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New Britain herald., 1916-05-06
THE DAYS AHEAD.

Now that the fitful fever of the clear light of the morning presents things in a different shape, it may be well to again ponder over the Ger man note and realize that much of the jargon and diatribe therein con- tained was served up with a purpose to soothe the wounded feelings of the German people. Strong as the Kaiser is he has to reckon with a pOpulace that in the last analysis might rise up and dethrone him. Strong as is the foreign office, it must bow and yield to public opinion, especially as that opin- ion was shaped in large measure by it's own activities. The German peo- pie have been led to believe that their very existence depends upon the man. ner in which submarine warfare is waged; that if the U-bOats are totally stripped of their power, are not all lowed to roam the sea at will seeking whom they may devour, the German empire will be shorn of it's strength; that the blockade methods of Great Britain, without the retaliation of the submarines, would otherwise force the victorious armies of the central powers into ignominiOus equalization" These are the things that must be re- membered as occupying important places in the minds of the German , people. Whatever concession the Inn
 perial Government would make then
 must be a bitter pill, one necessitating a sugar coating.
 The translation of the note that ap- peared in the evening newspapers of today is not the official translation, but rather 8 hurried translation pre- pared for the press. While the two translations may be identical in every pretation, of the wrong word in the wrong place. So it will not be from this that the President of the United States will determine just how far Germany mas granted coHCe99ioiiS III reply to his ultimatum. The official translation of the note is now before the Chief Executive. Whatever may be the trend of events, whatever may oe the action of the President and his
 ''oVlsors it would seem at the present
 moment that there will be no imme-
 oidle rupture of diplomatic relations
 between the two great powers. The feeling in Washington today is in finitely better than that which pre-
New Britain herald., 1916-05-06
IN THE FRONT ROW.

Is all, over now. The campaign for a aeighty-five thousand dollars need flor the Boys club building has Rd and in the near future work be started on the new structure. E will be added to New Britain's I growing collection of interesting I1ings, a mark that may be pointed to visitors as a criterion of the Is generosity. Eighty-five thousand prs in ten days! To collect such mount in a city the size of this is zself no mean feat, and each and Iv man, woman and child who had in the undertaking Is to be con- Allated for the work done. From #frstt day out there was never a t of how the campaign would < The noble e-heartedness and good 8pf the business men who contrib ] to the first \collection attested the
 sof the Boys club fund. It is be- &l now that a greater amount
 have been raised just as easily. %here should be no dissatisfaction, 8ighty-five thousand dollars will Be means of building one of the # structures of it's kind In this #pf the country, a, Boys club that &nake the boys of other towns en-
 New Britain is rapidly forging
 front as a leader in many civic &ties. This latest accomplishment l &Ps for 1t a front seat in the con- l & of New England municipalities
New Britain herald., 1916-05-06

vailed last evening. Admittedly, the
 German attitude is naughty and in solent but stripped and shorn of all it's fambouyancy and brought down to
 bedrock, it prays for peace and liter ally meets the demand made by the
 President, the single sentence of his
 note which read:-
 Unless the Imperial Government
 should now immediately declare and
 effect an abandonment of it's present methods of submarine warfare against
 passenger and freight-carrying Ncs- sels, the government of the United
 States can have no choice but to sever
 diplomatic relations with the German
 empire altogether'
 In compliance with this demand, as pointed out in these columns yester-
 day, the following order issued to the German naval forces seems to be the
 strongest section of the Kaisers re-
 ply
 "In accOrdanCe with the general
 principles of visit and search and the
 destruction of merchant vessels recog- nized by international law, such yes scls both within and without the area declared a naval war zone shall not be sunk without warning and without saving human lives, unless the ship
 These principles of visit and search have been all along among the main points of contention. If the German Government intends to have it's sub letter of international law in it's treat ment of merchant vessels, "a term that is large in scope and which makes no distinction between freighters or chantmen, when armed for defense,- and if Germany does not carry on any further petty dickcring and squab- bling over mere technical points and way out is clear. But Germany has yet to establish herself in the good l graces of this country, because of the 1 wilful sinking of innocent ships after promises to the contrary. She has l been prone to promise one thing and | do another. The second last para graph in the note is the one that looks as if she is preparing the way for more of this; but even the bad taste ! left by that insinuatiOn may be wiped | away if the entire fabric is looked | upon in the broad spirit of Ameri- 1 ,anism, the spirit that holds to no oaltry partisanship, and which un 1erstands most of the conditions act lating Gcrmanys seemingly dis courteous reply. When all these hings are considered, when the high spots are balanced against the shad- oWs, the days ahead while fraught with terrible possibilities are not as lark as they might be painted.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-06

