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Evening star., 1916-07-31
Italian Steamer Reported Sunk.

LONDON. July 3l.-The Italian
steamship Dandolo of 4,s77 tons gross
has been sunk, according to an an
nouncement made today at Lloyds
shipping agency. The Dandolo was
formerly the Muggiano and was built
at Spezzia in 1906. She was 376 feet
long forty ght feet beam and twenty
eight feet deep Venice was her home
port.
Evening star., 1916-07-31
Stands by Former Offer.

Inquiries made by the Associated
Press here. however. have revealed lit
tie cheer for the prolongation of the
relief work. DR.. Alfred F. NJ. thinner
mann, undersecretary for forcing af
fairs. with whom the Associated Press
discussed the question today. declared
that. regarding the German occupied
district in Poland. Germany stood by
her former offer. namely. to reserve the
harvest for the civilian Inhabitants and
soldiers and policing forces of the army
of occupation. but refused to go beyond
that. When asked whether this offer
applied also to occupied France and
Belgium. DR.. Zimmerman replied that
this was question which must be de-
cided from headquarters.
However. DR.. Zimmerman continued.
should the British carry out their
threat and prevent the importation of
food supplies for the civilian popula-
tion. the civilians would be placed on
common footing with the inha bitants
of Germany. and it would end the con-
slant source of complaint on the part
of the Germans that the inha bitants of
occupied territories were faring better
than the Germans themselves. Enemy
civilians, he added, now had many
things which the Germans were quite
unable to obtain, or obtain only with
difficulty.
Evening star., 1916-07-31
j. S. RELIEF EFFORTS
MAY COME TO AN END
Germany Regarded as Unlikely to
Assent to Great Britain's
Conditions.

BERLIN. July 30. via London. July 81
Although no decision has been an
nounced concerning Great Britain s
ultimatum regarding relief work in
Belgium and France. and the extension
of the system to Poland. the prospects
for the great work the American COM
mittee has been conducting in Belgium
and northern France for the past eight
cen months are not particularly bright
Slight evidence can be found here of
any intention to bow to the British de-
mand, and turn over to the inhabitants,
in its entirety. the rich harvest into
which the German soldier and hus-
bandman is just beginning to put the
sickle. The question will be threshed
out and a decision made at army head
quarters. where Herbert c. Hoover,
chairman of the American commission
for relief in Belgium. will appear as
an advocate for the continuance of the
commissions work
Evening star., 1916-07-31
Forehanded.
From Life.

Husband-I don't sec, Estel1e. how
you could draw all your money out of
tho bank and spend 1t, when l specially
told you that I wouldn't be able to
give you any more for some time?
Wife-But I did 1t on purpose, dear
Suppose the bank should fail?
Evening star., 1916-07-31

It's usually the alimony he has to pay
that causes man to figure in divorce
suit.
Evening star., 1916-07-31
An Expert Swimmer.

Ecrrian, who was prominent in ath-
letics when student at Georgetown
University, is considered one of the best
swimmers in Washington, and has been
a leader in local amateur boxing circles
rs well as other forms of sport. He is
a veteran of the Spanish war and has
travelled around the world.
While on an extended visit to tropical
countries some years ago Berrian was
taught by the natives how to dive for
sharks and kill them with knives.
The art consisted of locating shark
asleep in clear and fairly shallow
water as tropical sharks are given to
mapping, and making a quick dive and
equally quick thrust of sharp knife,
which usually finished the big fish be-
fore he was aware of the approach OF
danger.
Before leaving for Atlantic City last
week Berrian said that the fear Of
sharks would not keep him close to
shore. and, but for the fact that he was
swimming a considerable distance out
it is believed he would have been un-
able to get to the distressed swimmer
Friday in time to save him.
Evening star., 1916-07-31
Underwear, Etc.

This includes our entire stock
of summer weights-both twe-
piece and union suits.
We also include all Pajamas
and Night Shirts.
Evening star., 1916-07-31
SUCCEEDS IN RESCU|NG
AN EXHAUSTED SWIMMER
Hobart E. Berrian. Local Athlete,
Hero of Near-Drowning Incl
dent at Atlantic City.

