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New Britain herald., 1918-01-08
TRENCH MADNESS.
Officer Relates Tale of an Exciting
Incident in Which He and Three
American Privates Played Parts.


(Springfeld Republican,
An officer of the 104th infantry
writing from France to a friend in this
city describes an incident that recent
ly occurred when a French soldier
suffering from trench madness tried to
kill another French soldier. Due to
effective measures of the officer and
three American privateS the murder
was prevented. The tale goes thus:
This idea of killing gets on my
nerves at times, but when the time
comes I shall do my share Of it with
out any arriere- pensee. Last night [
was eating dinner at the railroad
station restaurant when a French
soldier made very hasty entrance
and began lodging round the tables,
closely pursued by small, dark,
swarthy French soldier with a knife
in his hand. The little waitress
pluckily went and held the door so the
intended victim and the would-be
murderer could not get out and we all
expected to see how neatly a job of
that kind could be done, when three
American privates, who were eating at
a table toward which the victim and
pursuer were heading, got up and
picked up their chairs for weapons.
II don't remember how it all hap
pened, but I was the only officer in
the room and when the thing ended
the boys had the loco I had the
knife, and the pursued had the good
sense to get away unpunctured. I
sent for the French military police
and was just closing the knife to put
it in my pocket when the M. p came
in and I had to hand over the evil
dence. 1t was a beautiful knife with
a blade about eight or nine inches
long, made curved, polished and
Sharpened "a souhait.' The poor fell
low was Iocoed,' just out of the
trenches on a tpermission,' but the
life had got him and now he will
get a severe punishment. He had not
been drinl1ing."
New Britain herald., 1918-01-08

prices which must be paid for life's
neceSsaTieS.
The real value of capital and labor
lnheres in their unselfishness,-"m
honor preferring one another" and
not through extortion, reciprocal
exactions, envy, rivalry and jealousy
devouring each other.
The unselfishness of capital and
the unselfshness of labor co-operat-
ing, would represent united strength
OF principle which would speedily tri-
umph over democracy's autocratic
personal enemy But insofar as q
national, or the international bust
ness and labor worlds lacks the mu-
tual unselfishness which is union and
justice in principle, we need not be
surprised by the raging on earth Of
hell, while we selfshly covet heaven;
and if we at home, from within over
flow not with the justice of divine
love demonstrated, the enemy's en-
crOachmentS will at last force all to
tOrego coveted SeltishnesS and to fight
for salvation. The promise is that
1--WE will all be saved,-yet so as by
fire"
New Britain herald., 1918-01-08

serves, bread, 1 Id. Salad and 'des-a
sert, 8 lb. Cheese, crackers, sweets,
2 Id. Total lbs. His combined
breakfast and supper will equal this
weight. Or in other words the aver
age man eats three times as much
on the day he least needs to eat as
the man who drives a dog team So
miles in 70 deg. below zero weather.
or who fights hand to hand battles
for 20 hours at a clip, or who pulls
an oar for his life in a raging sea.
Disgusting-What?
But there's another side to it, /
have a fat friend who eats more to
reduce. Says he keeps thin carry
ing it around!
New Britain herald., 1918-01-08

OpOSaIS sent out ny 7IIIV
bwers, the Entente Allies or even
Ne Bclsheviki of Russia, there is
Re President. Truly, the key for
8ening the door to a world peace
IS in the capital at Washington.
\ hat the President proposes may not
hailed with glee by the crowned
&ads of Europe, and may not suit
Aem at all; but the people of Europe
Ill eventually come around to this
by of thinking. There can be no
#aI peace on earth until all the people
incur. The rights of small nations
he here again brought to the fore,
u Belgium, Poland, Roumania, Ser
bees in the sun. Even Germanys
~ Austria Hungary, must have
#ery opportunity for self develop
knt and her people freed from the
nlinance of the Potsdam gang. In
II prt, the President advocates the
#Iicy of Hands Off" SO far as the
3 alIer nations are concerned, and,
81 regard to the larger nations, he
#epares the way for international
Hderstandings that can come only
IN len jealousies and rivalries of all
#hds, racial, and religious
#e thrown out the window. The first
M best foot forward is set on the
Rd leading to the pedestal of peace
New Britain herald., 1918-01-08

