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New Britain herald., 1916-04-04
Perpetual Warfare
 Befu,een Land and Seq

Washington. D. C.. April 4.-"Whilc civilized man is engaged in the might jest clash of arms the world has ever witnessed there arc otner forces also at war And while there is hope that the great human saturnAlla may soon end. there is no such hope in the great struggle of the forces of nature, for it is a trurelcSs war that the waters of inc world arc WaGing against it's lands,
 Mir. John Oliver LaGOrCe. associate editor of the National Geogra phiC so- ciety, nas recently prepared for that institution a study of this striking struggle between the earth and the sea with the shoreliness of the world as the far flung theater Of war.
 After calling attention to the fact that the processes which have trans formed the polar regions from dense lunglcs of tropical growth into lands of perpetual ice and snow, which have brought the tops of mountains to the bottom of the sea and the bottom of the sea to the tops of mountains. are still going on, although the hands up- on the face of the clock of geology moves so slow that we can not per- ceive their movement, MT LaGorce continues:
 Along every coast line on the face of the earth there is perpetual war fare between the land and the sea, with the wind as the shifting line, now throwing it's weight into the balance on the one side and now on the other. Here the land is taking the offensive, driving the sea back foot by foot, al WAYS with the aid of the wind there the sea marshalS a great drive, and cats it's way landward slowly and la l,,,,-i -1I fully. The varying fortunes of this re- lentlcss and age-long war, which neither truce nor treaty will ever bring to an end can be read in the shifting sands of the seashore. At many points along the coast of the Northeastern states arc found bold cliffs, and the charging sea attacks them with the shot and shell of loose shingle. Some of them, however, are adamant and impregnable in their frontal Qualifications and hold out against the sorest seize, but between them have occurred stretches of soft CT rock which have been literally pounded to dust by the oceans heavy artillery, thus permitting flank at tacks on the hitherto unconquered defenses.
 Along the southeastern coast. how
 
 ton and the long stretches of glitter ing sand the rule. Here the sandy. beach reaches out farther and farther into the sea, and the water is thus enabled to penetrate farther and far ther into the land because the attack of the sea is usually a frontal move ment and that of the land frequently wedge attack; thus we can account for the long straight shore on the one hand and the split on the other
 The formation of the beach lmme- diately guarded by the Cape Henry light is not changing so rapidly as Is the case only a few miles on either side because of it's somewhat protect ed DOsition due to the many sand bars or reefs far out from shore, which, act ing as the first trenches, serve to break the charge of the white horses of Father Neptune as they dash in from the ocean,, and, because of this knowledge of defense, it is plain to be
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04

seen that good quarter Of a mile of beach has been added by the de- tended since the old light was erect cd.
 "Rockaway Beach, Long Island, grows westward at the rate of nearly a mile every twenty years. At Nag
 Head, North Carolina, the land has extended into the sea at the rate of thirty-five feet a year. In 1894 pr. Nathaniel BoWditch prepared chart of Salem and Marblehead harbors, giving the soundings over Vari- ous lodges of rock. Ninety years la ter similar soundings were taken, and in all cases the water was found to be Consid crable deeper, once again tell ing the tale of endless warnings
 "On the shore of Cape Cod, near Chatam, the land is retreating at rate
 of a foot year, and on the southern shore of Martha's Vineyard it is giving
 up the fight to the enemy at the rate
 of three feet every twelve months,
 while on the southern face of Nan
 tucket the tretreat has been as much i as six feet year, the records tell us
 "In it's incessant warfare against the
 land, the sea literally takes it's cap turcd hosts, and makes them do battle
 under it's command. The boulders
 that are shattered from the face of d cliff are dashed up against it again
 and again, hammering others loose, the while being worn round ana
 smooth as the projectiles of big guns must. As the process goes on, these huge shells are worn down and
 crum bled until there remains nothing
 to tell the story of forced fighting against their own stronghold, save grains of sand on some distant beach or the soft carpet spread upon the floor of the sea many fathoms deep' How rapidly this process goes on is sometimes strikingly shown. "A schooner laden with bricks IS oeached on some bare shore in a storm these bricks are rolled and tumbled dls- tance of five miles or so in the course of A year. and by that time attrluon has usually completed its work. Au- thorities say that on the shores or Cape Ann fragment of stone as DIS as nail keg has been worn corhple'e- lv round by it's constant turning dur ing the course of but five years
 "Some years ago there was dlscoN-
 cred in the British Records office an elaborate map of the North Amerl-
 ca coast from Cape Cod to the Nave
 sink Hills, which is believed to date from about 1715. It gives wonderful
 illustration of the changes that
 coastline may undergo in 200 years;
 TO begin with, it shows that Cape Goa was at that time an island, and thaC ! near the point where the natural pas i sage from the Atlantic to Cape oou 1 bav. The point is located where the 1 channel existed and the following mo- l tation was put in by British ofhcer' l probably Capt. Cypian Southoack, sent i out to capture Bellamy the plra'e' ] "Ye place where I came throusii with a. whale-boat being ordered oE ve Governor to look after ye plrate shin Whide, Bcllamy, Commander' castaway ye 26th day of April III" | where I buried one hundred ana two 1 men drowned
 On this chart the islands Of Nan 1 tucket and Marthas Vineyard are shown as a group of six islands. Every
 great number of other changes Tn
 shoreline topography are noted
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04
CUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND.

