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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-02

At the First Baptist church Sunday
morning Rev J. F. Williams. D. D.,
VIII have for the subject Of his ser
mon, The Unity of Christ's Body
she Church" His evening sermon sub
lect viii be, What is Involved for Be
ing a Christian" The B. Y. P L.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-02

4 NEW statement concerning the
"A proposed union Of all AIethodists
4 - Of the United States. white and
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27
SAYS THE EX-GOVERNOR OF
 SOUTH CAROLINA.

It must have done Cole Blease's State House at Boston, in the very heart of the north, and delivered a panegyric yesterday on lynchlng, which all mem bers of this community truly southern pastime. And while he was vindicating the spirit of the mob and stating the why and where fore of lynching, the former gover- nor of South Carolina incidentally took a delightful rap at a custom which he claims is prevalent but not so much in the south,-namely applying the so-called third degree to prisoners. And what the former and famous ex-governor says in this uously objects to the manner in which men are treated who have been taken into custody and charged with crime The so-called ''swea ting treatment where prisoners, before trial, are piled with questions by unscrupulous officials and in many instances almost put to death, or made to acknowledge crimes which they never committed, is a too common occurrence in our police stations and jails. It is bar parity, as the ex-governor has pointed ctn cb l. against the third degree, just as now the whole country is aroused against lynching. But it will be easier to cur tail the crimes committed with the sanction of law than it will be to put a stop to mob violence.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

here in America an uncensored press or many of the German papers could not say what they are saying about President Wilson; uncensored letters, so Germany can be told things con- corning our government, true of false, free speech, so the sympathi- gers with the warning nations can say what they please of this country or about one another, and the liberty A Reader exercises in criticising the press is American liberty, not Ger manic.'
 What the Bulletin says is true and the critics who take advantage of American liberty to abuse it and to defame it's agents and upholders may go one step too far if they are not careful, in their general and untruth- full denunciations. They are tolerat- ed now because everything is al-
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27
COMMUNICATED.

To the Editor. of the Herald: Slr:- Of recent years it has been the fash ion for certain people to scof at per- sOnal liberty' in connection with the movement to prohibit the manufac- ture and sale of liquor, but l wonder if these same scofTers will approve of the peculiarly offensive form Of at tack on personal liberty to buy and use liquor that is described in the following press item from Mason City, in the "dry' state of Iowa.
 "The seizure of 119 barrels of beer at local freight house caused the city authorities today to decide on the appointment of an official to be known as liquor censor.' It is to be the duty of the censor to determine what citizens have temperance records sufficiently good to entitle them to re- ceive liquor shipments from wet ter ritory."
 This item may or may not be true. But it's truth is not essential, because the main point is that just such wretched meddlirg with other peoples S business is the logical outcome of the prohibition propaganda.
 The ideal temperance law from the "dry' standpoint would be to give to prohibitionist the power to sit in judgement on the fitness of his neigh bors to select the articles of their diet.
 But why stop with a censorship on diet?
 Why not pass officially on the moral fitness of each of the women of the community to adopt certain styles of dress?
 Why not have an official censorship on each mans fitness to handle money, Or to take himself wife, or to have more than one child?
 It would seem that our civil liber- ty is in greater danger from Ire form" than it is from any other source for it is only in the name of goodness that our freedom is being curtailed. The leading prohibition organiza-
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27
The Proper Answer.
Bridgeport Standard.)

Somebody who did not like the tone of certain editorial matter in the Norwich Bulletin wrote to that paper signing his article "A Reader" say ing of it's position, that it only goes to show how much like other news papers the Bulletin has taken a stand to believe everything which is bad about Germany but to accept noth- ing good.' To this the Bulletin makes reply that answers all such criticism for all other critics who are eternally getting off that claim of oncsidedness against everybody says:
 The Bulletin does not know a paper in the United States of the character here described. We have
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27
A United States Language,
Springfield Republican,