appOfnted to investigate the aAeSeu
spendthrft methods of the Board OF
Public Charities in the construction
of a, barn at the Town Home. A barn
is a simple thing. Yet this is not
simple barn. 1t has all the modern
appurtenances Of a palace, TINS When
economy is the cry of the hour. How
must delve deep into it's already bur-
dened purse, and find the cash with
which to pay for It. It stands to rea-
son, therefore, that the public should
know where it's money went and why
it was suuandered But the commit
tee which is investigating the problem
has seen fit to hold it's meetings in a
place inaccessible to the newspaper
men upon whom the public depends
for information. The meetings are
held in the back room of an archi-
tect's office and the greatest secrecy
prevails. It is sort of Guy F'awkes
affair." with rubber heels, glances over
the shoulder, hushed voices, and the
like. The reporters are not wanted
what is said and what is taking
place.
If Mayor George A. Qufgley has
nothing to fear from the revelations
the committee might make-and it is
the integrity of his administration
that is at stake-why are the meetings
secret? If it is true, as the mayor is
said to believe, that there is nothing
odoriferous in Denmark, why the
dark lantern methods? Alderman O.
r. Curtis was the father Of the inves-
shape, if there is no laxity Of admin
istration to be revealed, why does not
Mayor Quig1ey order the meetings
held in public and show Mr.. Curtis
up? Why, too, does not Mr.. Curtis
insist upon bringing the skeleton out
Of the closet? The unacceptable con-
clusion is that somewhere somebody
is afraid, and believes that the inves-
tigation, if conducted on fair and
/ broad-minded lines, will reflect on the
| manner Of guarding the public money,
or protecting the public interest And
this should not be,-in fairness to
the Mayor. in fairness to the Board
of Public Charities, and in fairness
to all who have the public in
terests at heart. If we are asked
to stand solidly in back of our public
| officials are doing, and how they do
it. That is nothing more nor less
than the spirit Of Democracy
New Britain herald., 1918-01-08

Charles H. Relay is one of the large
number of young men who enlisted in
the Naval Reserve to protect the
coast of America from submarine at
tacks or raiding warships. He is 23
years old and his home is at 2SS
Maple street. He enlisted in the Naval
Reserve in May, 1917. He is the son
Of Charles H. Relay, Sr.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-08

The soldiers who refused to pay
their fares because the roads were
now government property will es-
tahlish 4 dangerous precedent if
their claim IS upheld. congressman
will lose their right to their travel
ing ailOWanccs.-NeW Haven Regis
ter
New Britain herald., 1918-01-08
FACTS AND FANCIES.

Building the Hudson tunnels will
probably look like a small job to
Secretary McAdoo now.-Philadel-
phia Public Ledger.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-08

Hundreds Of wise men are pre-
scribing ightless nights for big
cities to save coal, when one word
rightly spoken would do the work
perfectly Hear that word: Come
to Florida, where you can be COM
forta BILE with minimum of COAL
Florida Times Union.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-08
interpretations

There are various interpretations
of the word sheviki. But in it's
broadcast sense it means trouble for
Observation-Disclosures Telegram.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-08
The Perfect Blockade.

Carl w. lunch. millionaire dyer,
said in Cincinnati:
'Now we've cut all the neutrals,
Germany is bound to fare as sparsely
as the Schmidt family.
''Mrs. Schmidt, you know. took her
large family Of children to the city
one day, and when lunch time came
she led them into q restaurant.
WAITER she said, one sir1oin
steak and seven plates
THE waiter gave a start. Then he
bent over Mrs. Schmidt and whis-
percd, respectfully:
beg pardon, madam, but if you
and wour family was to take that
table by the kitchen door and sniff
hard, I think you'd get more of a
m cal ''--WaShInS tOn Star
The really proud man is he who is
New Britain herald., 1918-01-08

Soon there will be plenty of coal
and plenty Of sugar, officials say.
Then we shall have no. to COM
plain about but the liner a2ed cost Of
milk-Hartford Post.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-08

Frequent mysterious explosions in
munitions works in Germany sug-
gest the thought that at least one
branch of nlilitarisrn's higher edu
cation has found some devotees at
home-New York World.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-08

Lenine and Trotzlzy are regarded
as Statesmen" in Germany. 'Nu.
sed.-Me riden Record
New Britain herald., 1918-01-08

