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New Britain herald., 1917-11-05
FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY BY LIEUT. F1rzHUaH GREEN. U S. N
Viigiias
BY LIEUT.. FITZHUGE1

Under this head come the most de- stance, ghosts, spooks, dead whales and Flying Dutchmen. No, nothing supernatural at all-just the opposite. Vig1as are navigational dangers which sailor thinks he sees; but which. shiver his timbers! ain't there.
 Ocean surveys. have \been going on for three centuries. Ehey are go- ing on right now, and more as- siduously than ever. Yet even along our own coast there are constantly being discovered new reefs and rocks and occasionally whole islands. The Photographic Office welcomes any such information for its Notices to Mariners sent out regularly that oth- CTS may be warned.
 Here's where Vigias come in: Imag- inc yourself the Skipper of a ship. You've been out for weeks and weeks. All your thoughts have been thunk. All your stories have been told-to the Mate your only audience. Alone left you Is the anticipation of landfall, to make port at last after a prosperous voyage.
 
 But hope begets fear. First thing you know you wonder whether your dead reckoning is o. K. Whether this course you're on is exactly the one you should be on. You eat supper in thoughtful silence. You So up on deck and find a storm is brewing. Your apprehensions grow more keen.
 Suddenly comes & cry, "Breakers ahead-Hard a'port!' You knew 1t -knew trouble was coming-had felt it all day long. Hard over. Man!" you scream in the helms mans ear. And out of the corner of your eye you sec dark looming bulk through the gloom of the night. The ship rounds to and clears.
 "A narrow squeak Might have piled up dead" and 50 on goes con- versation for tho rest of the cruise. When she docks you beat it for the Local Photographic of1lce in breath less haste to report high rocky ledge or island-yes sir, sticking straight out of the sea-z-most rammed her dead on, sir." And so forth
 Next week all over the world sailor men are reading a little bulletin: An hitherto unreported island has been discovered in approximately latitude something north, and longitude some
New Britain herald., 1917-11-05
I GREEN, U. s. N.

thing west; great peril to vessels in those waters"
 Thenceforth for years the legend lives. Sailing masters go thousand miles out of their courses rather than risk hitting your island. Battleship captains spend weary nights watch ing for the unlighted danger. Destroy CTS and submarines roaming across their wide patrols skirt wartly the area warned against. Adn1rals of fleets and squadrons find their war games blocked and tangled by the wretched doubt of undetermined risk.
 How many hours and days are wasted! How many tons or precious coal are burned! What nervous en- ergy of watchful navigators con- sumed! And the iceberg you saw. or was 1t just a derelict, or deao whale, or only mass of a cachelots spew, goes drifting on It's silent sllmy water-logged way. It wasn't land at all-not even a leoge Of rocks. Yet who can say you were wrong-for you thought you saw it.
 The Navy suffers most rom such mistakes. Merchant lines cling to the lanes of trade. But the warsh1p must police whole oceans. Scarcely chart in use but has one or more Of these vicious ViEias on it. Scarcely coast but boasts it's islands or the night And, as for volcanic regions such as Alaskan and Japanese waters where frenzied mountain peaks really do pop out of the sea and sink again,-from the reports that come in one might imagine a vast cauldron of seething land-hunks for ell the world like so many potatoes in kettle of boiling water.
 The Navy Department dare not use it's discretion. Surely Block Island only a hundred miles from Sandy Hook ought to be known like ones own back yard. Yet tho U. S. 8. Olympia grounded there last summer on an hitherto uncharted reef"
 So Mir. Skipper. when you're see- ing things, be sure you're not just seeing things-or after you're dead ten thousand hardy mariners may haunt you for tke gray hairs of worry you hung on their old bull heads.
 And as the Scotchman said to his friend who esp4ed six cheery moons in the sky, "Mon. hae ye allowt for yir grog maychance they be but fower!"
 Maychance 1t isn't land: Vigia crowns your vigil ...
New Britain herald., 1917-11-05
Somebody.

