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The Ordway new era., 1917-10-12
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HEAVY NEW WAR TAXES HAVE HAD TO BE LEVIED
BY coNFEREEs APPOINTED. BY SENATE AND HOUSE

messages ............. 7.ooo,ooo
Insurance policies (new) 100000
Automobiles (saie off,. 10000, 900
Musical instruments
tsaIe of ............. 4,soo,o 900
Motion picture films. .... 100000
JeweIry (saie by manu-
faeturer) ............. 4,5oo,ooo
Sporting goods ........ 100000
Pleasure boats ........ 100000
Perfumes and cosmetics 10000
Proprietary medicines =. 5000, 900
Cameras ............... 10000
Admissions ....."...... so,ooo.o 900
Club dues .............. 1,2oo,oo
Schedule A, including
playing cards ........ 3o,ooo,ooo
War estate tax. .......... 5000, 900
Virgin Island products. 10000
First class mail matter. 10000, 900
Second class mail matter $4,000, 200
Total So, GOT, ,32o, 600
The Ordway new era., 1917-10-12
Friendly Advice.

The fellow who tells you how to
run your business never offers to
finance the shop.
The Ordway new era., 1917-10-12
wb.re Ae put-Last employer.

: Button (engaging new chauneuf1-
And have you any references from
your Last smplcyer9 -.
Arpiieant- NO, IT.; but can get
\ III Is;Sttcs Nv ths delaya
4SpiieaA Hes = tAe hospltal. slfs &;
The Ordway new era., 1917-10-12

Washington.-The war revenue bill,
as finally agreed on by the house and
senate conferees provides for the rails
Ing of approximately S2,GO6. .320, 900. as
The Ordway new era., 1917-10-12

A woman would sooner do anything
man be herself.
The Ordway new era., 1917-10-12
ARRANGE FOR
MEASURES TO
RAISE money
Iolnt Conferees on War Revenue
Complete Their Bill and Turn
in Their Report.
TAX LEvIEs WILL BE HEAVY

Under Legislation Provided, Powerful
Corporations viii Pay Their Proper
Share for the Finances That Must
Be Provided for the Successful Con-
tinuanee Of the War-eest Efforts Of
statesmen at Washington Have
Been Put Forward to the Accom-
piishment Of the country's Ends.
The Ordway new era., 1917-10-12

Good wine needs no bush; and q
|sood actress needs no press agent.
The Ordway new era., 1917-10-12
Cohens Are Numerous

New York city has more Cohens
than Smiths listed in its city direc-
tory.
The Ordway new era., 1917-10-12

Reading, Pa, win feed city garbage
to municipal hogs. i
The Ordway new era., 1917-10-12
True to His Word.

True to His Word.
II haven't any case" admitted ths,
client, ''but have money"
'How much?"
"Sixty thousand dollars"
"Phew! You have the best case
I ever handled" said the lawyer. .rll
see that you never go to prison with
that sum-"
And the client didn't-he went there
broke.
Some stinay Man. Z
We know man SO stingy that ~
can raise onions in salve box.
The Ordway new era., 1917-10-12

"A i1gl S1( nr1l l6ete q 3 =. J D.!
- r.! = I! ! 81 81 Il a
New Britain herald., 1917-11-01
@Kerensky's Personality.


Personality wins out where intelli-
gence and opportunity fail. man
of personality can take every point
and gain his ends. His are the tricks
and his the honors of the game
Today we see the triumph-at least
up to the present-of the personality
of the Russian Premier, Kerensky OPP
posed by large section, disliked for
his tactics and reviled, yet where his
magic personality comes into personal
contact, he can sway even his adver-
saries to obey his will.
Personality formed no small part of
the power of Abraham Lincoln. Those
who were contemporary declare i'm
preston of immense power felt when
brought into that great presence.
Personality is largely matter Of
cultivation. 1t rests with the indt-
vidual to develop the strong points Of
his makeup in such manner as to con-
ceal the weak ones. On this secret
depends success. And success is mora
and more question of personality
seen and felt
1ndividualism when carried to ex-
cess Is apt to degenerate into sheer
eccentricity. Where this Is avoided nv
sense OF humor, very often, and self
analysis usurps its place, there YOU
nave finished personality.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-01
National Woman's Party.

