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New Britain herald., 1916-07-17
THEIR FIGHT, NOT OURS.

Acting Secretary of State Polk in announcing the decision that the Deutschland is not a warship com pletely vindicates the neutrality of the United States government. There is no repeal from this decision. The Deutschland is a merchantmen and free to exercise all the privileges ex- tended to vessels of this class. She may leave Baltimore harbor today, to- morrow, or at any time her com mander desires. She can stay as long as she wishes and enjoy the same welcome accorded any foreign trader
 To those who have seen our foreign relations through dusty spectacles the assurances of the United States in the Deutschland instance will be disap- pointing. There were many who wagered the decision would be handed down the other way that the Ameri- can government was and is pro-Ally. There was even hope in some quarters that the Deutschland would be in termed and held in this country pend ing the close of the European war. This would be the final proof that the Washington government has been all along hostile to Berlin.
 But no! Germany will now enjoy the protection of the very laws that the United States has been fighting to uphold And the peculiar thing is that Germany hitherto has been on the other side of tho controversy. With the first heat of passion dying out, the vast majority of people arc beginning to see things in, their true colors The United States government is not for or against any of the European belligerents. It is their fight, not ours.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17
And the Reason IS-Verdun.
(AnsOnia Sentinel.)

"You have heard the catchword of the trenches We shall get them Now we should say rather, We have got them I don't mean to say by that we are going to drive the Ger mans out of France and Belgium by a victorious rush tomorrow, but that the Germans now are becoming appalled, at the prospect of a third winter campaign. The German army is doomed sooner or later and the reason is-Verdun. Verdun will en- able us to take Peronne and every where else when the time comes, for Verdun made the Germans doubt themselves, made them feel that there is perhaps something higher than German culture and that it is the French spirit
 This boast, if 1t can be called a boast, made by one of the principal generals directing the French opera tiOns on the SOmme, to Georges de Maisoiere, the writer, Is no ilde one. The whole situation on the western battle front has been saved to the allies by the splendid, single-handed resistance of the French at Verdun, where since February, Germany has been launching in vain human bat tering rams at total cost of over we'll laid, though it has failed, for it had as its object the shattering of France and any allied offensive that
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17
LINENS and DOMESTICS

72 INCH MERCERIZED TABLE DAMASK-New pat terms. Regular price 59c, sale
 60 INCH MERCERIZED T A B l. F DAMASK-Assor patterns. Regular price 29c, sale price 24c yd.
 MERCERIZER PATTERN TABLE CLOTHS-72 by 72, GA by 64, - hemmed and ready for use. Regular $1.25,
 MERCERIZED PATTERN TABLE CLOTHS - GA GA, hemmed ready for use. Regular $1.OO, sale. .75c
 MERCERIZED NAPKINS Hemmed ready for use. Regu- lar price Sc, sale price sc each.
 COTTON HUCK TOWELS Extra large size. Regular price 12 F c, sale .....t0 t0c each.
 COTTON HUCKS-Red bord- CTS, regular Sc, limit to a cus- toner at DC each.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17
WHO HUERTA WAS.

Asking the question "Who was
 gently gave this answer: "A drunken
 Indian who, having gained high mili-
 tary command, betrayed his trust; inn | prisoned the constitutional President their cowardly assa ssination, procured in his interest, to proclaim himself dictator; put the Congress of the re- public in jail and dispersed the courts
 ma al<ing money meantime with both hands"
 Since the Republican campaign
 artists are everlastingly assailing the
 administration for its attitude toward
 the late pirate of Mexico it may be
 well to ponder over his character.
 The cry going throughout the coun-
 try is that Carranza should never
 have been recognized by the President
 while there was such available timber
 as Huerta. The old man who is now
 guiding the Mexican ship of state is
 no saint. He is not the type of man
 American youth would worship as hero. But in all his shortcomings he is infinitely better than Huerta ever thought of being, ever was. This much can be said for Carranza, with out even coming to his defense: He did not murder or order anyone mur- dered in order to secure his position as head of the de factO government.
 That mere fact places him on a high CT plane than Huerta ever occupied. And the First Chief of the COnstitu- tionalists does represent the only form of government known in Mexico. Further, he is sincere in making an attempt to do the right thing for his own people. He has stepped on out siders toes in this attempt, which, after all, is infinitely better than to have courted foreign entanglements as did Huerta, who when he died was in the act of starting another revO1u- tion with European money in his pockets.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17

