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New Britain herald., 1916-08-07
Louisville Courier-Journal.

Louisville COurier-J Ourna1)
 The death of Bishop Eve1and, in Pennsylvania, as a result of his steel fishing rod touching a high tension wire when he was passing under 8 railroad bridge, should suggest the necessity for making the designation of the 'live'' wire compulsory.
 The rule "let the label telI' is a good one as 1t is applied to a bottle of tomato sauce which has a preser- vative in it. or a pound of oleomar- garine, which but for the label law might parade as butter. But the charged wire, which will kill instant ly any one who comes into contact with it, may be strung pretty nearly anywhere and is unrecognizab1e.
 Why shouldn't live wires be so col ored or marked that it would be pos sible for any one to recognize them on sight?
 When a wire falls in the street the safest course is to assume that it is live and treat it accordingly. But many persons fail to do so and many of those who neglect to take abun- dant precaution pay for their tncau- tiousness with their lives Nobody can distinguish live wires from harm less ones in the network of wires that every city permits to iniure it's ap- pearance and endanger the lives of it's inhabitants. Why not force per- sons who are responsible for live wires to so designate them that every one will know them?
 The "Stop! Look! Listen." signs at unguarded grade crossings are not adequate safety devices, but they are better than nothing. There is nothing to warn the unwary against the risk of being electrocuted by a charged wire.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-07
Yuan Among the Undying.
(New York Sum-


 China's first president, Yuan ShN- K ali, who according to official state ments died in the palace of the Man chus and was buried in the tombs of his ancestors, is neither dead nor buried, according to popular report Harassed by financial worries he gave up his power and stole away to a foreign land.
 F What may lend an air of proba- bility to this story is the mystery surrounding his death. One rumor was that he was poisoned by a pal ace attendant; another. that he died at the hand of a political assassin. The attendants in the death chamber were few and the obsequies were sim ple These circumstances all tended to build up another of those strange cases in which the world seems to delight, cases where the improbable that lies on the border of the possible is accepted as truth.
 Only a few years ago Archduke Joseph Ferdinand filed at Vienna an application to establish the death of his uncle, Archduke E. SalVator' known as "John Orth. Wenty years before, Orth had sailed from London for Buenos Ayres, and as nothlhg authoritative had been heard from him it was assumed that he was lost at sea- But a senator Of Argentina asserted that Orth was saved from shipwreck and, that he was hVlns Ill the heart of a South American for- est. A French author George 'acour, said that he found the archdu1e III the pampas of the Rio Negro. John Orth was reported as living Tn Col orado. in Ohio. Two old friends or his declared that they often rece1Ved letters from him. The Vienna Court declared Orth dead, but many people continued to believe that he lived.
 Rocks have been written to prove that the Dauphin of France did not din in the Revolution. but that he 17ncame Naundorf, a Netherland mer- chont or the Rev. Eleazer Williams, an American minister. Marshal Ney according to the belief of many. sur z-ived the volley of the soldiers ap- pointed to carry out the sentence of death. and taught school for years in North Carolina. John Wilkes Booth has been reported as seen in Texas or Mexico long after he was shot in Virginia. General Gordon. it has been asserted, did not die at Khartum, but sought retreat in the heart of 
 King Arthur foated away to the isle of Avalon, Charlemagne went to l sleep beneath the Untersberg. Heroes | and the dwellers in mystery land are | Yuan among the dead that | never died joins a great and famous ]
New Britain herald., 1916-08-07

