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New Britain herald., 1916-02-14
MELODRAMA UP-TO-DATE.
Dave Lamar, ''7Thc Wolf of Wall Street. Docs 2 Few Sensational Turns With tho Inevitable
 Ending.
( M eriden Record.) )

When David Lamar comes from New York city carly next month to spend two years in the federal prison
 at Atlanta. there will return to the
 city a "Get-Rich- Quick Wal1in gford, ''
 who began his career in Atlanta just
 a quarter of a century ago. Lamar
 has trodden in many pathways since
 he left Atlanta. In the early days
 he set a hot pacA in financial juggling,
 and as he progressed he reached the
 zenith of his career in New York.
 There he became the Wolf of Wall
 street, much feared and much hunt
 cd. And after his long career in the
 battle of wits which makes modern
 finance, fate sends him back to the
 scene of the very first chapter of
 his life story. The gates of the fed
 eral prison will yaWn widely and the
 jailers will have a fervent welcome
 for the Wolf of Wall street,
 Lamar must serve his two years,
 says the United States supreme court,
 for his impersonation of a govern
 ment official, Hon. A. Mitchell Pal
 rler, former congressman from Penn
 sylvanja. Luck played with him until
 the very last, and he has succeeded in
 postponing the evil day for three
 years He was indicted in July, 1913, by the federal grand jury in New York, and was arrested in Septem- Der, 1913, in Washington. Lamar fought removal proceedings and il
 was not until the fall of 1914 that Lamar was forced to answer to the indictment in New York. Lamar
 was convicted Dec. 3. 1914, and sen- tenced for two years to the Atlanta penitentiary. By appealing from the lower courts, he kept out of the laws clutches until the supreme court decided finally that he must serve his term. A congressman is a federal official, says the highest court, ana Lamar must pay the toll for his inl- personation.
 { Lamar first landed in Atlanta in 1891. He was a flashing handsome young man in those days. with black hair and a curling black mustache With him was his wife. a beautiful blonde. He called upon a prominent newspaper man and offered him $2OO for the first three months, $500 for the next three months and thereafter most any salary asked for. But he refused to state what his mysterious business, and the newspaper man de- clined the job.
 You will always be plodding along
 at starvation wages,'' was the smiling rejoinder of the mysterious Lamar But I won't be in jail.' said the man who declined.
 Lamar organized a wildcat insur- ance company and stung one citizen to the tune of s2,000. For this he was tried, but having, like the origin al Wallingford, kept within the law
 the case against him was dismissed His next Atlanta venture was an l accident insurance company for rail- road workers, and elaborate offices were opened. He secured a bank credit, it Is said, by use of a bogus check and induced a young society man of Atlanta to buy half interest for $7,500 The insurance soon fail ed and Lamar had all the money. A warrant was sworn out for him. and when the. bailiff went for him, Lamar asked to be excused while he finished his dinner with his wife He
New Britain herald., 1916-02-14
Hanlet'S Sword.
(Waterbury Democrat )

(Waterbury Democrat.)
 Hamlet's sword was knocked down for $6 to 8 buyer who attended the
 first auction sale of Sothern and Marlowes stage costume and prope- tries at the Fifth avenue galleries 1 in New York the other day. His black cloak sold for dollar more. The tablets on which he writes dur ing his fathers murder brought $l5.
 Its like a funeral one actress who had been with the great stars was heard to remark. Her companion rose, tears standing in her eyes. l can't stand it any longer" she said, and both withdrew. And it must have been. in truth, rather a sad occasion. Julia Marlowe has long been known all oyer the country for her vivid and poetic impersonations, her exquisite reading of blank verse. her thril1ingly musical voice, her whole some and delightful personality. Rosalind, Juliet, Prince Hal, Mary Tudor, Katherine, Beatrice-she dld not act those characters: she was those people. No one has ever seen her play a part can ever thencefofth think of that drama without seeing and hearing Julia Marlowe. When in the later days she joined forces with the famous actor who IS nov her husband: adding his ability, and poetic traditions of the drama to her own, the results were such as to be unforgettable, even in mo- tably short-memoried generation. And so, perhaps the scattering of tho wonderful collection need not he so melancholy after all. For though Sothern and Marlowe never play again, though the black jewel led sword of Hamlet and the flower garland of Rosalind are sold, though the silver girdle shall never again encrcle Juliet: memory remains. In the hearts of thousands Sothern and Marlowe will play their tragic or comic, but always wildly human roles, so long as the hearts shall beat.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-14
BROKE WORLDS RECORD.
Civ ilian Aviator Ascended 9,5i4 Feet
 at San Diego, California.

