19
'OMMON.-G OUNCIL.


We body like the common
3t make for progress. The
SIS is not expedited by such
omise of a wordy battle
uncilman Curtis and the
,ubted1y brought a num-
ators to the council cham
yht and those who came
pc of seeing a fight were
inted. That the mayor
a Councilman Curtis was
Il while unquestionably
the Quigley forces, is Of
nee to the public than the
pstructive tactics proved
be administration of the
ISIS. Councilman Landers
}Ar opinion when he took
i uttered his contempt for
affair. The councilman
xth was frank in his de-
Of the proceedings. His
prize ring methods was
not pretend even to know
w was about, but felt as
his fellow councillors and
It large knew as little and
EiIman from the Third has
htation for many years of
|tructionist. He knows the
he and a lot about parlia-
|ocedure. His ability to
ench into the administra-
brY when it pleases him is
h. When he was re-
The council last spring,
he administration at once
BIZ IN the woodpile." They
was put there to obstruct
program and in the Ian
lie street make it a joke.
iii Last night that his honor
by the gentleman's ac-
July meeting and had
3 means to defeat him.
ley .proved wary and re-
Losw the councilman from
j secure ID, hold. Previous
IT'S session, the mayor had
hction of the July council
|rescind it's previous action
IL the establishment of an
ard and followed this by
Meeting Of the republican
the council to discuss GER
]. Some republican MEM
unc III Wefe not asked to
and others saw fit
it, but the faithful were
it was evident at last
ting that they were a unit
cilman Curtis became the
mayor assumed a car
J and twas evident to all
w his power. The council
M and he had no difficulty
he fact when it came to a
al the whole proceeding
fought out plainly that this
assembled not for the pur-
citing measures for the bet'
New Britain, but with the
{ staging a fight,-a fight
Curtis and his
mayor. From that point of
a successful council meet
lrena was well roped off,
anxiously awaited the COM
gIadiators, and there was
about nothing. When the
4, the fighters, ably backed
eonds, went at each other.
has not as yet given it's
3 referee in this case being
e of New Britain who must
her the mill last night was
Knockout. The next cleo
.obably announce the final
men who have been trust
management of the city's
re they are not sent to the
mbers for the purpose of
tests of this kind then will
IF the city have higher. re-
hem. AS it is the whole
iii on the verge of being
Two or three such fiascos
lie one produced last night,
Tough to discredit any leg
dy.f AS #parliamentarians
lr leading councilmen are
vote-getters. Their educa-
Ihese lines seems to have
y neglected. 4 careful
Cushing's Manual in con-
a the rules and regulations
Che conduct of their own
nc council would not be
New Britain herald., 1915-08-19

mans. That's bad business for
bear unless he Is sure his foot is not
within the range of the iron springs
st. Louis Times.
The London Economist Wrl'Ea
about the dividends and intereS. no
cropping from European into f>i'-
lean pockets because Of the Wal .!
shlVers despairinSly as wv, ,;1,>
Nothing gets the nerve or ~ ,,,.+
the knowledge that ne Is lo'lno
of his Wad to his Brother '0i''N
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Great business in these ""s y,
built up by producing MS
Of goods and selling them at sucll d
low cost that the volume VI
makes the transaction proil'aole.
Millions of people like paseoall anu
would support good ball at popular
nrices in crowds large enough 10
make the profits of the past seem
trifing,-New York Mall.
r,o Mexican imbroglio is interest
49, h,,t not exciting. The country
tr',s+s in President Wilson, and be-
1ieves that with his unfailing patience
~ GOOD sense and his thorough
Lnowledge of the situation he will
find 2 way to bring about peace ir.
+ha stricken republic without in
volving the United States in hostili-
ties with anyone. In any event. the
country is back of the president In
the words of one of the latest songs
"we're With You, Woodrow Wilson,"
Brooklyn Citizen.
If any evidence is required to show
how little war fever there is in this
country the sinking of the Leelanaw
will supply it, We're we looking for
trouble the incident could easily ne
ma gnified. But we are not looking for
trouble, and practically the whole So
called anti-German press has been at
the greatest pains to show that the
wrong is merely a technical one. In
an age when it is customary 10
denounce the press, it is fine to notice
the calm and intelligence with which
the newspapers prevented the affair
from adding fuel to the fire Were
American newspapers jingo, the
Leelanaw was their opportunity.
Their restraint is significant also for
sincerity of the American attitude. If
Germany had Tot destroyed life wan
tonly, We should willingly have ar
gued with her and made no threats.
The Leelanaw case is one in which
there is genuine room for difference
Of opinion; and Americans even in
their present temper are glad to rec
ognize the difference. The event
proves also that We are not protest,
ing against the use of submarines,
nor trying to deprive Germany Of
what she calls her most "effective'
we are asking her to do III
the case of all ships what she did III
the case of the. nglo-Californian
and the Leelanaw. We are asking her
to stop them and search them and
save the lives of crew and passen-
gers. We may dispute her right TO
destroy an American ship, but W.
should never raise that dispute into
a cause for Wharf.-The New Republic
New Britain herald., 1915-08-19
FACTS AND FANCIES.