tate before carrying on serious negoti- ations with any foreign country. While he was waiting for this great neglect on the part of past administrations to be patched up, he had necessarily to stay off disaster by the writing of notes. He is severely criticised for that, when there was nothing else to do It is great to shoot at a man coming and going. No matter where Wilson stood he was ever in danger
 of being sniped by enemy bullets And all this firing went on while he was dealing with foreign nations and trying to uphold the dignity and honor of the United States of America. For shame
 The day is fast approaching when this country to be safe, must shake off the shakes with which politi- clans are fast binding it. When a President of the United States is in the midst of important dealings with a foreign nation, especially when the period of such negotiations are fraught with such dire possibilities as that through which Wilson passed, he should not be hampered and tied on all sides by petty politics at home. Patriotism then should overshadOW all party lines. Whether that Prest- dent be Republican or Democrat this should be true From the way things were running a stranger to this coun- try might easily form the belief that we are divided into two camps Republicans and Democrats, and that these two parties are representative of two sections of the country, the North and the South. This is not so. We are brothers all There are two great political parties and each has it's manner and means of working out government. If they will form on a slightly broader basis if Republicans will not believe that all Democrats are imps of hell, and Democrats will realize that all the good Republicans are not dead, then the nation need l never be afraid of itself in moments i of vital importance. Then will all l hands stand by the guns, and ward off foreign blows.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-07
onmaiIabIe Hen Fruit.
(Ansonia Sentinel.)

N~AAA'0O411Ct
 Without wishing to seem unjust to the sturdy pOssessOr of a yard full of fancy bullets, one has to confess to a sort of sympathy with the suf- located mailman, who wishes to have the post office department put a ban on ovarian product that has reached that stage of high artistic decay that atta1ns perfection only in ripe Jim burger cheese or the Gorgonzola brand fully fruitif1ed.
 The post office department has meekly submitted to the burden of dealing with parcels of strenuous garlic, than which there is no more far reaching smell on record with the eleVating, perm eating onion, with cheese ranging from babyhOOd to full and noxtous maturity, with all sorts and conditions of dripping packages that testify to their blue and hucl1le- bales of hay and barrels of flour, but it cannot and will not submit to the egg, when it Is running amuck.
 No one, who has had a first hand acquaintance with these prehistoric products of the hen, will blame our mail men. There is distinctly limit and the rotten egg in the mails is far beyond it. Postmaster General Bur leson is justified in ordering any mail clerk in the United States to go to the mat with overripe hen fruit and cast It into outer darkness. It is beyond the pale
New Britain herald., 1916-08-07

ment has now been in active control of much the greater part of Mexico since last autumn, and, aside from Villas WantOn mischief f-naking 1n the extr eme north, it seems to have strengthened it's position materially and to have vindicated the independ- ent judgment of the Latin American dip1Omatists who joined with Prest- dent Wilson in extending recognition to it.
 One of the strongest points in the presidents policy has been his care to retain in every important step he has taken, beginning with the refusal to recognize Huerta, the sympathetic CO., operation of the governments of Bra gil, Argentina, Chili and other Latin American states. MT. Hughes has ignored that important phase, of the situation in his attack on the Mex1- can policy of the administrations
New Britain herald., 1916-08-07

Washington, D. C., Aug If, after Peronne, St. Quentin should be re- taken by the French and English in their fierce offensive, Cambrai would De one of the important Objectives in the line of advance. This town, 121 miles by rail northwest of Paris, is the subject of the following war geogra- phy bulletin issued by the National Geographic society from it's headquar- ters in Washington:
 "TWenty miles southeast of Arras and about the same distance north of St. Quentin, Cambrai, which had population approaching 3O,O0O before the war, is one of the most interest ing towns in north ern France. Situat- ed on the right bank of the River Scheldt at it's juncture with the St. Quentin canal, the city enjoyed con- siderable commercial prosperity on ac- count of it's soap works, sugar mills and textile factories. Its importance to France now, however, it sentim ment- al rather than strate2ic.
 "The event connected with Cambrai which commended it to womankind throughout the western world was the invention here, in the fifteenth cen tUry, of the fine linen fabric which takes it's name from the toWn-cam- bric. The name of Baptiste Coutaing, the weaver who is supposed to have made the first cambric, is pcrpetuated in the muslin called batiste.
 One of the most formidable alli- ances of the middle ages was that which was effected here under the name of the League of Cambrai at Il 9 beginning of the sixteenth century. The members of the league were Pope Julius II, the Emperor MaXimilian I, and the kings of France and Spain. These four major powers, brought to- gether through the diplomacy of the pope. had as their object the humbling of the great republic of Venice. The avoWed end having been achieved, the VictOrs began to quarrel over the spells and the league soon ceased to exist.
 "Cambrai is famous as the city where two royal women of masculine force joined in great diplomatic ex- change of views resulting in the Paix des Danes Ladies' Peace) which brought to an end, temporarily, the destructive war between Francis I of France, and the Emperor Charles V. This treaty, signed in 1929, caused an abandonment of the plans for a duel
New Britain herald., 1916-08-07
Union label Spirit.
(BOStOn JOurnal.)

