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New Britain herald., 1917-07-12

Reichstag. A brilliant speaker, Erz. berger is a politician and an opportu- mist above all else. He senses eafAy coming changes in the political att mosphere and shapes his course ac- cordingly.
 Born in 1875, Erzberger received his university education through the aid of wealthy friend. His father could not afford to send him to col lege. He studied international law and political economy in Switzerland, and subsequently, wrote several books on political and economic subjects. He early identified himself with the Christian labor union movement, serving in 1897 as delegate to tha Zurich International Labor Congress.
 He was elected to the Reichstag in 1903, as a member of the Center party His constituents are Cath olics, and mostly small farmers. AN soon as Erzberger became a member of the Reichstag he grew appreciably conservative. As the representative of the petty land owners, he was. however, much more progressive than the nobles and agrarian magnates who make up the majority of the Center He therefore became one of the leaders of the small liberal win4 of the Center, as opposed to the large reactionary wing of this Cler- ical party.
 Erzberger's recent declaration in the Reichstag committee could. there- fore, never have been made on behalf of the entire Central group, as the veteran leader of the latter is Dr. Spahn. Erzberger spoke only for himself and the several progressive mem bers of the Center. His speech. however, is a sure indication of a deep change of sentiment among the German people. There are about 100000 members in the Christian la bor unions of the German empire, If Erzberger, their leading spokesman in the Reichstag, found it necessary to come out against annexations ah0 indemnities, it could only be because he considered 1t too dangerous not to do so. V
New Britain herald., 1917-07-12
"Rohbine. the Cradle.

Schenectady UnlOn-Star.)
 The most pathetic story that comes from the European front Is the news of thousands of German soldiers, mere boys, lying among the slain. 1t is not only pathetic but intensely sig nificant. Germany is doing what the Confederacy did in the last years of the Civil War-"robbing the cradle and the grave" taking her boys and men too old to serve under former military law and placing them on the firing line. Boys of sixteen and seven- teen are among the dead and prlson- ers and many men whose age entities them to exemption have been forced to fight.
 It is the beginning of the end for Germany. If Russia 'comes back or if she continues to fight as she has done the past week, then Germany will taste a defeat that will not end till the Allies are on German soil and the Kaiser sues for peace. With Rus sia on the eastern front, and the AL lied armies reinforced with thousands of American soldiers on the western front. Germany will be slowly crushed between the jaws of a giant machine that will bring sure defeat to her forces.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-12
ENLIST TO-DAY.

New Britain is now face to face th another recruiting campaign Is time a campaign devoted solely the interests of the regular army. non-c missioned officer of the lifted States Army, man who has kn twenty-two years service, is here tell the young fellows the advan Ees of enlistment over conscription. lis to be hoped that the young fel- Es will even go out of their way to |ar the message which Sergeant Me Fbe, U. S. A., brings to New Britain. is a soldier. He knows the duties
 a soldier. He further knows the
 Til which confronts this country Jess the young men of this country Iake aside the lethargy which has
 en theirs and adopt different tac. 6. The nation needs men. Let the en respond. Let them not stand
 ok and wait for others to come for
 ard. Enlist today.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-12
Richard Burton Deane.


 From an experience of thirty one years in the mounted police service, the author gives an account of pio- neer days in the great Canadian northwest and of the feats of daring which invested the force with the glamor of romance."-A. L. A. Book list.
 Municipal engineering practice, by Amory Prescott Folwel "A semi-teChnical book occupying new field and of Interest to city engineers and city government boards. Takes up details of municipal engin- eerlng that are usually found scat tered throughout a wide range of pc riodical lterature''-A L. A. Book list.
 World at war. by George Brandes. Essays including a prophecy writ ten in 1881. He maintains that the war is the logical result of ten years passionate and ceaseless competition between the Central Powers and the Triple Entente' "A. l.. A. Book list
 Red Planet, by William Locke. "A story of wartime, but not of war"
 Read to ambition, by Elaine Sterne. A story of a young man who, while working in a steel factory, discovers a process whereby he is made wealthy. How he progresses In his new position and how he makes use of his wealth goes to make up an in- teresting story. ."-Publisher's Note Up the hill and over, by Mrs. I. C. Mackay.
 "A pleasant village in Canada with people who remind one of New Eng flanders, Is the setting for this read able story."-A l.. A. Booklist Where your treasure is, by Holman Day.
 "A story of the sea. Tn search of adventure and a treasure the author takes his hero from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. The book contains much clean humor and rollicking fun."-Publisher Note.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-12

