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New Britain herald., 1916-07-24
AN AMERICAN POET.

sIndiana claims James Whitcomb 5 ley as her own In death as in life is honored by her people. To- By his body lies in state in the capi- building at Indianapolis while arongs assemble to pay him hom- He. But while his native state lays Est claim to the "Hoosier Poet, America joins in the love and aneration,-the entire nation mourns one.
 It was fitting that the people of adiana last year set aside the birth A,y of this American poet as a great Hate occasion. "Riley Day" was an bpreciation extended to the living bet. Tn the years to come there Ell be other and greater tokens of ateem; but the man then will have B part in the ceremonies. And James #hitcomb Riley deserved to "greet #e living presence" of his many amirers. He was essentially a man the people. Had he not given to HDetry he would have been a writer "human interest," stories. He knew I1man nature from all sides He |lbbed elbows with the motley crowd. ind, the more he saw of earthly
 etors the better he liked the show. he young, the old, the sad, the byous, all held fascination for him. Ind, in turn, his poetry reflected the
 indliness of his observations. He las the poet of the masses
 Within the past decade a new ehooI of poetry has sprung to the cont in American literature. But
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24
Wars That Created Words.
(AnSWerS.)

kuitur' is a word which has found its way into the English language. everybody seems to know that there IS a difference between 'culture'' and "kultur"-and a difference not mere ly of spelling.
 Our sixteenth century war with Spain was responsible for several words being added to the language. Elm bargo" and "contraband" are two of them, while to our campaigns in the Low Countries we are indebted for such words as ''freebooter'' fur lough,' cashier" "Sconce," and "domineer.''
 "Forlorn hope'' is a military phrase borrowed from the Dutch "verloren hoop hoop meaning troop; and al- though "comrade'' is Spanish word, it came to us through the soldiers who fought in the Low Countries
 The word E'khaki" was not used in the way it is today until the Boer war. The term 'die-hards' came to us from the battle of Albuera in 1911. when Colonel Inglis, addressing his men, cried Die hard, my lads; die hard!"
 The term free 1ance," now mean ing literary man who is in no ones employ, is g relic of the Crusaders when companies of knights roved from place to place, offering their services to anyone who would pay for them.
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economic war against Germany, com merclal union within the British en- pire, and closer union, with a voice for the colonies on imperial questions that concern them.
 They have called him the Austral- ian Abraham Lincoln," but to an Am erican eye he does not resemble Lin coin in the slightest degree. He is more like Bryan, a very mild Bryan His method is the American one, but Ii he were in America he would have to get more gasoline to go any dis tance. Just as the sO-calIed scare headlines' which the English news papers have introduced of late years would seem conservative and not at all soaring in Denver, or even New York, so Hughes does not seem at all sensational beside American pOliti- clans. England, however, is getting, her first diluted taste of the kind of political oratory which may be called the l-cOmmOnplace. The 1act that there are many thousands there who like it extremely simply shows that many things that are called American are only American because they happened to be-
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24

James Whitcomb Riley had no part in it. His verse was free to the ex- tent that it was not complicated and held no mysteries for child or grown up. What he wrote for children touched a responsive chord among the older folk. What deceits he served to those who had travelled well along the road of life held al- ways a charm for the young. Bache- Tor though he was, he depicted the glories of married life as no benedict ever wrote, nor did he fail to portray the little trials that go with wedlock
 All in all James WhitCOmb Riley touched on so many phases of Ameri- can life and manners, especially in his native west that even if some of his works should remain forgotten there are other bits of his poetry that must
 live as long as the American Nation.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24
Troy Weight F1rst Used
 Zn Historic French T0u,n

