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New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
LONG LADDERS.

Ahe lack of ladders of sufficient kt was the direct cause of six k injured"
 Bus does a Waterbury paper in tory on the fire in the Hotel Con- scut comment on a situation that Ed not be tolerated for a moment hy up to date municipality. It is late to plan to buy ladders after lone has been injured or killed. time long ladders are needed is fire breaks out-not a month
 is reassuring to learn from Chief |e that New Britain has a ladder Ible of reaching to the top of any .hantile building in the city. This te aerial ladder, seventy feet long
 curse it would not answer in case
 serious fire in the new building
 anders, Frary & Clark on Center st as the top of that structure IS ty nine feet from the ground. The
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05

tie doubt that it would have been bet ter if the ruling had never been made or if, having been made, it had later been frankly rescinded as erroneous in principle.
 If the Persian case were to cipher down to a contest over the status of the vessel with respect to her being an armed or peaceful merchant ship it would be pretty difficult to con- vince some fair minded people, and perhaps many of them, that four or five-inch gun, whether mounted forward, amidship or astern, is essen- tially and inevitably a defensive de- vice.
 A gun is a gun and the mere fact that it is stationed abaft of midShips is by no means a guarantee that it will not make, of the ship that car- res it, a pretty ugly customer for a thin shelled vessel like submarine torpedo boat 10 tackle. With certain mountngs it might be entirely Dossi- ble for a gun, even though positioned well astern, to bear upon object abeam or even forward of abeam of the ship. It depends on the length of it's traverse. So that the presump- ton that a gun mounted aft is neces- sarily intended solely for defense is perhaps a bit strained.
 At all events the presence of a gun as heavy as that carried by the Per- sian is pretty difficult to reconcile with that state of helplessness which is the base of all the consideration shown, or supposed to be shown, to non- -cOmbatants in time of war.
 The probabilities are, of course, that whatever vessel sunk the Persian was in no danger whatever from her one gun and that it's commander had no fear whatever of that piece. But it is questionable, after all, whether the moral effect of a mounted gun of fighting calibre, aboard any ship, is not that of destroying her non-cOm- batant quality. It seems to us that it must and does, that the owners of n-combatant ships make a very serious mistake in sacrificing the non- combatant status for such futile pro- lection as the one gun affords and that the United States government made a fundamental, if pardonable error in not, at the outset putting it. self souarely on record as refusing to recognize as a peaceful ship any that carried even a single mounted gun.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
Looking Ahead.

(NeW Haven Journal-COurier)
 As was to have been expected of fiCials of the nations at war expressed official opinions on the future course of the conflict as another year dawned. In reading these utterances, as In the case of similar statements last sum- rler on the completion of the first tWelVe-m onth of war, it is difficult to escape the impression that the message to the fighting lines are full of hope, chiefly because they simple have to be so. During the first stages of the war, one often wondered in a confused sort of way what impression the prayers of the belligerents must have made upon the divine Father of them all. Each petitioned apparent ly with an abiding faith based upon the assumption that the particular cause for which that prayer went up was right and that any cause opposed to it was wrong. Now we find Presi- dent POnlCare preSaging victory for 1916 and basing his faith on the es- sential right of the Allied cause French hearts are set upon ''victory the annihilation of German militarism, and the entire reconstruction of France.' But, with a will to dis charge the duty of the fatherland to
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05

Missouri Valley men today mourn the loss of Colonel Robert Thompson Van Horn, veteran editor, statesman, and soldier, whose death occurred yesterday in Kansas City. He was ninety-two years of age and was to the Journal there what Colonel Wat terson is to the Courier-J ournal in Louisville Colonel Bob" rose from printers devil to editor. He was in turn Union soldier, mayor of his city, state legislator, and member of the national congress. Above all, he was an American, first, last and all the time And, although he loved the great western country he always rele- gated sectional feeling to the back ground when the broader interests of the union came into play. The Colonel prided himself on the biggest newspaper beat when the Journal exclusively told of finding gold in Colorado. It was due to another of his stories that the great Yellow stone region was brought to the at tention of the government. Colonel Van Horn lived not in vain.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
D. McNillan
199-2O1-203 MAIN STREET