A local union of the metal pol ishers and buffers has attracted WOn- dering attention by it's consideration
 ot plan to increase it's working
 hours. The members suggest the
 possibility of giving up their 5O-hOur
 week and returning to the old 59
 hour week as means of helping their
 employers to compete with concerns
 which do not observe the union scale.
 It is an unusual proposition, not so
 much in it's spirit of union conces-
 sion, but in it's circumstances; for
 there are few industries where non-
 union shops are so powerful as to
 gouge the trade of union shops.
 The spirit of the thing, indeed is
 wholly in harmony with the ethics of
 the union label, a device which acts
 to the benefit of the manufacturer as we'll as the protection of the en- ploye. The union label principle is built on a basis of exchange-the support of union labor is given to the marketing of labeled goods pro- duced by manufacturers who have met union demands. Organized labor
 is neither above nor below co-oper-
 ation with capital where conditions make cooperation possible.
 The metal polishers are no halfway opponents of uniOnism. Their organi- zation has shown it's strength more than once. A sample of it's strict in depreciation of the union code is re- called in connection with a dispute over the rights of union musicians. It was contended by the musicians that, although trade unions must not employ any but union musicians the union musicians must be left free to purchase nOn-uniOn label instru- ments, since the nOn-union product might be superior in tone. The metal polishers arose to the occasion with an argument that a union employing a musician who uses a non union in strument is also giving employment to nOn-uniOn metal pOliSher. The analogy seemed far-fetched, and [ people laughed, as they have laughed at other' extreme interpretations of unionism. But this was sincere, and it was good union laW-laW that has done much to extend uniOnism.
 No one wants to see the metal pol iehers return to a 59-hOur week. F7ifty-nine hours is an oldfashiOned week. Yet willingness to make the sacrifice would be good to see. It would help to convince large num-
 Der of sceptics who fail to see any thing but greed in trade unionism
New Britain herald., 1916-08-07
WHAT OTHERS SAY Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to tho Herald Office
Personal Fortunes.
( Wall Street JOurnaD.

J.
 It is something of a national habit of ours to exaggerate what is already large enough for wonder. This is the case with personal fortunes Almost invariably they prove smaller than the wild estimates made before the happy individuals death. This is the case with the estate of J. P. Morgan
 with a gross valuation of S78,149,$z4 and net of nearly $10,0O0, 900 less | some of the sensational neWspapcrs were in the habit of estimating MT MOrgan's art collection alone at more than this.
 Of the large fortunes left in recent years, Anthony N. Bradv's showed $77, ,O42, 443. The estate of E. H. Har- r1man was appraised at something un- der $70, 100000, and that of Russell Sage was valued at $3,0OO, 900 less than this John Jacob Astor made a larger showing than any of these, with a gross estate of $87,216,691.
 Ohio has state taxation assessors who have brought the practice of killing the goose that lays the golden eggs to fine art, and these estimat- ed the wealth of John D. Rockefeller Sr., for Ohio taxation purposes at a round billion dollars. The estimate, of course was the sheerest nonsense, and anybody who knows MT. Roclze- feller and his benevolent activities will hope that it may be a long time before the course of nature makes 1t necessary to publish the true figures
 In the case of MT. Morgan there can be very little question that his se2uri- ties, to say nothing of the art ob- Jects, have enhanced in value since his death three years ago. Bankers are always credited with more money than they have, because it is their buSlneSs to turn over to advantage other peoples money as frequently as possible. MT. Morgan spent lavishly upon objects of art although not without discrimination, for he could afford to employ the best expert tal- ent. Of the instances quoted, per- haps Russell Sage was the one per son, next to Mrs. Hetty Green, who spent nothing on artistic opportunities Sage, in fact, owed his wealth in a large measure to the wonderful way in which he alone had ready money When everybody else wanted it.
 It will be noticed with amusement that MT. Morgan's estate contained exactly one share of United States Steel preferred and 800 shares Of the common. MT. Morgan once remarked m connection with International Mer- cantlle Marine that he was an ac- coucher and not wet nurse.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-07
The Mexican Co-nmissiOn.
Springfield Republican.


