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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-06

anu MS OankrOu we're ShelVed,
though Harry might, if he behaved
himself, be allowed to buy the Tulsa
club of the Western assn.
But have you noticed that when
the Browns were sold to Phil Ball
and his Federal colleagues that Sin
clair was present at the conference?
And did you notice that when Char
ley Weeghman went into conference
with Taft about the Cubs yesterday
that he carried Harry Sinclair with
him?
Sinclair seems to be entirely elm
mated from baseball, except that he
has had hand in every deal pulled
so far since peace arrived These
negotiations strengthen the belief he
will eventually buy the Giants of the
National league
Some time the magnates will dis
cover that more truth is needed in
the politics of baseball before the
sport can regain the popular place in
the nation it occupied a few years
ago. What was to be gained by de-
claring Sinclair was punctured pro-
;moter is hard to understand
Frank Chance has signed to man.
age the Los Angeles team of the Pa
cific Coast league, the job Jimmy
Callahan was slated for previous to
landing as manager of the Pirates.
Kenneth Huszagh, star short dis
lance swimmer of the Chicago A A,
has been suspended for so days by
the Central A. A. u, and will be I'M
able to compete tonight in the invi-
tation meet at the Illinois A. c. Hus-
zagh was counted on for points in
the 4O-yard sprint and the relay. He
competed at Indianapolis June 20
without being registered in the A. A.
U. and for this dastardly crime is
punished.
c. A. A., |. A. c., Northwestern and
Hamilton club are all represented by
strong teams for tOni0ht'S events
New Britain herald., 1916-09-13
Wen 0f Greece Serpe
 g Years 1n Military

Washington, D. C., Sept. 13.-The that country's possible influence on the outcome of the European war are set forth in the following war geography bulletin issued by the National Geo. graphic society:
 "Unlike Roumania, Greece will not prove to be a food resource of the En- tente Allies. On the contrary, this the most southerly of the Balkan nations does not produce enough cereals to feed her own people. It's chief agri- cultural products-currants the vine and the olive-are to be classed among the luxuries rather than the necessities.
 ''Including the territory acquired through the treaties of the first and second Balkan wars, Greece has an area about equal to the combined areas of Belgium, Holland and Den mark. With the Albanian territory of North Epirus which the Entente AL lies permitted her to occupy in Mo- Vember, 1914, her total area now eX- ceeds 46,000 square miles, being about as large as the state of Mississippi but with a population (5,000, ,00O) two and IiISo lOuIlnS as great, ueetIly approx mating that of Illinois.
 Although Greece is in 'straitened financial circumstances, her expendi- lures in 1914 exceeding her revenues by $31,OOO,OOO, she maintains an army of 6O,OOO officers and men in peace times and it is estimated that by calling out her reserves of all classes she can put 450, ,0OO men in the field, while her total available unor- ganized strength adds a half million to that number.
 Military service in Greece, as among practically all her neighbor na- tions, is compulsory, and parliament has fixed upon 25,000 recruits as the annual contingent. The period of ac- tive service required in the army is three years for cavalry and artillery and two years for infantry. For tWen- ty-One years after his active training which begins in his twentieth year, the Greek citizen belongs to the first re- serves, and for eight years thereaft- CT he is listed among the second re- serves-a total of thirty-one years H. ability to military service. The equip ment of the infantry is the Mannlich- er-SchOnauer rife, similar to the Rou- manian small arms. The field artil- lery is the French Schneider-Canet quick firer.
 America has an especial sentiment al interest in Greece's small navy as two of her strongest fighting units are the Kil11is and the Lemnos, 3,00O ton warships which were renamed after having been purchased from our own government in 1914 for SIP, 2,500,0 ,000. Launched as sister ships in 1904 they were known in the American navy as the Mississippi and the Idaho. An other Greek warship with an interest
New Britain herald., 1916-09-13

