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New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
"Heroic Propaganda" ," (Haverhill Gazette).

Word comes from Chicago, hat | George w. Perkins of New York, l chairman of the Progressive national executive committe and head of tho 1 "heroic propaganda" claiming to rep resent the common people, has leased nine floors of the Hotel La Sale at an estimated cost of S36,0O0 for con- vention week. In addition tC this it is said, that big sections of ether leading hotels have been engaged so that many Republican delegates have been forced to accept second-rate ac- comm odatiOns.
 This seemingly trihng expense is said to be only a fraction of the amount of money that has been raised by the big interests, who are now eager to convince the Republican na- tional convention that the country is heroic. It is intimated that these gentlemen who are to occupy the swell accommodations at Chicago will take the Republican gathering a the Co., 1iseum by storm and dem Onatrate what the "neW Americanism' and straight United States means when if is we'll organized for active service.
 Meanwhile the regularly constituted delegations selected by the Republican voters of the several states are to as- semble in convention. They may not occupy the best suites in the swell hotels, but they are nevertheless charged with the responsibility of car rying on the great work of that con- vention.
 Undoubtedly they will remember l the incidents of four years ago and
 will have in mind the consequences that followed the incidents of that period. If they do, they, too. may be "heroic," If they are loyal Re 1 publicans they will not be blinded by the glittering trappings of the big in
 terests: but, on the contrary, they
 will act with calm deliberation, know ing that their constituents have claims that cannot be ignored.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
When "U' is "V."
(From Printers Ink.)

Why do modern architects assume that U is and carve in stone that palpable and bold absvrdity?
 Now that we. possess the U with soft and graceful cvrve, of vnexcell- cd docility and willingness to serve, why do they carve Vnited States and pvblic school and svch and make the English langvage look as fvnny as the DVtch, with restavrant and Pvll- man car and university?
 That V impresses some of Vs as cheap and gavdy blvff, which par VenVs may pvll in place of more sVb- stantial stVff bvt people who are fash toned ovt Of Vnpretentiovs dvst view all such affection with an vnassvmed disgvst. Svch exhibitions always make me very gym and blve Now honest Injvn, don't they have the same effect on yoV2
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
POSTAL SAVINGS.

President Wilson in signing an amendment to the Postal Savings act which authorizes the acceptance of larger postal savings deposits merely justifies the existence of this scheme set in working order a relatively short time ago. Under the changes in the act, which are now in effect, the maximum deposits hereinafter al- lowed have been increased from $500 to s1,000, and the old regulation which prohibited the deposits in any one calendar month from overlapping s10O has been done away with.
 There has been little or no opposi- ton to the postal savings scheme for the simple reason that the United States government in setting up savings bank has in no way competed with like institutions run by indi- viduals of the nation. This for the reason that the government bank draws only depositors who for the most part are not familiar with the busi- ness workings of Americans and are ready to give their money in the keep ing of the government, where they would not deposit with savings banks. In the long run the savings banks will be greatly helped for once the for eigners learn the methods employed in the postal savings bank they will readily understand the laws set up by the private institutions and then go over to where they can draw larger interest on their savings. Instead of ating under charter, the postal sav- ings bank has been proven, by eX- perience, supplementary institution.
 Uncle Sam, in agreeing to place on within our shores, the men who other wise might hoard their money in gar rets and cellars, has offered not so much high interest as he has protec- ton. Safety is the big inducement in this thrift campaign carried on by the federal government. That it has done great work is evidenced by the fact that so many applications have been made, and so many deposits, that hereafter this money will be taken up to the s1,O00 mark on interest, and sums over and above that amount held without interest. This merely proves that the money entrusted to Uncle Sam for safe keeping would find no place in the regular institutions for savings at the outset, but eventually will be taken over by the regular saw ings banks. The idea is to educate the newcomers in the ways of Ameri- can enterprise.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25