might be preparing in the west thus , leaving the central powers free to 1 deal with the Russian whirlwind which they well knew was gather ing The Verdun battle doubtless could have been decided long ago had the British thrown even a part of their reserve force into the vortex, and Germany would have retired de- feated. But what profit would it have been to the allies of the west? It would have entaiIed a joint expendi- .ture of reserve power, and the pres ent powerful British drive, which the Germans even with the use of troops soreIy needed in the east, are hardly able to cope with, would have been impossible. In fact, the present British offensive explains, better than anything else, why the British did not go to Verdun. Today, thanks to the fact that France put up a single handed fight there, Germany is not able to send a single division to help either Hindenburg in the north or the helpless Austrians in Galicia. Be- cause the British did not have to help at Verdun they have behind their lines a great reservoir of pow CT which is, perhaps, the greatest menace to Germany today.
 Berlin is beginning to feel the pinch of hunger as are other Ger man cities, but Germany's greatest need is men. Her total losses since the war began have been over three million, and while she still has guns and ammunition in plenty, for the
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17

ENGLISH BLEACHED BED SHEETS-72x9O, made of soft finish cotton. Regular 75c, sale
 FRUIT OF THE LOOM cor TON-36 inch wide. Regular 121ac, one case to sell at 91ac yard.
 UNBLEACHED COTTON AKA. Regular price 6c, five bales to sell at ........5c sc yard.
 BLEACHED SHEETING- Extra heavy quality, 9x4. Reg ular 35c, sale ....... .29c yd.
 SOFT FINISH CAMBRIC- 36 inches wide, suitable for women's and children's under wear, one case of the regular SC kind to sell at ...61ac yd.
 BLEACHED TUBING = 45 inch. Regular price 18c, sale price ....1 14c. AZ inch wide. Regular 17c, sale price 13c yd.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17
LiIliputian-Lilze Congrcssmen.
{ Stamford AdvOcate.)

That little Congressional episode is nearly over now-the proposed inn peachmcnt Of United States Attorney Marshall at New York Yet it should not be forgotten, but remain as a striking object-lesson illustrat~ ing for the instruction and warning of the people one of the spots in our governmental system where it is dangerously Weak-the distinctly in ferior moral quality of many of the men who get elected to congress. The way it was illustrated in this parti- cular case is briefly as follows Con- gressman Buchanan of Illinois was indicted for an alleged crime in New York. The District Attorney was, of course, the official whose duty 1t was to initiate the proceedings. Buchanan, officer for doing his plain and pre- scribed duty coaxed or bul1dozed the committee of congress of which he was @ member, to start a bitter war on Marshall. This has been going on for months, and presumably it is now ended by the committee at last becoming ashamed Of itself, and backing squarely down from the at tempt to impeach Marshall. But what a look in the whole transaction gives as to the Hlliputian qualities of some of the constituent members of our national legislature!
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17
GAS GOES MAINE"
What the Republicans Must Do There
 to Gain ReaSSurance
(From the Kansas City Star)

(From the Kansas City Star)
 The managers of both parties are preparing for the Septem Der election in Maine, when governor is to be chosen. The vote in Maine is gener- ally regarded as a sort of barometer extent throughout the country.
 Four years ago. in spite of the progressive revolt, there was no third ticket in the field in the Septem Der election. The republican candidate assumed a neutral attitude and was vas evident that a split in the party would deliver the state to the demo- Crats in November. Wilson carried it, but by a surprisinggly small plu- rality of 2,600 votes over Roosevelt. The combined Roosevelt-Taft vote was 24,000 in excess of Will sCn's Two years ago the dem Ocratic candidate for governor won by 5000. He received Is, 900 fewer votes than the combined republican-p -progressive e opposition.
 Normally the democratic party in Maine is the minority party. Should it prove so again in September, the significance of the election would lie in the size of the republican major ity. It would take a big republican majority to assure the Hughes forces.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17
MT. Hughes: I am an undiluted

