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New Britain herald., 1915-09-16
THE FAIR AT BERLIN.

This is Governors Day at the Ber- lin Fair. Governor Holcomb and members of his staff will help make the occasion a real holiday. It is probable that one of the biggest crowds in the . history of fairs in Connecticut will be in attendance. The weather conditions are ideal for a day in the open, and the vast ma jority of New Britain's population will see the show either today or tonight. Although staged in Berlin this Is really New Britain's fair and New Britain people have come to regard it in such light. It Is with this feel ing of possession that they approach the sacred precincts wherein are kept all those things so dear to the heart of the man, the woman, and the child. For everybody can find enjoy ment at the fair. It is the one great meeting place, the common ground upon which stand all the people, the good, bad and indifferent. the short and the tall, the brunettes and the blondes, all. Father, mother, sister, brother there is something to bring joy to the heart of each at the fair. And this years fair at Berlin has been pronounced one of the biggest and best ever held. Yesterday was cattle day, and some of the finest stock in New England was put on exhibition. Cattlemen from all over the state were present. At night the crowds made merry on the midway. Pyrotechnic displays were an added feature. AS tomorrow is the clos ing day of the fair it is expected those who have not already taken advantage of the exposition will do so and that great gathering will wend it's way Berlinward.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-16
How Lightning Serves Man.
(Spokane Spokesman-R eview

NSpOhd1S
 Seventy-one years ago the telegraph was born. It came to serve the new hunger of the modern world for news In 1S44 1t transmitted a dozen words for fewer than 100 miles, and preach CTS called the petty performance a revelation of divine favor to men. In 1913 it sent more than 100000 words about the Titanic disaster from New York across America and perhaps an- other third of a million under the Atlantic within four hours, and yet only the newspapers knew of the tre- mendous feat and they simply spoke of it casually as "extra heavy traffic"
 The modern appetite for the events of the day grows keener every year. The telegraphic slave is annually summoned to more exacting service. But no reader of the daily paper ex- periences amazement at the multiply ing prodigies in the publicat tion of the news. He is not even aware of the prodigies occurrence. Japanese censor prohibits the telegraph from talking, but it hoodwiDks him and talks. An earthquake breaks the Pa cific cable, but the wireless filings the news through the air. Every mo- ment the telegraph is everlastingly on the job.
 It is estimated that 2,e00 papers in the United States daily receive tele- graphic service At leaast 400 dailies divide 1etwen them 100000 words of telegraphed news in addition to the report furnished by the collecting agencies. An average day sends 1,190,000 words over the wires in the United States, and the cables raise the daily average to more than 100000 words A startling or widely-inter- esting occurrence raises this average by tens of thousands of words A full third of the total of twenty-four hours may come from @ single town. if it is Chicago holding some national nom mating convention or San Francisco in earthquake and flames.
 The telegraph's voice rivals light in speed. When Hoxsey. the aviator, fell to death at Los Angeles, Cal, New York knew it before the doomed man had plunged down 1000 feet and while men tore madly across the field twenty lines were sending the terrible news all over the United States. Speed! More speed! Still more speed!" is the cry. The telegrapher Is keyed to superhuman efficiency. He must possess instinctive capacity lose of a single second is intolerable. When the contests occur between league champions of baseball for the worlds championship, newspaper rivalry enforces a competition where lost seconds mean lost prestige and lost money.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-16
Tens for Women! (WaterbuL'y Democrat. )

Gertrude AtI,crton, the novelist. declares that writing 's woman's job. Men," she says, ought to do things, not write about them. When a man does nothing but write, hls hands get soft and his charactcr. too. He might as we'll be crocreting'' Robert Louis Stevenson used to wish he had the strength to do the advoa. turous things he made his fiction heroes do, but it certainly never oc- cured to him that in writing "rrea- sure Island" and "Ki2napped'' he was doinc a w0a1an'g work Is t really true t::at its more manly ts do big deeds than to create charGc- ters who do them? If so, e hero in real life is greater than the Crea. tor Himself Heroes in real life, anyx how, usually owe most of their hero- ism to writers. Docs any modern man or woman doubt that Homer was bigger and braver than nIl his Trojan heroes put together. Acneas was some hero" according to the Roman legend. But if ever there was an Aeneas in real life, he did far less for Rome and the world than the mild and scholarly Virgil who sang about him. What js "dced,' anyhow? Isn't a man who writes great novel or poem doing something just as much as the mar who builds a bridge or digs a canal or captures a fortress?
New Britain herald., 1915-09-16
STEADY AS THE ROCK OF
 GIBRALTAR.

