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New Britain herald., 1918-01-07
FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY
Pressure Cuages

Poor pay of government servants IS proverbial. Multiplicity or tasks is a monument to their industry. But there is one little known slave of thc nation who exceeds legend and sur passes any praise. In all his life. alt CT the most meticulous preparation, he undertakes but one job And all the pay he receives when done is but to be discarded forever-unless he prove particularly apt; i'll which case he is promptly hove into the fires Of Hell! where ne is melted Up into another Pressure Gauge.
 There were no pressure gauges be- fore the Civil war Men ht:tf pon- derous guns to be sure. If they blew up there was the simple expedient of making them more pcnderous. Progress in ordnance was marked by a series of blowings up. The Iaan who fired a big gun drew a big sal ary-when there was enough left of him to draw it.
 Guns were tapered towards the muzzle then as they are today. But curves were @ question of beauty rather than ballistics, of pojse rather than pressure. Nowadays iean fifty foot breech loading fourteen-incn rifles are designed to fractional dimen- sions in spite of their seventy-ton weight. And every inch of their length can and does withstand detn- ;toly known stresses.
 The invention was not a COntriv- ance but a discovery. An observant young artillery officer noticed that metal powder containers or cartridge cases, used in the gun were squashed after firing. The bigger the charge the greater the f1atness of brass or iron pieces exposed,
 It was but step to placing Jumps of lead or copper iii tho sso"u~ ~i' chamber and measuring their com pression after explosion. Com par ing the results With known pres sures acting on similar Jumps gave a good idea of what was happening inside the gun. Pieces were distrib- uted along the bore and a curve of pressures obtained.
 Art was busted from gun design and dimensions were chosen to fit actual conditions. Where now you find a guns breech of prodigious thickness you may be sure that not one ounce of metal is wasted some of John Paul Jones broadside hullles could have fought at several tons un- der their historical ringside weights and done perfect work. And one gun in ten could be trusted to blow its muzzle off.
 Details of gauges are simple. Cop ner rods feet long and .53 inches in diameter are supplied to the mill. Metal is specially selected for it's purity and homogeneity. Rods are cut into discs about .25 inches long.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07
WORLD WAR AIMS.

Always drawing clear line of de- |arkation between the people of Ger |any and the military masters of that bmpire, the President of the United sates has, in all his utterances on bace terms, declared that no pact \ m be drawn with the Imperial Ger Rituted. In his speech to the British 8ade unions Saturday, Prime Minister oyd George followed closely the ca ever prevalent in President Will Ems speeches on the same subject &d said, in short, There can be no
 Pace with the Hohenzollerns and the # #apsburgs; there can be no peace %th the autocrats of Germany. Un- #ss we crush German autocracy, *erman autocracy will crush us." herein the British Prime Minister peaks not only for Great Britain, France, Italy, and Belgium, but for 8e United States of America. The < $ohenzollerns must go. The German kople themselves must have a voice # their own Government before final #ticles of peace are signed. It is the &cree of Democracy.
 $ Tn such a program as this, con- \ mplated by all the powers fighting BEainst Germany, there is no Halice, there is no vengeance is not meant to wreak havoc #hd destruction on the German 6opIe, what though these same peo- @ e by backing up their interruptions < Sllers and leaders have helped apply &e torch to the civilized world. The sstruction of Germany and the sub N gation of it's people are not the #ds sought. Rather it is a 1iberali- tion of the peasants of Germany, nd the class that leas hitherto been &1 &1bservient to the military masters &ho demand their subjects to worship #nder the doctrine of the Divine Eight of Kings. Any peace that re- rms to the status quo ante bellum Mould be as good as no peace; would #e, in brief, nothing more than an Mmistice, a cessation of hostilities #ntil Germany could repair her shat &red arms and go forth again on the #ar-path. The truth of this has #awned on all those who have fol- #wed the aspirations of the German Emperor. Having recognized the Ranger of dealing with the ruthless
 @ttlers of the shining sword and the & Malicious maulers of the mailed fist, &ae world outside Germany has come
 #b combined understanding; and #1at is, a determination to bring the Raiser down from his high horse and
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07