where women vote, Miss Paul sug- gests that the President take heed be- fore it is too late and call a special
 session of Congress to pass the na- tional woman suffrage amendment.
 Only in this way can he hope to avert the vote against him and his party in these twelve doubtful western states by the members of the woman's s party" declares the leader of the Congressional Union in her appeal for a special session of Congress- Those ninety-one electoral votes do loom large and inviting on the political son will call a special session of Con- gross even to capture such an attrac- tive prize, granted the ninety-one electoral votes would be Or could be delivered by the woman's party.
 If the President did yield to the temptation offered by Miss Paul and call a special session of Congress-
 would the members recommend an amendment to the Constitution? Ar tfcle V. of the Constitution of the United States still stands in the way The President did not sew things up against the woman's party as did that one paragraph which stipulates that an amendment cannot be proposed until two-thirds of botk houses deem It necessary. It seems the women would save time by following the sug- gestion the President has often of fered, that IS, suffrage, state by state. Even should the Congress attempt to amend the Constitution every citizen in every state in the union will again have chance to vote on the action taken and the amendment cannot be adopted unless the voters in three fourths of the several states ratify the action of Congress. There is the situation. The President might call a special session of Congress tomor- row for all the good 1t would do him or the wonlan's party. Granted that the Congress would acquiesce in the Presidents ana the women's wishes, there would still remain the voters Of three-fourths of the states The proposition of Miss Paul is delightful in her eyes but repugnant to the great of voters who believe the Individual states should bring about woman suffrage.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-13

ing history is the 10000 ton Averoff, which bears the namc of a Greek mil- l1onalre who, by a provision of his will, left the bulk of his fortune to his country for the improvement of it's navy. The two modern warships are the George I, G9, ,500 tons), and the Admiral Counlourietis (5,500 tons), both launched in 1914. A pow erful battleship' of 23,500 tons dis placement is now under construction.
 "On the north and northwest Greece abuts on Bulgaria, Serbia and Albania, the frontier touching each of these countries being about the same length. Tn all other directions tho peninsula is vulnerable to the bonn bardment of a shores that few places in the country, save in Thessaly and Macedonia, are as much as fifty miles from the Sea, and although it has only about one fifth the area of the Spain-P Portugal peninsula it has a longer coast line. With the lOng-range fifteen-inch rifles of the modern battleship almost every part of the historic nation would be vulnerable to the bombarlment of a French, English or Italian fleet"
New Britain herald., 1916-09-13
WE'LL DONE.

If the special session. of the General fembly yesterday had been called the sole purpose, as was first sug- Fted, of ordering the collection of les from Connecticut guardsmen on Mexican border, it would have m roundly criticised for such action. IS because the question of providing
 the dependent families left by the piers is an all important one and t as deserving of attention as that suffrage. That the General Assem-
 made short shrift of both bills will et with the approval of most citi- Is in the state. It did not take the Eslators long to get down to bus ss. If the guardsmen are not home lore the November election day a omission composed of membership |m both great parties will journey the border and collect the votes. In
 meantime the relief work for de-
 dent families of the soldiers will be order.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-13
The 1O-Cent Loaf.
(New York Worldly

That the bakers of the country are making a concerted effort to put up the price of bread is evident. They al- lege that flour is dearer and the gen. eral cost of production higher; and the Master Bakers association recom- m ends a standard 10-cenJ loaf as q substitute for the 5-cent loaf. on the theory that the larger loaf will admit of economies in handling.
 A twenty y-four-ounce loaf selling for 10 cents and containing double the quantity of bread in a 5-cent loaf would involve no actual increase in cost. But most people do not want large loaves, and the twenty ounce loaf which the bakers of Birmingham, Ala, begin today to sell for 10 cents shows where the gouging would come in This loaf means a 20 per cent. in crease in price. How are Standard loaves at 10 cents to be kept at stand ard weight?
 Many consumers will be ready to pay 10 cents for a loaf regardless of it's size, but the great mass of small buyers will insist on the smaller loaf for a lower price, and as they con- stitute the bulk of bakers custom CTS their wishes will be mandatory. New York, according to Commissioner liar tigan, has 1000 bakers of bread and 10000 distributors. That in the face of keen competition they can restrict their output to 1O-cent loaVes is un- likely. What their patrons have most to fear is the attempt to sell smaller loaf for cents. Even that con- tingency remains to come. Putting up the price of bread is not so easy as putting up the price of beefsteak.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-13
Contemptible Partisanship.
Waterbury Democrat.)