The really proud man is he who is
too fastidious to resort to earlaps
these days.-Springfield Daily News.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-26

IT'LL BE NEEDED.
While we're saving daylight why
not save a little TO let into the do
ings of some of the prohteers?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-26

their troops their hopes II attack develops
into great offensive forecast, il will be another
Verdun. only disastrous 10 the assaants than
that Ong-drawn-out catastrophe. British guns haze
been moving down the kasers best soldiers by thou
sands The grim reaping will continue if drive is
kept up. until the German shock troops have been
decimated and the German reserves exhausted. Then
Germany will be capable OF nothing except despairing
resistance the offensive that the British and
Americans viii launch in their own good time.
This German offensive scenes the thing. 5
Prussias last card played in the game Of world
quest; everything staked big blow designed
the master-s,roke Of the war II it fails as we are
will marks beginning o From
the moment when the force OF that blow has spert
itself will the collapse OF Germany and the in
evitable ascendancy OF the allies
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-26
THE GERMAN DRIVE.

short time ago a high French army officer, when
asked whether French had any to fear the
big offensive tie Germans advertising, replied,
Let Us pray III"
That answer admirably represented the French
and British military situation. compared with that
Of their enemies. From the allied viewpoint, it has
been generally agreed thai there cOuld be nothins
more fortunate than ambitious attempt on the part
OF the Germans break through the western front
There are bound be appalling losses both sides
in any such titanic struggle But speaking in general
the allies have everything 10 gain from that drive,
and the Teutons have everything TO lose.
The British have stood the first big shock without
watering. as they were expected The French VIII
stand likewise when their There have been
few slight gains made py the Germans here aud
there which mean nothing in the big battle The
cannot smash through and ron up the allied line IS
they hoped 10 do The line stands like huge wall
not "a sau granite. but wall of steel and muscle
and nerve elastic enough WELD little under pres
sure. and then spring back strong ever.
Against that wall the Prussans will dash to pieces
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-26
PROHIBITION TO CUT EXPENSES.

A Boston official who has been making special
study Of charity conditions in that city in time
has estimated that p. ohibon would Boston be-
tween 100000 and 100000 charity expenditures
alone The heavy expenditures made in caring for the
poor. insane the criminal and the feebe-minded
whose misfortures directly traceable to the liquor
traffic usually ignored by opponents of prohibit
ton But the charity expenses have been there just
the In the enthusiasm for the many needful
funds that the country has been called upon to raise
during days. the charity funds have suffered.
Many people who have excused themselves from
charity contributions the ground that they
contributing 10 the various important activities
ought get busy their purses bit wider.
But the other hand, il stopping the sale of liquor
Is going decrease that charity bill. the people wh1
supporting the necessary activities going
to show their sanity and patriotism by adding their
influence TO the prohibition drive.
Community responsibility for lives warped AMI
ruined by the liquor goes farther than simply
neving suffering through charity up the truly
patriotic community align itself definitely with
the forces that working wipe out this main
cause charity 50 decrease the annual
hill
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-26
INSTAIMENTS FOR WAR TAX.

Requests continue pouring into Washington. begging
the government to relieve business men of the rec
essity paying their federal income in fun
June Is. The appeal is partly one for extension
of credit to burdened payers than
represents genuine fear voiced by many bankers,
that the meeting of big obligation all at once
will serou.y cripple the nations finances and result
in dangerous credit-famine.
II seems reasonable that congress should agree to
arrangement for the payment of these in
installments running through three four months.
The government doesn't need all the money in June
July Why not pey it N more nearly it is
CURED conserving our facilities guard
ing against business disturbances?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-26

Only Assoeated Press Morning Northern Iadiana
ard Only Paper Employing the News service In
south Bend-T"o Leased Wires Night
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-26

ed into the water, a current of cleo
tricity begins TO flow from the zinc
TO the copper, passes out through
the wire attached to the copper
slip, makes the round of the circuit,
and RENTERS the zinc strip. In the
meanwhile the zinc is dissolved in
the calculated water, and this chem
ical action furnishes the energy re-
CURED to generate the electrical
current A great variety OF bat
teries" acting upon this principle
have been invented, and some of
them are capable of producing very
powerful currents.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-26