ment meted out to our old friend Max was justifable There is some doubt as to the adyisa bility of resort ing to mob rule. In an easy-going
 country like tbis there are those who
 believe that each individual should
 be allowed to go far as he can
 under the law, and that he should not
 be punished until he actually trans gresses the rules and regulations of the land. Max did not do that; so it is believed Max merely told what he thought of the United States, charac- terlzlng Uncle Sam as "a big bully, and "a blatant buffer and sent some sother equally as elegant appellaions afaXing in the direction of the Ameri-
 kn Government. All this, of course,
 ashing up a grand tirade, Max
 Red his approval of a defeated
 Eerica at the hands of a victorious
 f1nany.
 All we'll and good; but this one
 uestion should be decided in the case +of Max and all others like him, before Fthey enjoy further the privilege of free speech: Are they Germans or |Americans? If they are Germans they are enemy-aliens, and there is no getting away from it. If they are Americans they are friends. If they are enemy aliens they should be treated as enemy-alie and not as friends. If they are friends. they would not De guilty of such utterances. The entire matter is simple and needs but the careful consideration of our duly appointed judges. The laws are on the statute books. If they are pro- perly defined and placed before the public, if they are administrated in all cases such as this, if they are made known to all men, enemy-aliens and citizens, there will be no need for these laws are not brought into play, are not made active living laws, then we may expect other Maxs forced to kiss the flag they so heartily hate and blackened eyes and bruised lips. Worse yet, we may see several such char acters unceremoniously strung up to the iamp-posts and telephone poles Stretching hemp is a pleasant pastime in some quarters of the country when crime is committed against woman hood. It may become popular in the North with those who now have a new and greater love for their country.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07


 IT. Who runs might read. They are of such order that those who read can- not fail to comprehend. They are of the nature that those who understand must concur There is but one way in which they may be accomplished and that is the separation of the pur- pie from the red, the dividing of power taken from the crown heads among the people of the lower classes. When this happens in Germany, there will be made possible the nego- tiations which will eventually restore the world to it's peaceful path. If there is but one way in which a world peace can be brought on,-by nego- tiations with a German Government ways in which such a state can be set up in Germany. They are, first, a fight to the finish on the part of the Allies with a victorious ending in Berlin, and, second, the overthrow of the Hohenzollerns by the German peo- pie themselves. These things are patent, and part of the inevitable. The Imperial German Government as it now stands must go. It is accused of every crime on the calendar and convicted by civilization. Treaties are to it as scraps of paper" Human life is in it's eyes merely so much blood to be spilled. Honor it knows not. Law is a word with which it is un- acquainted. It is not on speaking terms with Liberty, Justice, or Free dom. Murder is in it's heart. As witness to the truth of these things we need but recall the rape of Bel I gium, the sacking of the Cathedral at 1 Rheims, the bonn ping of London, the sinking of the Lusitania, the murder l of the nurse Edith Cavell, and so on down the long list of crimes com I mitted by the wanton Brandenburgers. 1 In the sky, on the earth, and in the r waters under the earth, has a bar
 barous Germany committed her fiend- [ 1Sh crimes.
 l Lloyd George has spoken to the 1 point. President Wilson has formu- l lated the program of peace. Presi- | dent Poincare of France has time and 1 time again enunciated the plans of a l brave people. King Albert of Belgium l has laid down the aims and aspirations
 of his people. Even the Bolshevik Gov [ ernment of Russia, which refuses to l deal with German peace delegates at the Eastern German headquarters,
 Brest-Litovsk, and insists upon neu- 1 tral territory, Stockholm, for such l parleying, shows where it stands l The world has come to know the heart l of the Imperial Government and, see | ing the rottenness therein, the world l enunciates it's war aims.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07
COMMUNICATED.
CURFEW FOR PROHIBTTIONISTS.
To Conserve Brain Fuel Which is as Essential as Coal, a Liberal Would
 Have Bells Ring at 10 p. m.