Washington, D. C., May 25.-War front, investing the larder with po- litical and strategical dignity seldom admitted in times of peace when threc sufficient meals a day belong to the prosy routine of life, and some of the most important stimuli toward the in creased production and better conser vation of foods have been born in the stress of war necessities. The canning industries have become such an all- important feature of our modern exis- tence that it is almost impossible to imagine a time when their innumer- able products were not, and yet, in a study recently prepared for the Ma tional Geographic society at Washing ton by William Joseph Showalter, it is pointed out that the greatest of his tory's generals called the canning in-
 dustry into being as one of the inn perative elements in his magnificent military projects. The present war gives evidence of bringing in it's train of horrors and desolations it's contribu-
 lAoAlo IoW oI II CllS pIOS ISSSlNS SOlutlOh of feeding all the peoples of earth. Some of these peculiar reactions of the cannon, the rifle and the sword upon the larder and the kitchen are given in the National Geographic society's bulletin as follows
 At the present juncture, while great issues of world politics hang critically upon the effort of the entente powers in the European war to force the central powers into submission by drawing around them the steel ring of war and the cold ring of hunger it is more interesting to take an inven- tory of the worlds market basket, and to pause for a passing moment to see what effect war has had on the worlds food supply in the past, what it is hav ing today, and, if possible, to fore cast it's effect up on the future food problem of the earth.
 'If we go back one hundred years it will be discovered that France was facing almost the same problems then that Germany is facing today. Eng lands fleet blockaded Frances ports then just as they blockade Germany's today, and over-sea foodstuffs had lit tie chance to reach the French.
 'How far this went and how great an effect it had on conditions in Ma poleOn's empire, is revealed by the fact that sugar sold for two dollars a pound. And that the world is not
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
GOOD ARRAY OF NEW BOOKS NAMED
 IN INSTITUTES LIST THIS WEEK

Belgium neutral and loyal; the war
 of 1914, by Emile Waxweiler. This work was published simul- taneously in France and Germany and has been widely read in Europe. A. L. A. Booklist. Civil law and the church, by c. z. Lincoln.
 Confession of 8 hyphenated Ameri-
 can by E. A. Steiner. Father Payne
 'Philosophical thinking on many subjects, presented in narrative form, which many readers surmise to be the work of A. c. Benson."-A. L. A. Booklist.
 Red horizon, by Patrick MacGill. Many of the sketches could hard ly be bettered in descriptive power" London Times. Spell of Spain, by Keith Clark. Vive la France! by E. A. Powell
 vivid chapters giving the authors observations and impressions in the
  battle-line, in the campaign in the Vosges. in Alsace, and Champagne" A, l.. A. Booklist.
 Drama. Androcles the lion: Overruled; Pyg-
 malion, by Bernard Shaw. Book for Shakespeare plays and
 pageants, by O. L. Hatcher Caliban by the yellow sands, by P. w.
 MacKaye. Immigrants, by P. w. MacKaye. Poems and dramas. by George Cabot
 Lodge, ? volumes. as a playwright, by
 Brander Matthews. womans way. by Thompson Bu-
 chanan.
 "A good acting play with consider able humor, and clever dialogue - A. L. A. Booklist.
 Mechanical Drawing. to machine drawing and l
 design, by D. A. Low. "A new edition of we'll known !
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
Not Going As An Alternate.
(ProNidence JOurnal.D


 Mr. Bryan is not going to the Dem ocratic National convention as an al- ternate delegate. He says so himself Moreover, he emphasizes his state ment with the declaration that he makes it to ''correct the deliberate and malicious misrepresentations of corporation-co controlled papers," Why should any paper, orporation-c con- trolled or free as the mountain air, desire to misrepresent MT. Bryan in this respect? Who cares whether he goes to St. Louis as an alternate del egate or not?
 It is a reasonable guess, however, that the ex-Secretary will be on hand when the convention opens-perhaps as a reporter, possibly in his farovite capacity of unofficial adviser. He &C., quired the convention habit long ago.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25

standard textbook. "A. L. A. Book list.
 Manual of engineering drawing for
 students and draftsmen, by T. F.
 French.
 "In many ways the best and most modern in print.'-A. l.. A. Booklist
 ** Mechanical drawing for industrial and
 high schools, by c. c. Leeds. Self taught mechanical drawing, by
 F. l.. Sylvester. Shop sketching, by J. w. Wooley and
 R. B. Meredith.
 Prepared in the extension division of the University of Wisconsin."-A. l.. A. Booklist Finding of Jasper Holt, by Grace
 Lutz. Our Miss York, by E. B. Morris.
 
