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New Britain herald., 1916-03-04

new order of things began for the time -burdened city in the few years before the outrea kof the war, and hints of the nervous, keen. hasty, modern life of the West were mul- tiplving. The restless beat of the American oil engine was replacing the more deliberate ways of the don key and heat-oppressed human. Oil wells were sunk in the Karun river region south Of Bagdad. and Ameri- can well drills were employed oil ! refneries were built here, and mod ern Bagdad contemplated industries for the manufacture of native mater ials supplied with this fuel. Before the discovery of oil, Bagdad's in- dustry was hampered by the exorbi- tant prices which coal brought in this region so distant from it's source of production-$15 and $2O per ton. Bitumen and asphalt lakes and springs aound on the northern reach cs of the Tigris and promise riches to 8 future Bagdad.
 "The city has a population of about 100000, and is governed by Pasha who is assisted by a council. The 1 Pasha comes from ConStanunople. There is somediffcrence between the ruling Turks from Constantinople and 1 the native Arab population or Bag l dad, as the Turks are Sunnltes ano l the Arabs are Shilites. Thie religious l difference has many times prevented ! harmonious cooperation between the i Turk and the Arab.
 "The city does an annual trade .n i normal times in imports and ex~ ] ports of about s15,000,O00, buying oil. cheap cottons, shoes and other
 Il sn1l C
 hides. wool and dates. Germany, i England and Russia have been the strongest dealers in diplomacy ana
 commerce at Ragdad.
 .The city lies aout 500 miles from
 the Persian gulf following the course 1 of the river The Tigris. like the
 Danube. is the great water highway
 of an aoricultural country; and 1t IS
 the main artery of Bagdad's eXter-
 nal tra fife. It maintains. in times ''1 peace, steam communication With ITS ! port toward the Persian SuI ny | means of one British and one Infk 1 line of steamers. Steam service on the Tigris ends at Bagdad, though ! sailing vessels ascend much higher I'D the river. Two lines of telegraph,
 one British and one Turkish, form
 erly connected this city with Europe
 while, to the west, the Euphrates fur
 nishes a water highway through
 many hundreds of miles. to t he
 northwest. Bagdad and Teharan, tol
 years diplomacy's chief Near Easter
 theaters of strategic endeaVor, nave
 been places of keenest interest tc
 the foreign offices of England, KuS'
 sa and Germany In these two cities
 the one the second city of the Turk iSh empire and the other the capital 1 of the decaying Persia. the great
 game of eastern politics was fought af close range with all the deXterity, which the great empires could bring to ear There, thus, attaches to an l invasion of Bagdad, an importance far beyond the importance of the citv's wealth or it's military value"
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04
SOMEBODY SAID.

senator Gore said that somebody |ld him that somebody said that he Fard somebody say that somebody lid there was somebody who said |at somebody said that somebody pew of q rumor that President Will h said that it would be good thing this nation went to war with Ger |any. So Senator Gore told that to |e Senate. And the trouble came to head; all of which goes to show bat a mean thing it is to repeat bat somebody said somebody else
 ld that somebody said. You get |e drift?
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04

traced line by line with wisdom drawn from the past and present. Let all inside stand shoulder to shoulder, without panic. no matter how near the war phantoms come, and there is a good chance that the peril may be averted. But if any rash hand breaks down the defenses at any point, not the wisdom of Solomon may prevail against the powers of darkness.
 The good sense of Congress acting, as a, delibera te body can usually be depended upon in a crisis. What is needed now is for Congress as the representative of the nation to act soberly and patriotically in 8 way to undo the mischief caused by a few m en1 hers as individuals. whose impul siVeness has run away with their dis cretiOn.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04
Quitting Time

CAscor C. A. Child. in N Y. Times) I used to watch the clock in boy
 hood days And yearn to leave my tasks for
 StOricd ways To join brave knights adNenturing
 sublime. It seemed so long to wait for quitting The years swung by. and, swayed by
 hope and zest It seemed each hours living the A moment clipped from happiness a
 crime. l never stopped to think of quitting
 time! But now l watch the hours dragging
 hand And, tausht--at last-I feel and lln-
 derStand: Hot youth is gone! Past manhoods S
 eager prime, I've nought to do but wait for quit
 ting timet
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04
Them Exquisite Vowel ITarmonics
Golfers Weekly )
$ hard to tell whether to

