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New Britain herald., 1917-12-17
FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY
Drydocks
LIEUT.. F1TzHUGH GRUEN. U. Q. Y.

ders. Ready Caisson." He is the Naval Construdtor' in Charge. Ills. words mean Close the gate The Caisson is another tub long enough to fit across the dry docks mouth. Lines haul 1t in. valves admit water, and it sinks with . wee1e into place. The N. c. in c. wipes his 'glimps' and gets out his pipe.
 The rest Is simple. Powerful elec-. tric motors on the caisson drivo gi-, gantic pumps at the rate of OS.O00 gallons per minute through 4-foot sluice valve. Takes two hours to empty the dock Of the 20.o0O. 900 gal Ions of water it holds. At the end the ship rests dry and trim upon several hundred oaken keel blocks And she doesn't look unlike great red-breasted bird on her nest
 know it is vulgar to dwell too much on common details, but out, of fairness to the dock should say that it's length is about 800 feet with "a width slightly more than 100 feet. Perhaps 1t took i've years to build. For like the Panama Canal, there were landslides and strikes and fever and Congressional Committees.
 A caisson once broke in the Boston Navy Yards big dock. Came crash ! ing ten billion tons of water upon . frail little torpedo boat lying therein. Waves subsided over the tragedy. A piece of soap floated up. What kind of soap? What kind floats. . (No, I, don't get paid for the ad-. Vertisement.) s 589,se
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17

truce. It would be a cessation of arms for period In which he could repair his military fences and send his fighting hordes once again into battle.
 It was December 12, 1916. that the world was last startled by a sug- gestion of peace terms between the Teutonic nations and <, the Entente Allies. At that time there was a gen. eral up-setting of, all plans because of this news. The stock market crumpled over night. Fortunes made on ''war babies'' in this country were lost. Yet a year has passed and there is no peace. On the contrary, Ger many sees aligned against her the greatest nation on the face of the earth, the United States of America, national Armament. The spokesmen and representatives of these nations have just completed their conference in Paris. Our men have returned home. They have told us that there was no mention of peace at that con ference, that not only was there no mention of peace, but that there was a thorough discussion of war. The probabilities then are that instead of peace we shall have war and more of 1t. We shall press forward until the enemy of civilization is run back within his own borders and then and there stripped of the power to ever again cause such an upheaval of world affairs. Some time before Christ mas there shall be peace; but not before this Christmas. The day Of reckoning is farther down the calen- dar than December 25. 1917.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17

Dry dock is the ships bath tub. Man goes into the water to get clean. vessel comes out of the water for the same purpose. And the recep- tacles for their ablutions (meaning tubs and docks) differ only in size
 Even in the old days 8 big ship could have been built. When done she launched easily enough by sim- ply slipping down the ways. But a year later her bottom was a mess. Long slimy growths of seaweed foul- ed her sides and reduced her speed. Barnacles colonized every square inch of her underwater body. Acids and alkalies ate into the heart of her sheathing.
 Where high tides came ship could be drawn up on the beach. Every one has seen a fishing boat so docked on the sand. But ships grew larger. The tide method went out. Hauling up on building ways was tried some times with success. More often the lines broke and the vessel dived like a frightened fish back into the water again.
 Then Genius arrived. One usually engineer and lived more than a cen- tury ago. His idea was to dig a huge trench near the river. let the ship float in, dam, up the trench. then pump out the water.
 In those days dams and pumps were more unreliable than second hand autos in 1898. It took a month to empty the trench. Workmen rushed gleefully in and began to calk, scrape, paint and to borrow each others plugs of tobacco. Just then the dam broke The man who was saved died before he could account for the ac- cident or the loss of his pipe.
 Steady as you go," sharply from
 Skip a hundred and twenty years. the F1agship's Captain. ~> And 32.o00 tons of steel ship points not 8 hairs breadth from: the docks opening. Ahead slow and the leviathan swims gently in between two concrete walls which clear her side by a score of feet As if by magic her nose comes to rest 42 feet from the point where the walls converge.
 A thin stopped man with specta- cles gives 2 sharp glance. then or
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17
The High Cost of Moving.
(New Bedford standard.)