Upon all these curious facts. in
one way or another. the modern
conquest of electricity and its sub
lection as a worker in the service
Of man is founded. But many per
sons make the great mistake of
supposing that dynamos can pro-
duce electricity by some power in
herent In them, and that. conse-
quently. the invention of the dyna-
mo has added enormously 10 the
worlds sum of mechanical energy.
All that the dynamo has really
done is to enable us TO apply the
old energy more effectively and con-
veniently. The dynamo is "a ma
chine for converting mechanical
power into electrical power by pro-
ducing relative motion between
magnets and conductors"
We have got 10 supply the ortsi-
nal mechanical power either by
burning coal or by enfisting faIlins
water or blowing winds 10 work
for US. Having got the power in the
form OF electricity We must turn IL
back 70 its mechanical form in order
10 use IL in machinery. although 20
produce illumination We have only
TO send the current through cleo
trically resistant substances which
viii cause il 10 generate the vibra-
tions Of light once the energy is
bundled up in an electric current
We can send IL over metallic cables,
hundreds OF miles in lengths If nee
essary. AMI thus place il right Al
the doors Of those who wish 10 use
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-26

Home Phone iIsi. Bell Paone 2I
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-26
ANOTHER SUPERFIUOUS
OCCUPATION.

When the .drummer's trunks have
been cut down SO they can't be
smashed, the railroads will be able
TO use the bagga gemen in other
lines Of destructiveness.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-26

y - SUMNaEHtS' Ffesldeat y N STEPHENSON, Msnager.
JOHN HENRY ZUyER Editor
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-26

The third way in which electricity
is produced, involves the relation
ship existing between electricity
and magnetism. Electricity can
generate magnetism and magne-
tism in turn can generate electrici-
". Here are some facts which for
the present at least you must ac-
cept on the word of science without
inQuiring too insistently into the
reasons why, for some of the rea-
sons are as yet unknown to any
body.
To begin with, if you have an
electric current flowing through a
conducting wire, and if you bring
the wire near a magnetic needle, the
latter Will tend to set itself at right
angles to the wire carrying the cur
rent.
Another thing: if you rapidly
move a magnet in the close presence
of an insulated wire formed into a
curcuit, or if you move the wire in
the presence of the magnet, an
electric current will start and flow
in the wire while the motion CON
tinues. This is not an easy expert
ment for anybody except an expert,
furnished with the proper appara-
tus, to perform. but it involves the
principle on which the mightiest
jynamos and all their related ma
chinery are based. In connection
with this it is necessary TO know
that a current of electricity fowing
bar of soft iron will turn the iron
into a powerful magnet as long "a
the current flows. but the instant
the current stops the magnetism
leaves the iron.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-26
PRETTY SOFT.

Mr. McAdoo runs a few hundred
thousand miles of railroad, bosses
he expenditure OF % or 80 billions
of dollars, starts another Liberty
loan going. takes over few express
companies, and after that has moth
ing TO do till tomorrow.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-26
A DARK SECRET.

Mr.. ShOntz talks about almost
everything on his subway signs ex-
cept six-cent fares. which he re-
serves to discuss before executive
sessions of legislative committees.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-26
THE MELTING POT
Come Take Pot Luck With U.s.
THE FIRST ROBIN ARRTvEsi
BY James J. Montague.

THE FIRST ROBIN ARRIVESi
BY James y. Montague.
He thought he'd find a smiling sky
And blossoms the orchard trees
He thought he'd find a worm supply
That he could feed on at his ease.
Instead he found a bitter gale
That howled around him day and night,
And blew the feathers from his tail
And not a single worm in sight.
IL you or / had made bet
Upon our judgment on the weather
And lost like that, we'd fuss and fret,
And moan and groan for days together.
But Mr.. Robin merely cheeps:
Il reckon this time 1 was wrong"
And while the wind tossed willow weeps
lie fills the air with lusty song.
Before the is out Of bed
You hear him piping, loud and clear
Il came little bit ahead
But what's the difference amt I here -
With me, when things go all awry
IL always knocks me pretty dat;
I'd give the world if only /
Could back my judgment up like that
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-14
PAY HEAVY PRICE FOR
MATT VALLEY PROGRESS