San Diego, Calif., Feb. 14.-Onicial announcement that Floyd Smith, ci- william aviator, had broken the world S hydro-aeroplane record for pilot and two passengers, when he ascended 9,544 feet here Friday, was made to- day by Capt, Arthur $. Cowan, chief of the Signal Corps Aviation School United States army, who represented the Aero Club of America at the flight
 Calibration of the official barograph strapped to Smiths seaplane, showed the machine" climbed 544 feet higher than the altitude of 5000 feet record ed in Smiths pocket barograph
New Britain herald., 1916-02-14
HOW MANY TERMS FOR THE PRESIDENT?

In giving consent to the use of his : lame in the Ohio primary as a can Sidate for renomination, President Wilson has done but what his ad- Hairers throughout the country would Fave him do. Professing to be un- Filling to enter a contest for the nom- E1ation. but standing ever ready permit the use of his name zlat the people may make known zle1r preference, the President has Even little leeway for those critics 8ho are eager to bounce upon his 8ailure to live up to the fool one-term Nank that was surreptitiously drafted the Baltimore platform by that Arince of Peace and Politics. William sRnnings Bryan. If the people of the &ation want any President of the United States to serve them a second ] #rm there is no party platform can &event their desires. Until such &easure shall become a constitutional Nv the demands of the populace can 2pt be downed. The same holds true Saver been such a thing and the prob 40ility is there will be no third term 8r President, notwithstanding the Ntimate desire of Theodore Roose- Alt, who has once again again thrown @s hat into the ring, this time in the @ld Bay State. For, notwithstanding Se fact that the Colonel himself did 8bt throw the hat, it is there never 8e1ess and the fight has started for &e selection of delegate -at-1arge to Re Chicago convention. Four of the #ndidates have already declared they Rant the Colonel to be the next Resident, whether from their own &oiee or through the Colonel's mild, vigorous. promptings no one can @lI But the future will say. Here Fen we have the one-term and the &ird-term contention aligned against eh other with the possibility that the &8ple of the United States will once l Fore declare themselves as irrecon- l 8ably opposed to the tendency of 1 &r &retching out the term to a lifetime 1 &ntence, while repudiating the one l
 m of four years concocted for the 1 #rpose of satisfying an orators am- 8tions. If there is ever to be a one #rm clause affixed in the Constitution # the United States there will be, it # safe to say, an additional two years Raced, on the present allotment. This
 year arrangement would be the #bsest approximation to a golden Medium between one term of four \ q two terms of eight years. The
 estion must be decided soon: How any terms shall be prescribed for
 e Presidency"
New Britain herald., 1916-02-14
FRIEND OF BOYHOOD GONE.

It has been nearly half century since John Townsend Tro,vhridge now dead at the age of lightweight wrote that wonderful old satire with it's whimsical rhyme, Darius Green and His Flying Machine And when he wrote It, as fe himself remarked, he never dreamed such a thing as a fly ing machine was ever a. possibility. lie had the good fortune, however, of sec ing the first gliding flights of Chanute and Lillienthal and later the accom- plishments of the Wrights in the aero nautic world. Thus was the fancy of the poet vindicated and the grand old man who gave so many thills to child hood by his delightful stories and ere ations for boys went to his grave fully ! rewarded. His humorous dream of l Darius Green had come true. There was such a thing as mon flying like i birds, after all.
 1 The going of Trowbridge marks the 1 departure of the last remnant Of that 1 wonderful circle of American writers l which included LongfelloW, Lowell, i Whittier, and Emerson. Those who
 belong to another generation know full well the fame that followed Trow- l bridge. know with what cstetcm ile ! was held in the hearts of the boys yet l this generation in it's Hurry and hurry | passed him by. "Cudjo's Cave"
 Father Brighthopes,' and ''Neighbor
 Jacswood'' were all books to delight 1 and entertain. The latter, the scenes
 of which were laid in New England l had a particular interest for those 1 who dvelt in this part of the country; l but because of his connection in the
 magazine field. notably a3 editor of
 Our Young Folks,'' bis versatile pen
 held charms for readers in every sec
 ton of the nation. And the creator
 of Jack Hazard and his wonder ful i adventures, like Lincoln, was born in l a log cabin on d farm. Another ih-
 stance of American power.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-14
How it Happened.
(From Case and Comm len

