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New Britain herald., 1918-02-11
New Rules for Lent.
New York Sun.}

The popes announcement that
Catholics may eat fish and meat at
the same meal in Lent sets aside a.
rule which was esta blished by Bene-
dict XIV. in 1745. This prohibition
applied to Sundays as well as week
days and no relaxation of it was
permitted, even in the United States.
The important change may be caused
by the realization that now, when
meat. is scarce and dear, meal may
be eked out with a fish course
The substitution of Saturday for
Wednesday as a. day of abstinence
will bring together the churct's two
meatless days. To the abstinence
of Fridays there are no exceptions,
unless in the case of persons serious
~ i'll, but in the United States work.
ingmen and their families have been
permitted since 1895 or before, to eat
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11
Has His Civil War Matens.
(Roston POst)

When the ASth Massachusetts, req
m emf went to war in 1862, Mrs. Mary
+. Chase. then Miss Cook, a we'll
known Newburyport woman, knitted
for Leroy S. Currier of that city "a
member Of Il company, pair of army
nittens with thumb and one finger
such as many women are knitting for
the bows lover there" today. Mr.. Cur
rier has these mittens today and they
are in good shape and MIS- chase Is
still knitting for soldiers and Eeo
Cross, having knitted TO GATE -FOUR
sweaters and many helhaels' "li'CletS
and mufflers.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11
Wants More Gar.fields.
(TODeka. Kan. State Journal. J

(Topeka Kan. State JournaL)
What the country needs for the
speedy and successful promotion of
the war is more men like DR.. Garfield
men who, when they recognize an
emergency, meet it with flrmness.
The barrier to progress existing on
account of the fuel situation could be
removed only by cutting straight
drought it.
The main business of the war, the
sending of men, munitions and sup
plies to Europe, has been halted by a,
lack Of coal for the ships. In New
York harbor alone 11S vessels were
lying idle unable to sail owing to
death of fuel. Of what avail is it TO
enlist men, to continue to manufac-
ture war material and to accumulate
supplies if they cannot be transport
ed? OF what avail is it to construct
more ships if we cannot move those
we already have.
DR.. Garfield's order doubtless works
many hardships upon employers and
employees, but this is a time of sacri
fee. When a. country is ngaged in
war somebody must pay and some
body must suffer. There is little time
for selecting those best able to stand
it.
1t is useless to say there was bet
ter or an easier way. 1t is folly to go
to war With gloves on. The tune had
arrived when it was Imperative that
something be done to relieve the sjtua-
tion confronting the country. DIR.
Garfield had the power to do that
thing and he did it not needing the
protests of members of Congress or of
those whose business interests are af-
fected In the course which he has
pursued he has the backing of the
president and he probably will receive
the ultimate approval Of the entire
country.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11
A LOVERS FAREWELL.

My love. my chosen, but not mine,
My whole heart to you in these
words I write;
So let the blotted lines my SOUS sole
friend,
Lie in thy heart, and there be blest
at night!
Irene, I have loved you, as men love
Light music, odor, beauty, love it.
self;
Whatever is apart from, and above
Those daily needs which deal with
dust and pelf
And 1 had been content, without one
thought
Our guardian angels could have
blushed to know.
So to have lived and died demanding
naught,
I will not cant that commonplace Of
friends
Which never yet hath dried one
mourners tears,
Nor say that grief's slow wisdom
makes am ends
For broken hearts and desolated
years.
But I would say, O pure and perfect
pearl,
Which T have dived so deep IN life
to find,
Locked in my heart thou liest-The
wave may curl,
The wind may wall above us. Wave
and wind
| What are their storm and strife to me
! and you?
| No strife can mar the pure hearts
| inmost calm.
| This life of ours, what is it? a very
Soon ended years, and then the
ceaseless psalm.
| And the eternal Sabbath of the soul.
! Hush! while I write, from the
dim Carmine
| The midnight angelus begins to roll,
| And float athwart the darkness up
Man cannot make. but may ennoble
| fate
Bv noblv bearing it. So let US trust
| Not to ourselves but God, and calmly
wait
| Loves orient, out of darkness and
Of dust.
Farewell and yet again farewell and
yet
| Never farewell-if farewell means
to fare
Alone and disunfted. Love hath set
Our days in music to the self-same
air;
| And T shall feel, wherever we may be,
Ey'n though in absence and an alien
cline
| The shadow of the sunniness OF thee
lowering in patience, through a
clouded time.
Farewell! The dawn is rising. and
the light
Is making in the east a faint en-
deavor
To illuminate the mountain peaks.
! Good night!
Thine own, and only thine, my love,
forever.
OWEN MEREDITH
in the Golden Books.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11
LAG. 100000

