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The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-22
TO UNION MEN.

It is important that you be in at tendance upon the meeting of the Union at Miner Union Hall next Saturday evening at eight o'clock.
 II is the last meeting at which nominations of officers of the tn- ion will be open for the ensuing term Their election will be on the following Saturdya night
 It is important that you attend this meeting and all other meetings of your organization. It is i'm portant to your self, to your fellow working men and to the public at largo. that you do this.
 1t is a mistake to suppose that ,he bankers, the capitaliss, the mire operators and the politicians are the representative people.
 Their game is q dog-eat-dog game that mean, continuation of v.ars. of run and of con4%sion to the little that has been gained for civilization.
 You workers are the real repre- sentative people. You are the salt of the earth. You are the pillars of the present and the hope Of the future. You are the only people N'ho will ever end wars forever. You are the only people who will ever establish justice liberty, and equality among men. Every good hing that has ever come to man kind ha,s come through you and always will come through you. As lime goes your Union is the only substantial hope the human race has for salvation. Your Union is the greatc rcgencrativc force in inc world.
 Both here and on the great Out side the only way that develop mcnt and progress will take place is through your Union. Because
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-22

The Union will have to make clear to the public why it aims at the elevation of the teacher to a place of independence and sclf-re- spect. This elevation iG the most essential step in any real reform of common school education. How can we improve the pupil unles we first improve the master? An un derpaid teacher means a hafas5ed child. We hear great deal nowa- days about the new" eduCGtiCn. Enthusiasts paint idyllic pictures of the Gary plan, the Lanicr plan, and other plan. that are to trans form the schcolroom from prison to an earthly Paradise. And many fine words are spoken about re- placing the old unconscious educa- tion by the new self-conscious edu- cation But fine wordy butter no pa. snips. The amioblc theorists who recommend the Gary plan com pletely overlook the agents on whom the execution of this plan de- wolves. What results can we eX- pect from C Gary plan in the hands of a typical public school teacher? Exactly what we might expect from compound microscope in the hands of a Hotentot
 fl our roformers neglect this in- dispcrsable preliminary reform, their efforts will resemble tho of the man with a gloomy room, who put a more cheerful paper on the wall, laid more bouyant carpet on the floor and gave a more brilliant varnish to the furniture, b&t forgot to insert another window. The in ference is patent. The free teacher the teacher relieved of supervisory persecution. the teacher who is given something tc say about he pupil training as well as So.ne- thiag tC know about it-above all the teachers with good income, aGnul.atc lclsure, and brains enough to put these uersonal window through wEich the light of a better education must pass. This conclu- sion is a ready weapon. IL IS the handle by which the Teachers's Union should swing its program anG stamp it. purposes on the com munity. If it docs SO adroitly, it need no, fear that even the boScy of {, unionized teacher will deprive It of intelligent public support or hamper t n becoming power to- s.uIus democracy in our schools.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-22

There had been a railway colii- sion near country town and a shrewd lawyer had hurried to the scene of the disaster, He noticed an old colored man with a badly injured head, and hurried up to him where he lay moaning on the ground.
 How about damages?' began the lawyer.
 "G'way. boss, g'way," he said. "I never hit de train. l never done sich a thing in al nah life, so help me"
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-22

Noticed it, man." he replied. Why sine is so cross-eyed that re gently when 1 sat next to her at dinner she ate off my plate"
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-22

The young couple were dawdliHg over late breakfast after an ultra smart party.
 Wa it you l kissed in the con seIvatory last night?' inquired hubby.
 She looked at him reminiscent ly. About what time was it?
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-22

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The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-22

Her eyes were rot exactly straight and someone commented upon it and asked Long if he had noticed if
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-22

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New Britain herald., 1917-10-16
JGH GREEN, U. s. N.