It is clear that the National Wom-
ans party should begin studying "the
psychology of their enemies" Oppon-
ents of suffrage are not won over by
insults to the President. They are
not convinced by needless rumpuses.
Nothing could be less complicated
than the psychology of their enemies.
1t perceives that there is a large war
raging. All its ideas focus there. It
cannot tolerate insults to the President
in wartime or needless disturbance In
wartime. It thinks agitation by the
National Women's Party at this
juncture a nuisance, and a nuisance
not only uncalled for but sure to de-
feat its purpose.
Until the Woman's National party
took to raising hob, the suffrage move
ment in America had bright outlook.
English women had got their way by
knocking off agitating and devoting
themselves to war work. American
women had the same opportunity. 1t
was even suggested here and there in
America that 1t might pay to give wo-
men the vote as war measure in or
der to end the controversy and re-
lease energies that might be proftably
employed in war work. Now, with the
N. W. P. raising hob when hob is least
wanted, the originators of that sue-
gestion may be sorry they spoke. They
do not see that war work would gain
anything by releasing the energies of
the N. w. P. They are determined
that these mad sisters of La Toilette"
shall not win, and If defeating them
involves defeating respectable suffra-
gists as WELL then respectable suffra-
g1sts must put up with it or call off
the N. w.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-01

In the construction Of powerful naval
units; they are unifying Government
processes and lending their executive
skill to help make the American peo-
pie factor for democracy on the Eu-
ropean battlefront.
AS liberal as Congress and the peo-
pie have been In furnishing funds for
war, they might hesitate to approve
the financial burden that would pc
necessary were these hundreds of VOL
unteer workers paid full value for
their services. It Is a matter for local
satisfaction that several Of the most
useful of these unpaid volunteers at
Washington are Cleveland men.
Not only, at the natipnal CO pltal but
the most ,usefuf IL these unpaid vol
unteer' service Without pay hhds am
Pile expression. Federal food admin
istration in Ohio is carried on by un-
paid volunteers. The same is true OF
fuel administration. The: army OF
workers for whom the ghost never
walks is tribute to the patriotism OF
Ohio in the war.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-01

Sacrificing a growing law practice
to the call of his country, Joseph A.
Glover, son of Mr.. and Mrs. N. II.
Glover of "a Spring street, put aside
his Gladstone for Butts and the mutt
for khaki. Mr.. Glover is product OF
New Britain public schools and is
also a graduate of Yale Sheffield
Scientific school class of 1918. and
Yale Law school, class Of 1916. He
opened law office in this city and
won steadily increasing clientele.
But Uncle Sam decided to take q
hand in the war and sent out call
for young men to become officers. Mr.
Glover entered the second school for
officers at Plattsburg and was granted
a second neutenant's commission at
the conclusion of a period of inten-
sive training. He was first assigned
to Camp Devens, Aver. Mass. and
later transferred to Westf1eld. While
at the latter camp he was appointed
to the regular army. He is now in
England. Before enlisting in the
American forces, Mr.. Glover lived
with his parents, his sisters, Margaret
and Rose, and his brother. James.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-01
THEY MUST BE FED.

Hunger is a terrible thing. It can
not be appreciated. however, until
the Individual actually goes through
an experience Of being without food
for a goodly time. A man who Is 40
customed to three good meals q day
never allows his thoughts to dwell
upon hunger. The very subject is so
distasteful to him he seldom, If
ever, allows it to present itself. II
it does, another piece of steak, bowl
Of soup, or a sandwich and. presto!
the thought is gone.
Before this war Is over there may
be many hungry men in the world.
And, for that matter, women too.
The world is in a peculiar condition.
A great number OF it's producers have
New Britain herald., 1917-11-01

