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The broad ax., 1918-11-16
THE NEGRO is LOOKING FOR
WHAT is HIS.

the confidence of the country, in spite
of the literary qualifications of oul
Democratic President, who for more
than four years has enjoyed the
public ear of the civilized world.
From the trained political mind OF
the astute politician who, like a ba.
rometer, can guess the GIBBS and flows
of a nations status, this great up
heaval will and of necessity be
ascribed to the aroused sober con-
science of the voters of America.
This may be true. We are of the
opinion that the Republican party in
so far as politics concerns our race
is the greatest force to bring US rights
and justice. Time and again it has
been given this opportunity. We
have elected presidents and sustained
the party, supporting it in and out of
season. When it triumphed we re-
joiced because we hoped much and
longed for more than it seemed will
ing to grant US as people. 1t re-
manned for Democratic President to
unhorse the South on its pleasurable
pastimes of lynching Negroes. Presi-
dent Wilson did not mince matters
when he told the Bourbon South to
stop lynching Negroes and to be noble
patriotic citizens.
We, have had good Republicans to
occupy the White House at Washing
ton, and it is one of the strange
wonders that not one of them has
been so pronounced on this question
as Mr.. Wilson, who is a Southern
democrat and who has done many
things not pleasing to the Negro
voters of the land.
The Republicans now have an OPP
portunity to go him one better. If
we remember rightly, Mr.. Wilson told
the rotten South that a man could
not claim to be decent citizen if he
in any way took part, or INDUCED the
mob, either by the sin of omission or
and that murderers were
not citizens whether they had been
found guilty by jury, participation
or what not.
Now, ye judges of law and order
in the land of the free and the home
of the brave, We watchers and We men
of political responsibility get busy
and show the dark hued sons of
America what you mean, when you
prattle about freedom, justice and |
equal rights. You have both houses
of Congress and may determine if |
you choose whether or not the states
Of Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Ala
oama and Texas and a few Northern
states can trample ruthlessly Gods
great law under unhallowed feet.
They could if they cared so to do,
enact law making any state answer
lble to the nation for mob violence.
There may not be any precedent, but
human life is greater than law, and
f the Republican party held true the
deals of Abraham Lincoln it could
proceed on the proposition that Ne
,roes are not only citizens of a state,
,ut also citizens of the American
Nation. Why may it not be done for
murdered Negro as well as for a
German?
The four hundred thousand brave
negro soldiers who are today fighting
he virtueless Hun to save the world
rom destruction, and to champion
he cause of Democracy for the whole
world will not be fighting in vain if
he grand old party of Abraham Lin
Oln, Frederick Douglass and Charles
umner do their duty by the Negro
ace in this great new day Of its poll
cal triumph which it could not claim
,ithout the sturdy, constant, profit 1
bic support Of the Negro voters.
The broad ax., 1918-11-16
Or cheMlna Gum.

mo, WILLIE" explained grandpa.
false teeth are not stuck with tooth
paste"
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Tn. Better Course.

1t Is better to fight for the goOo ~"
to rail at the Hl.-TennySOn.
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PHONE WENTWORTH 1897.
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JULIUS T. TAYLOR, Editor and
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Vol, XXIV November 10, 1918 No. 8
New Britain herald., 1918-05-13

patriotic performance and should cause the bosoms of the fraternity at homo to swell with pride. In a recent issue of the Central Law Journal Attorney Fred H. net- erson of this city, has recapitulated the service of the brothers of the bar in the army and navy of the United States, and shows that from the days of the revolution to the present time the legal professor has always been largely represened In every war. Mr. Peterson finds much similarity be- tween litigation and warfare, in the strategic planning and counter plar- nng of offence and defence. and sug- gests that the successful lawyer is trained to aggressiVen eSs. prudence, boldness and skill, qualities that aIe essential to successful military opCra ton.
 The history of all our wars is tcsti- mony to the important work of the memb bers of the bar Alexander Ham, ilton, General Winfield Scott, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Secretary of War Stanton and dozens of other great names are among the bars con- tribution to the national defence, and Francis Scott Key. who wrote The
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,rtain senators and representa tives,