It is hard to tell whether to laugh or spit when a critic runs off the track and goes Jumping along over the ties. Here is a case where Snak espeerc is the goat. His cfftic writes of 'I-Nric Diction," rapturous- l>' rubbers the line:
 "When to the sessions of sweet silent thought" and blurbs as follows:
 Note how vividly the swift hustle of surd sibilants suggests the rush of winged memories settling in the poets heart, and how bN the subtle art of contract, of which he was past master, it emphasizes the serene adagio of the exquisite vowel har- monies that follow-the prolonged thrill of the double in sweet the hush of the long in silent and the broofng ou in thought -
 We yield to no one in our admirax ton and awe of Shakespeare, and have always felt that besides being great poet he was also q man. Some how we cant escape the notion that if he could read that analysis" he would burst into roar of whole souled laughter. This is certainly an instance of how not to read poetry. It is also a splendid example of how rot to write critiCism-a higher art than keeping tab on the "brooding Cu."
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.

In the honor list compiled yesterday
 in the Senate. made up of the names
 of those who stood behind the Presi-
 dent who resolved to uphold the dig
 nifty and honor of the nation, there
 were the votes of every man repre-
 senting the North and the South, with
 two exceptions Gallinger of New
 Hampshire and O'Gorman of New
 York. These two men chose to make
 the one rent in unity that manifests
 the bond of sympathy existing be-
 tween the North and the South since
 Civil War days and which reached it's
 climax in July, 1913, when veterans
 of the blue and the gray assembled at
 fiftieth anniversary of one of the
 greatest battles in history. Because
 the North and the South of the old
 days were enemies more than half a
 know what it is to engage In mortal
 combat know what the severance of
 the Union would mean to all con
 cerned, they have grown closer day
 loyal blood in the nation can be found in these sections There is good red American blood in the Western coun- try too but with the exception of some few commonweaIths they did not have the heaviest part in the fight ing between the states, and conse- quently the Civil War did not leave the lasting impression it did in some others The people of the South will never forget the Civil War and all the sa criices their sons went through for a lost cause The people of the North will always remember the ter rible conflict and the frightful battles fought to preserve the union. And because they do remember, the North 1 and the South, because they know ! how sacred this Union s how it up ! patriots heart, they will not suffer l their representatives in Congress to ! turn traitors, to do anything that will l tend toward a conflict in the nation, when the nation is aligned ] Sainst outside influences as it is now. That is why there were only two de- 'erters from the ranks,-Ga1linge md O'Gorman. The latter we can ex- use after a fashion. His loyalty has 1 ,een questioned before he has been 1 aught red handed playing for par isan votes. What Senator Gallinger's motives are, no one knows. Staid old New Hampshire should see to it that 1 his is his last term. It is to be de- i bored that these two befogged minds l prevented the North and the South ! rom presenting a solid front to the world. For it is the North and the 1 South that must ever be expected to ] ,ear the brunt of all the battles of he nation They did so in the past 1 md they stand shoulder to shoulder eady to fight now for the common lefense. God bless them for it. All l lonor to the Blue and the Gray.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04
,. mCmILLAn 199-2Of-2O3 MAIN STREET.

movement to retain the duty on sugar and thereby save at least $40,0 100000 of the governments reVenuesh they ould not have been true to the doc Urine of protection. The present duty on sugar is not sufficient, but certain iv it is better than nothing at all
 From the standpoint of revenue, it's loss to the government would be dis astrous.
 Secretary McAdoo, of the treasury department. in recommending that this duty be retained was perfectly sound in his democratic doctrine. NJ political party today would dare em- brace the policy of free trade openly. Nevertheless, in it's operation the pres ent tariff law is pretty close to free trade, recent months showing that T4 per cent. of all imports are coming in free of duty.
 The democratic party in the last Ca campaign was pledged to a tariff for revenue only, and with equal solem- rity the pledge was made that no legitimate industry would be dis turbed. Even on the basis of a tariff for revenue only the present law is defective Even from The democratic standpoint. it was essen tal that d small dul% on Su5ar should he retained if the pledge of a tariff for revenue only was not to be violated
 The republicans have joined with the democrats in advocating the sus- pension of the free sugar clause, and they would join likewise in advo- eating duty on wool. A duty on wool. even from a tariff for revenue only standpoint is just as essential as the retention of the duty on sugar
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04

