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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-10-02
Detroit. Mich.

Oo601t, Mich.
"I got into a weak, run down con-
dition, no appetite, tired all the time
and headaches - but had to keep
around and do my homework. l read
about vinol and tried it-within two
weeks / commenced to improve, and
now have q splendid appetite and feel
stronger and better in every way
Mrs. John F. Watson.
feeble old people end delicate chill
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
God and the Kaiser.

(From the Atlanta Constitution)
For a short time the Kaiser has
seemed to neglect the god he manu-
featured for his war purposes, but re-
cent events on the western front have
constrained him to bring his god into
it once more.
But instead of May God help fur
ther," we have q prayer that Germany
may stand firm" and--not shake all
to pieces, which concludes with: May
God grant it,"
Quite comedown-that, from
May God help further" and How
wonderfully God is assisting us"
The reason for the change is in the
war news, as it comes daily from the
battle fronts, and it is likewise in this
brief summary from the Fort Worth,
Texas, Record:
Germany Is on the run.
Germany has a broken backbone.
Germany has a bankrupt treasury
Germany has a miserable morale.
"Verdun settled the day for Ger
many.
Peace may not come this year.
Peace may not come next year. but
the German cause is a dying cause
and military autocracy Is nearing its
end.
Billions of American money will be
spent this year. Millions of American
soldiers and sailors will be sent over
the seas.
"All the world is to be made safe
for democracy.
"All the world is to be relieved Of
the Prussian menace. This is the way
it is written in the book of destiny"
It is, indeed, written that way"
and that's the way it has been going
right along since Foch showed the
Hun that he knows how to handle him
now; and struck him here, and beat
him there, and smashed him every
where!
MAY God help further!"
And that's what the God of
human-hearted world seems now to be
doing on humanity's side!
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
Fighting and Service.

.(The Seattle Post and Intelligencer.)
Those Americans whos have been
prevented by age or physical inability
from going to war need not feel that
war is of necessity all on the other
side of the Atlantic. nor that they may
not confer patriotic service to the ma
ton without donHing a uniform. The
men and women who support the
business structure of the United States
have a national service assigned to
them no less important than the work
of the men at the front. We are just
now beginning to feel the full strain
of war expenses The huge sum of
tax money necessary to finance the
Government for the coming year has
been fixed at between eight billion and
eight billion two hundred million of
dollars, apart from the requirements
of financing the Liberty Loan, War
Savings and auxiliary help to the
army. Local tax requirements, SWelled
by the emergent expenses of the times
and the higher cost of living and do
ing business increase the average citi-
zen's apportionme of expense out of
all proportion to any record of the
past.
For the Federal Tax imposed by the
new Revenue bill the contributions of
the country, it is stated, amount to
approximately $50 per month for each
family, if spread equally. The folks
at home have, therefore, a task cut
out for them during the coming year
that will enable them to feel that
soldier service is not the only service
q good citizen may render his coun-
try in war time. Nobody is to be
sighted If we meet the home obli-
cations imposed upon us adequately
and with good heart we shall wear the
Cross of War in our hearts if not up
on our breasts.
To accomplish this we must keep the
structure of business vitalized; the
machinery must be strengthened
where necessary, and retained in per-
feet condition. We must make and
earn much money, and we must have
ADEQUATE profit for our work to the
end that we may take our increment
and support the war Government with
it. The man or woman at home may
give no better service to the nation
than exerting a one hundred per cent.
efficiency in his or her daily grind of
home duty. Happily great and
abundant volume of business is ready
at hand for us, and those who are
meeting it's obligations are serving the
nation when they use the proceeds to
finance the myriad calls for Govern |
ment help that are made upon them. |
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17

were to end at once, the Germans
would consider a draw as good as a
victory, inasmuch as there has been
no invasion OF their soil except in
Alsace-Lorra1ne. The Russian armies
which pushed into East Prussia
early in the war, are no longer Il fac
tor Let us, therefore, take no stock
in the numerous rumors emanating
from neutral capitals about the al
legged abdication of the kaiser, the
disruption Of the German armies and
all the other stories which greet us
daily in the press. The newspapers
print them as news. but they are al
ways careful to state the source of
the information SO that the reader
may judge for himself as to it's au
thenticity. These rumors are circu-
lated by Hun publicity agents who
nave headquarters IN every neutral
country in Europe. 1t is their bust
ness to give the world the impression
that Germany is repentant and will
ing TO make all concessions demand
ed by the Allies. But in the interim,
Hun soldiers continue to despoil and
burn wherever they are compelled to
retreat, and even now the German
Admiralty is thought to be preparing
for another tremendous submarine
campaign. SO it behoves us to pay
no attention to these stories. Ger
many is cracking, says Secretary
Lansing. More pressure and she
will break" Pressure means right
now an oversubscription of the
Fourth Liberty Loan. 'Nuff said
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
NEW ENGLAND MEN IN
GERMAN PRISON CAMPS.