Eugene Thwing in N. Y. Times). Somebody's boy Is going to France: Somebody's heart goes with him
 along. Somebody prays, "Oh, give him
 chance,
 Keep him courageous, well-girded,
 and strong"
 Is that Somebody you? Somebody's boy finds cold and wet The trenches are deep with death and mud. Somebody's boy cries, Don't forget 'Tis for Freedom, and you, I'm
 spilling my blood"
 Is that Somebody you? Somebody's home is safe and warm, Far from the fighting and snug
 from the cold, Somebody now Is sheltered from
 harm, Laying up income of silver and
 gold.
 Is that Somebody you? Somebody hears the call for air. Lend of your money for Liberty's
 need!" oomepooyS hand Is strangely Stayed; Somebody's waiting. while brave
 men bleed.
 Is that Somebody you? Somebody leaps up, eager and true, Working and lending and giving his
 best. Somebody's loyalty, flaming anew, Is answering the summons-is meeting the test. Is that Somebody you?
New Britain herald., 1917-11-05
COMMUNICATED
THE PRICE QUESTION. Many Farmers Making Great Mistake In Holding Potatoes For
 Slender Market.

To the Editor of the Hera1d:-
 It is Q daring man, foolhardy, per- haps, who attempts to deal with
 the price of farm products and vet
 after all, the price question is the one
 big important question. Taking the
 price of potatoes may be permitted
 to discuss the matter of the relation
 between the price of farm products
 to the farmer and the development
 of the agriculture of this section.
 Looking at the matter from the view
 point of the consumer, $2 a bushel
 seems a big price to pay to the farmer
 for his potatoes. And yet if 1t really
 goes to the farmer it is not too much.
 The potatoes this year, as we all
 know, cost a great deal more than in
 previous years. The cost of seed po-
 tatoes being nearly three times the
 former price, the price of fertilizer
 much enhanced, and the cost of la
 bor excessively high. On the other hand. the yield in this section has
 been xery uneven. A few farms have yielded largely, but the average has cost, divided up as charge against the individual bushel of potatoes, | makes the cost higher than 1t would have been if the yield had been large. There are, without doubt, farmers whose potatoes this year have ac- tually cost them not more than 75 cents a bushel to grow, possibly, some even less. But 1t is also true that there are other men-good farmers, too-whose potatoes have cost them l in the neighborhood of g a bushel | and with all harvesting and market ing expenses counted, even more.
 The tendency on the part of most of the farmers over the country at the present .ime is to hold their po- l tatoes at $1.85 or $2 bushel at the
New Britain herald., 1917-11-05

sesses in largest degree that freedom which had its rise with the Reforma- ton of the sixteenth century. We are happy to know this. The present war is an endeavor to inculcate just that spirit into the governmental fiber of all nations which have forgotten, OF have not yet learned their first love, freedom.
 The writer has testimony from the pens of such eminent Americans as Theodore Roosevelt, John Wana- maker, Dr. Preserved Smith of Union Theological Seminary. perhaps the leading church historian in America today, Robert Speer, David Starr Jor- dan, William J. Bryan, and dozens more, all of whom testify to the wealth of blessing which the Refor- nation has brought to the world It may suffice for the present discussion to refer merely to these: the open Bible. the restoration of the princi- pie of Justification by faith, the uni versal priesthood of all believers, tho right of private judgment, the peo- ple's part in public worship, universal education, the protestant parsonage, unmutilated sacraments, Christian hymn development, and what is par ticularly applicable right here, civil and religious liberty! Can we Amer jeans who are fairly bathing in this new freedom for the individual say. with any measure of wisdom or truth. that the Reformation was a failure?
 REV. F. c. WUNDER,
 Pastor of the Lutheran
 Church of the Reformation
New Britain herald., 1917-11-05
TOMORROW.