No, it is not an animal; not q dumb
brute. but dumb compass. i.e., fixed
and without needles: Patiently it
stands at the end of a battleship's
bridge through the long watches.
never firing, never failing, a staunch,
kindly friend of the officer of the
deck-except sometimes on dark
nights when he kicks it on the shin
and the poor thing must kick back
A peiorus is an upright brass tube,
feet high and s inches in diameter,
supporting a 14-inch compass bow
which Is protected by a hood. The
bowl carries a brass plate on which
are lettered the degrees and points
of the compass. An electric lamp un-
derneath iliumines the dial at night.
Mounted above Is a small telescope
which may be directed at any object
such as buoy or another ship. BY an
attached pointer the objects bearing
is shown.
Plotting Is navigating by a series
of bearings, directions of known OBJ
jects. Warships are always shopping
around. going all sorts of places at
all sorts of umes-'No wonder I'm
getting gray" complains the poor,
harassed navigator. Professional
p1AOto SSAOOIl engaged. IL IL
considered highly improper for a
naval officer to fall back on local
talent. Yet the law permits him to ;
for there are thousands of inlets
along our coast through which even
the charted channels are mysteries,
except, to a few fishermen who have
used them for years.
Land Ho!" cries the Lookout.
The Captain turns instantly to the
Pelorus and takes a bearing. Pres
entity white lighthouse CLEANS
through the mist. Bears west. sir, -
says the Navigator. Were a little
too far SOUTH"
Take bow and BEAM orders
the Old Man. He means observe the
exact times when the landmark is
As degrees to the right of left Of the
ship and when 1t is directly opposite
the ship. With pencil and rulers one
can see that in the noted interval of
time the ship has run a distance equal
to that of the lighthouse away when
abeam.
Average cruising speed is IL knots
an hour or one knot in Ave minutes.
Since the knot Is taken as 1000 yards,
this reduces to 400 yards a minute
If three minutes elapsed while the
| light moved from broad" CAS- de-
grees) on the bow to a beam. the dis
tance at which it is passed is then
New Britain herald., 1917-11-01

food it seems to skip rather than fly
from one log to another.
1t has a wonderful song which Frank
Bolles says, sis sent from heaven to
give 10y to the shadows of a swamp -
where it 10 often found.
A, day or two later, hearing a faint,
lisping note from a large maple tree
near, and looking quickly. a little
brown creeper was seen vending its
way up the trunk, and from there fly
ing to the base Of the next tree.
From early October until past the
middle several hermit thrushes were
often seen among foeks of migrating
birds.
The hermit thrush, winter wren and
brown creeper, with robins and spar
rows of different kinds are all known
to spend the winter in Rhode Island.
ANNA e. COBB,
=. in Providence Journal.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-01
RUss1A's NEW DIFFICULTIES.
II Not One Thing It's Another and
Now Other Troubles. Are
ION the Way.
(Tnrnnfo Mail and

4 (Toronto Mail and Empire.)
The Allies must be prepared for
bigger disasters in Russia than any
which have, occurred. The Germans
are aiming at Petrograd, at control Of
Finland. and the cutting Of railway
connections with Archangel and MUIR
man, the northern ports now the sole
means of getting supplies from Brit
ain and France, The occupation Of
Oesel Island, giving the Germans con-
troll of the Gulf of Riga, and COM
manding the entrance of the Gulf of
Finland, is but a stepping-stone for
further aggressive movements. The
Russian port of Reval is. according
to reports, being evacuated and the
Provisional government is moving to
Moscow. If the German stroke
aimed at putting Russia entirely out
of the warts not substantially par
ried, the embarrassments will be
keenly felt
With most nations, acute pressure
from a hated enemy is sufficient to
still violent conflict within. Unfor-
tunately Russia's conglomeratiop of
| races and her enormous expanse Of
I thinly populated territory make .
pulling together of forces extremely
difficult. The cities and towns are
saturated with extreme socialism. The
peasantry, with more national spirit,
has little organism for expressing 1T
self. German occupation of Petro-
grad would probably give added pow
er to the Bolsheviki element-which
seeks a separate peace-rather than
cause this element to combine with
the more solid elements. The disor-
ganization and confusion of Russian
internal business would be intensified
skiold. In August, 1915, Premier
Lloyd George uttered a prophecy con-
corning Russia that Is more interest
ing, in view Of present events, than
accurate. Speaking of the Germans,
he said:
Let them beware, for they are un-
shackling Russia. With their i'm
! mense artillery they are shattering
| the rusty bars, the letters, from the
strength of the people Of Russia. You
can hear them shaking their power
| full limbs free from the sitting debris,
and preparing for the conflict with a
new spirit. -They are hammering
swerd that will destroy them, and
! freeing a great nation which will
Weld 1t with more potent stroke
and mightier sweep than it ever yet
Ecommandeds
l LII spite OF WAL mas OCCuETeu, ana
is occurring, Russia supported by its
| democratic allies, is likely to sustain
new. shocks. The discipline of defeat
! will finally bring that sober use Of
: liberty which heralds new and
mightier power Russia is now help
less, but 1t will endure for centuries.
and Germany Is earning a legacy of
Slav hate that will far outlast this
war.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-01
FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY
Pelorus.
BY LIEUT E1TZHUGH GREEN, u. g. N.

