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New Britain herald., 1917-07-17

draft an additional SIS men over and
above all we have sent into the
ranks.
There is no gainsaying the fact, the
gross quota and the net quota as set
down for New Britain by the gentle
man from Glastonbury are too high.
1t would be interesting to know upon
what basis he formed his conclusions.
Evidently he is not familiar with the
work of recruiting as conducted in
this city and the results attained by
local, state and federal officials. He
also failed to disting uish the New
Britain boys in Hartford livery. Since
the government is intent upon getting
as many men as possible into the
ranks of the new army, and will do 80
regardless Of individuals, cities. or
states, 1t will do no good to enter
complaint. 513 men taken from this
town will, however. leave a great gap
since the vast majority of men here
between the ages of twenty-one and
thirtv-one are aliens and not subject
to the draft.
If New Britain is called upon to
contribute 513 men to the new ma
tional army, the army to be raised by
selective draft, we firmly believe 1T is
but just and proper that the aliens
among us be made to conform with
the law just the same as native born
Americans These men have been in
the country now for some time,-most
of them came here before the war
started in 1914,--and they have
reaped the blessings of the land. If
it has been worth living in for them.
it is worth fighting for by them.
Whatever Is done to fill the net
quota demanded from New Britain
there will be a drain upon the young
manhood Of this city. There are not
enough native-born Americans to
make up the number. considering all
those who will be exempted because
of their valuable work, or because of
physical ailnnent. There will not
even be enough foreign born citizens
to help fill the ranks in this fashion.
If we must have 513 men for army
duty, we must call on the aliens.
otherwise, the net quota is too high.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17

powers, until the autocracy of Ger
many has its back broken, until the
men who make up the war party
there get, down off their high horses
and let the people have a chance.
We are not fighting against the Ger
man people; we are fighting against
the arrogant German Government as
made up of the House of Hohenzol-
lern and it's camp followers,-the
''vons" of every description.
When these truths become evident
in Germany, when the principles Of
Democracy get firm foot-hold, we
may expect to see Autocracy go over
the long long trail. From what is
now taking place it is evident that
the people are having a change of
heart. 1t Is evident that the work Of
the Social Democrats has not been
futile. The German Kaiser has been
forced to fire one chancellor. He may
be forced to get rid of another within
a very short time. II the process
keeps on the people may come into
their own. Who knows?
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17
The Old Brfgades.

(Daniel w Gallagher in Boston Post)
There came to the hall Of the G. A. r.
Three old comrades who wore the
Sergeant Bates with his cutlass scar,
Jones and Prentiss. The way seemed
far;
They waited the coming Of others,
too,
For it was the eve of the day they
keep;
The meeting night when the roll dis
played
How many camped on the other
The boys Of the old blue-clad brigade.
Bates was back with the Twenty
third.
At Gettysburg on the field he stood
From the railroad gap" the bullets
whirred;
The crash of cannon again he heard:
The Iron Brigade was in the wood;
Then up the pike from Hagerstown
Came on the old time pals he knew
Stalking on to the front and death
Saluting him in that dream review.
Jones trudged once more to the war
away
With Stalwart fellows. He saw them
all;
They came before him, some grave.
some gay,
Till he started brushing the tears
away;
They gazed on him from the frescoed
t. wall.
He watched the burying squads IN
by,
Passing off to the left and right
With steady tread. Each form they
Was some Post comrade, whose hair
was white.
Then Prentiss unused in his chair the
while;
Familiar voices oft reach his ear,
Boys under the sward came file and
file
To look upon him with tender smile;
Each softly whispered, "Old friend.
L mhere."
He sought the grip Of a. comrades
An order came. That night in May
He took his place mid that spectral
rank
He fell into line as they marched
away.
Two old veterans at last awoke
On the eve of the day they always
keep,
They told Of it later. Twas Bates
who spoke:
II reckon, fellows then his voice
broke
"Our comrade has just gone to sleep.
He passed to the camp on the other
side.
For the old brigades were very near.
In this hall tonight. when the roll
call came,
Then our brother responded, Here "
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17
SEVERAL LAWSUITS.
Lawyers Are Busy Arranging Clients
Business Affairs-Several Judgments

