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New Britain herald., 1916-06-06
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to tho Herald Office.
Lightning Bug Ku1tur.
(NeW York PreSS.)

German efficiency again to the fore German origin, couched in technical language and ultra serious in tenor 1 brings to light the latest Teutonic preparedness, safety first and atten- tiOn to detail.
 Deep in the recesses of his labora- tory 8 German biologist Is now work ing out the details of a plan whereby old Mother Nature herself is made an ally of the Kaiser in his operations at the battlefront. A bug, termed, per- haps, the luna-locust, has been found which is sensitive to colors, the vari- ous varieties of the family being sensitive to different colors. The in sect also possesses the peculiar illu- minating property of the lightning bug.
 The learned professor has bred millions of the bugs, found to be particularly susceptible to the effects of a light broWn-the khaki color of the British uniform.
 Here is where the plot thickens.
 The battle is one. The German commander, despite the efficient work of his advance posts, scouting par IASS ODSSI cII1Ol1 IOWST men. etc., mas been unable to locate a certain Brit ish battery. But as dusk approaches he orders the official bug sergeant to loose the luna-locust brigade The bugs deploy in all directions. As soon as a bug spots a khaki uniform he lights his lantern and exhibits other symptoms informing the commander that he has located the enemy. The Teuton artillery is directed at the place where the bugs have shown their sensitiveness to the ugly khaki. the battery is blown to smithereens, and there you are! What could be more scientific and efficient?
 All the ramificatiOns of the scheme have not yet been worked out. The learned biologist hopes ultimately to have a bug for each color and a diff ferent colOred lantern for each branch of the allied enemy. When he has perfected it to a state where cloud of red lightning bugs over a certain spot will mean French field piece and it's complement, and a green con- tingent of insects will denote a troop of Cossacks, then-that will be some Kulture!
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06
After the Sea Fight.
(NcW York sun )

By Berlin and by Berlin's ardent sympathizers in this country the world is informed that Great Brit aims mastery of the sea has been broken. The Kaiser is hailed as "Ad- miral of the Atlantic" The German navy is proclaimed ruler of the deep waters.
 If these boasts are well founded that fact will be presently disclosed. With Germany in command of the sea, and Britain deprived of her su- premacy, TeutOnic commerce will. re- srme it's antc-be1lum freedom. The merchant ships tied up in neutral ports will lead and sail; the vessels idle in their home harbOrs will set forth on their accustomed voyages.
 Tn the resumption of interrupted trading, not in lists of Warships sunk and sailors killed, will be the proof of the German contention. Until it is accomplished, the rulership of the oceans cannot be said to have shifted from the Island Kingdom to the Gen. tral Powers.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06
The Disappearing Shad.
Providence Journal.)

Along the Atlantic seaboard the shad season. just closing. is said to have been unsatisfactory. From Glou- cester comes the report that the catch was "the poorest in thirty years" !" and that this desirable fish is disap- bearing from the waters of the Dela- ware Doubtless similar conditions have been noted on other streams and no expert investigation is requir- ed to determine the cause of the loss of so valuable a food product.
 River pollution is one of the req sons for the decline of the shad fish cries. Another is the setting of nets across the mouths of the rivers-the fish are excluded from the spawning grounds in fresh water. A continual ton of this wasteful policy of course will make the shad harder than ever to get.
 Tn the early days of manufacturing there was keen appreciation of the value of the shad and herring. Mill owners who used water power were obliged to build fishways by means of which the fish could go above the dams. The economic idea underlying the fishways was essentially sound, but for many years it has been dis regarded Federation of the Wasteful practices of net fishermen is a certain sign of lack of interest in cOnSerVa- ton. Why should it be necessary to wait for the killing of the last shad before making the spawning grounds accessible from the ocean?
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06
What We Learned at Skagerrak.
(New York WOrld.)