depth and oan bc set before making the run. Sudden dives or breaches are compensated for by vertical pendu-
 1um also connected with horizontal
 rudders.
 Turbine or reciprocating engines
 and gyro gear fill the tail. With high
 velocity turbines and super-heated air
 8 torpedo can make 30 knots for 15,-
 900 yards. Higher speed and range
 even than this are in sight. The gyro-
 scope like the turbine is spun by com- pressed air. When swinging free in
 gin1bels it's axis tends to remain in the
 same vertical plane. AS the gyro is
 connected to vertical rudders it TO-
 sists and counteracts any deviation of
 the torpedo from its course---which,
 like the depth, may be set before the run. Conversely the gyro may be spun out of line with the torpedo tube re-
 sulting in curved shot. used some- l times to overtake an enemy ahead. Gyros occasionally lock accidentally and the torpedo then runs in circle. To prevent blowing up ones own ship
 a safety latch renders the war nose imperative after turn Of lSO de-
 grees At that battlcships torpedo | themselves rather frequently in prac- ] tice. We suspect that an English ship
 thus committed suicide in the Jutland 1 battle. The two propellers revolve in oppor site directions. Otherwise the torpedo would run on a bias Fins give sta l bility and rudders in two planes steer. John Hays Hammond. IT,, has demon- strated that torpedoes can be steered | by wireless at great distance. Von l Tirpitz has proved they don't have to i be steered if one only gets closel enough! g
New Britain herald., 1917-10-16
FOR THAT FLAG.

Since the beginning of the war we
 have printed some beautiful senti-
 ments at the head of these editorial |columns, but none more lofty than the |aforegoing from the pen of Carl |6churz, German who knew what |Who realized the greatness and the Fsoodness of this republic. Were he |sdving today Carl Schurz would help Eto run high the old Flag, the good Eold Flag. the Flag of George Wash tngton and Thomas Jefferson, of EJohn Adams, Benjamin Franklin. and Patrick Henry. Yea, the Flag of Carl Echurz. As it Is the Flag of the gov |ernment of, for, and by the people. ko it is the Flag of each and every 6nan who believes in the ideals for land over which itwaves. Truly it is the Flag of faith held sacred and of national honor unstained". Today it ts fighting against government that
 has no faith. except the faith which (bespeaks Might over Right, a gov- |ornment that has stained it's national
 60Aoe~sr the nire of trickery and in-
 krigue. It is for this Flag, the Flag That weathered Bunker Hill, Lundy's Lane. Chapultepec. and Manila Bay, that Americans stand again ready to give their all, their lives and treasure, fif need be, that peace and good will
 may come to men,
New Britain herald., 1917-10-16
JAMES J. CIERKN.

James J. Clerkin was one of the first men to be ordered to report after President Wilson declared that a state of war existed between this country and Germany. He enlisted in the seecond division of the naval militia June 26, 1916 making his first summer training cruises in July, 1916.
 April 6, the day on which war was declared he was ordered to report with his division at Hartford for mobilization, leaving for Boston Easter Monday. There he received the rating of coxswain, being trans ferred to tho U. s. S. Minneapolis where he was again promoted. At present he has the rating of gun pointed and is stationed somewhere on the Atlantic.
 Clerkin is a graduate Of St. Mary'a parochial school and by trade is 8 printer, being employed at the Pyne printing company in Hartford at the time he was called into service. Fra formally he is affiliated with the Y. M. T. A. & B. society, Knights of Col umbus and Foresters. He is the son of MT. and Mrs. Thomas Clcrkin of 213 Elm street, this city.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-16
REV. HARRY I. BODLEY RETIRES.


 After nineteen years faithful ser vice in the pulpit at St. Marks Epis- copal church, Rev. Harry I. Bodley has resigned, closing the book on one of the most successful careers as a theologian of which the city can boast. Rev. MT. Bodley is to rest after years of fruitful work among his flock. He takes with him the heart felt thanks of those who have labored with him and of those for whom he labored.
 Rev. MT. Bodley represents that fine type of minister which Christianity holds up as an example against scof- fers. He always sees his duty clearly and performs it conscientiousIy. In mental latitude he has no superior in New Britain. He believes in his church and in the form of religion it teaches. but he also realizes that other men are free to think and worship as their hearts dictate. He is broad minded, high spirited and of kindly disposition. The greatest sorrows sometimes have their compensations and New Britain should be grateful that Rev. MT. Bodley intends to re- tain his residence here to mingle with those whom he loves as a shepherd and those who love him.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-16
LIBERTY BOND FACTS.

