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New Britain herald., 1917-09-04
ENGINEERS CHANGE HALL.

Connecticut No. ', National Asso- ciation of Stationary Engineers has moved from the room formerly occu- pied in the Booth building and future meetings will be held in Wahrenber- ger hall, IA Arch street. on the third floor. This change has made it nec- essary to change the meeting nights from the first and third Tuesdays of each month to the first and third Wednesdays. The next meeting will be held tomorrow night at which time election of officers will take place.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-04

Representative Jeanette Rankin of Montana was one of the chief speakers and guests of honor at the Labor day celebration arranged by the committees representing the Brooklyn and Queens Central Labor union and affiliated locals, railroad broth+rhoods and building trades or ganizations, New York city.
 The celebration included a picnic of the labor men and their families in Prospect park, Brooklyn, With games and athletic sports. Miss Rankin pre- sented the case of woman suffrage to the men in the evening at dinner in Brooklyn at which 1,20O labor dele gates were present. Secretary of I.a- hor William B. Wilson was the speak CT at the picnic.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-04
P0LA FORWARDED
 BY ITALIAN NAVY
Austria Base Attacked by Moni-
 tors Equipped With Great Guns

Washington, Sept. 4.-Pola, Aus tria's greatest naval base, where since the beginning of the war the dual monarchys main fleet has been bottled up, is being shelled by the great new Italian monitors and their consort British monitors that. pro- tected from submarine attacks by a
 large fleet of destroyers, motorboats, and mine sweepers, have been oper~ ating in the Gulf of Trieste. Unofficial advices received at the
 Italian embassy indicate that the at
 tacking warships have advanced
 down the coast to within eieb+ miles
 of the stronghold where it is he
 lieved the Austrian general staff has
 had to keep several hundred thou
 sand troops for its protection, be- cause of it's investment from the sea.
 It is announced officially from
 Rome that the German reinforce
 ments which were rushed to the Is
 onzo front to stiffen the crumbling
 Austrian lines are faring no better
 than their allies at the hands of the
 Italians. Unofficial estimates place
 the Austrian losses during the present
 Italian offensive at 128: 300. The text of the official dispatches received from Rome follow:
 "A hard battle is still progressing around the northern slope of San Ga
 briele and stretches south to the Bres- tovizza Valley. These two points con- stitute the strongest defenses of the Austrian line Only by holding them can Austia hope to prevent com , plete envelopment of her eastern wing and the advance of the Italians over flat ground
 'The Italian forces are advancing l everywhere, slowly but surely, de- stroying all the obstacles in their
 way and breaking down the defenses of Trieste.
 Austrian endorsements are con- tinually being brought to the front, but they have been of no avail thus
 far. The Austrian papers are full of details of the arrival of large German { forces on the Carso. where they have
 relieved the battered Austrians and l where they are being beaten as com pletely as were the Austrians. Tt is confirmed that after the first Austrian reverses General Boreovic. Austrian commander in chief on the Italian front, appealed to General von Hindenburg to have Bavarian
 division sent under the command of General Kraftenstein, at present on the Itu1ldHldI II Oll AcCOluIHS u the Vienna Fremdenblatt, Emperor Charles of Austria visited the Italian
 front on Aug. 22 and did all within his power to prevent the Austrian troops from retiring from their posi- tions. He saw the Italian troops ad-
 vancing on Monte Santo. When the l debacle appeared in all it's vastness the garrisons of all Austrian cities were reduced to One-third of their strength and the other two-thirds of l the troops rushed to the front in or der to furnish fresh elements for the fight. 1ss, FE@
 Prom Switzerland comes the news 1 that thus far the Austrian losses amount to 125.O0O men. besides B. 1 500 officers.
 Ut is rumored that General Koe- ! vess will succeed General Boroevic as
 commander in chief of the Austrian
 troops on the Italian front. the latter l being held responsible for the Aus
 trian defeats. This information comes l from Hungary"
New Britain herald., 1917-09-04
RIGA FALLS INTO HANDS OF GERMANY
Important Russian Seaport Key
 to Petrograd Captured