New Britain, Jan. 7, 1918. To the Editor of the Herald:
 This is a reply to the request from E. l.. G. Hohenthal of Manchester to Mayor G. A. Quigley for cooperation in closing saloons at 10 p. m.
 Dr. Morris, noted Brain Specialist, says Man is the only mammalia that kills his own kind directly and in that act indicates that he is working ab- normally in opposition to nature s law relating to the preservation of a species.''
 The reason why he works abnor- mally is because he has defective brain construction. Brain matter needs conservation at these critical time more so than fuel.
 We are at war with a powerful na- tion and not with our fellow citizens. Why divert attention to facts?
 It is about time the microbe Pro- hibition' which seems to be the sub- jective point in view, was destroyed until after the war
 Man is always an epidemic against natures resources, destroying prog ress and wasting brain matter in order to further some fanatical fancy against his own kind.
 We need no suggestions from MT. Hohenthal concerning our business in terests in this city. I think we are fully competent to handle our own affairs.
 In order to push the war to a suc- cessful conclusion, I would like to have an ordinance enacted whereby Prohibitionists be compelled to work for living and be in the house every evening at 10 o'clock, thereby saving brain fuel which is as essential to suc- cess as coal.
 A LIBERTY BOND HOLDER,
 TAX PAYER AND PRODUCER.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07
IT. A. B. Corps. Election

The annual election of the Y. M. T. A & B. fife and drum corps was held yesterday morning at the rooms of the society. The choices for the executive positions resulted as follows: President, Lawrence J, Cotter; vice. president, William Began; secretary, Thomas F. Clerkin, jr., treasurer, Burton c. Twining; manager, James F. Murphy; assistant manager, Will liam J. Sullivan; sergeant at arms, Thomas Heath; property manager, Peter McCrann; leader, James Bon ney; assistant leader, Peter McCrann; drum sergeant, Charles Price; major, William J. Sullivan. Major Sullivan is reelected to his post as head of the organization.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07

I1li IS SOtil6 OIl III NV w
 k.ve been arrests, there will be further
 Erests. Suspects are brought before e authorities and promptly let go.
 bemingly the police and jailers and Iher state and federal custodians Of
 l e undesirable are anxious to let their Rey go. A poor, common, ordinary &unk gets at least thirty days behind ae bars. A man guilty of real crime released on bail and allowed to go ks hitherto palmy way almost untram-
 Yelled save for a slightly compulsory Sport made to some easy going off, #als. The greater the charge the &ilder the treatment. So it seems.
 Ne have often wondered why an all-
 Anevolent government does not ban Met some of it's guests here,-enemy
 liens and spies. The keys of the Flies have been given them. All they
 bed now is a clear passage to Ger
 @any, or assistance from the home Mix in carrying out their plans of &botage and destruction.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07
HIS CASH ACCOUNT.
Bankrupt SWears He Has But $4.75 in
 Cash With $7, 900 Accounts.

Hartford, Jan. 7.-Aaron Morduch- ay a dry goods merchant of Bridge port, filed today a petition in bank ruptcy in the U. S. district court here showing liabilities of s1s,4 ,469. He has more than one hundred creditors in the dry goods trade in New York
 His assets are stock value at $7, ,0OO book accounts s1,010, and $4.75 cash.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07
AUTO DRIVERS ARRESTED.

John Carbo of Kensington was ar rested this afternoon by Traffic Officer Lamphere, charged with failing to have proper markers on his automo- bile Office Lamphere also brought in Frank Schwere of Meriden, driver for A. l.. Baldwin, for driving com mercial car without having a regis tration card.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07
ANDERSON LIBERATED.

Investigation by the federal author ities in the case of David Anderson, arrested Friday evening at his home on Maple street by local detectives and federal officers, failed to disclose sufficient grounds for holding the young man on serious charges and he was liberated Saturday evening by the local police
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07
SALOON SOLD AT AUCTION.

Constable Fred Wrinkle this after noon sold at auction. the saloon h- cense and fixtures of Anton Napier kowski, II Spring street to Kowalski and Bogdanski for $6,015 to satisfy action brought by Philip Bardeck.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07
FLOUR THIEVES BUSY.

The H. R. Walker company officials reported to the police that the store house on Bigelow street had been en- tered between Saturday night and this morning and a quantity of flour is missing.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07

When Napoleon had reached the Forward with God stage in his ca- reer he was applying it to himself personally against the guns of the enemy-New York Word.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07
w. l.. Morgan Lodge, No. Fl, K. of F.