 A man employed by a New Bed- ford manufacturing concern recently learned something about the high cost of moving. His home has been in central New York, but not long ago he was called here. and when the change in his work made 1t desir- able to live here permanently he began to inquire into the cost of mov- ing his household goods. He could not make Arrangements with the rail- road owing to the car shortage, so he decided to employ a motor truck. The best rate he could get was $1 8 mile, and as the distance was $50 miles each way. that meant an ex- pense of $70O. The only condition under which he could get freight car was that he i'll it completely, and as he was unable to guarantee that at last accounts he was stuck.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17
THE .EYEs OF THE NAVY"

Connecticut spyglasses, binoculars and telescopes are needed to spot sub- marines in the war zone. It is ex- pected that before long many glasses now privately owned in this state will be doing their part in ridding the sea of German U-boats and it may be that before the war is over Connecticut spyglass will be the means of saving transport bearing Connecticut troops from destruction by a submarine.
 The United States Navy is threat ened with a shortage of spyglasses, telescopes and binoculars because it has in the past depended largely on European sources for it's supply, and it Is believed that many people, who own such instruments will be glad to give them to the government so that they can be used as "eyes for, the Navy. It makes little difference how old the glasses may be so long-as they are in a serviceabQe condition, for many old glasses have excellent lenses i which can be used with a little TO- pairing. As the government does not accept gifts. 1t wW pay the nominal sum of one dollar for each pair of glasses which it finds acceptable. It
 will return the rest to the senders.
 The glasses should be sent to the
 Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant
 secretary of the Navy, Naval obser- 4 vatory, Washington, D. c. Each one
 should be carefully tagged with the l name and address of the sender. All ! gifts will be acknowledged by the : Navy Department.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17

Arnold Hughes, son of William G. Hughes of 27 Arch street, pictured above in the garb of one of Uncle Sam's Jackies, is now somewhere on the broad Atlantic, between America and France, with the American fleet of destroyers acting as conveys to the army transports Hughes, we'll known here where he attended the local schools and also employed for time at Rlger-Hegeman's drug store as a clerk, enlisted in the regular navy last June. The last that his father heard from him was several weeks ago when his ship had just docked at a French port.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17
LIE TIME BEFORE CHRISTMAS

.I6Ay ara now beginning to rake the
 old story out of the coals. Inere N hint Of peace terms being pro- by the Kaiser some time
 orv Christmas. The main story SSssoas from Berlin via Geneva. The AIser Is said to be preparing his final her. With the arrival of this story kAre comes home to us one Colonel kouse, who was the representative of ho United States at the Inter-Allied difference at Paris. Colonel House. r4aile displaying his usual reticence, makes mention that there was no dis Mpsicn of peace at that meeting, the presentatives having agreed on Stything. Not only. was there no
 uasiod Of peace, but. according to
 Hnel House. peace was not men Saed. s
 xFhat tho Kaiser has to say of peace 4lf be taken as his usual Christmas Snrora ton. It will be looked upon as fotler attempt to blame the war on he enemies. It will carry to some ft,ds, and particularly to those be- Sad the German lines, the impress ar that the Emperor of all Germany done everything in; his power to E stl,e boys out of the trenches, but hat those opposed to him are deter ained upon the plan of continuous ghting. There is an element of stage raft in this plan. The Kaiser can play, the role of martyr and hold up his people the spectacle of a down eod4en Germany. walked upon by p who are ambitious to take ny her place in the sun. \ T1Ie nearer the troops of the En. at3 Allies and the troops of ths aitsd States of America force the 1rsnAn hordes back toward tho boundaries of Germany, the more VI Aall hear of peace proposals coming &pm the Kaiser. So long as thu rrnies of Emperor Wilhelm were en hsed to walk or run rough -shod ovel 09ApiGSS 0uInaulCy, 30 tONx sOl0 tu' Aiser'sl dream of conquest take or Ality. The moment these armie .sfe stopped in their pseudo Actprious march on Paris, ther
 Mn offers of peace terms. Ye
 world was not fooled into
 ting terms made by the Imperia WE Government, since there wal sS ttaness to these terms. II
 4A1re was talk of terms; but fl
 Kaiser could now propose woult snbthing short of an armistice. 4
 ns based on any terms he migh
 p4ee would be nothing short of ,
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17
INVERTED EVIL.