state. The Corbin avenue railroad crossing has for years been terreE for all motorists and teamsters. The railroad, coming around a sharp curve and between high entertainments, was such that the track could not be seen until a person was well upon it and the danger was further increased by steep incline coming from the north.
 The city first took hold of this matS ter in 1913 when a petition was pre- scented to the council and later re- ferred to a committee. In July of 1914 the public utilities granted a hearing on the abolition of this grade crossing and after numerous contro- versies work was started. The road has been strengthened and raised and now a substantial steel and concrete bridge spans the tracks at this point.
 For more than 8 year various city boards have discussed at length the creation of an "aisle of safety, prop erly marked, at the trolley terminal in the center. The construction of house of comfort at the center has al- so been considered. But so far as is known this is all it has amounted to. Plan have been suggested and recom- mendation made, but nothing has been done. Action is what is wanted. New Britain should have an aisle of safe ty, but a house of comfort in the cen ter is imperative. Few cities of this size are without one and when asked by a stranger to direct him to such place the citizen feels a civic shame as he confesses that the city has no such thing for the accommodation Of the public.
 While there have been no definite plans made here for an annual spring cleanup campaign, the health board has nevertheless started one of it's own. The official inspectors have been hard at work and property own ' CTS should not be surprised or veXed to get notice to clean up their yard. There is nothing personal in such a notice and no discrimination is in tended. Just civic betterment.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-06

One of the strongest Republican newspapers in the MiddleWest, The Milwaukee Sentinel, has put it this Way:-"Once get the people to think ing that a vote for Wilson will mean a vote for the United States and all Hades will not beat him in Novem- ber." But if all Hades did there would be the Devil to pay.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-06

watery graves without the slightest chance to save themselves. Snatched they were from the thrill of life into the meshes of eternity without any
 more ceremony than the exploding of
 sea monsters or washed up on strange
 coasts. And all that happened one year ago tomorrow. In the mean time there have come other atrocities so that in the augmented list containing
 the Falaba, the Cushing, the Arabic the Ancona, the Persia. and numerous
 others, the name Lusitania has been almost lost to sight
 There are, in certain parts of this
 country, people who will rejoice and give thanks tomorrow on the anni- | versary of the sinking of the Lusi- tania, people who will celebrate the day by going to church and later by gloating over the wonderful accom- plishment that sent these 1,20O inno-
 cent non-combatants to death. Thank
 God the number of these people is
 small Were 1t not Sunday and the
 halls of Congress were open we might
 even expect that some few of our
 cowardly and cringing Congressmen
 would arise to magnificent heights and
 call for resolutions of condemnation
 on these people who went down with
 done on other occasions. What blame then can we attach to Germany for ignoring and disregarding the rights of neutrals, for killing our men, wom- the men of our Congress condone such acts? Congressmen of all political creeds have taken a hand in con- demning the action of those of our life on the high seas, who must per- force go on business bent into the waters where submarines play, and who stand a chance of being attacked
  and Representatives have uttered re- marks about the persons who have gone where their rights allowed them to go. where they had to go, where no nation on the face of the globe could | put up a restraining hand and say, | You Shall Not Go Here, This Be- longs To Me" The waters of the | earth belong to no nation, the high seas | have been deeded to no power. They 1 can battle and fight all they want among themselves, but when neutrals appear and violate no laws, neutral lights demand respect under inter- national law. These are the things hat must be remembered on the first 1 anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania and, having recalled the ter 'ible tragedy and the facts that go with it, where is the American, the rue American, who is not willing to tand up and give his life if needs be o defend those principles upon which his nation was founded? If there be uch man among us he is not worthy f the name American.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-06
AN ANNIVERSARY.