ITIUIIf NetoS dHU NUIIIIIIEIII.J
 Your honor,' declared Officer McPherson, 'T heard an awful yellin' back in the wagon yard and when I got there this man was beating his wife,
 Judge Broyles turned sharply on the prisoner, a tall. gaunt farmer, with clay -colored complexion.
 "Is this true Were you beating your wife. sir?' the judge demanded.
 "Yes, yer honor.'
 How did you come to do it?'
 Lord knows, jedge For twenty years she allus wuz tn one what did tn beatin,' but I jes' happened ter catch her when she wasn't fee1in right"
New Britain herald., 1916-02-14
WINS SPOKANE TROPHY.

san Diego Calif., Feb. 14.-The U. $. $. San Diego is the possessor today of the Srokane Gunnery trophy after a formal presentation ceremony at which the huge silver cup was turned over to the crew by the cruisers com- mander, Captain Ashley H. Robertson. The trophy, which was held by the battleship Arkansas n 1913-14, has been the object of keen competition since 1908. Five times it has been won by vessels of the Pacific fleet.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-14

To load a merchant vessel to the hilt with arms and big guns and then issue to the commandant there of orders or instructions to shoot enemy submarines is merely making of this traffic new form of Jel>yll- Hyde It seems that the admiralty of Great Britain has done this very thing Germany in turn has reached 8 de- cision to regard all such vessels as warships holding that a vessel cannot possess a dual nature, seeking inn munity from attack and at the same time possessing the power of attack. There promises to be some lively de- bates on this particular phase of the international situation, as both sides are wrought up over their own con- tentions and the United States, as all ways, is left to hold the bag
New Britain herald., 1916-02-14
SPECIAL SALE MANUFACTURERS
 SAMPLES KNIT UNDERWEAR AT 25c EACH
VALUES TO S1.0O ON SALE WEDNESDAY MORNING
 AT S:3O

SIX HUNDRED sample garments in this sale, including Mems, Womens and Children's Union Suits, Vests Pants, Shirts and Drawers in winter and summer weights. Buy now at saving your next summers and win ter's supply, also your present needs See window display. None of these sample garments sold until time o1 sale Wednesday a. m
New Britain herald., 1916-02-14
DANISH ARTIST DEAD.

Copenhagen, Feb. IA, via London. 1:01 p. m.-Nilhelm Hammershoej one of the most prominent Danish ar lists, died yesterday. He was born in 1864.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-14

When Roumania enters the war Wt shall know it is soon to be over. Rou mania has been for years a reliable barometer of approaching eVents.- Syracuse POst-Standard.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-14

Following the New York postnas' tership. several other burning poll, tical issues are striving for second place.--W arlington Post.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-14
Very Thin.

(F'rom the Louisville Courier Journal
 This is toy tea set my little girl got for Christmas She likes to serve makebelieve tea and malxe-believe sandwiches. A harmless fancy
 Perfectly. I've seen grown-up af- fairs where they did it''
New Britain herald., 1916-02-14

There is no joy in being a bachelor nation has called them to the colors Drill ye terriers, drill,' sing the old maids
New Britain herald., 1916-02-14

Some of the dances called lex tremely artistic are merely extreme. News
New Britain herald., 1916-02-14

Germany has tapped the Belgian strong box for an extra hundred mll- lions. American philanthropy will have to get busy agajn.--fochester Herald.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-14
FACTS AND RANCHES.