Of President Wilson's successes in keeping America out of the European war-at the same time maintaining this nations rights and honor-his po- 1itical opponents, Hughes among them, say, There never was any danger of war" That is not true. Twice Amer ica, asserting her just rights, gave the chief military power of Europe choice between observance of those rights and the enmity of this country. Hence to say There never was any danger of war; constitutes a contemplate partisan endeavor to belittle and belle facts But pass that for a minute. Will they now saw there never was any danger of 8 strike?
New Britain herald., 1916-09-13
The Aesthetic Fly.

1T grant you Life is brief" he droned,
 and paused To flick a dust-mote from one slender
 thigh; Then, posing where the sun could tint
 his wings; And yet, I've drained it to the very
 dregs, Tasting of all it's treasures, slipping
 wines Of sweetest vintage, kissing luscious
 lips More soft than mellowing butter; and
 of foods I've kept my sugar-eye keen for the
 Best. "As for Art I know it upside down; The skin of bronzes and the breath of
 paint, Dry tapestries and labyrinthine woods; Huge furniture and slippery porce-
 la1ns. I trod the very atmosphere of art Where I was bred and hatched-(a
 heritage From my ancentors, one of the First
 Broods Of early settlers, dating back five
 Springs. A privileged race, mine! HOW the
 enemy ragged ro find us in possession that hot noon!  And Literature I've touched at count
 less points! The library was mine as much as His. (The bindings not precisely to my
 taste Yet food for thought, and excellent ex-
 ercise.) "science I've dabb1ed in a bit. In
 fact, There's scarce a germ I've not ab-
 sorbed, or microbe That's baffled my researches.
 AS for love- My youth was surfeited, and middle
 age Finds me we'll widowed fairly family Those fussy females bore me, one and With their eternal buzzings of the Waged on their offspring. Life's
 been long enough When the dull minutes yield one no
 new loves, New drinks, new arts and no new
 Jams! 1T yearn for future worlds where
 honey flows Thick. multi-1aVOred and innOcuous- Warm subtly, syrupy, rich-smelling
 worlds! And this I VOW: Rather than let
 old age Subdue and quench my iridescent
 gleam, Freeze my slim insteps, dull my pal
 ate's edge, I shall die grandly, as befits my birth, Climbing the sky to perish in the sun, Or, poised in prayer upon the golden
 brink Of some deep Wine."
 His murmuring speech
 shriIled off There was mere Nothingness where
 he had beeni I started as from sleep in time to
 glimpse A gawky serving maid fling from her
 broom Some particles that were eleven flies! May Seville in New York Times.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-13
ARTICLE v. IN THE WAY.

Miss Alice Paul chairman of the bngressional Union for Woman Suf- aage. is solicitous for the welfare Woodrow Wilson in November. |so. she is quite anxious that the bmen of the nation possess the pow
 to vote at that time. So, in or ,r to bring about happy union, the anchise for women and the re-elec- m of President Wilson, she makes
 proposition. After reminding the smocrats and MT. Wilson now neces-
 rv will be the ninety-one electoral ytes in the twelve western states
New Britain herald., 1916-09-13
STREETS.

