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New Britain herald., 1917-01-03
RAIN AND WARMER.
Weather Bureau Promises Unpleasant
 Weather Today and Tonight

For New Haven and vicinity: Rain this afternoon and tonight; warmer tonight; Thursday fair.
 For Connecticut: Rain this after noon and tonight; warmer tonight, Thursday fair; fresh south to west winds.
 Conditions: A disturbance which Is central this morning over lower Mich igan is causing unsettled weather, with rain or snow. in the southern portion of the lake region and the Ohio valley. The front edge of the rain area will probably reach this vi- cinity during the afternoon. Another disturbance is central over North Da- kota. Moderate temperatures prevail in all the northern districts.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity cloudy and rainy weather with some what higher temperature, followed by fair on Thursday.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-03
Russo- -Rumanian. Attack.

Berlin, Jan. 3, by wireless to Say ville.-On the Moldavian front yes terday strong attacks were made by Russo -Rumanian forces. Today's of- fcial announcement says these as- enults failed with heavy losses to the attackers. The town of Basesci and Topesci, as we'll as several hill posi- tions, were captured by the Teutonic forces.
 Tn the interior of Rumania the Russians and Rumanians save been driven back west and south of Folks hani and the invaders are now in front of the fortified Russian posi- tons. In Dobrudja the Russians are resisting vigorously, but have been driven back further.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-03
FOR PURCHASE OF ISLANDS.
Senator Stone Urges Quick Appropria- ton of $25, 100000

Washington, Jan. 3.-Secretary Lansing conferred at the capitol to- day with Senator Stone, chairman of the foreign relations committee, and urged that congress soon provide the $25,o00,0 900 to pay for the Danish West Indies and also determine the form of government for the newly ac- quired islands. Both denied discus sing the pending resolution to endorse President Wilson's peace note.
 The administration, 1t is understood
New Britain herald., 1917-01-03
NATIONAL DEFEN6E.
Committees Frorn Both Houses
 on New Bills.

Washington, Jan. 3.-National fense measures were under consif ton today before several commi in both houses of congress, with cial interest centering in the Ui military service proposal being cussed before tho senate military ! mittee.
 The naval committee began a tive consideration of the 1918 bill. Chairman Pa6gett hope1 complete the measure by Januar'
 Several army officers apeared hl Senator Chamberlain committees day to present their views on necessity of universal military t ing in peace times
New Britain herald., 1917-01-03

spondent considers that no way Is left open for further negotiations. ana adds: Tt Is not yet decided what the government will do, but 1t Is not improbable that Germany will again precisely define the German view di- rect to the neutrals." q.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-03
GERMAN CORN CROP nARGE.

Amsterdam, Jan 3.-A Berlin semi official telegram today says that this years corn harvest will exceed last years by 1,6o0.0o0 tons. The de- f1ciency in the potato harvest which crop is under the average will be chiefly offset by 8 good turnip har- vest
New Britain herald., 1917-01-03
BERLIN RECEIVES REPLY.

Amsterdam, Jan. 3. via London According to the German newspapers the reply of the Entente Allies to the peace proposal of the Central powers and their allies was presented to the foreign office in Berlin on Monday by the Swiss minister to Germany.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-03
FORMER NY. POLICE HEAD DIES

New York, Jan. 3.-John McCul- .laeh, chief of New York police in the days before there was a police commissioner, died today. He was Fl years old. As superintendent of elections in 1899 MT. McCullash made record by his vigorous prose- cution of fraudulent voters.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-03
Bi9 Guns Boom in Westen Area.

Paris, Jan. 3.-"Thc artillery was rather active north and south of the Somme, in the regions of Bouveioy and of Verdun. around Dead Man Hill and Besonvaux and also in the Champagne" says today's communi- cation from the war office. Our patrols were very active and brought in prisoners"
New Britain herald., 1917-01-03
SIXTH INCREASE IN OIn.