Washington, D. C., July 24-Troyes, which has been the concentration camp of the Russian troops brought to France to aid in the allies drive against the Germans, is the subject of today's war geography bulletin of the National Geographic society.
 "Before the outbreak of the Flu ropean war the town of Troyes, situ- ated 100 miles southeast of Paris, and 175 miles west of the Alsatian from tier, was known to American import CTS as one of the centers of the silk, cotton and woolen hosiery industry of France.
 AS the chief town of the depart ment of the Aube, this ancient capt- tai of Champagne, with a population of about 50,000, is charmingly situat- ed on an alluvial plain, With the Seine flowing to the east, and it's nar- row, crooked streets intersected here and there by canals.
 ''The history of Troyes includes many stirring and dramatic episodes. When the Romans came they gave fhe name of Augustobona to this cap ttal of the Celtic Tricassi. One of the heroic figures of it's early Christian days was St. Loup, or Lupus, the in trepid bishop who succeeded in per suading the supposedly ruthless Hun Attila, to spare the town. But there was no diplomatic Churchman to stay the hand of conquering Normans dur ing the closing years of the ninth cen turv; they sacked the town, leaving if a heap of ruins. Shortly after this calamity the power of the bishops and of the nuns in the famous abbey of Notre- Dame e aux Nonnains began
 tI,C +--oo ocfar to the counts of Troyes, afterward known as the counts of Champagne.
 "For short time during the 100 Years war the city was the seat of the royal govcrnm ent of France during the period when the country was be- inc devastated by foes at home as well as by those abroad, while the mad king. Charles VI, raved, neglected, at Senlis. It was at this ebb tide of Frances national pride that the Treaty of Troyes was signed in 142O, whereby Henry V, of England, was made regent of the kingdom, and the dauphin afterWard to become Charles VII, was declared illegitimate. To make the bargain more secure the new ruler took as his bride Gather inc. the dauphin's sister, and the mar riage was solemnized in the church of St. Jean, one of the 14th century edi- fees which Troyes still treasures as a show place.
 Mine years after this treaty and marriage Troyes was redeemed for France by Joan of Arc while she was marching toward Rheims at the head of 12,00O troops to attend the coronation of the unworthy dauphin.
 "F'ollowing this momentous period Troyes entered upon an era of great prosperity. and by the middle of the
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24
Leader" Mann. (BrOoklyn Eagle).

The harmony of hush that has pre- vailed in republican quarters since most of the leaders joined MT. Hughes in his conspiracy of silence to defeat President Wilson was rudely jared on Saturday when Minority Leader Mann began a sudden assault upon the new ly polished republican bric-a-brac. MT. Mann's penchant for discord is becoming more marked as the weeks pass. AS a party floor leader he IS unique and his methods are his own. He has developed his leadership to the point where he represents in his own person the minority he leads. But of other leaders the house repub- licans have none.
 The country has been treated 70 many unusual outbursts by MT. Mann ot late. Many earnest students have
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24

seventeenth century had a popula-
 tion about equal to it's present size. During that time Professionalism had
 enjoyed considerable recognition In the city, so that the Revocation of the
 Edict of Nantes in 1885 struck a staggering blow to the community s industrial life, the population falling
 in a short time to 12,000.
 '"Troyes boasts a large gallery of distinguished citizens and of these none did more for his birthplace than
 the humble son of a shoemaker who became Urban ", the pope from whose three-years incumbency dated the prepOnderance of French 1nt1u- ence in the councils of the church,
 leading eventually tc the removal of the Papal court from Rome to Avig-
 non, and indirectly bringing about the Great Schism. Urban gave to Troyes
 2, gem of Gothic architecture, the
 church of St. Urbain, one of the most
 beautiful ecclesiastical structures Of the thirteenth century. Here also was born Chrestien de Troyes, the great French poet and founder of the me- dieval courtly romance, and an adapt CT of Arthurian legends to the uses Of French literature of his day. It was from a work of ChreStien's that Wolf ram von Eschenbach received inspir- alton for the great epic which was the basis of Wagner's 'Parsifal nbretto. The two Mignards and Francois Gen. til are among Troyes great artists. while Girardin and Smart are her distinguished sculptors.
 "It is to this city that we owe the
 measure troy ounce and troy pound, this standard having been adopted by Great Britain in 1497 for weighing gold, silver, silk and other valuable commodities And while the apothe- cary and jeweler pay honor to Troyes with their balance scales, the epicure prizes this city as place which ex- ports exceptionally fine snails and dressed pork"
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24
The Old Flag.
(NeW Haven Union.)