Through Lawyer S. Russell Mink.
F. B. Bastian of Stamford has
brought suit against Allen Sheldon
Of this city for $3.50 damages.
William A. Stadler, through Klett
& Alling. has brought suit against w.
S. Bradley for 500, claiming that
amount as damages resulting from the
killing of the plaintiffs dog by an au-
tomobile driven by the defendant
Walter Byzwicz has been sued for
500 by John Remillet. A. A. Green
berg represents the plaintiff, who
claims that the defendant drove his
automobile into the plaintiffs horse,
injurying the animal.
Michael H. Gluchowski of this city
has brought suit for 500 against
John McGregor, a Hartford tailor
Attorney Henry Nowicki appears for
the plaintiff.
Judgment by default has been given
Maryana Grabeski against Frank
Kulas, and in the case of Frank
RitoH vs. Nicolo Mandano judgment
has also been awarded the plaintiff
by default.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17
POND LILIES VS.. TUBERS.
Danger Confronting Amateur Garden
ers on Walnut Hill Attributed
to Kids Wading Pond.

To the Editor Of the Herald:
When our country was forced into
the war, and the government called
upon all our citizens to plant and
raise foodstuffs enough to feed them
selves and leave the main crop for
the maintenance of our soldiers. the
inhabitants rich and poor, regardless
Of their station in life, set out to
raise as large g. crop of vegetables
as possible. Land in all parts Of the
city was donated and ploughed up
and planted.
The side of Walnut Hill was
ploughed up and amateur farmers,
anxious to do their bit, worked early
in the morning and late at night In an
effort to comply with the govern
ment's request. The crops are now
above the ground. About the Fourth
of July the water was turned into the
wading pond and shortly after the
water worked it's way through the
bank and proceeded to inundate the
adjoining plots. In a short time
several of these plots were a. mass of
mud and slush. Complaints to the
park commission and those having
charge of the lots brought no relief.
the answer being that the land con-
tanned springs. This being the case
why was such land given out? There
was no water until the pond was
filed. Some of the gardeners dug
deep trenches. but as their education
in the science of hydraulics was sadly
neglected and not having the nee
essary capital to install pumps or
artesian wells, the water still flows
merrily on, and in short time the
crops of several plots will be rotted.
One gardener humorously re-
marked that he should have planted
pond lilies instead Of tubers
The only remedy is to drain off the
water in the pond for a while. until
these crops mature. We don't like to
see the kids deprived of their SWIM
ming place. but we must have crops
Which shall we have?
A. GARDENER
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17
A SERIOUS DEFECT.

President Wilson will soon have
change his facial EXPRESSION; at
1T 50 far as the suffragist agitators
) concerned. Mrs. Abby Scott
ker has sounded the knell. Speak
for those women who have been
.keting the White House for 10
Esse many months, Mrs. Baker criti-
Res the Presidents stand against
(srn as Stupid and stubborn" and
j this to say:
1.-THE real trouble is that the Presi-
Fat does not believe any woman is
D equal of man. No woman could
|,k into his face, as I have done, and
(ieye otherwise"
That indeed is deplorable. If the
esident does not look like the suf-
,ktsts want him to look, namely.
9 a suffragist sympathizer. then
is a poor President. In the same
"a it might be argued that his facial
preston is Numerically opposed to
any things. Fighting the battle for
smocracy he does not measure UP
] the facial demands of a supporter
| Autocracy. If the Kaiser looked
10 the Presidents face the Kaiser
,uld undoubtedly be very much dis
based.
1--WE should have thought Of these
kngs when we returned Woodrow
ilson to the White House. We
|ould have selected a man who could
lar different face every time an
[vocate Of this, that or the other
ing approached him. Otherwise.
|e people of the nation should i'm
|ediately order installed theat-
bal dressing room in the White
|ouse under the competent super
sion of an expert "make-up artist
hen if q Suffrage called to see the
resident he could be made look like
ISuffragist; if Prohibitionist called
would assume the religious fervor
I'D dignified air of a. prohibitionist,-
hid SO on down the line.
Mrs. Abby Scott Baker has indeed
Iscovered a serious defect in the
Residential physiognomy.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17
TOO HIGH.