Gdrard. the famous writer on the Dtan of the Philadelphia Telegram, hAs devised this catechsm which Should be of interest to all:
 Wkat is a Liberty bond? It Is a hond of the United States Govern nsnt-
 Why is 1t called 8 Liberty bond :? Because the proceeds of the bond will help defeat the Prussian tyranny and Insure liberty for you and your chill dren.
 Should buy the Liberty bond? 3should buy one for two reasons. It b the best investment in the world. 1t is a duty to lend a dollar to my country If I have a dollar and my country needs it.
 Do I give this money to my coun- try? No, I only lend it.
 Can get my money back? Any day
 want it.
 | Can I be sure that I shall get it back? Surer than I would be if I in- vested the same dollar in any other property in America.
 Is our debt for each person smaller than the debts of European countries? :? Far smaller.
 How much smaller? Each Briton's share of his country's debt is now more than $400. Each German s share of his country's national debt I!s $350. Each Frenchmans share of lhis country's debt is $500. But after we have sold Liberty bonds for the First year of war or up to $2O,0oO, ,O00,- 3DO0 each Americans share will only be $2Oo. Does America pay off it's debt? It {patd off the debt of the Revolution completely. It paid off every dollar of that of the war of 1912. It paid off the Mexican war debt It speedily paid onc two-thirds of the Civil War Asb4
New Britain herald., 1917-10-16
OUT FOR MITCHELL.
Governor Whitman\ Favors Keeping
 Present Mayor in.

New York. Oct. 16.-Governor Charles s. Whitman last night opens ly declared his support of Mayor Mitchell in the municipal campaign and said he expected to vote for him. In a statement which he issued at the St. Regis hotel, the governor saldk that the only issue in the campaign to his mind, was, Shall Tammany hall rule New York;" The republi- can party he said, was committed to nonpartisanship in municipal elec- tions and the governor added that ne believed that republicans might prop erly support the mayor, although Will liam M. Bennett was the choice at the party primary, and maintain their party regularity, too.
 The governor said that there was no "Hohenzollern issue" in the cam paign; that he had no reason to doupt the Americanism of Judge John F.g Hylan, the Tammany mayoralty cans didate, while he believed that Mr.i Bennett lis. as loyal to the countrY and the flag as is the mayor or the1 governor" As governor of the state.3 he said he resented the suggestion that the election or the defeat ofs any one of the present candidates would indicate any lack of patrlotlsnt on the part of the people of the city.
 Mayor Mitchell last night expressed his qualification at the offer of the governors support, but emphatically asserted that the governor was mis- taken in his opinion that there is no 'Hohenzollern issue" in the campaign. The mayor said that the issue Of loy- a1ty and dislcyalty, "American1sm ana Hohcnzollernism" was not of his making, but had been forced upon bim by those who had attacked art. opposed him because of his support of President Wilson and the National government in the war. MT. Bennett's comment was that tn" governor had "hit MT. Mitchel cvu' the head with a club in his right hand. and wipes. the blood away with the left hand
New Britain herald., 1917-10-16
Crouch and SlOuch.
hiladelphia Evening Ledger)

\I LNO1iIli6 1CN6SAJ'
 The Crouch is decidedly a popular figure nowadays. He is the man who wins a commission. Disagreeable as he may be in the office, in the train ing camp, his stern demeanor at- tracts the attention of the powers that be. The nambypamby. pleasant voiced person does not easily learn to rap out his orders with the action of a-~steel rat trap, however great his book-learning may be. There must be streak of grouchiness in a good line officer.
 But the Slouch Is in worse repute than ever. Dr. Hibben, in welcoming the Princeton students at the opening of the fall term, referred to a letter he had received from the adjutant general, who gave "slouchiness' of manner, carriage, mind and disposi- tion as the chief cause of failure to win army commissions. The college president argued that students spruce up generally. It is easy enough to recover from slouchineSS of garb and carriage, but it is not so easy to make the mind behave. Students should take heed, but the teacher must play his part, too. Too much of our teach ing is perfunctory and permits the students minds to browse about at ease,
New Britain herald., 1917-10-16
FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY LIEUT. FITzHUGH GREEN. U. g.
Torpedoes