When Marjorie Sterrett, the little New York girl, launched forth her idea of building a battleship by col lecting dimes from all the school chil- dren in the United States, she was hailed as a patriot. When men with advertising took up Marjorie Ster- rett's battleship propa aganda and linked it with the "movies', Marjorie Sterrett lost somewhat of her glamor. It is ever the way. Down at Yale the boys started out to help Marjorie get the battleship. The fellows who saw the commercial lism of this campaign started a crusade against it. The subjoined bit of satire. burlesquinG Marjories original letter to New York newspaper. gives some idea of how Yale is divided:-
 q am a little girl six years old. I believe in capital punishment and I don't believe we have been killing enough criminals in Connecticut. want to buy an eleCtl1c cndlI ana hereby contribute my dime to the cause. hope all the other little boys and girls will give dimes, too. Yours truly,
 "MARJORIE BUNTINCt."
 The note was posted in a con- spcuOus place near the campus. Our guess is that a campaign for an cleo tric chair would, in the long run, make greater headway than similar energy expended in the interests of a battleship. So long as things go along as they are, with little or no need for naval action. the people Of this country are prone to forget there is such thing as a navy or a battle ship. If Villa had not made the raid on Columbus. New Mexico, we might have forgotten all about the cavalry. The rule here is, Out of Sight, Out of Mind.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04
Sunset and Evening Stars.

(Henry Irwin Nicholas, in Philadel-
 phia LedGer.) The rosy glow of evcntde Transfigures earth and sky; The moon sails on a silver tide, Glints be1fry cross on high. Twin evening stars in beauty bloom Kissed by the setting sun: Pale blue and rcd, they pierce the
 gloom,
 Their rays all intcrspun. The waving pines. the plodding tramp, In adOratiOn bow; The moon. d solemn evening lamp, Lights alterations blow c, weary man on city streets, Your lights blot out the bloom That from on high the peasant Greets And lights him through the gloom.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04
Why Portland MOurnS.
TTrom Portland (Mc.) Pre-

(FrOm Portland (Mc.) PresS.D
 Our local orators would do well to blue-pencil the haCkneNed pharsc. We have harbor large enough and deep enough to float the navies of the world.' until such time az some of the modern leviathans can sail mp to our docks, carrying q capacity cargo, without occasioninG their commanders to run the risk Of a nervous breakdown in the under taking. This oratorical phrase, SO frequently employed to Portland spellbinders, has been responsible for neglect to take advantage of our or- portunities and has set Portland back at least 20 years,
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04
,, A VALUABLE METAL,