President Wilson where once he was the recipient of nothing but malignant abuse at the hands of edi- toria1 writers .tcross the sea is now coming in for his share of glory. The leading editorial in the Germania, d Berlin newspaper, recently held h1n up as one of the greatest living statesmen, This paper, of the belief that London diplomats have been insistent in their plan to cause d break between Washington and Ber- lin, rejoice at the illustration of any such scheme by President Wilson. The Presidents cool, self contain ment is now justified" remarks the Germanfa. We hasten to add that it was justified at1 along, that cool. self containmenS, that we1l balance, that equilibrinna SC characteristic of Woodrow Wilson, And nothing that the dermania can ever set forth on it's pages will disturb the cool de1ibera4ion of tae President of the United States aof will any of the rantinss or Tavings Of anyone net connected directly with the United States Government tend te overthrow this master Of eaui1ibfisties. Weed- row wi1sent Steady as the Rock of GibfaltafS ''
New Britain herald., 1915-09-16
The Oldest Living Thing.
(Waterbury Republican.)

The oldest of the big trees of Cali fornia has just celebrated what is ap- proxinately it's 3,150th birthday. It was a sturdy young tree when Phar- aoh and his army were drowned in tho Red sea and when the Greeks were building their wooden hor>e outside the walls of Troy. It has lived through every significant event in the worlds history.
 Generation after generation has fust and fretted and fought its way through life and while the longest lived in each generation has been drawing his breath the only d1ffer- ence time has made to this tree has been to make it a little broader ana taller. It is the oldest thing alive.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-16
Yesterday and Today.
Washington Star.)


 Ill conversation with d representa- tive of the Star, former senator Burton, on the eve of leaving Wash ington for ais home in Ohio, said:
 No man should be deterred by any date now appears all that volume or opinion as to national defense held before the war befell the world. All conditions have changed and will con- confronts Us.
 "A new condition confronts us. generally. The national defense is not the only question which our leg islators should consider less with re- gard to their previous votes and de- liverances than with due degard to what the new times demand.
 Take the tariff. The war has pro- ducel situation unlike any we have ever known before. Our revenues are running blind. Our imports have fal- len off. Our exports, abnorma ally large in a few lines, will flatten out as soon as the war ceases. New in- dustries are necessary, and should be esta blished, but, according to con- fcssions of low tariff men themselves, in order to thrive must have liberal Ol pEOLSCllOl. I1cW CuI OA talk about free trade and the coun- try's salvation!
 Take the question of aa American merchant marine. How niuch we need one is confessed by the presidents de- sire to put the government into tho sca-carryine business. He is a dom- ocrat and an opponent of subsidies, and yet turns to state socialism as 8 means of meeting the emergency. His proposition has divided his party, and if urged is likely to fail the second time in congress.
 Take the question of government assistance to the farmers. When that was proposed by the populists it was laughed at by both democrats and republicans. Now the cotton plant CTS, the tobacco planters and the corn planters are demanding it and they have champions in both of the old parties. Populism is dead, but its spirit begins to rule us from it's urn
 Take the old Jeffersonian maxim that the best government is that which governs least. The party of Jefferson, still quoting him and con- turing with his name, is now invok- ing centralization to the limit.
 And there are other questions which until recently brought expressions from public men not at all to the point today.
 This is not to say that the things now advocated are in every case the things that should be adopted. The new state of affairs has produced multitude of suggestions, many of which are reckless and unwise. But it is true, as MT. Burton says in the matter of the national defense, that we are today confronted with condi- tions which require dealing with, not with view of preserving individual consistency, but with the patriotic purpose of ministering to the coun- try's good in the light of latest devel- opments.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-16
Bud Fishers Find.
(New Haven Union.)