Man Who Accounted for Six Germans,
 Before Going Over Great Divide,
 Leaves New Thought for Humanity.
 (Chicago Evening Post-)
 We must judge this war not by the good it will bring, but by the evil 1t has averted.'
 The words were found written on the margin of a book of poems from the body of a dead Australian soldier, six of the enemy.
 It is an unfamiliar viewpoint. Our common attitude is to deplore the evils war has brought and to hope that some compensating good may be found when it has run its course.
 But the oldier-philosopher, nearer to the horrors than any of us, sees the war as the averter of evil. Good 1t may bring; but that is speculative. III 1t <has prevented; of that, as he writes in his trench with death and devastation around him. he feels as- sured.
 Why? Because he knew the spirit of the thing he was fighting. He had seen Prussianisn with its disguise of responsibility removed. He had seen the, lauded civilization of Ger many stripped naked, and he thanked God in his soul that war had checked the spread of this thing by commerce and printed word, by subtle politics and subtler philosophy-had checked its peaceful permeation of the worlds free nations before they had succumb- ed wholly to its spell.
 How often we have wondered why Germany, who exercised so vast a sway in tho marts and cloisters of the world before the war;, should have cast aside the pethod of gradual but
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17
With These We Stand

With These We Stand. < n nobler breeds we put our
 trust;
 Tho nations in whose sacred
 lore @ The "ousht'' stands out above
 the must" ' And honor rules in peace and war; With these we hold in soul and
 heart,
 v,tA these we choose our 'iotiand \ pert ss m liberty is safe on sec and shore. ss sss HENRY VAN DYKE,
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17
Another Transportation Problem.
Washington Star)

.How does it happen that a prohi- bition community isl obliged to arrest neople for intoxication
 Well" said Uncle Bill Bottletop, "it's another phase of the transporta- ton problem. Every now and then somebody who wants to carry home a andertakes under to be His own demijohn." l."
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17
The Old. Old Story.

What did you do when your hus- band told you the old, old story?"
 1T told him to shut up before he was half through
 Why, what a funny way to reply to a confession of lovei" [sslv
 "Oh, Is that what you mean? r thought you meant the story he told last night when he came home from a time with the boys.'-Houston Post <
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17

There may be considerable re- sponse to the suggestion of Secretary Daniels that the rank of commodore be revived. It makes a strong senti- mental appeal to Americans because of the brilliant record of American commodores in the past But what could commodore do now?-Spring field Republican.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17

Happiness grows at our own f1re- sides and is not to be picked up in strangers galleries-Douglas Jerrold.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17

An Apache chief in Utah reports that 5000 Apache Indians will soon be enlisted, in the American army. When Apache meets Hun, then should come the tug of inhuman war; Kansas City Journal
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17

Kaledines and Korniloff sound like the name of a baseball battery in the City league.-Springhel News.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17

ny carrier to any part of tho city SAe cents a week, 65 cents a month. Ion Tor paper to be sent by mail. 0Se In advance. 60 cents month. Ed year.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17
FACTS AND RANCHES.

The three young men emerged from the fiery furnace.
 ''The coal shortage did it." they ex- plained.-New York Sun. E
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17

Russia needs a new fighting bear. Why not get the Teddy kind ?-New Haven Union.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17

Nobody will ridicule the Santa Clauses this year. The only com as much as we wish we cou1d.-New London Day.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17
(Washington Times)

We should also recognize "signs of civilization" # the Martians should project upon our atmosphere a skele- ton hanging in chains. But it is to be hoped that the Martfans have got beyond that particular evidence of civilization.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17

Meanwhile Br'er Romanod is in- dustriously shoveling mow and saying nothing.-Bridgepo Telegram.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17

At tho Post Off1ce at New Britain econd Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17

4pdtAble advertising medium in Circulation books and preaS ss1eAy0 open to advertlserB.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17

Sunday excepted at 4:15 p. m.. Eald Building. e Church St.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17

What Is tho secret of success ?" asked the Sphinx. '
 Push" said the Button.
 Never be ledH said the Pencil. Take pains' said the Window.
 Always keep cooP' said the Ice.
 ''Be up to date" said tho Calendar. Never lose your head'' said the Barrel.
 Make light of everything" said the Fire.
 Do g. driving business" said the Hammer.
 Aspire to greater things" said the Nutmeg. Watch your step" said the Ladder.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17

Our idea of an exciting military career is chaplaincy in the home guard. .......
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17

"Brandies urged for railroad dicta- tor,.'' says misspelled headline in a Torrington newspaper. Seeing Wash ington has gone on the wagon, why not make it sarsaparillq?
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17
Women Workers.

