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Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1916-04-28

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New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
"A Woman of Paris.

(Edna Dean Porter, in the Indepen-
 dent.) Retreating toward the Marne, his reg iment Would pass at morn a neighboring suburb through; And thither walked his glad young wife, intent To see her soldier, strong and brave and true; And in her arms, or pattering with light feet Beside her steps, she held her baby o the proud moment when his eyes should greet Their little Victor brimming OCT with joy Upon the curb she stood as past they filed,
 When something barred the way and unawares, The line a moment stayed; then wife and child A corporal saW-the fathers friend sand theirs And springing from the ranks he seized her arm; Courage, courage, Madamet Your husband fell l eSIeI udN, DN lily sue, dI WI dJtX An we'll An well her eyelds closed, her heart stood still. What joy henceforth can vile, what grief can harm, Then, swift above her head, with dea athless will She raised her boy presenting him, and cried, For all her anguish, Viva h France!' A thrill Ran through the thrOng, and With the lines advance Cheers filled the morning sky for her and France As if no soldier in his place had diedi-- For France, secure, invincible, inn mortal, While women such as She are dI us portal!
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
FOR BETTER FARMING.

There has been little or no adverse
 riticism, even in enemy political amps, against the rural credits law mich President Wilson signed earlier h the week. On the contrary, it is Jailed as the great awakening, as the prerunner of better conditions for he farmers of the land. Because griculture has ever been the tagging hember of Uncle Sam's economic hmily, everyone realizes the time is |ere when it needs 8 little prodding D help it along, and this the rural Eedits law will do. It should eventu- Ely lift farming from it's sphere now, fifty years behind the times,-to a lane in keeping with other great en- 1eavors of today. In other words the sew bill enacted into law will tend to ring American agriculturists out of De Civil War Period and place them the Twentieth Century,
 The United States should be the SetlSSI dSIICblltuIol IlttllOll III lIlo sorld. Even under present conditions lith some of its farmers following the footsteps of their grandfathers, it is zell up In the front rank The Ritura1 advantages are here. They alt await the financial assistance that 8n purchase, skilled labor and scien- Mic methods. This is at hand. Good #edit means a chance to purchase Bod labor, and with scientific man. Mement available under the new era
 Eaiting, the farmer of the United &htes will become master of almost @ he surVeys,-and tills.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
Another Gold Brick"

It Is in dispute whether Col. RoOse welt said to J. A. H. Hopkins, chair man of the New Jersey progressive state committee, that MT. Hughes might turn out to be another gold brick" MT. Hopkins says the colonel made the statement to him "in the early part of the year" in discussing the presidential nomination. The colonel vehemently denies MT. Hop llins quotation and denounces it as false, absol lutely false."
 As matters stand, the public Is forced to judge by probabilities. A man as garrulOus and incorporate of speech as the colonel and who habitu- ally disputes words attributed to him may at least be suspected of having a defective memory.
 On many occasions it has been the colonePs misfortune to disagree with other people as to his uttCrances. No man in public life has more often faced this predicament, and no one has more consistently, in the face of the evidence, branded as a 'iar" the person whose memory appeared to be better than the cOlOneIs
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20