certain senators and representatives of the opposite party than that to which Champ Clark belongs, have spoken of and criticized the President on his war policies, it would seem bet ter, after all, to make sure that no such persons are reelected to office unless they give a, solemn promise to support the Administration for the duration Of the war, or as long as they remain in Washington.
 One newspaper in this state, which has been urging that Governor Hol- comb ought to be returned to office unanimously, gives examples from time to time of the rankest kind of partisanship. It wll be interesting to see whether this particular paper will urge the voters also to return Congressman Lonergan to Washing ton in the Fall. It is not our inten- ton to take up this issue but if it's g. question of keeping m en in office who are doing all in their power to help in the successful prosecution of the war it should not be forgotten that there are shoes for the right foot as well as for the left.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-13
PAY. PAY. PAY.

 We speak of the dead in hushed low tones, And honor them where they lie, But what of the men with shattered bones, Of the brave who cannot die, Under the moke- black sky at night With scarcely breath to pray Men of your kind who fought your fight?
 Then pay and pay and pay And who shall send to the brink of hell, Where the wounded gasp and die, The rose-red banner, waving, tell, Say who. but you and I? And who shall hurry the ambulance down, Through the dawn of the blood red day, But you, my friend and I? Go on And pay and pay and pay. Then give, if needs, of your last red cent, Aye, out of your meanest mite And rouse you out of your sweet content, And hear ye the eroans tonight: For the half dead lie in the black With scarcely breath to pray, And breathe their prayers to the mute, mute stars Then pay till it hurts, oh. pay.
 J. E. IDEN,
 m Kansas City Star
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Star Spangled Banner" was a lawyer. General Benjamin +. Butler was a lawyer, as were General Lew Wal lace, Major General John SedgwiclS, Major General Francis p. Blair, Jr,, General John NJ. Palmer. General John A. MCClernand. General Jamc1 Shields. General John A. Logan, Ger,,. eral John A. Dix and others of tho Civil War period
 A large proportion of the young men who attended the officers trair- ing camps and earned commissions in the army are lawyers Many are now i'll France, and every cantonment has q generous quota, of them. capable of ficers and soldiers all. Tn all the crafts and professions of America it is prol- able that no class of citizens is likely to show a greater record Of patriotic service than tho brethren of the bar.
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As to Our Getting There.
(F'rOm the New York Sun. )

(From the New York Sum-
 Germany wanted Belgium and she wanted such remnants of Denmark es she had not already stolen. Across northern France she want ed a wide strip to include the finest industrial and mineral provinces of ; the country. She wanted the chan ,el ports, Dunkirk, Calais and Bou- logne.
 Eastward she wanted Poland and ,he Russian Baltic littoral. She want ed Lithuania and Ukrainia and the north shore of the Black sea. southvard she wanted Austria and Hungary. the Balkan states and Greece. Then of course there was the iron heel already on Turkey. from Constantinople to the Persian Gulf. Naturally Egypt and the African shore of the Mediterranean would fo,low-remnants to be picked up by Germany later on. That would be about all Germany wanted as a starter. It would do un- til she was ready for the next raid of world brigandage.
 Of all this, what has she got to date? She has got Belgium to begin with. She has the coveted northern provinces of France, while the drive for the channel ports of Dunklrk, Calais and Boulogne is now halted in it's progress.
 She has reduced Austria and Hun gary to the status of kicked CUTS, fot- lowing with trembling, deprecatory tail waggings at her heels. She has set the Balkan states. She has got ion S1 iin r. toraI with Finland thrown in. The north shore of the Black Sea is within her grasp. From Constanti- nople southward and southeastward sEe has got Turkey. just as she has got Austria and Hungary, all the way down to the thin red lines which Great Britain has stretched across Palestine and Mesopotamia.
 That is about the status of the Huns accumu ations of plunder as things now stand. So he is getting about ready to talk peace.
 l. Meantime the fighting will go right on. Temporarily at least the barbar- ian is baked. Foch is still to be heard from. There may yet be a staggering blow landed on the Hun .aw to send him reeling back or to hold him where he is until we get there to finish him.
 Until we get there! It all hangs on that-on our getting there We must get there. We have got to get there and get there without the loss of one moment of time, and with all the might of our 100, 100000 people. Doubtless at last we are hurrying as fast as we can. but we have got to hurry faster. Every thought, every ounce of strength of every American
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SOLDIERS MAID.

