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New Britain herald., 1917-08-17
ABINGDON GOULD TO GO.
Wife Will Try to Worry Along in His
 Absence.

New York, Aug. 17.-Kingdon Gould, son of George J. Gould, had not filed the affidavits necessary to support his claim for exemption from the draft up to noon yesterday, when the time limit expired and his friends said last night that he had abandoned all thought of trying to avoid military service MT. Gould appeared before the exemption board at Toms River, N. J., on Aug. and received an exemption blank, at his request, on the same day. His claim was. based on the fact that he had wife depending upon him for support. Early in the previous month MT. Gould had married Miss Annun- ziata Camilla Maria Lucci, an Italian girl who had been studying art in New York city, and his explanation of his request for an exemption blank was that he was not as wealthy as many persons supposed, and his wife would be in financial straits if he went into the national army. The following day, however. MT. Gould was quoted as saving that he thought his wife could "sl1imp through" even if he went into the army.
 Nobody has any idea of how my finances stand" he was quoted as saying. q am not wealthy. People. it seems, merely think that the name of Gould should mean that one has great wealth. The only thought in my mind (when he asked for the e1- emption blank) was whether my wife could siimp through in my absence. That led me to declare an intention to claim exemption"
 He added that after talking the matter over with his wife, who was anxious for him to do his bit, he de- cided not to press his exemption claim. Under the law he would have been required to submit affidavits from his wife and disinterested party alleging the dependency of his wife, but as he had filed neither of these affidavits yesterday, he is now in the army
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17
PRO PATRIA.

Have you sent forth a son to the nks of the United States army, or Ivy, or the National Guard? Have u kinsman with the colors? Have ,u a friend who wears the uniform
 the forces of democracy? If SO, | out one of the blanks that appear cry evening in the Herald and send
 to this office where a record is be- g kept of all who go to the colors. ,sterday this paper started a series E pictures of our boys in uniform. icy will be run to commemorate e patriotism Of the youth of this v who did not wait to be asked, but mt without urging. They are the Itriots. They should not be for tten.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17
LIGHTEN SALOON BAN.
Bars May Open Near Temporary
 Military Camps.

Washington, Aug. 17-The war de- partment has modified the order pro- h1b1ting a saloon or bar within half mile of military camp so as not to be effective where purely tempo rary camps are concerned.
 The modification was caused by a situation in Kansas City where many saloon and leading hotel bars in the city were closed because some troops were being mobilized in convention hall.
 Under the new ruling such temporary mobilization of troops will not be cause for closing bars and officers will be depended on to restrain their men
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17
COMMUNICATED
BOY, PAGE MIR. BOGGS! Nothing Heard of Rarbary Coast Elk nlorer For LO These Many Days.

What has become of friend Boggs? Has the earth suddenly opened and swallowed him, or has he sought new fields and pastures green? Let us hope that he has not forsaken old New Britain for some other place that we might find worse. We of course have the bad as well as the good, the same as other places, but in count, for the good ones, we think that in a great many places, we can give them the throw down. We have searched the Herald every night in vain for him( or rather his name we should say), but no Boggs could we find. We have taken a great we found that they were just the thing, as a digester, after one had partaken of a hearty meal. In the absence of his name, it looks as though a sudden death had occurred and one in which the Herald had lost one of it's best writers. We have never had the pleasure of meet ing MT. Boggs and trust that he will excuse us, in being so familiar, lr& using his name. but such matters are liable to happen any old time.
 If Mr. Boggs still exists on this mundane sphere, please convince us of the fact through the Herald, that we may be looking for more of the good things that we have heretofore received from him.
 G. 1T. GRIMES,
 865 Stanley St.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17
THE WAYSIDE WE'LL.

He stopped at the wayside well, Where the water was cool and deep; There were feathery ferns 'twixt the
 messy stones, And gray was the old we'll sweep. He left his carriage alone, Nor coachman or footman tell Why the master stopped in the dusty
 road To drink at the wayside we'll. He swayed with his gloved hands The well sweep, creaking and slow While from seam and scar in the buc-
 ket's side
 The water splashed back below. He lifted it to the curb, And bent to the buckets brim; No furrows of time care had The face that looked back at him. He saw but a farmers boy As he stopped OCT the brim to drink, And ruddy and tanned was the laugh
 ing face
 That met his over the brink. The eyes were. sunny and clear, And the brow undimmed by care, While from under the rim of the old
 straw hat
 Strayed curls of chestnut hair. He turned away with a sign; Nor could fOotman or cOachman tell Why the master stopped in his ride
 that day
 To drink at the wayside well.
 Walter Learned.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17
History of "SteprnOther."

