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New Britain herald., 1917-10-17
HAPPINESS AND AUTOMOBILES
One observer puts it this way:

One observer puts 1t this way:
 '.Not to have an automobile is of tcerrse terrible misfortune these lovely fall days. Yet strangely enough Dne who makes an inspection of the parks and woods hereabout will meet
 number of persons with expressions denoting a certain degree of happi- hess. They get somewhat less Alufred view of the turning leaves k1san motorists do. And now and then kh,yy catch a near glimpse of a mi erat ting bird"
 terrible misfortune" not to have m automobile? Not when all things are considered. It is, we grant. for tunate thing to be able to sit in an Automobile and go .whirring through the country at glib rate. It is a comfort not to be scorned by mortal man As to the oonveniences afforded by the ownership of 8 motor car, much can be said Ye tired traveller the stuffy railroad train, on which to Transport his carcass, often muses thus wise:--"Oh for a limousine, and a chauffeur to come at my beck and call. Oh, for a footman to open the door and direct my tired body to a sum ptuous and elegantly upholstered seat. Oh. for the necessary where withal with which to float such an ex- travagance."
 Yet, getting back to the woods and the parks, and the trees along the highways and byways, we have mo- ticed that nature does not smile more graciously upon the man in the back seat of limousine than she does upon the poor struggling honest son of toll on the roadside. Good old Dame Ma ture, She is so kindly to the poor In the fall of the year, when the leaves are turning, when the prysmatit coloring of the foliage is as varied as the tints in cathedral windows, when the fronded palms wave a sad adieu to the dying Summer. the pedestrian comes into his own. To him there comes waited over the faint breeze
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17
But She Liked It!

Very strong peppermints are grand fathers favorite confection. One day, says the Christian Herald, he gave one to four-year- Marjorie and waited slyly to see what she would do when she should discover the pungent flavor of the candy. A few minutes later ne saw her take the partly eatert pepper mint from her mouth and place it on a table beside an open window.
 whats the matter " he~ asked. Don't you like the candy?"
 "Oh. yes,'' replied Marjorie, "I like it, but I thought I'd let it cool for a little while. .'-Youtf1's Companion.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17

Ruptured or pierced smoke pipes
 can be even more wasteful and dan
 gerous than shortened ones. At the
 battle of the Sea of Japan the Alex
 ander" had three holes in her after
 pipe. Enormous volumes of COP. un-
 burned coal gas. poured out between
 decks and asphyxiated four gun
 crews. Furnaces devoured coal and
 gave no heat, insufficient air effecting
 high volatilization of combustible
 gases which escaped with oxidation.
 Steam went down and Togo sunk half
 the fleet.
 After that lesson our Navy Depart
 ment built four single stacked ships
 of the "Pennsylvania" type. For merly IF or 16 boilers were arranged by groups of or 8, one group to &
 smoke stack. The latest designs lead all groups to a single outlet, a saving
 of weights which is applied to armor on the one pipe. Trouble is exper1- enced at high speeds when the exhaust , heat of 5O,0O0 horse power rushes through one tube. Paint blisters and explodes. But chances are the trag- edy of Tsushima will not be re- peated.
 Some sign, ain't it' exclaims a sailor He refers to a ten foot high ! white 'E' painted on the side of his ships smoke -pipe~ where all the Fleet can see it. It Is the Engineer ing F." and means that out of , 100 ships and 100000 tons of coal
 his ship used the least for a year. To i do this he and 400 other engineers saved coal by ounces. turning out un-
 necessary lights, taking scanty baths, and turning off his steam heat early in winter. This competition is fun for the men and saves the government $10,O00 year. Some sign, ain't it!''
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17
Let's Insure.
(BOStOn Post).


