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New Britain herald., 1916-04-08
COMMUNICATED.
About Lafayette Srect-O. r. Curtis Comes Forth With Some Perti-
 ncnt Comment on Paving There.

Editor Evening Herald,
 New Britain.
 Please allow mo through your columns to answer statements con- cerning myself and the Lafayette street pavement, as reported hy morning paper aa being made by the president of the board of public works at the First Ward Republican club rally Wednesday evening, last.
 He says I have slandered the board of public works, that I have made nis-statem rents in regard to city affairs, but he only cites one instance and tires to explain 1t. I will take him up on 1t. He says Lafayette street is still unfinished, most every one who has seen it agrees with that statement, and that is what I have publicly maintained. but not in the sense he claims, though. He says everyone in the common council, my self included, knew that the street was not finished.
 I have not found fault with the material used, but with the work manship. The street Is practically flat and very uneven. TO uniformity to it's surface and it has very little crown. He or any other man in his department who have supervision over road construction knows or should know that even base to a street pavement should have the necessary crown and shape so that the finish coat or top would be of an even thickness, be it bitulithc, War renite, asphalt, brick, block or other pavement It should also be under stood that a thin pavement similar
 
 must have very rough and clean surface to be laid on or it will scale eff or not stick.
 The Lafayette street pavement does not or will not comply with the above conditions. At present it would re- ouire top coat of three times the thickness in the center, over that at the curb to get a sufficient convex shape. The present surface has not the required roushness and it cannot be very well cleaned after three or four years wear.
 Much of the roughness on it will be worn off and then it will be nearly impossible to fit it for top coat unless 1t is practically broken to l,ieces Also every sewer and subway manhole, catch basin, and receiver on the street would have to he raised. A new intersection with the Main street pavement will he required. All this will cost two or three thousand collars more than it would to have I,aved the street properly at first. In other words, the job is very much ri a botch.
 The state builds roads of the same material and their report shows miles of bituminous concrete Ca much better pavemenD built at
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08
Victory Not Altogether Sweet.
 (Hartford Post.) .

It cannot he said that New Brit aims republican powers that he are pleased with the renomination of Mayor Quigley The mayor is of too independent frame of mind to suit them. He is of the opinion that a republican mayor is the actuai as well as the titular head of the party and this does not make for case Of mind on the part of those who hold a different opinion The possibility that Mayor Quigley will be reelected is not conducive to q state of on- timism on the part of the organiza- tion leaders in the Hardware City.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08

nings Bryan would not mind being President And, with Bryan, La Fol- lctte thinks he is going to be- PreSl- dent "It may not be right now, though 1 rather suspect it will be pretty soOn," is the characteristic La Toilette manner of setting 1t down, and then the Senator asks pertinent question and gives the subsequent cn- lightenment:-'But what's four years? I never put my hand to the plow that it did not go straight through to the end of the furrow."
 That is the wonderful assertion of ambition What blow could help go ing straight through to the end of the furrow when ambition's hand is put to it? When ambitions hand guides the blow it must go through to the end of the furrow although, mayhap, the man holding the ambition wither and die. There is only one thing that oVercomes ambition, death. So when the Senator, in speaking to hordes of OfN was a candidate for Governor of the Badger State in 1896, in 1898, again in 1900, in 1902, and again in 1904 five times in succession-and he has been a candidate for President but twice up to the present time, he means that he is willing to spend many four years-in- waiting for his ambition to be realized.
 Suppose it don't happen in 1916. There's 1920 and 1924" That is the. manner in which Senator La Foilette'S ambition lets him look at the end of the furrow Sure. Suppose it does not even happen in 1924? There's 1928. and 1892. and 1886, and so on ana so on down the lane of years. But the Senator will celebrate the siNty-first anniversary of his birth on the fourteenth day Of next June. Now, that is something that ambition must consider; also the other birth days to follow.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08
ERE AMBITION LEADS.

