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New Britain herald., 1917-07-14
PATRIOTISM AND PROFITS.

resident Wilson's proclamation ad- ,sed to the American business in- sts Is document fraught with sh wisdom and carrying an appeal
 will be backed by every patriot he land.
 he American people have come to point where they are weary of the ring they are receiving at the is of the interruptions few, the who measure their patriotism in Is of dollars and cents. Patriotism } profits, as the President points do not go together. They ought
 in the present circumstances
 1entioned together"
 ,e business interests of the coun-
 ire asked not to avail themselves
 he present opportunities for ex-
 ve profits when dealing with the
 rnment, with industrial interests,
 ith private consumers. With the
 rnment's relation to the business ests we have no fear inasmuch
 he government has already taken
 s to safeguard itself. It is of the
 tte consumer we are thinking. AS ihere has been no provision made ike care of him. Yet he must be hcted. AS the President wisely ts out, the people are as much srnment as the army and navy. |t have as much work, though of rent nature, to do in this war as
 Soldiers and Sailors. With the kdent. all hands should "see to it for every dollar that is taken the peoples pockets it shall be Ible to obtain dollars worth of sound stuffs they need"
 there ever was an appeal that Id meet with a response it is this. does not get the response which serves, if the business interests of Aeountry do not co-operate to the
 that all price boosting and eNtor-
 are driven out of this country, at I for the duration of the war, then kttrone right arm of the law must | 1.-the nlace of honeyed words. Pa asm and profits cannot walk hand lind.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-14

CTS there Is considerable division of opinion as to the merits of the steel cell and the concrete cell bua the county committee may favor the lat ter inasmuch as all corners can be rounded, leaving no crevices for ver- min and making 1t easier to keep the cells clean. The committee has also been advised to build all prison build lhss running north and south so that one slde Of the building gets the ben- tnt Of the sunshine all day. Just where the new jail will be located is not known, but it should be situated som ewhere removed from a. thtckly populated or residential section, and at the same time me easily accessa bl @ to Hartford, New Britain and Bristol as these places, being the largest in the county, will have more direct need for the institution.
 As yet there has not been single arrest in New Britain of registration slackers and, according to the opinion that there are many here. In this re- spect New Britain should be proud for. Senator klett reports, in the city of Freeport, Ill.,, and an adjoining town, no less than 112 registration slackers were arrested while he was there. These men were each sen- tened to jail for year and a day and, the jailers informed the local man, the other prisoners have refused to asso- ciate with them and they are not only ostracized by society but also by crim- inals and civil offenders.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-14
UNION MAN FINED.
Hartford Painter Guilty of Assaultang
 President of Local.

Louis Thompson. painter and a member of the Hartford painters union, was fined s7 and costs by Judge James T. MesRill in police court this morning for assaulting Charles Weare, president of the New Britain Painters Union, during an argument in a Main street store on Tuesday.
 Testimony showed that Thompson had been drinking and, upon meeting weare in the store, proceeded to up braid him for alleged wrongs in con- nection with the management of the local union. Weare testified that af ter grossly insulting him, Thompson punched him in the mouth and kicked him. Thompson denied the allegations and insisted that Weare assaulted him.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-14
SLEEPY NEIGHBOR OBJECTS.

Please 90 way and let me sleep" was the plaintive vail of an un- known South Burritt street resident who. at 5:15 o'clock this morning. called up the police department to protest against the energetic activi- ties of a neighbor. c. A Larson, who was busily engaged in cutting the grass The complaining and sleepy rem onstrant told Sergeant Kelly that Mir. Larson was running the lawn mower vigorously and was interfer- ring with her sleep. A talk with Mr. Larson over the telephone found him to be very amenable to reason and he immediately desisted until a later hour when the entire neighborhood should be awake.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-14
IN,rITN OF MACHIN!STS.

Inability to secure sufficient help in the skilled trades has caused the New Britain Ma chine company to adver- t,se out of the city for machinsts and on Monday about 900 will arrive here from Massa chusetts. This addi- tonal force has been made necessary hN the $2,000000 government order for ant-aircraft gun mounts. The new schedule of eight hours consti- tutlng working day and time and one-haf being paid for all overtime become effective on Monday.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-14
BOSSES DENMARK'S TRAFFIC.