MT. Hughes: I am an undiluted American.
 The American people: President Wilson did not sacrifice either the honor or the peace of the United States Would you have gone to war with Germany without giving her an opportunity to amend her submarine program?
 MT. Hughes: I am an undiluted Am erican.
 The American people: President Wilson demanded the recall of Elm bassador Dumba for political activity in the United States in behalf of the Teutonic empires Would you have done otherwise?
 Mr. Hughes: I am an undiluted Am erican.
 The American people: President Wilson sent Boy-Ed and Won Papen home. Would you have allowed them to remain in Washington, as your in dorsers, Sylvester Viereck, and others Of his kind, insisted they should?
 MT. Hughes: I am an undiluted American
 The American people: President Wilson is proceeding to secure by peaceful means, if possible, the obedi- ence of the allies to international law, for the protection of American rights. Would you send the British embassa- dor home and declare war on the al- lies?
 MT. Hughes: I am an undiluted American
 The American people: President Wilson is moving the American army to the Mexican border and mobilizing the national guard to meet situation brought about by the MeXicans. Would you be doing otherwise if you were in his place?
 MT. Hughes: I am an undiluted American
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17

BLEACIED TURKISH row. ELS-Extra heavy, extra large, hemmed ready to use. Regular 25c, sale 22c.
 BLEACHED TURKISH TOW ELS-Extra large size, hemmed. Regular soc kind at .32c.
 BLEACHED TURKISH TOW ELS-50 dozen, hemmed. Reg ular 12 h c kind at lie.
 ABS OR BENT DIAPER CLOTH-18 inch wide, 10 yards to the piece. Reg. 69c, sale 59c. piece.
 WHITE CROCHETED BED SPREADS - Full size and hemmed. Regular price $1.69, sale price a.............. .$1. .49.
 PILLOW CASES-Linen fin ish, 45x36. Regular price 14c, sale I&c.
 BLEACHED BED SHEETS 72X90. 20 dog. of the regular 45c k1IlQ at QUO eacn.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17

Anybody can devise a brand for his goods or register 8 trade mark if it is made worth while, and it would require pretty close espionage and good deal of expense to somebody to enforce his right to prevent its sale at some other price than that which he prescribes. If the thing could be effectually done, it would be the consumer who paid, not only the price but the expense of maintaining it. The scheme does not seem to us to be either sound in principle or workable in practice-New York Journal of Commerce.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17
WASH GOODS

2,000 YARDS REMNANTS OF WHITE INDIA LINONS- Regular 1Oc and 12 1a c goods, at this sale Sc yd.
 1,500 YARDS F c U R F D SEED VOILES-AssOrted pat ' terms and colorings. Regular price 10c, sale price 7c yd.
 ONE CASE FIGURED PER- CALES-Light and dark colors. Regular price 10c and 12hc at ........Sc Sc yd.
 36 INCH PLAIN WHITE ARTILLERY SUITINGS-Reg ular price 23c, safe price 15c yd.
 36 INCH MERCERIZED COTTON AND SILK ROUGH ONGEE-Assorted co lors. Regular 59c quality, at this sale
 fOS Sus
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17

45 INCH PLAIN WHITE FIX price 29c, at this sale 19c yd.
 40 INCH SAND COLOR VOILE-Extra fine. Regular price 25c, sale price ..15c yd. 36 INCH FIGURED AND STRIPED SEED VOILES - Regular price 29c and 39c, at this sale .19c yd. 40 INCH WHITE SEED VOILES-2O pieces of the reg ular 25c kind to sell at 12 1ac yd.
 45 INCH PLAIN WHITE BATISTE-Extra fine quality. Regular price 35c, sale price
 ...... ...... 25c yd.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17

PLAIN s ERP E N TIN E CREPE-F'or Kimonas and dresses. Regular 17c, sale 15c yd.
 40 INCH PLAIN COLORED VOILES-Regular price 25c. Sale price .15c yd.
 MERCERIZED SILK AND COTTON CREPE DE CHINE Street and evening shades. Reg ular soc quality at 39C yd.
 32 INCH SCOTCH GING- HAMS-beautiful assortment of patterns and colors. Regular 25c, Sale ZOc yu'
 SATIN STRIPE VOILES- Regular 25c, sale .....12 1ac yd.
 36 INCH FRENCH LINENE FINISH SUITING-All the new est colors. Regular price 19c, sale price .15c yd.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17

What Sir Ernest Shackleton and his companions did for science is not yet revealed. New South Green land is reported as non-existent; new land with a coast line of 200 miles is reported; Weddell Sea has been surveyed and the usual obser- vations recorded. On these the fame of the expedition will rest or fall; the adventurous element in it's his tory will command scant attention- New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17

country is one vast arsenal, Krupps cannot produce men from their forges.
 An American military expert Is credited with saying that Germany by her failure at Verdun, and ei- gantic losses in men and material has played her last card. However true or untrue this may be. certain if is that the great conflict in Europe is nearer decision in favor of inc allies today than it has been at any time since it started, two years a-o.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17
.TALKING THROUGH HIS HAT.'