, awards to the Grand Canyon and the Yosemite and the Big Trees first place among the wonder scenes of the
 earth.
 "Luray Cave, in Virginia, and Nam moth Cave, in Kentucky, surpass in
 originality and grandeur any caves in
 Europe. while Niagara Falls has no
 rival in Europe or in Asia, and our
 American foreTts are the glory of tho
 world.
 Man goes to Asia and to Africa
 to study forgotten civilizations when
 the Redskins upon olr own Western
 plains and in our own cliff dwellings
 reveal stories of the past IS strange
 as any we know, and constitute a race
 more magnificent in physique than
 any that can be found in other parts of the world.
 "Our country Is the treasure house
 of natures scenic jewels, containing so many and such an infinite variety of marvels that thousands of our matchlcss treasures cannot even be mentioned in this brief article: hot springs as saluDrious as any across the ocean; broad, hard, white beaches likc the automobile course at Ormond. su@ perior to any in Europe; coast scenes like those at Mount Desert, Marble head, Mount Tamalpa!s, Santa Bar bara, San Diego; an inland waterway which parallels the Atlantic coast and is almost continuous from Massa- chusetts to Florida, with possibilities Tor aquatic enjoyment uneQualed cx- cept in our own WOndrOUs Puget Sound; canals picturesque as any in Holland, such as the mountain gorges and bluegrass pastures of the Ches- apeake and Ohio Canal from Wash ington to Cumberland, or the historic M ohawk Valley Of the Erie Canal a desert with Colors as heavenly as those of the Sahara and, though de- void of picturesque carnels and Arabs with the most extra ordinary cacti and desert vegetation on earth, and studded with marvellous works of the human hand like Salt Lake City; great fresh water lakes, on which you can take a voyage of one thou- sand miles on ocean liners: Alaska. possessing the grandest glaciers in the world outside the polar regions, f1ords more impressive than Norways and mountains like Mt. Mckinley, which towers nearly one mile higher than the loftiest peak in Europe.
 "One could spend an entire lifetime seeing natures masterpieces within our boundaries and not reach the end of the catalogue"
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20

would suffice. As time goes on and renewed interest is manifested in the art of flying the aerial army will grow into greater proportions Aero clubs throughout the country have been asked to cooperate wit n the national government in this work, and they have already begun to do so. Cities, too, will aid greatly in bulld- ing up an aerial army for the United States.
 New Britain has previously ex pressed desire to be of service to the country by organizing among it's young men an aviation corps. The work has been under way for some time Aerial recruits have been sighted, and the full completion of the corps awaits but appoval of the War men of the city have expressed a de- sire to join the ranks of civilian avia- tors on the reserve list tutor has been selected and his services will be secured the moment tentative plans are made permanent. This. is the spirit that will eventually cause a complete awakening of the public conscience toward national duty. the nation than laymen realize. The possi bilities of an aerial reserve are many and varied
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
GOOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED
 IN INSTITUTES LIST THIS WEEK

Above the battle by Roman Roland.
 "A plea for international socialism which will establish a moral high court, a tribunal of conscience that would complete and solidify the Hague Court. Weekly. Adventures in common sense, by
 Frank Crane
 He wrote them originally for the newspapers, believing that through the press he could best preach to the common man whom he sought" A. L. A. Booklist.
 Bodily changes in pain, hunger fear
 and rage, by w. B. Cannon.
 "The book is a model of solid scientific achievement and should be read by all who want to see the spirit of modern science at it's best" pr. Richard c. Cabot In Survey Culture and war by S. N. Patten
 Explains in what respect the Ger man mind and ideals differ from the American and y."-Publisher Weekly.
 Estimates in art, by Frank Jewett
 Mather, Jr.
 -The author is full of a clean en- thuslasm for art and yet free from the esOteric emotionaIism that breathes from so many of the pages that have been devoted to it."-Liv- ing Age.
 First aid in emergencies, by E. L.
 Eliason.
 "C1ear, concise, we'll arranged and fully illustrated manual for f1rst-aid work. "A. l.. A. Booklist. Influence of joy, by G. V. Dearborn.
 Scientific explanation of the stimulating tonic effect joy has on the human orgapism. Describes it's in Huences on nutrition. the circulation, the nervous system, etc, with chap ters on personality and it's power" Publishers Weekly. Inviting war to America, by A. l..
 Benson
 Exposure of the real meaning of preparedness and of the forces be- hind it, by the Socialist candidate for esident.--Publisher's Weekly. Log of the Shark, by Mrs. Jack
 London.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20