Hobart F. Berrian. well known Wash
ington athlete and for many years con-
nec.ed with the tax office of the District
government. figured in a near drowning
incident a Atlantic City Friday, when he
went to the rescue of an exhausted
swimmer and succeeded in getting the
man safely to shore.
according to a published account. Ber-
rian was swimming several hundred yards
off Illinois avenue when he observed a
man in distress. BY herculean efforts he
reached the swimmer just as he was on
the verge of going beneath the surf and
without aid got him to place of safety.
Evening star., 1916-07-31
Specially Made Shirts

The manufacturers 50 and $3.50
qualities, made especially for us from
short lengths of the finest shirtings. A
great variety of patterns-all sizes and
sleeve lengths.
Evening star., 1916-07-31
vered Free to Any United States by Parcel Post
Our Pre-Inventory Clearanc


selections
unrestricted choice offered
Evening star., 1916-07-31

Prices that were already low
have been reduced without re-
gard to cost Carefully selected
patterns make this very at
tractive offering.
Evening star., 1916-07-31
$1.15 +: s.; e;

All our regular SIS grades
of Striped Flannels re-
duced to.
All our regular IS grades
of Plain White Flannels
reduced to.
Evening star., 1916-07-31

White Duck and an as
sortment of Linen
Trousers.
Genuine Palm Beach
Trousers that are reg
ular $4.00 values. 49,.
Evening star., 1916-07-31
We Suggest the Following
for Summer Euncheons:

\ high standard OF quality is main
tanned in our own manufacture OF
sausage Made fresh daily.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-10
WELL WORTH WHILE.

he elevation of Ernest N. Hum By to the chairmanship of the re- Sican town committee places him line for a position many of his Ehds have long thought him en- Id to, the mayoralty. New Britain no citizen more active than MT. hphrey and no one is more in lhtely acquainted with municipal Eirs than he. At present he is lrman of the board of public works a member of the board of water smissioners. Tn both of these pO- lns he has displayed extraordinary Bness ability and many are of the lion that only a short time sepa- Is him from the office of mayor. here is none of the ordinary poIi- ms makeup in Ernest N Hum Icy. His activities have carried
 |, along carefully chosen lines, un-
 oday he stands as one of the real citizens of the city, a l worthy of the highest honor. If
 party elects to run him for the ,oralty he will have the support he best element of the city, mem of all parties. If elected, it is ost an assurance he will give the
 an able administration. Men like
 est N. Humphrey are destined to -e the secOnd-raters out of politics.
 se who have the welfare of the
 at heart will do well to consider
 Humphrey as an available candi- } at the next primary.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-10
The Vanished Rag Bag. (Meriden RecOrd.)

Did you realize that the "rag man" has gone from our streets, and that the oftimes melodious cry of Rags, Paper Rags exists now in most com munities only as memory echoes 1t :: And the rag bag has gone with him.
 As the old rag man stopped making his spring and fall rounds, the United States started to import it's rags for paper. Soon fifty per cent of all that our paper mills consumed came from TEurOpe-and duty was paid for those German, English and French rags. Now that the war has stopped ship ments and the shortage of paper has become serious, the department of commerce inQuires eagerly for the old family rag bag, only to find that it is no more, and that the housewife is quite uninterested in reviving it.
 The familiar old rag gatherer who followed the same route year after year. and had his regular customers gave place to a man who was ready to cheat the housewife to the last pound of rags. He usually paid her in cheap tinware or shoe polish or something equally trashy. Naturally she lost interest in saving rags for him, and the rag bag passed into his tory.
 Even if a fairer arrangement could be made for selling rags from the back door, it is doubtful whether the rag bag would ever return The ready-made clothing industry has greatly reduced the amount of dress making done in the home, and hence the quantity of rags is less. Charity organizations take away our cast-off clothing, too. The modern housewife hasn't the materials and the time that make for the full and profitable rag bag
New Britain herald., 1916-08-10
NEW HAVEN BURIED
 BY BUSINESS CRUSH
Must Have More Engines and Im-
 proved Terminals