 M Once upon a time there was a very Expressive saying used when men
 eattered meaningless remarks or #ords that were amiss of the true tuation. It was a h0mely phrase Nut it carried with it a world of #loquence. "He is talking through his < lat" is the way men spoke when < #ointing out someone who had made Atterances that missed the mark. Eater the same phrase got twisted in Huch fashion that it became, "He is hiking through his whiskers.' Is Ahis old-timer to be brought up to Rate? Is it to intrude itself into the hanks of present day expressions? %here are some who think 1t may if sTr Hughes sends forth many more 8 Reservations such as he made a few lays ago when he said, with regard 8o the attitude Of the Progressives, #hat he sees "a united party at last.' Tn this case the erstWhile- Supreme r Through his whiskers." A "united party at last?" Say not so. First, Hake the case of the New Jersey Bull Moose, the men who battled for four # ours Saturday over the question of sndorsing Hughes as candidate for President. They ended by repudiating #he action of the Progressive National s Committee in committing the party to B he support of the Republican nomi- bee. The chairman of that meeting, NJ. A. H. Hopkins, quoted Roosevelt as having said before Hughes was nomi- hated that while he had inadvertently #'soId the party a gold brick once he Hid not want to run the risk of doing st again." Then the Colonel com- snented that he was afraid Hughes avould turn out to be another gold brick. In view of these things the New Jersey Progressives would not stand to be led back into Republican, 5 @sm by Roosevelt.
 # Turn then to the New York Pro- S-ressives. Bainbridge Colby, the man 2 yho placed in nomination at Chicago he name of Theodore Roosevelt, is 2 gainst uniting his forces with the Republicans, and his following is Region. That is in New York state. RA gain, there is Massachusetts, where #here are many Moose headed by that 8talwart leader Matthew Hale and They refuse to be corralled. Getting F-ut of the East, and going into the lar off western cline of California |Ne find the most powerful of them hll. District Attorney Heney, of San Francisco, who absolutely and posi- lively refuses to lead his band through
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17

Tranquility on the border comes very hard indeed on some employers who had expected to pay salaries in absentia to soldiers, not to /Watchful walters. Still, the militia are not to blame if they are not shooting and getting shot, and they too are "doing their bit,' quite as much as if the country was at war.-Springfield Re- publican.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17

Japan, as one of the belligerents, isn't doing very much in a military or naval way, but every little while evidences crop out that she has a double force of diplomats on the job, Syracuse Herald.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17

The War Department, instead of trying to devise a censorship that will operate after the European model, might better be giving it's attention to equipping the troops on the border with aeroplanes as effec- tive as those used abroad.-Roches- ter Democrat and Chronicle.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17

If American manufacturers can turn out 400 complete machine guns a week for foreign goverpments, how many, inspired by patriotism, can they supply their own country - Chicago News.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17

Peary is willing to be senator from Maine. From his previous experience, success at the polls may confidently be predicted.- Ledger.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17

Among other establishments that will show a great decrease in activity when the war closes are the Eu- rOpean lie factOrieS.-RocheSte Union.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17

If Hughes, Taft and Roosevelt stump Maine, Hughes will have a hard time deciding with which of his assistants to make his speeches agree. Buffalo Enquirer.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17
McMHLLAN'S New Britain's Busy Big Store
 Always Reliable.''