The Naval Academy displays a fine state of unpreparedness Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
New Britain herald., 1916-02-14

ssued daily Sunday excepted) at AIS D. m
 at Herald Building, 67 Church St
New Britain herald., 1916-02-14

Tn informing the . .suffragists thal their right to vote is state and hot national issue, the president tolo them what every woman -suftrasl ls' should and perhaps does know pu' which many of them stubhornly reI"se to acknOwledg c-New Y ork World.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-14
BIG COAT SALE WEDNESDAY MORNING AT s:3O
 $500 EACH

VALUES UP TO $500 None sold until time of sale. See Coats displayed in our large show window. Come early Wednesday morning. No phone orders. None sent on approval. None sent c. O. D. But don't miss this Coat Sale.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-14

Gazette-Times.
 Some of the dances called "ex- tremely artistic are merely extreme. Newark News.
 Following the New York postmas- tership, several other burning poli- tical issues are striving for second place.-Washin ington Post.
 When Roumania enters the war we shall know it is soon to be over. Rou- mania has been for years a reliable barometer of approaching events-- Syracuse Post Standard.
 Germany has tapped the Belgian strong box for an extra hundred mt- lions. American philanthropy WILL have to get busy again.--kochester Herald
 In informing the suffragists that their right to vote is state ana not a national issue, the president tolu them what every woman -suftragls's should and perhaps does know put which many of them stubhurnlN refuse to Acknowledged York World
 Under the state election law the secretary of state of Ohio must De told, in writing, by President Wilson before February 25 whether or not ne is a candidate for reelection. 1t Will be interesting to hear the president explain away his one-term pledge Buffalo Express.
 It was not in bibulous Milwaukee but in strait-faccd Kansas that the president fur-lned gloves were stol- en. More stringent laws will have to be passed in order to eradicate all the original Adam from Kansas human nature.-Rochester Democrat ana Chronicle.
 There is a current assumption that our national taxes are now so low they may be almost indefinitely increased without either exhauG1ing taxable ca pacity or hurting our competitive pow CT. Nothing of the kind is true, put on the contrary taxes in the Cnlteo States are already a heavy burden on industry and on individual initiative. The comparisons currently drawn be- tween figures for national taHatloh ln the United States, France, GerHahA and Great Britain ignore the 1act lhat' whereas those are centrallZed' SoEelh- ours is localized, ana a nucu larger part of our total burden IS lui~ nished by municipal, local and state governments and a much smaller patt Inv the national administration than IS true abroad. Before the war came OH we were already paying as much TOT military and naval deVelOpm ent (ln- cluding pensions as some of the fore most plilitaristic nations of Europe, though with much smaller results.- New York Journal of Commerce.
New Britain herald., 1916-02-14

nfered at the Post Office at New Britain
 as Second Class Mail Matter
New Britain herald., 1916-02-14

HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY,
 Proprfetors.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-08

Great Britain is fighting for peace
at any price In doing this she is pay
ing a price for restoration of peace
unparalleled and even unapprOached
in the history of war. In the voting
Of additional credit of $2,1000,000, 600,
which Premier Asquith assured mem
bers would only serve to carry on the
war until the end of May, it is posi-
BILE to see the hard set of the bulldogs
jaws on the proposition that, when
the price of peace is war, the price
must be paid The price Great Brit
ain is paying, or, rather, the price she
must continue paying long after the
war ends, almost staggers belief.
The total of credits voted since the
war began, including the $1,000, 100000
voted yesterday, is SIC, 100000, 900. Be
fore the war began, the total wealth
of the United Kingdom of Great Brit
ain and Ireland was estimated at $780,
100000. The war debt, as far as now
contracted, is more than 1919 per cent
of the total wealth of the nation. But
the war debt falls short Of represent
ing all Of the national debt of Great
Britain. Before the war that debt was
approximately ,500,000,000. That
debt had been funded at low interest
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-08

1t is something new in American
politics for a president to be condemn
ed during his term of office by the
cOuntry's strongest statesmen for low
ering the national standard of honor,
for belittling the nation in the eyes
of the world for bringing shame to
Americans who have cherished pa
triotic pride in their government for its
independence and courage.
It has often happened, it always
happens, in fact, that presidential poll
cies receive more or less criticism,
sometimes from members Of the OPP
posing party on purely partisan
grounds or from genuine alarm lest a
threatened course do serious harm
sometimes the opposition comes from
within the presidents own party, but
heretofore the body of criticism has
been directed to internal policies, mat
tiers affecting national rather than in
ternatiOnal interests.
1t has been the custom, however,
when policies were condemned, for
even political opponents, save in ex-
ceptional cases and for malignant
personal reasons, to hold themselves
in restraint and modify their Objec-
tiOns out of regard for the high office
and considerations for the incumbent
The differences have not seemed i'm
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-08
New and Impressive Phenomenon