who were out in the vicinity
 h, Mo, about sixteen or
 months ago, shortly after the
 war started, readily realize
 of copper. This little Amer
 n is completely surrounded : r mines. Before the war he miners were all out of oon after the war began the
 Jack, as copper is called
 men, began coming in, and population was put to work.
 an that, nearby towns took
 nd baggage and moved over
 Webb City came over to 1 oG five thousand men. The
 order for copper that attract ion was one calling for 1O0,- bounds for the allied nations, ky France and England, who he order through American It was then the price of cop |ed skyward.
 ! n January of this year an or fg for 5.0O0.O00 pounds was ere. Now we are informed Eher great order has been |the allied nations. This time lone wants 25,00O.000 pounds |netal to be delivered during l |th and next month and far b. Thus within six months of there will have been taken Iied nations a total of 160.- bounds of copper, all of which Eed in the making of war sup this may be taken as a fair of the great struggle that is h, and it should he because one of the greatest csSentia Is bg scientific warfare. it would kts the allied nations are really |y settling down to business, barring for the long coatcm- bring drive. American copper Ig to be very valuable pro- will undoubtedly grow more
 as the war progresses. Most
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04
COMMUNICATED.
Curtis Endorses Stand Taken by
 Citizens of German Birth.

Editor Herald:
 In regard to the statement printed in today's issue of a morning paper signed by number of prominent citizens of German birth or ancestry, l wish to state that their sentiments aS to malicious clements or any ether statem ents and their being merlcans first, last and all the time, should meet the approval of all citizens as it certainly does of mine. More strength to their arms along those lines.
 Sincerely,
 o. F. CURTIS.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04
Whore souss Got His Name.

(From the Birmingham 'News,)
 "Thc summer l spent m Maine, nrntossor r'r,U in somc university there' ,'l,o p' on 'r9 nas continually getting up inter- ,.ti,,a +1,ings to tell at night as the
 a-.ds sot around the big wood fire. ona riobt he told of how Sousa got ,o As matter of fact his
 ,,o is sam Otis. One summer lie. went abroad and had oJl of his trunks ,,,,rkcd. 'S.-O. l.. &. AZ and tho bagx cage men ran it together into Souse and since then he has been known Iy that name"
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04
PIE AND PRIMARIES.

I ting d piece of mince pie a \ w York, who bears the pes
 me of Mrs. Bessie C. Black. < hat the German Grow n
 captured Paris, that Elm
 jam without any other aid
 prisoner of General Joffre,
 all this was going on she & &etely surrounded by Turk ' $ who rushed at her with T 8imitars. Of course, she k other things too terrible to saw Russian caviar charging 4as, Italian macaroni fight kfurters, and many battles $ too numerous to mention, 8ch caused her much annoy &unbearable suffering. Now 3lds recompense for the loss I slumber, and to that end is 4 pie manufacturing com #he tidy sum of ten thousand Ehe physical and mental sUf- ksed by her nightmare is
 sum if anything. The dam ! Ice pie can do is not to be l in mere dollars and cents.
 lmbus discovered this land
 nince pie had it's day, it is lean institution, there have
 |e very fervid sensations
 an aftermath to it's eating.
 beriences of Mrs. Bessie C. -b indeed very interesting,
 So far as her nara ton
 htains all the elements Of TO- 3tion. But it does not go far tells of the capture of ] be sure; and the fall of Gen b but it leaves out the one event of contemporary his ills to take notice of the con Few Britain between His 6ayor Quigley. on the one Councilman Orson F. Curtis : Ter. This might be because the sestion did not eat the rnince h the confines of this grand Had this been done there i've been a great saving of worry. We should all know khich one of these two war kld come out. of the battle up. AS it is we must trust 1 es cast at the various polling Is afternoon, very unSatlS- hethod. There will be no |nince pie then, there will be nightmares to go around. has little or nothing on the when 1t comes to producing bets, If Mrs. Bessie C. Black k. someone tonight must un- E same experience; but not Ice pie-from primaries.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04

In it's report on the wreck at Mil ford. where eleven passengers lost their lives. the Public Utilities Com mission after thoroughly reviewing all phases of the disaster strongly recommends the report of it's en- gineer John F. Trumhull, to the eff feet that the New Haven road de- N"iop and perfect an automatic train stopping device. These automa tic block signals could he operated suc- CCssfully on the roads electrified Svs- tenn. according to the engineers wav of thinking. Just why such a SrS- tenn could not be installed on the entire line is matter of conjecture. Since the Milford wreck has been laid at the door of
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04
FACTS AND RANCHES