"she tells in leisurely way many entertaining details of the voyage, but does not duplicate the earlier co: cont given by her husband.-A. .L. A. Booklist. Moral obligation to be intelligent, and
 other essays, by John Erksine. Y -Four essays on the same theme- the moral use to which intelligence might be put, in rendering our ad- mirations and our royalties at once more sensible and moro noble. A l.. A. Booklist. Motion picture work, by D. S. Hui,
 fish.
 Photoplay, by Hugo Munsterbers.
 "rhe latest book by the emineni Harvard psychologist, treats Of no less a subject than the "movies' and proclaims the moving picture new. Independent art which stands on thd same high level as the old arts Publishers notice.
 Soldier of the legion, by &F. Morlae
 Soldiers own narrative of the war Author. Of French descent but Arneri' can birth, had seen service in the Philippines and in Mexico. He en. listed in the second Foreign Legion of the French my."-Publisher Weekly.
 Fiction. Blossomy cottage, by Montanye
 Perry.
 Cruis~ of the Jasper B, by Don Mar
 quis.
 Frey and his wife, by Maurice Hews
 lett.
 Tt is a merry, headlong little story, wildly told. d."-London Times. Grasp of the sultan. Prisoner, by Alice Brown.
 Serious work which shows people of fine reserves and beautiful strength under the strain of adjusting a mans life in a conservative New England town after he has served several years in Q federal prison."-A. L. A.. Booklist
 Sylvia of the hill top, by Margaret R.
 Piper.
 Sequel to "sylvias experiment."
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
AN AERIAL RESERVE.

Secretary Baker, backed by all the influential army officers and officials of the War Department, is enthus- iasticaIly setting out to accomplish the creation of a special aeronauti- cal reserve. President Wilson rap- proves the plan and has passed upon many of the recommendations made This proposed addition to Uncle Sams military forces will come under the provision of the national defense act which was made into law last month and by which the President is given authority to augment the flying corps, Figures given show that, ap- proximately 300 officers and 2,OOO enlisted men will be gathered to- gether in a flying squadron under the auspices of the National Guard.
 Under the terms of the act the aforementioned numbe of men would be assigned to twelve divisions of the aeronautical reserve. Experts agree that for beginning this number
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20

ment of Wall street, New York, and State street, Boston. Ideal candidate. William H. Taft.
 s. Dollar diplomacy, with as many dollars as possible and not too much nonsense about diplomacy. Ideal can didate, J. P. Morgan.
 g. America first and true Amer icanism as eludicated and practised by the German-American alliance and not by that weak and tawdry imi- tation, the president of the United States. Ideal candidate, pr. Hexamer.
 10. Public office to be conferred ex- clusively upon Republicans, all Pro- gressives to be classed as Democrats. Ideal candidate, Jacob II. Gallinger.
 This leaves nothing much in the way of ideals as the exclusive property of MT Hughes except the two little ones which he has announced since his nomination. One of these is the prop osition that the indecent prosperity in hicted upon the country by a Demo- cratic administration Is tQ be ignored because it is only temporary. The other is that the efficient. and hard Working American ambassadors and ministers in Europe, being nothing but honest Democrats, ought to be dis placed by superior Republican pluto crats at once.
 If Republicans and Progrcssives are not divided in their ideals what were they fighting about for six years and how did it happen that the only can didate they could agree upon this year was one who had been away from home, so to speak, when the family row was under way?
 The ideals to which MT. Hughes must subscribe are numerous. and pc culiar. We are afraid that he is going to get them mixed.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed In ex- changes that come to tho Herald Office.
A ProfitIcss Seed Distribution.
Providence JOurnal.)

The pending agricultural bill will not be weakened by the elimination of the Old-time provision for free seeds
 People seriously interested in farm ing and gardening are not looking to the government for packages of seeds and it is doubtful if any candidate for congress owes his election to his ac- tivity in sending these to his constit- uentS.
 The department of agriculture is convinced that nothing is gained by sending out seeds, and apparently the only advocates in Washington of the practice are the members of Congress, who think that the customary distri- button adds to their indicidual pop ularity.
 The convincing argument against the free seed graft is it's expense. During the present administration the cost to the government has been more than a million dollars, and this does not include the wages of postal en- plOyes and other expenses The eX- pertinent of getting along without free seeds is worth trying. The million dollars wasted in this kind of pork can be prof1tablN employed in leg1tl- mate government work
 The senate amendment for doing away with the seed distribution should be permitted to stand.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
Enumerating the Ideals. NATn-1