According to 9, compilation Of hg-
res set forth by a Glastonbury matb-.
natician at the request of Governor
olcomb the city of New Britain must
rnish 513 men to the new national
tmy, the army that will be raised
fnder the selective draft. This num-
|sr is given as the net quota. The
ross quota is mentioned as $40. Civ
Isx credit for 327 men who have an
1ered the call to the colors the fig
res are cut down to the aforemen-
(oned 513.
Naval recruits, OF course, are not
hunted in the army quota. Yet it
eems there is a. mix-up somewhere
b the figures accrediting only 327
ben from New Britain in Uncle Sans
Ind fighting forces. The local COM
anies of the national guard have to-
ether a grand total of almost $50
hen. This would leave but II men in
he regular army to fill out the figures
There have been more
han a hundred men from New Brit
lin who enlisted since the war with
Germany. Many of these probably
lave been credited to Hartford
Aside from these recruits in the
Regular army, we have men in the
National Guard who are not affiliated
With either of the two local guards
hen who are stationed in Hartford
hen who might have been placed in
The Hartford list. We refer to our
boys with the cavalry troops, the ma
ehine gun platoons, the signal corps
With the quartermaster' departm emit
Ind those at headquarters. Also, we
have a few men in the first regiment
band. Given due credit for these New
Britain would not now be asked to
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17
TO JOIN REGULARS

Sergeant j. H. McCabe secures Names
OF Twenty-one More New Britain
ties Who Want to Enlist.
Sergeant J. H. McCahe and Private
Isenb berg, the two regular army men
who have been waging a determined
recruiting campaign in this city for
the past week, left this morning.
Previously they had recruited more
than fifty men and their final efforts
succeeded in obtaining the applica-
lions of twenty-one more who have
pledged themselves to enlist. These
men, whose names are herewith
printed, are advised by Sergeant Nc
Cabe, to present themselves at $50
ASYLUM street, Hartford, for exam
nation without delay.
Mike Horgor, sos Main street:
Nick Pointeli, sos Main street; Sam
Glebie, SO High street; William
Misiziconki, SO Broad street; Albert
Pinto, IS Maple street; J. u Lisz-
kiewicz. 1872 High street; John Wills.
40 Howard street; John W. Riley,
20 Union street; Frank Dietzek, 50
Orange street; F. W. Rully, 61s North
Main street; Elson Churchwe1l, 122
High street: Dan Perrelle, Washing
ton Place; Edmond j. Denn 4s3
Main street; Roke Aleksenicz. 8
Beatty street: Stifen Katatneniski.
SO Lasalle street: Daniel German, 33
Lavlor street; Joseph Ray, sc Yale
street, Waterville: Vincent Nartovitz,
Lyman street; Frank Burda, 129
Greenwood street; Daniel ]. Moore.
Main street. and Peter Karas, sos
Main street.
In his campaign yesterday. Ser
geant McCabe visited Southington
where he secured the enlistments Of
the following: Joseph Covereezbo. ].
r. McGrath, Attilio Cosale, Pasquale
Adam and John Fabra, who should
also report to Asylum street.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17
LABOR SITUATION.

Hartford, July 17.-Demand for
employment and applications for help
through the five free employment
bureaus of the bureau of labor
showed an increase for June over the
preceding month. All applications
for employment were: Hartford
l,574; New Haven 1912; Bridgeport
833, Waterbury PIT and Norwich APP;
total 4317. Applications for help:
Hartford 1924; New Haven 956;
Bridgeport 617; Waterbury 181 and
Norwich 344; total 3,456. Situations
secured: Hartford 1904; New Haven
$40; Bridgeport Gil; Waterbury 13s
and Norwich 329; total 1885,. 49,.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17
COMMUNICATED.
THE GOLDEN RULE.
Play All Around, Even for the u
innate Consumer.

Play All Around, Even for the u
innate Consumer.
To the Editor of The Herald
The Co-operated Store now being
operated by one of the largest manu-
facturers, and another soon to follow,
will furnish their employees with food
stCffs at wholesale prices. That this
is proof positive that the dealers
are going to suffer by this transaction
goes without saying. The following
will give you soma idea as to what
the result will be.
These two factories employ 1000
or more people. Allowing four extra
person to each family sums up total
OF $4,000 persons that are to receive
their daily consumption of food
(meat and vegetables excepted) from
THESE two coop associations.
Now this is no small item for the
dealers to lose, and I hear the worst
Is yet to come unless there is a
tumble in their high prices. Everyone
has a right to an opinion, and the be-
lief Of many is that high prices have
been pasted on where there was &C
tually no need of it. Should this be
'AAS NeASS IuW SO-OpSIdLlV0 0LOI OIL o
justified in taking the course they
have.
If the dealers have been unjustly
accused by floating runors, they
should be exonorated by all means.
and If they are in the right convince
the people that are making these re-
marks of their errors.
New Britain people stand by home
industry, now and all times as long
as honest dealings are melted out to
them, but when it fails to exist
1T is time to sit up and take
notice. I wish 1T understood that this
article is not founded on facts against
the dealers. but from reports often
times heard from different people OF
the Hardware City. This much
will say, that if the dealers would
shave the prices a little on some arti-
Giles think it would be for their in
terests SO to do. A word to the wise
is sufficient
The old, familiar motto. do unto
Others as you would have them do
unto you,' is one that should be fol-
lowed by all honest and upright per-
sons.
G. H. q.
s65 Stanley st.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17
WHO KNOWS?