 How many Americans, even pa- trlot1c Americans, know that their flag is the oldest national flag which flies today?
 Whether we date from the first common flag of the thirteen original colonies, first unfurled over Wash ington's headquarters at Cambridge, Mass, January 2, 1776 or the Stars and Stripes adopted by an act of con- gress, June IA, 1777 the flag of the United States can justly claim to be the oldest among the ensigns of the nations of the world
 It antedates EngIand's royal stand ard established in 1891; the flag of Spain adopted in 17S5; the French tri-color, decreed in 1794; the exist ing flag of Portugal, selected in 1880; the flag of the Empire of Germany, which represents the sovereignty of fourteen distinct flags and states, es tabished in 1870; the Italian tricolor, dating from 1S4S; the Swedish-NOr wegian ensign, the recent flags of the old empires of China and Japan and the colors of all the South American states, which have been modified generally from our 'Star Spangled Banner"
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been seeking some explanation of his actions. One only seems plausible
 MT. Mann has become confused by
 the general miXup, and while he has
 been sure at all times that he was
 leader he was not sure which fac- tion he was leading. Thus last win
 ter, when the republicans had
 chance to make little political cap-
 ital out of the "Americanism" issue
 Mr. Mann blocked the effort proba bIv
 on the theory that he was leading an assault on the Roosevelt progressivcs He led many of the republicans in a direction they did not want to go dl1r- ing the armed ship controversy, in the vote on the McLemore resolution.
 Not content with rendering this service to the majority, he further pleased the hyphenates by a shame ful attack upon the President, i'm pugning his motives and making g. distressing spectacle of himself MT. Mann, however, reserved his crown ing act until Saturday, when he made another attack upon the Republican china shop. He began breaking the furniture when he declared aeainst the policy of Federal control of in terstate railroads favored by MT. AIuto AISo III CIlS uSClSlOn III the MlnnG- sota rate case, advocated by the former Justice in an address before the New York Bar Association. and incorporated in the republican plat form. Complete demolition came when MT. Mann said:
 "Everybody who knows anything about the resolution knows that 1t was gotten up by attorneys for the rail- road companies for the express pur- pose of having hearings to demon- strate that State control over rail- roads should be abolished, that con- trol over railroads should be in the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the attorneys for the railroads not only have succeeded in getting the resolution in shape where it has passed one body and is going to pass another but it (sc) succeeded in get ' ting a plank in the republican plat form in Chicago"
 The only logical deduction SroyA this is that MT. Mann has become ambitious to be house leader of the democratic majority.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24
The City of Numbered Dead.

never knew a rose could grow
 So passing fair to me; I never saw flower blow
 As on some Calvary For there's no bud that blooms so
 fair,
 Or perfect petals show As in the city of the dead
 Where few men ever go. I never knew a bird could sing
 Save in the azure blue; never heard a lute begin
 A soaring lute so true As when I gazed alOft. around
 Tn search of winged cheer, To find that from the falYoW ground One note was rising clear. I never thought that from the gloom
 Of cold gray walls: man Who dwelt within a lonely tomb
 Could dream as free men can; And vet when hope has ever fled,
 Crushed with an iron heel, Tn cities of the number'd dead, Gods lifting love I feel
 Sing Sing No. 6536S, in Woman's World for August.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24
END OF THE ARMY WAGON.
War Department Preparing for Mo-
 tor Transportation.
Philadelphia Press.) )