The Bear should guard against
springing any traps on those Ger
mans That's bad business for
bear unless he Is sure his foot is NOT
within the range of the iron springs
st. Louis Times.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-19

1sHING COMPANY.
rietors.
~ exeeptedl at AIS p. m.
6nding .6y Church st.
Post ofIloe at New Britain
Class NAH Matter.
KFLer 70 any part of the city
g Week. So Cents = Month.
.or paper to be sent by mail
III advance. so Cents
onth 800 a year.
liable advertising medium In
Circulation books and press
Eays omen tore dvertisers.
---- -,
al be found on sale at Hota-
|Stand. 42nd ST.. and Broad
York City: Board Walk.
City and Hartford depot.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-19
CALLS.

80. :. 30. $50
LIS =. .SSo
New Britain herald., 1915-08-19
Crepe de Chine
Waists at $1.98

White, Corn, Flesh and Black, sew
eral styles to select from. Many of
them values that usually sell for $2.es
and $3.9S. Now at $1.9S.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-19

Mainsprings of Russia, by Mauri
Barring
'Analyzes Russian life and cha
acter in a series of condensed thoug
interesting chapters, which tell ju
what the average inquirer wants
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-18
Sporting Notes.

Nobody enVies the Carlisle Indians
and Albright, who are booked for tbs
hrst football game of the season today.
Joe AZevedO, who is to box . rounds
at the Armory Wednesday night. Is
scheduled to meet frankie Callahan in
Boston tho next night
Our old Twin State friends. Cheno
weth and jim Ready, are in the VARSITY
football lineup at Lchigh. Ready il II
one half position and Chen is at quar-
| ter, where he is star.
Detroit must win all four games of
the Red Sox series to take the lead
The Tigers to date have done no bet
ter with the Red Sox than to tie the
series at two games each.
| After the Detroit series the Red Sov
/ have nine more games TO play in Bos
| ton. The first six are with Cleveland
and then comes St. Louis for three. AZ
ter that are two games in Washington
and five in New York.
| The Athletics arc transforming. They
advanced one game to last Saturday &c
force q double header and have don.
the same thing for tomorrow Mean.
while they arc playing s2mi-pTo clubs
in the state to try to gather in some
shekels
After this series of four panIcs IL
lSt. Louis the Braves have Is more
games to play, three in Cincinnati and
three IN Pittsburg before returning tc
Boston for the windup of four game
with the Phillics and five with the
Giants
! When Compton played two innings
with the Braves on the National league
j field in ST. Louis Yesterday he earned
/, the distinction Of being the only play
er in captivity who has played under
contract on all three big league fields
in that city.
1t is perfectly right and necessary
for a manager to try out rockies, but
from some angles If did not look Xix,
playing the game any too square fol
Herzog to try out three rookie twirl
ers against the Phillies. He didn
against the Braves or Brooklyn.
Right in this hot weather the Spring
field Republican pcrpetrated this yes
lterday: s'There was 4 chance for doub
n about the Giants finishing last up to
;, few weeks ago, but they will now al
alright. Yes, they must. They re Bentoi
3 Doom it now. We ought to have
. Schauer after that.
= Al Mamaux. the sensational yonni
> twirlcr of the PlttSburg team. IS doWl
: with another attack of appendicitis
Physicians say it is doubtful if he VII
be able 10 play again this season am
that eventually he must submit to a
operation Mamaux has won 20 an
lost only seven games.
e. The New York sporting writers ar
loud in their praise of Gather Wa
tiers, Just landed by the Yankees, The
say he has brains as well as physina
liability and that on his first big leagu
appearance he shaped up well whe
compared to Schalk of the White 500
touted as one of the best in the bus
ness.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-18
PITCHER ALEXANDER OF
PRILLlES REAL SPORTSMAN

There never was a pitcher who was
a better loser than Alexander is the
bouquet that Manager Pat Moran
hcayes at tho pitching star of the Phil
lies The majority of pitchers crab
and peeye when they lose, and if it
happens to be the fault of their team
mates they howl like Il wounded sea
lion.
But Alexander is different. To lose
hurts him, but no one knows it. After
a defeat he's just as good natured as
after a victory. If the boys boob away
a game behind him Alex never says a
word. IL the boys come up and start
to tell him how sorry they are he just
laughs and tells them to forget it-that
such things are all part of the game.
Alexander is the most popular man on
the team, not merely because he is a
great pitcher, but because he has a
wonderful cilaracter-because he's a
man clear through"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-18
REMNANT CHANCES
FOR TIGERS SLIGHT
Only Hope Is in String of Victories
fer Detroit and Decided Slump for
Red sox-Brooklyn Gains.

The Detroit Tigers saw their chances
OF taking the leadership in the Ameri-
can league away from Boston in the
present series vanish yesterday, when
they lost the second game to the Red
Sox, who thereby resumed their for.
mer lead of two and one-half games.
Should the Tigers win the remaining
two games of the series they wouil
still be five points behind the Boston
leaders. The Tigers have not won a
series from the Red Sox this season. A
decided slump by the Red Sox while
the Tigers run up string of victories
seems about the only hope now for the
western team.
The Brooklyn Nationals shortened
the distance between them and the
Philadelphia team yesterday by win
ming from Chicago while PHILADELPHIA
lost to Cincinnati The Phillies are
now four and one-half games ahead OF
the Dodgers and five and one-halt
games ahead of the Boston Braves, who
took third place by losing the first
game OF a double-header to St Loui.
and playing the second game to tie
While Brooklyn S victory gave theil
supporters some encouragement fhei
chances Of ovcrtaking the Phillies are
4 conceded to be slight. Even shout,
the Robins win all their remaining
games which is improbable, the Phil
lies could lose five out of their l!
games and take the pennant.