lion baIkS at nothinG. To have ftion is a wonderful gift what lit everlastingly keeps it's pos In the verge of nervous pros To feed the fire of ambition lr must be ever up and doing. proves 1t so. Since time inn Ible men have cherished, fostered, fondlcd ambition. it the old world would soon l "a sorry place. It is the some
 hat pushes men onward, ever even in the face of disaster. 6 a far off goal that may be leached, but ambition has no
 hbition bids go and, To, men gr heels hard on the ground bGin the journey, hopeless it be. William Jennings Is the greatest exem plification I mans ambition means.
 D first sounded the keynote of 2tical success by the cxploita- the cross of gold he has had 1ition. to be President of the States. Three times has he Il the path that ambition point and three times has he fallen &Yayside. Yet ambition knows eat and Bryan is ready and Today to go over the same trail his ambition.
 cares an ambitious man if 4laugh at him? What cares Their scoffing? Ambition oyer 3s all these things and makes 3om a welcome crown. Here or La Toilette, the great Wis 7 Statesman, the one and only Eng Bob". who confesses that 3 is the owner of an ambition, is still inordinately ambitious. 5 Id not mind being President of ated States, just as William Jen-
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08
THE COMING OF THE SHAD.

Those anadromous fish referred to among the fishing fraternity as alewives and whose official capacity Tn all running streams stamps them as harbingcrs or advance agents of the shad, have put in an appearance in the immediate vicinity of Middletown.
 Special bulletins from the front an nounce the fact that the Cromwell
 fisherman caught a cOupl" of these forerunners yesterday, all of which
 presases the early arrival of the Con- necticut river shad. Paradoxical as it might seem the early arrival of the snad will be d late arrival, for they were due here some time ago. This year the aleWivcS are running behind schedule time It is late spring, though, and the shad never make their appearance until this season is surely on it's way. The coming of the shad is one of the sure signs of spring.
 There is probably no other fish more delcctablc, more delicious than the shad. For every one of it's many bones it carries a wealth of excellent taste. When planked and surround
 cd with the proper and nttinS ac-
 coutremcnts it makes a dish it for a
 king, if a ruler is supposed to have things better than other men. Tn ! other years there has been a super 
 abundance of these creatures that make their home anywhere along the 4N~ ~Iantic coast, travelling between the two salient gulfs of the North Amcri- can continent, the Gulf of Mexico ana the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Every
 river of any size along the Atlantic seaboard is honored by the vsitations
 nf these fish in the early spring. And always their coming is a signal for joy among the inhabitants along the banks of the various streams. The , shad is the great American fish. This year, however, there is going to be a scarcity of shad taken from the briny deep. There may not be a perceptible decrease in the number of these fish that swim beneath the waves, but there will be a noticeable break in the ranks of those that reach the shore. This in spite of the fact that the Bureau of Fisheries has not i let up in it's work of distributing
 many millions of such fish for propo- ! ga1iOn in the waters of the United | { year and consumers will be forced to ! pay higher rates than ever beca use of ! the raVages of war. The war abroad : has been blamed for almost cvery-
 thing, and placing the high price of
 Nhad at it's door may seem like the last ! act of cruelty; but nevertheless it is , true that the war has put it's mark on the shad industry. This is the uav : the men who usually make their living
 in this way have gone into the more
 remunerative industry of making : powder for the fighters abroad: they
 have laid aside the nets and tackle, and taken up the gentle art of powder , making. The great powder plants
 along the coast and inland have se-
 cured the fishermen to work at this
 "ccupatIon Good wages paid regu-
 larly in powder mills offer far more
 attraction than the gamble of fishing
 for shad, for sometimes shad do not
 bite or get trapped as readily as at other times. Rather than rer,.T ;
 a speculative pursuit when there is :,
 chance to make real money and open
 9 pay envelope every Saturday night
 the men and boys along the Atlantic
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08
FOR THE BOYS.