danger which threatens them. They are in, to all intends and purposes, an isolated community. They are far away from a competent fire depart ment. They have none of their own. Every house in the town is practical ly frame house. Yet there is no fire protection. There Is not a fire en- zine nearer than those of New Britain. dollars to run a water main from New Britain to Berlin and give the people there sufficient water pressure with which to fight flames. Of this expend- iture the people of New Britain would be forced to pay practically nil, while the people of Berlin would be taxed eight per cent. year until the final bill was paid. The people of Berlin, when the proposition was first made to them, decided that the price was exorbitant. They would rather pay the high rate of fire insurance now prevalent than pay the city of New Britain the eight per cent. per an- mum for tho convenience of city water not only for other usages but for the purpose of fighting fires. Last nights catastrophe should set them again to thinking. Given high wind, a burn ing building, and no water to fight the flames, they may soon find out that after all water, even at the rate of eight per cent, is a mighty cheap commodity.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-12
FREE ADVERTISING
 GOES INTO DISCARD
National Editorial Association t Take Up Cudgel Against En-
 thusiastic Press Agents.

Minneapolis. July 12.-Opposition to free advertising and publicity byl newspapers of the country was voiced by speakers at the National Editorial association convention here. S. Gf Goldthwaite of Boone, Ia., president ot the Iowa Press association, recom1 mended the appointment of g. field secretary to conduct a campaign against free advertising. H
 Necessity for organization, economy and cooperation among newspape& publishers was emphasized in the re. port of the executive committees which was presented by G. E. Hosmer of Denver, chairman. His report dealt with the efforts of publishers to obtain print paper at reasonable prices and also touched on econo- mics which should be practised by publishers.
 "I would estima,e," he said, "thaS the work done by this organization and by the various other press and editorial organizations of the coun- try has saved and will save the news% paper publishers during 1917 at least 25,OO0,OO0 over what they would have had to pay had the fight not been taken up by us year ago:a
 The report said the censorship question had been settled fairly sat- isfactori1y'' and that newspa pers should be careful not to<m1suse thei1 privileges. E
 Of postage rates the report said a fair basis would be one which took into account the difference between a publisher sending his paper 2,0Od miles and one whose mailing limit was two miles, MT. Hosmer took excep-4 ton to the imposition of a per cent, tax on the profits of newspapers an4f said that while willing to pay theiI just share of added war burdens newspapers should not he compelled to pay any additional tax not levied on other businesses.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-12
HOUSES SCARCE IN HOLLAND.
Man Seeking Rent. Is Man Without
 Friends.

(correspondence of the Asso. Press).
 Amsterdam. Netherlands, June 26. The house-hunter in Holland in the days of the great World-war of 1917 is assuredly an object for pity. The scarcity of houses for rent at Am sterdam, the Hague and other cen tels has greatly increased because of wars interference with the house. building industry and of the influx of foreign population into the Neither lands. At the Hague. for instance, of BeIgians alone there are thousands who have temporarily settled. The lack is particularly felt in respect of apartm tments-the Dutch Upper house" or flower house"-ranging between s2D0 and $500 in rent.
 So keen was the hunt after houses in Amsterdam recently that high rewards were offered for addresses of houses to let. Races have taken place and bribing has been practiced to find homes. If in the morning house was to let. in the afternoon it was let. In the brief meantime thirty or forty prospective tenants had rung the bell and asked to see it.
 The result is that landlords have be- come more and more particular, and their demands have multiplied. A special law was passed by parliament to prevent the undue imitation of rents, so that the natural effect of the demand has been artiflcially pre- vented Certain classes of houses are unobtainable save by purchase, ard purchase prices have risen enor- mously, certain houses changing hands rapidly at an ever-mounting nrice,
New Britain herald., 1917-07-12
THE EASIEST WAY.