Washington, Oct. Thames of
two officers and SO enlisted men in
German prison camps were announced
today by the war department.
The officers are Lieuts. William
Tanney, New York City and Charles
Y. p. Newbold, Wayne, Pa, both of
whom are reported in good health
at unknown camps.
The enlisted men include:
At Rastatt: Alton E. Stowell,
North Dana, Mass, Henry Richard,
Holyoke, Mass; Joseph Greeley Hol-.
yoke; George E. Turner, Providences
AT Merseburg: George Briggs,
Woodsville, N. H.
Reported in good health, camp UNI
known: Phillip f. Fillion, Fall River.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
GERMANY CRACKINC-BU
FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN.

Copyright reserVed)
conned,
And deem the fitting answer, Buy a
Bond;
That's the slogan that will win,
That's the ticket to Berlin
That will boost the Allies in, Buy a
The kaiser's peace proposals are a
fake,
The most conclusive answer we can
Is to batter down his guard
Keep on hitting, hitting hard,
Till the spirit of Autocracy shall
the pond,
You can do it here and now, just
Buy q Bond;
That's the slogan that will win
Come on fellows let's begin
Now to pony up the tin, Buy a Bond.
Take another if you can, then some
more,
Every blessed Bond will help win the
war,
That's the slogan that will win
All the way to old Berlin
Where wen make the men Of sin pay
the score.
-WILLIAM G. RODGERS.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17

had numerous opportunities to meet
him and appreciate his qualities as
a general and a gentleman. He was
most courteous in the matter of as
sisting Americans in his district to
leave for Holland. He always pro-
fessed warm admiration for this
country. winch he knows thoroughly
The fact that such an able general
opposed the Allies, makes their vic
tory in Belgium all the more bril-
liant. Your true soldier always ap-
preciates worthy foe, and the cred
it due the Belgians, French and Brit
ish is the greater since they have de-
feated one of the best generals in the
whole German army.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
can form an estimate of what will
happen to her in 1919.
EngIand's Christmas Pudding.
yorkshire Observer)

yorkshire Observer)
The Secretary to the War Office
forwards the following:
At the request of the Army Coun-
Gil the Director General of Voluntary
Organization is this year again MAX
ing arrangements with contractors
for the supply of a sufficient quantity
of plum pudding for the purpose of
issuing a ration of one-half pound
with the British Expeditonary Forces
in all theaterS of war, whether in the
field or in hospital overseas, pudding
for the Mesopotamia force being
supplied through India. The Direc-
tor General has only been able to
with the assistance of the Food Con-
troller and the. Sugar Commission.
In view of the congestion of traffic
and the necessity for economizing
transport it will not be possible to
grant facilities for the conveyance
other than those referred to, and
the Army Council hope that the pub
lie will refrain from dispatching plum
buildings to the troops abroad. The
whole expense of providing the re-
quired quantity to enable every SOL
der serving with the British army
overseas TO receive one-half pound of
pudding each will be borne by the
Expeditionary Force canteen funds.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
Farms For Returned Soldiers,
(The Brooklyn Eagle.)


