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New Britain herald., 1916-12-20
Communications With South America
 (Philadelphia Inuuirer.)

Philadelphia Inquirer)
 A report is going the rounds in financial circles that the Western Union company may invade the South American field by laying cables to all the principal ports. This would mean a keen struggle for business and prob ably a lowering of present rates, which are actually high. but are de- clared to be only mildly remunerative. But if we are going to have greatly enlarged trade with South America there is room for improvement in various forms of communication.
 At present the mail service to South American ports is very slow. This is in part due to the fact that the cost of coal is so great that it is found economical for vessels to steam slowly. With some of the nations we have fairly regular service, and with othe- it is irregular and at times eXaspera- tingly slow. It is hardly possible for an American merchant to write to Brazil or Argentina and expect an answer within two months. Of late a few steamers have been making bet ter time, but for others the voyage to Rio de Janeiro takes almost a month It is expected that after the war there will be some new and fast liners put on which will improve the service, but much depends upon the future course of business. While South American trade has been picking up, it has not yet reached the proportions expected. We have improved our banking arrangements with most of the nations, but, unfortunately, some of them are still on deprec1ated paper basis, so that commerce is car ried on under difficulties. The trouble is that we are compelled to ask South America unpreced ented prices for our goods at a time when she dislikes tc pay any increase whatever. Never theless, trade Is improving, and one year more should see all of the South American countries on a sound f1nan- cial basis.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20
American Pronunciation.

Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, the foremost theatrical manager of Lon don, now of this country, laments that the United States has no stand ard of pronunciation. He wants us to decide on a standard and then live up to it. Our edu- cators, he says, the school teachers and heads of universities,' could get together and select the idea system. But what would they adopt as a standard? And how would they put it over"? We have several distinct styles of pronunciation, firmly fixed in the various geographical sections. There is the New England pronun- ciation. represented at it's best by Boston, There is tn New York city pronun ciation, which is a modified Bostonian. There is the general sys- tenn of intOnatiOn and articulation prevailing throughout the south, very distinct from that of New England. There is a still different system in the west. and another, more western than eastern, in the middle west. And there are definite local vibra- tions found in Vermont, Pennsylva- mia and several other states. If there
 is, to be a standard, what shall it be .? Most highly educated citizens lean to the Boston pronunciation. The stage follows the New York pronunciation,
 with London inprovem Public speakers in general try to approxi- mate the Boston or New York stage standard. But their efforts, however admired, never percolate very far into the common speech of the people west of the Hudson river and south of Staten Island. It is not to be expect ed that the people of any big sec- ton will adopt the pronunciation of any other section. They could not if they wanted to. The variations are probably due as much to differences of climate as differences of customs and tradition. A 'northerner going south eventually comes to speak as the southerners do. So does a New Englander in the west, or a Westerner in New England. Why indeed should we all try to speak alike?It is desir- able, no doubt, to get rid of local od- ditions or unpleasantnesses, such as the slovenly slurring of words or the
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20
Church Tries Advertising. cS c A1-. |

An interesting experiment will be
 tried by the Fourth Presbyterian
 church of Greenville. This church
 plans to publish a series of large
 newspaper advertisem ents, the first
 of which will appear in the News of
 Sunday morning. Church advertising,
 on such a scale. is novel in Green vile. The Fourth Presbyterian
 church, realizing that such an institu- ton has much to offer the public, re- solved upon the advertising plan as a means to acquaint the public with what it hopes to do and can do. The effect of the advertising in regard to church spirit, attendance and other results will be watched with much interest. In many cities it Is the custom of churches to pay for read ing notices of a formal character. However, church advertising is prac- tica1ly new in Greenville. It has been tried, and often successfully, in larger places. Why will it not prove beneficial here? The Fourth Presby- terian is leading in the experiment.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20
Hints.
(By Alice Cary.)