Indenendence Kas Jan. 3.-An- other advance of 10 cents . barrel in the price of crude oil was posted here today by the Prairie oil and Gas company. making the price $1.bo. The latest increase Is the sixth of a similar amount since November 2e.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-03
WANTS COMMITTEE CONTINUED

Washington, Jan. 3.-Chairman Henry of the house rules committee, conferred today with President Will son on the plans to extend for one year the life of the joint congressional committee Investigating transporta- ton problems. which, under tho pres ent law, expires Jan. IA, 1917.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-03
SELECTING AR,foR PLANT SETH

Washington, Jan. 3.-Rear Ad- miral Fletcher and tho other naval officers who will make final recom- mendations to Secretary Daniels for the location of the governments $11,- 0O0,OO0 armor plant. mot today to consider claims of hundred places which are within the geographical limits prescribed by the navy depart ment.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-03
MISS BRIERE RESIGNS.

Miss Clara A. Briere. for the past three years connected with the New Britain National bank, has resigned her position on account of Ill health. Miss Briere was in charge of the Christmas savings club.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-03

favors a bond issue to pay for the islands.
 Secretary Lansing would not dis cuss the form of government but Senator Stone favors .quasi-military form of government until congress provides some other.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-03

vember 20 and was In favor o1 woman. The company, it is made weekly payments to her a1 December made another attem1 get a reheardng of the facts,
New Britain herald., 1917-01-03
WOMAN RECEIVES $2,ss3.
Paid For Loss of Husband at Crushed
 Stone Plant.

stone Plant.
 Mrs. Mary Pappainni of Myrtle street today received from the Globe Indemnity of New York a check in full for $2,333.39 for the death of her husband, who was killed at the White Oak Crushed Stone plant about a year ago.
 The matter of payment has been before Compensation Commissioner George B. Chandler for several months, on account of the attempts to have the case reopened. Tho first hearing on the case was held No
New Britain herald., 1917-01-03
Artillery Lively on Mouse Sector.

Berlin, Jan. 3, by wireless to Say ville.-Artillery activity of a lively sort in the Mouse sector of the Franco Belgian front and a success full patrol operation near the Lor- rine border are reported in today's army headquarters statement regard ing operations in. this war area.
New Britain herald., 1917-01-03
Raidinr in Galicia.

Berlin, Jan. 8, by wireless to Say ville.--Austro- German raiding forces yesterday conducted a successful operation in northern Galicia in which 13O Russians were made pris- oner. the army headquarters an nounced today.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
"No Such Thing"

HE said there was no such thing as
an abduction case" Whether the Rev.
Mir. Pattison's memory is accurate and
whether Mr.. Guy Soul ever said exactly
these words, there is no question that the
general point Of view 50 expressed sticks
out all over the police handling Of the
Cruger case. In case after case of miss
ing girls. the denouement is an elopement
a cynical suspicion represents the police
attitude toward every such report.
That may also fairly be described as
the general masculine point of view. 1t
is not eXaggerating the truth to say that
the whole attitude of laws and courts and
police and social custom toward women
who 90 astray is essentially masculine
one. Women have acquiesced in that at
titude; in fact, for shear cruelty Of treat
n.ent the social attitude of women toward
women probably goes beyond mems. But
that acquescence and that treatment are
largely the result of ignorance, of accept
ing male ideas at their face value.
What we are hoping to see helped on
by the man-made, man-muddled tragedy
of Ruth Cruger is new cooperation OF
men and women toward the problems eX-
isting between them. They are the oldest
problems under the sun. Their complete
solution is too far off to waste time over.
But surely women can contribute fresh
ideas, fresh help to their understanding
as the fresh view and extraordinary help
rendered by Mrs. Humistcn in the Cruger
case show. We are glad Mr.. Swami has
offered her an official post in which to
work. But whether she accepts the Office
or not. and whether her own particular
efforts come TO fruition or not, we hope
her example will go far.
Save for a few pioneers, we have beer
working with only one-half Of the truth,
only one-half of the community's intel
ljeence. We need all the mind we can get
and we need the whole truth. May the
fate of Ruth Cruger mark the beginning
g ,,.ieo, dow
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
The Moral Value of Hatred"
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Permit me TO express my apprece-
ton Of two editorials in your issue OF June
24th-one headed New Conceptions of Gov
eminent" and the other "The Moral Value Of
Hatred
The former expresses a most admirable at
titude toward d particular phase of our eco
monte ganization-namely, that Of private
profteering at the expense Of the legitimate
reeds of the people at large. It is an att-
tude not usually found in our prominent cos
mcpolitsn press.
The sentiments you expressed, however,
ere neither more nor less than an acceptance
Of part Of the economic views held by what
is usually termed 1.-The socialistic element"
The contents of your second editorial I'M
pressed me as a forceful philosophic basis
for judgment Of values.
II furthermore occurred to me that if the
particular philosophic basis of your second
article be applied to the subject dealt with
in the former one arrives at the exact con-
clusion held by the most radical agitators
against our capitalistic system. They, too, do
not "depersonalize" the object of their
hatred and instead OF merely preaching
against q system, as you also do in your first
article, they do exactly what your second
editorial suggests-namely. they hate both
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
Making a New Heaven and Earth