Berlin. Sept. 4, via London.-Em- peror William has sent the following to the empress:
 "Field Marshal Prince Leopold of Bavaria reports the capture of Riga by our troops. which is a new mile stone of German strength and uner- ring will to viceory. May Gold help Us further"
 "On tho occasion of the capture of Riga, l express to you and the Eighth army, my and the fatherland's con- gratulations and thanks. Far seeing leadership and steel-hard will to vic tory guaranteed this fine success On- ward with God"
New Britain herald., 1917-09-04

Hanover, N. H., Sept. 4--Conditions affecting New England forests and
 changes brought about by the estab- fishing of national forest in the White Mountains will be discussed at a meeting of forestry experts opening at Dartmouth college today. The meeting is the annual joint conference of the New Hampshire state forestry com mission and of the Society for Protection of New Hampshire Forests.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-04

while unsuccessful, he took his de- feat gracefully.
 MT. Humphrey took for his bride 25 years ago next November Miss Mary Robertson, a Maryland young woman. Three children have blessed the union, Eunice, Virginia and Ernest N. Jr Little Ernest is three and a half years old but has become infected with the military spirit and appears like. a real Sammy" in his new uni form. The Humphrey family resides at 322 Chestnut street
New Britain herald., 1917-09-04

Increase of wages adds to cost of production; sharing of profits does not. Besides, the latter system gives the workman a personal concern in the firms affairs. It is so, I think and hope, that the gulf between cap- ital and labor may happily be bridged'
New Britain herald., 1917-09-04
RATIFYING BOsTON's QUOTA

Boston. Sept. 4.--The district ex- emption board, which has jurisdiction over the Boston local boards met to- day to certify the names of regis trants in three divisions needed to fill the city's quota for the first ten men summoned by the draft who will go to Camp Devens at Aver tomor- row
New Britain herald., 1917-09-04
LEONARD STOPS RECTt,R.
Champion Forces Rivals Sec0nd
 Throw in Sponge in Fifth.

Throw in Sponge in Fifth.
 Toronto, Sept. 4.-Benny Leon4 worlds lightweight champion, stoG Young Rector of Jersey City fu3 fifth round ol a six-round bouts yesterday.
 Leonard overwhelmed his oJ nent with his speed and skill, raiA punches on him from all angles. the fifth round after Rector had b forced to his knees for a second q his seconds threw in the sponge.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-04
GIVES VOTES TO WOMEN.

Mexico City, Sept. 4.-The legisla- ture of Guanajualara has granted woman suffrage with the restrictions that voters must be able to read, write and be self-supporting
New Britain herald., 1917-09-04

pass the leisure hours pleasantly Some of the bigger ships have more than one mascot. The goat and the dog in the picture are the pets of the boys on a battleship
New Britain herald., 1917-09-04
SveM /" '4H&HX1E HSV1 LIFE L5E 91 yyAcXETY MUST

Although the bluejackets of the United States navy realize fully that it is wartime and that there is extra work to be done. they are not neglect ing the mascots which help them to
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-03-07

TIE WOMAN'S CLUB: Mrs. Ed
ward Anderson, personal rcprcScn-
tativc Of the Woman S club, SAYS It
IS a wonderfully great and bcauti-
ful picture. It's aim is for the good
OF humanity and it teaches the
blessing Of peace through the oppo-
site horror, war. 1t makes appeal
TO women, to whom after all the
successful appeal must be made
for women will rebel against rails
ing their children for war and
building fircsidcS to be swept and
devastated by the selfish, unlawful
ambitions Of any one man. "'l'hat
picture should be shown to the war,
ring potcntatcS, : she said.
FATHER MAIIER Father Ma
her says: t is the greatest and most
interesting and absorbing picture
ever saw The thrilling scenes are
wonderful. Everybody in Jackson
Vile should see it.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-03-07

REV. j. 7. BOONE Pastor Boone
OF, The First Christian church cx-
pressed himself as greatly pleased
with the picture, pronouncing it
strong and magnificent.
FLORIDA TIAIES-UNION The
representative Of the Times Union
unhcsitatingly declares that the
picture in its immcnsity Of purpose,
its dccrncss Of appeal and its com
plctncss of detail surpasscs any
other great spectacular photoplay
that has been shown here to this
time. It's teaching is one that will
be needed.
REV. MILTON r. WORSII.\M,
the rector Of the Church of the
Good Shepherd, says "Civiliza-
tion teaches a powerful lesson. 1t
shows the possibilities Of women as
a factor in doing away with hatred.
The scenes are Of absorbing dra-
matte interest j"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1917-03-07
What Jacksonville Thought OF '''Civilization