when he donS his first pair of Kousers that the boy ceases to
 8 interesting. He then steps 8 he realm of care-fTee land and |z mart of men; yet Withal he is 7man. Several years later he J at mans estate and his en- 3 therein depends largely upon |Hde, and manner of hts training 8he felt the blushes rise to his 8 when a gaping multitude be- Elm first adorned in the longer garments. Out of knicker- |R Afo the experience of worldly
 So it is that anything done for @Y in his teens must be re- Hhn tho man of later years. This @arily why New Britain is in @ interested in the campaign Ia last night to raise a goodly @Sse the construction of a suitable |a' the boys of this city. If there |Ar a worthy object it is per EA in a movement to better the |H improve the environment in |he has his being. Truly is the 3her of the man.
 Ais one instance where politics |a by the board; where all races Reeds must cast aside their |8lies; where men and women |8n common ground; when all 8tizenS have but one end in
 Fl he i'm proVement of the boy. a2itain has before it great op- By. Every man and woman
 z,ity will take lively interest in Elk planned, in the building of
 3ificent club house for the boys. N made attractive, as it will be, |#s will be interested to great | Otherwise they would form 3Hn clubs, as did the boys in
 3 long ago, as they do in some |As now, and the clubs the boys 9a1emselVeS are not always the Est. There are some six nun
 a embers of the boys club in 1Atain, so many in fact that they all be accommodated in the I quarters. That is the first 6awhy a new building must be 3. and that building should be E 3ment to the city as we'll as a. E gathering place for the boys. then be up and lending sup Bntributing our bit, whatever 1ThOSe who are able only to 16ums of seeming insignificance shot be abashed by the giving of R9 magnificent proportions by hble to do SO. This is a time Z8e dime of the poor man looms Ek all the shining brilliancy of E3 pieces from the rich. With Id of orga nization and energy z3d not be such d terrible exer- raise the munificent sum of Z3ldred thousand dollars. The f worth that much, and more.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08

s125,000. The campaign here will follow the general systematized lines in general use throughout the coun- try. Y
 Hartford, in the recent election, showed 8 somewhat selfish streak in voting mo" on the state constitutional amendment providing for full mileage to and fro for mem bers of the gen eral assembly. Their reason Is ob- vious. Hartford assemblymen do not have to travel to get to the capitol. New Britain will vote on this amend ment Tuesday, leaving Ansonia the only town that has not yet voted. "A majority of the votes have been in favor of the amendment and its pas sage is thus practically assured. Briefly, it provides for the payment of actual car-fare to assem blymen dur ing the legislative session in going from their homes to the capitol and return. This is not unfair when it is considered that the members get but $500 as their salary and those liv- ing in border towns have tQ pay most of this out for car-fare Sunder the, present system.
 When the Elihu Burrtt Agricultural society has it's Annual banquet next week. plans will be discussed for the erection of a fitting memorial to the famous peace advocate in this, his home city. This should be given the support of'every local citizen for Elihu Burritt was man known and hsn- ored all over the world. In New Brit ain Burritt is not known as well as he is abroad. He is regarded here essentially as the learned black smith," man who became a great 1inguist by studying while at work over his forge and lastly as just. peace advocate. Backed by his own hard earned education, it was as peace advocate that he became the world famous man he did. In his brain their burned a holy desire for universal peace and if such ever com es about the memory of the New Britain blac smith should be credited with no small share of the honor. FElihu Burrtt was among other things, vice president of peace conference in Brussels about 1S46. He was thrice secretary of peace conferences in Paris and was also secretary and prime mover in an English peace movement. He was .horered by the United States and by foreign ooun- tries and if ever a man deserved Il monument erected to his memory. by the citizens of his home town it is he. Today the only monument to Elihu Rurritt here is block of polished granite which marks his grave in Fairview cemetery and comparatively few people know it's location.
 The Burritt Agricultural society was organized and financed by Burritt about sixty years ago and the nine present members will do well 10 take steps toward erecting some memorial Since Chairman Babcock of the safety board in a public interview has come forward as the defender O. the police and fire departments and as champion of the callmen, who, fearing their services were about to he dis pensed with were somewhat indignant, tho dove of peace has seen fit to light in the fire stations once more. Al though wondering what the plans are the ca llman have been assured by MT. BabcOck that the board will look out for them. He states that he has several practical schemes in mind and will make them public as soon as one | is approved.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08