New Haven, Aug. 10.-In a state ment issued from the general offices of the New Haven road last evening some idea of the problems confront ing President Elliott in attempting to meet the great gain in freight and passenger traffic are given. It is ap- parent that the company desires the public to get a thorough understand ing of the present railroad situation. The statement follows:
 President Elliott of The New York New Haven and Hartford railroad company has just sent to the direc- tors of the company report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916.
 From this report it is observed that every property ill which the New Haven is interested shows the largest gains in net earnings in it's history, except the New York, Ontario and Western, the Hartford and New York Transportation company and The Rhode Island company. The further fact is elicited from this report that the New Haven paid off $6,14O, 18O.56 of its floating debt and spent $4,- 352,15324 for improvements and equipment, a total of $10, ,492, ,333.80, or approximately per cent. on the COmpany'S stock.
 All earnings are being put back into the road in order to bring it up to the necessities of the business require-' ments of New England. It will be necessary for the company to ex- pend. within the next five ten years, from S2O,0O0,O00 to $30,000,- 900 in. order to equip the road with the necessary facilities, motive pow CT, yards, terminals, station improve nents, etc., to meet the growing re- of Southern New England. The floating debt of the company is $45, 5,000,00O, including $20, 900 three year collaterial gold notes of The New England Navigation com pany maturing May 1, 1917. Tn view of conditions on the New Haven for the last few years the record as DOT trayed in President Elliott's report to the directors is considered very creditable performance.
 Lack of Funds Hampers.
 The New Haven has suffered ser ious disadvantage because of the lack of adequate motive power and ter minal facilities.
 It is suffering from these draw backs today and it will continue to suffer until the necessary funds with which to correct these drawbacks can be obtained. The management thor
New Britain herald., 1916-08-10
' Shall Not Ask Too Much.

I shall not ask too much beyond the
 grave; Just some dear, common things that
 living gave And time for them-ah, time to stay
 a while Where wind blows over grasses, mile
 on mile; And time to watch when stars are
 gleaming through , Some still and starless dusk's deep
 driftcd blue. And l should like, one summer after To climb a hill and wait there for the
 moon, That I could never wait for and then Unhurried back to certain friends I
 know. I shall be glad if seasons come and Bringing the same swift miracles of
 grass Of sun and rain, of berry, bud and
 bloom, And snoW-t1lled midnights of Wlnd-
 shaken bloom. shall want little paths and woods
 and walking, And those same friends at evening
 and their talking Under dull lamps in queer, quaint, q would not lose those voices and
 those faCeS). These I shall ask beyond the narrow
 grave, And time for them-Which living
 never gave.
 David Martin in The Forum.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-10

able that tho man who committed the breast and destroy the decoration he received from his superior in rank and in crime. It is even COnCeiva ole that Admiral von Tirpitz and his I'm perial master are raCked in soul at the thought of the hideOus deed they ordered done. There is a Germany which will not let them forget; a Germany which has lost it's soul under the vile teaching of it's intellectual, spiritual and political leaders; the Germany which revelled in the ravish- ing of innocent Belgium, glOried in the unprOVoked attack upon France and sang hosannas when the Lusitania went down.
 For the rest let us quote the Paris Figaro: "Of what mud can that soul be made, if one can call it a -oul, which in the guise of an artist sneer- ingly celebrates that atrOciOus ncca- tomb as a victory, and hawks it about for money. And the whole German nation, which also has glOrifled the abOminable and cOWardly crime, and which amuses itself with this abiect commemoration. That is what in the space of half a century, the Hohen- zollern dynasty has made of the Ger many of Goethe and Kant. If we do not crush the wild beast in It's lair, what will become of the rest of the world ?'
New Britain herald., 1916-08-10