Almost Beauhess Silence and Attention
Great" Is tsO ctand
sHG GeatW Raging In this Country Truly
n Creation Teaching
n Its Setting andSub IN the
uion of dea
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-28
EVIL OF IRREsPoNsIBILTTY

~ CONSIDERABLE discussion IS
being INDUCED in on the part
~ of certain small manufacturers
who have been given the cold shoul-
der by the Government, when seek
ing an opportunity to get in on war
supplies, relative to the manner in
which that business is being handled
in Washington. A man in Washing
ton recently cited an instance:
A certain trust has control of a
large percentage of a raw material
now much in demand by the Gov
ernment in the form of soldiers
equipment. A subsidiary corpora
tion of this trust manufactures this
equipment from the parent COM
pany's raw stock. An official of the
trust is one of the dollar-a-year en-
ployes of the Government. The sub
sidiary company puts in a bid for
supplying this equipment. The bid
goes to the War Department and Is
referred to the committee which Is
making government purchases. This
committee refers it to a subcommit-
tee to report on whether or not the
price bid is fair. Sitting on this
subcommittee is the dollar-a-year
employe, whose salary from the trust
will keep the wolf from the door
for some years to come. OF course,
the subcommittee finds that the price
bid is very, very fair, and the con-
tract Is awarded.
1t is all very simple, when you
know how. These doilar-a-year en-
ployes-and there are many of them
now in Washington-are held to no
responsibility whatever. They are
taken on at this nominal salary in
order to get around law forbid.
ding the acceptance by the Govern
ment of free service. They are ap-
pointed without the consent, and
often without the knowledge, of the
Senate. In addition to the favorit-
ism which, in the human nature OF
things, they are almost certain tc
show their own companies, they are
placed in a position to learn all. the
ins and outs of the business of their
competitors. and the mass OF data
which they will have collected l.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-28
THE PEOPLES FORUM

mouth summons you to carry out His
decree"
Compare these utterances with
Queen Victoria's proclamation; or Abb
raham Lincoln's messages on accept
ing, at the hands of the American vot-
ers. the presidency, or his words at
Gettysburg. or compare them with
Premier Gladstone's declaration OF
principles. or with the teaching OF the
Holy Scriptures. and it is not diff
cult to conclude that the Kaiser Is
the victim of a dangerous mental
malady;; He is menace to the whole
erations of Hohenzollern teachings,
of the loyalty to inherited leadership,
and to the theory that the king can
do no wrong" he has behind him
fifty millions. or more of subjugated
allies. and the military preparation
of forty years. all largely victims and
partners of his hallucination. Couple
with this the brutalizing physical eff
feet of the hop germ as found in the
enormous quantities of the narcotic
drug that for unnumbered decades
has been gulped down by the Kaiser's
ancestors; coupled further with the
still more brutallzlng spiritual effect
of the rationalistic and materialistic
and semi-inhdel theological teachings
for more than a hundred years, and
the diagnosis of the Kaiser's bru-
tslized mentality and morality Is not
difficult problem. He and his have
become callous to all the finer feel
ings of the race. and are now the
chosen and natural allies OF the un-
speakably murderous Turk.
But while we pity the leader and
the great German people in MS un-
fortunate but self-infilcted dementta,
1t must not prevent us from hunting
him II need be to his speedy death;
for better that he should die. than
that whole nations should perish"
The Hohenzollern's god Is clearly
case OF mistaken. identity. He has
he carries a trident. The Kaiser's god
should, in the interest of helpless
women and children and of world
peace. be buried face downward, so
at the graves depths the sooner he
will find his native sulphurous home
Il is hoped to there be chained not
only for a thousand years but for all
time and for all eternity.
history has heen able to unleash the
world dogs Of war ms has this Satan
inspired Kaiser. None has nlled so
completely the measure of war as set
by Byron's Don Juan:
"All that the mind would shrink
from in excuses.
All that the body perpetrates OF
All that we read, hear, dream of
mans distresses,
All that the devil would do II
run stark mad
pen expresses.
All by which hell is peopled.
or is said
AS hell-mere mortals who their
power abuse
Was here Gas heretofore and
since) let loose"
Harrisburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-28
A Fatal Cry of Help"