A first-class battleehip is equipped with two torpedo rooms. four under water tubes, and a score of torre- does. These engines of war are sub- marine automobiles carrying about l6o pounds of high explosive. Com pressed air, abetted by an alcohol torch and sometimes by small amount of water vapor, is the source of energy.
 The torpedo is about 20 feet long by 21 inches in diameter and is di- Vided into four compartments or sec- tions. First is the war head contain ing 8 illuminate of mercury detonator, dry gun cotton primer, and charge of wet gun powder. Fingers at the nose provide for explosion on impact. In practice an exercise head is supplied which Is weighted and fitted with a torch (sodium) to facilitate finding the torpedo after a run. A torpedo costs from s7,o00 to s12.OOO, but on account of cratic runs many are lost
 Next comes the air flask, about five feet long charged to a pressure of 2,250 pounds per square inch. This pressure before charging Air fasSs have exploded with deadly destruc- tive effects. The enormous pressure may be realized when a valve is open ed permitting the air to escape AL most instantly surrounding parts be- come coated with frost as the result of the tremendous expansion which absorbs all warmth in the vicinity.
 Just behind the air flask is the inn mersion chamber, which is flooded from the outside. Pressure of water on a leather diaphragm operates hor- 1zontal rudders to give a constant
New Britain herald., 1917-10-16
Alcohol Still in Demand.
Portland Press

Forhidding distillo:s to make Whls- Key while tho war las.c didn't bring ruin to them nor throw 'thc usands of i,onast men, oct of employment, as the liquor people said 1t would. In- stead the dis,illeries are now engaged in making alcohol for which there is an immense demand because of tho war. and not only are all old men at work but they are hiring new work men wherever they may be found. The best indication of how practical prohibition affected di:-titleries is to be seen in the prices for which dis tillcrv stock is being sold. The stock of one distillery, with a par value of s1OO, cannot be bought today for $1,- 900. This shows that the whiskey manufa cturers are making more money in producing alcohol than they could make when producing whiskey.
 It is doubtful if there is a man who will work who is out of work anywhere in the country because of the rrohibitory laws congress has passed
New Britain herald., 1917-10-16

Why did it not pay off all the Civil tional banks to use those bonds to is sue bank notes and it was deemed un- wise to pay off the bonds and so wipe out the bank notes.
 Are Liberty bonds as good for a poor man as for a rich man? Better.
 Why? 4he rich man will have to pay an income tax on the interest he gets from the bonds; the poor man will not.
 Is it expensive to buy a bond? Does not cost a penny
 minutes.
 Can I exchange my first Liberty bond, which pays three and one-half per cent. interest, for a new bond which will pay four per cent? Yes.
 How much will that exchange cost me? Not even a postage stamp
 Who will do 1t for me? Any bank, banker or broker.
 What do they get out of 1t? My thanks, but nothing else
 Why do such Bankers and other men like MT. Stotesbury give so much time to selling Liberty bonds if they get nothing out of it but thanks? That is part of their volunteer service for their country. They fight with their brains, their time and their dollars, as their sons fight in the trenches all against the common foe
 How can help? By rigidly deter mining to economic a bit more in the future and so pay for bond out of what I have. .
 Must I sell something else to buy a bond? By no means. That would not help.
 How then? By future saving, not by past savings.
 Is saving a good habit? Rockefel- Ter, Carnegie, Morgan, Gould, Roths- child and even old Croesus would never have been rich had they spent all they made.
 Nearly every college endowment, every hospital, every free library and every public institution of that kind in the main somebody's saving.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-16
FOR YOUTH AND AGE.

An elaborate entertainment tonight at the Grammar school marks the opening of the fifth season of similar courses given in the past by the citation.
 On the programme as presented to the press may be seen the name of a gifted pianist and a singer of no mean ability. The same artists have performed here before. Altogether there will be seven such evenings, ranging in scope from musical num- bers to illustrated lectures. In its attempt to promote the interests of the public schools of this city the association has formulated an array of topics that should appeal to every man and woman having children of school age.
 In addition to the usual number of entertainments the guiding geniuses of the Parents and Teachers Associa- uon have been fortunate in securing students of pedagogy to give addresses on just such subjects as moderns would wish. It behooves the citizenry of New Britain to take an active in- terest in these things. The education of youth is far more important today than ever.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-16

Humanitarians from all over the United States are this week meeting in Providence, R. l., for the 41st Annual Convention of the American Humane sive one, two days being devoted to the cause of child protection and two days to animal protection. One full eration of the work and aims of the American Red Star Animal Relief which organization stands in the same Cross does to the soldier.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-16
Our Boys. (Chicago Post.)