"Stepmother'' is a word with com- monly unsuspected history. Proba- bly, most people if called upon to ex- plain it would say that it meant a woman who had stepped into the place of the true mother. Dr. Johnson, at any rate, believed that this was the suggestion of the word to most minds Really step is the Anglo-Saxon ''steop,'' the original meaning of which appears to have been Orphaned" Stepchild. stepbairn, stepson and step daughter come first, and then by grad- ual fading of the etymological mean ing of "step'' stepfather and step mother came into being.-London Opinion.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17

ly at about six o'clock, a little earlier
 in the summer and a little later in the winter. The buglers sound the call known as reveille. The men dress and fall in.
 Your first experience of military drill will probably consist of setting up exercises, which ordinarily occu- py the first few minutes of the day. They consist of certain movements of the head, arms, trunk and legs which are carefully designed not merely to develop your muscles but also to in- crease your skill. grace, self-control and self-re1isnce. At the same time they will also put you into the right frame of mind for vigorous days work.
 In the mornings when the bugle rings out the reveille. and you crawl out of your bunk reluctantly, possibly tired and sore from the previous days work, you will find yourself wonder fully freshened and cheered up by a few minutes vigorous setting-up exer- cises Watch their effect on yourself and you will see why they are so high ly regarded by the most experienced soldiers of the army. It will be only short time until you look upon the early morning setting-up drill as one of the pleasa:ttest features of your day.
 Then comes washing up' and breakfast. Usually breakfast is fol- lowed by a half hour for cleaning the barracks and hunks and putting cloth- ing and bedding in order. Frequently the company commander will inspect the barracks immediately afterwards to make sure that every man has at tended to his part of the work. There Is then often some time which the trained soldier uses for attending to his personal needs, tidying tip his clothing, and the like.
 of the morning are likely to be spent in drill-at first in "close order'' and later in "eXtended order" also. These terms will be explained in another part of this course. AS you advance, the drills will become more and more interesting. During the drill there are numerous short periods of rest. comes about noon. This consists of relieving the men who have been guarding the camp and turning over this duty to new men. Each soldier mounts guard not oftener than once a week. After guard mounting the men go to dinner, which comes at twelve o'clock. At least one hour Is always allowed for dinner and rest.
 During the afternoons the work is
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17

present Government of Germany is sans conscience, sans morality, sans
 everything by which it might discern
 or recognize a moral force. The
 only moral force the German govern
 ment knows is the weight of the
 mailed fist. It sticks closely to the
 doctrine of might makes right Even
 the Vatican with it's great influence
 would have difficulty in making Elm
 peror Wilhelm see any deserving
 feature in the creed that breaches
 the dominating influence of right over
 might.
 The outstanding fact in the whole situation seems to be that Prussian- ism must be driven from the face of the earth. and that the nations at war with Germany are not going to
 stop until this is an actual accom- plishment The slogan of Henry Watterson has been taken up by the seventeen nations fighting the dread monster. It is, ITO Hell with the Hapsburgs and the Hohenzollerns.' As for the German people themselves, that is a different thing. If the world were dealing with them. or their true representatives. some agreement might be entered into; but the world is dealing with a group of high handed gentlemen who believe in the right of the castle on the hill to rule the valley below
 This Is a terrible war. the worst the world has ever seen; but it can- not be stopped until there are abso~ lute assurances that the double-e edged sword is knocked out of Germany's hand and smothered in the dust, there to be buried for all time to come. A peace at this time, a peace which would be little better than a truce, would be worse than no peace at all. For. it is recognized by all concerned that Germany just so soon as she had recuperated from the re- suit of her military blunders would go forth and make a complete job of conquering the world. Either that or she would force the world to live so as to resemble an armed camp. Having miscalculated the strength. of the world on her first great campaign of conquest, Germany would sally forth and do for the next generation what she has succeeded in doing for his. and more. These are the thoughts that prevent an enthusiastic of the nations around the 1 'ope's peace proposals. These are 1 he things that hold off a happy day; 1 -hatever. form. It is we'll to look efore leaping.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17