It was in the manufacture of tex- tiles that woman first appeared In in- dustry outsido of the homese ~
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17

Wtll ba found on sale ct Hota- 1q0ws Stand. 43nd St. and Broad- I New York City; Board Walk. Att A0 City. and Hartford Depot.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17
 Store open every Evening This Week
Practical Gifts Are the Popular Gifts This Season

You never can make a mistake when you buy your Christmas Gifts here.
 SWEATERS
 ":N Army Sweaters with and without sleeves. Specially priced at r $4.08 and $5.98. Women's all wool slip-on Sweat CTS, every desirable color es-
 pecially priced for Christmas
 Gifts &4.08 each.
 Sweaters for Men, Women and
 Children in splendid assortment,
 priced, 9Sc up by steps to $1O. CUT GLASS
 Make acceptable Gifts. Our as-
 sortment is complete, prices sat-
 isfactory sure. F. CLOVES, HANDKEROHIEFS, NECK WEAR- ...
 Should be approved as desirable Gifts Large assortments to
 choose from.
 RAINCoATs- .
 For Women and Children. Muffs, Neckpieces for the Grown
 ups and dainty cute fur sets for the tots. BATH ROBES >.' -.- Come here to the store with the big stock. Hundreds of Bath Robes, especially priced for Gift giving, $2.9S, $S.9s and @4.s8. OUR DELIVERY SERVICE
 Has been handicapped by the snow. Therefore, help this busy Christmas store by carrying small packages and avoid asking for c. O. D.'s. .~. .',. '. .'....
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17
lain Herald.

sttBL1sHING COMPANY. Fl sProprietors.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17

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 pQetated Press is exclusively entitled the u0e for republication of all news efted to 1t or not otherwise credited this paper and also the local new0 .a211hed herein.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-17

TELEPHONE CALLS gHco ....s-. -i.. zee. '.''''.SSO
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-06-08
ELKINS

M . Brian, who now owns
che White Lake Pasture. un-
loaded something over 700 head
of cattle here the 10Th Of Nav
Walker Bros. shipped some
cattle from Elkins the Both.
On June LIST, Henry Sorrel
and Miss Versie Stephens were
married. They will reside on
the Sorrel's homestead.
Misses Father and Time
Preslar left the second for Silver
City where they will attend the
Summer Normal.
Messers Charlie and Basil Las
sitter, Richard and Will Kelley
were visitors at Elkins the lat
t9rpart If the month
On the 3lst, Mrs. johnson
gave dance in honor of the
Misses Preslars.
Roy Carroll and Alva Hicks
are enjoying camp life.
Mr. Youngs family left for
Montague county, Texas, the
5th.
Have almost forgotten to
mention, we are still having
plenty of wind and sand.
Mr.. Wright is now in Okla
homa Mrs Wright and chill
dren are in Roswell.
Mr.. Lusl1 is shipping cattle
this week.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-06-08
Senator Fall WouId---
Continued from page y

IN Cangress assembled,
That the Act approved Dec
ember twenty-ninth, nineteen
hundred and sixteen, known as
the six-hundrod and-forty-acre
homestead Act, be, and the
same is hereby amended by adj
ding thereto the following sec
tions:
Sec. 70. That all pubic sur
veyed unIeserved lands within
the State Of New Mexico are
hereby designated, without fur
fner elastic iticn or action I'M
'e section two hegeof, as sub.
iect to the provisions of this
Act.
Sec. 10 That all apprica-
liJns for entry under the prov
isions of this Act heretofore
made in the State of New Mex
leo, and all such entries that
may be made in such State with
in six months after the passage
Ut this ACT, are hereby directed
to be received by the respective
land officials and approved by
the proper officials Of the Land
Department, subject to in1i-
vidual contest.
Sec. IA That subject only
to proof of residence and value
ofimproyemeuts, >uch as wells,
waters, fences, corrals, and
houses. and to proof of quaIifica
tons of entrymen as provided
herein, patent shall issue fol
each such entry"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-06-08
CHANCE TO BECOME OFFICERS
One Hundred Enlisted Men of Navy
to BE Appointed Annually to Ma
val Academy at Annapolis.