 Almost everybody agrees that insur- ance is 8 good thing to have. Mill lions of Us in this prosperous land have it. We insure our lives for the benefit of our families and our limbs and health for the benefit of ourselves, And when the compensation comes in, somebody is glad.
 We'll isn't it worth while to think today of new kind of insurance an insurance against the recurrence of such a frightful war as now is devastating Europe? Shall we not be, wise enough to see to it that in our lifetime, at least, no such colossal out pouring of blood and treasure shall be made possible by a terrorist mili- tarism bent on the conquest of tha, world.
 We can insure lasting peace if ef- forts are put forth commensurata with the mighty strength and re- sources of these United States. But If we lag and delay and quibble about furnishing the money needed for such a demonstration, we cannot count on that kind of insurance.
 The Second Liberty Loan is the best insurance policy against another aw- full war that this nation can devise. Every dollar raised by its means helps pay the premium. And it all comes back, not only in assured safety, but in actual cash. It's like | national endowment that not only protects but pays the one who gets the protection.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17
HE'S A NEW INDIAN.
The Rednalr of Our Day a Big Ad-
 vance on His Ancestors.

(Des Moines Register)
 Oklahoma ranks near the bottom of the list in number of automobiles in proportion to population, so there was special reason for the surprise felt by the people of Nevada, Iowa, when a family of Cherokee Indians from Ok lahoma passed through that city in a big hand tailored touring car en route to the Mesquakie Indian pow WOW at the Tama reservation.
 Nevertheless, there are only two possible obstacles in the way of pos session of an automobile by the ave- rage Indian-dislike of the machine and objection on the part of the United States government.
 A great part of the Indians of the United Sta tes are wealthy enough to own and operate several machines. and the touring party from Oklahoma indicates that the desire for this means of locomotion is gaining hold among the red men.
 The Indian ought to make good chauffeur-at any rate, he is not like ly to drive with the muffler cut-out open. But if the red man preserves the spirit of his ancestors, his real instrument is the airplane. What a WOnuefIul opportunity TOT SCouIlA6 and single handed combat there is for the Indians who possess the fighting instinct, the keenness of vision and the iron nerve of the race from Pow hatan to Black Hawk.
 Upon the sides of the airplanes used by members of the Lafayette Es- quadrille-the American aviators in the French army-is painted the head of an Indian in full war feathers, typi- flying perfectly the relationship be- tween the most dangerous occupa- ton to be found in modern war and the warrior aspects of the primitive American.
 The Indian pony is a thing of the past. The tepee is gone. Even this pow WOW at Tama is merely an il- lustration for the benefit of the young men of how things were done in the good old days. The automo- biles seats are too soft and the speed laws are a hindranoe. But there is no speed law in the air. If the In dians want to indulge freely, in the most exhilarating sport to be found on earth they should take to the aviation service.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17
LAND OF THE IDEAL,
A New Light Cast on America By Henri Bergson Who Sees Good
 In Yankee Traits.

In Yankee Traits.
 (Henri Bergson m Paris Address.)
 For my part have never doubted that America would intervene sooner or later in this war, and I was sure as l kept saying, that it would not be through selfish interests through material purposes or gain, that she would intervene; it would be by req son of some great principle. ..
 l have said here to the Franco American committee on returning from a voyage some years ago, America is country of idealism (applause); it is the land of the ideaP' (applause). Because Americans have had to clear a new continent, to strug- gle for theier existence We have come to believe that they were men with sell fish interests, occupied before all with material interests. What a mistake. He who has lived in American realizes that there is no country in the world where money means less. It is only necessary to see how they spend it, how they give it, and for what they earn it. They earn it and they seek for it only that they may give proof that they have made every effort pos sible. Money over there, I said, was a certificate of efficiency. (Cries of "Ve-y good, very good."
 Whoever has lived in America knows that high ideals. moral and religious, have the first place over there. Whoever has studied Ameri- can literature and philosophy knows that the American soul is impregnated with ideaism and even with mysti- cism. Whoever has studied American
 
 eral thoughts of morality and justice havc always held first place. It is upon pure ideals and pure thoughts that the American nation was built and it is perhaps the only nationality in the world which was thus built consciously and freely. For elsewhere 1t was by force of circumstances, by tradition. and by a series of events. that the constitution of this or that nation was determined.
 Once only in the history of the world was a nation built upon con- alterations purely ideal-that was the day when the nation was founded which was to become the American nation and the American nationality. Those who left England to come to colonize America were not drawn over there as colonists generally are, by the ultimate thought of material interests; it was not to enrich them selves: it was not in order to find ease: it was only to find liberty of thought and conscience. So, then, it was upon an ideal of liberty and jus tice that the States which were to be- come the United States were founded. This ideal of justice and of liberty they sum up over there in the words democratic ideal"
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17

It was about six months ago that Frank Paul Arata, son of Mrs. Savina the Naval Reserve forces. He enlisted as first class seaman and was sent to the South Brooklyn navy yard Shortly afterward he was transferred to the and promoted to gun captain, the position which he now holds. Arata received his education at St. Mary's parochial school.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17

There can be no more fooling about the second liberty loan. The bonds purchased in one way another
 Either the rich men of the country will purchase or the men of moderate past heard the hue and cry against the rich man. To date he has done ore than his share in this war. He
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17
FALSE RUMORS.