action that would have prevented the Lusitania tragedy. The vague ad- Nertisement did not appear until shortly before the hour of sailing. The occurrence was one of those things that civilization has made the world regard as incredible. The only honest question to this: Would you have made the disaster the subject of diplomatic negotiations or would you have broken relations with Germany at once?
 ''Would you have urged upon Con- gress an embargo upon the shipment Of munitions to the Allies?
 ''Would you urge universal com pulsory military service?
 You are frank in stating that Huerta's morals were of no concern to America. Does this mean that you would have recognized Huerta?
 "As matters stand today, would Tou be in favor of intervening in Mexico?
 Docs your attack upon the Wilson Shipping Bill mean that you are in favor of ship subsidies?
 You speak enthusiastically of the fights of the worker. Does this i'm ply that you indorse the Clayton Antitrust Law and the Seaman's Bill? Or will you urge their repeal
 What are your specific complaints against the Federal Reserve Law?
 AS Governor of New York you op- pose the income tax amendment. Does this antagonism persist? Do you or do you not believe in paying for preparedness out of a tax on in comes, inheritances and munitions?
 We agree with you that it is a Critical period, by far too critical indeed, for candidates to talk in terms Cf Oftice-seelIing rather than in the simple earnest language of definite Americanism.
 Respectfully,
 Samuel Hopkins Adams, Ray Stan. rard Baker, Ellis Parker Butler, l. Anes Brown, Dante Barton, Irwin $ Cobb, Wadsworth Camp, J. O'Hars COsgrave, StOughtOn Cooley, William l.. Chenery, George Crccl, James Forb es, Frederick C. Howe, Gilson Gardner Frederick Stuart Greene, Oliver Her. ford, Prof Lewis Johnson, Richard Lloyd Jones, Peter B. Kyne, Percy Mackaye, A. J. McI<elWay, Bacil Men. Icy, Meredith Nicholson, Albert Jay Nock Harvey J. O'Higgins, Charles Johnson Poe, Eugene Manlove Rhodes, William Mcleod Raine Board man Robinson, John Reed, Opie Reed, Edgar Selwyn, William Leavitt StOddard, Lincoln Stef1ins, Augustus Thomas Frank VrOOman and George West.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-10
A Soul of Mud.
Saskatoon PhOeniX)

A medal in bronze has been issued in Germany to commem mOrate the sinking of the Lusitania, and is now being offered for sale by numismatists in Europe. On the one side of the medal iS shown the Lusitania sinking, with a gun and an aerOplanc on her deck. Above is the inscription, No COntraband;" below is. the in scription, "The Great Steamship Lusi- tania Sunk by a German submarine, May ', 1915." On the other side Is the figure of Death at the ticket win dow of the Cunard Line office issuing tickets to passengers for the fatal journey. It bears the inscription, "'Business First"
 This medal may become more yalu- able than the depraVed issuer of it ever imagined. It exemplifies at once German perfidy and German criminaIity. The Lusitania carried no guns, but apparently the German government has seen that the lying statements it issued about the armed Jusitania have gained credence among the German people. The showing of the vessel with a mounted gun on this medal will help to keep alive at least one example of the German gov ernment's hahitUal distortion of the truth. Better Germany would like to forget the crime of the sinking of the Lusitania. It Is not lmpTop-
New Britain herald., 1916-08-10
"AnlcriCaniSyp v
(NeW Haven Times-Leader.)

(NeW Haven Times-Leader)
 A1neTIca1lSn is d word often used these days and certain to be sounded all over the land between now and election day.
 What does it signify?
 "Amerlcanism' is good citizenship.
 Good citizenship has been defined as requiring implicit obedience to the laws ehcdted by the legislature with in the scope of it's constitutional DOW CT; to the orders and decrees of the Judlclafy Tn all matters of which thev have Jur1sdlctlOn, to the commands of the executive in preserving the peace and enforcing the laws"
 Americanism is unmeasured 1o,,o oe our country unreserved devotion to it's amentals-cOmpIete coneac,,o- tion to it's ideals.
 Americanism excludes the idea of races ot men In the sense of di- Vlded loyalty under one ,government. Therefore It IS the amalgametion of all that is best, true and noble in our composite citizenship dedicated to the peace and happiness, freedom and liberty, of mankind everywhere.
 That this high standard is accented FN otll oul tlllZGIlS, no ma ter where born or in what land their parents first saw the light or day is beyond successful question, no matter what politicians try to create prejudice a&ainst those they sheer at as "hy- phenated citizens"
 The man or the woman who has no love for fatherland will have no loyalty for any land.
 Our whole history proves that Ioy- atty to Americanism is never lacking in the hearts of those who come from across the seas to become citizens of this free country where everybody has a fair chance to live.
 Out upon the campaign orators and writers who are trying to make peo- pie believe that those who came from other lands cannot be trusted to be loyal to this land-suCh disturbers are traitors to the high cause and most sacred traditions or Americanism.
 Some men talk war but others do
New Britain herald., 1916-08-10
RESCUE PARTIES ON
 WAY WITH RELIEF
Going to Aid Of Districts Flooded
 by CIOudburSt