About the sanest of the after-war
plans SO far put before the country
is that of Secretary of the Interior
Lane for putting returned soldiers
upon farms, a twentieth century
adoption of the old slogan of the
Freedman's Bureau, Forty acres and
a mule for the freed negroes.
Aside from the patriotic aspect
which gave to the plan its impulse it
should be valuable as bringing under
cultivation large areas Of land which
is now wasted The need of more
farms and better farming has been
shown by the war. That need is not
likely to decrease because our war
shipping will extend the market for
our crops and there will be steadily
more and more mouths to be fed. The
Lane plan is sound SO far as the SOL
diers are concerned and it will be
needed for the development of a
greater food supply.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17

EVERGREEN TREE. by P. w. Mac
Kaye.
THE author has created q modern
miracle play which will be welcomed
by schools, churches and community
theaters. The masque is accompan-
led by three monographs: 1, Drama
tizfng community song; 2, Commun-
ity music and the composer; 8, De-
signs for the evergreen tree. "A. L.
A. Booklist
FORTY YEARS IN BURMA. by ].
E. Marks
GO GET EN-, by William A. Well
man.
The true adventures of an Ameri-
can aviator of the Lafayette Flying
Corps who was the only Yankee flyer
fighting over General Pershing's boys
of the Rainbow Division in Lorraine,
when they first went cover the top.
GOOD NEIGHBOR IN THE MOD
ERN CITY, by M. E. Richmond.
JOYS OF BEING A WOMAN, AND
OTHER PAPERS, by Winifred
kirkland.
The joy of being the woman is
ouestionable the joy of reading this
book of essays is not"
NEMESIS OF MEDIOCRITY, by r.
A. Cram.
IA gloomy arraignment, unrelieved
by palliating circumstance. of pres
ent-day democracy and all it's works.
Nation.
My Cram is a distinguished archi-
tect and his writing has most of the
defects and also some of the virtues
of artists criticism Springfield
Republican.
REVOLUTI ONARY PILGRIMAGE,
by E. Peixotto.
STAKES OF THE WAR, by L. Stod-
dard.
Summary Of the various problems,
claims and interests of the nations
at the peace table.
For War Gardeners.
The best time to study gardening
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
Tax-Eree Income Taxed.

Title l of the war revenue bill in
| its provisions respecting income from
| exempt securities keeps the
promise to the ear and breaks il to
| the hope. Hitherto, interest paid or
| accrued -d~dring the year has been
| deductible from the amount of in
| come assessed for taxation. The
! Dnl now pending provides for SINH
! lar deduction, but the provision de-
] liberately defeats it's own intent. Sec
ton PA, enumeratng the deductions
allowed in computing net income, in
cludeS this one of the deductions:
All interest paid or accrued with
in the taxable year on Indebtedness
in excess of interest received
free from taxation under this title"
The interest received free from tax
alton under that title includes the in
come from obligations of d state,
territory or political division thereof
or of the District of Columbia, securi-
ties issued under the provisions of
the Federal Farm Loan act, and obli-
cations of the United States or of it's
possessions. 1t is plain that the eff
feet of this section is to deny to the
taxpayer the advantage of exemption
in terms granted as to income from
government, state, municipal or other
exempted securities.
Take an example. If the interest
paid or accrued during the year on
debts owed by the taxpayer amounts,
say, to 10000, he should be allowed
to deduct that sum from his income
before computing the tax. That has
been allowed hitherto. But under
this bill he Will deduct only SO much
of the $4,000 as represents the ex-
cess over the interest he receives
from taxfree securities. If, for in
stance, he is in receipt of $4,000 in
interest on the first Liberty Loan
bonds, which are free of all taxes he
will be allowed a deduction of only
$4,000 of the $40, 900 paid out or ac-
cruing on his debts. In effect there
fore, he is to be made to pay interest
on his income from the 312 per cent.
Government loan. He receives $4,000
in interest from the government
nOminally not taxable, but for that
reason he loses the benefit of a de-
duction of $4,000 in his interest item
The draft upon the pocl1etbook or
his bank account is the same as 1t
would be if the law allowed him to
make the deduction of $4,000 paid
out in interest and then taxed him on
his income from the 31a per cents.
In either case he has the benefit of
net deduction of only $4,000.
The same denial of the benefit of
deduct1ng interest paid is effected by
the second paragraph of section 234.
relating to taxes of corporations
These provisions of the bill have an
unpleasant air of evasion and decep-
ton. They rob the taxpayer of his
promised and expected exemption as
to income from tax-free securities.
Mr.. McAdoo's bill allowing a limited
exemption from the surtaxes on in
comes derived from the later issues Of
the Liberty bonds has been readily ac-
copied. by the house. Mr. Kitchin's
committee should go further and bring
in an amendment removing the high
ly Objectionable limitations upon the
deduction allowed for interest pay
ments.3
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
CITY ITEMS.