place them in the hands of Congress. All these things have been conducted improperly for To these many years. Lemore took his seat in Congress. If anyone is further interested in he career of MT. McLemore we refer ten by himself, which appears on page 109 of the Congressional Directory of this the first session of the Sixty Fourth Congress. On top of all his other accomplishments, he is a bachelor
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04
Repeating Free Sugar.
Washin g'ton Post )

The fear of some members Of the democratic party that the republi- cans might take advantage of the movement to repeal the free sugar provisions of the Underwood tariff law to play politics has been dissi- hated by the report made by the ways ;nd means committee of the house.
 If the republicans had blocked the
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04

The Secretary of Mr. Ford's Peace Pilgrimage has been ordered to get out of Germany and told to never come back And all because he 1n- sisted upon knowing, "what are you fighting for?" Even a more insulting question than asking young lady her age
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04

/ Ex-SccretarN Garrison has refrain ed from saying anNthinc that would cause MT. Bryan to welcome him as as a co-work ashington Star.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04

Ali the belligerents trying to heap
 &heir troubles on the United States re- 3knInd us of the barber who explained zwhy he dropped a steaming towel on Ems customers face It was too hot Hso hold.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04

From recent utterances it is plain that the Diets of Alsace and Lorraine continue to agree with the German Constitut ution.-Ba ltjmorc Sun.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04
FACTS AND EANCIES.

A man is aging a little when ne begins to point with pride to a, Sood nights slcep.--Atchson Globe.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04

Crushing Germany seems to be about as painful as queezing DOT Cupine-CharleSton News and Cour- iG1.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04

Some of the rumors indicate that Japan regards an alliance as a matter of expediency rather than of sentI- ment-Washington Star.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04

Mrs. Emme1ine Pankhurst loves children more than anNt hing else That ought to give her license to throw another brick some day-To- ledo Blade.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04

Jane Addams admits that if she IS to lead the choir, the Progressive c hymn will have to be reNised.-F1tts- burgh Dispatch
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04

We have a mighty good navy what there is of it; and there is plen- ty more where it came from-In- dianapOlis News.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04

Mrs. Wilson has sold the house in which she married the President. Evidently she expects to remain at the White House for some little time yet.-Wichita Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04

The General Federation of WO- mems Clubs has undertaken a cru sade for mOdesty in women's dress. The fedora tion's first step should be to define it.-W Orcester Post.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04

If President Wilson really has de- cided to deny GermanNs right to blow up unarmed merchantm his next step may be to show T. R. that he is not afraid of his, either.-Wash- ington Herald.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04

Of all places in the world, Presi- dent Elliot of the New Haven ought rot to have been misquoted by the reporters when he was making an address before the students of a school of urjnalism.-Boston Globe.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04

EateFeo at the Post Office at New Britain
 as Second Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04

sued defiy (sunday excepted) at 4:15 D. III.
 az Herald Building s7 Church St
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04

''The President is expecting a great deal in asking the women as well as the men of the country to be inter csted in his project (preparedness) before he shows any interest in theirs. A New York suffra gist leader" The author of that particular piece of feminine foolishness might ask the women of Belgium whether they thing suffrage or national defense the more importa New York World
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04

Aside from the military value of taking Verdun and the moral worth of such a feat there is perhaps an other inspiring motive for the tre- mendous efforts now being made to win this important French defense 1t is the desire to restore the pres tige of the German Crown Prince, whose popularity and fame far have not been increased by the for
 tunes of War-Brooklyn Standard Union.
New Britain herald., 1916-03-04