\Dy 1AltCo CdIy.J Two thirsty travellers chanced one day to meet Where a spring bubbled from the
 burning sand; One drank out of the hollow of his hand, And found the water very cool and sweet. The other waited for a smith to beat And fashion for his use a golden cup; And while he waited, fainting in the heat, The sunshine came and drank the fountain up In a green field two little flowers there were, And both were fair in the face and tender-ey One took the light and dew that heaven supplied, And all the summer gusts were sweet with her. The other, to her nature false, denied That she had any need of sun and dew, And hung her silly head, and sick1y grew, And, frayed and faded, all untimely died. A vine of the bean. that had been early wed To a tall peach, conceiving that he hid Her glories from the world, un- wisely slid Out of his arms, and, vainly chafing, said: 'This fellow is an enemy of mine, And dwarfs me with his shade" She would not see That she was made vine. and not a tree,
 vine.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20
NO PEACE IN SIGHT.

David Lloyd George by his speech the House of Commons yesterday lnply placed the burden of responsi- |Iity back on the shoulders of Ger bny. The negotiations hinted at in Ie speech of the German Chancellor, n Bethmann-Holl are no nearer an they were the day the peace oposals were drawn up by Germany d announced to an anxious world. an approach is to be made to them, is for Germany to lead the way. *ld this can only be done by the Gen. : al Powers outlining a plan and licy that will meet the Requirements rnaulated by Lloyd sGeorge,-com- ete restitution,' full reparation, and fectual guarantees that the peace of lrope will never be disturbed again it has been during the past two and half years. If Germany was sincere her first declarations, if the peace oposaIs she advanced were not IeFy for home consumption, then ere may be some way out of the faculties. If, however, Germany erely made her vague propositions r. the purpose of squaring herself thf her own people and before the utraI world there Is little chance of k immediate negotiations that might |en eventually lead to peace. The ad is long and arduous at best. oyd George has not strewn it with ses.
 There are precious few people in world today; who wish deep down
 their hearts for a continuance of war. The world has seen enough sery as it is. But when peace is cIared the people of neutral nations
 well as those who live in the bel erent lands want some assurance Rt an occurrence such as this colos-
 Struggle will not repeat itself thin the memory of those living to- p4.sE Il InSEG CcdH D0 no c6IIdln guar tees to that end it were better that war should be fought out unti side or the other is crushed to the rth, never to rise again. Tn the ace proposals advanced by the Ger an Chancellor it was enphatically Enuated that Germany is at presen .torious, that the only reasons she vanced the proposition was because
 her great love for humanity. IT answer to this Lloyd George doe
 admit that Germany is victorious r that her love for humanity ompted the first move toward peace
 csc two speeches are entirely an Sonlstic, and so long as there i
 ch a wide gap of sentiment betweer party of the first part and tht rtVsof the second part there is little pc of reaching an immediate agree ent. Germany claims to be fighting
 her very existence. England ant allies say they are fighting for tn
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20

The coming back of the British at kut-el-Amara recalls an insuIar characteristic that has made history A people that does not know when 1t Is beaten has warlike capacities that in the long run make themselves respected.-New York World
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20

Those suffragists who insist upon calling Miss Ruth Law "The Columbus of the air. should clothe the noun in it's proper gender and bask it in ap- propriate poetic sentiment somewha t like this: "Columbia the gem of the celestial region.'
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20
CORRECTION.

An article in Saturdays Town Topics,'' on the increased number of autom obiles in the city,, printed, gave the approximate number per capita as one for every 4,333. This is obviously wrong, due to a typographi- cal error The intended figure was one for every forty-three.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20

This fellow John Barleycorn al- though he has been driven from many states still manages to maintain a few palatial residences in the larger cities He has renewed his lease in Boston and will be seen at the same old pla ces for another period. Even Billy Sun day fell down before him this time.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20

This is the season of the year when many husbands are lost or rnislaid in the great department stores by eager shopping wives. Again we appeal for lost and found department for hus- bands.-Chicago News.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20

Another Yale freshman has made Q successful elopement in an automo- bile. Matrlmony seems to have be- come a popular elective at the New Haven university.-New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20

It is not difficult to believe the re- port that Germany would give the Irent1no to Italy if she would sign a separate peace. That is Austrian territory.-Philadelp Ledger.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20
President Wilson's Grandfather.
rard in the Philadelp
 Jedger.)