William w. Scott, whose picture is, as .his uniform denotes. one of the nations sailor boys He is the son of Mrs. Robert E. Scott of 125 Colum bia street and is well and faVorably known in this city.
 Scott graduated from the Grammar school in 1907 and at the time of his enlistment was employed by the Adams Express company. Frater- nally he is a member of Clan Douglas and the nights of Pythias.
 He is one of the older boys of the city to volunteer his age being S2. This is his second enlistment.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17
LOOKING BEFORE LEAPING.

On second sober thought, the kind thought which is so near and dear the heart or President Wilson, it is an that the Popes peace proposals
 far from what the Entente Allies
 .uld have them, far from exerting an
 thVSiasm among the belligerent
 wets lighting against Germany. ;One
 the reasons why this is so is the
 1t that the Pope makes no fine mark
 discrimination between the Entente
 liee on one hand and the Teutonic ,werS on the other He does not
 tribute higher motives to the Allies,
 r brand Germany as the wanton
 rpetrator of war of conquest. This
 . Allies resent. They refuse to be
 assed with Germany as being
 tricken by a universal madness"
 The United States, too, can hold
 nof from being put in the same class
 tn Germany. The United States did
 t go to war with the same motives
 Tt prompted the Imperial German
 vernment. And the world knows Id to be true. It was because of
 srman lawlessness that America
 spped into the breach. It was to
 3tiefy, or even avenge, an outraged
 Ixenry that our Cingress issued sclaration of war. The sinking of se Lusitania, the wanton killing of nocent men, women and children, |z> infesting of our country with spies,
 a blowing up of our industries, not [. mention bridges, and the constant |ream of double-crossing and diplo- attc intrigues directed against us by |ermany are only few of the of (nses. A plan whereby Germany |.ould strike us through Mexico and Ike three of our sovereign states was Efficient in itself to stir our wrath |sainst a nation turned outlaw.
 Germany is ''in bad" with the |nrld. When even such a high pu1. losed message as that emanatipg om the Vatican cannot stir up a .w strains of sentiment in favor of |aace at this time, when world is |eart sick and soul weary of war, |. seen that the fight must go on To ae finish. There Gan be no peace .ith the German government as 1t [ow stands. There can be no peace |ith the House of Hohenzollern. Ehose are the simple facts in the case
 he sins of the military masters of termany must be atoned, and the
 nce Is done. Until Germany is ready
 } don sack cloth and ashes and stand
 front of the church door to answer
 r her crimes against civilization
 lere can be no bargaining for peace In enumerating certain proposi- l~1s which must be considered as
 61ing to permanent peace the 75to from the Vatican says: First ot h the fundamental points must be nat the material force of arms be slbstituted by the moral force of light .,'- That, in nut hell, places upon the shoulders of Germany the task of laying down her Irms and looking for a moral force Which she abandoned the day Bel stum was raped To ask Germany D abandon a material force for a Eioral force is like getting camel Q march through the eye of 8 aeedle. Teaching ethics to a man of eo morals is a Herculean task. The
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17
BANZAI NIPPON!