 The Mexican note announcing the appointment of three commissioners to confer with three American com nllssloners concerning border situa- ton states that the Carranza delega- tlon nave been instructed ''to devote thelr attention preferably to the so- luton of the points mentioned in inc previous note' of the Mexican oov- efhment. The use of the word "nraf- erably' indicates that the delegates rom Mexico would insist on discus- Ing hrst of all the points referred to put there is no rejection of President Wilson's suggestion that the discue- slons be brOadened to embrace other matters of importance to both coun tries Presumably there is a common ground for negOtiations sufficient Iy broad to warrant q conference.
 What may be accomplished by the commission is problematic but it is to be considered that it may serve a good purpose in maintaining for a time the status quo. This is chiefly distinguished by the presence of United States troops in northern Mex leo, where they afford protection to the whole western portion of the Am erican border. So long as the commis- sion is in existence, Gen. Carranza must be recOnciled to the presence of the American soldiers in Mexican ter ritOry. For some weeks now cOndi- tions in Mexico have seemed much quieter and it may be that the inn provement is due directly to the Amer ican army, including the national guard, on the border. Mcxicans have evidently recovered from their extreme irritation over an invasion and possi- ble conquest, as it seemed to them, and have more faith in the Unselfsh- ness of the presidents motive. At the same time, they realize more koenly the necessity of protecting the American border from raids.
 The difficulty is one to be nursed along in the hope that conditions will continue to improve and the commis- sion will afford time for the ameliorat- ing process The Carranza govern
New Britain herald., 1916-08-07

acclimated in New England. We think of it as a characteristic New England flower. It decorates our Colonial his- tory almost back to the days of Gov ernor Bradford and Roger Williams. It is forever peering out of the pages of New England fiction and poetry There is no flower that more com- pletely embodies the spirit of our eighteenth century romance.
 Some of the old Colonial blossoms are shy and modest, but the holly hook has the courage of its convic- tions. It knows it's beauty, as it should, and has no mind to hide it under a bushel or beneath a hedge row. It is the province of loveliness to display itself, not vauntingly, but with a due sense of it's worth. And the hOllyhock, the stateIiest of our "old-fashioned" flowers, aspires un- abashed.
 In two books of popular quota tions" there is no reference to the hollyhOck, though the holly has it's fair share of space. But it can af- ford to be thus ostracized.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-07
To Beat the Thermometer.
(Kansas City Times.D

It isn't the weather that is hot so much as it IS the way you live that is hot. There are hot livers and cool flyers pretty much the year round. If you know the art of hot weather housekeeping you can get along very comfortably. Do you realize, for in- stances, the difference it makes when things just look cool? Take the cloth eff the dining table and see if it doesn't look cooler. Take the roast off and put a green salad in it's place and see if it doesn't look cooler vet. There is coolness in summer furni- tUre, too. Put away the heavy library table and substitute something in light wicker and see how the temperature of the room drops. Upholstered chairs should go, too, and light, hard sur faced ones be put in their place. RoN up the heavy rugs You can have straw or grass mating if you like. but a bare polished floor is the coolest. Window draperies and all hanging should come down. and even pictures that are heavily framed should be re- moved. Everything suggestive O4 stiffness shold be banished. This in- Cludes all manner of cushions and the cats that may be found sleeping on them. And if you are so unfortunate as to have anything like a plush piano stool in the room or a plush album. fire them first of all
New Britain herald., 1916-08-07
DOG DAYS AND DOGS.