 anyone is further interested in he career of MT. McLemore we refe<' them to his biogra phical sketch, writ ten by himself, which appears on page 1O9 of the Congressional Directory of this the first session of the Sixty ! Fourth Congress. On top of all his 1 other accomplishments, he is a 1 bachelor.
 ] The Secretary of MT. Ford's Peace 1 Pilgrimage has been ordered to get ! out of Germany and told to never 1 come back. And all because he 1n- sisted upon knowing, "what are you fighting for?" Even more insulting question than asking a young lady her age.
 FACTS AND RANCHES. A man is aging a little when ne begins to point with pride to Sood nights slcep.--Atchison Globe. From recent utterances it is plalh that the Diets of Alsace and Lorraine continue to agree with the German constitutions altjmorc Sun. Ex-Sccretary Garrison has refrain ed from saying anything that would cause MT. Bryan to welcome him as as a shngtOn Star.
 n 70 about as painful as queezing DOT fer.
 Jane Addams admits that if she is to lead the choir, the Progressive hymn will have to be reVised.-Pitts- burgh Dispatch
 Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst loves children more than anything else. That ought to give her license to throw another brick some day-To- ledo Blade.
 We have a mighty good navy what there is of it; and there is plen- ty more where it came from.-In- dianapolis News.
 Mrs Wilson has sold the house in which she married the President. Evidently she expects to remain at the White House for some little time yet.-Wichita Eagle
 The General Federation of Wo- mems Clubs has undertaken a cru sade for mOdesty in women's dress. The fedora tion's first step should be to define it.-W orcester Post.
 If President Wilson really has de- cided to deny Germanys right to blow up unarmed merchantmen his next step may be to show T. R. that he is not afraid of his, either.-Was sh- ington Herald
 Of all places in the world, Presi- dent Elliot of the New Haven ought rot to have been misquoted by the when he was making an address before the students of a school of rjnalism.-Boston Globe.
 Aside from the military value of t., king Verdun and the moral worth of such a feat there is perhaps an- other inspiring motive for the tre- rnendOuS eff fOrtS now being made to win this important French defense 1t is the desire to restore the pres tige of the German Crown Prince, whose popularity and fame so far have not been increa sed by the for tunes of war.-Broo<lyn Standard UniOn
 ''The President is expecting a great deal in asking the women as well as the men of the country to be inter cSted in his project (preparedness) before he shows any interest in theirs. A New York suffra gist leader" The author of that particular piece of feminine foolishness might ask the women of Belgium whether they thing suffrage or national defense the more important.--New York World.
 Quitting Time
 (Ascor C. A. Child, in N Y. Times) I used to watch the clock in boy
 hood days
 And yearn to leave my tasks for
 stOricd ways
 To join brave knights adventuring
 sublime.
 It seemed so long to wait for quitting
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-18

grounds were ''cruel and barbarous''
treatment-and thereby hangs a Curl
Gus tale that might be spelled tail"
First, however, get this: 1t appeared
that the policeman and his respondent
had lived together for years, although
they had never been legally married
Mrs. Hess contended that Common
law marriage existed. They'd lived
together; she had been introduced
round for years as Mrs. Hess" John
declared he had never contracted To
marry her; said he'd do it when his
mother died and when the estate was
settled. Mrs. Hess admitted this, too,
Whereupon President Judge Kunkei
pointed out that to make even a com
mon law marriage the contract has to
be made and entered into: that the
man must propose, the woman accent
and that they must live more or lrss
happily ever after together to legalize
the common law provision
But IL the hearing had gone on
Attorney Carter said he was prepared
to show, among other things. this tale
OF 'cruel and barbarous treatment
Catharine. with malice aforethoupht
one time deliberately slipped a real
live eel into Johns liquid refreshment
bottle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-18
Inherits $4,000 at 81;
Quits 23-Yr.-JOb, Weds

Baltimore, April 1S.-Four weeks
ago Daniel Webster Clark, 81 years
old and clerk for 90 years with the
Baker Whiteley Coal company, inher-
tied $4,000. He threw up his job on
the spot and Saturday night married
Mrs. Catherine Bouchat, A and di-
Vorced.
The Clarks will make n honeymoon
trip to New York, Philadelphia and At
lantic City, after which they will re-
turn to the new home which Clark has
taken for his bride.
Mrs. Clark admitted this morning
that Mr.. Clark's fortune had hastened
their marriage. They had been en-
gagged for about one year. she said,
and had known one another for five
years, the first Mrs. Clark having died
eight years ago.
Mrs. Clark did not seem to be aware
of the exact amount of money which
her husband had inherited But it
must have been a lot, for him to be
able to retire from business at once"
she said. Besides, he gave me a
round sum to buy some fine wedding
presents with-at least, it seemed like
a round sum to an old woman like me,
though I wouldn't say that I'm exactly
old, either"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-18
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO FIND
WIGGLY EEL IN YOUR LTOUORa
That's Just One of Many Cruel and Barbarous Things Cath
drine Did to John, ErpLains Attorney