There once was a story to this eff feet. -:: :- .:>. s'. :. j..
 Admiral Perry, when young com- mander, had on his ship cabin boy of Japanese birth. The boy was bright and diligent. After some ten years service in the American navy this likely Japanese resigned his po- sition and went home. Years after ward Perry was sent into the Pacific to attend an international celebration at Far Eastern port When he came ashore he was greeted by the admiral of the Japanese fleet. After can naval officer remarked the close resemblance between the Japanese naval officer and a boy native of
 Japan whom once he knew. The
 Japanese admiral said: You are right, Admiral Perry, I am the
 man who was once your cabin boy"
 This story, undoubtedly true, was
 given to show the remarkable powers
 of imitation possessed by the Jap
 anese. It was the forerunner of that
 great horde of "yellow periT' stories | which visited these shores, and which have since been elaborated upon in ma agazines and upon the stage and screen. The yellow perir' has been the bugaboo of the American nation for some time past.
 Now comes to this country, a war
 mission from Japan. With it comes count Ishii the head of the mission, who has this to say:
 Our messa ga. Is that in this day.
 through it's hours of shadow or of sunshine, your purpose is our pur- pose, your road our road and your
 goal our goal. It is that America and Japan will march together. work to- gether and fight together as com rades until the end has been reached and the victory won in the struggle
 which involves our rights and our lib erties.'
 We like that message, for it gives direct answer to- what the Vis- count happily likens as venom ous gossip, hired islander, sin isteT intrigue and inf1uence,' of which, he notes, with clear-see- ing vision, we have both been the victims" and advises, "let us see to- gether with a clearer vision the pit falls dug by a cunning enemy in our path" There is hint there of the German intrigue which tried to fo- ment trouble, which even went so far
 as to formulate plans for an attack
 upon our territory through Mexico,
 Japan to have a hand in the invasion
 That Japan refused to be party to such an affair should serve a re- hinder that the mission from the
 Asfatic power should be thrice vel come to those shores. What differ
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17
DE SAULLES INQUEST ENDS. Woman's Maid Reports Story O
 Shooting to Court

New York, Aug 17.-Justice of the Peace Walter R. Jones yesterday con- cluded his inquest at Mineola into the killing of John Longer de Saulles by his wife, Mrs. Blanca de Saulles. The only witness was Suzanne Man teau, Mrs. de Saulles' maid, who re- peated in all particulars the story she told last week on oath to District AAs torney Weeks.
 The maid contradicted other wl,. nesses of the shooting by saying her mistress had made no attempt to use the revolver she carried in a sweater pocket until Jack de Saulles had told her she should not have possession of the child "now or ever" Justice Jones said he would report his find ings in day or so.
 The condition Of Mrs. de Saulles continues to improve, the second visit of her small son Having so revived her spirits that she was able to spend most of the day out 0f bed. She re- ceived no visitors, however.
 p,yxy TnA <ryvM Mr A,,k
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17
LARGE, WAR RISK BUSINESS.

Washington, Aug. 17.-Since the war risk insurance bureau was au- thorized on June 26 to insure mer- chants crews it has written 5,446 pol icies totalling s9,225,s69. Premiums paid in have amounted to $97,246 and the only claims to date have been on account of 22 men lost on the Kansan, Motano and Campana, total ing $37,9S0.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17
BULI BARRED FROM MAILS.

Washington, Aug. 17.-Bull, sa- tfrical monthly published in New York has been ordered excluded from second class mail privileges, Postmas- ter General Burleson ruled that the publication had used in it's last three number matter not mailable under the espionage act.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17
INTERSTATE MARKETING

Washington, Aug. 17.-Establis ment of a national county co-opera- tive marketing corporation, the pur- pose of which would be the found ing of an interstate marketing sys- tenn for farm products under govern ment supervision to prevent hoarding and speculation, is proposed in a bill introduced today by Senator Owen.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17

ences, political and social, there may exist between ourselves and the Jap anese can be easily smoothed over once we forget the fictitious yellow peril'
 Welcome, Nippon!
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17
MORE LAPS COMING TO U. s.

Tokio, Aug. Is, (delayed)-Five members of the Japanese house of representatives have been selected to go to the United States to study conditions there. The delegation will he headed by Tokiochi Masao.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17

In his senate resolution MT. La Toilette forgot to petition for an ap propriation to present the Kaiser with a loving cup.-Springfeld Daily News.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17

Where Kaiser Wilhelm made his mistake was in thinking that Cousin George was a regular king.-Boston Transcript.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17
FACTS AND RANCHES.

The worm certainly has turned when Jitney driver is held up and Haven Journal Courier.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17

Josephus Daniels having expressed the opinion that drafted men could enlist ill the navy, the provost mar shal general announces that they can't.--New York Sum-
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17

The nightly searchlight play from the forts beats anything in the comte line for beauty of display, and you don't have to wait a lifetime De- tween exhibits, either--New London Day.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17

Now that the German troops are wearing paper uniforms we may ex- pect this cable from the western front: "In the afternoon thunder shower came up, and the enemy was reduced to pulp. p.'-Paterson Even ing News.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17