l Chicago Is now finding fault with the name Clark street. Some of the 1 citizens of the Windy City interested. 1 in reforms are now contemplating a change in the streets name. They l would call it Broadway.
 Sometime ago similar agitation 1 was raised in New York over the Bowery. Merchants on that thor oughfare claimed that the old time | reputation of that street had harmed 1 business and wanted the name ! changed to Lower Broadway. Com 1 mon sense in this instance prevailed and the Bowery remains. Even the old song is recalled although the last line. Well never go there anymore"
 has been rewritten.
 Names of streets have a queer way of becoming famous, and almost every city that boasts of street known from one end of the land to the other, or, around the world, can point to the fact that the name in the first in stance was original. There is only one Broadway, although there are thousands of streets called after the one in New York. There is but one Michigan avenue, although many cities beside Chicago possess streets named after the Wolverine state. There is but one Pennsylvania avenue, l although the street where presidential inaugural parades take place has 8 thousand name-sakes. There is but | one Lockerbie street and it would 1 have remained forever obscure but for | the residence there of the late James Whitcomb Riley. No other Locker
 bic street has come forward vet to
 establish the paradox that there is
 but one of this name. When other 1 cities adopt the name the future fame
 of the Indianapolis street is assured
 even though Riley anG that "Old
 Sweetheart of Mine be forgotten.
 Streets are somewhat like human
 beings Some grow famous over
 night, some remain forever obscure. l 50 faSt as one galnS recognition Tor
 some characteristic there are imita-
 tions procured all over the country. 1 And the second corners are lost in
 the glory of the original. Chicago
 cannot change it's Clark street to
 Broadway and have the adopted name
 mean anything. outside of Chicago, or
 even outside of the Loop for that mat
 ter. Neither could New Britain l change the name Franklin Square to 1 Piccadilly. The epidemic of Main 1 streets throughout the land proves
 what a futile thing it is to have no | distinctive appellations among mu-
 nicipal thoroughfares. Every city
 should have at least one street worth
 while and properly named, nor should
 the name be copied after some famous | street in another town
New Britain herald., 1916-09-13
"Eicht Hours Leisure"
(Waterbury Democrat).

Some very nice persons who pride themselves on not belonging to the working classes are saying bitter things about the federal eight hour labor law. They are repeating the an- cient criticism that eight hours of work with eight hours of sleep leaves a man eight hours of leisure which means tempting opportunity to in dulge in intoXicantS. Elegant gentle men who haven't the skill to run their own motor cars, but who must hire a chauffeur to do it for them, are thus freely expressing their opinion of what 4OO,000 of the nations most re- liable workers will do with their new bit of spare time. All of which mere ly shows how carelessly the carpers think. Evidently they haven't noticed that the temperance movement and the growth and power of the labor or ganizations, although absolutely unre- lated. have been advancing steadily side by side, ever since an eight-hOur day first became the labOring man s stake. Evidently they have not ob- served that both these steps in human progress are touching new high levels at exactly the same moment And it is not the movies, as some say, which are freeing man from an age-old slav cry to drink. It's brains-brains of the same good brand which man also uses to Iberate himself from indus +1-ial oppression. The biggest threat in "eight hours of leisure' is that it gives a man a chance to use his brains, more and still more, to his own ad- vantage. No wonder the protected rich prophecy evil.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-13
FREE COLLEGE COURSFS

&ny organization which aims to help #ggling human beings is necessar- R good thing for society. New Brit
 has a number of such; but the Est to make its appearance here is j that readily strikes the mind as Eel and original. Its purpose is to #yide necessary money for those &s and girls who desire to attain a Sege education and have not the #nediate wherewithaI. A fund is now Eng raised to be used during the &plastic year just beginning. By this # hoped to defray the expenses of
 Be five or ten earnest young men a women through leading colleges S universities.
 For every man and woman who goes &bugh a college career with motor
 E and valets at their service there I hundreds of anxious boys and girls & stint and save in order to acquire ' luxury of education. For every 8h who spends his nights at college Reckless abandon with the resultant #S in classroom dozing there are at
 Et ten serious minded youths strug- &g through the weary, hours of mid $nt study and work, both academic & commercial, by day. For every Fer there is in college a struggler. @ every idle son of a rich parent
 Ere is at least one boy working his & to the coveted goal of higher edu- ion. These are the ones that will @benefted by the new organization &t has sprung up, seemingly over Sht in New Britain.
 Every man who has cherished an Sal every one who has gone through Sour year course at college, whether dawdled away his time there or &de a go of 1t, will realize the great Ed contained in the latest effort dis Ewing itself in this city. And every #n and woman who Is out of col #e and taking an active interest in 8 struggle for existence will appre- #te those years left behind, whether Mful or worthless ones, and lend Sping hand to those who are eager go to college for the one great aievement, t,-suocess. Even those so have never attended school in form but who realize all that sdern education means to the men xI women in this day of enlighten- Int will hasten to help some one ss secure blessing they missed. The kn here is started on the proper Sis. There have been, as yet, no |ge amounts subscribed. The small I1or is the one welcomed, because small sum invites others along that |e, until after a while some gener- k nhilanthropist with no end of bney will catch the spirit and aug mt the fast growing sum, giving m Eh proportion that perhaps a hun kd worthy candidates may secure From the present fund there lould some day spring a permanent ldowment the interest of which will sy the necessary expenses of New Iitain boys and girls otherwise un- lle to secure a course at college.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-13