When the Potsdam conference was
held in July, 1914, for deciding on
the date of opening hostiHhes, Tur-
key and Bulgaria were as much q
part of the Pan-Germanic Empire as
they are today. They entered the
war presumably on the days assigned
and ordered by Berlin.
Thanks to years of preparation
the first rush Of the German mill
tary machine carried it far into
enemy territory. Enemy populations
were promptly enslaved. Little ma
tons were overrun, and their people
driven into the slave gangs and put
to work. Here is a sample Of the
means taken to secure labor. 1t is
taken from an Austro- German proc
lamation in Italy but a few weeks
ago:
Every citizen must obey our labor
regulation; all workmen and children
over fifteen years of age must work
in the fields every day, Sunday in
cluded. from 4 o'clock in the morn
ing until o'clock in the evening.
Lazy workmen will be accom-
panied in the work and watched by
Germans. After the harvest they
will be imprisoned for six months
and every third day will be given
nothing but bread and water Lazy
women will be obliged to work and
after the harvest will receive six
months Imprisonment. Lazy children
viii be punished by beating. The
commandant reserves the right to
punish lazy workmen with twenty
lashes daily
without counting Arm enians and
Syrians, over 100000 people have
been enslaved and made to work for
the conquerors beyond the limits of
human endurance. Thus untold thou
sands Of meniwere released from in
dustry for military service. Many
enslaved men are even being forced
into the ranks. From the first Ger
many's man power has been not 6S,-
COO, 1000, but close to 100000 900, with
a possibility of 25,0O0,000 men for
the field.
Pan-Germany, at which we once
smiled, has been unmaSked by the
war as a hideous reality. Uncom-
p1eted. yet it's strength is sufficient to
shake the world to its foundations.
Close our eyes a little longer and it
will dominate the world with a rod
of iron.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11
TT rs DECRE,F,D.

AS It was with a. certain old philos-
her so it seems to be with Charles
vans Hughes, as judged from the ex-
,sition of patriotic thought given at
10 head of this column. Let all your
|ecepts be succint and clear" There
Il 8 been no more terse summing up
the rights to be exercised by
#nerican citizens in this hour Of
Br then the aforem entioned and
Boregoing brief. If there is anyone
doubt of just what to do SO far AS
beech is concerned let him look
lii in the direction Of the above.
he first sentence will guide the right
snded. This is no time for PARTISAN
lip of any kind"
8There are limitations, expressed and
Bplied, upon the rights of every
an. Particularly is this so when the
! ton is engaged in war. Freedom
speech? Rather would we say
importance of speech. For, speech
this time should be temperate. And,
\ hen the war is considered, speech
8pdld be tenn pered with patriotism.
Scause there is a Democratic admin
Aration at Washington is no reason
III looking at things through Repuh-
AN spectacles, nor through glasses
Aound in a Democratic laboratory.
q we don't win this war it will
AXE very little difference whether a
Aan calls himself a Democrat Or a
Apublican." If we may recall the
Srnacular of some twenty years ago
might just as well call himself
i'd.
RCharles, Evans Hughes has the right
"a. He expressed the sentiment in
estion before a recent meeting of the
bckefeller Bible Glass in New York.
ID he not lived up to the doctrine
filmed his words would not be worth
W. paper they are printed on; but
n has been a patriot all the way
Mrough, and this despite the fact that
n is no less a Republican today than
u was some fifteen months ago when
Inning with all his might for the
Mesidency, against Woodrow Wilson
u the credit of Mr.. Hughes be it
II = he is an American before he is a
Il nub1ican. His example should be
q lowed bv every man of his party
q every man of the Democratic party
II every man of any party. 1t will be
III, before this ordeal is over. Those
- do not now see the light mus
We it forced in upon their befuddlec
MRins.
weighing, we'll ones words does no
cessariTy mean Imprisonment Of
81 eech There need be no muzzles ad-
d sted in order that wild-eyed ora.
Is be brought into subsection
flirting the edges of treason and sedi-
IN, however, is a pastime that is
@ w out of order. And no man, nc
S after what his position, has the
ght to utter charges against the
Il Pvernment Or against any branch o,
Governme nt unless he is absolute
@ sure of his assertions. Even the1
@ might well leave unsaid some O
lie things he has a mind to say
fety first is a good rule in NOR.
4 hys than one.
AIor~do these things imply that tn
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11