The German government answered President Wilson's peace proposals ny making war upon the United States. Will it answer the pope's proposals by sending afrplanes to drop bombs upon St. Peters ?-New York World.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17

The action of a Washington mop in hesieging the citadel of the sui fragists and bombarding 1t with an- cient eggs is no more credltaole than is the action of the Suffs Tn the1r picketing campaign with its Kaiser Wilson characterization Post.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17
" ]1m

; Our Federal Union: It must
 be preserved. ANDREW JACKSON.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-17

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El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-12
soutEN Es e. aTto NJ


H0s un ,hecho muy extrano, que a
Apesar de que ell sTfo Sam es una n
|gura, de importancia universal, y es
Econocido hasta por los ninos de cast
TODD ell mundo, muy pocas personals
Fsaben quien es, o mejor dicho. quien
fue, o de donde sc origin6. Sabemos
que representa- a los Estados Unidos,
pero fuera de este, su personalidad
FestA velada y EN- la oscuridad.
El Dor. Brewer nos cuenta que vino
a ser de la manera siguiente.
ALA en- los tiempos de Ia emanci-
Hpaci6n americana, habia en- la oriIa
del Hudson una tienda de aprovisio-
|namiento militar, de la cual eran ms
-pectores Ebenezer Wilson y su ito,
llamado Samuel Wilson, siendo este
ultimo quien vigilaba personalmente
a los ~empleados, y a quien Sc le como
cfa con ell nombre de "'Tfo Sam"
Uas cajas de los dep6sitos estaban
marcadas 81. Al. g." Gilbert An.
derson,-Estados Unidos,) y uno de
los e%mpleados diio al ser preguntado,
que las letras ~. S." querfan decir:
Uncle Sam" clio Samuel.) Ell CHS.
to hizo Juror durante la guerra de in
dependencia, y los soldados 10 lfeva-
ron por todas parties, viniendo d que
darse como estereotipado en- la mente
de todos.
John Bulp' ell gordo y bonach6n
iranchero que representa- a Inglaterra,
.nunca existio en- realidad. Fu6 sim
fplemente una figura de caricatura
que naci6 de una satira del DIR. Ar
buthnot, Ell que acostumbraba lamar
a los franceses Luis Baboon" y a los
e%scoceses Nicolas Rama.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-12

cielo negro con desgarrones s%ulfuro
SOS.
iEmpezaron a acudir gentes. del
tbarrio cercano dispuestos marineros
del interior de la casita dos 0 tres
hombres. 5H+
II Bravo, bravo, valiente, heroico!
NIX. I'm esfuerzo mas y estais en- sal
'yo!
Eel abogado no oy6 mas. La con
lie hizo caer al suelo privadc
de sentid0.
ICuando volvi6 en- ST, hall6se echa'
do en- I'm banco, en- la salita de espe'
,ra. rodeado de vaEias persopas que lie
lp~rodigaban sus cuidados.
-SY mi hijo?
-AlH esta, ano y bueno, conclu.
yendo de vestirse.
- Gracias, Dios milo! Traedmelo
Ipronto, pronto!
-Pero ino pregunta listed por su
salvador?
All, ST, quien es?
DE un rinc6n, c~horreando aqua, con
la frente baja, pero tranquila y sere'
ma la mirada, avanzo Ricardo.
-Jesns! TIL?
-Yo, padre. Estaba comiendo u
vas. SENT los gritos, VI 10 que pasa.
lba: me jugue ell ~pellejo.. -. y salve a
mi hermano. j.. Alguna yez habfa de
ihacer cosa buena. !. aunque 20 no
Iveo que 10 hecho merezca tanta ala
Ibanza.
Ricardo. :. 10 %prometido es deu'
ida. Que recompenza quieres?
-Primero.. primero ell perdon de
llo de hoy. Despu6s.. iCaracho, IN
abrazo de listed y un beso de mi ma
Ldrei
-iTIijo mfoi
Enternecida la gente, prorrumpio
en- exclamaciones.
Entire ell tableteo del trueno, y Ell
bullicio de los allf reunidos, Sc des-
taco la 0 del muchacho, que abra-
zado a su padre decia:
-iAsf, asf, fuerte! !. il. Els ell pr.
nero que de veras me das.... iQue
rico, que sabroso!
EvaMsto r. De Bedia.