He denies that we can give any definiteness to such terms as mental defect" feeble -mindedness'' and, ''subnormality. The standards arc all wrong. Or if they are right, than nearly everyone of us must confess to defective mentality In applying the tests himself, he found that "everyone of a group of poor ly schOoled adults consisting of four farmers, one business man and one housewife, all emInently successful in their several callings, all living moral and respectable lives, and parents of mentally normal and helthy children, would grade as healthy when rated by the Binet-Simon scale" He found that of a group of six students consisting of one high school junior and five freshmen in a teachers college, four of whom at least were superior to the average students of equal train ing, four would be rated as feeble minded by this scale. If that's tho case, we needen't mind so much being called feeble minded" or being set down as "morons''-adults with the mental development of children be- tween eight and eleven. It's really the abnormal individual, says Pro- lessor Wallin, who has a mind better than that of a thirteen-year-ol and many college students and success ful business men are morons But in's hopelessy confusing to anybody s who tries to follow modern psycholo- siCa1 science,
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05

the last breath and determination to secure victory is the Kaiser's New Year gretting, i've enter the New Year with God for the protection of the fatherland and for Germany's S greatness" Faith in the rightness of the cause and in ultimate victory re- sides in every camp, and yet one re- moved from the stress and compel ling necessities so potent on the other side of the water, may very we'll wonder how long the structure which
 nilitarism has raised up can stand upon such foundations. Assuredly there will presently arise a crisis when enforced faith will fail to stem the tide of defeat and hate to stop the en- ward sweep of victory.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
Passing the Blame.

We never blame the tailor when we
 have to use a pin; We never blame the shoe man when
 our shoes grow old and thin; We never blame the natter when our
 lids we have to 1out, But we always blame the laundry
 when our shirts wear out.
 Cincinnati Enquirer We never blame the typjst when she
 writes our letters wrong; Nor blame the manicurist when she
 holds our hands too long; We never blame the waitress if she
 serves a dirty plate, But we always blame the home folks
 if the dinners late.
 Wilkes Barre Tim Leader We never blame the mil1<man when
 the milk is looking blue; We never blame the cook when there
 is something In the stew; We never blame the butcher when the meat is high in cost. But we always blame the household when a collar buttons lost. Roy K. Mou1ton We never blame the motorman when trolley cars won't stop; When thieves go unmolested, we never blame the cop; We never blame tho agent when our house sells for a song; But we always blanc the paper if our names spelled wrong. Waterbury American. We never blame the doctor if the operation fails; i We. never blame the brakeman when the train runs off the rails; We never blame the butcher if the breads too hard to chew; Rut we always blame the landlord when the rent comes due.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
London T01pn Made
 Up 0f Nany Londons