A correspondent of the New York Sun makes the suggestion that a dic- tionary of United States English should be compiled on the lines of the great Oxford dictionary, of which the late Dr. Murray was editor In hold ing to English standards of good use VIC have been too much influenced. and its time that we had an American dictionary, in which all effects of the interfusion of races in this country on the meanings of words should be taken into account.
 The suggestion probably will not be taken seriously. America has had standard dictionaries, including the one edited originally by Noah Web- ster, which have been careful to use as a model the speech of educated persons rather than the speech of those who know English imperfectly or were indifferent to standards of correctness. Can ono desire to see, any language confused by admitting into dictionaries the meanings which words are forced to bear by those who are groping for accuracy in the use Of a foreign tongue? If any new meaning of a word is legitmatee it is sure to be recognized in due time. NO one pretendS that a language IS fixed. But a great dictionary like Murray's, which is an authoritative compendium of all the meanings of cur rich store of words up to a cer- tain date, must inevitably exert a conservative influence.
 An English writer, indulging some what in humorous exaggeratiOn, goes SO far as to say that "it will hold it's place among the great conservative forces of the future." Tt will be the despair,' he writes, of those who would simplify spelling and the terror of translantic empires, who would debase the currency of our speech. England would be perma- nently weakened after the war if the burden of defending the country fell so largely upon the shoulders of the better classes In all these arguments there is a grain of truth though there is exaggeration in the statement of facts and possibilities. The question ia difficult to decide from both the IT. oral and the practical point of view, but there can be no doubt of the pre- ponderance of American opinion being on the side of the voluntary system. If our own advocates of national ser vice encounter little opposition these days, it probably because so few be- leve that there is any likelihood of the establishment of compulsory mili- tary service in this country.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27
MAKING FEM FIGHT.

Miss Jane Addams, cOntendine tha, soldiers on European battlefields art not "brutish and beastly" enough tt fight unless "doped" with drugs o1 strong iquors, must have inspired the following lines:-
 A soldier of the Legion lay a-dying
 in Algiers,
 When a waiter stepped beside
 him with a platter full of
 beers;
 He revived just long enough, 'tis
 said to swallow eight or nine, And he lit right out for Bingen,
 dear Bingen on the Rhine.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

tion calls itself the ''church in action" and, as such, is attempting to assume control of the political and moral af- fairs of the people, and if the so- called 'church in action' succeeds in getting control, then the Liberty bell might as well be thrown into the melt ing pot and be recast in the form of church surmounted by a cannon, or, more properly perhaps, the image of the umbscrew used for the con- version of heretics.
 Very Truly Yours,
 T. M. GILMORE. Aug. "A, 1915.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

happiness of the American people. If the German government does as it's ambassador says it will and makes a
 complete disavowal of the action of the submarine commander who sent the Arabic to the bottom, the impend- ing crisis will be lifted and there will De no more cause for fear of a break with Germany. The mere fact that Germany wants to keep on good terms With the United States. is the all sufficient reason why Germany Will see to it that no future tragedies are perpetrated
 Germany does not want a war with the United States any more than the United States wants a war with Ger many. Because Germany realizes that this country, even with the cry of its
 unpreparedness, could do Germany more damage than any country with which she is now fighting. Experts have already laid before the German Emperor what he might expect if he were drawn into conflict with this country. In special reports which were sent to him and which have been made public in this country, the Kaiser is shown that already German commerce has been so crippled that it may never regain it's prestige m this part of the world; that American industry, deprived of the commercial relations long enjoyed with Germany has now set about to supplant the German trade altogether. If we put complete embargo on everything destined for Germany and back her enemies with, our great finances IL would not be long before Germany would be forced to surrender ana thus ignominiously lose war which she has been confident of gloriously winning. Such things are viewed With concern in Berlin and the German statesmen have at last awakened to the realization that President Wilson was not bluffing when he said he would hold Germany to "strict accountabil- ity'. Those words are somewhat stronger than they look at first sight. Germany seems to have taken we'll account of them, however, judging from the position taken by the Berlin government the past two days and voiced by Ambassador Won Bernstorff. This is one time German diplomacy nas not blundered. It is a wise move on the part of the Kaiser's advisors o advocate an advance of friendliness towards Uncle Sam. Every man, wo- nan, and child in America will re- oice on the day when the burial ser ices of the hatchet are announced.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27
,lutely murder.