coast, who formerly tiShed TOT Shad, are now becoming expert powder makers. Thus it is that war naS made another inroad on the pleasures of American citizens and shoNes the high cost of living up another notch
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08

senate amendment to the army reorganization bill will add q National Guard section with five officers to the general staff Those politicians in con- gress cannot grasp the idea that the purpose of a general staff is to derel-' op national defense, not Go provide honors for individual officers.--Bufalo Express.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08

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New Britain herald., 1916-04-08
FACTS AND RANCHES.

We have so often turned the other cheek to Germany that we may not have the face to do it again.-Brook- lYn Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08

faily Sunday exceptedD at 4:15 p. m., Herald Building, 67 Church St,
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at the Post Office at New Britain
 Second Class Mail Matter
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08

Cheers for Colonel Dodd! He is obliged to retire soon by tn" law which says that when q man rc nes his age he must quit the fighti"e forces. podd is able to continue, as iS shown by his brilliant feat When he reJircs it will be disgrace to tue country if he re- tires as a Colonel. He should be g. Major General by that time by all means. That is, even though he should retire Philadelphia Star.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08

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New Britain herald., 1916-04-08

The principle on which certain steel companies and their officers were in- dicted at Youngstown, Ohio, for con- spring to fix wages is that labor Is commodity. If labor is a commodity and employers may be prosecuted for limiting wages, it follows, Of course, that labor unions may be proceeded against for combining to increase wages. In the Clayton antitrust act congress has specifically stated that labor Is not a commodity. The judge who quashed the Ohio indictments took an enlightened view of the mat ter-NeW York World.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-08

Frances military laurels have not been withered at Verdun. Her heroic armies are still undaunted; her spirit is unshaken. So far as there has been any moral victory in this six weeks test of endurance it has been a victory for the Allies. and rot for Germany. h the larger moral sense the battle ot Verdun has been reverse to German arms almost as reaching in effect as the battle of Flanders or the bat- tie of the Marne.--New York Tribune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-08-30
HIRAM w. JOHNSON LEADS
IN SENATORSHIP FIGHT
Returns From Half Of Precincts in
California Primary Give Him
Margin Over W. II. Booth.

SAN FRANCISCO. August 3o.-On
the face of returns early to-day from
about half Of the precincts in the state
Gov. Hiram w. Johnson won the re-
publican nomination for United States
senator over Willis H. Booth at yes
terday's primary. Two thousand. seven
hundred and fifty-nine precincts out of
a total of 5,443 gave Booth 75.353:
johnson. s2,552.
Until midnight last night the result
was doubtful, although through the
evening the governors vote steadily
increased until it passed the conserva-
tive estimates of his friends.
The campaign attracted wide inter-
est because Chester H. Rowen of
Fresno, a member of the republican
national campaign committee, pro-
tested to the committee. and Charles E.
Hughes. republican nominee for Presi-
dent. that the forces of the republican
state central committee were aligned
openly behind Mr.. Booth. a Los Angeles
business man. While the committee
took no official action, many Of its
members, including William H. Croker.
republican national committeeman, and
Francis v. Keesling, chairman Of the
republican state committee, were active
In supporting Mr.. Booth, and an in
formal meeting of republicans connect.
ed with the republican state organiza-
ton Endorsed his candidacy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-08-30
Railroad Presidents
Determined to Fight
and They Expect to Win