Having suspended the closing order
in eight states of the Union, fuel adj
ministration officials in Washington
last night were of the belief that this
may be the last heatless Monday to
be observed in the East. The good
weather Of the past few days with
the consequent improvement in rail-
road traffic conditions are given as
the reasons for the hoped for change.
If the order is suspended there ap~
pears to be no reason now that fr
will not be stricken off the books for
all time. Transportation facilities
brought back to normal will insure
the prevention of a further famine.
The crippled railroads were respon-
place. While no official figures are
given out by the government for the
past years coal operations, it is
known by the trade that 1917 saw
some 100000 tons Of coal produced
over and above the amount produced
in 1915. The gain was 100000 tons
of bitun1inous and 100000 tons Of
anthracite. To counterfeit this in
crease in measure there was, OF
course, Increased consum ption by
the various industries. Yet produc-
ton held the upper hand over con-
sumption by some 100000 tons.
| SO it is easily seen that the real cause
| of the famine was in the breaking
| down Of transportation
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11
v7,,nne1ed Mine to SchOOf,o31So Door.
(San Francisco Bulletln)

81 600 schooIhouse building at
Ar.,nn,oth Cal, has been moved to
save # from falling into the MANN 9th
mine. The company stopped digging
onlv when so close that blasts shook
the building The schooihouSe was
moved 100 yards. The miners nave
broken through to the surface. and
the former site of the schoolhouSe is
a. hole in the ground ..
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11

Mr.. Hoover says that by fixing
sugar prices he has saved consumers
100000. They could save them
selves two hundred million more by
spending two hundred million less
Galveston News.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11

low foreign diplomats SIS a week for
living expenses, and some of them
may be worth no more. but r,isnsinp
olplonats is not the best wav to win
dlplomatc recognition. 49, SPRINGFIELD
Republican,
Germany now knows that this ma
uon IS too proud not to fght,-Los
Angeles Times
PRESIDENT Wilson's statement of war
aims is Sood enough for anvbody-St
Louis Republic.
America seems biggest, geographic
catly, when the railroads are giving
poor serv1ce.-Toledo Blade
PershIngs army Is now like Con-
gress. Every state IN the Union has
full epresentation.-Texa
The nerve Of TrotzIy. He's ravins
now because he inagfnes somebody
is double crossing him !-Spokesman
Review.
Not a word has been heard Of the
British tanks since the famous Cam
brai drive. Was it their swan song?
Portland Press
Germans in tnternent camps in this
country are playing soccer football.
AT least that gives them chance to
kick each other in the shins-De-
tJoit Free Press
When the electric lights failed they
figured that the town could worry
along with candles for a few hours,
and then, horror stricken, they re-
called that the state was bone dry
and there were no bottles to stick
EN- in--Emporia Gazette.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11
Early Food Conservation,
Gife.1

What can you say of the hand
writing on the wall?'
"It was a warning from Hoover to
Belshazzar to cuut out the feast bust
ness"
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11

need, ana we dfe liSpIfed sfDy e
common determination.
1T believe in freedom of
speech.
II never have sympathized at
all with the idea that even in
time of war you could make de-
mocracy work without proper
freedom of the organs of demo-
cratic expression.
Il believe in freedom of criti-
cism, but every one who criticises
should apply to this criticism the
acid test of whether it helps to
the vigorous prosecution of the
war or retards it
IF it embarrasses, then we
want none OF it. and the Ameri-
can people won't stand it."
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11
CaFnouffage Cigars.
(Boston Transcript.


do you think I'm suffering from
tobacco heart, doctor?"
Not if this is the brand of cigars
you smoke habitually," replied the
doctor, raising the window
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11

Winter could not have dealt our
eastern states a bitterer blow if the
weather prescription had been writ
ten III Berlin.-New York World.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11

The Levia than, Vaderland. can
now sail three knots an hour faster
Wall Street Journal
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11

Experiments in the United STATES
and Canada have shown that oN
proper use Of fertilizer, natural ana
artificial, yields can be enlarged lrohl
20 to 70 per cent.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11