lowed that is not ,lutelv ro,,rd,,,- ouS' put when II mes needful 10 tighten the rules draw the lines
 as 1t certainly may be needful in cor, tain contingencies, it is going to be hard for the carping crowd. An oFd adage says; Beware the fury of a patient man" and it can be as truly made to read: Beware the awaken ed indignation of a patient people, TOT, once aroused they will visit upon their aousers prompt and effecfuai squelching
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27
DAWN OF FRIENDLINEss.

b the dark days of a fortnight the golden sunshine of today ter all but short step and the Ian people feel a sense of re- the lifting of the clouds. Won Bernstorff, the German when he visited the iepartment today and laid be- Fecretary Lansing assurances IS government would give full ction to the United States for liking of the White Star Liner carried with him the future
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

Mayor Mitchell of New York, after three weeks in the ''rookie" army at Plattsburg, has been given the stripes of a sergeant. This is a quick rise from high private in the rear rank; but shorter way to a title would be for John Purroy to- knock the "y' out of Mayor and in it's place insert a "j''.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27
Economical Fighting.

'From the Baltimore Star.)
 Four years war in Mexico has cost that country little over $384,00O QUO. This would run the main show In Europe about fifteen minutes.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27
THE AFTERMATH.

posevelt's Plattsburg speech kpected, has stirred ur First,eGe Leonard Wood he United States Army. has
 inistefedsa severe rebukeS by
 of War Garrison for allow ncendiary remarks delivered
 ary camp. Secondly, Colonel
 in resenting the attitude aryff Harrison has gone fur riucising the Administration
 its position in the Mexican and the German crisis. Nat e effect of all this will be an
 where before all was peace aongres~Inpthe, end, it will be that the 7sCe4onel could well
 manyk things unsaid at E or, if he wanted to give
 how the country should be d have journeyed to Wash Id poured his plaint into the he President. are many things the Colonel lattsburg which are true, or
 
 pear the sem bTance of truth. ng that. But at best it was Il propriety for him to take e of a camp where business
 learning, the duties of sol- hnd discuss national prob ad he given a short talk on Strategy, or camp sanitation, bnduct of an. officer in battle, Id have been fulfilling mission; and there are few bt the Colonel knows at least
 military life. But when he the paramount questions of
 questions with which the Plattsburg are fully conver-
 Colonel accomplished no ] and his remarks fwere en- Of order. The place for erances is the Chautauqua if indeed they would be tol- b that platform. Were it not to presidential campaign Roosevelt probably would I've uttered a word that went . lips last Tuesday night. He |g forward to 1916 with great | especially as the bottom has flt of the Progressive party.
 says and does before the Publican convention must be
 nothing more nor less than n material. He is trying to
 you please, public opinion,
 this can be done. If he g has a goodly portion of our behind him, especially when himself up against the pres Illustration, he will endeavor
 himself into the battle Woodrow Wilson.
 |very easy for MT. Roosevelt It a platform and proclaim to |lds that President Wilson is But when all is said and E American people as a whole l. ones to judge the policy of (son administration and if link the President has been because he has not plunged hto a war with some foreign hey will quickly register their at the next election, or even After all, it is not the Pres but Congress that must war on a country, and then il after the breaking point is 1. Even if. Roosevelt were in ite House today it is doubtful ouId have pursued a different shaii' Wilson in the present sit No matter how much a man ed, with the fighting spirit he ssitate when he views the ter Llamity which has visited the Continental Europe. These days when patience and re- are better attributes than ed passion and fury. A gold diunl between peace-at-any i'd niilitarism is what is want ne American people today and nt' Wilson is about the near roach to this the country has some generations.
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New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

Vice president Marshal gravely de- clares the real trouble in Mexico lies in the fact. that the country has no vice president Ha!-Worcester fost'
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

At the. first hint of the buckwheat season the same old cry is heard of Batter up!"-Washington Post.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

Absinthe sellers are. being fined I Paris. Plenty of it being sold Ill LII LII state, although most of it no" 1ir'a m Querades under another name'-1Ne ei lden Journal.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

The Berlin Socialist organ, Vor- waerts, is not only allowed to clrcu- late peace talk and extend it beyond Germany It is allowed to draw and export a gloomy picture of industrial conditions in the German capital, where the situation hitherto has al- ways been "perfectly normal Xvi dently something besides K1utur is now yeasting in the Fatherland.- New York World
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

