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New Britain herald., 1918-06-18
Is a Sea Fight Coming?

iFrom the Montreal Gazette.) The despatches seem to promise that the amphibious German navy is coming out of it's hole German war craft are reported in unusual num- hers in Hehgoland Eight and North sea fishermen tell of the presence of light German reconnoitering foroes off the coast of Jutland. This may be the old cry of wolf" Perhaps ''jackaI' would be better, but the proverb says ''WoH.' However, wolf or jackal, the report will occasion no apprehension. and the German fleet, if it takes to the water. will find the British navy watcnful and ready and very willing.
 The eternal vigila nee of the navy is the price of safety for the Empire, and it has been maintained hourly daily. monthly. and even, now, for years, ever since the Grand Fleet slip ped away from Portland on July 2o, 1914. It has always been believed by most people that the war could not end without ono last great fight at sea. It has been thought that the venture of the Hun fleet out of Kiel would be Germany's last stake in the war, played separa tely or in con- Junction with a supreme effort to crush the British army on land. The German naval policy has been, so far, to avoid a general action, while harry ing British commerce as much as pos sble by means of raiders, and sinking British merchant ships by means of suhn arir es, The destruction of the German fleet would leave Germany ex- posed to the opera lions of the Allies by sea, and would spell defeat, That has been a sufficient reason for the TpOSt StpOnement of a, de,iSive engage nent, but it Is not q reason why Ger many, coming 10 the end of it's re- sources and. therefore. to the end of the war, shorId not decide upOn one gamble with it's fleet There are, on the other hand, good reasons why the German fleet must come out sooner or later. If there is no prospect. or little prospect, of German victory on land Germany might still get some benefit out of a. sea, battle which might cripple, if it does not destroy, the British navy.
 Public opinion in Germany. if there Is any. would require that some use he made of the fleet, for which the government in the last fifteen years has asked so much. Moreover, a
 
 armies on land would not give to Germany what Germany is really fight ing for the destruction of British power. That cannot be accom- p1ish ed
 so long the British navy rides the seas. Germany knows that. It was because Germany knew it that the German navy was built. It was to provide for that necessity that the rEI h; doubling the German navy. was enact ed into law. with inc prea m bulary declaration that Germany must possess a battle fleet of such strength that even for the most powerful naval g adVersarT 8 war would involve such risks as to. make that powers own supremacy doubtful" It is pertinent to recall that Germany then contem- plated the possibility of a successful naval war even with a fleet inferior to 41,r,S r,rf lo., oa{i,
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18
CREEL'S VINDICATION.

As a rule. the chairman of q con- rnittee must bear the blame for all mistakes made by the committee. So too, if the committee acQuits itself favorably and discharges it's duties to the satisfa ction of the majority. the chairman is invariably given the cred 1t. It would seem, therefore, in view of the lavish praise bestowed by President Wilson upon the Commit tee on Public Information, that George Creel, it's chairman, is entitled to a great deal of credit for the ac- complishments which the President praises in the following excerpt from his letter to Chairman Shirley of the House Committee on Appropriations:
 May I not take the liberty of
 saying a word of special empha-
 sis with regard to the work
 which the Committee on Public
 Information has been doing?
 have had very close personal con-
 nections with the work of that
 committed. and have watched it's
 development and it's activities
 with particular care and interest,
 feeling a special responsibility,
 The work of the committee has.
 on the whole, been admirably
 done and I think it very likely
 that nobody even those intimate
 l3- connected with the Govern
 ment, is aware Of the extent. the
 variety and the usefulness of that
 work or of the really unusually
 economically manner in which It
 has been achieved, so far as the
 expenditure of money is con-
 cerned I should feel personally
 crippled if any obstacle of any
 kind was put in the way of that
 work.
 After ali the harsh things printed about him of late. MT. Creel ought to feel refreshed when he reads such nice things coming direct from the White House. President Wilson's completely vindicate the and it's chairman.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

Department of Justice officials claim to have made the discovery that there is a nationwide conspiracy be- tween msnufa cturers and contractors agents in Washington to solicit war orders under agreement to pay com missions illegally to the agents. We refuse to believe that local manufac- turers of war materials are implicat- ed in such nefarious business.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18
FAVOR RAISING DRAFT AGE
Many Congressman Believe It Should Include All Men Between IS and 45 Years.