It was to be expected that the small nations of Europe,-the neutral na- tions,-would become riled at the at- tempt of the United States to put an embargo on foodstuffs out of this na- ton. Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Holland are smarting under the proc- lamation of President Wilson which will prohibit the exportation of food and fuel from this country unless the government knows where it is going and why it is going.
 We are sorry for these small na- tions. Yet, the embargo on food stuffs is nothing more than could be expected under the circumstances. The United States is at war with Ger many. It has been at war with Ger many since the sixth day of April. During all that time it has shipped foodstuffs,- valuable foodstuffs,-t to all the smaller neutral nations of Eu- rope. And, in return, these small na- tions, either for profit and gain or be- y, have sent these American consign- ments into the Imperial empire. Thus they have aided and abetted the ene- my of the United States in waging war doing, they have used products raised in the United States. The scheme had to end som etime. It will end on next Sunday, July 15 when the Presidents S proclamation goes into effect
 The newspaper comment in the aforem countries Is not at all fattering to the United States of America. From the columns of the prominent journals ln these countries one gleans the opinion that America is trying to force these neutral nations
 into the war, and on the side of the Allies. By taking away foodstuffs from them they are practically brought face to face with starvation, so 1t Is said. That may be all very true: yet we learn from the United States commerce reports that these | nations are thoroughly capable of talk | ing care of themselves. If they are 1 forced into starvation it must be be- | cause they are sending all their own | foodstutfs into Germany. Not having l the foodstuffs of the United States to send into the Imperial empire they 1 should conserve their own. That is l the easiest way out.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-12
WAKE UP AMERICA !

Our Uncle Sam, dear U. S. A., Goes forth to war again; So volunteer, the hour is here And Uncle Sam needs men. And women, too, of sterling worth, To watch and work and pray; Let men and women do their best, The countrys call obey. We honor German enterprise
 And German worth and thrift; But like the floating mines they SOW
 The people are adrift. They bInd1y follow those who seek
 Ambitious selfish ends, Forsake the good, and war with those
 Who fain would be their friends. Our fight is with despotic power,
 It's claim we must resist Worthy the cause. and ripe the hour
 For frecmen to enlist. The cause, the country needs you now
 Needs strong courageous men; We have been victors in the past Ana shall be yet again. The thug machines called submarines That stab one unaWares, Must one by one by net or gun
 
 And Uncle Sam will be at hand
 To help the work along, So take your stand on sea or land
 Ye stalwart men and strong. Strike down this mensce or the oeep'
 The aSSassins of the seas; Strike down this iron fist and bring The War Lords to their knees,- world
 Through lust for power and fame' ~ Will find but ashes in their grasp
 A heritage of shame. The world is being taught tooav'
 In Europe's blood red school, That one-man power must give away
 And let the people rule. Autocracy has had it's day.
 The star of hope appears To guide true Democracy
 Through all the coming years. The Hateful hour of stress and storm
 Bids freemen all unite, Put on the khaki uniform.
 And battle for the right; Or work the shop, the mine. the farm,
 Which e'er the country needs, Let every freeman do his best
 To prove his worth by deeds. To champion the causes of
 Small nations of the world Land of the free, thy starry flag
 Should not again be furled Until the day of victory dawns,
 And, ripping in the breeze, The flags of every land proclaim
 The freedom of the seas.
 WILLIAM GILLEN RODGERS.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-12
Whiskers in War.
(Syracuse Post Standard.

tSyracuse Post t-Standard.)
 When, during the Spainsh- -Amer'- = can War, the Spanish officers met Americans for the first time in friend ly communication, at the equalization of Santiago, they were surprised to ind that the American soldier was clean shaven.
 Few officers in the United States service affect either mustache or beard. As a rule they are better look ing than the Continental soldier
 The barbarian trims his beard and hair to become frightful in the eyes of his enemy. The bearskins and shakos of Napoleonic armies were adopted to add height and fright fitness to the appearance of the sol- dier.
 All, or nearly all, of the European armies encourage the mustache. The biger the mustache the fiercer the soldier. The French soldiers call themselves "poilus'' as a tribute to their hairiness of visage.
 When the British went into the war the young men composing the army were as smoothly shaven as the American private. But lack of safety razors-for razor factories are turn appearance of continental warriors.
 When We send our soldiers to France let them have this distinction that in the kit thre shall be a razor, and at the approach of a. clean-shaV- en man in uniform shall indicate that here comes an American.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-12
NEW BOOKS AT THE INSTITUTE
Collected poems, by William Henry