Bridgeport has the strike fever bad. No sooner is one strike ended than an- other is started. The latest is the strike of 1S2 girls employed at two laundries. 'Spect the housewives will strike next, for shorter hours. They deserve shorter hours of work as much as any.-Seymour Record.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

Justice Hughes now says, according to former Gov. Stokes of New Jersey that even if he is nominated for pres ident he won't accept. The justice is a man of his word and his little mo" has been repeated pretty often. Doubtless he will have to say it a few times more before Winter.- Springfield Republican.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

A few of the progressive party still refuse to swim ashore. But history is repeating itself and the organization is following in the footsteps of the Liberal republican party of forty years ago.-New York Herald.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

If American lives have been lost as result of the sinking of the Arabic by a German torpedo, what would you have the president of the United States do? Count twice ten before you answer, and picture the president asking you yourself to do it-Bur- ingtOn Free Press.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

Potential volunteer army officers who accidentally smeared themselve: up with poison ivy at the Plattsbure camp now know that if General Sher. man really said it he had reason.- Koch ester Post-Express.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

Lack of fresh air caused brle1 Ia bor strike in this city; there Is It lack of hot air once strike GULL mences.- News.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

$18.75 Chartered Golden Oak China Closets at $13.69. ....
 $4.00 National Link Bed Springs at $2.79.
 $23.75 Mahogany Top Living Room Tables at $16.99.
 $15.OO Solid Mahogany Gate Leg Tables at $1O.99.
 5000 Mahogany Tea Tables at $8.99.
 $500 women's Dressing Tables at $9.99.
 Complete Dining sRoom Suites of ten pieces, Dining Table, Serving Table, Buffet, China Closet and Six Chairs, handsome period design, worth $185. Only 3 days more can you buy this Suite for $144.O0. Other Dining Room Suites at pro- portionately savings if you buy NOW.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

The net results of a years strife are: Men killed, 3,OOO,OOO. Property destroyed, O,OoO,OOO,OOO Change. effected the ''v' changed to "b" ir "Serbia' and "Petrograd" substituted for "St. Petersburg. .''-Norwich Rec ord.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

Peace must certainly surpass UT derstanding in the minds of lars portion of the MeNlcah poop1o Rochester Union.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

Safety first applies to everythin nowadays except the children of tn streets and they are subject to dan gers the same as ever. In large cen ters the killing of innocent childre is hardly noticed.-Middletow Press
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

The Kaiser gives honorable men +;on to the other partner of his we'll known firm in his despatch on the fall of Novo Georgievsk.-Phila phia Ledger.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

Henry James, the novelist, is said to have renounced his Americanism. Ru+ did he ever have any to re- ?-Buffalo Enquirer.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

The decision to stop the further ex- oortation of Limburger cheese is cer- ainly one act of Germany in this war hat will not generally be regarded as eplorable.-Providen Journal.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

That rescued passengers on the Arabic who also escaped when the Lusitania went down cannot afford to neglect his protection in anticipation ,f third disaster-Norwich Bulletin.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

s1275 Steel Bed Couches, with Mattress and Bolster, at $9.69. s2s.75 Solid Mahogany 4-Poster Beds at $19.99.
 $22.50 Preside Colonial Wing Chairs or Rockers, upholstered in denim, at $14.99.
 S23.75 Mahogany Dressers at $1S.99.
 s42.5O Three-Piece Parlor Suites at $32.99.
 s9.75 Mahogany Sewing Tables at $7.69.
 $5e.O0 Three-Piece Leather Liv- ing Room Suites at $44.99.
 $29.75 Tapestry Arm Chairs at $22.6o.
 $10.95 Fumed Oak Library Tables at $7.99.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-27

Many extra special offerings for Saturday,, of which the following are good examples:
 $2S.75 Genuine Spanish Leather Lounging Chairs at $19.99.
 $1O.OO White Cotton Felt Mat tresses at $7499.
 $21.75 Brass Beds, continuous g. inch post design, .at $14.99.
 $19.75 Chartered Golden Oak Buffets at $14.99.
 $15.0O Chartered Golden Oak Pedestal Base Dining Table at $11.99.
 $2.75 Golden Oak Box Frame Dining Chairs, leather slip seat, at $1.99.
 $15.O0 Fumed Oak Mission Chairs, with leather cushion, at $9.99.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-10
ROOMS AND BOARD.

li21 o. LARGE COOL BRIGHT PARLOR
floor rDoms; southern exposure: gas range. sink:
well-kept house: /. h. k; also large cool 81 floor
rooms. plenty Of windows; l. b. l.; reasonable
table board: SIS month
The Washington herald., 1915-08-10
ROAMER MATCHED WITH
SAM JACKSON FOR $4,000
Owners ef Champion Horses Agree
on Terms for Big Race at
SARATOGA.