snorrow marks the first anniver- Rbf the sinking of the Lusitania, Feat Cunard liner, unarmed, sent doom off the coast of Ireland, ng with her some eleven hun zsouls, among them more than Sundred American men, women, Shildren. One year ago tomor- Nbn May ', 1915, the world was &ed by the news of this terrible Fly of the sea, of the new war #Of submarine attack without Eng. A sorry day in American M, day that cannot be observed 8ny degree of joy, a sad, solemn Sy. One entire year has gone g the victims of the Lusitania & &e are in their graves unavenged. "a has been no settlement even 8 mercenary standpoint. In- 8 8hcrc has been a year of argu- "a year of dickering between two & &sovernments, d year of parry * Pk and forth, a year of quibbling
 point that in all the rules of # #hould have been stricken out l t time it was brought up. There # denying the right of the Amer # izcn8 who travelled on the Lusi-
 They had every right in the 4 o be there, a right that cannot \ stioned, a right that was never 8 d1nittcd questionable. More & hey held their passage on that # liter the Government of the
 States, six days after
 psr zone" was marked,
 warning on Germany that she ' be held to "strict accountabiI- $ any destruction of American 2 &propcrty.
 8aJs before the Lusitania sailed
 5ements appeared In the New
 Newspapers warning the passen-
 the Lusitania not to make the to run through the war zone.
 f the better known persons re-
 mail advising them against the 4 These warnings were sent & &erman sources. The argument
 en advanced that E each and
 ban, woman, andschild on that
 gould have hastened to leave.
 Is no gainsaying the fact that
 ao nave been a good thing for
 nave done so; but while they
 9oer the protection of the Stars
 lpes or America they saw no
 to leave the ship. They saw
 cause TOT giving up the jour
 he last moment. Tn roar.
 the business men aboard tbo+
 2uld not have turned back
 they could, why should thev
 8ne so? The thought that any & bn the globe would be so cruel
 estruction of innocent human
 ld never be entertained by peo-
 led in the civilized environs of
 Aited States. And so they
 to their doom. The stalwart
 be beautiful women, the inno- = 3tle babies were sent to their
New Britain herald., 1916-05-06

OUR COUNTRY: IN HER IN WITH FOREIGN lAT1ONS MAY SHE ALWAYS \ E IN THE RIGHT; BUT OUR COUNTRY RIGHT OR WRONG. STEPHEN DECATUR.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-06

Lack of dyes may yet have some- thing to do with the absence of dark horses in the coming national cOnyen- tiOns.-ROchester Times
New Britain herald., 1916-05-06

Speaking of preparedness, what do all the honorary Southern colonels think and what places shall we give them ?-WatortOWn Times.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-06

German clocks have been put for ward an hour in Berlin but remain about as usual around Verdun.-New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-06

Almost any candidate for President can get an indorscment of some kind just now. The call for Hughes how ever, seems to be of the spontaneous knd.-BuffalO Commercial
New Britain herald., 1916-05-06
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Those Russians who landed so un- eXpectcdly in France will probably be accused of pussyfooting.-Bro Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-06