Philadelphia Press.)
 The old army wagon has probably seen it's best days of usefulness. The advantages of the motor truck are ooNlously so superior that there is now no nation that makes any kind or pretense to military completeness that does not have them. Their en- Pioyment on a large scale by the european belligerents has demon- S'I@'ed Without doubt their fitness for poVn hghting and transport. From tie pegnning of the war until April od onls year, the last figures available oo'oz9 motor trucks were exported rom this country, most of which "ehC to Europe and were used on the battlcfelds.
 when the Mexican trouble seemed ueStned to eventuate in war the war department took a great deal of pains to find out just how many auto trucks it could be supplied with. The imminent possibility of war disap- peared, but the government has not ceased it's efforts to secure motor trucks. An order for 15OO army automobile transports to be appor- toned among San Antonio. Fl Paso and Columbus, New Mexico. is evil dence of it's intention to be prepared in the way of motor transportation.
 Up until June 10 the war depart ment had bought 342 trucks for the use of the punitive expedition in Mexico. The number, however, was admitted to be totally inadeuuate, Maj. Francis LawtOn, of the com missary department United States army, estimates that a division oper- at1ng 40 miles from it's base would require 30 trucks; if 75 miles from it's base, 12O trucks; if 15O miles, 240 trucks. An army of 5OO,OOO men would need 5000 one-and-a-half ton trucks, he estimates. But this num- Der would suffice only to carry com missary supplies. A much larger number would be needed to carry troops.
 The fate of the horse in war has always been a hard one. A naturally timid creature, the noises of the bat tlef1eld must be a CruCitixiOn to it, even before it is apportioned it's share of wounds and slaughter in an affair it cannot comprehend. As a draft horse, or beast of burden it's life in war is hard and short. Mod crn warfare may be. harder on the soldiers than it ever was in former days, but something is gained when the horse is spared and automobile trucks perform his perilous and la borious duties.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24
False Theories.
Bridgeport Post)

Another theory advanced in those states which have no woman suffrage is that if women vote, this or that would be prevented, or this or that would be accomplished. Again prac- tical experience demonstrates that women vote exactly as men, States have gone prohibition without women and have turned it down with women. , One of the worst governed cities in the Union is Denver, Colorado, where women have voted for twenty-three years. One might go through the whole list of states with women voting and find conditions existing such as New England, with women voting. changed ten, twenty and thirty years ago. Is graft absent? Is extrava- gance unknown? Not so as to notice it. Just read the California papers today.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24
MT. Hughes Of Australia.
(New York Times.)


 Probably if William Morris Hughes, the prime minister of Australia, who has been making such a GurOr in Eng land, were a politician in this country he wouldn't create any excitement whatever It is because he is nov city that he has taken England by storm. He has discussed politics in a way familiar in America, but unfa- miliar in England. The English tradi- ton of political speechmaking calls for dignity, so1emnity, and ponder ousncss. Not even the war has broken it, and the statesmen of the gOvern- ment denOunce the enemies of Eng land decorously. It irks many English men, and "ginger groups' <have been formed to ntrOduCe the ginger ele ment into public discussion.
 Upon this situation there intrudes suddenly a speaker trained in the CO., lonial school, which does not differ much from the American school. He ia l1es a shot at anything that looks like target, and discusses public af- fairs in our own care-free, irrespOnsi- ble fashion. Tn a land where the pre- scribed routenfor political oratory is the road around Robin Hoods barn, he goes as the crow flies. He adm On- ishes lectures, advises, condemns lie will make a speech wherever he is asked, at any kind of meeting Of men. Abovc a hundred of these speeches have been reported in the newspapers in the four months of his stay. He t07Ize to dock lahOrors and p0oreSSeS in the same week. His platform IS
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24
NOT YET DELIVERED.