For some time the War Depart ment has been receiving complaint. about the delay in transmitting mai to the soldiers in the training cam ps of this country, according to the Off cial Bulletin.
 The Bulletin also states that mum bers of letters and packages have been stolen and therefore the matte has been placed in the hands of the military authorities by the Post Of fee Department.
 Commenting on these condition. the War Departm says:
 These occurrences cause wide- spread dissatisfaction among the men to whom mail is sent and generally bring reproach upon the military service. The regi- mental mail orderlies apparently are not appointed according to any regulation or system, are changed frequently. and are re- placed by men unfamiliar with this work.
 Much difficulty will be avoided if. upon detailing mail orderlies, commanding officers issue proper instructions ill this matter. Upon assuming their duties the mail orderlies will be informed that neglect, tardiness, or carelessness will subject them to appropriate punishm ent. They will be re- minded that theft from and tam perirg with mail, whether in sured, registered c. o. d., or oth- erwise are serious military of lenses, triable and punishable under the 93d Article of War.
 A change in the Army Regula- tions will shortly be promulgated which will bring Army Regula- tions into conformity with the present ractice in the Post Of flee Department in the matter, of insured parcels and command ing officers will issue the neces- sary instructions to cause mail orderlies to accord to insured parcels the same careful treat ment and exercise the same pre- cautions to see that deliveries are effected to the propr addrssee as was the case when mail orderlies were required to receipt to post masters and to take receipts from the persons to whom in sured parcels were delivered. The provisions in the present Army Regulations with respect to reg istered mail and c. 0. q. packages will continue in force.
 Everyone who writes to a soldie will rejoice at the determination 0 the authorities to expedite the sol diers' mail aS much as possible.
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GERMANY'S BLUFF.

tently the German governm ent's Uganda department issued from Id threat to all neutral coun- Ehat if any of them should be entrance into the war 4e side of the Allies. they might
 the fate of Belgium. This is ' of useless bluffing. Every lieu- buntry knows today what it may
 if German troops oVerrun it. T eutrals realize that Prussian &ssness respects no treaty, how &o1emn, and the tales told by the Ems, Poles and Serbians are suf-
 to arn other countries adja- 8o Germany or to the central IS as to what may occur if they &any inclination to take sides Inc cause of democracy.
 he silly statement issued from &l, the Germans go on to nar- Bow many pieces of cloth, how I automobiles, and how much # were taken from the Belgians | their march through the coun- King Albert, and then with typ russian precision they proceed ! of a great long list of other # taken from the little neighbor,
 neutrality they violated so erously. n
 forgot to add the number of led women and girls, the num-
 children whose eyes were
 out and whose ears were cut eause they dared to resist the
 fist. It makes interesting to compare the list prepared
 Germans with the official re- f the British commission on Ielties and outrages perpettrat- the Hun. The latter document lcold, hard truth. The other is BsaI bluff Germany assumes
 udc of the bully boy who
 his fist at the smaller lads in linity. But the neutrals need
 eep 8 stiff upper lip" The
 coming when the United
 always the champion of the and opressed, will compel the
 Teutons to eat their words.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-13

man, woman and child must be from now on concentrated on the one single purpose-Our getting there Every dollar that. goes into the pur- chase of a Liberty Bond every penny that goes into a War Saving Stamp, hy just that much helps us to get there. And, by the same token, every home-stay who does not pour out his dollars aS freely as we expect our splendid soldiers to pour out their blood, by just that much is blocking the way to our getting there. By just that much he is helping the un- epea kable Hun to get here
New Britain herald., 1918-05-13
2 ELIHU BURRITr SCHOOL.

