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New Britain herald., 1918-08-07
WHY DEFTDE THE FTAG7

Some people allow their patriotic feelings to run away with their good sense, at times. This is particularly noticeable in the case of those who would punish a man guilty of sediti- ous remarks by compelling him to kiss the American flag. The idea of punishing the culprit Is praiseworthy enough, but why punish the flag too? The flag is far too sacred for the foul Hps of a coward who naligns the country over which it flies. If the flag were able to speak, it might ad- dress the well-meaning but misguided patriot as follows:
 Why do you befoul me by com
 polling me to submit to the kiss
 of traitor? If ruffian should
 insult your sister, or your mother,
 or some girl you love dearly.
 would you punish him by making
 him kiss her? Would that not be
 heaping even greater indignity
 upon her? You profess to love
 me and the country which rep
 resent more than you love life
 itseII, ana moro than yOuI Le'A1A- fly Then why troat me so shao-
 billy? Why humiliate me by fore
 ing a contemptible beast to be-
 smirch me with his lips?
 Those who have been in the habit of reserting to this method of punish Ing seditioniats must realize, on sec ond thought, the folly of their action. Tho flag is one of our most holy treasures and we must regard and protect 1t as such. It Is an insult to tho flag to let it bo even touched by one who has abused It. He should not be permitted to approach 1t, or stand within It's shadow, especially in these times, when, to quote Boker: "At length the day, by prophets seen
 of old,
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07
One Army.
(New York Tribune }

4 single army is now the war de- partment's aim. The idea is sensible We have three armies now. One is enough. Whether congress wills it or not the two minor armies will be swallowed up in the great conscript army It is, therefore, sensible to recognize the inevitable and to ac- cept unitication in form as well as in substance.
 Another thing The old regular army is moribund. It is a survival from the past. After the present war is over it would be undesirable to go back to it as the basis of our mil- itary organization. We shall need a really National Army however large or however small it may be; that is. an army composed of men drawn from the classes liable to military service. renewing itself rapidly and acting as a school of national mili- tarv training. Only the officers corps will need to be permanent. In this army all the ancient distinction be- tween regulars, state guardSmen, VOL untcers and drafted men will be abolished.
 They are being abolished today in the field. Let us dismiss them to the past. where they belong. Hereafter we should have but one homogeneous National Army,
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07
Australian Stores of Wheat.
(San Francisco Chronicle.D

(San Francisco ChronicleD
 There is in store in Australia the surplus of two crops of wheat, aggre- gating 30O,00O,000 bushels. Sometime @ that wheat possibly augmented by other crops, will come on the market, and then a slump in the price of that grain Is inevitable.
 That situation is not appreciated by some who urge the government to guarantee a price of $2.50 per bushel. The only way a government or any body else can guarantee a price is by buying at that price all that is, of lfered. There Is risk in trade which government can no more escape than others Logically, if the government guarantees any price for wheat it should guarantee relative prices for other grains. The risk. however, is too great, and it tries to secure mod eration in prices by agreements and regulatiOns of profits of middlemen. There is in the Wor1G d great abun- dance of food for all .t:, inhabitants. Tho only trouble is tr% ,Snortation If ;ps were available to oalry surpluses or commodities to where they are needed everybody everywhere could tu1y. sell and consume according to his desires.
 The war came suddenly. Tn spite of the present outlook, peace may come lust as suddenly. And the moment neace comes there will be pressure to sell from All parts of the world what ever ie salable Our gOvernm ent therefore. objects to committing itself too deeply as to future transactions. And it is an example safe to be fol- ! lowed hv everybody.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07
OF WATER
 IN ROARING BROOK
Big Supply of Organisms in West BrOOk-Chcmist Davenport
 Makes His Report.