The officers of the lodge for tho ensuing term will be installed tomor- row night by Joseph l. Kopelman. An effort has been made to have the retiring chancellor commander, Ar thur H. Pitts. who is now doing his bit in the ordnance department at Washington, D. C., present for the occasion.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07
ROGERS-BRADLEY.

MT and Mrs. Daniel E. Bradley of Asylum avenue, Hartford, have issued cards to the wedding of their daugh- ter, Miss Edith A. Bradley, and Lieut.. James Pratt Rogers, on Saturday eve- ming, January 19.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07
MOTION GRANTED.

Washington, Jan. 7.-The govern ment's motion to postpone, because of the war further consideration If several antitrust suits was granted today by the supreme court with the exception of the case against tho United Shoe Machinery company which will so forward.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07
RAILROAD RECETVETs,

St. Louis, Jan. 7.-Application was made in the federal district courts here today for appointment of a ref ceiver for the United Railroads of St. Louis the local and suburban traction line.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07

Very likely those New York wo- man street car conductors will be able to tell some of the men where to get of.-Indianapolis News
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07

Charles A. Bjorklund, son of MT. and Mrs. Andrew Bjorklund of Com monwealth avenue. is an artificer in the 1O2d Regiment, now in France. He enlisted in Company I, c. N. G., on June s, 1916 and saw service on the Mexican border.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07

A newspaper headline in a morn ing newspaper yesterday read Cold Wave Goes to Sea-. So far as we are concerned there is another place to which it might have gone.-New Haven JournaI-Courier.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Just about the time the people get reconciled to the Arctic weather the January thaW can be expected to set in.-NorWich Bulletin
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07

Forward with Gott!" repeats the kaiser. There was a time when his military command was Follow me-" New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07

Stanley Women's Relief Corps. The Stanley Women's Relief corps. will meet in Judd's hall at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07
Martha Chapter, No. 21, 0. E. 5.

Installation of officers of Martha chapter, No. 21. O. E. $. will take place at the regular meeting on Thurs day evening. Supper will be served at 6:3O p. m.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07

When we get used to going with out food therell be plenty again. New Haven Union.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07
FRATERNAL NEWS
Unity RebeI<ah Lodge, I. O. O. IT.

Unity RebelSah Lodge, I. O. O. F.
 Unity Rebekah lodge, No. 54, L O. O. F. will meet tomorrow evening at o'clock in Jr o. U.- A. M. hall. All those wishing to go to Meriden to visit Esther lodge will leave on the 539 D. m. train
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07

Red tape and pneum onia are bad ombination.-Meride Record.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07

We rise to ask, Who put the imp in Imperial?
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07

If the driver of a motor car is a chauffeur and the pilot of an aero plane is an aviator, what is the name for the men who work and fight in the Tanks? The French have already christened them. The man in a Tank is a "tanker'' London Daily Chron- icle.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07

Our guess is this: War, you ma~ remember or probably don't remem- Der, was forced on the Kaiser, Peace, likewise, will be forced on him.-Pat- erson Press Guardian.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07

Hooverizing is commonly regarded as something new, but the Lawrence Journal-Wo has found this in Proverbs, xv:17: "Better is a dinner of Herbs s''-Kansas City Star.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-07

Why should the Kaiser h hesitate to sign a peace treaty with Russia? If it embarrasses him later he can break it.-Syracuse Post-Standard.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-23
Industrial Accidents

Chairman F,ben r. I.ittleiield Of the
Maine Industrial ACCIDENT Commission
Friday set the following cases for
hearing:
Augustus H. Downs. father Of Ralph
r. Downs. fatally injured Oct. IS.
1917. versus the Marston & Brooks
Company al Hallowell; dependency
and whether the accident arose out
and during the course of employment:
hearing set for Tuesday. Feb. %, at ;
f. NJ at the office of the commission
at Augusta: +. +. Maher Of Augusta
for the claimant and Emery & Water
house of Biodcford for the American
Liability Insurance Company. insurers.
Laura Washington. injured Nov. 9,
1917. versus j. Lewis York and the
Employers Liability Assurance Cor
poration. insurers: loss of time; hear
ing set for Wednesday. Feb. y. at 10
a. NJ at the office IF the commission
at Augusta. Or. Albert *. Baldwin of
Portland fui the claimant.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-23
CARIBOU MUST I'M
PROVE ITS WATER