Washington, June 18.--The move ment to increase the age limit under the selective draft law is gaining mo- mentum in congress. With the cer- tainty of the exhaustion of Class i by the end of the current year and a further certainty that the draft will have to be applied to Class 2rmembers in January, 1919, if no change Is made, the movement to increa.sT' the age limit and thus increase the hum Der of men in the Class 1 allotment will have early consideration. Secre- tary Baker at present is not in favor of the change, but its advocates expect to win him over
 Chairman Cham berlain. of the sen ate committee on military affairs, ad- mitted that he was favOrably inn pressed with the idea of making the draft include m en between the ages of l6 and 45, taking the same ground as that taken by Representative Kahn, leading proponent of conscription in the house military committee.
 Before the committee on military affairs. Provost Marshal General Crowder made the assertion that un- less congress was willing to see the selective draft law extended to take in men of Class 2 called early in 1919, m amendment to the law would be mandatory. even in the face of strict CT application of the existing work or fight order. Sentiment in congress is against taking married men with dependents.
 Gen Crowder did not specify the age limits which he would like to see adopted. but it Is understood that he does not favor going above 36 years.
 At the time of the enactment of the original selective draft law there was pronounced opposition to conscription of men who had not attained their majority. This sentiment may still exist in sufficient strength to forbid including the youngsters now.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18
The Coal Supply.
(From the Brooklyn Eagle.)

The Coal Age of this city sounds a note of optimism in the statement that while we are still 25,OOO,OOO tons short of the production required to meet our needs in 1918, there Is a sav- ing Of 61 1,OO0,0 tons in sight through the plans of the fuel administration These plans provide for greater econ- omy in industrial plants, in the fuel ing of railways, in domestic cOnserva- tINl and in the reduction of output
 among industries that are not re. garded by the government as essen- tial. The Coal Age, however, sees trouble ahead In the action of labor leaders objecting to the employment of women at the mines to do work hitherto done by men who have gone into military service.
 Referring to car shortage as one of the chief factors in the coal problem. the Coal Trade Journal. also of this city. submits these observation for the consideration of the public:
 '1t still constitutes the principal draw back to production. For ex- ample for the week ending April 27, out of total lost time of 25.3 per cent, car shortage was responsible for 1 A per cent, or more than half of the losses Labor shortage and strikes that week accounted for A per cent. The point ro be remembered by the public is this: Had the labor supply been larger the losses through car shortage would have been intensified. Certain of the losses now credited to labor would have been shifted to the car shortage column. Moreover, car shortage, bringing about broken run n i17cr 10 to l. labor discontended and more respon- sive to the inducements offered by other lines of employment"
 Next we have the positive assurance of the director general of railroads that there is no danger of 9, fuel famine next winter. a most confident opinion, which the director general reinforces with the following statisti~ cal summary:
 We moved in the month of April approximately 46, ,5o0,o00 tons of coal, with a steady increase for May. At this rate the railroads will haul about 750 100000 tons of bitun1inous coal. and the estimated amount required will be about 560, ,0oO,OOO giving a 9O,- 100000 margin, The anthracite ship ments are on a, steady increase. This with the added equipment of 5o,o00 coal cars and about 5000 engines, will be ample to take care of the needs of the United States"
 Now we respectfully insist that in spite of the director general of rail. roads there is still ground for the ap- prehension which Is everywhere re- fected among consumers who still see no sign of having their orders filled. It may be that they are needlessly alarmed; 1t may be that their require ncnts will be fully cared for before the season for large fuel consumption is ushered in with the late autumn months. If this be so, if there is no real danger of a fuel famine or even considerable fuel shortage. it is the business of the fuel administration so to inform the country, with such marshalling of facts and figures that all doubt shall de dispelled,.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18
PRIsoNERs IN GERMANY.