Dr. Georg Michaelis the new chan
cellor of the Imperial German Gov
eminent. a man upon whom much
faith was based, has now stepped
fully and fatty into the boots of his
predecessor, DR.. Won Bethmann-Holl
veg. At least this is judged from his
first conference when he called into
the executive chamber Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg and his chief of staff.
General Won Ludendorf.
Judging from this conference there
will be no separation of the political
authority from the military caste.
And it is this reform that the mas
iority of members Of the Reichstag
want. 1t is this reform that the
Centrist Party of Germany wants
It is this reform that the Social DEM
ocrats have been clamoring for 1t
is this reform that much come before
the German people will really have
a hand in their own government. 1t
is this reform that must come before
the Governments that make up the
Entente Allies VIII have anything to
do with the Imperial German Gov
eminent on peace proposals. Ger
man Junkertum must go before Ger
many can sit at the board with the
civilized nations of the world.
Admittedly, Germany is passing
through a political crisis. Just how
serious this crisis is no one knows,
no one will know until the censorship
is dropped. But the facts cannot be
kept from the world for ever and
day Sooner or later the cat must be
let out Of the bag. There is a great
quantity Of smoke, and where there
is smoke there must be FIRE. Yet the
present crisis is not all that must
! be expected. Even If this one is
smoothed over there will be another
| and greater one unless the Reich
! stag members who are in control eff
| feet some sort of a compromise with
, the Kaiser and his right hand men,
| among whom is now DR.. Michaelis.
| Just how much can be expected Of
| this man will be known later in the
week after his speech which is sched-
| uled for Thursday in the Retchstag.
The Kaiser was compelled to get
rid of Won Bethmann- H ollweg. The
man who took the place of the de-
| posed chancellor is, on the face Of
things. no better than his predecessor
| so far as the am billions of the Ger
| man people are concerned. He Is
starting out on the wrong tack when
he allies himself with the military
| caste in Germany, for it is this caste
| that is he'd responsible for the war
and all it's ruthlessness. Political
! military Germany. Soldiers there
| have held the high hand. Each Gen.
eral and Admiral is a high cocka-
forum, strutting and parading before
the populace in peace times and Or
dering the proletar1at before the guns
in times of war The German people
| AS the United States of Am erica
| entered this war with the avowed
! purpose of making the world free for
democracy it cannot stop until there
is a change of some kind in I'm
perial Germany. 1t cannot stop until
| the Kaiser Is shorn Of some of his
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17
HOLLWEG CAUSES
KAISER'S HEARTACHE
Note from Wilhelm to His Aid in
Re1chstag Deplores Resignation OF
Chancellor.

The Hague, July 16.-The Berlin
Reichsanzeiger publishes an auto
graphic letter from the Kaiser to Won
Bethmann- Hollweg on the occasion
of the acceptance Of the resignation
of the chancellor. The emperor says:
I decide with a heavy heart
by todays decree to grant your
request to be relieved from your
Office For eight years you have
occupied the highest and most re-
sponsible offices in the imperial
and state services with eminent
loyalty, and you have successful
ly placed your brilliant powers
and personality at the SER
vices of the Kaiser and the
empire and the King and the
fatherland.
In the most srievous times
that have ever fallen to the
lot Of the German countries and
peoples-times in which deci-
sions of paramount Importance
for the existence and future of
the iatherland have had to be
taken-you have stood by my
side with counsel and aid. It is
my hearts desire to express my
cordial thanks for your faithful
service.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17
NEED RED CROSS MEN.
Truck Drivers and Helpers Wanted
in Washington a.

Washington. July 17.-Twenty truck
drivers and twenty helpers for Red
Cross service in France are needed tA
man 81 unit of automobile engineers Il
was announced today It Is also
planned to recruit a mechanical squad
OF ten composed Of master carpenters
body builders. painters, machinists and
electricians.
Following g. brief training period 81
Buffalo the section will soon sail tor
France. All expenses will be pro-
vided but recruits will be expected to
serve without pay. The trucks viii
be used for Transporting supplies
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17
UP TO GAMERS.
Government Expects Them to Supply
Needs of Soldiers.