City Chemist Milton w. Davenport. accompanied by Chairman William E. Rossberg of the board of water commissioners has made an analysts of water taken from Roaring Brook and Wild Cat brook. The samples of water were taken on August ?
 Regarding the samples taken from Roaring Brook the chemist states that the sanitary conditions were found very satisfactory and the analy- sis shows the water uncontaminated, so far as sewage is concerned. The west brook so called, has it's origin in a peat bog and brings highly col- ored peat extracts. The report then states:
 Prom a survey Of the water com ing from the peat bog we were of the opinion that probably this bog would be the origin of considerable number of algae which would be carried down into the reservoir. The microscopicaI test of the samples which we took however, does not con- firm this conclusion"
 The number of organisms found in the west brook, so called, shows 175.O organisms The number of organisms in the east brook, so called, is only 44.0. The tests showed 97.0 organisms in the Wild Cat brook and slight poll luton.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07
Increase of Effort. (New York Times.

When Congress reconvenes," said Secretary Baker on July 23, 'T shall present plan which will involve in creased appropriations, notifications of the draft ages, and somewhat
 larger mobilization of our military forces.' What Mr. Baker meant by somewhat larger mobilization of our military forces" was elusive at the
 time but in commenting upon General
 Foch's victory in what may be called
 the second battle of the Marne the
 secretary of war leaves nothing to con-
 lecture:
 'It is fortunate that our people are
 accepting this success with true
 measure of it's significance. It is,
 of course, a, cause for cOngratulatiOn
 and rejoicing, but would by no means
 justify any relaxation of our efforts.
 It means that we must redouble our
 efforts"
 Our troops under the direction. if
 not the command, of French officers are winning encomiums from them
 for such gallantry as is shown by
 veteran French regiments. This is
 high praise, for the American forces
 engaged in the Rheims Soissons salient are regulars, marines and , national guardsmen, none of whom could have been called veterans in the technical sense when they went into 1 battle against the Germans. Some of the regulars and guardsmen had seen service on the Mexican border, and perhaps in the case of the regu- lars in Chihuahua with General Pershf1g; and It. must be understood that there was a good deal of half fra io1 in bo boI these troops embarked in France. To acquit themselves as well as seasoned French soldiers in contact with specially trained German units was a performance of which the American people may justly be proud. After six months of war, what may not be expected of American troops in the shock of battle? ExultatiOn, how ever is not in order. Overcontidence must be guarded against. The fact is, America has just begun to fight. Her soldiers have given the enemy only a touch of their quality. There will be reverses as well as successes, periods
 of gloom as well as periods of elation and not until there are 2,000,000
 American fighting men in the l1ne
 and more in reserve, can the Allies
 count with confidence upon a de-
 cisive military offensive against a re- sOurCeful enemy, whom they must on no account despise.
 When Secretary Baker intimates that there is a danger in excess of jubilation because American soldiers
 have fought so splendidIy at Chateau
 Thierry and elsewhere in the salient where General Foch has turned the
 tables upon the over-confident Ger
 mans, and when MT. Baker says that
 i've must redouble our efforts" clear ly his meaning is that no time must
 be lost in raising the millions that are
 to reinforce our fighting soldiers in
 France and insure the early victory
 that will save incalculable mum bers of
 men and vast treasure. Secretary Ba-
 ker of course speaks for Presid ent Wilson, who has read the hearts of the American people.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07
Gifts to Colleges.
vening Transcript.