Ledger.)
 Charles F. Hughes has now con- graduated President Wilson upon his reelection. and the town of Strabane has reached hands across the sea and said: Shake, because you are one of us' -.. Strabane has a good memory and it recollects that the presidents grand father came from that spot in Ireland to Philadelphia, where he once pub lished the Aurora" newspaper. ... "Strabane sends heartiest congratu- lations,' said a recent message, which I obtain from private sources, and is justly proud of a descendant of one of its citizens"
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20

iyered by carrier to any part of the city
 for 15 cents a week, 65c 8 month. scriptions for paper to be sent by mail. payable in advance. 60 cents a month,
 $s 9r a yea.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20
zens to have good government-Phil adelphia Record.

We are learning some lessons of use from the great world war. House flies and mosquitoes are to be exter- minated by gas attacks.-Baltimor American.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20

only profitable advertising medium Tn the city: Circulation books and rress room always open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20

Those nine thousand Germans who were gathered in by the French in the Verdun region were, perhaps, sur pr1sed in the midst of holding a peace meeting. Journal
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20

g Herald viii be found on sale at Hota- lfngs News Stand, 42nd St. and Broad way, New York City; Board Walk, At lantic City, and Hartford Depot.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20

Christmas trees are going up,-in homes and in prices. The high cost of celebrating we have with us always.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20

Well, if a party manager ought to get $1O,OOO year for managing the party the party ought to pay it, and not the puplc oklyn Standard Union
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20

|tered at the Post Office at New Britain
 as Second Class Mail Matter
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20

led daily Sunday exceptedl at 4:15 p. n,
 Fat Herald Building. 6Z Church St.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20
FACTS AND RANCHES.

There is one war chariot in Europe that is both novel and effective. and it is the water Wagon.-New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20
Britair, Herald.

ERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
 Proprietors.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20
Furs--Furs

We are fortunate to have two thousand dollars worth of Fur Neckpieces and Muffs consigned to us by a New. York manufacturer and they are on sale at prices that average one-fOurth less than regular. K
 Mir. Man give your wife a Fur Set for a Christmas pres. ent. <
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20

The only really valuable city char ter is the determination of the citi-
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20

& TELEPHONE CALLS. 3u3iness Ohice 9Zs
 Editorial Rooms 92<
New Britain herald., 1916-12-20

Only four days to Christmas.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04
THIRTY TWO MILLIONS
ASKED FOR RIVER WORK

600 for dams and locks on the Ohio
river to give a depth of nine feet be-
low Pittsburgh.
The third item in point of amount
is $3.50, 900 asked to maintain and
improve the Mississippi river from
the mouth of the Missouri M Min
neapolis, Mimi. Fourth in order OF
size is s2,15O, 900 for Improvement
and maintenance of the southwest
pass on the Mississippi river in
Louisiana. Next is a request for ST.
900 900 for improving the Delaware
river The sixth big item is 81 .0So, 900
for improvement of the Missouri be-
tween Kansas City and Fort Benton.
A round million is asked 10 improve
the inland waterway between Nor
folk and Beaufort inlet, n. c.
Appropriations asked amounting to
over 100000 are Indiana Harbor,
Ind, s415,000; Sabine Pass, Texas.
$500. 900.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04
CLEAN UP
DAY HELD
BY VILLA
Sacked Chihuahua City OF
Four Train Loads of Loot
and Then Departed
For the West.
TOWN Is REoCCUPIED
When Danger Has All Passed, Defacto
Troops Boldly Come
\ Back and Plant
TOWN IS REoccUPIED
[By Webb Miller, United Press Staf
Correspondent.l