Washington. July 1.-THE govern
ment expects the Gamers of the coun-
try to supply a large part of the food
requirements of the troops, accord
ing to Henry Burden, president of
the New York National Gamers as
ISOLATION, who in a letter to mem
bers today reminds them that the
honor of the association is pledged to-
fulfillment of this trust.
He urges members to give personal
attention to the work so that the
government may be furnished with
the best products of the industry.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17
HOPE FOR SETTLEMENT.

Berlin, Via London. July 17.-Ger-
pedoing Of the Argentine steamer Toro
will be settled amicably. according to
a semi -official note. This statement
denies that relations have been broken
off.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17
BURIED IN ARLINGTON
Brigadtcr General Blossoms Rernaix,l
Placed in National Cemetery.

Washington, July 17.--Funeral SET.
vices for Brigadier General Henry W.
Closson, retired Civil war veteran and
Indian fighter who died here Sunday
were held followed by interment Ia
Arlington national cemetery.
General Closson. who was IS wars
old was born in Nottingham Vt. He
graduated from West Point In the class
of 1884 and rose through the grades to
the rank OF colonel. In 1904 he was
retired with the rank OF brigadier
general.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17
UNaEnFTsH SERVICE.

summon you to a great duty,
h greatsprtvi1ege g, shining dignity
and distinction. shall expect
livery man who Is not a Stacker to
be at my side throughout this
|Sreat enterprise In it no man
ban win honor who thinks of
himself.
WOODROW WILSON
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17

Predictions as to the duration OF
the war might be reduced by a tax
on excess prophets.-New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17
MatrimOny.
{ Life. !

Modern Suitor-I love your dauEh-
ter.
Modern Father-But can you make
her unhappy?
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17

Conduct is the great profession. Be-
havior is the perpetual revealing
What a man does tells what he is
F. D. Huntington.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17

Premier Lloyd George talks like a
man who holds bird in the hand and
four aces up his sleeve.-Dallas News.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17

Anyway. as flippant person might
remark, Germany did not find Brazil
an easy nut to era ck.-Chicago News.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17

We wish some pastor would tell us
if Noah was really justified in taking
pair of mosquitoes into the ark. Or
didn't he do it? May be he had the
boat imperfectly screened. Shore
Line Times.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17

Will the food conservationist advise
how to outwit the robins who feast off
the cherry trees?-Rutland Herald.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17

An old woman speaking of the ter
rible state of affairs in France and
elsewhere, said to a visitor, 'Lor.
mum! If this is war what must ru-
mors of war be like" -London
Chronicle.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17
Veterans at the Desk.

louisville Courier-Journal)
The journalists who undertook in
1914 an analysis Of the days war
news are growing gray and peevish
in service
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17

The Kaiser will find that the Sammy
is Samson.--Troy Record.
New Britain herald., 1917-07-17
FACTS AND F'ANCTES.

To conserve the food supply first get
your food.-Baltimor Sun.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-21
r. COMPANY Is
A TO MOVE.

Fargo, Sept. 21.-Following receipt
of orders this morning for the contem-
plated removal Of the first and second
regiments from North Dakota. Mon
day, Capt. Reginald Colley. Company
B, First North Dakota Infantry, Is
sued orders at noon, calling all men
ION leave to report Saturday evening
to be in time for reville Sunday morn
ing at Z o'clock.
The call finds the Fargo company
members very anxious to get into
camp to take up higher branches Of
training. The company's standing this
ficers. with five privates In hospitals
suffering from minor ailments, but
who will be in condition to report on
specified time.
Major E. G. Geary Of the second
regiment, when advised Of the move
ment Of that regiment, issued a state
rnent saying that the second reg1-
ment has been drtllink at home sta
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-21
BERLIN FOREIGN '
OFFICE ASKED
FOR BRIDE MONEY
lContinued from na.se

CONTINUED from page -
stored. The affair has remained in
that state to the present day. Count
BernstorfY was unwilling to take Of
fetal responsibility for the evidence
of German intrigue.
USED PACIFISTS, 1T
is BELIEVED.
Some officials are inclined to be-
1ieve that the method Of influencing
congress was the using Of paciflsts to
rake the chestnuts out Of the fire,
rather than to any direct subordina-
ton Of congressman.
THOUSANDS OF MESSAGES
AGAINST SENT CONGRESSMAN.
At least one of the most active or
~ganizations flooded Washington with