'Wc are not divided in our ideals; let us work together to attain them.
 W hen MT. Hughes gave this noble sentiment to such members of the progressive party as are favorable to his candidacy he forgot that the ideal which he specially represents in this campaign is availability. Seclu- sion as a justice of the supreme court during the six years that republicans were ripping each other up the back is what gave him the nomination.
 The more important ideals of MT. Hughes party may be set down in regular order thus:
 1. Reaction at Washington, includ- ing the wiping out of the federal reserve banking and currency system. Ideal candidate, Elihu Root.
 2. NindicatiOn of VictOriano Huer- ia, involving intervention in Mexico in behalf of big business. Ideal can- didate, Henry Lane Wilson.
 8. Sympathy with the Kaiser, no1 becauSo he is the kaiser but because in his controversy with the president of the United States over the murderous misuse of submarines he permitted a dem OCratiC chief magistrate to win a great diplomatic victory Ideal can- ulOdle, f1cllIN " eiSlOdnn or the Ger man. American Alliance.
 4. Compulsory military service for every able-bOdied American and " ar with somebody or everybody as soon as possible. Ideal candidate, Thco- dore Roosevelt.
 5. A tariff scientifically rewritten by the attorneys of the various in tercSts to be benefited, with particular attention to the eminent patriots who contribute largely to the rartYs ca m paign chest. Ideal candidate Boes Penrose.
 6. Emphatic opposition to the hideous doctrine that Americans have inalienable rights to life and prop erty at sea, even though all Europe be at war Ideal candidates, Joseph c. Cannon and James R. Mann.
 '. No man to be appointed a mem Der of the supreme court of the Unit ed States who cannot get the indorse-
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
Unfair Criticism.
(New Haven UniOn.)


 we had not tried to dictate the internal affairs of other nations until MT. Wilson departed from our we'll established course in relation to Mex icO," says the St. Louis Globe Demo- crat.
 Was it not dictation in "the internal affairs of Colombia when President dent Roosevelt in 1906 the United States took over the government of the island republic, virtually forced the resignation of Palma and estab- lished a provisional control under American direction?
 Was it not dfctation in "the iternal affairs of Columbia when President Roosevelt "tOol<'' Panama in 1903 and used the military resources of the United States to prevent Colombia from trying to recOnQuer the re- belliOuS state?
 Was it not dictatiOn in ''the internal affairs of San Domingo when in 1905 President Roosevelt forced on that nation a treaty under which an agent of the United States appointed by him took charge of the customs houses and administered the finances of the little republic?
 What is "dictatiOn" and what are ''internal affairs?" It is one thing to differ honestly with President Will sons handling of the Mexican prob lem and quite another to say that his actions have been revolutionary.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20

fer complaint at their lot. That is natural. After a month or so of ex- perience, however, they will have be- come accustomed to "roughing it." and when they come back to their homes in the various states will have something better than money can buy, lessons learned under the com potent guidance of United States army officers. These boys of today will prove the real men of tomorrow
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
Gergnany's Debt to America.
(NeW York WOrld.)

According to all appearances at this time, the Kaiser's undersea trader has no rights anywhere on earth except those which it will enjoy as a result of the firm stand taken by the United States government for the freedom of the seas.
 Thus the remarkable voyage of the commercial submersible has done more than vindicate American neu- trality. It has shown that Germany itself is now depending upon the very law which the United States upheld in it's ultimatum against the Tirpitz savagericS. The Deutschland has safe harbor here; it will have plenty of sea room when it departs and on the deep it will not be subject to attack on sight, because it is protected by the American and not the recent Ger man theory of ocean traffic.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
Wide Awake Tn Milford.
(Bridgep0rt Farmer)

The Milford democracy may not be as numerous as demoCrecies of some other places, but It is wide awake and aggressive. The town committee of Milford has adopted a resolution fur- mdlly inviting tle prJgressives to join in the election Of Woodrow Wilson. This, doubtless, most progressives in tend to do, everywhere, unless. in- deed, they decide to nominate a ticket of their own, with Victor Murdoclz at the head of it. Milford prOgressives are not the brard that swallow Pen. rose, Crane of the pussy foot brigade
 Cannon of yesterday and the rest of the motley boss crowd whose banner Roosevelt carries now.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
Expensive Government Publications.
Providence JOurnaD.