(Boston Evening Transcript.)
 The man who offered Dartmouth $2, if it would become a co-educa- tional institution, may have been flirting with his sense of humor, or he may have proposed the gift in all seriousness It sounds rather strange to say it, but there are people who would as soon ride their hobbies on the college campus as anywhere else. Proof of the correctness of this as sertion may be found in almost any college catalogue particularly in the section devoted to scholarships and the conditions governing their award. Some of the restrictions which well-tntentioned donors weave around bequests providing scholar ships are so silly as to be grotesque. In some cases these awards can be made only to boys or girls living on certain streets in certain towns, in others only to students of a specific race or creed and in others only to students who have done especially meritOriOus work for some cause in which the donor was interested. At the time the gifts were made it was undoubtedly easy to meet all the con- dittons suggested: today it is almost impossible, and the result is that a number of men or women have wasted their money and built for themselves perfectly useless memo rials.
 With many gifts other than those for scholarships the story is tho same There are today in the possession of several colleges considerable sums of " Ch simply because the institutions can- not afford to utilize them AS they used to say about an automobile: Tt isn't the first cost, it's the upkeep that counts" so it often is with gifts for new college buildings. There is money enough on hand to erect the buildings, but who is going to pay the cost of keeping them open and making repairs? Getting nearer home, there is the case of Tufts, which for ten years or more has had lying idle fund approaching three quarters of a million dollars. By the conditions made by the donor, this money may be used only for the creation of a school of business. It 50 happens. first. that this amount is not enough to create a first rate school of this chara cter, and, second, that IL IS Dy no means certain that there is need of another such school in this vicinity. So the college mere ly allows the fund to draw interest, meanwhile finding it increasingly diff cult each year to avoid a general de- felt and wishing that MT. Braker had told the trustees that they might use his money for any purpose they saw fit.
 Another example, not much far ther away, is found at Williams, where the trustees received from the late Misses PattisOn a gift of about $125,000 for the establishment of co-education and general library pur- poses" In @ sense this bequest has been source of considerable en- barrassment to the college, which is however, using part of the money in the manner specified. But none of it as yet goes to women students, and probably none of it ever will go to women students.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07

 branded like Cain, and that nobody should speak to him or give him nourishment, It has occurred toAus that this subject might prove entertaining to all our readers, and therefore we suggest that those interested write us their views in the promises. We shall be glad to print such replies as we may he able to do with dignity and propriety.
 It is clear that the man who plunged the world into this awful war should not be per mitted to escape punishment. President Wilson has declared that peace can never he con- cluded with any of the Hohen- zollerns. This means that the war must go on until the Kaiser and his imperial fam fly are overthrown. What shall become of him then? We would be glad to receive the opinions of our readers on this point. Of course no attention will be paid to unsigned com- municatons, but if the authors prefer, their names can be omitted when their replies are published.
 It may seem a bit prerna- ture, deciding the Kaiser's fate before he Is apprehended, but that will not detraot from the interest which the question arouses. When the Allies have won the final victory, they will be confronted with the ques- ton of punishing the Kaiser and his vassals who precipa- tated the conflict, and we are sure that Herald readers will have some interesting sugges- tions to make.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07
X Substitute for Platinum.
(New York Evening Sum-

Once more the splendid ability of the American chemist has come to the nations aid It is announced that a substitute has been discovered for platinum which makes unnecessary the use of that metal in handling sul- phuric acid in laboratories of steel mills and in munition factories.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07

The subway confusion in New York is not yet entirely strengthened the other day after reading the long, perplexing directions, jumped out of an express and tried to turn to the left.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07

Just to prove that the day of typo graphical errors is not yet over, a contemporary appeared this morning with the following headlines: Miss Jones Executed as Rejectutrix'
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07

Most likely Major General Wood c friends will now insist that he be chosen to lead the American forces in Siberia.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07

The Federal Food Board has re- sales to one pound at a time. No more 1ve-pound boxes for the young ladies.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07
abolished international law ?-New York Sun

Our 1918 straw hat was ruined, our iO-cent shine put on the blink, the 1 new creascs in our best (and only) trousers cffaced past redemption and 1 we caught q bad cold-but if the rain did the farmers any good we won't l say 8 word.-Springf Daily News. Anyhow, the smash has raised rim with MT. Ludendorff's chess board - MCriden Record.
 The proposition in congress to dou- ! ble or treble the taxes on tobacco is not nearly so terrifying to users as the certainty in that case that by the time the tax reaches them it will be quad rupled.-New York World.
 Won't they have something good to talk about at the regimental reunions this summer? 1918 victories by erandsOns over seas-Lewiston Jour nal.
 The corn crop in this part of the country usually makes folks teeth chatter two or threc times in a sea- son. for fear it will be burned up. But in a large majority of years the corn comes thrOug City Star
 The Christian Herald reports the discovery of a safety pin three thou sand years old. Which provest hat the fashions for infants are time honored, to say the 1east.-Montreal Star.
 A Utah marine previous to his en- 1istment, spent q %cW months learn ing to cuss fluently in German. Those boys never go on a job unprepared.- Detroit Free Press.
 Personally, 1t would have been our preference to hang Hfndenburg; but rather than have any trouble about It we are perfectly willing for him to be dead from natural causes. if he only will stay dcad.-HouStOn Post.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07