Ee learn from toda,y's news that ben Connecticut members of our Fseas force are now prisoners of in German camps. This an hcement gives rise to mingled (ngs in the hearts of the relatives he men mentioned in today's list. much az they were previously re- led to be missing, it. will bring
 relatives in this country great
 to learn that they have been To-
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18
BRITISH CONSUL A sUICIDB,

San Francisco, June 1S.-Percv Bayliss. former acting consul-general of Great Britain at Moscow. who was driven out of Russia several months ago by the BolshevilSi, was found dead here yesterday in his home. Fumes from an open gas jet caused death, according to physicians. The police said he had been worried over his financial condition.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18
PUBLIC WORKS HEARINGS.

Hearings will be held this evening at the meeting of the board of public works. TheIpetitious to be heard will be relative to the construction of sew CTS in Columbia street. between Parkm ore and Columbia streets; ande also in Rentschler street; and in ref erence to the sprinklng or oiiing of Corbin avenue, between Steele street and Black Rock avenue and also on
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18
EMPEROR CHARLES AT F'ROST.

Amsterdam, June 1S.-Emperor Charles is with his troops on the Itai- ian front according to Vienna dis patch to the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant. No German troops are par ticipating in the offensive, the dis patch adds
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18
N REASONS FOR BUYING WAR
 SAVINGS STAMPS.

l. To help your country. 2. To help our men in France. 3. To help those dependent on you. 4. To help the Allies. 5. To help Democracy. 6. To help defeat the Kaiser.
 7. To help stamp out Pr1lssianis1n. 8. To help win the war.
 3. To help prevent another war.
 10. To help yourself.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18
le. EDtCb k3rtya

Mnoe. Eotchkareya, who com manded Russia $ famous Death Le- zion, is Tn the United States. Madame escaped the Huns. she escaped the bolshevlki, she eCaped the Red Guard. she escaped he socialists and she es- capped the anarchists. We hope she escapes the vaudeville managers.-
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

With reference to the improvem ent of the world, we know one man who begins his letters with the heading "Stone Age, instead of 1918. He thousand centuries.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

"Japan's Role is in Mesopotam ia. -Hea dime Which reminds us Of the old saw that roll in the hand Is worth two in the bakeshop.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18
EADERER--FORn.

Announcement is made of the mar rage of Miss Margaret Eaderer of Grove Hill and Charles Ford of Black Rock avenue. The wedding took place Thursday June IS, at St. Peters rec tory. Rev. Charles Coppens olficiating
 Mr. and Mrs. Ford will make their
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

The Austrian emperor is reported to be at the Italian front. Like the German crown prince, Kaiser Karl is no doubt well toward the rear.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

Of course good silk shirt ought to be worth seven dollars and if the wearers wife dresses t1 ginghans maybe he can afford it.-Dallas News.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

ITO Hell With the Army, shouted cause he didn't specify which army he meant the court will send him to prison.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

The War Industries Board has is- which are banned henceforth. Thank Heaven, the double breasted coat is amongst them.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

The world must be improving Yes terday was an ideal June Sunday and still we didn't read of anybody rock ing the boat or getting killed in an auto accident.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

Once more the trip of the Germans to Paris has been postponed owing to circumstances over which they seem to have no contro1.-Topeka Journal.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

There's a place called Croton Falls which only oyersubscrihed it's third Liberty Loan quota of $7,12o by 1900 cent,
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

Breathitt county, Kentucky, has but one man of draft age left. All the others arc volunteers in the army Macon Telegraph.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

Pa IIohenEollern has again wired the crown prince his congratulations on the latest victory" Wonder if he sends all those messages "collect'?
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18
FACTS AND RANCHES.