Copenhagen, July 13.-William H. Gale, the new American consul gener- al, instead of performing the usual consular, functions of promoting trade will have his time largely occupied with war time duties. A bureau for the investigation and control of pas sengers from Denmark to the United States will be established in Connec- tiOn with the consulate.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-14
ROADS HELP CONSERVE FOOD.

Washington, July 14.-Railroads of the country have promised to CO., operate in the campaign of the food administration and. as the first step have agreed to place conservation posters in every station waiting room on their lines. it was announced today. Heads of the New York, New Haven and Hartford, and Boston and Maine lines are among those who have pledged their assistance.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-14

To America-it Is a clear call hat comes from the spirits of he fathers. The sons are sum- noned to preserve that which he fathers gave-a free land. Ehe citizen is commanded by his soble captains of history to per- .etuate what they died to estab- tsh-a free Republic. Every Rollar of America and every American is rallied to the colors, 0 swear anew their devotion- V life or death-to this land of immortal standards.
 HAMILTON LEWIS.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-14
TAKE OVER AMBULANCE CORPS

Paris, July 14.-The American Am hulance at Neuilly, just outside of Paris, will be formally turned over to the Americn army and the Red Cross next week. The ambulance committee will be replaced by an of ticer of the American army but the staff of surgeons and nurses will re- main if they choose to offer their ser vices to their government The am bulance will continue the work of caring for the French wounded.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-14

that one good internal upheaval will be the end of the Hohenzollerns. With out expecting to see such a completc overthrow aS that which shook Russia we can see from the signs already presented a semi earthquake in Berlin. It is on the way. Internal dissension if nothing else, will take the throne from under Autucratic Germany.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-14
ADVISOR SHIPPING BOARD.

Paris, July 14.-Anatole De Monzie, under secretary of sea transportation and merchant marine, has apointed an advisory committee consisting of directors of the five principal steam ship lines They will be consulted on all questions concerning the manage ment and chartering of ships and methods for increasing the tonnage
New Britain herald., 1917-07-14
OBSERVE FRENCH HOLIDAY

Cam bridge. July 14.-The French national holiday was observed by the Harvard Reserve officers training corps today by review on -soldAers' Field
New Britain herald., 1917-07-14
Britain Herald.

HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
 Proprietors.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-14

0ed daily Sunday exceptedl at AID D. fn.'
 at Herald Building, 67 Church St.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-14

ItorAd at the Post Office at New Britain
 as Second Class Mail Matter.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06

Hospital at Eighteenth and Cherry is
straightaway 20 be demolished and the
sweep OF the Park Boulevard will then ac-
tually take on a meaning. In addition,
the sale Of the venerable Chestnut Street
Theatre paves the way for the promised
erection OF an Office building on this site.
The passing Of this old landmark Of the
footllghts means also the completion Of
the widening OF the pavement on the
north side Of Chestnut between Twelfth
and Thirteenth, up to the building at the
western end of this block. This sidewalk
transformation may seem almost trivial,
but IL may result in the north side Of
Chestnut street becoming as popular as
the wider south side has been for so many
years. Any such transfer Of the prone.
naders' affections would be really revolu.
tionary in this city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06
GERMAN STAMPS FOR FRANCE