Those far-farned movie" actresses have nothing on the father of Mutt and Jeff when it comes to salary. Neither have the railroad presidents. Litigation in New York over the rights of. certain newspapers to use the work of "Bud'' Fisher, the car- toonist, has brought out the fact that the creator of Mutt and Jeff has re- ceived $50,000 year for his pie lures telling the story of the adven- lures of those distinguished citizens. He has recently made a new agree ment under which, in addition to the S50,0O0 he is to have a percentage of the receipts from the sales of his work, through newspaper syndi- cate.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-16
"From Terror To Triumph.
(Meriden Record

(Merlden Record.)
 Lloyd George, the big little man, dares to tell Great Britain and the whole world the truth. r..
 When necessity points the way, he fellows with unerring accuracy. He tells the truth though the telling furts him as well as those at whom the darts are hurled. Simply, force fully. directly, come the facts. They ao not make pleasant reading but they are tremendously convincing.
 Reading one of Lloyd Georges ad- dresses is always Illuminating. He racks so much common sense and lcg1c into every sentence that even short speech gives one a sense of completeness
 In his address to the British peo- pie, From Terror to Triumph he sounds the depths of pessimism and scales the heights of optimism. With broad strokes he paints the picture and light and shadow are impress sive.
 The condition of Russia is wildly described by the reference to the fut- i1ity of depending further on this arm for support. He also gives the Bri- tions distinctly to understand that France has done so much that no more should be expected, and that on Great Britain's shoulders must rest the burden in the immediate future.
 The appeal to labor is sharp and decisive. No time is spent in eulogiz- ing or condemning. Facts are trot- ted out for inspection and they are imposing and vital If labor will temporarily forego the nice distinc- tions which are made in times of peace, and bend all energies toward keeping the output of munitions above par, the victory can be bought, though clearly. If on the other hand, the bickerings continue and labor leaders permit questions and quibblings, the country might as we'll consign itself to the though of de- feat.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-16
GOOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED
 IN INSTITUTES LIST THIS WEEK

Teaching of handwriting, by F. N
 Freeman.
 Auction mart, by Sydney Tremayne.
 ''The story is we'll told and has good characterize tion. n."--Athenaeum.
 The book contains some clever writing, a sense of character and a touch of philosophy."-N. Y. Times.
 
 Eight o'clock and other studies, by St.
 John Ervine.
 'This is a collection of impressions of varied lives embodied in the briefest possible form. Seventeen of them fill the little volume of scarcely more than one hundred pages, the first be- ing in dramatic dialogue, the others condensed into what MT. Ervine calls studies,' but which may as well be called, and with equal truth, short stories"
 This slender volume contains in miniature the substance of many large and imposing books; it is at once artistic, thoughtful, and signifi- cant."-N. Y. Times. Nicky Nan, Reservist, by Sir A. Quill
 ler-COuCh.
 "A novel which deals with the early days of the war in 1914. 'Nicky Man. the old salt, whose find of golden guineas forms the main idea of this story, is thoroughly sound example of an old Cornish fisherman. He is intensely alive. So, too, is Miss Pol sue, that pryer into the secrets of others, that thorn in the good Wears flesh, so characteristic of village life" -(Sat. R.)
 "'Q' has a rare and delightful ap- preciation of the brand of humor peculiar to the Cornish fisherfolk, which is developed with an apparent unconsciousness designed for the un- doing of an unpopular foreigner from another country. ry."-Athenaeum Where angels fear to tread, and other
 tales of the sea, by Morgan Rob-
 ertSOn.
 Young mans year, by Anthony Hope.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-16

FOR ENGLAND. R9fio11 is the problem now teat Britain. The govern repairing to resort to univer- Fe throughout the United
 All this bseasasss sS< the teF-
New Britain herald., 1915-09-16

T. R. is in the wilds of Canada' pu' events are so big and make so much noise that he is ab1o to learn all about them merely by keeping hls ear ciooe to the gronnd dj-Rerkshire Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-16
In Lincoln's Youth and Now.
(Better Farming.