LONDON. June lathe Germans. Al
severe cost. continue to push down the
Matz Valley. where an abundance OF
small woods afford maXiuf;m pro: &C
ton for French machine guns and ar
tillcry. says Reuters correspondent at
French Headquarters telcrra phing Wed
nesday. Farther west the French have
pursued their progress on :he Merry
plateau and have pushed the enemy
off the eastern slope into tho valley
This position. the corrcsp1 ndent
adds, "on which the enemy believed
himsel. frmly established forty-e!cht
hours ago, was OF great Importance
TO his advance on the center. as IL over
looks the Matt Valley and commands
the junction OF the main roads between
Mon'difier and BcarvrniEncs. through
which the enemy's troops and sup
plies tor the front in tlic river valley
mus: pass. The French thus hove an
observation post overlooking tive Ger
man center. which must already have
become source Of grave embarrass-
ment 10 the enemy"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-14
RN1TISH REPORT LOCAL
GAINS IN FLANDERS
fpv atsCcin,c1 p-oesI

:
LONDON, June l3-British troops
last night advance their lines IA short
distance IN the t'!uAiers f.onl in the
distric, southwest OF Mevris. the Wac
Office announced to-day. The French
on this front likewise improved their
osiuons near the Rage wood prIs-
oncrs were taken in both operations.
~ successful daylight raid was car
RED ont by us yesterday southeast OF
Arras,' says to-day's War Office re-
port Heavy casualties were inflicted
upon the enemy. One hostile trench
mortar was brought back to our lines
and two others were destroyed. Dur
Ing the night local operations were
undertaken by us successfully south
west of aierris and east OF Dickcbusch
Lake.
in the former sector our line has
been advanced short distance with
little cost, and.a number OF prisoners
taken. In the latter area the French
troops improved their positions in the
neighbdrhood Of the Ridge wood and
captured thirty prisoners"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-14
RETAIL MERCHANTS PLAN
MEETING AT PETERSBURG
Naitcr a. Watson Declared Demo-
cratic pnrte's Nominee for Con-
ErcNA--OthCr NrNs.

PETERSRURG. VA. June lathe
thirteenth annual meeting or the Re
tai! Merchants Association Of Nir-
sinia VIII be held in Petersburg; in
the Elk's Home on juno Is. About;
seventy-nve delegates representing the
associations in the various cities are
expected to attend. NJ. 81. Rancy
is president and w. 4. Clarke. Ir is
secretary of the state body Tho dele
gates viii he tho guests OF the Peters
burg Association and viii be welcomed
10 the city by Mayor Robert Gillian
and on behalf OF the PETERSBURG: uer-
chants by S. w. Zimmerman. to which
desponse VIII be made by President
R7mey. Reports Of the several officers
Will be submitted, and officers for the
ensuing year will Iva elected The as
ISOLATION will! bc addressed by Colonel
Thomas b McAdnms. OF Richmond. di-
rector for Virginia o: war savings
stamps on. The Duty of the Retail
ers in the War Savings Stamp Cam
paign."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-14
REVENUE BILL HEARING
BRINGS FORTH SURPRISE
Zinc nnd Lead Mine Operators Arc
willing TO Pay Increased
Taxes.

nv Associated Press
WASHINGTON. June 13.-Bccausc
they are making large profits out Of
the war. zine and lead mine operators
are willing to pay increased taxes.
Temple Chapman, OF Joplin. Mo-. told
The House Ways and Means Commit
tee to-day during hearings on new
war revenue tax legislation. He is
the first witness to fatty advocate in
crcasinS the taxes on his industry.
Since the life of the mines Is short
Mr.. \Chapman suggested that in nxin:;
higher lax rates tho committee should
take cogniZance OF the fact that large
profits are warranted.
George w. Graham OF New York
city. chairman of the national auto
mobile chamber of commerce motor
truck committee. asked the commit zee
To classify motor trucks with public
utilities and as such TO let them bear
their tax burdens or immunitics Like
other witnesses. he admitted that tho
tax on sales. the retention OF which he
advocated. Is passed on 10 the con-
sumner.
Edgar Gilbert. OF New York. repre-
senting chemical company. asked that
secret processes he classified as In
vested capital the same az patents
Massey Holmes. OF Kansas City. rem
resenttng the Southern Pine Associa-