There is saying that "philately follows
the flag and this has proved true time and
again in the present world conflict Mill.
tary forces which have occupied enemy ter
rltory have had their own national stamps
surcharged for use in the captured terrain,
or nave seized and overprinted the stamps
OF the land invaded This was true when
me Entente captured German Pacific
islands, portions of Africa then held by
the Ieutons, Turkish islands, Bushire In
Persia; and 1t was true when German and
Austrian forces occupied parts of Belgium
and Russia. A certain American philatelist
mas seen a cut of stamp-not the stamp
ltseIi' but the cut-of a German stamp sur
charged with character indicating its in
tended use in Switzerland
Inc nrst OF the war stamps which fol-
lowed the nag appeared close upon the iron
heel which crushed Belgium Before the
ehd OF 1914 German stamps had been put
forth overprinted "Belglen" and of new
value, for use by Germans occupying Bel.
gium. Since then this series has been e1.
tended. Only recently six new values were
issued But during all this time IL has
been surprising that Germany, fond Of put
tlhg forth occupation stamps, has never
printed special set in connection with the
occupation Of French soil. The seizure Of
belgian and Russian territory has been
responsible for five or six different series
yet France escaped. Now we learn that
the Germans have put forth an entirely new
set This time they are the ordinary Ger
man stamps, bearing the familiar woman
IN armor picture, but the word "Belgien'
Is now omitted from the surcharge, the
oVerprint consisting exclusively of value
expressed, as before, in centlmes and
francs, and not in the German pfennig ana
mark What does this new series signifyl
IL Is suggested that the stamps are for use
IN the German-occupied French regions a.
well in Belgium and that for this very rea.
son the "Belgien" is omitted.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06
THE LEGEND OF SALT RIVER

The people of the United States have al
ways been prone and quick to catch a happy
or unhappy remark or phrase in politics and
to make the most of it to the advantage of
one or the disadvantage of another party.
The political history of the country is fun
of instances of partisan and even of his
torical importance, having their origin in
some offhand or thouGhtless expression
Careers Of promise have been made or un-
made by sayings introduced into a cam
paiGn. 1t is easy for anybody even casually
acquainted with the political past of the
nation to recall how apparently innocent
and meaningless words have been used to
belittle candidate, with the result Der-
haps, of insuring his defeat
Some leaders are happy even in their most
casual expressions. Lincoln was one of
these; Grant was another. 1t used to be
said that the difference between Lincoln and
ms greatest general was that while one
dropped pearls of speech. the other dropped
pearls of silence. Nevertheless when Grant
said that he proposed to fight il out on this
line If II took all summer and when he said
Let us have peace" he furnished his
friends with political campaign material of
the ilrst order. They were sayings as sim
pie as With charity toward all with mall
ice toward none" or "You can fool some br
the people all of the time, and all of the
people some of the time but you cannot
fool all the people all the time" and he
cause they were simple they were remem-
bered
once, long time ago, a defeated office
seeker, in order to get himself together E"
left home as soon as he became aware of
the result at the polls. A friend. inauirinr
for him little later, was Informed bv a.
member Of his family that he had gone IN
salt River. Salt River was and is a modest
little stream that rises in the hill country of
Kentucky, and after flowing through a more
or less picturesque district for about a scora
OF miles empties into the Ohio 1t was in
those days a good fishing creek and the kind
or stream jaded and disappointed poIiti-
clan might naturally fancy. There was nor
a thing wrong about his excursion. Yet bis
political enemies got hold of the renoarlr
that he had gone up Salt River and used
II 10 imply that this meant the end of bis
public career.
The saying spread from Kentucky into
other States and for more than hale a
century it has been used to express the ida
that politician has been driven IN ~
woods for good. He's gone up Salt Ri,orS
has come to mean, in fact that a politician
has been put out of business" has been 60
badly beaten that he cannot come bacl, -
has seen his finish" Yet il is NOT tr,,o
that there is no return from Salt River e.
many who have taken canoeing trims nm tbst
stream have actually returned and msda
greater stir than ever in the field Of nol,l
tics.-Christian Science Monitor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06
HONOR

These are very precious words Of Love-
lace: @''e-
l could not love thee, dear, so much
Loved / notNhonor more;
and Francis rs message to his mother from,
PaVia, "All is lost but honor" is in The
same key. Yet honor has been as mncb
travestied as liberty, and the crimes com,
mltted in its name are many.
,tA, man honor In the sense that we NAV
thing which is wholly in his own keenir,,
ana Is not at the mercy or whim of Us
other' He can soil 1t, but excent bir,sais
the whole world cannot smirch n p,it
honor is absolutely Individual ana nersono,
!, ~ .s Is conscious ana willing loyalty 10 the
..',,,rh ,s, ..iwsLp teaaifig. II Is that quality
Llama Curtis, N~Vofse WI,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06
THE PLACE FOR ROOSEVELT