Somebody said that the reason they are called war gardens" is be- cause a man and his wife find a, lot to quarrel about in then.-New Haven Union.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

Consclenticus objectors have been sentenced to prison for terms ranging from ten to twenty years, Naturally thev will object to that. too.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

A metropolitan daily comments edi- torially on Putting Soul Into the Railroads" When, a locomotive loses a. shoe it needs an extra sole or two
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

The Busch holdings in St. Louis have been confiscated Who got the stuff that made the late Adolphus famous?
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

The decision of the telephone com panies to cut out a good deal of the Information" work which was large 1y answering the questions from lazy people will have to be made the best Of. Every business is s1oughing off the useless and unnecessary.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

Most of us having found it easy to keep sane under U-boat threats it shouldn't be difficult to behave in the samc way on the Fourth. h.--Philad phia Record.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

Germans have a queer sense of hu- mor This is one of the posters for home consumption: "We have freed 4o.000,000 Russians. They rejoice in being under our wing g.'-Meriden Record.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

The Kaiser must know that Mr Gerards lampposts still stand ready and waiting and that the material they are waiting for is here in plen- ty.-New Haven Union.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

Come into tho garden. Maud. the toeing is fine.--Hudson Republican.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

The real optimist reflects that while a dollar does not go as far as it used to, it goes faster while it Is going.- Louisville COulier-Journal
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18
FOESNTHIA.

fash Of blue and a ripple of gold burseoning bough where bluejay
 bold Is building 8, nest in a rain of fire And the air is vocal with birds in
 choir
 And that is Spring, A blue flame ieaping along the grass Crocuses, nyacinths iris, a mass Of singing color, and in the street A man is crying arbutus sweet---
 And that is Springl scent If earth and the sound of a.
 hoe A woodland path where the violets As in other summers when she was
 hero A sob In the throat, the blur of 8 tear
 And that Is Spring: Grace L. Slocum in New York Eve ming Suns 'Sun Dial
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

There are few things ir this world that can equal the look of benevo- lence on the face of the man who gives up his seat in a street car to woman when he has reached his des- ef1eId Union.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18
And that is Spring,

French War Words Pronounced.
 Detroit Free Press) Aisne. ain. Disc, waz. Amiens, anlee-on. SOissOns, swas-on. Belleau, below. Chateau-Thierry, shah toe-teery. Ourcq, Cork. Ypres. eep'r. Beauvais, hovav. Rethune, baytun. Briey, bTee. Chaulnes, Shone Croisillcs, kraws, Fere- -TardenOis, fair-on. .tardn- wab. Fresh en- M oevrc, frain-on-wouvr. Fla uYnont, ohn1on. Le-Quesnoi. 1ur- kainwah Ligny, 1eenyee. Marcoing, nlarkwahn. Maubeuge, mobuzh. Meziers, mayzy-r. Nesie, nail. NeuiIly, nuvee. Nisnes. neen. NOyons nwy-or Pierrefonds, peeavrfon. POiters, pwahteeay. POnt -a~M ouSSOn, pwan-tah-moo- zon. Quatre- Bras. ltatr- brah. Rocroi, ro1rwan. Rou1ers, rOolay. Role. rwah. ROubaix. rOObay Roisel. raWhzel. Saint Quentin, san kantan. Senlis, san lees Solesm es. solaim. Suippes. sweep. Thiautcourt, teeo-koor. Thielt. teeItl1. Tongres, tongr Tourcoing, toor kwan. Versailles, versay. Vervin, vervan Artois, artwa. Vosges vozh. YSer, eSer,
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

It would seem that comm odity like bituminous coal, which is pro- duced in thirty States, should al ways be in ample supply.--New York Herald.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

We know in advance of the child weighing campaign that every one of the babies is worth Q, good deal more than it's weight in gold.-Concord Monitor.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

Tho War Finance Corporation. ere ated by Congress, desires to have it distinctly understood that it is not giving money away.--Buffalo Courier.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

"When the siren sounds" says 8 New York police order, Ego to the cellar" If the siren sounds. New Workers will scramble to the roof Syracuse PoSt-Standard.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

The R. R. TT. wants to raise s57.~ T50, 900. Every strap hanger will be called on eventually to do his btt.- New York World.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

Bequeath the name of Wash ington. To make men blush there was but one.
 LORD BYRON.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

lntered at the Post Office at New Britain
 as Second Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18
7 Britain Herald.

HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
 PropriStors.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18

xssued daily Sunday excepted) 4:15 D. un-.
 at Herald Building. 67 Church St
New Britain herald., 1918-06-18


 they are called war garderrs' is be- cause a man and his wife find a lot to quarrel about in then.-New Haven Union.
 Most of us having found it easy to keep sane under U-boat threats, it shouldn't be difficult to behave in the sanc way on the Fourth.--Philadel- phia Record
 Breathitt county, Kentucky, has but one man of draft age left. All the others arc volunteers in the army.-- Macon Telegraph.
 Of course a good silk shirt ought to be worth seven dollars, and if the wearer's wife dresses tn ginghan1s maybe he can afford it.-Dallas News
 Once more the trip of the Germans to Paris has been postponed owing to circumstances over which they seen to have no controf.--TOpeka. Journal
 Come into tho garden. Maud. the hoeing is fine.--Hudson Republican.
 The Kaiser must know that Mr Gerards lampposts still stand ready and waiting and that the material they are waiting for is here in plen- ty.--New Haven Union.
 The decision of the telephone com panies to cut out 2, good deai of the Information" work which was large ly answering the questions from lazy people will have to be made the best ~1 i- 1Jo the useless and unnecessary.
 The War Finance Corporation. ere ated by Congress, desires to have it distinctly understood that it is not giving money away.--Buffalo Courier.
 It would seem that a commo odity like bituminous coal, which is pro- duced in thirty States, should al ways be in ample supply.-New York Herald.
 "When the siren sounds" says 8 New York police order, Ego to the cellar" If the siren sounds, New Workers will scramble to the roof Syracuse Post Standard.
 We know in advance of the child weighing campaign that every one of the babies is worth 9, good deal more than it's weight in gold.-Concord Monitor.
 The real optimist reflects that while a dollar does not go as far as it used to, it goes faster while it Is going.- Louisville COurie Journal
 Germans have a queer sense of 11u- nor. This is one of the posters for home consumption: 'fWe have freed 4o.0O0,000 Russians. They rejoice in being under our wing. g."--Meriden Record.
 There are few things in this world that can equal the look of benevo- lence on the face of the man who gives LID his seat in a street car to a, woman when he has reached his des- tination.--Sprtngf gfeId Union.
 The R. R. TT. wants to raise s57.- T50, 900. Every strap hanger will be called on eventually to do his btt.--
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-11
NOW RAISES
600 CHICKENS
After Being Relieved of Or.
ganic Trouble by Lydia E
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Oregon. Ill.-"'I took Lydia E. PinkS
hams Vegetable Compound for an or
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-11
Tricks in ALI Trades.n

Every transforming company has as
not the least important part of its
equipment a pair of followed coconut
shells, which, in the hands of the stage
mechanic, sounds more like a horse
than a horse itself. Now that most of
our melOdrama comes to US through
the motion pictures, along comes an
imitator of gathering hoOfs TO be at
tached to a stationary organ 1t is
operated from the keyboard by a lever
or button. With the aid Of a swell
box, the sound can be made to swell
or diminish.
The device consists of six cups, the
upper three OF which are secured to
the bellows and the lower three of
which are mounted on a solid base.
To operate them, the organ player
presses a key which causes the first
cup to come down with a thud, fol-
lowed in quick succession by the other
two cups. There is no break in the
action The cups are made OF maple.
The inventor is Harold A. Valkenburg
Of Oakland, Cal.-Popular Science
Monthly.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-04-11
REWARD FOR TELLING TRUTH
Portuguese Statesman May Not Have
Been FIattered, but at Least He
Won One Vote

Senior Costa. the Portuguese prime
minister IS excusing himself from max
ing a speech on the ground that he was
no orator, told an amusing anecdote at
a luncheon party given in his honor
during his recent visit 10 London 1t
appears that when he first put up for
the Portuguese national council he
prefaced his opening address TO the
electors by abiding frankly TO his
lack Of oratorical gifts. After he had
finished a man pushed forward. grasp
ed his hand warmly, and said:
Senior. I've been q lifelong oppo-
nent Of yours, but at the coming cleo
ton 1 shall vote for you"
Thank you" said Costa. much graf
flied. May I ask the particular rea-
son for your change of views?"
Because you are the first speaker
on either side that 1 have heard tell
the truth" was the reply. You said
when you began that you couldn't
make much of a speech. and by heay-
ems, Senior, you can't"