Abraham Lincoln wore patched pants. He did not wear them on the platform in his great debates with Douglas. He did not wear them in the presidency. He probably did not
New Britain herald., 1915-09-16
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Because a flock of geese flew south yesterday some persons believe cooler weather is near. But maybe the geese were just geese-Paterson Call
New Britain herald., 1915-09-16

Here is the latest nickel classic, De jitneybus non est disputandum' meaning, There is no disputing aoout automobiles" "-Holyoke Telegram.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-16
OF ABSENCE.o

Elf1 Dunn ba, the discred-
 from Austria-Hun-
 effort to leave this
 he dignity and grace
 We been accorded him
 Lade the one fatal mis-
 reer, has asked his gov
 grant him a "leave of
 may submit a personal
 IS about the only piece
 tlA Ambassador has
 has been amongst us.
 hen1e, on the face of
 Led for the purpose
 aself a martyr to a
 would set himself up
 of his down-trodden
 hos are living in this
 the freedom of the
 pes. But Dr. Dumba
 rshot hisf mark. No
 does, no matter what
 IfeS no matter in which
 tO consider his recall,
 ed diplomat, a man not
 colntry. And the vast
 fhe people will rejoice
 whether it be by direct
 leave of absence" the ence to be indefinite. Even 1 the Anabssador was to Expression, his fellow coun- Ia are laboring in the fac his country, have shown $
 f3roval df his methods. In ten to the newspapers, in |adopted at public meetings, 3, Poles, Czechs, and other Francis Joseph, have re- le workings of Dr., Dumba. none Of him. They have in sympathy with his in with their work. His have been a failure had ed on the support of the ity of his countrymen. In ice, the very persons whom tried to get at, whom he influence against the manu- of the United States. are o left the dual monarchy ey were oppressed, because no political, or economic They came here primarily 1emselves, to build up homes never realize under the ancis Joseph, or any mon- i'd having made that step, gh as yet they have not their naturalization papers, off, the yoke that laid heav- r shoulders and for which have little thought of put
 The Ambassador excused Secretary Lansing by say he did against industry was no more nor to warn his countryn en Id happen if they returned Jwn country after having itions of war for the Allies. Am bassador at that time without his host. As yet cen no grand rush of these K to the shores of Austria There has been no stam- efr getting away. And the sllese men take it for grant me Of them is contemp1at- move, either now or after brought to end. So the IT really is practically with 10 stand on when he makes ssertions. As a contradic- a1enf, however, the Am letter to Baron Burian, in unfo1ds plans for a tie-up n1ehena plants and others in West, will always stand as 5. He has told two differ , 0ne to Secretary Lansing lfher to the Baron. One sr 1e a fa1sefnood. Because trust such a man it is time o shake the dust of this on1 Ifs feet He has worn sfconae. There are a few the same class with Dr. 10 should take due notice lag happened and amend rs accordingly, otherwise be 8 wholesale leave talk reign parts in the not far Lure.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-16
WHAT OTHERS SAY

VicwG ou all sides of timely questions as discussed in cx- changes that come to the Herald Office.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-16
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New Britain herald., 1915-09-16

Miss Davis correction commlsSloner has been able by scientific d1etarv' +o s.ve the city s66,5OO a year on nrisoners' food and at the same tlme +o make it better. Yet some say wo- mems place is in the home-exclus- i7e1v-New York Tribune.
 What answer do the "woman's n1ace is in the home" people make to the tale of the Weymouth girl who, out of money and out of a job, shot herself dead in a lodging house in Springfield. The answer will begin, doubtless, "she should have" but nc human being can finish it adequ- ately-Boston Globe.
 From a state of experimentation still acute, with inventors still figure ing on essential points, into a state of trade showing 0,00O,O00 in sales in a single year and more than 2,000,- 900 cars in use-such as American automobile history in brief for a period of two decades. The only thing that does not improve is the record Of disasters, due to carlessness and speedma madness.--New York World.
 The Pennsylvania railroad in order to escape liability for a $l,OO0 fine for showing favoritism to passengers sues a passenger for rebate of thir- ty-four cents This law if it works both ways will call for innumerable suits by passengers to recover tips from Pullman porters. Much of the favoritism shown by passengers to these porters is open and brazen.- Brooklyn Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-16