In a town out in Wisconsin the su- perintendent of schools is Miss Mary Halfhead. Evidently those western folk believe in the old adage about "half 8 loaf
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07

Henry Watterson is through as edi- tor of the Louisville Courier Journal. That paper will surely miss "Marse Henry"
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07

35,000 prisoners and 700 guns have been captured by the Allies from what the Kaiser calls his "invincible troops"
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07

Warning to the fair sex-A girl In chum's lap and lightning killed her.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07

Colonel Roosevelt has been demand ing an army of 5,0O0,O0O men and the Administration goes him one better by calling out 13,O00,0O0.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07

The name of the latest comm nder to join the German forces on the western front is General Retreat
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07

The marriage license office are do- ing c. rushing business since the latest draft edict was published.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07

With the mercury loafing around the 100-degree mark, it is a wise man who knows when to wither.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07

Admiral Capelle, German minister the reason is ''ilI health.'
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07

Count von Luxburg says the search of his person at Halifax was "a dis gra ceful breach of international law Does he not know that the kaiser has
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Speaking of the enormous indem- nity in prospect, the Hun statesmen can inform the eager home folks that another check has been received on ashington Post.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07

Uncle Sam did an export trade of over six and a quarter billions last year. Business is humming.-NOr- wich Bulletin.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07

These days the Kaiser is perfectly welcome to our place under the sun.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07

g crimson battlefelds: 4hg. nor mortal bought
 Aneath thy shade"
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07
ss VIEWS.

&terance of Lord
 Een most favorably
 if one may judge
 &f the German press.
 kher reason for retus-
 I4yansdowne'S views on kAct that they are popu- 4iser's domains should be .6 cause their rejection in Entries. If the Germans ap- any proposal for peace at Rse of the game, it must be be- 6 they see therein a chance to caNe the catastrophe into which st11ey aNe being plunged by their lead CTS. If they like Lord LansdoWnes ideas, that is a very good reason for us to dislike them. If they want them, we don't
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07

X Utah marine. previous to his en- iistment, spent q ~rw months learn ing to cuss fluently in German. Those boys never go on a job unprepared.- Detroit Free Press.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07
A AND FOCH.

AND EOCH.
 of Allied countries Simultaneous con- upon General been awarded the ta of Honor and who has been uf Marshal of more than any ble for the bril- the Allies since began. General pup and General ellant Americans t to perfection. ln any way from se other officers "details entrltst- s received the decoration. j,,alI-4 Mar
 . offre. Each Est compliment hnd appreciative Reserves the hon.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07

The Christian Herald reports the discovery of 8 safety pin three thou sand years old. Which provest hat the fashions for infants are time honored, to say the 1east-Montreal Star,
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07

Anyhow, the smash has raised rim with MT. Ludendorff's chess board. .--- MCriden Record.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-07

Won't they have something good tt talk about at the regim ental reunion! this summer? 1918 victories b1 grandsons over seas.-Lewiston Jour nal.
Evening star., 1918-01-15
w.. AND ]. FOOT BALL DATES.
Ten Games Listed for Next Fall, In
cluding Notre Dame.

WASHINGTON. Pa. January Is
Ten games comprise the 1918 Washing
ton and Jefferson foot ball schedule, as
made public today, following ratifica-
ton by the Athletic council Notre
Dame University will be met again in
an intersectional contest. next seasons
game being scheduled for South Bend.
The schedule follows:
September 28, Kisd, at Washington:
October 5, Indiana (Pa.) Normal. at
Warrington; October Il. Pennsylvania
State, at Washington, Pa: October 10.
26, Notre Dame, et South Bend; Noyem-
ber 2. Bethany, at Wheeling. w. va:
November 9, University Of Pittsburgh.
at Pittsburgh; November Is. Geneva, at
Beaver Falls; November %, West Vir-
ginia Wesleyan, at Washington Qenta-
tive), and November %, West Virginia
University, at Fairmont. W. Va
Evening star., 1918-01-15
SHERMAN b0WLERS
DEFEAT C0NTENDERS
Win Two Out of Three Games
in District League-Other
Alley Results.