1900 yards. At once the ships posi-.
tom On the chart is known and ths'
Captain can light his fresh cigar.
Thence up the bay and harboI
channels are a multitude of buoys
beacons, shapes and lights. Every
500 yards of the main channel IL
marked. AS each is approached tbs
pelorus Is kept busy "angling' them
in order that the ships track may be
plotted.
The "Alidade' attachment is moth.
ing more than a small sight vane and
mirror with which the bearing of the
sun may be read. This provides
check on the steering compass In
electric storms and at some other
times magnetic needles get such vio-
lent indigestion that for days after
ward their behavior may be atrocious.
But since the grand old sun always
bears in a certain direction at a given
time, with the aid of the faithful PEE
lorus, shipwreck, court-martial and
other annoyances may be avoided.
The fleet or squadron Of 10 to 30'
men-of-war enter battle in various
formations, such as q column, line and
in echelon. Any irregularity or clus.
tering presents a larger target to ths
enemy and disconcerts all, ships Ing.
volved in the maneuver. The pelorual
is depended on for keeping accurate.
position, and to signify when the en-
gines must be speeded or slowed. Cer-f
vera's confusion at Santiago was due
mostly to his ships having lost ALI
formation. When We opened fire. the
little pelori got discouraged and quit.
The rough and tumble destroyerss
are always slandering their pelori (ors
peloruses). They tell of one having
been repaired and then replaced back 4
ward by the ignorant mechanic. Next
day the destroyer went to Albany in-
stead of Sandy Hook. The Captains
{ letter to the Navy Department was d
masterpiece Of rhetorical technology
Another time In a fog young ems
sign was taking bearings of what he
supposed was a fog horn. When a,
shape doomed on the land ahead he
examined 1t at once through the PEE
lorus telescope. Looks like-it Is a.
; cow he exclaimed His senior, an.
old timer, gave one keen look and or
dered the helm put hard over. "Al-
ways knew that glass was a rotten
one." he added, and made a friend;
! for life. -> z>t7+' ~
If you still have no idea what in
| thunderation a pelorus is, just send
me your address and $217.36 and III
have one shipped at once. guaranteed
| to look we'll in any front yard.
New Britain herald., 1917-11-01
rANE9 TAKES, TAKES.

L Ha1es OF various and sundry kinds
IAN H. 1iMpoeed upon the American
ppio to-day. Every man and wom-
N win therefore get ready to meet
Tire obligutions caused by the nations
work Of combating a mortal enemy.
Increased taxation, while not the most
1leAsant thing on earth. must be
horne cheerfully and a. patriotic
Art Of our war duty. For surcease
rom any sorrow that might be caused
~ these things we have only to look
the Arst pages Of newspapers and
fuad thereon the stories Of suffering
INA death from the battlefields Of
EUROPA Then where Is the man who
|Hill not thank his lucky stars he is
able to pay taxes? This even If they
eean eEOrbitant. -...
The New War Revenue Bill became
law on Thursday, October the
wurth. Under Its provisions the Fed
kfal Government will raise two and a
kAlf billion dollars, about one half as
zach q that realized by the sale Of
0nAs In the Second Liberty Loan.
TAR reaching are the taxes imposed
haer this measure that they will hit
11most ovory man, woman and child
kvang In the United States and Its
n9tlyine p0eDessions. There Is not q
EWAy to tarn but the taxes are there.
|Deventeet columns, of space in this
newspaper would be required to set
forth the detailed tax bill, For the
benefit of our readers we have made
the following digest which should be
Of particular interest at this time.
One cent tax on letters, except drop
letters which are those mailed in New
Britain for any point in New Britain
district. Extra one-cent stamps must
be added to all former two-cent let
terB, mailed out of town. One cent
tax on parcel post packages costing
CSC or more. Post cards hereafter
will have to bear a two-cent stamp.
DO not forget this today. Letters
will not have to bear postage.
Express packages sent from New
Britain to any point in the United
States pay 1 cent for every 40 cents
charged. Freight within the. United
States pays 8 per cent tax on the
cost Of transportation Passenge,
7nrn0 from New Britain to any poin,
h the United States, Canada, or Mex
leo. are taxed 8 pefF cent, except il
fho case Of Communication tickets OF
season tickets for distances of less
than thirty miles. Tickets costing
khirty-flve cents or less are also ex.
ompA There Is no lawful tax or
DkSes from here to Hartford. Pullmat
nmd stateroom tickets have ten PEI
ut added to their original cost.
Y1lophone. telegraph and wireless
New Britain herald., 1917-11-01
s1aE BOUGHT A LIBERTY BOND.

