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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-21
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-21

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New Britain herald., 1916-08-16
Hot Weather Politics.
(From the Boston TravelerD


 The New York World gives prom thence to a letter from a "voter Of German descent who finds fault be- cause David S. Barry, Washington correspondent of the Providence Journal, has been appointed publicity manager of the Hughes campaign. His objection is due to the fact that the Providence Journal is, in his own language, 'the mouthpiece of the British government" and MT. Barry S appointment is therefore offensive to German voters.
 That is a fair sample of hot weather politics. The World prints the letter without comment or explanation, as might be expected, for the Worlds methods thus far in the campaign show conclusiVely that the paper has got miles and miles away from the standards of Joseph Pulitzer. In short, the World has become an or gan, and it is not for the World to explain that David s. Barry is a trained newspaper man. that he has been connected with the republican national committee in other cam paigns, and that the policy of the Providence Journal will have no more to do with his political duties than MT. Wilson's present position toward Mexico will have to do with his next.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-16
Talking Against Fate.

(From the Montreal Gazette.)
 The German people seem to be at last aware of the predicament their country is in. They know that the Entente Allies are superior in man. hood, as well as other resources anf that the longer the war lasts the worse it may be for Germany and her partners in trouble. They cannot hope for victory but only to delay the day of final settlement.
 There are men in Germany who are seeking to reconcile the people. but they are advancing strange argu- ments. They are proclaiming that it is a good thing to suffer, that scarcity of food is better than a sufficiencv. that when people died they are hap pier anyway, and, in fact, that the Germans are getting along famously because the enemy is pounding away with stronger forces all the time. Ac- cOrding to this line of reasoning, the war has been a splendid thing for the Teutons and a decisive defeat would be the height of success.
 The Germans are today being in formed that even if victory is not to be reasonably hoped for. they can resist their enemies for an indefinite period. The last reserves can be called out if necessary. The boys of next years class can be drafted into the active service ranks and increase the available fighting force by 50O,- 900. The following year the same thing could be done, and so on, a1- though each year would see a small CT supply of new material. Tn fact, it is argued that, if necessary, the struggle could be maintained-pro- vided the enemy did not succeed in battering through the defences-un- til not a physically fit man remained to shoulder a gun or throw a bomb at his assailants. It is a fine pros pect that is being held out, but the chances are that when the truth sinks far enough in: and when the pinch of the c1osing-in walls of death is more keenly felt, there will be a demand for peace that the leaders will not be able to resist There may be fighting for many a long day before that time comes. but ell the indications are that it's coming is inevitable.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-16
Herr Professor RediyiyuS

(From the New York Evening Post.)
 Another German professor comes pat to the front to show that the ideas with which the war began are not extinct in German universities. It is Prof. von Stengel, of the chair of international law in the University of Munich, who has made a reply to a letter of inquiry from the Dutch Pacif1st league which is in the fine old style. '0The nations, and es- pecially the neutral nations," he writes, have only one means of lead ing a profitable existence. It is to sub init to our guidance, which Is super for from every point of view" And as if to make his attitude as offen- adds:
 ''The whole course of the war up to the present has shown that we Ger mans have been chosen by Provi- dence from among all the other peoples to march at the head of all civilized nations and lead them under our protection toward assured peace. For we not only have the power and force necessary for this mission, but we also possess all the spiritual gifts to the highest degree, and in all crea- tion it is we who constitute the crown of civilization"
 The absurb e1f-complacency of this beats the most ridiculous Amer ican highfalutin out of sight.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-16

quantity and the new methods were waiting to be tried.
 They are being tried out now on all of the fronts, and the Teutons for odds first time, face the foe with odds against them. They are no longer able to shift troops from one front to another until they attain numerical superiority. They must fight, not on the aggressive with the odds all in their favor, but on the defensive with in an iron ring with the odds against them. And so fighting they find that they are not aupermen. They are just ordinary human beings, no better equipped than the rest of us to con- tinue unendingly a fight against hope less odds. This is but the beginning of the long batterng that the hosts of Germany and Austria are to undergo in order that liberty may have fair chance to live unchallenged in the world. The war of attrition is going on steadily and methodically on all of the fronts It is to be continued to the end.
 And everywhere under that steady pressure by superior forces with su- perior artillery the weaker are falling back slowly on the west, where trench warfare is most highly perfected and rapidly in the east, where the war is fought on longer lines and more in the open. But always the Teutons grow weaker and always the strength of their enemy increases as new fac tories are built and new armies formed. There may be one more German offensive on the eastern front at a moment that seems propitious to the ger eral staff but that will be the end. From that time on, unless all signs fail, there will be a hopeless fight that means, if long continued, national weakness in man power grown to an alarming degree.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-16
Surprising Automobile Figures.