ELIHU ROOTS task in the Great War
IL is Of more importance than that of
any other American with the single eX-
ception of Mr.. Wilson's. Complete sue.
cess in assuring America and her Allies
Of the continued effort of Russia to over
come the Prussian menace would earn
for Mr.. Root world renown for the great.
est diplomatic triumph Of our times.
But failure'would not discredit him,
for his task is enormous He must make
clear TO a distracted people that Amer
lea is in the war TO the finish on the side
Of the Russian Revolution. His delicate
diplomatic work will doubtless take up
most OF his time. Is there not a need
for a mission TO supplement that Of Mr..
Root? Allied orators are going about
Russia exhorting the people, but no man
of international reputation for fighting
spirit and democratic appeal has gone
there. 1t happens, that the one man in
this country whose name is a household
word all over Europe is Roosevelt. He
has for years been a close student of Rus.
sian AFFAIRS. His appearance in Russia
would probably create a profound i'm.
preston. and assistance in reorganizing
the Russian armies, II desired, would be
given by him with his characteristic in.
domitable vigor.
Russia needs big men 20 lead her, men
Of commanding personality. For her sake
and for the sake OF our cause. each AL.
lied nation should lend her its ablest
advisers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06

The first fruits of Brazlls revoca-
ton of neutrality with respect to the
United States" are dramatically revealed
by the wholly unheralded presence Of an
American fleet in the harbor of Rio
Janeiro. II is clear now that not a mo.
ment was lost in executing our plan to
guard the waters of the western hemi-
sphere, and thus to relieve the Anglo
French squadrons Of patrol duty along
the coasts of the Americas. And as these
Entente ships are called home, behold
at once the most clear-cut naval victory
won blythe British in many a day, involv.
ing the sinking Of one German destroyer
on Ostend, and severe injuries to another.
To attribute this success to the release
OF war vessels on this side of the Atlantic
Is, OF course, pure speculation, but un-
doubtedly the new arrangements sug.
geated the possibility of such an event.
Even BraziPs assistance may have its
efIect on the new naval strategy, since
the South American Republics avowed
f1endliness and her permission TO our
nhips 70 use her harbors as naval bases
win make It possible for smaller SQUAD
ron than would otherwise be necessary 10
patrol the coast properly.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06
"WHEN I AM DEAD"

Yet shall know how days pass over me; :,
Springtides and summers and autumnA
rains
And shall say: Now April comes to be
Earth's wistful girlhood," or "NsS stfn-
mer stains
Old gardens with new colors and the be&
Are droning through the drowsy atteS
noon,"
Or yet again, Now wood-smoke fills IL
trees
And gray, cold rains are falling late aIH
soon
And knowing this. shall not know, -
well,
That day Of days when you shall pass
the place
So close above me shall feel the spell
OF magic at the nearness OF your facet .
And shall you not, in some strange. secrss
way,
stih sense my yeaFnlng toward you
through the clay?
--DaYla Morton, IN the Poetry JouraA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06

SUPERINTENDENT FABER, Of the
Jewish Foster Home, shook hands with
us as we were leaving. Il suppose" said
he, that 1t would be hardly right 70
ask you to mention the institutions need
Of benefactions-" We raised a lower.
case protestant palm, which he pretended
not to notice and continued, but you
may at least note that in our annual
elocution contest for boys and girls the
cash prizes very appropriately went to
Louis Silversteln and Maria Goldstein."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06

worse than naggin' woman that's a good
shot with n fatiron. Sign here. Git yer
reCeet. Next ="
home for breakfast lie leaves behind him
about thirty men waiting to register, and
more arriving every few minutes. The
division proceeding at the same rate should
be completely registered by Friday or Sat
urday.
At 1927 Mr.. Newcomer arrives home,
having walked about two miles in an en-
deavOr to perform his patriotic duty. His
enthusiasm has waned lie sits down, props
the EVENING LEDGER up on the sugar bowl
and proceeds to read "ReCistration Day {.
Whole Nation Profoundly Stirred by To-
days MOmentous Event"
Just at that moment Mr. Newcomer is
physically and mentally too full for utter
ance. r. +. GISTER.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06
Conquered