publican anyway and missionary work among them is not very fruitful. on
 the other hand, had Mir. Lonergan paid
 more attention to the capitalists and
 manufacturers he would have been immensely moro popular. Some democrats think it extremely doubt full if he will be the candidate and of
 late there is brewing a strong scnti-
 ment for one of New Britain's native sons, Hon. George M. Landers. Un- questionably popular with the voters, especially in this city, MT Tanders is himself a manufacturer and could view conditions through their eyes If the democrats so will :Lnd he is willing to be a candidate, there seems to be no reason why MT. Landcrs
 could not be very much in the front for a seat in congress.
 Last week City Comptroller H. l..
 Curtis took exception to a statement
 made by Councilman O. r. Curtis that
 the city balances did not show correct
 ly what the financial condition is. The
 comptroller, claimed that inasmuch as
 many bills were not received until af-
 ter the last meeting in March they
 must of perfOrce be carried over to
 the next month.
 Councilman Curtis this week takes
 pains to carefully explain his posi-
 ton, which he declares is just. Inci- dentally he remarked that his words were not meant as an insinuatiOn against the comptroller. Councilman Curtis idea is briefly this. In com piling the yearly balance of the city the present method is to report only such bills as have been paid and those contracted after the last meeting of the council, but before the actual end of the fiscal year. are carried over for payment out of the next years appro- priatiOn. He contends that this gives the impression that the city has more money on hand than it really has, for while a balance of say $15.G00 may he reported, yet there are still Outstand- ing bills. Council Curtis idea, and one he put in the form of an Ordin- ance, is to compile the report as at present but in addition include a state mcnt Of the floating debt. Thus, at a glance a person can see just how the | years finances stand for, although the ]! bills may not be paid out of that mon- ey, they are due from it and should i be so shown.
 The city of New Britain has pur- chased park lands in the northern sec tion and has a propaganda in mind i that will take three years to develop. This year the park appropriation in cludes $2,500 which 1t is proposed to spend for the repairing of fences and tree surgery. But there are a large number of people in the north end who would like to use this park for pie nic purposes, even if there was no other development there. At present his is impossible because of the dense yrOWthS of underbruSh, scrubs, briars, chumac, etc. If the city would eXpcnd l little of this $2,500 in cleaning out he growth so people could get into he park and enjoy the shade of the rees it would be appreciated The ,itv has got the land, so why not make { so the citizens can use it. It is heirs.
 The completion of the Cnrhin ave- me bridge which is almost a reality, | removes from New Britain one of the most dangerous death traps in the
New Britain herald., 1916-05-06

Waste paper now commands such a high price that even that scrap of paper relating to Belgium might be of value if it could he recovcrc1.-- Rochester Post Express.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-06

Lttch ol ayes may yet have SOme- thing to do with the absence of dark horses in the coming national conven- tiOns.-Rochester Times
 Speaking of preparedness, what do all the honorary Southern cOlonels think and what places shall we give them -WatertoWn Times
 Almost any candidate for President can get an indorscment of some kind just now. The call for Hughes, how ever, seems to be of the spontaneous kind.-BuffalO Commercial. Waste paper now commands such high price that even that scrap of paper relating to Belgium might he of value if it could he recoverc1.-- Rochester Post Express.
 Every now and then we arc re- minded that Austria and Italy are at war The stationary character of the fighting, however, makes it appear that the irresistible force has met the immovablo body at last-Bumalo Commercial.
 Of course Sir Edward Carson is mortified at the Dublin outbreak. But tho historian who writes of this affair without prejudice will place d large share Of the responsibility for it at the door of the Ulster leader tho openly armed his own followers for civil war.-Binghampto Press.
 The organized deluging of con- greSsmen with anti-War te1egrams appears to have had only the effect of arousins the indignation of the recipients. A man receiving a thous- and telegramS a day, varying only in signature. could hardly help questioning the spontancity Of their demand.--Buffalo Express
 When a paper as stancnly DemOcra- tic and opposed to a protective tariff as The Brooklyn Eagle comedies that this country will face disaster It the close of Inc European war if it con- tinues under it's present free trade law honestly and common sense rise above partisanship. The Eagle is alive to the fact that it is a condition and not a theory that confronts us."-Am- sterdam Recorder.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-06

0ed daily Sunday excepted) at 4:15 D. m..
 ae Herald Building, 67 Church St.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-06

Fered at the Post Office at New Britain as Second Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-06