(PrOV1GenCG Journal.
 There is reason for optimism in the autOm Obile industry. The estimates of the men in the trade show that on January first there will be one motor car for every twenty-five of the in habitants of the United States These figures however, are made less inn presSiVe by comparison with the rec ord of January this year, when there was one automobile for SO few as every fOrty-fOur of the population. It is assumed by the statisticians that 1,500,0 cars will be built during 1916, and by adding these to the cars in operation last January the total number is brought up to 3,945.664: or, ctically one for every twenty-five inhabitants.
 The amount invested in automobiles is enormous, $2,00O.O0O estimated. And it is probable that in a vear or two the cars in daily use will repre- sent much moro than two billions of dollars for prices are being lowered while quality is improved. The manu- facturers believe that the cauacitv of the country is twelve million autOmO- hiles This may seem high but per haDs the popularity of the motOr-driy- en cOnveyances has not been Overes- timated. Tn any event the people aD- pear to be able and willing to use many more cars than are now rrnnina The exceptional combination of utility and pleasure makes strong appeal.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-16
The COatlesS Man.
(HartfOrd TimeS.)

Fashionable restaurants would never put the ban on mans re- moval of his coat could they be as- sured that he would not thereby re- veal striped monstrosities of purple, Vermilion, azure, or saffron, heavily embroidered with "from Mother" and possibly bearing on their buckles enamel or celluioid portraits of Blaine or Logan, spanning his chest and sides. Now that, with the passing of galluses. the proprietors of said restaurants are guaranteed the sight of naught but pure and unruffled ex- panse of shirt upon the Investment Of mans outer garment, there should be no further objection. Shirt patterns are capable of harmonizing with the interior decorations of cabarets; sus< penders, never.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-16
Healing Value of Common Salt.
Providence Journal)


 A saline solution introduced by a British physician is reported to be in very general use in the military hos pitals for the treatment of wounds The solution as described appears to be nothing more than common salt and water. The effectiveness of the treatment is due in some degree to the method of application-a steady flow of the solution for hours at a tune directly on the wound, in lieu of a fixed dressing.
 The value of common salt as a cleansing, and even a healing, medium is recognized by the medical frater nifty, but too little appreciated by Deo- pie generally, considering how handy it is. AS a gargle for ordinary throat affections, for instance 1t may do good and certainly will not do harm. It has become recognized, on the other hand, that some scientifically prepared antiseptics may prove more harmful than helpful unless used under the direction of a physician.
 The germ-killing preparation can- not always be depended upon to make q distin ctiOn between good germs and b2 d ones, but destroys thepa all Thus the head of the Rock kefeller Institute for Medical Research gives warning against the employment of antiseptics for the throat symptoms in infantilf paralysis. He points out that the eff feet is to flower the resistance'' of the sufferers tissues-in other words, the good germs, which are counted upon as allies in the battle with the bad germs, are themselves injured. But washes of common salt are recom- inended
New Britain herald., 1916-08-16

Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam many Hall, the democratic organiZa- tion of New York city, and a power in state politics, according to persons who are in his confidence, never
 again will sit as head of the Tam many delegation in a democratic state convention. Reports that he intend ed to retire from the leadership have been current before, but they have never come in such definite form as they come now from the lips of friends. According to these state ments the man who for the last if teen years has yielded the scepter in Tammany hall, through good and evil fortune, without any one ever seri- ously disputing his leadership, is de- termined in all events to retire on December 31, 1917. It is the fond hope of the Tammany chieftain that by that time he will have added to the list of his political achievements a straightout Tammany victory in New York city mayoralty campaign.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-16
How Much, MT. Hughes? (NeW Haven UniOn.)

Judge Hughes had declared, and reiterated the assertion, that the pre- paredness policy of the present ad- ministration is Totally inadequate"
 This general declaration, entirely without specification or particulariza- ton, was made in the face of the fact that congress finally passed the army bill tOtalling $2G1,597, 7,000, the largest appropriation for the land military forces of the country in the history of the government. Further, Judge Hughes reiterates his declara- ton in the face of the knowledge that all obsta cles have been removed for the enactment of a naval bill carry ing more than $400, ,O00,0 and pro- viding for a building program not only far greater than any hitherto provided for by United States but larger than any single year authoriza- tions for naval purposes to date of any naval power in the world. The naval appropriations by the present con- gress will exceed those of any two years of the Roosevelt and Taft ad- ministrations combined.
 In the face of current appropria- tions for all military purposes by the present administration running close to the unheard of and almost stag gering sum of s75O, 1000, 900, it is more than amazing that Judge Hughes should attempt to make the country believe that the present administra- tion is neglectful of the vital mat ter of national defense. In the face of the indisputable facts the accusa- tion is silly.
 That Judge Hughes before the cam paign progresses much further, will be called upon to add a little per tinent detail to his generalizations, is certain. If appropriations totalling ap- proximately 0,000,OO0 represent Inadequate military preparation" how much more does Judge Hughes favor expending?
New Britain herald., 1916-08-16