 "A collection of sketches descrip- tive of hum ble life in Flemish vil- lage. The author is accepted not only in Belgium but also in Holland as the most distinguished Low-Dutch author of our time."--A. L. A. Booklist.
  Proof of the pudding, by Meredith
 Nicholson.
 "A story of American life with an authentic Hoosier background. - Publishers note. Those about Trench, by E. H. Lewis. "A novel crowded with incident, ac- ton, and conversations attempting ex- pressions of the varying personal philosophies of its characters.-A. L. A. Booklist. Twin sisters, by J. M. Forman. "This, MT Formans last novel, was finished shortly before he sailed on the ill-fated Lusitania.' by Anne Warwick Ten optimistic and clever short stories about a group of people who are really very unusual although they appear very ordinary."-A L. A. Booklist.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
The Difference. (BOstOn POSt.)

A reader asks the Post to explain if possible Why the administration is strong in it's demands for redress for American lives lost on belligerent merchantmen sunk by German sub- marines, while at the same time re- fuslng to invade Mexico as repri5al for American lives lost there. The ques- tlon is a natural one and should every now and then be cleared up.
 No better answer could possibly be found than recent statement by Sec retary Lansing on the same subject. He said:
 The high seas are common terri tory to every nation. Territory is a1- ways under the sovereignty of na- ton, and the authorities of 8 nation can do what they please in that sov ereignty. On the high seas a non- com batant whether neutral or bel igerent, has a right to pass to and fro without having his life endangered unless he is on a public ship (bel1ig- erent warship or transport). Tn territory he only has the right to pass to and fro with the consent of the authorities If it is uncertain who the authorities are in that territory, he runs at once the danger of loss of liberty and life
 That Is so succinct, so ample, so clear, that it can hardly fail to con- vince every American of average in- telHgence of the vast difference be- tween the two caSar
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25

i in the afternoon. A very good idea. ment would naturally have to follow suit. The theaters, instead of start 1 ing their performances at o'clock or shortly after, would run up the cur l tain at o'clock. This would mean 1 an earlier meal in the evening, a 5 o'clock supper instead of the conven- | tional meal at o'clock as now in vogue. And this, we are told by those high in medical circles, is not at all conducive to good health. In the 1 summer months, when the sun has not yet gone down beyond the horizon at o'clock, nor has it thought of so doing, it is not we'll for man to eat d full meal. Therefore it is that a light lunch is partaken of in the middle of the day, at noon, and the heavy meal eaten in the early cool of the. evening. l So, if the change suggested were ever put in force so that the heavy meal were placed at o'clock, the scheme,
 
 would perceptibly shorten mans ca reer on earth. Medical logic.
 In view of these conditions, we sug- gest that things remain as they are. For the sake of those who love the night, of those whose spirits wax high when the incandescents are turned on and the world partakes C( a mellow glow not caused by the di- somewhat reluctant in advocating any scheme to save daylight. As between daylight and night darkness there is not much choice-in the city. On the lamp posts, there is difference, and the farmer takes care to get in all the daylight there is available. But in the city, basked in the yellow light it's torch-like light, there are few who would welcome any plan to save day light, especially by setting the clocks ahead one hour. After the long toll of the day, it is the night time that has it's charms, and any attempt to save the night might meet with hearty | approval. As it is, the nights flee en- tirely too fast. The days remain with 1 us too long. If they must be made l longer, we know of no better remedy l han that suggested by a line from Tom MOOre'S wonderful old song '"Tbe l Young May Moon,'' a line which car- 'ies with it a real daylight saving plan, line which suggests that "The ! pest of all ways to lengthen our days IS to steal a few hours from the 1 night.'
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25

nothing of the truth. The real reason for the prolongation of the war, he said, was that the German govern ment was continually telling their people that they were winning the war and that the Allies were beaten.
 Sir Edward here made the declara- ton that the time for peace had not yet arrived and that the Entente Allies were under obligations not to act separately on peace terms. He added that if any of the Allies had a right to speak with regard to peace at the present moment, it was France, on whom the concentrated fury of the German attack had been thrown. Rebuking Mr. Ponsonby for making no allusion to Verdun, Sir Edward said:
 "Through the long battle of Yer dun France is saving not only herself but her allies as we'll If any one has a right to speak about peace it is France, and President Poincaire has spoken. l believe 1t is the duty of
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
The Mexican Teachers.
CNew York Evening Post.)