shermans last light won two out OF
three games from the Contenders In the
District Duckpin League. They rolled
SOS in the first. 511 in the second. but
In the third were not able to overmatch
the $50 of the Contenders. Everett got
the highest scores. rolling a set OF
more than $50 and getting one game OF
1s5. O'Neil and Allen also did some
clever pin spilling.
Nationals and Acacia were winners
Of. matches in the Masonic League. The
former defeated the B. B. French out
at and the latter won from F'ederals.
stern and Watts were the best players
for Nationals. and Becker got high
scores for Acacia
In the knights Of Columbus League
the Salvadors took the measure OF the
La Sale five and Marquettes won from
Oyando. Each was victor In two OF
three games, Howard Of the Mar
quettes and McDonough Of the Ovandos
were the best players.
Scores:
Evening star., 1918-01-15
COLLEGES QUIT SPORTS.
Eighteen Eastern Institutions Cu'
Out Athletics in Past Year.

NEW YORK. January Is. Eighteen
colleges in four eastern states have
dropped athletics because of the war.
according to returns from question
naire distributed by Prof. Frederick B.
Well of the College of the City Of New
York. He is a representative OF the
second district of the intercollegiate
Athletic Association, whose division
covers New York, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania and West Virginia.
Twenty-Five colleges have eliminated
all preseason coaching. and the others
have cut down the period. Twenty
three colleges have dispensed with a
training table, and the other three an
swering kept it only for foot ball.
Evening star., 1918-01-15
FIVE COLLEGE BASKET GAMES
SCHEDULED HERE THIS WEEK
All the Local Institutions Have Contests
Booked - Gallaudet Meets Delaware
Today G. u. VS.. Lel,igh Tomorrow.
to prove a rather easy proposition for
the Blue and Gray.

to prove a rather easy proposition for
the Blue and Gray.
Unless Maryland State plays much
better basket ball than it has SO far
Catholic University ought to be an easy
winner in that league game Saturday.
The other contest, booked between
George Washington and Gallaudet,
should be one OF the best Of the year.
Business High and Central meet this
afternoon at the "Y" in the scholastic
basket ball series. The former started
the season with a rush, wiping up Tech
by an enormous score. but in its next
game went down before the Eastern
eleven by the smallest of margins. Gen.
trail won both the contests In which 1t
has appeared, and il 1t gets tho long
end of the count this afternoon un-
doubtedIy will have almost command
ing lead In the series.
Catholic University is planning for .
base ball schedule this spring. The
Brookianders have listed games with
several teams and intend to go through
with their usual list OF contests, though
few northern mines will appear There
is some good material at C. o.. but
Charley Moran, director Of athletics, In
tends to condne his schedule to colleges
in this immediate section,
Evening star., 1918-01-15
By H. c. BYRD.

Five college basket ball games are
scheduled on local courts this week.
each Of the institutions here being
booked for contests. Georgetown has
two listed. Gailaudet two and Catholic
University one. Gallaudet meets Della
ware College this afternoon, George
town II to entertain Lehigh tomorrow
night and Randolph-Macon Friday
night, and two games are booked in
the District intercollegiate League Sat-
urday between Catholic University and
Maryland State and between George
Washington and Gailaudet.
Gallaudet ought to get the long end
of the score In its game with Della
ware College Playing in the Gallaudet
gives the Kendall Greeners
quite an advantage. and q team has to
be q whole lot better than they are
in order to win there. AS. matter OF
fact, 0allaudet probably has stronger
anyway than the one pos
seseed by Delaware Lehtgh was de-
feated by Penn State last night on
the Penn State floor. but not until
after it had put up a fine exhibition
Of basket ball. Randolph-Macon ought