 The United States Coast and Geo. detic Survey has issued a series of maps on heavy paper, in two cOlOrs of ink, to show how the cOastline and area of other portions of the earth's surface. The information is interest ing, but not cOnspiCuOusly Valuable- certainly not worth spending the pub lies money for.
 One of these maps shows the United States with the Dutch East Indies inn posed upon it. We find that HOl- lands island possessions in the Orient extend farther than from Norfolk, Virginia, to Portland, Oregon. Suma- tra is bigger than California BorncO is almost equal to Colorado, South Da- kOta and Nebraska. Dutch New Guinea is twice as large as New Eng land But what of it.
 Another may gives us an idea of the size of Madagascar, the Philip pines and Italy as compared with the United States. Madagascar would stretch from the Canadian border 10 Texas The Philippines run north and south as far as from the Great Lakes to Florida. Italy is as big as Navada. Again, what of it?
 These are facts that anybody could dig out of an atlas or cyclopedia, IT he cared to do so. They are tactS for the curious But the National Treasury is in no condition to warrant their embodiment in elaborate pubic documents
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20
MEN IN THE MAKING.

While some of the criticism leveIed conditions surrounding our troops
 bbilized on the Mexican border is Ijust, in the end it will all turn out be for the best. The National 1ardsmen hastily sent down to pro- at the lives and properties of Amer n citizens will develop into compe- Mt soldiers under the strict discipline regular army officers. Because Ssre is no action other than the daily BItine of setting the military house order, the newspaper correspond It's must lay stress in their dispatches Ion the many complaints voiced Song the militiamen. Likewise, the slitical gossip -mOngers, quick to
 bsp anything that might be used sainst their opponents, have found slndaI where no scandal exists. The Hrly reports of bad food administered the soldiers have been run down Sd found false. Stories of food aortage have also been without klndation. In fact, the United States 8ny officers attribute whatever negl- snce there is to the young and in snpetent heads of the militia organ { Hhon
 Without criticising the men who are charge of the National Guard it slst be admitted that they are mex arienced when compared with the saduates of West Point. Therefore, aeir greatest work has been to don aass uniforms, buckle shiny swords their sides, and go out on parade st h their companies. The difference tween marching in dress parade 8,ough city streets and camping on @airie land that has not all the inn SDvements of a modern community 8beginning to dawn on some of these #ung officers After a siege of this @rk they will become infinitely bet men and officers than they were & ben they left home, sweet home. It #ll then never be charged against Rem that they took troops out pro- &ioned with food enough to last #,ht days and allowed the men to go Arough their allotment in less than #lf that time. These things really Nppened while the militiamen were M the way to the border. Because @ such negligence, mostly attributed # inexperience, such episodes as the 5A on a Cleveland bakery shop and @ unch room at Erie were in order. ter Fighting Fred Funston instills #ne real army life into the men from # various states they will know how
 # live like soldiers and to conserve
 ir foodstuffs accordingly
 MSo, in the end, the mobilization of # cle Sam's troops along the border Fl be one of the greatest blessings a this season. Preparedness being M order of the day, preparedness #0uld be given the right of way. The #n who are receiving their first real
 sons in preparedness are those who #ar the khaki and follow regular #ny routine on the border Coming &Dm their soft berths at home, cast
 4y aside the conveniences of modern #a in the city, they will at first of-
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20

Almost any woman can make her husband trcmble by merely saying that she has just heard something about him.-Lexington, Ky, Leader.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20

It is said that two-thirds of the worlds correspondence is in the Eng fish language. Yep, and President Wilson wrote most of it, too-Detroit Free Press.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20

Every day someone informs us his friends" have at last succeeded in dragging from him his reluctant con. sent to run for an office. "Friendsn are so cruel and inconsiderate at times.-Houston Post.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-20

MT. Hughes has been asked to send one of his collars to the museum of a Troy factory. If he does, % it is safe to say that on it will not be found the initials TT. R."-New York Even ing Post.