The New Britain Trust Company.
will be open on Thursday and Friday
evenings from 1880 to 9 o'clock and
on Saturday from a. m. to 8 p. ~
for the purpose of receiving subscrip-
lions to the Fourth Liberty Loan
Advt.
There will be a meeting of the
Liberty Loan committee in the MAJ
tonal Bank this evening at 7:4FI
o'clock.
Secretary l.. A. Sprague of t4xgs
Chamber of Commerce has received
a letter from the committee on the
conference of the New England Asso i
citation of Chamber of Commerce sec
retaries stating that the conferences
has been postponed owing to the cont
ditions caused by the epidemic. Mr.
Sprague had planned to attend til
conference.
The meeting of the Past Grand as
ISOLATION with Rebekah lodge, No. II !,
on October IS has been postponed
until further notice on account of the
epidemic.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
WAKE UP, BOYS AND
GIRLS!

What is the matter with the
schooIchildren of New Britain?
Why are they not out hustling
for Fourth Liberty Loan sub
scriptions? why do they neg
lect the opportunity OF winning
two $50 Liberty Bonds, offered
as prizes by a local manufac-
tIIIer to the two Schoolchild-
dren of this city who bring i'm,
respectively, the largest num-
Der of subscriptions and the
largest number of dollars for
the Fourth Liberty Loan? Al
though the offer was made
through the Herald last week,
and despite the fact that re-
Deatcd references to it have
been made subsequently in
these columns, only one boy,
so far as is known, has shown
any interest in the contest.
This young man realized the
opportunity thus afforded and
is making the most of it. He
is showing the true spirit of
Young America. But where are
the others? What about the
rest of the army of approx
mateIy 10000 school children?
What are they doing, and why
are not many of them striving
for these two splendid prizes?
Possibly some OF them are
working for the Loan, but UNI
less they send in their names
with the results of their Ell
deavors, there will be no rec
ord of what they have done
and the bonds can only be
awarded to those known to
have tried to earn them. There
are only two days left. The
contest will close Saturday
evening at O'Clock, when all
returns must be recorded at
the Herald office. The winners
will be announced next Mon
day. WAKE UP, BOYS AND
GIRLS!
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
LIST OF NEW BOOKS AT THE NEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE

is in the Fall and Winter. Profit /
last summers mistakes Take note
of what you read. The library ha
professionals.
BEAN CULTURE, by G. c. Sevey.
CABBAGE AND CAULIFLOWER, d
Allen.
GARDEN YARD, by Bolton Hall
HOW TO GROW VEGETABLE
AND GARDEN HERBS, by Frenc5
HOW TO MAKE A GARDEN PAN
by Morrison and Brues.
NEW ONION CULTURE, by Grsir
PUTNAM'S VEGETABLE BOOK, b
Croy.
TOMATO CULTURE, by Tracy.
Fiction.
AMERICAN PEP, by a. Stone.
A tale of Americas efficiency.
CITY OF MASKS, by G. B. M
Cutcheon.
KHAKI; HOW TREDICK GOT INTt
THE WAR, by F. Tilden.
1T is story with a purpose an
the author has done his bit for TIL
slim ulation of a broad and unselfis
patriotism. In the hands of a les
careful writer the drama would b
only melodrama, but Mr.. Tilden
thoughtful and serious enough t
redeem his story from such imputa
ton" Republican ="
LITTLE RED HOUSE IN THE HOL
LOW, by A. B. Hall.
"The istory is full of a pretty do
mesticity, a gay and blithe senti
ment. N. Y. Times.
THOMAS, by H. B. Creswell
zEPPELIN'S PASSENGER, by E. Z
Oppenheim.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
GERMANY CRACKING-BUY!
MORE PEACE TALK.