Washington, D. C., Jan 5-tLon- foremost among the battle theatres on English ground-by reason if it's hav- ing become the storm center for operations of the mighty Zeppelins,- is sketched with all the intimate de- tails of long friendship by Florence Craig Albrecht in a communication to the National Geographic Society. Speaking of the y-sidedness, the great size and the ancient dignity of London, Mrs. Albrecht says:
 There are so many Londons in one London, where begin with them? The London of Roman and Saxon, of Norman and Plantagenet, the London of Chaucer and Shakespeare, of Lam b and Dickens and Thackeray, the Lon- don of clubs and hotels, the London of factories and sweatshops, the Lon don that administers the affairs of the empire, and the London that dances and plays criket There is the summer London of the tourist, there is social London revelling in May, there Is the November London of smoke and fog, busy and inhospit- abe, there is today darkened Lon don, somewhat apprehensive, but grimly determined, London differ ent from any we have known.
 Putting aside all unproven tradi- ing of the Roman legions. Rome seven centuries old, was in her pagan prime, but Paris, then Lutetia, was an island hamlet in the Seine, Vien- na was a small Roman camp, Berlin did not come into existence for many a century thereafter, Madrid first ap- pears 1000 years later, Brussels was founded in the 9th century, Amster- dam about the 18th o our era. These count not at all in London's age.
 The city of London, the commer- cial heart of the metropolis on the site of the British hamlet and Rom an town, measures about mile square. In the daytime it's inhabi- tants number more than 300,000 at night not a twelfth of that number sleep there-land is too valuable for residence. During one day a million and a half people pass through it's gates. Beyond it and across the riv- CT spreads another London, of B. 00O,00O people, over 130 square miles, and beyond that Greater Lon don,' the district covered by the Met ropolitan and city police, with 700 square miles and more than 7,000,- 900 inhabitants
 "Her streets strengthened and laid
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
Tho Single Gun.
CNew London Day,

TNEW LOHUOII IJdy.
 The development of the fact that the torpedoed British steamer Persian carried a formidable gun, mounted for action, may bring uD with very unpleasant force the ruling, made by this government early in the war that a ship mounting a single gun astern, for purpose of defense during flight, should not be regarded as an armed vessel.
 We must confess to having always felt nervous about that ruling. It looked at the time like a mistake and there is some evidence that the administration came to regard it as a mistake in the fact that merchant ships leaving American ports were requested to waive their right to mount defensive guns. There is lit
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
Are We Predetermined?
Waterbury Democrat.)

Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes long ago gave currency to the idea that we're all more or less insane, each III his own way. Now Professor Lew Wallin of, thePsy sociological Clinic of St. Louis says that most of Us are feeble minded. He makes his dis uuieting announcement in connection with an attack on the Binet-Simon mind test which has acquired cur rency and prestige in the last few years. He maintains that this test, as applied in various charitable, penal and medical institutions throughout the country, is fallacious.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
MERE DETAIL.

When the general board of the navy
 undertook to prognosticate a combined 1 attack upon this country by two for 1 eign powers within the next ten years
 and to warrant that the hostile fleets | would approach simultaneously the
 Atlantic and Pacific coasts the mem l bers left a great opening for criticism.
 What two powers would unite? Where
 are they? Or would it not be three powers or four, or five, or mayhap
 six powers that would unite? Admit tedly 1t was a mistake to say that two | powers might unite and attack both 1 our coasts at the same time. But the
 mistake is a mere matter of detail as regards the number that might band together. It matters not if it be one, ] or two, or three; the attack is liable to come and therefore some prepara- tion should be made The national
 defense is a serious problem and it must be taken to heart at this time Whether the plans be laid to offset
 the attack of one or moro nations mat
 ters not for in the final showdown
 Uncle Sam will find some way out
 as he did in the Revolutionary War,
 the Civil War, and the Spanish War.
 The only trouble with the United
 States today is that neglect and decay
 have been allowed to get in their
 @,-1y c+o h,,il irCr ch
 after '9S. After we got our boys out
 of the trenches the nation settled
 back in a state of lethargy, probably
 figuring that it had demonstrated to
 the whole world it was a power of
 the first magnitude because it "ncked'
 poor little Spain Today we are aWak-
 ening from this state, and during the
 present session of Congress our rep
 resentatives will thrash the matter
 pro and con. Let there be no pOliti-
 cal driftwood in the speeches, in the
 motives, in the ends that present themselves This is the time for na- ticnal patriotism to assert itself and
 the men in the national Congress
 should set an example. If they sub
 merge the interests of the nation for their own private interests every citi- the next election and see to it per sonally that the representative who betrays his country is defeated, put town and out of public life once and for all. The day of the petty politi elan must pass sooner or later and now is as good time as any to judge the calibre of the men we want in the i H ouse of Representatives and the l United States Senate. If they cannot measure up" in a period like this they do not "belong.' Keep your eye on this Congress and watch for the little 1 men. They will be the ones who will squabble over the little things, the | mere details, they will be the men who will obstruct remedial legisla- 1 tion because they can debate all night i and into the next day over the petty ! little assertion that is contained in the opening of the navy boards pro- | gramme, namely, that two nations i might attack this country within the | next ten years Further, these little 1 men will probably want to know the 1 names and addresses of the two 1 countries intimated by the board. But l what boots it what the countries are, or where they are? We want to be prepared for them anyway. We have got to keep these shores free
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05