[By Webb Miller. United Press Staf
Correspondent
Ell PASO, Texas, Dec. AFTER
systematically looting and evacuating
Chihuahua City, Villa is today march
ing westward toward the mountains
of western Chihuahua, carrying four
trainloads of loot and supplies. At
seven o'clock Saturday night Mexi can
government truons reoccupied the
northern capital without bloodshed.
In the. first message exchan SCn
after the wires we're reopened be-
tween Chihuahua City and the uorder
nothing was said of the fate of the
six Americans wIo were known TO
have been in chihuahua City wnen
it was attacked and captured by Villa
a week ago. Relatives of the MICS
ing men and U. 5. department agents
here at once dispatched messages to
residents of Chihu ahua City, but early
today no replies to he messages had
reached the bordac.
In Juarez today, troop trains with
fresh supplies uf am.rua;tiou were
preparing to start south. UnOffiC al
advices stated that the relief coluEius
of General Murgia and ;he remnants
Of General Trsvino's conmand bed
marched in to C',ihu;litIa City from
the city and that tn, new artillery
brought up by MIr&ia is bei.g en-
placed upon the dominating hills ,f
Santa Rosa. Every Preparation IS
being made to gsrrisoa the city IN )re
heavily than heretoforc. A ct'rselva-
tive estimate hv CIR; li.zt Military
authorities. place the number of gov
ernment troops ROW in the capital at
eight thousand.
From unofficial sources, 1t was
learned that the loot gathered by the
Villistas was enormous. rhe bandits
carried everything of value in wagons
to trains at the Mexican Northwest
ern station. Automobiles were COM
mandeered TO haul Villista officers
about the streets while the sacking
was in progress. More than two hun
dred thousand dollars worth of coin
and bullion was part of the booty
taken by the bandits, one account
states. So gre 1T was the terror of
the natives that some even helped
the bandits TO loot their own homes
and carry away the loot. From Tues
day until Saturday the robbery went
on.
Five modern guns Of Is and 80
millimeter calitre were pulled down
from Santa Rosa hill by villistas and
taken along, while the remaining
three were disabled. Mining men
here declare they have Information
that Villa captured 1000 rifles and
SO machine guns and quantities OF
ammunition.
The evacuation of Chihuahua City
by Villa caused little surprise in
military circles here. Observers
pointed out that 1t would be strategic
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04
WAX BORROWED
0SBORNE'S NAME
Arrest of Man in Chicago
Clears Up Mystery of $780,
900 Breach of Promise
Suit.
HE WILL BE TAKEN BACK
Former Soldier Has Police Record.
Having Bad Habit Of Co.
ing Under Various
Names
HE WILL BE TAKEN BACK

LUnited Press Leased Wire Serv1cel
CHICAGO, Dec. 4.-The story of
Charles H. Wax, under arrest here
today. clears the mystery of the SEN
sational s50,O0O breach of promise
suit by Miss Rae Tanzier, a pretty
milliner, against James w. Osborne.
former assistant district attorney Of
New York City and noted criminal
lawyer
Wax, who is graduate of the uni
versity Of Columbia Medical school
class Of '07, says he is the "Oliver Os-
borne" who taught Miss Tanner to
enjoy the gaieties Of New York night
life. Miss Tanzier brought suit in
March 1915, against James w. Os-
borne. Osborne, who is over fifty and
has family, denied he had even seen
the girl.
Wax, wanted as a material wit
ness in the case denied today he had
played anything but an innocent role
in the suit against Osborne.
"I was going under the name OF
Oliver Osborn In 1914 when met
Miss Tanzier," he said. II picked her
up through street filtration at Col
umbus Circle, New York. We saw
each other several times after that.
"In 1915 I read in the newspapers
that Miss Tanzier had filed suit for
$4,000 against Osborne. 1 went to
Osborne and told him | was the man
she really meant to file suit against.
| met his wife there and assured her
that her husband was a victim of a
mistake. Both of us remarked at
that time Of the resemblance between
Osborne and myself"
l. t0
ord in many cities. He said he didn't
get tangled up in the case and left
New York. Besides being wanted in
New York in connection with the Os-
born case, Wax is wanted there on
charges Of grand larceny and of using
the mails to defraud. He is said to
have worked in all parts Of the
United States under many aliases,
one of them being Harold Bell Wright
under which he swindled club women
who affected a love of the popular
novelist's books.
Wax has served in the United
States army, being regimental quar-
termaster for the Twenty-eighth in
fantry. In Chicago he worked as
head janitor in a department store.
Detectives arrested him as he was
moving to cheaper quarters here. He
will waive extradition and be taken
back to New York Immediately.
Wax has operated his clever games
on women from coast to coast, 1t is
believed, working under many aliases.
He is said to have numbered two
hundred women among the victims of
his swindles. 1t was his game, the
police say, to make love to his vic
Tins and get their savings on the pre-
text that he wished to invest them or
deposit them in a bank. Wax admits
having served two prison terms for
swindling women, one at San Quen-
tin, Calf, the other at Salem, Ore.
Wax speaks French, English, ltali-
an and German and is affable and
polished in maners. He always goes
well groomed. C. B. Raymond, An
dus Mcdonald, Maisie. Mason Nye,
George Newell, c. Bason, George Oliv-
er Vosburg, Telfain Tobin, c. B. An
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04
German Troops Draw Close to
Bucharest and Await Big
Guns for Siege Of
the City.
ALL ROADS GUARDED
Rumanian Retreat Was so Preclpt.
tate That Teuton Cavalry Ran
Far Ahead Of the
Infantry.
EBy Carl w. Ackerman, United Press