With the advent of warm weather it necessarily follows that duty streets must come. New Britain has followed other cities by using oil on some streets but more oil could be used to advantage. It is almost as cheap as water and much more effcC- tive. Oil not only lays the dust, but also tends to kill down germs and it is effective in killing off mosquitoes to a certain extent. Hartford and New Haven have already begun to oil their roads and New Britain should follow suit.
 In connection with this, the cOndi- ton of many of the roads in this city, which are very bad, should be brought to the attention of the proper author ities and repairs made. Among others, Pennington avenue and other streets through which the new trolley line runs is in terrible condition. Abso- Iutely no repairs have been made here since the line was completed. Heavy crushed stone fills in between the tracks and a little to each side. deep other portions and the road bed is be- ruts and numerous cObbleS ObstruCt low the trolley tracks so that at vari- ous points it is impossible for a team or auto, once caught between the rails, to turn out without wrenching the vehicle.
 Rocky Hill avenue is also in poor conditions and many other streets are in immediate need of repairs
 In the line of civic improvement it certainly could be good thing if the city would repair the stretch of macadam on Stanley street between
New Britain herald., 1916-05-06

Local democrats arc beeinnine 10 look forward to the fall campaign and express some Wonderment as to just how strong Augustine Lonergan will be in case he again enters the con- GressiOnal race. At the last election it was New 3ritain's votes that defeated LOneGrin and there is no reason to be- leve he would fare better now While at Washington. Lonergan made the fatal mistake of catering to the far mers and small towns, letting the biz cities with their manufacturers; f.; l5o second place. This was radically wrong, it would seem The small towns and farmers are generally re-
New Britain herald., 1916-05-06

The reelection Of c. B. ROssberg as chairman of the water commission CTS assures the city of a most capable man in that position for another year There was some talk that a year ago Messrs. ROSsbCrg and Humphrey had agreed to let the latter have the job this year, but inasmuch as MT. Hum phrey nominated MT. Rossberg this week it appears that such having been the ease, the mon changed their minds. MT. Rossberg is a great lover of nature and somewhat of an au- thOritN as a naturalist. His keen foresight and his close study of na- ture has in the past enabled him to save the city large amounts of money in the purchase of desira ble watcr sheds and adjacent property
New Britain herald., 1916-05-06

Proof of Judge George W. T;lett's popularity among the ranking repub- hcanS ot the state is seen in his re- gently being named as secretary of the Connecticut delegation. He Is rapidly becoming a big man in the ranks of the Connecticut G. O. r.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-06

The completion of the Cnrhin ave- nue bridge, which is almost a reality, removes from New Britain one of the most dangerous death traps in the
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-08
SYNOPSIS.

After stealing the Omber jewels and the
Eau$smau war plans In London Michael
LANYARD returns to Troyon's. a Paris inn,
for the FIRST time in many years because
pc thinks Roddy. q Scotland Yard man,
y on his trail Lanyard dresses and goes
out. leaving Roddy snoring IN the next
fooLns then comes back stealthily. to find
"a his room Nile. Bannon- In the apart
Geut near the Trocadero he finds an in
Slt4tion from The Pack to the Lone Wolf
% join them Lanyard attempts to dis
RcSs OF the Omber jewels, but finds that
Ene Pack has forbidden the buyers to
zeal with him He meets The Pack, but
EefuSes alliance with them On his re-
turn 70 his room he is attacked In the
uark but knocks out his asSailant He dis
P0veT1 that Roddy has been murdered in
PTS bed and starts to leave the house. In
Ens corridor he encounters Lucia Bannon.
Wa insists on leaving with him. Having
40 money Lucia Is obliged to take refuge
with Lanyard in the studio Of an absent
artist friend OF his He locks her in a
poem alone. After sleep Lanyard finds
nt1 viewpoint changed He tells Lucia
S9ao ne Is Mutual confessions follow.
ne Is Lucy Shannon, not Bannon. and
mas been used as a tool by Bannon. the
eEO0E The American murderer of .Roddy
was Bannon'S secretary, Lucy agrees to
&c with him to return the London loot 4
nsWspaper wrapped In a brick is thrown
through the skylight- The paper has an
account OF the total destruction by fire of
1royon'A They start out ON their errand
0E restoration.