h HE BOUGHT A LIBERTY BOND.
He is twelve years old, and a stu
dent at the Pre-vocational Grammar
hool. His name is william Priessl.
9 parents were born in Germany.
4A brothefs-2t years old, Is fighting
!. ID the array, Of Emperor Wilhelm.
{ Md Jet with ali these things staring
him in the face. Ibis youth. his rela-
tive financial straits, his German ante
codents. his brotAesly bonds, and his
interest IN snndry other things. he.
5Nilliau., we had almost said VIII
helm Prieasl. bought q Liberty Bond
SOf the tsecopd issue. It was q $50
Ahond. Yst 81 - good ass thousand
pllar bepA a. otAet hands. This boy
~ fendur aIfs Has set an example
snsat didsrs FOLK mav well follow. He
- altalyn = slaye for Uncle Sam and
W GlSrY. that is greater than some
orn have shown. some others who
~ sabposed 10 realise the blessings
u ! fSS6 ana untrammelled land.
To take our hats of to William
may his name never be Will
-. -4or* OF such stun as he are ma
Mons made. -. 4,
New Britain herald., 1917-11-01
Migrating Birds.

For several days before left Yer
mont had the pleasure Of the COM
pany of some migrating winter wrens
in the garden and underground near.
It is astonishing how noisy such
tiny birds can be-not only with the
call "cerrrip." or sometimes a sharp
chick, much like the song sparrows'
notes quickly repeated-or bustling
about among the leaves in localities
they frequent.
This tiny bird-the winter wren
is of a dark brown color and only four
inches in length; its tail, which stands
erect over it's back, is a little more
than an inch long.
1t also hobs or courtesies at times
when observed, and when looking for
New Britain herald., 1917-11-01
No "Ghost" For Them.
cleveland Plain Dealer)

One Of the inspiring aspects of the
situation touching the Governments
activity in the prosecution Of the war
lies in the large number of men and
women who are offering all or part OF
their time to the nation without salary
or material recompense Of any sort.
Men whose personal incomes run into
high figures sit at desks in Washing
ton directing great Government enter
prises involving the republics war eff1-
cheney. They are directing rallroao
policies, handling food and Tue! prop
lens, controlling the manufacture OF
munitions and airplanes, counselling
New Britain herald., 1917-11-01

I
'ments of peace and take up the deadly
guns. This means that many farmers
who hitherto got something out Of
the soil, something with which to stock
| the larders Of the world, are now
| idle,-so far as producing foodstuffs
| is concerned. The harvesters of yes
| terday are the warriors OF today. The
same is true of the cattle-breeders
l. and the men who work in produce
| houses. Many of them have been
| called to the front. All these things
add to the seriousness of the situa-
| ton. The world is in precarious
position when it comes to food. IN
| less the American people begin to
realize the value of food economy
| they may feel the pinch of hunger.
In order to more fully impress this
thought upon the minds of those who
can see no reason for saving food
stuffs by practicing the virtue Of tenn
perance in eating, it might be we'll to
think upon the enormity of the armies
now in the field and those getting
ready to enter the fray. When Brazil
declared war on Germany last week
there were half a million men called
to the colors,-or rather already with
the colors. That is the size Of Brazil's
army. And yet that is but compare
lively a small crowd when the previ-
Gus enlisted men Of other nations are
considered. It is estimated by high
authority at Washington that there Is
close to 100000 men under arms
today in the entire world. Our ma
ton has more than a million. and in
a short time will have two million men
called by the Selective Service law
These millions must be fed, and they
are doing nothing to CLEAN their own
foodstuffs from the field and farm
Who then is going to supply the great
amount of stuff they will consume?
The answer is, the American nation.
Let us not be mistaken about this
plan Of conserving the nations food.
It will all be needed, every ounce of it.
L LAG AOoAOOAN VI VIC OH1I00 STATES
has appealed to every housewife in
the country to nelp in the work at
hand. He has called upon each in
dividual in the alton to do some
thing toward preventing waste of
food. The call must not be in vain.
Otherwise we shall begin to see the
effects of our extravaganza this time
next year. Some few wealthy per-
sons may be able to purchase food
If everyone now takes a hand in de-
the present supply. It must
be remembered. however, that the
poor have to live, and over and
above all there are the soldiers who
are in Europe and who will be in
Europe fighting the battles of Dem
ocracy. They must be fed. It is for
each American to help save so their
brothers in arms will not suffer the
pangs Of hunger. ~.