FALSE RUMORS.
 Physicians of this city have been called during the past week to the been sent overseas, the reason being that these women were overcome be- | cause of false rumors spread broad cast, rumors which told of death and disaster to American troops aboard transports.
 In one instance, called to the atten- tion of this newspaper, a mother was brought to the verge of collapse because some malicious mind manu- factured the story of her sons death. The story which was handed down by word of mouth was to this effect: Last week an American transport was sunk by enemy craft four hundred miles off the Atlantic seaboard. Almost all hands on board were drowned. Those who were saved are now in a New York hospital where inevitable death awaits them as re- suit of their injuries.
 Just such stories as this are sent forth with the view of discouraging our military operations. The object is easily seen. If the American peo- pie are made dissatisfied and afraid they will not want to send their boys abroad. The result, however is far different. Since many of the boys have already gone or are on the high seas the mothers of the nation are suffering untold agonies
 It is time these lies were nailed to the mast. Tracing down one story we found it to work this way: A New Britain man visiting New York met man there who had heard from an uncle that his wife's sisters son 1 was brought to a hospital after having been rescued at sea from sinking transport. The boy was in a hospital in New York, a hospital wherein were who had gone through a like experi- ence.
 That was the story. It is rumor, pure and simple,-not so pure, not so very simple. Yet it does more to break hearts than any other thing that can be devised, save the actual loss of a transport with the drowning of American soldiers and sailors. One of the greatest news gathering agen- cies in the world has as yet failed to find a trace of the hospital in Ques- tion, or to report single death caused by the sinking of a transport. The truth of the matter is, there has not been one American transport sunk since the war with Germany. The Navy Department has pledged itself to give forth the information as soon as any calamity befalls a ship. There ] will be no object in keeping this news back. In fact, it would be to the ad ! vantage of the nation to publish just i such news. For, with the first casual ty list from Europe will come feel ing of hatred toward Germany, a | feeling that is on it's way but which as yet has not struck its topmost point. :.>s. Let mothers and fathers and rela lives of American soldiers know this: The Navy Department and the War 1 Department and the State Depart 1 ment under the advice of the White l House, will give out officially all lists of casualties. Rumors must be l discounted. There will be rumors so long as man is gifted with the perni- 1 cious habit of lying. Any one who 1 hears such a rumOr is at liberty to 1 ask from whence the original report
 came And Diogenes with his lantern 1 could find the originator of such a rumOr just as readily as he could find 1 an honest man in old Athens
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17
Consulting tho Authority.

(Kansas City Independently.
 Here, Johnny" said the father, what are you doing in that book case?"
 '1 want to find a history of thei United States"
 What for?" Well, Billy Jenkins says Tim Riley pitched for the Nationals last year. and want to find out if he did"
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17
A Linguist's Blunder.


 There goes Prof. Diggs He speaks seven languages f1uently.'
 Much good that does him." re- piled the baseball fan, indignantly. Yesterday prominent citizen said to him, Professor, I want you to meet a famous slab artist and the poor boob wanted to know if he was 'ad- dressing a sculptor"
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17