EBy Carl W. Ackerman, United Press
Staff Correspondent
HEADQUARTERS OF FIELD MAR-
Shall Won MACKENSEN, FIFTY
KILOMETRES FROM BUCHAREST.
Dec. 1. CVia Berlin and Sayville wire
less, Dec Alderman troops today
were within ten miles OF Bucharest.
The Ruman1an retreat is 80 precipl-
tate that German advance columns
on Thursday and Friday holly pur-
suing them, lost touch with the Ger
man infantry backing them UP. me
slower moving infantry was unable
to keep up with the advance column
in pursuit.
Officers all declare the morale or
the Rumanians is completely broken.
It is not expected they will be able
seriously to defend their capital
Field Marshal Won Mackensen and
General Falkenhayn, however. are
taking no chances. Every road lead
ing toward Bucharest from the south.
the west and the north is packed with
German, Austrian, Hungarian and
Turkish troops, carrying all equip-
ment necessary Tor Z siege OF the city.
TThe above dispatch was dated
Friday and puts the German forces
encircling Bucharest closer to their
mark on Friday than had even BEEN
limited at in official statements.
Ackerman's dispatch was written
December l. Since that time, Russian
official statements have detailed
strenuous effort by Russian forces TO
stem the tide of this advance. The
point Of greatest menace to Bucharest
was to the southland this is probably
the section where Ackerman's dispatch
puts the German forces within ten
miles Of the capital.
The Russian statement of last night
claimed retirement Of the German
Bulgarian forces in this section after
defeat and capture by the allied forces
Of prisoners and booty, 1ncludlnS aO
least twenty-six guns.
In the light of Ackerman's dispatch,
indicating that the German advanced
skirmishers were pursuing the Ruman-
ians so hotly that they had lost contact
with the infantry forces backing them
up. the Russian victory becomes more
apparent.
Presumably it was this advances
sklrmish guard upon which Russian
and Rumanian troops inflicted defeat.
probably because of the very fact that
they lacked infantry backing.l
Battle is Won.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 4.-Berlin dis.
patches today said the battle of the
Ergesu in Rumania, had been won
by the Ninth German army and that
the kaiser. in celebration, had order
ed all church bells rung.
1.-THE Arges or Argeshu river was
reported in previous dispatches to
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04
Sum of S2,35O,0OO Needed for
Improvement of the
Mississippi.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-Congress
was asked today for $32, 900 for
rivers and harbors improvements for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1918.
Last year s42,0S0,935 was appropriat-
ed for the work.
The biggest single item in the es-
Inmates. submitted through the treas
ury department is $4,000, GOO to con-
tinue Mississippi river improvements
from Head of Passes to the Ohio riv-
er, and to provide for the Mississippi
river commission.
The second largest item Is 5000,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-04
THIRD TERM FOR WILSON
is PREDICTION OF CROKER

of the younger generation who have in
terested themselves in politics. =
Croker said
Who are they?" he was asked.
well. when / was head of the or
ganization, the Irish-American element
was the dominant, factor. Today,
am told, the Irish have moved up town.
In their places have come the Jew and
Italian. The latter are good citizens.
But neither, speaking politically, are
devoted to the interests Of one or the
other party. They are interested in
social justice and the social welfare
more than they are in political ques-
tions
"As a consequence, they don't vote
blindly. All of which means, to my
mind, THAT it is harder TO be 4 boss Of
Tammany Hall today than it was when
/, as the newspapers said. dominated
affairs at fourteenth street~