It should be easy for a man to say what he would have done, even easier than to say what he would do, under given circumstances. Yet, Charles Evans Hughes'has told neither of these things. And Clifford Pinchot
New Britain herald., 1916-09-13

One barrel of the dye brought to this country from Germany on the submarine liner, Deutschland, has been purchased by a Connecticut firm for s9,000, or over sS,00O more than 1t cost in peace times. We should say that the underwater boats trip was rof1table.-Hartford Post.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-13

in explaining why he will vote for Hughes says: 'I cannot vote for Will son because I cannot trust him. He does not do what he says Hughes does.' Does he?
New Britain herald., 1916-09-13

A baby detained with it's mother at Pittsburgh in quarantine against in fantile paralysis and left unfed for thirteen hours died of malnutrition At least it was saved from the plague. New York World.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-13

Some one wants to know what has become of the High school pupils who used to study their lessons around the evening lamp. Well, a good many Of them are at the school halls decorat- ing for the class dances.-Meriden Journal.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-13

Instead of worrying about a sub stitute for paper and leather scientists should work on a cOnfectiOn that would not require the use for a while of flour, beans, sugar and potatoes.- Bridgeport Telegram.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-13

The devil doesn't care how often a man goes to church on Sunday, if he can use him the rest of the week. New Haven Union.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-13

A Chicago baker wants to put an absolute ban on the five-cent loaf. A dime or nothing would be his ulti- matum to hungry bread-seekers. The common view is that five cents worth for five cents would be convenience. Brooklyn (N. Y.) Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-13
FACTS AND RANCHES.

The Worry club is the largest on earth but it pays no dividends.- Windham County Transcript.
New Britain herald., 1916-09-13
The Complete Cabinet. (H a If ford TNir,o ncN

In letter more serious than it appears on the surface a correspond ent of the Macon Telegraph, assum- Ing that the republicans win in the presidential election, predicts the re- sulting cabinet thus:
 President ....... Theodore Roosevelt Assistant President hughes Secretary of State .. Theodore
 Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary ......,..... root. Secretary of War ........ Theodore
 Roosevelt, Assistant ............. bonypart. Secretary of Treasury .... Theodore
 Roosevelt, ASSlStanC 1p morgan Secretary of Interior .... Theodore
 Roosevelt, <a9oloCe'ilI glf plnCnOC Attorney-General ........ Theodore
 Roosevelt. Assistant ............-. Wickersham Secretary of Labor ........ Theodore
 Roosevelt, Assistant ............ judge gary Secretary of Navy ....... Theodore
 Roosevelt, Assistant ............... vonmeyer Balance of cabinet ........ Theodore
 Roosevelt, The colonel must be pleased at this ample recognition of his ambition, though he may feel that the indorse- n1ent Is too for the best 6eVelOD-
New Britain herald., 1916-09-13

FeFSo at the Post Office at New Britain %@ second Glass Mall Matter.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-13
CARNEGIE "CUTS" KANSAS
Refuses More Libraries In State,
Citing some Violations.

TOPEKA. Dec. i2.-Andrew Car
ncgie will build no more libraries In
Kansas. This information came in a
letter from his secretary to the citi-
acns of Marion. Mr. Carnegie said
that Kansas towns do not keep their
word and he Is thru with them"
The people of Marion took steps
recently to secure u Carnegie library.
lie refused them. not because of any
grievance against the Marion citizens,
but because some other Kansas towns
To- which he had donated libraries
had failed TO keep their agreements in
regard To maintenance.
Under Carncgie's rule n town must
agree to use onc-tenth as much
money each year for maintenance as
the building cost In other words, II
he erected $4,000 building. the
town must spend $1,000 each year
tor maintaining the institution. Some
towns, after getting Carengie Ii
brary, refused to comply with the
contract