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
The old adage. "He who will not
heed must feel" is not reasonable nor
compassionate. The adage is not an
inspiration to cautiousness nor a bar
to imprudence. Feeling may restrain
dog from biting the second time.
but never will it keep it from bark
ing. 1t is difficult to change the ma
ture of thing. whether the bark of
tree or the bark of a dog.
IF they won't hear let them feel"
some one said when 1 remarked that
it is our duty to warn people when
in danger. 1 feel it to be my moral
duty to warn my fellow-men wnen 1
believe they are in danger.
l have been informed that there are
thoughtless, commonsenseless youths
along the west shore of the Susque-
hanna river who indulge in frequent
bathing in the grotesquely- formed
Conodoguinet creek.
No special objection in this. Al
though a number OF years ago one
day lad who was warned by his
mother not to go into the water dis
obeyed his mother and did go in, but
he never came out alive.
But what is dangerous, as we'll as
irritating. is for boys who are in
bathing to- make lamentabfe ado
ana cry, Help, L am drowning, or
Help, some one is drowning"
Boys in the neighborhood of Pos
som Hollow raise such alarms 1t is
an act of foolhardiness and has its
punishment
several years ago a group of exactly
such boys, out of sheer deviltry. pre-
tended that one of their number was
drowning and made a fearful ouIcry.
The employees of a nearby planning
mill heard the cry. number quicKIy
left their benches and ran toward the
stream, only to be greeted by the cry
of mockery and ridicule by the young
bathers who imagined it huge Joke
on the millworkers.
Several days later a similar cry
went up, but the millworkers were
now somewhat wiser, and kept on
with their work. This time the ring
leader in the huge Joke of the other
day reaped his justified reward, and
his lifeless body was fshed out sew
eral hours later.
=. A similar fate awaits our West
Shore boys and many other boys who
so cruelty impose on humanity. Bath
ing at any time is risky. but to play
the fool Is exceedingly hazardous.
If the victim would be the sole suf
ferer 1t would be bad enough, but
consider the sorrow IL causes in the
| home and among loved ones.
Children, let me warn you against
such a bad practice.
PASTOR c. D. RISHEI.
South Enola, Pa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-28
OUR. TROOPS IN FRANCE

THE graphic description of the
landing Of American troops in
France, which it was the good
fortune of the TELEGRAPH alone
of all evening newspapers coming
into Harrisburg yesterday, to print,
aroused the city to a pitch of en-
thusiasm that could not have been
much greater had battle gone fa-
vorably for our soldiers in the field.
Indeed, as Emerson Collins pointed
out at the Rotary Clubs recruiting
rally last evening, the successful
passage of the army through the
U-boat infested waters of the Allan
tic was in itself victory of no mean
magnitude. No such mobilization or
movement of troops under such diff
fcult conditions was ever made so
quickly and successfully, We are told,
and this augurs we'll for the future
safe conduct of Americans to the
lighting front. The secrecy surround
ing the whole affair illustrates very
Vividly the truth of the assertion that
no formal censorship is required to
prevent American newspapers from
printing anything that might be OF
aid to the enemy.
The few thousands of men who
will be thrown into the fray may
not count for much so far as their
material strength is concerned, but
they are a guarantee to France and
England and Russia and Belgium
that America means business, and
to the tired men of three years serv-
ice in the trenches the Stars and
Stripes headed for the battle-line
will loom large as the deciding fac
tor in the great struggle. Old Glory
in France, backed up by the first of
low, spells certain victory for the
Allies. Germany, having lost the
initiative on the west front, and un-
able to regain it even though Rus
sia lies for the moment inert and
helpless on the east, will be put to
quick and complete defeat next
spring when the Allies, aided by the
brave young men of America, attack
from all sides at a given moment.
The end of this war is in sight,
and unless all signs fail, it is due
to come not very many months after
the United States troops in force ap-
pear on the battlehelds of France,
providing, of course, that Russia
does her part, as it now appears she
will
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-28
DAYLIGHT SAVING