The Mexican teachers who have been prematurely recalled from their Stooles in this country are not de- parClng Without being witness to the pehehts they have received here. For tnelr recall they offer the simple ex plahatloh that the Minister of Public instruction in the Federal District, responsible for sending them. has been accused by his enemies of giv- ing free Junkets to favorites to fur ther his political ends. They confess entering America With 8 good deal of mistrust; it has completely melted under kindness and nrofessional as- sistance they have received Each of the thirty-nine here has devo+ed himself to some special branch of pedagogy, as library work, civic edu- cation, industrial education, school organization, household arts, and SD on; though they have by no means finished their studies, they will re- turn with a new equipment for edu- cation in Mexico. It will always be difficult for the United States to con- pete with Europe in attra acting South Americans for higher education; but we should some day have as many Mexicans as we now have Filipinos and Japanese.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25

diplomacy to maintain the solidarity of the Allies and give the utmost SUD- port to the naval and military meas ures which are being taken by the Allies in common to bring the war to a stage it has not yet reached and in which the prospect of maintaining an enduring peace will be with the Allies. MT Ponsonby has hardly seemed to realize that we were at war.
 T care not how often I say it. this war could have been avoided by ac- cepting a conference. Why was the conference not accepted? Because there was no good will"
 Sir Edward then referred to the previous Balkan conference as proof of Great Britain's good faith in such conferences, and added:
 T only wish the German and Aus trian governments had published the reports of their ambassadors as to the part Great Britain played at that cOnferencen
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
A New Insult to America.
(Boston Evening Transcript )

I
 Two questions of interest arise at
 once in connection with Count Won 1 Bernstorff's official warning, on in
 structions from Berlin, to German ] representatives and subjects in this 1 country, 'in consequence of cases l that have occurred of late,' to ob- 1 serve scrupulously the laws of the 1 States in which they reside. One of l these questions is: If the German government wishes it's people to be so scrupulOus, why did it's people dur l ing two years pay men to violate the neutrality and other laws of the United States, and very lately, deco rate Captain Boy-Ed for his manage 1 ment of these unlawful enterprises? :? And the other question is: Has his warning been issued in consequence of a report from or an understanding with the government of the United States?
 There is no question that, in so far as this German warning is not a merely PickWickian document, to be read by German governmental agents in this country with their fingers laid
 at the side of their noses, HTis in tended as one of the concessions"
 that the Germans have been making to our government III OrOer to egg MT. Wilson on toward interfering as much as nDssible with the British blockade. A strong suggestiA of dicker attaches to the proceed g. It
 will consequently not be taken very
 seriously by the American people, But
 everybody would like to know more
 about the American end of the dicker.
 Certainly it is hard to regard the
 warning as serious, in view of the
 knowledge which we have of the
 placing in this country of a great
 fund to pay for such leases as those
 which have occurred of late;" Of
 the honors paid to Boy-Ed, and
 presumably the heroizing also of Papen; of the conviction of the latter of complicity in the attempt to blow up the Welland Canal; of the silent and soldierly acceptance by Lieuten- ant Robert Fay of his eight-year term in the Atlanta penitentiary for trying to blow up ships; and of the indict- ments of Consul Luderwitz for the alleged procurement of a false pass port to be used in sending a spy to England. German official prompting of and participation in all these pro- ceedings is virtually admittd by the present "warning.'
 If the warning helps the German cause with the government at Wash ington, it must, neverthless, be plain that it cannot help that cause with the American people. In fact, the cynical admission that the German government has been trampling on our laws and disturbing our life, but that it will not do so any more, (for possible diplomatic considerations is one of the worst insults to the nation of all those that we have had to submit to.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
BEST OF ALL WAYS TO OUR DAYS.