&ln not far off city a little five year x girl lies torn and mutilated in a Asp1tal, the victim of two vicious bull Sgs. Her life hangs in the balance # #she recovers she will be disfigured life. And all because the owners these dogs, knowing the viciousness such animals at this particular Sne of the year, took no precaution safeguard the lives of their neigh srs.
 Saturday on Church street there oc- Erred a clash between two bull dogs, Tight that attracted the attention of #ne one hundred boys and men. The
 &gs had gone suddenly mad and Hsled in supreme effort for the grip Sp meant submission of one or the Der. While thus engaged, the in- Bent boys attempted to pry the as. Nlants apart. To this end, the 1ngsters beat the dogs with news zpers and clubs; still the animals Saciously stuck to their task of try the one to demOlish the other. A n passing by resorted to the best Town remedy and stopped the fight. NJ he did not do so without the risk 8being attacked by either of the in- Eiated beasts.
 8Fhis instance serves to prove that in &s time of the year dogs, and es- #ially bull dogs, with vicious temp should not be allowed to prowI at Adom about the city's streets. 8ere is ever the danger that some Ble helpless child, a boy or a girl, Sght be attacked by these animals. Sd this does not mean to say that dogs are brutal. There are some Bs, just as there are some members 1.-the human family, that cannot be Ssted to roam at large. Therefore, s the protection of the little ones,
 owners of such animals should see Hit that there is no chance for an
 balling accident in this city. It is Bugh that one child be sacrificed Ss Summer. One city furnishes Rugh sacrifice for an entire nation Egs, no matter of what species, are to be trusted in "dog days"
New Britain herald., 1916-08-07
Cause ot' Newspaper Thinness.
 (NeW London DaN.O

There used to be @ very general in1- pressiOn that wars were of advantage to newspapers. It has been charged that the papers did their best to stir up wars because such catastrophes, while bad for everybody else, were good for the publishing business. Not many intelligent people hold any such view nowadays, but neither do many realize how especially bad Wars are for the newspapers, individually and collectively.
 Without in any way adding to the income of the publishers, save perhaps in the trif1ing matter of the sale of a few extra copies at the beginning of the disturbance, any war in which it's readers are interested, and on which they naturally demand that they be kept informed, is the occasion of largely added expense to every news paper. If the paper be a big one it is put to extraordinary and very large expenditure for the cost of special correspondence. If it be a small one it must contribute to the additional cost of maintaining the association or agency through which it obtains it's world news. Big or little, operating charges are greater for any real news paper, in time of war, than in time or peace-and in no way is the eXpendl- ture repaid by increased income.
 The present war is no exception, of course; and in addition to having to pay more for the various news ana pictorial services, the cost ot prOduc- ton has been very heavily increased. Not only that. but the scarcity Ot print aper is rapidly developing to the famine point prices have scared out of ic 9 l. most Impossible for publishers to Ob- tain adCuuatc supplies a any price.
 American paper mills are supplying markets which hitherto obtained their print paper from Europe. Scandinav- ian pulp is rendered unavailable by British sea control. Fancy prices ob- tain throughout the world for print paper and every American newspaper has to meet them, besides cOntending with the problems of a scant supply.
 The result is that the neWspa pers are forced to adopt stringent measures of conservation. They must be sting fer of paper than they ever were of eX- pense money. They must cut down the size of their issues and in a good many cases put up the price of their publications. or they must face losses greater than they can stand. They must reduce WaStage to the minimum and make every pound of paper go further than it ever went before.
 So far the smaller newspapers have not generally been reduced to the nec- cssity of curtailing the size of their is- sues, though the big metropolitan pa DOTS are saving pages wherever they can. But if conditions continue to grow worse in the next year as rap idly as they have in the past one, | there is no telling how soon the six