Not so very long ago it was point
ed out in these columns that an in
tensive peace campaign would be
launched by Germany. We are now
in the midst of it. We have been
warned by those who know that it
was being prepared, and now it is
here Floyd Gibbons, wounded Am
erican war correspondent, emphasized
this point the moment he arrived in
the United States, fresh from the
trenches, and he has been driving it
home ever since. What the enemy
wants is peace by negotiation. He
Aknows the war is lost and he knows
equally well that unless hostilities
cease Germany is doomed. Therefore
The willy Hun is trying desperately to
arrange an armistice so that his cities
may be spared the fate of Louvain
md hundreds of other Belgian and
Wrench communities. IF the war
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
The Siege of Germany.
(New York Tim esq

The guns of the fortress of Metz
are in action. Thus far has the first
Initiative of the American army pro-
ceeded in the making of history. 1t
is long way to the taking of Metz,
perhaps; but 1t is not a long way to
the artillery command of the Briey
coal field by the Allied forces That
would not be SO spectacular a. vic
tory as the capture of Metz, but, con-
tinued through the winter, it would
be a real and heavy disaster to the
enemy.
Even If the American attack had
had no such object, it would still have
served Foch's general purpose of
STRIKING the enemy from every point
of the compass, SO as to weaken his
strength and make it impossible for
him to reinforce any threatened
point. Today, for instance, Haig is
pushing his advance toward St. Ouen-
tin, Mangin is before Malmaison. and
the Serbians and French are climbing
the Macedonian ridges. Perhaps
there are Bulgarians on the west
front perhaps not; but if there are,
no more will be sent there, and if
there are not, none at all will be sent
there. In whatever direction Luden-
dorf casts his eyes for help, a new
attack from the Allies immediately
begins. Even the minor operations of
the Italians in the Brenta VALLEY are
sufficient to worry the Austrians into
keeping their forces where they are,
and may have been begun in response
to the news that AUstrians were 60
ing to the French fronts.
What success we are achieving in
the Far East is less easy to find out
but of one thing we may be sure, the
BOlshevist reports of defeats inflicted
on the Allies are made out of whole
cloth. All the trustworthy news we
receive points to the redemption of
Western Siberia. Meanwhile even
the Bolsheviki admit their defeat on
the Archangel front though why
they should tell the truth in this one
instance must remain for the present
an lnscrutaDle mystery.
While the German armies are being
held in place by a succession of
elbows from different directions, while
the process of exhaustion of their
man power is becoming more and
more rapid, it is the duty of the AL
lies not to slacken their blows. but
to increase them. Germany may have
hoped for some slackening; but if
she did. how significant a common
tary on her hopes is supplied by yes
terday's news from Washing ton--the
War Department calling on Congress
for $7,347, 100000, of which $685.
900, 900 is for armament and $1,277,-
S54. 600 for transportation. That last
item means simply that as Germany's
man power fails the man power of
the Allies is to increase; that as Ger
many weakens they are to grow
stronge-
On the defensive everywhere, and
now plainly unable to regain the Of
fensive anywhere from lack of men,
this Washington item is not the least
significant one in the catalogue of
Germany's troubles. She knows what
has happened to her in 1918, and by
reading the Washington news she
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
CANADIAN CASUALTY LIST.

Ottawa, Oct. 1.-THE following
names of Americans are included in
today's Canadian casualty list:
Wounded-J. McQueenie, PittsburghA
l.. e. Ansill, Trenton, n. J.; w. GardN
ner Union Hill, N. j.; r. H. Oakley,
LeVenmore, Pa; A. Hudson, Philadel-
phia; F. Hughes Greenville, Pa; J.
z. Cabot, Boston; w. Cook, Philadel-
phta; E. Potts, Irvons Pa; S. p.
Yeo, Philadelphia; j. Bowren, Ais
ton, Mass; A. w. Fiddes, Westerly,
K. l.; A. M. McDade, Attention, Pa. q
r. j. Collins, Medford, Mass; d. S.
Landry Boston.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-17
GERMANY CRACKING
THE HUN ROUT IN BELGIUM.

Foday's advices from the front con-
Vey The pleasant news that II Ger
man divisions under the command of
General Sixt Won Arnim, have been
routed on the northern end of the
western front, from Ostend to Lille.
This important strip of territory,
comprising a 4O-mile front, has been
zealously guarded by the Germans
since they occupied it in 1914, and
their wild flight from it now gives us
an idea of the precarious position in
which they found themselves after
the terrific onslaught by the troops of
King Albert and Field Marshal Haig
And it is no mean opponent who has
been decisive1y defeated by them.
General Won Arnim is regarded as
one of the ableSt strategists in the
German army. Although advanced
in years, he Is still very active and an
able leader. Prior to the outbreak
Of war, he was stationed at Magde-
burg Prussia, where he commanded
the 4th army corps, There the writer