Dncoln wa& assailed and battered
within his own political party as per-
haps no other President was abused.
His way was not always thought the
best way, what though future events
proved his course in almost every
instance the proper one. The men
of his cabinet wrangled and fought
with him over the questions of the
moment, and some never came around
to his way of thinking It is now con-
coded that the battle of Bull Run
would never have been lost to the
Union troops had tho military geniuses
who planned and executed that en-
gagement followed the advice of the
the battle would never have been
fought when it was fought, and
Manassas would not have been the
scene of such bloody rout and con-
fusion. Nor would the historic flight
have taken place over the Long
Bridge that crossed the Potomac into
Washington. With these thoughts in
mind we can celebrate tomorrow the
anniversary of the great civil war
President understa nding his sterling
worth not as a dreamer and a myth
cal somebody, but as a man of red
blood and iron nerve, a man who in
every instance accomplished what he
set out to do and who was never fully
appreciated until the cold hand of
death touched his troubled brow.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11
FACTS AND FANCIES.

No doubt the Russian bear tried to
walk like a man. but to act like one
was too much for it.-Atlanta Con-
StitutiOn.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11

Let some Of the perfervid patriots
imagine that the Kaiser is trying to
hide in the snow on the Sidewalks
Pittsburgh Post.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11

germany now knows that this ma
.loh IS too proud not to fight,-Los
Angeles Times.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11
200, 900, 900 Foes.
(Wall Street Journal

One of a group Of business men,
which included a judge, recently said.
'It seems wonderful that Germany,
with a population of but 6S,0oo,O0o,
should be able to fight the rest Of
the world as she has done" All
agreed that 1t was wonderful Had
they studied the matter with care,
the situation would not have hooked
wonderful, but menacing.
When Berlin directed Austria Hun
gary to begin operations July 20.
1914, it had not 6S,00o,ooo, but at
least 146, 500, 900 population behind
it The lowest official estimate of
the Teutonic Alliance is as follows:
Germany ....--....-- IS, 900, O00
AUSTRIA Hungary -.----- So, 600, 900
Bulgaria ....... $500, 900
Turkey .-...-.....~.. $1,000, 900
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11

1t is kind OF the Bolsheviki to al
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11

PRESIDENT Wilson's statement of war
aims Is Sood enough for anybody-St
Louis Republic.
New Britain herald., 1918-02-11

america seems biggest, geographic
cahS' When the railroads are giving
poor serv1ce.-Toledo Blade
The sun., 1918-10-28
ONLY 4 LOST FROM
"SINKLESS" LUCIA
Navy Department Officially
Reports Ships Fate.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27--All except
four of the crew of the American
steamer Lucia, torpedoed and sunk 1900
miles from the American coast October
10, are reported to have been rescued
the Navy Department announced to-
night -Four men were killed by the
explosion OF the torpedo. They were:
Third Engineer d. Nina Moynihan
st. Helena, Va. Cadet Engineer n. b.
Gayner. Kansas City: Oiler L. c. Young
Baltimore: Water Tender James Ken
ney, Naugautuck. Conn.
The departments announcement said
that Vice Admiral Sims had reported
that he had received a message from
an American naval vessel, saying It had
eighty-slx survivors from the Lucia
aboard. 1t was understood that there
was none on the vessel except the crew,
which evidently numbered ninety men.
The Lucia was equipped with buoy
ancy boxes designed to make her UNI
sinkable. First news that she had been
sent down was received in marine cir
cles In New York. and to-night's an
nouncement Is the first 10y the Navy
Department
The steamer was cargo carrier and
had made several trips In the war zone
without incident.
The sun., 1918-10-28
FRIAR HOST TAKES BIBLE TIP.
sam Harris Goes Into Byways and
CompeIs Soldiers to Feast.