aerial ladder could be counted on for use on any other building, the chief says.
 The message from Waterbury should not be. sighted. The lesson should not be ignored. Ladders are expensive but the cost of all the ladders in the world would not tip the scales against single human life
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
FACTS AND RANCHES.

The results of the European war will compel Us to become an armed nation, whether we like the idea or not The sooner we begin to accept this situa- ton the better. Monroe and Adams had the courage to proclaim the Mon roe Doctrine when the United States was a sea power, without the military resources now. Shall we shrink from developing and using them with the same high courage and in the same spirit of farseeing statesmanship as were manifested by Adams and Mon- roe ?-New York Tribune.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05

Valuation of the railroads which is now under way, is dealt with in the annual report of the Interstate Com merce Commission. There is not much satisfaction in the accounting of progress which the commission makes, for it is still many years from it's conclusion and that it is to be pro- gressively expensive. Moreover there is still no hint that the valuation it. self when completed will have any value in relation to the government regulation of railroad rates, which was the primary object of the whole ex- travagant undertaking.-New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05

Secretary Lansings speech at the Pan-American Scientific Congress was a scholarly and statesmanlike exposi- tiOn Of the Pan-American doctrine whose bearings on our relations are sure to Wicld so vast an influence on the destinies of the Western Hemis- phere. The Secretary of States ad- dress Is a most notable exposition of the policy of the government in re- gard to the community of interest between ourselves and the Latin American nations, which is one of the most notable developments of inter national policy in the whole range of American history.-Buffalo Times.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05

William Jennings Bryan has at last come forth with a doctrine that no one will severely criticise He sug- eested, before the Pan-American Scientific Congress, the advisability of teaching the English and Spanish languages in the schools of the two phere. It should be done if Pan- Americanism is to mean anything.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05

Nothing finer than the address of eX-Secretary Root before the Amer ican Society of International Law has come out of Washington since the war began. Without losing himself in fine phrases or rhetorical 1ourishes, or sitting back and admiring his skill in turning out a cadanced argument leading nowhere, he got right down to the great issues: First, that fin ternational laws violated with inn punity" cease to exist: second, that if the violation of the laws that deal with justice and humanity go unpun- ished all international relationships are put in the melting pot and the rule of right is at an end. The na- tions, confronted as they are with this situation, be held, must use the lessons of the war to bring about such radical changes as will prevent such a frightfu! disaster as that which has now overwhelmed civilization from happening again.-Philadel- phia Ledger.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05

Despite demagogfc and ignorant op- position to plans for developing the water transportation and harbor fa- cilities of this country the cheering news comes from Washington that the Rivers and HarbOrs Committee of the House is planning to report a bill calling for an appropriation of $12O,- O00,000 with which to carry out work that has passed the searching scru- tiny of the Army engineers. No one with the slightest knowledge of the expansion of commerce and the growth of ports and outlying terri tory which has followed river and harbor developments in Europe, par ticularly in Holland and Germany, will fail to understand the tremendous inn portance to the South and the whole nation of building LID water trans pOrtation and terminal facilities here. The work should never be allowed to lag.-Baltim Manufa cturers' Rec ord.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
FACTORY FACTS.