If President Judge Kunkel yester-
day had only consented to hear the
application of City Patrolman John w
Hess for divorce from his wife Cath
arine, the records of the Dauphin
county divorce courts would have con-
tanned some mighty tough evidence OF
how "cruel and barbarous' a wife can
be to her spouse.
But the court wouldn't hear the ap-
plication. And that, too, is another
story.
John and Catharine. the court de-
cided. had never been married, either
in the regularly accepted way or by
common law marriage. And not
being married. President Judge KunlSel
couldn't see how they could be di-
Vorced.
So Hess VS.. Hess in divorce was CON
tinued and in the near future Hess
counsel. Attorney w. j. Carter, will
ask the court to strike the order of SO
per week for maintenance which was
made last January against John. 1t
was that order. by the way, that led to
the divorce court
John contended that he had never
married Catharine and was not liable
for support. On February >, 1916, he
began divorce proceedings. The
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-18
No Red, White, and Blue
Lights on Autos Here
Says the Police Chief

Autoists must have clear lights on
the front of their automobiles if they
want to drive around i'm Harrisburg
at night, according TO Chief of Police
j. Thomas Zeil, who to-day instructed
the officers to arrest anyone not com
plying With this regulation.
In explaining his action the execu-
tive said: The State laws prohibit n
driver using tinted glass in the lights
on the front of the car. The glass
must be clear throwing a white light
several hundred feet in front of the
machine. Investigations by the force
showed that number of drivers have
red and blue coloreG glass and the
otllcers have been ordered to arrest
any owners or drivers or cars with
these lights, if they drive at night in
the city"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-18
CHRIsTY TO WED \ MODEL
Bctrothal of Noted Artist Is Tenta-
lively Announced

Poughkeepsie, n. Y, April is. -
That Howard Chandler Christy. we'll
known artist, and Mrs. Nancy Palmer,
"a beautiful model, are betrothed. was
admitted to-day by Mrs. Palmer'A
mother, Mrs, Mary e. Coon, following
a visit of Mr.. Christy and Mrs. Palmer
to this city. They motored up from
New York yesterday and had dinner
with Mrs. Coon.
Before her first marriage Mrs. Pal
mer, who is "a years old, was Miss
Nancy Coon, an attractive girl, em-
ployed as a tobacco stripper in a local
cigar factory. She was educated at
st. Peters Roman Catholic convent
school here. Mrs. Palmer became a
Christy model several years ago and
has posed for many of his celebrated
pictures. No formal announcement of
the engagement has or will be made
until Christy's matrimonial affairs are
settled
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-18
Senate to Begin Voting on
Army Bill This Evening
BN .fssocfatcG Pr1ss

Washington. d. c., April 1S.-Con-
sideration of the army reorganization
bill was killed in the Senate to-day
with indications of its passage before
adjournment tonight. BY agreement
voting on the measure with all pend
ing amendments will begin this even
ing.
Senator Brandegee's amendment to
increase the proposed strength of the
regular army from 1900 to 100000
was to be passed upon. All efforts to
amend the bill yesterday were de-
feated
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-18
Baltimore Division Wreck
Delays Passenger Traffic

Trains from Baltimore and Wash
ington were one hour late this morning
because of freight wreck at Sparks,
siNty-tive miles south of this city. Sew
eral cars on an eastbound train jumped
the rails, piling up nine other cars.
The wreckage blocked three tracks.
No person was injured. Train No. Il,
a local from Baltimore, due here at
10.45 this morning, reached Harris
burg at noon. Train No. 5, known as
the Buffalo Flyer, due in this city at
1l.15, arrived at 1906. Connecting
trains to the north and west were also
held up.