he was wrong, and how his mistakes could be corrected There are many thousand voters who would like to hear from MT. Hughes lips just how he would have dealt with Germany in the submarine issue; how he would have handled England because of her violations of international law, and q few other questions of like import. But Mr. Hughes consistently keeps off this ground There are no votes to lcse when he harps on some minor clerkship in the Interstate Commerce Commission or tells how incompetent someone is in the PharmacOlogical laboratory of the Bureau of Chemis- try There are votes to lose, how ever, when he gets on the German question, or any other of the great issues that have divided men during the past two years. Also, there are votes to be gained, far more than by a6hering to a campaign of petty suuabbling The American people have not time to go into all the de- tails of government. They have time to listen to a statesman speak on the bigger questions of the day, and this Mr. Hughes has not done He has confined himself to petty squabbling.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-16
IN THE ANTARCTIC.

IS a heroic mission that engag ges good ship Discovery which is now fs way to the Falkland Islands for purpose of rescuing that gallant r of explorers left on Elephant Pd last spring by Sir Ernest fkleton. The Discovery was built harily to weather the Antarctic litions and this time it goes with otter equipment than it ever Jed before into the frozen regions. 1t awaits it when the landing at Rhant Island takes place, no one sVs. Probably another tale of Aor will be brought out of this |bn. The prospects are good for zsuch a thing. The men who were behind had very little food, ly enough to last until the ar of the Discovery. As to the I her conditions they must endure, member of Shackleton's party his escape described the wind as
 ing so hard a man could not P up before it. It would seem,
 all the past performances in !, that when men go upon expedi-
 of this kind they would carry |gh provisions to last a lifetime.
 are never sure of getting back Utilization.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-16
"EELLOW CITIZENS. s."

Whether they succeed in getting the vote, or whether they remain in their present status quo, we shall always love the ladies. They were put here for that purpose rather than for voting. If, through the long night there is a mothers son of us sick unto death, it is always a feminine hand that soothes the fevered brow, that dulls the throbbing pain. Adminis- tering angels And so if one DOT ton of the women want the vote, man must be ever on the qui vive, lest he offend his sisters in search of hap piness On the other hand if there be those who would not shoulder the cares of government, he must like wise see that this portion is satisfied. The ladies, God bless 'em, it is theirs to command.
 There is great ado now over the question of woman suffrage and how it should be brought about. Some of the women want the Susan B. An thony amendment introduced into Congress in the hope that the women of every state in the Union will forth with be presented with the ballot. Some women, those who term them selves anti-suffra agists, are in favor of letting the states decide this all-im- portant question. They want the pOpulace of each and every state to vote on it. In this way only, say they, can representative government be maintained. Anyway, if various states are not consulted there may be open rebellion against the Federal amend ment when it is proposed in Congress. This for the reason that it will have to be ratified by three -fourths of the state legislatures before it becomes law.
 No matter how this terrific contro- for the ladies. If they want the ballot, they should have it. If they are against it, they should be granted their wish Anything they say. Were it not for them this would be a staid and solemn old world. Mems debt to women is that the bill should be paid, whether it be a bill for millinery or one for suffrage At present the ladies are divided amongst themselves; but there will always be found enough men to support them all, financially and politically. They shall not want long as they remain the loving creatures they are. So we reiterate our championship of the women. We are for them, first, last, and all the time.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-16
Bcect on All Sides.
( (AnsOnia SentineD.

The over Sunday news from the battlcfronts is not at all to the liking of the TeutOnic commanders nor the champions of Deutschland Uber AlleS Beset on all sides the TeutOniC nations are now fighting for their life. They are no longer thinking of dominating the world. Peace with what they had before the war would be a grateful boon to them, who two years ago were arrogant beyond belief and as cruel and ruthless as they were arro- gant in their mad dreams of world empire.
 Time has brought great changes to the situation in the war zOnes Up to very recently there had been nothing but an uninterrupted series of VictOri- Ous advances through enemy territory for the central allies They had con Quered Belgium, part of France. great stretches of Russia, Servia and Mon tenegrO But all of the time that Ger many and Austria were amassing ter ritOry and exchanging precious human lives for it the enemy was perfecting new armies, new artillery, new meth ods Of attack. This year the new armies were trained, the new guns and munitions were ready in limitless
New Britain herald., 1916-08-16
PETTY SQUABBLING.