that am a roamer, a bold and dashing
rover,
Never needing danger and careless Of
disgrace:
I that Travelled dark trails the wide world
over
Fear thee. gentle maiden, fear thy pale,
white face.
I that met the tiger, through the forest
Crashing;
that sailed the seven seas beneath the
stormy skies;
I that under foreign flags 'gainst kings
went clashing,
Fear thee, gentle Maiden fear thy deep,
blue eyes.
Thou who by the freside sit so calmly
rocking
Knowing naught Of danger and having
naught to rue
Do not start and tremble when ] come
knocking;
DO not fear my kisses, for love thee true.
WILL LOU.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06


1. ScheglOvitOh has been credited with being
t:.c 49, hO"tr Bc.nnd the erstwhie Rus
sian Gar.
?. \ plebiscite is referendum.
3. James Eads How is the "mlllionaire hobo"
!. The dcciinatiOn Of the President Of China to
declare war on Germany Is said to be the
cause Oi the present internal strife in that
country.
D. Count V. MacChi di Celere is Italian Am.
n"SsituOr Ia this country.
D. \ Philadelphia magistrate now gets $1,000
a. year. Governor Brumbaugh last week
signed bill raising the salary from
d The wholesale Importation of negro labor
into Fast st. Louis Is the cause OF the
race riots in that city.
o. moratorium Is the cancellation Of al
debts ana other financial obligations.
u The battle of Sandusky was fought on JuDs
D, l152.
TO- An OrganiZatiOn maintained by any particu.
ar interest to influence legislation In
county, state or national capitals 10
called Il "lObby."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06

Wartime restrictions upon rail-
roads will help conserve national re.
sources for the purpose Of winning the
war; but they will help both railroads and
public as well as the Government Money
that is not spent to maintain train serv-
ice that can now be dispensed with is
money saved for the roads, and when
the roads can save money, passengers
and shippers need not pay eXorbitant
rates. This is the sort of economy which
teaches E7Jesson for peace times. When
the public realizes that it has to pay for
long strings of empty Pullmans and day
coaches being dragged about the country
It will want a more scientifically adjusted
service made permanent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06
Physical changes in

Physical changes in great cities
are often too subtle to be strikingly ap.
parent until the accumulated effect OF a
number OF years OF alterations suddenly
onwns on the town dweller. The present
aspect, for instance, Of the junction OF
Broad and Chestnut streets is a result
Of long growth. Structures Of the old
threeStory dwelling type used to stand
on the four corners. One after another
Of these old houses was razed until now
great structures transform the whole
scene. Two radical building changes.
however are now IN inamedlate prospect
"a fh'laar'phts Ihe tsdico chirureiepl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06
For eight blocks in West Phlladel

For eight blocks in West Philadel.
phia there is a straight stretch Of carless
streets. There are no fancy phrases in
corporation English which can justiiably
condone such lack of progress. Let us
have the Fifty-sixth street surface line
without any more oral exercise. The
people of this section should have the
opportunity to travel north and south
without walking to. Fifty.second or Six.
tieth street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06
Il Sounds Decorative

Many persons viewed William B.
Cramer's Memorial Day Observance with
interest, A magnificent plaster compost
tion, life in size, of the head and shoul.
ders of the late President Lincoln on a
pedestal around which a National flag
had been appropriately draped with a
bunch lying thereon, was displayed on
his front porch. The theme Of this was
not only appropriate but effective.
-ReVerlV IN II Ranner
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06

LINDEN asks us to page Hercules and
Samson and tell them to bring two friends
in response to this ad in an eve contemp.
MEN-Four wanted 10 tear automobiles in parts,
steady work, good pay; etc, etc.
But let's keep the work in the family
Boy, ask Mr.. Fontaine Fox TO put it up
to the powerful Katrinka.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-06
Little complaint c.

Little complaint can be made
against the taxing OF tea and coffee. The
ideal tax is that which is at once easily
collected and universally distributed, and
levy on these stimulants obeys these
requirements. The profit on the FIVE
cent cups is so large that it can well stand
q little clipping.