All eyes are now turned on New
 York where tomorrow comes the clt-
 max to one of the meanest and most
 Regarding political fights ever waged
 4n this country. The people outside Gpf New York have an interest in tho
 mayoralty contest there since so
 many principles near and dear to the
 American heart are at stake. There FIT the conflict between Americanism
 nd pan -Germanism. There is the sNght between Autocracy and Democ-
 1Acy. There is the inevitable battle Is6ntween vice and virtue. There is the Sitting. against each other of every EAonl interest and every clean moral ES1ght Known to man. The four candi- dates have waged & battle of heated in which invectives were ESlnng with reckless abandon. How the x1ew York people accept the chal- lenge laid before them remains to be seen. It is. hoped, however, for the Aake of this country that they do not take the view of the pro-G German weekly the Gaelic American, which sees little to choose between Mitchell, |Iylan and Bennett, because "they |are all enemies of Ireland" Other lwise the question might be asked, Who are they voting for mayor of Dublin, or a Mayor of New York?
New Britain herald., 1917-11-05

it not, Germany could easily call at- tention to her work in stopping the Italians and on such a basis really de- mand more money. Up to this time, in her previous six loans, Austria has dumped s4.5SO,OOO.OOO in the war exchequer. The dual monarchy has advanced O,OoO.ooo, and Ger given some eighteen billions. All these things considered the Kaiser should have little, if any difficulty. in securing a successful loan from Austria.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-05

The very license for uttering and printing such an article is one of the finest proofs that the Reformation was a splendid success-freedom of speech and the press! Our very American ism, truth-loving in essence, demand that we do not permit the present world disturbance to warp our his torical perspective, or blind us to the blessings of other days, simply be- cause such blessings may have had their birth in what now happens to be an enemy country. To foster such prejudice is to destroy within our own lives those very principles Of arge-heartedness which we, in the present struggle are endeavor1ng to inculcate into the fiber of our enemy countries. The fact that John and Harry are fighting today does not in the least disprove that Harry pre- sented John with juicy apple the day before This applies to nations as well as to individuals. The Refor- nation was not failure because it was a. German product in it's central force, The German settlers of Penn svlvania formed the heart and back bone of that brave loyal army Of George Washington, even though their name, like that. of the pilgrims, did not find place in the natiopal anthem. It was the Reformation love of freedom in the breast of that fiery preacher of Woodstock, Virginia, Pet CT Muhlenberg, German in ancestry, which caused him to fling aside his clerical robe and lead forth his par ishioners against our tryannical mas ters of 1776.
 When the dust and roar of battle are over, there will be as many Amer jeans of Germanic decsent who have died for love of freedom of their America as of any other nation. Any one who understands the German heart knows that 1t beats to its in nate love of peace and freedom of expression. The love of free philo- sophical discussion in Central Europe during the past century is witness to that. True, by one of the most g1gan- tic freaks of history, Germany, which of all countries was most responsible for the Reformation spirit of free dom. has forgotten at least in it's up- per strata of society, the very center of that principle. namely, the right of the individual conscience against au- thority, or, in other words, the demo- cratic spirit, which has as its religious eouvalent, the common priesthood of all believers President Faunce of Brown University says that America today of all the nations on earth pos-
New Britain herald., 1917-11-05
KNOCK OUT GERn1ANY's EYES.

Now comes the first really sad news war On the third of this month, Sat lurday, three Americans were killed in tthe first skirmish with German sol- ldiers. Five Americans were wound Iports from the front state that these Innings happened as a result of sur lDFise attack on an outpost party, fhat the soldiers killed were detached ,rom the main fighting party.
 s The death of three American sol- 1lers. the wound.ng of five others. and he capture of twelve. or even twelve
 Kindred. will not mark the end of lhia war. What 1t will do, however \. .arve as a jolting reminder to the AnnAr1can people that the war is on in earnest that America has entered the
 .r and that we are to remain in the war until 1t Is finished. There can be no turning back now. The sooner Ithat Is realized the better it will be flor all concerned.
 This nation has not as yet struck ylts stride. Before the year Is out 1t Twill have gone forward a few more Vsteps: but even then 1t will not have lrotten into the race with its full hoover, with it's complete might. There twill be American soldiers killed on tthe battle-fronts of Europe. There awill be others killed on their way to Sthe fray. / That is the inevitable toll of war All the nations a> war have lost heavily, but not one of them is Iyet defeated,-not even Italy. nor Russia.
 Developments of the past week have been rather discouraging tc many people. Especially is this so ir hlae case of American mothers and
 wives and sweethearts, som. of whom now see dismal defeat staring us ir 4l7e face These folk. have let thei1 hearts run away with their heads The time has not come for mourning because there is as yet no funeral There will be no demise so far as w are concerned if everybody in the na EfaOn adheres closely to the war pro
 nFam mapped out and laid down by rho Washington authorities. This in \ Ntlves sacrifice on the part of all. Il
New Britain herald., 1917-11-05
With These.