Railroad president leaving Washing
ton expressed determination to fight
and an expectation of winning.
Following are the expressions of sew
eral, which reflected the prevailing
sentiment:
E. P. Ripley of the Santa Fe-.The
men have declared war and we have
to go home and prepare for it. ex-
pect success for the railroads"
w. ]. Jackson. receiver Chicago and
Eastern Illinois-"The men have de-
cided to force the issue by going on
strike. and there is nothing else for the
railroads to do but to make the best
they can Of their service and to take
care Of their business with as little
hindrance as possible to the business
of the country
w. II. Truesdale. Delaware, Lacka-
be nothing else to do but to stand our
ground, and do the best we can, re-
storing our service as readily as pos
sible. if the men walk out
Ralph Peters of the Long Island-"It
is our duty to serve the public. and we
expect to continue our obligations in
that direction. We may be hampered
but are confident that in a very brief
time we will succeed in giving our reg
ular service.
who would not be quoted for publica-
ton, that the strike, II put into effect
will not last longer than two weeks.
These executives based their opinion
on the belief that the public will not
tolerate a disIocation of the countrys
transportation facilities with conse-
quent evils.
Other executives asserted that within
two weeks the brotherhoods would
realize they were losing the fight and
would ask for arbitration.
The executives Individually are is
suing last appeals to their men. In
addition, each railroad is canvassing
its employees to determine how many
will walk out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-08-30

Schoonmaker Of the vandaliA The hur.
ricane broke 80 suddenly that II was
impossible to get the ships to the open
sea- The Nipsic was finally run ashore
on the beach. The Vandalia ran on a
reef, whore she was exposed to the full
force Of the storm. Her officers and
crew took to the rigging and many of
them were lost in trying to swim
ashore.
The Trenton had her rudder carried
away early in the storm, the waves
breaking over her put out her nres and
she finally went ashore. Il was said
then that only the excellent judgment
Of her navigating officer. the late Lieut..
r. NJ. @. Brown, saved her from total
destruction and saved tho lives of her
crew.
There were several British vessels In
the harbor Of Apia at the time Of She
hurricane. Those. through their su-
perior engine power. were able to steam
to sea in the teeth Of the gale.
November I. 1888. the Charlsston. IN
DER command of Capt G. W. Pigman,
struck an uncharted submerged rock on
the north coast of Luzon and was lost
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-08-30
IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS OF TODAY II
REGARD TO THREATENED STRIKE OF
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES

Important Developments in the strike situation today
Senate interstate committee announced hearings
railroad legislation proposed by President at o'clock
tomorrow morning.
Brotherhood leaders admitted and President Elliott of the
New Haven warned that strike order affects passenger trains
well freight, starting Monday morning.
Representatives of unorganzed railroad employees, number
ing nearly 5OOO0O warning White House that they
considered strike legislation they will organize and
make demands
Senator Newands and Representative Adamson. charmen
of the Senate and House committees conferred Rep
resentave Adamon told Senator Newlands that two Of Pre
dent Wilson's proposals be passed in the House.
Legislation by Congress prevent strike Monday post
ponement of the strike alternatives predicted by Senate
leaders.
Brotherhood leaders, after conference with Secretary Wilson
of the Labor Department said that nothing but settlement Of
their demands prevent a walkout
President Wilson and other administration officials made
efforts to have broherhoods call off postpone the strike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-08-30

present would discuss the detailed
legislative proposals outlined by the
President in his address. there was OPP
position to portions of 1t.
Some of the members believe that the
law providing for a maximum eight
hour workday and provision for q COM
mission to Investigate the question Of
wages and their relation to railroad
rates would absolutely prevent the
strike, and that nothing more would
be required of Congress at this time.
One or two of the members thought
it unnecessary. II not unwise. to I'M
dertake legislation authorizing the
President to draft trains and crews to
operate the railroads for military pur-
poses In advance of an actual strike
and q demonstration that such author
ity was essential to the public well
fare.