We meet our young friends on their way to office or store Or factory or on errands of business, and we re- spect their industrious young man. hood. But if we meet these same young men in khaki or in the uniform, of the jockies, why is it that we at once feel a more intimate relation ship to them?
 They belong to us; they havei be- come "our boys" not simply byItho wearing of a uniform, but because of what it means--.that these young men who wear the khaki or the blue havc Send our country.
 Could there be more altruistic or a h.Fhor mission?
 We do we'll to call them "our boys" for they are our own sworn defend- ers-our only defense against a ruth less and bitterly anti i-American foe. These young men have put aside the an. hitions of their business or indus triai life, to lay all on the altar of our common country. And this Is why you hear men and women say proudly as they are passing. God bless them" "Our boys!" The men feel a fatherly ownership in each ono Of them, and the women, in true motherly fashion, are knitting sweaters and helmets and socks Tor some of our boys.' Even at tho Roosevelt meeting many of tho women were knitting and the needles were flying fast except when the workers stopped to cheer.
 We shall not cease in this genera ton, at least, to have a very intimate feeling of relationship for "our boys" just as another generation loved "the boys in blue."
New Britain herald., 1917-10-16
More Scraps of Paper?
Christian Science Monitor.

So callous have the Germans ap- parently become, concerning questions involving honesty and morality, that t would be no great surprise if mar ket quotations on peace should soon be established on the Berlin bourse. If the German foreign office thought $1.700.000 not enough to offer for separate peace with Russia. and too much to spend on Italy, it would be interesting to know just how much a peace with various countries would be worth the imperial government.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-16
Why She Was Glad.
(Newark News).

Charley. dear" said young Mrs Torkins. "They have 7og tents in the army. don't they?"
 Why, yes. You see, it's a sort of technical term
 You needn't trouble to explain. guess I understand words of one syl- lable. What l wanted to say is that Pm glad our faithful four-footed friends are provided for. Only I sus- pect the $. P. C. A. made them do it."
New Britain herald., 1917-10-16
Sarcastic.

A young author, evidently desirous of benfiting by the experience of an older brother craftsman, once asked Richard Henry Stoddard how he had acquired such a mastery of Anglo Saxon.
 "I don't know how I ever did it, replied the poet, who. after a mo- ment's reflection, added FI think, however, I must, attribute it to the fact that I never had any education"
New Britain herald., 1917-10-16
Run It High.

Let us run high the old Flag, the old, the true Flag; the Flag of George Washing ton and Abraham Lincoln; the Flag of the government of, for, and by the people; the Flag of national faith held sacred and of national honor unstained; the Flag of human rights and of good ex- ample to all nations; the Flag of true civilization, peace, and good will to men.
 CARL SCHURZ.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-16
Her Versatility.
(Ohio State JournaD

No one Is more versatile than a smart woman, and we suppose those White House pickets who have been willing away their dull hours in jail by engaging in rough-a and-tumble fights with male guards and colored lady prisoners will soon be at large again, earnestly presenting the crying need of woman's gentle influence in our public life.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-16
A Medical EpitaDh

can't beat Tears cannot restore him, therefore I weep.' says a cor respondent, but the following pithy epitaph on the tomb of doctor (given me- hasten to say, by a medi- cal man), comes near it:
 He survived all his patients"- Manchester Guardian.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-16
Commercial Facility,

"Jones is regular golden mouthed speaker"
 'I never noticed he was so much of an orator. What made him golden m outhe ed-persever
 'I'No; his dentist" Baltimore Am erican,
New Britain herald., 1917-10-16

Germany no sooner gets through trying to explain away the "kultur" of one of her diplomats than Secre- tary Lansing produces another hor- rible example.-Tacoma Ledger.