Charleston, W. Va, Aug. 10.-Rcs-
 cue parties worked desperately today in an effort to make their way up the Cabin Creek and Coal River Valleys which for 20 miles southward from the KanaWha River were devastated yesterday by @ cloudburst which caused the death of more than one hundred persons and a property loss of at least $2,OO0,0OO. Because Of the tOpog- raphy of the country state authorities here express the belief that 1t would be several days before the full extent of the flood could be ascrtained.
 At least eight villages and mining settlements in the districts were either wholly or partly destroyed, while many others felt the effects of the storm more or less. Those practically destroyed or badly damaged were Acme, Ronda, Dry Branch, Miami, Sharon, Dawes Kayford and Eskdale. Between Acme and Kayford sixty per sons are reported to have been drowned.
 Two companies of the Second Regi- ment, West Virginia National Guard, cntrained for the flood zone today with tents, provisions and medical supplies They will proceed by rail as far as possible and then march to all points devastated by the flood.
 Local officials of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad today declared that it would be at least two weeks before travel could be resumed in the Cabin Creek Valley. They also said that the companys yards at Kayford had been destroyed. Reports say that DOT tions of the track of the Virginian railroad between Robson and Deep water had been washed out. Word was anXiously awaited from the 300 who were on board an excursion train when it was marooned near St. Albans A report was re- ceived late last night saving the train had been abandoned when the water reached the floors of the railway coaches. Another passenger train also was marooned near that point but no word has been received from 1t.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-10
Thirty-Scycn Writers Wonder.
(New Haven UniOn.)

(New Haven UniOn)
 Thirty-seven of the leading journal ists and writers including such wide " known and respected mon as Au- aTstus Thomas tho playwright, Opie Reed, Ellis Parker Butler, A. J, Me- FelWay, Samuel Hopkins Adams, Irwin s. Cobb, Meredith Nicholson, Peter B. Kync, and Edgar SelWyn have framed a quiz which they would like to have Candidate Hughes answer. If he answers it these writers will have done the voters of the country a great service. Thinking people are wanting just such information. The letter to MT. Hughes from these writers says:
 'To the Honorable Charles D. Hughes: The professional writers who sign the letter have small in terest in partes but a very deep in terest in democracy. It is our hope through this voluntary association, to assist in the promotion of honest educational discussion in order that fundamental issues may not be de- cided in prejudiccs and ignorance.
 MT Wilson's beliefs have been ex- pressed in law and in declared poli- Cies. He has made an open record by which he may be judged Wise choice is not possible unless you yourself make equally specific statement of purpose and convictions
 "WithOut intent to offend, we feel justified in charging that in no single public utterance have you filed 2 bona fGe bill of particulars nor have you offered a single constructive sugges- tiOn.
 "'Personalitics are without value Blanket criticism is worthless. What we desire to know, what it is fair the electorate should know, are the exact details of your disa greement with President Wilson What has he cone that you would not have done, end what has he failed to do that you would have done or will do? Honesty and patriotism demand that you put yourself upon record in such manner as to permit people to judge you as they are now able to judge President Wilson. For eXample:--
 'WOuld you have filed instant pro- test against the invasion of Belgium and backed up that protest with the United States Navy?
 Tt is arrant nonsense to talk about