Somebody told Sam Harris last night
that there was a story in the Scriptures
about man who wanted to give feast
and who sent his servants out into the
byways and hedges and lassoed the
guests without reference to the Blue
Book, Who's Who or Bradstreets. The
idea made a hit, and Sam went right OF
and arranged ,for an entertainment
forthwith among the brethren.
George Dougherty, who used to be
Police Commissioner: Joseph Ham, who
conducts the st. Regis boarding house
Capt. Jack Gleason. Sergeant Irving Der
lin, who is making songs to kill the
Kaiser: Sam Harris himself and Louis
Mann started out to Broadway to see
what they could find in the way of an
audience.
They picked ZIP 500 soldiers and sail
ores and shooed them into the Friars
Club, which, goodness knows, is no place
for a man under martial prohibitory law.
and then there WIS one roaring good
time with a fine show in which Eddie
Carter. Willie Weston. Bert Levy, Sophie
Tucker and her jazz band and Louis
Mann did all OF the cute things they
knew.
The affair vas so successful that some
Of the theatrical managers present are
trying to engage the steering committee
to fill regular houses
The sun., 1918-10-28
SEES GERMAN GRIP
FASTEN ON RUSSIA
Lord Robert Cecil Gives After
War Warning.
Special cable Despatch 10 THT SUI.
Copyright. 1918: oil rights reserred.


LONDON. oct. 27.-Lord Robert Cecil
foresees the possibility of Germany fast
enng her dominion on Russia after the
war
ION Withdrawing from the occupied
territories In Russia" he says, 1.-The
Germans disarned all the inhabitants.
Now the Bolsheviki are beginning to
invade these districts with the result
that the people are helpless. In view
of the possibility that there will be
a lack OF stable government in Russia
after the war there is n probability
these peoples will call upon Germany
for aid In restoring order.
More than once the Germans have
dominated Russia. Revolutions have
left the country entirely without gov
eminent. The educated class is small,
and the governing element smaller.
There remains no one with semOlance
of an idea of government
Great Britain has never declared her
self at war with the Bolsheviki. except
that she has assisted in protecting
Russian interests from the grasp of
Germans. although considerable num-
Der of Bolsheviks are known 10 be in
the pay of Germany"
The sun., 1918-10-28

Lieut.. Meyer s. Jacobs. had been taken
prisoner, he with Corporal Robert F.
jeffrey, Sycamore, Pa, organized
rescue party OF FIVE and at once at
tackled the German patrol OF thirty-six
men, OF whom fteen were killed. Lynch
personally took three prisoners and de-
livered free and unwounded his COM
handing officer.
Immediately afterward lie took com-
mand of seventy-five Americans in the
reserve, drew his revolver and shout
ing Follow meT launched u new at
tack upon the enemy twenty-five yards
away, driving the Germans back for
two-thirds Of a mile and establishing
line in q ravine northwest of the VIII
lase. Corporal jeffrey was close at his
''d' 1e snr0T jacobs b ' says: Ir was in the
hands OF the enemy fifteen minutes.
Lynch did not have to come back after
me for 1 had ordered him 10 80 to
the town and stay there"
Another remarkable instance OF per-
sonal bravery concerns Lieut.. John V.
Merrick, Philadelphia, who now is back
with the 10th Regiment. recovered
from his wounds. September 2S Mer-
rick, with d Company. had gained his
objective and was holding the western
end of a ravine near Apremont. They
were subjected TO frontal and enfilad-
ing fire. we're without shelter and were
ordered to withdraw to safer positions.
While doing so Merrick was painfully
wounded by machine gun bullets
through his elbow and hand. Although
suffering greatly he refused TO be re-
moved and for two hours skilfuly
directed his men at great peril to him
self. getting back what was left of
his company. together with some men
of other companies who had attached
themselves to his command.
Capt. Charles L. McLain, Indiana, Pa,
whose gallantry in the lighting on the
Marine attracted attention in July, again
distinguished himself at Apremont.
Learning that Company c, 10th In
fantry. was without officers and that
his own company was in reserve. he took
command of the company and led the
first wave in the attack the morning of
September %. He was wounded in the
leg about 8 80 in the morning, but he
continued. hobbling with cane, until
the objective was reached at :30 in
the afternoon, when he was removed to
the hospital He has recovered from
his wound and now is back with his
division.
l wish might give the name OF the
young Lieutenant from Altoona, now
dead from his wounds. who made
reconnaissance from Apremont to Chatel
Chehery. and when an attack was or
dered for the morning of September 20.
his own company being in reserve.
leaned that Company ] was without
officers and volunteered to command it.
With this unit he was half mile north
of Apremont when the enemy counter
attacked. He was shot through the
stomach by machine gun bullets, but
tA1 70 IaaI inf
when the attack finally was repulsed.
Then he consented to go to the hospital,
where he died. Because of his death II
Is not permitted TO give his name.