Saratoga. n. Y. Aug. 9.-Andrew
Miller. owner of Roamer. and Jack
McGinnis. representing T. J. O'Brien.
owner of Sam Jackson, practically
agreed today upon the terms under
which these horses may meet in a race
which was suggested immediately after
Roamer won the Saratoga Handicap.
At present it does not seem likely this
test of the relative merits of these two
thofoughbreds will be witnessed at the
present meeting. and as Roamer has
shown he is not partial to racing the
reverse way of the track, as at Bel
mont Park it would surprise none il
the race were decided at the Laurel
meeting of the Maryland State Fair
during the month of October.
McGinnis is willing to wager $4,000.
but it is probable that it will be a
sweepstakes of $4,000 each. with the
Laurel Park management hanging up
an equal amount. the conditions to be
mile and an eighth over a fast track,
each horse to carry 1923 pounds
The Washington herald., 1915-08-10

FIRST RACE-Purse. 500 maiden 2-year-olds:
sellins; Eve furlones. MarSsry. es tHicstl SgTc
SD. s.. won Mayne W. % Morris 50 CO. $40
second; Uncle Will l0i tMcAteel $50 third.
Time LA -. McClennan. Gales Winthe Bernini.
Pride Of Grcenwsv. and Sem2er stalwart also ran.
SECOND RACE-PTTsA. 500; 3-yesr-ods and up
ward six fhrlones. Slipper Day. III tsmythl. 81.
81 $50 won: Marion Gaiety. % (Actonl, Sc 20.
$3.50. second; Moss Fox. is tGoldsteinl. g 70.
third. Time. az Dark Roaleen Lady Cusson,
and Prince PhilisthorTe also ran.
THIRD RAcE-Purss. $50: 2-year-olds: Ave and
, one half furlongs Port Light. 10 tGoldsteinl
!. $3.50. s.. SEQ. won: Tar Brush. l!3. Cooper
sSi 20. $50 second: Milestone. 10 tWarrnronl
$50. third Tine. Ill So. Heauty Show. Boneros
First Lucky Star. ard Prohibition also ran.
FOURTH RACE-Handicap: purse $50: 3-yesr-
ods and upward; mile Recoil. IS fClaver,.
$50. ss6o. $40. won PardneT IG2 Cshuttinger
$40. S,lo. second: Black Broom I0i Cooper
1910. third. Time. / As IS. The Widow Moon and
DR.. Lsrriek also ran.
FIFTH RACE-PurSe. 500. 2-yearolds and up
ward; selling: FIVE and one-half furIonss Commen-
sia no 01cDermottl. SLs9. $40. $40 won:
YorkriIie les Cooper. S2.f1 $50 second Zindel
es CHayesl. $40 third. Time. t01 - Colors
Doctor D.. and Northern Light also nan
SIXTH RACE-Purse 500: 3-year-olds and up
ward: one and une-sixtsenth miles Zodiac. lO1
COOPER. SD. $50. $50 won: Strathcarn, %
(MeDermottl. s2s1. $3.50. second: AbbJtsford. lo7
(Smythl: $50. third. Time. I:5i Sherlock
Holmes Runway. and WeAnoke also ran.
SEVENTH. RACE-Purse. SEQ: 3year-olds and
upward one and ore-sixteenth miles. FHtaway Jos
CsIottl. $40. 81 $50. won; Harry Lauder. IG
CMcDermotn. 81 SEQ. second. Africa Beau. Io4
iShillingl. $40. third. Time. 81 IS. Mabel
Montgomery. Subject. Louise Trarers. and Wild
Horse also ras.