ith the opening of the Elihu Bur school today the city gains not
 addition to it's educational sys- The Elihu Burritt school is not the finest building of it's kind in lcity, but it would be difficult to a better grammar grade institu- in the state or in all New Eng for that matter.
 is worth the while of every resi- of this city to- visit the new &ol. It is certainly model, not as regards the appointments, but so as to the facilities 1t offers the
 lars who attend it.
 Xpon this new accomplishme ent. 4r, the able jurisdiction of the &emen who comprise 1t, the bls of Now Britain are rapidly g 8 high place in educational
 s. These gentlemen demonstrat- ecently that they are awake to & Mutation here by voting the eff1-
 superintendent of schools a
 merited increase in compensa-
 and only last week the board re-
 d Judge E. F. GaFney as it's
 lent, thereby not only paying l. Ia deserved tribute but at the
 time assuring to the education
 partment the continued services
 e who labors constantly for it's
 re.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-13

The British Ambassador at Wash ington practically denies the story is sued from Ottawa yesterday to the eff feet that Pershings men are to be held back until their numbers make them a powerful army. Nevertheless, it is claimed that the cabiegram was issued from the war committee of the British Cabinet. They ought to know more about it than Lord Reading.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-13
Steel a Great War Factor.

CNew York Journal of Com ercel. .
 There are so many demands for steel on a large scale in the present situation of this country that it is hard to over estimate it's importance 0 as war factor. It is difficult to get enough out in various forms for the urgent needs of the time or to get what there is fairly apportioned and delivered without costly delays. There has to be an appor tionment and de- termination of priority in delivery to get the full measure of capacity.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-13
Lawyers As Soldiers.
Seattle Post tellisencel

For a, class of men employed in composing human differences bv mor- al suasion rather than force, the law yers seem to have exhibited a strange eagerness to go to war. The King county clerk has recently made a re- port to tho Seattle Bar Association showing that eighty-five of it's mem- bers, practically 10 per cent are now serving Uncle sam in the army and navy. It is d notable record of
New Britain herald., 1918-05-13
MP CLARK'S VIEWPOINT.

sral commentaries have seen fit
 cize Speaker Champ Clark for hey call "partisanship', in that Eocates re- -eIecting sufficient E of Democrats to the House to assure President Eof a sympathetic congress. Af-
 disgusting manner in which
New Britain herald., 1918-05-13

Mir Burleson ought to consigr Rooseveit's communicat tions to the dead letter division.
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Down in Baltimore a rich man is to be sent to jail for not working Now hell probably buy up the jail, fire the warden, and run the place to suit himself.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-13

Ye ed is coming out with the baby carriage one of these fine days. If you don't sec him, you'll hear him because the wheels have wire tires in stead of rubber ones.
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From, the way in "hich new quota : tions are being made on thirst uuench- CTS, prohibition has an able first as- sistant in war prices.-Norwich Bull letin.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-13

The West Point cadets who finish this year are to graduate three months earlier than usual. If Mir. Onphant is among them the Germans had better look out.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-13

General Maurice, we opine, will have plenty of tne to think about it now that he has been retired from service.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-13

Senator Acnophon Wilhcy will not be obliged to travel far from Wash ington when he feels like exclaiming ''ThaIa ssa! !"-COncord Monitor.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-13

American troops parading in Lon- don Saturday were enthusiastically cheered by the populace. Truly this war brings about great changes.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-13

Mist Interferes With German Avia- After their flight the Germans themselves were missed.
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Draft Credentials.