 While the British and German admiralties dispute over the results of the Skagerrak fight, controversy should be out of the question so far as the United States is concerned.
 The sea lords of London and Berlin have many accounts to settle with each other and with their respective nations. For their own purposes they may distort or conceal the truth, and in the light of more impressive conflicts later on the facts of May 31 may become of minor importance.
 Enough is admitted on both sides, however, to enforce upon the Ameri- can congress and people a lesson which they have sorely needed. Ill this battle the British have gained knowledge at fearful cost. Others should find instruction in their ex- perience.
 We know that powerful cruisers, useful and necessary as they are, cannot be pitted against super dreadnoughts. We know that great tattleships held at remote bases are rot likely to be at hand when needed. We know that aircraft and sub marines are of immense service for scout duty and for attack
 Whatever the purpose of the com mander of the British cruiser squadron may have been, he com mitted an amazing blunder in bring ing on an engagement for which he was not equipped. There is nothing in sea power unless it's possessor is always in force equal or superior to the enemy at all points of contact. hn nt ntbprU7iSa in action in which he takes the initiative is foolhardy.
 What happened off Jutland was that British cruisers met German dreadnoughts, with consequences that might have been foretold. When British dreadnoughts arrived on the scene there was a running fight, with results not yet clearly known except i'll a general way, but here again the weight of metal was the determining factor, and it was the German fleet that finally sought refuge in it's harbors.
 The house of representatives has provided for five great battle-cruisers, Of which we have none. We want battle cruisers for the work of battle cruisers, which in a wisely governed navy must always be incidental. For hard hitting and therefore for true defense, there must be super-dread- thoughts, and for this type of ship the house made no appropriation.
 This is a monstrous error which the senate committee on naval affairs is already taking steps to correct. The great price that Britain has paid in life, property and prestige for the misuse or non-use of it's super dreadnoughts and for it's deficiency in aircraft and submarines should make wise legislation on this subject at Washington almost a matter of routine.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06
The WasherwOmen' Union.
(NeW York Tribune


 WasherWOmen laundresses. as some of them prefer to be called-of Cincinnati haze formed a labor union. They were duly organized by a mem- Der of the streetcar mems union, and are now endeaVOring to decide what shall constitute a days work and what the union rate of pay shall be.
 UniOnizatiOn is in the air these days. The WasherWomen have not the grievances of the actors, whose illus triOus example they are following no self-respecting washerWoman would submit for moment to treat ment succh as some actors and act resses have to endure-but they have enough to justify their present course. 'Why should we drudge all kinds of hours for little money ?" queries one of their leaders, "The Workingman gets what / he wants. We'll show him we can do the same"
 True feminists are these, making ah interesting contribution to the history of the movement in this country, the more interesting because they belong to the ranks Classed as "unskilled labor" and therefore usually rated as incapable of being unionized, save in a helter-skelter, I. W. W. fashion, They deserve to succeed. More power to their elbows!
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06
A Reserve Police Force.
(Bridgeport Telegram.)

The local police board has taken steps toward instituting what the city has long needed-a reserve police force.
 Under the rules now in effect, two undecided policemen will always be on duty at headquarters, ready for emergency calls everywhere, any time. This means that the citizen who is in urgent need of protection can get it at once by calling police headquarters. Under the former system, with no men held in reserve, a patrolman would be called in from beat to answer an emergency call, and that would sometimes involve great loss of time.
 In half of the police cases, the essence of efficiency is prOmptness. A householder whose home is being hurglarized gets scant comfort from the visit of the police the following day. or even twenty minutes after the burglar has fled. He wants the pa trolman at once, not at some later hour when he can be called in from beat. And a man who is threat ened by hold-up men or beaten by thugs wants help immediately-not ir the future.
 Two men do not constitute com plete reserve force for a city the size of Bridgeport. There ought to be at least two reserves on call in every precinct. But that would involve eighteen men on reserve duty in Bridgeport, counting three shifts The important fact is that the pres ent board has made a beginning toward the needed reserve system, and the efficiency of the department is improved thereby.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06
Watcrbury's Baby Week.
(WaterburN RepubIicaM. ]