With These. In nobler breeds we put our trust;
 The nation in whose sacred lore, The Ought stands out above the Must" And Honor rules in peace and war. With these we hold in soul and heart, With these we choose our lot and part, Till Liberty is safe on sea and shore.
 HENRY VAN DYKE.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-05

J. T. Dudack. who is pictured above, enlisted June 2S, 1917, in the Field Artillery of the regular army. At present he is stationed in Wisconsin.
 Dudack Is the son of Mrs. A. Du- dack of 133 Beaver street. He re- ceived his education at St. Mary's Parochial school. Fraternally he is 8 member of the Moose and is aff1li- ated with the Cigarmakers' union. At the time of enlistment he was em- ployed by Eugene A. Sheehan.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-05
Rev. F. c. Wunder Takes Exception to
 Pastor Harrdman's Assertion.

Pastor Har1tman's Assertion. To the Editor of the Herald:-
 In your issue of October 29th there appeared a heavy headline which read Reformation a Failure" Be- meath it was an extended sermon re- port from the pen of Pastor Harri- man. It seems rather to have been an indication in the heading than proof in the body of the article that the Reformation was a failure. The heading may have been due to news paper editorial license rather than to any desire on part of Pastor Harrl- man to prove that the great religious and philosophical upheaval of the sixteenth century was such a failure It is the purpose of the writer to cor rect the false impression apart from any motive that occasioned its ap- pearance.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-05
The Advantage of the Farm.
(Utica Observer)

(Utica Observer)
 There isn't a thing in the way of stocks or bonds in which the bloated plutocrats of Wall Street deal that Is not cheaper than it was last year, and there are no farm products, with the possible exception of potatoes, that are not higher than they were last year.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-05

The Italian army seems to have gone roaming too far from Rome Springfield Daily News.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-05

The high price of skunk fur is ac. counted. for by the growing scarcity of black cats.-Meriden Journal,
New Britain herald., 1917-11-05
Britain Herald.


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New Britain herald., 1917-11-05
FACTS AND RANCHES.

If they have few Tess days we won't have anything to eat.-Bridge- port Post.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-05

son has sent in this report again: '"The horse that No. sos killed is a mule, and is not dead yet."-Kansas sas City Star.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-05
In Kansas.

(Kansas City JournaD Something good I think it will make a hit.' What is it?' "A garage with one 1iving-room at~ tached."
New Britain herald., 1917-11-05

Serve your country by sitting your ashes," is a pretty good slogan these days of coal shortage.-Nor- wich Record.
 Liberty bonds at $1 week are to be the greatest teacher of system atic saving that America has evef known.-Chicago News.
 MT. Roosevelt calls Hylan a fgure- head, which leads us to suspect that our colonel has lately been neglect ing his vocabulary.-New York Sun.
 If the shortage of sugar forces you to cut down the amount that you like in your morning cup of coffee remember that sugar is very fatten- ing and cheer up.-Baltimore Star.
 The modern educated kid is much worried for fear his parents won't periodically cut out their Christmas candy.-Paterson Press-Guardian.
 The socialist candidate for mayor of Now York has taken the trouble to explain that he will support the president of the United States con- ditionally, but in his advocacy of a German peace MT. Hillquit does not qualify his support of the kaiser.- New York World.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-05
In the Kaiser's Class.