Ben, by royal decree, has fol- Sthe footsteps of France, Eng 2 5nd Holland, in the daylight sav- An and has set it's clocks ahead Bur. There is great fear ex- now that someone might arise # floor of our own Congress and Zee a resolution that the same @ be set at work here, a reform Nich America has no taste. It Zen figured out by MT. Willetts, #htleman who first bethought of Ba, that by pushing the hands clock ahead one hour during ping and Summer months of the Re sum total of one hundred and bur hours will be saved during months. This, by showing the krs of time back to their natural on the dial during the Winter America" a coun- large that there are already Sf1anges of. time, Eastern, Gen. 6ad Western, with one hours
 bee between each, there is no Tor such a time saving proposi- sThere would develop too much lon were such thing adopted. |when necessity demands that bt to work earlier than usual, |nds of, the clock are not set
 but the individual gets up
 And it; does not necessarily
 that he goes to bed an hour
 either. It has been suggested, Ith much reason, that should siness interests and industrial ,s of the United States under
 get in one hour more Of sun ley might order all hands to ne hour. earlier in the morn close down one hour earlier
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25

Congressional Record at hand, dated May 22, is a volume of some seventy eight pages set in eight point type, b1 evier, allowing approximately two columns of newspaper space on each page. At this rate it would take twenty pages of an eight column newspaper to tell what is going on in Congress every day, and even then the people would never know. It can't be done, Henry.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25
'AYING THE COAL BILL.

ssidents of New Britain just #ging from under cover of a long Terrible winter and enticed by the g May breezes to settle their coal and get this last remaining Be of unpleasantness off their B have come away with a wall of 1@after meeting their obligations S the coalman. Tt is preposter- N they exclaim, "nine dollars a ton @oal is entirely too high" Of Ne this price is too high. The coal Athemselves agree with the con- H's that the price paid the past s Is 'exorbitant;- but they coun- aPrge with the prediction that aawinter things will be worse, the aof a. ton of coal instead of being siollars will then be closer to ff- At any rate, it will be twelve ss a ton.
 Ere is hardly any use complaining S the conditions existing in the Xmarket. The anthracite coal
 s were. recently accorded an in q of about ten per cent. in their g and the only people who must Bis increase are the ultimite con-
 s. It is the inevitable law of @nics. It has been so in the
 @t will be so in; the future, it is Hav. The operators were forced
 the demand of the miners, be- &sconditions are such that every # is on the upward path, the < of all industries have increased, l M Mlaborers in one field are to have 1 Bay it means that there must be |
 kance all around. The only # he operators were able to hold l #ainst the miners was the de- 1 M that all mines be put under the 6 "closed shops. The operators sS this instance, and aside from Naerican idea of it, that all men v titled to work under the same @Ons, whether they are members Mnion or not, the people of the M States, the coal consumers, Nook upon that as a stroke in 1 Favor. In the land of the free, l # pen shop" will ever be the pop l E ca. But whatever the gain in 8 8ection, it must be offset by the
 Eat some ten or twelve millions Ears must be taken from the
 F of the purchasers of anthra- ESSal to pay the 100000 men en- x in the hazardous pursuit of
 That is the prime reason
 al will be higher in price next N But the prices paid for 1t
 saould continue in vogue for at Eapur years, for in the settlement Mhe miners the operators se- Mzan agreement that there will be l Ssre tie-up of the hard coal SUD-
 ween now and the Spring of | @ What happens then is out of
 estion.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25

would have the government hire page in every newspaper in the United States and make that news paper print the record of Congress every day so the people could find out whats going on, down there.- Henry Ford.
 Let's see. The last copy of the
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25

This springs best joke: Notion that knows Justice Hughes views Knickerbocker Press.
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25

Some people are popular, others are content merely to be efficient.-Phila- delphia Public Ledger
New Britain herald., 1916-05-25

Obregon has only one arm, but he has two shoulders to shrug.-Cleve- land Plain Dealer.