Waterbury is having a baby week. It is because there is q widespread desire among men and women, young and old, mothers and those who are not mothers, brides and old maids alike, that all babies should be healthy. Babies are so little and SO weak and so dependent upon all around them that the object of a baby week is not so much to instruct the babies as to instruct the folks who handle babies, the folks who just love babies, but don't have the good for tune of living with them.
 The instruction provided is varied. Some of it is likely to seem all non- sense" to some folks, but any who have such ideas are apt to be found trailing the procession in most mat ters,-smart ones who won't learn and won't be taught either. All of it is worth hearing, worth noting and worth attending and all of it is most valuable, although offered free and without any strings by those who have voluntarily responded to the call for helpers. Mothers viii be taug4is how to follow instructions as to feed- ing and bathing and dressing and amusing the baby and everyone else who is interested will get much other information at the exhibit which will be of some value some time if not immediately. If you have a baby un- der a year old take note of what you see and hear and learn, and get ali the advice and information you can.
 Many mothers will want to enter their babies in the contest and should be encouraged to do so. The prizes will be well worth striving for, be- cause no baby can make too much improvement in it's physical condition and every effort to encourage better care of babies is an effort for the inn provement of the general welfare of the community.
 The show at the City Hall annex is open this afternoon and evening and all day throughout the week, includ- ing circus day Visit, it, talk about it, send your neighbOrs to it. and boost the cause of better health, better food and better surroundings for babies whenever you get any opportunity. You'll thereby be boosting the best in- terests of yourselves, your neighbors and the state.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06
YUAN SHI-KAI.

ng the news of the death of
 from Europe comes a re- l the far East telling of the the President of China, ai-Kai, (Yuan being the of John). The exploits of ftal leader are perhaps as Hs as were those of the Brit Yer of War. President of fnuch greater m area than ao States he has been grad Rlng an unprogressive nation Pdern power. Four hundred H Hbjects were under his hand was not all roses, but nev- Twas marked with success
 student in some respects Kai was a violation of the an- Eitions of his country, Ex- Examinations of all who wish with the governm ent has Erule but this candidate for |Rs a failure in his knowl- Iassics. 4 secretaryship with
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06
Financial Preparation.
(NOrWich Evening Register

(NOrWich Evening Register).
 That business men of the country are preparing to meet contingencies consequent on the termination of the war is more reassuring than their optimism so far as it is expected in the opinions received in answer to questions sent out by a New York and Chicago firm. If our business is con- ducted sanely and wise fOrethOu~ht is taken of the readjustments in trade which common sense indicates as a necessary result of world trade con- be found to meet the internal prob lems which are sure to confront US Not alone the manufa cturers but the merchants of the country may we'll consider the emphasis which the an sWers received put upon the marked increase in the purchasing power of the country and the present nanifes- tation of this in increased retail trade. A sudden cessation of hostilities in Europe would probably mean a les sening for the time of this purchasing power through drop in demand for labor and products; this would di- rectly affect merchandising. Our great danger is in present optimism that mlnlmlzes the possibility of change Tn our fortunes as sudden a was tha' caused by the outbreak of of the war,
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06
Make Every Day Clean-Up Day.
(Waterbury Democrat)

Clean~up weeks have come and gone. Much community good has re- suited rom their activities. Now the thing to remember is that every day should be cleanup day in every com mun1tN NOthin" will do more to keep healthful and beautiful a city than the proper care of it's highways and byWays. Cleanliness in and about the home means freedom from dis ease. Disease originates in filth or at least the causes of most ills find their origin in filth. With their removed, the causes of most of our ailments are also removed. Give proper at tentiOn to outdoor surrounding and summer annoyances such as the fly and mosquito will he largely or en- tirely overcome. Rubbish should not be allowed to accumulate. Holes in backwards and vacant lots should be filled in. Otherwise they will catch and hold rainwater and thus become a breeding spot for mosquitoes It is only by these little cleanup precau- tions combined with such effort as will mean good order and cleanliness about the home that will do much to reduce the death toll of preventable disease,
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06
BABIES UNITED FOR FREEDOM
New Unions President Plays One
 Hour Day.
(NeW York World. )