Collected poems, by William Henry
 Davies
 Selected by the poet himself from work published in the last ten years. Mir. Davies has learned much from Herr1ck, and uses his learning well- not Tn the least sense pla lagiarizing, but by his clever choice and treatment of his subjects. s.'-Athenaeum.. Dreamer's tales, by Lord Dunsany.
 Sixteen short imaginative stories which were published in England in 1910. "A. l.. A. BoolSlist. French of today, by P. D. de Bacourt
 x J. w. Cunliffe.
 Selections from French newspa- pers Illustrating the different va- rlet1es of newspaper writing and de- signed for those who wish to gain a knowledge of modern French and modern France, whether for Journal islic purposes or as a means of gen. eral culture.' Selections are untrans- lated' though few annotations are gwen. Introduction surveys the de- velopment of the French press,''-A. l.. A. Booklist
 W 1ll'to"S, ny JOnn -ANSCOuSn.
 In class all by itself-one of the most moving books that the war has inspired. ."-America. Household organization for war serv-
 Ice, by Mrs. T. O. Franks.
 
 JoSeph Pencils pictures of war
 work in England, by Joseph Pen
 nell.
 Reproductions of a series of draw lnss and Autographs of the intuition works, made by him with the permis- sion and authority of the British gov- ernment With notes by the artist and an introduction by H. G. Wells. Mechanical equipment of buildings,
 by L. A. Harding and A. c. Will
 lard.
 'Volume 1, heating and ventilation. An excellent up-to-date and very complete reference work, dealing with both the practical and tleoret- .cal aspects of heating and ventila- tion. "A. L. A. Booklist. Mounted police life in Canada, by
New Britain herald., 1917-07-12
The Small Town Sheet. (Paducah. Ky.. Sun)

No daily newspaper, however well edited, can take the place of the small town weekly if the publisher knows his business. The latter has hold on the hearts and lives of the people that cannot be loosened by any outside newspaper, daily or otherwise. The small town weekly is a personal friend or every man, woman and child in the community. It furnishes the first reading lesson for the toddler who has just learned the alphabet. In it's columns are recorded the childs progress through school, his departure for college and the record he made there. his marriage and his business career in the distant city. It tells of the tragedies and comedies in the lives of those who are neighbors and ac- quaintances. It gives the gossip of the hour and the news of the day and dis cusses subjects that are of interest to all who can scan it's pages. Its editor is sort of father confessor to every body.
 The home town newspaper Is as essential to a town as the retail mer- chant The extent of the prosperity of the town depends upon how well the merchant and editor pull together Once in while the remark is heard that the life of the small town weekly or the life of the small town merchant is threatened by interests now central izing in the larger cities, but this Is not true. The community iG safe. the local merchant is safe and the editor is safe so long as we are alive and alert to our neighborhood interests and do the things that aho11'6 bo done 10 promote community welfare.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-12
COMMUNICATED.
"ANY OLD TIME"
Why Have a "Restricted District"
 When There Is No Restriction.

To the Editor of the Herald:
 It Is not at all surprising when so many little petty laws are being made, that some of them are of so little consequence, that perhaps they are forgotten by the vigilent blue coats, who by the way, are very effi- cient in the duties assigned them by their worthy chief,-W. J. Rawlings. In referring to the matter that fol- lows, it may be case somewhat similar to that of the lady of the house, that gave her hubby a very important letter to mail on his way to work, as said letter failed to reach it's place of destina ton, it was found a week later in one of hubby's pock- cts he having forgotten to mall 1t. The curtain lecture he received from his "spouse" caused him to do a song and dance act, that surpassed any ever staged by a minstrel troupe. The article in question relates to the re stricted district" on Main street off from Myrtle. Signs are erected there with the following inscription, plain ly visible to the naked eye: Re stricted district; forty minutes stand" This refers to owners of automO ObiieS and other motor vehicles that often times leave their cars a long while over the allotted time allowed them, and in the meantime some leave their cars, so far from the inside of the curb to the rails of the trolley that, should a team come along, as is often the case, people wishing to board a car are liable to meet with an accident by passing teams
 If the law on the present sign Is not to be enforced, why not remove it. and substitute one to read, Any old time?'
 G. H. G.,
 865 Stanley St.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-12
Not Our Friend.