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: That's a mighty good leader, Mr..
Editor, on the food bill in to-days Tribune.
Oh, yes, the food bill will pass with bone
dry clause that will stifFen up the nations
spine.
The United States is a democracy and
Kings Bacchus and Gambrinus with John
Barleycorn are already making for the woods
and mountains during the war.
We can spare them, for they are no 5000
in peace, and dangerous in war
Let them sleep their sleep while the can.
mons boom. When they wake up they Will
find, like Rip Van Wrinkle, new and changed
world
When once the people of the United States
get n taste of the liberty. efficiency, deeene!
and righteousness characteristic OF Iaho
without brewery and dstillery and their
spawn, the dive saloon, gamblers den sno
house Of ill-fame. from north 10 south, from
east to west a laundering cry VIII 80 up
"Neyer again!" >.
The Lord of Hosts by this world war -
going 10 bring in "a new heaven and ne"
earth wherein dwelleth righteousness
There will be no room for any franc .nA'
denleth or workc;h abominstion or msAe'n
lie" in the new world dawning on the sons u
men. JAMES '. ,hAi'"'"''
F. New York, Juno IS, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
Sky

IRON Hcrpcr'S MGgG-ine
know there are lines OF curying hills,
Purple and bronze to-day
The air is drovsy, the leaves still hold,
The far. blue haze is shot with gold
But city roofs are gray
And | know where the plains reach up to meet
Torn clouds that bring the rain,
The levels Of brush and tall, burnt grass
Bend to the winds as they circle and pas.
Dim is my window pane.
And beyond. the rounding blue Of sea
Meets in its strength the sand;
The patterns in foam-lace glisten and spread
As the waves drag back to their deep, Jade
bed.
How close the houses stand.
Between me and the vast, still ways,
The roads Of iron fade,
And vet. sometimes | see quite near,
vide a. the waters, gold-arched. clear.
That roof 10 hands have made.
HORTENSE FLEXNER.
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the system and the benefactors Of that sys-
TEN.
Furthermore from what they say and
write one has the distinct impression that
the reason many of these ultra radicals are
10 be found in the ranks OF the pacifists is
not because they are actually pacific, but
rather in fact that these men and women,
militant and aggressive in temper anC philos-
ophy, are merely not seriously interested in
the issues involved in this present war as
they see them.
They find themselves unable 10 arouse a
sufficient amount Of militaEcy against the
capitaistic class Of one particular rational
ity. They see no difference between tho
capitalistic exploitation aided by mil;tarsts
of one particular country and that of another
country. It is this whole system of economic
exploitation in all countries that they arc
wiling enough to fight and hate, but arc
ready to believe that, like charity, hate be-
gins az home"
This may be entirely outside the sphere
and purpose Of your two editorials in CUES
ton, hut il did occur to me as worth point
ing out 10 you how dangerous the preach
ment Of hatred Isl that is, you may teach
people TO hate, but you cannot also tel then
what TO hate, and l question whether il is
your intention TO stimulate passions which
once aroused will choose their own direction
DAVID JACOBSON.
White Plains, n. Y, Juno 2s, 1917
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
Mexico
From The Yale Revier)