The root of George w. Perkins deep distrust of George w. "lcNe!- sharo .s constitutional statesman is that MT wickersham started the gov ernment suits against the s'eel ailo harvester trusts.-Springfel Repub- lican.
New Britain herald., 1915-09-16
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New Britain herald., 1915-09-16

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New-York tribune., 1915-03-29
CUT IN SOCCER SALARIES
English Players Suffer, Owing
to Effects Of War.

London, March 2S.-Wjth the excep.
tion Of few players. who were lucky
TO obtain contracts until April 80. 1916
calling for $50 week, all English soc
Ger professionals have had their sal
aries reduced for the next football sea
son, commencing on September !.
The Football Association has made
an important change in its rules, fix
ing the maximum salary Of SIS a wee K
Tor all players. Previously the rule
read 500 a week or 5000 per annum.
In addition 20 this reduction, salaries
during the summer months have been
forbidden, resulting in the players
salaries being cut in half, as payment
will only be made in future for the
season from September l TO April 80
or thirty-iive weeks at SIS ls525)
instead OF ffty-two weeks at $50
(Sl,040).
Owing 10 the effects OF the war the
gate receipts have fallen off 20 an
alarming extent. and season tickets
have not been bought with freedom.
Few OF the clubs have been able 10 pav
their way this season. and the major
ity are from $4,000 10 $4,000 in ar
rears, as compared with last year. Il
will require careful financing at the
end Of April to save many OF the clubs
from collapse
New-York tribune., 1915-03-29
Cuban President Visits the
Camp of Jess-Big
Sale of Tickets for
the Fight.

Havana, March 2S.-Holiday crowds
watched Jack Johnson and Jess Willard
do hard work here to-day in their
training Tor the heavyweight cham
pionship battle on April 5. Close to
5000 spectators, a big percentage OF
/, them women, witnessed the afternoon
training at the Stadium and Miramar,
respectively.
Willard showed 10 the capacity of
the Palm Garden at Miramar, which
was packed. Every seat and box was
sold, and the spectators lined the aisles.
The challenger worked for two hours
steadily, equivalent to forty-tive rounds
of boxing, at the pulleys. punching the
dummy, wrestling and shadow boxing
There were no sparrlng bouts. owing
TO the hard hammering his partners
had received Saturday. He finished
strong and in good wind. His early
morning road work consisted of four
miles. in a series of sprints.
Johnson drew more than 5000 per-
sons, and pleased the crowd with his
fast md heavy hitting and clever foot
work. His sparring partners were all
glad when their turns ended. Johnson
was on the road in the morning. doing
about six miles, jogging and sprinting
alternately. This was his hardest work
of the week. and his condition was
better than for the last few days.
A feature Of the day was the visit
which President Menocal paid to viii
lard's camp. He expressed admiration
for the young giant, although he had
previously wagered 500 on Johnson.
He was accompanied by Police Commits
sioner Duque Estrada, who yesterday
placed $500 on Johnson.
There was a heavy sale of tickets
for the fight throughout the day The
total sale of tickets, 1t is announced,
has now reached more than 100000.
Among the purchasers in the United
States are Alfred g. Vanderbilt. three
boxes; Edward and Ira Morris. of Chi
cagO. two boxes, and Edward Swift. Of
Chicago. one box.
The ring diagram printed to-day is
much like that of the Juarez ring. On
the racetrack proper the permanent
stands have been utilized and cheaper
seats have been erected in the field
The trolley company reports that 4 IS
preparing to handle a crowd Of $4,000
people on the lines TO the park at
Marianao, which is twelve miles from
the city centre.
Many wagers have been laid. the odds
varying from . 20 | TO 3 to |, with
Johnson the favorite, the largest TO
date being $4,000 to $1,000.