aOn Saturday, as per schedule, the seting Of the New York State Pro- Assive Committee was called "to Fer" at Syracuse. That was as near It ever got to order. It adjourned Ehout endorsing the candidacy of aarles Evans Hughes. If there is E doubt now that the Third Party sto be handed over bag and baggage the Republican Party this doubt Hlst soon be dispelled. Whatever
 E. National Committee of the Pro- Eessives did at Chicago is rapidly z Ing discounted in many states in Union. Already the Progressives \ Massa chusetts, Maine, Missouri,
 fhigan, California, New Jersey, Indi- B, and other states have refused to delivered. Colonel Roosevelt seems have reckoned without his follow T They were willing to follow him a-iI they saw him disappear behind portals of the Old Guard Then &S
 There are many thorns being thrown the path trod by the Old Guard of Republican Party. The latest one m Syracuse has a wicked look to By falling to endorse the candi- Hey of MT. Hughes the men in the Ane state of the Republican nomi-
 set a very bad precedent for < Der Progressives soon to declare #mselves. The bets will soon be at M odds, if there is to be any betting a campaign where one of the con- stants is against all such forms of Artsmanship. The Progressives Hlnot be consigned as an entire part the band wagon of MT. Hughes ley will be free as individuals to fol- the dictates of their own con- zences. And it may be presupposed At those who are conscientious will $ readily flock to the banner that Supported by their whilom leader aom they now brand "deserter." Previous to the all important meet Sthe Progressives, a meeting of the Nnty chairmen of the Orga nizatiOn ss held Saturday afternoon for the #pose of ascertaining what senti- mt existed in the various districts aNhen the Hughes men called upon George s. HobbIe of Niagara Hunty for an analysis of the senti- 5 Int existing there he replied: we going to have our trouble up. there hting Wilson. When you run across han who is earning $4 or $5 a day Nv, as against $2 a few years back, is pretty hard to convince him ere is necessity for a change"
 nereupon the Hughes men, if they Bsessed that far reaching intelli-
 hoe attributed to politicians of their It, could see a concensus, not only
 Niagara County, New York, but of D entire nation. There are many sn, as the Doctor points out, who II be hard to convince t'there is cessity for a change" / En, the ac-
 In of the proSressives in Flew York ate goes a long way iis declaring at there is not so very much ukeli-
 cd of a change.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24

Secretary of War Baker does we'll to correct the misleading impression regarding hospital facilities at Brownsville, Tex, which is to be gained from reading Mrs. J. Borden Harriman's appeal for funds to main- tain a private hospital there. Mrs. Harriman's enterprise exhibits a praiseworthy spirit of charity, but her letter spreads the erroneous re- port that the United States field hos pitfalls are inadCulate to the demands upon them.-SpTing gfield Republican.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Kind of jars things a bit to find that the Deutschland was so long coming that we are now making some pretty good dyes ourselves.-NeW York Telegram.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24

The park at Kansas City "exclu- sively for women" will of course have no convenient benches for spoonlng couples. But, as Emerson said of pie, what are parks ?--Ph1ladel- phia Ledger.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24

''Where is the best place for quail?" Nimrod asks us, and in the absence of the sporting editor we Ven- ture to reply. "On toast, ,"-BroWn- ing'S Magazine.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24

Another significant fact, reported from Berlin, is that correspondents are not allowed to go to either the west or the east front at present. Chicago Herald.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24
Party lines mean nothing

Party lines mean nothing to the Hon. William Sulzer who last week failed to gain the nomination for the presidency at the hands of the Pro- hibition party. When he discovered his candidacy would not hold water with that outfit he went over to the New American party which will hold it's first convention this week at Min neapolis. Tn the light of it's short ex- perience the New American Party might nominate Bill.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24

',The world owes a monument to the man who invented the tin can,' says The Baltimore American. And a still higher one to the fellow who invented the can opener.-TOledo Blade.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24

There is said to be danger of an insurance agents strike. Cannot some one induce the book agents to act upon their manifold grievances = New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24

Mary of the prisoners taken in the old-world war manifest great weari- ness with the struggle and express an earnest desire for peace. Very like ly if the matter could be put to vote the rank and file would show willing ness to come to an agreement.- Troy Times.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24

We have the most intelligent VOL unteer army in the world, but at that it takes experience to teach Pennsyl- yania troops that soldiers who eat six days rations in four days ex- pose themselves to the chance of going hungry.-Buffalo Enquirer.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24

@oed daily Sunday excepted) at 4:1s D. m, at Herald Building, CT Church St
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tered at the Post Office ar New Britain
 as Second Glass Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24

The automobile dealers seom to be after the Board of Public Works cornin' and cohen
New Britain herald., 1916-07-24

'"These newspapers says Senator La Toilette. "sell their editorial good will along with their advertising; it costs something to say this but for some years I have stood ready to pay the price" The price was paid long ago when the rich and venerable Isaac Stephenson, who had been sub sidizing La Toilette organs all over the State of Wisconsin, suddenly quit and left Mir. La Toilette in the 1urch, where he still remains.-New York World.