Fleur de LyS,
Home of dreams and dreamers,
Fragrant and proud and cool as the blue
Lilies OF France;
Helm me forget the heartache Of those morn
would recall only the beauty Of great Gu
mulous clouds
Sailing the strange sky,
Only the blazing Gulf and the porpoises at
play,
Plunging into the smothered purple
Under the foam.
Free my spirit
From that imprisoning colossal globe Of sea
and sky,
Hemisphere of lapis meeting hemisphere OF
sapphire;
Call me home
And rest my eyes with lake-water
Like the blue in crystal
I would blot out the loneliness of that dusk
on the ship,
When looked at the stars
As though had never seen them before
Who could forget the Southern Cross?
But I would follow the Pole star.
l would give haunting jasmine
And certain faring Mexican morning-glorIes
That broke my heart,
would exchange ivory roses and great
vio!ets,
For the sparse blooms Of the north,
And the surrendered souls Of gardenia and
orange,
For the breath Of your apple trees in spring.
Fleur dc Lys,
Dreamy and dim and sweet as the cool
Lilies of France,
Scatter these smouldeylng memories
That the wind may blow them away through
the willows.
And you, my friend,
Let me watch the dark passiou-aowers crum-
bic TO ash
IN your hearth-fro
GRACE HAZARD CONKLING.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
a Secret Craft

The Archbishop Of Dublin preached IN
London a while ago on mothers" lie
spoke some few words of praise for the
work done by the Mothers Union among
the poorer classes, and then proceeded to
lament at length that it was almost I'M
possible to reach mothers Of the upper
classes. This was rare grist for Mr.. u. h.
Chesterton's mill, and he proceeded to cry
.ou. his pleasure as follows:
Oh, brave Archbishop! But how dare he
suggest that well-to-do women are not COM
petent in the science and art Of motherhood .
Does he not realize that rich people are
above criticism? Does he not know that the
true purpose of all Baby Leaguers IS TO
harry the poor? Let us tell him, then, that
all women with small incomes are bad and
ignorant mothers, and that they can only
be made good mothers by constant inter
ference and supervision by rich old maids.
The poor are TO be ticketed and controlled.
They have no feeling; they should have no
privacy. But well-to-do mothers!-to su-
pervise them is not only difficult, II Is
wrong.
From this cheerful explosion Mr.. Ches-
terton proceeds to his conclusion that we'll
TODD mothers are not mothers at all, since
they delegate the care Of their offspring
to poorer women. "Precisely. Mother
hood is a secret craft of the poor he eX-
claims in glee.
Mr.. Shesterton dearly enjoys this con-
ventional individualism and equally con-
ventional passion for keeping the poor as
dirty and diseased as possible. No one
will attempt to rescue the Baby Leaguers
from his clutch. Of course, if he only
knew the truth he would realize that with
baby-books and baby-specialists and
nurses and governesses coming and dictat-
ing and going, the well-to-do mother is far
more harried by invaders Of her privacy
than the lucky poor. But let us grant him
this much blunder since he loves it so.
What we cannot pass quite so generously
is his reservation Of motherhood Tor the
poor.
The real truth was quite at Mr. Ches-
terton's hand if he had cared to pick it up.
But it is always hard TO be deyilsniy cpl
grammatic and be true, as well. Mother
hood is a secret craft, as Mr.. Chesterton
wrote. And any number of mothers know
next to nothing about it. But the secret
is withheld from quite as many poor
mothers as rich mothers. Perhaps you
can blame rich mothers little more when
they fail because they have the leisure
and opportunity to worl, and study and
train. But study never yet revealed any
secrets. and We haven't much faith in the
education of excellent mothers out of the
utterly unfit money or no money. We
lave seen far too many wretchedly unwlsc
and governesses, trained with
in an inch Of their lives. Not even their
extreme and Chcstertonian poverty could
give them heart of grace!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
Don't Tie Slav Hands

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: l am much surprised that Louis A.
Cuvillior seems TO agree with Representative
Britten, of Illinois, that persons Of Austrian
and German descent should not be sent to
France with our army.
] thoroughly disagree with these gentlemen,
as it seems to ne that it is a new form Of
German intrigue, intended TO keep some Of
our best fighting men here, instead OF send
ing them over TO France, when they are only
too anxious to fight the Prussians and thus
help the cause Of democracy against autoc-
racy and liberate millions Of Poles, Serbs, Bo-
hemians and Slovaks from the Prussian and
Magyar yoke.
If such a bill IS enacted by Congress, It
should be so amended that the Slavs of the
United States (and we have nearly ten mill
ions Of them here would not be prevented
from doing their bit in France.
They have been fighting against Prussian
end Magyar domination for centuries, and
now that the supreme hour has struck they
do not want their hands tied by any such
pro-German legislation.
GEORGE KAZAMEK,
Bandmaster 18th Infantry, y. q. y. !.
New York, June p, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
A Questionable Witness