TVERYBODY who has a garden
n or who loves outdoor life and
has not too much time for it,
will hope that the House will con.
cur in the action of the Senate and
pass at once the daylight saving bill.
There are so many advantages to
this plan that is difficult to under
stand why Congress ever hesitated
about it's approval.
AS writer in a current maga-
aine points out, to introduce the
plan, all that would happen is this:
On a certain night when going to
bed. people would put their clocks
an hour ahead. The next morning
they would get up at the same time
by the clock, go to breakfast, busi-
ness. luncheon, dinner, all at the
usual time; and the only observable
difference would be that they would
have spent a shorter time in bed,
in the morning, by an hour, and they
would have an extra hour of day
light to spend usefully. Incidentally,
they would turn on the artificial
light an hour later in the evening
and save so much on their bills for
gas or current.
People who might object to being
robbed of an hour in bed on the
night the plan was started, could
draw comfort from the reflection
that on the night the plan was re-
versed in the late summer, they
would have an extra hour for sleep.
Opposition to the daylight saving
project can only proceed from lack
of misunderstanding of the subject.
Persons who have been used to
hear the whistle blow at IL o'clock
noon scent calamity should the same
occur at IL o'clock; they cannot get
1t into their heads that under the
plan the whistle would still blow at
IL o'clock, and that in reality tie
question of whether or not 1t is noon
by the sun has nothing to do with
the matter. No one Is actually con-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-28
Path of Gold
New York T'ribune.l

New York Tribune.1
A path of gold-oh, build it quick
and straight
For mercy's feet TO tread!
There is no time to wait
Each minute pulses red
From Freedoms wounded heart.
Make haste to do youI partl
Swift as they are, your gifts will be
too late
To help the dead.
But there are those who live, whom
you can spare
A little of the agony they bear
For you-that's true; have you not
thought how true?
For you.
These, who have learned how much
body and soul endure,
Their church-bells were as sweet as
ours,
Their gardens were as glad with
flowers.
Their women were as pure,
Their children sang and laughed and
played
AS merry and as unatraid-
o little heads bowed on the desks
as though
The lesson being hard, you fell
asleep!
We shudder and we weep-but tears
are cheap.
More, more than tears must pay the
debt we owe
To those whose bleeding breasts
have been our shield,
A wall that will not yield.
God knows this moment is too deer
for hate
The hour is great, 1t calls 'us to be
great.
Our hand shall comfort him whom
1t must strike
For wounded friend and wounded
foe alike Il
A path of goldl ON build II quick
and straight!
Amelia Josephine Burr.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-28
DIR. BULLTTTs DEPARTURE

TT UNDREDs of Harrisburg peo-
pie who have learned to know
and love the Rev. DR.. James F.
Bullitt will regret that his work is
to take him to other fields. DR.. Bull
lit, scholarly minister and charming
gentleman that he is, has been iden-
titled with every civic welfare and
public improvement campaign that
has been waged in the years of his
rectorate at st. Andrews. His clarity
of vision and practical ideas have
been helpful to those who have had
the pleasure of working with him in
movements of the kind. Harrisburg
has been proud to number him
among her citizens and is sorry to
see him depart. Modest, retiring and
every ready to see credit for his
own good works go elsewhere, he
nevertheless has left a very distinct
impress for good upon the commun-
ity in which he has labored so eff
f1ciently.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-28
To a Flag

When yesterday, the dying Cuban
The world beheld thy ripping stripes
on high,
Thy men with noble mien and fear
less tread
Went proudly forth in Freedoms
name to die.
Say .ye to-day thy youth is prothel
bred;
In poolrooms, bars and movies"
they learn crime;
Dreaming of painted women, lust
and sin,
They take no count of Virtue,
Strength or Time?
Tomorrow shall we bow our heads
in shame
And drag thy tattered bunting from
its peak
Though land, resources, wealth and
arms abound,
that in manhood we are
weak?
Must we thus cringe before a
tyrant's will
BY thoroughness and submarine
made great?
While loyal service yields to base
desire,
The crash of empire rumbles at our
gate.
Not so! Our braves again will vol
unteer
As did their fathers when the cause
was right.
Strength, vigor, courage and stern
resolve
Will place thee flag. the foremost in
the fight!
BY g. f. Lumb, V. p. Rotary
Club