portant enough to justify violent and
bitter attacks and presidents have in
variabIy gone out of office holding the
respect and esteem of all citizens
as men who have at least sustained
the national dignity and upheld Amer
lean ideals This was notably true
of Grover Cleveland, for example.
Sharp as were the antagOnisms reused
by his policies, he won the respect Of
his party opponents and on his retire
ment was probably more highly re-
garded by them than by his own party.
But the condemnation of Mr.. Will
sons course is of a kind that would
not be aroused by ordinary party pro
ceedings. Men feel that the national
honor is being smirched and the Amer
lean name made bywOrd. Mr.. ROOse-
welt was the first of the nations lead
ers to speak in protest, but he is be-
ing followed by men of prominence all
over the country. Former Senator
Root is stirred far beyond his usual
calm and his words are sharp and evil
IDENTIFY inspired by deep feeling. That
the sentiments he expresses are shared
by intelligent members Of Mr.. Will
sons own party are evident from Mr.
Garrison's withdrawal and from many
signs of dissatisfaction. 1t is strange
situation for the American people to
ate.-Indianapolis Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-08
Industrial Waste

The wealth of the United States in
natural resources has not by any
means proved to be an unmixed bless
ing in it's effect upon the industrial
and commercial situation. Like every
ether pioneer people in laid Of great
fruitfulness, we have gathered that
fruit which was the richest, the most
plentiful and afforded the easiest
plucking. Hence, natures prodigality
has begotten in us certain habits OF
extravaganza and improvidence, of
which there are only too many and
too eloquent evidences on every hand.
We have exhausted the virgin fertil-
ity of our soil without effort at recon-
pense-we have cut down our forests
without any attempt at replanting-
we have dug out the richest of our
minerals for want of a little care and
patience, have allowed millions of
wealth to run to waste in the tail heap
and in our methods of manufacture
ing we have thrown away waste mater
ial which the poor, patient and thrifty
European manufacturer has fabricated
into a useful product, with profit to
himself and useful conservation for
the world at large. No only have we
been content to send our natural prod
ucts abroad, there to be worked up in
to finished articles and, as such, to be
brought back for sale in our markets,
but we have been content to let the
double shipment be made in foreign
bottoms with an annual loss to US in
freights of over $300,000,000.
1t took the upheaval Of the Euro
pean war to reveal to us the extent OF
our neglect and the wide range of
profitable industries which, due to our
neglect, have become the monopoly of
our foreign competitors. To-day we
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-08
THE KNIGHTLY YEARS ARE GONE.

Forever the knightly years were gone
With the old world to the grave,
| was king in Babylon
And you were a Christian slave.
saw, took, cast you by,
I bent and broke your pride.
You loved me we'll, or | heard them lie,
But your longing was denied.
Surely l knew that by and by
You cursed your gods and died.
And a myriad suns have set and gone
Since then upon the grave
Decreed by the King in Babylon
To her that had been his slave.
The pride | trampled is now my seattle
For it tramples me again.
The old resentment lasts like death,
For you love, yet refrain.
/ break my heart on your hard unfalth
And I break my heart in vain.
Yet not for an hour do I wish undone
The deed beyond the grave,
When I was King in Babylon
And you were a virgin slave.
William Ernest Henley.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-08
Germany Loses Colonies

Colonial management was poor I'M
til Dernburg's administration and the
only protectorate that has been self
sustaining is that of Togo. Much of
the expense of the navy might proper
ly be charged up to the colonies. The
suppression of instructions made a
navy necessary. The defense of the
colonies during the present war was
impossible, owing to the tying up of
the German navy. Although the
population of German dependencies in
1913 was 1929 400, there was only
$4,000 whites in the number. The
Germans had gone in number to other
countries and had built up much
greater trade in South America than
in the crown colonies. It is question
able whether the loss of the colonies
will be regarded as much of depriva-
ton. But with the progress Of science,
Africa may be made habitable to
Europeans and become one of the
richest parts of the earth. AS we
have before suggested, alterations in
the map of Africa will be one of the
principal duties of peace commission
ers, if the great war results decisive
ly, one way or the other.