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: / observe that James ODonneH Ben
nett has come TO life again in your columns.
Now that he has no opportunity OF airing
his pro-German views here and Of telling Us
how perfect the Germans are and now they
are winning the war everywhere, as he
formerly did, with pronounced pessimism he
informs Us Of the terrible condition Of Rus
STA, and evidently wishes US TO infer that
she is practically out of it..
Doubtless he finds consolation in this and
g. reason to hope IL will help his good friends
the Germans.
Fortunately his which, by the
way. is dated Stockholm "a significant fact!D
differs from that Of many sent from Pus-
STA itself. so let us hope, for the sake OF
our cause. that he is as wholly wrong now as
he has been hitherto.
CONSTANT READER.
New York, June 90 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01

is as good as any number Of noble parts Of
speech For if you insist upon being an
noyed by disembark you should be equally
irritated by such splendid mouthfuls as
"disarray" and "disembowel"-to say moth
ing of plain, useful disagree"
We suppose there is certain ghoulish
pleasure for the analyst who thus picks his
words to pieces. But he stands just about
as much chance of understanding what life
is about as an anatomist who insisted upon
dissecting a best friend to determine
whether his personality could be justified.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
Our Composite Civilization

But there are fifty other traditions in our
country, brought across BY later waves Of
immigration that beat upon the shores of Viz
ginia and Massachusetts. What share with
the Zionist Jew and the American German
and the other vigorous nations in our COM
monwealth is a more important thing than
that particular form of spiritual nationality
Of which they know nothing | share with
them a position in the American state, citi-
zenship in the commonwealth. That means
that together we are part Of a composite civ
ilization, creating free institutions and work
ing out an equality of treatment for all re-
ligions and all nationalities, and an equality
Of economic opportunity. The one thing we
must be warned against is any attempt at
Standardization. The swing of modern
thought is altogether away from the melting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
The Pathetic Analyst

\ OF many pathetic figures IN world OF
IMAGINATION and fun we know none more
pitiable than the pedantic analyst. Set
MIN down in front Of Titan ana he will
see chiefly that the paint IS cracked. The
King James version misuses shall and Will
20 aagrantly that he really cannot en-
ioy its. in many respects, admirable SEN
timents. We forget just why he rejects
Macbeth, but it is probably because the
use Of the Frcudian hypothesis IS 50 anna
flourish.
Just now a local analyst is weeping over
the use Of "disembark." II IS verbal alb
surdity and crime. 1t is one Of the horrors
Of war. Why in heavens name, not "diS-
harkp or "debark"l Some other pedant
will no doubt point out that for once logic
and lexicography uphold usage-that dis
embark is not absurd but quite Justihaoie
compound, "dis" being a general negative
based on the root Of duo and not mean
ING "down" or "from" at all.
Rut II the etymology Of the word were
ositc indefensiblc (another criminal com
nound. by the way 1t would Sun De an
aa,o;,atlc member Of our language. IT Is
,rrbooious. IL is vivid, much more vivid
49,. main "debark' could ever be, we
.r,ere Unlcss we are required 10 PICK the
,ybo,e dictionary ~ pieces and reconstruct
-.thir.. 10 suit the pedants, discmbarA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
CouprOnlse
CFrom The Westminster Ga-ette


Since you like costers' barrows,
And like flowers and bees,
How will your lampposts ever
Come to mate with my trees!
Since you are all for the country,
And am ell for the town,
What shall we do when We marry,
Marry and settle down?
For you want crowds and traffic,
And quick electric lights,
And want COWS and meadows
And an undimmed moon Of nights.
And this is the fate that waits Us,
That threatens, nor can be stayed;
Me shall live in a row of houses
With the pavement still unmade.
We shall live in row Of houses
That are just in the tradesman's round,
With dust all over the hedges,
And nettles all over the ground.
We are doomed to live in limbo
That is neither country nor town;
And / wonder shall we be happy
When We marry and settle down?
BARLEY.