Baltimore American) . With the price of milk soaring all over the country, the Kaiser is not tho only ono who wars on babies.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-05

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New Britain herald., 1917-11-05

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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-06-28
AMERICAS Chance IS
IN ARMY Of THE AIR.
Military Men Convinced That The United States Can win
War BY Building Immense Fleet Of AereplaDes 10
Blind Eyes ii The German Army

New York. June 2s.---As soon a.
the food control bill is out Of this
way. the administration 10 going into
ccngress with its seroplane program.
Eminent military men Of this coun-
try and Its allies have decided that
America can do more In the quickest
time. toward bringing about the de-
feat Of 0er1naDy's armies by the con-
structicn and manning OF, an I'm
mense fleet Of air craft than IN amy
other one way. This statement is
made in military sense and does
not mitigate against the great need.
In which all our allies look to the
United States. OF furnishing the iarg-
est possible amount Of foodstuffs for
their sustsnance. n M
Brigadier-senersl Geo. o. sauisr.
head x the American army avistiop
service. has given to . special ws1ter
on the New York Sun statement Of
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-06-28
PAROLE OFFICER NABS
AN ESCAPED !' !! E! CONVICT

Portland, June 2S.--A man wear
Ing the yellow slicker given state
convlcts when they work In tho fields
stepped up to State Parole oiIicer Joe
Keller on the street. Can you tell
me the way to the Burnside bridgey"
the man asked.
Keller recognized George Hohoff.
life termer. confessed murderer, who
recently escaped from the state PEN
itentiary. He knew Hohoff had gun.
Keller was unarmed. sa
The officer stepped up close to the
convict, You're not going to the
burnside bridse.8 he said, Come
with me-"
Keller put his right hand In his
coat pocket and stuck HIS index fin
ger into the corner OF his coat, as
II no had a gun, Covering" Hohoff
In thlsi fashion. Keller ordered Ho-
hon to raise his hands above his
head and the two marched or to
the police station, whore Hohoff was
disarmed, Today Hohotf is back In
the state penitentiary.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-06-28
I
ON EXEMPT|O
President iiesAiy 10 Proclaim Rcgu-
lations Governing Exemptions
From Army Consciption Bill

Washington. June 2S.--The ex-
emption regulations 10 be used In
putting Into operation the army
draft law. have been completed and
win soon be Issued In a proclama-
tion by the president. Every provi-
sion that could possibly be the cause
Of unfairnsss or tampering has been
carefully safe-guarded.
From authoritative sources Il is
learned that the regulations provide
the following general exemptions:
Married men with wife and children
solely dependent upon him; men
with aged parents solely dependent
upon him Tor support; mon with or
phaned brothers or sisters under cer-
tain axes: workers In industries no.
cessary 70 maintenance Of military
organization and the national inter
est; stats. county and federal Of
nciais. Afidavits will be,. required
from claimants for exemption cover
Ing ne points specified q emitting
them 10 such exemption.
Tho regulations do not specifically
state what Industries are necessary
to the maintsnance Of the military
organization and nstional interests.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-06-28
ANNAPOLIS CLASS
GWEN DIPLOMAS


Annapolis. June 2S.--One hundred
and ninety-nIne members Of the
class OF 1913 Of the naval academy
were graduated today q year ahead
Of time In order to furnish more
officers for the enlarged navy.
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels. In
making the presentation speech. said. /.
"A victory for the United States and
her allies will forever end the fic-
tlon OF the divine right Of the Ger
man government. They will then
have learned that democracy Of
100 100000 people can speak with
one accord when their rights are
violated"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-06-28
COUNTY IS NEAR THE LEAD N
QlR||EEG40ANs QlR||EE4 GREAT DONATIONS 10 RED ca0s''

Portland. June 2s.--Although the
tag ends Of the. Red Cross fund will
be coming In for soma days. yet. most
Of the subscriptions have Ibeen report
"a and .Orssan. has made herself
proud. X 49, 6
The nation came to Oregon asking
for $500. 900 - this states falr pro-
portion OF the sl0O.000.o00 Red
Cross mercy fund. For every dollar
asked Oregon has given nearly 3I.70.
OF this amount SS0s. 900 has come
from the state outside OF Portland.
The state at large was asked for only
100000. a sum that appears small
compared with what Oregon has DEM
onstrsted a. its unstinting lpberality
and capacity to give.
Nearly all the counties exceeded
their apportionments. A small min
ority fell beneath what was expect.
cd OF them, and late returns may
put them on the other side OF the
ledger.
Four Of the counties Of the state