has given his sons, he has given his money. Unless the men of moderate means step to the front he will have purchased the best part of the liberty bonds. And, as good business proposition, we must not let him do this.
 FACTS AND RANCHES. Sometimes it seems as if Russia had been given us as an ally just to test our faith in free institutions Ohio State Journal.
 A monarchy is as rotten as the king and aristocracy, while a de- mocracy is as punk as all the people. Don Marquis in the New York Evening Sun.
 It's a mean trick the newspapers play on man sometimes when they print exactly what he said.-Pater- son News.
 It is really in Germany, where the twilight of the gods is becoming an imperial fact, that Wagner should be 8 musician non grata.-New York World.
 Jazz music is now an expression accepted by the best of newspapers. Various definitions have been forth coming, but thus far the best Is any old tumble of peculiar and noisy sounds without rhythm or reason from any old sort of instrument.- San Francisco Chronicle.
 Wilhelm calls Ferdinand of Rou- mania the renegade Hohenzollern. He means, we suppose, that Ferdinand was the white sheep of the family. New York Sun.
 More and more as German intrigue against human liberty is revealed, it becomes evident that the world is fighting for peace.-Baltimor Ameri- can.
 Unbridled egotism will get any man into trouble, whether he be an em- peror, a United States senator or ianitor in a flat building.-Chicag News.
 Hindenburg says that Woodrow Wilson does Germany good. That is his purpose, as the followers of the Kaiser will discover sooner or later. Evening Ledger.
 Why do people ask Senator L4aF'ol- lette to make speeches. .?-Syracuse Post Standard.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17
Chagrin.
Richmond Tim mes-Dispatch.) )

,RIchmOnd Tim mCS-DispatCh.)
 'Daggun it!'. growled the senator "What's the matter?"
 "Oh, here I've spent my life getting famous, being statesman, figuring as a diplomat and heading billion-dol- lar commissions, and the telephons girl just referred to me as party"
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17
Enough Said.

(Yonkers Statesman.) Has the doctor been here today?" asked the wife. Yes, he has," replied the gouty husband.
 What, did he say?'' 1.-TWO dollars"
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17
Desatn Us Not.

xo naughty war lords OCT the } AGaAs& freemen bend pliant s knee?
 T0Sfr treacherous hands with blood are red!
 The Iron FNst''-must freemen
 dread? , From town and countryside we come
 Inc tented field will be our home,
 Stdrn duty calls-deta1n us $ Tho quarrel Is not one we
 sought. AUSTIN.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17
A Confused Impression.
(Washin gton Star,

IWaSnInyLOn Star.
 "How do the German soldiers get Iron Crosses?" asked Bronco Bob. They have to win 'em.''
 Twin 'em! knew they were right plentiful But I had no idea the boys were usin' 'em for poker chips"
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17
An Unjust Judge.

n.J "Yes, I was fined $200 for putting coloring matter in artificial butter''' Well, didn't you deserve it?''
 Perhaps. But what made me mad was that the Magistrate who imposed the fine had dyed whiskeTs.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17
A Coming German Problem.

One serious economic problem that Is going to confront Germany pretty soon Is what to do will all the bright young men who have been trained for spy careers
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17
 McMi|IEsan+ Ian Store.
 <Ineorpcrated.)
 "Always Reliable" Every Liberty Bond Bought Makes Peace Sooner and Surer
 DO YOUR BIT A' BUY YOUR BOND TODAY Buy. Your Curtains, l <Portieres
 and |CouchCovers atMcMillan's s

We're doing our bit offering extra nishing a comfortable home. &
 sCRIM CURTAINS. Ready to hang; complete with val- ance. Extra values $1.39 and $1.b9 pair. Other attractive values 86c, $1.25, @1.6O and $1.75 pair
 CURTAINS Of scrims, madras, marquisette and net, priced from 75c to $5.9S pair Good assortment of new designs in white, cream and ecru.
 COUGH COVERS E. At prices you can afford to pay. Sec our large selection to choose from. price $1.es to $s.5O.
 PORTIEREs In green and brown, priced $5.98 to 5000 pair.
 TABLE COVERS In attractive new tapestry venture patterns, priced $1.5O to $b.bO each.
  SPLENDID CHOOSING HERE ON DRAPERY MATERIALS OF ALL KINDS, CURTAIN
 POLES, BRACKETS,
 AND FIXTURES .
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17
The Regular Way.
(BuffalO Enuuirer }

Why, of course. If the new tax on a scent cigar Is q tenth of a cent, by all means add 3 cents to the price.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17

1ssued daily Sunday excepted) at 4:l6 p. m.'
 at Herald Building. 67 Church St.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17

1n$ered at the Post Office at New Britain ! as Second Class Mail Matter
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17
w Britain Herald.

HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
 Proprietors.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17

Why do people ask Senator LaFol- lette to make speeches. ?-Syracuse Post-Standard.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17

Hindenburg says that Woodrow Wilson does Germany good. That is his purpose, as the followers of the Kaiser will discover sooner or later. Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17

We're doing our bit offering extra values, keeping down the cost of fur nishing comfortable home.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17

The only profitable advertising medium In q the city. Circulation books and press
 room always open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Sometimes it seems as if Russia had been given us as an ally just to test our faith in free institutions Ohio State Journal.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17

Unbridled egotism will get any mar into trouble, whether he be an em- peror, a United States senator or 6 ianitor in flat building.-Chicagc News.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17

A monarchy is as rotten as tn mocracy is as punk as all the people Don Marquis in the New Tor Evening Sun.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17
CURTAINS
PORTnEREs

PORTIERES In green and brown. priced $5.8s to 5000 pair.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17

It's mean trick the newspaper play on man som etimes when the. print exactly what he said.-Pater son News.
New Britain herald., 1917-10-17

It is really in Germany, where u twilight of the gods is becoming g imperial fact, that Wagner should l a musician non grata.-New Yo1 World.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-17
WILL DU|LO STEEL AS
WELL As WOOD SHIPS
Rapidly Pushed to An Early
Completion.
HAS MANY CONTRACTS NOW.
Two Mile Spur Track Now Being Put
In BY Southern Railroad Must BE
Completed In Thirty Days.

Especial to The Richmond Virginian)
West Point. va, Aug. 16.-For sew
eral months Mr. Crosby Thorn pson has
been the busiest man in West Point
and has been going back and forth
to washington and Richmond, during
which time there has been much con-
lecture as to what would be the out
come OF all of this mysterious travel.
snd what was the import of so many
strangers coming to this little town
It now develops that we are to have
a great shipbuilding plant at West
Point and that the spur track being
put from Euclid Heights to Port Rich
mond by the Southern railroad Is the
iniative Of the work. The contract
for the two miles OF railroad calls
for its completion in thirty days..
Richmond and Northern capitalists
are interested In the plant and tho
offic1rs and directors OF the company.
which is Incorporated under the title
OF the York River Shipbuiiding Co.,
are as follows: Warner Moore, presf-
dent; Crosby Thompson, vfce-presi-
dent: James Mullen, secretary; Thos.
Winston, J. o. Winston, Thos. Ores
ham. r. l. Newman and e. l. Read.
Mr.. Mullen said II was the inten-
ton of the York River Shfpbuiidfng
Co. to built the latest type OF steel
vessels and that the contract recent
ly accepted for the millions OF dol
lars of wooden ships would not In
fere with the original plans OF the
company
Mr. r. I. Newman. one OF the most
widely experienced shipyard con-
structors in America. and one OF the
leading authorities in the construc-
ton OF the New York Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock Co.'S plant. is now here and
will push the construction work rapid
ly TO completion.
The natural advantages OF West
Point are said to be unsurpassed any
where on the Atlantic coast.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-17
WANT BACK WAR RANSOM.
Frederick. Nd. Wants $500. 900 r
acted BY Gen Juhal Early.

Frederick. Md. Wants 5000. 600 Ex-
acted BY Gen. Jubal Early.
Washington. Aug. 16.-Congress-
man Frederick n. Zilhman yesterday
introduced bill in the house TO re-
fund to the city of Frederick $500
900 paid as a ransom of Confederate
troops under penalty OF burning the
city The city Of Frederick was In
vaded by a large confederate army
under Gen. Jubal Early July .. 1854.
and a ransom of 100000 was levied
and was paid by the corporate au-
thorities.
Mr.. McComas. late United States
sentaor from Maryland introduced on
January -. 1890. a bill in the ffty-
first congress to refund this ransom.
On January IS. 1922. Mr.. McKaig. at
that time one OF the representatives.
introduced a similar bill. and a bill
was also introduced by Congressman
David ]. Lewis during his incumbency
in congress.
Mr. Zilhlman's bill provides that the
sum appropriated shall be applied by
the corporate authorities OF Frederick
TO the retirement of an equal amount
OF its bonded debt Representative
Zihlman's bill was referred 9 to the
committee on war claims. OF which he
liz a member.