The duel between a German com- merce raider, the Grief, and a British armed merchantmen, the Alcantara, was reminiscent of the older days when John Paul Jones laid his Rich ard alongside the Serapis, lashed them together and announced when his vessel was starting to sink that he was just beginning to fight" Submarine assassinations make real naval war fare seem more than ever noble.-New York Press.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04

man $ frailty 1t would seem that some improvement should be made on the present system of signalling and auto matlcally stopping trains running perilously near each other The more bears out the need of some such device
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04

Looking back over the list of old family names, William H. Clemens finds that there was a Charley Chap lin living in Massachusetts in 1724 Now some one come forth with the film
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04

consciously set forth by a very use full ex-president of the United States. MT. Tafts philosophy is of hlgh worth. not only to the students III Vale but to folks generally.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04

carrier to any part of the city Tents Week, 65 Cents a Month. Es for paper to be sent by mail,
 in advance, 60 Cents a Month,
 M ear.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04

It Is not safe to und nderestimate Ger man resourcefulness. In the ship yards along the Baltic dreadnaughts and battle cruisers have probably been rushed at maximum speed. From this viewpoint, for example. it is pos slble to argue that 8 long war may not be so fatal to Germany as is usu- ally assumed. If 8 long war means for England an opportunity to build up tremendous army, why may it not mean for Germany an opportun- lty to build Up a navy that might take something more than a desperate chance ?-New York Evening Post
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04

Eofitable advertising medium In Circulation books and press 1Ways open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04

zthe Post Office at New Britain hd Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04
WHAT OTHERS SAY

Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed In ex- changes that come to the Herald Office.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04
That Guild.
From the Tiger.

TommN--bh. mother. look al th|t man. He's only got ono arm. ! Mother-HuSh, TIell hear you.
 Tommy-Why, doesn the know 1t?
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04

(Sunday cxceptedl at 4:l5 D. m,
 Id Building. 57 Church St.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04

Congressman Linthicum has intro duced resolution in the house asking for an investigation of the production and marketing of dairy products. The resolution suggests another system Of government inspection with all it's ob- noXious features, and in this MT. Lin proval. We have enough fed proval. We have have enough fed eral interference with city, state and national industries as it is. The pub lie will look with suspicion on any fur ther attempt to introduce the search and seizure process.-St. Louis Times
 Verbally blasting Bernstorff at every German offense or near -offense has become ridiculous. He is here to work for Germany, and We aren't likely to punish him for that. Amerl- cas- best bet just now is to learn something from him if possible, in tnc meantime paying strict attention to several firing jobs in our own govern ment The public has already nomln- ated Josephus Daniels for quiet place in private life. Why not pro- ceed with Josephus before we go fur ther in sizing up foreign diplomatic characters in Washingt ton ?-Boston Journal.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04
. Illinois follows Nebraska, Minnesota

Illinois follows Nebraska, Minnesota and Michigan ir the roll of states in which MT. Roosevelt has caused his name to be withdrawn from the pres idential preferential primary. Chron- os devouring his children is not a more interesting spectacle than MT. Roose- welt rejecting the primaries in favor of wicked old fashioned nominating conventions Equally chara cteristic of the Roosevelt brand of politics is the abandonment of the progressive party by a New Jersey politician, who says that supporters of MT Roosevelt for the 1916 nomination should work within the republican party There is superparadox in the mere headline announcement, Quits Moose to Aid A. R. Fight the Progressive party, in order to help the founder of the pro- gressive party!-New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04

will be found nn sale at Hota- lew Stand. 42nd St. and Broad iw York City: Board Walk, At ity, and Hartford Depot.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04
tChin' like swimnin' lime.

ltChin like sWimmin' lime, Hard thing to wait: Eart rth-Worns just elegant. Talk about bait, Bum hleheCS hummin'
 That old drony way Whats the use taliin' Of workin' today!
New Britain herald., 1916-04-04