(Plttsburgh Gazette -Times) Trying to convince burly police man that your draft credentials are in Noul other suit has become lead- ing outdoor sport
New Britain herald., 1918-05-13

The Americans are coming is the cry that more than once is going to shatter German niorale.-Baltimor American.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-13

Deeper undertones are already sounding in this years college com 1a enceme ements.-Boston Herald.
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bed daily Sunday excepted) at 4:1b p. me 8 st Herald Building, CT Church St
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The Germans say that the U-boats are winning. More "Victories?'
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The real object Of the Germans at present is to defeat 3,0O0.0O0 men be- fore they are defeated by 5000, ,000.- Hartford Times.
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The Kaiser is sitting tightly on the lid, but Austria may blow up in spite of hin.-Fortland, Me, Press.
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3ered at the Post Office at New Britain I as Second Class Mail Matter.
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FACTS AND RANCHES,

FACTS AND RANCHES.
 NiCara guanS are 100 per cent de- cent.-~New York Herald.
 The Americans are coming is the cry that more than once is going to American.
 Deeper undertones are already sounding fin this years college com 1a ncements.-Boston Herald.
 From the way in which new quota- tions are being made on thirst quench- CTS, prohibition has an able first as- sistant in war prices.-Norwich Bull letin.
 Senator Acnophon Wjlfey will not he obliged to travel far from Wash ington when he feels like exclaiming "Thala ssa. a.''-Concord Monitor.
 The Kaiser is sitting tightly on the lid but Austria may blow up in spite of him.-Fortland, Me, Press.
 The real object of the Germans at present is to defeat 3,OOO,o men be- fore they are defeated by 5000, ,000.- Hartford Times.
 Nobody can undertake to weaken one of the Allies without weakening all, including the United States.--- Buffalo Enquirer.
 Why waste time in discussing a. law permitting American soldiers to wear the war crosses given them for conspicuous service? It ought not to take ten minutes to grart the right. New Haven Journal-Courier.
 In Norway, person who chops down a tree must plant three sap lings to take it's place. The past win ter has seen many trees chopped In New Hampshire. Arbor Day is at hand.-Manchester Union.
 Just us the present ancient House of Lords is a Temple of Heredity. so may that outlined in Lord Bryces plan of reorganization be called an experiment. in environm nt.--New port News.
 Viscount French, the new Lord Lieutenant for Ireland, is a member of the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick But will he suit Howell Courier Citizen
 Any army Leon Trotzky {alias Braunstein) may raise will be consid- cred by Germany an asset instead of an opposing force.-New Haven Reg- ister.
 The Emperor of Austria is reported to have said to the hereditary grand custodian of tho collar button "Sixtus has fixed us.''-Albany Knickerboct- CT Press
 German papers, discussing the Dutch question, say the German pa- tience is about exhausted. Another moral quality going to join those al ready vanish ed.-Bufalo Express.
 Washington is said to be "relieved' to learn that Home Rule js to precede the draft in Ireland. But is Ireland also "relicVed" ?--New York Evening Sun.
 Fake debates on popular rights and franchise privileges give Central Flu rope one more synthetic substitute for liberty.--Wall Street Journal. It is 9 long procession of States that will follow New York in repeal ing German American Alliance char ters.--Alhany Argus.
 remarkable work by any poet so far in 1918 We'll, so far as heard it was the work of the poet who is running a lathe in an airplane factory at Swissvale, Minneapolis Tribune
 The last word in Loneliness is the letter a reporter writes. A reporter has to be the loneliest object in the world before he'll write a letter. Kansas City Star
 PAY. PAY. PAY! We speak of the dead in husted, low
 tones,
 And honor them where they lie, But what of the men with shattered
 bones,
 Of the brave who cannot die, Under the smoke black sky at night, With scarcely breath to pray. Men of your kind who fought your
New Britain herald., 1918-05-13

Nobody can undertake to weaken one of the Allies without weakening all, including the United States.--- Buffalo Enquirer.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-13

Nicara guans are 100 per cent. de- cent.-NeW York Herald.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-13

Why waste time in discussing a law permitting American soldiers to wear the war crosses given them for conspicuous service? It ought not to take ten minutes to grart the right. New Haven JournaI-Courier.
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Tn Norway, a person who chops down a tree must plant three sap lings to take it's place. The past win ter has seen many trees chopped in New Hampshire. Arbor Day is al hand.-Manchester Union.