&ere are so many branches of the Bnal government, and so much de- Nconcerned with each, that the @age American citizen knows little, Slything about themE Even men have worked in sorne of the gov hent departments for years con- R they have not mastered all the Nls. So far as the heads of the # us branches go, unless these 8s be in the foreground, for one Bn or another, very few people H who is the directing genius. Nould be pretty stiff examina- #that requirel the naming of those #nissioners who have charge of M9eneral Land Office, the Patent N, the Bureau of Pensions, the
 of Indian Affairs, and the Pu- # of Education. Likewise, there Few who know the names of the 8tors of the Geological Survey, the
 bmation Service, the Bureau Of as, or who know that all of these bus activities are but adjuncts of #nterior Department.
 #us, when MT. Hughes wa ges his Hbaign of criticism against Presi- Wilson for removing some petty 8 from office and putting in his A what Is sometimes called a Serving Dem ocrat.' he does not much headway. The people know 8 about these things, other than such jobs or positions have all A been dispersed at the beginning new administration, sometimes payment of political debts. If Rdent Wilson placed in office a, 8ber of men on this account, he set Hrecedent. President Taft did the B thing, so did Roosevelt when he President. It has been going on the political system of this cOun- Syas set up. It will go on so long merica is concerned with the big things of state, and not petty Sbbling. At the present moment &ous few people in this country
 eoncerned with who has charge of 8 al husbandry in the Bureau of @nal Industry, in the Department q Agriculture. The machinery of #rnment is running along smooth Though nayhap somewhat extrav- &tly. That was always so. What @erns our attention for the mo- Nj are the great issues raised by MEuropean war. We want to know #e are going to keep out of that
 ex, or if we are going to be B ged into it because of poorly han M diplomatic affairs. So far we M been fortunate Every time we S near the edge of that war, there
 a strong hand to pull us back.
 years of past experiences have x len the strength of Woodrow Will
 if MT. Hughes would gain the Mntion and respect of the American &ble he would do well to leave aside # petty issues he is trying to raise NwouId better his campaign by dis #ing with criticism that when an Ned contains no hope for better VI. He would have a far-reaching Aet on the voters of this country if Swould tell them not who was 8nked" out of political office be- s se of expediency, but where Pres It Wilson was wrong in dealing Sn the great powers of Europe, why
New Britain herald., 1916-08-16
Passing the Buck.
(NeW Haven JOurnal-Courier.

N1NtW FfdN6n JOuTnaI-COuflef.)
 Upon the occasion of one of his ap- pearances before the committee on railroads at Hartford, MT. Mellen, who was then president of the New Haven railroad company, warned the committee that increased burdens placed upon the company meant only the transfer of those burdens to the travelling and freighting public. He emphasized the fact that the public was the only source the railroad had of obtaining it's revenue; load up the railroad and you load up the public.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-16
from figures in possession of the

From figures in possession of the Department of Labor, showing the exact amount of employment and wages in force throughout the nation, it is computed that approximately $3,OOO,OOO,O0 900 more has been paid out in wages during the past three years than were paid over the period of four years before that which goes to show that temporary prosperity" knows how to be good to the working man.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-16

Those who have in the last two years followed out the ''seeing Amer ica first idea in their travels have discovered that no Old World nation "has anything on ua," to use a street phrase, in the way of scenery, and those who may look their country over critically in the years to come will find the same thing. As an ex- ample of erosion by running water. the Geological Survey points out, the Grand Canyon of the Colorado has no equal So vast is the spectacle of this gigantic trench, more than a mile deep and from eight to ten miles in width, that it can hardly be com prehended on a first view It pos sesses the beauty of grandeur and the beauty of color It is one of the sights that no one having the oppor- tunity to see should n1iss-Rochester Dem Ocrat and Chronicle.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-16
The Divine Fire.
(Meriden JOurnal.)


 Art always bows to art no matter what the form it takes and the glow of genius is always recognized by the elect. The greatest makes Obeisance to the lowliest when the gleam of the divine spark is discovered. So sarah befnhardt, greatest of tragedlennes, makes her acknowledgements to the talent of Charlie Cha aplin, the slapsIck comedian who lives for no other pur- pose but to make people laugh at his fOOlShness and coin that into dollars.
 Mime. Bernhardt says that he is an artist, that he is blessed with genius and though that genius is turned into channels different from her OWn she believes that ne should be given credit for what he has done and the influ- enCe that he has with so many people. Thus the great sarah proves that while she is a high0rOw she's human enough to recognize the fact that the slapsticlz comedian makes millions laugh.
 We wonder just what the effect of this announcement will be on the folks who have lauded Bernhardt to the skies and ridiculed Chaplin for his comedy feet and movable nOu- stache. If they have so high a rcga1d d for Sarah must they not then ac cept her opinion of Charlie and take i'm to their hearts?