The Public Utilities Commission has
issued an order that a further public
hearing in tho matter of the complaint
Of Willard F. Hamilton and others
versus the Caribou Water, Light d
Power Co, be held at p. NJ, March
- in the supreme judicial court room
at Caribou.
The order directs the compliments
at the hearing to outline plan or
make suggestions as to what may he
done to render the water suitable for
use giving consideration to the Ques-
ton as to whether the company should.
at present high prices and scarcity of
labor. attempt any important changes
in its plant, and whether If and when
AMY such changes may be made, pro
vision should be made by the receiving
10y the company of additional revenue,
and. if so, il what manner, and al the
hearing the company is requested to
outline a similar plan and make sim
liar suggestions.
The commissioners further say in
their order for further heaing in tire
matter:
At conference between com
mittec of the compliments, repre-
sentative of the water company and
this commission held in Augusta, Feb.
~. 1918. it was made to appear that
although the company had been for
seven or eight months treating with
LIQUID chlorine the water 1t is serv-
ing its customers, and although the
reports of the director of the State
laboratory Of Hygiene (the last one
dated Jan. q, 1919 shows that the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-23
STATE HOUSE
Next Council Meeting 10 A. NJ Wednesday, Feb II

said branch line not later than Mon
day, Feb. -, 1918.
The decision of the Utilities Com
mission in this matter says as follows:
Formerly Train No. IS, which is the
only afternoon passenger train running
from Dover Foxcroft to Newport juno
ton on the winter schedule, left the
FoXcroft station at 1.05 j. NJ. arriving
at Newport at 2.10 Z. NJ. Formal
complaint No. 1903, Dexter Cham
Der of Commerce, ct ais, versus the
Maine Central Railroad Company, was
filed Jan. 20, 1917, asking for addition
al or improved facilities. 1t appeared
on full hearing, that insufficient time
was given at intermediate points on
the branch line for the transaction of
business which required attention be-
tween the arrival Of the In bound
train in the forenoon and the depart
ure of the out bound in the afternoon,
and that convenient connection could
be made with passenger trains No. II
and H. on the main line II the de-
parture of No. IS from F'oXcroft were
delayed until about p. NJ. This was
therefore ordered.
The general policy Of curtailing
passenger service due to the war ne
cessities has resulted in the withdraw
al of Train No. l12. Bangor to Port
land, and the branch line train No. IS
now makes no wcstbound connection
Passengers from points on the Dover
| Foxcroft line, destined for any point
west of Waterville have 10 wait for
,, No. ., which passes through Newport
at 9.07 L. NJ.
Since the hearing changes have
I been made in routing the afternoon
mail from points on the branch line,
! 50 that important reasons for making
the changes then sought no longer eX-
list.
! mo opposition developed TO the
present request. and the respondent
made it clear that it was entirely IN
different is To the leaving time for TINS
train, except that it wished to DO that
which would accommodate the patrons
along the line. It did feel that. in
asmuch as its present schedule is con-
trollcd by an order Of this commission
never revoked or modified, it should
change the schedule only on line
order and afer all Of the persons along
: the limo had had an opportunity 10 eX-
press their preference. This position
is sound"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-23
RUSSIAN NAVY IS
in STATE OF CHAOS

London, Feb. D. Disorganzation IN thu
Russian navy has reached an extreme
point and there is no likelihood Of any
order being obeyed, according to an EN-
change Telegraph dispatch from Petro-
grad. The naval authorities at Reval re-
port that in order to save the Russian
navy from the hands Of the Germans It
Will be necessary 70 remove the ships at
Reval and Ifclsingfors TO EronStadt.
This, however, is believed TO be i'm
possible owing to their disusc. Up 10 this
time only submarines have been removed
from these ports. The question has arisen
whether to destroy the ships in 1Tclsing-
fors 1t is also suggested to intern them
in Finland as free and neutral state.
Acknowledgements Of Finnish neutrality
having been made hy the Bolsheyikf The
Bolshcviki are willing to withdraw the
Russian Red Guards from Finland and to
stop the supply of munitions to the relu-
utonists
The marine detachments at Abo Fin
land, and the Alaud islands demand their
immediate discharge, the dispatch adds
and the majority of the crews at Hesng-
fors oppose any active defense.