Provision was made in the last ma
val appropriation bill for the appoint
ment Of 100 enlisted men annually as
midshipmen at the Naval academy in
stead Of %. Concerning this, Secre-
tary Daniels said:
This opens more doors of advance
ment, promotion and opportunity to
the enlisted personnel of the navy.
The men who have already entered
the Naval academy from the ranks
have demonstrated the wisdom of ap-
pointing those who have had actual
experience on battleships.
Aspiring young men will now in
greater numbers enlist in the navy be-
cause of the larger opportunity for
realizing their hopes to become naval
officers. That incentive will power
fully attract TO the service many of
The most ambitious and capable youth
Of the country.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-06-08
Grazing Homesteads-

Continued from page |
poses this season, and you join
in the request that immediate
action he taken to that end.
In reply will say that while
the purpose sought to be accom-
plished is no doubt commend-
able, there are numerous OBJ
stacles in The way which ale
not easy to overcome. In the
first place, applications under
this act already aggregate over
$4,000. covering more than
20.0OO,000 acres. scattered as
you know throughout the en-
tire west. In tie next place,
the land must be designated be-
fore applications can be allow
ed. In the next place, this mat
ter of designation has. been turn
ed over TO the geological survey,
which bureau has not as vet
been supplied with necessary
funds to do any Of tltis work at
ali, except such as they are
probably able to do right here
IN Washington on tile basis Of
their office records. In The next
place, The law specifically pro
viIes that there shall be no
right to occupy lands applied
for until Ike lands have been
designated as stock raising lalids
AS the law stands now, there
fore, it seems to me that The on
Iy solution of the problem pre-
sented is 70 proceed as rapidly
as possible and get the lands
designated, or to decide that
they can not be designated, so
that all these pending applica-
tions can be allowed or rejected.
When we consider the tremen-
dous number of such applica-
tions and the acreage involved,
it is apparent that this cannot
be done in a minute,
Yours very truly,
CLAY TALLMAN.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-06-08
Registration at Kenna.

Registration under The selec-
tive CONSUMPTION law reached a
much higher figure at Kenna
than was expected. "A total of
So. Quite a number were lined
up and ready to answer the call
promptly at seven o'clock. The
occasion was attended ~ no
disorder whatever. In fact
there seems to he but little if
any opposition in this part of
the country.
Reports from all parts of the
state show that much higher
figure was reached than had
been expected and that perfect
order prevailed throughout the
state.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-06-08
"Star-SpangIed Banner"
Must Be Played Alone.

Indiscriminate playing or sing
ing of the "Star-Spangled Ban
ner" in medleys is now a misde-
meanor in Detroit, Mich, pun
ishable by fine of not less than
800 or Imprisonment in the
house Of correction for not more
than three months.
The common council enacted
an ordinance to that effect, after
amending it to include the prls-
on penalty.
At the hearing before the ordi-
nances committee several Span
ish War veterans appeared to
urge adoption Of the ordinance,
which prohibits rendition of the
national anthem except as a sep
arate and distinct selection. Nei-
Their can 1t be used as dance mu-
sic nor as an exit march.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-06-08

Chas. Davis, Boo Baker and
Alfred Messick of Frog City
were business visitors to Ken
ma and Roswell, this week.
Chas. Wear and Sam South
ard accompanied a train of cat
tie each, to the Dakotas, on
Monday and Tuesday of this
week
On Wednesday, Elmer Keller
shipped with a train of cattle
for Denver, where he will spend
several days viewing the sights
of the SMILE High" city.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-06-08
BOAZ NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. @. I. Bachman
spent the first part of the week
in Boswell
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Wooden
left Wednesday morning for
Elmer, Missouri where they ex-
pect to make their home for HE
summer. Earl will assist his
father with the farming
Miss Freda Metz sleft Sunday
morning for Las Vegas, New
Mexico, where she VIII attend
summer school the next two
months.
Henry Murdoch spent Mon
day of this week with his moth
er and brother
Mr.. Darlington or Colorado
was a visitor at the w. G..
Beatty home last week.
Lee Robertson bought the
Beatty ranch, consisting Of 100
acres, last week. Considera-
tion twenty-five hundred dol
lars. This is good grass quar-