# FACTORY FACTS.
 x Pre is in the entire state of Con- 8ut, or for that matter, all New 8nd, no greater manufacturing
 r than New Britain. There are # one hundred and twenty manu- 8ring concerns here turning out # conceivable utility, things that x Absolutely necessaries of modern K It behooves the people of this # then, the manufacturers, the $ess men, the employers and the Myes, to watch with interest the @N of the National Society for the lotion of Industrial Education ga will meet in Minneapolis during
 htter part of this month. The &nteresting feature to attract at |Mn here must be necessarily a re-
 n vocational education" which
 #een compiled after an extensive #igation made by a committee of
 ess men, employers and em-
 under the direction of the # of Education of Minneapolis. x the report will be complete argues Mthe fact that the men who made # e enthusiastic over the work and ( not handicapped by the lack of " They labored under a bequest e million dollars with which to # their industrial survey"
 t the report will be of interest cry manufacturer in New Brit & ay be seen from a casual scrut- @ the topics handled. The com @ has all the data showing how # children in the United States x school each year; the nationality #ese children, their ages, what #rd prevails in the schools, and #nnic conditions in the commun- |#ne kind of work the children take % ow they go about getting these # how they succeed or fail in s the amount of idleness preva- #mcng those who graduate and # who do not graduate; what Needs of various industries are; Mhe children can be best suited #Ie up any particular line of & how the schools can help; CT it is better for the city to #side particular schools for in- $al education, or import this Hedge in part time classes, or in Bhg schools. The report also deals #the extent to which employers Elective methods in taking on &ause vocational education and .ng have been lifted from tho S of theoretical studies and put ze sordid plane of utilitarianism york of the convention in Min blis will be watched with interest Hlsiness men and educational #s throughout the nation. It will Nc long before every state in the has upon it's statute books laws will prohibit the taking of Zen out of school before they are Hn years of age, as Is the case Eany states now. And when that @tion presents itself the manu- 8rers must look for older boys and to do their work. It were far that these children who must zually earn their bread at the q of their brow be given educa- sl-industrial training in the par r line which they intend to fol- ! This scheme is being followed to extent in New Britain now; but cturcrs would be better off Ee long run if they co-opcrated the school authorities in awak- interest in the pupils following
 len line of work. The results at d would be worth the time ex-
 led.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
Grateful.
VFNEtt UT. Birmingham Age-Herald.)

My boy,' said the elderly million aire at the end of a lecture on econ- omy, when I was your age l carried water for a gang of section hands,
 I'm proud of you. dad,' answered the gilded youth. If it hadn't been for your pluck and perseverance, l might have had to do something of the sort myself"
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05

Have you broken all your New Years Resolutions?
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
BRYAN HERALD

gSRALD PUBLISHING COMPANY
 Proprietors.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05

Jewelry, Shell Goods Art Embroideries Ribbons, Laces, Embroiders, Broken Lines of Gloves, etc.
 Drapery and Rug Dept offers special values during this sale
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
A Saving on Raincoats
UMBRELLAS Marked Down.

Don't be without an Um- brella when you can buy them at such prices. Mems, Women's and Children's. Sale prices 47c, 69c, zoe.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-05

daily Sunday exeepted1 at 4:15 P. m- Herald Building, ST Church St,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-07-26
Shorty HustIes for Bond.

"Shorty" HustIes for Bond.
shorty" Fletcher is again in dur
ance vile, or will be If he does not put
UP another 5000 bond in a hurry On
the occasion of his arrest less than
three weeks ago by the county on the
charge Of having intoxicating liquors
in his possession, he was placed un-
der a 5000 bond WHICH was furnished
in cash by C.P Dawson, the under
standing being that this was to be tenn
porary until the little negro could ar
range another bond This ~as not
done and yesterday Dawson asked to
be released from his obligation.
Shorty" appeared before the court
and stated that the bond would soon
be forthcoming. The cash bond was
returned to the maker and Shorty"
was placed in the custody Of the coun-
ty officers.