Boston, June 6-The International infants from their parents, was or ganized today at the Fabian club, No. 198 Clarendon street, Young Robert Stuart Chase, son of MT. and Mrs. Stuart Chase of No. 1897 Common wealth avenue, was elected president, and Jacqueline Coryell of Brookline. secretary.
 Roberts father and mother spent their honeymoon among the working people of Rochester, N. Y, to get first hand Knowledge of "other half' conditions.
 / Robert is being brought up by sys- tenn. He has a frieze in his room with the letters of the alphabet and figures for his education in leisure hours But he has only one leisure hour a day. His parents permit him to be played with only during that hour
 He has thrived under this system for eight months. and his mother admits that he is an unusual child.
 Miss JaCQueline is boss of her fam fly. Her parents are following the policy of letting the child follow her own free will.
 Others elected to the Executive committee of the union are Louise Pinkham, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs Henry W. Pinkham of Melrose; Victor McNulty, son of Ignatius Me Nulty. and Elizabeth Helen and Alexander Elder, children of MT. and Mrs E. s. Elder of Medford
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06
No. Not Healy.
(Nev Haven Journal Courier).

(NeW Haven Journal COurier).
 The vcll-informed Hartford cOrre- snOndent of the New Haven Sunday Union writes to that newspaper that J. Henry Roraback the experienced chairman of the Connecticut republi- can state committee, is not in favor of the nomination of Frank E. HealY, of Windsor Locks, for governor. 'It is known" writes this correspondent, "that Chairman Roraback, while per sOnally friendly to MT. Healy, does not believe that he would be the strongest candidate to nominate, and for that reason he is opposed to his candidacy" The nomination of MT. Healv for governor on the republican ticket would be both preposterous and disa strOuS. He was removed from office by a republican governor, Rollin S. Woodruff upon charges of political cOrruptiOn after a republican attorney general, Marcus H. HOlcOmb, now governor of the state, had inVesti- gated them The voters of the state of Connecticut have not always exer- cised the finest judgment in selecting their state officers, but they have never shown a, disposition to c0ndone acts such as MT. Healy was found guiltv of. It will not be Healv this
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06

And that, conclusion will be what is determined by the old Guard in the conference now in progress"
 This one dose was sufficient to dis illusion the Citizen. And he retired that anight with a Terrible Headache.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06
WITH HIS BOOTS ON

WE1H HGS BOOTS ON +rl Kitchener, minister of war in It Britain and perhaps the great British fighter and organizer of Fay, according to the best that be learned has met his death his entire staff, at sea. The upon which he was sailing is re- Rd to have been torpedoed or Al up by a mine. The British Fer Hampshire in going to. the n off the Orkney Islands carried Nit one of the greatest assets to q lilies that has cropped out in ar.
 @-l Kitchener was a typical Eng Fighting man. Grim and ruth $commander | of. the fellaheen, of desert bands in the long #nes across the open places with @ battles to wind up the day, as @ the victor, he has been for n the idol of the British heart. %and efficient, ready for anything ' one, he built up for Britain her # in Egypt and made over the troops from savage bands into e defenders of the flag. His #al is much to be regretted, as " the conspicuous figures of the is gone.
 many years a fighter upon | is a peculiar coincidence that t his death at sea. However, # nt down under the flag of his S8, upon fighting ship, with Y pts on." He was on his way E 8sia, probably to lend his eff toward the better organization z troops of the Car
 K Kitchener's services to his
 during the present war can be underestimated. It was he Id the British public at the 7 of the war what it would be 1'z Try to do to prevent the foes W an. immediate upper hand. 8l Bunteer army of several million Us raised in a year under his ion. Hts campaign was M out with the greatest atten-
 detail and efficiency and ac- Sned it's end despite the un- M e comment that was his from
 of the British press and
 He was not a hero, was even
 but his value made itself ed. At the time of the battle
 e Chappelle when it was
 that a shortage of munitions oonsible, in part at least, for ck of the British troops a W unfavorable comment swept 8& but England It resulted in
 tening of Kitchener's labors.
 portfolio was introduced into
 net and David Lloyd George
 ointed Minister of Munitions,
 kitchener to attend to the
 bl of the army alone, task
 for any man. @..
 n 1850, in Ireland, of French
 Elish descent, he received his thing at Woolwich, following
 e saw short service in the
 Prussian war. From that 8 his rise was a series of bril-
 ps. He was appointed com
 of the Egyptian army and
 bloody campaign became
 f the upper Nile. Upon his
 b England he was raised to
 age. South Africa saw his
 rts as a fighting man where
 successful in quelling the
 the Boers. After a cam
 India he again returned to
 Consul General in Cairo.
 in Egypt shortly before the
 of the European war but
 to return to England before
 hostilities were under way.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Hitchcock may have spilled the beans but $they seem to have been underdone anyway-Lynn Item.
 President Wilson may not have had the St Louis convention in mind in calling for a strict observance of Flag Day.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06