l One of the things that have Iserved to convince us that the our friend is that from the very loutset of the present war it has filled our unsuspecting communi- Ities, and even our offices of gov
 ernment, with spies and set crimi- nal intrigues everywhere afoot hgainst our national industries land our commerce. Indeed, it is how evident that it's spies were here even before the war began.
 WOODROW WILSON.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-12
Little Surprises.

(POrtIand EXpreSS.)
 "No, sir; your watch doesn't need any repairs or even cleaning. You simply forgot to wind it.
 "Gentlemen, the conductor has asked us to move forward in the car. Come on: there's plenty of room.'
 Certainly you deserve a raise in your salary You have been doing splendid work and we appreciate it.'' Tt was all my own fault I was knocked down. I got right in the way of your automobile"
 No. sir, this isn't the genuine olive oil That's the reason 1t is so cheap"
New Britain herald., 1917-07-12
CHEAP ENOUGH AT THAT.

When assistant chief of the fire de-
 rtment, William J. Noble, leads his
 e-fghters to a conf1agration, as he
 ! last night there is no time lost in
 tting to the scene of activities. The
 distant chief and chemical company Imber one were called to Berlin to wart the designs of flames that were
 Bing in a private residence and Featening the entire township. On Fough guess the trip from New Brit
 to Berlin was made in less than
 n minutes. Considering that the emical engine weighs five tons, and
 at the distance traversed is in the ighborhood of five miles,-by ac- al speedometer count, four miles ] Id a half,-this was what we might II, in Pickwickian language, "Go- B Some.
 But to what did 1t all avail? Even
 ter the fast time made from this iy to the neighboring township of
 krlin Chief Noble and his gallant lew of fre-fighters found themselves (llpless so far as the saving of the !rning building was concerned. With hir chemicals, of course, they could krd off the flames from other
 Iuses; but they could not hope to mpcte with the raging flames that d gained headway in the burning 'ucture. Had this same house been uated in the city of New Britain,
 d had Chief Noble and his men ar Yed at the same time they did in erlin they might have, and most iobably would have, saved the struc- Ire. They would have accomplished lis task because there is plenty of Ater, and plenty of pressure on this Ehter, in New Britain. There is no ! hter for fire-hghters in Berlin. And hen there is no water, fire appara- s,-with the exception of the chem 1. Il engines which are no good unless blaze Is in it's incipienry unless the mes can be wardcd off other build ys,-fire apparatus, we repeat, are
 ruthless.
 The town of Berlin stood idly by tt night and watched a very fine 5idence burn to the ground. It was eiful. Yet, it could not be helped he only thing that could be done was {tne,-the safe guarding of nearby Ieuctures Never was there the
 ehtest chance of saving the burning
 Hiding. From the moment the
 mes were discovered until the fire
 hters of New Britain arrived on the
 sne the building was doomed. Where ere is no water pressure there is nc f ance of com batting mans worst Time and time again 8e fire question has been brought up its relationship to Berlin. The peo- e of Berlin have been warned of the
New Britain herald., 1917-07-12
No Objection From the Objector.
 Manchester Union)

When it comes to a question of soaking the producer and the con- sumer and letting the speculator get away with his graft, we are con- scientious objector and we don't care who knows it.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-12

The Liberty Bonds have been bought, the Red Cross has been taken thing now that remains is to enlist this, of course, for men only.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-12
Behind the Bars.
(Detroit Free Press!)

(Detroit Free Press) How long are you in for?" asked the new convict. "Six months," was the reply. "I see. Just doing your little bit, eh ?"