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-24
.HOL COMBE'S AIDE
 FOR ROOSEVELT FOR PRESIDENT

Waterbury, May 24-It's his Ameri- canism that makes him the most desir- able man for President" was the way John F. Elton, ex-Mayor of Water bury and member of Gov. HOlcOmb's s staff, explained the formation of the Roosevelt Republican Committee, which was launched at the Hotel Bi1t- more in New York Sunday for the purpose of crystalizing the demand among Republicans for the nomination of Col Theodore Roosevelt. The com
 nittee is a group of Republicans said to represent sentiment in at least 30 states. George von L. Meyer, Secre- tary of the Navy under Presidents Taft and Roosevelt, is chairman of the cOn- will visit Col. Roosevelt at his home in Oyster Bay to acquaint him with the purposes of the committee.
 MT. Elton, the only Waterbury man on the committee, when inter- viewed. said 8 number of Republicans had told him that Roosevelt should be the party's choice because he was the of the government at this time. MT. Elton stated quite firmly that he was a Republican and as such favored Col. Roosevelt, and not as a member of any other political faith.
 Asked for an expression of his sen timents, MT. Elton said they were fully and adequately expressed in that part of the committees statement which says: This committee of Repub1i- cans has been formed to crystalline the demands among Republican voters for the nomination of Theodore Roose- welt by a reunited Republican party for the presidency. The sentiment for his nomination is widespread in every state of the Union. The pur- pose of this committee is to organize this sentiment and make it effective, and to aid the Republican party in going before the country reunited and in full strength with a candidate who better than any other man represents the spirit of Americanism awakened by the present crisis in the nations history''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-24
CooNs IN E. BRIDGEPORT

Coon hunting in the country is com mon enough, but coon hunt right in the heart of the city-and such a hust1ing city as Bridgeport. too is in- deed rare, and it all occurred on Sum day.
 H. s. Sel1eck, who works at a gro cery store in Kossuth street, lives at East Main and Jane streets. The fam fly had pust finished breakfast yes terday Sunday when MT. SeIleck' s little boy, who had been intently gag ing into a maple tree in front of the house, called his papa and excited1y cried out, 'tOh- gee, pop, that ain't a cat is it?''
 Papa SeIleck came to the window and looked at the spot indicated. There was an animal sure enough ly- ing low on one of the limbs of the tree, and a second look convinced SeI- 1eck that it was pretty good coon.
 Papa Se11eck wanted to capture the coon and he wanted to go to church and the process of one might interfere with the other. Then again, how did the coon happen to get into the tree? Did the sudden cold spell drive him out of the woods to the city for
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-24
BARNUM & BAILEY PAGEANT PORTRAITS
 ARABIAN NIGHTS
New Feature of Barnum & Bailey Circus Is Gorgeous,
 Oriental Display.

Sheherizade, Queen of Persia, lives again and a thousand mimics enact the spirit of her fantastic and multi jeweled tales. Could the great King of Persia return in the flesh and see the presentation. of these wonderful tales of his favorite as given with a wealth of oriental 1uxuriance by the Barnun & Bailey Circus in Bridgeport on June he would probably turn green with envy to find all his own ponp and imaginings so completely outdone.
 The 785 horses, Arabians, and de- scendents of those in the great Ca iph's own stables, carry but small portion of the great host of 1,275 ac- tors who move in this mighty pageant. Forty kingly elephants bear the Princes and beauties of the East in the procession, while a caravan of 35 camels usher in the wild Arabian warriors of old.
 It has taken an initial outlay of a million dollars to bring forth this splendid pageant of the ancient Ori- ent and make it live again in the present day. The title of the produc- tion is Persia, or the Pageants of the Thousand and One Nights The time and labor of many artists has gone into the infinite historic and artistic research necessary for each one of the $500 costumes that garb this great army of actors.
 The pageant precedes the opening acts of +1fe circus at each performance. and each individual actor in the great production has been drilled to a point of absolute perfection by staff of stage directors, headed by Ottokar Bartik, of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York city.
 At Madison Square Garden, New York city, where the great procession was first shown to the public, it was conceded that Barnum & Bailey had outdone themselves in this remark able display, more brilliant than any of the previous pageants for which they have been so long famous.