If the republicans should nominate T. R. at Chicago, would he become a republican or stay a progressive? Making Horace Greeley the Demo- cratic Presidential candidate in 1872 did not make Greeley a democrat Springfield Republican.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06

Austria is not explaining whether those advances on the Italian front are measured up or down or through. -Brockton Times.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06

At the rate gold is pouring into the Morgan coffers from Canada they will have to enlarge their gold storage warehouse. - ttsburgh Gazette Times.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06

Nothing can happen in Europe in the next seven days that will drive Chicago off the first page.-Brooklyn Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06

FIx- President Taft says he will sup port any man the republicans nom- mate at Chicago. That is the sort of talk that counts-BurHngto Free Press.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06

Among other thick-skinned people looms large the baseball umpire who when addressed by several hundreds of lnolghant persons as "a robber and tlef; doesn't mind it at all.- New Orleans State.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06

If it is very hot during convention week the republicans may nominate Justice Hughes as counter-irri- tant-ChicagO News.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06

Looks now as if it would be q poor June for the Favorite Son Crop. -Newburg Journal. q
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06

The senate of San Domingo has voted to impeach the president of the republic. Tn the old days the presi- dent would have been assassinated. -Albany Argus.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06

fo oaily Sunday excepted) at 4:15 D. m.. Iat Herald Building, 67 Church St.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06
The Health Muse.

(south Norwal5 sentineD. How doth the busy little f1v Improve each shining ho7ro Washing his tootsies in the milk And causing it to sour" So sings the bulletin of the munici- pal health department of Saranoc Lake, N. Y. And here is another gen, from the same source: Little pots of flowers, little pots of
 paint, Make attractive neighborhoods out of
 them that ain't"
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06

reo at the Post Office at New Britain |ts second Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06

Wherefore the bulletin urges all cit izens to get busy in a general, pro- tracted, anti-fy, anti-dirt and pro- beauty campaign. For Ut ain't the individual nor the city
 as a whole But the everlastin' team work of every
 blOOmin' SOul'
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06

Now come the brides and the roses, the sweet girl graduates and the profitable summer boarders. It's a great month-Concord Monitor
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06

Democratic leaders are busy in en- deavors to raise a great crisis crop for the coming mpaign.-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06

There was a time when no party would think of entering a campaign without promising to bust the trusts. Washington Star.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06

What has become of the old-fash- toned subscriber who used to write a scathing arraignment of the papers politics, ending with, q dare you to print this ?''-Colum bia State
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06

Senator Stone declares that no in- crease in the army is needed, which convinces a host of Missourians that some new blood in the state is.-Kan- saS City Journal.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06

Such poetic appeals should certain ly produce results. And why conf1ne their application to Saranac Lake?
New Britain herald., 1916-06-06

The driving appears to be much better on the LavarOne plateau than in the vicinity of Verdun.-Syracuse Herald.