Watch for our WEDNESDAY MORN ING SALES During July and Au- gust. Wednesdays during these two months store closes at noon-Clerl1s' Half Holiday.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17

Nitchener's work lives after him in the great forward movement wherein his hidden handsis seen.- Philadelphia Ledger.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17

by carrief to any part of the city Tor 16 Cents Week. 65 Cents a Month inscriptions for paper to be sent by mail. payable in advance. 60 Gents a Month,
 s7.o0 Year.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Well, England is still postm1stress of the seas, anyWay.-Brooklyn Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17

Col. Roosewelts division is in an embarrassing position--al dressed up for war and no war to go to- New York World.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17

@0ed daily Sunday excepted) at 4:I5 ?. m.,
 at Herald Building, 67 Church St.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17

nrered at the Post Office ar New Britain
 as Second Class Mall Matter.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17

le only profitable advertising medium in the city. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-17
A SALE. EXTRAORDINARY
AMERICAN DRY GOODS CO., 'S as MERGER ro' Linens, DOmeStics, Wash Goods, Hosiery and Underwear
 Al Wise, Smith & Company

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New Britain herald., 1916-07-17

e Herald will be found on sale at Hots- hng's New Stand. 42nd St. and Broad way, New York City. Board Walk. At iantic City. and Hartford Depot
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-05-20
RAILROAD COMPANY
FILES A NEW PLAT
Wiliamsport, NessIe and Martinsburg
Railway Company Files Plat
With County Clerk.

This morning Attorneys Martin &
Seibert filed with tho county clerk
an amended plat of the proposed
route of the road from the Potomac
river to the city, Of the Williamsport,
Nessle and Martinsburg railroad.
The read begins at Station 252-25
near Williamsport at the western a.
butment of the bridge, spanning the
river, and passes through the lands
Of Nicholas Lemen's heirs, Michael
Beckley, William LeFevre, Dice
Wright, Jane and Rebecca LeFevre,
w. l.. Lowrey, D. S. Snyder, Jr. the
Standard Lime e Stone company,
Frank Mish, Mrs. Bella G. Mcdonald,
G.. W. Bendr's heirs, F. S. Emmert,
trustee, J. e. Baker, d. II. Dodd, the
Standard Lime e Stone company, les
see, the Standard Lime & Stone COM
pany, corporation, w. r. Keller, M.
A Little, Peter Lemaster, A. r. Por-
terrified, John W. Sperow, the Security
Cement & Lime company, a corpora
ton, Jerry Middleton, Frank Dennis,
Amos Holly, James Dugan, the Stan
dard Lime & Stone company, a cor
poration, the Security Lime & Cement
company, corporation Harmon
Couchman, Sarah Couchman, Allen w.
Stewart, c. V. Railroad company, and
the B. G. o. railroad and thence into
the city, crossing West Race, West
Martin and West Burke streets.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-05-20
June PRIMARY WILL
Be VERY EXPENSIVE

Certifcation of candidacy of all per.
sons filing certificates with the Sec
rotary of State has been made to the
various Circuit clerks, who are now
in position to comply with the pri-
mary election law in connection with
the preparation of ballots which Will
be used in the general primary, June
6.
1t will be required that the ballots
Of both parties be placed in the same
ballot box and the count will be made
jointly by the election officers of both
parties. The separation of the party
ballots will be made as the count is
made and each party will be allowed
representatives to keep check on
the other.
Each county must pay the expense
of printing the ballots. The expense
of holding the primary will be enor-
nous. Kanawha county will pay more
than $4,000, and the other counties
will pay less sums, some of then -
ting Off with $500.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1916-05-20
ELECTION DAY At
SHANGHAI GREAT
"Honest Voter" Tells of Something
Which Transpired There Tues
day, May 9.

SHANGHAI, May 16-Notwith-
standing the free and open use of
Doodle by the Republicans at Shang-
hal on election day, the Democrats
came out of the contest with their
usual proportion of good, honest and
upright votes unbribed and unintimi-
dated
man or a party that succeeds
through or by corrupt methods should
be condemned and discounted by ev-
cry law-abiding citizen, and no one
but a mute or an idiot could help but
notice the unlawful proceedings prac-
ticed by the Bowers gang at Shang-
hal on election day.
Buying and offering to pay q bonus
to poor illiterate subjects, whose as
pirations and characters should be
considered equally as pure and as
high as the tempter or the subordi-
nate worker, who most invariably
cheats the foater tut of his pr ce and
appropriates the bigger portion to his
own personal interest REGARDLESS of
any decent or moral consideration
whatever is dishonest.
| would rather be right and do right